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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
L0NC-LOST SON
THOUGHT, TO Be DEAD
FINDS HIS MOTHER
Especial to the Kennebec Journall

(Spectal to the kennepec Journal)
Worcester, Mass" Feb. "a son
Song since believed dead. who for Is
years had searched in vain for his
mother yesterday. aided by a news
paper reporter. succeeded in finding
alone, in despair Of ever finding her
union will take place as rapidly as a
train can cover the distance between
New York and Worcester.
The son. who was left with relatives
in Maine at an early age following
marital dificulties. is Everett w. Ellis
Of 40 East 18th street, New York
City. The mother is Mrs. Annie
Breed, widow, living at 2 Mccormick
court, Worcester. The son hearing
that his mother might be living in
Worcester, wrote letter yesterday to
The Worcester Telegram asking for
assistance in locating her. Search by
reporter brought the long quest to
an end.
Mrs. Breed. who is earning her live
lihood as an ironer in a large local
laundry, told an interesting story:
You see I was only II when
married the first time she began.
my first husband was Edward j.
Ellis OF Augusta. Me. We were very
unhappy and finally got sick of it
and took my baby boy and cleared out
Il was granted a divorce In the
Bangor court. My husband fought to
gain custody Of Everett, but I won
out and left him with relatives in
Sangerville, Me. The last time I saw
him he was about z years old.
Il married again. My second hus-
bands name was Oruk Breed. We
lived happily together in Maine and
then in Worcester until one night
came home and found him dead on the
couch. That was several years ago.
You see I am all alone now" she
repeated. Then suddenly, as IL re-
membering. she pressed the letter to
her lips. MY little boy she sobbed
MY little boy. I'm going to see him
again
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

ton again today before tine n
Interstate Commerce commune. III
the suggestion of sub-conn,nhrs
which questioned Mr.. Hump IL
Saturday he was asked to appeWM sn:'
day before the full com ml'te Srrssse6
hers of the sub committee e~p ~ theb,
satisfaction with the result VI .hs uac
talk with Mr.. Humphrey D". san,oseda
ture of the injury was not olD.N.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
BURNHAM
Benefit Social

A benefit social wos held at the
hall on Thursday evening. There was
a large attendance and the time was
passed merrily in playing games and
with a social dance.
At the regular mid-week service
held at the church on Wednesday
evening, motion pictures were pre-
sented by the pastor anu q very inter-
esting address was given by a MEM
Der OF the S. s. association. Pre-
ceding the meetings Il picnic supper
was servedAn the church dining room
at o'clock.-At the regular meeting
OF Burnham Grange next Tuesday
evening the lower degrees will be
conferred on a class of candidates.
Willing Workers
The Willing Workers will meet
on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs, Ma
bel Watson. At the last meeting the
following new officers were elected for
the coming two months. President,
Sylvia Brown; Vice President, Mabel
Watson. The society has voted to
paint the outside of the new church
as soon as the weather conditions are
favorable in the spring.
The members of EIleazer Parker
Chapter, D. A. R., will mold the Feb
ruary meeting at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Richardson in Clinton next
Wednesday, Feb. II, for an all-day
meeting.-At the preliminary speak,
Ing at Maine Central Institute held
this week, Howard Libby Jr was Sc
lected as one Of the contestants to
compete for the annual freshman
prize in March.-Mrs. w. H. Hunt
went to Hartland Friday to visit over
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradford Johnston.-Mrs. George
Dyer has been i'll for the past two
or three weeks. and has been con-
fined to the bed for several days. w.
II. Hunt is confined to the house with
a severe cold.-Mrs. G. j. Mudgett
was business caller in Pittsfield
Friday.-Wesley Rex Of Fairfield is
visiting at the home of l.. L. Libby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hunter of
Pittsfield visited over the week
with relatives at Winnccook.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
Contest Closes

The Country Gentleman" contest
that has been on at Wiscasset Acad-
envy has closed. The scholars were
divided into three teams, called Reds.
Greens, and Change, each having a
captain. The Reds were winners,
selling the largest number of maya
zines. The losers gave a social at the
Congo vestry Friday evening, and a
very enjoyable time was reported.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

rived in the Bay Of Kiel from Danzig
yesterday after 6S-hour trip. Whole
progress under these conditions was
difficult, the captain expressed salts
faction with the manner in which
the rotorship withstood the heavy
seas. The Buckau is expected to
resume her journey to Scotland on
Tuesday night after being fitted with
wireless apparatus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Lane Of
Pittsfield were the guests over Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. loft. MIR.
Lane was. formerly superintendent
of the Indian Spring Wooden mill for
a number of years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Step toward vast project for pro-
viding life insurance for all members
of organized labor is taken when ex-
ecutive council of American Fedora
/ ton of Labor decides to call confer
ence of heads of affiliated unions.
Public investigation based on re-
quest of New England Telephone &
Telegraph Company for increased
rates in Massachusetts is begun by
public utilities commission in Boston.
Special electrical test Is said to
indicate that Floyd Collins, impris-
oned in Kentucky cave, is still
bl eathing. Military court will in
Nestigate circumstance of his en-
tombment.
Home of non-union miner in Graf
ton, w. Va, Is dynamited, but he and
his wife escape injury.
Defense motion formistrial in case
OF w. f. u. Stokes and others.
charged with conspiracy to defame
his wife. is rejected by Chicago
court.
John Mccormack, noted tenor. is
reported i'll with grippe in New
Orleans.
Rural mail carrier is found beaten
to death in his East Nassau, n. Y,
home.
Paris, Feb. 9.-The friendly phras-
ing and tone of the British note on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
NEWS BRIEFS

Two are killed in elevated accident
in New York due to heavy fog and
shipping is temporarily disrupted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

London, Feb. 9.-John Bull,
through the editorial columns of this
mornings papers is proclaimed a
very generous fellow for the manner
IN which he has offered to treat
France with reference to her war
debt. Here and there the writer's
are even of the conviction that he
has been too generous. at the ex-
pcnse of his own people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Participation in conspiracy to sell
special privileges in Atlanta peniten-
tiary is admitted by Father r. p,
Hayden, former chaplain there. tes-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
WISCASSET

Mrs. Addie Berry, who has been
confined to the house for several
months, is much improved and hopes
soon to be out of doors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Washington, Feb. denominations
of William +. Humphrey to be a
member of the Federal trade COM
mission and of Thomas f. Wool
lock to the Interstate Commerce
Commission were up for considera-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

DR.. Raymond j. Thierry of Somer-
vile, Mass. is committed to state in
sane hospital for life following di-
rected verdict in his trial for the
murder of his brother in law, David
NJ. Noble.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

F., and Lincoln Lodge, no. 3, F. G
A. NJ. He Is survived by two daugh-
tiers. Miss Alice Taylor and Mrs. Jo-
Seph Hubbard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10
Funeral Of r. n. r. r.vi,r

Funeral services We're held Satur-
day afternoon for the late r. H. T..
Taylor. one of the towns oldest folks,
being In his seth year Mr.. Taylor
was a victim of pneumonia. He was a
member of Arembec Lodge. |. O. O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

tifying in trial Of A. F. Sartain and
; j.. j. Fletcher, former officials of the
prison.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Hamburg, Germany, Feb. "a
violent storm area, in which it was
found impossible to use her revolv-
ing sails. was encountered by Flett-
ncr's rotorship Buckau. which ar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Halifax. N. s., Feb. 9--News came
from Dauphin's lumber camps, near
Sheet Harbor. that a giant man
hunting owl that had been terroriz-
ing that district for weeks, had been
brought to earth. One man was
threatened with the loss of his eyes
after an encounter with the bird, it
was said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

the debt question are welcomed by
the French commentators, but it's
terms cause considerable doubt, not
to say misgivings. At the same time
it is generally admitted by the writ
crs that such doubts and misgivings
may well disappear in the course of
the Forthcoming negotiations. lie
Petit Parisien, the most widely cir
culated French newspaper, finds
that the note shows on the part of
the British government, an effort to
effect a definite settlement Of the
problems"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

Thousands of letters, post cards,
and kilograms, sent in sponta.
neously, sound the praises Of the
Silvertown Cord program, and
Goodrich Rubber Products.
The following are a few of the
messages which make up Silver.
town Radio.O.Plause:
Fine program. Keep up the good
work. Yourprograms will have to 60
some" to beat your tires. | use 'em so
ought to know. They are perfect.
E. p, No. Attleboro, Mass.
60 .....
Your concerts are wonderful, best
that have ever heard. If Silvertown
Cords are as good as your concerts,
they can't be beat. So here goes for
full equipment for nv cars in 1925.
G. w. p, Mt. Airy, Phila.
Go
The Silvertown Cord Orchestra GER
tainly enjoys the same reputation for
good wear that your tires have with
my family. S. ]. B., New York,
Uong Island).
oH0
Enjoyed your concert very much.
Music great; also enjoy selling your
tires and tubes. G. H. B., Gap, Pa.
Go
Just to let you know-it was great. l
took the trip around the world with
Silvertown. Music very sweet and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-10

A benefit social Wos held at the
hall on Thursday evening. There was
a large attendance and the time was
passed merrily in playing games and
with a social dance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
MILK INSPECTION IN THE
STATE

The Health Department plan of
maintaining close health supervision
over milk from cow to consumer, has
begun to function in full.
The work will be under charge
Of DR.. James H. Schrader, head of
the Bureau of Food and Chemistry,
who worked out the supervision
plan with the cooperation OF State
authorities and dairy transportation
lterests.
The State and adjoining territory
FINISHING Baltimore with milk has
cen divided into eight districts.
here will be an inspector and a
upervisor of the department in each,
md at. times inspections will be
Jade in New York State and in other
tates where milk is produced for
lipment in Maryland.
The bulk of milk consumed in Bal
.imore comes from the northern and
central counties and from the region
around York, Pa. A much smaller
quantity is shipped from New York
State and from other sections, in
Guiding infrequent shipments from
Wisconsin.
A sreies of regulations and stand
ards that must be complied with has
been prepared by the department.
They cover sanitation at the dairy
farms, in transit, at pasteurization
plants and in retail distribution.
Temperature standards for milk In
hot and cold weather have been
established to keep down bacteria.
A limit on the amount OF bacterial
contamination has been set and
nutriment standards covering per-
centages of butter fat have been
established.
1t is the duty of the farm In
spectors to watch conditions on the
farms and during transportation
and handling. Violations OF the
rules. whether acts OF omission or
commission, are to be reported to the
department. Effective control Is held
over both the production and distri-
button phases of the milk business
through a permit system.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
WHY w, J, R
AND M ARE USED
ON PARTY LINES

The letter w outranks all the
other letters of the alphabet as to
the ease with which it can be un-
derstood, telephone engineers de-
clare.
In order to determine which let
tiers carry best over the wires and
which are the least likely to be
confused with the digits of the
numbers or with other letters, the
entire alphabet was subjected to
elaborate series of tests over tele-
phone lines by trained engineers.
The result was that the letters w.
J, R, M passed the best tests in
the order given and they were sub
sequently selected for use, as
suffixes for party line telephone
numbers. That is why these letters
are the standard designation for
party service in preference to other
letters of the alphabet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15

dustry to be located within certain
prescribed limits. In New York City
the shopping district crept uptown
from Fourteenth street and Twenty
third street until today most of the
section below Fifty-ninth street is de-
voted to business purposes Manu-
featuring concerns were able to move
to localities where they could have
more breathing space and opportuni-
ties to expand. The telephone, con-
queror of time and space, has, as it
were, made a neighborhood Of the
nation.
BY the early eos the telephone was
taking its place as a real utility.
Local service was being constantly
developed and country districts were
beginning to realize the advantages
the wires offered of keeping in closer
touch with the towns and cities. Long
Distance service was also about to
become something more than name.
New York and Boston had been con-
nected by telephone in 1884 and grad
ually the lines were being pushed
westward until in 1892 Chicago talked
to New York for the first time and the
early vision Of Bell and his associates
of a service nationwide in character
seemed on the point of realization.
In the decade which then began. the
telephone made rapid progress. From
1892 to 1902, while Iowa gained II per
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
TELEPHONE LINE
FIRST TO LAND
FROM LEVIATHAN
Cable Connected Before Liner Docks
In New York--Rut Not In
England.

When the gigantic United States
liner Leviathan docks at New Yorh
you can sit down at the telephone il
your stateroom and call up any one
of 100000 telephones scattered owe
the North American Continent, Who,
she docks in England. at the other Ell
of her voyage. you can't even tele-
phone ashore for cab to meet you
at the pier.
This was cited recently by an Eng
lish newspaper as an example OF
Britain's relative backwardness in the
matter of telephone facilities. "All
the transatlantic liners are fitted
with telephone systems" says this
journel, the Dorset Daily Echo, of
Weymouth, England. "The Leviathan,
for instance, has telephone In every
stateroom, enabling passengers to con.
verse with anyone in any part of the
ship. And when these liners reach
New York the first cable thrown
ashore, before the ship has locked
contains a lead which Is fitted into a
socket on the quay, and the ship Is at
once In telephone communication with
the whole Of America! Before the
ship stops passengers can speak from
their staterooms to their friends
ashore, can telephone their offices OF
ring UP hotels and reserve aecommo-
dation. The same facilities are offered
at such comparatively unimportant
places as Ruenos Aires and Monte.
video. Yet at Southampton, Liverpool
or other British ports-among the
raost important In the world-these IA
cilities cannot be obtained"
The Daily Echo adds, however, that
their installation would be very
simple matter" and concludes with
the hopeful statement that efforts are
now being made in England Ito edu.
cate everybody to clearer realization
of what the telephone means, its in
fiuence on the national life. and the
ultimate extent to which 1t can be
utilized"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
.GErrING RID on ANTS

There is very simple and pleas
ant method of sending ants about
their business when they make their
unwelcome appearance in the pantry
and other places. 1t seems almost
hopeless sometimes, for they are
fastidious enough to select the
cleanest households, and they are
extremely persistent and numerous.
However, all that is necessary is to
sprinkle whole cloves wherever they
are found, and they will disappear
as if by magic. The remedy, though
highly Objectionable to the ants, is
not In any way Objectionable to
human beings. 1t is quick, clean
and certain.
Whole cloves will also expel all
other crawling things, when they
come creeping out OF bounds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
NEW CABLE CONNECTS
ENGLISH AND DUTCH

So great has been the expansion of
telephone communication between
Great Britain and the continent that
new submarine telephone cable has
been constructed between England
and Holland.
The new cable measures SO nautical
miles. 1t has 16 conductors with pa
per insulation and two lead sheathings
and will permit of IL simultaneous
conversations to be conducted. 1t
weighs 2,150 tons and was laid from
shore without the making of joint
("final splice'D which is an unusual
performance. The cable extends from
Domburg, Walcheren, on the Dutch
coast to Aldeburg, Suffolk
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15

cent. in population, the telephone in
the state grew to the extent of 2,SO8
per cent. In the same period Indiana's
gain in telephones amounted to 1858
per cent and Nebraska's to 1928 per
cent. Other mid-western and western
states showed similar gains, which
have continued until today there Is
scarcely hamlet anywhere in the en-
tire country without telephone connec-
ton with the main arteries, the trunk
lines of communication.
Another interesting comparison be-
tween population and the number Of
telephones in the United States is
shown by the fact that in 1880 there
was one telephone to every 1,064 in
habitants; in 1890, one to every 2S0
persons; in 1900, one telephone to
every 81 persons; in 1905, one to every
Fl persons; in 1910. one to every IL
persons; in 1915, one to every 10 per-
SONS, and today, one to every per-
sons.
Even at the present time telephones
are growing much faster in the United
States than is the population. The
population of the country is now in
creasing at the rate OF one and one
quarter per cent. year, while tele-
phones are growing at the rate OF
about per cent. year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15

steadily progressed from lts
humble beginnings of 40 years ago
and has widened its sphere Of infiu-
ence until today the median points OF
both population and Of telephones are
only few miles apart. Considered at
first as nothing more than toy the
telephone soon came to be regarded as
luxury, while now it is an absolute
necessity without which modern bust
ness, commerce and social life could
exist only with difficulty.
Just to what extent the telephone
has contributed to the expansion OF
the nation might be hard to deter
nine, but certain it is that without its
aid and security, rural communities
would scarcely have developed as
rapidly and as intensively as they
have done. Nor could larger towns
and cities have attained their great
growth II business had been obliged
to continue to be localized in one
central section. The telephone came
along, however, and it's development,
! together with the Improvement In
transit conditions, enabled cities to
spread their industries and activities
out over a. large area. No longer was
It necessary for every important In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
TELEPHONE TIPS
ON WEATHER AID
IN HARVESTING
Estimated Saving OF $4,000 In One
County Alone From Weather
Bureau Data.

In one county alone in New York
State, farmers made an estimated saw
ing of $4,000 on their hay crop in
1924 as a result of special harvest
weather forecast service maintained
by the Weather Bureau of the United
State Department of Agriculture, in CO.
operation with the New York State
College of Agriculture and the New
York County Farm and Home Bureaus.
During the harvest operation a series
of forecasts were sent out daily by
telegraph and by telephone.
In this way the farmers were given
advance information about the wealth
or. These forecasts covered longer
period than do the regular forecasts
published in the newspapers, as they
were given from one to four days in
advance. They were made available
to farmers having telephones within
two hours after they left the hands Of
the forecaster. Thus the wise farmer
was able to be prompt in cutting his
oats, or in holding off from cutting his
clover in case rain was prophesied, or
he could hasten harvesting if good
Neather was expected. .
rne service is available to farmers
having telephone connection. During
July and August the harvest weather
forecasts are dispatched to the county
agencies in some thirty-five counties
OF New York State. In one county, by
the use OF party lines, practically every
Ialmer having telephone receives the
service. The practice began when, a
few years ago. Prof. G. F. Warren,
head OF the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Farm Management Of
the New York State College of Agricul-
ture, started calling the weather bu-
reau office daily by telephone to see
whether the weather conditions were
Z favorable for cutting hay.
At the end of last season vote was
taken by telephone which was unani.
eL-ous for the continuation of the sery-
ice and for its extension in so far as
possible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
WILL RELIEVE MOTHERS
DEADd

A panic of fear seizes mother
when sudden and severe cramps,
agonizing Intestinal pains black
nausea and weakening diarrhoea
PROSTATE some one Of the family.
Keep Chamberlain's Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in the home, and such
emergencies need cause neither fear
nor alarm. Eases pain almost in
stantly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-05-15
A Little
Cruise Through
Historic Waters

A SATISFYING VACATION TRIP OFF THE BEATEN PATH
The is always attractive. The quest
thing something possessing the virtue novelty is al
alurng behind
for day and two nights lose yourself in echoes OF the
past and resul delights OF the present.
trip of peculiar Baltimore, through the
Chesapeake Bay the Potomac River their picturesque
tributaries the wellapponted steamers of the Balt
more, Chesapeake Atlantic Railway the Balti
Virginia Steamboat Company.
Comfortable State MealsSuperor Service
ideal trip inviting, along the
shores of Maryland and down to old Virginia. passing the
home of Pocohontas the birthplace Washington, and
many other and places of historic interest
brief pleasure trip, restful, refreshing unique,
novel, modest in satisfying
..a,
For descriptive literature. fares and detailed infor-
nation H. SouIsby, Passenger Agent,
B. c. A. Rwy. Co., Pier Pratt Street. Baltimore Md
The Pennsylvania Railroad supplies convenient train
service and is the desirable to and Baltimore
Washngton-For time tables information
consult ticket agents.
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Route OF 1.-THE American" To St Louis And The
broadway Limited" To Chicago The Time Saving Trains