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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
MEDALLION HELD AS CURIO
Only One Of Number Struck in 1925
Is Believed to Be in Existence
Today.

To defray the expenses incident to
the inauguration of John Quincy Adj
ans as the sixth President of the
United States in 1928, the inaugural
committee sold medalions at 50 each.
Five dollars was considerable money in
those days, and the owner of Il medal
lion was entitled to special considera-
ton at the Inaugural ceremonies.
AS much as the medallions were
priced 50 years ago, it is believed that
only one exists today, the property of
j. A. Larrick, a policeman detailed to
Washington police headquarters.
The Adams medallion was given to
Larrick Is years ago by Edward Muir
ply, who is now dead. Murphy's fa-
ther, who witnessed the Inauguration
of President Adams. was the original
purchaser of the medal.
AT the time he was presented with
the medallion. Larrick was a police
man in the First precinct. Murphy
was an aged bookkeeper. Larrick on
several occasions assisted the old fell
low and the medallion was his re-
ward.
Probably the most striking thing
about the medallion is its inscription.
Science Brings Peace and America
Plenty"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
- " ..
Chose Wife BY Her Feet.

Reading persons characters from
their feet is the method Sir Robert
Baden-P Powell, the chief scout, has ad-
mitted he employed in choosing his
wife-"The best wife | ever had"
The secretary of Il boy scouts troop
gives these examples of foot reading ::
"Short steps denote a fussy, swag-
gering little person.
Hurried, jerky steps, nervous per-
son.
- slow SLOUGH, a lazy man, loafer.
Smooth, quick steps, an intelligent,
observant person:
A boy scout observed that a stolid
person often walks tlatfooted.
II. V. l.. Ross, the walker, said :
"The walker | most distftst, especial
ly where woman II Concerned, is the
one who comes down hard on the heels.
| believe this is sign of ii bad-tem-
pered person.'-F'rom the Continental
Edition of the London Mail.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Expect New Boom in Yukon,

That, with the discovery of the large
silver areas in the vicinity of Keno
HILL the Yukon is entering on a new
industrial era, is the statement made
by Colonel Thompson, Nj. p. for the
territory, who recently arrived In OF
tawa after Il three months absence in
the Northland. He expresses the
opinion that the new silver find will
take the place of the gold that first
put the Yukon country on the map.
Keno Hill is on the Mayo river, trib-
utary Of the Stewart, $50 miles south
east of Dawson. The camp has popu-
latiOn of about 500. The ores are ga
lena, carrying very high values of
lead and silver, the latter running
from so to go ounces to the ton. Dis
cOverles have been made over an area
so miles in extent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
TEMPTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS
Adventurous Bessie Attempted to
Make Her Way Into Vaudeville
in City of Dallas.

Gentle Bessie, tired of the humdrum
life of giving milk and butter for the
hungry mouths of some family, and
bored with the pastoral quiet of the
farm, determined the other night to
have taste of the gay life of the big
city at least once before she crossed
the River Styx. Accordingly she
sought out the brightest lights Of the
city, vaudeville house.
But first her bovine majesty saun-
tered gayly up Elm street from La
mar, gazing in the show windows as
she roved. While in this vicinity she
even attempted to enter a street car.
Then, pursuing her primrose course, she
plodded on toward the center of the
city until she was confronted with the
gray. yellow lights Frightening the
front Of a vaudeville show. Not con-
sidering whether she would be wei
come guest, Bessie walked into the
lobby OF the show. thereby nearly
causing the head usher to be smitten
with Mysteries He finally recovered,
and, taking courage and stick, he
rushed at Bessie Feeling that she
was not wanted there, Bessie walked
out again.
At the door she was met BY re-
ception committee consisting of two
policemen, who had been summoned
and without ceremony she was roped
and led away to the city pound. where
she brooded over the sights of the big
city as she had seen them.-Dallas
News.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Leus and Health.

According to experts. the general
health as well as ones state Of mind
are Influenced largely by the way we
use our legs. Persons with irritable
tendencies Invariably acquire the hab-
1t Of crossing the legs. For them to
keep the legs parallel IL to invite
feeling Of uneasiness. Braln-workers.
too, find 1t easy to fall into the habit
Of crossing their legs. When over
whelmed with work. this Ia the favor.
lite attitude. Engross them with I'M
portant problems requiring initiative
and the legs unfold. This Is because
the best train Of thought happens
when the legs are thrust straight out
Sitting with the legs crossed Is also .
frequent cause Of obesity. If you wish
to remain slim and possess good fg-
ure, don't cross the legs. Instead .opy
your cat. and stretch all you can.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

The present membership of the Y.
w. c. A. in the United States Is
559,3l5, an increase of approximately
100000 in the last five years. There
are 1912 association centerS in the
country 351 of them in 234 cities of
more than $4,000 population, Ill In
smaller communities and $50 in COL
ieges. This is exclusive of work be-
ing carried on by the American as
ISOLATION In eight European countries.
and in India, Japan, China, South
America and Honolulu.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
DEFECT IN EXISTING MAPS
That They Are Not Drawn to Uniform
Scale Is Felt to Be an Educa-
tional Handicap.

1t has long been the dream of geOg-
raphers to make q series of maps of
the world on a uniform scale Indeed,
it is considered unfortunate for school
children that the Biographies do not
show all countries by maps on a
single, uniform scale, for unless a
student observes very carefully the
figures showing the scale of each map
or the figures showing the area of the
country mapped he'is likely to get the
impression that certain distant lands,
which are generally mapped on a
small scale, are smaller than those
with which he is most familiar. Take
Australia, for example: The maps in
the biographies now used In most of
our schools show it on small scale
about one-third as large as that used
for the map of the United States; yet
Australia is, In fact, nearly as large
as the United States-only about one
fortieth (2h per cent? smaller. China
Is generally shown smaller in area
than the United States, yet 1t is about
one-third larger.
The work Of preparing maps Of the
entire world on uniform scale of one
to one million-that is, maps on whicl.
one unit (any unit-inch, centimeter.
millimeter, etc. represents one million
like units on the ground-has been
under way for several years, and the
United States geological survey, De
Dartmant 0f t,,a TptoriOr hac made,
considerable progress in its work Oh
the parts of this map that were as
signed to the United States. The
principle used in preparing these
maps, if adopted by the publishers of
school books will give the children ac-
curate Impressions of the relative
sizes of the countries of the world.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

"The Seashore jokes about short
bathing costumes are back numbers
said Cortandt Blocker, the society
leader at a Newport ball. "All the
same"
Mr.. Blocker chuckled merrily.
Here's good one, all the same
Two Newport girls were jazzing in
their 'maillots' the other morning ON
the beach, You know the 'maillot' rig
no skirt, no stockings, no sleeves,
and hardly any legs. Well, the first
girl said as she jazzed:
Its jolly to have little dance
after your bath, isn't it?'
eyes said the second girl; only
you feel so dressed up in these mail
lots after last winters ball gowns.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Madonna and Child on Stamps.

Religious subjects are not commonly
used as the basis of stamp designs, al
known on the early stamps of the Vir-
gin islands and more recently on the
high values Of Bavaria. A set of three
special postage stamps, newly issued In
the small principally of Lichtenstein,
in honor of the eightieth birthday OF
the reigning prince, Johann II, repre-
sent the vision of the Virgin and the
Holy Child appearing in the heavens
above the capital town of Vaduz. The
stamps are Autographed in large for
mat, and comprise the denominations
so heller green. 80 heller carmine and
krOnen blue.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Time to "Get Up"

An author who has helped to make
a portion of New England famous pre-
sided at a banquet In suburban
town some nights ago. He had At
tingly eulogized the principal guest Of
the evening, and in conclusion told this
story: IAN old farmer drove into town
one day and. going into a feed store.
bought half peck Of oats. Stabling
his horse by the side Of the road, he
gave him royal lunch. When 1t was
ended the farmer hitched up, got into
the buggy, took up the lines and ad-
dressed the nag, Now that you've
been fed, git up!" The POSTMASTER
turned and looked at the guest for a
moment, and sat down.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
DREW CHARACTER FROM LIFE
Thackeray's beatrice" Said to Have
Been Modelled on Career of Prof.
Iigate Duchess.

One of the few feminine charac-
ters of Thackeray that was not de-
clared insipid by critics, was his Be
atrice. She was drawn from real life,
and the original was the daughter of
Col. Thomas Chudlaigh, afterward to
become Elizabeth. duchess of Kings
ton. She married Augustus Hervey,
earl of Bristol, after setting all Lon
don by the ears with her beauty, spir-
it and pranks. He was member of
the naval forces, and shortly after
their secret wedding was called to
sea, and when he returned found his
wife the reigning beauty of the court
and head over heels in half dozen
affairs, the one with the duke Of
Kingston being so notorious that even
the street gamins knew of it. She
managed to bring a suit for jactita-
lion, and her husband was subject to
heavy penalties should he say she
was his wife. She then married the
duke.
Her great beauty was a storm sig.
nal wherever she went in London and
Paris, and long list of duels, ruin
and trouble followed her wake AL
though she lost part Of her fortune
she continued to be received at con-
tinental courts up to her death at the
age of sixty-eight, as wicked in her
nnal years as in her youth. She got
drunk, swore, had a dozen lovers, ru-
ined as many more, and in fact did
everything that should have brought
her shame and sorrow, but lived ri
OtOuS life to the end
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Could a woman set the worlds rec
ord for hunger striking?
Reports from Vienna, where the
American relief administration Euro
pean children's fund is feeding $780,
600 boys and girls day. indicate that
a woman can live longer without food
than a man.
Girls show more resistance In
fighting malnutrition than boys" said
lgnatz Panzer, representative of the
New York Produce exchange, who has
lust returned from Austria. "PhySi-
clans have found that girl can go
longer on less food with less serious
results than a boy Of the same age. )"
New York Sun.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Polish Melodies.

The Poles have remained singuiarly
tree from eastern influence. Their
melodic invention Is sometimes rather
limited, but their tunes are always
wonderfully embellished. and they Of
ten make use OF difficult intervals
which would seem to be more suitable
tor an instrument than FOR the voice
The effect Of these songs Is sad but
full OF interest and In hearing them
It rs easy to realize that Chopin was
4 thoroughly national" composer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
An Important Decision.

"This celebrated novelist says he
frequently sits at his typewriter all
morning without being able to write
word"
~ know just how that is" said the
debutante. 81 once sat for two hours
at my writing table before l could
write the one word, No. '"-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

It Is computed that the earth's at
mosphere contains at least 100000
100000 Of tons Of nitrogen directly
accessible. The quantity in the air
over one square kilometer Of land 10
sufficient to enrich the earth Of the
whole world for twenty years at the
present rate Of consumption.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02
Outside Capital
Inside Capital

>OUTSIDE CAPITAL" will never
develop Maine water powers in
time. In these days when investment
money is in such immediate demand,
people in other states are investing
more and more at home-to assure
their own prosperity.
Especially are the people of states
which have undeveloped water powers
investing at home-to assure their own
industrial future.
INSIDE CAPITAL"-Maine cap
ital-will develop the water powers of
the Pine Tree State Our own people
will put their own savings to work in
their own cause.
For surely, with the coming of de-
veloped electricity comes the prosperity
of Maine. Industries follow power and
population follows industries.
That Maine may not lose possible
factory or a possible future citizen,
OClIUl AdlIlC l. OWSI OOIIpdIly Is ut-
veloping power and is interconnecting
power plants.
1t is financing this development, not
with 'outside capital'' but with ''in
side capital through the sale of it's
preferred stock to the people of Maine,
More than 5000 Maine people have
joined with us in this financing.
If you, too, believe in developing
Maine water powers in time to attract
industries, why not send the coupon
andl Iearn'tmore about Central Maine
Power Company 7 per cent. Preferred
Stock as an investment for Maine Peo-
pie? The price is $107.50 share, the
yield Ga percent. net.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
Johnny Wilson to Show 'em
Cheese Champion is Fighter

I would be able to use it for several
weeks. My doctors advised me
against fighting while it was in such
condition. l wouldn't listen to them.
and on the day before the battle.
turned my ankle. 1t began to swell
and it hurt when I stepped on it,
"A bad hand and a bad leg-that
was my lot the night | took on Mike.
Most persons probably would have
asked for postponement of the
match on that account. But l didn't.
Perhaps that's the way with cheese
champions"
Il went into the ring. In the fourth
broke my injured left hand. But
kept on punching with it anyway.
|, That's the way with cheese cham
pions, I guess-not enough sense to
quit fighting when a hand is broken.
Strangely enough. it was the punching
did with that left after the fourth.
which really won the battle for me.
Can Whip o'Oowd.
Il had heard some talk beforehand
that there was frameup and that I
was to be jobbed out or my title. But
despite that rumor stuff, and in thu:
face of the fact that l had a hum
hand and bum leg to start with,
be-: few thousand dollars on nv
little self to win. And | told my
friends to do likewise. We all cleaned
up because they feel like l do-that
even if there are some fellows in this
| world that ] can't whip, Mike O'Dowd
isn't on the list"
Mike claims I hit low during the
fight. l haven't any recollection of
doing it. I may have hit below the
belt, but that night Mike O'Dowd wor2
a high belt; one that was so high that
II seemed 10 stretch up to his chest.
! called the referees attention to that
and he saw it and ] guess that was
why he refused to allow any claims
of Mike about being hit below the
belt
| Il think I'll give this hand rest OF
| a few weeks and loaf around with the
! family. Then I'll try to prove to the
skeptical fistic world that cheese
champion also can be a fighting cham
pion. I'm going to give every middl
! weight in the game a crack at me
! They'll all be welcome to try out my
cheesey abilities. I'll keep taking EN-
on until have whipped every man ir
the 15S-pound division-or lose the
title in trying"
! could anyone do more"
Copyright 1921 BY King Features
| Syndicate. Inc..)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
Chips and Slips

A lot of people are surprised when
you tell them there is a tax of 10 per
cent upon all sporting goods and that
this tax is included in the amount you
pay for the article. Perhaps this lat
ter fact is one reason why the levy
has escaped observation. 1t is like the
10 per cent tax on admissions to hall
games, which is included in the cost
of your ticket. This makes the mental
effect passive rather than active.
The tax is there all right, no matter
how it is covered up. 1t is the general
opinion that sport and outdoor exer'
else should not be penaliZed. This
has been expressed in many ways by
different interests over the country.
One sport fan states. Uncle Sam
saw the wisdom of supplying his sol
diers with athletic goods to make
them more fit, and the same congress
men who impose such tax on sport
ing goods appropriated the money tt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
By Frank &. Menke

~ NouA "s "CnAC
A stocky. blue eyed. black haired
son Of Italy dropped into a chair,
srinned broadly and then opened up
with:
well. here l am-the great cheese
champion"
1t was Johnny Wilson, boss of the
middleweights.
Yep and he grinned a little
wider-'the cheese champion. I've
been reading the papers and I find
that most of the boys have it all
figured out that Fitzsimmons and
with a vicious look. Mebbe So
mebbe SO. I'm not saying they could
not. Maybe I'm an awful dub in COM
parison with 'em-but the point is
that l don't have to fight those fell
lows to prove that I'm the best little
middlew sht in harness today"
"Ail l want to prove is that I'm tn
lest 1853 FOUNDER who is swinging the
gloves in this decade-that's all. If
I'm the champion of my time-and a
fighting champion-IN be satisfied
even if the boys do 60 right along and
continue to call me a cheese title
holder"
Funny thing about it is that they
don't call Mike O'Dowd anything like
that They considered the Irish lad
a pretty good scrapper. l whipped
him twice-and | can whip him 10
times more-yet Pm cheesy. What
do you make of it, eh?"
Goes Right On
However" continued Johnny with
out waiting for a reply. this cham.
pionship stuff. even if it's got little
cheese hitched to it, is not so bad
not so bad at all. l got $4,000 the
other evening for soaking Mike
ODowd i'll Madison Square Garden
That's about as much as l got in 10
years of fighting prior to that night
and 1 guess it's the biggest single
purse any middleweight champion
ever got, cheesey or otherwise"
Wilson poked out his left hand
Look at that flipper," he requested
The bones of the middle finger
seemed knocked askew; a fracture
was slowly mending: there were
/! Jumps and swellings on the punching
part of the fist
Now, he said after the examine
| ton had been concluded. "I'll chan,
you a little ditty about my recent ca
/ reer. | whipped O'Dowd fairly and
squarely in Boston. But a lot of sure
thing birds had stuck the roll on Mix.
to win. They howled-and they did il
loudly that the newspaper folks
thought there was something funn,
about the decision. Mike took up the
cry. as an alibi. and very soon every
body concluded that | had stolen the
! title
Becomes III.
Mike challenged for a return
match. The public demanded it. AnC
just as l was about to say yes tool
sick. The illness put me on the she'd
for something like four months
Therefore, / made no answer to O.
Dowds challenge, nor did my manager
Marty Millilea. We're not in the alb
business"
Eventually l got better. / trained
/ quietly. Then, to try myself out,
took on couple of soft boys After
: that | said | was ready for Mike. The
! articles were signed and then a streal
of what some people would call ba.
luck hit me-"
! NEARLY a week before the fight,
hurt that left hand. Didn't look as i
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
BRENTON WALKS MAN
IN EIGHTH AND RUN
GIVES PIRATES WIN

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 22.-With
DRILLING rain making the ball so wet
that it was hard to handle, Lynn
Trenton walked the first man to face
him in the last :ialf of the eighth
inning, which cost him a victory over
the Pirates in the opening on Forbes
field Thursday afternoon.
With two strikes on Carey, Brenton
walked him.. Maranville hunted toward
second and Fonseca, trying to make
hurried throw, threw wildly to first
and Carey went to third and Maran-
Vile to second. Cutshaw grounded to
; the box Whitfield flied to right and
Carey scored after the catch. Tierney,
next man up, tripled into left field and
the winning run counted.
1t was a wonderful game for fans
" ho love the long hitting game. The
) Reds had their batting clothes on and
drove Adams and Ponder from the hill.
They also slammed out what looked
to be the winning run on the Indian
Yellow horse in the seventh. but he
checked them the rest of the way
Most of the Reds hits were useless.
..---. Pirates Heavy Hitters.:
The Pirates also did some heavy
smuggling, driving Napier ana premium
from the mound. also collecting il hits
four of which were triples All but
enc of their hits figured IN their
scoring.
1t was anybody's game all the way
through. Played under the most ad
verse weather conditions, the pitching
was ineffective and there were many
wobbles in the field. The game start
ed in downpour which eased up after
the first inning but returned in great
er force in the sixth, and the last three
Srounds were difficult to get over.
M With the exception Of a msjudgec
fly in the first by Bresler, which cost
the Reds two runs and wild throw by
Fonseca in the eighth, the fielding was
exceptionally good. The Reds outhi1
the Pirates but were unable to bunch
their hits as successfully as the
Pirates.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22

Each team collected six hits but the
Pennsy hurler gave four bases on
balls and the failure of his team mates
to hold him up in the field cost them
several runs.
In the second with Kinsella on first
Hengstler cracked out homer into
right field. 1t was a mighty wallop
and had it not been for the wet
grounds it would have travelled much
farther.
Pitchers in Good Form
Both pitchers were in fine form,
Goar of Earlham fame tanning 10 men
and Pettibone six. Hengstler pitched
the last two innings and famed three
men. allowed two hits, both being in
field hits.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
PUNCHED HITS HELP
KWAkIS CLUB TEAM
IN BATTLING PENNSy

Bunched hits, aided by base on
balls and errors, enabled the Kiwanis
club to defeat the Pennsy in the
third game Of the Commercial league
Thursday afternoon on the Glen Mil
Ter diamond. The Exhibition park
grounds were too wet to stage a game.
Manager Patti, of the railroaders,
played the game under protest. His
protest is based upon the grounds that
due to the fact that the Glen diamond
has no backstop and the ground rules
are said to be that the batter is auto
matically out on the third strike
which rule the umpire did not allow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-22
CITY TENNIS SHARKS
Will MEET MONDAY

Tennis sharks and tennis players OF
the city who are interested in the
new courts that are being built in the
Glen Miller park are requested to
meet at the Office of Del Davis, city
engineer, in the city building Monday
night April 25
At this meeting plans for the use
of the courts will be discussed and if
possible it will be decided how the
courts can be obtained for use. Every
tennis player who is interested in the
sport is requested to be present at
this meeting.