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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

Aaiisna! --nr Improvement; se--icel
TEE -;rrs- wheat crup is dis
L appointing bur there lis still
me IT pu- IN a normal crnp
q s0-:1s wneRt IN the Northwest
: vi 1rins gnoc price a. harvest
nc -a-ms- mas been complaining
IL ne cannot DO business on an
@sa''lou-- -aren-doi!ar q day basis.
II 1e also complains thar ne cannot
= asip N nis farm unless he CON-
S'e Nth me factories.
! f dnuD--ui = he car get ca
G'is fa-r laDo-sr even a. that price
NanS ordinary labore-s are get
III % cents 10 8 al hour.
O1f suppose mai rne 1n-ee-doIlar-
-sli-nnur nay is established What
~ would nat have or the isgiri-
aass r-ice Of vhenr. We are told
IA Y would have TO sell IT s. a
-rae
Fr'nsnl- ne basis Of all Of our
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

William Gaertnsr If Hvne Park
Boulevard, Chicago. vino is SUING fur
a divorce. has retained four detsc-
tlveE u watch mis- wife. and sine has
retaiiared by employing four more
detectives IN protect her interests,
and watch her husbands cisrecsives
and perhaps her husband Now The
eight sieucns accompany her v.her-
ever sine gees-te the theaEreE. the
shopping district the talephnns, even
tn ths mail box
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

marched down Main street to Maple
street. up Maple street. ACROSS Bean
street and down Madison street ID
the Methodist church, where the
hsnauet and evening program waE
heju. The banquet was served by
a 1yrru1 I-ree of women from ali Of
the churches assisted ~ a Number
or Young women as walters One
unique feature Of the program was
q brief speech Of welcome TO the
,,crs nv one Of the young women.
Fynriuc speeches calling for the best
THAT was IN the bows and business
men present were characteristic Of
the evening. The proceedings were
erIivened nv cheers from the boys
fur each speaker and the heads OF
the VARIOUS committees also by Sc
lecrions by the Bows band The
prngram was:
7Oo-Banquet, George H Tiies,
general chairman. presiding; pray
ar. Rev. E. 3 Tetiey. pastor BaPtisf
church; reastmaster, DIR. ". Il KEN
miami. cfaeer leader, Clayton d Yves
tim.
T3D-Welcnme. from the town, II.
A Johnson, FIRST selerrmRn: from
Buard OF Trade, Or. ]. i. Pepper.
president: from the churches. Rev.
VIM. Wood, pastor MeEhedlsf
church; from the bOys, Conrad Ken
uison: response: From the boys.
Ianrdon Jewetr: from the leaders.
Lar CasweIl: address, Jefferson
amfth. Announcements. JAS G.
BARNES, Waterville-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07
Let A Want Ad Taker Help You Write Your Adj You'll
Watch Your Chance

60 secure that much needed household article
and Il you don't see Il advertised n the classified
columns today insert Al az yourself and await
results and you won't grow Old and gray wait
ing either Be specific N telling your story and
describe fully what YOU want
Everybody has something they would like 10
dispose Of and when they see your little appeal
II VIII set them 70 thinking about turning their
household goods INTO cash. They get II touch
with YOU; tne buyer and seller have been intro
duced and the little "a has completed its work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

A clerk n ST Paul found on the
Courthouse floor q pocketbooK con-
tanning Liberty Bonds. currency anG
notes amounting To s5s0n. There was
name IN the pockethonk. but II does
not appear m the ST. Paul directory
and ii last accounts no claimant had
appeared
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

M p. Airport. president of the
Nnsns ralephnne Co. was N Maals1D
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

The comrades Of a sergeant. a.
couple Of prtva1as ana e fireman as
signed to 40 garrison duty through
the winter on an isolated island n
the Deia ware river, pokea al manner
Of fun ar them. nut Cney have en-
joved their lonIiness pretty well. pc
cause they found me island literally
alive with muskrars. the skins OF
winch are worth So or 81 apiece. and
IT addition 70 their paw they have
about $1,000 worth Of pelts 10 dispose
Of IN the spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

.Cla1e Reese Of Pl1gwille. Penn,
lights MS pipe with icicies. He takes
an iricle and dips n in gasoline and
then haias II in the IRE -and then
RAA hls pips-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07
RECORD PRICE
FOR POTATOES

Chicago. lune5--PoLaLo prices 10
1av reached their highest price n the
history Of The COUNTY, This was re
ported nv the federal bureau Of mar
kets after new DOLE toes mad advanced
s. hund-edweiEnr over yesterday S
figures aoc Did potatoes mad moved
ID ~ 70 = cents.
New POTATOES suiu mere Yesterday al
81 and Sd q hund~edwelgrr. which
figures OUT around $40 busnel- One
car Of aio POTATOES SOLO al ss-1a a
hund-edweiEt1r. which Is a rne rate
OF 1915 TO g a bushel Old potatoes
are reported II small QUANTITY, and
new pu1aroes are the chief supply
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-07

Friday on business connected with
the Local central.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gibbs anc
Gee. AIa-uen. went 10 Ao1le Sarur-
gay on d fishing trip
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-01-01

A vast amount of work now
rcmrins To he dime which the
Intervention Of war has ncces-
sariIN delayed and atcumu-
IHtnd. and The result i HAT
#*"&* Very iLrgr capita cN-
DendilurrS ought TO he made
ia make M for the Interrupt
lions inevitably due to the war
and to prepare the railroads to
serve adequately the incrcA-cd
traffic throughout tn" countr;.
WALKER y. HINES.
director GcHcfa! VI Railroads
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
Hunting Trouble

"What makes you Think the e1.
kaiser hates peace?"
II understand he is anxious to get
back to Berlin"
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
GIVING NATURE FAIR CHANCE
able Excuse for Refusing to Be
Up and About.

""Arise!" we said in tone admirably
adapted for declamatory purposes. ad-
dressing the sluggard, who was still
smuggling at an Internationally late
hour. 1.-THE lark is,up to: meet the sun.
The bee is on the wing. Remember.
the manner in which the experienced
school boy read aloud the admonition
to Lucy. He had Aeen Taught that
when he encountered two letters of
the same kind he should pronounce
them 'double-o' or whatever they
might be, instead of o. o. So he:
sternly recited; but Double up, Lucy !
The sun is in the sky and so forth.
Why do you not double up, and to
your tasks away?
'"That is a. very good story" replied
the sluggard, 'but 1t does not move
me. We are told that nature does
most of her repair work on us while
we are in bed. It is my intention 20
lie here until she fixes me up so that I
feel like going to work. "-KansasC City
Star.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
A-15H
PLEASURE HAD; SAD: ENDING,
Four. In a. Tub, With SoiIed, Clothing,
Too Much for the Patience
Of, Mother.

My young. brother Billie was. mis-.
chievous, and had to be watched care
fully. Mother was busy making q,
birthday gift one afternoon, and.
Johnny and were playing near her,
with our dog Jim.
Suddenly mother said: "Where's.
Billie?'
We said we didn't know, so were,
sent to find him. L looked everywhere.
When I came to the bathroom, there.
was Billie in the tub which he'd filed
with water, and he had his clothes on.
"C'm in" he said, and scrambled
in too.
We were enjoying ourselves I'M
mensely when in came Johnny, drag.
ging the dog Jim. He managed, to get
Jim and himself in the tub, aad we ALI
had fine time sppashing.
Suddenly mother entered. "Out OF
that tub" she ordered. We got out.
"Undress and 60 to bed at once" We
the mishap.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
EARTHQUAKE PLAYED
PINC-PONG WITH
MAN-OF-WAR
Earthquakes play queer FRANKS.

Earthquakes play queer FRANKS.
Recent seismic disturbances in Italy
have attracted renewed attention to
this phenomenon, and recall an amaz-
ing incident in the annals Of the Amer
lean navy in which a United States
man-of-war was carried on the crest
of tidal wave three miles up the
coast, two miles inland, and set down,
entirely unframed, within hundred
feet of the Andes.
This thrilling incident is recounted
in communication to the National
Geographic society by one of the par
Elephants, Rear Admiral L. G. Billings,
U. S. n, retired, as follows:
"In 1868 was attached to the Q. S.
S., Wateree, then on duty in the
South Pacifc-one Of class Of
boats built at the close Of the Civil
war to ascend the narrow, tortuous riv-
ers of the South; she was termed
a double ender,' having rudder at
each end, and was quite f1at-bottomed,
a conformation which, while it did not
add to her sea-going worthiness, en-
dUlCu lCA " SuAA AoAS OoSlSAJ anu
crew, and eventually saved our lives
in the catastrophe which was soon to
come upon us.
august, 1858, found us quietly at
anchor off the pretty Peruvian town Of
africa, whittier we had towed the old
United States storeship Fredonia to
escape the ravages Of yellow fever,
then desolating Callao and Lima.
1T was August 8 that the awful ca
lamity came upon us, like storm
from a cloudless sky, overwhelming US
all in one common ruin.
II was sitting in the cabin with our
commanding officer, about 4 p. m,
when we were startled by q violent
trembling Of the ship, similar to the
effect produced by letting 60 the
anchor. Knowing it could not be that,
we ran on deck. Looking shoreward,
our attention was instantly arrested
by a great cloud of dust rapidly ap-
preaching from the southeast, while
terrible rumbling grew in intensity,
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21

If surs-enough fool killer were to
come around every man on earth would
try to HIDE.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
CHINA'S HOLY PLACES

China's shrines, including those In
the much discussed Shantung. are de-
scribed in the following communica-
ton to the National Geographic society
by Frederick Mccormick:
"Coleridge could not have selected
a phrase more apt than stately pleas
ure dome had he intended to call at
tention to the best-known form in Chi
nese architecture. Like so much of
the wrought beauty of China, such as
is still seen in parks and gardens, pa
godas are the work of the Buddhist
church almost exclusively.
1.-THE most beautiful specimens are
in the Yangtse valley, where pagodas
are most numerous. Every important
Chinese and Manchurian city is gar
landed with them. From the walls Of Pc
king a dozen pagodas and towers may
be counted within the city, and with
good glass half a dozen famous ones
may be seen rising from the surround
ing plain.
"Pagodas range in height from 20
to more than 200 feet, and are of va
rious shapes-round, square, hexag-
onal, octagonal, etc. They always have
an odd number of stories, ranging usu-
ally from seven to nine, and some
times possessing II and even -.
1.-THE Chinese have appropriated the
pagoda as counterpoise to evil, and
used it, subject to their rules of ge-
ometry.
AT the city Of Tuns, in the Picking
plain, a region in past years visited
by earthquakes, there is prominent
pagoda which at one time had more
than 1000 bronze bells suspended
from it's cornices, most of which are
still in place. The people have this
story as to it's construction: A
water fowl lives underground at
this place and when he shakes his tail
it causes earthquakes. 0eomancers 10.
Gated the end Of his tail, ano the pa
CODA was built on it to hold it down.
At the same time this did not prevent
the water fowl from winking his eye:
but, as his eyelids have not been &C.
curately located, a second pagoda has
not yet been built. Az a result, trem-
blings of the earth still occur.
1.-THE wonder inspired in the breast
of the Traveller who visits China's vast
remains Of abandoned capitals, exten-
sive temples ranged in successive
courts and on terraces Of mountains,
it's pagodas, p'ai-lous, bridges, and
canals, is equaled by the awe inspired
by the silent splendor of the tombs
of China's emperus. The tombs of
the kings Of the Six Kingdoms in
Shantung, though now only earthen
pyramids terraced with little fields.
have the air of the pyramids of Egypt"
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21

0lH7fy VUIiinSu TOI".
came to. hand were grasped as the fire
bells called the village to fight the
Shiny invader.
Two hundred men advanced upon
the woods, weapons held ready.
Scouts were thrown out, while the
pseudo army deployed as skirmishers
"HisS-s-s-s-s!'
The attackers retreated. A coun-
Gil Of war was held.
The honor and safety of Snow Fork
were at stake. Some brave spirit
gave the word to advance and the bat
tie was on.
Step by step the champions of local
pride closed in on the foe. A shot
echoed through the woods. Another.
Yet another.
II got him." shouted villager, as a
load Of buckshot tore into the dimly
outlined form on the tree.
An angry hiss, a thrashing in the
branches, and the writhing form
dropped to the ground, quivered spas
medically, and was STILL
The men Of Snow Fork had saved
the day..
Five years ago Jesse Thompson, a
sawyer, had a mill on Snow Fork. To
siphon water from the pond he used
a 40-foot length Of hose. Later he left
the woods, also the hose.
Now the hose is unfit for use, being
perforated by buckshot.
The Kisses? A swarm of bees which
occupied the hose objected to acting as
targets.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21

was burned two decades after William
the Conqueror came to England. From
the ruins emerged "Old st. Paufs. "
Fire destroyed that building, too, but
it was restored on an even more pre-
tentious scale.
At the "Old St. Paul's" John wy
cliffe faced the charge Of heresy, Tyn-
dales New Testament was burned,
Wolsey heard the reading Of the papal
condemnation Of Luther, and under
"Powle's Cross" now marked by me-
mortal, heretics were forced to recant
and witches to confess.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
HEARS CRY, SAVES OWN SON
Father Rescues Lad From Drowning in
Pool--Reeognizes Him as His
Boy.

Lancaster, Pa.-After Benjamin.
Bartch of Columbia rescued a boy
from drowning in the pool at Maple
Grove, a resort near here, he was
startled to discover that the lad was
his own son John, aged thirteen.
The Bartchs were attending the pic
mic of st. Johns Lutheran church, Co.
lumbia, and the boy entered the pool
with a number, of companions. He
was seized with cramps while swim
ming in deep water and was sinking
for the third time when he called for
help. The father, who was unable to
distinguish him in the water, tore
off his coat and dived after the help
less lad, who was revived with diff
edlty.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
ST. PAUL'S: A CHURCH
WITH A STORY

Since postwar building needs al
ready have robbed London of many
historic churches and threaten the ex-
lstence Of others, those that remain
will be enhanced in historic value. One
Of those which will stand, barring
some natural calamity, is st. Pauls ca
thedral. This famous church, like the
English constitution, represents
growth of centuries rather than def
mite period Of construction. Indeed,
q request for funds ito complete st.
Paul's" was made during the war. And
England's esteem for the historic edi-
flee was shown by the continuation of
restoration work throughout the war
despite the interruption to practically
all other building
Still fresh in public memory is the
notable service of conservation attend
ed by royalty and distinguished Amer
leans then in London, held in st. Paul's
April 90 1917, to commemorate tile
entry of the United States into the
war.
ST.. Paups is the largest Protestant
church in the world. Its dome is one
of the most beautiful. The church
embodies architectural ideas of many
periods, BECAUSE it is not the product
of a generation, or even a century.
True, Sir Christopher Wren is credited
with the structure as it stands to-
day, but he embodied many features
of the famous "Old st. Paul's," RACED
in the great London fire of 1866. Wren
did not wish the restoration to be after
the "Gothick Rudeness of the old De-
sign" But he was compelled to mod
ffy his own plans to a considerable
extent. Said he, of the balustrade
added over his veto: Ladies think
nothing we'll without and edging."
Travellers are apt to pass by an in
scription on the south porch pedi-
ment, "Resurgam" Il shall rise again)
as religious reference to the resur-
rection. When the architect was sur
yeying the ruins he wished to\mark
the center Of the projected dome. He
asked workman to hand him a stone.
The workman CHANGED to pick up a
chip from an old tomb bearing the in
scription, which Sir Christopher
adopted.
The motto was appropriate. Some
historians believe the cramped Lud-
gate Hill site originally was that Of
"a Roman shrine of Diana. A Christian
church is known to have been built
there In the early seventh century. It
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
KEW: THE MART AND THE
SHRINE OF RUSSIA

| k1eV, which became battle cente
once more during the Pole-Bolshevil
fighting, already has changed hand!
ten times in three years with it's oc
cupation by the Poles earlier this year
| Mother of Russian cities, also the
Jerusalem Of Russia, Kiev did not live
in the past, even before it's recent ka
| leidoscopic adventures, though it was
sufficiently significant thousand
years ago to give it's name to three
century period Of Russian history.
Both the Wall street and the Ply
mouth Rock of Russia, each February
found thousands Of merchants crowd
ing it's fair to contract for merchan-
disc and produce, especially beet sugar,
and other seasons found hundreds Of
thousands of pilgrims thronging its
unique shrine, the Convent OF the
Caves.
Few cities offer such an agglomera-
ton Of the old and the new. kiev
lies upon the muddy Dnieper, the Ohio
river of Russia, formerly carrier Of
some $GOOO0,O0O worth of freight an
nually for the 100000 people within
it's basin. Near it's site Prince Vladi-
mir herded his people, for wholesale
baptism, after he had forsaken his pa
gan gods and thousand wives for
Christianity.
Russians embraced the new religion
with all the fervor with which they
had offered human sacrifices to the
abandoned idol, Perun. While Vladi-
mir held political sway at Kiev there
came lowly monk, Anthony, who took
up his abode in cave. Other devOut
men followed his example. ArchaeolO-
gists since have recognized in these
caves the homes Of jewellers of the
stone age.
The caves constitute but one feature
Of the famous monastery which, with
it's streets of churches, cells, inns and
schools, is q. small city in itself.
Among the mummies that formerly lay
in open collins, enveloped in costly
robes, was that Of Nestor, the Russian
Herodotus, whose chronicles are re-
spOnsible for the tradition that Kiev
was founded by three brothers in the
ninth century.
From the "Cave Town" quarter of
the city one energies suddenly into the
Podol, or trading quarter, suggesting
a New England factory city, with it's
mills and shops, for paper. machinery,
chemicals and hardware. Kiev
not only was the chief seat of the Rus
sian beet sugar trade, but also dealt
heavily in timber, live stock and grain.
Its recent growth has been rapid. In
1889 is had less than 100000 peo-
pie, and in 1911 more than 100000.
Oldest Of the better known cities of
Russia, Kiev gave Russia her first
Christian church, first library, first
Christian school, and today it boasts
the oldest cathedral Of the former en-
pire, that Of st. Sophia. Therein is
the so-called "Virgin of the Unbreak-
able WALL" Because the figure re-
sisted the vandal frenzy Of the Ia
tars when they smashed other price
less treasures of the church.
Kiev is the seat Of government Of
the new republic of Ukraine. It is
624 miles southwest Of Moscow and
27O miles north of Odessa.
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21
TOWN TURNS OUT
TO FIGHT REPTILE
0hioans Show Bravery in De-
Tending Homes,. Although
Battle Becomes :FiaSc0.

Logan, O.-"Help,. helpl A snake
40 feet long is chasing me!'
Shouting between gasps for breath,
Gerald Grimmer dashed from the
woods on Snow Fork.
ITS as big around as my waist pnd
its right down by the edge of the pond,
curled around a tree" cried the boy.
The village was aroused. A monster
reptile imperiled the live stock, not to-
mention small boys: Shotguns, pitch
forks, scythes. any weapons that
The Tomahawk., 1920-10-21

and before our astonished eyes H.
hills seemed to nod, and the grOun(
swayed like the short, choppy wave
Of a troubled sea.
'The clouds enveloped africa. In
stantly through it's impenetrable vel
arose the cries for help, the crash o.
falling houses and the thousand com
mingled noises Of a great calamity
while the ship was shaken as II
grasped by a giant hand; then. the
cloud passed on.
! But our troubles then commenced
We were startled by terrible noise
on shore, as of tremendous roar OF
musketry, lasting several minutes
Again the trembling earth waved to
and fro, and this time the sea receded
until the shipping was left stranded,
while as far to seaward as our vision
could reach, we saw the rocky bottom
of the sea, never before exposed to hui
man gaze, with struggling fish and
monsters Of the deep left high and
dry. The rOund-bottomed ships keeled
over on their beam ends, while the
Wateree rested easily on her floor
like bottom; and when the returning
sea, not like a wave, but rather an
enormous tide, came sweeping back,
rolling our unfortunate companion
ships over and over, leaving some bot
tom up and others masses of wreck
age, the Wateree rose easily over the
tossing waters, unframed.
''FrOm this moment the sea seemed
to defy the laws Of nature. Currents
ran in contrary directions, and we
were borne here and there with a speed
we could not have equaled had we
been steaming for our lives. At irreg
ular intervals the earthquake shocks
required, but none of them so Violent
or long continued as the first.
about 8 80 p. m. the lookout haired
the deck and reported a breaker up
preaching. Looking seward, we saw,
first, thin line of phosphorescent
light, which doomed higher and higher
until it seemed to touch the sky; it's
crest, crowned with the death light of
phosphOrescent glow, showing the sui
len masses Of water below.
with crash our gallant ship vas
overwhelmed and buried deep beneath
a semi-solid mass Of sand and wa
ter. Fora GREATNESS eternity we were
submerged, grooming in every timber.
the stanch old Wateree struggled again
to the surface, with her gasping crew
still clinging to the life-lines-Kome'
few seriously wounded, bruised and
battered; none killed; not one even,
A miracle it seemed to US
then, and as look back through the
years; it seems doubly miraculous now.
'The morning sun broke on scene
Of desolation seldom witnessed. We
found ourselves high and dry in little
cove, OR rather indentation, in the
coast line We had been carried some
three miles up the coast and nearly
two miles inland. The wave had car
RED us over the sand dunes bordering
the ocean, across valley and over the
railroad track, leaving us at the foot
Of the seacoast range Of the Andes. On
The nearly perpendicular front Of the
our navigator discovered the
marks of the tidal wave, and, by meas
1rements, found it to have been AZ feet |
high, not including the comb. Had the
wave carried us 200 feet farther we
would inevitably have been dashed to
pieces against the mountainside."