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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
Water Fatally Charged

A brook near Schifferstadt, Germany
charged with electricity, proved fatal
to one Of q team Of horses recently
when the owner drove into the stream
to wash the wheels of his carriage.
AS soon as the horses touched the
water one Of them fell dead. while
the other after frantic efforts man
aged to break loose from the harness
and galloped out Of the water. In
vestigation showed that the brook was
charged with electricity, transmitted
from subterranean installation Of
power plant.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
AImost Fri1htened

John D. Rockefeller likes to tell a
story of an Irishman employed by him
who, in the early days Of oil refining.
was standing near a big tank when
1t exploded with roar that could be
heard for miles about After the
smoke hadcIeared. other workers came
to gather up the fragments Of the
Irishman's body. only to find him sit
ting on q pile of debris and slowly
filling his pipe. After he had filled
1t and ignited the tobacco, he re-
marked. 1.-THE durn thing purity nigh
scared me-"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
Auocotions and Teeth

In an article on the relation Of va
rious vocations and dental diseases.
the Social Democratic News service
Of Germany points out that bakers and
pastry cooks are the worst sufferers
from bad teeth, believed to result from
the excess Of sugar they consume,
Leather workers are inclined to de-
velop q. brown discoloring Of the teeth.
while the molars Of lead and silver
workers have a tendency to turn blue.
Copper workers. unless they brush
their teeth necessarily, soon find them
turning green in color.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
Gas Preserves Fish

The use of carbon dioxide gas re-
frigeration instead Of ice in shipping
consignment Of $4,000 pounds Of fresh
fish from Halifax to Montreal was SO
successful that, when the cargo was
unpacked ten days later, the fish was
found to be free from odor and the
natural color unchanged. The gas Is
carried In cylinders In refrigerator
cars. and the system Is expected to
extend the market for fresh fish.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16

A procession of chickens 100000
miles long, laying enough eggs each
year to reach from the earth to the
moon and back, is something Uncle
Sam, the poultryman, can boast, &C
cording to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture educational
motion picture. -Four Hundred Mil
lion Chickens!" The film consti-
tutes a "bird-eye" view in one reel of
the poultry industry in the United
States, showing commercial, farm,
and backyard chicken plants.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
Where Girls Marry Young

Orientals marry young, atrociously
young In the case of females. Forty
cut Of every 10000 girls in India be-
tween the ages Of ten and fifteen were
unmarried. At present only 0O7 out
Of every 10000 India girls between
ages Of Ave and ten are unmarried
Washington News,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16

An effort to enlist communities
and individuals in snow clearing
operations is now under way, and it
is hoped to have the work we'll
organized before the first heavy
snowstorm. A special effort will be
made to keep open the trunk high
ways from Kittery to Bar Harbor and
Portland to Rockland. Ellsworth's
big pillow never had a chance to show
its worth last winter. 1t will be on
the job early this year
L At meeting held last week in the
offices of Governor Brewster in Port
land, at which representatives of the
various State organizations work
ing for the States development and
expansion along industrial, agrlcul-
tural and recreational lines, were
present, it was decided to start an ac-
tive BUY Maine Products campaign
beginning January 1. Few realize
that the annual expenditure OF cltl-
.zens of Maine for necessities OF lie
is approximately 100000, 1000. The
present campaign is to try to in
duce the people of Maine to spend as
much of this s2O0,00O,000 as is
nossible. within the State. Names
publicity and buy at home campaign
may be briefly SUMMARIZED" BRING
more new money into Maine, and
keep more Maine money in Maine
II
Kind Words from Old Friend.
Everyone appreciates kind words,
and when they come from a friend
of more than half a century, they are
especially valued. Newspapers are
inst as susceptible to kind words as
the people, and so we appreciate the
words of an old reader.
DR.. James s. Moore of Portland,
Ore, a former Ellsworth man, IN
letter to an old-home friend, writes;
Am receiving copy of The Ellis
worth American from you now ana
again; recently received two copies. L
read about every line in them, inciud-
ing the lads" foreclosure notices.
deaths. births, marriages, and every
thing else.
The old Ellsworth American has
stood I'D and done it's duty nobly as
local newspaper. 1t was always a good
the Civil war, it did all in it's power to
promote the cause of the Union. There
was never a discordant note. In the
days of triumph. it commended its
patrons to thankfulness to God for His
remembrance of the nation that was
trying to wipe out the sinful stain of
human slavery. In days of defeat, 1t
assured its readers There is still God
in Israel, who will not allow this
nation and this people to sink into the
awful abyss of disunion, one section of
which would fasten the letters of
bondage on more than three million
human beings"
It did a noble work then, and so it
has through all the intervening years
That old-time teachers convention
which it recently dug up, interested
me, for many of the old teachers
knew as a child. and several of them
had been my instructors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16

Pearl-"Mamma, If I get mar
ried, will I have husband like
papa?"
Mother-"Yes, dear"
Pearl-"An' if I don't marry,
must 1 be an old maid like Aunt
Jane?"
Mother-"Yes, dear"
Pearl-"Mamma, we women don't
have many chances in this world,
do WEI"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
CATARRH

Catarrh Is a Local disease greatly IN.
Huenced by Constitutional conditions
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which gives Quick
Relief by local application. and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic. which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces and assists in Kidding .'our System
OF Catarrh.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
r. ! Cheney & Co., Toledo. O.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
Scarcity Adds to Value

One good husband Is worth two
good wives, for the scarcer things are
the more they're acknowledgements
Franklin.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
CHRISTMAS SEALS.
Active Health Campaign in Hancock
County.

County.
With very few exceptions, the 3d.
361 people in Hancock county are
interested in the Christmas seal and
health bond sale, and are working
hard for it's success
Every penny invested in seal, all
the dollars invested in a bond, mean
improvement in general health con-
ditions, and particularly those gov
erning the prevention Of tuberculosis.
In other words, they mean better
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
SPECIAL NOTICES,

TRAPPERS-MEN AND BOYS MAX
ing $50 to 5000 per week with our
"Sure Catch Canadian Snow set" Tor
foxes. Easy and complete instructions
81. Hight Brothers, Portland, Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
WANTED.

PUPIL NURSES AT SOMERSET
hospital, Skowhegan, Maine.
HOUSEWORK OF ANY KIND
wanted by capable young woman. Call
108-14.
WILL BUY VERY OLD GLASS, CHINA
figures of dogs children, etc, in good
condition. Describe and make your
price. G. A. L., "a Lincoln street,
Wat ertoWn. Mass.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16
CENT-A-WORD COLUMN
LOST.

BANK BOOKS NOS. 1898 AND 1926
of the savings department of Union
Trust Co. of Ellsworth. Finder will
please return to Union Trust Co., Ellis
worth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-12-16

ONE 4oo-EGG PRAIRIE STATE IN
cubator for Barred Rock or r. l. Red
Pullets Any fair offer accepted
Cecil GRAY, Bluehill Falls, Maine.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

When President Coolidge goes to
Swampscott, Mass, for his vacation
this Summer he will be as familiar
with the general layout Of the sur
rounding country as the average ma
tive. That is the Coolidge way.
The President has been devoting
considerable time during the last few
days to the study of that little corner
of the Massachusetts coast. This
study has included books, folders. time
tables. maps, blue prints and the like,
and if there is anything relating to
the topography or history of Swamp
scott and it's immediate environs that
President Coolidge does not know
about when he starts on his vacation
1t will not be his fault.
Several days ago two maps showing
the topography of that section were
sent to the President for his enlight-
eminent. In his customary precise
manner the President took these to
his study in the White House and that
night after dinner he was deeply alb
sorbed in their study for more than an
hour. They showed the roads, boule-
wards, lanes, the shore line, the loca-
ton and boundaries of white Court" :"
which is to house the. President, and
the large estates nearby.
Mr.. Coolidge was partially familiar
with the country, but these maps re-
newed his interest and had the effect
of creating a thirst for more. This
wish on the part of the President was
flashed to friends in Massachusetts,
and several other maps showing the
White Court neighborhood in greater
detail arrived. One of these gives the
acreage of the various estates of the
White Court neighhors. 1t contains a
minute outline OF the rocky coast line,
s-I,, ha nd i,,1n
streams and the like.
When the President has finished
with this little study of North Shore
geography the maps will be turned
over to the head of the White House
secret service detail to use in mapping
out his plans for guarding the oc-
cuDants of White Court and for main
Evening star., 1925-05-20
DECLINES ORATORY
TEST W|NNER'SG GIFT
Birmingham School Board
Explains Its Rejection of
Sessions Offer.

The offer of Robert Sessions. the
15-year-old national oratorical cham
pion, to use his $4,000 prize as
nucleus for the promotion OF good
citizenship in the city schools of the
country has been rejected by the
board of education of Birmingham,
Ala, his native home. according to
word received in Washington today.
The board members, however. have
subscribed that amount individually,
and have asked the people of Birming-
ham to show their appreciation of the
honor Sessions has done his city by
sending contributions to the fund so
that it may become sufficiently large
to be of genuine service in the school
system The fund is to remain under
the control and direction of the board.
While the Birmingham school
board felt that the spirit of young
Sessions gift was highly laudable, it
put him in the attitude of doing more
than his share for a cause which
should be a community affair. The
board also was advised by legal coun-
sci that because he was a minor the
boy could not transfer the sum.
Already a number of suggestions
have been made to the Birmingham
school board for adding to the fund.
The one with the greatest possibilities,
IT was said, is that phonograph records
of Sessions priZe-winning oration be
placed on the market, the royalties
derived from them to be devoted to the
fund. Board members feel that the
market in the schools and homes for
such permanent record of the speech
would be great.
Commenting on the fund editorially,
O. Birmingham newspaper said:
But whatever is done, the fund is
now a reality and will grow from year
to year, and a 1o-year-old young man
has thus opened a field of great use
fulness and value to future students
in the public schools of Birmingham.
The item of real value and greatest
worth, after all. was the motive that
prompted Robert to think of his school
and its future before himself
Evening star., 1925-05-20
President Closely Studies Enuirons
OF 'sWhite Court" His Summer Home
Books and Maps Help Erecutiue Familidrise Himself
With the Physical Surroundings on Massachusetts
Coast, Where He Viii Spend Vacation.

tanning privacy in the vicinity of
the lane leading from the main high
way.
The White House has become con-
siderably disturbed over the great
number of invitations for the Presi-
dent to visit various sections in New
England during his vacation and re-
quests from individuals, committees
and organiZa tions to call at White
Court some time during the Presi
dents sojourn there. The senders Of
these are being notified that the Presi-
dent is going away from Washington
for quiet and rest and that he has no
intention of following a daily routine
resembling the one he has maintained
in Washington since being President.
Cost of living in Greece is now the
highest ever reached.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
HEADS WOMAN LAWYERS.
Mrs. B. S. Matthews Elected Presi
dent of Bar Association.

Mrs. Burnita Shelton Matthews was
elected president of the Women'S Bar
Association last night. and Miss Olive
b. Lacy was elected vice president, at
a meeting held at the College Wom-
ems Club.
Other officers elected We're Miss
Olive Geiger, secretary; Miss Kate p.
Johnson, treasurer, and Mrs. Pearl
Klein, member of the executive com
mittee. Judge Mary OToole of the
District Municipal Court and Mrs.
Matthews were named delegates to
the annual meeting of the American
Bar Association to be held next Sep
tember in Detroit. Judge Kathryn
Sellers of the Juvenile Court and Mrs.
Katherine Pike were named alter
mates
Evening star., 1925-05-20
V@sVO 0
HAT S

Closing out Ribbon and
Flower Trimmed Hats for
big and little girls. White
and colors.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
$50 Babie:
White Dresses

Embroidery a n q
Lace Tri i m m e q
Dresses, in yoke style
or bishop effect: in
fants' and tots sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
$50 Children's S
Rayon Sport
Hose

Fancy Turn-b a c X
Cuff Hose for boys
and girls. Looks like
pure silk. All colorS
and sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
? Yards 69C
Tussah Brocade

A 36-inch Self-color
Brocade, TO be had in
) beautiful designs
and 25 ColOrs.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
2-69c Children's
Muslin Underwear

Gowns. Bloomers,
Body Suits, Petit
coats and Combina-
tions: lace and en-
broidery trimmed or
tailored styles.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
Confirmation
and Bridal
Wreaths

Nice selection of
pretty white Wreaths
for May professions,
etc.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
8 Yards IoC
36-In. Longcloth

English Longcloth,
SO inches wide, in de-
sirable lengths to 10
yards.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
SI.69 Girls Khaki
Bloomer Dresses

Limited quantity
Hiking" dresses of
Serviceable khaki. 6
to IA sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
$500 and $500
Women's Sweaters

Rayon : a n d wool
Sweaters for women
and misses; slip-over;
long or short sleeve
stvles: all colors.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
"a Yards 55c
Tussah Pongee

36-inch Silk -and-cot-
ton Pongee, lustrous.
silk-like finish, in all
Imaginable Colors.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Black and all new
cOlorS. Hose that look
like silk, but wear
better. SubStandardS.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
$1.25 Satine
Costume Slips

Lustrous, silk-like quality
in every new, beautiful color.
Tailored styles. All sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
2-Women's
Costume Slips

Tailor made slips of good
quality muslin, in misses and
women's sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
S1.5O and $500
Mems Shirts

Rayon Stripe and
Genuine Corded Ma
dras Shirts, beautiful
colors; perfectly tai
lored.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
2-60C Women's
Muslin Underwear

G. o W n S, Step-inS,
Chemise and Bloom
ers of crepe and mus
lin, in flesh, blue,
lavender and white.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Full pieces and perfect
in large and small de-
signs on light and dark
grounds.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
E Yards 25C
Printed Cretonne

SO inches wide and
perfect, in a wide
range of new designs.
Cut from the bolt.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
7-25c Infants
Undershnts

Babies band, me-
nice soft
ribbed quality. Two
sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
$500 and $500 Girls
Voie Dresses

Lace, Ribbon and
Embroidery trimmed
White Dresses that
sold to So. Some
slightly mussed. 4 to
IA sizes.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

2 u yards will make
you a Heavy Seamless
Sheet that will stand
hard Tubing.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Three q u a I I e r.
length Ribbed Hose
with fancy turn-back
cuffs: fine ribbed. All
ColorS.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Good quality . Pay
Suits for babies and tots
to 4 years. Dutch and
straight-leg styles.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

Values to ACC in this
lot Of Voile, orgaudIe
lawn. batlste. checked
and striped dimity, main
sock. lonEclOth. etc.
Evening star., 1925-05-20
SI.5O Ladies'
Silk Hose

L a m ou 6 H. B.
Thread Silk Hose.
Every pair guaran-
teed. All c o 10 + S.
Substandards.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

New shapes Beaded
Rags. in leather under
arm and carrying books.
Black and colors.
Evening star., 1925-05-20

L a C tri m m g d,
Knee-length, w h i t e
Ribbed Pants with
French band.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

Catholic University perhaps is about
ready to give Bucknell a good battle.
Prior to last nights encounter, the
Brooklanders were no, impressive.
They had lost nine games in row,
but, playing a team that had defeated
them earlier this Winter, they put up
an excellent game all the way. Cath
Ollie University held 1 l2-11 advantage
at half-time, and in the last second
of the regulation game Kenney of the
Brooklanders scored from scrimmage
to create a 1928 deadlock. Then. in
an extra period, Kenney and Garvin
scored scrimmage goals and McCar-
thy mao. a foul point, while Loyola
was getting a lone marker from the
freedom line.
The MarylandNfrginia clash will be
the second betweV these teams this
Winter. They wee opponents at Col
lege Park in December in the opening
tilt of the season for each and Mary
land triumphed. Since then Virginia
has not lost a game and Maryl and
also has made an imposing record.
Bucknell will remain in Washington
over tomorrow for basket ball
game with Georgetown in Ryan GYM
nasium. The Hilltoppers have not
Evening star., 1925-02-19
.FRIGERIO SPEEDIER
DESPITE SETBACKS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 19.-Ugo
Frigerio, Italian walker and Olympic
champion. has been stepping faster
than ever before In his career. despite
the setbacks he received from Willie
Plant. American champion. This is
revealed by comparison of his times
here and in previous competiti
abroad.
The Italian likes the longer dis
tances best, a fact he demonstrated
this week when he broke into the rec
ord-breaking class by setting new
world indoor marks for and miles
and 10000 meters. His time for the
10000 meters was $3.50 As. He won
the 10.009-meter title last year at
Paris in 47:49, while in 1920. In Ant
werp, his winning mark was S:O6 1-5
Frigerio has never shown the speed
of George Goulding, famous Cana
dian; Ra asmussen, the Danish star or
Plant. His Olympic triumphs, while
decisive, were scored chiefly at the ex-
pense of mediocre talent.
Evening star., 1925-02-19

y
brief layoff after the competitive
season and then spend the remainder
of the year practicing. In other
words, Neale means to keep Virginia
squards pi acticing for eight months
of the year
North Carolina University has its
squad engaging in scrimmage prac-
tice already. Georgia Tech has been
out on the field for a month and is
playing games between teams that
are equipped with different colored
jerseys. Washington and Lee claims
that 1t actually develops it's teams
during Spring practice and considers
that this work is more valuable than
what it does in the Fall.
South Of Washington it Is doubtful
| if there is a big university or college
| that will not engage in at least six
or eight weeks Of foot ball practice
either this Winter or Spring. And
such action is not confined to the
| big colleges in the North and Middle
West are engaged in the same way in
promoting their foot ball interests.
| No Practice Here.
! Local colleges have done little in
the way of Spring foot ball. Last year
| Georgetown got out squad in order
that Coach Lou Little might know
what he would have to work with
in the Fall, but barring that. prac-
tically no attention has been paid TO
the development of the sport as far
as Spring workouts are concerned.
Just what will be done this Sprin z
| is not known. Georgetown has made
| preparations for a brief series OF
workouts, but so far none of the
| others has. University OF Maryland,
with all its big opponents next Fall
| having Spring practice, is almost
driven into q position where 1t must
| get out for the same kind Of devel-
| opment.
Maryland has not forgotten the
| we'll developed team that Washing
! ton and Lee brought here early last
October. In that game Washington
! and Lee had every appearance OF be-
! ing a midseason outfit and Mary
land in compa rison seemed anything
! but that. That eight weeks of prac-
! tice Washington and Lee had last
| Spring may have been that differ
enCe.
What is the essential difference be-
/ tween record breakers? Or in other
words. what is the wherefore of pub
| lie psychology? Take, for instance,
| Paavo Nurmi and Lloyd Hahn. The
| former of Finland broke the mile in
| door record and it was pubIished d
! broadcast and everybody was inter
| ested. Lloyd Hahn, a plain American
| citizen, runs faster than Nurmi and
| breaks the mile record set by Nurmi,
! lowering it by fifth Of a second,
yet comparatively no notice is taken
| of Hahns performance. A prophet
| may be without honor in his own
home. and Nurmi undoubtedly Is the
| greatest alI-round runner of recent
| times but neither OF these things
| should prevent an accomplishment as
brilliant as Hahn's receiving the
| credit it should.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
PARK VIEW eleven
WINS SOCCER TITLE

A 2-to-0 victory over the Blow
eleven in the sixth game of series
gives the Park View soccer team the
graded school championship of the
city.
The game, played on the Union
Station plaza, brought TO close the
title series that has been hanging in
the balance since before the Christ
mas holidays. Park View won the
opening tilt, the next three ended in
l to l deadlocks. and on Friday OF
last week Blow evened the count by
downing the champions, l to 0.
Trew and Tuttle brought in the
winning goals for the Park View
aggregation. while Suit, the diminu-
tive halfback of the Blow eleven, was
the outstanding star of the fray. The
winners will receive the handsome
silver cup awarded the city cham
pions each year by the playground
department.
Evening star., 1925-02-19
D. C. SQUASH TEAM
IN TITLE TOURNEY

Washington will be well represent
ed in the national squash racquet
matches at Buffalo on Saturday, Sun
day and Monday. Six members of
the Racquet Club will make the trip
with hopes of taking places in the
Individual and team events, and will
attempt to schedule the 1926 meeting
or the Washington club.
F.. n. Hinkel will enter the singles,
While Floyd Blair. Henry De Sibour,
W. G. Christie, w. A. Quig,ey and
:. F. Thompson will compete in the
ive-man team matches that will be
neld at the Buffalo Tennis and Squasl
Club and the Saturn Club.
seventeen teams are entered in
the national matches this year, max
ing the largest gathering on record.