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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

so that children can be aided until
they are 16 years of age and family
AID can be adequate. No one denies
that the aid given should be ade-
quate, but opinions differ as to what
is adequate aid"
In that connection comes the item
OF Thrift" the report saying:
Thrift relates far more to the use
made Of things than to the initial
cost Our mothers in Maine present
one of the finest examples of thrift
to be found anywhere. They buy
reasonably. if that is possible. and
then they mend and patch and make
over and conserve and hoard in the
most remarkable manner.
The board says regarding its pol
ICY: Although the limit has now
been removed on the amount of aid
tnat can be granted. it will not be
the boards policy to give lavish
amounts of aid. but rather determine
the smallest amount of aid that is
consistent with family comfort and
weil-being. The board is not op-
posed to labor on the part of the
mother provided. she does not iniure
her own health or neglect the chill
dren. Many married women have to
work out or take in work to augment
the family income and we see no rea
son why a healthy woman, whose
children are of school age. cannot dc
something to help herself For her
to settle down in idleness and demand
her whole support from the public
would be very damaging to her
character and to that of her chill
dren. Indeed. it has. been noticed
that among those who are most
ready to demand mothers aid as
their Right are those who have al
ways lived at home where there were
government pensions. and their pride
and independence seem to have been
impaired thereby. Mothers Aid is
not pension. but it is aid. After
a mother has put forth her best eff
Tort to maintain her family, the
State is willing to bear the rest of
the burden Slackers will not be en-
couraged.
But one mother died during the
past year. Five infants succumbed.
Considering the influenza epidemic
which reached practically eyery fam.
lily that receive the aid. this record Ia
not alarming"
The statistical part of the report
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
BENTON

Hermon Lovejoy has returned from
Hartland. where he has been visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Charles Crummett Of Clinton
was a recent guest of Mrs. George
Goodwin.
George Brown and son Hermon have
returned from Monmouth, where they
passed a few days with Mr.. Brown s
sister. Mrs. Alice Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Jackins of
Madison passed Sunday with Samuel
Brown.
Mrs. Willard Gilmore passed the
weekend with friends in Pittsheld and
Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brown are pass
ing a week in Portland
Carlton Bunker and Mrs. Charles
Bunker passed Sunday at Weber Pond
as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bug
zell.
Mrs Sadie Lovejoy and Mrs. Everett
Hunter attended the picnic of the Guild
of the Methodist Episcopal church Al
the cottage of Mrs. Ed. Smith at Lake
side.
Mr.. and Mrs Everson Brown are
passing a few days in Thorndike visit
ing relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown and Mr..
end Mrs. Ernest Brown and family re-
Gently passed the day at Old Orchard.
Charles Warren of Wins,ow was call
ing upon relatives Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

Metro producing the picture. the
story has been given a standing that
will make It more popular than ever.
Hortense is mighty good looking
stenographer who imagines that she
is down trodden." She is also be-
loved by her employers son who Is
handsome and rich. To gain free
dom" and get away from marriage.
she seeks out Bohemia where she
thinks she Is an out-and-outer OF a
socialist. She finds. however, that
being called .'comrade" is not all 1t is
cracked up to be and as for free
dom"-pooh. she simply gets married
to the rich young man and ties her
self more solidiy than ever.
/, Funny in q different vein is
Rough stun" and L-Ko comedy that
win also be seen today. The Pathe
Review and Gaumont News complete
an unusually good program.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
RIPLEY

Herbert Skillings and son Clifton
are cutting the hay on the Clarence
Heminway farm.
Rev. Arthur Hoyt Of Thomaston
has been passing a few days with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hoyt.
Carroll Richardson is done haying
for Will Nelson and has gone to
work for Charles Wakefield.
L. L. Stafford is working for CAL
vim Goodwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hamlin Of
Dexter and Mrs. Helen Grant and
Miss Winnie Grant of Winthrop Wis
tied in Ripley Sunday.
q Mrs. Emma Wakefield went to
Bangor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Churchill. Mrs.
VIII Nelson and Mrs. Annie Bowdoin
took an automobile ride to Bangor
Saturday.
The young son Of DR.. G. II. Rand
Of Livermore Falls has been passing
a few weeks with his aunt. Mrs l. r.
Ramsdell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

The second annual report of the
Maine State Board of Mothers Aid
has been made to the Governor and
Council by Secretary James F. Bag
ley. The first annual report was
made so soon after the beginning of
work by the board that it could not
necessarily contain "a very large
amount of information and record or
statistical matter. This second an
nual report, having had sufficient
time for the machinery Of the board
to be in good working condition, con-
tains large amount of valuable in
formation and the record of a large
amount Of actual good accomplished.
The introduction tells that story as
follows:
Mothers Aid has now been in
operation in Maine for two years. and
it is generally conceded that it has
done a great amount of good. When
1t was first available in July. 1917,
women came to us who had battied
for living for their children from
one to five CT more years. because
they were too proud to seek pauper
relief and no other means at aid pre-
scented itself. Most of these women
were nervous. overworked and dis
couraged- 1t has been the privilege
of this board TO see them regain
their poise and health and courage,
by means of the small. regular sti-
pend which has set their worst finan-
c1al fears at rest. Women who had
nothing but a days wages between
them and complete restitution were
apt TO be panicky. No matter how
III they felt they had to keep work
ing or food and fuel would stop. But
the relief of knowing that mothers
aid will be paid them whether they
are sick or well has turned the scales
and has given them new courage to
meet the battles of life"
The report states that the morale
of the mothers is good They are
interested in their financial accounts
and watch the expenditures closer.
More than one third Of the mothers
own their homes, humble but giving
the privacy and completeness of
family life. The questions of fuel.
food and clothing are all treated and
on the subject Of Adequate aid" it
vays:
I'm 1919 the Maine law was revised
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
State House Chat

Commissioners H. w. Trafton and
Albert Greenlaw. with Clerk George
F. Giddings of the Public Utilities
Commission left Thursday afternoon
for Dover, from where on Friday
morning they will begin working
north in the Greenville section check
ing up the land valuation of the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, in &C
cordance with the request of the
United States government to verify
its figures. The work in this Sec
ton may take from 10 days to two
weeks.
Colonel r. H. Farnum. q. 8. A.,
was In Portland on Thursday to in
spect the Headquarters Company Of
the Sd Maine Infantry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

The Sanford Fair Grounds on lower
Main street, Sanford, may soon be
covered with tenements. This prop
erty was purchased few years ago
by Former Postmaster N. H. Fogg
and his brother. Ex-Sheriff n T.
Fogg: Several streets were laid out
and the land divided into house lots.
The management of the Sanford
Mills is now inspecting this property
with view of purchasing and erect
ing modern homes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

shows that at the end of the first
years, 1S5 families were receiving
aid. Since that time 145 additional
cases have been allowed. 10 re.
opened, As discontinued and u sus-
pended, IS disallowed, leaving 290
families now in receipt of aid. Total
applications to date. ISL, OF which the
more recent have not yet been in
vestigated.
The causes Of denial of aid were:
Mother incompetent or home insult
able. Is; aid not needed. 81: aid not
recommended by municipal board
IS; aid provided by law inadequate,
10; request withdrawn by mother. s.;
father still head of family. s: no
children under IA. 1; mother remar-
ried, 3.
Aid discontinued because: Aid no
longer needed. 10: mother remarked.
3; no children under IA. 4: mother
unfit, 8: child not with mother. g.:
continuance not recommended by
municipal board. 8; aid inadequate.
2: husband located. 2: aid refused by
mother. 2; mother died. 1; not main
tanning a home. /: husband returned
home; mother out of State. 1.
The Mothers Aid oftentime SO
improves the condition of a family
that 1t can after awhile dispense with
it. Several mothers have said in
substance: Il can get along alone for
the present. If in the end fail to
be self supporting. will call for
Mothers Aid again. In the mean
time greatly appreciate the aid you
have given me and l want you to
give my share to someone who needs
it more than I do. Not all
mothers are thoughtful enough to
relinquish the aid voluntarily and 1t
State supervisors in their semi an
nual visits to the homes to ascertain
whether the aid is still needed in
full or in part"
The number of children in the
families now aided is 1884, or an
average of 81 to a family. They in
cluded $50 boys and 495 girls.
The fathers enter the case as fol-
lows: Mothers Aid is intended for
mothers with dependent children.
This is interpreted to mean that the
children are not dependent on the
father. When a father Is at home
and not wholly incapacitated his chill
dren are dependent upon him. Hence.
Mothers Aid is granted to women
who are widowed. divorced. deserted
for more than a year and who are
trying to bring the deserving husband
to justice. to women with husbands
in State hospital or State prison.
or with husbands IN a totally in
capacitated condition. The status of
the fathers in the aided families is:
Dead. 2s3; deserted, 10; divorced, 9:
insane hospital, s: tubercular insti-
tuition. 1; State prison. 1: at home
and tubercular. 1; blind, 4; rheu-
matte. .: paralytic. 8; heart and
kidney trouble, 1.
The report closes with an abstract
OF the Mothers Aid laws. saying:
The changes asked in the law nv
the board were willingly enacted Nv
the Legislature of 1919 and the Maine
law seems now to answer remarkably
wen the needs Of the State"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
gions and returned with well filled

gions and returned with well filled
baskets.
Chester Taylor was visiting friends
in Brunswick last week and Monday
continued on his way to Lynn. Mass.
to pass few days with his father.
The corn crops look more promis-
ing than for several years in this
section and grain Is fine. also pota-
toes.
Clifford Taylor is passing his va
cation in Lynn. Mass. with his faith
er.
Madeline McCollor is in Portland
with her friends for a few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
Nominations by Governor

The following nominations have
been made by Governor Carl E. Milli-
ken and posted at the Executive de-
partment under date Of Aug. s:
Chairman, Board of Registration
Of Voters-Samuel H. Woodbury.,
Brewer.
Medical Examiner-George W.
Alexander. NJ. D., Gardiner.
Notary Public-Frank B. Milliken,
Portland Gas Commercial street, ::
Rodney I. Thompson, Rockland (439
Main street).
Justice of the Peace-Charles H.
Abbott. Fort Fairfield: Pascal p. Gill
more. Bucksport; Lysle p. Temple,
Bowdoinham; Roscoe P. Ham. Bath.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
Death Of Viola Russell

A decision has been rendered by
the Public Utilities Commission in
the matter of the accident on the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad at
Guilford Mil Yard Crossing July II
last, when about 4.29 p. NJ, Bangor &
Aroostook passenger train No. 124
run over and instantly killed Viola
Russell, aged q years. adopted child
Of Mrs. Olive r. Russell of Guilford.
It concludes:
This little child lived at some dis
lance from the crossing and we do
not know how or when she came
there. Apparently there was moth
ing that the engineer or train crew
could do to avoid this sad accident"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
EVELYN NESBlT TO BE
SEEN IN "a FALLEN IDOL

Few more powerful and absorbing
stories have ever been thrown on the
screen than Fallen Idol" the Will
liam Fox drama in which Evelyn
Nesbit will be seen at the Colonial on
Saturday. It is a story Of the East
and the West in which the beautiful
star has the part Of a Hawaiian
princess.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
BOWDOnN

wEST-Mrs. George Bubier Of
Lewiston is visiting Mrs. Minnie
Rideout.
Mrs. William Policy and Mrs. Err
nest Higgins OF Webster were the
guests OF Mrs. W. L. Maloon this
week
Mrs. Rose Curtis Of Litchfleld In
visiting her son. Lenwood.
Mrs. Ray Purinton and children Of
Canada are passing a few weeks
among friends and relatives.
Mrs. Susie Cross has been away
for a week on a pleasure trip.
vesta Curtis has gone to Lisbon
Falls where she has employment.
Edward Trip Of Lisbon has moved
into the Paul Ally house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditor
In the District Court OF the INV
states for the District of Maine 4
In the matter of ..,
Napoleon Papineau, = In Bankrup'st|
Bankrupt. ..s
To the creditors Of Napoleon Pap ...s
Of Gardiner In the County OF RENT ,ss
bee, and District aforesaid. bankr!s
Notice is hereby given that on \.
18Th day Of September. A. D. sis "A
said Napoleon Papineau was gu! "A
Indicated bankrupt: and that tne m
meeting Of creditors will be heid s 81 4
ONCE Of the Referee. 100 alter suur.ssd
Augusta, Maine. and District a'9 y 10
ON the 18th day of August. A y vhich
at ten o'clock in the forenoon. a. trend
prove their Claims. appoint a t-u sssss
examine the bankrupt. and ..roner!y
such other business as may p'''
come before said meeting. r-~,r
FREMONT j. c. LlL,nicy.
Referee in Ba SANK
Augusta. Maine. Aug. I. E .uRsdf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

A fire broke out in one of the ante
rooms. OF the Suffolk club on the
third floor OF the First National bank
building. Center and Front streets,
Bath, Tuesday afternoon. and proved
stubborn blaze. Considerable
damage was done by smoke and
water. BY spreading canvas over the
upper floors. the firemen prevented
much damage by water to the floors
below. This building has just been
newly renovated and the first direc-
tors meeting In the new banking
roomA was held On Monday after
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
Public Utilities
Bond lssue Authorixed

The Public Utilities Commission
has rendered a decision authorizing
the International Power Co. to issue
not exceeding 100000 par value of
its 5 per cent. first mortgage gold
bonds and is authorized to exchange
the bonds for like amount Of bonds
Of the Calais Street Railway Of the
aggregate par value of 500. 600.
Authority 10 also given to the. COM
pAax - Issue not exceedtng $4,000
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
RoekIand Officials Demand More Pa

RoekIand Officials Demand More Pay
A general request for increases in
salaries was made by the Rockland
city officials Monday evening at the
city government meeting: following
action Of the city council in adding
800 to police officers and 5000 to
city marshars and city treasurer's
salaries. The road commissioner
then asked for $500 increase and the
tax collector and city clerk followed
suit. The city teamsters asked 800
and the firemen admitted that they
could stand a rise.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

Mrs. Edith Lee Neal. WIZ :,
taught in the Pettengill s'0O -
Rumford for eight years. being ~.
cipai for the last three years ''
dered her resignation Tuesday " ..a.
cept the principaiship OF a ne" wrs
600 school in Lexington, Mass az
Neal has charge Of the schoo. spj
dens In Rumford this SUNNI ,,,H
viii not leave for her new neio I.
about Sept. I.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
Nl5.D&s2

Of it's s per. cent. preferred stock and
not exceeding $4,000 Of its. cdhamon
stock to be used to pay for a hydro
electric plant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08
CORNVILLE

Many parties from this town have
taken rides into the BURBERRY re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-08-08

noon. The cause of the FIRE Is y
known.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07
CANNING WITHOUT SrGAR.

III the desired amount of sugar can
not be obtained during the cannin &
seasons, can fruits without sugar, saws
Bertha A. Holden, Home Economics
Specialist for the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service OF the University OF
Vermont and State Agricultural Col
lege. The sugar may be added when
the fruits are served and when sugar
Is more plentiful. The best flavor is
obtained by making syrup Of the
fruit juice and sugar, adding the fruit
10 the not syrup and allowing it to
cool. This gives a satisfactory canned
fruit which may save waste of fruit
during the summer. as well as pre-
pairing for the winter months
When n few special points are OBJ
served. the canning may be done sue
cessfully without sugar. Only ripe,
fresh, firm and sound fruits and ber-
ries should be selected. 1t Is also i'm
portant to sterilize the fruits for a
longer time than when sugar is used.
In canning berries without sugar,
the hot jars may be filled with fresh
fruit. and then pour on boiling water
to cover, instead Of fruit syrup.
Place the scalded rubber and glass
top on the jar, partially seal by plac-
ing the wire over the top and steril-
ize in hot water bath, counting the
time when the water begins to boil
The water should cover the jars at
least an inch. Sterilze for thirty
minutes, remove Jars and seal imme-
diately.
In canning hard fruits, such as
peaches, apples, and pears, more prep
aration is needed than for berries
Peaches may be scalded to loosen the
skin and dipped In cold water for a
few seconds. then peel and proceed az
for berries Apples and pears may be
pared. cored and cut in sections and
placed Immediately into cold. slightly
sailed water to keep from discoloring
Plunge into boiling water to blanch
for one minute. dip into cold water
Immediately for a few seconds and
pack in hot jars. These may also be
finished like berries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07
THE MELTTNG-POT
(From Leslie's)

tFrOm LeSlte'S)
Only nine per cent. of the working
people of this country are enrolled in the
labor unions.
Brazilian and German husbands wear
wedding rings as conscientiously as their
wives do.
British miners are now receiving wages
Of $25 to $50 a week. while farm laborers
get only $40 week.
In their retreat in Russia the Bolshevist
troops have taken very little with them
except large numbers Of women, whom
they have mathematical"
Congressman Gallivan OF Massachusetts
says that certain members of the House
have stored up enough liquor 10 last them
and their friends for twenty years.
A prominent stock broker in New
York, who disappeared before his Office
was raided by the police and the business
thrown into bankruptcy, was formerly
a professor Of psychology.
Major General Edward Glenn says that
the 1900. 900 depositors in saving banks,
100000 farmers and q, 100000 patriotic
school children indicate the futilty of
Bolshevistic propaganda in this country.
A banker in South Orange, n. j., who
recently died. left $4,000 to a faithful
woman servant A colored woman al
Camden. n. j.. who had served a family
as servant for thirty-five years was left
So. 900 by her master
A French writer asserts that the
French people count more on the Is, OOC
marriages between American soldiers
and French girls to cement the bonds of
friendship between America and France
than on the League Of Nations.
John d. Rockefeller, who recently
celebrated his eightieth birthday, said he
hoped to live to be one hundred years old
and that then he would just begin to
live He attributed his good health to
golf and a teaspoonful of olive oil taken
daily.
| A stoker on the transport Imperator
was informed on his arrival at Hoboken
that oil had been struck in large quantities
on his eighty-acre farm in Texas, and was
yielding a revenue of $4,000 month. He
said he would use the money for the
benefit of the people Of the world and
Christianity. He enlisted in the navy
! for four years and has still long to serve
| Let the people think!
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-07
STATE SCHOOL AND HIGHWAY
TAXES

The FREE PRESS has more than once
sought to show the need of a board of
equalization of taxation in Vermont. At
the present time large towns that seek to
establish an honest grand list as basis
of taxation suffered in two ways: First
from excessive State and highway taxes
based on the grand list of the large towns
and distributed in effect according to the
road mileage and number Of schools of
the small towns; and second. through
the putting down of property at excess
sivefy low appraisals in some of thu towns
TO escape part of this State burden. The
law provides that tax of ten cents Oh the
dollar Of the grand list shall be assessed
for the support of schools and Ave cents
on the dollar for roads. which throws still
more Of it on the large towns that seek an
honest grand list.
No town in Vermont has higher ap-
praisal of real estate in proportion than
Burlington. AS a result Of this constant
increase In our realty appraisal Burling-
ton paid into the State treasury in 1918 a
State road tax of s., COS and the report of
the superintendent of streets shows that
Burlington received In tho distribution of
the proceeds of that tax the sum Of 81.
2l8.84.
The sum paid by Burlington In 1918 to
the State treasury under the State school
tax law was $40, no. and the city received
from the State according to the city re.
port $500
The way in which the State road tax law
operates IL well brought out by the Rut.
land Herald as follows;
A somewhat striking sidelight on Yer.
mont tax problems Is shown by the re.
turns made to towns after apportion.
ment by tho State treasurer. AS noted
In yesterdays news columns, three sets