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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
WHENCE COME,
WHENCE GO ALL
THE LEADPENCILS?

Washington, Sept, 27-Where do all
the lead pencils come from and where
do they go? Although almost every
body has one, many folks never buy
one, but even so, more than $50. 000,-
900 are manufactured for use in the
United States every year, using up
many thousands of cords of wood.
But woods suitable for lead PEN
ellis are becoming scarcer and many
manufacturers are turning to paper.
Red Cedar and Red Juniper, says the
American Forestry Association are
the woods chiefly used in making
lead pencils. A hunt is on for other
kinds of wood that will take the place
of these. In East Africa a kind of
cedar has been found with which ex-
perimcnts are being made. The pro-
duction in the United States is about
$4,000 cases of pencil Stats per year.
From each case 100 gross of pencils
is made. This results in about one
billion pencils of American grown
cedar. Since one fourth of this num-
Der is sent to foreign countries that
leaves 750,00o,000 pencils for the home
market which means an average Of
seven pencils per person figuring on
the last census.
AS far back as history goes man
has tried to make things to mark
with and to set down his thoughts.
The Aztecs and the Pharoahs had
crude marking devises. AS early as
1850 Kahn, Swedish naturalist
made experiments with American
cedar. In 1872 William Monroe made
500 pencils at Concord and sold them
in Boston but the war stopped his
plans. In 1861 Eberhard Faber be-
gan making pencils on a large scale
in this country
The graphite which makes the mark
is of course the important part in the
manufacture of the pencil. Ceylon
has furnished much of the graphite
used in this country Graphite is
also found in Madagascar and in
Mexico Czechoslovakia contains de-
posts Of both the amphorous and
crystalline graphite. In the United
States the chief deposits are in
Ala bama, New York and Pennsyl-
Vania.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
THERE'S DEATH IN THE P07,
4 Celebrated London Doctor Used III. A.
to Emphasize the Danger Of Ov.re,t;,s -"
Verse Thaa 0vereatins j. Failure
to EHninafe Waste.

Nature could not devise a v,r .
feed and repair the body without 10 10
production of considerable w. .e
matter. But Nature provided Nv ~
the regular, thorough elimination W "
such waste. To disregard her y
tention is to break a natural law W
Whether you help Nature by v;.,
or foolish means is left to your oa ss
Judgment. To simply force bow "I
movement is unwise, unnatural s"d
ineffective. You can choose has rda
drastic, violently acting drugs % !.
take such without caring what tbo;.
action or effect is, or you can seIs. s
some old time-proven, trial tests
remedy, that has been used Cor n
years or more by thousands of peo,ls
all over the world, with the respI .
that it has won an enviable rennta
ton as a reliable household remsSr
Take Beecham's for example An
the world knows Beecham's: a eooS
ly part of the world uses Beechami,
has been using it for years, hapdins
its use down from father to SON
from mother to daughter, for gem
Grafton after generation, recommend
ing it to others. In spite of such
extensive and general use, who eve,
heard complaint or criticism ~
Beecham's? That in itself is
powerful recommendation.
Don't take anything for granted
Reason it out. All druggists sell
Beecham's-are glad to sell them
Beecham's reputation has bee,
made by its users not by its sellers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

Mrs. Hervey Bailey at Rest Hospital
Friday of last week.
Mrs. Annie Potter passed Sunday
afternoon with her daughter, Mrs.
Hervey Bailey at Rest Hospital,
Pittston.
Whitefield Fish and Game Club
held its annual picnic at Chase's
Point, Saturday.
Miss Ruth Goud recently passed
few days as the guest of her father,
William Cloud.
Camp Comfort" is closed for. the
winter, the entire party having re-
turned to their homes in Massachu-
sets.
Mrs. Newman Felt returned Sat
urday from a weeks visit with her
daughter. Mrs. Calvin Nealey of
Northport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hapgood, who
have been to Connecticut to take
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley home, returned
to Whitefield Wednesday.
Mrs. Lora Little has gone to Dor
chester, Mass, TO pass a few weeks
with her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Mary
King and Mrs. Emma Pettee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
Divorces Granted in
PlscataQuis County

me Following divorces were grant
eo by Associate Justice Albert N
spear at the September term Of thu
supreme judicial court for Piscataonis
county: '"4 us
Mary r. Howard. libelant We t,ar
Is. Howard. Cruel and abusivo
! Fred g. Perkins, libelant. VS.. Bertha
"A Iefklns. Utter deSertion. N-''
FRANK M. Strout, Iibelant. va Rer+b,
Se,out; cruel and abusive treatment
Care and custody of minor nhiId
Grace, given to libelee. '''i''
+ '- WiIIe, +; Wiley. libelant, vs. Jonn
Wthey. Gross and confirmed hahitg
Ini int"Xication. Care aud custody Of r
manor chiidrcn given to yrandmctbnr
o. said children. Marie Gore of CniII
t1ru ana the libclee is ordered to nav.
support. ioi 'hclr
Otis r. Aver libelant. VS.. Sarah
i Anne Aver. Adultery "' VI
huny Thomas. libclant. VS.. Arthur
tr,nuT rhtomas'' Cruel and abusiNe
Bertha Dixon. lihelant. vs.. George
| 'iNon; cfnel and abusive treatment
Nell w. Snow. libelant. vs.. Kari 9 :
HhoW. Nruel and abusive treatment
/. Ryda,A D. a eyer. libelant, VS., Cecilia
Daniel y; Moore. Utter Dissection Ea
! u.htihuco Tor more than three consCc-
mfive Years last prior to the filing of
! libel. Name of libclant to be cba6ped
TO Agnes Kennedy Patterson. v
Nellie W. Thurston. lihelant ys
Forrest TlNirston. Utter desertion
utive years last prior to the fling Of
the libel "
Sarah Hodgdon. libelsnt. VS.. Edwin
Hodgdon. Cruel and abusive treat
ment Care and custody of Ann FL
| mira Hodgdon. Charles Henry Uodr
don and Richard Isaac Hodgdon eivel,
TO Hhelant., The libelee TO pay IS per
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
CHINOOK JARGON
is STILL HEARD IN
THE NORTHWEST

Tacoma. Wash, Sept. 27--The
Chinook jargon, the prevalent means
of communication in pioneer days
between traders of all nations and
the Indians, is still heard in the
Northwest when old settlers meet in
reunion or at pioneer picnics. The
jargon is said to date back to the
early part of the 18th century when
English and Spanish navigators
adopted certain vowcls and con-
sonants to convey their meaning to
the Indians. The dialect grew in the
course of the years. until finally
words were evolved to express al
most every idea that might occur.
It was the universal language during
the early trading period, and was
known by Indians, English, French.
Spaniards and Americans alike. One
of the first things a settler did when
coming to the Northwest was to learn
Chinook so that he could converse
with the Indians. Each tribe had a
language of its own, but all knew
Chinook.
Some of the most common Chinook
as follows: klahowya, good morning;
kahtah mika, what ails you; kumtux
mika Boston wawa. do you under
stand English: kah mika klap choke
opalo, where did you catch that trout;
kahta mika. how are you: chahco
yahkwa, come here friend: abba. very
well; Boston man. Americana; chill
chill. stars: chuck, water: ki-nDoti,
tobacco: cultus. worthless: moo-lok.
elk; til-i-kum, friend; tin-tin. must
cal instrument: si-wash. Indian:
skookum, strong; and suk wal-al,
gun.
Some of these words have become
fairly current in this section. In
ordinary speech a man often refers to
a dear friend as his "tilicum": a per-
son who is of little account Is often
called "cultus," and "skoolum" is Of
ten applied to a man OF great
strength or physical vigor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
WINDSOR

WEST-The Ladies' Union will be
entertained at the home of Mrs. Frank
Merrill Wednesday. when they will
work on lacking puffs
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hodgkins Of
Augusta are guests at the home Of J..
w. Lamson.
Mr.. and Mrs Eben Hallowell il. ard
family enjoyed an auto trip to Jeffcr-
son Sunday. where they passed the
day very pleasantly.
Mrs. Jennie Ward of SusansvlIe,
Cal, who is here on visit to rela-
tives and friends. was a recent visitor
or Mrs. E. p. Barton for few days
Edward Trouant of Damariscotta
was an overnight guest of Mr. and
MRS. 5. p. Barton recently.
Fey Merrill, who is a teacher in
Winsiow, was a weekend guest Of
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Merrill
The band of North Windsor which
is doing fine work and entertaining
the church people during Sunday ser.
vices and Friday evening service. con.
sists of two vioiinists. Mr.. Gates and
Vinal Merrill; vey Merrill, trombone
and Merrill Thompson. cornetist
Mr. and Mrs. ]. C. Whitehouse o.!
Wilmington, DELI and Mr.. and Mrs r.
b. Whitehouse OF waterville were
callers on friends and relatives here
last week '~-
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"American Embassy
At Constantinople
Has Narrow Escape

Constantinople. Sept 3-(By MaiD
Tho establishment of Admiral Mark
l.. Bristol the United States High
Commissioner here, which is still re-
ferrcd to as the '.American Embassy
has lust missed being closed as. re
sult of tho cost of living and an effort
bv the State Department to introduce
economies.
Admiral Bristol has had an extra
allowance of SIPS a month and S15,-
600 a year for the maintenance Of the
embassy" .The former sum had to
cover the cost of social entertain
ments and the latter paid for clerk
hire, servants, messengers. tele-
phones, cabling, repairs and other eX-
pesses connected with a large ONCE
and residence Sometimes Admiral
Bristol has had to use his salary to
meet his bills.
Recently the $4,000 was reduced
by the state Department to $4,000
1t seemed that the closing OF the
embassy was the only solution.
Many devices were suggested for m
creasing the "embassy" income so 1T
might keep open. One jocular sug-
gestion was that charity benefit be
held.
After n good deal of correspond
ence with the State Department,
showing that the pre-war $4,000 had
lost much of it's value due to the
high cost of living here, an increase
of $4,000. was allowed and the "em-
bassv" is still open.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
Mrs. O'Leary and
Cow Not in the Chi
cagO Celebration

Chicago. Sept. Zt.~-MrS. O'Ieary
and her celebrated COW will have no
part in the observance of the semi
centennia! of the Chicago Fire, to be
held here Oct. 2-15, it was disclosed
today. The reason being that a
search of the records of the fire de-
partment shows that both Mrs.
OLeary and the COW had retired an
hour before the fire started, and had
nothing to do with starting the blaze.
although it did start in the O'Leary
COW shed
These records show that there was
rumor at the time that neighbors
had slipped into the barn, to milk
the cow for materials for an oyster
stew or a milk punch, and another
that bunch of boys from the neigh
borhood were smoking in the barn.
A broken lamp was found in the
ruins of the barn the day after the
fire. This gave rise to the report,
now become a legend, that Mrs
OLeary had gone to the barn in the
evening carrying a lamp and. that the
cow, piqued at being disturbed, had
kicked her mistress, who dropped the
lamp, and the big doings were on.
The fire department Investigators
learned that Mrs. OLeary had n sore
loot on the day of the fire and had
retired at $50 that evening. 1t was
deemed unlikely that she would
have arisen and gone to the barn
after tke chores were all done. es
peclaiiy with a sore foot, hence she
was absolved from blame. But the
popular rumor outran the official
records, and the things best remem-
bercd about the great disaster are
Mrs. O'Leary and her COW.
TWO men who later headed the
chicago fire department were mem
bers of the first engine COMPANY No
b' TO arrive at the fire. They were
William Mushtlm. who was foreman
OF the company, and John Campion.
assistant foreman. Both later be-
came fire marshal.
me hre viii be wildly reproduced
IN the fourth scene of the festival
play portraying Chicago's history
which is to be given in Grant Park
IN a specially built auditorium seat
ing lo,oUo persons. A cast of more
than $500, with chorus of OO0
singers and an orchestra of 100
pieces, will be employed in present
ing the play.
The first, scene shows the coming
Oh Marquette and Joliet, the French
missionaries, in 1873. Old Fort Dear
porn IN lSU} and the massacre in
lSl- are shown in the second scene
IN the third, the last Indian treaty
signed in 1892. by which the Indians
traded million acres of land in
iilihols for a million in Missouri and
ieft Illinois forever, is shown,
Ihe fourth scene shows the DAYS
oi me NIFil War. and closes with the
IRE. The fifth shows the wor,d,e
fair' and the sixth shows the DAYS
on the World War and closes with y
prophetic vision of what Chicago
may be fifty years hence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
MONTVILLE

Kenneth Carter is quite i'll with an
attack of grippe.
Miss Marie Jackson is also on the
sick list.
Willard Vose reports raising some
fine citron this year. one of which
weighed 10 "a pounds.
a delegation from here attended
the meeting at Cars Corner, Paler-
mo, last Sunday
A large number of people attend
ed the fair here last week. The dis
play of fancy work, and vegetables
would be hard for any fair to beat
Those who attended other fairs this
year say that Montviile's was best of
them all. Besides the exhibition of
fancy work and vegetables, some
very nice artistic work was on exhi-
bitiOn among which was n print of
butter with a perfect Gala lily bios
som on the top made of the butter,
by Mrs. Josephine Knights.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
Cholera May Finish
Wars Work in Part
of Stricken Armenia


Constantinople, Sept. 4.-(By MaiD
Cholera is spreading throughout
that part of Armenia which was the
scene of the war between the Turks
and Armeninns last winter. according
to q dispatch received here from
Ti1is and forwarded by Paxton Hib
ben, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mr., Hib-
ben is member of the group of rep
resentatives of the Near East Relief
and recently visited Armenia beforea
starting northward through Russia
to Moscow. He writes that the chol-
era is due to lack of foodstuffs and
the consequent reduced resistance of
the population to the inroads of dis
ease. He adds:
"An average OF % aged persons
and young children are dying daily
in the streets of AleMnndropol from
both cholera and hunger. The bodies
are being loaded in the wagons
which are continually making the
rounds of the streets in search for
corpSes.
THE American Near East Relief
is taking additional hundreds of
virtually naked children into its al
ready overcrowded orphanages and
housing them under open sheds until
buildings can be obtained.
''There are 6S registered cases of
cholera in Erivan and 141 at Alex
andropol and the deaths are aver
aging 20 per cent. of the cases. An
Armenian physician of the Near East
oil a
of the disease. Two buildings of the
American orphannges there arc
quarantined on account OF cholera
cases. This results in confirming in
the buildings ] 200 children and sew
eral American relief workers.
AT karaklis there are four chol-
era cases among 5S5 orphans under
American care but the epidemic
among the children is being, at least.
held in check. @ss
The homeless inhabitants of 10
towns, RACED by the Turks, who are
now camping in the fields and
swarming in the city streets, are
without the slightest hope of assist
ance from the impoverished govern
ment in whose paper money 5000
rubles is equivalent to one cent.
THE Armenian Foreign Minister.
AScanaS MooraVian. and the Minister
of Supplies, Sarkis Srabeonian, re-
Gently waited on u delegation of %
Americans headed by Charles V.
Vickrey. General Secretary of the
Near East Relief, to appeal for
American aid to soc Armenia tbrourb
the winter. They stated that the
government was trying desperately
TO obtain grain from Persia but that
the Persian government was bccom-
ing alarmed at the expectation of
foodstuffs and was putting an en-
barge on its exports, thus cutting off
the only nearby source of supply.
THE present crops in Armenia
were sown in May after the. depar-
ture of the Turks and in consequence
of this late planting the grain is
stunted. The government estimates
that it can not possibly, even with a
minimum consumption, supply the
population with food beyond January
next.
The housing conditions also are
appalling, owing to the destruction
OF the many villages Last winter
the roofs of houses throughout Ar
menia were burned for fuel. This
leaves many occupied houses with
gaping roofs which will be open to
the winters SHOWS while the govern
ment estimates that 100000 people
are homeless"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

me date of the annual exhibition
OF farm crops to be held in BANGOR
CITY nall was by mistake given as
oct' 1919, or just a month too early,
! the correct dates being Tuesday.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
November 10, 16, II and IS.
Miss Annie r. Maxwell accom-
panied by her father W. A. Maxwell
We're in the city Tuesday afternoon
and visited the State House Miss
Maxwell has since last March been
second deputy state auditor of tho
state of Massachusetts. Amounted
by Auditor Cook and being the only
woman to ever hold the position
{ Miss Maxwell had been in the audi-
tors Office for some years and her
ability and knowledge of the worL,
won Tor her the position, of which
she is naturally proud and Mr.. Max
wei smilingly admitted that he.was
also proud of it and her Miss Max
We'll called upon Secretary of State
Frank w Rall and State Auditor
Roy /. Wardwell. Mr.. and Miss
Maxwell are passing her vacation in
Winthrop, stopping at the I.akeview
Governor Baxter arrived in the CITY
Tuesday evening and today (Wednes-
day) will attend the fair at SkowRe-
gan.
Deputy Forest Commissioner Neil
l.. ViOlette, accompanied by Louis S.
Murphy of the United States Forestry
Department, has returned from a trip
to the Chesuncook region. They
visited and inspected the lookout sta
lions on Spencer mountain and Boar
stone mountain. the former in Range
II and the latter Elliottsville Pianta-
ton. both in piscataquis county. The
former ascent also necessitated a 90
mile hike, which was fully enough
although, the view from the station
more than repaid them. They also
called upon the following chief
wardens: r. s. Brick at Chesuncook.
Frank p. Conley at Greenville Juno
ton; AMI Errold F. Hilton at Sc
hoomook. The trip occupied four
days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

Williamstown. Sept Eft was an.
nounced Monday that Williams COL
lege will retain daylight saving time
Tor another month at least despite
the fact that clocks throughout the
state have been turned back an hour
Additional time is obtained in this
way for the student body to engage IN
athletics, following out the policy re-
Gently inaugurated here for more
general participation in sports by the
undergl aduates.
AS a result of the decision reached
by the college authorities there are
now two systems of time in effect
here. While Williams retains me
daylight saving the remainder Of ths
town returns to standard. CLOCKS
varying an hour in time may be seen
on opposite sides of the main street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

week for the support of Ann Elmira
and Charles Henry Hodgdon. Costs OF
$17.59 deeFeed against the libesee.
James p. Moore. libelant. VS.. Gladys
II. Moore of Dover. Adultery.
Edna E. Robinson, libelant, VS.. Will
lie l.. Robinson of FoXcroft. Cruel
and abusive treatment.
Aigie r. Whiting, libelant, vs. Lucy
F. Whiting Cruel and abusive treat
ment.
Addie 2. Weymouth. libelant vs..
Clifton w. Weymouth. Cruel and
abusive treatment. Care ami custody
of minor child. John L. Weymouth,
given to libelant,
Lucy B. Wentworth, libelant, vs..
Thomas l.. Wentworth. Cruel and
abusive treatment.
Hortense Williams, libelant, VS. Lar
ry ]. Williams. Care and custody of
minor children. Hope Williams and
Ruth Williams, given to libelant
| Jennie Grace Dubay. libelant, VS..
Ruel A. Dubay. Adultery.
| Ora A. Gerald, libeiant, vs.. Villa
! Evelyn Gerald. Adultery.
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stiii look upon safety as something
10 let George - It. and when there
lent place in any other department
for ii man who has TO be kept on the
payroll II il a common thing to hear:
20. put him in the safety depart
mont
"Therc is no usp lodging this issue.
We can never sell this campaign to
our men and tho great public we
norFo until We .irst sell ourselves,
I'll can 10 done and will be done
Nnen VIC say it is going TO be done"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

Report has been made to Secretary
j. r. Bagley of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections that an I'M
known woman has been soliciting
funds in Fairfield and vicinity for a
salvation Army Home for Children
in New York City.
Mr' Baeley states that the woman
Is unknown to his department and
certainly has never been licensed to
solicit funds for any such purpose in
Maine. People should, therefore, be
on their guard against her, as her
representations are entirely unwar-
ranted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
WHITEFIELD

Mrs. Hervey Bailey. who recently
underwent an operation at Rest Hos
pital, East Pittston, is very much
improved and will soon be able to go
to her home.
Forest Ware left for trip to Bos-
ton Friday of last week.
Winnifred Potter, who is employed
at Manchester passed Sunday with
his little daughter, Irene at the home
of his father.
Mrs. Lila Cloud. Mrs. Paul King
and Mrs. Arthur Merigold called on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28
CANAAN

ri, and Mrs. Raymond Leggott with
Mrs. t.sggatt'H daughter. Rosamund
KimhaiL Mervia Robinaon and neither
Mira, Robinson, who have. boon guest"
Of Mrs, Isabel Hanrcom tho past week,
returned Saturday 10 their homes in
Dover. \, ii, Mrs, Robinson and SON
Mervia, will return in u fow weeks 70
pass tho winter with Mrs, Hanacom
MIR. and Mrs, Roy Wilson or Show
hogan were guests Sunday Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Virgil Holt.
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A. Household Necessity

Every woman in New
England should read the
Household Pages in the
Boston Daily and Sunday
Globe. Run by New Eng
land housewives, it gives
b e t t er information on
household matters than
any d o m e S tic science
course or cook book ever
written. Arrange to have
the Boston Daily and Sum
day Globe in your home
every day in the year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-09-28

tralia. Various state governments
and private interests have con-
tributed upwards of 100000 for the
erection-o of plants and the installation
of machinery for further investiga-
ton into the matter.