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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-23

| shall crowd out others who have not
written since l have. l wonder if short
letters and more of them would not be
more interesting to the readers of the
column?
Have had hard time since l wrote
last. A bronchial cough has torn me
all to pieces. Had to give up knitting.
But l am practicing Christian science
not the kind that compels one to say;
Il am better every way, I'm getting
better every day" but that kind that
constrains one to say THE Lord is my
Shepherd, l shall not want. The Lord
is my refuge and my strength"
Have got bone to pick with B., but
will not do it here. l fear she has been
telling grange secrets, and ought to be
dealt with.
Your query, C. by-the-Sea, about the
odd quilt. Yes, it is still in being, but.
as you said of yours, it shows the
marks of antiquity. No, c., l think I
shall not take up patchwork again. l
graduated on that odd quilt.
We have given up looking for the
President, so our summer will not be
80 gay, most likely. as some of US had
planned. Jasmine has got home, and
Aunt Mary is all right. With regards
to all.
Aunt Mary's John.
Thanks for your welcome letter.
We are all hoping the warm weather
will bring you relief from your cough
and you will improve very fast.
l have recently made some GU
cumber pickles. l think it was
Charity who sent to me for recipe,
also for tomato relish and for
mustard and beet pickles. l use the
salt cucumbers by soaking them out
Pour hot water on them and let it re-
main about three hours, changing
three times, then proceed as with
fresh cucumbers-L. e. T.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-23
TO EXPECTANT
MOTHERS
A Letter from Mrs. Ward Tells How
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her

Springfield, Ohio. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound proved
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-23

How would it do for you to send
one or two of those poems of Sour
Dough" to the column? And aren't
you glad the men in the churches
are beginning to realize the great
help the women have been and are
giving to the work?
Dear Mutuals
Just short letter this time, for fear
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-05-23

Dear M. B. Family:
We can all assent to the poem sent
by C. and agree that the earth has
awakened and thrown off its heavy
blanket Of snow. And when we look
at the fields, it seems as though the
grass never was of so deep shade of
green. When we try to recall those
snow-drifts of eight or ten, or more,
feet deep; we'll, were they really
there? Rare New England! With
it's extremes of climate! Rare old
world! That according to scientists
is increasing in age by an ascending
series, in geometrical progression.
and yet that brings us each year the
extremes of daylight-should say
daylight saving ?"-no, for still
there are only twenty-four hours in a
day, let the day begin early or late.
What if, since the world existed, no
method had been invented for meas
uring time and there had been simply
day and night, sunrise and sunset!
Now don't think l am wandering
too far off into space. I'll come
right back and discuss pies and pud-
dings, or, if you prefer, a broader
outIook-internati affairs-al-
though l am not very we'll posted on
that latter subject.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
Haverhill Shoe Men
Say Peace Pact Broken

Haverhill, July THE Haveh1tr-e
Shoe Manufacturers Association Ma .
day instructed it's attorneys to paIcSo
coed with a bill in equity against d{kt .
Shoe Workers Protective Union ~ :
an Injunction against further inn&sS Il
ruption of production at the facstsc., 9
of the George B. Leavitt Company II =.
Duncan street and ordering the uni n
to fulfill the obligations of the tes<flsi
porary peace pact between the tvtv.
organizations. -
This action by the association NJ n
the result of the walkout of % uppsSs Z.
leather cutters at the factory lfRe,
Monday, as the company had for q
weeks reduced the prices formgtiasn
paid for cutting a special two-pEts. :
coze pattern. Arbitration had bS&st
agreed upon and it was after To
board had been appointed that ~.
company lowered the price and set :,
own price for that kind Of va
according to the cutters, who martniAl
tain that as the firm did this for tV1rs
successive weeks after arbitrathHes
had been agreed upon the comparfnsq
and not the Union violated the peanc b.,
pact. III
Fred Richardson, agent Of the Capn.,
ters' Local, today said that the 5
cutters had from 50 to IS dcducyFi-.
from their pay envelopes three wc6Fe,
ago and that after being requests4eise
to await the finding of the arbtra1ei J;
ton board the company used Gylf
ptice that they had fixed secon4noa
time with the result that the cuttefFst,
received less than their asrecmeFYiE
called for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
P. 0. RECEIPTS
TAKE BIG JUMP

Washington, July 7-Measured by
the postal receipts for the fiscal year
ended June 80 last, this country has
enjoyed the greatest prosperity in
recent history. The receipts for SO
cities were the largest ever recorded
for year in which there were no
changes in postage rates.
The percentage of gain for the SO
icties for the past year was 1916 per
cent. The previous high water mark
was 11.78 per cent, made in the fiscal
year 1903 over 1902. 1t is estimated
that the entire postal revenue for the
900, as compared with $4S4,S93,0
for the previous year, which until
that time was the high record.
Receipts for June 1923, at the so
selected cities were ,7.07 per cent.
greater than for June, 1922, which.
in turn, were 1924 per cent, greater
than for June, 1921. making a total
percentage Of increase for the two
years of 1881.
Denver, with 24.29, fade the lar
gest percentage of gain during June,
1923. Other cities making high gains
were: Detroit, 20S9; Los Angeles,
1897; Memphis, 1918; Portland, Ore,
1888; Salt Lake City, 14.31; st. Paul,
1926; Seattle, 1898; Buffalo, 11.O4;
Jersey City, 1919; New Haven,
1888; Minneapolis, 1922 per cent.
Decreases were reported in July by
four cities; Fort Worth, Tex, 1861
per cent; Washington, 1.21 per cent:
Louisville. KY, SO per cent, and
Omaha, Neb., rs per cent.
The great decrease in postal re-
ceipts at Fort Worth is, without
doubt, due to the fact that numerous
fraud orders have been issued by the
postof11ce department against COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
DANFORTH

Rev. Godfrey Gilbert. wife and
daughters of Fort Fairfield. visited
recently with Supt. D. H. Corson and
family.
William Beaugeard and wife OF
st. Stephen, N. B., passed several
days visiting his daughter, Mrs. d
H. Corson and family.
Mrs. Rebecca Bracket Of Newport
who has been visiting with her sis.
ter, Mrs. Albert Hodnett, has re-
turned home after a three weeks
stay in town.
Cony Lark is painting Clarence
Lyons house and outbuildings.
Miss Electa Corson is passing a
week in st. Stephen at the home OF
her grandparents.
Lois Springer, D. H. s. "a, Is
clerking for Louis McMinn in his
grocery store during the summer va
cation.
Mary Bedell and Ellen Heal have
gone to Pressure Isle to attend the
summer school held at the A. S. n
S. They plan to teach this fall.
Theodore Robertson, Don Fitzpat.
rick. Lloyn Schillinger, Louise Gill
patrick, Annie Marshall, Vera Lee
and Irene Kinney have gone to Ma
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
FEEL CRAIG UNFAIR
IN N. H. LIQUOR SURVEY

Manchester, n. H., July Sheriff
John T. O'Dowd and County Solicit
or Ferdinand Farley today directed
scathing reply to the criticism of
their conduct in office made by State
Enforcement Officer Rev. Ora w.
Craig on the ground that they had
failed to stop bootlegging in Hills
boro county
Sheriff O'Dowd's report said: ats
| case Of a $500 minister in $500
| office. The job Is too big for the
man. I am always ready to coop
| crate. I have never been told by
| Mr.. Craig what he wants me to do"
The Hillsboro county official admit
ted that there Is booze going through
Manchester, both ways.
But surely the state enforcement
| officer doesn't expect me to station
my men along the roads and search
for liquor; that's his job, not mine.
If Mr.. Craig knows the names Of
prominent people who are helping
| bootleggers why doesn't he go out
| and get them?"
Solicitor Farley said: "Mr. Craig
lauds Chief Healy and takes a wall
lop at the county solicitor, sheriff
and the chief of police of Nashua be-
cause we don't stop bootlegging.
How can Mr.. Craig expect the
sheriff and solicitor to stop bootleg
ging in a county of 100000 people
when Chief Healy and 40 police Of
| ficers can't stop it in the city Of
Manchester.
HE says the police are too well
known to do efficient work. Are the
police better known than O'Dowd
and Farley? Mr.. Craig wants two of
us to do in the county what 140 can't
do in one city.
1.-THE truth is that Mr.. Craig is
talking without understanding facts.
The county solicitor would like to
know what he wants him to do in
detail.
Does he expect me to look into
| keyholes to detect bootleggers?
am ready to prosecute cases brought
| 10 my attention by Mr.. Craig or any
one else.
1.-THE solicitor feels that State Law
Enforcement Officer Craig is trying
to have the sheriff and the solicitor
do the impossible in regard to liquor
violations"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
H|NCKLEY

Thomas Wentworth, who has been
the guest of his brother, H. G. Went
worth and family for two weeks, left
Saturday morning on the trip to his
home, Milwaukee, Wis.
years was a resident of this COM
Howard Hamm, who for many
munity, near Good Will Farm, but
now of Brooks, Maine, is in town. Mr..
Hamm still keeps the farm and is
here to make arrangements to cutting
the grass.
Mrs. B. H. Gaylord was the recent
guest of her uncle. Otis Taylor and
family at Fairfield. She was accom-
panied by her son, Stanley.
Betty Compson in 1.-THE White
Flower" will be shown in moving
pictures at prescott hall, Monday
evening. July 9th.
Harold Ericsson of Augusta, Is pass
ing a few days at the home Of Mr..
ard Mrs. NJ. l.. Wagner.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Merriam
and little son, George H. Jr., have
returned from an automobile trip to
Massachusetts.
Fred Cook of Concord. N. H., pass
ed July 4th., with his family. who is
81 IN ering at the Hamm farm.
The pictures at Prescott hall Fri
day evening were fine. The hero
"Penrod Schofield with his pals,
were examples of the mischievous
American boy, and held the audience
interested to the finish.
Music on the pipe organ was fur
nished by Rev. G w. Hinckley.
Frank L. Barnes. an employee of
the United Shoe Machine Corpora
ton. with headquarters in Auburn. is
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
L. NJ. Barnes. He has just returned
from business trip to New Bruins
wick in the interest of his work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
S. S. Convention at
ShaWnut Church

The Skowhegan District Sunday
school convention is to be held at the
little church in Shawmut, Tuesday,
July II. A picnic lunch is to be
brought by each one. hot coffee being
furnished at the church. The pro-
gram will begin at $50 A. NJ. the
speaker for the day being Mr.. Brown.
pastor of the methodist church at
Madison. who is president of the
County Sunday school; Rev. Mr..
Brewster of Portland, the State sec
rotary; Alexander Henderson of the
Fairfield Baptist church and Rev.
George Merriam of the Baptist
church of Skowhegan. Everybody IN
vited. Mr.. E. l.. Macomber of Good
Will Farm is president of the dis
trict. 1t is expected that a large num-
Der will attend from this section.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
They 60 to over Is Countries
and the demand l. rapidly
increasing.

The American raisin 10 making a
new record in its invasion of the
worlds markets. The total ex-
ports in the fiscal year 1928, which
ends 90 days hence, will exceed
100000 pounds against $1,000, 900
in the fiscal year of 1922, and U.s.
100000 in 1916. The value of the
years exports will approximate
$4,000, 900 and will also exceed that
of any earlier year.
This high record in the quantity
and value of our raisin exports,
says the Trade Record of The
National City Bank of New York,
is especially interesting in view Of
the fact that the other great raisin
field of the world, the Levant, has
recently resumed its contributions
to the world market. Prior to
the war, the area fronting on the
eastern end of the Mediterranean
was a large contributor to the
world raisin markets, especially
those of Europe. With the reduc-
ton in agricultural activities in
that area during the war, produce
ton was greatly minimized, and
raisins from the United States were
largely imported by Europe and in
some cases supplied to their troops
in the field, and the world thu.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
SECOND FLOOD PLAN
Se%E< a. <ED
=z=t

The striking feature of the plan is
the porches; the architects have
solved the problem of the living
porch and the sleeping porch in an
admirable manner, so they are not
only livable, but add to the exterior
appearance of the house as well.
Too often sleeping porches are but
ugly make shifts "stuck" on the
house giving the appearance of a
sanatorium which has been the
reason why so many people have
given up the idea Of a sleeping porch.
The second floor of this house pro-
vides three good bed rooms, bath
and ample closets, all conveniently
arranged about the center hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
.WESTFIELD CHILD
is LIVING TORCH

Westfield, July Clyde Agan, g.
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam c. Agan of Elm ST., was con-
verted into a torch this afternoon
when his clothing was set on fire
from burning waste he held in his
hand.
The youngster ran screaming
down Clay Hill in his pain, and a
playmate, Charles Z. Uza, set out
after him, catching him after long
run and tearing the burning clothes
from his body. He was rushed to
the office of DR.. j. Norton by a
passing motorist and then to Noble
HOspital
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
To Fight Ruling On
Physicians LIQUOR

Washington, July ProhibitpnfS
officials are preparing for lenstnT'
legal battle over the right OF phya1sy
clans to prescribe unlimited amouyi Y
of liquor to their patients as mealf-e
cine, which has now been upheld PIP
two federal courts. Ill i,
The fact that Judge Bourquin, =
the Montana district held yesterdgRo'
that the restrictions against physSey
clans are unconstitutional, as CD
Federal Judge Knox in New YORK. :
troubling legal advisers Of the pigTIr
hibition unit who are awaiting Iats
information on the case before asA'fsi
ing that an appeal be noted.
Enforcement officers made ciyTs
that so long as the legal ngh. I
pending physicians must abide by NY
Volstead law as it has been inly1t'
preted heretofore. The unit ma.aT
tains that the ban against the pnysiIa .
clans was lifted only in New lYIs
and Montana districts in winch
decisions were rendered, and as
appeal Of the New York case Is pensE :
ing in the Circuit Court OF AppetJs
the restrictions are still effective
Judge Knox's district. A decision 49,
to appeal the finding Of Judge bokEf,
quin would leave the Montana
trict the only one in tn ecountry
which physicians might use uTEy
full discretion in prescribing hquc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09

raisin producer, has 50 rapidly a.
veloped. The total production a
raisins In California was in icij
100000 pounds. in 1919 36o00a.
900, and in 1922 $500 900, and ~
are now producing more than one.
half of the raisins of the world
About four-ffths OF this big bra.
duction 10 consumed in the Un;tsd
States. OF the 3J0o0, 900 900 pounds
produced in the past decade, l79
was exported and the remainius
$3.50 consumed at home. Even this
big consumption from our own
fields does not fully cover the re.
quirements of our people.
Great Britain is the largest sin.
gle buyer of American raisins, on,
total exports to that country n
1872 having been 100000 pound,
against only 100000 in 1921. Can.
ada ranks next to Great Britain h
the takings of American raisins 4
1922, her total for that year beius
5000 900 pounds. Japan has sud-
denly developed . taste for Amen.
can raisins, exports to that eouu,
try in 1922 totaling something over
1000, 900 pounds as against 1000.
600 in the preceding year. All tia
world seems to have developed I
taste for American raisins, the mum.
Der of countries to which they werl
shipped in 1921, the latest year for
which details are available, was Is
and represented every grand div,
sion of the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
AMERICAN CANNED GOODS ABROAD

This permanent evidence of a
big export trade in this line, says
the Trade Record, is the result of
a century of experimental work
by the food and agricultural ex-
perts of the country. 1t was in
1920 that the first serious attempts
were made in the United States in
this line by the establishment in
Boston of a factory for the "pres-
ervation of perishable foods in her
metically sealed cans" and a GEN.
fury later the census of the coun-
try showed an outturn of 628 mill
lion dollars value of the canning
and preserving industry against so
million dollars in 1889, the first
year in which the industry was in
cluded in census records.
That the financial and business
interests of the country recognized
the value Of this new industry is
apparent from the fact that the
capital invested in the canning and
preserving industry is officially re-
ported at II million dollars in the
census of 1890 and 378 millions in
the census Of 1920. The sums paid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09

there is a steady advance in the
cost Of living.
Conditions such as these foster
extravagant practices on the part
Of many, while with many others
whose earnings have not increased,
there comes a constantly narrow.
ing margin between income and
necessary expenditures.
Periods Of imitation have In.
variably brought the hysteria of
over-spending and speculation
through which many eventually
lost the benefits of the nations
prosperity and the whole business
structure Of the country was ad-
versely affected.
During periods Of increased prof.
its every we'll managed business in
stitution builds up its reserves and
fortifies itself in every possible
way against the possible lean pc.
RODS of the future. The same
practices should apply with the
individual.
II present conditions have
brought about great increase in
your personal income take full ad.
vantage of this occasion to build
up your reserves.
II. on the other hand, the con.
slant rise of living costs Is greater
than any increase you may be able
to obtain in your income It be-
hooves yoa all the more to elimi.
nate every possible item of ex.
penditure which represents waste.
Our present period of prosperity
will be prolonged in proportion to
the extent with which the people
OF the nation adhere to prudent
habits Of living.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
WHAT FARMERS NEED ADDED
TO CREDIT AND GOOD ADVICE

even tenor Of his way. The an.
swer Is very plain. 1t is that some
means need to be provided to en-
able the farmer. after his labor has
been expended. when the crops
have been harvested, or when his
live stock have reached the stage
where he must ship it. to nquidate
his Indebtedness. He must have
somebody interested in him suffl.I
GENTLY, not altogether from his
own standpoint. but from the stand
point Of the banker and business
man, so that he can put his prod.
ucts on the market at the time
when they will bring him the most.
l do not mean to indorse every
imaginable scheme for cooperative
marketing, but I do believe the
basic idea is worthy of considera.
ton from the bankers standpoint
as we'll as from the farmers stand.
point. Bankers are certainly in.
terested in the farmer, by reason
of the fact that they cannot be
prosperous in their own business
unless the farmer also is prosper.
Gus. They must interest themselves
in the farmer, not only in giving
him the business advice he needs
and in financing him during the
period Of construction, but also in
helping him place his products on
the market at a time when they
will bring him the cost Of produc-
ton, plus a reasonable addition
for his services and in payment for
his labor expended. ;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
THE WORLD DEMANDING
AMERICAN RAISINS
came to know the value Of the
American raisin.

came to know the value Of the
American raisin.
The growth in world popularity
of our raisins 10 evidenced by the
fact that the exports advanced
from 100000 pounds in 1918 to
100000 in 1918, the closing year
of the war, and 100000 in 1919.
With the return of the Levant to
raisin production and expectation,
however, our exports fell to S.
100000 pounds in 1920 and 100000
in our short crop year 1921. With
the high record of production Of 1922,
however, which is materially in ex-
cess of any earlier year, our ex-
ports for the current fiscal year
seem likely to equal the high rec
ord of 100000 pounds in the
calendar year 1919. in which the
Levant had not yet re-entered the
world markets.
The raisin is . comparatively
new factor in our export trade. It
was only in 1893 that the quantity
exported was of sufficient impor-
lance to obtain q place in the ex-
port records of the government,
and the total exports of that year
amounted to only 100000 pounds.
advancing to 5H million in 1903,
100000 in 1918. and 100000 in
1919.
It is due, however, to the growth
in home demand that the raisin in.
dustry of California our chief
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09

for the materials used in the cam
ming and preserving establishments
advanced from so million dollars
in 1889 to AZ million dollars ~
1919.
Even these enormous totals %
not include the meats and soups
canned by the great meat packing
establishments or the condenseaa
and evaporated milk which have
become such an important factor
in both the domestic and expoEs
trade, though the value OF the
canned goods exported does IN
clude all canned meats, and eon1
densed and evaporated milk
All the world asks for ou5,
canned goods. They 60 to evef1
country and continent, but the
growth has been most striking u
the countries which made their az
quaintance during the war.
California, New York and Mary;
land are, in the order named, tn'
biggest producers of canned goods
but the industry now extends Y
practically every state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09

more for his labor, he is in a po'
sition to buy fxom the manufac-
turer.
A condition tat affects the farm.
er, cutting of his purchasing power.
destroying his belief in himself. in
the banker and in everybody else.
can only bring about chaotic con.
dition, which affects every bust.
ness man and laboring man in the
United States, regardless Of what
Job he may have.
The farmer had all the credit
and advice he needed during the
period Of prosperity, but ne. with
us all, suffered depression. There
clearly must have been something
lacking to enable him to 60 on the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09
Exports of canned foodstuffs
in postwar years average 5
times as much in value as
pre.war years.

The acquaintance which the for
eign world made with American
canned foodstuffs during the war
has developed a permanent post
war demand for this product of
our industries. Figures compiled
by the Trade Record of The Ma
tional City Bank of New York
show that the exports of canned
foodstuffs in the postwar years
average FIVE times as much in value
rs in the years preceding the war
and that the canned foods ex-
ported from the United States
since the beginning of the war
aggregate billion dollars in value.
Prior to the war the exports of
canned goods aggregated about IS
million dollars a year; now they
are running at about rs millions .
year.