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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-20
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-20

the watches. will be furnished, at the
request Of the winners
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Trade?
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To the Board of Selectmen:

Skowhegan, Maine, Il,
To the OF
/ a and
from the the books last
l, A. LAMB
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Cant. AiarstOn
Previously acknowledged sl5of

Carleton 2. Merrill,
Treasurer.
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Desiring that the standing
decided submit
TO of We
following eend
CLYDE
W. H.
J. W. PACKARD,
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MAY WITHDRAW
NOTICE

Attention is called to the fact that.
for the present that no contestant
will be allowed to poll more than
5000 votes ahead of the next highest
candidate This does not prevent
you from getting as many votes as
possible, however because they can
be held in reserve
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TRAVEL TOUR IF DESIRED
If winner desires, he may select a
tour, with all expenses paid, in place
of the Maxwell Car Ladies' size. in
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FOR sALE-1 TT. cut mower; 3
horse rakes; l horse hoe. We shall
make very low prices on these goods.
Skowhegan Farmers Union. 2w2S
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Truck We Offer for sale our horse :
years old weight 1900. May be seen
at pasture al Ned Reeds F.
Lessor X Son. nv
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resses for Somerset County Hotels
with or without previous experience)
also for summer jobs at seashore or
mountain resorts Also girls ana
women for homework. State quail
fcations and wages expected. indie
pendent-Reporter Co. TIL
THE LOVEJOY LINE OF WAGONS
including Concords, , seated Beech ond
other styles. One very nice rubber
tired Trap. for sale at low price
+. T Goodrich Skowhegan. ties
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE, REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA
NOW IS THE TIME.

High snow drifts in the roads
after the recent snow storm
show that there remains con-
siderable work to do in destroy
ing the weeds. Nearly every
drift was caused by the high
growth of weeds. A trip over
the rural routes shows plainly
that the carriers will not be able
to cover their entire routes in
case of a heavy snowfall, and
route patrons will have nobody
to blame but themselves. If
your neighbor has not destroyed
the weeds notify your road over
seer or township officer whose
duty it is to see that they are
destroyed. Just think how con-
venient it would be for traffic
of every kind if the roads were
kept open all winter. There is
still time to get after the weeds.
Why not take a day off and
remedy the evil, and at the same
time save considerable horse
flesh and much freezing during
the winter Sanborn Sentinel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06
AN IMMORTAL HYMN.

It was Christmas of the year
1918. On the afternoon before
Christmas eve, the vicar Of OBJ
erndorf, Joseph Mohr, came to
the teacher Of Arnsdorf, Franz
Gruber, bringing a sheet of pa
per with him, saying, Friend,
could you set to music this little
poem which | have written? You
understand that sort of thing,
and tonight we can have it sung
at the Christmas mass. 1t is real
simple and childlike, but it is
we'll meant" Gruber, whose duty
it was to provide church music
in Oberndorf on holidyas, did
not need much persuasion, and
taking the sheet of paper with
the little poem on it, sat down
to the piano and in an incred-
IDLY short time had struck off
the tune
On Christmas eve the church
at Oberndorf shone in the bril-
liant light Of many candles, and
was crowded with worshippers.
The priest stood at the altar,
clouds of incense assembled, and
the soft tones Of the organ re-
sounded. But bark! Suddenly
a hymn arises, such as only the
angels in heaven might sing to
the little Christ-child. All hold
their breath. No one wishes to
miss a single note of the Won
derful melody. From the choir
loft descend it's majestic tones:
Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon virgin mother and
child,
Holy Infant tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace!
Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds wake, touched with
fright,
(IlOrlcS SlICd1I Il ItI llCdNCh ehAS1A ,
Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah,
Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night! Holy night!
Son of God! Light of light!
O how love beams from his face,
With the dawn of heavenly
grace,
At ImmanueI'S birth!
Stille Nacht, heiEge Nacht!
Allies schaft, einsam wacht
nur das traute hochheilige Paar,
Holder Knabe i'm lOckigen Haar,
schlafe in himmlischer Rub!
StiIle Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Hirten erst kundgemacht.
Durch der Eengel Halleluja
tont es laut Won fern und nah;
ssChrist, der Retter, list da!
Stine .Nacht, heiige Nacht!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06

Christ, in deiner Geburt!
The mass was over. The faith
full were returning home with
divine joy in their hearts; but
their lips kept repeating the
words, Silent night; holy
night !"
Rapidly the hymn spread not
only over the Salzburg country,
but also throughout neighbor-
ing Bavaria and Austria. The
organ builder Mauracher, who
himself heard it sung by Mohr,
brought it to the Tyrol. In the
year 1888 the Zillerthal singers
came to Leipsic, and there sang
the hymn at the Christmas
mass. In Leipsic it was finally
published, and thus became
known throughout the world. At
the present day it is a popular
folk song, and is gladly sung by
all Christians of the German
tongue who celebrate the adj
vent Of the heavenly Child. Even
beyond the seas in the new
world, it is heard, and there ex-
erts a powerful influence over
German sentiment. For a long
time nothing was known of the
origin Of the hymn. Both writer
and composer were far too mod
est to publish broadcast the au-
thorship of the hymn and had
informed only small circle of
it. Many, therefore, supposed
that Mozart or Haydn had COM
posed the magnificent hymn.
Only in recent times have its
true originators become widely
known, and they deserve that
their names should not be for
gotten.
Joseph Mohr was the child Of
poor parents, and was born in
Salzburg in 1892. Having a beau
tiful voice, he became one Of
the singers in the cathedral
choir. Later on he took orders
IN the Catholic church, and died
as vicar of Wagrein, 1843.
Franz Gruber was born in
Upper Austria, 1887, as son of
poor weaver. In Burghausen
he received his musical educa-
ton. In 1906 he came to Arms
dorf, and d ID as choir leader
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06

Young men and women are
wanted for positions in banks. Dur
ing the month of July the Minneapolis
Business College had several bank
positions it could not fill. Over 200
of its graduates are now in banks. A
training at that school will prepare
one for q high-grade position.-Adv.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06
[Q| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

of the parish church Of Hallein
IN 1868.
Both men have long lain at
rest. Yet increasingly does this
Immortal hymn swell in count
less human hearts:
Sleep in heavenly peace!
The Gazette is a most welcome
paper to many homes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-12-06
1I2E4{saE|y5i!ss;5] ES1SE;5ES2!EES1

Gottes Sohn, o, vie lacht
Lieb' aus deinem gottlichen
Mund;
da uns schlagt die rettende
Stund,
Christ, in deiner Geburt!
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
Business and Sentiment in War.

There has been more of business than sentiment in the conduct of the European war; attention to the killing maming and capturing of enemy than merely soaring depressing him; more of substance than of show Now and then there have been in where it appeared that moral effect rather than material advantage aimed at That is notably the of Verdun whose capture would not have strengthened the German position in the west and whose retention been worth the French all the lives that have been sacrificed in it's defense unless that loss has been offset by in the assault upon Verdun A French failure there would doubt have had depressing effect upon a mercurial nation. while a German defeat has appar- ently had effect all upon more stod German people But in neither could the fighting spirit of either nation have been materially affected by the result at verdun
 German frightfulness' has mortified but it has daunted the allies. On the contrary it has further infamed them and impeled them to greater exertion Every Zeppelin raid upon English towns has had the effect of strengthening popular against and increasing the determination the British people to win the
 In former a great point was made of taking cities and capitals of the enemy. In this war atten- tion has been given wholly to the occupation of strategic points. single mountain pass has been invariably of greater value than capital unless the
 
 plans of the campaign have been to attack such systems line by line rather than to aim at the heart of it.
 For instance, the fall of Bucharest which the Lon don newspapers have admitted is probable would not of itself make the position of Rumania difficult and perhaps the Germans would risk thousand lives in it's capture. Bucharest is not a stronghold and whatever strategic value it possesses lies in the fact that it is the convergng point of railroads one from the northwest, from the northeast and from Constanza the Black Sea Teutonic allies have already off the last named and they are said to have broken the first named. It only remains for them enyeop the third Bucharest would then be negligible any uninhabted spot on the great plain whcih it stands fall would be automatic without the necessary waste of a shell or a man. Rumania would be completely lost with its three railroad lines in the hands the enemy as if it were overrun by him.
 The Bulgarans and the Germans have evacuated Monastir While the occupation of it will increase the Serbian national spirit the loss of it does not weaken the position of the central powers on the Mace donian front It would have been of no advantage to them to hold it if they could at a great sacrifice of
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
DOWN
 FIRE HAZARDS
 |S THE ObJECT

| Friday, November "A. has been set as
 the date for the meeting of the Phoenix
 Fire Prevention association at which 1 time a state organization is to be per fected. This important session will be l held in the chamber of commerce rooms
 at o'clock in the afternoon. l All persons interested in this move
 ment. whether or not they are mem l bers of the Phoenix association, are urged to attend the organization meet 1 ing. Unlimited cooperation is needed,
 it is stated, to bring about a successful association.
 1 Just what procedure will be followed | has not yet been fully determined by | those backing the state movement. It
 is highly probable. however. that the association will be incorporated under
 the state laws of Arizona. This, 1t is l believed, will give the organization q
 solid foundation for the perfection of a l strong association.
 l The organization meeting was orig | inalIy scheduled to be held last week
 but was postponed on account of the fair. inasmuch as many of the members
 of the Phoenix association were en- 1 gagged in fair work.
 Association members will also be ap- l pointed in each city in the state. II present plans carry. The duty of these associate members will be to form local organizations in thsir respective cities and in this manner get q large number of prominent men identified with the
 state movement. All local organization will. of course. be a part of the state
 association.
 The association will have but one ob- iective. that of decreasing fire hazards in all parts of the state. IT the work meets with successs fire insurance rates l will ultimately be decreased, it was an
 nounced.
 From present indications, the asso- ciation will start work with member ship Of over hundred. Scores of resi- dents in adjoining cities have already expressed themselves as heartily Tn favor of any movement that will have a htendency to reduce fire losses ana eventually fire insurance rates. | According to the Phoenix promoters, | however it will take a membership or several thousand to accomplish the out | lined work Each county must have an i organization that can and will work { in harmony with city and county off cials. And the larger these county or i ganizations are. the more good Will be the results. it is announced.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
Outside Fair Attractions.

Now that the fair is there is feature of it which may be considered to the advantage of future state fairs-the outside attractions and particularly the carnival Blythe "outslde attractions' we mean alf which not part of the fair proper whether on the grounds Of course the state fair man. aeement could not have understood in detail all the carnival attractions the time contract was made with the carnival people or of them would have been eliminated.
 There was for instance, in the carnival one episode which might have been witnessed on the "Barbary Coast before the authorities of San Francisco camped down the lid on that picturesque section of the city, but doubt whether could be seen any where in the United States now. A description of it would hardly be permissible even though it might for our purpose be desirable. It something how ever that no decent woman could and we do not think that any woman during fair week indecent enough to stand and look at it. To the somewhat doubtful credit of the people in charge that atrac- ton minors excluded the worst feature of it and the best of it bad enough
 There were several other attractions both on the carnival grounds and the fair grounds themselves that would not be permitted any other time of the year such as lotteries and fake fortune telling But 1t was week of gayety and thousands had come to Phoenix because it such a week rather than be- cause it was the week of the fair In such a case we believe it proper suspend the more rigid regu- latons of every day life but not to remove the lid entirely
 The fair alone. with it's racing program it's ex- hoits it's Various meetings interesting as they were would have been a pretty dull place for many of the visitors, and think it was well to add toucb of color and gayety that many of the attractions their spoilers and balyhoo artists afforded But we think that when arrangements made for the outside attractions of the fair year. the line should be more closely drawn not of course to meet the views of prudish persons those are nervously moral but for the exclusion of all attractions to which a normally, healthy minded would not care to take his mother his sister. We would not insist that every attraction should be uplifting and edu- cative, for the great those who attend fairs do not go there to be upifted educated They are
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
A Guardsman's Complaint.


 A member of the national guard of New York stationed at McAllen, Texas, writes letter the New York Sun. protesting against the injustice of keeping the national guard the border indefinitely without any adequate explanation.
 If a police force is necessary" he writes. then let the administration get police force Guardsmen enlisted for military duty sit the Mexi lid while they lose their material possessions The following statistics of company should be of interest: Total number of men in the company, 125; who losing salary 103 who have lost positions S5; whose families suffering pri- vations 55"
 The men of this company last Saturday, November 19. completed five months service the border The prvates have received in money for their services for these five months the ptifu sum of $75. Many of the soldiers have contracted rheumatism and other diseases The health of some of them has been stroyed forever.
 One of the strange things about this matter and not the least shameful is the public indifference to the injustice with which the members of the militia have been treated. One would almost believe that the public was so selfish and so engrossed in other affairs that cares whether these men ever home
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
FINANCES AND MARKETS
TReoubIican A. P. Leased Wirel


 CHICAGO. Nov 2o.--Reports of for eighn government buying under cover did q good deal today to bring sharp up;urn in the value of wheat. Although extreme gains were not held, the mar ket closed strong 3% to A net higher. with December at Sl.S2 to $l.S2A and May at S1.SSA to $1.Solz. Other lead ing staples. too all scored gains-corn I1%. to 7s. oats 1 X to l. and provis- ions 32i. to roc
 Winnipeg led the wheat advance. quotations there being up about six cents at one time as q result of big purchases that were generally ascribed to the British government.
 Advices that the winter wheat in Canada showed curtailment of IS per cent. as compared with a year ago. counted to q material extent against the bears Chances that an embargo might be proclaimed In Argentina tend CT likewise to give prices lift.
 Corn climbed with wheat and as a consequence of bullish Argentina crop conditions. It was said rains in Ar gentina had proved insufficient.
 Oats were governed chiefly by the upswlng of other cereals. Strength resulted also from buying on the part Of houses with scaboard connections
 Large exports as compared with last year, sent provisions upgrade, after an early decline. The initial weakness was due to q setback in the price of hogs.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
4 FANTASY

If you were a white rose Coumbine And were Q Harlequin. I'd leap and sway on my spangled hips And blow you kiss with my finger tips To woo smile to your petal lips At every glttering spin. If I were pig tailed Buccaneer And you were Bristol Girl. A-rolling home from over the sea, I'd give you a hug on the landing quay. A hook -nosed parrot that swore like me- And brooch of mother-o pearl If you were a Donna of old Castle And TroubaGour were |. I'd sing at night beneath your room And weave you dreams in minstrel's loom With rainbow tears and the roses bloom And star shine out of the sky If were powdered Exquisite And you were a fair Bellairs I'd press your hand in the gay pavane And whisper under your painted fan As bowed you into your blue sedan At the old Assembly stairs. If you were a Vatican Shepherdess And were q gypsy lad. I'd teach you tunes that the blackbird trs And show you the dance of the daffods The white moor rising over the hills And Night in her jewels clad. II you were the Queen of Make-believe And I a Prince O Dream Wed dress the world in a rich romance With Pans apiping and Queens that dance. With plume and mantle and rapier glance And Beauty's eyes agleam. If I were a Poet sweet my own And you were my Lady true I'd hymn your praise by night and morn With golden notes through a silver horn That unborn men in an age unborn Might glow with dream of you.
 Punch
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-Buying of coppers. steels and other industrials and specialties in almost unprecedented quantities was resumed today with the usual list of new high records. The market was orderly most of the day, probably as a result of warnings issued from substantial financial quarters. Additional cause for caution was found in the further depletion of local bank reserves. which contributed to the higher rates for call loans, these being quoted at 3iA per cent just before the markets close.
 During the first half of the session the rise proceeded with only such in- terruption as may have been caused by profit taking. In the later dealing, how ever, selling orders far outweighed de- mand and extreme gains of l to , points in the metals and leading in- dustrials were largely or wholly re- duced
 Rails followed their recent course of inactivity until the end of the day when brisk inqury for Union Pacific, New York Central Reading, and Southern, and southwestern issues effected, ad- vanced 1 to points. The tone at the close was irregular.
 Total sales of stocks again ap- preached 2,100,o0O shares, making the third successive full session in which dealings approached that huge total.
 Foremost among the new maximums were United States Steel which rose PA to SIP and closed at s1.279s; Re public Iron common sand preferred; Anaconda. Kennecott, Greene Cananea, Miami and Ray coppers, and Writing paper preferred. Stocks related to the eoppers, including zinc issues. were higher and feathers. Central Leather excepted. were in demand.
 Bonds were irregular, Chile Copper 7s rising points to 154: declining le points and closing at l46. Total sales, par value, $5,225.000. United States bonds were unchanged on call.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
MERCANTILE PAPER

NEW YORK Nov. 20. - Mercantile paper, 3k. - Sterling. 60 day bills, S4.7i@ com mercial GO day bills on banks, s4.704 commercial 60 days bills, s4701s.
 Bar silver. 72Ac
 Mexican dollars, 55Hc.
 Government bonds. steady; railroad bonds, irregular
 Time loans. firmer: 60 days, 3A&31. % days and months, 324 GyA
 Call money. iirmcr. High, 6. low 2A; ruling rate. Zi2; last loan, g: clos ing bid. 2Ia offered at B.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21

Tammany may be in the administratipn's black book but -t will have fifteen members in the house of the Sixty fifth congress- whose will be badly needed Leader Murphy is probably not worrying much about whether the president disappointed with the returns from New York.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
CHICAGO PROnuCE

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Butter hlgher' creamery, 3em40kc.
 Eggs steady; receipts 3,572 eases;
 firsts, 39d 29lzc; ordinary firsts 37 3sc; at mark eases included, 52 M2Slac.
 Potatoes steady; receipts 60 cars Wisconsin and Michigan white S1G1 HL16: Minnesota and Dakota white S1.G0Grt75. Minnesota and Dakota Ohios, S15OmIG0: Washington and Colorado white. $1.70m1.S0.
 Poultry. alive, steady. Fowls. 15c: springers, Ice.
Arizona republican., 1916-11-21
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Nov 20.-ClOse:
 Wheat: Dec. slS2; May, S1SSA. Corn: Dec, 54iac: May, 965sc
 Oats: Dec, 57Ac; May, 62Ec. Pork: Jan, s2LsO; May. S2750. Lard: jan, Sl6.A4; May, SIG 40 Ribs Jan, s14.65; May, s1475.