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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
NORRIDCEW0CK

Miss Bernice Mcrriet of Vienna is
living with Mrs. Sarah Clark while
attending High school here.
Leigh Williamson is moving his
family from the home on Main
street to the farm of his father,
Everett Williamson. where he will
assist in the carrying on of the
farm work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Mclaughlin
lave gone to Warren. where they
nave employment in the shoe
factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dunlap arc
both on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Trueworthy
have returned to their home in
Portland, after a brief visit with
Mrs. Trueworthy's mother, Mrs. l..
II White. who is in poor health.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williamson of
Mercer have moved to town and
will make their home with their
daughter. Mrs. Willard Blaisdell.
Roland Priest has returned to his
home in Skowhegan. after being for
several weeks at the home Of his
grandparents, MIR. and Mrs. l.. c.
Stevens.
Barlow Nichols and son. Harold.
of Starks. are saving shingles for
Frank Padham.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stevens and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Stevens have
returned from Belfast. where they
went to attend a knights of Pythias
convention.
Mrs. Edna Emmons entertained
the O. +. c.. on Tuesday afternoon
al her home on Depot street. Dainty
refreshments were served.
Eugene Peacock and Edward
Meader Of Oakland have moved
their families to the Anna Perkins
farm.
The ownership Of the Norridge-
wock Motor company changed on
Thursday. when Ernest Seabury sold
cut his share to Merle Sheaff. The
business will be run in the future
by the brothers, Wallace and Merle
Sheaff.
Henry Hussey IL having an OIL
burner installed in his hot air fur
mace.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
COBURN NOTES

The Clarion board was appointed
Yesterday and the following ofncers
were named: Editor in chief. James
Woods: assistant editor. Dana Sim
mons: local editor for boys, Richard
Reed: local editor for girls. Evelyn
Lydick. sporting editor. boys. george
Grady; sporting editor for the girls
Priscilla Clark: literary editor, Annie
Hooper: assistant editor. GlenSs
Cole: exchange editor. Raymond Par
sons: alumni editor, Ruth Daggett
school notes editor. Evelyn Grindah:
assistant school notes editor. Alberta
Brown.
The usual social was held last
night in the gym.
Lila washburn will have as her
guest at her home In China this week
end, Thelma Bean.
Lucy Bergman has gone TO Port
land to pass the week end with her
parents
Madeline knight went home to Sid
ney last night.
Mildred Conant. whose home is in
winterport, left last night by auto
mobile.
Harry Norbury will pass the week
end in Lewiston, his home town.
Whitney Wheeler has gone nome.
he lives in Tenants Harbor.
w. F.. Cornelius Of the James Bailey
Co. was . visitor at Coburn yester-
day. Mr.. Cornelius is sporting
goods salesman.
DIR. Randall Condor. whose name
was mentioned in the Atlantic
Monthly" as one who was to start IN
on an important educational project
for that maya zine. is a Coburn grad
uate in the class Of 1882. Mr.. Condor
is at present superintendent OF public
schools in Cincinnati. Ohio. but mas
been granted a years leave OF alb
sece by the officials of that city IN
order-that he may work on TINS ne"
undertaking.
Mrs. Merchant has gone TO ner
home In Machias for the week enc.
Plans are on foot for means OF faAs'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11

ty grand jury today for murder In
the first degree. The date Of the
crime as given by the grand jury as
Sept. II.
Mowbray went to the Burlington
police last Sunday and said that
Clements, who was his employer. had
been killed by two strangers a. he
slept in a loft over his garage. The
motive was robbery. he said. The
youth declared that he was forced by
threats to assist the killers In wrap
ping the body in a quilt. attaching
parts of an automobile as weights,
and sinking the bundle I'm the river.
Acting on information given by
Mowbray. District Attorney Arthur
X. Reading Of Middlesex county has
announced that he Is searching for
Frank II. Morse. a Boston lodging
house keeper. for questioning In con-
nection with the case. Morse, &C
cording to Mowbray, was present at
n drinking bout at Clements garage
the night of the murder.
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FARM|NCT0N

The first Normal school gym dance
OF this year will be held in the Nor
mai school gymnasium Saturday night
at O'Clock. A piano will provide the
music. which will be played by local
talent.
The airplane which was wrecked here
at the Franklin fair has not Vet been
repaired sufficiently to be removed and
last night one of the wings which de-
tached from the machine was blown
some distance away.
The Laurel board of the Farmington
High school has been elected. as fol-
| lows: Editor-in-chief, William b.
Mills: assistant editors. Evelyn Backus
| and Caroline Sweet: exchange editor.
Barbara Cannon: alumni editor. Ed
win Smith; athletic editor. Victor
Gould; business manager. Maxine Nc
Leary. Glass editors: Senior editor,
Edna Huff: junior editor, Lucille Whit
comb; sophomore editor Owen Gilman;
freshman editor. Allan Sweet The
first edition of the Laurel will be put
out little while before the last of the
term. Material is coming in good and
large Laurel is expected.
Normal school basketball practice
began Wednesday night at the Normal
school gymnasium. There are seven
letter men from last year and many
new players this year. and fast Quin-
tet is expected. Beldcn Tracy is man.
aGcr. Milton Knowlen IS manager of
baseball in the Normal school for this
year. A constitution for an athletic
association i'm the Normal school has
been drawn and will he presented to
the school at some later date for ac-
CCptanCe. --.....
The women or st Josephs church
put on whist party after the food
sale of this afternoon. Both were a
great success and many attended the
party and enjoyed themselves very
much.
The first meeting OF the Women's
Republican Club will be held next Mon
day afternoon at the court house
The endurance, run Of the Che vrolet
owned by the Morton Motor Co. lis COM
ing off well. To date, the car has been
1un considerably over 1900 miles, and It
has been driven somewhat over 20
hours at Friday night. Two complete
stops have been made and one tire has
given out. which necessitated change.
This will come to an end sometime
Saturday afternoon around 4 o'clock.
A whist party will be held by the
Village Improvement Society of West
Pennington at their hall in the same
town. The admission is 50 cents. Re-
freShmcntS will be served. Everybody
interested is asked to come.
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$4,000 TicOnic Road
Bridge Expected
To Open Today

It IL expected that the Ticonic
road bridge which has been closed
for several weeks on account of re.
construction of the surface with Kre-
olite wood blocks will be opened to
| traffic sometime today. The road
surface has been completed for sew
eral days but the bridge was kept
closed in order that new sidewalks
could be constructed on both sides
OF the roadway. The sidewalk on
the up-river side has been completed
and the one on the down river side
lacks but few yards of completion.
During the reconstruction of the
bridge surface traffic has been d.
rected over the A. and K. electric car
bridgew hich is just south of the
road bridge. Officers have been sta
toned at each end Of the bridge d.
recting one way traffic as the bridge
| was too narrow to allow two cars to
pass.
I The cost OF rebuilding the road
surface Is approximately $4,000 and
the expense is borne by the city Of
Waterville and town OF Winslow ac-
cording to state valuation.
The Emerson concrete memorial
bridge at the lower end OF Silver
street is practically completed and
VIII De opened 10 tfaInc very shortly.
The crushed rock has all been laid
for the bituminous macadam road
way and wOrkmen are now waiting
for the tar which it is understood has
| been delayed in transit.
The approaches to the bridge are
being graded at the present time and
| catchbasin has been built on the
eastern side of the river to do away
! with the mudpuddle which had all
' most become a landmark in front Of
| the old bridge.
| A stout wooden guard rail Of the
| conventional type seen along state
highways is being built along the
Grove street approach.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
Word Received of
Death of One
Colby Graduates

Word has recently been received In
Waterville of the death in Switzer-
land Of DIR. George \. Clifford, one
OF the oldest graduates Of Colby col
leSe. DR. Julian ID. Taylor, professor
or the Latin languages and litera =
ture at Colby college was an init
mate friend of DIR. Clifford.
DIR. Clifford was born in Vassalboro
then called Getchelrs Corner, In
November 10, 1912. He was law
student at Colby college, then Wa
tervilIe college. from 1S5s-62. grad
uating with the class of 1862 and
later becoming a teacher. For some
time he practised law at Cherryfield
and later was elected to the Maine
Legislature. For several years he was
editor of the Portland Daily Press
and also of the Sunday Star.
BECAUSE of his independent spirit
and utter disregard for politicians he
became unpopular with them and
was given post as agent for the
United States treasury in London
Later he was secretary to the Com
misary General at the Paris Exhibi-
ton i'm 1878 and then appointed Unit
ed states consul to Nantes in France
He served at Nantes from 1878 until
1881 and was then transacted to La
Rochelle. also in France. From 1884
until his retirement from the United
states Consular Service. lie served
his government as consul 1t Basel in
Switzerland. After uis retirement
from the government service re lived
in Geneva, where his death occurred
several days ago.
Dr.. Clifford married soon after
leaving college the sister of Senator
Eugene Hale, father of the present
senator.
While President and Mrs. Arthur j
Roberts were touring switzerland OH
their trip through Europe. President
Roberts called upon DIR. Clifford in
Geneva.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
ekman Man Is
kd for Jan. Court
! Charge DesertiOn

|,r,,t Poisson Of Jackman was
NH before Recorder J. A. Letour-
h IN the municipal court yestcr-
morning by deputy sheriff Ed
n rortIer Of Moose River charged
dsserton and non support of
wife Ieontine and two children
l,xhat over n year ago. lie pied
Nv and Recorder Lctourncau
IA probable cause and bound him
\ 10 The January term of the SUI
bor court In $500 bonds. He was
INe 10 secure bail and was com
bed,
Recorder Ietourncau asked the
kontr Il he did not want to pay
hahIng toward the support OF his
MY and while Poisson admitted
suiN he said that he did not
b TO pay toward their support.
dss.rtion took place I'm Win
". The children arc eight years
h ?. months OF age respectively.
Iunn had been working In the
Dds near Iackman FOR sometime.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
fairfield

William and Margaret pooler were
operated on at their home Friday fol
tonsils by Drs. Poulin and Gouse.
Mrs. Addie Webb and Miss Alice
Fowler of Skowhegan returned
Thursday from Portland where they
have been visiting friends.
Mrs. +. o. Savage will go to Mad
ison today and will occupy the pull
pit in Arson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Lawry and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Archer motored &c
Boston Friday where they will pass
the week end.
w. NJ. Crawford returned from
Skowhegan Thursday where he has
been serving on the traverse jury.
Mrs. Orrin Learned and Mrs. f. Fl
Neal returned Thursday from Port
land where they have been attend
ing the Maine Music Festival
Zena Woodman who has been Wis
ting relatives in town for several
weeks returned to his home in Dor
chester Mass. Friday.
Roscoe Holway of Portland was a
business caller in town Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. McClintock
returned Thursday from Portland
and Lewiston where they have been
passing few days.
Mrs. Bertha Clifford Of Skowhegan
is passing few days with relatives
and friends in town.
Miss Emma Jewell. who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Jewell,
returned to Pressure Isle Friday.
Miss Ruth Welsh who has been
visiting her cousin. Miss Cora En-
cry has returned to Cornish. Maine
Mr. and Mrs Ralph Jewell went
to Boston. Friday, where they will
pass a few days.
: Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Piper and Mrs.
Harry Mansfield motored to Bangor
Friday.
Mrs Will Totman returned
Thursday from Portland where she
attended the Maine Music Festival.
The members of Mrs Wilbur Nit
chells class of the Baptist s. s.
with their teacher were entertained
at the home of Miss Corona Hatch
on Newhall street. Thursday even
ing. \ covered dish supper was
served in the dining room which was
gay with Halloween decorations and
social evening was enjoyed
Miss Isabelle Parkman returned
Thursday from Portland where she
has been enjoying the Maine Music
Festival
Miss Marion Jones. who has been
visiting Mrs. George shannon. returned
10 her home in Maynard. Mass. Fri
day.
Mrs. Lottie MulliI<en returned from
Portland Thursday, where she has been
passing few days
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
pcal Citizen Finds
hr in Back Yard

ls not every day that citizen
Watervile can look out onto his
h lawn and see an automobile
he'd under his bay window appar-
N without an owner. But early
evening when Edwin NJ. Foster
Pleasant street started to pull
N the curtains In his northern
window he saw nm ancient Ford
N parked right under the window
tracks on the lawn showed that
BAD come right up over the curb
md across the grass.
]. Foster notified the Waterville
e department. and Deputy Mar
George II, Simpson and Officer
- Rsncourt responded in the pa
The identity Of the owner OF
ar might have been ascertained
he Maine license plates on the
NS,is and no records OF mum .
u Watervilcl run that high.
y car iss omewhat decrepit for
Steering wheel would turn around
round without moving the
w and Investigation showed that
seering rod was broken. On the
vas Inscribed the words -Four
ss and No Brakes" The car
Rlnted white all over. The ra-
y vas still warm showing that
y not been there very long. In
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laFolIette. Wheeler Statement

Washington. Oct. 1.-THE 1.aF'ol-
1ette-Wheeler campaign headquar-
tiers tonight issued the following
statement:
senator William T.. Borah, in n
telegram to the publicity department
of the LaFOlette- Wheeler campaicn
committee in Washington, denies
that he made the statement in Il
speech at Idaho Falls. on October S,
that President Coolidge Is the great
est man in the POLITICAL history OF
the United States"
This denial of Senator Borahs
came about as a result Of a tele-
gram sent him from the publicity
department of the LaFollctte-
Wheeler headquarters in Washing
ton. Immediately upon the receipt of
a statement issued by the Republican
national committee on October 8,
which contained dispatch from
Idaho Falls, bearing the credit line of
The Associated Press in which It
was said that Senator Borah made
this statement the ,LaFolIettc-
Wheeler bureau wired Senator Borah
at Boise City, quoting the statement
as published by the Republican Ma
tional Committee.
Senator Borah at once replied: 4
did not use the language quoted He
further stated that his reference to
President Coolidge was in connec-
tion with tax reduction and the nee
essity or stopping government ex-
travagance, and that IL was in this
connection that he must heartily
commend the presidency
In view of the opinion Senator
Borah Is known to hold and to have
frankly expressed regarding Presi-
dent Coolidge's lack of spire in
handing the situation growing out
Of the oil investigations and the cor
ruption under DauSherty and the
depa rtment of justice, his denial of
having uttered such a ridiculous tri-
butte to President Coolidge Is not
surprising. The incident also shows
to what limit the Republicans Ma
tional committee will go TO keep up
the Coolidge myth OF greatness"
The Associated Press dispatch
from Idaho Falls reported Senator
Borah in his speech. which was de-
ivered on October Z, as follows:
Senator Borab lauded President
Coolidge as the only president who
has had the courage to combat the
growing tendency toward bureau
cracy and extravaganza. President
Coolidge, because Of this IN the
greatest man in the political history
Of the United Slater the senator
said.
Coolidge has had tho coura &c.
and courage Is a rare thing in WASH
ington. to veto bills which provided
for establishment Of new bureaus
Mr.. Borah declared. He cited the
presidents veto of the postal en-
ployes bill as an example,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
Church Notices

BAPTIST church: Morning wor.
sisse, Rev. Leopoid III. r. Hass
70 the morning on the sub
n :, AMutnority Of Jesus" Sunday
INV ,s HOO A. NJ. Prof. Curtis II.
4 .Mpsrintendent: evening serv-
Es,.ss .Mr. Hass will preach on
Dogs and Moon" There
e,es. EXCELLENT musical program.
.,,,' cordially welcome.
ssssa SStreet Baptist church. Rev.
Ia ,Deatty pastor: Miss Eva II.
~ saselist. will speak at ID. 80
Nj ~. ~ 2. NJ; ll.4b A, NJ, Bible
srss The new class rooms viii
sosssy =, tor the first time. $50 p.
u ~ cple's service. Strangers
essn -: Students and non-church
sryss specially invited to all of
MR. u this homelike church.
ANssaurrh: Holy communion
aS. corning service and sermon
~ ClsH school at IL NJ. The
NM or the parish will meet
N Nning in the parish house
Mse..N Will be no meeting of
n INs Guild this week on &C.
at quarterly meeting Of the
Y IN auxiliary Of the diocese
sa - held this week In Fort
Nm Episcopal church. Rev. E.
~ Jones minister: Morning
"a a.. 1850: sermon, HEADED
So q school at IL NJ: Junior
uesS se: Epworth League at
~ IL, service at $50: sermon,
~ Il :lse:.week service Thursday
NM sgational church. Temple
I'm Abbot Smith minister:
= h,ss.aip at 1880 with sermon
~ E subject, "A CIVIC DUTY
SSeA;" The organ program
- ~ The following selections: :
~ nFugue." by J. S. bach:
nat" by Lemare: "Hu.
~ sofak-Lemare. The church
lsSssst noon. Arthur A. Head
IA sptist church: Sunday
siu eset at 10 o'clock: preach
IN q II. Mr.. Mitchell, win
nv On "A Boy Who Won"
<Ad to come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11

Juanita n. Spear. wife of P. A. Spear
of Dorchester. Mass, died at the home
Of her sister. Ethelyn NJ. DAILY. yester-
day morning. Mrs. Spear will be re-
membered as Juanita n. Daily of this
city. She is survived by her husband.
+. A. Spear: her father. Andrew Daily
OF Dorchester. Mass; a brother. Ed
ward Daily of Bedford. Mass: and a
sister. Ethelyr NJ. DAILY of this city.
Funeral services will be held Monday
morning at o'clock from the Sacred
Heart church. The burial will be in
the family lot in the Catholic Pine
Grove cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
Victim of Fire Brother
Of Norridgewock Men

Frank and George Jewell were
notified on Thursday afternoon by
Sheriff Mooers that their brother.
Cyrus, had been burned to death
during Wednesday night at his home
about two miles from Skowhegan on
the Cornville road. Very little Is
known of the circumstances con-
nected with the tragic death. An
automobile passing the house around
eleven o'clock discovered it to be in
flames. and the body of q man was
discerned in the burning building,
hut SO completely enveloped in
flames was 1t that any attempt to
reach 1t was useless. Word was
carried to the Skowhegan fire de-
partment who responded, but too
late to save the buildings. Mr..
Jewell lived alone, and suffered
from very serious heart attacks.
and 1t Is thought that sudden
heart spell may have caused him to
fall. over-turning the lamp which
caused the fire. He was 81 years Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11
Colby Qraduatss to We'd

A wedding of much interest TO Colby
students and friends will be held to-
day at noon when Julia +. Hoyt. daugh-
ter of lfr. and Mrs. A. E. Hoyt of Fair
field. Will be united in marriage to
Harold'E. Brakewood of Rittman, Ohio.
Miss Hoyt is a graduate of Colby in
the class of 1922 and a member of the
Sigma Kappa sorority. Mr.. Brakewood
graduated from Colby In 1920 and since
his graduation he has been connected
with pulp and paper industries as a
chemist. At the present time he occu-
pies responsible position with the
Ohio Boxboard Co. Of Rittman. He il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-11

Love at a distance until you are
engaged is the rule in Spain. As
result of that somewhat incon-
Nenient custom lovers are driven to
strange expedients to communicate
with each other. Consider the
gentleman OF Nigo whom Mr.. Ralph
Stock tells about In the Cruise OF
the Dream Ship"
Picture. If YOU can. says Mr..
Stock. a well dressed Spanish gen
tleman standing in the middle of
one of the main thoroughfares and
gazing toward one of the house
tops: he is apparently engaged in
practicing the deaf-and- dumb al
phabct. No one of the stream Of
pedestrians passing along the side
walks takes the slightest notice OF
Lin; neither does the wheeled traf-
fic, except to swerve obligingIy out
of his path. II Is his affair. and a
love affair at that. He Is convers-
ing with his inamorata at the third
floor balcony window yonder. II
needed three vulgar sightseers such
as the crew of the Dream Ship to
find anything unusual in the pro-
ceeding. ! am ashamed to say that
the lady caught sight of US and
pointed In alarm; whereupon the
gentleman turned with an excusable
frown of annoyance. and we hurried
on our way.-Youth's Companion
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"cheshire Cat Grin" Explained

The expression. ito grin like a
Cheshire cat" has never been salts
factorily accounted for. 1t was
DopulariZed by Lewis Carroll in his
Adventures of Alice In Wonder
land In this pretty story the Ches-
hire cat Is a grinning cat which
makes its appearance to give Alice
advice. The first time the cat sud-
denly disappears. But after consid-
cradle persuasion by Alice the cat
returns and then disappears gradual
ly and almost imperceptibly. The
last thing to vanish was the grin,
says the Detroit News.
IT In said that cheese originally
made in Cheshire, England, was
nodded into forms like grinnfng
cat. the word Cheshire" IS pro-
nounced "Chesh-ir." with the accent
On the first syllable and the Il" short
as In 'irritate." There is also q
humorous explanation OF this phrase.
Cheshire 10 one Of those counties I'm
England knows as counties paIatiao
that Is. the count or earl has GER
tain royal privileges. This idea, II II
said. is SO funny to the cats IN
that region that they are perpetually
amused at 1t. A person who shows
his teeth when he laughs II said 1"to
grin like Cheshire cat The ex-
preston is especially applied to q
forced or sneering smile.
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Motor Pumper Saves
Farm Buildings

Especial to kennchcc Juurnal) 4
Topsham, Oct. 10--The prompt ar
rival OF the motor pumper from
Brunswick saved the buildings OF
Charles II. Chapman Mt Cathance
from destruction by fire late this af-
ternoon. The main chimney in the
house burned out this morning and Il
was thought that the fire had been
eXtinSuished but later the timbers
around the chimney were discovered
to be burning. In attempting to ex.
tinguish the blaze ~ he attic pend
ing the arrival of the firemen Mr..
Chapman was almost overcome by
SNAKE.