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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Thursday Club Meets

The Thursday Club of Oakland
Heights met Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Ernest Bates of Oak
land Heights. There was a short BUSH
ness meeting and it was voted to OBJ
serve gentleman's night at the next
meeting, which will be held at the
nome of F. W. Sturtevant. the exact
date to be announced later. Christmas
suggestions were given and the after
noon was pleasantly passed with en-
broidery and crocheting. and at 5
O'Clock delicious oyster stew supper
was served The guests were Mrs.
Alice Bridges. Mrs. Lizzie Horne, Miss
Ida Wills, Miss Cecile Bushcy Jomcs
Sturtcvant and Mrs. Walter Gibbs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
PNEUMONIA
The Cough That
Follows

is very liable to drag along ies
months. keeping your lungs sore an
infiamed and susceptible to coos
Unless extreme, care is exercised
recurrence OF pneumonia may fouVss.
To keep the lungs free from colu'
and to cure pneumonia cough.
ALIENS LUNG HEALER
is proving wonderfully effective. "a,
= Sold in Augusta by John Cougnl,s
H. r. Goodrich; Beane's Drug sI"i"
Gardiner; VIM. T. Quinn, Halloween
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

concerned Granting that bonus
should be given to the veterans, who
is to pay, it? A few facts, little
known TO the public, Should be stated
In this connection.
Since Congress considered the bonus
question two years ago, nineteen
States have provided a bonus for
their citizens who served in the war.
The soldiers bonuses provided by the
States are as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Robert Il. RaIston. Lewiston

Lewiston. Me-. Dec. S.-Robert E.
Ralston. 66. died at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Cecil G. Barley. this
afternoon. Two other daughters,
Mrs. Thomas MacBean and Miss
Laura Ralston, both of Lewiston;
three sisters. and Mrs. Ada Mac
BURNS. and brother. William A..
Ralston. all of St. John. N. B., sur
yiVp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

Oldtown. Me-. Dec. S-Ernest Ma
dore, II, who fell under a freight
train at Great Works, Nov. "a, died
at the hospital where he has since
been under treatment this morning.
He had suffered the loss Of both feet
and received other injuries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
WAYNE
Farm Bureau Ladies Meet

EuFm IlUTCHU 11uUICS N1CtI
A very interesting meeting of the
womans division of the Farm Blu
reau was held at Grange hall Cd
Thursday, Dec. q. Eight members
were present in spite of the rain and
bad travelling. Nearly all live two
miles or more from the hall, which
shows the interest taken in the
meeting. Miss Helen Carlk, home
demonstration agent, was also pres
ent.
The subject in the forenoon was
desserts. A bountiful dinner was
served at noon. In the afternoon
food habits were discussed.
December II is the date that has
been set for the annual planning
meeting for both divisions of the
Farm Bureau.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
The Transcendent Merit

Boston Transcript Z.
The transcendent merit of Presi-
dent Coolidge's address is indeed it's
honesty, for nothing but a fundamen-
tally honest purpose, unshakably held
on clear conviction. could have in
spired its language. 1t is feeling
language too. The simple tribute to
President Harding at the very begin
ming contains phrases that will sur
vive. HE is gone. We remain. 1t
is our duty. under the inspirations of
his example, to take up the burdens
which he was permitted to lay down."
Permitted to lay down. The thought
goes back to the Puritans; further
than that. for it recalls the solemn
permission to the worker to depart
this world in peace. his labor well
done. There is a certain elevation
of language all through the docu-
ment. though business matters are
discussed in business way. And
the address is without a word of cant
and without a superfiuous phrase. 1t
can be read with understanding by
the farmer and the laborer, vet no
rhetorician can find fault with it, nor
any politician misinterpret it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Maine GOSSIP

Home
1t would be difficult to define,
What home is to you or me;
But If you hunt the wide world over,
There's no better place to be.
In such a busy world as ours,
Weary ones must take rest; q,
And of any place one can find
For this, home is really best.
When tired of sordid, common things
And full of care and woe,
We long for beauty, sympathy and
So back to home we 60.
All! home is fine; it's atmosphere
Is full Of love and joy for you and
And really don't you think it so,
Mrs. Marion w. Malbon.
Skowhegan, Maine.
Knights Of Pythias. of Bowdoinharh
are planning to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the institution Of the
lodge which comes Dec. q. There
| will be an interesting program and
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S. Oliver Of 60
High street. Bath, on February S, of
the coming year will celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary Of their wedding
| which took place at the Corliss street
church February S, 1874. They were
married by the Rev. DR.. Wiley.
The basket shop owned and con-
Quoted by Augustus A. Everett,
eighty-thre years old on the Lake
road at Norway, was destroyed by
fire early Thursday. The aged man
built the shop five years ago, and has
been manufacturing baskets for sale
there since that time. The shop and
all its contents were a total loss, in
I Guiding about 5000 worth Of tools and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

True happiness comes from a con-
tented family. Cakes made with
Bakers. Certified Vanilla will both
satisfy and please. Sold by good
grocers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

The Christmas mail shipments to
date break the record. Anyhow they
were bought if not distributed in this
country, and our foreign cousins may
be grateful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

So England has got to "muddle
along" with free trade. Considering
the way she has Of indirectly pro-
tecting herself by special laws there
seems to be no occasion to worry
about her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
The recent rains are verv welcome

The recent rains are very welcome
as some have been obliged to haul
water until the past week.
The North Wayne Tool Company
are having an electric wire run
from Winthrop to furnish more
POWER. The grinding rooms have
been shut down since November %
because of low water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

A bottle Of whiskey dropping out
Of an upper window in New York
at the feet of passing dry agents
aroused their curiosity. They enter
ed and found whole block of ctiils
running full blast. You never can
tell to what curiosity may lead-in
New York!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Entertainment by Sunshine
Club Most Entertaining

The entertainment given Friday
evening at Town Hall under the aus
pices of the Sunshine Club was one
of the best given in this town for
q long time. Mr.. and Mrs. Parmenter.
dramatic artists, are surely all they
were advertised to be and the three
playletts presented were sufficiently
tinged with both humor and pathos
to please everyone.
The first playlette was The Right
Idea. adapted from the French play,
by Mr.. Parmenter himself. The
characters were Helena Barron, a
society girl and George Pike. law
yer. The second was. A Queens
Messenger. by J. Hartley Manners.
The characters were: An English
Officer, of the Secret Service. and an
unknown lady. Russian. The scene
was laid in the lady's apartment.
Berlin, Germany, in 1910, before the
war.
The last number was the playlette
entitled. The Recoil, by Mr.. Parmen-
ter. The characters: Joshua Hawkins,
country storekeeper and Rose
Chadwick, a sales agent. Scene, Mr..
Hawliin S back room, adjoining the
store.
The fair conducted by the Sun
shine club drew a large number of
people Friday afternoon and even
ing. and the organization feel well
repair financially for their annual
attempt to swell their bank account
just before the Christmas season,
when shopping will be done for all
the poor of the community.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

a number of baskets which Mr.
Everett had made this fall. He had
no insurance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
What States Do far Ronu.

washington Post
The soldiers bonus question. by
the way. deserves careful study BY
Congress it justice is to be done to all
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Eastern Steamship Lines, Ins
ExPRESs, PASSENGER Am
11E19HT SERVICE

BOSTON AMD PORTLAND xfrx
FARE &2.7o. STATEROoMS ain
.. 3. GOVERNOR D1N0LEY
Leave Portland. Franklin wh.,,
Estate Pler) Tuesdays. Thursday an
Saturdays. at p. NJ. 4
RetuIn-Leave Boston MONDAY,
Wednesdays and Fridays at p. II
AT Boston connection is made ".
the Metropolitan Line express freieh,
steamers for New York and uoints
South and West.
MAINE STEAMSHIP IfHH
PORT6AMD, NEW YORK PREieR1
SERVICE
Direct freight service between Port.
land and New York Is resumed from
the new State Pier, Portland n.
Sailings Tuesdays, Thursdays and g..
urdays each way. Through rates a.
direct track connections with Msins
Central and Grand Trunk Railroads
II. A. CLAY. Supt.
Franklin Wharf, Portland.
n A HARADER, finn
sept2sdtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10
Editorial Comment
A Little irony
(Boston Transcript

(Boston Transcript
One Of life's little ironies is Gov
ernor Baxter's appeal for Federal aid
to make prohibition prohibit in the
original prohibition state.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

Now will Mr.. Coolidges opponents
be equally frank?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-10

r., q. cAPEN REBEkAH LODGE.
NO. So. |. O. o. F.. meets "a and 9Th
Wednesday evening at 1870 o'clock.
SADIE E. JORDAN; N. G.
ELIZABETH JACOBS. Rec. Sec
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01

dams came from Asia. the South Sea
Islands, or merely moved from Mexico
or some other part Of this continent.
The remains of the dog will be careful
ly studied to discover its canine affili-
atoms. One belief is that the Pueblos,
the Mayas, Aztecs and other Indians
who practiced architecture and showed
much development in civilization are
sprung from emigrants from Asia. who
sailed across the Pacific, in compare
lively recent times. Some anthropolo-
gists believe that the statues found
among the Maya relics are Buddhas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01

Bills grave not as it is but as it will
be when his equestrian statue is set up.
The Pony Express riders did some
wonderful riding, but. as a matter of
fact the record performance In that
age and country of hard.riding horse
men-it is probably the record of all
history-was the ride of #. X. Aubrey
in 1851 from the plaza of Santa Fe n.
NJ, to the public square of Independ-
ence, Mo-, a distance of about 800 miles
across a sandy desert infested by hos
tile Indians in five days and 10 hours.
Aubrey rode alone, killed several Of his
best horses. was never off a fast gallop
during the whole ride, fell fainting
from his saddle, lay in stupor for 48
hours, and walked up none the worse.
with wager Of $1,000 won.
Some Record Rides.
Buffalo Bill was the boy Wonder"
of the Pony Express. He began in
April, 1850, at the age of fourteen. He
first rode 45 miles out of Julesburg.
with the stations 10 miles apart and
three changes of horses. After two
months he was assigned to 76-mile run
between Red Buttes on the North Platte
to the Three Crossings Of the Sweet
water-a bad Indian country. One day
he galloped into Three Crossings, his
home station, and found that his relief
had been killed. So he rode on to
Rocky Ridge, So miles away, and made
the round trip of 800 miles without a
mishap and on time-a record perform
ance. Shortly afterward the Indians
killed so many riders and drove off so
many ponies that the Pony Express
had to be discontinued while wild
Bill" Hickok (who once single-handed
killed ten desperadoes), young Cody
and forty men chased the Indians four
days ride into the hills and returned
with their own horses and 100 Indian
ponies-and several scalps.
Robert (Pony BODY Haslam at the
time of the Piute war in Nevada (No-
vember of 1860 made an emergency
ride of $50 miles Of desert route. with
one rest Of nine hours within four
hours of schedule time. Then after a
rest of 80 minutes, he went on to cover
his own route.
James Moore had run of 40 miles
across western Nebraska. On one run
he made the distance in II hours, and
without rest went back in the same
time-2SO miles in % hours.
The Pony Express deserves immor-
tality as an object lesson of American
daring, pluck, endurance and efficiency.
The advertisement Of Russell, Majors
and Waddell. the famous stage and
freighting firm, carried the heading:
'To San Francisco in Eight Days by
the Central Overland California and
Pixies Peak Express" This was ex-
planned to mean that kilograms, carried
by Pony Express between St. Joseph
and Placerville, would reach the coast
in eight days and that letters would be
carried In ten days between st. Joseph
and San Francisco. The Missouri city
was the rall-end farthest west There
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01
M<eorshaus/hsNs

was boat service between Sacramento
| and San Francisco. Salt Lake was the
| only city between the Sierras and the
| Missouri.
American Urge for Speed.
The Pony Express route was 1865
miles. The first express out of st.
Joseph made the trip in ten days.
Later the time was reduced to an av-
erage of nine days. The news of Fort
Ia hours. Buchanan's last message
was rushed across in seven days and
10 hours. Lincoln's inaugural address
placed the record at seven days and
II hours.
The riders were young, light and
picked men of character under solemn
pledge of good behavior. Each carried
revolver and bowie knife. The letters
were on tissue paper, the two mail
pouches never weighed over 20 pounds,
, and the postage was SIS letter in ad-
vance, The riders were paid about
$125 month. The HOSES were usual
ly half-breed California mustangs,
many of them unbroken.
The Pony Express riders rode $780,
600 miles and lost one mail. The serv-
ice terminated with the completion Of
the transcontinental telegraph line Oc-
tober "a, 1851.
The Pony Express lasted eighteen
months, took in 100000 and paid out
100000. What is more it was never
expected to pay. What, then, was its
why and wherefore? There is no room
here to explain in detail.
One factor, Of course, was the we'll
known American urge for speed. The
discovery of gold in 1S4S peopled Cali
fornia almost over night. BY 1860
there were two great bodies of Ameri-
cans separated by 1900 miles. Most of
the mail went by way of Panama,
twenty-five days from New York to
San Francisco. A railroad was ''the
hunger, the prayer, the hope of every
settler west of the Missouri.
Breaking Trail for Rail.
The prewar struggle between the
North and South was the big factor.
The South, being the stronger in con-
gress, pigeon-holed in 1855 bill for
government subsidized Pony Express
over the Central route"-St. Joseph,
Fort Kearney. Fort Laramie, South
Pass, Salt Lake City and Sacramento.
In 1858 congress let mail contract by
stage over the Southern Route'-Fort
Smith, Ell Paso, Tucson-2,76 0 miles
on 25-day schedule. Northerners,
with an eye to the coming transcon-
tinental railroad, countered by estab-
fishing the Pony Express to demon
strate that the Central Route" was
open the year round. Then came the
Civil war, with the North in control of
congress. The mail service was trans
ferred to the Central Route" Then
came the railroad.
So the why and wherefore of the
Pony Express of 1s6o-61 was largely to
break the trail over the Central
Route" for the railroad of 1870.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01
Tale Of a Dead Dog

Nobody knows from where the Pueb-
10 Indians came and among those who
have been giving the matter Of this
ancient tribe some considerable study
Is DR.. CLARK Wissler, of the American
Museum Of Natural Sciences. While
at work at Aztec. Arizona, he turned
up the dried body of dog which may
reveal the origin of the Pueblos. If
the species and origin Of the dog can
be found it may show whether the In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01


and yelling their heads off, and the
whole country watching this spectacu-
lar race against time across the l,956
miles of the "Great American Desert
To say the PONY Express Is to be
''restaged" looks like bad mixup OF
language, since it was horseback mail
service established on purpose to beat
the stage. Just the same, the an
nouncement is one to stir the blood OF
the West between the Mississippi and
the Pacific. Nearly all of the Pony Elk
press riders have hit the Long Trail,
but the story of the winning of the
Vest without them would be like the
sWild West Show" with Buffalo Bill
out.
The 1923 Pony Express riders will
leave saint 10" about August 20 and
will finish at San Francisco September
8, the anniversary Of the admission to
the Union of California. There will
also be a Mark Twain and Bret Harte
celebration in the West this fall. This
year is the seventy-fifth anniversary Of
the discovery of gold at Suffers Mill.
September IS, 1858, Butterield's "Over-
land Mail" was established. Septem-
Der Is, 1870, the first transcOntinental
railroad train left Omaha for San
Francisco.
So there is likely to be a grand COM
bination celebration. with an "evolu-
ton of transportation" exhibit, with
covered wagon, stage, Pony Express,
railroad train and alrplane all in the
picture, and cities along the Central
Route" taking part.
Buffalo Blll's Grave.
Anyway, representatives of seven
western states and of the Mark Twain
Memorial association met the other
day in Denver and organized the Pony
Express Memorial association. For
mer Senator James D. Phelan of Cali
fornia, is president, Johnny Baker Of
Denver, vice president. and Earle
Snelle of Reno, manager.
And then Johnny Baker, Buffalo
Bills foster son and right-hand man,
champion rife and shotgun shot Of the
Il
the Cody museum established by the
city of Denver, took them all up on
Lookout mountain to the grave of the
most famous Of all the Pony Express
riders. After Maj. Gordon w. Lille
(Pawnee- Billy had placed wreath in
memory of his old comrade, the visi-
tors went on the great balcony Of the
museum and gazed long out over the
historic ground Of which a hint is given
in the accompanying photograph. Den
yer is down on the plains, ten miles
away. With field glasses the visitors
could see into Wyoming, Kansas and
Nebraska. Almost under foot seemed
Julesburg, where Buffalo Bill did his
first riding, and the Union Pacific,
where in IS months, 1868, he killed
1850 buffalo. with "Lucretia Borgia"
for the railroad builders. Incidental
ly, the artist has taken liberty with
the photograph and shown Buffalo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01

a T THIS distance it looks as if
"A Greece were getting herself in bad
Absolutely refusing to pay Turkey
reparations, either in cash or in ter
ritorial concessions along the Martha,
and threatening to quit the Lausanne
conference and resume hOStilities I'M
less { the Turkish demands are with
drawn, she has placed the allied repre-
sentatives in a most uncomfortable
position. Ismet Pasha is no less firm
than Venizelos and has formally asked
Sir Horace Rumbold what the attitude
Of Great Britain will be in case the war
between Turkey and Greece is renewed.
Sir Horace, aided by the French, has
been trying to find ground for COM
promise, suggesting that Turkey be
given Karagatch, the west bank of the
Martha and the railway from Kara
catch to Constantinople, in lieu of cash.
The Turks did not reply definitely, but
the Greeks asserted, informally, that
they would make no such offer.
Meanwhile both sides are preparing
for warfare. The Greek army in
Thrace, which Henry ]. Allen says
numbers 200000 men, is lined UP along
the Martha and the threat is that it
will march against Constantinople. A
considerable Greek fleet is cruising
about the entrance to the Dardanelles,
and the Turkish government has lodged
with the British protest against its
presence there. The Turks assert that
If Greece wants war they are ready,
and that their troops in Anatolia can
reach Constantinople in two days,
while it would take the Greek army at
least fifteen days even without oppO-
sition. One Turkish general is quoted
as saying: ''The Turks feel certain
that Greece will not, start fight with
out allied support. For this reason
Turkish officials are threatening Mosul
and Syria, and those provoking or en-
couraging the Greeks to attack Con-
stantinople should take this into con-
sideration."
The Turks, it is said, either have de-
stroyed or are ready to destroy all the
bridges over the Martha 1t is known
that they have mined the bridge that
connects Karagatch with Adrianople.
Bulgaria is watching developments
in Thrace with a keen eye. She has
concentrated large force on the bor-
der and if hostilities break out is ex-
pected to make a dash southwark in
the hope of obtaining the outlet to the
sea which she has been claiming.
"A NDREW BONAR LAW, his health
a not improved by trip to France,
resigned as prime minister of Great
Britain. This, while not unexpected,
was sudden and the Conservative party
leaders were considerably exercised
over the danger of a split. The two
chief candidates for the premiership
were Lord Curz0n, minister for for
eign affairs, and Stanley Baldwin,
chancellor of the exchequer. Curzon's
claim probably was best in normal cir
cumstances, but as he is in the house
of peers, where the Labor party-the
opposition-has no representative, the
Laborites threatened to make the par
liamentary government impossible IL
be were chosen. They objected to him
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-06-01
She Had No Children.

Mamma" asked Edith on her re-
turn home from Sunday school, ''have
1 any children"
"Of course not" replied her moth
er. what put that idea into your
headT"
Because our lesson was about peo-
pie and their children's children" ex-
planned the little student.
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barring the teaching of it in any insti
tuition supported by the Presbyterian
church. After a hot discussion this
was rejected in favor of another, much
milder and more liberal. In the next
big contest Bryan and his followers
won signal victory. This was over
the reports of the committee on bills
and overtures on the case of DIR. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church Of New York, ac
cused of liberalism amounting to
heresy. The majority report lodged
the issue, recommending that it be de-
ferred for a year. 1t was signed by
all but one member. Doctor Maclen-
nan of Philadelphia brought in mi
nority report making provision for the
New York Presbytery, which is con-
Quoting an investigation into the Eos
dick case, to report its action in full
transcript to the one hundred and
thirty-sixth general assembly next year.
The report also reaffirmed the utter
ance of the general assembly Of 1910 to
pronouncements made upon the virgin
birth of Christ and other points Of the
doctrine of the denomination. This
minority report was finally adopted by
vote of 439 to 359.
The assembly adopted plan for the
reorganization of the thirteen boards
and agencies into four boards, and in
dorsed the report of the committee of
nine laymen to help in securing an
adequate endowment for the care of
retired ministers and widows and or
phans.