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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03

CREPE METEOR-That lovely.
heavy, rich, "drapey" material
which makes such handsome gowns
and blouses. Two new shades have
just come in-taupe and Belgian
blue, the two most popular shades
this Fall and Winter.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03

The summary: Substitutes = Kansas
Gross for Hart, Lupher for Wood Simon
for Mandeevilie, Marxen for Kampert Church
for Nettles: Aggies. Ptacek for Hixon
Winters for Gingery, Qninlan for Gallagher.
Yards gained from scrimmage-Kansas.
257; Aggies, 102. First downs-Kanyas'
y; Aggies, 1. Penalties-Kansas 80 yards:
Aggies. 10 yards. Punts-Kansas eleven
for 3i5 yards: Aggies, thirteen for 4i3
yards Passes-kansas completed five of
seven for 81 yards and Intercepted five
Aggies, completed nine of sixteen for s.
wards and Intercepted none
Iouchdowns-kansas Las,ett and Man
deVille. Goal from touchdown-ka~ sas.
Nettles- Dropkicks-Kansas Smith; Ag-
gies. Houston. Reeferea-Will.am ms. Ames
Sehabinger, Ottawa.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03

GLADSTONE BAG of the finest
grade of cowhide and lined with
tan leather. A piece of leather
goods which will wear and then
wear longer but look so well all
the while. Priced at $4,000.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03
Mail orders are appreciated
filled; delivery prepaid
More people and greater business h
N-E.-W

SlLh ~ L VI II L = -L<AJ n
night-gown would be a
much too dignified
name for their lacy
frivolousness. File S h
color crepe de chine
and wash satin is the
beginning and add to
that fine lace, tiny pink
and blue ribbons, hem
stitching, narrow tucks
and Georgette-then LET
your imagination pic
ture the S m a r t e s t
sleeveless styles and
styles with wee sleeves
and prettily cut necks
and you have some
thing OF a picture of
these charming night
les" They are so mod
erately priced f r o m
$6.9S to 1895.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03

Coming, as it does, right atthe height
of the season and offering, as it does,
every Suit in stock, this sweeping u off
morning, will be a sale of sales, indeed.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-03

To follow LindelIs run the ball was
put in play again on the fifty-yard
line. On the first play Mason was
given the ball and plunged his way in
T.indelTs path for a fifty-yard run and
counter 1t was a duplicate of effort
seldom seen on any gridiron.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29
SW|NDLERS SCHEME
TO GET BONDS

Why is it that men having phen-
ominal money-making projects will
canvas every little village throughout
the country to sell stock in their con-
Germs which without a question of
doubt will produce fabulous wealth for
every investor. They all tell the same
story, they could sell all of the stock
easily right in Minneapolis or some
other city which may be the head of
the concern except that the big inves-
tors want controlling interests in the
stock. They will travel for days and
weeks selling fifty dollars worth of
stock here and one hundred there
when they could sell the whole amount
to a single man in the city if they
would only let him have it. After not
ing the results in Dan Patch, Twin
City Fire, Alfalt, Winnebago Drain
Tile and a few more concerns that
promised big profits we are about con-
WINGED that Liberty Loan Bonds at 4
per cent will keep a man out of the
poor house better than all these get
rich-quick stories put together.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29

Old fashioned American cookies,
crisp, golden brown and delicately
spiced, the kind that crumble to moth
ing in one's watering mouth, are do
ing their bit by the million to cheer
the American soldier, in France as he
waits for the day when he'll be home
ward bound. Under American tute-
lage the French cooks that are turn
ing them out at the rate of thousands
per hour, have reached a very high
degree of efficiency and the dough :
boys that are enjoying them pro-
nounce the transplanted luxury Of
boyhood "pretty near" as good as
mother used to make. The cookies,
fresh from the ovens, are wrapped six
in a packake and delivered without
delay to the soldiers in a wrapper
bearing these words:
"Gift of the American People thru
the American Red Cross.
An idea Of the success that has at
tended this innovation can be cleaned
from the fact that the Red Cross is
arranging to triple the capacity Of
it's biscuit bakery at Nogent sur
Marine, where the cookies are turned
out, and within a month it is expected
that the daily production will reach
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29
REPUBLICANS COMMISSIONED
ITO EXACT DETAILED AND AC-
CURATE STORY" OF WAR.
CASUALTY LISTS BUNGLED
SOLDIERS MAIL DUMPED PAY
HELD UP; FORD'S EAGLE
BOAT" PLANT PROBED.

Washington, D. C.-Although more
than two months have elapsed since
the armistice was declared end all
fighting ceased on European battle
fields, the American people are still in
doubt as to the personnel of the cas-
ualties of the American Expeditionary
Force. Daily papers are still publish
ing long lists of dead, wounded, and
missing, and the second week in Jan
uary, two months after the signing of
the armistice, it was announced that
the War Department had put on an
extra force of one thousand (1,OO0)
clerks in order to compile the casual
ties which had not yet been made pub
lie.
Not only have not all the CASUAL
ties been printed. but much space is
being devoted in the newspapers to
corrections in lists formerly printed.
Men previously missing, are now re-
ported killed are now reported as
wounded, and scores Of instances are
on record where men reported killed,
have arrived in this country in good
physical condition. In every state,
families who have men abroad in the
American forces are being kept in
suspense due to the bungling manner
in which the casualty lists have been
handled.
SENATOR WEEKS DISCUSSES
CASUALTIES.
This subject was discussed very
thoroughly in a recent address in the
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29
ACCOUNTING day FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS At
HAND FAILURES PR0BED

United States Senate by Senator
Weeks, of Massachusetts, and in all
probability, there will be an investiga-
ton of the War Department in this
particular. Senator Weeks read the
records to show that during one week
in December "the Red Cross received
on an average Of twenty letters a day
from parents who have been advised
by the War Department that their
sons had been killed on a specified
date. In every n of these cases,
the parents wrote that they have re-
ceived communications from their
boys subsequent to the date given by
the War Department." This is only
one of the many glazing errors and
inexcusable delays in compiling and
publishing casualties cited by Senator
Weeks. The Senator attributed much
of the trouble to the fact that the War
Department refused to cooperate
with the Red Cross in the matter of
collecting data regarding casualties
and forwarding same to the families
of wounded soldiers. It was brought
out in a recent investigation before
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs that the Red Cross had been
in possession of thousands of names
of men wounded or killed which it
could have, and would have forwarded
Immediately to the relatives of the
men, had not the War Department
forbidden the Red Cross doing so.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29
n FAILURES TO BE
PROBED.

This is only one Of the many
activities of the War Department
which is due for investigation and
publicity. Charges of the most SER
ious character have been made against
the conditions of the deba,kation
camp at Brest, France, from which
port practically all of our returning
soldiers must embark. These charges
have been made by officers and pri-
Yates in the army but they have been
excused by the War Department upon
the ground that peace found the War
Department wholly unprepared to
bring the troops home and with no
plans for their debarkation and demo-.
%bilization, and that therefore condi-
lions which may exist at Brest are
unavoidable. The Senate Military
Committee is now investigating this:
Some time since, there was a series
or articles in several of the metropoli-
tan dailies, showing the breakdown in
the ordinance Department. The gen.
eral charge made in these articles was
verified in General Pershing's report
at the close Of hostilities, in which he
said that "among our most important
deficiencies in material were artillery,
aviation and tanks" and that even at
the close of war, there was no heavy
artillery Of American make upon the
battle fields of France, and the Amer
lean troops had been supplied with
heavy artillery by the French Govern
ment, which "has always taken a most
liberal attitude and has been most
anxious to give us every possible as
sistance in meeting our deficiencies in
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29

one another to wrap the largest num-
Der daily. The record, established re-
Gently is 1900 packages, or $4,000
cookies wrapped by one girl in ten
hours.
"And I'll say they're good! de-
clares the American soldier.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29

700 1000. Six million cookies have al
ready been distributed but the present
daily output of 100000 falls far short
of the demand from the army of occu-
patton, the wounded in hospitals and
from the canteens.
The very best material obtainable
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-29

is used in baking the cookies, which
are hard rolled by expert French
pastry cooks. In all, forty persons
are already employed in the work, in
two ten-hour shifts daily. All are
French and regarding their work
highly patriotic, the girls vie with
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08
The Spring Rains Bring e,ripp1

Thissort of weather brings colds and grippe Iftsr
common cold people say, there's no danger in tha
But many fatal sickness begins with cold with v
ity weakened - the system is ready for the lnlusI
germs. Begin early to ward off the attack Purge
system of the toxins (poisons) by taking castor OIL
vegetable laxative made of Mayapple leaves of aoe
jalap, rolled into sugarcoated pills and to be had
drug stores Dr. Perce's Pleasant Pellets i,
x the cold starts with cough, and it persists uI
some local treatment for this condition should be taken
well known Alternative extract which has been on the MUM
for great. many years. and which has been highly IeS
mended by thousands of users, is Dr. Perces Golden M
cal Discovery This tonic compound is composed
extract of roots and herbs without alcohol ana n@
soothing effect upon the mucous membrane alaS'
irritation and at the time works in the proper ~
reasonable way, at the seat of the troublc-the
or poisoned blood. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove It

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets. the sub.
etitute for calomel, act gently on the
bowels and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets. The pleasant. sugar-coated
tablets are taken for bad breath by
oil who know them.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to natural action.
clearing the blood and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any
Of the bad after effects.
All the benefits Of nasty, sickening,
gripping cathartics are derived from
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets without
gripping. pain or any disagreeable effects.
Dr.. r. M. Edwards discovered the
formula after seventeen years of prac.
dee among patients afflicted with
bowel and liver complaint with the
attendant bad breath.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets are pure.
y . vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil: you will know them by their
olive color. Take one or two every
night for . week and note the effect.
10c and Csc per box. All druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08
Rebeas Hold May Festival for Chlden-Ocial 10Th Dvi-
sion Pictures Friday Evening-Personal News

Valliere, Clifton Jacobs, Norman ELL
well and Edna Oddly.
Following this came an array of
Mother Goose tableaux. The Old Wo-
man Who Live in the Shoe and other
Mother Goose celebrities furnishing
much amusement. Those taking part
were Esther Viles as Old Mother
Hubbard; Henry Thomas as Little
Boy Blue; Robert Viles as Jack Hon.
er: William and Helen Schulze as
Jack and Jill: Leah Washburn as Pc
Ter Piper's wife: Ethelyn Mills as
Contrary Mary. In the old woman's
shoe were Fatima Currier. Clifton
Jacobs. Norman Elwell, Maryland
Jewett. Elwyn Jewett, Opal Currier.
Robert and Esther Viles. Ida and
Elizabeth Russakoff. with Ruth Vilss
as the reader.
At the close Of the program Nor
man Elwell announced the arrival of
the May Queen. impersonated by
Florence Hurley and she with her at
tendants entered, followed by six
young couples. The queen was
crowned by Charline Cole and was
showered with flowers. after which
the Nal pole dance was executed by
the children winding the May pole
with pink and green ribbons. The
participants in this dance were Ber-
dena Valliere, Helen Schulze. Eliza
btth Russakoff, Opal Currier, Evelyn
Burrill, Ethelyn White, Lyman Moo
dy, Chesley Moore, Clifton Jacobs,
Norman Watson, Henrv Valliere and
William Schulze. Miss Arlene Bur-
nor played the accompaniment and
Miss Alice Danforth was the direc-
tor.
Int.ispersed during the program
we're q cornet solo by Kenneth Copp.
with piano accompaniment by Miss
Ruth Greenwood: piano solos and a
duet by Joseph and Rebecea Russa-
koff and recitations by Maryland ia.
cobs and Norman Ellwell. After the
entertainment ice cream and waters
were served. the young folks march,
ing into the banquet hall. where they
were served from prettily decorated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08

eer, two express loads of horses
Weighing from 1900 to 400 having
been shipped here by E. M. Woods
Of Illinois. Some ~ animals were
sold for Mr.. Wood. the average
price being about 5000. Among the
purchasers were Wallace Fellows Of
Pennington. Octave Vigue Of Show
hogan, George Harlow Of Norridge-
wock who bought four: Peregin c.
White r Hilton Hill who bought
pair: e.. E. Roderick Of Skowhegan
bought a pair and John Amazeen of
Cornville and c. w. Day of Skowhe-
gan each bought one.
c. W., Day, who purchased the
Philbrook stable formerly connected
with tie residence of the late Mrs.
Lucy Philbrook has the same moved
to his home on Madison avenue.
Mrs. A. B. Plummer was among
the local club women who Joined
other Skowhegan ladies previously
reported in attending Federation
meetings at Augusta.
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the better educated boy will rise
still more rapidly, while the earnings
of the boy who left school at IA will
increase but little"
While wages have increased with
the war. the proportions shown in a
table Of weekly earning still hold
true, the statement said. The boy
who left school at IA at the time the
investigation was made received an
average Of 81 a week. his wages in
creasing each year to s. a week at IS.
The boy who remained in school I'M
til he was IS began work at SO a
week. At 20 the salaries were $3.50
a week for the boy who left school
early and SIS for his better trained
competitor. At % they were earning
s1275 and $31 respectively, and total
wages up to that time had been
$5.112.50 and s7,337.50, SO that the boy
who remained in school had earned
nearly so per cent, more in eight
years than the other lad in II years.
children should stay in schoo. as
long as possible because education
means better jobs" the Children's
Bureau urges. "Boys and girls who
go to work at the end Of grammar
school rarely get good jobs. The
work they find to do Is usually un-
skilled; it offers little training or
chance for advancement. When they
are older they find they are still I'M
trained for the skilled work which
offers a future. Education means
higher wages.
MANY boys and girls when they
leave school find work that offers a
high wage for beginner. But
these wages seldom grow because
the work requires no training.
"A position with a future and
steadily increasing wages requires
school training.
Does it pay to continue your
studies? Education means sue
cessful and useful life; it pays the
individual. Education means effic-
lent workers; it pays the nation.
Show this to your parents and ask
them what they think about it. Stay
in school,"
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tables. After refreshments. games
We're enjoyed by the little folks.

tables. After refreshments, games
were enjoyed by the little folks.
Great credit for the success Of
this affair is due the committee in
charge of the festival as we'll as the
noble grand, Mrs. F. B. Chase and
the refreshment committee composed
of Mrs. Schulze. Mrs. May NJ. Hur-
ley, Mrs. Elwell anL Mrs. Buker.
with the following young men as
sistants: Herman Porter. Elliot
Chase, Langdon Jewett, Fred Chase.
John Oddly and Mylon Jacobs. \
Miss Glayds Chase has returned 80
Colby College after a short visit
with her parents.
Mrs. o. E. Steinert and daughter
have returned to their home in Law
renee. Mass, after visiting her
daughter here. Mrs. Charles Mitch
ski.
Owing to the mission at the Cath
Ole church the meeting of the
Ladies of the st. John the Baptist
Society was postponed from Tuesday
night to one week from that night
The Macabbees are surely busy
bees, Crescent Tent No. 16, having
obligated two classes Monday even
ing at Special Review. A large
class will be initiated next Monday
evening. A class Of twenty-six will
be worked Monday evening. May
10th by either the Bangor or the
Kennetec teams. The charter will
remain open for applicants to allow
for the above mentioned work.
The government official picture
showing the 26th Division in France
will be shown at the Opera House
Friday night Of this week with
Capt. e. H. Cooper as the speaker.
The proceeds will go toward the
Welcome Home committee celebra-
ton.
Rev. George Merriam Of the Beth
any Baptist church was in Water
vile Tuesday to attend a ministers
meeting.
Miss Ernestine Laney returned to
Mount Merici Academy Tuesday
morning after a short visit at her
home here. Mother Marie accompan-
led her, visiting ut the local convent
while in town.
Warren C. Merrill has arrived
home from overseas, having reached
Skowhegan Monday evening.
A change has been made in the
place Of meeting for the Past Noble
Grand Association and instead Of
meeting with Mrs. Thomas Lawley.
the meeting will be held at the home
Of Mrs. Mary Mitchell Hurley next
Monday afternoon. The members
are requested to come prepared to
entertain in some way and the
meeting Is called at $50.
Earl Davis. formerly Of this town,
was brought to somerset hospital
Monday. He has been staying at
the home OF his sister in Canaan.
Another sister. Mrs. Una McKenney
of Portland formerly Of this town
came to skowhegan with Mr.. Davis.
A good number of horsemen from
Somerset and Franklin counties
were at Fairview Park Monday aft
ernoon to attend the auction sale of
horses. 9. A. Dyer was tAs auction
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Dolls that could talk and dolls that
could walk and an array of Mother
Goose Celebrities delighted the many
young people and were greatly en-
joyed by the older ones at the May
Festival which was presented under
the auspices of Priscilla Rebeka h
Lodge Tuesday evening in I. o. o.
+. hall. There was an attendance
Of perhaps $50 people, including both
children and adults. After saluting
the flag the evenings pleasures be-
gan with a play, The Toy Shop"
which was given under the direction
of Miss Carrie Carpenter, Miss Lau-
"a Caldwell, Mrs. Marah Webster,
Miss D. M. Laurentson, Mrs. Nellie
r. Copp and Miss Ruth Morgan. AS
the curtains were drawn apart the
interior Of the toy shop was displayed
and in the center was the master
toy maker. who was putting the last
finishing touches on the dolls. All
around were dolls in pretty costumes.
The master toy maker made his final
inspection of the shop for the night
and at intervals the Jack-in-the-bo box
would pop his head out and speak. It
was indeed a very pretty scene. When
the toy maker was satisfied with his
work he took the lighted candle and
left the room. Suddenly appeared q
fairy, who announced that she had
the power to bring the dolls to life
and by waving her wand the dolls
became alive and played games. The
master toy maker hearing a disturb
ance in the shop, came in and was
greatly surprised to sec the dolls liv-
ing. The dolls told him Of the fairy's
visit and then followed songs and
dances by the doll children. The pro-
gram numbers included a dance by
the fairy. Miss Marguerite Gates. as
a little colored doll. sang luilabye
to her doll, Leah Washburn gave q
vocal solo. Evelyn Burrill sang Whip
poor-will and other dancing numbers
were carried ont in a pleasing man
ner. The fairy finally. however. re-
turned to the scene and once more
the dolls became merely dolls and
the master toy maker, awakening
from a sleep. imagined that all the
dolls acting was only q part OF his
dreams. The entire scene was very
we'll portrayed by the children as
dolls and Ben Oddly as the toy maker
and chief dispenser Of fun and mer-
riment. Miss Berdena Valliere. the
fairy. was beautiful in a white and
silver gown with her magic wand.
Tho dolls were: French doll, Ethelyn
Moore: negro doll, Marguerite Gates:
Jack.in-the-box. Chesley Moore and
others dolls. Leah Washburn, Henry
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08
Mrs. Calvin Page


Mrs. Calvin Page, Who has been i'll
for the past six months died Wednes-
day morning at her home on Madison
street. Mrs. Page. besides her hus-
band, is survived by four daughters,
Miss Helen Page. Miss Ruth Page,
Mrs. Harvey Burton. all of this viii
lage, and Mrs. Parker Smith of
skowhegan: one brother. Ohio B.
Sawyer of Whitingsville. Mass; two
sisters. Mrs. Flora Durrell of Whit
ingsvilie. Mass, and Mrs. Fannie Jack
of Pennington.
Ohio E. Sawyer and Mrs. Flora
DurreIl of Whitirgsville, Mass. ar
rived in Madison Tuesday night be-
ing called here by the critical illness
Of their sister.
A special car was run over the line
of the Somerset Traction Co. Tues
day evening to accommodate the
Skowhegan guests at the reception to
returned soldiers by MIR. and Mrs. H.
A. Smiley.
Mothers Day will be observed at
the Methodist Episcopal church next
Sunday morning and the theme of the
special sermon by Rev. William Wood
will be Mothers Of Men and the Men
Who Honor Noble Mothers" The
subject of the evening sermon will be
Building a New Civilization"
Deputy Sheriff Elmer Adams left
town Wednesday forenoon on a BUSH
ness trip to the Kineo region.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-08
EDUCATED Boys
ADVANTAGES over
THE UNEDUCATED

Washington, May THE value Of
staying at school is stated in dollars
and cents in figures compiled by the
bureau Of education and now being
distributed to boys and girls
throughout the country by the Chill
dren's Bureau.
From study Of a large number Of
actual cases it has been found that
at rs years of age the boy who re-
manned in school until he was IS had
received $4,000 more salary than the
boy who left school at IA. and that
the better educated youth was then
receiving more than 5000 a year more
in pay.
"This is equivalent to an invest
ment Of $4,000, at per cent" the
statement said. "Can a boy increase
his capital as fast in any other
way"
From this time on the salary Of