davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. Hattie Wyman of Scion was
a business caller in town Friday.
Miss Alice Somes Of Canaan was in
town Saturday on her way to Water
Vile.
Mrs. Bernice Mcdonald Of Bath ar
rived in town Saturday noon to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Newton.
Mrs. Samuel Perry and daughter
Beatrice went to Portland Saturday to
visit Mrs. perry's son Roland.
Mrs. r. J. Shaw and son Bliss of
Norridgewocll were callers in town Sat
urday.
Miss Cora G. Dow. teacher in the
Waterville schools, was the Weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur w.
Creation, Madison avenue.
Miss Ruth Parker, who teachers in
primary school at Canaan. was in town
Saturday morning and went to Fair
field.
Miss Clara Drawn of Watervillc
came to Skowhegan Friday night and
went to Canaan to visit her mother
Mrs. Ruth Drawn.
Mr.. apd Mrs. Roy Sylvester motorcd
to Hartland Saturday morning, where
Mr.. Sylvester is remaining for week S
fishing with friends at Moose pond
Mrs. Clarence Sincyr and Mrs. Sc
4t'ih No'iiP "r"t " Ihue u9'a 9'luiudH
morning to visit over Sunday with
Mrs. Arthur Nieuc
. MISS CeciIia Houictte accompanied
ier hlece' MISS fllzapeth Lewis or INC
| junior CLASS, >. IL. - 10 augusta oat :
orday morning where MISS Lewis TOOK
part IN me tHpewriting contest.
| MISS Elsie roster. VINO tcaches IN
! belgrade came TO SkoWhcgan Satur-
| gay noon TO VISIT Mr.. and Mrs. William
L. w ltham. Madison avenue.
| ne remains or mrs. \eSta Matson.
| "hlch were placed IN the SouthSlde
| toiho at Hcr dcath' We're taken Satur-
| cay AFTERNOON 10 SCION NlI!age Tor
| purlai.
Mr. ana Mrs. W. IL. Dunton and
daughter bIadEs OF SCUM Gardner
| were guests Sunday OF Mrs. Dunton'S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
S. H. S. Type
Writing Contest

Miss Edith LonCfellow and Miss
Doris Reyes. S. II. S. '23 and Misses
Mammie Seamans and Elizabeth
Lewis. S. II. S. "a went to Augusta
Saturday morning where they were
contestants in the State typewriting
contest held at Cony High. Misses
Longfellow and Reyes of the Senior
class also took part in the stenogra-
ply contest. They were accompanied
by Miss Alta Young. one of the in
structors in the commercial depart
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
|Sk0WHEGAN LOCAL NEWS
Somerset County Headquarters Phones, .:,m,,, 81. e.;
PERSONAL MENTION

-. Mrs. Arthur Boulette. son Louis,
and sister, Miss Vivian Gallant, were
in Augusta Saturday where Miss
Gallant consulted an eye specialist.
~ Mrs. DIN Lacasce and daughter.
= jeanette, went to Waterville. Sat
, urday morning to visit over Sunday
with Mrs. Raney Sirois.
Peter Larkin of Waterville, the mas
ter driver for the Kennebec Log Driv-
ing Co., was in town on business Sat
q urday.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Horne,
who were married Friday. left Sat-
urday morning on a wedding trip
to New York, and will later locate
in Connecticut
Miss Nellie Tibbetts. student at
Shaw's Business College. Augusta,
came up Friday night and went to
Canaan to spend the weekend with
her mother.
= Emile Dionne and Allan Stinchfeld
ssof the senior high baseball team &C
companied the team Of the Junior high
to Good Will Saturday morning, where
they played with the team Of the
grammar school.
Mrs. A. E. Conant and older son,
Warren, went to Waterville Satur-
day morning to attend the Ivy Day
exercises at COlDv COlleSe, where
her older daughter, Miss Rachel
= Conant, is a junior.
Mrs. Levi McIlverne and children
Leon, Jr.. and Marie of Whitman,
Mass, are in town the guest of her
mother. Mrs. Sophia Dulac. OF
Hathaway street. and several broth
ers and sisters.
. Charles Atkins of Boston, formerly
of Skowhegan. arrived in town on the
evening train Friday. being called here
by the critical condition of his brother
in-law, II. Eugene Thompson, who died
that night about midnight.
Mrs. Howard Weston and three
children, Howard. Jr.. Nelson and
Priscilla, left Saturday for Old Or
chard. where they will join Mr..
Weston and where they plan to
spend the summer.
Attorney and Mrs. Edward F. Mer-
rill and their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Elliott of Melrose, Mass, are
enjoying an auto trip to Quebec. Dur
ing their absence Mr.. Merrills aunt,
Mrs. Eta S. Merrill. is staying with
the children at the Merrill home on
Water street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28

~
ter-in-law took the Vegetable Com
pound and recommended it to me. In
the time l have been taking it, it
has done wonders for me. I keep
house and am able to do lots of work
besides. Mrs. HELEN SEvCIK, 271l
Thomas ST., Chicago, Ill.
Women suffering from female
troubles causing backache, irregu-
larities, pains, bearing-down feelings
and weakness should take Lydia E.
Pi1kham's Vegetable Compound. Not
only is the worth Of this splendid
medicine shown by such cases as this,
but for nearly fifty years this same
sort of experience has been reported
by thousands of women.
Mrs. Sevcik is willing to write to
any girl or woman suffering from such
troubles. and answer any questions
they may like to ask.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
JEFFERSON
JEFFERSON Casino Open.

Inc popular jefferson Casino
H,rpenea for the summer season last
uesaaE night and although tho
Mo[sl roads Of the spring season were
~ evidence a good size crowd was
present from all the surrounding
tUMns ana several coming from. Gar
Hulltr' smith and his popular music
Mupt an 1eot tapping. and notwith-
, - the cool weather all enjoved
o oile e!el'ihS TO the full. The usual
49, 6oUo riiIes VIII come off every Tues
Gay with Smith and his assisto,+s
oISnehsIng the melody and all arc
assured of a good time as usuaI
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Burial of Little Harry Burton and
Mother

The remains Of Mrs. Harry Bur-
ton of Lakewood, who died in March
and which were placed in the South
side tomb were taken to Cornville
Sunday and buried at the East Ridge
Cemetery. At the same time occurred
the burial of her little son soon after
whose birth she died. Harry L. Bur
ton, who died Friday at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Bowman in Cornvillc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28

Mortified Old Lady (sympathizns
with crippled beGgar): Mercy saRes
How did YOU ever happen to becom'
so disabled?
The Object of Her Inspection (soo'
naturedly): | ran me legs off, mum
lookin' fern Observation-Disclosures
Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Barn Dance

the home of J. +. Hamilton on West
Front street, with music by Edward
Nigue, violin and his daughter, Ora
Nigue. piano. The Hamiltons came
here from Arson the first of last
November and purchased the resi-
dence on West Front street, formerly
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Whit
man. Mr.. Hamilton drives the L. S.
Parcel Post team
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Durrell of
Stratton have been guests Of Mr..
Durrell's aunt. Mrs. Rose Sawyer.
simpson. Mr.. Durrell. who is q
Stratton merchant. went to Lewis
ton Friday where he purchased a
left Saturday morning for Lewiston
and they drove to Stratton in the
new machine.
Mrs Clyde f. Decker. a member
Of the faculty of the Junior High,
went to Good Will Saturday morn
ing. acting as Chaperon to a party
of Junior High girls who went down
to witness the bali game between
the S. j II. and Good Will grammar
teams. Among the girls were Doro-
thy plnmmer. Bertha Norton, Ruth
King. Madeline Oak
Miss Abbie GiEgey. principal of
the commercial department in the
Skowhegan high school. went to Au-
gusta Saturday morning to attend
the state typewriting contest held
at Cony High Saturday. Miss Gig
goy was a weekend guest of her
sister, Mrs. A. II. Anderson. at her
home in the CAPITAL CITY.
Mrs. Annie Cain returned to Good
VIII Saturday morning after being
in town on business.
The following ladies Of the winning
bowling team Miss Nerna Blaisdell.
Mrs. Nellie Hopkins. Mrs. Grace Pou-
lin. Miss Allie Goodrich. Mrs. AIDE
laide Whiting, are to he entertained
at banquet at Hotel Oxford this
Monday evening by the members Of
the defeated team in a recent con-
test at the Bowledrone Miss Clara
Libby. Miss Anne Caswell, Miss Mil
bred Bcale. Miss Maud Plummer.
Curtis.
Edmund Durgin. Joseph Durgin
end Misses Grace Bunker. Edna
Burnes and Clementine Durein made
up motor party in town from The
orks, Saturday. shopping.
Mrs. l.. S. Bradley of Boston has
bcon recent guest OF Mrs. Herbert
Richardson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Newton and
their guests. Miss Alice Jordan and
carleton Hodge of Moultonyille. y.
H., and Miss Bernice Mcdonald of
Eath motored to Bar Harbor, Sunday.
MISS Jordan and Mr.. Hodge will re-
turn to their home today, Monday.
Mrs. Florence Waugh Danforth
was IN Lewiston Saturday in attend
ance at the annual meeting of the
Maine Writers Research Club, of
which she is the president.
Robert Furber was the weekend
guest of Karl Philbrick. a senior at
Bowdoin College and Saturday at
tended the track meet in Bruins
wick.
Mrs. Harry Stafford was in Wa
terville on business Saturday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
BROKEN Tree
THROWS TOWN IN
UTTER Darkness

A little after eight o'clock Satur-
day evening the town was thrown
into darkness by n large portion of
a tree at the Tucker place on Wa
ter street breaking from the trunk
and falling upon n $500 volt wire and
throwing that upon 900 volt wire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28

With a company Of the 4. f. r.
were Pat and Mike. One night, sent
out with scouting party, and fog
coming up. they did not know where
they We're After some trouble they
found the right direction to their
line, Mike leading, Pat following.
suddenly. Mike heard his name
called, softy.-
Mike. Mike"
WHAT do YOU want?" Mike asked.
"I-caught-a Dutchman," an
swered Pat.
You did? Well. bring him here"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT me-be the
throat. "-Ludge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28

suffering from the
troubles / had be-
fore / took Lydia
E. Pink h a m $
Vegetable Com
pound. My back
always ached, so
l could not go
about my house.
work, and l had
other troub les
from weakness. l
was this way for
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Fair Game

an the old DAYS when q traveller
proclaimed himself a Roman citizen,
the natives stood back
well, times change. Nowadays
when a traveller proclaims himself
an American citizen foreign hotel
help, taXicab drivers. dealers in fake
art and fifty-odd other varieties of
swindlers fight for chance to shake
him down. "-Birmingham Age Her
AID
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Harmony Granue

At Harmony Grange at their meet
ing on Thursday evening the sisters
filled the chairs and the brothers
furnished refreshments. A fine pro-
gram was presented and a social hour
enjoyed. Next Thursday evening a
play will be presented by the grange
Sc there Will be no meeting, and in
two weeks the young people will fill
the chairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Mrs. Mary c. Ramsdell

The death OF Mrs. Mary c. Rams
dell. a widow of a Civil War vcter-
an. occurred at her home on West
street. Thursday evening. Her age
was - years. The deceased had
been resident of this town for
many years. The funeral service
was held from her late home. sun
day at 1870 o'clock. The remains
were taken to Ripley for interment.
F. y. Nickery. who has been su-
nerintendent of the Pittsfield district
of the Central Maine Power Co, for
number Of years, has resigned. his
rosigation to take effect June / on
resignation 10 take effect June | in
order TO enter another line of bust
ness. George l.. Drawn of Bath has
been appointed to fill the vacancy
j. +. Little was a visitor in Bangor
Friday.
Mr.. and RMS. w r. Gates of
Monroe were in town Saturday to
atten d the funeral services of DR..
+. y. Porter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28
Wants TO help
Other women
CratefulforH Health Restored
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Chicago, III. Il am willing to
write to any girl or woman who is
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-28

May a, a little son was added to
the family of Nj. and Mrs. George
Campbell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

past the and the flowers
the EARTH the of the of birds and the
the turtle is heard The Song Of Solomon
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30

die West, the South or the Southwest.
it Is not for sale. The head of the
household will tell you "thet there
weepin belongs to my oldest son an
air gwinter be handed down."
When the Pilgrims began to settle
around Boston in 1880 the matchbox,
wheellock and snaphance were the
arms. These, with the later flintlock,
were guns that comprise the period of
American history from the Plymouth
Rock days to the Revolution. The
matchbox of Miles Standish was
cumbersome affair whose chief merit
was the noise 1t made. The wheellock,
snaphance and such were flimsy ex-
cuses over the bow and arrow. The
flintlock was good gun. In the Buck
man tavern Mt Lexington, Mass, Is an
enormous, six-foot-barrel flintlock with
which Capt. John Noyes fired across
the Sudbury river and killed an Indian,
stupendously long shot for that
period (1670). These were the guns
of the Minute men and most of the
regular troops of the Colonial army,
the improved Kentucky rifles" being
used almost wholly by the backwoods
sharpshooters, who made up In skill
what they lacked in numbers.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
NOT THE FIRST FEDERATION
Organization of the Thirteen Colonies
Had Been Preceded by an organi-
zatlon in 1643.

Many persons have the notion that
the first federation of the early Amer
lean colonies was that Of the 13 colo
MES, but the first real federation was
effected May 10, 1913, when the colo
MES of Massachusetts, Bay, Plymouth,
Connecticut and New Haven entered
into a compact for common defense.
At this time there were 10000 Eng
lish settlers in the country, divided
into six colonies. AS the settlements
spread along the coast toward con-
tact with one another and began to
extend back into the interior, 1t was
seen that some common organization
was needed to meet questions which
were bound to arise from these exten-
sions.
The movement for federation be
gan In Hartford and New Haven. The
Massachusetts colonies were indiffer-
ent at first. Rhode Island and the
Providence plantations held aloof, as
did those settlers which were in what
is now the territory of the state of
Maine. These aforementioned settle
ments were composed largely of peo-
pie who had left the original colonies
because of religious disputes, to seek
larger religious liberty. 1t was through
this federation Of Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts Bay, Connecticut and New
Haven colonies that the New England
ers were able to reduce the Narragan-
sett Indians to terms Of peace, to
check the aggressiveness Of the Dutch
in the neighborhood Of Wethersfield
and Hartford, and effectually to re-
monstrate with the Swedish colonies
along the Delaware. Twenty years
later a new federation was formed on
more liberal basis.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30

knees. The other brother stepped off
go PAGES and put eight balls in success
sion through the boa,d.
Is 1t any wonder that General Howe
wrote to England about 'the terrible
guns" of the provincials? Orders went
out In the British army to capture n
rlfleman alive, at all hazards. One was
finally captured and sent to England,
where he was made to perform, and
his feats did more to retard recruiting
than any other scheme that could have
been conceived.
In many Revolutionary sortie and
general engagement it was the rifle
men who formed the backbone of the
Colonial forces. The momentous bat
tie of Saratoga. which turned the tide
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Services Rendered by Haym Salomon
Were Invaluable to the Revo-
lutlonary Cause.

1t is unlikely that one person in a
thousand has ever heard the name of
Haym Salomon, figure of Importance
in Revolutionary times, yet one who
has been strangely neglected in our
annals. Haym Solomon was a Polish
Jew banker of New York and Phila-
delphia who financed and backed the
new United States in their fight for
f-government. His services have
been ignored for nearly $50 gears, his
name, although appearing in the en-
cyclopedias and In President Madi-
sons correspondence to Randolph and
in congressional records, also being
mentioned in a few histories, is prac-
tically unknown. Haym Solomon was
born in Lissa, Poland, in 1740. He
came to America in 1872 and was
Identified with the cause of American
independence. In 1776 he was i'm
prisoned by the British on a charge of
espionage, and although a prisoner,
succeeded in stirring up sedition
among Hesslan officers. Two years
later he escaped to Philadelphia,
where he became an agent of Robert
Morris and succeeded in obtaining
large sums from Holland and France
for the conduct of the American war.
Salomon loaned Morris about 100000
of his own money for the patriot
cause, and at his death in 17S5 $780,
600 of this had not been returned. In
addition he supplied funds to Jeffer-
son, Madison, Randolph, AMI other pa
triot leaders. Haym Solomon died at
the age of forty-five In Philadelphia,
leaving widow and two small chill
dren. All his papers and the docu-
ments showing the governments obli-
cation were lost in the confusion fol-
lowing the occupation of Washington
by the British in 1914.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
Patriotic Sons of Liberty.

The Sons of Liberty, which Is said
to have been organized on October
81, 1765, in small room in a distil-
lery in Harvard square, Boston, was
the most famous of the patriotic Sc
cret societies named in American his
tory. The Sons Of Liberty had a
prime purpose, which was to oppose
in every possible way the obnoxious
Stamp act.
The organizers were mostly young
men, fiery and adventurous. Paul Re
we're was one of them, and later, when
the Revolution began. was chosen
their leader. 1t Is believed that the
pretended Indians who threw the tea
into Boston harbor were picked mem
bers Of the society.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
Sharpshooters
Important Arm
of Patriot Army
~ M E ~ "a HAnRR IN

To the craftsmanship OF the Colo
nlal sharpshooters is due a goodly por-
tlon of credit for the successful out
come of the war for American indie
pendence, though histories and books
dealing with the subject make but
slight reference to these backwoods-
men who rallied to the call and in
many engagements turned into victory
what would have been defeat for the
regulars.
Washington we'll knew what thu
backwoodsmen could do, and when prS
pairing for the seige of Boston probably
remembered how the remnant of Brad
docks 1900 men had been saved at
Fort Duquesne. For, about the first
thing he did after taking command at
Cambridge was to dispatch a hurry
call into the West for rlflemen! Cour-
Iers and messengers were sent into the
Berkshires, the Cumberlands and the
Alleghanies calling for every hunter,
trailer scout and pioneer to come to
New England and get the honors that
awaited them. They did COME, 300
came in response to Washlngton's call
for $40 sharpshooters.
On the way east, these backwoods-
men gave exhibitions, according to or
ders, that recruiting for the Colonial
army might be encouraged. At Bos-
ton, Washington had his $4,000 to 49,
900 men, many of whose guns were OF
bore so smooth and so huge that
they were little better than blunder-
busses, drawn up In two lines that they
might witness the wonderful shooting
of the frontier rilemen. In one ex-
hibition pole was set up and at a
distance of $50 feet the rlflemen sim
ply riddled 1t. A rlfleman, at the siege
of Boston, discovering some red-coats
on n scow in the harbor, spent the af-
ternoon killing every mortal man in
the party, Livingston Wright tells us
In an article In Grit.
Wonderful Workmanship.
A Pennsylvania contingent, coming
east, stopped at a roadside well. After
'-efreshmept. they proceeded to give an
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30


of the Revolution and brought in
France as an active, open participant
against England, was won largely by
the baclzwoods riflemen. Gen. Daniel
Morgan is the boy who made your
Saratoga. His wonderful guerilla cam
paigning throughout the Revolution led
Frederick the Great to refer to him as
"the greatest leader of light infantry
in the world" With his organization
which he called "the Virginia riflemen,"
Morgan maneuvered series of engage
ments, that eliminating in the victory
of Saltwater, and together with the
activities of the mountalneers of Ethan
Allen, Seth Warner and John Stark,
made the climax at Saratoga de-
cisive battle.
The Kentucky rifle, largely instru-
mental in winning the War of the
Revolution, was the result of necessity
for protection against Indians and the
beasts of the wilds, compelling the
backwoodsmen to devise an arm better
than the matchbox, wheellock or flint
lock- This remarkable weapon, with
it's five-foot barrel and slight, graceful
stock, carrying a single buckshot, was
so heavy that only a powerful man
could use it. The weight, like all fea-
lures of the instrument, was a device
that the urgencies of the times de-
manded. The heavy barrel absorbed
much of the noise and recoil.
The discovery of ramming buck
shot home in bit of creased cloth or
patch" as it was called, had much
to do with the winning of the Revolu
tion. This simple, time-saving device
of 1.-The creased pat h" was stroke Of
genius closely allied with the gradual
development of that peculiar instru-
ment of death known as the Ken
lucky rifle" Even in Revolutionary
days 1t was a rare instrument, and
when one was found its owner was
invariably rare type of mana chap
I who was used TO wadlng and swim
ming streams, going to bed under a
cliff, fireless, foodless and followed
usually by the remorseless Indian, as
he WAS to having his unerring rifle In
the finest possible condition.
Rifles Held as HeirIooms.
In the Kentucky rifle the American
backwoods gunsmiths evolved a won
derful achievement, but they are rare
ly seen today. Antique shops do not
know them at all and where one Is
occasionally found on the wall or over
the mantel Of some home In the Mid
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
"FIaq of the Future"

Significance of the ar.
rangement of "the Flag
of the Future: The thir-
teen stars in the central
star stand for the thir-
teen original states-this
design is from the seal
of the United States,
adopted in 1882; the
twenty-five stars in cir
Gle, enlarged from Wash
ington's design in 1776,
represent the states
added during the first
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30

~ R N n - sa "a - M ~ "a Ea M
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30

exhibition shoot. Before 1t started,
buzzard happened to be flying over
head and three men fred at 1t. A dis
pute arose as to who killed it. and in
spection OF the deceased scavenger re-
vealed that all three balls had passed
through it. At the beginning of the
exhibition proper, two brothers
stepped out. One took piece "
board by inches In size and, stocl-
ing over, held this board between his
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
First Continental conqres..

The first Continental congress was
held at Philadelphia September 5,
1774. 1t voted not to obey the recent
acts of parliament; protested against
standing armies being kept In the
colonies without consent of the peo-
pie; sustained Massachusetts, In her
resistance, and agreed to hold no In
tercourse with Great Britain.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30
March of Democracy.

When Jefferson wrote Governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed" he flung the
challenge of newborn democracy into
a world Of ollgarchy and despotism. II
one wants the measure of Jefferson's
vision. he needs only consider the
political changes that have taken
place In the last 146 years.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-06-30

century; while the ten stars in the
loose outer circle represent states ad-
mitted since 1876. New stars to be in
serted in this circle at equal intervals.