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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11


tcrest to both local people and the
citizens of the Capitol City.
Mrs. Frank l.. Weeks. daughter,
Louise. and infant daughter. Mary
Frances. who was born at the Ken
nebec valley hospital, have been
passing some weeks at the home of
Mrs Weeks parents. Rev. and Mrs.
George Merriam, on Madison avenue.
They returned to their home in Wa
tervillc Wednesday, accompanied by
Mrs. Merriam, who Will pass FEW
days there.
Mrs. Sarah Melcher of Canaan.
was in town Wednesday en- route to
Salem, Mass. her former home,
where she is going for medical treat
mcnt.
Miss Bertha Tracy passed Wedncs-
day afternoon with Mrs. Perley
Gerald, Hincklcy.
George II. Plummcr of the Went
worth-Plummer Insurance agency.
returned Wednesday from business
trip to Jackman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Annie Steward re-
turned from Lewiston Wednesday,.
Mrs. Glenn Church and little son,
Glendower. who have been in Fair
field the guest of her uncle and
aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peevey.
were in town Wednesday noon on
their return to their home in Madi-
son.
Mrs John Shaw of Fairfield was
in town Wednesday to see her sister.
Mrs. Bessie Jewell. of Canaan. who
is surgical patient at the Kennebec
hospital.
Wednesdays dinner was served I'M
der the direction of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will T.. Hill. Mrs. Annie Clayton
and Mrs. Charles Bcckwith and as
sistants.
Amos Rincs of West Athens was
business caller in town WcdncS-
day.
Herbert Spear of Lakewood was
in town on business Wednesday.
Judge Charles o. Small of Madi-
business Tuesday.
The funeral service for Mrs. Mamie
Boucher. who died Tuesday fore
noon will be held this Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock at the Notre
Dame of Lourdcs church and will
be conducted by the pastor. the re :.
Father J. Louis A. Renaud.
Mrs. Bertha Brown and young son,
Harold, who came to Watcrville last
Saturday with the remains of her
husband. Warren Brown, and who.
since Mr.. Browns funeral and
burial have been in Skowhegan the
guest at the home of Father La
Croix. returned Wednesday to thcir
home in Needam. Mass.
Dir. and Mrs. Maurice r. Lord and
little son. Edwin, were in Watervillc
Wednesday to attend the funeral SER
vice of Mrs. Lords aunt, Mrs. Wall.
NJ. J. Haines, formerly of Madison.
went to Portland Wednesday to at
tend the annual meeting of the State
Optical association, held at the Fall
mouth hotel.
Mrs. Alexander Mcdonald and son,
Joseph Mcdonald of RcXbury, Mass,
were called here Wednesday by the
death on Tuesday Of Mrs. McDonald's
Mrs. Mamie Boucher of
School street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
TROY

CENTER--Miss Gladys Hathaway
has returned home from Bangor
w. l.. Hopkins went to Belfast Sat-
urday for a visit with relatives.
Miss Grace Rogers OF Pittsfield was
a recent guest for several days at the
home Of j.. l.. Rogers.
Mrs. Florence Folsom and little
daughter of Monson have been passing
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. ]. Hillman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11

banon Lodge at their meeting on
Friday evening.
James Mcdonald has finished his
duties as clerk at Jones Spa.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
BLUE SKY LAW" ADVERTISE
MEMT

p alpicaton having been made to the
n ,oe department. 10y the following
m persons To DC registered as Il
i,,ar IN Securities under the pro-
nnhohs OF Chap. 40. Secs. 11-23, of the
na. Nlseu statutes. AS amended, loGa |
"a, IS hereby given and any person
" az u Nuhin two weeks from the date
VI ms publications. tile objection TO The
Vs., DIcpaTmcnt.
S" "nm Business Address
poration. Portland Maine
FRED r. LAWRENCE.
Ar. Banll Commissioner.
augusta, Maine, Jan. 10, 1923.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
HELP FOR GIRLS
WHO.WoRk
Mrs.Lodic Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her
Tyrone, Pa" friend told my
how LYDIA =. Pinkham' 3 Veg

et4ble 0mpo puma
had helped his
wife, 90 my hus-
band bought me 2
bottle because ]
was 80 rundown,
had Q nervous
weak ness, no
strength in nv
body and pains in
my left side so bad
thatI could hardly
do my work. De-
fore / was mar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11

Friends of Miss Grace Fox dauGh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fox OF
Fairview avenue, will be interested TO
know that she was one of a quar-
tcttc who furnished music at the New
Years meeting of the Young Wom-
ans Christian Association held on
Tuesday evening in the assembly
room at F'oss Hall. Colby college.
Mrs. Matte Goodwin gave an auc-
ton party of six tables at her home
on Madison avenue Tuesday after
noon for Mrs. Elmer T.. McNeelie OF
Brookline. Mass. who is her guest.
Wednesday afternoon at four thirty
o'clock under the auspices of the
English classes in the High School of
which department. Mrs. Gladys Rick
cr is the instructor presented at the
Opera House the film 1.-The Lttie
Minister" by Barrie.
George Stevens Of Pennington was
in town Tuesday and "Wednesday on
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11

James III. Blinn, 73, one of the best
known citizens Of Woolwich. for
many years a member of the board
of selectmen and also of the school
board, died about 1850 Monday
night at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Edward II. Shaw. Murphy's
Corner. after several weeks of heart
trouble
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
Judge Smith Is
Reappointed Deputy
Secretary of State

Hon. Frank w. Ball, who was re-
elected secretary of State at the con-
vening Of the present Legislature,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
Guard Against "Flu''
With Musterole |

Influenza. Grippe and Pneumonia
usually start with a cold. The moment
you get those warning aches, get busy
with good old Mustcrolc.
Musterole is n counter-irritant that
relieves congestion (Which is what
cold really isl and stimulates circula-
ton.
Tt has all the good qualities Of the
old-fashioned mustard plaster without
the blister.
First you will feel a warm tingle as
the healing ointment penetrates the
pores, then a soothing, cooling sensa.
ton and quick relief. y. ,t,
Have Musterole handy for emergencN
use. 1t may prevent serious illne So.
35c and Csc in jars and tubes. ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
IIOXIE
Corro-D eVeau

1t is reported that May DeVeau and
Leigh Zorro were married Jan. 1 at
Madison. Their many friends extend
congratulations.
Mr.. Libby. Norridgewock. with a
crew of II mon, are cutting birch on
the Harlow lot.
Charles Bates is hauling stove wood
10 market
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11
ConY hiah vs.. S. II. S.

A basketball game to be played in
Skowhegan in Hesclton hall on Fri
day evening between the Cony High
girls basketball team and the $. II.
$. girls will be a game of much in
tcrest to both local people and the
citizens of the Capitol City.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-11

Valley, Through Forrest" and encore
Bridal Bells" Mrs. Rose Borden and
Mrs. Pauline =. Green. Apples and
pop corn balls were served by Misses
Airline Burner. Anne NJ. Caswell, Mil
dred Beal and Eva Chabot. The Ia
dies remained until a late hour and
surely the first meeting of 1928 and
the first in the new rooms was mucl
cnioyed by all present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
THE KILN.cURED POTATO

A Carrollton, Alabama, farmer has
been shipping kiln-cured sweet pota-
toes to the Birmingham market and
has found ready sale at good prices.
The promptness of disposal at good
prices is due to the condition of the
potatoes, which have been carried
through the winter, and, having been
properly handled, are sound and pala-
table. The curing kiln is no more self
operating than any other farm equip
ment. To be success it must be con-
Quoted along certain tested lines. An
important feature of marketing the
tuber, after going through the kiln,
is to have it graded and standardized
so that most desirable sizes obtain the
prices accorded the choice production.
The curing kiln is susceptible of pro-
ducing excellent results. If results
nave not been all that was expected in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
COTTON CONSUMPTION GROWS

March cotton consumption by mills
was greatest in the history of that
industry and goes to verify the Of
ficial and unofficial forecast of a
demand for cotton greater than the
prospective production. This encour-
ages to the planting of the staple
along the same principles of safe
farming as have always proven a
success where applied The man who
devotes intensive application. to each
acre of cotton planted and seeks to
produce more cotton per acre rather
than to place more acres in cotton is
a. certain of good results as one
can be. No matter what the state
of market, the man who does not
make use of farm economies in one
way and the other is not sure of good
results.
Diversification of produc is as i'm
portant in this good cotton prospect
as at any other time. No one may
foresee the ravages Of the boil wee7il
o. the effect Of over-wet and over
dry weather conditions that may en-
sue. The only safe program is to
come to the fall with enough cash
realized from farm by-products to
make possible the gradual marketing
of the cotton yield, so that price de-
preston may be avoided. 1t is a
worn truism, but it is as true now
as when the first federal and first
Auburn's farm agent preached the
gospel of diversification. There is
nothing magical about cotton. 1t
obeys the same laws as other human
productions. To yield profitably it
must be subjected to the same COM
mon sense all through its planting
and reaping and selling as any other
article issuing out of the labor and
of mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
HOW BIRMINGHAM DIvERsIFlEs

Birmingham began operations in
two new industrial plants last week.
One is consumer of pig iron and the
other a consumer of steel. The new
steel foundry Of the Tennessee COM
pany and the new sanitary sewer pipe
shop of the Birmingham Machine and
Foundry Company made their initial
production on the same day. Both
are adjuncts to industries already es-
tablished and in successful operation,
and are in line with the policy of ex-
pansion becoming general with the
iron and steel smelters and fabrica-
tors of the district. 1t is Birmingham
adding to that which she already has
and with which she is most richly en-
dowed. Birmingham needs diversi-
fled industries, but there will never
come a time when her destiny is not
enwrapped in iron, coal and steel.
There is room for any amount of d.
versification with these raw materials
as base. They are the real wealth
of this section of Alabama and
greater wealth lies in the extension
of their employment because they can
always be had on a basis permitting
profitable ventures in the manufac-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN
Mother Of Rembrandt Van Rim

Mother of Rembrandt Van Rim
The strong love that so fire.
quently existed in an unusually
sublimated form between great
artists and their mothers, was
present to marked degree in the
case of Rembrandt van Rim, con-
sidered by many people the
worlds greatest artist. Probably
because In all artists there is a
strong feminine strain, this re-
markable link. which by modern
psychologists would be called the
mother fixation," exists. Rem
brandt and his mother were extra
ordinarily close. Like all moth
ers. she had tremendous ambition
for him. She sensed from his
childhood that he was different
from most children, and did ex-
ert every power in her possession
to help him become the great
painter she knew he could be-
come. There Is no doubt that
much OF his greatness lies in the
fact that he was so thoroughly
understood by his mother Their
affection has been the theme of
many a writer. In a brief story
of his life one biographer says:
or all the women Rembrandt
ever knew, 1t Is not likely that he
ever admired or loved one as pas
sionately as he admired and loved
his mother. He PARTED and
etched her again and again with
a touch SO tender that his deepest
emotion Is placed before u.s." His
feeling for her almost delayed
his education, and, in turn, his
success. When he was only fif-
teen years old she sent him, al
though 1t cost her an agony, away
from his home in Leyden to an
art school in Amsterdam. Com
menting on this. the same person
wrote:
THE lad could not in those
days get far from, his adored
mother; SO he stayed only little
time. before he went back to
Leyden where she was. There
was his heart. and painting or no
painting, he must be near her."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
FOR COMMUNITY PROTECTION

Today begins the active campaign
for funds to build the proposed tuber-
culosis camp and hospital for Biz
mingham. There are about six hum
bred deaths annually in this commu-
nity from this disease. At least half
of these die because of lack of proper
food, care and medical attention.
Perhaps the other half would not
contract the disease III the first place
were there proper segregation OF
cases and proper precautions against
contagion. The plan, therefore, is of
double benefit, looking not only to the
care and cure of the afflicted, but
also to the prevention of the disease.
1t is believed by many who have de-
voted much study to the subject that
tuberculosis can be practically wiped
out of any community. To be sure,
it is a disease which attacks chiefly
weakened or rundown constitutions,
and in some cases appears to be Of
almost spontaneous origin, but with
a wider knowledge of the methods of
cure will come also a better knowl-
edge Of those dietetic and nutritional
facts which will tend to prevent the
contraction of the disease.
An institution of the sort proposed
is health insurance for the whole
community. 1t removes from con-
tact with healthy persons those who
are liable to communicate the dis
ease to them. 1t effects cures Of the
cases not too far gone. 1t eases the
final hours of the hopeless cases. 1t
offers both humane and practical
method of caring for the sick and con-
trolling the disease. It is the first
step in a program of complete eradi-
cation of the disease. The next step
is correction of those living condi
tions, those domestic habits and those
sanitary situations which are favor
able to the incubation and spread of
tuberculosis. Birmingham is an i'm
portant industrial center. 1t cannot
attain its highest estate until it has
wiped out the preventable diseases
which are a dead load on industry.
If all unite to help bear the burden,
it will not fall heavily upon any one
and will confer a universal benefit
many times greater than the cost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24

SAVE A DOLLAR-LOSE A LIFE

Because one commissioner thinks
the saving of few dollars is more
important than rigid protection of the
public health, milk inspection has
been reduced seventy-five per cent,
according to the health officer, and
the public is deprived Of the health
check upon milk purity. Of course,
those dairymen who pride themselves
on the quality of their product will
take no advantage Of this opportunity
to escape complying with the health
requirements. There are others, how
ever, who are either not so scrupulous,
or else whose methods render them
less easily able to standardize their
product. In any event, the commits
sioner has halted vital public health
service while discussing an academic
question that could just as easily be
discussed without such interruption Of
milk inspection.
Unless this matter is adjusted at
once the menace Of typhoid and kin
dred ailments traceable to infected
milk may become acute. If such a
thing should happen, the public will
know definitely whom to blame, nor
will it be so gullible as to accept the
explanation that the epidemic en-
tered while a shortsighted commits
sioner was trying ostensibly to save a
few dollars. In the meantime, the
rest of the commission cannot by in
action escape joint responsibility for
the acts of one commissioner. The
health of the people is a charge upon
the entire commission. Let the COM
mission not permit this dallying with
the public health and safety to con-
tinue for another day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
JOHN-A-DREAMS


Dreams of Being in Movies
Dreams In which you appear 20
be acting on the screen are signs
of fleeing emotions. 1t IL rather
difficult to interpret such Wis
ions. They may mean that you
will have love affair which will
go as quickly as 1t came. They
may mean that you will strive
for something rather out of your
own sphere. will attain 1t but will
hold your achievement for only
very short period. 1t must al
ways be borne in mind that the
scene which you may seem to be
acting in, or the setting in which
1t may seem to take place, has no
itself.
The only thing you can con-
clude from seeing yourself in a
film is that something will come
into your life that. for the time
being. will change your train of
thought entirely, will appear to
open new world to you, as 1t
were. but whatever delight or ex-
cftement there may be contained
in this experience will last but a
very short while. There is one
consolation, however. that is that
the emotions you will get will be
Of an exceedingly pleasant nature
and II nothing else, you will have
charming memory which you
may cherish for many years.
These dreams do not refer to Wis
ions in which you are being pho
tographed for film purposes. They
have an entirely different mean
ing of Ohich will acquaint you
In the near future.
In order to make the interpre-
tations given above hold good,
you must see yourself in a film
play.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
LLOYD M. HOOPER

In the death of Lloyd M. Hooper
Selma, his native city, which, by
the way, claimed as their home such
distinguished men as United States
Senators Morgan and Pettus, has lost
one of her most constructive and val
liable citizens whose life and record
in varied activities contributed also
to the moral and material progress of
the state. During his years Of active
business life in Selma Mr.. Hooper
stood for honorable business methods.
He took active part in the civic affairs
Of Selma and was a consistent dis
ciple of the school of broad civic
ideals. He participated in the politi-
cal life of the state, and believed in
and practiced clean political princi-
pies and methods for advancement of
the public welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
SOMETHING IN A NAME

In rounding up the Texas oil pro-
moters, including DR.. Cook of Arctic
notoriety, the government claims,
with apparently trustworthy evidence,
that among the schemes to obtain
confidence of prospective stock pur-
chasers man whose name was given
as General Robert A. Lee, was en-
rolled in the outfit as dummy. The
promoters are charged with having
represented him to be direct de-
scendant Of the distinguished Lees of
Colonial days, and close relative of
General Robert E. Lee of the Con-
federacy. It appears that credulous
people from many parts of the coun-
try who believe there is something in
name, the familiar theory, as set
forth in classical literature, to the
contrary Notwithstanding, poure d
their surplus funds into the scheme
by the hundreds of thousands.
There is no reason to believe the
dummy" is even remotely related to
the Lee family, and especially to
General Robert E. Lee. Even if he
were, he must have drifted far from
the fold; for no man attached larger
value to a name than did Robert Ed
ward Lee. Soon after the surrender
at Appomattox a man from the East
offered him the presidency of a life
insurance company at handsome
salary for those days. Though Cen
eral Lee, like the South, was finan-
cially ruined, he promptly declined
the offer, saying he was soldier,
knew nothing of the insurance bust
ness and did not consider himself
worth half that much salary in such
position. He was told he would
not be required to perform any exec
utive duties, but the company wanted
the use of his name. The great South
erner Strengthened to his full height,
knit his brow, coldly looked the man
in the eye and said: 81 am very sorry
any man could imagine that my name
is for sale," then walked away.
Fortunes have been earned, for
tunes have been lost, fortunes have
been stolen on a name. Trafficking
in an honorable name to rob those
who attach value to it deserves the
extreme of public censure and pun
ishment. Millions of self-respecting
people earnestly hope the government
in its efforts to protect the public
against such methods will teach les
son that will bear fruit for years to
come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
By FREDERICK HoUK LAW
william Carcx

What are you going to do with
your boy?" the neighbors asked.
Teach him to work." the father
answered. He's got chance
with a shoemaker. and he'll make
a good worker. It's all he'll ever
be. though, for the likes of us
can't get far. There's no chance
for poor folks" spoke the IA
Their of little thirteen-year-ol
William Carey, in England about
1774. Such words are character
istic Of some people. The facts
are quite the opposite. The les
SON Of many biographies is that
poor people not only get far"
but often much farther than 9TH
ers. Poverty Is frequently a slim
illus that leads to the best eff
forts.
will" Carey. none to strong,
sat down at his shoemaker
bench and pegged away, and he
kept on pegging away for sew
eral years. He made a good
worker, as his father had prophe-
sled. Incidentally. he made him
self something else: he became
one of the most learned of all
Englishmen; one of the men most
familiar with many languages: a
translator of books, a college
professor. and a man whose mem
DRY Ia honored now nearly one
hundred years after his death.
because OF the vast amount Of
good that he did In the world.
No chance for poor folksr'
There is every chance.
VIII Carey. the shoemaker,
read when he could, and he
thought while he worked. On
Sundays and service days he went
to church. He was so earnest
in trying to learn, and so sincere
and active In church work, that
he soon became a religious leader
and was asked to take full charge
OF Baptist church. He was then
twenty-five. Now he had more
opportunity to study-and he
studied, gaining a college educa-
ton IN Greek, Latin and Hebrew,
by his own effort. He was SO
supremely In earnest that he was
sent to india as a missionary.
Without money enough for his
support he worked In a factory
and earned a. livi-s-, preaching
when he was not iged to work.
Meanwhile, he still continued to
study, and ultimately learned
dozens OF tongues. He translat-
ed the Bible into language after
language. until he had issued It
In almost fifty languages. He
wrote dictionaries and grammars
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-24
ONE TRICK A DAY

Passing a Card Through n Hat
Borrow a hat. a derby prefer
ably. and place 1t on its side on
the table, its inside toward the
audience. Offer the pack of
cards and invite one of the spec
-tators to draw one. After he has
noted 1t. fix the pack so that he
will replace 1t where you will be
able to find 1t. Bring it to the
top and palm 1t. then pass the
deck to a third party and re-
quest that he shuttle 1t.
Pretending to examine the hat.
run your fingers inside Of it and
secrete the. card. Turn the hat
upside down crown upwards the
table, and the hidden card will
fan on the table, concealed under
the hat.
Take the pack of cards again
and, Tipping them over the top
Of tho hat. say that you have
caused the chosen card to pass
through the hat. Upon examina-
ton the card is found as prom
iSed.