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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
UNION

Mr.. and Mrs. William /. Clarke of
Brooklyn, \. Y, are visiting his
brother and wife, MIR. and Mrs. E.
L. Clarke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sargie Warren and
children, Lloyd, Lois and Donald,
| were visitors at Mrs. Warren's moth
er and husband. MIR. and Mrs. Norris
Hager, Mr.. Warren. Lloyd, Lois and
Elizabeth Getchell, returning to
Oakland. Mrs. Warren and son
I Donald remaining to visit relatives
and friends for few days.
Mrs. Nellie Dickey left today for
Northport and Belfast to visit reIa-
tives for two weeks.
Mr.. l.. l.. Russell has returned to
her home in Woodfords, after visit
ing relatives and attending her
! mothers. Mrs. Norris Hagers, birth
day party
Franz H. Butler and friend Mr.
Gooddale of Waldoboro and Arthur
Cummings of Maryland were recent
visitors of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Cleon Butler.
Inc many friends of Miss Inez
butler will be glad to know that she
Is improving in health after being
seriously i'll for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burnham Wilkins of
Wilton were week end guests of
friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chapman
and daughters, Annie, Edith and
Laura, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Chan
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Chapman.
Mr.. Henry G. Moody of Gardiner
nave returned home after attending
tnelr aunts, Mrs. Norris Hager's
ooth birthday anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. +. Barker and
children, Edgar, Ruth and Dorothv
We're called to Addison by the death
OIL MRS. Barker's father, Mr.. Nash
nave returned home making the trin
by auto. '-10 ZIP
Mr.: and Mrs. A. O. Butler. Mr.
ana Mrs, b.. u. Butler of Rodkland
were relent visitors at Mr.. and Mrs
Cleon Buffers.
The Jolly, Club met with Mrs.
Earle Butler. Thursday, forty-eight
nelng present. A social time was
enjoyed. Refreshments were served.
oOth Birthday Celebration
MRS. Norris Hager whose SOth
birthday occurred August 7th, was
very delightfully."- observed, SUNDAY.
august 9th at her home. Tables
We're set under the large apple tree
on the lawn, the menu consisting of
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
Filter Families
Competition at the
Springfield Exposition

Springfield, Mass, Aug. 1G-Op-
portunity for every family in the
North Atlantic States to learn about
itself and to keep well will be of
Tered this year al the Eastern States
Exposition from Sept. 20 TO o6 in
elusive.
1t is easy to get sick and hard to
get we'll. But 1t is also easy to keep
we'll when one knows how. That is
what the Eastern States Exposition
will help the individual I'd do
through its first Filter Families
competition which it will conduct
this year. 1t will endeavor TO in
form the individual and the entire
family whether it is physically fit,
and If not, to point out the constitu-
| tionally weak spots so that they can
be corrected.
Not only will the Filter Families
Competition aid every individual
participating, but it will assist the
entire family outside the realm of
mere physical we'll being by check
ing up on heritary traits, for more
and more the question of national
heredity is being applied to national
health.
Leon F. Whitney. AGO Prospect
street, new raven, Conn. is to serve
as superintendent of the Filter Fam
lilies Competition. He will provide
each family with registration card.
also a record of family traits which
each family is asked TO fill out and
bring to the Exposition.
On arrival at the Exposition
grounds, the family will present it's
card of appointment at the Filter
FAMILIES exhibit. The family Will
then be examined by experts, each
or whom gives each person a thor
ough examination. Tho dentist will
examine the teeth, the eye and ear
specNlist will see if these organs are
IN good condition, the other doctors
VIII take their turn and finally the
parents and children will be exam
med by psychologist who will APP
ply 4mental tests and who will ask
the parents about health habits.
At the close of the examinations
recommendations will be made by
the examining physicians and there
IS every reason to expect that the
health of the family will be i'm
proved If these are carried out. The
records of family traits will be filed
in the archives of the Eugenics Rec
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
is THIS A THREAT?

One excuse for capital punish
ment is that society is incompetent
properly to make use Of other and
better methods for protecting itself.
In that light one. who may not be-
leve in the theory of capital punish
ment. may experience some degree of
satisfaction in the thought that
Connecticut, where Gerald Chapman
is in durance vile has capital punish
ment.
This satisfaction is tempered
somewhat by apprehension respect
ing legal loopholes. which may be as
much at home in that State as else
where. Chapman is now under a re-
prieve, and his old pals murder the
confederate who turned informer, in
cluding the informer's wife in the
double murder-and the murderer is
at large!
Is this to be taken as a threat to
the officers of the Law ir Connecticut
that il they execute Chapman, they
too Wi. be killed? How else at this
time could the murder of Hance be
expected to help Cispman?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
MT. VERNON

Mrs. Ralph Cram is entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. Tuck of Haverhili
Mass, also Mr.. Grams brother, Mr.
Charles Cram.
The ladies of the Baptist Mission
ary Society recently held a very sue
cessful sale of fancy articles and
cooked food in Masonic Hall.
Mr.. league and daughter, Mar
garet, who are on a trip to Silver
Springs, n. Y, will return this
week.
Much interest is being shown in
the concert to be given next Monday
night by Wotan Zoellner, violinist
assisted by Doreta Jerome, soprano
Walter Schuster, tenor. with Mrs.
Waldemar Kaempffert at the piano.
Misses Elizabeth and Caroline
Tuck and William Tuck are in one
of the DeMariano cottages on Fly
ing Pond.
Capt. and Mrs. A. G. Hall of
Gloucester, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. y.
r. Perkins and Miss Garvin OF
Portland, were Sunday guests at J.
H. Blanchard
The Baptist picnic will be held
next Thursday at the Foss and
Searles Camps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mountfort of
Indianapolis. Ind, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tapley of Waterville, were recent
callers in town.
A successful basketry meeting was
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
Missing Long |
Island Woman
May Be in Main

New York, Aug. lS.--f.p,
Tor Mrs. Isabelle De- prv - y :
member of a socially nso,.,. ~
lily who has been missjn- .'.s' Y
home at Kew. Garden, Ian. y =
since last Sunday morning: ~ ~.
directed to Maine and Nos. ~
where her mother thinks ~ :.
have gone to. visit friends. =
Mrs. Thompson, who l. q.
old wife of George Alarsa,
Thompson, a former instructo,
lumbia University, left her !, !,
fore daylight and no word :. y
come to relatives from or n h i.
left behind her five-rnoptb,.N \ \
Her husband said that shs
have more than $40 when n.
peared.
Failure of her husband 1,
home Saturday night for an Il
dinner she had prepared NAV
caused the young woman IN h
leaving. Thompson said sts !,
hurt when he took dinner win
in New York, but that she al
ing to him about it.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

for $4,000 and Jackson Grattan for
s12,500 we can Of course not be
otherwise than impressed with
Presque Isles luck and Houlton's
lack Of luck in the fast horse busi-
ness Caribou horsemen in spending
about $4,000 for Roy Grattan, who
has not raced much of any the past
wear or two, have also been rather
unfortunate.-Fort Fairfield Review.
Alphonse E. Libby, well known
Civil war veteran Of Saco, said,
when was working for the
Pepperell manufacturing company
with several other men at the job of
testing the hydrants placed at var
ious points about the yards for fire
protection purposes l ran up against
the toughest incident that l went
through during my whole life. Every
once in a while we made the rounds
of the hydrants and tried them out
testing their power.
"One day, June IA, 1878, when we
were doing this we had streams of
water playing from a hydrant over a
smokestack. There was an idle line
from the pump which acted as re-
lief line in diverting the power so 1T
would not all go through the nozzle.
I'VE told the pump foreman to
give us more pressure and as he was
new at the job he evidently didn't
understand what we wanted or per-
haps he made mistake in doing
what he thought was right but any
way he pushed down on the safety
valve and went over to disconnect
the relief line. When he did this l
knew the pressure of the water
would be strong for us, but before
had a chance to say anything the
water came in a rush.
1T was just as If bomb had ex-
ploded under us. The straps with
which we were holding the nozzle
broke and If there had been anything
strong enough to Withstand the
strain l think that 1t would have
lifted us up and thrown us long
way through the air.
THE straps which the other three
men were holding apparently broke
before mine and so the stream Of
water was directed against me. The
force was so great that it threw me
down a Is or 20 foot embankment
and broke my leg.
There was plenty Of hard work
with the testing job, but still l don't
think that story of this kind fits
under the head My Hardest Battle.
However, it is an incident / shall
never forget"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
FARM|NGTON

S. NJ. Frost, State Highway police
man, brought two more individuals
before the Harrington Municipal
Court Saturday morning for viola
ton of the traffic laws. In the alb
sence of Judge Sumner P. Mills
Trial Justice Cony Hoyt was sum-
moned from Phillips. The offenders
were Wendell Moore of Chisholm
and Joseph LeTalian, also of CHS
holm. Both pleaded guilty and were
sentenced. Justice Hoyt making their
fines $500 and costs in each case
which We're paid. A large number
of people from Chisholm heard this
case as spectators; two people from
Chisholm were summoned as wit
nesSes.
The speaker at the Rotary Club
last Thursday evening was Jim
Smith from Aurora. n. Y, superin-
tendent of schools of that place, who
is passing his vacation in this state.
He spoke particularly on the mean
ing of Rotary and gave a most in
teresting talk. He said that the Ro-
tary clubs were primarily a service
organization, that the club should
not be turned into a sporting organ
a luncheon club. 1t was established
to help the other fellows business.
He said that each member might
give a ten minute talk on the mean
ing of Rotary, but whether they did
this or not each member ought to
take a part in the organization. He
suggested that the club help develop
a band. He also spoke of boys and
school work and urged that anyway
Rotary clubs should be doing some
thing aside from their regular meet
ingS. President Myron c. Hamer
was back from his summer vacation.
Guests at the club were the Rev. c.
w. Popham from Rutherford, n. j.,
past president of the Belleville, n. j.,
Iotary Club, and Horace Richmond
of BroCkton, Mass.
Judge Sumner T. Mills of this
town attended meeting of the Mu-
nicipal Court judges of the state
held in Brunswick at the New Mead
owS hotel there
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

baked beans, green peas, string
beans, potatoes, cold meat, cucum-
bers, sandwiches, pies, assorted
cookies, cream and apple puffs, as
sorted cakes, doughnuts, tea and
coffee. Mrs. Hager was presented
with three birthday cakes, one by
her nephews decorated in pink the
words Aunt Sarah" and so candles
set in pink roses, one made by her
sister, Mrs. Warren Mank, decorated
in fancy colors with the figures 40
and "25" the other was made by her
daughter, Mrs. Sargie Warren, in
pink and white with eighty pink
candles. Mrs. Hager received many
other pretty and useful presents.
After dinner the guests were enter
tained with Victrola and instrumen-
tai music and singing was much en-
loved. Mrs. Hager cut the cakes
and severed chocolate and vanilla
ice cream.
The party broke up at late hour
hoping to meet again another year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
ALittle jack ~ 81
4 Rabbit 81 - e !!
uSsSy So % zssaz2 ~
% bv David Cory.

One reason why all the little Shady
people loved Little Jack Rabbit was
because he never wanted to eat
them. He was so fond of tender
young sprouts and the vegetables that
grew in the Kind Farmers garden
that he never thought of eating any
thing that walked on legs or flew on
wings. Yes, stree. The little rabbit
was a vegetarian. Then, too, ne was
always on the jump, ever on the hop
and was always ready for game
with his friends. No wonder they
loved him. But none loved him SO
much as dear Uncle Lucky, except
Lady Love, his pretty bunny mother
which is saying a lot.
Squirrel Nutcracker, who lived IN
a comfortable bungalow atop the Big
Chestnut Tree, was fond of the bum
ny boy, although he often made fun
of his short tail. Just look at mine. v
his beautiful busy tail up over his
back, did you ever see such a Won
derful tail! It's not only ornamental
but most useful when jumping from
one branch to another. 1t acts just
the way a rudder does to boat or
the balance wheel on an engine.
couldn't, and l wouldn't dare to jump
any distance without it,
We'll, I've beautiful long ears"
the little rabbit would reply. las
for yours, they're nothing to boast
about" After which they would both
laugh and maybe play a game of
humble peg under the shady tree.
Dear me, but l would like some
wheat-kernels, sighed Squirrel Nut
cracker one day as the little rabbit
sat beside him under the Big Chest
nut Tree. Il believe I'll run down to
the Old Mill. Want to come along?'
OF course the bunny boy said yes.
Why not? He was always ready for
an adventure. So off they went, Squir-
rel Nutcracker and Little Jack Rab-
bit. The bunny boy went lipperty lip
and the gray squirrel jumperty jump.
BY and by, after a while, and a hop,
jump and smile, and nearly mile
they came to the Old Duck Pond. at
the further end of which stood the
Old Mill. Round and round turned
the great wheel as the water splash
ed over it, running away beneath the
bridge to the Big Blue Ocean, where
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

have returned from a four weeks
New Hampshire.
The vital statistics for the town OF
Oakland for the month OF. July read
as follows: Marriages, July 4th,.
Ray b. Leydston and Mildred e..
Penney; July 5th., Ben A. Williams
and Lennie NJ. Blake; July 18th,
Everett NJ. Wing and Sophia L. Pub
licover; July 18th, Arlie j. Philbrick
and Harriet G.. Penney; July 21st..
Miles c. Wiley and Gertrude Har-
low; July 23rd., George Willard
Brier and Miriam ]. Smith: Deaths,
July 2ndr, July 17th., Alonzo Bubier,
William Hersom; July 10Th, Abra-
ham l.. Walker. Berths, July 9th,
Patricia Thelma Lothrop; July Sth.,
Russell Louis Hutchins; July 18th,
Kenneth Chase Anderson
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden Savage and
daughter, Ruth. Miss Lillian Baker
and Miss Helen Simmons motored
to Skowhegan Friday evening and
called on Mrs. Carolyn Eamon.
Ollie Leavitt and daughter, Ruth,
have returned from Skowhegan
where they have been visiting Mr..
Leavitt's mother, Mrs. ,Lura Leavitt
and are guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. II. w. Preble for few
days before leaving with his family
for Norridgewock where they have
purchased a farm and vii make
their home in the future.
Miss Ruth Savage has fone to
Skowhegan to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Tracy and Mrs. Charlotte
Tracy for a few days.
The Progressives of the United
Baptist church will hold their Aug
ust picnic Tuesday at the Asa Bates
Memorial chapel at Oakland Heights.
Mrs. f. w. Sturtevant and Mrs. Ern-
est Bates will be the hostesses The
husbands of the members will he
guests at the picnic supper which
will be followed by a social hour II
rainy the meeting will be held in
doors.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
FAIRFIELD

Mr.. and Mrs. I. ]. Flagg of Mime
apolis. Mimi, who have been visit
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Nye left
Friday for Livermore Falls.
Edgar Grant has moved his FAM
ilf from Main street to Morrill, court
Mrs. Blanche Allen and daughter
Constance, who have been visiting
Mrs. Susie McKechnie, returned to
their home in Burnham, Friday.
w. Z. Wilson has moved his FAM
lily from Lawrence avenue to Frank
Wards house on Osborne street,
which he has purchased.
Mrs. Charles Burrill and son Le-
land, returned Thursday from North
Pond where they have been pass
ing a few days with Mr.. and Mrs
Pete Jacobs.
Mrs. c. r. Spaulding of Seattle
Wash, has returned to her home
after visiting her sister, Mrs. Essie
Chase. 1t had been twenty years
since Mrs. Spaulding had been here
Mrs. William Burgess, who has
been recovering from a recent op-
Grafton at the Sisters Hospital was
able to return to her home on West
ern avenue, Thursday.
Reginald King motored to Smith.
field, Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Estes and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wheeler and
daughter Vivian, motored to Web
ber Pond, Wednesday.
Mrs. Viola Ames of Canaan Is WIS.,
iting her aunt, Mrs. M. E. Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Jordon OF
North Hartland passed Friday with
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shannon of Up
per Main street.
A new sewer is being laid on
North street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Holt and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bowie and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Lapham of Jack
sonbille, Fla, motored to Pittsfield
Friday afternoon, where they ate
supper at the Lancey House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Blake OF
Portland, who have been enjoying
an auto trip through Aroostook
County, arrived in town Friday and
were overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Files on their way
home.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
/ benton

Miss Dorothy Lions i,
is guest of Miss Marr,,s..S,ks .Ska' !
Mrs. Harry ChamberI.,0e
ton was calling upon frissss, s,s |
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wills =,
on an automobile trim - ,lsl|
northern part of Main.' 'arog
da. and
Everson Brown was .
er of friends In Morr,ss.sDssc ! ssce'
Miss Sylvia Wyman -.
from Pennington wb... as 4
been attending the rs.rs,. - y
class at Farmington Nors.O'a, s.Oa y,
Mrs. Elmer Alexana.aal
turned home from Clinic, q
has been employed Al IN ~. Y 4
Floyd Besse. A' 4
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott po....
ly passed the day at w;sssliss wssis
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
COOPERATE WITH THE ORIENT

Whether Felix valyi's prediction at
the Williamstown conference that
''the British empire might succomb
to the hatred of ASIA" had warrant
or not, he made out a pretty strong
case in some respects and called at
tention to conditions evidently in
need of publicity.
He urges that more attention be
given to the spiritual aspect of re-
lations with the Orient. He notes
that the Russian soviet is offering
what the western nations have never
offered to the East. "the principle of
social equality" 1t has been said,
but not by Mr.. Valyi, that even an
American cannot live long in China
without becoming arrogant in his
bearing toward the orientals. who,
however little they may appear to
heed, are nevertheless embittered
and resolved upon retaliation if ever
the opportunity offers.
Mr.. Valyi contends that the only
way in which to counteract boil
shevism in the East is to start a
new policy of cooperation on the
lines advocated by the United States.
He adds that the Legaue of Nations
is distrusted by the oriental as being
merely an agency of the European
nations. Islam and the East should
receive cooperation, Intellectually
scientifically and economically, he
declares, the truth of which it would
be difficult to disprove, even though
the direness of the results he pre-
diets may seem overdrawn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
Mention Payson
Smith as Head of
University of Maine

Orono, Aug. 15.-Many if not the
majority of the trustees of the Uni
versity Of Maine, are said to be dis
posed to elect a Maine man as the
next president of the University pro-
Niding the right man can be found.
one of the men said to be under
consideration of the place is Payson
Smith, now commissioner of odu-
cation of Massachusetts and former
ly state superintendent of schools in
this State. Another whose name has
been suggested in connection with
the place is William +. Wing, prin-
cipal of the Deering High School.
Mr. Wing was discussed as a posi-
bility when DR.. Little was chosen
president of the institution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
TEXT FROM "eAs BUeeIEs"

I wish you would elaborate on the
text to be found in Gas Buggies'
this morning. this in the voice OF a
subscriber calling on the telephone,
Saturday morning.
We would like to comply with such
a hattering request, but somehow
feel convinced that text speaks for
itself more eloquently than it is
possible for us to do.
Car owner getting his doctors bill
wonders how he may possibly pay it,
and means that he has spent all his
money in painting the car. Friend
suggests that he raise a loan with
the car for security-and smiles pre-
vail.
High finance is it, where one
mortgages one piece of property to
buy another, mortgages that to buy
a third, and so on? 1t is conceivable
once in a while some superdnancial
genius gets away with that sort Of
thing, profitabl to himself if not to
others.
But the housewife, wishing to have
gasoline for her Sunday trip, who
secured the price from getting bag
Of flour charged at her grocer's and
selling 1t for cash to a neighbor for
less than she paid. is too high up in
finance to be sure of safe landing.
Such. and those who buy the un-
necessary on installments are forg-
ing fetters on their economic hands.
In order to live and get the money
to keep their obligations afloat they
sacrifice their independence and take
the preliminary course in pauper-
ism. That sort Of financial phos-
phate never grew two blades of
grass where but one grew before
nor contributed to respect, either
that of self or that of neighbors'.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

the Miller had gone home for nap
I'm sure | don't know, but this made
no difference to the two small call
ers. In fact they were glad ne
wasn't there.
On the floor all along the walls
were rows of well-filled bags, and
without stopping to find out whether
they were full of wheatkernels or
flour, Squirrel Nutcracker with his
sharp teeth tore open a hole in the
nearest sack. Gracious goodness me.
The next second out poured a stream
of fine -four. filling his nose and
eyes. "ker-c choo, Ker- -choo." sneez-
ed the little squirrel, and in the next
story you shall hear what happened
after that.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
Wonderful Neu
Face P0Uder

A new French process powder that
is not affected by perspiration-will
not let an ugly shine come through: !:
stays on until you take it off; fine
and pure; makes the pores invisible: ::
looks like beautiful natural skin:
gives soft velvety complexion. Get
TINS new wonderful beauty powder
called Mello- glo.
ID. w. Adams Company Dept. Store.
augusta Drug Co, Daniel w. Sexton
Druggist, Stackpoles Pharmacy. Ar
thur Tetrault's Drug store.-Adv.
aug17sep9-23
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17
CORNvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. John Scot|
pleasantly surprised recently
party from their old home b
London, Conn. called on. ths1|
party consisted of Mr.. and
Harold Chapman, Mr., AM,
William Brown, Lesley Avs1
Berdick, Mrs. T. o. Woodsi
Mrs. Emma Heampstead,
Woodard is a sister Of Mr..
Miss Easter and Alice XII
of Boston, Mass, are visitir!
tives in town.
Evelyn Bickford Of Belg1
visiting her aunt, Mrs. GLADYS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

The anthracite operators and
miners are complaining that the
Government doesn't take off some of
the freight rates and turn them over
TO the coal men. In 1915 the rate
on anthracite was reduced but the
selling price Of the anthracite did
not Follow in reduction. Right now
we think the public would prefer
that the railroads rather than the
anthracite interests should profit,
ana from all we learn their need is
much greater. --.-----.-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-17

ord Office at Cold Spring Harbor,
l.. l., where they will be kept per-
manently and privately for the ben
eft of succeeding generations.
But that is not all. Every indi-
vidual who measures up TO a general
standard will be awarded a medal
and the family which wins in each
one of the respective classes will re-
ceive a silver loving cup. All that
it is necessary to do in sending an
application is 10 state the size of
your family, il married, or fance's
name If engaged.