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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-07
DIED..

CUMBERLAND.
Portland-April 4. Charles Brimmer,
aged 43 years.
PENOBSCOT.
Hermon-April 2, Bessie r. Andrews,
aged 30 years, days
~ Bucksport-April 4. Fred Lowell. aged
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-07

meeting of the municipal officers was
held Thursday evening for the purpose
of committing an insane man to the hos
pital at Augusta. The testimony of two
doctors that he was insane was heard
and it was voted to commit him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-07
WATERv|LLE

The p. NJ Ladies' Club will hold its
regular meeting next Monday with Mrs.
Fred w. Merrill on College avenue
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21
IN GETHSEMANE
Sacred Spot Has Undergone
Many Changes Since the
Time Of Our Savior.

A T LAST the monks who guard the
~ Gardens Of Gethsemane have
capitulated. After fifty years OF 70.
fusal they have granted permission to
photograph this hal!owed spot.
1t lies without the walls Of Jerusa.
lem. The way to 1t leads through the
eastern gate. over the little stone
bridge which spans the dried.up water
course OF the brook Of Cedron. and up
to the foot Of the Mount Of Olives.
Here many time Christ retreated
with his disciples. Here he was found
on that night after the Last Supper.
when the soldiers. guided by the kiss
OF Judas. made him their prisoner.
And here come the thousands Of pill
grims today. on their tour Of the Holy
Land.
The Gethsemane they see 10 not that
Of the time Of the Savior. The ma
jestic olive trees Of . thousand years
ago still rear their lofty heads in silent
guardianship Of the solemn spot. But
q white wall incloses the garden
square: tiny monuments Of stone edge
the path. each indicating . station On
the way to the cross: graveled walks
run between dainty parterres, where
wondrous flowers revel in colorful
oriental profusion-
To many the change seems incon.
gruous. Pierre Lott. the French novel.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21

ableness whore now they go oaly per-
plexity. The fact 10 not less real b.
cause I cannot explain II any more
than . complicated machine 10 . no
.tion because l cannot understand all
about II. By applying myself can
learn about the machine II have .
mechanical mind. BY trusting tho
teachings Of the Master can have bis
witness In my heart that what he has
taught mo II true.-Pennsylvania
Grit.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21
AlLlNC WOMEN
NEED THIS FAMOUS
DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION

Thousands Of women who are now
blessed with robust health cannot IN.
derstand why thousands Of other wom-
en- continue to worry and suffer from
ailments peculiar to women when they
can obtain for . trining sum Dr..
Pierce's F'avorite Prescription which
will surely and quickly banish al
pain, distress and misery and restore
the womanly functions to health.
This prescription Of DR.. Pierce's ex-
tracted from roots and herbs 10 tenn
perance remedy.
To get rid Of irregularities. or c.
tarrhal condition, to avoid pain at cor.
tain times. to overcome irritability
and weakness. waste no time. but get
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription in
liquid or tablet form this very day.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21

LIST. criticizes it severely In his book
on Jerusalem. He objects to its dainty
modernity. The memories which make
sacred the garden are sorrowful and
scarcely to be symbolized by color and
light.
: But on the many who visit the place
the setting makes no impression. To
them. Gethsemane 10 the Garden OF
the Agony, whittier the Savior retired
to pray for strength in the last dread
crisis before the end.
1t 10 one of the few spots where
Jesus trod which man still knows after
nearly nineteen hundred long years.
Birds twitter and sing all the long,
warm day. and the gay flowers blush
in all the colors of the rainbow. but
there is q solemn. sancaihed stiffness
everywhere which takes the reverent
visitor back through the ages-always!
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21

les, it's Easter. Don't you Tear the
bells Ginning? The very air
ms charged with enthusiasm.
n the birds seem to chirrup q new
for the whole world 10 full Of
You smile whether you feel like
3 not, for the smile on every face
meet challenges you to It. Sure
Easter must mean much to ths
I'D. What does It mean to you?
70 some Easter means an excuse to
II Cleopatra.
That dame Of notorious name and
Bavory reputation was an adept In
kEestive dressing. With q wizards
u she catered to the emotions Of
n, toyed with them q little and then
bndoned them for q more promis.
B subject for excitement. Mascu.
. conquest IL dear to the feminine
Art. and some sweet maids seem un.
pscious Of the price they pay to win.
mpromised modesty is intoxicating
it, appeal. the results are not un-
e in any other intoxication. Every
(ch occasion has its SOLDERING time.
|aally It means consciousness of loss
q shame. Oh. know that you may
e 60 the limit. Yet you will not
ny that others will. There will be
md parades at fashionable resorts
d every little hamlet will try to
|ow itself as the best ever" II this
all Easter means to you you surely
p in need of missionary.
10 many others the day offers &C
ptable occasion for making gor.
lnds Of themselves.
Easter eggs are the rule. Many q
|sky lad will try to see how many
be he can eat today so that he can
AZ about 1t the rest Of the year.
Dre and there the physician will be
|eded to relieve the egg-pain that
suits from the abuse of nature. That
low 10 less man and more beast
bose greatest glory lies in the guam.
y of eggs he can consume. II an oc-
sion for excused gluttony 10 the
Daning you attach to Easter you. too,
3 In need Of q missionary.
Easter commentaries the greatest
the worlds miracles.
II has been said to be beyond rea-
a. Probably It 10 beyond the rea.
hing caliher Of mortal thinkers just
It 10 not common to experience.
u the same argument would apply
many practical inventions that ara
IN common. Once they were thought
possible, and their advocates were
ofed at. Some have even been
Hin In ages past for daring to advo.
10 daring theories. Some day, also,
> veil will be lifted from the Res
rsction and men will see reason.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21
"ANUE,IC!''
NEWEST IN CHEMISTRY

This 10 Q recent discovery Of Doctor
Pierce, head Of the Inv Aids Hotel.
Buffalo. N. 7. Experiments for sew.
eral years proved that there II no
other eliminator of uric acid compa-
rable. For those easily recognized
symptoms Of inflammation--as back
ache. scalding urine and frequent ur1-
nation. % we'll ~ sediment In the
urine. or II uric acid in the blood has
caused rheumatism, "Anuric" acts
quickly. In rheumatism Of the joints.
in gravel and govt, invariably the
pains and stiffness which SO frequently
and persistently accompany the dis
ease rapidly disappear.
Send DR.. Pierce 10c for large trial
package. Full treatment soc. All
druggists.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-21

His Choice.
six days or six dollars" said the
Judge sternly.
I'll take six dollars" said the pris-
oner. 1--WE got enough time on my
hands as It is"
Smile on waah day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes whittier than
NOW. All grocers. Adv.
News From Below.
o. Knicker-How is your garden?
Subbubs-The last diver reported It
nne.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
BABY SLED CHEAP.

If you want a good light oak baby sled cheap, iall at the Nugget office.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

MEETING NOTICE.
 ~rs~vN~s~1~sNS>~~"~NSNIN~ IN~e~N-N~~~c~N~~N~NNs~N THE NOME eARTENDER's UNION Local s6S. B. l. l.. of A. (Afallated with the A. F. of L.) meets avery first Sunday in each month AC il a. m.
 AL. NICHOLSON, Pres
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
LAST HOPE OF EVELESS
 EDEN KNOCKED OUT

country where there are at least five men to every woman, a region that Is the last desolate word in domestic lonesomeness.
 Essential is Lacking.
 Rich beyond the dreams of avarice in material wealth; with abundant re- sources of gold, and silver, and copper and coal, and tin and iron and every other kind of mineral treasure that ends itself to the purchase of creature comforts Northwestern Alaska is lack ing in that most essential prerequisite that is founld in slipper ed fireside This Is the brutal fact that has been published to the world, and the shame and humiliation following thereon proved barren of the results which the Northerners hoped to attain.
 IL was the Mum Club of Nome-at times a most congential and harmless lnstitution--that disclosed Alaska 8 fearful inadequacy. For years 1t had been the custom ot prominent Nome ties to forgather within the comfort ,,ble confines of this large log cabin. where cheering beverages were dis pensed to dispel their secret sorrows. Notwithstanding the deficiency of women managed to get along fairly ir of ho elorhood patiently and without com plant until one day last summer d cold blooded federal official, United States Judge Randolph Tucker-and a Southeraer, too, at that-disturbed the even tenor of their way by decreeing that the members of the Mum Club should pay license for their bar Of $I500 a year, the same as did the ordinary dispenser ot liquid cheer. That was nice" treatment to receive from a Southern gentleman
 Would the Alaskans pay 1t? They would not They'd take an appeal to higher tribunal. Rather would they publish Alaskas shame and misfor- tune to the world than to submit to this unjust and iniqultous tax upon their resources and interferences with their rights pr. J. H. Mustard, Sam ". Taggart and Fred Aver offered themselves as sacrifices to this ju2i- cia outrage They allowed the appeal to be taken in their names.
 win A. Nelson. prominent lawyer of San Francisco, who has much money invested In Seattle and Alaska
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
UNCLE SAM FINDS WIFE
 FOR FORMER ALASKA MAN

ployment agent asked concerning his means.
 Well" said the rancher, T suppose if had to I could raise $5OO,OO0 in two hours. I have home In Montana flfty-six miles from a railroad. want someone to tidy up the house bit and keep it looking pretty"
 Thompson thought of woman who had applied for work. He telephoned to her and she came to his office. She was followed by a 17-year- old son. Dreibelbis offered to pay $40 a month to her and like sum to her son. But the woman hesltated. The rancher re- turned home without her, but left money for her transportation.
 The woman, seeking matrimony, wrote him many letters, but he was
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

was selected Io tell the circuit court ne truth about the territory. IL was a sad pathetic story, and more than once counsel vas obliged 10 wipe away the tears that cane unpidden to hls cy es No wonder ne told the court in .agIug tones that these sturdy pto aeers of the north, like the robins and other birds ot bright plumage, hied ...emsehes southward every year at JAe first fall of snow. IL was suall wonder ot Nelson that the population of Nome was transitory and unstable TOT what man in his right senses would choose to live through the long, dark days of the long, cold winter when the privileges Of a comfortable e.up were denied him and there was no opportunity for him to acquire a domestic dreslde except on u commun- lstic or club basis
 1eorgraphy Changes Standards.
 Pioneers in new land," declaimed Netson, and especially in such land as IS Nome, should not be judged ac- cording to the standards of living in a civilized country, where, if man loesnt want to live at the club, he can get married, The opportunities for gaming domestic happiness is not ac- co1ued to the pioneer of the north .Ae population statistics prove it"
 But 1t was no use. The court couldn't listen to reason. The Judges just insisted that the $l,5OO should be paid into tne federal treasury. Maybe ,aa court was thinking of Alaska's
 .t material resources.
 IAe word that the decision of the Nome court was affirmed went nortn on the first mall over the ice a few oags ago II will reach Nome by
 arstmas. If the mail carriers have good luck and don't encounter too many blizzards, and Nome will be a sau, sad place this winter. For not lap of hope is left. Even the comfort of further appeal to the supreme -ourJ oI the United States has been denied. Alaskas misfortune has been lsid bare before an unsympathetic aorld and the sacrifice has been made ln vain. Somebody will have to be
 the goat" and the mail carrier doubt ,ass will prove the handiest victim.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

Charles Dreibelbis, the hero of the following newspaper story. we'll known to many Alaskans. At one time he vas deputy marshal under United States Marshal Love, stationed at Fairbanks. The story Is from the San Francisco Examiner of August 27.
 Chicago. Aug. 26.--Uncle Sam has prosecuted scores of matrimonial agents. Now involuntarily, he has be- come one of them. Here's how:
 Charles Dreibelbis. owner of a 4.o0o- acre ranch in Montana, came to the stockyards last spring with fifteen car- loads of cattle.
 He sold his stock. then strolled out to see the sights, and saw the sign of the federal employment bureau. The rancher wanted housekeepar. He had lost his wife eight years ago In the gold fields of Alaska.
 Ward E. Thompson, government em.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
). j. Underwood Tn Seattle Times.

J. j. Underwood Tn Seattle Times.
 one of three mall carriers on the Nome nalaklset division-that long, sinueus trail that winds along the bleak, wind-swept shore of Boring sea Is going 10 meet trouble aplenty about next Christmas. when he arrives al the Northern metropolis.
 Bearing the first overland mall of the year. he will be met by large joyous crowd. happy in the expectancy of long delayed letters from friends in the states. Then this scene of jubila- lion is going to change to one of anger and chagrin. For inclosed h that mall will be copy of portentous decision recently rendered by the circuit court of appeals.
 The mail carrier may be shot at sun rise-the sun doesn't rise till about lo:30 m-, anyway--but the chances are that the impatient northerners won't wait that long.
 One Ray of Hope.
 It Is barely possible that the out ragged populace will give the dog team driver time to explain why he didn't allow this sinister mail to drop through an ice crack. into the frozen ocean or "hy he didn't allow 1t to catch on fire. or let a blizzard carry 1t away on the wintry waste that mantles the north ern Pacific ocean, there to be lost for ever. These things are possible. but not probable. One certain thing Is that the unfortunate mail carrier, instead of being warmly welcomed on every nand. will find himself about as popu- lar as German band playing "The Watch on the Rhine" before the allies trenches.
 Behind this decision. which the mail will contain. there lies the story of a great sacrifice, there has been made in vain--a story replete with incidents of injustice and oppression. of wrongs that have not been righted, and Alas kans are the sufferers.
 In their great battle for what they deemed their rights these residents of Northwestern Alasks--absolutely de- void of that inherent sense of patriot ism that makes every good American n conceal the short coming or misfor- tunes of his own city or state-placed themselves on record before the United states circuit court of appeals as the inhabitants of an Eveless Eden, a
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
ALWAYS IN STYLE.

IT you have your suit pressed, oIean- cd and repaired by us---
 We will make them lock like new. We do dry or gasoline cleaning. We do steam cleaning.
 We make alterations.
 We do cleaning. pressing and re- psiring for Ladies and Gentlemen. We make SD psoialty of making and repairing furs.
 rst-class workmanship. All work guaranteed. Our prices are reasonable Once a customer always a customer.
 Come and see us, we will give you our prices before we do your work. We appreciate your patronage.
 NOME TAILORING co. Between ssgsrstrom q Hagen and
 1shnsr4s -Jswsiry 0terse
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

Mail the Nugget to your friends and help adS aFtise Nome,
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

hot anxious to marry. All he wanted vas housekeeper
 On May Is a pretty widow, 26 years old, accompanied by little boy, asked Thompson to find position for her son. She had been stenographer.
 T have just the place. said Thomp son, and he wired to the rancher.
 Send her along" was the answer. The widow went to Montana.
 And now Thompson has received an engraved announcement. It reads: Charles Dreibelbis and Mrs. Marjorie L, Yates announce their marriage. Sat- urday, July 24. 1915. At home. Vol sey, Mont"
 And with it was an invitation to "come cut and bring the family"-- Iditarod Pioneer
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
WE CAN DO IT.

For first eiass work and prompt de- iivsry phone Main 161 and the Peoples Steam Laundry will send and get your laundry.
 W. ]. WILLIAMSON, Prop.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22
WEATHER RECORD

The following table shows the av- craze temperature for each day for the the following years
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

t3egin the New Year rigat oy sub seribing for the Nugget
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-01-22

Hiram Daniels is ieokina better but he don't look nood yet,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-23
She Always Came Back at NightfaII.

She Always Came Back at NightfaII.
learn who her parents had been, but
he never discovered
Every seven years, they say, a wild
storm deVastates the .Lowestoft
coast. There had been two since
Emily came to Thorpe. The third
happened when she was 81, and
again a big liner went ashore in the
same place on Lowestoft rocks.
Again the Ifeboat was put out,
this time manned by half a dozen
villagers, and this time the bulk of
the passengers were saved One Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-23

day marry and leave him was the one
black, Unbearable one which he put
back into the deepest recesses of his
consciousness.
But Emily did not seem to care for
any of the fisheTboys of the little
place. Her manners were instinc-
lively those of a lady. She was above
them all; she had the inherent grace
and knowledge of one born in high
rank of life. Thorpe had tried to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-23
asa aaAa sSS .
THE SEAS GIFT ="
BY Francis Knowles

Jim Thorpe had been in charge of
Lowestoft light for seven and TWEEN
ty years.
When the young fisherman had
taken his bride there he had been
very proud and both very happy.
Their honeymoon had lasten seven.
years, until the girl died. She died
very suddenly and there was no time
to summon medical aid. 1t was not
until she had been laid to rest in the
chUrchyard Of the little village that
Thorpe realized that his life, too, was
ended.
For five years he brooded over his
loss. They had never had a child.
That had been their great sorrow.
Thorpe was absolutely alone in the
world, with nothing but his light.
He tended it through the great
storm of his fifth lonely year, but it
did not save the great liner that was
dashed to pieces on the Lowestoft
rocks. In the morning Thorpe put
out in the lifeboat. The ship had
broken on the rocks and there
seemed to be no survivors. But on
narrow lege of rock he found a
baby girl-asleep!
How she had escaped was a mir
acle. Thorpe took her back to the
lighthouse and fed and tended her.
Gradually, as the days passed, fierce
love and jealousy for her replaced
the void in his heart. She grew up
in the lighthouse.
Twenty years. passed. Emily |
Thorpe regarded herself as the keep |
er's daughter He sent her to school |
in the village, but she always came !
back at nightfall, pulling the heavy |
lighthouse boat. Thorpe would watch |
during those years every evening for
the sight of the slender figure, run
ming along the sands toward him. |
Then a hand would be waved, a cry
of joy would come to him, and pres
emily the big boat would lumber
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-10
Dining Room Furniture

If YOU want to locate the exact dining suite You are
looking for, just step into the BASS STOKE There
YOU will ind the largest display of constructive and
wel[but furniture ever before shown in Tulsa. We
are showing these suites in the Queen Anne, Jacobean
William and Mary, Adam, Chippcndale and Louis XIV
periods and in all finishes
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-10
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets

Thousands of wives and mothers made happy every
Christmas because they receive among their gifts one
of the FAMOUS HOOSIER CABINETS. Why not
make vour own happy with one of these great labor
S,vors9 Weare pleased to show YOU the many eXcu-
sive features OF the HOOSIER and the wonderful con-
structon of the cabinet
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-27
Ham Suffers Near-Ptomaine

TOO much of a good thing" re-
suited in Ham, the Kalem coined
ian, losing a day and a half from
the studio last week. Instead OF
prancing about before the eye Of
the camera Ham was jumping
around under the hand of doc
tor, with case of near-ptomalne.
1t happened this way. The
charm of Edith Teare, the persua-
sion of Bud Duncan and the STRAIT
egy of Ham had succeeded in Sc
curing permission to use Gould s
drug store at Hollywood fir scenes
in Ham in the Drug Store" After
closing hours the Kalemites took
possession of the store and worked
half through the night. Ham and
Bud were supposed to be expert
soda dispensers and as time wore
on Ham became so imbued with
confidence in his own ability that
he kept up a continual sampling
of fancy connections. AS every
syrup and ice cream in the shop
entered into the making of some Oh
them the result told above neeC
not surprise any one. ADV
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-09-27
INFIRMARI
FOR DELAWARE
continued from page /,

continued from page u
main entrance on Depot road
there is to be found q modern
fr3t-aid room and the office of the
nurse in charge. The remainder
of this floor is taken up with the
rrivate quarters for the attend
ants, including a private bath and |
modern kitchen with all equip
ment.
On the second floor there are
/ four wards for patients. Each o.
/ tba+e rooms have been equipped
4 with all modern sanitary furnl-
4 ture and equipment. They are
rcomy and cheerful with plenty OF
IIrht and ventilation. There Is
also a bath on this floor. Nothing
4 has been left undone by the COM
/ m.ttce to make these rooms as at
1 tractive as possible under all the
/ conditions and in fact they are
/ much more comfortable than
rooms could possibly be in the Or
binary hospital.
One feature of the infirmary IS
the fact that provisions have been
| made for an infectious Ward n
tirply isolated from the other part
Of the infirmary. This infectious
ward adioins the main building,
but it can only be entered from the
outside and therefore is practical
ly isolated from the other parts OF
the infirmary. 1t contains two
SEPARATE rooms with private
bath.
The benefit of the infirmary has
already been demonstrated as
there have been several patients.
One Young student who had a sore
threat when he arrived at college
last week, was at once placed IN
the nfrmary. He was kept there
for several days and has now en-
Itirely recovered. Another student
was treated for sty on his eye
and third for fractured RIB
There is hardly week passes that
some one of the two hundred ano
more students will not require
some minor treatment that may
save them spell of illness.
The infirmary was also useo
yesterday for the incubation OF
students against typhoid. Thirty
.SiX students and members OF the
faculty took this innoculatlof
Treatment.