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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

ton of about 100000. The ten
tory tributary to Saigon is aIrro
entirely agricultural, being one
the great rice regions of the WON
The minerals are coal, Ignite. VOL
ram, tin and zinc.
In the other possessions includlr
Madagascar, French Equatorial A
rica- French Somaliland and Erer:
West Africa. which is the largest
the colonies, commerce has alrho
doubled since 1914, the survey 50!
Franch West Africa, comprised
Senegal, Haul Senegal Niger, Frep'
Guinea. the Ivory Coast. Dahome
the military territory of the Ns'
and Mauritania covers approXlina''
ly 1,S40,000 square miles. The gu
eral budget amounts to about -
00,000.000 francs annually. Inc d
ricultural resources are most imp',
tant. The production Of cotton
growing, while jute, agaFa anu 80
are cultivated extensively. Ruboel
the most important product IN y
forest resources. Cattle ralsins %,
increased. The mineral weah1
great. The commerce of this posse
sion increased 500 percent since :, :,
French administration was crea'e'
1895. ..
The French colonies in AHeF:l
consisting of Guiana. MaF,i ,.',
Guadeloupe and ST. Pierre and NM
Ion are principally noted toF Nv, ~,
lumber products. sugar, rum '0'.
and Goldfish. Agriculture taxes
important role in the smaller py,
inces. especially in New Caleuv~,
said to be one of the richest couH"''
in the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
PALERMO

NORTH-Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Haskell of China and Mrs. Martha
Fifield of Augusta were recent eve
ming guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dyer visited
Mrs. Dyars sister. Mrs. Charlie
White in Morrill,, Sept. S.
Fred Proctor is very ill with ty-
phoid fever
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r: Nelson and
children visited relatives in Thorn
dixie Sept. 5.
Farmers of this vicinity are haul
ing. their sweet corn to the factory
at Weeks Mills.
Pearl Soule and daughter. Rosa
liza of Waterville brought Mrs. Alice
Soule home Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Wome, Should Take WARNING

If the statement made at a New
York Assembly of women. that
healthy American women are so rare
that they are almost extinct, is true.
1t is timf for the women of America
to take warning and look to their
health. ut may be headaches, back
aches, dragging down pains, nerv-
BUSINESS, mental depression that are
tell-tale Aymptoms of some organic
arrangement for which lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compounds
simple REMEDY made from roots and
herbs--is Ia specific and may be re-
lied upon to restore women to a
healthy normal condition.--Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Maine GOSSIP
o Let Mo Sleep in Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields, Q let me sleep.
And wake me not and never weep
For me. l rest in perfect peace:
And till all earthly strife shall cease.
l shall in silence slumber deep.
You do me wrong to stir and sweep
Away my fondest hopes and keep
Me from my rest and just release,
In Flanders Fields.
Disturb me not. but let me sleep
Right where | am and never weep
= Again, for l shall never cease
To live and make my light increase.
AS Time rolls on in silence deep,
In Flanders Fields.
Henry Polk LowenS tein.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
PALMYRA

Mrs. HI. N. Longley of Pittsfield is
a guest at w. A. Blaisdells.
d. p. Written of Pittsfield and
Sheridan Written of Upton, Mass,
have been in town for a few days.
Miss Mural Palmer went Sunday
to Dexter where she is attending
High school.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Palmer and
Millard Palmer of Skowheean were
guests over Sunday night at o. b.
Coles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Completeness and Unafraidress

Chicago Evening Post.
Mr.. Fred Upham in his published
replies to Governor Cox's attack upon
Republican campaign methods makes
an impression of solid responsibility
that must have much weight in esz
tablishing confidence of G. o. p. abn-
ity to meet the assault.
He stands squarely upon the diff
ference between a quota" and a
budget" He shows, too, that the
plan of raising money was adopted
by party council before the primary
campaign. This places the RESPONSE
bility upon the party rather than
upon it's fiscal officers.
The completeness and unafraidness
of Mr.. Upham's reply BODIES well for
the Republican case before the Sen
ate Committee. Indeed, it's business
like, matter of fact tone may prove
the turning point in the habit of us
ing campaign funds" Simply as a
war cry without accompanying speci-
fications showing that they are either
improperly raised or improperly spent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Conscientious ScrupIes

Lawyer-Then | understand that
after your husband had made over
everything to you YOU left him.
Client-Yes. / couldn't live with a
man who cheats his creditors like that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Tom Watson to the Democratic
party is what LaFollette has been to
the Republicans. There is one way
in which the voters of Georgia may
prevent their State being misrepre-
sented by this radical of radicals, and
that is by electing a Republican in
his place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
A Back Handler

Dubbleigh-Certainly Tn for wom-
ans suffrage. They are just as well
qualified to vote as men are.
Miss keen-That is one of the weak
est arguments | have ever heard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

The Democrats complain that BUSH
ness is contributing to the Republic
cans-a distinct though not SO very
subtle compliment to business. Is
that the reason the Democrats are
assessing girls receiving $40 a week
in government employment forty dol
lars for the Democratic campaign
fund?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Experiments on fifty nine persons
suffering with leprosy having been
successful, our public health service
has confidence that it has discovered
a remedy for the dread disease.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Airy Persidago

why do you call flying machines
'hoboes of the air'?'
Because they have no visible means
Of support"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Heard at the Beach

"Helen's engaged again"
Mercy. That is the fourth time
this season. isn't it?"
Yes. One engagement doesn't make
a summer seems to be Helen's motto"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Disturb me not, but let me $
Last day of grace for straw hats.

Eugene Lebroke of Norway is hav-
ing record luck with Irish Cobbler
potatoes. One hill produced eleven
large smooth spuds, measuring
third of peck. with not a small one
among them. He planted a half bu-
shell and if the crop holds to this
standard the yield will beat Ponzi's
guaranteed returns on investments.
The seed was raised by Miss Nerna
Smith of Oxford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

1t was the cleanest, quietest, most
orderly and perhaps the most sig
nificant election that Maine has ever
held, and the women voters were be-
hind it, in it and Of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Nature is Kind

My wife speaks six different Ian
guages."
"Unlucky man"
"Oh, it's all right. She can't speak
more than one at a time, fortunately"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

In New York schools study of the
German language continues unpopu-
lar, Spanish being the favorite, 80, 900
studying that language and 10000
the French language. 1t is said the
need Of Spanish in business accounts
in some degree for it's popularity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Omcials at national Democratic
headquarters received the Maine
election returns with interest but de-
clined to make any comment,-which
seems like good economy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

NO, Indeed

Some folks are lucky creatures,
Some fate has always "stung";
No scarcity of teachers
Was there when we were young.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

II sugar Is to be made out of corn
and pumpkins and COW feed is to be
deduced from sawdust it looks as il
agriculture should boom.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Maine may have been nearer unan-
i,nous. though a bystander remarked
that it must have been when the In
dams lived here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Maine is 35 per cent. State, &C.
cording to the census figures of in
crease in population.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Might as well admit 1t: that Re
publican majority would nave been
rs 900 on q fair day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

We calmly await Cox's announce
ment that Maine was bought with
slush funds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Italy's good sense is suppressing
the radicals. The barbarians are not
to capture Rome this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Cox Says Liquor Question Is
Dead" Thereby admitting that his
chances are ditto?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Thirteen is an unlucky number
for the Democrats,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
TRAINS LEAVE AUGUSTA FOR
Eastern STANDARD Time

Bangor, s124 a. m. 70 90 a. m. '92S 4
t2.55 p. m. s3.0 5 p. m. TO- 40p.m.
B. G A. Pts. t1.24a.m., 1929 am, 1,Ss1.
Bar IIarbor. 70. 90 am. t9.2S a. m.,r2jjp-
Bath. f5.1oa. m. t6.23 a. m. 'e3iaa
s10.l6 a. m, taos p. m. re. Is p m. 'l0.j.P-
Belfast t9.2s a. m. y. 55p, m. 49,,
Boston. SHAM. rs. % an. 70 IS an. loli
q m. r. 40 m. "A. 05 p m. So, Is pm. 'l0ilpa
Calais. t3,29a. m. 1928 a. m.
Dover and Foxcrott. y 55p. m.
Gardiner, *3l0a. m. =, 6.23 a. m. '935a n
s1o.l6 a. m. II. As p. m. ti.l5p. n..'6ljp L.
Halioweli. 1928 a. m. 1885 m. .loMaa
te.46 p. m. t4.15p. m. *6. l3 pm. 'lOjlP
Harmony. r. 55p. m.
Lewiston. Il. % a. M, 1885 a, m. slol6a1
TAOS p. m, IS. 10 p. M. "l0.5l pm
New York, *6. 1877. m.
Portland. 20. Ca. m. t6. % a. m. e.35a N YOU
q. m. IL 46 p m "A 05p. IN. IS. l3p m., 40 Slpn
Rockland. t6.23 a. m. 1885 a. m, a Ojpu
Skowhegan. +9. % a m. u, sop m, IS ilp
So. Gardiner. t6 23a m. t9. SIS m, $40 l5ah
f2.46 p. m. a. is p. m. *6. l3 p m. SOL P !
St. John. ~ "a a. m. t9.2S a. IN.
Waterville. sl.24 a. m. 80 20 a n % . an
Hos pm. t2.55p.m.. s3.o5p.m.. t6.iOpu.
Daily. tDaily. except Sunday
! Sunday only. TDaily. except Monday
D. C. DOUGLASS. NJ. L. HARRIS,
$3.50 p. & Genl Mgr. Genl PassenssAI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

The only Democratic feature of it
was the weather.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Suggested for a Dewocratic slos-
an: Explain MAine."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Wednesday, September IS, 1920.

Tho prime need today is to face tho
fact that we are in the midst of a
great economic evolution. There is
urgent necessity of applying both
common sense and the highest ETH.
cal standard to this movement for
better economic conditions among
the mass Of our people if we are to
mako it one Of healthy evolution and
not Of Observation-Disclosures Roose-
welt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Eagles are not plentiful in Maine

Eagles are not Plentiful in Maine
but there are some in the northern
part of the state. Hunters in the
Rangeley region have brought back
word of an aerie that was discovered
there several years ago and has been
watched since. 1t is situated in
mountainous section and almost, if
not quite, inaccessible, which may,
perhaps, account for its present ex-
istence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
EditOria! Comment

Motion Is In Order.
dewiston Sum
Some magnanimous Democrat move
to make it unanimous.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

SO you slept for 20 years."
Yes" replied Rip Van Wrinkle.
and I'm compelled to admit that when
man tries to conquer unrest there is
danger Of his going too far"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

bowel. Correct constipation, oil,Gn
ness sick headache and indlgesu
Small Pul-Small Dose-Small r."
DIR. CARRIERS IRON PILLS, Natuts
great nerve and blood tome
Anemfa, Rheumatism. Nervousp.
Sleeplessness and Female Weakhe
sss,lss INST Isar s.s.s,urs <as~.<z"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15
Don't
Prosecute
Your Bowels

Cut out cathartics and pufsaa.sn
They are brutal-harsh-mnece'''
Try CARRIERS LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Purelyvegetable,
Actgently on the
liver, elimin-
ate bile, and =
soothe the :
delicate mem.
hra0e 0f the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

Gellman Pickins of Wilton killed
a two and three -fourths pound roos
ter recently and found in the gizzard,
when dressing. two pennies. The
coins. were badly worn but one was
plainly Lincoln penny and the 9TH
er bore an Indians head.
The Lewiston Sun tells the follow
ins story of long and busy life.
Mrs. Eliza Pratt of King avenue.
who is eightyfour years old, cam6
into the art and fancywork depart
ment, yesterday, wearing a wool coat
sweater which she spun and dyed
and knit two years ago. She brought
FOR exhibition among other things. a
Knit bedspread in leaf pattern. knit
WOOL underskirt, silk embroidered
quilt which she has made since she
was eighty years old. Mrs. Pratt has
a unique history for she was a nurse
In the Civil war. spending two years
and five months in Federal service.
she was at Fredericksburg, at Get
tysburg and at Cold Harbor, and
many nights she has rolled up in a
blanket and slept on the ground with
the roar of shell overhead,
When Harpswell, always a strong
Democratic town. went Republican
Monday the electric lights went out
in all the houses and it was impos-
sible for the tabulators to count the
returns, the task being postponed
until morning. The town went ZIG
votes for Parkhurst and 101 for Nc
lntire. The count for governor had
Just been made when the electrics
failed and an effort to continue the
returns by candle and lamp Iisht was
not successful.
Ernest Houston, of Sanford. who
was fishing for cod about five miles
out from Cape Porpoise, hooked an
immense turtle. After a struggle and
with the assistance of his compan.
ions, he finally tied heavy line
around one of the giants fins and
towed him ashore where he was
Killed and hauled to Sanford to be
embaImed and preserved. He weighed
lioo pounds. measures Z feet inches
IN length. and the spread of his broad
fins is feet and inches.
The town of Turner enjoys the dis
tinction of being the only town in
Maine. and one of two in all New
England, which owns and operates
us own line of railroads of any kind.
SO you slept for 20 years."
Yes" replied Rip Van Wrinkle.
"and Tn compelled to admit that when
man tries to conquer unrest there is
danger Of his going too far"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

The town of Turner enjoys the dis
tinction of being the only town in
Maine. and one of two in all New
England. which owns and operates
It's own line of railroads of any kind.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

AUGUSTA CAMP NO. 7400, NV. A.
Regular meeting second and fourth
Monday Of each month at G. A. r. hall.
H. w. HASKELL. Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS, Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-15

JEPHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO. s
Meetings at 8 P. NJ. every second and
fourth Tuesday.
c. B. GRIMES, C. =.
G. s. PEASLEE. Scribe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
In the Creenroo.n

FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR
GARRISON sat at dinner
table one day conversing with Con-
gresham julius Kahn, Of California.
The talk turned to the days when
Kahn was an actor.
"You know" laughed Garrison, II
was on the stage at one time myself.
During the year l served at Har-
vard-back in 'S2-I used to make
spending money by serving, along
with a number of classmates, as
'supe' at various Boston theaters. I
appeared several times as a Roman
soldier, and l was part of the mob
on hand when julius Caesar was
killed. Once I had a part that re-
CURED a bit Of makeup. 1t was in
production headed by the older
Salvini, and they took me into the
dressing room Of a regular actor
who made me up. l never have ex-
perienced such a thrill of pride as
felt when I occupied that dress
ing room with a sure enough actor.
We had a good heart to-heart talk,
| remember, and he said there was
nothing TO the life on the stage. He
told me he intended to retire from
the profession"
Nov that you mention IT," spoke
up Kahn, "T recall that same con-
versation very we'll. For I was that
actor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
The Boy in a Sailor Suit

" HEN he was about eight years
old Edward J. King went with his
father to Galva, H., which is in
the district King now represents in
Congress. His father was selling
washing machines about the coun-
try. They lived at little hotel in
Galva. On this hotel was a cupola
" re the King boy and another boy
used to play. 1t was rather dan
gerous climb, but the two would go
there, view the surrounding land
scape and talk of the things they
would do when they grew up.
Then King moved with his father
to other parts and forgot all about
the little chap who had played with
him in the cupola. He even forget
the boys name; all he remembered
was that he usually wore a blue
sailor suit,
Forty years elapsed and King was
running for Congress. One after
noon he was holding a conference
with Frank Kranz, editor of a paper
at Oneida, ILL.,, and chairman of the
Knox County Republican Central
Committe, which was handling
Kings campaign in that county.
King spoke Of having once lived at
Galva and mentioned that he used
to play in the hotel cupola with a
little boy in sailor suit.
hranz grew interested and asked
for more particulars.
1t came out that he was the little
boy in the blue sailor suit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
Proving That the Long Arm of Coincidence
May Reach Y on in the Remotest of Corners

Greene got ticket for the affair, but
1t got torn before he reached the
doorway where he was to present
1t and the soldier on duty there re-
fused to accept it. Greene argued
and pleaded and finally the soldier
let him in.
A couple Of years ago Greene fell
into conversation with an Italian
fruit dealer on street corner in his
native ST. Adams, Vt. They talked
about places where Greene had WIS.,
tied in Italy, and it came out that
both had been at the papal jubilee.
II was serving time in the army
them" remarked the fruit dealer,
land was assigned to one of the
doors where people gave in their
tickets for the big celebration. III
never forget one American who had
a ticket that was no good. He
coaxed and carried on until had
to let him in"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08
The du Point Dinner
I'm ONE branch of the du Pom

IN ONE branch of the du Point
family, Of powder trust fame, Is
a strange tradition regarding the
first thanksgiving dinner eaten by
the du Points in America. The story
is that the du Points landed at a
point along the New England coast
one Thanksgiving Day, away back in
seventeen hundred and something,
and they we're desperately hungry
SO much so that they were willing to
resort to strong measures to obtain
food. That being true, the head of
the family started out with q gun to
see what he could find.
He came upon a New England
family sitting down in their cabin
to their Thanksgiving dinner. There
was a big roast on the table and
other savory articles that appealed
to the olfactory sense of the newly
arrived F'renchman. 1t was no time
for formality, SO it seemed to du
Pont. So at the point of the gun he
grabbed up the four corners Of the
table cloth on which the New Eng
landers were having their dinner and
bore the array of victuals in the
table cloth to his hungry family.
The story may be exaggerated some
what, but the fact remains that it
has been handed down from one gen
GRAFTON TO the next in at least one
branch Of the du Pont family.
Antoine du Pont, the street rail
way expert, who was brought to
Cleveland by the late Tom L. John
son during the three-cent fare fight
in that city, had often heard the
story of his ancestors first Thanks
giving dinner. One Thanksgiving
he was eating dinner in Cleveland
hotel with young acquaintance who
was in the employ of Antoine du
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-08

N fiction, all plots based too
largely on the strange workings
Il If the god of coincidence are
barred by magazine editors on
the ground of improbability. Yet,
in actual everyday life all manner
of condolences happen unmolested-
simply because there are not ALWAYS
@ction editors on hand to head them
off.
There is, let US say, one place in
the world, where you feel absolutely
certain OF not meeting a certain per-
son. You so there and the chances are
he is the first person you see For ex-
ample, when former Representa-
tive Walter Chandler, of New York.
was attending the University of
Texas he had an old professor who
taught him Roman history. Years
passed and Chandler set out to do
a bit of travelling. He went to
Rome and a guide escorted him
through the catacombs, pointing out
the final resting places of persons
once prominent in Roman society.
Chandler couldn't help thinking of
the course he had taken in Roman
history and the droning voice of the
old professor who had taught it. AS
he thought Of those things he looked
and found himself face to face with
what seemed to be the reincarnation
Of that same professor. Only, as
q matter Of fact, it was the pro-
lessor paying his first visit to Rome
to ascertain If all he had been teach
ing were true. Chandler and the
professor each leaped to the same
conclusion; to wit, that he was peer
ing into the face of somebody who
had just risen from the dead-there
in the catacombs- The Pickering
lamps carried by the guides gave a
deathlike pallor to the faces that
helped to confirm this notion.
So Chandler and the Texas Uni
versity professor gave one scream
apiece and tainted. That's what CO.
incidence will do to you if it gets
a chance in real life.