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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07
Editorial Comment
No Mercy Shown
portland Press erald)

\TOTtldHu TcSs-r1eTdIuJ
The recorder of the Augusta Mu-
nicipal court has announced that no
mercy will be shown those who are
brought before him charged with
reckless driving. If 1t should become
known that this will be the policy
OF all the courts of the State there
might be fewer complaints of this
kind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

The Governor Of Massachusetts
mas that 1t is expensive for the
state to chase deserving husbands all
over the land. Likewise with other
maiefactors. who when caught and
extradited are not fined enough to
pay expenses. AS the State is sup
posed to be under this obligation of
running down crime on behalf of
society it should be endowed with
enough Of ingenuity to exact the toll
for performance of these duties.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

" e seems reasonable to expect that
the promoters Of the rum fleet will
tor q while at least, accumulate more
Iof wisdom than Of lucre.A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07
Mothers Improvement Club Enter.
tanned

The members of the Mothers I'M
provement club were entertained by
the Junior Federated club Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock in the 7th
grade room of the High school build
ing. There was a good attendance
and the following musical program
was carried out under the direction
OF Mrs. John S. Tapley:
Roll call was responded to by
quotations relating to famous must
clans; greetings were extended to
the mothers by Mrs. John S. Tapley,
guardian of the Chehakoolo group of
Camp Fire Girls; there was a piano
duet by Helen Crowell and Janet
Tapley; piano solo, Bertha Sawtelle;
How Music Saves the Animals"
Lois Warren; piano solo, Rachel
Hallett; piano duet, Virginia Judd
kins and Alzada Bunker; calves
Friendly Butcher" Rose Gleason. A
short time was taken up with group
singing.
Refreshments were served by the
committee which included Ruth Saw
age, Mary and Janet Tapley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07


No notice whatever win DO taken OF
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot 90 held respon-
sible for the preservation or return
Of rejected communications
Address all communication relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
10 Kennebec Journal Company,
Publishers, Augusta, Maine
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press IL exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited TO u
or not otherwise credited in this pa.
Der and also the local news puolisneo
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lal dispatches herein are also re-
served
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

Alden Savage is confined to his
nome on Church street by illness.
A rehearsal for the pageant entitl
ed "Ye Inn Called Life" will be held
at the parlors of the United Baptist
Church Friday evening at 2 o'clock.
The Pageant will be presented at the
church Sunday evening, May 18th.
A sale of cooked food will be held
under the auspices of the Music COM
mittee of the United Baptist church
Saturday afternoon, May 9Th from 2
to o'clock at the Economy Electric
Shop on Main street.
George Fuller is taking a weeks
vacation as r. T. D. carrier on route
No. 35 and Roy Cannon is substitute
ing in his place.
The Thursday Club of Oakland
Heights will meet this Thursday af-
ternoon at the Asa Bates Memorial
Chape at Oakland Heights and will
assist the Library Committee in ar
ranging the books.
The Fidelity Glass of the United
Baptist church will meet Friday at
ternoon and members are requested
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. 8
Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays
Of each month at $50.
EDGAR w. FLETCHER, c. p.
G. S. PEASLEE Scribe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

Senator Hale Of Maine is planning
to leave Portland about May 16 to
inspect the Navy Yards on the Pa
cific Coast in his capacity as chair
man of the Senate Committee on
Naval affairs. He will visit Hawaii
while on the West Coast, and wit
ness the wind-up of the big naval
maneuvers in those waters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M.
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
a. O'Clock.
JOHN C. HOWEs, Capt.
A. N. DRUMMOND. Clerk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07

TRINITY coMMANOERY No ;

ASYLUM LODGE. NO. 70. .. Q, O. E.
meetings Friday at 7.3O F. M.
FRANK l.. DOUGLAS. N. q.
ELLIS e. WALKER. Secy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07
Learning

You went--then you returned!
That skies could be SO blue
TILL then l had not learned.
That days could be so joyous
All like so wrapped In song,
I had forgot-while you were gone!
Harriet f. Chandler, in New York
SIM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-07
One Of the interesting landmarks

One Of the Interesting landmarks
on the Quebec Road from Bingham
is the tablet which was placed there
in 1916 by the Kennebec Chapter.
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton. This tablet marks the place
where. Colonel Benedict Arnold with
his soldiers left the Kennebec River
October ITS and marched from the
Dead River on their way to Quebec.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
Wisconsin Dairyman's Dollar
Now BUYS More.

The Wisconsin farmers dollar
from the sale of butter, eggs and
chickens is now worth a dollar and
one cent in merchandise, according
to computations of the Blue Valley
Creamery Institute, which finds that
the combined purchasing power of
these three farm products is now
about a four year pre-war level
for the same month.
Last year and for several years
after the war when the Wisconsin
farmer took a dollar received in
payment for farm products to the
store to buy manufactured COM
modities, he found his dollar would
buy only sixty, seventy or eighty
cents worth of goods compared to
the dollars worth it would buy in
pre-war days. Prices of Wisconsin
farm products have now advanced to
point where today a dollars worth
of butter, eggs and chickens not
only brings the farmer a hundred
cents worth of needed articles but
/ even one cent more than the dollar
he received for these particular pro.
ducts before the war. 1t is well ia
bear in mind, says the Institute ex.
perts, that it is not the number OF
! dollars the farmer receives for hi:
butter, eggs, or poultry but what
these dollars will buy in shoes
shingles, suits, salt, seed or silos that
] count.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
The Farmer And Power.

The use Of power, together with
labor-saving machinery, has greatly
benefited the farmer, and he has not
been slow to see its value in in
creasing his capacity to till the soil.
The average farm worker now
cares for approximately three times
as many acres of crops as did the
workers of seventy-five years ago,
illustrating that the farmer has
taken advantage of opportunities to
improve his condition.
The farmer ranks second only to
the railroads in the use Of power
and he does not depend entirely any
longer upon the patient pillow horse
/ to get things done.
Tractors provide seventeen per
cent of the power used on American
farms, the United States depart
ment of agriculture has computed
but animal power is still sixty per
cent of that utilized. Although
electrical installations account fol
only 55 percent Of farm power, this
form is rapidly growing.
The old-fashioned windmill still
furnishes a little more than on,
percent Of the farm power in Amer
lea, but it is gradually giving wa.
to more up-to-date methods.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
WALK OFF YOUR AUTOMOBILE
JAG
By ERWIN GREER

by En- W IN GhEE1AN
The President rides an electric
horse. In so doing he gets the
exercise necessary for intelligent
executive work. The horse is Of
course a merchanical contrivance,
which gives one the walking, trot-
ting and galloping exercises Of its
live brother.
John D. Jr, rides an electric
horse and also an electric camel.
This latter, an initiation ship of
the desert, shambles, lurehes and
rocks, thus exercising the Rocker
Teller liver and spleen. Conse-
quently, the osteopath isn't needed
by either of these men.
/ Both the osteopathic and chiro-
practic PHILOSOPHERS are built on
E, the assumption that disease is
caused by pressure upon the
nerves emerging from the spinal
cord through the openings of the
spine. Due to muscular contrac-
ton the bones slide upon one an
other, narrowing the opening through
which the nerve energies and con
sequently creating nerve pressure
Bones are moved by muscles.
One of the ways in which these
spinal bones are abnormally shift
ed is through the inactive tense
ness induced by the modern motor
car habit. You sit in a chair Will
muscles tensed against the joltinl
motion, Flexibility Of movement
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
NJU TO LIE
INFORMATION AND ADVICE OF INTEREST AND
VALUE TO THE AUTOMOBILE and TRUCK OWNER

becomes the stiffness of made
quate exercise.
To drive $50 to 200 miles at
stretch, which constitutes the average
motorists holiday, is crime
against ones spinal column and
spinal nerves.
You cannot do away with the
motor car, but you can mitigate
some of its evils. By adopting the
following suggestions you will pre-
vent. a great many spinal NAL
positions that the automobile in
duces.
Try not to SLOUGH or sit on your
spine when driving or riding.
Don't overdrive. When you
make a long journey try and do
it in shifts and relays. One humid
red miles per day should be the
maximum.
Equip your machine with the
best shock absorbers and balloon
tires. These necessary accessories
will pay for themselves in health
dividends and comfort for you and
the passengers.
When you are forced to take a
long drive get out of the car fire.
quently and 90 for a short walk
Five minutes of walking every fifty
miles will work wonders in prevent
ing the feeling of fatigue which ac'
companies a long drive. And eat the
minimum amount of food when driy
ing long distances.
Driving is not and never can b.
. a muscular exercise. Rather it i:
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
Pen. RolNTEnS

A lot of people are willing to try
anything Once-too often.
Farmers find that us Just as much
trouble feeding the relatives as II is
the chickens
AT least eight hours OF work
eight hours of play and eight hours
OF sleep sounds interesting
II there weren't any middle 81 the
sidewalk where would women stand
when they want To gossip
The careless pedestrian and the
careless autoist naturally think the
same thing OF each other And
they're both right
Attaching the aose to the balhtub
would make that Saturday night
affair much easier TO put over Do the
kids
Any resolution that worth max
ing six months from now Is worth
making today
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22

WASHINGTON rs turning rapid
~. almost overnight il seems in some
eases, from town Of old home
steads and quiet, shaded streets to a
bustling city where business holds
the whip hand. In the northwest
section Of the city. business houses
are taking the place Of the old brick
homes. which are either being des-
troyed entirely or are being remodel
ed INTO office buildings The result
is that the residential sections are
being pushed farther and farther
away and even into the nearby
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
Life Is Cheap.

Life is a cheap commodity in
these days of homicide, matricide,
patricide and just plain murder.
A Chicago woman paid a gunman
$400 to kill her husband because he
abused her daughter by another
marriage The gunman paid 5000
to another gunman to have the
victim slain and the second gunman 5
wife stole the money and spent it in
Milwaukee.
This is a sordid story that is not
uncommon. The price of life has be-
come so cheap that men will take it
unflinchingly for a few paltry dol
lars.
1t is a sorry commentary on our
boosted civilization that we have
produced such specimens of human
ity.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22

Most people prefer the broad and
winding road to the straight and mar
row one because they never know
just what may lie beyond the turn.
Some folks don't seem to realize
that when they have what they need,
they have enough.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22

Gardeners VINO started out with
the slogan Watch us grow" now be-
heve nothing heard it except the
weeds
The report can't be verified that
th Mostana earthquake was due 70 3
june oIide dropping one 81 hex bis
cults.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22
an intense nervous STRAIN.

an intense nervous strain.
There is nothing but sheer con
mon sense in the foregoing and ~
following these simple rules va,
will prevent much of the SLUGGISH
ness and spinal LESSONS created ~
the jouncing and jolting of tbs
family gas wagon.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22

IT'S hard for an empty bag to
stand up" says sign in bank win.
dow, to which might be added the
phrase, "even a wind bag"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-22

The sorry thing about it is that no
man thinks his oil company is a
fake" until he has lost everything
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04

with me-" he said. 1.-Two million dol
lars is big sum to repay. But
expect to pay them, in money, If
possible, but at least in land. ex-
pect even to pay them the SO per
cent profit which l promised them,
plus interest to date"
Ponzi has organized the "Charpon
Land cate"-drawing it's name
from the first four letters of
"Charles" and the first three of
"Ponzi." The vehicle through which
it operates is the "unit Of indebted
ness" by which name he calls the
$40 shares in his syndicate, Back
in 1920 it was through "interna-
tional reply coupons that Ponzl
drew millions from frenzied in
vestors.
Ponzi's company buys Florida
farm land, has it surveyed and cut
into tiny lots-25 feet wide by 90
feet deep-which he prices at $40
each. To buy this land, he sells
$40 units of indebtedness" in his
syndicate, redeemable at maturity
for three SO lots or for $50 cash as
soon as enough of the lots have
been sold to cover the cash demands.
Maturity Date Unknown
The date of maturity" is not
specified in the engraved certificates
which go to his investors-but
Ponzi's literature predicts { that 1t
will be not over six weeks, and he
declares that he intends to turn his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
vigor Producing Elixir Brings
Glorious Health and Radiant
Vitality to Weak, Exhausted People
Men and Women, Weak and Nervous, Need the Help
of This Great Restorative That Indianapolis Drug
gists Are Glad to Offer on Money Back Plan.

Here is medicine that is taking the
country by storm-thousands of bot
les are sold daily.
Thousands of once worn out, run
down human machines now know the
happiness that buoyant exhilaratipg
health brings.
Dare's Mentha Pepsin is first of all a
powerful digestive 1t starts at the
root of most human misery--the stom-
ach.
1t builds up and makes strong the
digestive organs so that every parti-
Gle of food you eat is properly and
thoroughly digested and nssimilated
into the blood stream, furnish rg nour
shment that produces vigorous health.
Without proper digestion good health
Is impossible. Foul gases accumulate
and toxins poison the blood.
Always remember that nine times in
ten the ailments that continually both
II you and make you feel depressed
md unfit are caused by the stomach
iot functioning properly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
money over at least .aix times !

money over at least six times q
year.
II do not crave wealth or power"
he declared, 'but am exceedingly
anxious to make money for those
WHO lost with me. And / am de-
termined to vindicate myself for the
sake of my family. For their sake
l shall use every legal resource to
fight the State sentence : that still
stands against me-"
This sentence, which is of seven
to nine years, has been appealed to
the Massachusetts Supreme Court,
and meanwhile Ponzi is free on
$4,000 bond.
Wife Penny Wise"
"But even should I have to serve
the sentence, my wife is here to
carry on the work." he said. "She
is woman who is penny wise. She
can measure a IS bill and tell how
far it will go. And she has my spirit
the spirit which win enable me to
vindicate myself.
"She was not associated with me
in Boston-that was frenzied and
reckless. But this is sure and safe
and legal and want her with me;
need her help and guidance.
l referred to Ponzi's picture of 200
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04

So now all men and women who are
weakened by disease or overwork, who
are nervous and irritable, can put their
faith in this tonic medicine that Is
pleasant to take and agreeable to the
stomach.
People who have sallow skin, are
mentally depressed and can't get rest
full sleep at night are advised to try
this sterling upbuilding elixir
Bear in mind that you can prove
the goodness of Dares Mentha Pepsin
by trying just one bottle and IL 1t
doesn't help you more than any medi-
cine you have ever tried any druggist
will gladly return your money without
quibbling.
SO why not for your health's sake,
get a bottle today? IL is probably just
what you need to help you get well
and strong again. For sale by Haag
Drug Co., Hooks Dependable Drug
Stores, Goldsmith's Cut Price Drug
observation-disclosures
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04

per cent in sixty days was that
"sure and safer"
"Ah, you doubt" he said. you
ask why it is possible. But why is
Florida possible?
1.-THE conditions that have enabled
Florida to put over the greatest real
estate developments of history will
enable me to put over my plan. And
before l am through I will show my
gratitude toNF1orida by giving it the
greatest and most logical city devel-
opment in the entire State"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
Lucky to Keep Gold
i'm His Teeth

Charles Ponzi declares that
Florida, in general, has well
coined him; that there has been
no unfavorable reaction to his
coming.
(, But miami Life" a gossipy
weekly paper which has a very
large circulation, had this to
say editorially about him:
"Ponzi might have been a
financier in New England, but
he's Babe in the Woods down
here. There are men in the
real estate game in Florida who
could take the gold out of his
teeth without his knowing it.
He'll be fortunate If some
rea!tor doesn't get his prison
number away from him."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
Has Partner and Boy

expressed n.
Has Partner and Boy
His partner, another italian, and
boy thus far are his complete office
force When I called 1 had to wait
for Ponzi was busy. A visitor had
Just come in man from Boston. Be-
fore he left, another Boston man en-
j tered. They explained they had met
him back In Pie Alley days.
Surely, you remember me-" each
Of them said.
Your face, yes, it Is quite IA
niliar; but your name I have for
gotten" Ponzi answered. "You see,
have met so many people. proba-
bly, $4,000, in the last five years.
cannot remember them ALL"
Smile Is Winning
AS they left, he turned to me with
= smile. Ponzi's smile is both easy
and winning, his manners free and
his speech perfect.
"Ah, they are friends once more, I"
he said. "Only a few years ago
they would have nothing to do with
me. But now they know I am COM
Ing back; and they are with me-"
He picked up a pile Of letters from
The desk
Inquiries, he explained, "most
Of them from Boston. Many of them
are from my former clients; they
know am going to succeed.
sit was hard to start" he contin-
ned, ''but now can't be stopped.
'Even without me, my plan would
go on" he declared, as he explained
In detail the scheme by which he
claims he will sell 100000 Florida
lots at $40 each ito people through
put the United States; yes, probably
throughout the world"
Expects to Pay
"And with my first money will
pay back the people who lost money
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
P0NzI OFFERS
HUGE RETURNS
CONTINUED From Page y

promised during his tiier in foreign
exchange, is one which he clamis is
charted strictly according to Florida
law. safe. sure and logical" as he
expressed II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-04
APopuIar
Way
OfBuying

Many like to buy their furni-
ture slowly and carefully. BY
making a special appointment
you can come after supper and
bring with you all who may be
interested in helping you make
your selections. This is a fine
way to buy. Everything is quiet,
you have the whole store to
yourself, and you can select at
your leisure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-03-12

the various degrees with surprising
rapidity for so young a man. He was
member of the Tusler Lodge No.
263, the Minnesota Consistory num-
Der one, and Osman Temple of St.
Paul.
A short funeral service was held
at Eau Claire Monday afternoon, CON
Quoted by DR.. w. w. Bolt, pastor Of
the First Congregational church. His
remains, accompanied by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Walker,
Wayne Walker and Mr.. A. G. Clancy
of Eau Claire, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A.
Rions, Mr.. and Mrs. George Carpen-
ter and Louis Warinski of Ovation
ma, and Mrs. Rex Pelton Of Denver,
were brought here Tuesday. Funeral
services, conducted by DR.. j. O.
Thrush, were held in the Congrega-
tional church that afternoon and in
torment was made in Greenwood
cemetery, the Masons having charge
Of the services at the grave. In the
words of his pastor, Though dying
so young, Friedrich had lived long
enough to live honorably and we'll"
The pallbearers were Leo Hendricks.
Carl R. Walgren, Frank Browning,
Ernest P. Boettcher, intimate friends
and brother Masons from st. Paul.
and John Knapp and w. Earl
Hunter of this city.
The deceased is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Walker
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-03-12
Mrs. Paul Taggart

Mrs. Paul Taggart died at St.
Barnabas hospital, Minneapolis, Mar.
4, 1925, at the age of twenty-five
years and % days.
Esther Severson was born in Cylor
Wis, February II, 1900, and spent
her earlier years with her parents on
their farm near Deer Park. Her
schooling was received in the Black
Brook school in that vicinity and in
the River Falls normal school.
After teaching for about year
she was married December 25, 1920
to Mr.. Paul Taggart of River Falls
Her stricken husband and their little
son, Paul, Jr., together with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Severson of
Deer Park, six sisters and three
brothers are left to mourn her un.
timely death.
Mrs. Taggart was confirmed in the
Lutheran church when about Is years