davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-05-10

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naar ban er iys us iaaret. Oct faffer Spsepleierlfer, Jur'
binbingsiaser os paa mango andre Maaber 9ioer bin Gut ben
Yleie, ion, ban trenser be melt trttiife 9ioer.
sOm arisens Seftisbeo tiltaser Os ilere os here ameri-
fanere rptter pp Slaslinien bGr araoene til Nmerifas @gbe
&ors .itvrre os itvrre os 10 flere 8ense bebpper be.
Den ianbe Yatriutisne bites bet gelgb bu sioer til bet
Tpoe aprs. Tisie Bense anpenoes til garmbjertisbebs-
arbeibe ug ON eno bu life uenter at faa bine Iense ieien,
iaa bar bu bog Sglelien al at BABE sjurt en- COB @jerning.
@iu laa meset iom ou paa nu9en Maabe tan afe.
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Origin Of Scottish Festival

The origin Of "hogmanay," which
used to be so dear to the youth of
Scotland, ay. and to the auld folks.
too, has given rise to endless discus
sion. The following correspondence
has appeared in the Scotsman as to
the origin of the custom and the
name:
"The derivation Hagia- meme, the
holy moon, has been suggested, the
period Of which corresponded to our
December. Some, with considerable
plausibility. derive it from the Latin,
Hoe in Ammo. a persuasive to charity
which reminded well-to-do patrons
that the year had all but run it's
course, but that there was still time
to relieve their needy supplicants. 1t
Is not improbable that the term is of
Teutonic origin. 1t may be connected
with Hoegtid. a name applied to
Christmas and (or) other festivities.
Hoeg-t tide day would thus mean the
laettissimus dies. or gladdest season
Of the year."
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AirpIane Needs Strong Wood

A modern airplane propeller is one
OF the strongest and most perfect
products Of mans handicraft.
Some airplane engines run at LOO
revolutions a minute and can be
geared up to 1000. An engine of this
power would use a nine-foot- six inch
propeller and the speed of the blade
ends would be in the neighborhood Of
900 miles an hour.
Revolving at this terrific rate. the
slightest imperfection in the wood
from which the propellers are made
would tend to disrupt them and cause
them to fly to pieces. al.
For this reason only the best and
hardest wood from the heart of the
tree is used for propeller blades. 1t
takes 1000 feet of timber in the rough
to furnish 200 feet Of wood good
enough for propellers.
Black walnut is the very best kind
OF wood for propeller blades. for. be-
sides being immensely tough. it does
not splinter when hit by a projec,.ie.
Next in the order named. come ma
hogany. white oak. ash. maple. birch
and cherry H. ~ ff.4
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Classic Drama in japan

The actors-sons Of the sons of
generations Of actors passing on as a
legacy Of great price to the right to
act in these strange mo" plays Of
old Japan-entered and made their
exits by way Of the bridge At their
approach, Gertrude Emerson writes
in Asia, unseen hands lifted and held
back curtain of persimmon and iris
colored silk that hung at the door OF
the dressing rooms. Their costumes
had wide skirtlike trousers and all
the fires and conflagrations of an
autumn wood or a mountain forest
burned in the color of the brocades.
Sometimes they had the streaming
white hair Of ghosts. They stamped
with their white stockinged feet on
the polished floor, which gave cut a
muffled echo. With their flowing
sleeves they hid their faces, turning
With their fans they wrote the mean
ing Of their dances in the air-the
climbing of mountain path to a for
saken shrine, a gift of water to a
weary pilgrim. the picking Of herbs,
the flight Of a bird across the sky,
the falling Of fowers-or OF tears.
The chorus sang in suppressed tones,
holding their breath Unfortunately.
explaining. now the action, now the
thoughts passing through the mind Of
the actor. The musicians beat on
their drums and above all other
sounds walled the flute, thin and
tremulous. piercingly sad. like a lost
soul tormented Of demons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-21
POTATO NOTES

Presaue Isle. Oct. Is. The United
States Department OF Agriculture Blu
reau Of. Markets says Of potato ship
ments:
Cool. clear. Conditions remained I'M
changed from yesterday. Growers nos
inclined to haul freely at present prices.
Mountain and cobblers ranging from
$40 per barrel. wagon loads.
Total carlot movement by states Tues
day: Maine. IS; L. Island. IS; New
York, IS; New jersey. s: Pennsylvania.
u; Michigan. IS; Wisconsin. Isl; Mime
sofa, lis; Indiana, i; 8. Dakota. II: Me-
braska. Is; Iowa. .: Montana, :; Utah. {;
Arizona. l.
Previously shipped but unreported:
Monday-Maine "A. Boston 10. New York
Z, Philadelphia l, Wisconsin 3. Minneso-
ia IA; Colorado II. Total, "a.
Fort Fairfield Review-The potatoes
are practically all dug and housed. A
few farmers are getting out the last Of
them this week. The local market is off
a bit. the price dropping Monday to $500
and today. Wednesday. the buyers are
only offering $3.50, with none coming
in. The farmers are busy with their
grain and fall ploughing and having sold
quite heavily for SO early in the season
they feel that they can afford to hold
their potatoes a while in hopes of bet
ter price.
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COMING EVENTS

Oct. 1928 - Federation Of Women's
Clubs at Augusta, postponed; date to &c
announced.
Oct. Ex-Governor and Council meeting
at Augusta.
Oct 23-24-Maine State Sunday School
convention at Bangor indefinitely post
pored.
Oct. 23-24-Maine State conference Of
Charities and Corrections, indefinitely
postponed.
A. NJ.
Oct. 2s-3o-Music Festival in Portland.
Oct. Ex-Governor and Council meeting
at State House.
Nov. 1-2Androscoggin Boys and
Girls Clubs contest in Auburn.
Nov. 2-Fire Prevention day.
Nov. p Annual Kennebec County
Farm Bureau meeting. City hall, Au-
gusta.
Nov. 5-Augusta district Epworth
League, Auburn.
Nov. superior Court. civil, at Wat
erville.
Nov. 7-9-Maine Teachers convention
at Portland. indefinitely postponed.
Nov. S-9-Kennebec County Contest
Boys and Girls Clubs. City hall. Wat.
erville.
at Portland.
Nov. 13-1IState Pharmacy Board at
Augusta.
Nov. 13-Graad Lodge. I. o. o. F.,
Portland.
Nov. 16-Kennebec County Farm Blu.
reau Seed Show. City hall, Augusta.
Nov. 19-Supreme court at Wiscasset
Nov. 19-I-Maine Pathological at Port.
land.
Dec. 4-5-Tax assessors convention at
Augusta.
Dec. 15.-Bangor Poultry show at Ban.
gor.
Dec. 17-i@Maine State Grange 1t
Portland.
Dec 17-1s-Freeport Poultry Show at
Freeport.
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Seemed All Rioht Ia Him

At last! The day, the hour, the
minute. had arrived. Mr. Soos, the
tall and handsome school inspector
stepped through the doorway of AL
berta Blowy's classroom and bowed
pleasantly to Miss Blowy. Good
morning" he said. 1--WE lust
dropped in to see how we'll the chill
dren know their lessons"
Long had Miss Blowy awaited this
moment. Long had she had dreams
OF Mr.. Soos. enraptured at the per
feet answers of her perfect pupils
falling in love with their teacher
And the children had been so good
lately! They knew their lessons
perfectly.
James Titwook. will call upon
you first" said Miss Blowy sweetly
James, what is a blizzard?"
IT'S inside of a chicken and it's
good to eat when it's cooked" re-
sponded James promptly.
Miss Blowy swallowed hard. Hem
Eloise Tiffins." she said weakly
"Eloise, spell unique"
"Y-o-u-n-double Elk. unique" re-
sponded little Eloise promptly.
Miss Blowy swallowed harder and
collapsed with her head in the waste
paper basket. What is the trouble,
my dear Miss Blowy?" asked Mr..
Soos in perfect wonderment. "Your
scholars seem to be very, very well
informed"
He then rushed to extricate her and
they married and lived happily ever
after.-Chicago Blade.
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lily's Rapid Growth

The great water lily of the botanic
gardens in London usually has a long
season. In the spring it disappears
beneath the water Of it's tank. How
the lily vanishes and is reproduced
Is explained by Mr.. North, the cura-
tor. The thick root stock gradually
rots away and the fruits, which are
about the size of baseball, remain
at the bottom Of the tank. They are
fished up in the spring and the seeds
are extracted. A single seed, though
no larger than pea. will in four
months produce plant that will COW
er an area Of $1,000 feet. In it's ma
tive district. the Amazon, the Victoria
Hegia - largely used by the natives
= food. II grows on the lagoons ana
- potOnnlAl.
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"STRAFING" GER
MAN POISON
GAS OUTFITS

London. Sept. 20.-(Correspond-
ence)-The Badische poison gas plant
at Mannheim, in the Rhine Valley, is
a favorite object for "strafing" by the
British airmen. Three consecutive
raids upon it by night have extens-
lively damaged it. The raiders
bombs partly destroyed the sulphuric
acid and nitric vitriol factory and
the aniline department. Other
buildings Of the plant were wrecked.
The other factories at Mannheim
have been heavily bombed eleven
times.
A heavy death roll has attended
numerous air attacks on Cologne
and Coblentz where the Germans. are
being heavily repaid in their own
coin for their murderous work on
London and Paris. The factories
and railway station at Saarbrucken
have been bombed ten times by the
British; Karlsruhe, five times;
Frankfort on the Rhine, thre e
times; Stuttgart and Zwesbrucken,
twice.
Most Of the air attacks in the
Rhine provinces have been directed
against the key railway centers,
notably those at Thionville and Metz
Sablon. The famous railway tri-
angle at Metz Sablon and the juno
ton at Thionville have been raided
forty-six times. Photographs taken
by the attacking airmen confirm the
extent and magnitude of the dam
age done.
War traffic through Metz-S ablon
has been materially reduced as a re-
suit Of the frequent raids at a time
when quick and regular transport of
munitions was vital to Germany's
military needs.
The big industrial centers Of the
Rhine contain. in addition to i'm
portant railway functions, some Of
the largest munition, poison gas and
electrical plants in Western Ger
many. These military detectives
have been attacked repeatedly with
marked effect.
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The supreme court Of New York
state has no power to enforce an or
ger for alimony against a soldier in
the United States army. declared JUS
tice Asphalt in the supreme court IN
BROOKLYN in the case of Mrs. Flor
ence Merriman against Rapley p.
Merriman. a private. It is the arst
decision Of its kind here Tu,t,ca
Asphalt gave the opinion in acting
upon the request Of Mrs. Merrtman.s
attorney. who demanded Merriman
be forced to pay $40 on the first BUSH
ness day Of each month. 1T is OBJ
vious that the defendant could not
comply with a direction that he nav
40 on the first business day of each
month said the justice. when $40
Is more than the rate Of pay Of his
trade. and the time Of payment Of 4
soldier - nscessarily very i.rsxular.~
York Evening Sun.
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Maine GOSSIP
Let Foch Decide!
(From The Boston Herald)
Let FOch decided

Leu L oCA ucSldc'
Let him say mo,
Never surrender to a beaten foe
The safety of the world, for which have
died
Millions of honest men.
Beware the whimper of the vanquished
Hun,
Beware the whining of the homicide
William the Liar. who brags, and Stays,
and then
With ratlike squealing seeks his hole
again!
Trust not the hazard of a jugglers pen
To keep what We have wOn!'
In Foch confide!
The silent, strong, enduring. dauntless
man
First in a hundred fights, trust him who
But thrice-at Nancy. Marine and
Ypres-Smote
The Teuton legions and abased their
pride,
Woe unto those who at this fatal time
Would compromise with crime.
And handy cunning with the shameless
Hun!
He stands on ruins brink;
Our victory is near; not ink,
But blood, but valor and mistaken will
Should be our weapons and our skill.
In Foch we trust!
He writes no letters and his speech is
brief;
He scorns the subterfuge Of dust
Thrown into statesmen's eyes;
He will not compromise!
He saw far off the goal,
And with undaunted soul
Wins It. unboasting. as becomes
Be every reptile message Of the Boche
WILLIAM ROSCOE THAYER.
Oct. 13, 1918.
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Monday. October 81. 1918.
The Lean Largely Ovcrsubseribed

Twenty million American buyers
~ the Fourth Liberty loan bonds!
The stupenGous sum OF six thou
sand million dollars far over sub
scribed,
Saturdays subscriptions more than
n billion and a half,
Are the boys over there proud OF
the people at home? We guess the
answer is that they are celebrating
the loan victory as the greatest OF
the war.
The American people are standing
behind their sons in way that must
sweep the last ray Of hope from the
hearts Of the war masters.
ARE We million dollars a minute
people? More than 1900 millions were
subscribed in fewer than 14i0 min
utcs.
or course the final figures will not
bo known for several days. but there
Is no doubt that the loan has been
very largely over subscribed, hun
dreds Of millions OF dollars. proba-
bly,. II is a magnificent triumph and
proves to the world the determine
ton Of the American people to end
militarism and to free the subject
peoples Of the world from autocratic
domination. The hand Of the oppres-
sor is to be lifted by the sacrifice Of
American blood and the giving Of the
marvellous wealth OF the great repub-
lie.
Today let Americans lift their
heads In new pride Of accomplish
ment and renew their pledges to
live anew for the welfare Of their
brother man.
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GRANTS TERMS TO BUckNEH
Unconditional Surrender" the Wav
Out Of the kaiser's Dilemma

philadelphia Public Ledger,
l met John A. Frost, the real estate
expert, with volume Of Grants
Memoirs under his arm.
1T seems to me-" he said. that
nothing is more timely. in view of the
kalser's dilemma. than those famous
passages exchanged by Grant and
Buokner in 1892
He turned to the well-worn page
and read me again the letters:
Headquarters Army in the Field.
Camp Near Donelson. Feb. 16, 1862
Gen. S. B. Buckner. Confederate
Army. Sir-Yours of this date. pro-
posing armistice and appointment Of
commissioners to settle terms of cap
ltulation. is just received. No terms
except an unconditional and immedi-
ate surrender can be accepted. I
propose to move Immediately upon
your works. I am. sir, very respect-
fully, your obedient servant.
U. S. Grant,
4 Brig. Gen.
ITO this received the following
reply" says Grant.
Headquarters. Dover. Tenn, Feb.
16. 1S62-To Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant,
Q. S. Army.-Sir: The distribution of
forces under my command, incident
to an unexpected change Of COM
manders and the overwhelming force
under your command. compel me.
Notwithstanding the brilliant success
OF the Confederate arms yesterday. to
accept the ungenerous and unchiy
alrous terms which you propose. I
am, sir, your very obedient servant.
s. B. Buckner.
Brig. Gen. c. S, A.
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give rise to endless complications.
Second, 90 Der cent Of our exports to
Germany normally consist OF raw
materials. Cotton alone comprises 50
per cent Of our export trade TO that
country. II we cut off German goods
from the American market, Germany,
denuded as she is Of raw stocks,
would refuse to buy those stocks
from US and would strengthen her
trade relations with South America
and the Orient by filling her void
from those sources. The Southern
cotton producers would become vo.
cal very quickly if this situation
should arise. There is no reason.
other than a foolishly sentimental
one to boycott German goods. We
are not warning on German thrift
and industry but against Kaiserism.
junkerism, treaty breaking. the pred
atory Potsdammers. and for freedom
of the seas. Against German mon
opoly of trade in America we should
erect an adequate protective tarin
wall. That will give Germany a rea-
sonable volume Of sales in our mar
ket upon paying our tarin dues.
That is not war. but a compromising
medium for the wide disparity in wa
ges and production costs between the
two countries, and this policy calls
for Republican contrO! Of the Senate
and House.
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Maine Postal Chances

Post Offices Northumberland ve
Oct. Is. 1918: Sound. Hancock Co., 1921.
Mail to Desert. Supplies and records
to Augusta.
Effective Oct. 81, 1913: Eggemoggin,
Hancock Co.. 1908. Mail to Deer Isle.
Supplies and records to Augusta.
Electric Car Service Changed.-From
Sept. 30. 1918. trip. one way. of closed
pouch service daily except Sundays from
the B. & NJ. Ry. Station at Springvale
to springvale. .72 NJ. is authorized.
Norway to South Paris r. R. Sta
In. o.. From Sept q. 1918, 1 round trim
Of closed-pouch service daily excent
Sundays between termini. LES ms. is
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WEEKS MILLS
Card Of Thanks

We wish to express our sinceres
thanks to the South China Red eros.
for the beautiful tribute given in the
funeral Of our beloved son and brother
To our friends and neighbors we try tt
express our appreciation for the kind
ness and thoughtfulness shown during
the severe illness of our wife and
mother.
MR.. and MRS. J. D. DANRAY,
CHARLES DANRAY,
BERNARD DANRAY.
BEATRICE WHITNEY
and children.
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Daily Health Talks
What Doctor Pierce Has
Done For Hum 0nity j.!
BY DIR. GRIPS.

1t has always seemed to me that DR..
Pierce, of Buffalo. N. T.. should be
placed near the top when a list OF Amer
ica's great benefactors is written. He
studied and conquered human diseases
to a degree that few realize. Whenever
he found q remedy that overcame dis
ease. he at once announced it in the
newspapers and told where it could be
bought at a small price. He did not fol-
low the usual custom Of keeping the in
gradients secret, so that the rich only
could afford to buy the medicine. but
openly printed the name Of each root
and herb he used. And SO today the
names Of DR.. Pierce and his medicines
are widely known, and they stand for
better health and better citizenship.
One of this great physicians most
successful remedies is known as Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. These are
little. sugar-coated pills, composed OF
Mayapple. leaves OF aloe, root Of 5alap-
things that Nature grows in the ground.
These Pellets are safe because they
move the bowels gently. leaving no bad
after-effects. as SO many pills do. Very
often they make person who takes
them feel like new man or woman, for
they cleanse the intestines Of hard, de-
cayed and poisonous matter that accu-
mulates when one Is cossive. II you are
constipated. by all means go to your
druggist and set some Of DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They may prove to
b the very thing your system requires
u make you well and happy.-Aav
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= With binder Irvine high in PR.
having it in quantities will be s'
economy. Small bundles use up g.
siderable more Irvine than large on, ~.
1t takes only a moment to adJus' -. -
size OF the bundles and in no =.
grains should the bundles DC -,
same size this year. Every ope,.
should regulate the size OF the ua
dies to just about what gram n
cure out nicely and still b
enough to handle.-Farm LAfe'
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Shall Germany Pay-and How?

The Manufacturers Record thinks
that "the entire cost Of the war to
America and the Allies should be
placed upon Germany" The Record
suggests that this could be accom-
plished by the confiscation Of all
bonds that have been issued by Ger
many. Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria
for carrying on this war. and all prior
bonds issued by those countries and
held by their own citizens. The Ger
man people. who have gloatingly
subscribed to these bonds in hopes
that they would be able to loot the
world" should be saddled with the
burden Of this cost. or else no inter-
est should be allowed on those bonds
until the Allies have been fully re-
paid. The Record goes farther and
insists that Germany should be COM
PEELED to pay a pension to the family
Of every man killed in the defense Of
civilization In this war and Of every
Allied soldier permanently invaliced.
mo one could object to the German
people having the opportunity to
work increasingly for the next so
years in paying OF this indebted
ness" declares the Record. which be-
lieves that we and our Allies would
thus be relieved OF the entire bonded
indebtedness consequent to the war
and taxation would thereby be greatly
diminished. II would also exercise a
salutary effect on any country which
might have in prospect an era Of
such unbridled license. pillage and
rapine as has characterized The Ger
man policy Of terrorism for the past
four yeas.
II Is evident tina. the Manufac-
turers' Record takes a practical view
OF the situation and does not readily
accept the suggestion earnestly put
forward by the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce within the past year
TO boycott all German exports after
the war. Obviously the Allies and
America could not. even IL it were a
matter Of practical application,
blockade Gcrmany's products from
the markets OF the world and then
expect Germany to pay the interest,
let alone the principal. on between
30 and so billion dollars worth Of
bonds. Even the miraclc-men Of
the present Democratic sdministra-
ton could not draw that quantity Of
blood from the arteries Of a nation
trussed to death by commercial re-
strictions.
As a plain matter OF fact. IL the
Allies and American expect a money
decentralization from Germany that
country must be permitted to func-
ton industrially. This Is so apparent
~ to need no argument. The prop
osition advanced by the U. s. Cham
Der Of Commerce to boycott German
trade after the war was a ridiculous
piece Of economic nonsense. At least
two factors stand In the way Of ap-
plying such . boycott; nrs.. Germany
could readily perfect plans-in fact,
she IL already DOING soto make Of
Spain. Denmark. Switzerland. the
Scandinavia and other neutrals
trade "emplacements" for projecting
her goods into allied territories. They
would be made BY Germaps. or with
German capital. and distributed from
non. German sources. andon attempt
= peoASbat eatry oe sueh kaAa v~ssiA
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MAINE SHOEMAKER
Tired All Time. Did Not Want to
Work, How He Resained Strength.

WORK, TOW ne ne0aineo strength.
Sanford, Maine.-1 suffered so
much from a run down, nervous con-
dition and stomach trouble that
never felt like working and had tried
almost everything without relief. The
first bottle Of Vinol however helped
me and it has built me up so feel
better now than have for q long
time."-Chester D. Haines.
There is no secret about vinol. 1t
owes its success to beef and cod
liver peptones, iron and manganese
peptonates. and glycerophosphates,
the oldest and most famous body
building and strength creating tonics.
Vinoi is sold in Augusta by Bow
ditch Webster Co.: ]. H. DeOrsay,
Waterville: Guy K. White, Hallowell
and Druggists Everywhere.
! p. S.-For Eczema Of Scalp try our
Saxol Salve. Money back Il II fAila.
ADV. y
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Fire early Thursday which for a
time threatened the residential part
of North WATERFORD, destroyed E. F.
Moyse's buildings, house and barn.
Help was sent from Limerick. The
loss is placed at $4,000,