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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-16

Lorenzo p. Libby has been appoint
ed postmaster in Brighton in this
county.-Dr a. f. Farnham who
comes well recommended has located
at East Madison.-The importation of
cattle from Canada to the United
States has been prohibited The
Deputy Collector at Moose River col
lected $1400 duties in the month of
0ctober.-Miss Nesta keefe is in Bos-
ton this week looking after the STYLES
and ordering winter goods L..
Morrison adyertises this week a great
variety OF merchandise in his store
and other property personal and real,
for sale and TO rent-C. W. Went
worth has purchased the market of
Mr.. John Pulsifer. His card appears
elsewhere. He makes a speciality of
fine beef.-Mr Nathaniel Littlefield.
an old printer who learned his trade
in this Office when ii was in Norridge-
wock, died in Hallowell the 10Th of
October. His age was 67-lIrs.
Bridget Hight whose death we record
ed this week, was one of the oldest
inhabitants of the town of Athens and
taught the first school ever taught in
that town.-The remains of the wife
of A. l.. Brown Esq of Augusta. were
brought to this place Saturday and in
TERED Sunday. Mr. Brown was for
merly one of the proprietors of the
Reporter and has many friends here.
J. NJ. Arnold, the we'll known tailor,
who has been giving Skowhegan and
vicinity fits for the last decade, has
to Water street, opened
branch office of Oak Hall" clothing
and has a word to say
in our advertising columns Miss
Dennison one of the High School
teachers invited her class in history
to visit her last Friday evening, ar
rayed in the costumes worn by the
they were studying The
result was large gathering of youths
and maidens representing kings.
queens, popes, etc, etc. The evening
passed very pleasantly Conductor
Mills who has been on the 1aine Cen
trail for some eight years, has retired
from the road. Mr. Mills VAS one
IF the most courteous men on the
whole road and he will be missed by a
large share of the public travelling in
by Harry Tucker, son of Superintend-
ent Tucker.-Married. SkoWhegan,
Oct. Goth by Rev, J. Hawks. Walter
Il. Pullen of Monsoon and Lizzie E.
Patten of Skowhegan.-Died Athens,
October %. Mrs. Bridget Hight. aged
II years, Skowhegan, Oct 30. Warren
Parkman, aged AZ years. ! month.
II days: Harmony. Sept. %. Mrs. Del
ah kimball, aged 81 years; Harmony,
Oct. 25th, Dea. James Clark, aged 90
'ears.
November u. 1S79-W William d. |
Hayden recently captured two very
ARE Arctic birds at Madison Pond. |
The name given them is Mergus. Ed
FULLER has stuffed them and they are
highly valued owing to their beautiful |
Geographic dispatch |
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-16

A meeting of the Pioneer Past
Noble Grands association, held Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Alice S. Baker on Turner avenue was
we'll patronized 1t took the form of
a social gathering The hostess was
assisted in serving by Mrs. W. A
Bailey.
Arthur Merriam who has just COM
pleted two months training at the
Harvard Officers reserve training
camp, arrived in town Monday for a
visit with his parents, Rev. and Mrs
George Merriam. Mr. Merriam has
go to the Plattsburg Camp which
opens August 81.
The marriage intentions of John
Lewis, Esq and Miss Mildred b. Chute
have been filed. Mr. Lewis is asso-
ciated with his father, Daniel Lewis,
in the practice of law. Miss Chute,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Chute, has been an efficient teacher
in the Skowhegan schools. Both are
deservedly popular and possess the
esteem of this community to an I'M
usual degree. The wedding is to take
place IN the early future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
London Experiences Hardest Winter Since
 England Entered War

London. March 30.-London has
 just passed through the hardest win- ter of the war. For weeks the weath- CT has been down to the freezing point. an unusual thing here. Coupled with this severity of weather was a scarcity of coal which caused suffering among rich and poor alike. The coal was in the country but the difficulty was in getting it to the consumers.
 It is true that prices did not soar very high as compared with those in Paris and Rome but the dealers did get $16 ton. which is good price for London.
 The shortage of labor made it inn possible for dealers to get coal to many of the schools and these had to be closed. To get coal, consumers had to go to the dealers or to the yards where it was unloaded from the trains It was therefore not an un- common sight to see fashionably dressed women carrying coal in baby carriages, baskets and bags. Still others loaded the coal into taxicabs. Small boys were in great demand.
 In the poorer sections of the metro pOlitan area women and children be- sieged dealers for hours. They were given limited supplies, in order that all might be served. These people us- ually paid 25 cents for a small pail fuI.
 Railway travellers usually. carried a steamer rug te keep them warm on the jearHey, for the railways ceased to neat the cars.
 Most people faced the inconvenience bravely. They realized that the needs Of the navy came first; also that if they were not getting the usual qual- etv H was because the best coal was .EsseEysd for the navy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
HOME HEALTH CLUB

NOURISHING BREAD: At the present time the price of flour, corn and potatoes are probably more ex- pensive than at any time in the his tory of this country or even during the history of Europe. During times of war, for which we must prepare, there are many things that enter into the cost of bread and bread making that must be considered. If the baking of bread could be accomplished without the loss of so much fuel there would be a tremendous saving and this can be done. The use of ovens that con- serve and retain the heat for many hours would reduce the cost of bak- ing. The use Of all of the grains of wheat in the form of finely ground whole wheat flour would be another great saving and of tremendous ad- vantage from the standpoint of health.
 How to increase the nourishing qualities of bread and at the same time reduce it's cost and retain it's palatability Is therefore, naturally of considerable importance and value at this time.
 About 20 years ago conducted se- ries of experiments in bread making
 
 that could have been put to great ad- vantage, but for the fact that we are the most extravagant people on earth and we do not like to disturb the es- tabIished order of things merely for the sake of saving a few pounds of flour, coal and some extra labor. The work which I did at that time will now be used gladly, however, and the result will be better health and less expense and labor.
 The best bread I have ever eaten was ten days old when served and it had been kept in an ordinary bread box It tasted fresh and sweet and was very nourishing. There was nothing dry, hard or stale about it. Here is the formula from which I made it:
 Barley flour, one pound; rye flour,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
France Provides
 Small Merchant
 A Stable Credit

Paris. March 30.-To provide cred 1t on reasonable terms to tradesmen and manufacturers of moderate means whose situation might other wise be precarious after the war, the French Parliament has authorized the organization of mutual loan guaranty societies and mutual banking soci- eties. It is proposed that the two types of organization shall co-operate in providing credit. Merchants and manufacturers are to unite in asso- citations and accumulate a fund to be deposited in the mutual banks. Then if merchant desires a loan the guar anty company will endorse his note which he can discount at the mutual bank. If the borrower fails to pay the note at maturity the mutual guar anty society must pay it from it's col lective fund.-
 The minister of commerce, has been authorized to advance 12,0OO. 900 francs without interest to enable the mutual banks to meet their inmef1i- ate needs. Tx
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
BIGGEST W00LEN
 MILL IN WORLD
 IS AT LAWRENCE

The biggest woolen mill in the world, and probably the biggest of all mills for the manufacture of textiles is the huge Wood mill at Lawrence This tremendous building is about ar eighth of a mile in length, and it's six stories have a com bined floor space of more than 65 acres. Scattered al over the world = in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. South Ameri- ca, England, Ireland, the United States and islands here and there-are 5,0o0,000 patient sheep unconsciously growing wool for the Wood mill manufactured each year in this le- viathan of textile plants.
 The great mill was built between the years 1906 and 1909. It houses 1,500 looms and 10000 spindles. Each working day between $500 and 1000 operatives, women and men, file iu and out of this one mill. Especially at the closing hour does the Outpour- ing of the operatives seem veritable human torrent. ,Escalators have been installed at the two main entrances to facilitate passage from floor to floor and these have greatly quickened the outflow of the workers. In a recent test the building was emptied of more than 5000 persons in three minutes.
 There are many other big woolen mills the world over, but no one of them can be regarded as a rival to the great Wood mill. It is probable, strange as it may seem, that the next biggest textile mill is located in Rus sia. usually regarded as hopelessly backward in industry. Americana have much to learn, however, about Russia. In the little town of Mar va, near Petrograd, is tremendous cotton mill owned by the krenholm Manufacturing Company, where sever al thousand operatives are employed. The first mill on the site was put up as long ago as 1856. Another huge Russian cotton mill is at Yaroslav, and a. third at Lodz, in Poland, the latter now being in German possession.
 The Wood mill is owned by the American Woolen Company, which also has many other large mills in all the New England States and in New York. The largest woolen mills own- ed by competing companies are in Philadelphia and Cleveland.
 Textiles include all materia1s-veg- etable, animal or mineral-that are spun into threads and then woven or knit into cloth. Cotton, wool, flax and silk are the most important for clothing, although jute, ramie, hemp and sisal, as we'll as other materials, are widely used for many purposes. The last census revealed that there were TO less than 5,352 textile estab- lishments in the United States, giving employment to e15,S5s persons, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30

| make because of its nearness to the
 sun that later observers may come to
 a different conclusion.
 1 An interesting thing to be noted I about Mercury is that this planet l shows phases analogous to those ot
 the moon. When between us and the
 sun the unillumined side of the planet | is turned toward us, and we have
 what might be termed new" Mer-
 cury; astronomically this conf1guration
 of earth, planet and sun is called in ferior conjunction of Mercury. The analogous. confguration, superior con- | junction of Mercury, shows the planet
 on the other side of the sun from us; 1 this would givels the face of Mercury fully illuminated by sunlight and cor responds in a way to full moon. Be- | tween these two positions we can see different gradations of phase.
 Lunar Occultations of Stars. The moon on the monthly round of it's orbital path about the earth con tinually interposes it's bulk between us and the stars which occupy the projection of its path on the celes- tial sphere. For short time, then, the star is eclipsed from our view. However, the number of bright stars which are thus subject to lunar occult tation or eclipse is very small and not extremely often do we have a chance to observe this happening to star which is itself easily observ- able. This month two stars of good magnitude will be occulted and pro- vide a spectacle for us which is we'll worth observation.
 On April 2, at 10:27 D. m., Eastern standard time, the moon will oblit- crate from view the 4th magnitude o'clock in the morning, the star Sig ma Scorpionis will receive the same treatment. This latter is g. third magnitude star just west of the bright star Antares, and the phenomenon will occur when the constellation is about on the meridian, law down in the southern sky. A scientific fact of no small importance can be learn ed from these occultations: namely, that the moon has no atmosphere, for if it did, the disappearance of the star would be gradual and not so abso- lutely sudden.
 The New Consultations.
 Among the new constellations for this month are: Corvus, the Crow, and the long Water Snake,t Hydra, with the red star Alphard glowing in soli- tary grandeur in field devoid of other bright stars; the entire group of Bootes, with Arcturus, and the group of Virgo, the Virgin, with the white first magnitude star, Spica, are well above the horizon: Hercules is a group which covers great area of the heavens, but contains no very bright stars and is altogether incon- spicuous. It contains, however, one of the most wonderful star clusters in the entire Armament, which is made up of not less than fifty thou sand stars, each one in itself glow ing sun of no small size, These star clusters differ from nebulae, which are made up of finely divided matter in state of incandescence and not of such separate large bodies. Of course, many or most of the nebulae contain globular condensations. Between Hercules and Bootes is the beautiful cOronett of stars, the Northern Crown, Corona Borealis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
with a capital invested of $1,s41,242,-

with capital invested of $1,s41,242,- 131. t
 The United States and Great Brit ain are the biggest manufacturers of woolen and worsted goods, Massachu- setts ranks first among the States in the production of worsteds, and Law renee is the most important city in this industry. In the production of Woolen goods, Pennsylvania has more mills than any other State, but Massa- chusetts is again the leader, in the amount of cloth manufactured
 The woo1en mills of England are chiefly clustered in and about the busy city of Bradford. Scotland is famous for it's tweeds. Wooden manufacture in Germany had been showing re- markable increases before the war, al- though the mills were not congregat- ed as in the United States and Eng land, but scattered through the em- pire. Some of the finest woolen cloth made came from France, but many of the mills were in the north, and are still held by the Germans or are in the danger zone.
 The majority of the cotton mills of the United States are in three sections
 
 and the south. The densest concen- tration is within a 20- mile radius of Providence, including portions of Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island and Connec- ticut. Here about one-third of all the cotton cloth made in the United States is spun. Manchester is the English center for the cotton industry, Oldham being the most important English cotton spinning city. The chief German mills are in Alsace, and the most important French establish ments are in the north.
 In the manufacture of linen, the product of flax, Ireland produces the finest grades, Srench, German and Scottish come next.
 Tn silk manufa cture the United States has wrested the leadership from France, although the finest ribbons are French. It is possible that Chi na or Japan may lead even the Unit ed, States in silk manufacture, but this is not probable. No reliable statis- tics are kept in these nations
 Japan has decided to recognize the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30

The planets Neptune and Saturn find places on this months map. Saturn is still in the constellation Gemini where he has been all winter, but has now taken up his direct easterly mo- tion through the Zodiacal groups which will slowly but markedly change the confguration of that in- teresting section of the heavens. Nep- tune is to the east of Saturn, but is so dim that his light is less than that of star of the seventh magnitude and is therefore hopeless for our style of ob- servation.
 April will also afford us another op- portunity to view the small planet Mercury, which is the nearest of all the planets to the sun. It is this very nearness to the bright, all-eclipsing disk of the sun that makes the obser- vation of this planet difficult enough so that the most favorable occasions have to be utilized. These occur when the orbital motion of Mercury has brought it as far as possible from the sun as seen from the earth.
 On April 24 the planet will be at it's greatest eastern elongation, so that for a. very short time it will be visible when the sun is below the horizon. The word e1ongation is the technical astronomical term for angular dis tance from the sun as seen from the earth; therefore, this phenomenon means that Mercury will be as far to the east of the sun as it can get and will be an evening star.
 On the 24th the angle between pla- net and sun will be about 20 1-2 de- grees; with an unobstructed and cloud1ess horizon we should look near the spot where the sun has just. sunk below the horizon and about a fifth of the way up to the zenith. We do not, of course, need to confine our obser- vations to the. 24th alone, but should take advantage of the first clear day within a week preceding or follow ing the 24th. Our map cannot show the planets correct location, for it will have set we'll before nine o'clock.
 What We Know of Mercury
 The orbit of Mercury is the inner most of the planetary orbits, the mean solar distance. being only about 36 Venus, is twice as far away from the sun. III dCCOTOaHC0 WILL I1l0 luuud- mental laws of planetary motion, Mercury, therefore, has the shortest period of revolution around the sun and completes this in a quarter of a year For this reason, also, Mercury receives nearly seven times as much heat per square yard as the earth, and this alone would make condi- tions on his surface impossible for man. Furthermore, we know that the albedo, or ref1ecting power, of the pla net is very low, showing the probable absence of any atmosphere or, at most an extremely slight one. Again, at times when Mercury passes between the sun and our planet the disk of Mercury is seen with good definition and not surrounded by halo of light, such as an extensive atmosphere would bring about by refraction.
 It appears from the best observa- tions so far that the rotation time of Mercury on its axis is the same as it's period in the orbit around the sun, so that the same face. approx imately, of the planet is always turn ed to the sun. Of course, observa- tions of Mercury are so difficulty to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
Protest in McPadden Transfer

A remenstrance was Tiled with tbe county commissioners yesterday against the application of M. McPad- den, who wishes to transfer a liouor license from 645 Water street to 1501 Main street
 Col. Vincent M. King of the Coast Artillery Charles D. Davis, George E.. Crawford, F. B. Hawley, J. C. Hawley. George Staplteon and Rose A. Derus signed the remonstrance It is claim ca the place is unsuitable because it IS too near the armory. No date for a nearing has yet bee: assigned by the commissioners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30

two pounds; fine whole wheat flour, seven pounds. These were thorough ly mixed and then prepared accord ing to the recipe for making whole wheat bread, (the same as given in the Home Health Club book, Vol. 5, except that it requires { longer time in the oven.)
 It is not very good to eat when re- gently baked but becomes more pala- table daily, after 48 hours When it is week or ten days old you will pre- fer it to the average cake and seems to just melt in the mouth. It's good and palatable either with or without butter and when baked in the old fashioned Dutch oven, will be fresh and sweet for weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30

hoping that it may be of value to some one.N Before going to bed drink some hot infusion-ginger tea or some oth- CT herb-tea = to cause the hives to break out; then wash them with so- lution of copperas water; put on an old cloth for it stains badly.
 (Answer).-The failing of your eyes can be attributed to most natural causes and it is not unreasonable to think that your age has a great deal to do with it. Still there are many simple home treatments which will aid in preserving the eyes and some of these are mentioned in the Home Health Club Book of Lectures on the subject of the eyes. You would be wise to have your eyes examined by skilful oculist and have suitable glasse fitted. Sometimes this is sufH- cient to preserve the eyesight for a good many years.
 From your description of your hus bands case I am inclined to think that the trouble in his knee is of a rheumatic nature and am especially led to this conclusion as you say that he has been suffering with his kid neys. These organs are especially important and everything. should be done so that they preserve' their ac- tiyity. Rheumatism is disease the symptoms of which are very different and it is but seldom that they appear the same in two cases. The pain in the knee also the drawn up feeling, is probably caused by Uric Acid, and this acidity in the system should be expelled. Several home treatments are very valuable aids in doing so, such as buttermilk diet, which from time to time has been advocated in these lectures. Olive oil would be an excellent and valuable remedy for rubbing in gently and thoroughly once day over the affected parts. All of the organs of the alimentary canal should be strengthened for which purpose the compound Gentian is ex- cellent.
 The treatment for hives which you mention appeals to me as simple and sensible and we'll worthy a trial.
 Dear Doctor: What is the cause of pleurisy and what is the relief and cure J. H.
 (Answer. r.)-Pleurisy Is an fnflam- nation of the membrane called pleu- ra which covers the lungs. It is most frequently caused by sitting in drafts of air or chilling the body especially after being heated. Occasionally it is a serious complication of bronchitis, pneumonia and consumption. There is usually more or less chilliness fol- lowed by fever and a piercing pain in the chest as though the lungs had caught against the chest wall so that taking a full breath increases the pain. One side or both may be affected and the patient wishes to lie either on the back or well side. Coughing al- ways increases pain. Mild cases pre- sent no other symptoms and recover quickly Severe cases are protract- ed and develop many aggravated symptoms such as constant and pain full coughing and the approximation of glutinous mucus. Fluids may al- so accumulate in the sack about the lungs and produce dangerous condi- tions sometimes known as dropsy of the chest. Very frequently persons who often suffer from pleurisy have adhesions of the lung sack or pleura which makes breathing difficult and is accompanied by paid which increas- es upon the least exposure. Quiet in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30

a recumbent position is important. Avoid all drafts and keep the room at a moderate and even temperature. Rub the affected side well with stim- u1ating liniment and place over it several thicknesses of heated flannel or fill sack with hot salt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
DRIVE AWAY HEADACHE Rub Musterele on Forehead
 ard Temples

A headache remedy without the dam gers of "headache medicine" Relieves headache and that miserable feeling from colds or congestion. And it acts at once Musterole is a clean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Used only externally, and in no way can affect stomach and heart, as some in &ernal medicines do.
 Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis croup. stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con- g .stion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago ,.l pains and aches of the back or joints sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest Git often prevents pneumonia).
 25c and soc jars; hospital size $2,S0