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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-06
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How much of this Money
did you get

II OW much Of the $247l 1882 which Central Maine
Power Company has paid out in Preferred Stock
dividends has found its way into your pockets?
This money has gone out in the past - years almost
wholly to Maine people-farmers teachers doctors,
housewives clerks stenographers, shoemakers,
ministers statesmen lawyers mlionaresthe list is al
endless.
At first, long the project of developing Maine
powers the experimental stage the Company
did the job of financing themselvesor at most got the
support of but few of their closest friends.
Then when the financial sohdity of the Company
sured and when large amounts of capital necessary
to do the big work in big way these went to the
people of Maine and enlisted their financial backing
Now there are nearly $4,000 Maine people who four
times each year, regularly receive from Central Maine
Power Company quarterly dividend checks
If you stakeholder in this Company then you
not getting your share of the dividends that Maine rivers
developed earning day after day year in and year
OUT for those who putting their shoulders to the wheel
The next quarterly dividend is due on January l. Why
not invest part of your savings to get in line for
part of this money At least send in the coupon that
may mail you information about this popular
Maine security.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
q HAL CtOCHRAN

BY HAL COChRAN
When they're shoutin' button.
button. who has got tho bloomin'
button" It would seem that MON S
the person who is guyed. For It's
true. though maybe funny, that it's
always little sonny who is struttln'
with his shirtwaist open wide.
Into work she's ever pitchin with
her SEWN and her stitchin' just to
keep the needed buttons on his
clothes. But no matter how she's
trustin. there's an ever constant
Dustin and the buttons fly hapha-
Yard. goodness knows.
Every lass and every kiddie who
wears waist or blouse or MILDLY.
keeps a mother just as busy as the
deuce. You will find she seldom
scolds about the little button holes;
it's the buttons that they're always
tearin loose.
Button. button. highty button. you
are more or less a glutton for the
wear that Riddles give from early
dawn. You are sewn with weary
digit, then some careless little
midget rips you off and very quickly
you are gone.
Copyright. 1924, NEA Service. Inc)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Science

This year is the centenary Of the
birth OF Lord Kelvin, better known
as William Thompson.
Lord Kelvin did more for mans
knowledge OF electricity than any
other person and. unlike most scien-
Ists. he was honored while still
alive.
He entered Glasgow University
when 10 years old. At II he had
secured two prizes, and at II he re
ceived another for a translation Of
Lucian'5 Dialogues Of the Gods. -
At Il he published a learned and
detailed mathematical work. At %
he became a professor in the Glas-
gov University. and he held this
chair for fifty-three years.
In electricity Lord Kelvin In
vented the receiving instruments
that made the Atlantic cable posi-
bic. There is scarcely an electrical
instrument for measuring that he
did nos either invent or improve.
Researches that he published IN
1853 were the basis upon which has
beer built modern wireless tele-
gIaphy and the radio. He received
many honors and was buried in
Westminster Abbey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Right Here In
INDIANA
BY Gaylord Nelson

ST. HE tragedy that occurred the
other night, during the prog
- ress of a dance at the Athe-
naeum, has stirred Chief Rikhoff.
And he declares police regulations
viii be frightened.
Dancing is of most ancient origin.
People have always expressed
their JOY and sorrow, pain and
pleasure, by grotesque caperings.
And the custom Of wagging a
wicked shoulder-Or some other
anatomical area-to the strains of
music will doubtless persist.
Dancing has grown from a rite
with religious significance to a SOCIAL
institution.
But either as a religious or social
ceremony its influence on the course
Of events has been felt for long
time At least from the evening
when Salome performed before
Herod down to the night girl Of
The Middle West danced with the
Prince Of Wales
And dancing appeals to the young
people today just as it did to their
elders long ago.
They will seek the amusement
whether at a private party or sub
scriptiolf ball. OF course there a
mercenary motive in the public
dance Why not? The fiddler must
be paid
True. unregulated public dances
may be potential evils. SO rules TO
govern their conduct have been in
existence for years.
But, as usual, not strictly en-
forced Until a tragedy occurs.
Then the authorities are aroused to
righteous indignation, and the reg
ulations dance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Dogs

indignant reader writes
| q The Times: Tho dogs are
L--7 taking US. Several hold reg
ular weekly meetings in my locality
and they are killing chickens"
The dog is mans greatest friend
and companion among fourfotted
creatures Together they have met
stirring adventures from equator 10
tho poles
And n boy and hts dog forms one
Of tho inseparable couplets Of his
tory, Ranked with Damon and
Pythias, Ham and Eggs, and Hither
and Yon.
Although many breeds exist, there
are only three types af CANNES.
Good, had and Indifferent.
Those that run at large on city
streets arc frequently bad. Thar
sins find them out And the gate of
the dog pound or the top half OF a
bun close on them finally.
Then there are goods dogs.
Last week local vaudeville house
featured an animal act. Dogs end
ponies. No human actors play their
parts with keener zest than those
CANNES. Their intelligence and
beauty exceeded that Of a musical
comedy chorus. .
Such dogs are mans most loved
pets.
Then there's the little creature the
size, colo. and consistency Of shoe
brush. Ladies tote him around and
fondle him. Though an OIL mop
would he a brainier and more ami
mated pet.
He's a raging fashion--but an in
different dog.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Tongue Tips

Robert NJ. La Toilette, candidate
for President: L am not for peace
at any price. would repel the ag-
gressiye acts Of any power that at
tempted to seize our territory or i'm
peril our national life or institu
tons"
Gertrude Steel Chambers. psy-
choanalyst. Kansas city: No per
son can expect to attain either health
or happiness through thinking de.
structlve thoughts, broadcastinS
idle or destructive gossip or failing
to start each day with the mental
attitude Of being glad. to be alive
Or. NJ. L. Burton. president Uni
versity Of Michigan, on athletics:
our chief task is not to win our
real aim is not to defeat another.
our purpose is to train men to do
their hest and excel In whatever they
undertake"
Rafael Sabatni. novelist: The as
erage sterographer or girl clcrv, To-
day. earning S25 n week. is IN a Dos
aition infinitely more enviablo than
that Of the great lady Of NY past
age. down 10 and including the
eighteenth century"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
KnOzO Indiana

What was the standing OF the
counties in 1860 in value Of goods
manufactured?
Wayne was first with $2.T00 900;
Jefferson second with 81 .473, 000 and
Dearborn third with 100000.
What were the chief manufac-
tured products in 1880
Flour, lumber, pork and whisky.
What was the proportion OF day
laborers in the populations of 1850
and 1910?
In 1850. three in 200, In 1910,
fourteen in 200.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Tom Sims SAYS

II. as Haynes says, only 80 per
cent of our bootleg is poison. what
becomes Of the other 20 per cent?
We hive read so much about this
airship Shenandoah. we dreamed last
night we were a football.
In Chicago. a Judge ordered George
Koupon to be quiet three days a
week Some men are 80 effeminate
We told one we would get her the
moon. Next night it wasn't SO large
so she thinks we are doing it.
IF the first broadcasting station
was a woman's sewing circle, thu.
the first amplifer was the village
gossip.
And if your barber is strangely
silent he has been cutting women s
hair.
And If men talked as much as wo-
men their whiskers would be worn
off instead Of shaved off
And the world may never know
why men have the largest jaw
muscles while women use theirs the
most.
We don't know If a straw vote
shows the way the wind blows, but
we do know it makes some blow.
The curse of the poor IS starting
f1ivvers on cold mornings.
A man in Louisville, KY. who shot
his wife, will plead insanity instead
Of self-defense, thereby proving he
is crazy.
A trusting debutante confides in
us that too many kisses smack Of
listerine.
Big apartment burned in New
York. Furniture and everything
lost. Serves them all right for liv-
ing in that town.
There are grown people in New
York who think they enjoy life.
Score in Danger''-Headline
Sounds like a football game.
Death Is Mystery"-Another
headline. Well, it always has been.
Life amuses US. The average man
pointed out as a success has a frown
on his face.
Half the things Won think matter
don't, while half those you think
don't matter, do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
BY the Doctor

do you guarantee to restore and
tone up my nervous system with
this series Of treatment2"
You bet do. Last week a fol
low came to me just as you have
to take his first nerve treatment.
and when I got through with him he
tried to borrow a hundred from me. -
Exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
The BObbe7" Shop

BY c. A. L.
Last evening an automobile hit
Blondy, the manicure. and BACKED
the eve she winks with.
THE trouble with business" said
a man in tie end chair this morn
ing, is people are saying buy and
buy bye and bye
Handle with care" is a good
sign for a pair Of boxing gloves.
NEXT
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lion OF Tact or information DF writing
TO The Indianapolis Times Washington
Bureau, 1922 New York Ave. WASH
Ingtoa. d. c.. inclosng 2 cents IN
stamps for reply. Medical legal and
can extended research BE- undertaken.
Al other questions VIII receive per
sonal reply. Unsigned requests cannot
be answered All letters are conhden-
tai Editor
Did Columbus discover America
or was 1t discovered by some one
else?\
Christopher Columbus discovered
one Of the Bahamas in 1892 and
named it san Salvador The coast
u North America was discovered III
the region OF New England or Lab
rador by the Mortimer rs early a.
1000 and named by them Vtnland.
Though Columbus was the first Of
his time to set foot on the New
World, It has taken its name from
Amerigo VespuccL
What is the rate Of pension for
the widow Of a man who served in
the war with SPAIN
Twenty dollars a month. with 81
additional for each minor child.
Under what conditions can a
naturalized American citizen bring
his daughter 20 the United States
as non-quota or preference
within.quota immigrant?
If she is unmarried and is under
IS she may enter as a non-quota i'm
migrant: Il unmarried and over IS
but under p. she may enter as a
preference-wi immigrant.
What do the names Velma,
Helen and Anna mean?
Volma, love; Helen, light;
Anna gracious"
Which are the best types OF en-
CINE valves. the sleeve valves or
poppet Wales?
The United States Bureau Of
Standards says that both sleeve
valves and poppet valves are salts
factory when properly designed and
constructed There have been no
tests made which determine cOnclu-
sively the relative merits Of these
two types Of valves; nor Is II proba-
BILE that any tests could be made
which would prove the superiority Of
either type for all classes Of service
What or who is Cytherea2
Cytherea is another name for We
nus, so called from Cythera, q noun
famous island of Laconia. noted for
the worship OF Aphrodite Venus).
The tale is that Venus and Mars.
having formed an Illicit affection for
each other. were caught in a deli
cate net made by Vulcan. and ex
posed to the ridicule Of the court Of
Olympus. Probably, however, you
refer to the character. Cytherea. the
leading character In a recent novel
by that name oy Joseph Herges-
heimer.
Where are the highest tides in
the world found?
In the Bay Of Funly. ranging from
so to Is feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
La TOILETTE
IA MIL Y IS
OLD IN e. S.
Ancestor of Wisconsin Sen
ator Fought in War
of Revolution,

bF +"ttN 'NpFttNt
|" ADIsON. Wis, oct. 29.-The
I'M In Toilette family IS Of good
Ell old Colonial American stock.
reference to the La Toilette family
history shows.
Senator La Follette's great-grand-
father was a soldier with Wash
ingtOn in the Revolution.
As the La Toilette family were
among the founders Of the Pepub-
lican party In Wisconsin, SO we're
the ancestors Of Senator La Fol
lette associated with the family Of
Abraham Lincoln. the first Presl-
dent elected by the party Of free
dom in 1850.
Neighbor of Lncoln's
At tho time OF Abraham Lincoln &
birth IN Hardin County. Kentucky.
in 1909. Jesse La Toilette. the grand
father Of Senator La Toilette. was
living IN the same county and was
a near neilhbor Of the Llncolnq
Living with Jesse La Toilette at
the time was his father. Joseph La
Toilette, one of the original Ameri
can La Follettes and q soldier Of the
Revolution. who was 70 attain the
age Of a century and who died In
Indiana in 1894
The La Toilette family moved
from Hardin County, Kentucky, in
1925 TO Indiana.
Visited La FoIlettes
As a boy. Abe Lincoln was a fire.
Quent visitor at the Jesse La Fol.
lette home and in this connection
an incident is cited in one Of the
biographies Of Lincoln 20 illustrate
his retentive memory.
When he was President he was
visited by a delegation from his ma
tive county Of Hardin. Among the
old neighbors about whom he In.
quired was Uncle Jesse La Fol
lette" .
las boy / often played in his
barn" the Great Emanciparor said
land I remember 1t well although
was then very young.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
4 though

Answer a fool according to his
own folly, lest he be wise in his own
conceit.-Prov. 26:4. 5.
A fool cannot look, nor stand, nor
walk like man of sense.-La
Bruyere.-Copyright, 1924, NEA
Service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Fathers Error

Il liked that young fellow you
were with tho other night, so ]
asked him to dinner this evening
Told him to drop around in his
business clothes"
ooh. father! He's a life guard. e.
Judge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
Family Fun
Thinking

do you and your wife think the
same about thingsr
Some things. When I'm out
late she keeps on thinking what
she'll say when I get home. and 70
do BELL Telephone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29

Mr. and Mrs. Musquash. or musk
rat, have just about brought up
their second family Of this wear.
They 20 in for double broods when
The cool wet spring lasts over into
June.
Rabbits are really burrowing ami
mails. while hares live in grass nests
on the surface. with Just enough
room 20 turn around in The hare Is
better sprinter than the rabbit.
Both can fight savagely with their
teeth and strong hind-feet.
South America Is the native land
Of the meek little Guinea pig and It's
near relatives. Fossilized skeletons
of these animals have been found
showing that they dwelt there cen
turtles ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29
WHITE IS
HA WING FUN
IN KANSAS
Candidate Says He Does
Not Want Job He
Is Seeking,
BIZ Times SpecinI

EV7 ICIIITA, Kan, Oct. EFF
IWI you'd told me a month ago
. that I would be begging PEG
pie to elect me to a job don't want.
ia have thought you were crazy or
a liar" says William Allen White,
he who is running for Governor of
Kansas as an independent.
II have n lot of interesting things
want to do with the rest Of my
life, and being Governor isn't one of
them. I don't want to go to To
peka.
but I've got TO win so these i'm
perial guards, mighty nobility, and
COW pasture patriots cant. What
will happen to Kansas, this parallel
ogram of progress, this greatest.
freest and best State in the Union, if
an invisible government based on
cupidity and bigotry gets in power?'
Fights Ku-Klux Khan
So Editor White Of the Emporia
Gazette has gone out to fight the
Ku-Klux Khan in Kansas.
He believes that both Republican
and Democratic candidates for the
governorship are controlled by the
Khan. II seemed to him a disgrace
that the voters should have no
choice at the polls except a choice
between a friend Of the Khan named
Paulen and a friend Of the Khan
named Davis.
He went out among his acquaint-
ances and begged various ones 10
run as an independent Nobody
would because they thought there
was no chance Of being elected and
a very good chance OF being politi-
ca.ly dead after the shouting was
all over. So White laid himself on
the altar. prepared to suffer for a
principle and TO fight just as hard
as If everybody didn't believe it
was a losing fight he was undertake
ing.
Used 10 Lost Causes
He Is used to lost causes, and, as
ii NiS' NV
he finishes with them lie seems TO
I'll them so fun Of life and laughter
that tbav are stron9 enough n keen
So -, $50 ~ ''-o ''.i.'
si'"ui1 i0s''''''' pass o''' % '''' i'''-
., --..
ma - '''7 way WIN ''e
c'us"ue'
or d week OF TWO W llI'7 mas "e''i'
ariVlnE around the country IN ''s
own car win ms VIE ana son max
ing speeches. every re-" mics on '"'
courthouse steps oL I''e KAN - o"l'n'
or some eq"ailS amor man spot Ii'
mas no cam i,1'3'l ""u|''9' noun *
out "hi'e mar som" one gave "I'i
20 wear as campaign "7'Fe-
IneY uock 10y the hundreds 70
hear him because ne Yields words
In truly glorious manner. and NJ
makes them iaueh.
Every Speech About Khan
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Ask The Times

You can get an answer 20 any Dues
tion Of fact or information by writing
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-29

MAN IN launch pleasure trip rescued within 200 fee
of Niagara Falls His convinced him he could not pre-
ceed that way and get any pleasure Of it.
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Where are the highest tides in
the world found?
In the Bay Of Funly. ranging from
so to Is feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29
CHUMS TO HONOR
 (. COOLIDGE, JR.
Academy Students Plan Memorial For Presi-
 dents Son
(By Associated Press.)

MERCERSBURG, Pa., Dec. 2S.- Three memorials to Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the President, who died last July are planned as integral parts of the campus and buildings of Mercersburg Academy, where he was a student.
 The memorials will take the form of a cross in the new academy chapel; a sunshine corner devoted to birds, flow CTS and trees in some central part Of the campus, and a portrait of young Coolidge to be executed by one of Amer ica's best painters.
 Mrs. Coolidge has requested that she be permitted to make the cross her gift to the institution in memory of her son. The sunshine corner, sug- gested by Mrs. Coolidge, will be the academy's own memorial and will com memorate the boys delight in the beau ties of nature. It will consist of a series of bird baths to attract the feath' cred woodfolk; a sundial, and seats where the boys may gather when al leisure. It will be surrounded by shrubs flowers and trees.
 In addition to these memorials Mer' cersburg Academy has provided a memorial issue of the Academy News, in which are gathered recollections oi young Coolidge both in the life of the school and in that of the nation.
 The school life of Calvin, Jr., was a succession of brilliant achievements. Fol three years, like his brother John, he kept his name on the honor roll and was entered for matriculation at Am herst. He was reporter on the schOo paper, and during his last year was ar editor of the school literary magazine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE TEMPLE

Ralph Lewis enacting one of the i'm portant roles in Emmett Flynn's Will liam Fox production "The Man Who Came Back" recently finished at the Fox West Coast studios, has played in 114 screen dramas of every length from two-reelers to special 12-reel features, since the start of his professional career with D. w. Griffith in the old Biograph days. He has essayed almost every imaginable kind of role known in pie lures except that of farmer, and he has been on the look out for a role of that kind for years without result.
 George O'Brien and Dorothy Mackill have the leading roles in this produc- tion. Cyril Chadwick, Harvey Clark, Edward Piel and Emily Fitzroy are also prominently cast in the Fox screen version of the famous lay, which comes to the Temple theater this week.
 As added attractions this week the Temple offers "Marvella,' famous triple voice singer, William Nappi and his orchestra, the ls test issue of the Fox Temple. current news event, and the premier presentation of the Temple grand organ, which will play at all matinee and night performances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29
Mme. Miura Will Sing
 Stellar Role In Opera
Japanese Prima Donna Will Give Realism To
 Madame Butterfly

of grand opera presentation, or ;s as popular in this country, at least, as Madame Butterfuly." It has more appeal to Americans than any other on the long list of productions, and from it's story and its music have come countless themes, innumerable popular songs and many other adaptations along popular lines.
 In the first place, it is more modern than the average opera. Madame But terfly" was first produced in Milan, Italy, in 1904. It is taken from the story by John Luther Long, an Amer ican. David Belasco produced But terfly" in play-form, and when Puccini saw it, he decided that the theme and story of the pathetic Japanese maiden who loved the American naval officer, provided sufficient inspiration for the writing of an immortal music score. Ever since than it has been Amerlca's s favorite opera.
 The colorful costumes of old Japan, the ancient splendor of the scenic ef- fects, combined with Puccini's rare mu- sic, name an ideal combination for the production.
 Mime. Miura, while in this country, has appeared az guest artist with the Metropolitan and Chicago grand opera companies, and with the San Carlo company has appeared in every large city in America. Butterfly" is her most noted character and she is cast for this role alone on the present an- nual transcontinental tour of the San Cavlo company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-29
AT PHILLIPS AUDITORIUM

Violin trios, guitar duets, stunt orchestra and a number of novelty song hits are among the treats prom ised the audience that will greet the Cornell Musical clubs at Phillips au- ditorium Monday evening. The fame of this organization not only extends from coast to coast but across the Atlantic as well, since it is one of the few American college organizations that has toured, Europe. Cornell university has placed so much emphasis on the devel- opment of it's musical. organizations during the past 30 or 40 years that it has produced, it is said, a musical or ganization that ranks l reeminent among American universities.
 The program for presentation in Bir- mingham contains such varied selec- tions as: "A Wandering Minstrel r (Sullivan), in which Joseph F. Wilkins of Selma will sing solo parts; 'The Two Grenadiers" (Schumann), and Kentucky Babe" to be given by the mandolin club.
 Seats are now on sale at Clark and Jones Piano company, 1913 Third, ave- nue.