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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13
Changes at COrnyille

A North Cornville correspondent
announce to the outside world our
great progress since last you heard
from us. Strangers as well as our
annual summer folks are greeted by
changes on every hand. Our magnifi-
cent building of mystery" owned by
Lawyer Harvey D. Eaton and situated
in front of his fine summer home
also changes about his place. Then
we have a new store going up that we
shall hear from in the near future
and last but not least, our fair city
is in the evening illuminated by cleo
tricity.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13
Victim vi tutomobile Accident Buried

The funers, services of Meddie
Shusta were held Tuesday at st. Sc
bastian Catholic Church, Madison.
The interment was in the Forest
Hill cemetery in that town. Miss
Shusta was the victim of the fatal
automobile accident on the Arson
side of the river Sunday afternoon.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13


FOR SALE r. ehi ne"et =, -
horse rakes; morse hoe. 80
s ,;iSn FARMERS Union. 2w2S
LoST-A Grey Tweed coat lev
miles out ef Skowhegan on road lead
ing TO Athens. Please return to the
Post once. Mrs J. Y. Wiley X. *.
oa.
COTTAGE TO LET At N .pa.a
Pond from July 18th 10 aug. In anu
from Aug. Fist as long as any on ,'
wishes. Mrs. Lamont Il. AppituS,
Pittshe!d. l"@s
WANTED SIX coon JoINERY
carpehItIs l" 49, -, AZ 1nce to
- 49, 6 ca Az Lisbon St
+ 49, .r.}a,,So,s c5rfecfi"n 2w2S.
Lewiston. epioias
WANT TO LET THE JON TO Cut
s sPf Has an Village. " Also three men
for hayIae F B Heselton, r F; d.
a..
foH 49, al barn On North
~. .5t,' In1fra ~ Richard Ipssard
y 49,. tres
-\'i'" ~
good trades in second hand work and
driving harness. lWZs.
LIGHT CONCORD WAGON FOR
SaIe. cushion Tires. Good as new
cost SIPS VIII sell Al bargain. L.
A. Caswell 220 Main street, Skowhe.
,,..,,.~ys ny EAST
my ana attractive. J. A. Ghabot.
Skowhegan. lW->'
.,n,,su,~c 4n%EuTISING.
rui,i FL 'nii,ii'ns now ai,,n WIN NV
England concerns All departments.
Reporters. desk mon avert sIls 80
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

II buy my dry goods in Portland
and you buy yours in Boston. how
will Ordway and Dyer get money to
pay taxes. subscribe for stock in the
Athens Railroad, Shoe Factory. new
Exhibition Hall. and the baseball
fund, pay Board of Trade dues, help
the High School class go to Washing
ton, buy pins for the basket ball
girls, buy tickets for the Grange
play, the Band entertainment, the
May festival, benefits at the picture
theatres for baseball, the Philathea,
etc, or to advertise in the Somerset
Central Fair Association, and have
anything left to buy shoes for the
children.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

Guernseys popularity with the peo-
pie irrespective OF party affiliations.
The republican party needs the
strength that Mr. Guernseys candi-
dacy Will impart to the state vide
ticket.
THE GUERNSEY SENATORIAL
COMMITTEE
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13
Marriage Intentions Announced

The marriage intentions of Miss
Helen II. Smith, daughter of Mrs,
Thomas NJ. White and Clarence {.
Groves, son of F. E. Groves of Nor
ridgewock are announced, the we'd
ding to take place in the near fu-
ture.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

One Hundred and Twenty Bottles
Deputy Sheriff r. S. Mckinney
made call Saturday at the Maine
Central Railroad freight station in
Madison and seized 120 bottles of ale
directed to John Nannigan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

Nyals Hirsutone-for the hair and
scalp-cleanses the scalp of dandruff,
stimulates the growth of the hair and
preserves its natural beauty. DAN
druff is unhealthy-get rid of tic.
r, Fogg Druggist.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

CIR AM

attached to the train crew as they
were busy and failed to see the men
as they attempted to jump the train,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-13

Receipts are always issued for sub
scription payments. II you fail to
get one, be sure to inform us.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02

If you ever have much, you
will have to buy and sell intelli-
gently. Do not trade where
prices are made for cash if you
can do better where they are
made on a credit basis. Sell
your brains if you have no use
for them.
Isn't it sad how the poor
widow and the one gallus labor
ing man will have their taxes
raised by a bond issue or more
money for schools? No doubt
ever poor person will be given
some big farm so as to make him
pay the taxes on it.
w. Y. Morris's wife was great
ly frightened over the condition
she found Yancey in a few
mornings since and put in a hur-
ry call for a doctor. Yancey had
been working in the garden and
was sweating and his wife had
never seen him in that shape
before.
Tennessee has not always had
for governor a man who regard
ed his word and his honor and
the pledges of his party above
his gratitude and the demands
the ward heelers and machine
greasers, but she has it in Tom
Rye. Let us show the world we
believe in such things by giving
him the biggest majority Henry
county ever gave a man.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02
WOMEN AND GIRLS WIN
AGAIN.; CONTEST ENDS
Sunday School Picnic Will Be
Given Next Week---Will
Announce Date Sunday

Z With 2,103 points to spare the
women and girls won the fifth,
and last, Sunday of the contest
at the First Christian Church
Bible School over the men and
boys. This gave the women and
girls the best three out of five. !"
The attendance at Bible School
last Sunday was i61, the offering,
which is for final payment on the
class rooms and the putting in of
windows in the primary depart
ment, was $3O.92.
While not the largest in the
city, the First Christian Church
Bible School is one of the best
organized and managed schools
in the state. George Luckey,
Robert Hedge and Howard Jones
are the superintendent.
Next Sunday the date and
place for the picnic, which will be
held sometime during next week,
will be announced.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02
ANDERSON HAMPTON

On Saturday, May 27, Mr..
Neal Anderson and Miss Olivia
Hampton were married, Rev. T.
E. Ethridge officiating. The
bride is a handsome young woman
of West Paris. and is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshell Hamp-
ton. The groom is a splendid
young man and is now an en-
ployee of the L. &lI. shops.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02

R. M. Terry, of near Puryear,
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Representative,
was here Saturday shaking hands
with the voters.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02
No. 666

This is prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHiLlS & FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then az tonic the Fever will not
return. II acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not grippe or sicken. Csc
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02
TO Drive Out Malaria

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
ZION builds up the system. so cents
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1916-06-02
COTTAGE GROVE PAGE
Continued from page 2

1t was thought Brother divers
house was on fire a few nights
ago, hut it was only the moon
shining on Wallace's bald head.
1t takes money to have good
school, just the same it does to
own a good horse. tho there are
people who do not want to be-
lieve it. +.
Do not ask me to accept a note
that would not be good if you
were dead, if you want to buy
goods at real cash prices. j. G.
Rainey.
What are you looking for, some
one to credit you, or the best
goods for the least money? See
who has what you want. j. c.
Ralney.
There are law makers and law
breakers, and there are those
who sympathize with each; on
which side will your vote be cast
this time?
1t would be hard to tell which
was the most unscruplous, the
Nashville or Memphis boss, but
the birds know which has the
most sense.
If you would have your boy in
the front ranks of progress, or
climb to the top of the ladder of
fame, educate his heart, his head
and his hands.
Better goods for the same
price" is a better motto than
"the same thing for less money"
Watch the grade of goods | give
you. ]. G. Rainey.
Farmers of the land butcher
class are always telling hard luck
stories, but those who have been
making intelligent efforts to
make their land rich are prosper
GUS.
| do not know of any one who
is making an effort to make
roads on my plan, and as the
world is making them by issuing
bonds, I shall vote for a bond
issue.
Will Brite Webb is the champ
ion crimson clover raiser, and
the human being that would not
be delighted to look over his
field should be forced to live in a
desert.
If you buy on credit the things
you want, just because you want
them, there is apt to come a
time when you cannot buy for
cash nor on a credit the things
you really need.
Charley Crutchfield has been
smiling some lately for the first
tir in months; some say it is
American-French Perfume Co.,
while there are others that think |
it was some goat he ate.
1t is net a better county court
we need so much in order to
have more money for school
purposes as it is fathers and
mothers who really want to
educate their children.
Let us give a premium to the
man who can show the greatest
improvement in the corn yield
in a given number of years by
the Use Of crimson clover, and
at the least expense for fertilizer.
Peas and crimson clover will
make your land rich, then it will
make you rich; cotton and corn
will make it poor, then it will
make you poor. Mix a little
brains with your farming and it
will take less sweat.
An honest man is the noblest
work of God. What has Rye
done that he did not say he would
do? Of course he has made a
mistake according to some
neonla'S ideas in that he did not
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

Pepsln should be In every home A
trial bottle. free OF charge. can be
obtained by writing 10 DR.. W. B. Cald-
well. 454 Washington st., Monticello.
III.
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
WAS DEAD FOR AN HOUR.
NFrom ID NeM Nork WnrldI

iIlum tine NtM AOIk " Ollu.
loveland When Won die, everything
is just blank says Harry TOMS, who
was shocked with electricity so badly
that he WAS dead for au hour before
he was revived by the use of pulmo-
tor.
TOMS stepped ON live wire ON am
elevator and ordinary efforts to revive
him failed. His heart had stopped beat
ing and respiration had ceased for am
hour before pulmotor was applied.
Here's what hc said about dying When
he recovered consciousness at ST. Alexis
Hospital.
"Dying was quick and without pain.
Coming back TO life was slow and pain
ful. When ! stepped ON the wire IL was
like Jolt in the back of my head. 70
seemed as if millions of needles and
PINS were shot through me. Thci sud-
denly everything was "a blank.
"When / was coming back .o life /
could hear before I could see. lmrc
was sound like rushing water and a
heavy wind
"Thc sounds swishcd back and sorih
for what seemed ages. and couldn't
drive them away Then came the ~.
alization of pain. Again that pricSine
as Of millions of needles In my flesh.
was hot my left foot seemed on fire.
Lncw nothing but p N. and then, grad
lally. ! could see
Doctors regard the case as unusual.
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

NEW YORK, March 1O-They'ro
little. but Oh my For frocks and
frirs the tiny Jills mount up as
enormous bills as the big gals No
longer are little sisters content with
dresses made over out Of big sisters
or mothers cast-Ons. Nowadays,
with all the sophsticat on of a full
grown follower of vogue, the wee
ones insist on the latest spring lines
and slhouettes in the replenishmont
of their wardrobes. Like the elders,
the children's styles smack of period
dressing. Louis Seize. Direotoire.
1860. 1880 and also Louis Quinze. OF
course all their skirts are as full and
wide as their mothers. and but mod
icum shorter. Cunning little peasant
frOcks with pointed bOdices of laced
black velvet OvershOrt sleeVed. frilly
hlouses of white batiste and little fun
lowered skirts of challie or crepe are
luaintly charming and also childish.
Many indeed are the little models
shown with separate waists and
skirts. some with peplums and others
with little suspender effects to match
The skirt material Dear indeed to
the hosts Of little girlhood are these
miniature separate skirt and blouse af-
fairs just like a real grown mp lady's.
One of the suspender models comes
with a skirt of striped green and
white linen. a veritable little shirt
waist Of white batiste. its turn over
collar and cuffs finished with frilling
)icOt edged in greet A wide band like
belt of plain green linen embroidered
in a vine of white has two wide sus-
pender straps going one over each
shoulder. he square ends OF which
nrotrudo below the belt line in little
alb effects like peplum. This
model also comes I'm rose and white
and blue and white AS for coats.
they are all narrow across the shoul-
ders and flare mOdishly toward the
inish. silk peplum or gabardine are
the smartest materials. always Of
course including faille. Some Of
them show touches of shocking, in
sets below the high waist line of
blocks and pleats or tucks and some
are frogged smartly in gold or silver
braid. Yet others rely on a collar OF
'eal lace. a iewelled button or two
or just the lustre of the material tu
add chic. Hats run mostly to invert-
ed bowl effects Of leghorn and Milan
braid or to quaint little bOnnets
Picot edged ribbons are used layishly
as trimming, as are button roses and
the gay cherries so beloved of the
grown-ups just how. Little feet shoe
i'm high, white-kid-topped paten
feathers and white silk stockings
show dazzlingly below the full shor
skirts just like mothers. Indeed
these little feet follow in mothers
footsteps often more sartorially than
fitlngly
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
THE MARKET VALUE OF
TIE AMERICAN BABY

Dr. Irving Fisher OF Yale. has re-
Gently calculated the economic value
Of the American baby TO be about 500.
This is interesting and valuable infor-
nation. but fortunately many COM
munities did not need the spur OF the
dollar mark 10 induce them to pro-
toct the baby The way IN which
protective influence is promoted has
much 10 do with results as is being
proved in Dayton. Ohio.
In that city. In the spring of 1914
il was decided to reduce the
death rate of babies during the COM
ing summer. IT possible. The proper
city department TO undertake the
work. did not have enough nurses.
but due 10 cooperative force In
Dayton. the two private organizations
for district nursing in the city gladly
joined forces with the municipal de-
partment. Tho result was twelve
nurses with an expert head nurse as
director. an wearing the same uni
form and serving the city as a whole
though paid and supported by three
separate agencies. The plans which
were worked out and put into effect
enlisted wide and active interest. The
head nurse posted on the wall of the
central offices the death rate for each
month of the preceding year, and nm
derneath as each month passed. The
death rate for that year The drop
was so noticeable that the nurses
grew excited. and could hardly wait
until the end of the month Each
nurse worked day and night and Sun
day during the hot months TO save
every baby i'm her charge The drop
IN the death rate at the end of the
summer was stood almost so per cent.
below that of the preceding year.
Needless TO say this particular form
of cooperation is stronger than ever
IN Dayton
The same principle Is applicable 10
other civic movements There is no
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

reason why Americanizing the alien,
developing the public schools secur-
ing good food markets, sufficient hos
pltal accommodation and many other
advantages. to the people as whole
should not be promoted on a cooper
ative plan So that everybody can take
hand at one time and get the thing
done. and done we'll
To promote the cooperative meth
cd of work by helping TO make the
plans through which 10 can be car
ricd out. Is one OF the purposes Of
the General Service Board now
being organized in this State.
As bureau of study. invesu-
cation and information. and also as
am active agent for efficient and con-
ccrtod work on a few vital things at
a time this board can be appealed
10 both by individuals and organiza-
tions for help with their special prob
lens.
Delaware Is a small State. and all
our civic and welfare agencies have
need 10 club together" TO get re-
suits The individual citizens who
become subscribing members Of the
General Service Board have an op-
porunity to establish a cooperative
movement for State and city develop
mont on sound governmental lines.
with fewer and better digostod laws.
and adequate care for dependant
classes How this shall be done Will
be determined by majority vote OF
the membership after thorough study
on each measure There Us no reason
for the exclusion OF any person on ac-
count Of high dues, as any amount OF
subscription. from 81 to $1,000 per
annum. constitutes fun and equal
membership privileges.
The foundation work of the General
Service Board has already been done.
The i914-1915 report can be secured
ON request The report contains i'm
terestlng information about the local
forms of government. institutions. or
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

Street. in honor Of the Misses Naomi
Shockley and Helen Reynolds. Those
present were. The Misses Mary
Stats. Marian Reynolds. Rena Stats
Helen Reynolds. Ellen Moore. Naomi
Shockley. Mazzie Daniels, Alice Out
ten. Anna Nandyke; Messrs Frank
Hutchinson. Roland Reynolds, Clyde
Shockley. James Carpenter. Carson
Segelton. Foster DeFord, William
Davis and Dick Timmins.
An open meeting VIII be held by
the Daughters OF America, of this
town. next Monday night, in their
meeting room.
S. A. Collins. undertaken, is having
an automobile hearse built on Buick
chassis
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
Sl2.75 to Sal
ST. on Delivery
81 Weekly
No Extra Fees
MOney-Back
Guarantee

Hoosler's Full View Roll Doors
don't slide into pockets or enclosures
where dirt and vermin collect in the
average cabinet. Come, see how you
can lift out these doors for cleaning.
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
r0nAY,s OnnEST STORY.

DALLlS. Tex, March l0.-Sam
Harris. Of Farmersville has al
most realized his greatest ambi-
> tion. He has only to increase his
. girth another inch to have the
. same circumference as altitude.
and he's six feet two inches tall
"In measure up or weigh up
. with Jess Willard any day. for
the heavyweight Championship.
surveyors tape and hay scales
preferred" said Sam today. Sam
IS AZ He's 90 i-2 inches around
3 his chest. 70 inches around the
waist 80 inches around the hips.
AZ inches around the thigh. q
inches around the calf, and re-
Quircs 25 i-2 inch armholes in his
vest. He wears 10 1-2 size shoe.
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

present were: Mr.. and Mrs II. H.
Nanhorn. Mr. and Mrs Nelson Al
free, Mr. and Mrs. William Zebley,
Mrs. George Stewart Misses Addie
Ivory. Elizabeth Munsey, Anna Alfree,
Cora Ivory. Ida Carey. Venie Ivory,
Helen Alfree. Elsie Connor. Blanche
Corey. Maybe Dix. Anna and Eva
Baggs. Emma Carey. Bessie Moore,
Nancy Hickey; Messrs. Delbert Web
Der. VIM. Howell. John Hill. w. b.
Watson. John Aliree. Roy Greer. Earl
Joiner. David Greer Earl Francis.
William Rittenhouse, Samuel Green.
Martin Dickerson. James White. and
Joseph Cannon.
Mrs. S. A. Collins entertained at
a card party at her home on Main
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
A Hint TO Mothers
of GrOIUing Children
4 Mild Laxative at Regular Intervals
WIN Prevent Constipation.

Nui Prevent t0nStipation.
A vital point upon which all schols
Of medicine seem to agree is that nor
NAL regularity Of the bowels is an es-
sential to good health The import
ance Of this is impressed particularly
on mothers OF growing children
A very valuable remedy that should
be kept in every home for use as occa-
sion arises is Dr. Caldwells Syrup
pepsin. a compound OF simple laxative
herbs that has been prescribed by Or.
w. B. Caldwell. OF Monticello. Ill.,, FOR
more than twenty-hveyears and
which can now be obtained In any
well stocked drug store for fifty cents
bottle.
In recent letter TO Dr. Caldwell.
Mrs II. G.. Turner. S4i Main ST. Buff
falo ~ Y. says II bought bottle Of
Dr. Caldwells Syrup pepsin for my
baby. Roland Ice Turner. and find
IL works Just like you said it would.
10 rs fine for the stomach and bowels"
a bottle OF Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

ganizations and civic movements in
Wilmington. and the State.
CHARLES WARNER.
Chairman.
JEANETTE ECKMAN.
Secretary.
Temporary Offices. Odd Fellows
Building. Tenth and King Streets.
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
OK HOLE TRAPS AGED FARNER.

GEORGETOWN, Del, March TO-
Peter Tyndall. a 70-year-old farmer,
fell down a fox hole while walking
across his fields toward neighbor's
house. In an unfrequented part OF
the farm. his weak cries for help
brought no response, and he still is
unable TO tell how. he succeeded in
getting himself out. He was un-
conscious for some time after his
cscapc
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

How TO feed young children-that
is. 10 include those who have passed
their first birthdays one of the big
lessons Uncle Sam wants to drive
home to mothers i'm the national Baby
Week campaign. now in progress in
all parts of the country
Here are succinct pointers on this
subject that all mothers should know:
From - 10 IL Months.
Accustom the child TO drink from
cup and take food from a spoon.
BREAKFAST-Cup OF cows milk,
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
Uncle Sam Directs
Feeding of Children
Over One Year Old

a. saucer OF oatmeal or barley -four
jelly, with milk. or cream of wheat
with milk. The oatmeal jelly rs made
by putting two-jhirds OF cup Of roll
ed oats and teaspoonful of salt into
3 cups Of boiling water. Let boil .
minutes. then cook over hot water 4
hours. Strain. What goes through is
oatmea, jelly. and may be kept i'm
cool place. Make fresh supply every
day Milk may be warmed to suit
taste; il should not be iced.
DINNER Broth or beef juice.
bread, a day old; milk
SUPPER Bread or fruit followed
by milk
Water may be given ass desired, but
not at meals
From iS months 10 > Years.
BREAKFAST Cereal and milk.
Cup of milk Bread q day old and
butter
LUNCH Cup OF milk with bread
and butter or simple crackers. on in
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
TOWNSFND FOLK DANCE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
TOWNSEND. Del, March 10.-Mr.
and Mrs. William Zebley gave a dance
to a number Of their friends near
here on TUESDAY night Music was
furnished by Davis Orchestra. Those
Evening journal., 1916-03-10

dian-mcal johnny cakes and milk. or
corn bread and milk.
DINNER Broth with boiled rice or
barley. of-eggs. soft boiled or poach-
ed, baked or mashed potatoes with
butter and salt. bread and butter.
From 10 Years.
Additions to diet must be gradually
made 10y selecting other articles al
ways aiming TO give small portions at
first and never trying two new arti-
cles at one meal. All food must be
finely cut or mashed, and well
cheWod
Evening journal., 1916-03-10
Fetching FROCKSFOR
THE little MISSES
Spring Styles Show Many
Fills tor ThreeS-up-tO
Mines
FINE FEATHERS FOR
THE FINE BIRDS

BY MARGARET MASON.
(Written for The United Press.)
What ravishing frocks
For wee curly locks
Fine feathers for little birds
fine,
What fetching chapeauX
What stunning manteauN
For little Miss Three-up-tO-
Nine.