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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

St Louis, Sept. 2s.-Ken williams
Of the st. Louis Americans hit his
29th homer Of the season In the fourth
inning of the first game Of today's
double header with Chicago. Ted
Blankenship was on the mound. There
was no one on base. %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

North Bridgton. Sept 2s-Featured
by several long runs, Bridgton high
defeated Woodstock here today 81, To
0. Leopold intercepted forward pass
and ran 20 yards for a touchdown.
while Colleton ran 80 yards for n
score with Il punt. The game. Wills
one-sided, was interesting. s.<saas
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-01

Kent's Hill. Sept. 29-Though out
weighed greatly, Wilton held Kent's
Hill Seminary for three periods to
day but lost when the prep. school
lads scored twice in the last period.
10 to 0. In the last session, WILTON
took the ball from Kents Hill on the
two yard line. Then Kents Hill scoaed
on an end run which caught Wilton
mapping after Wilton had been hurt
by injuries which took out two first
string men, Davenport, a graduate OF
Wilton and former star. was Kents
Hills only CONSTANT ground gamer.
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could "a ben anything he wanted to,
Almost"
The girls eyes finched and turned
back to the dim frayed end Of the
road the man stood silent.
Seven years & t'day," she unused
you and me stood up here on Black
rock and watched the Milford stage
haul I'm away off yonder to the city
n out In the big world Z college
and then &C them Names"
She paused. He seemed to feel that
an answer was expected of him. but
made none.
1.-TWO years We got letters-wonder
full ones at first. | low you amt
frgot how we use Z come up here
you and me-and read EN-" She
spoke more to herself than to him
Then the letters got fewer and farth'
er b'tween, till finly they got s. tri
film Their wasn't no satisfaction In
gittin' 'em.
Then, y'u know, that terrible one
come from the president Of the col
lege, tellin' how awful-Ken was car
ryin' on, and advisin' father t take
i'm home. But he never come, and =
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Costs Less to Keen Clean.

More than 25O,000 deaths and ovei
100000 cases Of serious illness an
nuaHy are ascribed by Federal and
State health reports 20 needlessly un-
sanitary conditions. 1t is an amaz-
Ing fact that most Of this needless
lack of sanitation is found, not In
the cities, bat among the rural and
small-town population
Yet wholly sanitary conditions may
be brought about In the country Just as
quickly and easily as in the city. The
actual expenditure involved is very
small, especially when you consider
how much the family's health will be
improved as a result. 1t Will assure
also, of course, q great improvement
In comfort.
Septic tanks, privy vaults, protec-
ton for domestic water supplies, rat
proof. outbuildings-all of these can
be provided for a little cost and a lit
tie work by any man. Full directions
on how to do 1t, what Is the best struc-
ture for each job, what tools you will
require, how much cement, how to mix
and place the concrete-all this may
be had free on request to the Portland
Cement Association, Ill West Wash
ington Street, Chicago. Ask for "Con-
crete In Home Sanitation; you will
get 1t free by return mail.-Adv.
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The BOUND BOY

Three generations ago life on
the banks of the Wabash was the
life Of the frontier-of the back
woods-of the outposts OF civili-
Zation. Life there was simple
and strenuous. Men were strong
and the primitive emotions
swayed them. And this IL a tale
OF the days OF our grandfathers
and OF those conditions.
David Anderson. a native Of
this region, knows II as few do.
His Blue Moon" which told OF
the pearl fishers. was a great
The Red Lock" takes
up a time a little later-when the
pearl fishers were giving place to
permanent settlers. 1t is a tale of
the Flatwcods.
Yes: we have no canal con-
struotion in this story. The red
lock is a lock of hair recurring in
the generations Of the CoIins-an
inheritance from a pirate ances-
tor who even in those days was
regarded as an undesirabl BILE citi-
Zen. And 9this red lock played
the mischief with any Colin so
adorned.
SO we have Ken Colin. who
mysteriously disappeared. red
lock and all; Texie, his pretty
and loyal sister; Big Jack-bound
boy who loves Texie. and various
red-blooded pioneer people who
are involved in the results of the
temperance OF the red lock.
7 Nature lovers and woodsmen
will find much here to interest
them. For the author is close to
natures heart and his pages
show his relationship. And Big
Jack is al adept in woodcraft.
with an efficient eye for an en-
emy's trail and the quickness of
; the wild animal life of the Flat
woods.
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CHAPTER l
The Bound Boy.


A girl came out Of the back YARD OF
q red-roofed cottage at the upstream
edge OF Buckeye, passed around a
rather t~astefully built barn, with It's
thanking cribs and pens. crossed the
fallow pasture lot in d corner Of which
1t stood, climbed the fence and picked
her way up the face Of the cliffs that
roughly walled the village on three
sides, until she stood at last among
the Jagged and broken p~innacles at
the top OF Black rock, q lighter speck
against the gray green background Of
the Flatwoods.
Away beyond the bend where the
placid Wabash lost itself among the
hills the sun crawled toward the rim
Of the West. Pendant above the dis
tant timber line its round splendor,
FURNISHED bright by the wonder Of
May, turned a lingering glance at the
serene world.
But the girl was not watching the
sunset. The splendor of the wide
spread landscape at her feet was lost
on her.
Crawling out from under the sunset,
halving the village and winding away
up the river between cliff and bottom,
ran the River road, the one slim
artery that connected Buckeye with
the great world outside the Flatwoods.
The girls eyes were on the road.
Far up the river-twenty miles of
gravel and gray sand-it led to the
city. On clear days she had ONE
times made out the hazy Wilderness of
Its roofs and spires-the gateway Of
another world-a world that the err
rant fancies Of girlhood peopled with
many a wonder.
Seven years ago to u day she had
stood there and watched the Milford
stage carry her brother away to the
end of that road-through the dim
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When a man proposes he doesn't
seem to realize that 1t may result In
ais losing control of himself.
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little while afterwards the president
writ another letter, tellin' how Ken
had-killed a man and run away from
school, leavin' al them debts. That
was five years ago-and the last we
yer heard
1t is curious and interesting how
some Of the greatest names Of the
Anglo-Saxon race have lodged, like
river drift, along the byways and wa.
terways OF what was once the great
American woods.
Ken. Texie, Jack-the first two Co
Inns the third a Warhope-names that
have been spread wide on English his.
tory. And Of the two ancient fam
lies, probably no purer strain existed
than the far-fiung thread that had
found lodgment here In this out-of-
the-way corner of the earth-the great
Flatwoods that seventy years ago
stretched for many an unbroken mile
along the north bank of the upper
Wabash.
The man swept a hand toward the
distant end of the road. The girl
glanced at him.
Ten more days"-there was a
strained firmness in his voice, as II
what he was about to say came hard
to him-"and I'm ridin' out yonder
m'self."
He felt her eyes upon him.
Ten MORE" he went on. This is
the tenth Of May. When it's the
twentieth, I'll be twenty-one-and
free. Ten more-I ben countin' EN-"
A deep seriousness clouded his
face; he stared down al the warped
skeleton of the unfinished farmhouse.
The girl fumbled the bit Of ribbon at
her waist.
my father dreamed that dream" he
went on. "B'fore II could come true, the
SeminoIes bolted their reservation and
he dropped everything and rushed
away to the head OF the rangers. You
know how he-fell at Okechobee."
He paused a moment gripped his hat
and went on. Mother never saw a
well day no more. You know how she
fingered along down there under the
rose vine till was twelve. When she
died. II was found u Pap Simon
had a mortgage on everything. He
foreclosed; had me-bound out to i'm /;
and"
The girl stole a look at his face. It
was SO hard and bitter that she dared
not venture a word. And what word
could alter the stern fact that he was
a hound boy-bound out to her own
father?
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wild and savage and terrible,
like Of Red coIin' must "a
looked"

sTo BE
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DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear II You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer' on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
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spired gateway and out into the great
world beyond. The East-if swallows
up many a ma Of the West. II had
swallowed hrr brother up. IL never
gave him back.
The eyes. grown pensive. turned
slowly TO the outstanding pinnacie OF
sandstone. polished smooth by a thonr
sand winds. alive in the bronze glow
that struck up from the distant riifle-
Three ame had been rudeiy carved
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|Cuticura SoapI
- mparts -
The Velvet TouCh|
An AfectIon1te Bump.
Soap 25e, Ointment rs and sec, Taleum 2se

PhrenOlogist Ito boy client)-Y0u
have a remarkably large bump IF flial
Affection, my lad.
Boy-Please don't press II so hard.
sir. It's where father clouted me
over the head.
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there, one above the other, so long ago
that storm and frost had begun to OBJ
literate them.
The girl picked up a piece Of ragged
shale and with a sharp corner scraped
clean each knife stroke, till the three
names stood out clear as the day they
were first carved there:
KEN
TEXIE
JACK
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His Pippin.

"You are the apple Of my eye."
So Cholly often used to sigh.
So they got spliced and now she
screeches
Whenever he would eye the peaches.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Many a conservative man loses his
money on a sure thing because he Is
afraid to take chances.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-22

Good luck Is seldom displayed on
bargain counters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-18

Woodward Battery Company Ave. c and 22d Street. Main 558 Live Wire Battery Company
 2116Ave. C. Main 113O Hartford Battery Service Station 21O South 22d. Main 7193 Birmingham Electric Battery Co.
 ''BEBCO SERVICE"
 2029 Ave- B. Main 388
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
WAR MOTHERS KNOW

r7T WAS more than statesman who said "We
right done in the world going to have in
the world.
Ten to fifteen millions of the best men in Europe
we're slaughtered Is that to be repeatedf
at is your Nation and to unite that there may
ound throueh the world angels of EARTH good
viii toward men,
The e world peace occupying the earnest thought of
Iovd George who spoke Indianapolis evange for Lin
coin justice to Germany.
How to prevent war is the worlds big problem
Who pays the pricef
The youths forth the battlefield leaving the COM
Portable Preside wife, the sweetheart the loved ones at
home-they paid it in blood
The industry of nation from productive into de-
structive efforts
Billions are poured slaughter Of human beings
Who pays9
Ask the of Indiana they meet today IN this
y Many of tell who have paid in long years OF
devotion and care from the baby first opened its to
look mothers happy face until the time the message
came of his death in cantonment or in France
Peace Lloyd George made his appeal for it In In
dianapos two had preceded him with similar
pleas.
Happiness knows party creed no govern
ment.
The appeals of Senator echoed by Senator
Watson Former President plan for League of Ma
lions was the late President Hardngs World Court
proposal
Mothers-hey pay the price Bitter tears have fallen for
every bullet fired in
Little wonder world in It's efforts to
humiliation of mankind Gases that literally wipe
unprotected airpanes that drop destruction and
death upon ces electrical bolts that be propelled
are stern possibilities that face future
fict
The War Mothers be supported in the cause
of world peace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Indiana
Sunshine

1t seems that one OF the small week.
Hec in the State tried to make a goat
OF an Alexandrfa man by telling this
story:
IAN Alexandria man. meeting one
OF his friends on the street, made him
a wager OF IS that he could not re-
peat the Lords prayer. Tho wager
was accepted and he begun;
Now lay me down to sleep, I
pray tbs Lord my soul TO keep
"He was interrupted by tho other
party. here's your So. didn't think
you knew II so well.''
But an Alexandria new~pap~r says
be gosh they can't maks a goat OF
any OF their fellow townsmen. IT,
prove they mean it, the paper offers
q reward Of $50 leading to the idcn-
tiflcation of either of tho gentlemen
involved in the wager
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Science

There are many cults today predict
ing the end Of this earth's career in
a sudden burst of celestial fireworks
In the near future. Not only have spe-
cial cults grown up to teach this be-
lief, but many of the older and more
orthodox preachers are claiming that
the end of the world Is at hand. The
World War, the lesser wars following
1t, the Japanese earthquake and revo-
lutions and unrest in nearly all lands
are used as signs OF the general tur
MOL that is expected in many re-
lgious circles Immediately to precede
the end of this earth's career.
There is nothing new in this excite
ment. 1t generally follows worldwide
disasters. The greatest of these waves
OF emotional religion occurred In
medieval times. Through wars and
pestilence Europe YVES in a desperate
condition. 1t was generally believed
that the end of the world would occur
In the year 1000. Entire populations
prepared for the event. When this re-
hgious fervor passed, the reaction was
marked by the greatest cruelties Of
the dark ages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Tongue Tips

John s. Sumner, secretary of New
York Society for Suppression of vice:
How often 1t happens party OF
two boys and two girls in an autonao-
bile. The spirit of adventure leads to
drinks. all around. Intoxication and
its frequent disastrous consequences.
The story Of the girl who starts out in
the car and walks home has become
an obcene Jest In the comic magma.
zine. How terribly real and how mo-
mentuous Is the responsibility of the
parent, who Is the owner OF this new
instrument of vast usefulness and yet
also OF RIGHTEOUSNESS and seduction
49,
DR.. Stratton D. Brooks, president of
University of Missouri: You can't
have democracy without elementary
and high schools and the most ad-
vanced type OF colleges"
DR.. w. T. Hornaday, director New
York Zoo: The one thing that would
count heavily and put an everlasting
crimp in the fivver as a wild game
destroyer Is a fifty per cent reduction
in all bag limits and in the length of
all open seasons, and reducing the
automatic and pump shotguns to two
shots. Can anything make the sports
man of America see before 1t Is too
later" tsa&
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
CELEBRATING NAVY DAY

THE people will celebrate Navy day, Satur
IL day. 81 sxtyh anniversary Of the birth of Theo
dore Roosevelt
School teachers been requested cooperate by
quainng pupils with the history and accomplishments of
force
the aim acclaim navy instrument of
service apostle of to be empha
sized that the American navy usfes
its existence.
very the Of safety
commerce likelihood Of nation It guarantees to
everywhere the protection Of his rights and privileges
a citizen Of this republic
it's mercy unbounded Twice within the year has
carried foreign mnsred the homeless
distressed carried the American flag with Of
medical supplies first into flaming and Turkravaged
Smyrna and later into shaken and quiverrg Japan
selection Of Rooseves birthday Navy Day is in
tribute to the aiding
national defense position Of equality with
che greatest In the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
New York

New York City is doing It's city plan
ming for the future on the basis that
1t and It's suburbs viii have nearly
twenty nine million people in the
year 1000. Which is only seventy
seven years away. Population is ex-
pected to pass eleven millions before
1910.
Quite an interesting prospect for
the farmers, who'll have to feed this
mob.
But the best laid schemes of mice
and men, etc. Airplanes may break
up New York. and all other big cities
long before the year 1000, enabling
workers to 1--we far out in the country.
with cities reduced to centers Of man
rfacturing. shopping and recreation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
SIMS
II = Saws

MONG this seasons sports are
IA football, racing, boxing. hunt
LII Ing and those with new
clothes.
Wrestling is sport So is fishing.
Both are catch-as-catch-can. So is
catching cold.
Touring and golflng are sports.
Takes sport to do either Also, it
takes a good driver.
Papyrus races soon. They spend
money on that horse, and make
money, They use horse cents.
Use horse sense and stay OF horse
race betting. Don't always get a
run for your money.
Saving for Christmas is a winter
sport Start doing 1t now or making
enemies of friends.
Boxers lead a hard life. Have to
sock one another on the Jaw to keep
socks on their feet.
You have heard of men sleeping
on pool tables. They have cushions.
Yon can bank on them.
A pool shark Is not a swimmer.
Pool players call their shots, but not
what they think OF them.
Pool sharpens eyes, but not appe-
titles. It's a racking affair. Get the
breaks OF the game.
Everybody sees pictures of diving
girls. They go into their work head
over heels.
Bowling is a great game, II you
don't mind hanging around alleys.
Keep the ball rolling.
Hockey is game for ice skates
and not cheap skates. Results cover
a multitude of shins.
Polo resembles hockey except they
use horses. Amy horse play In 1t
gets horse laugh.
They win in golf by hook or crook.
but not by hooking. Please slice that
into the rough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Supernal Dubs
BY BERTON BRALEY

There's Just little tedium
In hearing, through a medium,
What specters have to sayj
Their efforts conversational
Are hardly educational.
They frequently display,
For all their ghostly mystery,
An ignorance Of history
And other things like that
Which, when they make 1t audible,
Is very far from laudible,
In fact, it's pretty fat
These spirits so ethereal
Appear to lack material
For thoughts that stir the mind;
Their talk so lacks in clarity
That we assume, in charity,
They left their brains behind
When Jesse James and Pharaoh
Repeat the same scenario
About the spirit throng,
When speech of Grant or Bonaparte
Is scarcely to be known apart
There must be something wrong
SO, though IT'S rather rude In US,
These speeches platitudinous
Ger which the spirits null.
Convince US, as they maunder on,
The higher plane they wander on
Must be exceeding dull.
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Heard in the Smoking Room

the room from them"
A quiete little man In the corner
rose, and smiled as he extended his
hand TO the story-teller. remarking:
Thanks for the information. This
boy Is beginning with his great
wealth to be an obstacle in our path.
I am one of those steel officials, and
am more relieved to know, than you
will be interested to hear, that the
secret boys accurate information Is a
secret no longer-Ldp Reading"
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What Editors
Are Saying
Contentment
lebanon Rsporter1

Not long ago q Lebanon man was
offered position In another Indiana
town at almost double the salary he
is receiving here. lie seriously CON-
sidered the proposition but finally
turned 1t down.
IT Just can't bring myself TO be-
heve that ever win be a. happy In
another town as am here and what
would an increased salary mean TO
me II I were discontented7" he said.
Incidentally, wasn't his refusal or
that Job beautiful tribute to his
home town. The things that hold
him here against the lure Of higher
salaries are the solid rocks on which
our wholesome community life are
built.
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A Thought

Riches certainly make themselves
wings; they fly away as an eagle To-
ward heaven.-Prov. 23:6.
ri HIS yellow slave
VIII knit and break religions;
bless the accurs'd;
Make the hoar leprosy accurs'd; place
thieves,
And give them title, knee and appro-
baton,
With Senators on the bench.
-Shakespeare-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24

ri HE smoking room was discuss
ing the. sudden wealth acquired
- by boy totally deaf and
marvelling at his understanding of
stock speculations, where those with
ears wide open. utterly failed, when
one man said:
u am a broker and this boy has
mover yet made losing trade, and
he has been trading with me for five
years. He deals mostly in Steel and
l have had him followed ane, to my
personal knowledge, he hSA never
come nearer any of the steel officials
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
Family Fun
The San

lust to think, John! First utter
drabness. then the working of the
sap, and finally the gorgeous tree
splendid in its multitude of gold and
crimson gowns! How like our lives!'
How like, indeed, my dearl You
the gorgeous tree, and me the sap
Judge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24

Protection

In view Of the ever increasing num-
Der Of automobiles, a city ordinance
which would provide for municipal
brake tests on all automobiles Is need l
ed. Such ordinances are In effect In
a majority of the cities the size OF
Columbus in this State.
Columbus should not lag behind in
the making Of laws which protect
the life and limbs of citizens.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24

students in gov
eminent in vari-
Gus colleges. But
Louis Brownlow,
this city's man
ager, is the one
man who Is Civ
ing students free
practice at the
job.
Brown1ow is
president Of the
City Managers
Association.
Every State
university should
have q school of
municipal serv-
ice." says Brown
low.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-24
HOW Is Ia lola pronouncedf

How Is La Jolla pronounced1
AS La Holya. The letter "a has
the sound OF ''u" as in under. The
accent is after the "a" as Hol-ya
Can you give me the lines i'm
mediately preceding II love not
man the less, but nature more"
and tell me where they are to be
found7
See Canto W of Lord Byron's
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" stanza
17e. They are as follows:
There is a pleasure in the painless
woods;
There is a. rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes.
BY the deep sea. and music in it's roar;
love not man the less, but nature
more.