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Putnam patriot., 1925-09-11

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Putnam patriot., 1925-09-11
Turn Bsek 10 Old RoeE.

Alter one ha made the round of these and gone HsaR eHe wonders why one haz and Hhht eEarEhad# finas to draw fHem 70 Plymouth gear after year RhF their children. where soexer thes ma he. s8 eagerly turn back. Hat in h48F fefhap but iu hrart ta the Old Rock as yeaf by year on the 21at of December they sag ta each other. Htt n Farefathers Dag in Old Plymouth Who kapWa the aH- a9Tsr the id sphinx ef 6 town would
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-11

Mother and son recently gradnat. cd from Santa Ana high school
Putnam patriot., 1925-09-11

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Removing Temptation

A friend tells me that he attended
church the other night where the pas
tor delivered an interesting lecture
which was illustrated by stereopticon
slides in the darkened auditorium. AT
a certain point in the lecture the col
lectors received the offering, the room
still remaining quite dark, The mar
rator says when the collection plate
reached hin-after having been hand
ed along by fifty or sixty persons-it
had only about 10 cents in it, and he
held back the silver dollar which he
had expected to give and tished out a
nickel for the plate. He said: "If
forty or fifty folks, after listening to
that splendid lecture, couldn't contrib
ute more than - or 20 cents, my sill
yer dollar might tempt some one to
steal 1t from the plate, so | clipped
in nickel and played safe. "-Polf
Daniels in Howard COurant.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Introduction of StraW Hats

The recent heat introduces the sub
ject of straw hats and straw-hat
stories In 1896 chancellor of the
eXchequer imposed duty on hats.
All headgear made of felt or wool
or beaver or any leather or japanned
hats" came within the scope Of the
tax But an Edinburgh merchant,
astute enough to observe that straw
was not included in the legal enumer-
alton of materials used, introduced
straw hats to Scotland for the first
time, early in the summer of 1898
Unfortunately for the enterprising hat
ter, an amendment to the act, within
few weeks, rendered the popular
tax-evading novelty liable to payment.
The act, which remained in force until
1911, allowed exemption to nightcaps
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Stonington.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel w. Goss lell
this week for Boston, where they VIII
visit relatives a short time before go
ing to Florida for the winter.
+, Marcus was home from ROCK
land for the weekend.
Mrs. Oscar Sellers has moved to
Camden for the winter.
Samuel Carter, who has been Ill
some time, has been taken to the
hospital.
Leo Conley and Rodney Wakefield
arrived from Rockland this week.
Mrs. Howard Pierce was the
guest of Mrs. Anthony Bye recently
Earle M. Durham. wife and sister,
left Saturday for trip to Bangor
and vicinity.
Miss Bessie Sellers, who is leaving
for Camden, was given farewell
party by some of her friends Friday
evening, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Margaret Weber. Those pres
ent were Ruth and Charlena Grindle,
Ada Collins, Dorothy Murphy, Vera
Colby. Florence Dority, Kathleen
Billings. Elinor Sellers, Donald
Cameron, stephen Grindle, Francis
Mcclure, Gilbert Gross, Merton
Cleveland and Reginald GreenlaW.
Mrs. Grace Colt is at the hospital
in Bangor for treatment.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A. Torrey Will
leave this week to spend ThanksglV-
ing with their son Norman in Hart
ford, Conn.
Rev. Harold e. Mayo was in Oroho
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Benisch are
away on a motor trip.
Capt. Eben Eaton is in town on
business.
The Girl Reserves meet Tuesday
evening at the home of Miss Vera
Colby.
Fred A. Torrey and party of his
Sunday school boys attended the
football game at Orono Saturday.
Nov c.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11

room should be touched by anyone
but the nurse. Bedding, etc., shout,
be boiled.
Nowadays the doctor notifies the
lealth officer of any diseases in
community and he in turn puts
quarantine on the houses or room
where the disease is. The famil,
hould not feel antagonistic toWar'
i'm for he is helping them to checl
he disease.
Vaccination is the most common
prevention of certain diseases. II
many states there is law that al
.hildren must be vaccinated Whel
hev enter school. This is an eX
,ellent law, for not only does it pre-
emf the child himself from gettlni
he disease but it also prevents an
,pidemic from arising IN the com
nunity. May the time come WheI
he compulsory vaccination laws VIII
re in effect in every state.
In the case of epidemics in
chool. the authorities generally Close
he schools. If this is the case th'
PARENTS should cooperate with then
n preventing the spread OF the dls
sase. by keeping the children nome
f when school is closed, the chH
Iren still are allowed to play all 10
gether there is still the danger o
he spread of the disease and Il
would he much better to keep the
,chool open. ~
Two of three times year the
school building, books, etc, shouiD
10 Thoroughly fumigated and freshlH
cleaned. Likewise, after illness III q +,
home the rooms should be cleaileo
and in case of contagious ol9easea'
should be fumigated- -, others
9''J Room children away from oViie' .
Who have disease. e,,u,,
" '1 Keen other children in the lailii ~
from getting it if one already m a"3
Co-operate with the School oi"0'''i'
TO prevent epidemies. ~ disease
- Keen the child having the oiSo''o
iSo Have the child vaccina'ted. ,,i,,,
nav "a s,, ,a0 mat the water and milk
are not infected. - conqb
reach the child not TO ~ ~ ~,
sneeze. spit, etc, except III ''0'i =
p"pI oon the child strong and healtns
20 mai he will not be susceptible "
Keen the child who has colo ~
,,ao for several days until you are
sure that he will not carry II
other children.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Rocking Stones" Are
Credited 10 Glaciers

How did the BoWder stone in Bor
roWdale get to its present position?
How did the many "perched powders
and "rocEing stones" hundreds of tons
in weight, yet poised so lightly that
human hand can move them, get
into these peculiar positionsF
They were gently deposited by
melting ice, as gently as ever mother
laid her baby to rest in its cradle
For ice is the king of bumpers, and
the former presence of glaciers ac-
counts for all the erratic bowlders in
the world, says London Answers.
Some of these curious rocks are of
tremendous size. The biggest in Eng
land is the Bowder stone, but there is
one in Switzerland, far away from
any present day glacier, which weighs
5000 tons and contains $4,000 cubic
feet of rock.
And visitors to the Alps can see the
same processes at work today, as huge
rocks, which no traction engine could
haul, are borne along very slowly but
nevertheless very surely on the sur
face of the glaciers.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Too Many Words Are
Giuen Nelu Meanings

One wonders where language will
bring mp one Of these days Every new
dictionary is thicker than the last. Is
it that there are too many new words,
or is it that people are using words In
50 many various ways that note has
to be taken of all of them?
There are a few newspapers that
are still sticklers for the use of words.
One of them, for instance, will not
permit any of its writer's to use the
word secure" for obtain" The news
paper is right and yet it seems to be
dipping back the sea with teaspoon
as against the flood Of use More
people, more newspapers appear to be
using secure where they mean Job
tain" than otherwise. The lexicon
makers have SURE ndered to use and
they have listed secure as meaning
obtain" SO it goes, many more
words are being used in their figura-
live sense until the usage becomes
matter of fact
SO one may ask, where is cur Ian
guage tendency finally to bring up?
The final effect may be that we shall
cultivate the use of SO many words
and cultivate some, of them so far
from their original meaning that OBJ
security rather than clarity will result.
Lansing State journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11

c,,,--- l,,fI,-,i,,,, ,,,-il.tr, IN ~ n,irde
7oli'q i $1,000 90 to dc
- ~ lt',, s.,,,o,ariaod, oo+
'o' - l''ti h,,iI,o,
1oi 7og' io. Guy s,lo,,9 Ioes,, en-
mo : " 80 1.3 - 49,,
lal,e9 - oo''1gi ,,.'1 ~
deI Gtii4pi - - FtI es''''' ntien;oI
lapIIc WIN ,ne p0Soe iliiia, a. slinCi ,'i
eaI,,ia ttao oithar af +,asa hr+ ehorId
~ ~ ~ 'ii''ii 4o1. e oa,.iaad oa+
tioI "o III i''' 81 i'' me- wa ~
NJ. ,.oo,.. 600 cow. +,,o trnt.oa
c.- In n'a u' ~ .io,,1t,,ro
,,,.e :;
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
PLANT BREEDERS MOBILIZE.
Science is Developing F1Sh''hs
Strains of Grain.

MANY and varied are the methods
emnloved by scientific agflculIul 1915
IA FIGHT destructive diseases Oh tle
small grain crops. Some OF the as
o,sas of wheat, oats, barley, ana
other grains are held in check by
cultural methods, some by SEED
treatment, and some by the use OF
"snecialized fighting strains OF the
crop in question. FOR SOME tiiiio
plant breeders have been aware VI
the fact that some individual plants
are stronger or more nalufally re-
sistant and immune to diseases IMAM
others. From these natural hghterS
the plant breeders for long Time
have been assembling and moDlllZlnS
their disease-fghting soldiers ana
armies and deploying them to the
farmers fields to aid him in controll-
ing his losses.
Strains of wheat, oats, barley, ana
rye. as we'll as many other plahtS'
have been discovered which are nigh
Nv resistant or immune to a partlcu-
lar disease. From these generous
seed supply has been grown and DIS
trihuted to the sections OF the cOun-
try where needed. This in itself mas
been an achievement of considerable
note and value to the farmers OF the
country. Often it is necessary to find
variety or strain which is immune
from more than one disease. AS dis
ease-resistant strains, in order to
meet the needs of farmers, must at
the same time be desirable in other
characteristics of yield, market
value, and adaptation, the problem OF
finding or developing hghtlnS
strains" capable of resisting the at
tacks of several diseases is more
difficult and intricate. Nevertheless,
the plant breeders have come to the
rescue of the farmer on such occa-
siOns as we'll
This was the case with wheat in
the area of southwestern Illinois,
where the two diseases flag smut and
the r0sette disease were causing
great losses to the wheat growers.
Fortunately among the various Sc
lections of wheat being grown by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture in varietal tests at the Airing
ton Experiment Farm, one variety
known as the Shepherd strain
seemed to embody all of the desired
characteristics. 1t was immune to
both diseases and showed an average
! yield over a period of six years of
! thirty-One bushels to the acre. About
! 100 acres were soWn in the in
fected area in southwestern Illinois
in the fall of 1928 with seed from
the government plants. From the
product of this sowing enough seed
| was available for the sowing of a
large area in the fall Of 1924. Now
many farmers have seed of the Sbep-
herd strain of wheat and are grow
ing it to prevent losses from flag
smut and rosette.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Wax EGigies of the Dead

II was once the curious custom in
England to carry wax ehigies Of the
dead-if they were distinguished
enough-in their funeral professions.
|. was aISa customary to leave tire
elfigies near the grave for some time
thereafter, and the mourning friends OF
the deceased used to compose elegies,
rhymed laments and similar produc-
lions. which they would write out on
paper and pin to the clothing OF the
effigy. A number Of the quaint old
efligies are still preserved at West
minister abbey. where they are stored
In the Islip chapel, and one at least,
that of Frances, duchess Of Richmond,
is still to be seen beside her grave In
Henry Wis chapel.-Family Herald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11

The dance at Victory grange hall
Saturday night was we'll attended.
Mrs. Linnie Davis received a box Of
candy for being the best-dressed per-
son there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Moore of La
moine are visiting Mrs. Moore's
brother, Nathan Kenney.
Mrs Emma Arey spent Friday
with her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Gray.
A party of eleven accompanied
Miss P. Frances Russell here Sunday
from Dexter. Miss Russell teaches
the Carter school in place of Miss
Helen Bachelor, who resigned after
teaching a term of ten weeks
Nov. g. b.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Beat Everything in Sight

Here is good one about little
lad who was given his first watch the
other day as a gift on his ninth birth
day. His aunt tells the story.
"AlthOugh he seemed pleased" she
said, when he first opened the boz
his enthusiasm was quite restrained
But he dashed into the house on his
return from school that day, and ok
claimed jubilantly.
my, but I've got dandy watch !!
Tin glad you like it, said his
mother, duly pleased at his pleasure
eyes he said, It's half an hour
ahead of Jim's watch, and it's a whole
hour ahead of the clock in the drug
store! Gee, it beats them all st
Paul Dispatch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11

On October 20, part of the family
of Capt. and Mrs. David Closson
gathered at his home in honor of his
seventy-second birthday. He was
presented with two fine cakes, one
from Mrs. Roger Higgins and one
from Mrs. Guy Closson, also barrel
of flour from his eight children, be-
sides other gifts. A fine supper was
served. Those present were Mrs.
Grace Fullerton Miss Agnes Bow
den, Miss Frances Closson, c. Harry
Closson, Winfield Garland and Miss
Lufkin of Ellsworth. A good time
was enjoyed by all.
Capts. Guy and Freeman Closson
are home for the winter, and get
ting ready for smelt fishing. Capt.
Clarence Brown will take command
of the schooner j. Chester Wood.
Mrs. E. b. Holt is spending two
weeks in Bar Harbor with her
daughter, Mrs. Otis Collins.
Mrs. Edith Higgins of Indian Point
is with her daughter, Mrs. Guy Clos
son, for few weeks.
Willie Norton and friend OF
Portsmouth, N. H., recently visited
MS parents, MI. ana MI >. y u. ANOA
ton They were accompanied back
by his parents, who will spend two
weeks with him.
Sanford Wiley and family, and
Mrs. Ada Ray left last week for
Providence, r. l., for the winter.
Mrs. Hollis Ramsdell returned to
Orono last Thursday, after being
called here by the illness of her
brother, Horace Estey Mrs. Frank
Richardson and little daughter, of
Connecticut, Mrs. Herman Byrn and
son, of Brockton, Mass, are still at
the home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs S. Scott Estey, until their
brother is more fully recovered.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A.
Springer sympathize with them in
the loss of their daughter, Mrs. Caro-
Prince of Detroit. Mrs. Prince leaves
husband and three children.
Mrs. Fannie BoWden returned
home Sunday from Bangor, where
she has been employed for five
weeks
Nov 9. C. A. C.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Mckinney.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Greenlaw and
daughter Ruth motored to Calais last
Friday for the weekend. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Janette
Manchester and Mrs. Phoebe Hig-
gins, who visited the latter's daugh-
ter Mrs. Ethel Cookson.
Mrs. Vida Knowlton and Mrs
Callistia Colt left this week for Bos-
ton Mrs. Colt will spend the winter
with Lowell and Lena Bunker, while
Mrs. Knowlton will proceed to Mil
waukee to spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Lutz.
John Hamblen has purchased
car
Mckinley lodge, F. and A. M,
worked the first degree at the recent
Masonic convention in Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Gertrude McTeer, D. D. G. NJ,
visited fremont chapter, o. e. s.,
Oct 28, for inspection. Supper was
served.
Friends of Miss Mary Reynolds of
Northeast Harbor, who formerly
taught here, were shocked to learn
of her death in an automobile ac
cident, Saturday.
Ralph and Wesley Reed, Misses
Alta Dow and Genevieve Leighton
are employed at William Under
woods, Boston.
Allan Stanley is employed in Hart
ford, Conn. His mother, Mrs. Laura
Stanley, is with her sister, Mrs. Mel
lie Robinson.
Nov 8. P. M.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
In Slams Jungle

The Diard five-backed pheasant is
largely gray, varied with black, white
and chestnut. with a shining gold back
and bronze red rump, says Nature
Magazine The bird inhabits Siam and
French Indo-China. Here it lives In
bamboo thickets and jungles.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Spread Cult of Chess

A convert to Christianity, Ali was
the first jew who recommended chess
considering 1t remedy for low spirits
and detected mental condition. BY the
Eleventh century it was commonly
played in Spain. In the Twelfth cen
fury chess had spread to France, Ger
many and England and by 1900 had
become favorite game throughout
Europe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
National Ideals

exist for long which has not fed its
ideal life and its aspirations from
heaven downward, instead of building
its poor aspirations in some useless
magnificence that YEARLY lifts itself
from the earth upward.-Phillips
Brooks
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
submitted to The American ny the
ellsworth High School Publicity hoard.

The end of the first quarter Oh
school came last Fiday. The RANK
cards are given out the hrst OF thlS
week.
A meeting of the track lettermeh
was held Tuesday night Tor the pui
nose of electing a captain. AS lhi@
election should have taken place d.
the close of last year, the manager
had to get the votes of those letter
men who graduated. These were
counted in with the rest, and Fred
Fortier was chosen by large ma
jority.
About twenty-five boys turned out
for the first basketball practice Iues-
day night, under the coaching o.
Principal Stone. The team has peeA
organized, and instructions given III
nassine and shooting. From thl7
souad. e. II. S. should be we'll repre-
ser ed in boys basketball this year
Tbe GIRLS basketball squad has pro
crossed rapidly under the eoachlne
If Miss HAYNES, and prospects Tor d
fast team are good.
The boys track meet started Tues
HaE night, NV y -
will be run off each night.
The following new books have
been added to the library Reae-
ines in Literature" by Hanes " NC
Gov 1.-TWO yolumes) Famous
Hymns" by Bonsaii and the Name
Register.
The second school social OF the
year was held Friday night. A Iaf
crowd attended, and nearly all OF the
teachers were present. Music was
furnished by the school orchestra
All had a good time.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday the
high school will be represented at
the Journalistic Conference at the
University of Maine by four EDITORS
Of The Jester. Last year the school
paper made very good showing,
and it is hoped that it will this year,
The home nursing books have
come. and the first home-nurslns
classes were held Thursday and FIJI
day. with an enrolment of thirty
three girls.
The high school is trying to get
some outside subscriptions Tor Inc
lester. 1t is hoped that everybody
will patronize the school by SuDScrlp-
ing, for there is no easier way TO
keen in touch with the school than by
reading its paper.
Through the generosity and KIND
ness of Harry Allen, collection OF
stones has been added to the school
museum. The stones were obtained
nv Mr.. Allen on Mt Katahdin, ana
include many specimens of los
SLICED fern, quartz, pink quartz,
fools gold, and many other stones.
The fossilized fern is very hand
some rock, and the fern can be seen
plainly.
Preliminaries for the Junior prize
sneaking contest were held Thursday,
Friday and Monday. Ten boys and
ten girls were chosen by Mr.. Stone,
Mr.. Whitcomb and Miss Fields to
speak before the entire school. They
are Alice Adams, Eleanor Carr,
Sylvia Cushman, Elaine Donovan,
Mary Franklin, Dora McGraW,
Marion Young, Viola Eichmann'
Ellen Colt, Charlotte Remick, Parker
Cushman, Gordon Emery, John
Haynes, Sherwood Jellison, Lloyd
Jordan, George Jude, Elmer Mad
docks, Horace Kemp, Richard Lord,
Laurence Fletcher.
The high school orchestra will be
larger this year, and a few more
pieces will be added soon. The
present members are Margaret Whit
comb, Karin Eliason, Fred Fortier
and Shirley Povich.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-11-11
Emergency Rations

"Wheres my whisk broom, Maryf"
asked the professor. you ate 1t for
breakfast. SIR" replied the maid. THE
other cereal was all gone."-American
Legion Weekly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-11
Require All Trains
to Garry Full Crew
Although Mail Trains Carry No Pas
sengers, They Must Be Operated
With Full, Complement.

Madison, Wise Full passen-
ger crews must be employed on fast
mail and express trains even though
they do. not carry passengers, c. A.
Erikson, deputy attorney general, to-
day advised A. R. McDonals, a member
of the Wisconsin railroad commission.
Some railroad lines operate fast mail
and express trains in Wisconsin, ac-
cording to the opinion, and a reduc-
ton in the crews was sought because
the trains do not carry passengers.
Examination of the rules established
in the state laws regulating railroad,
the opinion said, shows that certain
number of men are required on the
crews and that an employee could not
perform the duties of trainman when
he was compelled to perform the du-
ties of baggageman, as proposed.
The reason for having trainman
always on hand to protect train, it
was added, would seem more apple
able to fast mail and express trains
that to ordinary trains for the reason
that the former run at extremely high
rates of speed and often are required
to precede or follow regular train
at rather short intervals, thus increas-
ing the danger of collision.