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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
LOOK HERE FOR IT
Many Skowhegan Reader VIII be
Interested

When people read about the cures
made by medicine endorsed from
far away, is it surprising that they
wonder if the statements are true?
But when they read of cases right
here at home, positive proof is with
in their reach, for close investigation
is an easy matter. Read Skowhe-
gan endorsement of Doans Kidney
Pills.
Daniel Thompson. 100 w Front St,
Skowhegan. says: My back panied
me for some time and annoyed me
very much while working. Often these
pains extended down into my hips,
Doan's Kidney Pills were recon-
mended and | got some at Fogg' s
Drug Store | hadn't taken them
long before | had relief. Today | am
never troubled with my back at all,
except when ] over work | always
keep Doan's Kidney Pills in the house
and use them occasionally to keep my
kidneys in good condition.
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Thompson had Foster Milburn
Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
Joint Installa ton

\ joint Installation of tn officers
OF Carrabassett Lodge / o. q r and
Parmenas Encampment Was held last
Wednesday evening in o. n T Hall
The installing officer Of the evening
was Leslie +. Jacot, The officers
of Carrabasseft Lodge ere. Noble
grand Felix Ramm: vice grand. Rev.
c II McElhreg chaplain. Willis c..
Hobart. l \ c.. d W. Porter;
r. 5 Y G " (. Porter, L. S. y.
G.. Ralph Weston: R S \. G.. Forrest
Brown: scene supporter, Horace
Hoxie: scene supporter, Milton Wash
burn; treasurer. A. B. Lamb: secre-
tary. Willis a, Bailey; financial secre-
tary. f. B. Chase; conductor. Her
man Shulze inner sentinel. Frank
Oddly: outer sentinel, Frank B. Fol
som. The officers of Parmenas En-
campment are. Guide. Robert Hall;
LIST watch. Edward Spear; End watch,
Robert Boyd, 3rd watch. Felix Ramm;
4th watch Fred Eaton; inner sentinel,
Frank b Folsom; outer sentinel,
Lester Shepley; c. P. Ralph Weston;
H p, Hiram Berce; senior warden,
Robert Green; junior warden, John
Cool; guard of tent, Chester Nutting;
guard of tent. Herbert Young, past
c. P, Fred Williams. After the in
stallation supper was served in the
banquet hall
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
n i; (: J! ! ! Soles
George Francis Allen

George Francis Allen passed away
at his home in Oakland la We'd
nesday afternoon at the age Of 81
years He was born in Snthdeld,
May u. 1s37. the son Of Frances and
Polly Allen. and was the last of a
family Of eleven children When a
young nan. he married Miss Annie
Shipman and three children were born
to them. Their home was in Oak
land and in that town AIRS Aliens
death occurred Mr. Allen after
Ward married Mrs Mary Blaisdell.
He Ras connected with the Benjamin
and Alien Machine shop for about AZ
wears during about half Of which time
he Vas a partner He retired from
business few years ago. Henry
Allen. for many years resident OF
this place was a brother Of the de-
ceased. and Charles Allen accountant
in the Office OF the Skowhegan Pulp
Co is a nephew Our older residents
will recall the firm of Bacon & Allen,
proprietors long years ago. Of the Is
land Machine Shop and Foundry The
junior partner was John Allen
brother Of Henry and George above
mentioned
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
WEST NEW PORTLAND

Those wishing to join thu Red
ross for this year should leave Fam,
nd one dollar with Ms Helen Met
ralf
The High School began Wednesday
liss Caryille the teacher being con
ned TO the house With Bad cold.
The Primary School did no' begin un-
il Monday
Or. A. H Clark has Eane to Ring
am for the practice of dentistry dur
ne this week
Due to the poor health OF Mrs ChaS
loyt. Mr.. and Mrs Bert Jordan will
;ay there this winter and Miss JOr-
AN will do the homework
!. p. Butts has purchased the black
irving horse owned by Sam Quint.
Pvt. Frank Niles of Camp Upton
y Y was calling on friends in town
Undertaken John Butts went to
'arnington. Monday, after the re-
Mains Of Addison Spooner Of Auburn
Nho died there recently Mr.. Spoon
IT better known to people OF this
olace as Uncle Add was 90 years old
and had lived a greater part OF his
life In this place. Funeral services
we're held Tuesday at the home OF J
\ Hoyt and interment WAS In West
New Portland cemetery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
THE END.
Goes TO Montreal Next Week

Second Lieut. Edward y Snow has
been in town the present week. He
is the son OF the late Benz. X. Snow,
and Was born on the Colonel Snow
farm on the Middle road He is a
graduate of the SkoWhegan High
School. class of 1906 and OF the Uni
versity Of Maine (1910D He enlisted
in military service last May. going
Immediately TO Camp Deyens From
there he was transferred to Camp
Hancock. Ga. and soon afterWard to
to note that Lieut.. Snow and Sergeant
Arthur +. Merriam. both Skowhegan
boys. We're at Camp Hancock all sum
mer Each was aware OF the pres
ence of the other in the camp. and
several efforts were made for meet
ing Mr. Snow was finally able 10
see Mr. Merriam on the day before
his departure This will be under
stood when il is stated that there are
probably 10000 soldiers at Camp Han
cock On Dec 18th, last. Lieut.. Snow
was transferred to Camp Devens again
and discharged During the most OF
his term of service he had been con
nected with machine gun and signal
corps units
Following Mr. Snow, graduation
from the I. of NJ before his enlist
ment. he VAS employed for about a
,ear in Chicago with the Western
electric Co He was then transterr-
ed to Montreal. to an associate com
oany of this last named ORGANIZATION
known as the Northern Electric Go
lis occupation is telephone engineer
The latter part of neN; Week he vii
'eturn to Montreal and take ap tho
position which NJ held prak nuts +,
is pnlisfml
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
SPANISH INFLUENZA
MORE DEADLY
THAN WAR
Said That Epidemic Cost More Lives
Than American LOSS In Battle. Dan
ger Not Over. Great Care Neces'
~ary 10 Prevent Further Outbreak

The appalling ravages of Spanish
Influenza in this country are perhaps
best realized by the statement recent
~ made that more deaths have result
cd in little more than a month from
this disease than through our whole
eighteen months participation in the
battles Of the European War.
Our greatest danger now. declare
authorities. is the great American ten
dency 10 forget easily and To believe
tho peril is over. Competent author
files claim the coming OF cold weather
Is very apt to bring return or TINS
disease and there should be no let
up throughout the winter months OF
Tie following easily observed precau-
tiar. remembering that Influenza Is
far r8.5er u prevent than cure
Influenza is a crowd disease Avoid
crowds ~ much As POSSIBLE lnnu-
ems germs spread when ignorant or
careless persons snpeze or cough
without ling handkerchief cover
~ sae4 e6lgd or ~neeze Do not
,ur oY fae aa.r sidewalk. N street
car ar plhla pllCes Avoid the use
Nc camaon drinking cups and roller
towel. IN qgbIic places Breathe
some rafIhle germicidal and antisep-
tic sir - destroy the germs that do
".d Judgement in yoar nose and
throat
Remember. no safer preeaution
against Influenza could he employed
i'm This manner than 70 get from the
nearest drag store a complete Hyomei
Outht consisting OF hottie Il the
pure oil of Hyomei and 4 lif,ss vest
pocket hard rubber inhaiins device,
into which a few drops OF the OIL are
poured. You should carry this In
haler about with you during tn day
and each half hour or 50 put il in
YOUR mouth and draw deep breaths OF
It's pure. healing germ killing ar into
the passages of your nose throa; and
lungs
By destroying germs before they
actually begin work in your blood
you may make yourself practically
immune to infection.
All these suggestions about span
ish Influenza are equally true IN the
prevention of colds catarrh of nose
and throat, bronchitis and even pneu-
monia Don't become careless Do
your part Keep the germs away.
You may save yourself a serious III
ness and the loss OF several weeks
work.
For sale by c. X. Fog -
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09

ANNUAL MEETING
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of SkOwhegan
The Stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank of Skowhegan are hereby
notified that their annual meeting for
the choice of Directors for the ensuing
year and the transaction of any other
business that may legally come before
them will be held at the banking
rooms
TUESDAY, JANUARY IA, 1919
AT 10 O'Clock in the morning
Skowhegan, Maine. December 3, 1918.
6Wi9 BLIN w. PAGE, Cashier.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09

eks of depression, languor, backache,
% nights. In many cases these symp,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
WEST EMBDEN

Clayton Fletcher of North Arson
was the guest of his cousin Frank
Austin Berry. Thursday of last week
Mrs. Mark Gordon who has been on
the sick list is better at this writing
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Jackson and
Miss Velma Getchell were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs Perley Paine and family
few hours Sunday
This town was saddened Friday
to hear that Mrs Michael Berry had
passed away after a few days illness
with double pneumonia.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09
eel Better

IT'S great 10 feel better after weeks depression
headache appetite, nights In many
toms result from eating and neglect
the bowels You readily prove this by trying the genuine
LIZ Awools Medicine Take teaspoonfu in glass of
ter hour before breakfast and meals
distressed Eat slowly plain food drink sparngly
of mild coffee and tea bed with little
Atwood Medicine You will feel day or two and in
few weeks wonderfully improved Buy today your dealer
the true a. F." made by the L. F. Co. Portland Me-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-01-09

Boston Post $500 a year.
Thrice a-Week World 10 our sub
scribers. &c a year.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-08-20

san Antonio, Uvslss ans 0uh
Arrives from
san Antonio and Houston ~ b fn.
Leaves for
san Antonio ana H0usfou-lQ ~ "a rn
San Antonio trd Houston % 3 u
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Branch Offices

The following afe caller branch
offlcnf fHr the acceptance ~ ciaa-
alficd advertisements
BLAKE DRUG CO,
1901 Railroad Ave-.
BLAKE DRUG CO..
Hardin Court.
BLUFF DRUG STORE.
Sif Leopard 81
BLAZE PHARMACY.
Rchstown, Texas.
JAMES NhNDfVER. Alice
BRUNO RIOS, San Dieqs
EAoIEFONT CONFECTIONERY
Brownsville.
q G. DUfFiULD, Rarfnondviilo
THE hLCOVE, San pento.
DONNA HOTEL. Donns
MERCEDES DRUG Co.
herc edos.
CITY DRUG STORE. San Juan.
KAHN CONFECTIONERY,
Rio 1runde City.
HhRLiNcEN DRUG CO.
hafiin9rn.
POST EXCHANGE. a. Rinosold
2hp SOD EXCHANGE,
Sam Fordyee.
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27

We are now at the "hestating' period in our
prospective move, and ask the kindly indulgence
of our friends and patrons during this unsatisfac-
tory period
Last week we fully expected to be in our new
quarters by this time. Now we hope that this
time next week will surely find us in our new
home.
But when we do finally get into our new and
far more commodious quarters we will be able to
repay all for the patience we are now asking
friends and patrons--actual and prospective--to
exercise in this most trying experience--preparing
for move.
But when this ''nightmare'' is over it's UNI
pleasantness will soon be forgotten amid the
wonderfully improved appearances of our new
quarters, where we will be able to give to all pa
irons the careful and panstaking service we be-
Iieve they are entitled to.
Be patient and you will soon
be better served
Lang Motor Co.,
Pennington, Missouri
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27

Indiana walnut lumber that year
averaged $61.92 per thousand feet;
Tennessee, $55.S2; Iowa, 1881; Ken
lucky, $4405; West Virginia, $37.70;
Arkansas, $51.O6; Virginia, $31.53;
Pennsylvania, $41.55; North Carolina,
$32.85; and that of all other States
credited with smaller walnut lum-
Der production, 1918, S79.86. These
prices gave the walnut lumber of the
country an average 1918 value of $72.-
SO per thousand feet.
Veneer producers Of the country
were active in their demands for Mis-
souri, black walnut logs and many
car loads went to these plants instead
Of the saw mills, and were quickly
converted into household furniture,
collins and caskets, and also used for
other high class expensive purposes.
Walnut logs which originated in
Southeast Missouri were shipped by
barge and boat in that shape to Cairo
where they were made into the wood
work of sewing machines and into fur
niture. Other Missouri logs were
shipped to st. Louis, Kansas City, St.
Joseph, Springfield, Joplin for furni-
ture. The 1918 demand of large wood
working plants of Chicago, Cleveland
and Pittsburg and other Eastern cit
les for Missouri black walnut logs ex-
ceeded all past records.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27

across the river and made father turn
over in bed and say, "Confound those
boys! Why can't they wait till day
light and let people sleep!"
What you saw by the dawn's early
light was the Antiques and Horribles,
that delectable parade of fantasies, on
foot, on horseback, and in wagons, at
the head of which was the cage with
a pig in it and big sign that said,
"The Irish Lion" Then came hur-
ried breakfast, and after that the real
business Of the day, which was fire.
crackers: "fusees" made by breaking
cracker open in the middle; Scat
'n'-dog fights" in which the cat Kissed
frightfully and the dog barked his
head off; crackers under straw hats
and in bottles and under tin cans;
crackers till the whole air, all over
town, was full of the intoxicating Cd
dor Of Chinese powder and slow
matches, sweeter than anything in
Araby the Blest.
Oh, no, it wasn't the best way to
celebrate the birthday of our indie
pendenca. 1t wasn't safe, and it
wasn't sane. We do it better now.
But when the great day comes, just
notice the retrospective look on the
faces of some of the middle-aged men
YOU meet.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
AGAIN MISSOURI
HOLDS FIRST PLACE

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 20.-Mis-
souri,, for the year 1918, as was the
same during other years of the last
decade, holds first rank among all
states for quantity and value of black
walnut lumber and logs placed on the
market, the production amounting to
13,373,000 feet of lumber and 420 ex-
ira cars of logs, which commodities
had combined total market value of
So, 204 1888, announces advance infor-
nation from the 1918 Red Book of
the Missouri Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, released for publication today
by Commissioner William H. Lewis.
Missouri's walnut lumber last year,
at an average of SHIFT per thousand
feet, had total worth Of 81 ,574, 1888.
The surplus of walnut logs, 42O car
loads, constituting the surplus ship
ments of thirty-fve Missouri coun-
ties, had a total worth of 100000.
Most of the 1918 output Of Missouri
black walnut lumber, as we'll as the
output of the other producing states,
went to manufacturers Of munitions
and was turned into stocks for the
rifles and other small arms the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces used so
vigorously in their victorious cam
paign in Europe.
The production of black walnut
lumber, the United States, the same
year totaled 53,676,00O feet, which
was II per cent less than the output
of the previous year. For both Mis-
souri, and Ohio the total output was
greater by 10 per cent than any pre-
vious year, but the output fer every
other walnut lumber state showed a
decline, 1918 over 1917.
A noteworthy point of the 1918 de-
mand for black walnut lumber, was
that the value took a tremendous
jump, the price going from the av-
GRACE the country over of $42.38 per
thousand feet to $73. The Importance
attached to black walnut that year is
indicated by the fact that it's value
was greater than that of any other do
nestle species of timber.
1t is estimated by A. T. Edmon-
ston, Supervisor of Statistics, who
prepared the Bureau of Labor statistics
walnut bulletin. that the 1918 output
of walnut lumber of Missouri, 49,
$4,000 feet, constituted "a per cent
of the whole production of the Unit
ed States. Another noteworthy fact
relating to Missouri's 1918 output of
walnut lumber is that the mill value
per thousand feet was greater than
that of any other State, it being $117.-
n, compared to $115.21 for Illinois.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
FAIR WORDS, PARTISAN DEEDS

Acting as partisans, though all the
while disclaiming the motives and
seeking to escape the odium of parti-
sanship, Republican leaders in Con-
gress are opposing the League Of Ma
tions and signaling to the members of
their party to join them in the fight.
Their pretentions and disclaimers are
as insincere as they are specious.
Senator Lodge, speaking in the Sen
ate, announced that the ratification of
covenant of the League "is not a par
tisan question, and never was" but
his actions have been in constant con-
tradiction of his professions. He ia
thered the Ground robin" which was
signed only by Republican Senators.
He called a conference of Republican
Senators at the beginning of the pres
ent session of Congress to formulate
a program of opposition to the
League. He helped to pack the For
eign Relations Committee, which is
to consider the League, so that its
membership is preponderantly Repub-
lican. He collaborated with Senator
Knox in the introduction of the lat
ter's resolution demanding separation
of the covenant of the League from
the treaty of peace. The hackers of
this demand in the Foreign Relations
Committee were all Rpublicans.
Republican reactionaries N the
Senate have shown by every sign and
token that they are opposing the
League with party animus, by parti-
san means and for partisan advantage.
Mr.. Lodge is the promoter and
spokesman of this policy, which proves
in spite of all his disclaimers, that he
and his reactionary followers would
make the League partisan battle
cry, =.
Republican antagonism in the Senate.
Several Senators of Mr.. Lodges par
ty-but not of his faction-are sup
porting the League without ceasing
at the same time to be Republicans.
Outside of the Senate there are scores
of thousands of Republicans who ad-
vocate the League and want all dis
cussion and consideration of it kept
free from political and partisan bias.
They cannot understand why Repub-
lican Senators cannot be as free from
partisanship as former Republican
President-Mr. Taft-has shown him
self to be.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
FOURTH o. JULY

Does the Fourth of July have the
same thrill for the boy of today that
it had for his father and his GRANDPA
ther? Or, to put it the other way,
has the modern boy the same capacity
for being thrilled?
Fathers seemed much older in those
days than they do now: older and
graver. To give their sons money to
spend for fireworks was quite out of
the ordinary; those who did it were
looked upon as not unlikely to regret
their spendthrift habits in old age. If
the boys want Fourth o. July money,
let 'em go earn It'll And so they did
by digging dandelions and working in
the strawberry beds and picking ber-
ries and doing other simple homcly
things that lay at hand.
. By the middle of June the fire
crackers had been bought-always the
first kind, "first chop, and always
eight cents bunch, with one yellow
and one green cracker somewhere in
the package-the "king" and the
queen, reputed, through the glamour
that always radiates from royalty, to
Speak" little louder than any Of the
other but they never did.
The real preparations for the great
day began by the appointment among
the boys of sort of committee on
alien property, whose duty it was to
discover, condemn and requisition the
material for the big bonfire--empty
barrels, especially tar or oil barrels,
crates, old lumber, packing boxes and
anything else that would burn. The
committee was expected to be alert
and aggressive, and, in considering
til matter of old wagons, loose front
gates and detachable doorsteps, to err
on the side Of severity rather than on
that of leniency.
1t is not necessary to tell how "the
crowd" managed to get out and get
together before midnight. Some
knowledge the young are better with
out. Some secrets must remain for
ever locked in faithful breasts. But
Fourth o. July began when one by one
the boys came slipping silently out
of the darkness into the hum and joy
GUS recognition of the meeting place;
and it began right there. Church
bells began to ring wildly and ,inco-
lerently; "1evil's iddles," made Sof. a
tomato can, nail and Iosined
string. sent forth their internal mu-
sic; and by and by, when they had
got the anvil out Of Ferguson's black
smith shop, and filled the hardy hole
with powder, and tarnped wet paper
in on top Of it, there was deep, ear
splitting, thund4rous roar that came
rolling back IN echoes from the hills
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27
FARMS FOR SALE

75a, s mi. from Pennington, $4,000
78a, 5 mi. from Pennington, $1,000
156a, A mi. from Elvins, $4,000
goa, 3 mi. from Pennington $4,000
STA, 6 mi. from Pennington, $4,000
goa, 6 mi. from Pennington, $4,000
80a, A mi. from Pennington, $500
Boa, 4 mi. from Pennington, $1,000
Apply to G.. O. WATTS, office in
Pennington Undertaking building;
phone 256. Res. phone, 1873. If
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27

More than $2O,OOO,OOO has been
loaned to farmers by the Federal
Farm Land Banks, at low rate Of in
terest and on long terms. Prior to
the passage of the Farm Loan act,
farmers paid from 8 to Is per cent
for short term loans. Yet Republican
hostility to anything accomplished by
Democrats is so intense that Re-
publican Congressman would exempt
the Farm Loan bonds from taxation,
destroy the system and restore the
farmers to the clutches Of the mort
gage bankers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-06-27

The only serious effort ever made
to end war has been given the endorse
ment of thirty-two nations. 1t is
generally conceded that the League
of Nations has little chance of sue
cess without the participation Of the
United States. That participation
must be with the approval of the Sen
ate. 1t is within the bounds of posi-
bility that the hostility of few Re-
publicans, inspired by partisanism to
one man, the President, is going to de-
feat the plan to end war?