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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
AMUSING THOUGH VICIOUS

An organizer for the Ku Klux Khan
il down here in Maine chattering
about "Americanism" and protesting
there is in their hearts only love for
humanity. From down in Alabama
come reports of their parading and
threatening because Of a negro hos
pital for disabled soldiers being in
charge Of colored physicians and
nurses.
At Tuskegee, where Booker Wash
ington builded nobly and successful
ly. the Federal Government estab-
lished a hospital for disabled colored
veterans. Agreeable to southern SEN
timent, as frequently expressed. it
the colored men. for colored physic-
ians and for colored superintendent.
Considering the number and the valor
of the colored troops in the late war
It would seem that this arrangement
was worthy one and well planned.
This arrangement appears to dis
agree with the Ku Klux Khan. which
is trying just now to win the good
will Of Maine people. and It Is said
demonstrations made by It In that
neighborhood have terrorized many
of the colored people. There was
time, back in 1861, when that sort Of
endeavor did not appeal TO Maine
people as good Americanism. But
that was over sixty years ago. Have
we changed so much since that time?
Or have we retained the intelligence
which really Is cur birthright. to
discriminate between such as the
Khan propaganda and fair play?
Compare what they say with the re-
marks, reported in the Journal OF
Wednesday morning, Of a colored
gentleman, W. A. Battle OF Oklona,
Miss; at least the sentiments he eX-
presses would indicate he is a gentle
man.
He sees that the prejudice which
has been excited over this affair IS
so bitter-responsibil for much of
this bitterness evidently rests on the
Ku KluX-that mischief will be done,
in which the institution of which he
| is the head might share, and he urges
| the colored people, now aroused IN
| Indignation, to advocate, for sake OF
peace, for the sake Of the disabled
veterans interested, white super
intendent for the institution. We sup
pose that should this be done the
Khan would claim it as triumph for
Klanism,-and possibly a Klansman
could get the job of superintendent.
But it would be interesting to know
what Maine people think about such
methods. Verify the Khan pretenses
are amusing though so vicious.
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IS IS LITTLE J. :J 6sK R 5S47
DAVID CORY

,.o tho ground. and Oh dear me! ehe
,,,.s almost asfbig as dog ana she
looked very fierce, let me tell you W
The little rabbit bunny wasn't a-iralu,
! oh. INV no. He just pulled OUT MS
popgun and pointing 1t at the sp'oef'
he shouted: =
"I,u not afraid Of the biggest spi-
der that grows:
This made that big black insect 80
dreadfully angry, for she didn't grow
Won know, like beet or q turnip.
that she spun a web around MIN Jus.
| like a net and the first thing Una.
moor little bunny knew, he coulon
move this way or that.
.Tll teach you manners, she sald;
winking her little black eyes anu
stretching out her hairy rect ana II
a bic 1y hadn't been caught In ner
net lust at that moment. don't know
what she might have done to the poor
little bunny boy.
! While she was winding long
! threads around that poor ny, quick
! "a a wink. the little rabbit boy bunny
! cut the web with his jack knife and
hoped off again on his journey, and
by and by, he came to queer little
house close by brook.
| who lives mere ne dskeu hih
self after knocking several times on
the front door but when 1t opened,
he was as surprised as you will be
and maybe more. for who should 1t
be but the Fairy Queen Of the Ragged
Giant Bunny's Forest.
| welcome, little rabbit, said the
Queen, land how have you Jared In
the Ragged Giant Bunny's Forest?
and she invited him into her little
| fairy house which was made of rose
leaves and ferns.
! But Just as he was telling her
what had happened to him while
! travelling through the Giant Bunny's
Forest. a deep gruff voice called out.
Il shall break into your house if you
don't let me in, and in the next
story I'll tell you who the voice be-
! longed to.
II.
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RICHMOND

Miss Inez NJ. Lilly Of Lynn, Mass,
Is enjoying a two weeks vacation IN
Richmond. She is visiting her cousin,
Miss Zulette Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snow left
Richmond Tuesday for Stowe, where
they will reside. Mr.. Snow has been
elected superintendent Of schools at
the Brownfield, Denmark. Fryeburg
and Stowe district.
Chester A. Call has purchased OF
Sammie Rowe, land and buildings on
South Front street, now occupied py
l.. r. Ganbert. Mr.. Ganbert and ram
ily will move into the Albert kldoer
house, corner Of Gardiner and Gen.
ter streets. -,
Mrs. Kidder and daughters will go
to New Jersey for the winter.
w. S. Lancaster has sold his place
on south Pleasant street to Howard
c. and Sarah c. Atwood Of Milton,
Mass.
August 1915 Richmond will have
its Centennial Celebration. Every
one who can sing is wanted at the
chorus rehearsals Wednesday eve
nings at the Methodist vestry.
Mrs. Sadie Gile was visitor IN
Augusta Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Small is the guest
of Miss Conant at Lewiston for two
weeks.
Mrs. S. NJ. Preble, Mrs. Lena Har-
low and Miss Sarah Preble enjoyed
an automobile trip to Rockland and
vicinity Tuesday.
Miss Adele Hartford left Sunday
for Five Islands, where she will pass
the next two weeks with relatives.
Mrs. George Kimball and Mrs.
Frank Preble returned Sunday from
a weeks stay at the Kimball cottage
at Pleasant pond.
Mrs. Arthur Adams and two chill
dren, Wallace and Madeline Barbara,
are visiting Mrs. Adams father, Mr..
S. Cashier, for few weeks.
Mrs. William Slom and daughter
Lena, former residents Of Richmond,
are at the pleasant View Farm for
two weeks.
A telephone has been installed at
the restaurant of Joseph Deag, Main
street, number 63-11.
Mrs. l.. w. Standish and son Whit
ney Of Stoughton, ID. NJ. Whitney and
daughter Phyllis of Natick, Mass,
Miss Alice Whitney of Jamaica
Plains and Miss Rhoda Whitney of
Melrose Highlands, Mass, are guests
for the week of Mrs. Alice Lowell.
DR.. and Mrs. Victor r. E. Carey
and young son returned Tuesday
from a few days visit with relatives
at Five Islands. Mrs. Walter Hough-
ton, sister of DIR. Carey, Of New York
City, accompanied them to Richmond
for a short stay before going to Hal
lowell.
A. ]. Huntington Of Wales. Maine,
spent the weekend with his sister,
Mrs. E. l.. Allen.
The winter Chatauqua course in
Richmond is to be November &c, 81
and %,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19

yields salmon nearly as rich In ma
vor as the Penobscot product and in
fact only an expert can tell the differ
ence. Salmon from the st. Johns
will be in the market for at least two
weeks longer. The salmon that comes
from further along the shores Of New
Brunswick is of an inferior quail
ity to the harbor FISH and commands
lower price. The poor season on the
Pcnobscot was due in large part to the
freshet which ripped away the wcirs at
a time when they We're about to reap
the seasons harvest. The first run
went by before the weirs could be re-
built and the later runs have been
small.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19

One day as Little Jack Rabbit was
hopping along. whistling merrily this
little song,
II don't care II the winds blow chill,
For fortune hides behind the hill.
keep merrily on my way,
Over the hills and far away.
Some day. home in the Bramble
Patch
I'll fasten the door with the wooden
latch,
And whistle and sing all through the
day
How l found my fortune far away.
Just then. great big tremendous
fly said, with a loud buzz;
Beware of the great big spider
that spins her web note far from
here"
Il have met spiders before, re-
piled the little bunny, II have no
fear, and he hoped on bravely and
pretty soon he saw the great spider
sitting in one corner of her web.
Good day. my little bunny, said
the big black insect, crawling down
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
AG. EXTENSION WORKERS
IN SEMI-ANNUAL

Orono, July 1S-The semi annual
conference of agricultural extension
workers of the State is being held at
the College of Agriculture. 1t began
Tuesday morning and will be con-
cluded Friday afternoon. Topics re-
lating to the various phases of extern
sion work are being discussed, local
and Statewide problems considered.
results of projects compared and
plans made for the coming year. Dr.
Leon S. Merrill. dean of the college
and director of the extension service
in Maine, gave the opening address.
Arthur l.. Deering. State leader of
county agents, presides at the gen.
eral conference and the mems divis-
ion and Miss Ros2lind NJ. Jewett.
state leader of home demonstration
agents. at the sessions of the wom-
ems division.
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Fair Sex Makes
Fine Electricians

London, June % GA. P. by MaiD-
English women are turning their at
tention to professional vocations
formerly confined exclusively to men.
A number of them in London are en-
gagged in civil, mechanical and cleo
trical engineering, and there are at
least half a dozen firms of women
constructors who have completed
large building contracts.
Electric lighting is branch of do
mestic engineering which seems to
attract many women. They perform
their work more from a housewives
point of view than do men. One firm
of women electricians has success
fully completed several contracts for
lighting country houses with cleo
tricity.
In Hertfordshire three women are
lawyers, three are tinsmiths, two are
dentists, four are doctors, twelve are
moving picture or. circus proprietors,
one is wireless operator, three are
window -dressers, one is a saddler,
and one an undertaken.
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Editorial Comment
Alaska in the Spotlight

(NeW York NOrld)
Mr. Harding went to Alaska for a
rest, but there is no rest for a Chief
Executive. Had he gone to Panama,
Hayti or the Philippines the outcome
would have been the same. Local
problems, industrial, political and
sectional, gain Importance under his
scrutiny. and special pleaders appear
at every turn with briefs and pre-
pared speeches. Now. with the
President on the ground, is the time
to get things settled. Every smould-
ering dispute is famed to flames.
Most insistent is the demand for
moving the territorial capital.
Juneau, set halfway down the south
eastern peninsula, is more accessible
from the United states than from
the interior of Alaska. Anchorage
and Seward are clamoring for the
with a fair harbor and railroad
facilities, Seward with decp-water
harbor and the railway terminal but
limited in space for city growth. II
Mr.. Harding does not give his opin-
ion it will not be for lack of oppor-
tunity.
Nor is the question as simple as it
might appear to outsiders. Linked
with it are charges of mismanage-
mert of the Government railway,
charges OF Guggenheim manipula-
ton, of q Guggenhcim plot to build
up Anchorage into Il capital. dis
placing Juneau. charges that the De-
partment of the Interior has been
duped by the Guggenheims into con.
sidering a consolidation scheme of
administration which would further
their interests. Following hard on
these complications comes the case
of Colonel Frederick Mears, who
built the Alaskan railroad and has
been relieved of duty just as the
project nears completion; the shift,
it is said, being due to Army politics.
The President will have to watch
his step in Alaska Just as in Wash
ington. Whatever he says Will be
mood
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Five Persons Have
Narrow EScana

Madison Me-. Jul 1S-(SpeciaD-A
party of fine persons had a narrow
escape from serious injury in an auto
accident at Blackwell corner ON the
road to Lakewood about four miles
from this village at IL O'Clock Tues
day evening. The party were in a
Ford touring car and were driving
to kingfield. The driver being some
what unfamiliar with the road in
making the turn, miscaIculated and
struck the ditch throwing all five out.
The late car over the line of the SOM
ersct Traction company was stopped
and medical aid summoned from the
Nill@Gc. Upon examination by the
doctor it was thought none had sus-
tanned serious injury beyond a severe
shaking up, one woman in the party
being considerably dazed. Another
auto was summoned and the parties,
whose name was Atwood went to
their home in KinGtield.
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fully good now. do every thing that
comes along, and we all take YOUR
medicine as a tonic when we don't
feel just so. am thankful for what
the Vegetable Compound has done
for my health and for my family. -
Mrs. MARY SAIECHECK, 944 18th ST.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Letters like these testify to the
value of the Vegetable Compound.
These women speak from the fullness
of their hearts. They describe as cor
rectly as they can their conditions:
First, those symptoms that affected
them most conspicuously; and later
the disappearanceof those symptoms.
They are sincere expressions of graft
tude. For nearly fifty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been SO praised by women.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-19
A TIMELY SUGGESTION

"Thcre is an arrangement whereby
an alarm is sounded along street
automatically whenever a fire truck
is to pass through. Augusta ought
to have similar apr aratus in
stalled along Water street
So suggested q subscriber, yestcr-
day, speaking of the deplorable ac-
cident tina. occurred, Tuesday, when
the fire truck crashed into two cars
in the congested street. at would
cost something" he added, "but hui
man life is worth it and a way
should be found to protect it from
conditions such as have existed
along this thoroughbred
If Augusta hasn't learned from the
experience alluded to that it should
not longer defer protection in Water
street it is indced-perhaps the
reader can supply the best word here.
OF course this protection may not be
had without some difficulty.
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PALERMO

EAST-Mrs. Ethe!yn Leavitt of
Winthrop and Miss Sylvia Tibbetts of
Augusta, recently visited their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. y. j. lib
belts.
Miss Melissa Spratt Of Augusta
was a week end visitor at the nome
of her uncle, Burleigh Turner.
Misses Hazel and Nirgie Turner OF
Augusta visited their parents sun
day, Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Turner.
Walter Griffin and sister of Man.
chester, were Sunday callers in TINS
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Tibhetts and in
FAINT son of Liberty. were Sunday
visitors of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Tibbetts.
Y. d. Bradstrect and family OF
Muntville, visited his mother Sun
day.
O. S. Turner and Russell Brad
street were business callers in Union,
where they exchanged horses and
COWS recently.
H. B. Leman has returned to
Marion, Mass, where he has employ
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bonner of
Worcester, Mass. recently visited his
sister, Mrs. A. Y. Scatcs.
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Editors Table

Southern Prisons" article by
Frank Tanncnhaum, n The Century
Magazine for July.
Following the recent revelations
of barbarity involved in the convict
lease system in Florida, comes this
important and interesting paper on
the general prison problem in the
South. Mr.. Tennenbaum's earlier
prison studies give this paper a
peculiar authority.
The Century Magazine also prints
a paper by Adolph Lewiston sug-
getting a scientific and soundly hui
name prison regime.
"A Parody Sport Book" written
by Cliff Goldsmith professor
Happy, and illustrated by Give
Weed.
Rollicking with wit and humor
from cover to cover is this book
which was written to interest Adde'S
cent boys in health habits. The
are not involved, but they sharpen
the wits and strike home. Pictures
of stars in their best form and at
their best stunts, along with illus
trations of new games-such as
Water Polo, Milk a la Rugby, and
Fruit Golf-enhance the thrill Of the
book. Front rank athletes have
added their messages to the text.
In the introduction. Ty Cobb
points out that Happy has filled the
book with simple rules. concocted
especially for that favorite game of
yours no matter what it may be- He
says: although these rules may
never make you captain, a dircc-
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COOPER'S MILLS

Rev. E. A. Davis will hold services
at Cooper's Mills church Sunday
morning and evening, July 22.-
The Lend "a Hand Circle of Kings
Daughters met July 18th with Mrs.
d. S. Glidden and the following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Mrs. Clara Benson;
vice president, Mrs. Lillian Gid
treasurer Mrs. F.. F. Coombs. The
next meeting will be held at Mrs.
Lillian Glidden's on July 25th.
The haying season is on here now
with full force. Last weeks wealth.
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Fat that Shows
Soon Disappears

Prominent fat that comes and STAYS
where it is not needed is a burden, a him
drance to activity, curb upon pleasure.
You can take off the fat where it shows
by taking after each meal and at bed
time, one Marmola Prescription Tablet.
These little tablets are as effective and
harmless as the famous prescription from
which they take their name. Buy and
try case today. All druggists the world
over sell them ut one dollar for a case or
You can order them direct from the Mar
mola Co. 4612 Woodward Az, Detroit.
Mich. You can thus say good bye to diet
ing. exercise and fat You don't have
to use disgusting salves and greases.-
ADV.
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PALMYRA

Howard Sinclair, who has been
patient at the Weeks hospital, ns !.
returned home much improved i"
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alba Weeks any
daughters of Pittsfield were Sunda .,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Leayi..
Charles Mattison of Exeter %,
moved into his new home, recenu'
purchased of Joseph La Blanc. !,
Miss Edna Parkman OF Corinna
a guest at the home of her aup'
Mrs. ]. NJ. Parkman. =,
Mr.. and Mrs. Manner Turner ~,
tended the dance at Camp BenSO'
Saturday evening. A..
Mrs. Nita Hodges Of Brewer Is wv
guest Of her father, Walter Tracy
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fo1g-HaIsted

Albert NJ. Fogg, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Fogg of Belfast and
Miss Maude Luetta Halsted, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Halsted
of Rockland, were united in mar
riage by Rev. William Vaughan, of
Trinity Reformed church and are
spending their honeymoon in East
Belfast, occupying one of the ToWle
cottages. They will return to the
city about the middle of September.
The ceremony, attended only by the
immediate relatives and a few
friends, was performed at the home
of the officiating clergyman. Miss
Alice Wardwell and Robert Keat-
ing of Belfast serving as maid of
honor and best man. The bride wore
n becoming travelling suit and hat
and carried brides roses. Miss Hal
sted has been employed as a steno-
grapher by the T. p. Hazard Co.,
and since coming to Belfast has
made a great many friends. The
bridegroom after leaving the Bel
fast High continued his education at
kent's Hill, where he was well
known in athletic sports. He is now
engaged in business with his father,
the well known market man.
oWlnS 10 tIle IdCI tlldl 81 IlldIlN
wish to attend church during the
remainder of the month. the First
Church Federated. which was to have
closed last Sunday for six weeks,
will be kept open until August first,
at least.
Company X. will leave Saturday.
under the command of Capt Harry
\. Foster. for Camp Devens for the
two weeks training, the first of
which will be spent on the range.
This will be Capt. Fosters last trip
with the boys. as he will leave in
August to take up his new duties as
principal of tho Skowhegan High
school. which will necessitate his
resigning his command. A number
of new recruits have recently been
added to the company.
The coolest place in town on these
hot days is the B. p. w. Clubroom
and members find it a delightfully."-
restful and quiet place when they
drop in for a brief stay.
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President Stone of the Brother
hood of Engineers says all the rail-
road organizations worked for the
election of Magnus Johnson. OF
course. Don't theyAwant Government
to take over the railroads and let
the railroad organizations run them
and tax the country for the money
to do so? And doesn't Magnus want
the Government to take over the
crops at prices set by the farmers,
and tax the country for money to
do so?
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Prize Winners at Baby Show

Two girls and one boy were WIN
ners in the baby show held this aft
ernoon in connection with the mid
summer Bazaar given for the bene-
fit of the Waldo County General
hospital. Thelma, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Shute, was given
the silver cup when judged the
handsomest of some so babies enter
ed. Ada, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Greenlaw, was given
prize for being the heaviest, and
Charles, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hopkins, came nearest to being 100
percent perfect. A concert and ball
was held in the evening attended by
several hundred. Mrs. Cecil Clay
was chairman of the general commit-
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BELFAST
Public Health Order-Wedding
Of Interest - Sunday Ser
vices Continue-Company X
To Leave For Camp Devens

Mrs. Cecil Clay, Public Health
officer of Belfast, this morning is
sued an order that all city water
used for drinking or cooking pur-
poses should be boiled at least five
minutes, as typhoid germs have been
discovered in it. Every precaution
will be taken to find the origin of
the bacilli and remove the cause.
Public health offifficers from the
State department will assist in the
work. Belfast has been particular
ly free from contagious and infec-
tious diseases for long time and
every citizen should aid in prevent
ing such now.
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ALBION

Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Written and
little daughter from South Cushing,
are visiting at the home of his
mother.
Mrs. Clyde Perry and son from
Hartford, Conn, are visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Knights.
Miss Ethel Coffin was taken to the
hospital in Augusta last week for
surgical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Fuller of
Waterville. passed the weelz-e end at
the home of his father. p. T. Fuller.
Mrs. Frank Nelson and daughter.
Helen, are visiting in Newburyport,
Mass.
Miss Ella Fuller of Waterville was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. j. c.
Gould, over the weekend.
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ExPHEss, PASSENGER Am
RREIGHT SERVICE
XEHHEBEC XYNr

Leave Gardiner Tuesdays, Thurss.,.
and Sundays at 3.45 T. NJ, Bath q
=. NJ. STANDARD Time) due Boston ~.
following morning about A. IN
Leave Bath Saturdays only at $40 a
NJ. for Boston direct, due Bostos
about P. NJ.
Return - Leave Boston Fos,sy,
Wharf Mondays, Wednesdays and Ss,.
urdays at s p. NJ. daylight Sav;,,
Time) for Bath and Gardiner. Lea-s
Boston Fridays at 6 P. NJ. for Ban
only.
Connection at Bath with steamer n,
and from Boothbay Harbor, Christina.
Cove and waylandings.
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Bangor Man Suicide

George T. Mclean, with Offices on
Central street. Bangor, committed
suicide Tuesday forenoon by drown
ing in Kenduskeag Stream. Mr.. Nc
Lean was seen crossing the field
above the swimming pool about 9
o'clock. Shortly afterwards the body
was seen floating in the stream. 1t
was recovered by Instructor Allen
of the municipal swimming pool. The
deceased was about 63 years of age,
and is survived by his wife and son.
Mental breakdown said to have been
responsible for the act.