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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
CIGARS
CIGARETTES
HANG OLD HIGH COST OF
LIVING.
The Way to Do This Is to BUY A
FARM and Become a Producer!

II " 81 ~ ~ AAo
FARM and Become a Producer!
We can sell you valuable, unim-
proved timber land for $500 per acre,
on most liberal terms. We can sell
improved land with houses and with
crops growing, from $3.50 to $4,000
per acre. We can sell on very liberal
termsl
Don't Be a Renter.
BE AN OWNER!
We still are selling homes in Kan
sas City, Kansas. Some are modern;
some are part modern; some are just
houses; and the prices range from
S65O.0O to 100000. On some we can
take as low as $4,000 cash payment!
Step into our Office and talk mat
tiers over with our Manager. If you
are "From Missouri" he will "show
you"
Yours for Racial Progress,
McNAIR REAL ESTATE CO..
1911 \. 10th ST., Kansas City, HAS.
Bell Phone Fairfax 1914.
Note-After 5 p. m. ring phone
Fairfax 2314 and ask for Mr.. Adams.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

FOR RENT-A large furnished
front room. strictly modern; men
only. 1918 Garfield Avenue. Bell
Phone, Clifton 1870.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

That a certain brother with an
automobile and a frugal mind as we'll
as an eye to business is buying his
coal by the bushel and hauling it
home in his car. By cold weather he
ought to have a good supply. No
hauling charges. Go to it, brother!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

Why pay rent when you can buy a
lot and have a house built to suit
yourself at a very low figure? East
Williams & Jackson. Either phone
East 14l5.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

FOR RENT-Furnisbed rooms for
rent at the Kinsler Apartments, with
heat and electric lights. 14th and
Michigan. Bell Melrose 5330W.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

"Out of the night that covers me,
BLACK as the pit from pole to pole.
Il thank whatever goods may be
For my unconQuerable soul.
1t matters not how strait the gate.
How changed with punishments the
scroll.
Il am the master of my fate,
81 am the captain OF my soul
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CLEANERS.

Cleveland Cleaners, 0yers and TaiIors.
Hats cleaned and blocked, 22I2 E.
18th street.
VIM. 7. STANLEY. Cleaning, PRESSING
and repairing. 1880 E. 9Th street.
Bell Phone Meirose 1275-R. Home
Phone Benton East 1912.
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FOR RENT-Neatly furnished rooms
to Mexican and Colored, 7O7h
Wyandotte. Bell phone Main 1917. A.
Nelson.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

THAT it is not the man who loves
a woman but the nan who loves
WOMEN who causes the most dis
turbance.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
MUSIC TEACHER.

Mrs. Adele Brook, Expert Pianist
and Music Teacher. 1912 Cottage Ave,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

FOR SALE-All of my household
goods, CHEAP. Mrs. Nellie Lyle,
2100 Woodland Avenue. Bell phone
Clifton 3699.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

THAT a fellow never knows how
little he can live on until he spends
down to his last dime.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

the convention. There is NJ pussy
footing and no whispering in the
character of the campaign Howard is
waging, and it is believed he will win
his fight. Bob Church from Memphis,
urbane and gracious as usual, is also
upon the scene full arrayed in fighting
tops to the latest cut. He says but
little yet, whenever bis contest is
mentioned, there comes a momentary
flare of indignation to his handsome
face which augurs i'll for his enemies.
DR.. Ferguson and the rest of the Vir-
GINA men came to town Saturday,
eager for the scrap and they were
closely followed by the South Carolina
BLACK and Tan" equally ready for the
fray. Henry Lincoln johnson and
Ben himself, got here Tuesday, took
off their coats, rolled up their shirt
sleeves and calmly announced 1--WE are
here!" BY the end Of the week the
city will be full of fighting delegations
and contests will then be the order Of
the days until the convention starts.
Entertainment for Delegates.
"Colored Chicago will Guido itself
in the entertainment it has planned
for the delegates. The Appomattox
Club is the leader in this program, a
long line Of the prominent men and
women in the city have been enlisted
in the cause and, as a consequence, the
visitors will be given the time of
their lives The Associated Negro
Press will entertain the press mem
bers and has planned a banquet for
the pen wielders of the Fourth Es-
tate that will be a h~eart-breaker in
its way.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

THAT the kind of Coiored baseball
we are getting now in Kansas City
is the kind we've been hoping for for
years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

FOR RENT-Furnished cottage;
rooms. Call Melrose 2674J.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

THAT whenever you see a man who
is envied, you may count upon him as
being one who is feared.
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MUSIC Instructors.

cHAs. T. WATTS, Piano tuner, play.
er piano expert. 1907 Euclid Ave
Bell phone Clifton 2446.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

That one swallow may not make
a summer, but a dozen have been
known to make a man drunk.
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PRINTERS.
GRAY.pAWIEY b

GRAY-DAWLEY PRINTING CO..
1903 e. 18th St, Kansas City, Mo.
Bell Phone Clifton 1875.
c. A. FRANKLIN, 1909 East 18th st.
Bell Phone, Grand 298s.
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Negro Business and Professional Directory
of Greater Kansas CITY
n NEEoLEwoRk.

Melissa E. French Gleaves. 1884
Euclid avenue. Phone. Melrose
5031W. Lessons given,
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HERE is A

Groom house: 916 Woodland Ave.
nue.: modern. Price $4,000. Inquire
at 916 woodland Ave. ~29-5-12-19.
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HeadQuarters.

The AppomattoX Club house in
Grand Boulevard, the Vincennes Hotel
at Seth Street and Vincennes Avenue,
and the Idlewild Hotel at Wabash
Avenue and 36th Street, will be the
principal headquarters for the various
groups of delegates and visitors.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS RS

J.. e. MILLER STUDIO, 1879 East
Eighteenth street. Bell phone e. u.
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sARsEcUE AND LUNCH.

4 vERTER, 1905 East i1tA
street. Open day and night Ben
phone. e. se7Sw; Home phoaa n.
asa.
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IEMEIERS

HOTEL CUMMINGS, I'LL Walnut St.
Bell Phone Grand 1927.
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COAL COMPANIES.

PAYNE COAL CO., l902n vins st.
Bell Phone East $50, Home East 1892.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
SAY

THAT good clothes should be ac-
companied by a good character.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
SHINING PARLoR.

Moons Cigar Store and Shining
Parlor. D. C. Waters. Prop. 1884 E.
18th street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

Elegant $4,000 Misfit Suits at Col
'den's7 1911 E. 18th st. Worth $4,000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05
KEEP OFF THE GRASS.

Call Fairfax $50 or Fairfax 4422.
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STENOGRAPHY.

MRS. K. M. FoRNEY, Instructor OF
Gregg Shorthand. 2746 Woodland
avenue. Bell phone Elmridge 235SW.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-05

j.. A. WILSON. 1916 W. Ninth street,
Kansas City, Mo. Bell Phone. Main
1859.
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LAWYERS.
E. A. sHAcKELFoRo. A%ttorney.at.
Law. Sill Minnesota Avenue, Kan
sas City, Kas. Bell Phone Fairfax
1866.
HUSTON & GALLOWAY. Attorneys
at Law. 1912 f. 18th st. Home
Phone, East 1850. Ball Phone. East
4648.
FORREST 8. ANDERSON, Lawyer,
529 State Avenue, Kansas City. Kas.
Bell Phone West 1850.
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SHOE STORE.

G. A. PAGES SHOE STORE, 1907 e.
Eighteenth street. Bell phone, East
1928.
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Don't Be a Renter.
BE AN OWNER!

Note-After 5 p. m. ring phone
Fairfax 2314 and ask for MI. Adams.
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companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Leavitt recently enioyed an automo-
bile trip to Wilton where they visited
relatives.
Last Thursday evening Somerset
Grange observed Children's night. At
ter the regular business meeting of
the Grange the children were invited
in and a very nice musical and liter
airy program given. Refreshments
of ice cream and cake were served in
the dining hall.
On Saturday evening an automobile
party from the Southern part OF the
town came near being seriously in
iured near the residence OF Mrs. Me-
LISA Groves when tire burst and
caused the car to dash to one side OF
the road and tip over. One OF the oc-
cupants of the ear came out with a
sprained ankle while the others es-
capped with a severe shaking up. The
top of the car was badly broken.
f. p. Whiting and family Of Show
hogan were recent guests OF Mt and
Mrs. Henry Whiting
Mrs. Maude Carr and Mrs. HARRIET
Miller entertained the members oil
Margaret Golf Moore Chapter d. A, X
of Madison at the home of Mrs. Carr
last Thursday afternoon. Twenty
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five ladies from Madison were present
and enjoyed the business meeting and
the social hour and music which fol-
lowed. Dainty refreshments were
served.
Gasoline 33c Holt & Hight, Skowhe-
gan. Me. tf27
Mrs. Loyal Perkins and nephew
Henry Gilman have returned from
East Pond, where they have been Wis
iting Mrs. Perkins parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Rowe.
Jessie and Bradford ketchum OF
West Roxbury Mass. are visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Ann Wells.
Miss Alice Townsend is attending
the Commencement exercises at Wat
erville this week.
A number of young people enjoy
ed the dance at Smithfeld last We'd
nesday night.
Mrs. Harriet Blaisdell has been
quite i'll.
Girl or woman wanted for general
Homework in family Of four. Good
wages, easy work. Inquire at Select
n,en,s office Skowhegan. tf27
The Village improvement Society
will hold a meeting this week Thurs
dav afternoon at the Library.
The sudden death of l.. A. Witherell
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CORNVILLE

DR. Carlton Luce, wife and daughter
Of Greenville junction were week end
guests of Mrs Luce's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs Roy Walton, going from here
to Lewiston. The trip was made by
auto.
Gasoline sc. Holt & Hight, Skowhe-
gan, Me. TIT
Mrs. Joe Kemp returned home from
Augusta, Wednesday and Mr.. Kemp
was here for the week end guests OF
Mrs Kemp parents. Mrs. Kemp will
pass the summer months here.
c. S. Moody, wife and mother. Roger
Kilkenney and Herbert Blackwell en-
joyed a pleasant auto trip to Lake
wood, Sunday.
Mrs. Charles G. Moody has return
ed to Skowhegan after visiting with
Mrs Lyman Whittier. Master Lyman
Moody is enjoying three weeks va
cation in the Whittier home.
Ernest Tufts was in Oakland Sun
day. Doris Trask returned home
with him.
Wesserunsett Grange held a regular
meeting Saturday evening with large
attendance. Quite a number of Wis
itors from Skowhegan Grange were
present. AT the close of the regular
meeting a box social was enjoyed by
old and young, eighteen boxes were
sold and over SIS was added to the
treasury
Mrs Matte Longfellow is visiting
with Mrs. S. Blaisdell.
Frank Bean and mother went to
Belgrade Sunday guests of Ernest
Morrow and family.
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CANAAN

DR.. Frederick Lovejoy Of Farming
ton motored to Canaan Sunday On
his return he was accompanied by his
wife and little son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nelson, Mr.. ano
Mrs. r. H. Harris and A. j. keene
took an auto tip to Northport, sun
day.
Gasoline CSC. Holt & Hight, skowhe-
gan Me tf27
Mrs. Amos Nelson passed the week
end in town. She returned to Port
land, Monday. accompanied by her
sister Miss Alice Holt, who will visit
her. Miss Nellie Tibbetts is substi-
tuting in the library during Miss
Hollis absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Drawn and
little daughter Priscilla of Waterville
have been passing few days in town.
Pupils of Canaan Grammar school
neither absent nor tardy for the year
of 1890: Arland Smith; pupils
neither absent or tardy during spring
term: Doris Cover, Greta Sanders,
Bernard Fitzgerald, Lee Jewell; pu-
pills not absent for spring term: AL
line Williams, Florence Burrill May
nard Austin.
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MERCER

Mrs Henrietta Wills, widow of Yer
nal Wills, passed away Wednesday
June 23rd She had been in poor
health for several months but the end
came suddenly. She was 80 years
old and is survived by three children
Mrs Melvin Tracy of this town; Mrs
George Blaisdell of Rome and one son
Leslie, who lives on the home place
Funeral services were held Friday.
Clarence Brown and family started
last Tuesday on an automobile trip
thru Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire visiting relatives and friends.
A box sociable was held at the Wiley
school last Wednesday evening. Nine
dollars and thirty-five cents was re-
ceived from the sale of boxes. A nice
little program was listened to with
peasure and the evening was enjoyed
by all.
Emery Cushman and family of
Brewer visited at Frank Kelley's Sat
urday and Sunday.
Gasoline 33c. Holt & Hight, Skowhe-
gan. Me. tf27
Lillace Caswell of Portland who is
spending her vacation at the home of
her parents, will return to her work
July LIST.
Verna Mcmahon who has just grad
uated from Auburn high school, re-
turned to the home of her parents
on Beech Hill, June 25th.
Bailey Smith has recently purchas-
ed Maxwell car.
Earl Tracy returned from the Ken
nebec Valley Hospital, Skowhegan,
Saturday.
Mrs. Peterson of Boston is visiting
her sister Mrs. Nils Anderson and
family.
John Stanley who has been work
ing in Auburn for long time, visit
ed his family on Beech Hill last
week
Geo. LeBaron and family of Rome
were Sunday visitors at the home of
John Bacon.
Mrs. Lydia Patten passed away at
the home of Bert Farrand last week.
The remains were taken to North An
son for interment.
Emery Cushman of Brewer and
Frank Kelly are enjoying an automo-
bile trip to Boston visiting friends
this week. Mrs. Cushman and son
returned by train this morning to her
home after a days visit with her aunt
Mrs. Kelly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greenleaf Blaisdell
and son Elton of Norridgewock. Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Dunton of West
brook were Sunday visitors at Frank
Kellys.
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Cornville, passed away very suddenly
Thursday evening June "a. at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry
Wheeler of Browns Corner, Canaan.
His death was caused by a stroke OF
apoplexy. Altho his health had been
failing gradually for several months.
his sudden death was a great shock
to his friends and relatives.
Gasoline 33e Holt & Hight, Skowhe-
gan. Me. tf27
Mr. Cooley was born in Bingham.
June l. 1850, the son of Luther and
Annie Moody Cooley and was one of
the youngest OF a large family of chill
dren. four of whom survive Eliphlet
p. Willard F. and Homer w Cooley
all of Scion and Gustavus Cooley of
Norridgewoek. Since his marriage
November 49, 1884 to Eta Kinsmore
of Cornville, he has passed his life on
the farm in Northeast Cornville I'M
til the death of his wife, which oc-
CURED little over a year ago. He
is survived by four children, Horace
A. and Cecil c. Cooley of Bangor, Mrs.
Ansel Brown of Harmony and Mrs.
Harry Wheeler of Canaan. There
are also two grandchildren, Harold E
and Xaverine n. Wheeler
Girl or woman wanted for general
housework in family of four. Good
wages, easy work. Inquire at Select
mems office, SkOwhegan. tf27
At the Grammar school graduation
held in Grange Hall last Friday even
ing the following program was pre-
sented Prayer; instrumental music
Vera Deering; Hoe Out Your Row
Howard Cook; recitation, Claude
Small; song, The Flag Of Our Coun-
try; After the War Leona Bush
Prayer and Potatoes. Clarence Firth.
song, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere;
Betsey and | Are Out, Clara Bush ;
How Betsy and | Made Up. Mildred
Fox song, Vacation Time is Here
The Blue and the Gray, Barbara Al
Ian; Our Flag, Marion Allen; The
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Marie
Leighton; song, Till We Meet Again
presentation of diplomas.
The funeral services were held at
the church at Athens, Sunday, June
81. conducted by Rev. b. II. Johnson
and the burial was in Mount Rest
cemetery.
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CAPTAIN HILL HAD
TO LEAVE HIS SHIP
Could Not Walk Ten Feet Until Ton
lac Restored His Health. lie n n,
clareS

q really could not let you go With
out telling of the good Tanlac ~.
done me. for any one who has hos
benefited as l have by Panlac sbon1a
not only be willing but anxjons fal
the sake of others to tell il saj,
Captain Ernest H. Hill, So Cbastnnt
street, Portland, Maine. while fA1nns
of his wonderful experience to IT,
lac representative, recently. Can
tain Hill, who for ten years was can.
tain of vessels plying between Port.
land and the Popular Islands Of Cas
co Bay, is now captain of the 20.
Hur, and is undoubtedly one Of tba
most popular commanding officers =,
vessels in this harbor CONTINUING
he said:
For the past eight years bavo
been in a badly rundown c1aditio,
and before | started taking TanIae
| could hardly stand up When 7
walked I would have to hold an n
something to get about at all Alto,
every meal l would be in the Uorsa
sort of misery and bloat terribly from
the formation of gas and my appette
was so poor | had to force dow,
every mouthful | ate. Nv nervoo
were in such bad condition I conid
get but little sleep and some timas
! would nearly jump out of The he'd
| would also have smothering snallo
at night when I would have to pct
up to get my breath and then
would become so weak | would have
to fall back into the bed again Loto
of times I would have to open the
windows and doors of my room IN
let in fresh air or out of the room
into the open in order to get nv
breath In the mornings I ALWAYS
felt worse than when I Went 10 bed
| kept getting worse and along To-
ward the last | became so weak 7
could not do my work, and | could not
walk ten feet without becoming eY.
hausted.
81 decided to try Tanlac after every.
thing else had failed to do me any
good, and I am certainly glad did,
for I had not taken more than two
bottles when I could eat anything
wanted without being troubled wit
gas or DlOatlng and great deal bet
ter in every way. Well, I eontinu
ed taking it, and while l have taken
only five bottles all my troubles have
been completely overcome feel
as good as l did when I was twenty
years old, and can get about as well
as ever could, and feeling SO strong
and full of energy my work Is a
pleasure to me. l sleep as sound
as a child every night and never
wake up until some one wakes me,
and always get up feeling good l
really can't say too much for Tan
lac as it has made a new man out
of me-"
Tanlac Is sold in Skowhegan by
Sampson & Avore and by the leading
druggist In every town.
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N0RRIDGE NOCk

Mr. and Mrs. c. " Farrand were
in bingham Friday 10 attend the grad
uating exercises of the high school of
which Mr. Farrand's niece, Miss Ruby
Frost was a member They remained
over Sunday and attended the St.
Johns day services with the Masonic
orders.
The members of the Junior class of
the high school enjoyed Monday at
Smithfeld at the Frederic cottage.
Mrs. Levi Ham returned Friday
from two weeks visit in Pepperill,
Mass.
Mrs. c. W. Farrand and Mrs. George
Harlow made a business trip to Au-
gusta and Gardiner last week
The Jolly Glee Club and a number
of friends of Mrs. Herbert Lee pre-
sented her with sum of money re-
Gently as a token of their esteem for
her. Mrs Lee has been very i'll for
several months and the kindness OF
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The News of SOmerset's Busy Towns

her friends was greatly appreciated
by her
The sumner time table of the Kineo
branch went into effect Monday as
follows: Passenger trains leave this
station for Oakland 7.55 a. m. las
p. m. 6:23 p. m; Sundays 6:23. Pas
senger trains leave this station for
Kineo 9:23 Il. IN. 1888 and 4:44 p. IN.
Sundays SIS a. m.
F.. f. Jewett. " Z Taylor and Miss
Jewett enjoyed an automobile trip to
Portland and Old Orchard last week.
The Marshall P. Hale Circle G. A.
r. will hold a meeting on the first
Tuesday in July. Refreshments will
be served.
The last Rebekah supper for the
summer, for members and their fam
HES was give Friday evening and the
next Rebekah picnic supper will be
on the fourth Friday in September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Sawyer and
little son William of skowhegan ac-
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PUGH CORNER

Mrs Carrie Rowell has sold her
farm to the Mainstream Lumber Co.
Jacob Litchenfels and family of New
York City came Tuesday of this week
to spend their summer vacation at
their summer home.
Mrs. Cad Gerald'of Fairfield is Wis
iting with Mrs. Nettie Kincaid.
Walter Rowell has recently bought
a nice horse
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ATHENS

Winona Rebekah Lodge at it's next
meeting, Thursday evening. July Sth
will confer the initiatory degree on
several candidates. Members of the
degree team are requested to assem-
bic early for rehearsal. Also all
members are requested to bring pas
try or sandwiches for refreshments
Regular meeting of Athens Grange
Will be held Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock
Bert Springer is in town for two
weeks vacation from West Virginia,
visiting with friends.
Dana Cooley, former resident of
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Send us your subscription for pa
pers, magazines, or other periodicals.
Lowest prices. SIMPSONS Drug Store.
Skowhegan.
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Dividends are paid steadily through
good times, bad times and panlCs,
by some few companies.
Hydro-electric Companies are close to
top in this class.
In 1907 when the gross earnings Of the industrial group tell oft
500 and railroad receipts decreased O the eannes OF gas and
electric companies actually gained about so.
One of the most stable of hydoeecc securities is the preferred
stock Central Maine Power Company The company part OF
great and growing with product active demand supplies
great number of and cities mostly SMALL and sells its to
a vasn number Of industries, highly diversified
The rates which charges under the control Of the Public
Utilities Commission which has placed itself record that will allow
rates which will provide reasonable the value Of the
This is great protection o stockholders.
Considering all the talk of financial depression (which gives
indication Of being talk than depresson) well to conad
e buying securities and especially those which promise fancy
turn whether they will continue pay dividends through hard
times we'll las good.
Then you consider Central Maine Preferred about the sort Of
security your requirements why send the coupon and get full
information?
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY
Augusta Maine
Coupon
Central ManeP Power
Augusta.