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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27
Remained Single for
Various Odd Reasons

In the course of a breach Of prom
Use case a man confessed that he had
avoided the marriage he had contcin-
plated because he had a fondness for
a certain dish to which, he discovered,
his prospective bride strongly object
ed, and 1t was on this score that he
broke OF the engagement, London Tit
Bits states.
A well-kn0wn man of letters once
confessed that he had consistently
shirked the ordeal of marriage be-
cause 1t involved what was to him a
still greater ordeal, that of proposing.
And there were at least a score of
women known to this mar and his
friends who would have been only too
glad to have been led to the altar by
him. That none was destined to be so
escorted was due. simply and solely,
to his rooted aversion to proposing.
An actor, famous in his day, once
declared that his reason for remain
ing a bachelor was that he preferred
~breakfasting in absolute peace and
quietness.
1t WAS his CUSTOM, Oh rlsluS 1T SEVEN
o'clock, to have his breakfast by the
fire, instead Of at the table in the
usual fashion. The meal was laid
ready and he simply helped himself,
allowing no one to disturb him until
10 $50. while he read his letters and
papers In silence.
To marry, he said, would mean the
breaking Of a long-established habit
and because of this he declined to
take the step.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27
Makes Colored MARBLE

A wonderful imitation of marble is
now being produced for building pur.
poses with the aid of colored silks,
BY a process perfected in Italy, a net
of colored skeins of silk is laid on a
piece Of oilcloth. Over the silk cloth
Is spread a layer of special cement.
After the cement has stood for a few
minutes, the silk is withdrawn. The
slab then is leveled carefully and COW
cred with a strip of cheesecloth and
a layer of dry plaster. When the
cloth and plaster are removed there
appears a slab Of puttylike cement in
which is a colored pattern left by the
silk. This pattern is said to duplicate
almost exactly that of natural marble.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27
Pump Fights Diphtheria

A tiny electric suction pump is the
latest scientific weapon against the
scourge Of diphtherta, says Popular
Science Monthly. BY means of the
pump a passage is opened in the throat
of a sufferer, permitting the Insertion
Of a silver breathing tube. This little
instrument, which is the invention of
DR.. II. L. Lyman of New York city, is
expected to save thousands of lives
every year.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27

Kompak automatic
storage water heater
illustrated. Hot wa
ter is assured al
ways. Strong copper
tank, enclosed in
Jacket OF gray por
celain enamel.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27
Pat Wanted to Kno.p

Busily engaged in trying to harness
a mule to a cart, Pat was using fore
ible language.
A clergyman appeared on the scene.
"CanI help your" ne asked Pat.
Eyes" was the reply. Tell me how
Noah got two of these beauties into
the ark"
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-06-27
New Rodiun, Deposits

Radium deposits of great promise
have been discovered in Durrmaul, on
the east slope of the Bayrischer VALID
in Czechoslovakia. Pitchblende was
found at a short distance beneath the
surface on old copper mining proper.
ties which have lone been idle.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Miss Ethel Crocker of Bangor
spent the week end with her mother.
Mrs. George E. Gray
George l.. Thomas. school princi-
pal, spent several days last week at
his home in Newport.
The missionary tea will meet at the
home of Mrs. Edward r. Durham
Wednesday afternoon, Mar. 5.
Miss Waite Maddocks of Hamp-
den is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Fred
Marden
Albert E. Foster returned Tues
day from Danforth, where he has
been visiting his son David.
Donald White, station agent, spent
the weekend at his home in Har
rington.
Mrs. Judson Austin was in Ban
gor last week to see her sister, Mrs.
Morris Bowden, who is seriously i'll.
Announcements have been re-
ceived from Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Ingraham, of the birth of daughter
Dorothy Adria, born February Is.
Mrs. lngraham was Miss Virginia
Moore of this place.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27

to the house again. Mr.. Perkins is
here from Bangor for few days.
Mrs. Wilbur Gray went to Bucks
port to attend the funeral of her
brother, Roscoe Carter.
Mrs. Roland Grindle and daughter
Frances are visiting in Bangor.
Vesta Hewey of Verona is visiting
her sisters, Mrs. Inez Grindle and
Miss Perkins
stephen Littlefield 'of Castine is
spending week with Mr.. and Mrs
Urban Leach.
l., w. Perkins of New York is
spending a month with relatives
here.
Feb. 25. G.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
DIED.

SANAGE-At Bar Harbor, Feb. 26
Fred l.. Savage aged 60 years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
COMING EVENTS,

Wednesday evening, Feb 27, at Bap-
list vestry-Entertainme and come
dy Her Sons Sweetheart" by young
people of the Sunday school
Friday March IA, 745 p. M, at
Board of Trade hall, sos Massachusetts
ave, Cambridge, Mass-Sefenteenth.
annual Lamone reunion. Tickets 81
cents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
CARD OF THANKS,

We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to our friends and neighbors
for their kindness during our recent
bereavement; also for the beautiful
flowers from friends.
Mrs. Harold F. Strout,
Springfield, Mass,
Mrs. Ernest r.. Mcintyre,
Bluehill, Me.
Mrs. William Thies,
Cambridge, Mass.
East Bluehill, Me, Feb. 26, 1924.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere
gratitude to neighbors and friends for
their kindness and sympathy shown
in so many ways during the illness
and at the death of our mother; also
for the many floral gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hart.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Jellison.
Ellsworth, Feb. 26, 1924.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
MARRIED.

HASI,AM--BRACY-At Bluehiu, Feb.
~ by Arthur c. Hinckley, esq, Miss
Lillian May Haslam of Bluehill, to
Merle L. Bracy of Brooklin.
HIGGlNS-CONARY = At Ellsworth,
Feb. 20, by Rev. George 7. Jones,
MISS AVIS Higgins of Bar Harbor to
George w. Conary of Lamoine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
CARD OF THANKS.

CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all our kind friends and
neighbors for the many acts of kind
ness in our recent bereavement, and
to those whose love and sympathy
We're expressed in the many beautiful
floral tributes
Frank Trundy.
Miss Laura Trundy.
Otto Trundy.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Grant.
Surry, Feb. 20, 1924.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to the Grange, Foresters,
Daughters of Veterans, relatives and
illness
Claude L. Clark and family.
West Franklin, Me-, Feb. 30, 1924.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
CHURCH NOTICES.


NethouiSt episcopal Church.
Rev. zebedee Andrews, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding at 1890;
Sunday school at HIS; Epworth
League at $780, evening at 7.30.
Sunday, March 2-Morning subject,
Our Church Privileges and Obliga-
tons" Evening, THE Man Who Need
to be Washed"
St JoseDh's Catholic Church.
Rev. j. A. German, Pastor
Sunday, March MASS at 10 o'clock
congregational Church.
Rev. George S, Brookes, Pastor.
Sunday ervices-Morning at 1890;
Sunday school at 1145; evening service
at 1870. Mid-week service, Wednesday
evening at 7.30.
Sunday March Communion ser
vice, with sermon. Accounted Worthy
to Stand" Evening, stereopticon lee
ture, "Awak India" sixty eight
>colored slides.
Unitarian Church.
Rev. George II, Jones, Pastor.
Sunday Notwithstanding at 1880.
Sunday school at 12
Sunday March 2-Subject, The
Church and the University-the Two
Positions"
Baptist Church.
Rev. Clarence Emery, Pastor
Sunday services-Morni: at 1880:
sunday school at 11.45; young peoples
meeting at $50; evening service at
1870
Sunday, March 2-Morning subject,
THE Life that Now Is" Evening.
The Masters Call Young peoples
topic In His Steps; What Jesus
Taught About Happiness"
North Ellsworth.
Service at p. m. Mr. Brookes will
preach.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-02-27
WaIthaln.

Oscar Jordan, who has been work
ing for Mahlon Wilbur, is at home.
Mrs. >Arvill Jordan has some to
Franklin for visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Rosie Bragdon.
Y Mr.. and Mrs. Ormond Haslem
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Haslem.
Mrs. Vernon Haslem of Eastbrook
will entertain the Help-Some-How
club March 6.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clarke are
visiting in Bangor.
Ivory and Vallie Kemp were in
town Saturday to see their father,
who is i'll.
The many friends of Mrs. Sadie
Johnson sympathize with her in the
death of her husband in California
on Feb. l.
Feb. 25. B.
--O-
South Penobscot.
Friends of Mrs. d. l.. Perkins are
sorry to learn that she is confined
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
SWEDEN MAKES
| BID FOR SOVIET
TRADE
Nation to Supply Russia With
Five Hundred Locomo-
tives by August.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26. - How
Sweden is developing her Baltic and
trans oceanic markets is shown in
recent reports of the expansion in
number of that country's indus
tries. According to reports from the
large Nydquist and Holm shops
at Trollhaetan, the Swedish loco
motive industry has contracted
to supply 500 locomotives to tina
Soviet government by August Of
this year, while Brazil has just
closed an order for about thirty
locomotives and negotiations are
going on with certain Balkan states
for early deliveries. Work has also
begun on twenty electric locomo-
tives for the Swedish State Rail-
ways.
The manufacture of telephone in.
struments and equipment also bids
fair to reach new record totals In
Sweden this year. The L. M. Erics.
son Company. which has important
telephone concessions in various
European countries, reports a sue.
cessful year in Mexico. The Swed-
ish company controls the telephone
system in Mexico City and has in
creased the number of it's subscrib-
ers during the last year from $4,000
to 1900. A new exchange station
with capacity of 10000 automatic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
DENIES
WIFE SCLA|MS
To DIVORCE
Otto 7. Post Asks Court to
Order Wife and Children
Back to Germany.

Otto T. Post, Of Schladern, Ger.
many, yesterday filed his answer to
the suit for absolute divorce
brought against him by his wife.
Ethel H. Post, Of this city. He
denies charges Of misconduct and
declares his wife refused to mend
his clothes. and that he had to wear
most Of his shirts with one button.
He also declares his wife believes
herself to be mentally his superior.
He asks the court to order his wife
and children back to Germany.
Suit for absolute divorce was filed
yesterday in the District Supreme
Court by Dena s. Ray against
Charles w. Ray who, she says, has
been a resident Of this city for
fifty years. They were married
September 20, 1905.
Cruelty and neglect are charged
against Earl McAleer. in a petition
for a limited divorce filed yester-
day by Mrs. Evelyn McAleer
through attorney Dora Palkin. They
were married July 81. 1920, and
have one child. Plaintiff says that
her husband frequently asked her
to leave him.
Marion Parker, wife of Lawrence
G. Parker, yesterday asked the
court to annul her marriage on the
ground that her husband was in.
sane when they were married April
%, 1923. The court is informed
that the man and woman never
lived together as a married couple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26

Swedish telephones Is to be con.
structed soon.
The Swedish match combine,
which manufactures a third of all
the matches used in the world. is
looking forward to an enlarged mar
ket in France, following the pro.
posed repeal Of the government
match monopoly there. Reports just
received from India show that the
sale of Swedish matches in that
market in 1923 was double that Of
1922.
Export credits to the amount
of $250.000 were established by
the Swedish government for Lithu.
ania few weeks ago, and it is
now reported that Esthonia il
to receive similar credits. The
goods to be shipped from Sweden
include farming machinery, fer
tilizers, seed and live stock for
breeding purposes. Fifty to sew.
enty-five per cent of these ship
ments will be covered by the
loans, which will bear per cent
interest. The Royal Board Of
Trade has just recommended to
the Riksdag that Swedish expo IS
be financed by loans to foreign
buyers in the amount Of $4,000.
900, all or part of which may
be appropriated from the surplus
revenues Of the state liquor con-
troll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
PROFESSOR DISCOVERS
NON-REMOVABLE INK

ITHACA. N. Y, Feb. 26.-Dis-
covery of printing ink which can
not be bleached has been announced
by Prof. w. r. Orndorff, of the
Cornell University chemistry depart
ment. .-
Professor Orndorff has worked for
more than two years lin an effort to
discover ingredients which would
meet certain requirements, one Of
which was the production of non.
removable ink for voiding checks.
The new ink, Professor. Ornodorff
said, will become brilliant red
when bleaching agents are applied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
Family Cows Stagger
Back Home From
Creek

CONVICTION, KY, Feb. 26.
Councilman at Clifton, a viii
lage near here, are searching
for brook that flows through
a heavily wooded section Of
that community for a moon
shine still which pours mash
into the water. Family cows,
the authorities assert, are
drinking the water and then
appearing at the milking places
in an intoxicated condition.
It is also declared that vari-
Gus persons who drink milk
notice the liquor taste. One
Californian said the "whiff Of
fragrance" from the creek had
reached him several blocks
away. Another says his cows
left home, drank from the
creek, and had not returned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES
AT OXFORD HELD DoWDY

OXFORD, Feb. 26.-Dowdiness OF
the other extreme, bad attempts al
would-be naughtines4 are the curses
OF the average woman undergrad.
uate at Oxford, writes "Sophy" in
the new issue Of Isis.
1t Is entirely our fault" she
says. I'VE have inherited IL from
our school days together with the
puritan nonconformist COMPLEX
WHICH is always troubling us. II
we have to dress, let us dresg-not
extensively or riotously. It il part
or our education to learn to wear
clothes. not to fling them on"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
IS BELOW At LEVVISTOVVN;
WILD GAME SUFFERING

LEWISTOwN, Pa, Feb. 26.--The
temperature dropped to Is degrees
below zero here, the lowest recorded
this winter. Two to three feet Of
snow covered the mountains, and
wild life is suffering greatly, al.
though every effort is being made
to feed and protect it.
Telephone and telegraph wires
have snapped like pipestems, con.
traction incident to the extreme
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
DOCK STRIKE CAN'T STOP
hoTHoUSES STRAWBERRIES

LONDON. Feb. 26.-The dock
strike which has tied UP the trans.
port of food supplies has not af.
.eected English dollhouse straw.
berries, which travel as registered
mail, and are priced wholesale at 8
shillings an ounce.
The berries are hired out as table
decorations by the fashionable
caterers. 1t is a social crime for
guests to eat these delicacies. They
must be content with wondering
how many banquets strawberry
should grace without losing its
bloom, and what is it's ultimate fate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
"Rig Annie" Has Litter Of 10

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-"Big An.
ME" is an anaconda, biggest and
most ill-tempered of the snake
family, at the Bronx zoo. Her
family arrived, seventy little ana
condas suddenly appearing, one
after the other. until Armies cage
became a tangled mass of squirm.
ing snakes. Each of the new ar.
rivals IL nearly two feet long and
one inch in diameter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
2 coNVIcTs GIVE BLOOD
TO FELLOW.PRlSoNEr

oSSINING. N. Y. Feb. 26.-Two
prisoners submitted to a blood
TRANSMISSION operation in the hone
OF saving the life of Ernest He'll.
strum, a fellow convict. One Sc
lected chicken as his reward
the other a bowl Of spaghetti. -
Fifteen prisoners, two of them
coiored. responded to an appeal for
volunteers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-04
Tagged Wild Goose Il
Occasion for ReUiual

Jack Miner, OF Kingsville, Ont, who
has become noted for his ability to
tame Wild geese, made ths experiment
OF fastening metal tags to a large num-
Der Of them before turning them loose
to resume their migrations. Thereby
hangs an amusing tale.
A gray goose bearing one of his
tags had been shot by some negroes
In Aississippi. The negro who ac-
CURED this particular bird. 1t appears,
was an illiterate preacher, possessed
Of great powers Of speech. He insist
cd that the message came from heay-
en- and made It's receipt the occasion
for revival declaring to his credu-
lous flock: "T1s am the message
Of the Lord. and now am the judg-
ment coming" Some Of the Indian
hunters who have shot the tagged
geese In the Far North have had q
strange superstition about them, in
sistine that they belonged to the evil
one, who had marked them as his own.
The result Of Miners experiments
ana observations may be summarized
thusi He has definitely proved that
birds DO return to the Same haunt year
after year, that kindness will over.
come fear even In the wariest OF
feathered folk; that geese travel ovel
the same route In migration at speed
Of about sixty miles an hour.-Alber,
=. Gilmore in the Christian Science
Monitor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-04
Tibet Women Rule and
Haze Several Husbands

I'm some Of the principalities In
eastern Tibet" said DR.. William Mont
gomery McGoovern, the latest and best
authority upon the only real hermit
kingdom remaining on the face Of the
earth, ''the rulers are women, and
polyandry. which is practiced through
out the country, reaches it's greatest
heights. for some Of them have their
harems, as 1t were, but with reverse
English, because the inmates are men,
who are never permitted to leave the
place"
The doctor visited Detroit recent
ly to lecture on his experiences In
reaching the forbidden city Of Lhassa,
the capital Of Tibet, the forbidden
country.
"Folyandry IL the practice, and
wives have a. many husbands a. they
apparently want. The country, curl
ously, In run by those married wem-
en-, and the unmarried monks, for most
Of the worth while men join the re-
ligious order. The dominance Of wom-
en- has apparently not caused any
psrceptible lowering of the moral or
social standards, but naturally there
II little, II any, Of the home life spirit
found In occidental countries. Jack
son d. Haag In the Detroit News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-04
FOXY JAPS
Favored in Gentlemen's
Pact Known Only to
State Department

Washington.--This country has tied
itself up with Japan through a secret
gentlemen's agreement that only the
state department has information on,
declares the house committee on i'm
migration. The lawmakers insist that
the agreement should be cancelled, as
it gives Japan, instead of the United
States, control over japanese immi-
grants.
In it's endeavor to find solution of
the question, the committee said, it
has been handicapped by a "lack of
information" as to the provisions of
the gentlemen's agreement, access to
which can not be had without ia
pans consent.
The committee declared that the
United States labor department, which
is in charge of immigration, is not
even in possession of the provisions
of the agreement.
"This much is certain, as indicated
by instructions to immigration Off
GERS at ports of entry" the committee
continued. "Under the agreement, the
United States bound itself to admit
any japanese who presents himself
bearing Japan's passports, unless he
is afflicted with a contagious disease.
Congressional prerogatives Of regu-
lating immigration from Japan have
been surrendered to the Japanese gov
ernment. That condition, coupled
with the fact that the terms of the
agreement are secret, would justify
immediate cancellation of the agree
ment."
Secretary Hughes proposal that
Japan be placed on the same quota
basis as other nations would prove
most Objectionable, in the opinion of
the committee. AS the law debars all
Orientals, the committee shows that
the Hughes plan would discriminate
in favor Of Japan and against other
Asiatic nations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-04
GOING! GONE!
AuctiOneers Prove Costly
War Babies

Washington.-The auctioneer has
been given front rank among the war
profiteers.
/ The ability to cry out: "How much
am bid? Going! Going! Gone!"
calls for special remuneration, and
these sales criers were paid enormous
prices when the governments surplus
war stocks were sold.
M. Fox & Sons, Baltimore, were
employed 113 different days. The
testimony shows that the firm did not
pay for the advertising nor for any
other expense Of the sale.
This was all the auctioneer had to
say: "How much am I bid? Last
chance! Sold" For this the firm re-
ceived $230, ,370.72 for the 113 days.
The Baltimore charge is INSIGHT
cant when the report on Gerth's realty
experts Of New York is considered.
These experts" do not belle their
title. They were employed 18 days
as ordinary auctioneers and the gov
ernment paid them 06.11O.O8, or an
average of $11, ,45O56 q day.
The Garth firm seemed encouraged
at its success, and later it charged
|$167, ,747 ~ for four days services.
The Loaaisville real estate and de-
velopment cosnpany did its part in
raising the lowly auctioneer to q high
estate. For one days labor that could
be done by any clerk in the war de-
partment, this concern was paid $24,-
194.8O.
More than . score Of auctioneers
were paid amounts ranging from
ii 900 ! day UP to the higher figures
'indicated NJ y VI u
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-04-04

AT HAMILTON'S
LEADING THEATRES

Rialto, Sunday 'sPenrod and Sam"
All roads will lead to the Rialto
theatre next week because it will have
as its feature attraction another sskid''
story by Booth Harrington. It is
"Penrod and Sam," and it was direct
ed for First National by William
Beaudine. The picture has met with
sensational success in all theatres
where it has played to date, and it is
said to have an appeal that is limited
to no age or class.
"Penrod and Sam" abounds in ire
sistible humor, which is interspersed
with pathos, which helps to make the
film really human portrayal Of the
life Of a true American boy.
Penrod and his "gang" cavort from
one mirthful adventure to another
First off the bat they stage mimic
war; then they initiate the neighbor.
hood SISSY" none too gently into their
secret society; they follow this ur
with q "mamuth circus" and in gen
eral get on the nerves Of their elders
Added, Our Gang Comedy, "Lodge
Night" and Fox News.
Rialto, Thursday, Friday and Satur'
day-"What q Wife Learned
Actionl Thrills! Dramatic inten
sity!
Must woman put aside all hope
Of a career if she marries? How
would you have solved this big prob
lem which confronts the modern WON
an? What would you have done j.
you were Sheila Russell, the heroine