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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-09-12
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-09-12
ANSON

Fred Niles has sold his stand to
Mrs Geneva Adams and moved to
North Vassalboro, where he has
bought stand of Mrs. Elizabeth Nc
Laughlin Mr. Viles has work with
Bonnie Rogers. boss spinner there.
Born. Aug. 30 to Mr.. and Mrs Ber-
nard Otis. son.
Hannah Tarr of North Arson was
a visitor at John Tarr's and Fred
Niles' the last of the week.
Miss Mildred Tinkham a trained
nurse of Washington, d. C., came
Sunday. September, l, for visit of a
month with her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
S. G. Tinkham.
Mrs Will Davies is stopping at her
parents. Mr. and Mrs John Brown,
Bernard Otis was caller in Wa
terville. Monday.
Mrs Geneva Adams has moved into
the house recently purchased of Fred
Yiles.
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NEW PORTLAND

James Howe. who has been en-
ployed for the past few months as
fireman on the railroad, has been
spending a short vacation at his home
in New Portland He returned to his
work on Wednesday.
Sunday saw but little auto riding
in this vicinity
\ letter was received lately by
George Williamsons family stating
that he had been transferred 10 the
lend Regiment.
Ernest Robbins made his usual
market trip to Madison on Saturday.
DR. Clark was in Bingham recently
in connection with his dental prac-
tee
Roy Stewart returned from New
Hampshire on Thursday of last week
and went to Strong ON Saturday,
where he has employment in the corn
shop
Libby Stewart has been i'll with
stomach trouble for the past few
weeks
E E. Atwood recently disposed of
his Gilmore car and now has a Hud-
son
/ ne usual interest III lo"H Hi'S1=
ing was shown in last Mondays at
tendance at the North village.
The corn shop for the factory has
proved disappointing in this locality
Occasionally. however, a good field of
corn may be seen.
Miss Mary Strickland. who has been
employed in Hartland this summer re
turned 10 Dexter on Saturday, expect
ing 10 resume her duties in Dexter
High school on Tuesday, Sept 10th
Several from New Portland attend
d fhe services at the Kingiield Evan
a lea1 Church. last Sunday.
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{IiFMS OF INTEREST !
J From Our Correspondents !
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MADISON

Mrs Matte Walker. Mrs Arthur
Lander. Mrs. Augusta Bailey of Mad
son have been visiting Mr. and Mrs
Y \. Hager of Waterville. Mrs
BAILEY is a sister of Mrs. Hager.
Mrs Mable Carpenter has gone to
V5feryille for a few days on business.
Mrs r. G. Stanwood attended the
Red Cross representatives meeting
9b.eh was held in Augusta. Nednes-
aag o! last week.
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ter, Euniee, were the guests of his
sister Mrs NJ. G. Atwood Saturday
J. L. Jackson was taken very Ill
Wednesday but is better at present
Herbert Loyejoy has sold his place
tthe Bracket farm SO called TO Dean
Henderson and E. Dunton of King
field.
Much sickness prevails among the
little folks.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-09-12
LEXINGTON AND VICINITY

Mr. and Mrs Obed S. Allen are
home from the Ledge House, where
they have been working for several
months.
Miss Elizabeth Howard is home on
a vacation.
Lloyd Nutting was home over Sun
day.
Leon Parker was in town calling
on friends Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Young were
week end visitors at George Goulds
MILLAY HILL=N. NEW PORTLAND
Tom Hogan and wife have a new
baby girl.
Diphtheria has broken out again in
Kingfeld. little Henry Witham being
sick.
slight frost here
George Moulton, wife and daugh-
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Fish of Pennington visited her niece
Mrs. Eliza Howard last week
DR.. Russell of Pennington was at
P. NJ Taylor's. Monday.
John Stafford Sr is visiting his
nephew John p Stafford.
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EAST SkOMHEGAN

f S Hunt is hauling his sawed
lumber from the John Buzzell farm
70 Hinckley.
F Felta Richardson visited with her
cousins, Misses Verna and Edna
paws. last Thursday and Friday.
The three girls visited their aunt, Mrs
Fife Pease of South Canaan
Mr.. and Mrs Evander Mitchell
we're Sunday guests of Mr. George
Ames.
Mr.. J. H. Harrington is at home
from Dorchester, Mass, to attend to
the harvesting of his crops
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I.ARONE

The funeral of the late Mrs, Dora
Emmons was held September 5, at the
home with Rev j. w. Packard of
Skowhegan officiating. The body
was taken to Starks for interment
Samuel Bartlett has been enter
tanning friends from New York this
former home) and with them came
his daughter, Miss Elizabeth. who has
been employed in that state
Clayton Bucklin, one of our volun-
teer boys from Boothbay Harbor, was
called home last week by the death of
his grandfather.
One farmer reports his bean crop
entirely eaten by the deer, who
leave only tracks for his satisfaction.
F. w. Farley and family attended
the S. d. A camp meeting, held in
Lewiston last week.
Our stage driver has exchanged his
Overland car for Ford
Miss Christine Buzzell and her sis
ter, Mrs Amy Meader, have returned
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70 their work in Lowell, Mass, after
four weeks vacation.
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ANSON

Among those from out of town who
attended the Dinsmore Reunion, were
Lucy and Leona Plummer and Mon
rec SAWYER of Foxcroft, Mrs. Carrie
Bragg. Skowhegan; Mr. and Mrs F o.
Savage. Fairfield; Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Heald and daughter, Pauline. of Fal-
mouth: R. NJ. Walker of Pittsburg,
Pa: Mabel Tinkham of Washington,
\. c; Mr. and Mrs Nathan Dinsmore
Of Franklin. Mass; and Elizabeth
Sterling of Pittsfield.
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RIVER ROAD

Mr. Mum of Aroostook county Wis
tied his sister Mrs. John Clayton over
Sunday Monday Mrs Clayton re-
turned with him for a short visit with
relatives there.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Warren and chill
dren visited friends in Smithield, re
Gently
Mrs Bert Mckinney of Waterville,
whose husband is in training at Fort
William Harrison, y. Y, is boarding
with Mrs Theodate Sawyer.
Fred Boynton is attending high
school which began on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler of
North Fairfield was stopping for a
time at Roy Warren S.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Chase on Wednesday, Sept A,
at Somerset Hospital.
HIGHLAND
Mr. and Mrs. o. S. Allen. who have
been employed at the Ledge House,
are spending a few days at home.
Mrs. Nancy Hillman and son Harold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
STATES BEST SHOTS
 GATHER HERE TODAY
Local Gun Club to Hold Practice Shoot for
 Visitors

The Alabama state shooting tourna- ment starts at F o'clock, with practice today and regular events tomorrow. Nearly all of the notable shooters in the south are on hand this morning to get in practice today over the loca traps. Several of the experts were on hand Saturday at the regular practice shoot, and, juding from the scores that were made. some good shooting will be done, and all of the matches will be very closely contested.
 There is 2 greatAdeal of speculation as to who will win tLs state championship this year.
 Warren, Blunt, Ryding, Livingston and Lawson. all former champions, will con- test in this weeks shooting Barr, Fetch CT, Moody, Dr. Noland and pr. Majors are shooting in splendid form and have an excellent chance to win high honors in the handicap and the championship races. On account of the high score made by Huff in Saturdays shooting, he is the most likely winner of professional honors
 Among the state professionals Holt is the fayorite for the state professional honors, as he has never failed to make good score at the Birmingham traps.
 There is no telling, however, who will Wtu the different matches, as some
 dark horse" may loom ap in any of them.
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e is Jchnson's record:
HAMILTON

Hamilton. July Especial )-Job Burleson was placed in the Marion county jail yesterday charged with the murder of Mart Parker, his brother in-law
 Parker and Burleson were seen to- gether last Monday afternoon in the woods and Burleson had a gun and cliamed they were hunting.
 Parker was found shot in the back and evidently had been instantly killed and his body badly decomposed. His body was not found until late Thursday morning and an inquest was held and suspicion pointed to Burleson being re- sponsible for the killing and he was promptly arrested, as well as Parker's wife, who is held as accessory to the crime. The grand jury is now in ses- sion and is Investigating the murder. The grand jury has returned an indict- ment against Carsel J. Vickery charged with the murder of William Howell last May and his case is set for July IS, and special venire has been sum- moned to try him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
REDS FEATURE PAST
 WEEK BY WINNING
 SEVEN STRAIGHT
Red Sox, Cubs, Athletics and Cardinals Improve Stand ing-DOdgers and Sena-
 tors Slump

New York, July 4.-with the halfway mark In the pennant races of the major baseball leagues passed last week, Chi cago, showing the best form in the Na- tional, leads New York by 71k games, while~in the American, Boston is setting the pace, with New York three games behind. The Cubs won six games out of nine and the Giants broke even in eight, the Red Sox won five and lost two. and the Yankees won four out of seven. The Pittsburg and Philadelphia Nationals and Cleveland and Washington Americans made no progress. The Cin- cinnai and St Louis Nationals and St Louis and Philadelphia Americans each had a winning week
 The Chicago Nationals divided four games with New York, but captured the series, three game to two, including a game of the previous week. Douglas held the Giants to five hits and one run Sun day, but was defeated Tuesday when Thorpe made home run in the tenth inning. Mondays double header was di vided. Rudolph of Boston checked the league leaders Wednesday, but the Cubs took the next four games, Douglas be- ing credited with both victories Thurs day, the opener going 10 innings. Hen drix blanked the Braves with five hits Friday Chicago defeated Philadelphia today. New York broke even in four games with Pittsburg, which split two games with Boston. Ragan of Boston held the Pirates to three hits Monday, ending their winning streak of eight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

Bessemer, July 14.-(Special.)-A large crowd attended the community sing which was held this afternoon at the city park, in observance of the French national holiday. The programme was carried out as follows: Olivor Chalifoux, violinist, accompanied by Prof. Fred l..
 Grambs "Adoration' (BorowskD ant ."Kinawiski' (Wienaiski) The children who participated in this affair rendered
 Joan of Arc'' and Salute the Flag, lead by Miss Phyllis Waits. The Mar sellaise" was sung by Director B. l.. Michaelson. accompanied by Oliver Chal-
 ifoux and Professor Grambs, and Miss Dorothy Huffman sang, When the Boys Come Home
 America Come Thou Almighty
 King Columbia, the Gem of the
 Ocean" and God Save Our Men" was
 rendered by the audience. An impressive four-minute talk was made by J. T. Me
 Eniry, one of Bessemers four minute men, on The Meaning of America,' this was followed by A. c, Mitchell, chairman of the four-minute men in this city, who
 read the message of the President to the
 French people. A collection was taken for the adoption of a French orphan, and $3S was realized. which will support a child for one year. The Bessemer Cho-
 raj society and the Wednesday Music club wishes to thank the public for it's cooper ation in making these sings suc- cessful
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Augusta Marshall Gere, aged 7S years, who died last night at the Eliza
 beth Duncan hospital. following a lin gering illness, were held this afternoon at o'clock at Trinity Episcopal church. with the Rev. Noble c. Powell officiat- ing The deceased is survived by her husband, Col. w. B. Gere; one brother,
 James E. Marshall, of Sheffield; one sister, Mrs. J. F. Westcott, of Gaston. Mrs. Gere was born in Sumter county. and came to this city about B years ago, where she has made her home She was we'll known and highly respected through out this district The remains will be shipped to Gaston by Kennedy, where interment will be made in the family cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

oftener thar all the other clubs in the circuit And that was about true. Most teams give to their pitcher an
 average of about four runs per game as
 working basis, l dare say that the l average the Senators, especially those
 from 1907 to 1912. gave to Walter was about one run per game. Yet despite It Walter, through the wizardy of his great right arm, and aided by his keen brain
 and splendid courage, has compiled pitching record such as few men in all
 base ball history have even remotely ap-
 preached.
 'Johnson's pitching average for n years is .575; that of his clubs for the
 same period of time has been but .467 What pitcher who has operated for 10 years or longer can show any that beats Johnson's record?
 Never in his Il years as a pitcher has Johnson's pitching average failed to go
 beyond that of his team. And in all those Il years, with team behind him
 that couldn't win half of it's games, John
 son has yielded only 2:16 runs per game.
 Great as was Mathewson he yielded
 about 2.44 earned earned runs per game.
 "Johnson's record in 1913, when he won
 
 as the greatest pitching achievement Of
 all time declared Griff. Given the batting and fielding support of the Giants or Athletics of that year, Johnson would
 have made it about 40 out of 43, because three or four of his defeats in 1913 were by one run margins: defeats due largely
 to the inability of Walters mates to hi. behind him in pincheS.
 Thirty six victories and only seven de- feats in 19R for a twirling average of .7SS and supported by team that was fifth in batting and fifth in fielding. Can you imagine what Walter would have
 done that year with team like the slug ging and brilliant fielding Athletics back of him?
 'Mathewsor was great, but you must remember that he was helped by having five pennant winning teams in back of him. Alexander a marvel, and sa
 was Walsh, Brown, Plank, Bender, Rusie,
 Nichols and all the others But the
 greatest of ttem all, that's Walter John son"
 Here is Jchnson's record:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
How Foch Looks and Acts

Major Requin of the French general staff thus describes General Foch in the Worlds Work
 Physically, Foch is a man of medium height, with an exceptionally striking face. His is the forehead of thinker which is marked by two characteristic folds between the eyebrows; he has deep set eyes, large nose, a mouth clearly outlined under gray mustache, wilful chin. All the features are strongly marked. His whole face expresses mediation and action, great thought and a tenacious will.
 His words are brief and always exact iy suited to the idea, each one having it's own value, and usually accompanied by gesture, which completes the phrase. either to develop or to summarize it''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
REDS HAVE GREAT WEEK

| Cincinnati won seven games out of i eight. The Reds dropped one game in 1 u rec to Philadelphia and took five l straight from Brooklyn. Ring and Began allowed six and two hits, respectively, | in shutting out the Superbas Wednesday and Toney scored his first victory Thurs l day, after eight straight losses. Cincin- 1 natl won it's seventh straight game to- | day, beating New York. St. Louis climbed out of last place by winning the l odd game in three from Brooklyn and l taking four out of six from Philadel- phia, but went back again today, losing | a double header to Boston
 ! Tight pitching, combined with Ruins heavy batting kept Boston atop of the American league. Jones blanked Cleve-
 land in the first game Monday, won by | Ruth triple in the tenth inning. Bos- l ton vas held to three hits by Morton | in the second game. Bush registered a l 12-inninG shutout Tuesday, the fourth
 straight game of the series to be settled ! bv enc run Ruth's triple decided Ba- ders shutout game Wednesday, Mays
 pitching against Chicago Thursday, ob- tained Boston's third successive shutout | in which Ruth made three doubles. Bos- | ton won Friday when Ruth made two l triples and double, but was shut out Satuiday by Russell when Ruth failed td | hit.
 l New York divided four games with Chicago, Tuesdays contest going 10 in nings Coveleskie pitched a three-hit,
 no run game Thursday, but the Yan- kees took the next two contests. Bag
 by was effective today against New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
NEWS OF BESSEMER
MISS BERNEY GlLLEN. c.rr..p.nden,

that old southern stuff makes a fellow
 feel. I felt like I was freezing to death
 and even saw a few of these big Boche
 killers shed a few tears. These girls
 looked good enough to eat, but I guess
 the reason for the tears was because
 we had to do a little thinking while
 looking at them. You know how it is.
 Well, things have been quite active
 for the last few days, but we have had
 no gas alarms of late, so everything seems to be o. K. There was quite a
 bombardnent last night by some of our
 on a car (you know they are so big
 that they have to be handled thusly). It lasted all night and every time one of them would shoot it would nearly shake
 this little 2x4 house down. So the out come was we got very little sleep, but had a good nap just after dinner. This is the best sleep in the world, but we don't get the chance often to do such, as we are always furnishing details for some kind of work which has to be done, such as digging trenches, sweeping the streets, fixing roads, and gardening. There is a large military garden here and it is worked by both us and the French soldiers. It is a fine one, too,
 but so help me, don't know where the vegetables go to, as I have never even
 seen piece of lettuce unless I bought it. I guess it is sold to retailers, but
 don't know for a fact.
 What is wrong with the letters, are you ali writing to me regularly, 1T
 not get busy at once. as I had rather get letter than find 20 francs, so be sure and write few lines every day.
 q am getting a Frenchman to fix up some shells for me to send home. | They are three-inch or 75-centimetre size. He is working some flowers aid Souvenir de Ia Guerre" on it in raised letters. The shells are brass and about 12 inches tall. Of course, they have been shot but are very pretty as vases and such. Hope you have gotten the box of souvenirs Will and I sent about a month ago, as they will be quite in teresting to you all
 This is h. of a place that I'm writing. Am sitting on bunk that is so high my feet don't touch the ground (yes, ground, not floor) have my bayonet stuck in the wall with a candle sticking on the handle of it. It is not much light but does very we'll and I'm lucky to even get candle. We heard that sub had sunk some boats just out of New York harbor. How about it? Don't believe it very much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. coRBETr.

Copyright, 1918, by King Features Syn
 dicate, Inc)
 Walter Johnson is the greatest pitcher that ever lived" asserted Clark Griffith
 Greater than Mathewson. Alexander, Young, Plank, Rusie, Clarkson, Keefe. Brown. Walsh, Meekin, McAdahon, Mich ols, and all the other twirling marvels?" l asked.
 "Yes, greater than all of them" was the emphatic reply I've been in big league baseball for S1 years, and I've seen every star twirler that the game has known in that long sweep of years. Johnson is the star of all the stars
 ITO some it may seem that my espous- ing of Johnson's cause is like footing my own horn, because he is one of my own starmen. I claim no credit for the greatness of Johnson. He was discovered by, a traveling salesman, a friend of Joa Cantilloa. who managed the Senators in l9d7 It was Joe who gave Walter his big league chance and he was a pitching marvel from his first day in the majors No one developed Johnson, except him. self And so no credit for what he Is today belongs to me.
 Tn Il complete seasons Johnson has won 24s out of 41s games for an average of .575. And he has done it with a team back of him that rarely has been other than mediocre. For years his club was an habitual tailender. It never gave to Walter any real batting support, and time and again the defense crumpled be- hind him. It used to be said in the first few years that Walter was with the Sem ators that his own team defeated him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Massachusetts Board
 Classes Baseball as
 Reproductive Work

Boston, July 14.-Baseball was classed as nonproductive occupation by the Brighton local draft board today in de- clding test case brought by John Peak Henry, catcher for the Boston Nation als, against Provost Marshal General CroWders work or fight rules
 The board found the amount of re- lief from war strain furnished by the game was overestimated by the regis trant in his affidavit and that baseball s financial contribution to the war was nc larger materially than the voluntary sac rifices of many millions of citizens"