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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
N!istmas Club Will
weak All Records

NV. I.alcations now are that the
~. slhas club at the State Trust
rpsny will break even the big
III OF 1924. Up to the present
ill.,, zo13 cards have already been
NJ 70 members of the 1925 club
49, "eai number OF checks sent out
S'M NV is24 club was just under 2400
al u is certain this number will
M ,,eeded. The State Trust COM
elsAds a few more cards in all
d ~ and the fact that the bank
ID v.eh saturday evenings will add
"Ne convenience.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
2 Ates Estate Left
y = Daughter and
W q Daughter

VIM. VIII OF ]. Horatio Bates Of
nesdsn which was received We'd
istryS AZ the Kenncbec county reg
hslf 4. probate provides that one
tinA,aa ne estate, which has an es-
he d. value Of $4,000. shall go to
Of c,sssnter, Mrs. Mabel Anna Libby
Ceorss a zen. The other half goes to
6r N. y, Smell to be held in trust
Nabsi ! pate. nnstes' granddaughter, Miss
reach n'han Libby. until she shall
neanti.nue age Of IS years. In the
ton ~ ~ the income from that por-
Mucaf,onne estate is to be used for her
beiors' W. In the event Of her death
hat nor, u.dichlng the age Of IL years
lsr nrt Ision Of the estate is to go to
Mrs. Mabel Anna Libby.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Chester
& Fovles has this day withdrawn from
ike partnership lately subsisting, be-
tween himself and Harry d. Cony UNI
AZ Inc firm name and style of Cony &
Towles, engaged in the retail grocery
busness. at Augusta. !, Maine. and that
q III as relates to him. the said firm
Il dissolved. The business will here
After be carried on by Harry d. Cony
Who will collect all debts and demands
payable to said firm and pay all debts
md liabilities Of the same and perform
III It's executed contracts.
Dated at Augusta, Maine. this seth
day Of December, A. D. 1924.
CHESTER c. FOWLES,
s,s. HARRY D. CONY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
e. p. w, Club Social. kiuht

Some lor,y or iiltF members of
the Eu, Inc and Professional Wom-
ems Club gathered at the club room
Tuesday NIGHT for the annual Christ
mas party and enjoyed 1t immense
~. Mrs. Charles Bradbury was
chairman and the Christmas tree
was thing of beauty with it's gay
decorations ana colored lights. 1t
stood in the center of the room and
was much admired. Prior to the
distribution of gifts there was pro-
gram including vocal solos by Miss
Charlotte Knowltor. a member of
the club and Miss Helen D. Wescott,
senior at Wheaton, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clement w. Wes-
colt. Miss Anne NJ. Kittredge gave
the third in series of travel talks
on Cruise to the Spanish Maine,
speaking particularly Of a visit to La
Guayra and Caracas. the capital of
Venezuela, and the ride to height
of 1000 feet into the Andes to reach
Caracas. She also by request de-
scrihed a visit to Martinique. relat-
ing the story of tho destruction of
the City of st. Pierre. when Mt.
Pelee went into eruption in 1902 de-
etroyinE the 10000 Inhabitants and
razing the city.
A number of the business and pro-
feSsional men are interested in ply
steal exercises and to that end have
engaged Francis Warren physical
director of the Crosby high school
for course in the gym. Teams will
be cartained by DIR. Orris S. Vickery
and Harry A. Foster, cashier OF the
City National Bank. The classes are
open to any men who are interested
in reducing their waist line or in
Keeping fit and much interest Is be-
Ing manifested.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
Real Estate Transfers Requested

me following deeds conveying real
State were received and recorded on
seanesday at the Kennebec county
1eslstry Of deeds:
:. "inslow-Odlie Chase Of Wins
Nv 70 Leafy r. Chase of Waterville.
MY, NO. "a East Getchell street.
D. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r. Sanger OF
1sssor to Charles 7. Vigue of Wat
s.Ae' part Of parcel of land on
s.sl ser avenue; G. f. Terry of Wat
a 70 Martha f. Brayall Of Wat
..ss 4ae' and on Campbell street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Massachusetts schools IL the guest OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Tarr
and family.
Mrs. Mabel Gray, teacher in North
Etna school, reports the following
pupils not absent during the fall
term, Airline Friend and Ida Layen-
seller. Absent one day only on ac-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

are hauling cordwood for l.. C. Barker
Of East NaSSalboro.
| Mrs. Iva Huntington spraincd her
ankle quite badly Saturday.
| Mrs. Mildred True of Gardiner is
! with her mother, Mrs. G. a. True.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
ANNUAL, MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the stock
holders of the State Trust Company
will be held at their banking rooms,
No. 252 Water ST., Augusta, Maine, on
Tuesday, January 1S, 1925, at II
O'Clock A. NJ.
GEORGE c. LIBBY, Clerk.
janis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Mr. J. H. Terault and Mrs. J. A.
Aliberte have gone to Lewiston to
pass the weekend.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

. Mf. and Mrs. Walter c. Smith Of
LOMBARD court are receiving con-
sttqiafions on the birth Of a son,
nhlch occurred Tuesday evening.
DeG 10 The young man weighed
nne pounds and has been named
howard Eyerton Smith,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Deputy Sheriff Edwin F. Magill OF
Belgrade Lakes was business Wis.,
itor Wednesday, in this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

4 telegram received from Miss Te-
ma Farrell announces the birth Of
z son to her sister, Mrs. Charles E.
kodinton of Haverhill, N. II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

The Augusta Study Club will meet
Friday afternoon with Mrs. v. T.
iAthbury. 10 Stone street. The roll
call will be items of interest con-
eernlnG Paraguay or Uruguay.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

lions from eight or ten new business
toners this item alone means a saving
of nearly $4,000 per year.
IN November a contract was signed
with the Great Northern Paper Co.
Tor delivering 1900 horsepower Of "a
hour power to its mill in Madison
This is a substantial piece Of business
and is one that will yield the COM
pany a very considerable income.
In the earle part of the year about
600 horsepower was sold to the mill
of the Hollingsworth e. Whitney Co.
in Gardiner.
A special drive has been made to
install electrical refrlgerating ma
chimes In the business places OF the
larger users of ice. This, too, has
,esulted in considerable new business.
A good deal of work has been done
n connection with installing electric
laSe ovens in hotels and bake shops.
read baked by electricity is better
han that baked in any other way and
he process gets us more revenue.
During the latter part of the year
he New England cortland Cement
Lime Co. began operations at Rock
land. They are now building a lime
plant there and have announced that
work on a 1000 barrel cement plant
will begin in May 1925. The con-
struction of this cement rlart will he
one of the most important industrial
steps ever taken in Maine and is typ
ical of the kind of manufactures
which ought to he encouraged and
SOUGHT after by our cities and towns.
business conditions seem to be talk
ing on much triehter aspect. Since
November 1st we have had applica-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Prof. Pole cures not only heart
trouble but other diseas es, and is To-
Gated in the Opera House Block. Au-
susta. 8 days each week, including
holidays and Sundays, except Mon
days.
mi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

The E. E. Newbert Agency has
nia the Thomas Enright property
y 40 Spring street to Wallace Dip
ock- Mr. Diplock has bought the
property for Investment and will
make quite extensive Improvements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
AUGUSTA LOCALS
rHEiTER ATTRACTIONS

Augusta Opera House-Presents
Thomas Meighan. in Tongues of
Ekme' together with THE Spitfire."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Celonial-Harold Lloyd in safety
Last Also News, Fables and Stunts.
Don't miss It.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

LAKESIDE DRfvE-Mrs. II. o. Doe
is confined to her bed as the result of
falling backward down eight concrete
stairs and landing on concrete cellar
bottom. The injuries were received on
Friday while she was in Augusta the
guest of her niece, Mrs. Ernest Halo
we'll. While no bones were broken.
Mrs. Doe was severely shaken UP and
badly bruised. Her many friends hope
for very speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Huntington and
two children are guests of Mrs. 0. L.
Worth.
Eliot Williams was the weekend
guest of friends in Winthrop.
Wesley Morrill, is hauling hay to
Getchell's Corner.
George Morrill, and Arthur Cloves
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
LOCAL NOTICE

nserts: tS.uays, classified advertise
nan cross are more fascinating
aald2t -word puzzles. {.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

The stockholders Of the Central
Maine Power Co. are receiving the
following letter from the president.
which presents a statement Of favor
able conditions.
To the Stockholders Of Central Maine
Power Company:
recently Maine bank wrote to
one OF the leading statistical and ref
erence houses In the country asking
adVlce IN regard to exchanging certain
central Maine Power Co. securities.
which it owned. for the securities of
one of the larger light and power COM
pantes In the Middle West. a few
days later a reply was received which
advised the bank to keep its holdings
IN Central Maine Power Co. The let
ter went on to say something like
this; Il cannot quote exactly as do
not have the letter before mel while
the Central Maine system has changed
very much in character during the
past few years yet this program of
extension has all been In the right di-
rection and has been wisely carried out.
We feel that the progress Of the COM
pany should be very gratifying to its
security holders"
This view, as we'll as anything I can
think of. sets forth the progress
which the company has made during
the past year. We have progressed.
and / believe in manner that may
we'll be termed gratifying. Getting
business enough to make use of the
facilities which were constructed in
1928 and the early part of 1924 was
no easy task in a year when so many
Of our manufactures We're either shut
down or running on part time. When
even 1919 of the people in town are
obliged to cut down their ordinary
expenditures or are not able to pay
| their bills the i'll effect on general
business is marked.
Throughout the earlier part Of the
| year the incomes of probably one-half
OF the wage earnerS were very greatly
reduced; thousands of horsepower Of
motors in our customers mills and
factories were wholly or partly idle.
Notwithstanding this, we have sue
ceeded in securing enough new BUSH
| ness to improve both our gross and net
earnings substantially. This has been
done without either raising our light
| and power rates or reducing the wages
Of our employees.
The Earning Statement
| For the IL months ending November
80, 1924, the earning statement is as
| follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Portland are passing the holidays
with her mother. Mrs. r. NJ. Jones at
Pine Rock.
Mrs. Harriet Bragg is still suffer
ing from lumbago. Her friends wish
for her speedy recovery.
Norman knight of Gardiner Is WIS.,
iting at the Maxwell home.
Fred Plaisted and mother. Mrs. f.
+. Whitehouse, We're business callers
in Branch Mills on Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01

Gross Income :.
Depreciation Accrual and Actual Main
tenance Expenditures ...........
Other Operating Expenses. ..........
Interest on Funded and Unfunded Debt
and Guaranteed Dividend on Stock
Of Subsidiary Companies.
Dividends on Preferred stock. .......
Balance ..................
This shows a balance after preferred
stock dividends have been paid of
S192,736.50 which is s11S.50oS9 more
than the corresponding balance for the
previous year. During this year our
surplus has increase s162. and
our depreciation reserve $1i6,1SG.i7.
To attempt to enumerate the many
things that have been done in the way
Of improving the company's business
would make story too long for a
letter Of this kind. Constant study
has been made of the different depart
ments' methods of doing business and
many improvements and economics
have been put into effect. These are
little things in themselves but mean a
great deal when they are all added TO-
gether. One example was the sending
out of our monthly lighting bills on
post cards rather than in two-cent en-
velopes As we have about 10000 GUS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-01
Prof. Pole Cures Postmaster
Of Heart Trouble

This is to certify that I was i'll Of
heart trouble and Prof. S. j. Pole
cured me in so days
Signed Walter Tholburn. p. NJ.
Nehh Civ Mo
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
MARRIAGE AND REFORM
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

DROWN and / were rather closely
ID associated the year before he was
married. Our work brought US into
contact nearly every day, and he took
occasion to pour out his feelings to
me as we walked along together.
He had his faults, and some of
these he recognized and commented
on. He was childishly optimistic. OF
course, optimism Is an admirable
quality and one which l constantly en-
courage. see good deal Of youth,
and youth Is constantly and quite
wisely given to looking upon the bright
side of things. Brown, however, over
did the matter. He was always sure
that his salary, which In no case
varied, would next month pay twice
as many bills as he had been able with
it this month to liquidate. In conse-
uuence, If he saw something in shop
window, or If book agent came along
and urged him to buy the latest edi-
ton of the Encyclopedia Britannica,
or if he had chance to subscribe to
the relief of soldiers and sailors
orphans, he promptly obligated him
self and bought the stuff or made the
subscription. He was, as a result, con-
stanly upon the financial rocks,
though just as constantly hopeful that
the incoming tide of next months
salary would raise him up and permit
him to drift off.
His optimism invariably made him
late to an engagement He knew
exactly how far it was from his lodg-
ing place to the Baptist church upon
which he was faithful attendant and
he was we'll aware, too, how long it
took him to cover the distance. He
never got there upon time, however,
for he always figured that this time
it would not take so long.
He was always making obligations
that he found it impossible to keep,
always brrdened with debts which he
could not meet, always late to his
appointments or missing them entire
ly. He had other faults, too, with
which he struggled, but he looked for
ward hopefully and enthusiastically to
his. coming marriage, quite sure that
this new obligation would help him
to meet the old.
Things are going to be different
with me next year." he would say
cheerfully after relating to me his
last optimistic blunder.
"How SOP" 1 inquired.
sWeI, she'll make 1t different"
"Has she no faultsY
II suppose So"
"Quite likely, and the trouble will
be that it will be about all she can
manage to correct her own without
giving much time to yours" He
sighed, but when he left me he was
still optimistic.
There are great many people who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
TIME TO CELEBRATE
OMNIBUS CENTENARY

Among the numerous centenaries
which might be celebrated in 1926, If
anyone felt disposed, is that of the
omnibus.
The omnibus "for alp was, Of course,
direct descendant of the stagecoach
which flourished in England until it
was superseded by the railway. But
the first real omnibus, carrying pas
sengers for short distances in towns,
seems to have been put on the streets
at Nantes, France, in the summer of
1926.
A former coachmaker in Paris start
ed line of buses in 1929
After that the development was fair
ly rapid, and seats on the roof be-
came common. 1t was not until 1855
that the present London company
came into existence, absorbing a num-
Der of smaller firms and beginning with
$50 BUSES.
The first American bus appeared in
New York shortly after the establish
ment of the London system.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
Too Much for Which
TO Ask Forgiveness

Rev. George Washington Jackson
had lost fine, fat possum. Later, at
a revival, one of the grief-stricken
mourners would not be comforted.
Cheer up, brutha," exhorted Rev
erend Jackson. mo mattah what yo'
sin it will be fo'given."
'But not diss'un,' sobbed the mourn
er. "Ah sho' am a pow'ful sinah."
"Yo' stole some white mans chick
ens?"
"Wussen at"
"Oh Lawd, help dis po' lamb. Is 20
use a razzuh ?''
"Wussen at. It's wussen murdah,
Brutha Jackson"
Den All knows" shouted the preach
err coming down from the pulpit, peel
ing his coat. ''De good Lawd kin fo'-
give yo' effen he feels dat a way but
Abs gwine climb yo' frame. Yo's de
skunk what stole nah possum. Gap.
per's Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03

Alas and alack! MethinKs in Florida
Some weird Christmas celebrations
Will be put across this year
BY Northern fiyver-folks.
Pity the sorrows of poor old Dad and Ma
Parked in ten-mile auto-camp
With two-three innocent offsprings
Clamorous for Christmas
And Santa Claus a thousand miles awayi
Not Christmas tree in sight!
Nary chimney-place No turkeyl
Nothing but autos and climate
And real estate and realtors
Omitting all reference to suckers
Think of stockings on a radiator
Filled with oranges and grapefruit
Think of a Christmas dinner
OF canned beans and bakers mince pieI
Many crime o Florida,
Will be committed in thy name
December %, 1926
The custom of giving gifts undoubtedly grew
out of the offerings of the 'Three Wise Men, the
"Three Kings of Orient'-Melchoir with his gold ;
Caspar, with his frankiAcense; Balthazar, with
his myrrh. 1t has perssted-and grown-through
the centuries. 1t has now assumed such proper
tons that it has its abuses Anyway, there is the
SPUGS-the Society for the Prevention of Useless
Giving. And there is the as-You-Go Christmas
movement, which would abolish the ''promscuous
trading in gifts" and bring about the payment Of
Christmas bills before the middle of the follow
ing March, Uncle Sam, Postmaster (No. A., has
come to be the modern Santa Claus. His activities
for weeks before Christmas Day are enormous
He has to spend a million dollars for
extra mail cars the railroads. Extra clerks
cost another million. Extra motor trucks and
extra mai-carrlers cost another half million each
And these are only the large items on his BILL
All this is reflected in the almost incredible
buying of the people in the days Immediately
preceding Christmas Day. 1t is estimated for
1925 at between $6,000000,000 and $7,000000,000!
Although the American people almost I'M
believably rich these days. this prodigious spend
ing is largely possible through the Christmas clubs
popular in most parts of the country, the
members saving week by week till holiday time.
The Christmas tree, it seems likely, is also to
see change. For generations millions of young
evergreen trees have been cut for Christmas with
little regard for any other considerations. This
year there is a growing disposition to check this
drain the forest resources of the future, which
are recognized as all too scanty. One proposal
is that the trees shall be cut from national and
state forests under scientific supervision of forests
Another is that living trees be used and that they
be replanted either permanently or until the next
Christmas. It is also proposed that the municipal
Christmas tree (No 81, which is increasing in
popular favor, shall be living tree and perma
nent fixture. The movement in favor of the living
Christmas tree has .won the support of many
organizations from the chamber Of commerce to
the Boy Scouts. There is a central organiza
ton, the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild
with headquarters in New York City. The move
ment will also work for the preservation of holly
and mistletoe, which fast vanishing from the
land in consequence of the Christmas demand
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03

worlds peoples The carol-boys have sung
the same message for many generations in many
languages and under many skies. christmas
Night tells the message thus:
While shepherds watched their hocks by night,
All seated the ground;
The angel of the Lord came down.
And glory shone around,
And glory shone around.
Fear not" said he-for mighty dread
~ Had seized their troubled mind
Glad tidings OF great JOY bring.
To you and all mankind,
To you and all mankind.
ITO you In Davids town this day
Is born of David's line.
The Savior. who is Christ. the Lord,
And this shall be the sign,
And this shall be the sign:
'"The heavily babe you there shall md
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands
And in manager laid,
And in manger laid"
Other times-other customs The first Christmas
Day was important enough to change the calendars
Of q large part of the world. And nearly twenty
centuries have seen many striking changes In its
observance. In the beginning Christmas was curl
eommingling Of the Christian and the pagan.
For many peoples of Europe had celebrated mid
winter festival long before Christ born in
Bethlehem. And it was not until about 445 A. d.
that Christmas, In somewhat the form
know it, was accepted as q popular religious
festival. Since then as times have changed and
men have changed with them, the customs of
Christmas time have largely changed
Christmas, as we Americans Of the present
generation know it, has been evolved from the
observance OF the day that was brought to this
country by the jolly Dutch burghers of New
Amsterdam and the English cavaliers of Virginia.
not through the Pilgrims and Puritans of New
England. Both Pilgrim and Puritan frowned on
the celebration of "Christ-mass,' as practiced by
the established Church Of England The Puritans,
in England, it will be remembered, actually abol-
ished Christmas Day by act Of parliament Deem
Der "a; 1852, and parliament sat in session
1t was not until the restoration of Charles II in
1860 that Father Christmas (Santa CLAUSE the
Christmas tree and the Christmas stocking came
back to their own.
picturesque feature of life in the Nineteenth
century which time has driven from the highway
is the stage coach This conveyance of our fathers
and forefathers went rolling and rocking the
continent just behind the marching pioneer and
Just ahead Of the ever-advancing railroad that
to supplant it, In those days the town turned out
to see the stage come in-just even to this
day In many parts of the country everybody who
can get away goes down to the station to see the
train come In The completion of the first trans
continental railroad in 1869 spelled the finish for
the great stage lines Of the West. But the stage
itself persisted for many years-this writer has
ridden in the genuine thing at late as 1919 in the
Rockes-until the automobile put 1t out of busi-
ness for all time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-03
Cup Makers PROFIT

Radio shows are good things for the
silver loving cup makers. Nearly 300
cups were awarded by the two shows
held recently in New York city. A
cup went to the radio manufacturer
who received the biggest order and a
consolation cup to the man who re-
ceived the smallest order. There
were cups for singers, mouth organ
lists, recitationists and the most pop
ular performers Even the lunch
counter concessionaire received a cup
because his chicken sandwiches were
genuine and not bootleg.