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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
GEORGE p. Over


The death of George ID. Dyer &C.
Cured at his home Monday morning.
Mr.. Dyer's health had been impaired
for about two years but he was able
to be around and his death was unex-
pected, having been found dead in bed,
the cause of death being heart failure
MIR. Dyer was born in Litchfield. Me-,
Feb. 10, 1850, a son of the late DIR. and
Mrs. Daniel Dyer. and he had resided
here since a young boy. He had found
time for much reading and was well
informed man. He had served for a
considerable number of years as a
member of the school committee. Mr..
Dyer is susvived by widow, Esther
(West) Dyer; by one daughter. Mrs.
Nellie Henderson of Oldtown: and four
sons. Walter Of Portland. Gorge Jr..
Charles and Clarence Dyer: several
grandchildren ana one brother John
i. Dyer of Burnhain. Another daugh-
ter. Rose. died n few years ago.
Funeral services were held from the
Baptist church Wednesday at . o'clock.
Rev. Il. T.. Longley, pastor of the
church officiating. The bearers were
the three sons present, George. Charles
and Clarence Dyer, and son-in-law,
Sandy Henderson of Oldtown. and
nephew, Ralph Dyer of Oldtown. The
funeral arrangements were in charge
of Undertaken NJ. Cain of Clinton.
Burial was in the village cemetery.
George Hoxie. who sustained severe
injuries November 20 when he WAS
found unconscious at the edge of the
road and was supposed to have been
struck by a passing automobile. is so
far recovered that he is able to sit up
very little. He was taken New Years
day to Pittsfeld. where he and Mrs.
Hoxie will remain for while with
their daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T.. Webendorfer.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Gerald entertain
cd on New Years day Mrs. Gerald's
two sisters. Mrs. Pcrley Wright and
Mrs. Harold Dunphy. and Master Cliff
ford Wright. of Pittsficld.
RI. l.. McAllister with his three sons
and their families passed New Years
day in Clinton at the home of Mr.. Me-
Allister's oldest son. Ernest McAllis-
ter the party numbering L..
Miss Edith Sedgley returned Tues
day to Lewiston. where she is in train
ing 10 become nurse at the G. NJ. G..
hospital.
Mrs. w. A. Cole has gone to Vir-
ginia to pass several months.
Mr.. White OF Portland is visiting at
the home of A. II. Cole.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Sons OF Veterans Auxiliary will
have special meeting this evening
ut Woodman's hall. All members are
requested TO be present. as there Is
business of importance to transact.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The Ladies' Aid OF the Highland
Avenue NJ. T.. church will meet Fri
day afternoon in the yestry OF the
church at the usual time. A good
attendance is desired.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. Ethel Roberts Lessor has
been committed 10 the State hos
pital. suffering from the effects of
a nervous breakdown. Hopes of an
early recovery are entertained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
Family Not Advised

Pittsburg Jan. 1.-The Thaw Fam
lily has no knowledge of, any effort to
be made to obtain the RELEASE of Harry
X. Thaw. It was said today at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Copely
Thaw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
LOCAL NOTICE.

Miss Dorothy f. Gray's dancing
classes VIII begin Thursday, Jan. 5
in X of p hail after tho Christmas
recess. o'clock interpretive dane
ing: O'Clock interpretive ballroom
dancing for children: 1880 ballroom
dancing for high school pupils and
adults. Jan3d1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Follow the crowd to the Acme
Theatre. Eallowell, Me-. Friday
evening, Jan. at r. NJ, where
Valley Farm" is to b. presented by
The Star Club. Admission 55c.
Dance following play, music by
Douglas Melody Men. Ladies free.
gents &c. JanSd2t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mary kelton Drummer Chapter, D.
A. r.. will meet Friday evening with
Mrs. g. A. Stafford. The hostesses
will be Mrs. Stafford, Miss Haskell
and Miss Gilpatrick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Regular meeting O: Vaughan
Brook Lodge. No. 531. n. f. 0. p,
this evening at 100 with Mrs. Anna
Brann. 246 Water street. Election
of officers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Lawrence Babb, who has been
passing the holidays at his home in
this city, has returned to Lynn,
Mass, where he is a student at the
General Electric School in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. Freison T;isof. was operated
upon Wednesday at the Gardiner
hospital. She Ii resting as comfort
ably as can be expected.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Zig dance Golden Cross hall Friday
night Jan. 4. Music by Peasloe's
Novelty Orchestra. jan2d3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Miss Dorothy Elsie Gray will open
the second term of dancing at X. OF
T. hail. Thursday Jan. ;. Afternoon
class O'Clock. high school and adults
at 700 O'Clock. jan1-2-3.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Peli C1ason Camp, S. OF ", will
hold its regular meeting this Thurs
day evening I'm Woodmen's hall. A
good attendance 10 requested, to
make arrangements for the insta1la
ton of officers on Wednesday eve
ming. Jan. 8.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Hallowell Conmandery, U. o. @. c..
will meet this evening at 100 in H.
F. A Hall to make plans for the COM
ing installation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Regular meeting Sanborn Lodge
No. a3. /. O. o. F.. this Thursday
evening at $50 O'Clock. a large at
tendance is desired.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Captain r. T.. Thyng, who has
been the guest of his cousin. George
Chase. has returned to his home In
Cambridge. Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Regular meeting of Red Wing
Council, Degree OF Pochantas,
Thursday evening at ". F.. O. =.
hail. All members are urged to be
present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. II. s. CuE.ier of Camden In
the guest of friends in town.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The Carry On Club Of the First
Baptist church will meet Friday
evening with Mrs. Arthur Keene on
Highland avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

There will be q meeting OF the
Junior EpwOrth League at the vestry
Of the Methodist church this after
noon q o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

There will be no Baby Clinic thi,
week on account of the epidemic Of
measles and whooping cough.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The Junior Auxiliary OF Saint
Matthew's Church will meet Friday
evening at O'Clock with Mrs. Susan
Sewall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. William Wedge Las been
confined to her home by illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Arthur White of Brunswick is in
town, called by the death Of Thomas
r. Mari
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

William Dufrane OF Auburn was q
business visitor in town Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. Annie McCiench is visiting in
Lewiston for few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll OF
Portland were calling on Gardiner
friends Yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Webster Peaslee of whitefield was
a business visitor in town Wednes-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The Priscillas Of Randolph will
meet with Mrs. Fred Carleton, Water
street, Thursday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The Koo Koo Kiub will meet with
Mrs. Mary Thorne tonight, tThurs-
day. at her home, Windsor street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

George Pratt has purchased a new
Dodge car.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
Hallowell Local News.

Mrs. Charles coombs Of Maple
street Is quite III
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Mrs. Florence Simpson has return
ed to Che'sea. MASS, where she Il
employed in the public schools.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

John Burns OF North Whitefeld
was in, the city on business We'd
ncsday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

The choir of the Randolph II. E.
church will meet Friday evening at
the home of Mrs. Ed Hartman. All
members are urged to be present
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
ADJUSTMENTS
JOHNSON OPERA HOUSE

Ideallsm Ia the underlying theme
In "tIcld to Answer n Metro screen
version of the famous story written
10y Peter Clark MaCFarlanc, which
win be shown at the johnson Opera
House today.
II representa- n preacher who
throws public opinion to the winds.
Accused OF theft. he refuses to di-
Nulgo the identity of. the cusprit
whom he knows. The people Of the
community ask him for his resigna-
ton and he refuses. Then his re-
ward comes for being master of his
own thoughts. low he Is eXoner-
ated and rcgains his prestige forms
the absorbing climax of gripping
tale of n mans man.
The cast includes House Peters,
who appears IA the preacher. Grace
carlyle John Sainpolis, Evelyn
Brent. James Morrison, Lydia Knott
and Bull Montant.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

Otis J.. Sproul OF Portland was a
business caller in the city Wednes
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
GARDINER LOCAL NEWS
OFFICE: II Main Avenue Telephone 37.W
Office Hour y y z M>-ssc 70 80 2. =.

The Star Club Will meet Friday
evening with Mrs. Charles Dick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03

There viii be no meeting Of the
Good Comrades this week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-03
LOCAL NOTICE

Old fashioned. dance Farmingdale
Town Hall. Friday evening.
Deco (Thur& FRITZ
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

The most up-to.date type faces are now
available for your advertising in the Record
and News. Machine cast, bright as dollar"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

In place of honor among the exhibits
may be seen originals or replcas of the
crude instruments with which, forty-flve
years ago, Alexander Graham Bell first
succeeded in transmitting human speech
by means of an electrical current, as well
as many of the instruments with which
other scientists had vainly attempted to
accomplish the same results. Here, too,
are found long series of transmitters and
receivers, each differing slightly from It's
nearest predecessor, which illustrate the
development of the telephone art.
Curious forms of switohboards. including
the first, primitive affair which T.. T.
Holmes of Boston made to do duty ms a
telephone exchange by day and n burglar
alarm by night, are ranged around the
wall. Case after case of plugs, cords,
jacks, relays and other switchboard parts
are shown. The curious Gilliland board
utterly unlike the multiple, common battery
board of the present day, puzzles the
modern operator who visits the museum.
There are exhibits which mark red-letter
days in telephony's history-as. for ex-
ample. the instruments used by President
Wilson and by the late Theodore N. Vail
in formally opening the Transcontinenial
Line, from New York to San Francisco. in
MS. The telephone amplifer and one Of
the huge wooden projectors used in CON
nection with the Inauguration of President
Harding, when by means OF this remark
able instrument $4,000 people clearly heard
every word Of his address, are other ex
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
Section Of Wire over which First
Complete Sentence WaS spoken,
March 10, 1876

When a great public utility corporation
makes Service its slogan, IL is not extraor-
binary that the thousands of men and
women who constitute its personnel should
have place in their psychology for SEN
timent. II is not strange that in the midst
of the most strenuous activity in keeping
in advance of the demands of the present,
the Bell Telephone System should turn. for
inspiration and instruction, to the past.
Yet few people know that this most wide
spread of public utility corporations main
tains what might be called a Department
of Applied Sentiment-a museum whose
shelves are filled with exhibit after exhibit
of apparatus long since discarded, long
since left by the roadside in the telephones
rapid advance along the path of progress,
and chiefly useful now a means of fos-
tering among the telephone men and
women of today feeling of pride in
their craft, as n means of inspiring them
toward even greater accomplishments
This museum-one might almost call II
Telephony's Mecea--is located on the
twelfth floor of the great Bell research
laboratories at 1863 West Street New York
City. Its doors are always open to tele-
phone people, whether employed in the
Bell System or not, and to the general
public, and thousands who are ''laymen'
SO far as telephony is concerned have
visited 1t and have been thrilled by the
story II tells OF the development. of what
has been called the most characteristically
American of modern inventions.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
VILLAGE Smithy In Africa.


Working in iron Is an art practiced
In Angola, or Portuguese West Africa,
from time immemorial. The rude bel
lows consist of terra-cotta chambers,
covered loosely with goatskin, with
long upright sticks attached TO the
middle of the skin for handles, says
the Detroit News. Connection with the
charcoal fire Is made through sepa-
rate terra-cotta pipe and considera-
BILE blast is produced by a rapid move
ment of the goatskin covers up and
down. Sometimes even ore is melted
In this way.
The natives have a few rough tools
and use the rocks for anvils, but man.
age TO turn out very good work In
knives, bush hooks, hoes, tomahawks,
etc, and metal to repair their fiintlock
guns.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

DR.. Charles w. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard; Colonel
Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary
of War, and Colonel Guy D. Golf,
former Assistant Attorney General
of the United States, are among the
men to whom the National Coal As
ISOLATION, in an aggressive move
ment to stabilize the bituminous
coal industry and increase its value
to the public, has applied for advice.
DR.. Eliot in comprehensive let
ter addressed to the organizations
annual convention at Atlantic City,
stressed the Importance of arbitra-
ton of disputes by non-partisan
agencies, tenet to which operators
claim they have long held. DR..
Eliot advocated the incorporation of
all unions that relate TO the coal
industry.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

hibts which are interesting because OF
their historic significance.
striking contrast is afforded by COM
pairing an exhibit of captured German field
telephones with some of the telephone APP
paratus developed by American engineers
during the World War, particularly that
which, for the first time in history, they
successfully adapted to radio communica-
ton between ground stations and airplanes
in flight.
One of the most interesting of the ex-
hibits is bit of paper, now yellowed with
age, which hangs in corner OF the
museum. In the forty.fve years since Bell
wrote it; the telephone has taught speech
to leap mountains, to cross deserts. to
thread its way through forests, to follow
a slender cable running at the bottom OF
the ocean and to ride through space upon
ether waves
Yet In its infancy the telephone had so
feeble voice that its inventor found II
necessary, when giving a demonstration
with the terminals of his wire no farther
apart than Boston and Salem. to display
in his laboratory this warning which has
since acquired such striking signidcance
NOTICE.
Visitors are requested to abstain from
conversation during the lecture in Salem
as slight noises in this laboratory may
seriously interfere with the success OF the
experiments, A GRAHAM pFIJ
Please Keep Silence.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

the form of American trade unions
into industrial unions as an opening
wedge toward compelling the ma
jority in America, or a militant and
effective minority, to accept the
doctrine of communism.
Investigations conducted by the
Bituminous Operators Special Com
mittee, appointed to cooperate with
the United States Coal Commission,
have found that labor is one Of the
principal factors of the cost Of
coal at the mine, amounting to 68.7
per cent Of the total The constant
interruption Of the coal supply by
nationwide strikes, made possible
by growing monopolistic power on
the part Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America, is given as the chief
deterrent to regular supply Of coal
at satisfactory prices,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

The Chinese telephone exchange In
San Francisco is peculiar combine
ton OF the Far East and America.
Chinese girls dressed in native cos
tunes, speaking the Chinese language,
as well us English, operate Il central
office equipped with American tele-
phone equipment.
Practically every Chinese merchant
in San Francisco has II telephone In
his place of business and judging by
the increased demand for service the
telephone has become an Indispensable
convenience to the Chinese people as
It has to the Americans
Even the home country, according
to w. p, Strickland, of the Interna-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
oh, He Made Good.

Willis-How is the efficiency ex-
pert coming on at your Office?
Gillis-Fine. He was such sue
cess for the boss that we employees
hired him for week.
did he make good?"
"Did he? He showed us new way
TO beat the time clock, taught us a
lot Of brand new excuses for being
late and how to hook the boss cigars
without being caught"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

tional Western Electric Company, who
just returned from China, the tele-
phone service is growing rapidly. Seven
Gently been completed at Marking,
Shanghai, Soochow, Wuseh and Pc
king. A toll line is now under con-
sideratlon between Shanghai, Marking,
Hanlow, Tnntsin and Picking.
1t was this expansion of China's
telephone system that made necessary
a factory in Shanghai for the manu-
facture of telephone equipment.
While this work is of Il technical ma
ture the Chinese people are very adapt
able to it. They not only are def,
but patient and learn very quickly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
COL. HENRY L. sTrMsoN

ain the public interest" he wrote,
at is inexpedient that these secret
societies, which collect large sums
of money from their members, and
use all their resources to support
strikes, however violent, should con-
tinue to be exempt from the usual
legal processes to prevent violations
of contract and enforce payment Of
damages"
Colonel Stimson stressed the need
of constructive leadership and uni
fled front in self organization and
self discipline in the public's in
terest.
Colonel Golf emphasized the i'm
portance of basic considerations in
the coal labor problem TO the whole
problem of American social and eco
nomic development. An attempt is
being made, he declared, to change
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

The people of Constantinople. the
capital of Turkey, are turning more
and more each day TO the telephone
as the logical means of communica
ton.
This is true of many other European
countries. Although the total number
of telephones in Europe today cannot
be compared to the 100000 Bell
Telephones in the United Suites, yet
the figures are increasing rapidly,
which indicates popular interest.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04

Constantlnople, with its 100000
population, has but 5000 telephones.
The people, however, are rapidly ac-
quirlng the telephone habit and the
business Of the British Company which
operates the telephones is increasing
materially
1t is said that In the Constantinople
central office all operators speak both
the Turkish and French languagea
and many speak seven or eight differ
ent tongues.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
Fast Work.

81 love you," said he.
"Bosh. You never saw me before
this dance" said she.
after the dance is over will you
give me a kiss?"
81 don't mind that"
MARRY me, grille"
Look here" said the girl, now
thoroughly aroused you're fast
worker. But If I'm gonna marry you
we'll have to be properly introduced"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-01-04
NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

good congregation 1t is always
cordial 1t good place Sunday
School 1918 a. m. Services, 1130 730 M
New Britain herald., 1924-12-29
SOUTHINGTON NEWS

The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Congregational church has elected the following officers for 1925: President, Miss Olive Walk ley: vice president, Mrs. George Saunders; secretary treasurer, Mrs. Frank Taylor.
 The PcXto basketball team took revenge on the Unonvile five Sat. urday night in the local town hall 'dcfeating them, 46 10 34, in Il well played game, The crowd was small and there was little enthusiasm. The PcNtos have been playing good bas. ketball, but the attendance at the home games has not been as large this year as in the past.
 The annual meeting Of the First Congregational church will be held on Monday evening. January IS.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Addie E. Merriman were held this after noon at her late home on Liberty street. They were in charge Of Union Rcbckah lodge. and Rev. B. E. StyrinG, pastor of st. rau's Episcopal church, olfiriatcd. Inter- ment was in Oak Hin cemetery.
 The local public schools resumed session this morning after the Christ mas holidays.
 There will be communion service at the First Congregational church on Thursday evening.
 Funeral services fr Mrs. Leon Albrycht wcro held al her late home on West street and at Holy Trinity church yesterday aftrrlpon. Burial was in Holy Trinity cemetery.
 The San Sisto society has chosen the following officers for the coming year: President Louis Torfano: vice president, John RunE; spond - ,ing secretary John Nicola: financial secretary, John MonEillo; treasurer, Ralph Joy; auditors, rasco Rich and Enrico Sahatclle; chairman of in- vcstigation committee, Carlo Cassel- la.
 L. w. Simons of the Yale Divinity school preached at the PlainyIlle Baptist church yesterday.
 William Callahan Of New York city, spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. r. II. Calla- han of North Main street.
 Miss Catherine Mullins of Main street had Miss Mona Sullivan of Arsonia as her weekend guest.