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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01

by J. Sterling Morton. The first
issue of the News appeared on No
vember IA, 1854, and it is still being
issued, with c. NJ. Hubner in
charge. Paul lessen, one of the
leading attorneys, holds the honor
of being the son of the first school
teacher of his town. Frank Car
son, who has resided there since
1854 stated tat he was one of the
pupils of the first school in 1855.
c. NJ. Aldrich, manager of Ne
braska City's packing industry,
keeps his town supplied with poetry.
He AYERS that there is poetry in
pork, pickles, pie, peanuts or any
thing else if one just sees it that
way.
School for the Blind.
The Nebraska School for the
Blind was established in Nebraska
City during 1875 by Samuel Bacon,
who was totally blind. N. c. Abb
bolt, brother of Keene Abbott Of
Omaha, has been superintendent Of
this institution for eight years.
Literary, musical and industrial
courses are taught to 81 attendants.
The school maintains its own Or
chestra and has a pipe organ.
Reference to Nebraska City would
not be complete without melton of
the late M. L. Hayward, who served
his state as United States senator.
His son, William Hayward, born
in Nebraska City, is now in commad
of New York regiment of colored
soldiers overseas. Rev. William D.
Gage, chaplain of the first territorial
legislature, was the first Methodist
minister serving in Nebraska, his
first service being in Nebraska City
during 1883.
Among the prominent early-day
men of the town were Milton w.
Reynolds, who wrote under the
nom de plume of Kicking Bird"
Robert Hawke, business associate
of Stephen F. Nuckolls; O. H.
Irish, editor of the Peoples Press;
August. w. E. and H. L. Harvey;
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
MED|CS PLAN TO
FIGHT ANOTHER
FLU" EPIDEMIC
More virulent Outbreak is
Anticipated in This Coun-
try Within Next Two
Years.

Chicago. Nov. 30.-Plans for COM
batting another influenza epidemic
which is expected to sweep the coun-
try in 1919 will be considered by
health authorities from all parts oil
the United States, Canada and South
America at the forty-sixth annual
convention of the American Public
Health association which opens here
December 9.
Members of the association say
that all the influenza epidemics since
1929 have been recurrent for from
two to three years after the initial
outbreak. For this reason leading
authorities feel convinced that the
visitation of 1918 will be repeated in
1919 and probably in 1920 Also it is
pointed out that in previous epidem-
les the second and third outbreaks
have been more virulent and attend
ed by higher mortality rate than
were the initial manifestations.
1t was early in 1918, according to
DR.. w. A. Evans, formerly health
commissioner of Chicago, that the
now so-called Spanish influenza
made its appearance in Spain. Now
Spain is having its second outbreak,
according to DR.. Evans, more viru-
lent in form and attended by an
alarming death rate.
During the three-day meeting, the
methods used in combating the 1918
epidemic in the United States will be
thoroughly considered and plans
outlined for meeting any future
emergency. Among those who will
present papers and take part in the
discussions are Major w. H. WEIGH,
of the National Medical corps; DR..
E. c. Rosenow of the Mayo founda-
ton; DR.. Herman Biggs, commits
sioner of the New York State De-
partment of Health, and DR.. A. ].
Mclaughlin, assistant surgeon gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health service.
Besides consideration of influenza,
many subjects of general interest
pertaining to public health during
the reconstruction period will be
taken up. There will be discussions
regarding proper precautions in the
care Of children to reduce mortality
rates, rural sanitation, the effect of
fashions on health and the use of
narcotics in war times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
Tablets

are guaranteed to correct the aka
Unity of your secretions, thus giving
you undisturbed slumber, making
for Rest at night, and Energy by
day. All forms of kidney disorders
cannot be successfully treated with
Balmwort Tablets, but when these
symptoms exist you will receive a
gratifying recovery if you use them !;
amount of urine secreted irregular,
insufficient, too frequent, too copi-
Gus, accompanied by pain, difficult
ty, smarting, burning, irritation,
pains in back and groins and when
the passage is foul of odor, highly
colored, etc. Also stoppage of Sc
erection followed by fever, chills,
pains, headache, rheumatic pains,
depression, etc. Balmwort Kidney
Tablets.
HELP THE KIDNEYS.
Sold by all druggists.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
Fills Stomach
With New Energy
Weak, Worn Out, Classy, Sour,
Stomach Revived and Made to
Enjoy Food With Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.

Most Of US eat three times a day and
often forget that each meal should be
disposed of in the stomach to make room
for the next. The failure Of the stomach
to do this is called indigestion or dys-
pepsia, with its sour risings, gas. rumb-
lings, pain depression and the feeling Of
stuffiness when breathing is difficult.
The most effective remedy and the
most reliable one, because you can get
it at any drug store in the United States
at 80 cents box. Instead of deprivng
yourself of food or going on a starvation
diet, simply keep on as you have and let
these tablets straighten out your stomach,
digest the food and keep you in the fight.
ADV
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01

knife in the hands of Angelo Pitrete,
and it is thought by the hospital
authorities that he will not recover.
Fencel told the police that he was
playing a game of pool when Pitrete
entered and called him names. When
Fencel resented these Pitrete drew a
knife and stabbed him.
He was taken to the Lord Lister
hospital and Pitrete was arrested
and held for Investigation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
S. A. T. C. Rehabilitation
Starts at Lincoln Monday

Next Monday the rehabilitation
of the students' army training corps
at the university at Lincoln will be-
gin. On that day the Burlington will
take out 800 of the boys to their
home towns. The movement will
continue at the rate of 200 a day
until the camp is abandoned. There
are 900 students in the camp.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
Soldier from Fort Riley
Killed in Kansas CITY

Kansas City, Nov. 30.-Private
William Bray. Company A, Goth
battalion, United States guards,
found under a viaduct here yester-
day with a crushed skull and a bull
let wound in his side, died last night
at local hospital and was identi-
fed by L. E. Murphy, orderly to
Capt. George Flock at Fort Riley,
who said Bray was transferred from
Camp. Dodge,~ Ia, or Fort Crook,
Neb.. -.r.t
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01

Charles H. Cowles. said to have
been the first merchant, and Hiram
P. Bennett, law partner of ]. Ster-
ling Morton. c. ]. Ernst, promi-
nent Omahan, started life in Ne
braska City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01
SLUMBER OUTRAGED?

Are you compelled to arise from
your slumber, once, twice or more,
because of pain, irritation and alb
normal condition of kidneys and
bladder?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-01

Man May Die as Result
Of Fight in Pool Room
Fred Fencel, Prague hotel, was
cut in the abdomen by a pocket
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
Red Cross Notes

Last Saturday the local branch Of
the Red Cross made its first shipment
of surgical dressings
Substantial contributions have been
received from the Athens branch and
from the Canaan branch the follow
ing donations have been received 9
bed puffs. sweaters. 16 pairs OF
socks, l mufiler six helmets, % pairs
of wristlets. ! wash cloth and "A con
yalescent gowns.
Owing to the recent small pox cpl
demic Norridgewock has been greatly
handicapped in Red Cross work. When
the danger of further spreading Of the
disease is past the articles already
finished will be fumigated and for
warded to the local headquarters
Several new branches have recently
been formed as follows: Dead River,
chairman, r V Stafford; vice chair
man, l.. G Marsh; treasurer Blanch-
ard Rand; secretary. Fay NJ. Taylor.
North New Portland reports the for
nation OF a branch with a charter
membership of 50 and with the fol-
lowing slate of officers Chairman,
key. T. B. Madsen vice chairman.
Mrs e T. Pratt; secretary and
treasurer Mrs Laura Clark East
New Portland branch enrolled SO
members during the month OF January
and are organized with the following
officers chairman. Mrs. Lottie
Young; vice chairman. Mrs. Minnie r.
Walker; treasurer, Mrs Beulah Walk
er; secretary, Madeline Emery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07

trary to the bylaws; a telephone has
been taken from the company stock
room and rented to a stakeholder, con
trary to the bylaws; suit was brought
against me, when | did not owe the
company anything,-but the company
actually owed me some thirty-fiYe
dollars, which they afterWard paid me,
all this to play politics Of small
kind against a supposed competitor
for the management; these are but a
few OF the precarious strings by which
the present administration has held
It's precarious course; meantime the
progress OF the company suffers and
competent and expert training in the
telephone business is put into the
background This condition has con
tinued for seven years. It is in
conceivable that 1t can continue much
longer, without majority of the sub
scribers waking up and demanding
that this company be rescued from
dilapidatlon and decay.
FRANK l. AMES.
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Mr.. Ames' Speech

The following is the speech deliver
ed by Frank l.. Ames, Esq, of Nor.
ridgewock at the last annual meeting
of the Farmers Cooperative Tele-
phone Co..
Norridgewock, Me-, Jan. Il, 1918.
Observation-Disclosures Co.,
Skowhegan Me.
Dear Sirs:
At the annual meeting of the Som
erset Farmers Telephone Company
held at Norridgewock on January 7, at
the special meeting in the forenoon
spoke as follows:
Today is the fourteenth anniver-
sary of the organization of this com
pany. 1t took seven years of hard
work by its organizers and promo
tiers to put this company safely into
practically every town in Somerset.
At the end of the seventh year, the
company had paid its bonds of one
thousand dollars, and shown on its
ledgers net assets over and above
liabilities Of sixteen hundred dollars.
Its total property, including tele-
phones owned by the subscribers, was
worth about fifty thousand dollars.
The company was organized during
the brief space when telephone com
petition was allowed to be organized
In Maine. Just before 1904, we had
had telephone monopoly; since the
public utility law became effective,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
E l!zHzA Schedule Pass
l614e enger Trains
In Effect January 20, 1918

rratns Leave SkowbeGnn Week Days
905 a m for Waterville. Belfast,
Bangor. Oakland. Kineo. Pennington
strong. Bigelow, Rangeley, Lewiston,
Augusta. Brunswick, Portland and
Boston.
1l.s5 a. IN. for Waterville, Oakland.
Pennington, Lewiston Augusta,
Brunswick, Portland and Boston.
LOO D. m. for WaterVille, Belfast,
Harmony, Dover and Foxcroft, Ban
gor, Mattawamkeag. Augusta, Bruins
wick, Bath. Portland. Boston.
Prains Leave skowhegHn sundays
S45 a m. for Waterville. Durham.
Pittsneld. Bangor. Augusta Bruins
wick. Lewiston, Bath Portland and
Boston.
Trains Arrive SkOwk~Ran week Days
SEQ a m. from Waterville
1855 a. m. from Waterville. Belfast,
Pntsneld Harmony. Dover and Fox
croft, Bangor. Bucksport, Mondays
sRly) Oldtown, Oakland, Bingham,
Pennington Lewiston. Augusta,
Brunswick, Bath. Portland and Boston.
500 p. m. from Waterville, Bangor,
Bucksport, Bar Harbor, Calais, oak
land, Augusta, Lewiston. Brunswick,
Portland and Boston.
Trains Arrive skOwhegan sundays
ll.e5 a m. from Wateryille, PITTS
hsld. Newport Bangor. Augusta. Bath
Brunswick Lewiston and Portland.
DC. DOUGLASS. General Manager
N. l. HARRIS. Genl Pass. Agent.
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Skowhegan Elizabeth W Marsh
Skowhegan. beatrice p Smiley
skowhegan; a Doris Tobey Sko@he-
gan; Helen L. White. Skowhegan
Iona +. Pray, Norridgewock; Mar
jorie N Bracket, Eorridgewock
Mollle f Tracey Norridgewock Della
T Pierce. Scion; Emma NJ Mahoney
Scion; Esther F. Manson, Scion
Blanche H Strickland. New Portland ;
Militia A Taylor, Starks; Lydia J
Dudley, Starks; Doris f viles, Flag
staff: Ruth c Goodwin Fairfield
Nellie A Booker. Fairfield Center;
Mary E Mckay, West Forks.
Miss Ruth Greenwood Of Skowhegan
has been out two weeks because OF
illness
Alma d. Bloom, first year student
IS staying out to teach this winter
Beatrice p. Smiley is school pianist
this term.
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only some $500 of sleet damage.
Great promises were made one year
ago in the Independent-Repo OF
what would be done, but nothing was
done. during the whole year. To be
called brother and sister Is hattering,
but such language Is generally used
by person who has an axe to grind.
Members of the legislature take cigars
and drinks from fattering agents of
interests opposed to public welfare.
and are thereby betrayed into sup
porting their nefarious laws, when it
comes to a vote. We must have our
members of the legislature take their
own cigars to Augusta, and If need
be, their drinks, in order to save sell
ing our birthrights for a mess of pot
tage. Just as long as we elect man
ager of this company on basis of
giving him job, instead of on a
basis of exacting service and the i'm
provement OF this county system, just
so long, we shall get a milksop ad-
ministration, we shall get no metallic
lines and the whole will deteriorate.
Advised by incompetent, but we'll
intending assistants, the present man
ager has held to grounded circuits,
when he should have exerted every ef-
fort to establish metallic lines; he has
ridiculed the use of arresters, APPROX
ed by the National Board of Fire I'm
derwriters, to make use of protector,
long antiquated and unsafe to owners
of buildings, and readily smoked up
by thunder storms, giving high per-
centage of trouble hunting. He has
systematically attempted, at our an
nual meetings and elsewhere, to cast
unjust suspicious by indirect insinu-
atoms, upon the integrity of the or
ganizers and builders of this com
pany, without whose painstaking, en-
ergetic and honorable labor and deal
ings during the first seven years OF
the company, the present manager
would not have been able to earn a
cent for himself during the last six
or seven years, because such job as
manager Of this company would not
be in existence but for the painstak-
ing sacrifices of those original pro
motors, of which promoters the pres
ent manager was not one. Low grade
political tricks have been resorted to;
Madison, Cornville and Athens have
been without a representative on the
board of directors, in order to enable
the president of the company, as well
as the manager, to be residents OF
Skowhegan and this condition has
gone on ever since the present man
agement, six years; sister of a sub
scriber has been given privilege OF a
telephone on her brothers share, con
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
Pennington Normal school Notes

School authorities say that If we
are to have trained teachers in our
schools our high school graduates
should be encouraged to get the train
ing. Every town which asks for
trained teachers should encourage its
own pupils to go away and train for
teaching. Somerset County IS in the
habit of having a good representation
in Normal School At the present
time it Is represented at the Normal
School by the following students.
Julia II Blackwell Dead River; Mary
r. Carney, Bingham; Thelma T. Foss
Bingham; Florence NJ. Murray, Bling
ham; Margaret A. Washburn. Bling
ham; Gladys S. Baker, Bingham,
Alma D. Bloom, Bingham; Gladys G.
Reynolds, Bingham; Evelyn |, Furber,
Hartland: Marion E Johnson, Arson;
Vivian E. Pollard, Arson; Helen NJ.
Kennison, North Arson; Winona NJ
Paddock, Skowhegan Ruth Green
wood, Skowhegan; Marion f. Adams,
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we have come again to period when
competing telephone companies may
not be organized. We live in mon
oply state and we are too indolent to
throw off the yoke of monopoly. Mon
oply in telephones, in railroads, in
water companies, in gas companies
and in electric light and power COM
panies is the rule in Maine. We may
be proud OF our state and of the great
nation which George Washington fin
ally wrested from the British, with
the aid of Lafayette at Yorktown; but
we have great reason to be ashamed
of ourselves, to thus allow the prov
inces of Canada not taken by Wash
ington from the British, to outrank
US, Guido and excel us, In this matter
days, by military necessity, the presi-
dent has emancipated the railroads of
our country, from corporate control
inefficiency. This emancipation of
the railroads is without doubt. the
greatest single reform by single
stroke of the pen, since Lincoln freed
the slaves.
If you read the Lewiston Journal,
during the last session of the legis-
lature, you learned that the province
of Ontario, Canada, has by govern
electric business. Under govern
ment ownership in Ontario, rates for
light and power are only about one
fourth what they are here in Maine,
under private monopoly. Municipal
ownership of the telephone is allowed
in Canada.
But in Maine, we create a public
utility court in order to perpetuate
monopoly. Ostensibly, the law was
service of these monopolies really the
law was framed to prevent competi-
ton.
So in Somerset, we are fortunate
that we organized this telephone line
when we did, before the present mon
oply law had shut the door to u.s.. To
1900 users of this line, we are making
an annual saving of $40 each or
twelve thousand dollars a year, as
compared with the New England Tele-
phone Company rates.
But our company is not holding its
own; under five years of the present
management, only twenty-five miles
OF grounded line was made metallic;
in 1916, under my management, we
made 70 miles of line metallic. The
cash balance has dwindled to less
than 5000 and this has not been
caused by the sleet storm, because the
manager reported that he had paid
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
FOR III VETERINARY CORPS
Many opportunities Offered IL this
Branch Of the Service

To provide for the organization Of
veterinary hospitals this branch vii
require at leas' zoos additional mea
within the next few weeks Tais
branch is opened TO men from - y q
and 81 to A. who have not registered
for the draft. The men enlisted will
be sent to the training camp at Fort
Riley, Kansas. or to Fort Oglethrope
Ga
The following classes of men are
desired: Horseshoers, saddlers. ty-
pists or stenographers. cooks, phar-
macists, farmers, veterinary students
agricultural students. stable men or
men accustomed to handling horses
Any further information can be OBJ
tanned at the [ Army Recruiting
Station. WaterYille Ne
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
In MemOriam

The passing out Of George +. Aver
on Monday evening, January 2Sth.
came as a great surprise to the citi-
zens of Athens, and to other Somerset
County towns The cause was apo
plexy.
For more than twenty-five years he
has been a resident of Somerset
County. For seven years he lived
in Scion. The remainder of these
useful years have been lived In Athens
Mr.. Aver was born fifty-eight years
ago in Gorham, Maine, the son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Aver. He was a grad
uate of Gorham Academy Before
moving to our county he married Miss
e. Eugene Manchester Of Gorham
who survives him. An only child
died some years ago. During his
residence in Scion he served for FIVE
years on the board of selectmen.
Since coming to Athens he held for
term of years the same office. He
was also an efficient officer under the
Sturgis Commission.
Many years ago he united with the
Knights Of Pythias of Gorham and re-
tanned his membership in that order.
In Athens he has filled many offices
in the Odd Fellows Lodge and to the
qualification of all the members. He
was 4 member of the Grange. For
several years he has been a trustee
of the Athens Somerset Academy and
at the date of his death was the secre-
tary of the Board For four years
he served as deputy sheriff.
His efficiency, his unfailing atten-
ton his trustworthiness and ready
judgments in any emergency led the
citizens of his town and members of
the various societies with which he
was connected to select him for Of
fetal recognition These qualities
and these opportunities gave him
more than the average success in life
! In his relation to others he was
cheerful, hopeful, thoughtful, unset
/ fish and ready to serve to the limit of
his powers and opportunities. To
know him vas to respect him. He
was kind neighbor. a trusted coun-
selor and a loyal friend. He was re
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
NOTICE,

rae condition of business and long
credits oblige us to go on to a cash
BASIS. Beginning Friday, Feb 1st,
1918, we will sell for cash only or its
equivalent All accounts past due to
ss settled by note or otherwise at
snos.
We thank all of our customers for
EAST favors and hope to be able to
serve them better in the future than
in the past
Talk this over with us and we think
we can please you.
Yours for business.
J. P. BUTTS co.
C. e. HOYT
F. c. DUNLAP
New Portland, Me-, Jan. IA. 1918. 4w3
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
DISSOLUTION OF Co-PARTNERs

Notice is hereby given that the part
AerBhip lately subsisting between
George l.. Steward of Pleasant Ridge
Plantation in the County of Somerset
and State of Maine and Harry A. stew :
ard and Percy r. Steward both of
bingham in the County and State
aforesaid under the firm name of
Steward Brothers was dissolved on the
twelfth day of January, 1918, by mu-
tual consent All debts due said part
asrship are to be paid to said George
l.. Steward. and all demands against
said partnership are to be presented to
MIN fer payment.
GEORGE L. STEWARD
PERCY r. STEWARD
HARRY A STEWARD
ava
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-02-07
Cheerful Words
For Many Skowhegan Household

FOR Many SkOwhegan Household
To have the pains and aches of
bad back remoYed-to be entirely free
from annoying. dangerous urinary dis
orders. is enough 10 make any kidney
sufferer grateful The folloing ad-
vice IF one who has suffered will
prove helpful to hundreds of skowhe-
gan readers.
F O Eaton. r F D mail carrier
135 Main st, SkOwhegan, says: I
am exposed to bad weather and drive
over all kinds of roads No doubt
this disordered my kidneys and caus-
ed my back to ache | had been
bothered quite awhile and no medicine
gave me permanent relief until | got
Doan's Kidney Pills at Sampson &
Azores Drug Store was well
pleased with the results they
brought" Statement given March
I, 1909.
On June IS. 1916. Mr. Eaton said
Il use Doans Kidney Pills occasion
ally when l feel in need Of something
for my kidneys and they always bring
good results
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedv-get
Doan's Kidneys Pills-the same that
Mr. Eaton had Foster MilburR Co.
Mfrrs. Buffalo. y Y
1870 l,,.. -
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B ALL A R D S
G OIL DE N
OIL

made and oils In Csc and 50c oots AT drug al
stores. Other standard home remedies
Billiards. Golden Headache Tablets Csc, Baiards Golden
Liver and Stomach Pills. 25c, Billiards. Golden SaNe 25o
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An Ad in Everybody's Column cost
httls, does much. Try one, 1t 10 sure
10 bring results.
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SPLENDID for Coughs,

grippe, Group, bronchitis, sore throat,
sore lungs, neuralgia, lumbago, rheuma-
tism, stiff and sore muscles and joints,
csc. and soc. bottles at drug and general