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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
OAKLAND

Mrs. Earl Goodwin returned Wednes-
day night from Fryeburg. where she
has been visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Hutchins.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Austin and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Kilgore went to Mon
mouth Thursday to attend the funeral
of Mrs Kilgores uncle. Cyrus Hig-
gins.
Miss Helen Haynes of Lewiston is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Haynes.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fisher and
infant son. who have been passing sew
eral weeks with Mrs. Fishers pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Otis,
!! have returned to their home in Nor
ridgewoclk.
The Lakeshore Sewing Club held an
all-day meeting Wednesday at the
home Of Mrs. Marion Kicker. The
members present were Mrs. Mary Wal
lace Mrs. Walter Gleason, Mrs. Car
RE Alexander. Mrs. E. A. Cook. Mrs.
Winnie Stevens. Mrs. George Stod-
dard and Mrs. Mabel Alexander. A
! bountiful dinner Was served at noon
and the day was devoted to lacking a
puff. A part Of the guests remained
in he evening and were Joined by their
husbands. nine In all being present,
and surprise party was given to Mrs.
Almina Bickford in honor of her
birthday. The evening was passed in
| social way and refreshments of fan
cy cake. coffee. fudge and apples were
served. The next meeting will be held
on February at the home Of Mrs.
Minnie Cook at Horse Point.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the
First Universalist church met Tues
day afternoon in the church vestry at
230 o'clock and reorganized. Nineteen
were present and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President. Mrs. j. H. Stevens; vice
president. Mrs. J. H. Scribner; secre-
tary, Mrs. T.. NJ. Andrews; treasurer
and collector. Mrs. Dean E. Wheeler.
The next meeting will be held on Feb
ruard 2 in the church vestry and the
hostesses will be Mrs. A. H. Oliver
and Mrs. Jay Scribner. 1t was voted
to hold an Easter sale. the exact date
of which will be announced later.
Harry and Luther Goodman have
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
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years tho dollar-a-day laborer va,
superintendent of the works, then the
foremost steel-making plant in Amer
lea. .--.....
Carnegie "took to" the young man
and soon he became the head Of the
engineering department of the whols
Carnegie organization. He conceived
and planned greater plant than any
then in existence, the Homestead Steel
Works, and at the age of twenty-four,
he had 1000 men working under him,
He was made q partner in the Car
negie firm and later became President
of the Carnegie Company, and at the
age of thirty-five stood on the TOP
step OF the steel ladder. When the
United States Steel Corporation was
formed, Schwab became its first Pres.
)ident, retiring after three years because
OF poor health. Soon after, Schwab
purchased the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, which during its early history
was not financial success; and Schwab,
was not financial success; and Schwab,
men and making them his partners,
closed his palatial home on Riverside
Drive and migrated to the obscure
Pennsylvania village, took off his coat
and worked day and night for eight
wears, often against financial and other
Encouragement, nursing the bankrupt
Bethlehem back to health and vigor.
He backed Bethlehem with every dollar
he had and could borrow. His man.
moth plant was one OF the great nation.
al assets during the war. He has given
many millions to his native village
and other philanthropic enterprises.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
FAIRFIELD

Miss Margaret Totman has return
ed to her home on Lawrence avenue,
from the Kennebec Valley hospital in
Skowhegan.
!. Mrs. Hiram Burgess is Ill at her
home on Western avenue.
George E. Shorey was called to
Mechanic Falls yesterday. by the Sc
rious illness Of his brother, A. A.
Shorey.
The Parent Teacher Association
meeting will be held this afternoon
at the. Lawrence High school assem-
bly, hall at 3.45 o'clock. Everyone is
to take a question for the question
box.
.Elvin Jacquith is i'll at the home OF
his son, John Jacquith, of Gilbreth
street. s
The annual meeting of the Meth
odist Guild was held yesterday at the
home of Mrs. F. L. Tozier. Reports
for the years work were given show
| ing that it had proven very sue
| cessful year. The officers for the
year will be President, Mrs. Flora
Tozier; vice president, Mrs. G. B.
Varney; secretary. Mrs. r. o. Files;
treasurer. Mrs. D. L. Gray; flower
committee. Mrs. A. A. Towne: call
ing committee, Mrs. Everett Hunter,
| Mrs. ]. c. Bearce. Mrs. Chas. Wheel
err; work committee, Mrs. Eben Rich
ardson, Mrs. Ned Kendrick, Mrs. Will
liam Henderson. A social hour was
/ enjoyed and refreshments served.
/ Miss Maria Mcdonald was present
ed with a wrist watch by P. A. Smith
in behalf of the Modern Woodman of
America at the dance held Wednes-
day night, Miss Mcdonald having
sold the most tickets in the contest
which was held.
A pleasant evening was passed last
evening at the home Of Miss Ruth
! Hatch when she held her fourteenth
piano recital. There were many
friends and parents present who en-
joyed the evenings entertainment.
NORTH-Frank Cannon recently lost
/ a horse.
Willard Murray has been ill with
bronchitis.
James Badger recently hauled a cord
| OF green wood which weighed 6440
| pounds. to Fairfield Center.
Mr.. and Mrsl James Martin are Wis
| iting at Charles Conforth's.
| Mrs. Harold Hoxie and little daugh-
| ter, Laura. have been with Mrs. Hox-
les parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Head, for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
Few People Have
Seen Radium

Radium is metal that is described
as having a white metallic luster. It
has been isolated only once or twice,
and few persons have seen it. 1t is
ordinarily obtained from it's ores in
the form Of sulphate. chloride, or bro
mide, according to the United States
Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior, and it is in the form of these
salts that it is usually sold and used.
These are all white or nearly white
substances, whose appearance is no
more remarkable than that of common
salt or baking powder. Tubes contain
ing radium salts glow mostly because
they include impurities which the ra-
diations from the radium cause to give
light. Radium minerals are very
rarely. if ever. luminescent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
Prehistoric Monsters
Nebraska and Wyoming

What biologists term the Oligocene
formations contain the fossil bones OF
great variety of strange extinct ami
mails. These strata are among the
most widespread and most regularly
distributed of, the Tertiary sediment
airy rock formations of the Great
braska and Wyoming.
The lower Oligocene beds, which
are believed to be over a million years
old, are often called Titanotherium
beds because they contain great
quantities of the bones of extinct
mammals of that name. They were
clumsy brutes of elephantine size, ac-
cording to the United States Geo.
logical Survey, Department of the
Interior, having on the front of the
skull pair of great bony protuber-
ances which. although hornlike in
form, were probably not sheathed in
horn. The head was long and large
and, of fantastic shape. In it's thick,
heavy body and short, massive legs
the titanothere resembled the modern
rhinoceros. It was doubtless a slug
gish, stupid beast, for it's brain was
small in comparison with the size Of
it's body. The brain cavity was only
few inches in diameter and was
surrounded by thick bone, as if to
withstand shocks in battle. The
titanotheres were the most formidable
animals of the time, and though, so
far as known, there We're then no
carnivores capable of doing them
serious harm, yet they seem to have
disappeared suddenly from North
America.
The animals Of Oligocene time seem
to have been abundant as we'll as
varied in kind. Among the charac-
teristic animals of this epoch were
primitive forms Of rhinoceroses, pee
carries. rnniinants, camels, insec-
tivores, and opossums. Some of the
flesh eaters of the preceding Eocene
epoch had developed into true carniv-
ores, including many forms of both
doglike and catlike animals. The
saber-toothed tiger, one of the most
formidable enemies of primitive man,
first appeared in the Oligocene epoch
The horses whose history began
with the diminutive four-toed Eohip-
pus continued in the Oligocene, in
which they were represented by
many three-toed forms that were
about as large as sheep. Hoglike
animals were rather numerous, and
although many of them were smaller
than the modern swine some of them
were very large. One of these was q
formidable beast with curious pro-
tuberances on it's head, the use of
which is not known. Rhinoceroses
similar to those now found in Africa
and India lived in Western America,
and other rhinoceros- like animals
were abundant. 4
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
How to Clean a Steel Knife

The so-called furnishing Of steel
knives is the result as much Of the
wrong method Of cleaning as 1t is Of a
chemical decomposition Of the surface
of the blade. according to official adj
vice from the American Cutlery Blu
reau OF Information. A badly. polished
steel knife will show more easily, the
effect Of furnishing than will one that
has been well cleaned and polished be-
fore use. Experience in fact has prov
en- that the best polished American
steel knives. made Of high class steel,
are less inclined to tarnish than. those
OF inferior quality.
All furnishing of steel knives can be
avoided If the knives are cleaned inn
mediately after use. Many machines
and appliances for polishing knives are
sold. The best to use. however. is an
ordinary bottle cork and some fine pol
ishing powder.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
PITTSFIELD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest s. Thompson
were business callers in Augusta on
Wednesday.
Walter Burse was in Fairfield on
business Wednesday.
Frank Fuller was in East Madison
ON business Wednesday.
Harry L. Cornforth Of the Corn
forth Clothing Co. was q business
caller in Bangor Wednesday.
Mrs. william L. Pushor has re-
turned to her home in Corinna after
a visit in the home of Mrs. L. H.
Blanchard.
Mrs. A. E. Delano, who has been
in town visiting her mother, Mrs.
Sarah Patten and sister. Mrs.. Selma
Matthews, will go to Bingham Friday
morning for a visit in the home OF
Ir. and Mrs. Ross E. Henderson and
other relatives.
w. S. Ferren has returned from
VIM, where he has had employment
for the past two months with 1um-
bering concern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Allen and lit
tie daughter, GRANGE, were in Ban
gor'W ednesday, the guests Of friends.
Mrs. Will Rhoades passed the day
Wednesday in Hartland the guest of
relatives.
Ernest Thompson Of Hartland was
in town on business and calling on
friends Wednesday afternoon. sss
A girls club numbering about 20
members was very pleasantly enter
tanned by Miss Johnston. the local
public health nurse, at the Red Cross
room one evening this week. Miss
Johnston gave them a demonstration
in first aid work. A social hour fol-
lowed during which Miss Johnston
served hot, chocolate and other DAM
ties.
W. 3. Mills of Bangor, representing
the Sawyer Boot & Shoe Co. of that
city, was a business caller in town
Thursday.
w. F. Wood Of Unity was in town
Thursday attending to matters of
business.
The members of the Pittsfield bowl
ing team were in Hartland Tuesday
evening to play return game with
the Hartland bowlers, and won the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
WEBSTER TREE NOMINATED
Place for Wesley Oak Also Sought In
Forestry Hall Of Fame

In celebration of the birthday ami
versary of Daniel Webster, the tree
on which he as youth hung his
scythe, deciding to go to Dartmouth
College, has received a place in the
Hall of Fame for trees with a history
The nomination of the tree was made
by Frank N. Hancock of Franklin
N. H., which, then known as Sails
bury, was the birthplace of Webster
on Jan. Is, 17S2 Mr. Hancock has
lived near the tree for sixty years
The path from that tree led Webster
to Congress and to the Office of Secre-
tary of State.
Another nomination for the tree
Hall of Fame announced by the
American Forestry Association is the
Wesley Oak on the island of St
Simon, off the coast of Georgia. This
tree was nominated by James r. Joy
of New. York City, editor of The
Christian Advocate. John Wesley
and his brother Charles arrived in
America on Feb. S, 1876. Charles
Wesley served as Secretary. to Gov
ernor Oglethorpe and went to the
island to help lay out the town OF
Frederick. AS there was no meeting
place both Charles and John Wesley
preached their first sermons on this
continent beneath the Wesley Oak,
which is still standing.
A great grandson Of DIR. Samuel
Johnson. the first President, in 1854,
of Kings College, now Columbia Uni
versity. once owned the land between
Stratford and Bridgeport. Conn.,, on
which stands an oak nominated for a
place in the Hall of Fame by Miss
Helen Harrison of Bound Brook, N. ].
According to experts this tree is 500
years old. '
One hundred and fifteen years ago
the Lewis and Clarke expedition
camped beneath the Council Oak at
Sioux City, Iowa, and held council
with thes Indians. This bur oak is
nominated for the Hall of Fame by
Mrs. Susie Brown of Marion. Iowa,
whose data show the tree was $50
years old when Lewis and Clarke
pitched camp beneath it's shade.
Soil from every State in the Union
and from each of the allied countries
has been placed about the roots of n
maple tree planted by the Daughters
of the American Revolution at Arka-
delphia, Ark, as a memorial to the
men who answered their country's
call in the World War. The tree Is
nominated for place in the Hall Of
Fame by Mrs. Thomas Sloan. his
torian of the Arkadelphia Chapter Of
the d. A. r 3ss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
.NE of the most widely known
men in the business world today


men in the business world today
is Charles M. Schwab, who is
the principal owner OF the second iarg-
est industrial enterprise in America, the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, employ
ing two years ago $4,000 men, and with
an annual pay roll of so million dol
lars. Not many years ago this same
man was gocery-boy in store at
Braddock, Pa, earning $50 q month
without board. The early youth OF
Charles NJ Schwab was spent in the
picturesque hamlet of Loretto, Pa, on
the crest of the Alleghenies where his
parents moved from Williamsburg, Pa.
After few years at St. Francis College
where he became much interested in
chemistry and engineering, he went to
Braddock to work in a grocery store
owned by friend of his father.
From the first day he donned his
apron, he had an eye on the great steel
mills there, the Edgar Thompson
Works, owned by Carnegie Brothers <
Company. One day Captain William
r. Jones. then superintendent of the
steel works, the right-hand man of
Andrew Carnegie, and the best known
steel-worker in the country, stepped
into the store, and Schwab asked the
Captain for place in the mill. He
was given a job of driving stakes at a
dollar day. His start was that of a
common laborer, and he was given all
sorts of jobs to do. The young laborer
soon began to familiarize himself with
the workings of the plant, and in six
Hon,lzinht The Const;f,Ii
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21

match. Considerable rivalry exists
between these bowling teams.
Pittsfield Grange is making arrange
ments for an old-fashioned ball to be
held in Union hall Wednesday evening.
Jan. rs. Goodwin's orchestra has been
engaged to furnish music for the occa-
sion and the order of dances will be
long list Of old-time dances The
floor directors will be Melvin Bragdon.
Leslie Pooler, George Libby and Alva
Simpson. Ice cream, cake and pastry
will be served.
!. The basketball team representing
Oak Grove Seminary will come to
Pittsfield Friday evening and play the
NJ. c. I five in the evening. An ex-
citing contest is expected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
CHELSEA

The funeral Of the late Charles A.
Sheldon was held from the home on
Thursday afternoon. Rev. Z. H. Clarke
ofliciating. Selections were sung by Mr..
G. r. Benson, Herbert Hayes. John
Barney and George Hinkley. The beau
tiful flowers included. a Masonic en-
biem from the lodge at, Carmel. Inter-
ment was in the family lot in the
HallowelI cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
Tax Collector Loses Hand

Fred Goodwin. tax collector in Albion.
had the misfortune while working in
p. B. Besae's tannery to get his right
hand caught in the rolls and knives
taking it in up to the wrist. DR.. Ross
took him to the hospital at Waterville
where he and another surgeon dressed
the hand 1t was found that. the cords
We're severed and pieces were Clipped
out OF the bones. Mr. Goodwin has
been brought to his home in Albion
and Y resting ~ comfortably az could
be expected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21

A wedding Of much interest took
place at the Biddeford Universalist par
snnage Tuesday afternoon at O'clock.
The contracting parties were Miss Nora
Hanson. daughter of Tristram and the
late Maria (Skinner) Hanson. and Oil
yer Cantara, who for many years was
faithful employee Of the Biddeford &
Saco electric railroad. but is at the
present time employed in the Saco-Low-
ell shops. The single ring service was
used by Rev. Charles H. Temple. the
oficiating clergyman. The bride was
attended by Miss Susan Smith. a close
friend, and the groom had as an at
tendant, Tristan Hanson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
LTTCHFIELD

PLAINS-Mrs. Phebeanna Pinkham
received word Monday of the sudden
death Of her sister -in-law, the wife Of
DR.. Charles L. Johnston Of Brooklyn.
N. Y.
Rev. Mr.. Smith of Gardiner, was re-
Gently a guest at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Pinkham.
Miss Fannie True was the guest re-
Gently Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. w. Maxwell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21

Swift Company realize that taste is matter of
the individual; therefore, they make both Premium
Oleomargarne and Gem Nut Margarine.
Both products equally pure and delicious
They made from different ingredients and
differ slightly in flavor to please individual taste.
Their delicate flavor makes them suitable for
serving at table, their fine shortening qualities make
them favores wherever good cooks turn out superior
cakes and pastries
The fact that they most moderately priced as
well as most nutritious is added advantage
Both products share in the advantages of the
famous Swift system of wide distribution.
Both made in fourteen conveniently located
factories, so both are fresh pure and delicious
when they reach you
Not hand touches either product in manufacture
or in packing.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-08-20
HUNDREDS OF TROUT
KILLED BY DYNAMITE

Fort Collins, Aug. 17.-Police and
citizens generally are searching for
the identity Of the man who has dyna-
mited one Of the best trout pools in
Colorado and caused the death Of
many fish and suffering for the rest
The state fish and game department
also has been notified.
1t is estimated that 300 trout were
either killed outright or blinded, and
scores are seen floating helplessly
around upon the water, slowly starving
and with their eyes protruding from
their sockets. This bit of dynamiting
ID declared the most diabolical of any
reported in recent years in Colorado.
Lowell Peasley, Herbert Peasley and
John Hurdle brought word of the act
to Fort Collins from a fishing trip to
Dead Mans creek, where it Joins
Num- creek and both are checked by
n beaver dam. The large pool is con.
sidered one Of the finest trout refuge.
known here, and there is considerable
feeling among anglers and other.
against the dynamiter.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-08-20
STATE NEWS
TWO VETERANS DIE IN ONE
BLOCK IN "a HOURS; EACH 8.

Loveland, Aug. 15.-The funerals of
two civil war veterans, each of the
same age, and who lived few doors
apart and died within twenty-four
hours of each other, took place last
Friday under the auspices Of the G.
A. r. post, of which each was mem
Der.
Charles E. Seeley, "a, died at the
home of his son, and A. W. Newkirk
81, died at the home of his daughter.
Seeley was a member Of Company 1,
Hist Pennsylvania, and Newkirk Of
Company X, Fifth Illinois Both were
c@ptured in the war and served in
'cnfederate prisons.
Seeley had been resident Of Colo.
rado for th'rty-five years, twenty Of
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-08-20
STORM SWEEPS 30-Mu.E
STRIP; LOSS s2oo,o

siebert, Aug. 15.-A storm that
swept the corn and wheat belt of
Stratton, twenty miles east Of here,
covered strip of country from three
to five miles wide and thirty miles in
length, covering approximately $4,000
acres and causing loss estimated at
100000.
Hailstones declared to be as large
as goose egg fell in some sections,
while in others the ground was covered
with hail to depth of four inches.
Automobile tops were battered to
shreds and windshields broken, build
ings were damaged and there was con-
siderable loss of live stock. Entire
fields of wheat and corn were ruined.
The Siebert section was not touched
by the storm.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-08-20
VIOLENT STORMS RUIN CROPS
ALONG SPRINGS HIGHWAY

Castle Rock, Aug. 15.-In a violent
hail storm that swept over sections Of
the country around Castle Rock an
enormous amount of damage was done.
Between Greenfield and Hustled COM
plete desolation is reported in places,
with crops ruined, trees stripped Of
limbs and bridges washed out.
From Sedalia nearly into Castle
Rock the losses are also heavy to
farmers and ranchmen, and at Palmer
Lake there was such heavy hail that
it lay on the ground like snow. Re-
ports of snow in the hills near Castle
Rock are denied.
Automobile parties along the Colo
RADIO Springs road, which was swept
by the storms, reported that they had
great difficulty in getting through,
and some Of them assert there was
snow at Palmer Lake, though others
deny it.
Castle Rock escaped the hail, but
there was one Of the heavies rains of
the season. So far as reported there
was comparatively little damage in
this immediate vicinity.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1921-08-20
LEGION NOT TO ALTER
CONVENTION DATE

The state executive committee of
the American Legion, in special ses-
on last week, voted not to change
the dates for the annual state conven-
ton at Glenwood Springs, Oct II and
10.
Glenwood Springs veterans had re-
quested that this date be advanced to
early September so that the Legion
men would be in town while the sum
mer hotels and other resorts are open.
The executive committee held that
changing the dates would interfere
with the membership drive set for
August Is to September Is, and pre-
vent many posts from obtaining the
benefit Of representation to the con-
vention based on their new member
ships.
Five railroads running to the east
from Denver have guaranteed 1-cent-
permile excursion fare for all vet
Grams attending the national conven-
ton in Kansas City in October, Nor.
ton M. David, state adjutant, reported
The Coloradoans expect to make up a
trainRoad of 500 persons to 30 to the
convention from this state.
-Four hundred and fifty delegates
are expected to attend the state con,
vent0n.