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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Dexter
Funeral of Thomas DuIac

Funeral services for the late Thos.
Dulac were held Thursday morning
from St AIMS Catholic church, Rev.
I'r. Timothy {. Nancy officiating.
Mr.. Du}ac was 20 years of age and
before coming to Dexter resided in
Sangeryillc. He is survived by q
widow. Mrs. Elizabeth DulaC, and
by nine children, Mrs. Mary Cook,
Augustus Dulac, Mrs. Cora Della
ware, Mrs. Annie LaPointe and Louis
pulaC. all OF Dexter: two sons, Jo-
seph Dulac and Paul Dulac of San
gerville and Fred Dulac of Water
VILE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
MAXSON mH4lL LUEE
The Inouisitive Reporter

Our 1nquisitive Reporter yesterday
asked this question of four people
chosen at random:
'Have you found. after an exhaus-
tive analysis Of the theory of alterna-
tive inheritance any evidence sup
plying Il national explanation of the
critical situation now existing in the
canned sardincs' industry, as it
were"
Jack Schnorr, shoe salesman:
NAV. I never found nothin' in my
life but street car transfer, and that
was a week old"
Mamie Miley, school teacher:
There's no reason why every child
shouldn't grow up into good citizens
if they brush their teeth regularly"
Mat Price. fireman: In case OF
fire. choose the exit nearest you and
walk out slowly"
Flossie Ferguson. photographers
assistant: You Don't say! Well,
don't worry. l won't tell a single
soul"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Maine Gossip
Cash Pleased"

kHSH
Mary was a shopSirl
tSuch dainty little miSs),
She stood behind the counter
Selling yards of that and this.
Then. every other minute.
To the pay-dcsk she would dash
And as she ran to the CashicT-man
Her cry was: Cash, please-cash =
Mary was a shopgirl-- +
Now she is my wife
We've bought a little villa,
And settled down for life;
And every morn l wonder
IL l wasn't rather rash.
For her slogan is, as | start for hlz. -.
"Now, darling, cash. please-caSh
L. L. V. in Boston Sunday Post.
A. L. Dennison, principal of jay
high school, has received a letter
from F. W. Nicholson, secretary of
the New England College Entrance
Certificate Board of Middletown
Conn. saying that Jay High school
Is on the approved list OF schools
from which students may enter col
Iege upon the principals certificate.
without examination. There are ID
in the high school senior class,
several of whom plan to enter col
lege in the fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Trufant
of Bath, quietly observed their 59th
wedding anniversary on Tuesday, at
the home of their daughter, Mrs,
Fred s. Curtis, on Pleasant street.
Bath. with whom they have passed
the Winter. They are both in good
health, Mr.. Trufant being 81 years
of age and hts wife IS. For 81
years he was a member of the Bath
board of selectmen and chairman
most of the time in his home town
end has served in the Maine House
of Representatives and been one of
the most prominent citizens. They
have one son. Irving c. Trufant of
West Somerville, Mass.
Oscar c. Merrill of Chevy Chase
Nd, a former Maine man and
graduate of Bates College in the
class OF '9e, executive secretary Of
the Federal Power Commission, has
been elected general chairman of
the American Committee of the
World Power Conference to be held
in London June 30-July l., at the
time of the British Empire EXPOSE
ton. Mr.. Merrill was born in Man
chester. Me-, was graduated from
Bates in 'a9 and from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology IN
'e5. His marriage to Miss Bessie V.
Watson of St. Stephen, y. B., Bates
'02 took place Oct. Il. 1905. For two
years he was principal of Lock-
field Academy and of the Lubsc
High School and from '05 to '0S
was instructor of Civil Engineering
in the University of California.
Previous to his appointment four
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Saturday, May 10, 1924.

"Let US fling ourselves out into
tho thieksning battle: let US live the
life OF action, which 10 tho only
true and happy life. God 10 action
let Us be like cod.'-Franees z.
Willard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Boston boasts that it hasn't en-
oueh vacant land for pitching a cir
Gus tent and only the other day her
blackmailers were put out of the
running. Soon Boston will be nc
place to go for excitement,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Natural

The story goes that a negro had
been a servant in a rich house. There
he learned proper English.
One day he went TO his home in
Alabama. AS he sat at table his
brother said: Sam, give me some
lasses.'"
You must not say 'lasses'." said
Sam. you must say mo Iasses'."
His brother said, angrily: "How's
/ gwine to say 'mO'lasses' when !
amt had none yet"
Dorothy Ereitzer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

The Ladies' Aid OF the Methodist
church will meet Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. James Hall.
James Boynton has sold his house
on Railroad avenue TO Herman
Grant and is moving his family TO
the residence OF Mrs. Bertha Mem
tire on Maple street for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gorham II. Wood Of
Bangor we're in Dexter. Thursday.
Joseph J.. Rand and Carroll E.
Austin have been in Portland for
several days attending the sessions
Of the Grand Masonic bodies as deie-
gates from the Dexter lodges.
Mothers dav will be observed in
all the local churches Sunday. Miss
Annie Ridgeway at the Free Bap-
fist church will speak in the morn
ing on Mothers Home" Rev. vii
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Has anyone suggested raiding the
wine cellar of the little green
house"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Victor Berger wants certain laws
against disloyalty repealed. He
knows how it is to be disloyal, and
have bothersome laws in the way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Hiram may have a sort Of fellow
feeling with the Japs respecting the
attitude Of California.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
WILD WILLlES

Nv George $. Campbell
Little Willie with a rock,
Beaned the cuckoo in the clock.
Father said. "Why don't 1t tick?"
Willie said, THE bird is sick
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

slowly and is expected home :"
Saturday. r,so
w. S. Foster has a crew OF "ij l.
at work under Harry weeks lie
building a garage in the rear OIL 49, 10.
residence. lie will do genera
pair work and have filing stau0@ no
Three large moose were seen I'D
Saturday in Fred Gliddens n ~
and apparently were not anxious rn
get out of sight but took their w"
time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Successful Failures

Blackstone: Nothing succeeds
like success. they say"
Webster: still a few judicious
failures have started many man
on the road to wealth."
Stanley Felter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

of the school year. coming 20 Dex-
ter the first of June for the summer
as usual.
Mrs. Eliza Farkman and Miss An
ME Lee Ridgeway went to Bangor.
Saturday. to attend the Penobscot
County w. c. /. L. convention. Mrs.
Parkman will remain in Bangor for
the jubilee at City hali Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Watson will
move back to their farm on the old
Newport road next week, having
rented their Park street residence.
Dexter Club of Boston Meets
The annual get-together meeting
of the Dexter Club in Boston was
held recently AT the First Univer-
salist church of EoXburf whose
pastor. Rev. Stanley Gates Spear.
was formerly pastor OF the local
Universa!ist church.
one hundred and fifty former res
idents of Dexter sat down to a has
ket supper in the church vestry.
After the supper the company
gatheNsd for a business meeting
with Frank Arnold, president. pre-
siding. The following officers were
elected: Frank Arnold, president;
a. OdIiS. VICE SIiSS
Bertha NJ. Leighton, secretary ana
treasurer: Guy Z. Nutter, Mrs.
Charles Eldridge and Claude Dear
born. entertainment committee.
With the invitations that were sent
out, there were folders of Dexter,
furnished by the Dexter Chamber of
Commerce. containing views and de-
scriptions of many of Dexters In
dustries and public buildings.
l.. B. Gordon has purchased the
remainder of the dry goods stock of
Samuel Storms and disposed of the
larger part of it at his store on Main
street
n. H. Fay high school has again
been approved by the New England
college entrance certificate board
and has been issued a certificate for
three years to December 81, 1927.
AS most of these certificates are
issued for one year only, Principal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

The weather needn't bother about
keeping cool with Coolidge"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

a
contribution From 2c to OO line ACCORDING the
Of the Fun Shop An manuscripts must be written SIDE Of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Miss Mary J. a.. Tbompson

Friends of Miss Mary J. c.
Thompson of Eureka. Calf, will be
sorry to learn of her death, which
occurred April 1G. Miss Thompson
was for several years a teacher in
the schools of Dexter and made
many friends here. 1t is understood
that the Methodist church of this
/ town has been left a small bequest
in her will.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Never mind who put the Cal in
California" it's herewith both
feet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Mothers Day, only one day? And
after all the days she gave To us!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
COOPER'S MILLS

II. T. Weeks, who has had treat
ments for his wrenched knee at the
Augusta General hospital, IL gaining
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
WILD WILLIES

WILD WILLIES
I'm the Wake of George S. Chappell)
Little Willie, full OF fun,
Played game with Papa's gun.
Come here. Kitty" Willie said;
Kitty now is very dead.
Willie. when the lights we're low,
Spied on Sister Mary's beau:
Sister saw him, just too late.
She's never had another date.
Mrs. -. G.. Brown
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

off when the truck pays for the
wear and tear it infiicts on our high
NnNN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Bits from the Barnyard
Said love-lorn Pig to a sweet young
Sow,
You're the most adorable thing l
VOW.
My heart is full or love that's true.
And I have a sty in my eye for
YOU"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
EXPRESS. PAssENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICE

BOSTON AND PORTLAND LINE
FARE S2.7o. STATEROOMS Slso
s. s. GOVERNOR DINGLEY
DAYLIGHT SAVING TINE
Leave Portland. Franklin Whsrs
Estate Picrl Tuesdays, THURSDAYS ANA
Saturdays at L. NJ.
Return-leaNa Boston MONDAYS
Wednesdays and Fridays at E +. NJ,
At Boston connection is made via
the Metropolitan Line express. pssser.
ger and freight steamers for New YORK
and points South and West.
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
PORTLAND, NEW YORK rREfGEr
SERVICE
Direct freight service between Fort.
land and New York is resumed from
the new state Pier. Portland Ne.
SailinHs Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and SAT.
urdayS each way. Through rates and
direct track connections with Mama
Central and Grand Trunk Railroads.
H. A. CLAY, Supt.
Franklin Wharf. Portland.
M. A. HARADEN, supt.
Bath, Me.
aprl6dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Iamad Willies

dhUU WHTTeS
A small boy was scrubbing the
front porch OF his home when a visi-
tor called.
Visitor: us your mother in?"
Willie: "Do you think Id he scrub
bling this porch If she wasn't"
Mrs. Maud Funselle
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

! Blake feels much gratifed by the
! compliment paid the efficiency OF
| the school.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
The Decision

Edith: MARY. have you made up
your mind to stay in?"
Mary: mo, I've made up my face
TO 20 OUT
William ]. OConnor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
MAINE STEAMSHIP LINE
PORTLAND, NEW YORK FREIGKI
ErnuYHr
Business Cards
Fisher & Tiffin

ATTORNEYS-AT-LAw
william II. Fisher Arthur +. Tinan
207 Water Street
Augusta, Maine
Telephone 3o6-R
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Some kisses SAVIOR of familiarity
Others smack Of it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Copyright, 1924. Reproduction For
bidden)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

a man may love the ground a
woman walks on, and still object to
cutting the grass on it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Slick SIackerR

Slick SlackerS
The lady who asks you to have a
real home cooked meal" and then
serves you canned soup, canned
vegetables. canned peaches and
canned conversation.
The fellow who forgot about
Mothers Day." and gave as an abb
the statement that every day was
Mothers Day for him.
Mervin L. Lane
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
BURLElGH MARTIN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC

The First National Bank Building
223 Water Street. Augusta, Me,
Telephone SIS
Residence 65 Sewall Street "A
Telephone S42M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

QUEEN TEMPLE NO. 70 PYTHlAh
Sisters. meets In X. Of T. ball tLe ~f
ond and fourth Tuesday evenings -
each month at Z 30 o'clock.
LUCY A. FOWLER. NJ. =. G.
CORA a. JONES, NJ. Of II. ana u
tn h-sattf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

CAPITAL GRANGE, NO. 24s, p Or
II. Meetings "a and Attn Saturday e"
nings Of each month at &. \. H. ha'"
A. u. RIPLEY. W. NJ g.,
MRS. EMMA +. HOWE, sec
tu-th-sat.tf --
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

Mary was shopsirl
tSuCh a dainty little miSSl,
She stood behind the counter
Selling Yards of that and this.
Then, every other minute.
To the pay-dcsk she would dash,
And as she ran to the cashier-man
Her cry was: Cash, pleasc--cash :.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10

AUGUST CAMP NO. 74Oo, M. W;
A. Regular meeting first and thitta
Thursday Of each month at 6. A. IL
T.. o. KNIGHT, Consul,
| BERT l.. NICHOLAS, Clet"'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-10
Augusta Lodge Directory

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 20, l. o. o. F.
Regular meeting Mt O'Clock Friday
evenings. All sojourning brethren COL
daily invited.
EDGAR w. FLETCHER. y G.
ELLIS T. WALKER, SCr'E.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17

of today seeking, what are the things
that mean most in your lives" There
were many answers, but when they were
all analysed they sirnmered down to
these two: Truth and thrills" Those
who seek thrills alone are the group
about which we are worried. And we
all know the lengths to which they will
go to get them. But this group is the
minority, even though very noisy mi
nority. And they are on the wane, for
thrills are not fare on which one can
live long. Then there are those who are
earnestly seeking after truth. They are
trying to find it in every department of
life, seeking with a zeal which the world
has not known since the Crusades. =.
They hate a liar, they abhor deceit or
cant. But they are not afraid of what a
previous generation called wrong, nor
ashamed to discuss what their elders
thought unnentionable. Authority
means little to them and tradition less.
They will try anything once if it gives
promise of a thrill but underneath all is
an evaluation of the worth of things that
is startling and probing for fundamen-
tails that was unknown to a past genera
ton.
With such a scent for truth, young
people will be able to catch the broader
meaning of prohibitioa-the abolition of
customs that handicap and entrap, better
preparation and. better opportunities for
brighter future.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17

stead of lucrative; ne has driven out
brigandage to such an extent that no
large hold-ups have occurred in four or
five months; he has ieorganized the po-
lice force. in appearance as well as in
discipline, according to accounts. And
all of this the Machine" took without
anger.
But changing the police precincts SO
that they no longer conceded with the
city wards, so that no one ward boss
could control his police lieutenant, was
going too far. 1t was the last straw. but
used as charge against him. Another
way had to be found:
There was only one way to "get" the
General, and that was by breaking down
the friendship and cooperation existing
between him and the mayor.
This has been accomplished. Certain
people saw to it that every possible
small difference between the two was
magnihed hundred times, and the press,
which should have known better, made
stories of these half trurnped-up differ
ences. Every kind IF expedient was
used to egg on one against the other, to
try the others patience and temper, and
to breed suspicion and resentment. And
to make matters worse, by temperament
the General is too outspoken and the
mayor needs a little more of the saving
sense of humor. So cooperation came to
and end
At this writing the General is i'll, and
a letter the mayor prepared for the Gen
era1 has not yet been delivered. Perhaps
il may never be, or il may be changed
great deal.
A little mutual appreciation and little
good humor, and we can have stronger
alliance than before.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17
Health Culture, Sept, 1924
WAS PROHIBITION PUT OVER BY
TERRORISM?

In five brief, forceful paragraphs, whit
tied down to bare facts, the writer meets
the pet excuse of non-observers of the law
that it was put across" by terrorism
without popular approval. The territory
already Under prohibition when the ma
tional law was enacted, the House and
Senate vote on the Volstead act, and over
the Presidents veto, the Supreme Court
decisions on the amendment and on the
enforcement act, are among the data of
the answer. The conclusion reached is:
This disposes of the wet claim that Con-
gress and the state legislatures were black
lacked into the submission and ratification
of the dry amendment and the enactment
of the Volstead law. Such an unfoundcd
claim shows the barrenness of the liquor
arguments and the falsity of wet asser-
tons.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17
Literary Digest, Oct. 4, 1920
THE BIG STAKES IN THE SMITH
ROOSEVELT BOUT

Among the newspaper opinion for
and against these two candidates for the
New York state Governorship, the fol-
lowing is quoted from the New York
World:
Although both Smith and Roosevelt
have been denounced by the Anti-Saloon
League as vets, the question of how to
deal with the liquor problem seems to
be the most clear-cut issue between
them. Governor Smith, it will be re-
called, was instrumental in the repeal of
the Mullan-Gage enforcement law in the
state, and his platform this year, while
pledging the Democratic party to "a con-
tinuance of the policy of enforcement of
every law" calls upon Congress to mod
ify the Volstead Law to permit the sale
of light wines and beer. Roosevelt, de-
nouncing this attitude as an attempt Ito
run with the hare and hunt with the
hounds,a pledges himself to work for
the re-enactment of state enforcement
law.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17
(The Churchman, October a, 1920
THE YOUNG PEOPLES MOVE
MENT
By Rev. Gabriel Farrell, Jr.

by Kew. Oabriel Farrell, II.
Everyone interested in questions of
social betterment will welcome such aids
as this to better understanding of the
spirit and power of youth. How can
this force, which sometimes appears to
be hindrance to better state of civil
hzation, become an cid, to the relief of
the older generation and to the joy and
satisfaction of the young folks them
selves? Parts of this article furnish
clues to the answer.
OF course, the trouble is that this dis
play of energy and ability is rnisdirected,
and so far as results are concerned, it is
sheer waste. But the power is there
The trouble lies in right direction, in
Harvesting this power 20 tasks common
surate is satisfaction with that obtained
through making the old folks eyes pop
out At summer conference
asked company of young people this
question: What are the young people
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17
new YORK IS WIRING MANY new HOMES
Appliances and Greatest Amount of Comfort
Gasoline Than Is Burned, and That
Too, New Highways and Nation Is Dry

Scrutator doesn't mention prohibition, of
course, but just the same the word comes
to mind because it is impossible to dis
associate the unemployment situation in
Great Britain, for instance, from the 1iq-
uor situation i'll that empire where labor
imagines it can not live without its booze.
There is more building construction,
Scrutator says, in New York City alone
than in Great Britain and Ireland. Fac
tories production reached high mark in
1928. How were these manufactures dis
posed of? Let Scrutator say.
We are just beginning to get an
accurate measure of the 1923 out
burst. The Day index of American
physical production and more re-
turns from the 1o23-census of manu-
facturers, reveal that the actual pro-
ductive power employed last year
caused a stream of wec,.sa that
eclipsed the widest dreams of TWEEN
ty years ago.
If such an enormous total of goods
and services had been produced un-
der former conditions we would have
been glutted for three or four years.
But the quiet revolution that has
transferred so much capital and buy
ing power to the wagc-earning class
made it possible to consume the out
put with the aid of some hang over
spending in 1924.
The wage earners in this country are
not squandering their money over sa-
loon bars They buy the necessities and
indulge in 1uxuries such as pianos, auto
mobiles, home furnishings, ETC., and the
more they buy the buster the manufac-
turers, which means increased employ
ment and higher wages.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-10-17
(The Forum, October, 1920
BLESSINGS OF PROHIBITION

A Hartford correspondent by the name
of Goldberg takes issue with Congress
man Cooper as to the social, economic and
industrial benefits from prohibition. He
will not have it that 100000 motor cars
have been bought with money that for
merly went to the saloon" He has to
use an if, however, in his deductions. For
example:
1t is true that large sums of money
were formerly spent for beer, yet the eco
nomic stability of this country is hardly
improved IF that money is now spent for
ginger-ale, or wood-alcohol in palatable
form.
This is both begging the question and
misreprescnting. The ginger-ale business
and the manufacture of wood alcohol
show no evidence of having absorbed any