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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
One WAY to Crack Nuts.

No tree in Chile is more popular with
the hardy youngsters than the Palma
chilena, or Chilean palm, which pro-
duces large bushes Of species Of nuts
with soft outer covering Of green.
When this is cut away hard shell IS
revealed, resembling miniature cocoa
nut. The flavor is strikingly similar
to the cocoanut. In railway carriages
the schoolboy, with a reckless disre-
gard for the conventions as well as
for property, finds an instrument ready
at hand for breaking open the hard
nuts. Without ado he proceeds to
utilize the window frame, which must
be brought down with considerable
force to accomplish the desired results.
Consequently broken panes are not IN
common. Besides. as one writer puts
It. 1.-The railways and the glass belong
to the state, the natural protector OF
Youth"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
For the Book Borrowers.

What one Of US in school years did
not write in his arithmetic, geography
or speaker:
Steal not this book for fear Of shame.
For here you read the owners name.
Some antiquarian once made the
statement that Jean d'Orleans, Comte
dAngouleme, was the first to write
verse threatening any book theft e.,
borrower. with terrible punishment,
Philip Hale writes in the Boston Her
aid. He wrote this. captured in the
Hundred Years war and a prisoner in
England for thirty-three years. The
book was Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales" The common stanza among
English schoolboys Is:
Steal not this book for fear Of shame.
For in 1t is the owners name,
And when you die the Lord will say.
Where Is that book you stole away?
But your confirmed borrower Of
books has no fear Of punishment in
this world or the next.-Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
ROME

Mrs. Susan Crowell is passing few
days with her granddaughter, Mrs.
Roy Cannon of Oakland.
Goldie Crowell who has been on 4
visit with her grandmother, Mrs.
Briggs in Vassalboro returned home
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dudley re-
turned from Winthrop Saturday where
they have been on a visit with their
son Joseph Dudley.
Hazel Prescott, teacher in the Dud
ley school. returned to her home in
Cambridge Monday. Her many friends
hope to see her back in the fall.
Miss Bertha Dudley and Miss Hazel
Prescott visited the Blaisdell school
Wednesday.
Miss Martha Dudley who is at work
at Bear Spring camps spent Sunday
night with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Dudley in Smithfield.
Miss Gladys Charles is visiting in
New Sharon.
They have about 50 guests at North
Pond Camps.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Famous Curfew Tower.

Chertsey, Surrey, can vie with Ban
bury in curfew memories though it is
only in recent years that the old GUS
tom Of tolling at shutdown has been re-
vived there The original curfew bell,
which hung In Chertsey abbey. tolled
for the funeral Of Henry VI, murder
ed in the Tower Of London and hurried
to Chertsey for burial, without priest,
clerk. torch or taper. singing or say
ing" The village was also the scene
of the legend-frst put into story form
and dramatized by Albert Smith
which relates how Blanche Herlot. to
save the life Of her lover. Neville, con-
demned to die at shutdown, climbed the
curfew tower and held the clapper Of
the great bell, determined that "curfew
shall not ring tonight. "-London Chron-
icle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
ULTIMATUM TO
THE LABORERS IN
BOSTON STRIKE

Boston, July 12.-Building laborers
now on strike on several construction
Jobs here must return to work tomor-
row or they will be suspended from
union membership, according to an
ultimatum issued today by Dominic
D'Alessandro. general president Of the
Building Laborers' and Hold Carriers
Union. This action came about be-
cause OF the alleged breaking by the
men of an agreement between Presi-
dent O'Allessandro and the Master
Contractors Association regarding ar
bitration of wage demands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
TaetIess Salesman.

The motorcar salesman's lack OF
Judgment cost him sale. He was
trying to sell a professional man a
machine, but he handed out the wrong
kind Of talk and "queered" the deal.
His prospective customer had been in
two or three serious motorcar acct
dents while out riding with friends
and really was just bit timid about
riding In a machine, although to please
his family he had just about made up
his mind to buy one. The motorcar
man, with much glibness and effec-
tiveness, presented the various virtues
Of his car. Just look at the axle" he
said. when you get in smashup
that axle, unlike many others, will not
break, but will bend and SO can be re-
paired without much expense"
This unfortunate argument spoiled
the sale. 1t aroused the sense Of fear
which the professional man had when
riding in a machine, and he told the
salesman that he guessed he would not
place his order for a machine at that
time.-Columbus Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
&c. up on Your Toes.

Have you ever seen a champion run?
He gets set at his mark.
Every muscle is tense.
He's away at the crack Of the start
er's gun.
He doesn't try to beat the gun.
He holds his head up.
His we'll trained legs flash up and
down like dynamic pistons.
His arms swing in perfect rhythm.
He runs on his toes.
He gives all he has.
He breaks the tape running full force.
Are you using sprinter's tactics in
your race Of life?-C!eveland Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
READFIELD

DEPOT-Frank Lambert, who has been
home with his family for some time, left
Sunday on his return to Van Buren,. Mr.
Lambert is engaged in the lumber bust
ness large part of the year.
Mrs. D. w. Kensill of Portland. who
came Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs j.
f. Denton, returned Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Leeman, who
came from Hllsboro, y. H., by auto. are
guests of Mr.. Leemans sister, Mrs E A
Leeman.
Mrs. f. NJ. Harmon of Brewer, who is
now in Portland the guest of her son,
will be in Readfeld this week to visit
her relatives here.
A horse belonging to E. A. Leeman got
mired in the pasture Saturday. When
found he was nearly buried in the mire
Seven men had hard time to extricate
him.
Edward Andrews Of Waverly, Mass,
came Thursday to visit his grandmother
Mrs. G. A. Lawrence.
Mrs. Tuck has rented her place to Mr.
Atkins of Fayette and will pass the sum-
mer in Oakland with her daughter. Miss
Edith Tuck, who is now with her mother
arranging for her to leave.
Wilbur Luce Of Portland in at home for
a few days
Henry Viewer and Edwin Hutchinson
of Portland were home the Fourth and
notwithstanding the rain managed to en-
JOY themselves fishing.
Miss Annie Whittier of Gorham is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Coleman, and
will go this week to visit her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Lucy Davis of Canton.
Mrs. Felch has returned from Rock
land accompanied by her brother. Karl
Brown.
The pulpit Sunday was occupied by Miss
Coke, who was assisted by Rev. Mr.
Wolstholma, pastor of the church.
Sunday school picnic at Maranacook
Thursday was an enjoyable day for all
who attended. The chief pleasures were
the fine lunch and the steamboat rides
from Coleman grove to Maranacook and
Winthrop and return.
Mr. and Mrs. Laforest Jones arrived
from Portage, Wis, Monday and are
guests of. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie NJ. Jones.
Mr. Jones visits his brother once in two
years When the members Of the Jones
family meet for a reunion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
FAIRFIELD
Victor Grange Plans Special
Program for Saturday
Meeting
WEDNESDAYS HEAT WAVE
SEVERELY FELT

The regular meeting of the Victor
Grange will he held in the Grange hall
az Fairfield Center on Saturday eve
ming. July 10. A special program for
lows. the music to be in charge of Sis
ter Annie Brann: Roll call responded
To by each member and telling OF
Some Interesting Place l Have Wis
ted is the Average Farmer Bet
ter Producer Than He is a Business
Man This topic will be discussed by
brothers \. H. Ellis, j. S. Snow and
Maurice Emery. Reading by Sister Ze-
la Taylor. How Do You Account for
the Fact That Farmers Have Less In
forest in Politics Than Lawyers
Though the Farmers are 20 Times as
NUmeroUs?' This subject will be dis
cuSsod by Brothers George Tlbbetts,
II. T. Choate and Frank Doe. Reading
by Sister Horne.
Does a Farmers Wife Enjoy Advan-
tages Equal to Those of Her City Sister,"
This theme will be discussed by Sisters
Chuate, Tozier and Moore 1t is hoped
that large number will plan to be pres
ent and that an interesting meeting will
be held
Eugene Meserve of Portland was a bus
mess caller in town Wednesday.
Wednesday proved one of the most I'M
com Portable days in town this summer on
account of the heat. Thermometers about
the streets were almost to the limits, most
of them being above the 100 mark and
some ranging to 112 and lis. Although a
slight breeze came down the river, this
was not much relief to busy shoppers and
lahorers or even those wandering about
the streets
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Rouoh Wooinq.

Courtship and marriage customs
among the Greenlanders were in early
times simple and unceremonious. We
are told that when lovelorn youth
made up his mind as to the girl he
wanted to adorn and be useful in his
hut of ice and snow he went to her
house, seized her by the hair or wher-
ever he could secure a good grip on
her and dragged her to his own do
main, where she was expected to stay
without any further marriage cere-
mony. If an af1uent bridegroom he
would perhaps soothe her lacerated
feelings by presenting her with a new
lamp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Bits Of Swedish History.

Gustave III. Of Sweden was assassin
ated at a masked ball: hence the opera
I'm Ballo In Maschera." although Yer
di was obliged to change the name Of
the ruler and the scene Of tragedy from
those in Schibes nbretto which served
for his opera.
A queen dowager Of Sweden died Of
apoplexy while witnessing a play en-
titled Life Is But Smoke" She was
Frenchwoman named Clary. Berna-
dotte married her when she was seven
teen years old and he was twice her
age. Joseph Bonaparte had married
her younger sister.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
his right foot and leg ampu,ated just

his right foot and leg amputated just
below the knee.
Wednesday was one of the hottest days
in Madison for several years. The Their
mometer registered from Sc to 100 degrees
in the shade during the afternoon.
Mrs. Frank p. Ladd of Dracut, lass,
arrived in Madison Wednesday night to
visit relatives and friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. John A. Harding. who has been
visiting relatives in Norway for the past
week, has returned to her home in Madi-
son.
Miss Mildred Henderson. who is taking
a course in a Providence hospital to At
her 70 become a trained nurse, arrived
home the first of the week to pass her
vacation with her mother, Mrs. r. G.
Henderson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Compensation for Federal
Employees Passes the House

Washington. July 1.-THE McGilli-
cuddy-Kern bill, providing a system of
workmen's compensation for federal
employees was passed by the House to-
day by vote Of 2s6 to 3.
An amendment adopted would re-
duce from $4,000 to $4,000 salaries of
the three commissioners administering
the system. Former Speaker Cannon
opposed the bill on the ground that it
should provide for contributions by
employees. Minority Leader Mann made
speech urging its passage. The meas
ure provides for compensation Of all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
All Bands Alike 70 Hon

A little girl was greatly interested In
watching the men in her fathers or
chard putting bands Of tar round the
fruit trees to prevent ground insects
from crawling up and asked a great
many questions. Some weeks later.
when out with her mother, she noticed
gentleman with a mourning band
round his left sleeve.
Mother" she said, whats to keep
them from crawling up his other arm?''
London Globe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

injured federal employees at the rate
Of two thirds the wages lost during
disability with a maximum Of s66
month. In case Of death the dependent
widow would be allowed 35 per cent.
of the employees wages and 10 per
cent additional for each dependent
child under IS, with limit of two
thirds the employees wage. An appro-
priation Of 100000 is made for the
system. The bill is pending in the
Senate.
Present laws provide compensation
for only about one-third Of the fed
eral governments employees.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

.r.s-,.4,y was Dollar day in the city
c.,,c,y.,!e and great bargains were
o.. -. e., al tho stores OF the city. The
tcgan TO come early and before
t-' we're open they were crowding
~, ne doors They found great as
So -, O., good things 70 be had for
u, ~ one dollar and took fun ad-
LIZ. NJ the opportunity offered. In
4, IA f7-t that u was very hot
VI ..,y crowded The stores all day and
,,o-o reported me business. While
49,. ,,as no, worked up 20 any extent
w .y-.ess for all tho people who
,r,, Il. not only the traders but the'r
customers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
A. They Do In Denmark.

In Denmark the bread Is home baked.
The women spin wooden yarn which the
village weaver makes into cloth or
which they knit into stockings. The
women make their own dresses. Often
they make clothes for their husbands
and sons. The men make wooden shoes
for the family and house furniture and
farming implements. And the efficient
Danes set Europe an example Of in
tensive MISUNDERSTANDING Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Recreation.

8 Recreation is essential to good
& health. The object Of recreation i
& is to give our tired and hard I
= worked minds and bodies. as the i
= case may be, much needed rest I
i, and to give the unused side Of I
= our physical or mental makeup I
{, a chance for exercise and devel- I
+ opment. I
+ The person who makes his liv- I
& ing by the use Of his mental 4
= faculties should seek recreation I
& on the golf links. tennis courts, 1
+ in the automobile, the garden or 1
+ lawn. He should try hard to for I
+ get his regular work. The men, I
q tai worker needs physical diver I
+ sion. 4
i But the laboring man who 1
= spends all his energies at hard 1
i physical labor needs mental d.
+ version. And the laboring man, 1
= as well as the mental worker, 4
i needs fresh air and plenty Of It
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
PORTLAND POWER
BOAT FLEET ON
ANNUAL CRUISE

Portland, Me, July 12.-The Portland
Power Boat Association fleet Of do.-
en- boats left early today for tner an
nual cruise to the westward. 1t was
conveyed by the coast guard cutter
Ossippee and plans to reach all anchor
age at Winthrop. Mass, tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Mohammed.

Mohammed was born about the year
$40 A. D.. at Mecca. the son Of ADD
Allah, Of the family Hashim, and
Amina. Of the family Of the powerful
tribe of the Koreish. The number Of
the followers Of Mohammed IS estimat-
ed to be 176,834,372.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
WINDSOR

Mrs. w. A. Cole and two children of
Augusta are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. A. Reed.
Athorne Dutton and family, who
have been living in Alma the past year.
have returned to their old home at
Windsor Corner.
r. D. Dutton has returned to Boston
after a weeks visit with his parents.
Mrs. Thompson of Readfield is pass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Rather Cynical.

ut is we'll enough to strive to attain
perfection. but remember one thing.
my boy"
"What. father?'
IF ever you should attain 1t you
would become most uninteresting."-
Detroit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
All Weather Good,

Sunshine is delicious. rain Is refresh.
ing. wind braces up, snow is exhilarat-
Ing There is really no such thing as
bad weather-only different kinds Of
good weather.-Ruskin.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
No Wonder,

The Leaning Tower Of Pisa ex.
planned.
II started to faint when l saw the
architects bill" 1t 641ed. = Chicago
Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
KennebeC Journal Ads
Give Practical HELPS

A advertising took on this char
n acter, and was more and more
aimed to interest and inform,
it gained readers. House wives
learned that through reading the
advertisements of the stores they
could really learn things about COM
modities and their prices, without
spending needless hours of shop !
ping" Thus the circle of people in
fuenced by advertisements expand
ed with consistent and solid results. 4
All life and living tends more and
more to organization, to system, to
efficiency of method. Buying for the
home, almost the last of the great
businesses of the world to come I'M
der the sway Of "business methods"
at last felt the impulse toward eff
cheney. The housewife learned that
she, too, was Tin business and that
she owed it to herself and to those for
whom she acted as buyer to see to it
that her task was performed with ef-
ficiency and economy and wise judg-
ment. Thus the circle of people in
f1uenced by advertising widened and
expended in a greater degree.
And the expansion of the circle
goes on. If merchant holds the at
tention and interest of the people in
this city who read and are Influenced
in their buying by the ADVERTISE
ments he need not worry about other
people or 9th er problems.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

ing few weeks with her daughter,
Mrs. Kirk Latin.
err at the home Of her niece, Mrs. John
Wilcox. All are glad to see her out
again.
Will Cappers. who has been employ
ed in Massachusetts, for several
months, has returned home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
OF Course,

chow do you suppose Solomon ever
managed a thousand wives2"
"If l knew that I'd be as wise as
Solomon. ''-Exchange.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

AN Phoebe Haywood has rone n
''or' whore she will remain for
I" week outing
al. annual outing of tho First Meth
-. sunday school was held AT Lake
~. 49, "'dn".dly. The party left Mad
w n" 2 3o car over the line Of the
tr. r. Traction Go. \ very pleasant
'h' Is reported
- - Betsy Wood. who has been Waiting
vr.'' and friends in Pennington and
ASa'on Tuesday. =
Ira 81 Lew Ramsey. who was in
t.,s.' ne accident Of Monday. will be
u 70 earn that he Is now improv.
'sp.a.y IN the Central Maine General
"''' at Lewiston. Mr.. Ramsey had
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
WA7ERv|LLE

~u.,n L. Colby returned Wednesday
pus.ness trip 10 Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

-. Della O'ponnell. who has been
80 10 Maiden. Mass. Is in the city
ga" GUNNER. the guest OF her sister.
-. Lnhn y. FREE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
nninn Il Iln Brown.


Mrs. Blank is in deep mourning,
isn't she:"
Every deep. hear that she has dis
charged her blond chauffeur and hired
q colored one."-Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
Funeral Of Media Shusta

=. ''n"rnl services Of NEEDLE Shus-
= N'Fe A"iA Tuesday AT st. Sebastian
a. 'hnl'h The interment was in
- ''F'.i Wills cemetery. Miss Shus-
~. N'' ~" victim Of the fatal automo-
:, .'"nl on the Arson side Of the
''eF sunday afternoon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

He that is overcautious will accom-
plish little.-Schiller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

49, .-a Mrs. r. X. whitehouse Of Uni
~ 4, the city Wednesday on shop
,ag TIP.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

N. Alexander OF Portland is Wis
N' ~ h., husband. who is employed
psre
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
ST'M'R
GOLD SHELL HITS
MINE-DAMAGED

Paris, July u, 1,25 P. M.-The Amer
lean steamship Gold Shell with car
go of oil, struck mine on Monday
night and was badly damaged. She was
kept afioat until she entered the mouth
of the Gironde, where she is being
lightered.
The Gold Shell struck the mine at "A
point 20 miles west OF the island of
Cordovan, off the mouth # the Giron-
de. The forward part Of the hull was
partly wrecked.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

The Gold Shell. Captain Hayes, hail
ed from New Orleans June ~, and
Newport News June 81 for Bordeaux
She is a tank steamer of 5000 tons
gross, built this year and owned by c.
H. Ruhl of New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13

Automobile tires made Of horsehair
have been invented by . Frenchman
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
IT PAYS TO
Read the Ads

III ME was, and within the memo
ries of many of US, when but
few people read advertisements
and those with misgivings.
Advertising had not yet found it's
proper place in the economy of life.
Much of it was neither informing
nor dependable nor of interest.
AS with other phases of life, time
brought changes. Little by little
the tone Of advertising mp roved,
and it came to be of use and service
to the people. It developed, gradual
ly, into medium of information for
the people about commodities and
products and and facts and figures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-13
These Are Days
When the Reader
Wants to KNOW

" EFT, more than before, the adver-
y Using of today must be IN
FORMING. People are fact
hunters. They want facts about
the goods you sell-facts about the
merits and qualities of those goods,
and their costs. If you have cut the
price Of commodity, they want to
know why. It is their right to know.
Earn and hold the interest and
confidence of the people who read the
ads, and your stores prosperity is
ASSURED. It's a proven fact.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-09-15

dreams of the home builder had pic
tured it.
In the illustration shown here q
house is pictured which has every ap-
pearance of little bungalow, with all
of the coziness and homelike atmos-
phere usually associated with such a
house, and with more than the usual
attention paid to details of finish.
Yet a glance at the floor plans will
show that seven large rooms have been
tucked away within, and no sugges-
ton of crowding is evident. The de-
sign is an exceptional one from every
standpoint.
The sides of the house are finished
with alternate wide and narrow rows
Of beveled siding, having fancy panel
work set up under the gables. The
porch rail is built up from the ground
line with rough brick, capped with an
overhanging ledge of brick turned up