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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-07-14
ATHENS

Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Bova and their
son Leo of Newtonville, Mass. and
DR.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Lord and son Ed
win Of Skowhegan were guests last
week at the home Of Mrs. Bovas
brother Albert Fish. Leo Bova Is
remaining for several weeks on his
uncle's farm.
GO TO A REGISTERED OPTOMET.
RIST
For an Examination of Your Eyes
and Glasses II Necessary
Trust Them TO No One Else
l.. W.SYM0NS. Registered Opt0metrlst
Mcclellan Bldg. SkOWhegan
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CANAAN

Cedar wanted for posts. poles and
ties. Don NJ ToWne, Madison. 4w27
GO TO A REGISTERED 0PTOMET-
RISI
For an Examination OF Your Eyes
and Glasses II Necessary
Trust Them TO No One Else
l.. W.SYM0NS. Registered Opt0metriSt
Mcclellan Bldg. Sk0Whegan
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-07-14

To the damage Of said plaintiff Gas
she says) the sum of one Hundred
dollars. which shall then and there be
made to appear with other due dam
ages.
And have you there this writ with
your doings therein.
Witness:--LESLIE c. CORNISH. Jus
tice of our said Court at Skowhegan
the Twenty Seventh day of May in the
year of our Lord one Thousand Nine
Hundred and Twenty-One
w. T. SEEKINS. Clerk.
Somerset SIS, Clerks Office. Sup. Jud
Court.
Received and filed 2Sth day of June.
A. ID. 1921.
Attest w. T. SEEKINS, Clerk
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STATE OF MAINE

supreme JUDICIAL Court, In vacation
Skowhegan. June 2s, 1921.
Upon the annexed writ and libel. 1t
is ordered by me, the undersigned, a
Justice of said Court. that notice he
given to the libelee by publishing an
attested copy OF the same, or an alb
stract thereof, together with this or
der thereon, three weeks successfully
In the Independent-Re Reporter. a news
paper printed in Skowhegan, in the
county of Somerset, the last publica-
ton to be thirty days at least before
the next term of said court, TO be hold
EN- at Skowhegan. within and for said
county on the third Tuesday of Sep
TENDER next, that he may then and
there appear in said court and answer
thereto IL he see fit.
WARREN c. PHILBROOK,
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
true copy of writ and libel and
order of court thereon.
Attest:
w. T. -SEEKINS,
Clerk.
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II AR NONy

Harmony high school off,.
oil the Ferguson. the last edi,ia, eol
school annual, for 3je. poslgs a VI
dress order to x. L. Willis +, ' fsa
'''' '''dh4ge
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LEXINGTON

A very attractive wedding took
place at Kingleld, June 10, at IL
O'Clock a. m. by the Rev. A. M. Soule
the double ring service being used,
when Miss Helen +. Allbee the ED
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Allbee became the bride of Thomas
Howell Atwood, the youngest son of
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STATE OLE NAME

County of Somerset SIS
May 27th. 4. y. 1921
The said libelant made oath that the
above allegation as to the residence OF
the libelee is true.
Before me.
GEORGE NJ CHAPMAN,
Justice of the Peace.
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EAST SkOWHEGAN

Mrs Laura Austin is not improv-
ing as rapidly as her friends wish her
to.
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THE FORKS

Cedar wanted for posts, poles and
ties. Don NJ. Towne, Madison, 4w27
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NRaRIDGEWOCk

Dance At East Madison, tonight
Thursday, Lyons Orchestra.
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C0RNVILLE

Cedar wanted for posts. poles anC
ties. Don NJ. Towhe, Madison, AVE-
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MARYLAND

The Observation-Disclosures is Il
sale at X. C.. Hamiltons.
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GooDpYEAR

PrBLIC CAR
REPAIRING AND OVERHAULING
PITTSFIELb AVENUE GARAGE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
THE MYSTERIES OF THE SEA

her under the paddle wheel and overturned
her, with the loss of everybody aboard.
On August %, 1888, the Inchlutha left Cal
cutta for Hull with cargo of wheat, and
day later the Cherubini left Sunderland for
Geneva with COAL and neither was ever heard
from. On March 8, 1885, the Magnetic was
seen passing out Of the English Channel for
Singapore and was never sighted again. The
Yula Maru was found in midocean with eight
dead men on deck What became of the rest
of her crew never was known.
The Great Lakes have had similar tragedies
Also there were pirates on the inland seas in
the days of King Strang.
One of the major mysteries of the lakes is
that of the Chicora, passenger steamer which
left St. Joseph, Mich, for Chicago on a
stormy winter night and was never heard from
again, not so much as a spar being found.
The crack steamer Alpena was within thirty
miles of Chicago when she vanished, leaving
no trace. ffty-seven people being lost
On Lake Superior many craft has gone to
the bottom account Of the little ice devils
that form on the bow in freezing weather.
One of the craft so lost was the Bannockburn,
which left Duluth in Gee devil" time and paid
the penalty. The wrath of the Bannockburn
can De seen To-Day, so Lake superior legend
has it, always sinking by the head in the clutch
of the "ice devis.'
Lost ships began getting into literature
IN an early day. "The Flying Dutchman"
sailed in the imagination of sailormen lone
before it had Wagnerian music as an accom-
panment to it's wanderings. In Puritan New
England there many phantom ships that
had hold on the popular imagination. Cotton
Mather tells of such craft that was spoken
of in the pulpits of New Haven A new shin
left that port in January, 1647, for her maiden
trip and was never heard from Six months
later, after thunderstorm at sunset, ship
like her was seen sailing up the river against
the wind Drawing nearer, she gradually disap-
peared. Thanks were offered in New Haven
pulpits that God had granted this confirma
ton OF the fears of the townspeople.
Salem minister in the eighteenth century
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

dies March 4, 1918, for an Atlantic port. She
was under Lieutenant Commander George W.
Worley and had Is officers, 221 men and 81
passengers aboard. 1t thought that at
the close of the war some word concerning the
destruction of The Cyclops at German hands
would be received but no light has been shed
on the mystery from enemy sources. The giant
collier disappeared without leaving trace and
without flashing message that was caught.
Those who contend that the recent disap-
pearances Of ships are due to natural agencies
and not to pirates have plenty of background
for their theory in maritime history In spite
of the great improvements in ships many dis
appearances have been chronicled in recent
years, with no question of piracy brought up
A case in point is that of the Naronic, a
freighter, first Of the twin screw type for
cargo trade. The Naron;c had eight bulk
heads and was called the biggest, safest and
swiftest steamship Of her time. She sailed for
Liverpool and disappeared, nothing but cap
sized lifeboat being found weeks .ater.
In the days Of the sidewhceors end sailing
vessels total disappearance were frequent.
The City of Glasgow, in 1854 sailed from
England with $50 passengers, l,ost OF them
emgrants, bound Tor Caste Garden No trace
of her was found. Two years later the Pa
cltic, of the Collins Line started from New
York with 1S6 passengers For months she
was searched for in vain.
Other ships left some faint hints regarding
their fate. The President is believed to have
foundered in gale Of the New England
coast. Another ship saw hec in storm max
ing heavy going of it. The President had left
New York March II, 184l, among her nassen
gers being Tyrone Power, the Irish actor.
Two months later bottle was washed ashore
on Cape Cod with this message: president
sunk in storm"
In 1870 the City of Boston, with 200 pas
sengers, left Liverpool never to return. Some
of her wreckage was found months later. No
one knows exactly what happened to the Port
land, which left Boston in the fall of 1898. but
it is believed that an extra heavy sea caught
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

reported similar specter. A ship cleared on
Friday from that port for England Among
her passengers were an unknown man and
girl of great beauty. Salem feared the
strangers were witches. The ship was never
heard of again, but reappeared off Salem in
specter form after three-day storm, with
the stranger and girl plainly visible. Before
the prayers of the minister who reported the
event, the ghostly ship vanished.
Whether it be from storms or sea serpents,
icebergs or pirates, the hidden rocks of the
Spanish "vigia," the clutching seaweed of the
Sargossa or the grip of the "ice devils" of
the Far North, the sea still offers mysteries
for the imaginations of men to feed upon
When a mystery happens nowadays, like
that of the Cyclops or the Deerng, it is rem
dered more intense because the wireless and
other products of mans ingenuity have been
set at naught.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

Main Mosquito is to be Walter Hartwig, ex-
ecutive director of the Drama League To
him falls the peculiarly acceptable task of
making snobbery, ro-Germanism and Bolshe-
yism ridiculous.
Judging by the title of the play by Ralph E.
Renaud, THE Flying Door Mat, an Exposition
of Relatively in One Lesson" it would seem
that Professor Einstein might be the mas
ter of ceremonies. But no. Old Doc Einstein
has faded away like Winnecke's comet into the
bleak vacuum of German science leaving US
weltering in the tale of his mysteries The
relatively involved in the play is more psyche
logical than metaphysical (my, how some
people can sling the Kings EnglishD and
hangs upon the theme that our Town troubles
often seem very insignificant when viewed in
the light of other peoples worries A mosquito
in Forest Hills, for example, seems decidedly
threatening until one considers the possibility
of meeting Bolshevk in Russia good
many of US consider our income taxes bit of
burden, but we wouldn't if we had Just
escaped from some country where they
omitted the incomes as we'll as the taxes. Thus,
you see, any opinion your difficulties or con-
dltlon in life becomes, as we said in the. first
place, purely question of RELATIVELY .r&.
Anyway, that is what the Gardens play
wright says, and he says it for about an hour
and half. This is how he does it
He invents engaged couple, Mr.. Forest
and Miss Hills, who, like most other engaged
couples, are ardently hunting house to live
in and competent cook to keep them alive.
They have managed to get hold of magic
wishing rug-n other words. The Flying Door
Mat--which, with a little persuasion, jjtneys
its owners around through the crcumambent
like we'll trained aeroplane. The old door
mat, being exceedingly wise little rug in
its own generation, with a we'll developed
knowledge of what is best for young engaged
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Continued from, page one)

whole crew lost their lives. Then came the
natural reversion to the ancient question:
What but sea serpent could have caused
the destruction of these people?"
A faker attracted considerable excitement
when he made long-wnded confession" in
which he said he had shipped as member of
the and had slain everybody aboard.
Finally the public stopped specializing about
the fate of the Marie Celeste, and the little
brig simply passed into the chronicles of I'M
solvable mysteries of the sea.
Such mysteries are innumerabe. The latest
to engage public attention is that of the
Cyclops, the gigantic collier which was the
first ship with wireless equipment to join the
Port of Missing Ships. The Cyclops was
loaded with manganese and left the West In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03
FOREST HILLS ON THE MAT

Alas, there ARE mosquitoes in England-hor-
rid ones, snobbish little supporters of Caste
and Vested Interests. Indeed, they admit it,
chanting:
eve are the English Upper Classes.
Ham! Haul
The Noble Nobs and the Titled Assess.
Haw! HaW!
My ,Oord, bat zoe are superior,
Trained to Il perfectly frigid exterior.
Far above others teho merely enist,
WE'RE on HIS Mojesty's visiting list!
We are the English Upper Strata,
Warbling our little exclusive cantata.
SLAVES of the Monocle, slightly ironical,
Holding oar privileges strictly camomical.
We are the sons
OF the big, big guns,
Casing at others aoith infinite pity
WE His Majesty's Steering Committee.
Caste! Caste! Caste! Caste!
That's what WE'RE out for first to Iast!'
With few pointed questions and free use
of their probiscii the beastly little snobs dis
pose Of that dear Mr.. Lloyd George and remove
him entirely from the scene. The two home
seekers are left debating where they can find
an untroubled happiness, and Miss Hills is
none too pleased when the Good Fairy appears
with a number of snappy suggestions. In
deed, she manages to leave the Good Fairy be-
hind when she and Mr.. Forest embark on the
rug, which this time lands them i'll
GREECE, the Land of Things as They
We're. They are received in splendor by
Constantine, King of the Helenes. He affa-
bly, desires to be known to them only as Tho,
who adores all Americans, including the
Princess Anastasia Tino instructs them how
to look back over twenty-five centuries through
the curious telescope he carries to the glories
that were Greece when the hamadryads and
the fauns were abroad among the hyacinths.
They are completely bowed over decide to
send for the Victrola and spend the rest of
their lives in more or less classic dancing
But suddenly the ominous buzz drifts down
the wind. Tino dsrnisses it merely as court
gossip, yet in moment Mr.. Culex marches
IN at the head of housekeeping band of
pronouncedly pro-German mosquitoes appro-
priately attired in pickelhaubes. He hastens
to deliver himself of the following message
from the former Kaiser
"Atchumg! Attend, mosquitoes! Flip up your
suings, rejoice!
For as read you'U recognize once more Your
Masters Voice"
And proceeds to read from an important
looking official document:
"To all deuout pro Germans dispersed through-
out the World:
We most regretfully announce our battle-fog
is furled.
Spurlos Versemkt our Submarines, our shining
arnaor smashed,
1t cannot be denied oar hope to boss the show
is dashed.
Paris remains verboten, Verdun Is still IN
sto,n,ed,
We Stag no helpless children any more; eoe
hqve reformed.
But, oh, may little German friends, it aUos not
OUR design
To sign their stupid treaty upon the dotted line.
So spread yoatr Shiny lies about and keep your
eyebaUs aUet.
And-Englamd France, America, the boobs!-
aveU beat them get!
Weep copions quarts for Germany, but shed no
kindly tear
For those tUho- tried to thaUart our 1Uil-for
then, reserve you1 sheer.
Speak gently of the Fatherland, but bitterly
aSsaI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

The Great Allies aoho tripped as up and caused
our feet to tail,
And If yoM Keep dissension soaUn where friend
ship or9ht to spring
We may not hdve to ante up q single blessed
thingi
We'll fight no more but lie and cheat md let
oar debtors dance;
For so zoe hope to gouern still the beggard land
Of France.
oh ceose not f'1snds from 'oorrying with plot
ard counter plot
An those Who bo,u not do,on before Der Good
Old German Gott."
Throughout these instructions Tino capers
with delight. He is overwhelmed both at the
nobility Of the sentiments and the grandeur
Of their expression, But Miss Hills and Mr..
Forest, being good Americans, are properly
disgusted. They seek to hear no more of that
sort Of stuff and hurry to the rug, which lifts
them lightly across thousand miles or so of
fairly fresh atmosphere and deposits them in
RUSSIA, the Land of Things as They Never
Should Have Been. They can tell at once it
is Russia by the smell. And if they needed
any further proof, both Lenine and Trotzky
are there, announcing:
eve are the checker
The sncaky, Bolsheviki
You're heard lot of u.s. beyond a doubt
Gaze on our features--
We are the crafty creatures
Who grabbed this land and turned it inside out.
We murder, a0e piIlage
In eVery toaUn and UiNdge;
We rob them on highly novel plan.
But they love appropriation,
They delight IN slow starvation,
Because 1t means the Brotherhood of Man.
OF course our method uaries,
We've Chinese mercenaries
To corry peace to Poland and Japan.
And a0hen, at home, aOe kill 'en1,
It's only to instal em
With the spirit of the Brotherhood of Man.
Mon! Man!
To spread abroad the Brotherhood of Man."
Both the Red leaders are delighted to well
Mr.. Forest, assuming that he is the
newly appointed Ambassador from the United
States whom they have been expecting. After
some lighter persifage from Lenine to the
effect that he crucifies 'em and Trotzky pacifes
'em, he hastens to the business Of the occasion
thus:
Lenine-And now / think we'd better pro-
coed at once to reestablish trade relations Err
have you watch?
Nh Forest (instinctively feeling for it)-A
watch?
Lenine-kh, yes. I see you have. (Den-
terously frisking him.. Thank you!
Miss Hills-Harold, he's taking your watch!
Lenine (scowIing at her)-My dear young
lady if l hear any more of these irrelevant
remarks from you Ill-Ill have you nation
allied! (Sts subsidies. He proceeds Nth Mr..
Forest). And a wallet, Your Excellency? All,
yes; thank you again! Come, Trotzy, help
me off with this coat (They Yeanove Mr.. For
ests coat. Lenine puts the match and 1UaUet
M has pocket, examines the coat and then
8 hands it to TrotShy). You may have the coat,
Trotzky.
Trotzky (odnmrlnq it)-Stylish, amt it? I
used to make pants myself once in the Bronx.
approaching Mr., Forest and putting a hand
on has belt, aoistfully)-You couldn't spare the
pants. too, could you?
Mr. Forest (breaking aaoay)-Lay off there,
you fellows! Cut the rough stuff! I'd like to
know what Pm getting out of this.
Lenine (suavely)-Ah, my dear Ambassa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

couples lands them in Forest Hills They are
delighted. 1t is exactly what they wanted
Even the name of the place has a flavor of
their wedding announcements. The crowd
gathered in Olivia Park for the Fourth Of July
entertainment makes hit with them-just
the sort of people they like. Trees, grounds,
housekeeping is ideal. In fact, every
prospect pleases until
B-z-z-z-z-z
Mosquitoes descend upon them--mosquitoe
led by the Father of Mosquitoes himself, Mr.
Culex Ppiens, as the entomoogsts call him.
Now Mr. Culex isn't really an insect. He is
symbol In fact, he explains himself thus:
Listen to me, folks
Get me straight,
IN, the particular thing you hate.
I'm the mythology
Of gour psychology
am the thing you abom;aate!
To some, q mosquito,
buzz m your ear.
To Congress q Ueto,
To statesmen q smeer-
I'm TIE CUSTOMS, the VielUs
That gou do not indorse;
IN, q fit of the bLues
Or a touch of renorse.
I'm the black disappointment
That holds Uou IN grapple;
Tn, the fy IN yonr ointment,
Tbs 1corms in yoatr apple.
Ha, ha!
Get me straight,
I'm the thing that you hate,
I'm aOhatever you chance to abominate"
Nevertheless Miss Hills is not treasured.
She is suffering from a Mosquito Complex.
Her father happened to be an inventor, the
very fellow who first produced mosquito net
ting-and the darned things have been after
her ever since.
Matters indeed look dark for a moment.
The bottle Of ctronela which Mr.. Forest al
ways carries for protection, fails to function.
Only the prompt intervention of their Good
Fairy, who advises them to climb on the Fly
ing Door Mat saves the situation. Almost as
quickly as it takes to think it, the accor,mo-
dating rug has whisked them over the Atlantic
and landed them gently in
ENGLAND, the Land of Things as They Are.
England is also lovely. Charming matched
cottages, suggesting old home week in hay
field, beef eaters grazing on the velvety lawns
everything, indeed, suggestive of a sweet,
Sylvan ClVilAdtiOn. mere CnSy are greeted ny
n rather extraordinary person, who introduces
himself as David Wark Griffith Lloyd George.
Lloyd George proceeds to tell them that
he not only wrote the complete history of
England, but produced the entire British ma
ton at an expense previously unheard of in
motion pictures. This he proudly holds as
one of the most stupendous feats of the imagi-
nation In fact, he doesn't believe that Wells
himself could have done any better.
The picture making Premier insists that his
production offers everything the human race
has right to ask for-marvelous old ruins,
modern politics, croquet, curates, quaint vii
lage misunderstanding that makes for the
we-known British atmosphere. Mr.. Forest
and Miss Hills are fascinated. The optimism
of the man is hypnotic. He is so delightfully."-
mendacious They about to lease the first
structure they can get lease on when they
hear once more the dreaded buzz of the winged
singers.
Lloyd George, of course, denies point blank
that there are any mosquitoes in England-in
fact, he refuses to see them, when, adorned with
spats and monocles, Mr.. Culex leads them in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

YER since the day Bill Shakespeare
q and Dick Burbage became majority
a stockholders in the Globe Theater and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-09-17
Iron County Teachers.

Miss Ida Bradley. county super
intendent of schools, has announced
the following list Of teachers ia schools
in the county:
SaXon-Mr. Carlson, principal of
High school, Mr. CanGeld, High
school, Il. J. Sage, principal of the
graded schools, Miss Magnetic Quinn.
Miss Esther Rein and Miss Bonita
sullivan, teachers.
Iron Belt Mr. Crosslund, super
intendent, Miss Thomas, domestic
science, Miss Laura Richards, Miss
Jane Richards, Mrs. Charles Carlin,
Miss Bonita Lambrix, Miss Violet
Madden, Miss Ida Anderson, Miss
Katherine Abli and Miss Lillian
Borns.
Mercer Miss Elsie Warner, prineip-
al, Miss Zelda Glenn Mclaughlin,
Miss Ethel Kelley, Miss Ellen Hagen
and Miss Julia Maxi.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-09-17
No Signs on Highways.

A state law, recently passed, re
quires that all advertising bul
letins are to be removed from state
highways. Those who have been
using this form of advertising will
have to resort to other methods.
1t is contended that these adj
vertising signs obstruct the view
of the direction signs which have
been set up by town and county
officials. The forest of signs and
boards at many crossings is con
fusing. An automobile speeds
past before the chauffeur can pick
out what is wanted and catch the
readings.
1t is also claimed that at Ger
tain crossings autos are liable TO
come into collision on turning
corners, before their drivers can
catch sight of each other, on ac-
count of mammoth boards that
obstruct the view.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-09-17
Fair Grounds Leased to County.

The Gogebic county fair grounds
in Curry park have been leased to
the county for a period of 90 years,
thus bringing to a close a con
troversy waged for the past several
years That the fair grounds
should be leased to the county has
been a matter of agitation for some
time. The favorable action i'll the
matter was taken at the meeting of
the Ironwood city council Tues
day evening.
The Gogebic County Fair as
ISOLATION thus gets control of that
part of the grounds used for fair
purposes. That part used as park
will remain under the control of
the city. The fair association has
announced that numerous improve
ments will be made and additional
permanent buildings erected. The
barns and sheds will be moved to
another part of the grounds aud a
road will be built on the north
side.