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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young Is to feel
young - to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels - there's no need of
having sallow complexion - dark rings
under your eyes - pimples - q bilious
look in your face - dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from in.
active bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, 4 well-known physician
in Ohio, perfected vegetable com.
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi.
tute for calomel, are gentle in their action
yet always effective. They bring about
that eXuberance of spirit. that natural
buoyancy which should be enjoyed by
everyone, by toning up the liver and clear.
ing the system of impurities.
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive Tab.
lets by their olive color. l0c and 25c per
box. All druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

in checking up returns and ascer-
tanning beyond doubt when re-
turns are true.
Newspapers will be relied on to
publish informative articles on how
to make returns, to be supplied both
from Washington revenue bureau
headquarters, and by district col
lectors. There will also be consid-
cradle display advertising appealing
TO individuals and business enter
priSeS to pay taxes with the same
spirit the nation displays in making
war These advertisements will be
paid for by business interests, acting
voluntarily, and not by the govern
ment and advertising clubs will as
sist. This is the method employed
during the Liberty Loan campaigns.
Indications that the new revenue
bill will impose a number OF sales
taxes. the reporting OF which VIII
be difficult task, makes it especial
Is necessary TO enlist the co-opera-
ton OF tax payers themselves IN the
tax collection work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
APPLYING A PRINCIPLE.

Ii seemed an ambitious undertake
inc when President Wilson, last
Fourth of July. committed the Unit
ed State, to thi, principle:
The destruction OF every arbi-
trary power anywhere that can sep
arately. secretly and OF its single
choice disturb the peace OF the
world: or, II it cannot be presently
destroyer. at the least its reduction
to virtual impotence
And already every autocratic gov
ernment j. reduced to virtual impo-
tcnce' and the last representatives
OF autocracy are ready to surrender.
The world do move" especially
when Uncle Sam gets into the g-me.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
THE WAR WORK FUND

The United War Work Campaign
is on. Seven great national welfare
agencies are uniting in this effort to
raise funds for war relief
The societies thus combining are
the Y. NJ. {. \. and y. W. {. A., the
National Catholic Council, including
the Knights OF Columbus. the Jewish
Welfare Board. the Salvation Army,
the American Library Association
and the War Camp Community
Service.
There is little need TO speak OF
the work done by these various as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

medicine for woman's ailments / ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, r. No. l,
Portsmouth. Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this
medicine and wrote this letter in order
that other suffering women may find
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as she was
should not drag along from day to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham' Vege-
table Compound, trial. For special
advice in regard to such ailments write
to Lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass. The result of its forty years
experience is at your service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
Home Is Where the Boy Is In This War

visited a home where a service flag hangs;
and while we ate talked of the boy who is
over there
II wonder if he is cold tonight the mother
SAID" Il wonder if he has place to warm him
self and dry his clothes and something good
to eat
',What wouldn't give to be with him." she
SAID and we were silent knowing her heart
But | thought of the Soldiers of Friendliness
VINO that very night would crawl out across No
Man 5 Land to take chocolate and hot coffee to
that boy.
OF the huts with their warm fires burning:
OF the great lecturers and preachers and actors
and motion pictures that over there.
And thought to myself: There is a diff
terence between this and every other war For
when the boys have marched away before the
influence of their homes has stopped at the front
gate and could go no farher
But in this it follows the flag, across
the ocean, over the shell torn battle land
'tralght up to the front line trenches
Home is where the boy is in this war From
every town and village the lines of helpfuness
run out.
And no boy leaves his home behind him;
step by step it travels with him, financed bv the
folks behind hm-a token of their love-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
Mississippi Jurist Dies.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. l5.-Judge
\. IL. Whitfield, former chief jus
tice OF the Mississippi supreme court
and one of the best known jurists in
the south, died at his home here
yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

so weak at tunes L
could hardly g e t
around to do my
work, and as | had
four in my family
and three boarders
it made it very hard
for me. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound d
was recommended
to me. | took it
and it has restored
my health. 1t is
carxa,ofy tka Iae&
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

The result Of the election in Mas
sachusetts shows the difference be-
tween direct election OF senators
and the old system OF election by the
legislature. Under the old system
Senator Weeks would have been re
elected by a two-thirds vote in the
legislature. Under the direct cleo
tion system he was defeated by many
thousand votes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

For the second time in the last
forty-iour wears a solid Republican
congressional delegation from In
diana has been elected. In the thir-
teen districts all nine OF the present
Republican congressman were
elected, and in the four districts now
represented by Democrats all the
Democratic candidates were defeat
ed by Republicans.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Very canny of General Foch not
to give out the meeting place or
dained for the giving over of the
armistice terms, He knew il wasn't
safe to trust the Huns even under
truce flags.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Last call for indignant neutrals to
declare war against Germany! Come
along. Spain and Sweden. It's safe
now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

The sworn statement made TO the Post
office Department on Oct. ! showed
that the average daily circulation OF
The Daily Ardmoreite for the period
had been 6.OJg
The sworn statement furnished the
War Industries Board for the month
Of October showed a daily average
The above is for paid Cirulation and
il exclusive OF office copies advertisers
copies, exchanges and left overs"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

st. Louis appears to be the strong
est Republican city in the country,
population considered, Philadelphia.
possibly, excepted. New York, Chi
cago, Baltimore and Boston are
strongly Democratic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Why Senator Weeks (Rep.) OF
Massachusetts ran 10000 votes be-
hind his ticket and his Democratic
Walsh, ran 10000 ahead
OF his ticket, is yet to he explained.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

According to the latest election re
turns the sixty-sixth senate will be
composed of forty-nine Republi
cans and forty-seven Democrats.
The forty-nine Republicans include
Senator Robert -. La Toilette of
Wisconsin, LaFollette, Tor a long
time has not been regarded as "a par
ty man." but it is believed that he
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Now the bolsheviki want peace. 1t
will be hemp for them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

1t was a political ilop OF the first
magnitude in Nebraska. With the
advent OF the new year. Nebraska
will have a Republican governor and
a complete set OF Republican state
officers; it will be represented in the
next house by six Republicans its
Republican senator has been re-
elected, and the state legislature will
be Overwhelmingly Republican.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14
''BEST II MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
For Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio suffered from
irregularities, pains in my side and was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Ardmoreite Want Ads bring re-
suits.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

New York's soldier vote. under
the law. is not to be officially can
vassed before Dec. l.. The total
number of votes case by electors
from that state who are in the mill
tary or naval service at home. was
variously estimated at from 10000
to 10000 the low estimate emanat-
ing from Republican sources. Dem
ocratic leaders who have been super
yising the polls OF the soldiers and
sailors vote declared that the re-
turns would show a two to one plu-
rality for Alferd Z. Smith.
The Topeka Capital of which Ar
thur Capper, senator-elect from
Kansas, is the owner and editor,
announces that among the first re-
forms the Republicans will institute
in congress viii he legislation to
curtail the power OF the president.
Senator Curtis. also OF Kansas. the
whip OF the senate, however, says:
The Republican majority must he
careful. 1t must conduct itself so
that it can be said that it helped and
did not hinder the administration
Solid Republican delegations will
come to the next house from at least
thirteen states: Delaware. Idaho. |
Iowa. Indiana. Maine. Nebraska,
New Hampshire, North Dakota,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont,
and Wyoming The
Democrats will retain solid fronts
from at least twelve states: Ala
bama. Arizona. Arkansas. Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. Ne
vada, North Carolina. South Caro-
lint, Texas and Utah.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

Give! Keep the boys tit
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-14

will vote with the Republicans, at
least so lar rs the reorganization OF
the senate is concerned.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04

duence of his sister Mrs. Florence
Buzzell that he acquired the first TIVE
years as she was teaching at the time
and. therefore. helped him ON with
the willingness expected of a year
old boy; but as he grew older he
needed no persuasion His other
teachers were Wnnifrcd kierstcad
and Eva Woodman of W8terales
Abbie Giggey. Edwina Yeaton. Sadie
White. Stella Packard aud Grace
Young of Norridge~oeh; Minfa Fred
eric Of Starks; Mabel Han aud Louise
Lant; Marion Adams and Elsie Fos
ter. his last teacher. 81 SkoWhegan
lie was fayorite in school aud thar
he was a promising beY is proven by
our superintendent Mr Shear OF
Norridgewoek, when i'm asking him.
last week. To show him his Arithmetic
work for the term he turned to the
pages he had covered and Mr. Shear 5
remark vas You have done we'll.
Lewis, you have always been bright.
smart boy in your school work.
As the years come if he exercises
as much interest, pluck and energy in
his work as man as he has IN his
school work as boy he viii prove to
be a prosperous and energetic man.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
Is This Your Experience?
Many SkowhcgaH People Are Afflicted
With Annoying Kidney Ills

Are you bothered with too frequent
action of the kidneys Are the secre-
tions highly colored do they contain
sediment burn and seald in yoiding?
These are all signs OF kidney sickness
and should not be neglected Skow-
hogan people recommend Doans Kid
ney Pills II your back aches and
your kidneys are weak you will find
no better recommended remedy.
c NJ, Fogg 10 South ST, Skowhe-
gan says: My work keeps me bend
ng and STOPPING over a great deal and
as a result, M back often pinned me.
My kidneys were congested and acted
lrregularly Doan's kidney Pills
regulated my kidneys and ea7ed my
back, doing me a lot OF good"
COO, at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co. Mfgrs., Buffalo, n Y.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
George ". Smith

The death of George NJ. Smith oc-
CURED at his home in Smithield.
March 25 He was born in Mercer,
Me, rs years ago, the son of Richard
and Hannah Smith. He was married
in 1872 to Miss Addie Osgood at Low
ell, Mass. Mr.. Smith has been a resi-
dent of this town for the past thirteen
years, coming here from Berkeley, r.
l. where he was oyerseer in mill,
and where he lived the greater part
of his life. He is survived by five
children, Mrs. Gerty Pingree, Taft
vile, Conn; Mrs. Alice Hayward, Los
Angeles, Cal; Fred NJ Smith. Val
ley Falls, r. l.; Arthur B. Smith,
Providence, r. l., and George A,
where he lived, and who, with his
wife. tenderly cared for him through
his declining years and his sickness.
The funeral services were held at
his late home Thursday. conducted by
Rev. Robert Sheaff of Norridgewock
the children all being present ex-
cepting Mrs. Haywood. Mr.. Smith
was a member of the Lodge of Masons.
The members of the Norridgewock
Lodge were in attendance at the
funeral. Burial was in East Mercer.
The town has lost a respected citizen,
the children a kind father.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
SKCWHECAN LOCAL MARKETS

Tho folioasiro IT. 5..,,,. - ~. ..,..f4
market show M mo fsr..s,. ....5
exnect GENERALLY fros tte - t..i
ers for farm nrod5,ea.
Ergs. 49c prr d6zea
Butter 10 A. NOR naaea
Cheese-24c To gee nar na,aa
potlfoezZqor rer 6r.naf
Br4n- Hand t4eEe9 yelIs. evea
300: pea beans. s. 90
Chic1en-2uc ~ &c
Round Hog-2lc per pound
Beef-Ox beef. L To l5c
Wool-63c per pound
Hide. gaeeu I8r Der pound sheep
pelts S168 TO sasez hides trimmed
and cured 12c: bull hide. green
under 81 lbs Toe. over 5a H. Sc
10 ] horse hides with name and tail
$500 to $3.50 each. calf skins r.
35c; green bone Re per pound
RETAIL. MARKET
r., .,
81 ~ ~ a. p.' re- - . A.
1 1onoI ~ =, -, ~ a.. ~ ~, ~.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04

Whereas. the great and Supreme
Ruler has, in His infinite wisdom
taken from among Us one OF orr
worthy and beloved members. Sister
Jeanette Williams
Resolved, That the removal Of such
a noble life from Canaan Grange No.
239, leaves a vacancy that will be
deeply felt by all the members and
friends of this Grange
Resolved, That with deep sympathy
with the bereaved family. We express
our hope that even so great a loss
may be oyerruled for good by Him
who knoweth best
Resolved, That our charter be
draped for thirty DAYS; that a copy
of these resolutions be placed upon
our records, a copy sent to the In
DEPENDENT Reporter and a copy sent
to the bereayed parents
LUCIE BURRIIL
SADIE MASON
HATTIE FOWLER
Committee on Resolutions
Canaan, Maine. April /, 1918
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
Emma L. Sitter

Mrs Emma l.. Sitter passed away at
the home of Mr. and Mrs Frank Pal
mer last Sunday morning, She had
been a guest at this place for some
time. She had been visiting her sis
ter in Bingham and was not in good
health when she left there. She was
taken i'll at Madison. and was brought
to Somerset Hospital. after which she
was taken to Mr. Palmers, where she
died. Before her marriage she was
Emma L. Churchill She was the
widow of William Sitter of New York,
a civil engineer Her married life
had been spent largely in travelling,
but in recent years she has made her
home in Bridgewater, Mass, the home
of her grandson, Ernest Jones. Her
only surviving relatives are this
grandson and the sister mentioned
above. The funeral services were
held at the place where her death oc-
Cured, Thursday forenoon at 10
O'Clock
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
John Henry Smith

/
The following clipping was taken
from the issue of March %. Of the
Andover tNassl Townsman
John Henry Smith. one OF Ballard
Wales best known and respected clti-
zens died Saturday morning at his
nome on High street at the age OF GO
years, II months. and % DAYS The
deceased VAS born in Starks. Me
where he spent his youth Later
he went TO Pennington, Me. where
he worked as salesman in a dry goods
store. He then came TO Boston. where
for number Of years he was en-
ployed as travelling salesman for one
OF the large candy firms OF that city.
He came to live in Ballardvale in 1895
and had since resided here He was
kind-hearted, sympathetic man, and
always had a kind word for everyone
and his social. friendly nature made
him friends wherever he went.
Mr.. Smith was the son of the late
Henry c. and Frances A. Smith. He
was married to Nellie F. Lowe. eldest
daughter OF the late William L. and
Olive (kilgore) Lowe of Mercer. Jan
1st, 1889, in Lowell Mass, by the
Rev. Smith Baker.
While employed as a candy sales
man for a large firm in Boston he
visited all of the New England States,
but for the last few years Maine was
his special territory.
He was devoted husband, and his
home was the place in which he loved
best to be.
He leaves a wife to mourn his loss
The funeral was held Tuesday af-
ternoon, at o'clock at his late home
on High street, and was conducted
by the Rev Augustus II. Fuller, who
paid a glowing tribute to the sterl-
ing character and general worth of
the deceased The floral tributes
were very beautiful and were proof
of the high esteem in which he was
held by his neighbors and friends.
Miss Mabel Carter of Andover sang
"Close to Thee and Sometime Well
Understand which were fayorite
hymns of the deceased, with much
feeling and inspiration. The remains
were taken to Pennington Me In
terment in the family lot in Riverside
cemetery
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
Is the Milburn Club Patriotic 7

Any one who knows anything Of the
affairs of this local organization can
not deny that the answer Is emphati-
cally Yes. To begin with, every
one will agree that those members
who enlisted at the beginning Of the
war were patriotic, and there were
nine of them They are Capt. r. L.
Marston, Capt j. Wallace Blunt, Lieut.
NJ NJ Fowler. Lieut.. E. C. Chase
Sergt Walter G. Lessard, Sergt Har-
old Mckinney. Scrgt. ID. A. Stewart
Sergt Herbert " Griffin and Private
Harry Dysari Furthermore, there
is very little doutt but that several
more members viii be serving their
country in the uesr future.
That is NOT all Tor the boys at home
have not been .llo They have every
one stood behind their members at the
front in a good substantial fashion.
The club ~ whole have sent their
boys word Of good cheer Gee lsional-
Is. they hHe subscribed 10 the Y. NJ.
e \ fund and 200 tae Rcd Cross very
literally indeed Also. each and
e4ers member of tHe Nlhurn club is a
member of fhe U.3 Cross They be
long ono hundred per cent strong.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04

Of Mercer. The following letter
written very recently by her. gives a
very good account of her life
Mercer Mar 10. 1918.
Observation-Disclosures Co.
Will answer your letter by writing
some of my life. | was born In the
town of Industry, daughter of James
and Abigail Hobbs Davis. In those
days there were very few colleges
very near, therefore parents sent their
children to what was called high
school, usually nine months in the
year fall, winter. spring and sumner
My father being postmaster of that
town. and my schooling, kept us there
until | was eleven years old
In those days | had a brother and
sister older than I was. both teachers.
which was a great help to me.
then went to school two terms 4
year. fall and winter in the Kimball
district and as it was too far to walk.
my sister and | took rooms at Mrs.
Frizzels and boarded ourselves.
When | was seventeen l went into the
cotton factory at NeWhuryport. where
I worked winters. coming home and
helping mother in the summer taS she
was never very strongl doing the
spinning and weaving In those days
people worked their wool into cloth
for their own use. In the fan / went
back to the mill; always found the
place left in the spring
In 1S49 | said goodby to the MILL
came home, was married TO Erasmus
T. Wells the ninth of May. 1Si9, and
went with him on to a farm. with
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
High School Baseball Schedule for
1913

The first baseball game on the
Fairview diamond is less than three
weeks away, as on April 90 the Show
hegan High school team will play
their opening game with Madison
high in this town. George Hobart,
manager. announced the following
schedule of games Monday morning:
April 27-Waterville High at Show
hogan.
May Madison High at Madison.
May 11-Good VIII at Skowhegan.
May 15-Good VIII at Good VIII.
May 1S-Waterville at Waterville.
May 20-Abbott High, Pennington
at Skowhegan.
May 22-Lawrence High at Fair
field
May 25-Lawrence at Skowhegan
May 29-Hallowell at Skowhegan
June Abbott High at Farming
ton
June 15-Hallowell at Hallowell
The date of Cony High at Augusta
has not been arranged as yet.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
Harmony Boy Writes From France

The following letter was recently
received by Leroy H. Lagross of Har-
mony, from his brother. who is now
with the American Expeditionery
Forces in France.
Somewhere in France,
Feb 10, 1918
Dear Brother Bill:
Just a few lines to let you know
that I am alive and WE'LL hope these
few lines will find you the same.
1t is raining here tonight. ] am
writing in a French Y, NJ. C. A. This
is some OF their paper.
How is everything over home?
Everything is fine over here. 1t IS al
most as warm as summer here,
Probably the snow is still flying over
there. The people started to do their
blowing and spring work the last
of February.
| saw Amos Carleton last night He
sends his best regards to you; write
him a letter. his address IS the same
as mine, only he is in Company /.
| have never seen Bunker or Glin-
ton Sweet since we came over here.
News is awful scarce over here. in
fact there Is news and sight seeing,
but 1t would not do to write 1t, so VIII
have to ring off
L. LAGRoSs.
Co. L., 103rd Inf. A. e. F.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-04
A Fine Record

Lewis Converse Adams, the Is year
Did son of Mr.. and Mr. Milford Ad
If orrdgewock, has Just completed
4 period of school covering ten years
in which he has never been absent a
day or a half day
The minimum OF years schooling,
in the Withee District. being 3 weeks.
makes his record 1900 school days
without a single missing day 1t
might have been largely thru the in