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EAST ST. ALBASS

Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve Smith, l. c.
Blake. Paul Blake and Madeline Blake
of Lee who have been visitors at Mr..
and Mrs John Smiths for few days
returned to their home in Lee Mon
day.
Cony Haskell and Celia knight of
Waterylle were united in marriage at
Watervlle. June 80. Among the
guests present from st Adams were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jose Libby, Mrs. Celia
Russell and Evan Russell.
Married by Eber Cook, Justice of
Peace of Palmyra. Sunday, June 20,
Harry W. Smell and Berniece NJ. Wing
both of St Adams.
Rey. f. Brooks. who is a pastor at
Monticello, was home for a short visit
this week.
The Pythian Sisters of Anoka TEN
pie held their usual meeting at Hart
land. Tuesday evening, July /. with
good attendance After the bust
ness of the meeting was over a pro-
gram was presented by Mrs. Edith
Croker. who is on the entertainment
committee. which was enjoyed by all.
The Sisters who have recently organ
lZcd sewing CiuD VIII meet at MTS.
H. II Fuller's in Palmyra, Wednes
day afternoon, July 9. They are at
present making a log cabin quilt.
Cony Russell OF Norridgewock was
in town last week and purchased
three cows and one heifer of f. G
Croker out OF his registered herd OF
Guernseys.
II is with regret that We announce
the death of Alzada Prescott Robert
son. wife of Clarence Robertson which
took place Saturday evening. July 5.
The funeral services will be held at
the Methodist church in ST Adams,
Tuesday, July s at p. m. She
leaves besides her husband. two chill
dren. one of which is an infant baby
besides her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Henry Prescott, all of whom deeply
feel the loss of dear wife. daugh
ter and the bereaved relatives have
the sincere sympathy of all in their
loss. Mrs. Robertson was about 80
years of age.
Among those who attended the
races at Pittsfeld were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ellis. Ruth Ellis and Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Cole.
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PIGEL0W HILL

Ralph Wing and Mrs. Bertha Taylor
and two children of Dead River and
Alvin Wing and family of Lexington
We're Sunday visitors of their sister
Mrs. Fred Burrll
Mrs. Carroll Stevens was overcome
by the intense heat last Saturday DR..
Ames of Norridgewock was called.
She is much better at this writing
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Packard and
son Blynn and Mrs. j. w. Packard and
Miss Celia took an auto ride to Weld.
Sunday last visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Larry. Mr., and Mrs. Packard
returned the same night but Mrs.
Packard and Miss Celia remained for
visit of two weeks.
Dorothy, Harry and Walter Libby
of st. Adams arrived last Sunday to
live with their grandparents Mr. and
Mrs George Harvie.
Walter Harvie went to St Albans
last Saturday and moved Mrs. Annie
Libby's household goods to this place,
Mrs. Libby is expected very soon to
reside with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steward Wing and
Mrs Mary Atwood OF Norridgewock
were Sunday visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Parsons. Mr.. Parsons is in a
critical condition. Not much hope is
held out for his recovery.
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SMITHFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith return
ed to Watertown, Mass. last Saturday
after a months vacation in town.
George A. Groves arrived in town
last Wednesday from Lawrence, Mass
where he has been since the early
spring.
Rev. and Mrs Herbert J. Piper, two
daughters. Lydia and Helen and moth
er. Mrs. Bean. arrived in town July
Bird from Providence. R. l. and will
spend a months vacation in their
home in the village.
Fourth of July in Smthfield was
celebrated with home welcome to the
soldier boys: parade; music was
rendered through the day by Water
Vile Military Band; dancing after
noon and evening; fish chowder din
ner and baked bean supper was sery-
ed by the ladies of Fairy ew Grange
"A Merry Go Round was delight
to the little folks.
Those from out of town TO visit
relatives over the Fourth were Mr.
and Mrs. Merl Tracy from Vassalboro;
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Corson from
Strong: Chester and Henry Berry
from Waterville and Mrs. Eva Bick-
ford from Madison.
Summer resorts and cottage are
filing with guests. L.nwood Groves
has gone to North Pond camps as
second cook for the summer.
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"THF PRICE"
At Lakewood Theatre Next Week

The Price viii be the offering at
Lakewood next week where the pa
irons of the theatre will be enter
tanned with the most powerful drama
tic play yet undertaken by the stock
company Miss Curzon will be seen
in the role of Ethel Toscani, a part
which will give scope to her emotion
al powers and add fresh laurels TO
those she has already gained. The
play deals with the eternal triangle,
and unrayels the story of two men
and a woman. Through the death of
her father and mother Ethel is com
PEELED to seek a living and after many
d appointments succeeds in securing
a position as stenographer in the en-
plov of Stannard Dole, a struggling
artist. Dole is on the verge of de-
spondency through his failure 10 raint
anything worthy of recognition and
when Ethel Toscani comes into his life
she brings to him fresh inspiration
VIII ch results in fame and independ-
ence. Although the artist has a wife
she fails to help him in the pursu-
ance Of his art and he finds a more
congenial spirit N the person of his
stenographer Their constant asso-
citation leads to the inevitable and
Dole declares his love for the girl
Be IL an orphan. unhappy and alone
Ethel almost yields to the artists at
tentions when a youthful surgeon, DR.
Bristol. comes into her life. Bristol
is a clean cut young man of high
deals and the girl Immediately real
ICES the danger of further associa-
ton With the artist and decides tc
| tell him he must abandon the idea Of
divorc.ne his wife The artist dies
and Ethel believes the secret Of thell
| love Is buried with him. Later the
doctor falls in love with Ethel and
they are married. but she is pre-
vented by an old friend. Professor
Dameroff from telling the doctor Of
her former relationship with the ar
! list. After a year the doctor dis
covers all this and the tragedy be
gins. To tell how the doctor dis
covers this would be robbing the pa
irons of seeing this beautiful play a
/ Lakewood where it will be present
ed next week.
Miss Curzon will be seen as the
| girl Mr. Durkin as the artist Mr.
| Light as the doctor and Miss Coyen
| try will be seen as the artists wife
part which will give her an op
| portunlty to display her ability
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BEANS CORNER

Eddie Cameron is home from the
Navy on a short furlough and his
lady friend from New York and a boy
chum from his vessel came with him
and they and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron
parents of Eddie, took basket lunch
and went fishing at Morrill, lake and
while dinner was being prepared the
young lady from New York and Mrs
Ray Ames went into the water on the
shore and Tillie Ames was going to
take a lesson on swimming when
both girls stepped off into a deer
place and went down out of sight and
of course they both lost their pres
ence of mind and clutched each other
and would have both been drowned if
help had not been close at hand. but
they were rescued at once by Raw
Ames. husband of Title and Eddie s
boy chum What sad accident to
happen within speaking distance OF
those that loved them best,
Mrs. Julia Churchill who has been
visiting Amanda Tilton for few days
has returned home.
Amanda Titon spent the week end
at her cousins Ida Perington's In
Skowhegan also took a trip to Lake
wood and passed a day with Mrs. Liz
zie Bickford.
They had green peas 4th of July
for dinner at Charles Tiltons from
his own garden.
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NORTH tNSON

Mrs Lydia Cleveland died at her
home just above this village on the
New Portland road, Tuesday. July /.
Her maiden name was Lydia Mullen
and she was born in Embden, July
80, 1893, and was the last one of her
fathers family. She married Frank
Cleveland, who died a great many
years ago. They had three children
Elmer. who died in infancy; Edwin.
with whom she lived; and William
who lives in Embden. Mrs. Cleve-
land was a remarkably active woman
for one of her years. and did her own
homework, and was very Independent
and smart mp to within a week of her
death, the immediate cause Of which
was the hardening of one lung This
change may have been insiduously
working for years, but where she was
so busy and apparently full of life,
one could not realize that she would
go so soon. Aunt Lydia will be great
ly missed from the neighborhood and
by her children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren. The funeral
took place, Thursday afternoon, at l
o'clock, Rev f. w. Kennison offciat-
ing. and the burial was in Sunset
cemetery.
Mrs. J. F. Walker is visiting in
Montville for a few days.
The Dinsmore Past Noble Grands
spent a delightful day, July 4th, with
Mrs. Lucy p. Norton. the District
Deputy President of the Rebekahs.
The tables for dinner were set under
the broad spreading naples on the
lawn of Mrs. NOrton's beautiful farm
home just above the village on upper
Pleasant street. A company of
twenty-five were present including
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HARMONY

Robert Morecroft met with quite a
serious accident last week while
cranking his auto. The crank flew
up striking him above and below the
left eye cutting a cash in each place
necessitating the taking of several
stitches TO close the wound. but it Is
hoped the eye will not be injured
Edgar Cooley and family of New
Hampshire and George Cooley and
family of Oakland are visiting their
father b. +. Cooley and on the Fourth
the family were all together including
the above named also Mrs Gusta
Cooley Nickerson of Brighton, Mrs.
BERTHE Cooley. Charles F. Cooley. Nor
man Cooley, Mrs. Nellie Hayden at
the home of Nelson Cooley with whom
their father resides.
DR. Merrill and wife of Brockton,
Mass. are visiting with Mrs. Merrill's
sister. Mrs. Gertrude Willis
The Fourth was celebrated here to
quite an extent by the young folks
with racket and noise especially the
night before when the church bell was
rung. the mill whistle was blown and
plenty of guns, fire crackers, etc. to
prevent sleep for several hours, after
which the usual rearrangng Of furni-
ture, etc which happened to be where
Young America could get them and
mix things up generally was en-
loved
1t s a good time to lay in a supply
of kerosene oil now as it will no doubt
be at least three cents higher before
Sept. / Get "A barrel now at Deering
e. Mclaughlin
Arthur Perkins and family of Old
town spent Sunday in town the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. ]. Leighton and
Mr. and Mrs. " w. Jacobs, being ac-
companed from Skowhegan by Leslie
+. Jacobs and family of that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl T. Rhoades have
begun housekeeping in the w f.
Marble rent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Kimball of
Waterville were in town over the
Fourth the guests of her mother, Mrs.
S. A. Haynes.
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BRIGHTON

Mrs. Jennie French of Scion was
in town a few days last week helping
care for her brother e. A. Brasier,
who IS very low with cancer.
George Rowell, Miss Annie French
and Forrest French all of Scion were
callers at Mrs Thurza Jones Sunday,
Timothy Brown of Madison visited
his father G. E. Brown, Saturday.
John Bartlett made business trip
to Harmony Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Foss of Etna
are visiting at l. j. Haskelfs this
week.
Harry French and family and Wal
ter French of Scion were callers
Monday to see their uncle +. A. Bras
Ter, who Is very low.
S. T. Walker was home from Fair
field Sunday, where he is employed.
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=, ,...==lo,. c,+,rdax afternoon The
~ ,}5.,oa1at ~ Strattan l.
- sraa,,a j. ciort,ing for W A
.i4e.a,,t
-, a1,,rray aud family v.itb Al
-. 9,,d VITO tnoI- an anto
-, ;, RsHqar rho first Of tbe week
" ,Iccnira tho nonnlar clarl,
= tra,al planrbard foolf an auto trim
-. E,,r,,ingtan ono day recently
~, pini7or hos oonc ~ Tim pond
ny ~ Me- a,,ian ia" 60 VI VI r r Stan-
g,5 a'o os I,nu.tar, l1ass
Edaia pnator and Sfarcba yipond
.u.a,,+ - psIdv.in saturday called
tbare nv The serious Illness OF Mrs.
Iaoi, yia,ond
&C. Cean,I - T..,ar l. assisting A. y.
,,. AZ. So T.. Ii1 drag tore for few
doys
ua 3 . ,f,goo Of Fast Orange. y. J..
20 w ~ 49, s,annfno at 2 s Jones
nv III -, ,,,s on6a down river
iot a ~, Lee our efficient tele-
- l.....r,for in the central office.
p I,i;1..., fsD davs. resi- last week.
t 49, rones took her Mace while
away
p5..son rjsherness. Willard Ray
ND md Norris Samson enioved a
fa,g davs fishing nm ON the Preserve.
Fred Therrin and wife are out from
tho Preserve for few DAYS
Carroll teavitt and Rev ! r. Berry
arc Working for the Stratton Mfg. Co.
rrant Nm NO who has been enjoy
ing a two months vacation. has re
turned IN his work in the mill
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NOTES FROM NJ. T. CHURCH

The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Mile
Paul on Tuesday afternoon.
On Friday evening the Epworth
League will hold a Victory Lawn So
cal on the church grounds. Lunch
will be served at O'Clock, followed
by an entertainment. This will be
under the direction Of the fourth vice
president Miss Esther Manson, and
Will consist of charades. tableauN
and pantomnes. The proceeds are
to go towards sending some delegates
to the Conference Institute to be held
at Empire Grove Campground in Au-
gust.
On Wednesday there will be a story
hour for the children at the yestry at
. o'clock. There will be story each
week about children of the foreign
lands The children will make dolls
and dress them in the costumes and
other work concerning the countries
will be very interesting.
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BINGHAM

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WE a. l.f,,o, Ill No hold nj
'oii.ilb uv,'ltn..d., avening
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a.n.t,~.a iva, I.nd1nrd Dutton in
aei51'ou , ,"'' 80, ,ddition an The
~ ~, s;,D - ,h, batel vhicb will
nol,i' f"r -, 'nsoranre nair. and
p,u'iI ,,a much needed rooms
- T ,,,, yo,ng of Waterville was in
to,,.n callinq on friends recently.
Nc caldys stewart j. RAPIDLY re-
-, ,ra,, nor recent Illness
IT. ClarL nj Coratlnk was in
.o,,,, rrid,,, nn his way Ia Lakewood
Ia uorris and his family who have
ronantIy moved here from The Forks
,ce,n,ing their new home on
aI re street
~ I'D rrs Ed Enpg have bought
,arr, in Monmouth and have recent
l., .,,a,,aa thara ,rith their family Mr..
49, hos noon baggopn master for
~, voars Mrs Fog has been a
49, =, tbo societins of the town and
~ .ha ,,rosont time IL vice grand of
ro.tannioI pobel,ab lodge Their
49, ,,,hn bavo rocent1v returned from
arnnv cerviea will bn greatly missed
~ thov bavo snnnt most of their
avos in pingbam The hest of wish
- sor f,,t,,ro nrosnnritv follow these
THO ro,,aine of Ia,nas Thomnson a
,or,,or raeidont If bingham we're
-, hara far burial iaet SUNDAY
conoro1 hrotbor odd Eallavs
,nor,, NJ, Mavio Iodoo wnra nall
,anrars
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The News of SOmersefs Busy Towns
~ 4FFFEaFF|

#He Ga# and Cir club VII be
..s4.-t=In..H i MIS- MARJORIE Good
r5zH 5r SATURDAY evening. Ialv i.
Tho II y K. meeting tor lulS VIII
Inc held Ia bingham. FRIDAY Jalf II
t,if6 Mrs sina prehle and Mrs lessie
Hamilton a. hostes~es.
.barnen and repair lawn mowers.
Prices reasonable. Work guaranteed
\ Tbbatts Bingham
banea this evening. Music by
WeIcb.s Orchestra. four pieces
Mr. David RoWpll is quite I'll and is
confined 10 her bed.
Mrs Harry Pierpont OF Madison
Was IN town Sunday.
The Ladies Aid viii hold an all day
meeting TUESDAY. July - With Mr..
Mary French. Ladies viii bring
pastry.
Mr. ana Mrs. Sawyer and Miss Sadie
Irvine of Auburn were in town Sun
day the guests of their sister Mrs
John Rowland.
The Ladies' Aid will hold iooa
SAFE ext Saturday afternoon prob
ably a. Mrs Cora Grams.
\ party from mere consisting OF MI
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Il speciality of poultry raising has a
hne flock of eighty-1ne chickens com
posed OF Barred Plymouth Rocks and
purebred White N4andOttes.
\ close ball game Was PLAYED her
even ny. between the Bing
ham bogs and the North Ansons which
resulted in a score of 6 10 > IN favor
Of fhe Binghams.
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StDI0N

Mr.. and Mrs. Malon Patterson are
spending a few days with Mr.. Patter-
sons sister in Caratunk.
An evening which will long be re
membered by the young folks was ON
July 4th. The Boys Club enter
tanned the Girls Club and the parents
of both at the home of their leader
A. C. Head; also the club from South
Scion and their leader Miss Bertha
Paul. About a hundred were pres
ent. Games were played on the
lawn, songs sung, an abundance OF
ice cream and cake was served to all
after which fire works were much en-
joyed by the children Mr.. and Mrs.
Head and Mrs. Magoon did all they
could to make the evening a pleasant
one
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STRATTON

Walter Taylor and wife of Bingham
were the guests OF his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrin Taylor few days last
week
The Stratton B. B. Club played at
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CAUTION NOTICE

My wife. Lillian Brooks. has left N!
bed and board without just eau nr.
| hereby refuse to pay any bills Gu"
tracted by her after this date
l-arone, Me-. July 8, 1919. ,,,c
3w27 A. A. BROOha
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-14
COLE CAR IS WINNING MANY
NOTABLE AUTOMOBILE TESTS
Hns Recently Come Out Ahead In
Several Contests Held In South
American Countries.

Although tho Colo Motor Car Com
pany has never built special cars to
participate In speed and hill-clim bling
events since the early days OF auto
mobile racing when the Co,e 80" be-
came one Of Americas most noted
racing cars. reports are continually
coming in telling OF splendid show
ings made by Cole Aero-Eisht stock
cars matched with special racing cars
in all parts Of the world.
Lately the Cole Aero Eight has won
FIRST honors in a number Of road races
which have been held in various South
American countries. Only short
time past the Cole distributor in Mon
tevideo. Uruguay. reported the victory
OF stock Cole Aero Eight roadster
in two road races held under the
auspices OF the Uruguay Automobile
Cub.
In one event, over a course OF $50
miles, the Aero Eight averaged fifty
eight miles an hour. while In another
road race in li5 miles from Montevideo
to Minas and return. seventy-one miles
an hour was the Coles record. The
car is owned by Mrs Ofelia Olivero, OF
Montevideo. and was piloted by r.
Borrat Fabini. the Cole distributor in
Uruguay.
Hardly less remarkable than these
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-14
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
DEVELOP TRUCK Lines
Indiana Rural Business Men Es-
tablish Fleet OF Motor Trans
ports, Scoring Success.
SUGGESTION FOR VIRGINIA
Richmond Ship-by-Truck Bureau
Manager Believes Neighborhood
Storckccpcrs Have Opportunity to
Build Up Freight Service.

Is the rural merchaut. using his own
motor trucks in the best position to
make rural motor express a big thin {,
In American life?
Transportation experts in the Cham
per or Commerce at Indianapolis are
inclined 70 answer anirmatively.
mat the rural merchant is In a
position TO give the first big impetus
10 me rural motor express and the
great things IT Will accomplish. is in
dicated by the experience Of Gentry
Monroyia, Ina" writes Joe Kelly in in
published by the Chamber of Commerce.
or 1he Indiana canital city
WHEY have : feet Of four trucks
TO and from Indianapolis. The trucks
make money for Gentry Brothers They
Of Gentry Brothers and to take many
OF the hauling burdens or the com
munity.
Furnish Daily Service.
Leaving Menrovia every morning.
the men in charge OF the trucks get
All the orders for goods in Indiunapo-
lis the other merchants have and on
arriying in Indianapolis one man goes
70 the various wholesale houses. places
these orders to be filled. and then later
d n the day. after the loads, for In
chandise and starts the drive nome.
p,o 0tt course 1t Is impor,ant 70 Gentry
Around their own transportation de-
mands all these other elements Of serv-
Ice are built.
The Gentry Brothers store serves
as sort Of clearing house for dcliv
cries n there is a full load the Cen
Try Brothers' truck goes TO the farm
after Il or TO deliver it. If it Is but a
small part OF a load II is generally
brought 70 the Gentry Brothers store
diannpolis. or II the order is for part
Tor The farm tractor or for other farm
in and gets It"
Another Similar Service.
Several other instances Of rural mo-
Indiana towns are then cited by the
writer.
Jap Jones, At waverly." he says.
Investment tcr him, hauling nerchan-
disc and provisions to and from In
-At Louisville Ind. Lewis Brothers,
merchants. utilize the motor truck to
carry the products q. their community
20 INDIANAPOLIS and take back sup
pl!es from the Indianapolis whole
Falers- The same thing Is done in
E:n!ncnce, where Elliott Brothers and
" a Rc!tzcll. both mechants with
plenty Of initiative. find not only tina,
this motor truck hauling is profita
but that It cnla.ses the influence OF
their stores"
In calling attention to tins phase
OF tho ship-hy-truck movement the
Fircstone Shp-by-Truck Bureau at
Akron, o.. writes as follows TO l. f.
Kcppcl, manager OF the Richmond
branch OF the bureau, at COS West
Broad Street:
Considers Suggestion Valuable.
I'VE believe the Indianapolis Cham
Der OF Commerce has offered valu-
able suggestion to rural merchants,
and one WILL worthy o. consideration
by your branch. BY presenting the
possibilities suggested in the rural
communities OF your territory you
should be performing real service
rot only TO country stocekeepevs. but
also TO the communities at large.
The rural storekeeper Is a business
man. lie will not give the simply
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-14
F0RDSON TRACTOR SCHOOL
GRADUATES 200 YOUNG MEN
Last Term for Year Ends September -.
Course TO BE Resumed Next
Spring.

AZ the conclusion OF it's tenth session.
which begins tomorrow, September Is
ana ends September %. the first years
work of the FOrdson tractor school
Will be ended.
This is due to the opening OF the
regular school session throughout the
country.
The Universal Motor Company will
reopen the school next spring. conduct
ing IL along the same general lines
The date of this opening will be deter
mined later.
The enrolment for the first year will
snow nearly 200 boys and young men
from widely distributed areas grad
operators with an increased earninp
capacity and no expense for the tu-