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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12
Receive Word of Sisters
Death in Japanese Disaster

Word has been received that Mr..
and Mrs. Clark Benedict Williams.
who were on trip around the world,
were lost in the earthquake in ia
pan. Mrs. Williams was. before her
marriage, Miss Hettie Kcnscll. and
has sister residing in this village,
Mrs. w. G. Boynton, and brother,
Dexter Kensell, who lives in White
field. Mr.. Williams was dean of
Kalamazoo college, kalamazoo, Mich.
II. II. Cary passed the day We'd
nesday with relatives in Bowdoin-
ham.
MIR. and Mrs. G. G. Cary and Miss
Mary Cary attended Wednesday the
Topsham fair.
Miss Lucia Mustard of Orlando,
Fla, is the guest of Miss Mary Mar
son, North Beech hill.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. D. Dockendorff
and>son, Kenneth. Mrs. E. II. Reid
and Mrs. Joseph Jones returned
Tuesday from few days visit with
relatives in kingfield and Phillips.
J. II. kealy and Miss Louise Kealy
were Sunday visitors at the home of
their sister, Mrs. Martin Carroll. of
Augusta.
Ernest Scott, who Is a student at
the University of Maine, was a visi-
tor Saturday at his home in this viii
laee.
Mrs. Ray MoraAs and little daugh-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12
IS LITTLE J. J4 Aszs R 5SA7
DAVID CORY

was left alone in tho big Wishing
stone Chair.
"oh, dear mel" he sighed. what
shall | DOE"
But nobody answered him. Not
even the little yellow bird, so jump
ing down, he started off through the
woods and by and by, after mile,
but never a smile. he heard somebody
laughing My, but it was great
big, tremendous hearty laugh. 1t
made all the leaves tremble and the
dry twigs fall to the ground.
All of a sudden, a giant walked by,
carrying on his big finger the pref
test little yellow bird you ever saw.
"Why, bless my leather belt!" he
exclaimed. IT'S Little Jack Rabbit.
"Oh, Mr.. Merry Laugh" said the
bunny boy. 1--WE disobeyed the Fairy
Queen and lost my pony Dapple
Gray"
BLESS my big hob nailed club"
answered Mr. Merry Laugh, how
did you come to do that?"
So Little Jack Rabbit told him how
he had met the Fairy Queen who had
directed him to the Wishing stone
and that he had forgotten to say
when he made his wish:
Rose red, rose white,
1 will try to do what's right"
well. I'll give you another
chance" said the big, kind giant.
Nov, let me see." and taking off his
big leather cap. he scratched his
head and then whispered something
to the little yellow bird But his
whisper was so loud that of course
Little Jack Rabbit heard it. for when
a giant whispers. it sounds like q
man shouting so I've been told.
Come with me-" said the giant,
after the little yellow bird had nod
ded her head and pretty soon, not so
very long they came to his castle
where the giant made the bunny boy
very comfortable in a little chair
which belonged to his son.
"Now you rest here, while 7 go out
on the porch and get my big gold
book" said Mr.. Merry Laugh. And
in the next story you shall hear what
happened after that.
Copyright 1928. David Cory.
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ARE WE, OR ARE WE NOT7

A man who dared to work in the
place of a striker at Biddcford is shot
down and the police find no clue.
The employing company offers a re-
ward of $1,000 for apprehension of the
guilty and declares it will call on the
state for protection unless the police
of Biddcford give such protection.
Later advices report an arrest.
And Biddeford isn't the only place
in the country where attempts to
take human life appear easy to &C
complish. Indeed there is no blink
ing the fact that criminal influences
dominate the situation in altogether
too many places in this country The
representatives ofN}aw and order go
about in an apparent haze of Devil
derment, giving the impression Of
lacking means and of being incapable
OF making proper use OF the means
they already have.
This condition OF dccadCnce, of
rottcness, is so widespread that the
American Bar Association at its last
meeting was moved to recommend
the rewriting of the entire code of
criminal practice in 4S states, re-
coSnizing as it was forced to do the
terrible failures Of justice that have
become a stencil in the nostrils of
decent people the country over
though many of them entertain 4
maudlin sympathy for those Grim
inals that are caught and brought to
the bar
The committee OF this Association
also placed on record facts respect
ing the alarming apathy of the Am
erican people, which in itself is an
incentive to crime and makes of the
trial of a criminal a game of chance
looked upon by the public as a sort
of sporting proposition.
This alarming condition in the
United States cannot be disputed.
Neither can it be disputed that coun-
tries like England and France, with
equally congested populations, are
able to secure respectable enforce
mont of the laws. Criminals in those
countries are for the most part
quickly apprchendcd, are tried while
the evidence is fresh and before the
statute of limitations intervenes: and
appeals are not permitted to loiter
down the corridors of time. In COM
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PITTSTON

EAST-Mr. and Mrs +. W. Man
sir were business callers in Gardiner
Saturday.
G. G. Cary attended Litchfield fair
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goud and
Cyrus Carlton of Whitefleld were
recent callers in the village.
Mrs. Raymond Morang and baby.
Margaret. who have been guests of
M.s. Morang's grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. G. :. Dow. the past week,
returned TO their home in Randolph,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Morang and
son, Ernest Of Chelsea, were Sunday
visitors in t@vn.
Ernest Wright, Miss Addic Wright
and Clayton Reed of Augusta passed
Sunday in the village calling on old
friends.
Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner and
two sons Of Gardiner. were callers
Saturday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. w. Mansir.
Mr., and Mrs. l.. 4. Hanloy have
returned from motor trip to Can
ada, in company with Mr.. and Mrs
Austin Wheeler OF Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Marson and
Robert Roper were in Gardiner on
business. Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. owen King and Miss
Lucy King were callers in Gardiner
Saturday.
Mrs. Myra Reid with her sister
Mrs. Jones of ShecpsCOtt, have been
guests of relatives in Phillips the
past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Hussey and
baby of Windsor wGre callers in the
village Wednesday.
H. II. Cary. Miss Mary Cary. and
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G. Cary went We'd
nesday to Topsham.
j. r. Marson was a business caller
Tuesday in Windsor.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. w. Morang and
son. Richard, visited relatives in
Chelsea, Sunday.
Mrs. Lillian Heath, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. O. w.
Nash for q few days. has returned to
her home in South Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Hunt and
daughter. Arlene, Mrs. Alice Hunt
and Fred Hunt were guests Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs Lester Clark in Hall
DWELL.
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LlTCHFIELD

CORNERS-The Grange Dramatic
club played their drama entitled
The Old District School," to an an
preciative audience Monday night at
Richmond Corners.
The PhilOmathean Society held
their meeting at the academy Mon
day evening. The entertainment
consisted of music and three minnie
speeches. After tho entertainment a
pie social was held at which a good
sum was realized, which will he
used for the Improvement of the in
side of the academy.
MIR. and Mrs. Clifford Guptil and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Donncu of
Richmond, were callers in the place
Sunday
Mrs. Frank Springer. who has been
in the G. Nj. G. hospital for three
weeks came home Saturday. Mrs.
Edna Small is stopping with her for
q few weeks.
George Smith Of Lewiston is pass
ing few weeks at Mr. !. +. Smiths.
Arthur Douglas and friend Of Row
dom we're callers on relatives here
Sunday.
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tween the sections. This does not.
except at one point and that as It
happens Is at very important point
Our reference of course is to Bath
The section between that city and
the PenObscot is a big one and is
capable of great development both
commercially and as a summer re-
sort. The lack Of a bridge across
the river at Bath is tremendous
handicap to the progress of these
cOastwise sections. 1t keeps sum
mcr visitors from it and it retards
it industrially. 1t is not quite true
that the Legislature was not con-
WINGED OF the need of this bridge.
The members saw that it should be
built. but what prevented anything
being done was failure to agree as to
what should be done. Lack of in
formation promoted this lack of
harmony. Ina recent speech Gov.
Baxter said that he. would favor an
appropriation Of one h IL n d 7
thousand dollars to make a survey
Of this situation at Bath. That sur
vev should have been authorized last
Winter and might have been had
there been little more Of the spirit
of get-together in the lawmaking
body. If there is any way. whereby
I3ClS anu uguIeS HAY be pleStllSh
to tho next Legislature, ~e are quite
sure that an Agreements upon
definite program will Se easy Ger
tainly something should be done.
Everybody realizes that
RI the kennebec valley ls 10 grow
rich tndustriallv the river must have
storage reservoirs. There Is no need
at this time q review .he row OF
last Winter ovA the Dead river pro-
iect. It $ enough 10 know that thes
enterprise sumpcd and that the
slumps will cost the State millions
of dollars. We hope that before
another legislative session the
politics will he ironed out Of this
proposition and that it will he
treated as what it is.-a simple
business proposition of inestimable
concern to the Maine community.
If the next Legislature can find a
way to bridge the Kennebec ut
Bath and to provide the river with
adequate storage facilities it will go
down in history as the greatest con
structive body that ever gathered 1t
Augusta.
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PLEADING FOR UNITY

Beginning during the premiership
of Lloyd George and continuing until
now Great Britains influence on the
continent of Europe has visibly re-
celved many rebuffs, largely due to
the changed conditions following the
war, but partly attributable to the
policy of Lloyd George. He has seen,
following the war, a spirit of in
dependence growing up in the
colonies, a desire to take their places
in the world as entities though re-
llnquishing none of their pride in
the achievements of the empire.
Moreover. now are coming days
when it becomes more and more es-
sential for those of the British en-
pire, who would speak with author
ity in Diplomatic circles to be back
is a prominent thought in the mind
of Lloyd George on his tour through
Canada is evident.
Speaking at Toronto. Wednesday.
lie pleaded LOT tulS unity IN tne
empire $50 that when the cry Of war
goes up the British empire may say,
Halt and the cry of war will stop"
And he did not fail. while expressing
the thanks of England for the
wonderfully splendid spirit and SER
vice shown and rendered by Canada,
to remind her people that without
the great English fleet and in the
face of Gcrmany's navy Italy could
not have come to the support of the
allies and Russia would have been
,, CONFLICT lv isolated. True. every
word of it. and Lloyd George has
lost none of his pleasing way of
J telling it
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ANSON

The Garfield school was closed all
day Tuesday, that the teachers might
attend the Teachers convention held
in Madison.
Several of the boys have dug hole
in vacant lot in the upper end of
the town and several evenings a
week the bright glow from their fire
may be seen as they enjoy "weinie"
roaSts.
Fred Garter has built a new garage
at his home in Highland park.
Billings and Nichols are building
large shed in the rear of their gar
age to accommodate the families re-
siding up stairs.
Joe Coro is building a piazza and
installing electric lights at his home
on Highland park.
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IF you would have what you would
wish

IF you would have what you would
wish,
You must obey each rule,
No matter whether In your home
Or in your Grammar School,"
sang a little yellow bird as Little
Jack Rabbit stared in wonder at the
little gray squirrel told you about In
the story before this.
"Oh, dear mel" said the bunny boy.
where is Dapple Gray?"
And the little squirrel answered:
Il was your little pony,
And my name was Dapple Gray.
But now / am squirrel,
Because you did not say:
Rose red, rose white,
l will try to do what's right"
Then, Of course, the little rabbit
remembered what the little fairy had
told him to say when he made his
wish. Dear me. How sad he felt.
But 1t was 100 late and pretty soon
the little squirrel ran away, and he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12

Hartford. his wife, against the
Western Maine Power Co. ror alleged
injuries. The amount In each case is
$4,000. In honor OF Hon. John T..
Swasey of Canton, who has been an
active successful member of the OK
ford county bar for so years a bar
dinner was served at Hotel Andrews
Tuesday evening.
A submarine cable was laid be-
tween Lampars Point, Bass Harbor
and Swans Island, the task being
performed from the steam lighter
Sophia under the direction of an cX-
pert. The island has been without
telephone communication since the
destruction of the former cable sew
eral years ago. Last winter the
island was without communication
of any sort, owing to the ice en-
barge.
The traffic by steamer from Ban
gor to Boston and vice versa is hold
ing up cXcellcntly well this fall. The
six trips a week will continue
through this week at least. and
possibly next week. after which three
trips a week will be the rule. F,X-
curSion rates continuing all this
month are being literally purchased,
and with good weather the summer
scheduled may be continued in
definitely.
Representative J. Edward Drake,
who conducts farm OF considerable
size at West Bath, in the Birch Pom,
section. raised some wonderful fine
potatoes this year, samples of which
he was showing some friends Tues
day. says The Bath Times. One of
them weighed n pound and one half
and there were three others OF about
the same size. There were also four
others of about one-hatr that size.
All were taken from the same hill.
They are of the Queen variety and
We're raised from Aroostooll county
seed. Mr.. Drake got about IS BUSH
els of these potatoes from sman
piece of land.
The villages of Madison, Arson and
North Arson are facing the dis
agreeable possibility of having the
water supply cut off. This situation
is brought about by the extreme
drouth conditions that nave pre-
vailed during the past summer. Tie
water supply for three towns comes
from Hancock pond At the pres
ent time there is only about a foot
of water on the screened we'll at the
| pond from which the water IS
drawn. There is a big sixteen incN
| pipe which runs a number of feet
farther out into the pond but if
| the water gets much lower II IS
doubtful if it will flow through this
| to the well. The situation is so seri-
Gus that Superintendent f. NJ.
Fletcher of the Madison Water Dis
trict has issued a request to all
! househOlders requesting them to be
as careful as possible in their use of
water, also to inspect all faucets
and valves and be sure there is no
| leakage. AS far as Madison IS con-
ccrned water can he pumped into the
pipes from the kCnnebec river for
/ fire protection. but this source of
supply was condemned some years
ago as being entirely unfit for drink
! ing and domestic purposes.
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Maine GOSSIP
The Hill Woman

Three times in my life
once, when Jim asked me to marry
him,
once, when We picked out our farm,
And once, when lie asked his brother to
live with us
I seemed to hear
But ii wasn't really hearing,
\ voice near by say NO
Not n loud voice.
Unless. perhaps, it was loud one far
off.
OF course. it seemed foolishness to lis
ton to That.
When everything else seemed all right,
And Jim was so set for it.
But 1T scared me to go against it, just
the sarse;
Jim would nave said was crazy. =. e.
But now that it is all over between us.
Jim and me,
Tho city woman from away tells me
That ought to have listened to 1t,
Now that 1t is too late.
silence Howe, in New York Times.
Our champion rat catcher, Percy
\. Mills. has the record of killing
one hundred and eight rats. We
certainly have the right man for his
job.-Prospect Ferry letter, Bangor
News.
At Bangor, the price Of nut, stove
and egg coal has been advanced rs
cents a ton to ST.. Pea coal is s16.
About 10000 tons of anthracite has
been received out of a normal years
supply of about 10000
The steamship ipogenus owned
by the Great Northern Paper Co.
arrived Wednesday morning at the
Bath Iron Works. Ltd, for minor
general repairs, mostly to the hull.
The liposcnus was built at Rock
land in 1919 and halls from Belfast
and runs mostly out of Searsport to
metropolitan ports. She has a gross
tonnage of 227S and measures 267
feet long, Al feet beam and 25.S feet
deep.
The October term Of supreme court
opened at South Paris Tuesday
morning with Chief Justice Leslie C.
cornish OF Augusta presiding. There
VIII be large amount or work
cone, due especially to the activity
OF Sheriff rockingham and his dep
utlos in the enforcement OF the liquor
laws. Among the trials for damages
by automobiles two cases are
brought respectively b. Grover c.
Hartford Of Hiram and Mildred +.
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ter, Marguerite, who has been the
guest of her grandparents. MI and
Mrs. G. s. Dow, for week. has re-
turned to her home in Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Staples and
family of Portland are passing
few days at Mrs. Staples former
home near this village.
Mrs. i. G. Moody and son. Clar-
cncc. returned Tuesday from trip
by automobile from Massachusetts.
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Dartmouth College has a senior
student governing council and it has
now reached this conclusions: "Since
it is apparent that the drinking of
intoxicating liquors cannot but sully
the good name Of the college" this
council sets itself down as vigor-
ously opposed to such drinking In
Hanover and wherever the name of
Dartmouth is concerned" Yet
there are some who would have us
believe that bootlegsing is aided and
abetted on every hand
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RICHMOND

Miss Helena O'Neif passed a few
days this week with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas O'Neil, returning
to Augusta Thursday.
DR., and Mrs. Harry Stilphen and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Roberts went
to Portland Wednesday and at
tended the second evening concert of
the Maine Musical Festival
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12

The coal dealers of Boston. having
further advanced their price, State
officials at public hearings are TO
ask them why they have done this
and movement to require licens-
ing them is being agitatcd. Always
there are those who can't let we'll
dealers come under that head
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Friday October II, 1923.

For the new conceptions Of gov.
eminent women have peculiar
genius. Their coming into political
rights is not fortutous, but pro.
foundly significant. They have the
ability to see. They have the con.
sentative mind that demands cosmos
instead of chaos. They have the
training and the instinct that will
correlate this unit, the home, with
individual order creating energies.
: Alice Ames Winter.
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FARM|NCDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. George Cox OF Luhec,
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sneley at F'armingdale for a
while. They have gone to Maiden,
Mass, where they plan to make their
home in the future.
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VASSALBORO

WEBBER POND-Mrs. T.. E. Dow
Miss Helen Sprague of Nassalboro,
Mrs. Alice Weber of South China
Mrs. Edgar Dow and son. Paul of
Augusta. motorcd to Lewiston Tues
day.
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Here's a Fine Tonic
Laxative, Says DRUGGIST

Every other night for three weeks
us your duty to brew a cup of this
sieat vegetable tea-that is, if YOU
and sparkling eyes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12

Only 431 years ago Columbus
sailed Ger the ocean blue and they
were sailing over 1t in like fashion up
to 104 years, when the Savannah
was the first steamship to GRASS. her
power being mostly supplied by sails.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12

The 4s-hour law assumes to affect
the labor of women and children. ex-
clusively, though it doesn't, and Ger
tainly calls for al expression of
opinion from women ct the polls, on
Monday. -----
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-12

parison with those civilized countries
ours, in this matter Of experimenting
and restraining crime, features as an
aggregation of incapables.
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ilOtlS iihl SldN evening. ItIpIt llit
installation a banquet was served to
a large number of members.
On account of Topsham fair the
schools in town were closed Wcdnes-
day. A great many from Richmond
attended the fair one Of the three
days.
Miss Ora Reed is passing a few
DAYS in Portland this week.
Miss Ellen Blair Of Bath came to
Richmond Wednesday to visit her
aunt Mrs. Ellen Eastman.
The ladies aid of Enterprise
Grange will give social dances every
Monday evening, commencing Oct Ia
at the Grange Hall.
The boys OF the Richmond high
school are rehearsing for a minstrel
show which they will give in the
near future. The girls are to give
an operCtta.
DOver Southland was q visitor in
Bath Wednesday evening to attend
a Masonic meeting.
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM
CHANGE OF TIME EPFECTryE
Sent S0 1oe2

Sept. so, le23
Two trains daily 7:45 \. NJ and SIS
L. NJ. for Lewiston. South Paris, Cor
ham, Berlin, Island Pond. and Mon
treal. arriving Montreal $50 T. NJ. and
7.4J A. NJ. respectively. Connections
at Montreal and Chicago for Los An
Eeles. San Francisco. Portland. Ore.
Seattle. Wash, Vancouver, Il. c., and
other Pacific Coast points
The l.30 i. VI. train for Island Pond
cancelled.
For further information apply to any
Grand Trunk ticket office. or to.
G.. A. HARRISON,
Genera Agent, Passenger
sept27dtf
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@. E. 8, Hold Banquet
And Installation

Mount Carmel Chapter o. f. s.,
held the annual installation of of
ficcrs Thursday evening. Before the
installation a banquet was served to
q large number of members.
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ESTABLISHED 1925

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