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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
experienced legislator.
Why not give Shenandoah her
dues?
UNCLE JIM AND AUNTIE LEE
q. / 81

q. j. Sd
We sat upon our porch one day
Contented, and with spirits gay,
When suddenly a car drove up
And stopped beside our brindled
pup"
1t was Uncle Jim and Auntie Lee,
From way down South in Muskogee
Their Ford looked like a sardine can
Packed full of kids and hired man
And boxes hung out on the side;
We wondered how they all could
ride.
They said that they had come to stay
Right through the months of June
and May,
And that they'd surely show us how
To run our home and milk the COW
They did not halt or hesitate,
But came on through our big front
gate,
And what they did for wife and me
Assuredly killed all joy and glee.
They took away our bedroom suite
And said that we should act discreet
BY giving them the whole upstair!
So they could house their fifteeI
heirs.
They quickly fired our faithful cool
And gave my frau White Hous,
book,
Insisting it was up to her
To give our grub the chef-like stir
They made me sell my old houn' dos
And buy a pure-bred Poland hog,
That l might help the world along
BY raising food to keep folks strong
They wore my shoes and under
clothes
And "wifey's" dress and high-pricet
hose.
They ate UP everything we had
From country ham to picked shad
And left us with blame big load
TO pay our grocer what we owed.
OH Gee we wish they'd stayed ava.
And tended to their fields of hay,
Instead of causing us the pain
OF swearing, Der and Ger again
If folks would only stay at home
And play upon their own back loan
They'd fill the world with happiness
And end lot of sad distress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Most Useful Tree?

1t is appropriate that the coconut
should be the symbol of the tropics
since it grows nowhere else. For ages
it has provided the swarming natives
of the Pacific islands with food, drink,
shelter and most of their other needs.
Now 1t has extended its benefactions
to the races of the temperate zone,
giving them fats for cooking and eat.
ing, soap TO keep them clean, and a
delightful CONNECTION to satisfy their
craving for sweets, says Nature Maya
zine. The coconut would stand high
on list of trees most useful to man
kind.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Robert the Bruce

A little more than a century ago
three workmen digging In Dunfermline
abbey, Scotland, came upon vault
containing body covered with cloth
Of gold under folds Of sheet lead. The
breastbone was found sawn asunder
1t was the body of King Robert the
Bruce. whose dying request to have his
heart carried to the Holy land had been
obeyed by the Douglas. There are 10
royal graves in Dunfermline abbey,
and but for the murder of James / at
Perth, which caused the removal Of
the court of Edinburgh, Dunfermline
might never have yielded place to
Holyrood. Family Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Bronze Grass a Valuable
Crop for Pasture Land

Bronze grass Is more valuable for
pasture than for hay. 1t will do fairly
well on very light soil, as 1t stands
drought well. 1t starts slowly. For
this reason sow with clover and tim
othy. Sow with nurse crop.
The clover and timothy make most
Of the crop the second year; after that
the bromus makes most Of the crop.
IL sown without other grass, SOW 10
to is pounds of seed per acre. In a
mixture as suggested above, sow five
or six pounds per acre.
Sweet clover and bromus make a
very good mixture for pasture. Sow
from six to eight pounds sweet clover.
four to FIVE pounds timothy and five
pounds bromus per acre. 1t Is not
hard to get rid Of
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
JUST FAIR PLAY

There is a good old Latin maxim
which the centurions understood. II
read: "Habet ct musca splenem. .
Translated into our sauer kraut and
pan haus lingo this means, Even a
fly has its spleen"
Going little further, this spleen
is not indicative of the anatomical
but rather of the choleric, Getting
down to brass tacks, we want to
vent our spleen" We want to
esehew any purpose of not rendering
unto Caesar the things which are
Caesars, but we do want to protest,
for one time, against the assumption
on the part of certain office seekers,
that Frederick County is the Jeru-
salem of Democracy
Harry Byrd is eliminated from
these remarks. He belongs only par
TALLY to Frederick. He has, happily,
for twelve years as our Senator be-
longed also to Shenandoah, and now
having been tested in the crucible of
honesty, craftsmanship and high
ideals of governmental affairs, he be-
longs to Virginia, and the proudest
day in a decade of the Old Domin-
ions history will be his nomination
and election as governor. Senator
Byrd is as much the product of
Shenandoah County, save the loca-
ton of his birth, as Frederick.
Now, let's get back to the spleen.
Clarke County, now in the same
legislative district, wanted the mem
Der of the next House of Delegates.
Giant against pygmy. politically. and
Frederick gets the member of the
House.
Hon. Thomas w Harrison is from
Frederick, and today ably represents
this district in Congress. We know
him, know his ability and vote for
him. We do not envy our sister
county, the Representative. for Har-
rison is big enough to cover the en-
tire district
The only representative of the
state automobile establishment in the
Valley comes from Frederick Coun-
ty, and we believe him capable and
efficient.
In the United States Internal Rev
enue service there is a deputy from
the great Valley Frederick County
has it.
For twelve years we have grace
fully stepped aside to give our bor-
der county the State Senator. soon
to be our governor.
Now Frederick wants the State
Senator again. Not Frederick nor
Winchester, but limited clique of
seif-serving politicians
Shenandoah is certainly and justi-
fiably entitled to the State Senator.
Fair play. and a due sense Of court
esy, indicates that she ought to have
II without a contest
The county has a candidate in
Hon. Claude N. Hoover, a tried and
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10

All plants require some light. Sun.
light supplies the energy which causes
chemical reactions to take place In
side the leaves. These reactions con-
vert the raw food elements into the
food elements available to the plant,
says Nature Magazine. Therefore.
such sun-loving plants as geraniums.
roses and abutilon, when set away in
a dark corner. do not thrive so well
as when placed In a sunny window.
On the other hand. plants which like
mild amount Of sunlight, and this
includes palms. aspidistra. ferns and
many OF the vines. do not thrive IL
put In sunny location.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
NOTICE
Building Permits

The Council, by this publication.
gives notice that the following ordi-
nance, referring to Building Permits,
will from this date be strictly en-
forced:
No person shall, within the town
limits, erect, construct, alter or ex-
tend any building unless a permit SO
to do shall have first been obtained
I by the owner of, or contractor for
said building from the Council.
Any person violating the proyi-
slons of this ordinance shall be fined
$1,000, and, in addition thereto.
shall pay a fine of $500 for each
day of the continuance of such yio-
lation. And said fine shall be as
sessable against either the owner of
said building, or the contractor
I - "sdihSt DOtus anu inc
violation of the ordinance by either
shall be deemed a violation thereof
by BOTH
All persons who contemplate the
erecting, altering, or extending
buildings of any description should
apply to the BUILDING COMMIT
TEE, composed of VIM. A. Few, C.
l.. FOCAL, and j. ID. Rush. for 8
BUILDING PERMIT. The Committee
will fix date to consider such APP
plication and publish in one OF the
newspapers of the town the fact that
such application has been made, in
order that objections and complaints,
if any, may be advanced and duly
considered by the Council i'm deter
mining whether such permit shall be
granted.
HARRISON p. MAGRUDER,
Clerk of Council.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Simple Explanation

This joke, which was recently for
warded to prove that scientific men can
be witty as well as wise, should be
read aloud: A colleague of DR. Crun
Brown, the famous Edinburgh pro
lessor of chemistry, once came to him
concerning an Indian medical student
whose English was defective.
'We cannot pass this man." he said.
He is quite iIliterate; he simply can
not spell. Why, he has spelt proceed
with one 'e'.''
"From what place does he conner
asked Doctor Brown.
From Ceylon."
At once Doctor Brown flashed back !:
That explains 1t. That's the land of
the CingaleseP
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Geese Thrive on Grass

Geese will thrive ON almost any kind
of pasture grass that a COW viii eat.
An orchard in clover sod makes an
ideal range. ANY meadow composed
of red clover ant alsilxe mixed will
make good pasture for geese. IF
you have low land pasture IT is prob
ably abundantly seeded BY nature with
the grasses that thrive on such soil
and thar VIII be good for geese.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
For RENT

Dwelling, corner Court and Muh-
lenberg Street. Four splendid rooms
over post Office. suitable for light
housekeeping. Call on
Fl. B. CHAPMAN,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
Must Demand Suits

The receivers are also empowered
to collect any debts and to institute
la wsuits where necessary and to de-
fend any lawsuits hic h may be
brought against the company. They
must defend two actions now pend
ing in the Circuit Court of Shenan-
doah County against the corporation
one instituted by the Broadway
Hardware Company and the others
by Struthers, Zeigler and Company.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10
DUTIES FIXED
FOR RECEIVERS
Turkey Knob May Borrow Money
For Operating Expenses

A decree was entered in the Cir
cult Court of Frederick County, set
ting forth the duties of the special
receivers, Herbert S. Larrick, of this
city, and Frank S. Tavenner, of
Woodstock, relative to the future
operation of the Turkey Knob Or
chard, Inc, to which they were ap-
pointed by a recent order of this
court.
The court directs the special re-
ceivers TO take possession of all the
assets of the orchard corporation, To-
Gated in Shenandoah County, Va,
including both the real and personal
property, money in banks either in
Winchester or Shenandoah County or
elsewhere. to sign checks, to employ
garemen at the orchards and to gem
orally control, operate and manage
the business industry.
May Borrow Money
The receivers are likewise author
lied to issue receivers certificates to
an amount not to exceed $40, 900 for
operating expenses at the orchards,
these certificates to constitute first
lien on the machinery and equipment
and the real estate subject, however,
to prior lien of $4,000, dated April
1. 1921. Out of the profits on the
apple crops the receivers certificates
are to be repaid to the holders.
The court further recites that since
the appointment of the receivers, a
severe hail storm has inflicted dam
age to the growing apple crop there.
The receivers are authorized to make
settlement with the insurance COM
panies for the loss sustained by the
hail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-10

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
CANAAN

Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Covers of
Somerville, Mass, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Harris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Wing and
family of Waterville were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Abbott Estes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Richardson of
Saco were in town Memorial Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Weymouth of
Fairfield were callers in town Memo
rial Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quilla Moody and
children of Portland passed the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Moody
and Mr.. and Mrs. Seldom Fitzgerald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Alexander and
son Jesse, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewir Small
of Portland were week end guests of
Mrs. Ruth Drawn and Mrs. Eta Pat
ten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Sanborn and son
Harold of Pitts1eld, were calling on
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
Power Company
Ball Players to
Have League Circuit

A team of former baseball stars.rep-
resenting the Augusta branch of the
Central Maine Power Co. will meet
teams from Watervil1e, Lewiston and
Rockland this year in a General Maine
Power Co. league. The league has re-
Gently been formed and games are to
be played on Saturday afternoons be-
cause of the necessity Of playing out
of-town games.
There is also possibility that the
local team will play Independent ball
during the week if the team shows up
to good advantage as 1t is expected to.
The first game will be played Thurs
day afternoon with the r. P. Hazard
team Of Gardiner at Quimby Field in
that city.
Among the well known players who
will appear with this team are Bonny
Marston, captain and catcher. for
mer Bates shortstop; A. T. Littlefield,
a former University of Maine short
stop, who will hold down that posi-
ton; Ernest Blair, a great second
baseman; Roy Fuller, pitcher and first
! baseman, and others. The entire team
is to be composed strictly of employees
of the company.
Irving Fossett, who has advocated
such a league for the past two years.
is one of the leaders in its formation
and is business manager for the Au-
gusta team. Upon him will fall much
of the work of getting the league I'M
der way and arranging the schedule.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
New York Police Seek Identifi-
cation of Man Held For Muir
der of Aida Hayward, As
Louis Blunt With Record
Dating Back to 19O1-Bertil-
lion Record Gives Brooklyn,
N. Y, AS Place of Birth.

Confirmation of the statement of
Harry A. Kirby, held for murder at
the Kennebec County Jail, that he
had escaped from Jail in New
York was received Monday by City
Marshal William +. Skehan, through
letter from James S. Bolan, acting
chic inspector of the New York
police force.
The letter included a ''rogues gal
lery" photograph of Louis Blunt,
alias Joseph Blunt with the Bertil-
lion measurements of the man, and
asked If steps would be taken to
determine If Kirby and Blunt were
the same man. The picture was one
of the finest likenesses of the man
that have yet been seen, surprising
those taken by the news photograph
ers since he was brought to this city,
There seems absolutely no doubt
that Kirby and Blunt are one and
the same.
The age at the time the picture
was taken was given as % years.
the weight as 139, height feet IL
inches, slim build, blue eyes, med
ium dark hair. Information is given
that he was born in Brooklyn and
llldI iS 10 a ClCIh Wy OCCdPutioi. -
only one respect does this descrip-
ton differ with that of Kirby. that
being in the color of the eyes which
are declared by Turnkey Castle at
the county Jail to be hazel in color.
According to the letter. received
he was arrested as Louis Blunt in
New York City for burglary, on
February "a, 1913 by Officer Salz of
the 146th precinct and sentence was
suspended by Judge Dixie.
Previously on February IL, 19Ol,
he was arrested in New York city by
Officers Carroll and Gilpin on a
charge of grand larceny and he was
discharged by the grand jury.
On June %, 1919. he was arrest
ed in New York City for burglary
by officers Fallon and Herman,
later escaping from the Queen Coun-
ty Jail. The New York officials de-
clare that they believe Blunt to be
Harry Kirby alias James Crawford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
CHELSEA

Edward Willett,. who was injured a
week ago by cart load of gravel,
passing over him while working on
the patrol road Is gaining slowly.
Misses Marion Malaney and Eve
lyn Harris of Randolph were recent
callers of Miss Elinor. Cain.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Patterson and
little daughter of Augusta, Perley and
Ellie Greenleaf of Gardiner were Sat
urday callers at w X. Thompson's.
Mrs. Fred Drake was in town Sat-
urday doing some work on her lot
in the Douglas cemetery.
Mrs. Harry Lawrence and Mrs.
Mary Wellman of Gardiner were re-
cent callers of Mrs. Florence Thomp-
son.
pete" Cain and family Of West
Mills. visited his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. A. p. Cain on Sunday.
Many former residents were in
town the past week cleaning. grad
ing and setting plants and otherwise
identifying the cemetery lots.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Thompson were
Sunday calling on relatives in Pitts
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morang and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Thompson and
Kenneth Cain motored to Belfast
Sunday.
Miss Thelma Clary Of Gardiner was
the latter part of the week, the guest
Of Miss Elinor Cain.
III. o. Patterson was home over
Memorial day recess.
Hannibal Hamlin Of Gardiner was
the Sunday guest of Mrs. Octayia
Morrill,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Page were in
China Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fitch Of Car
diner were Sunday callers on the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. p.
Cain.
Mrs. Ida Goud Of Dresden was
Sunday calling on her sister, Mrs.
Forrest Morang.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02

spirit he gave the new meanings that
had been developed here for such
words as plantation, justice. marshal,
location, congress, and senate.
He made certain notifications in
spelling to do away, so
far as possible, with what he re-
garded as encumbrances, irregulari-
ties, and exceptions. These nodifi-
cations, after some opposition, grad
ually made their way into American
usage; but when, in the interest OF
etymology, Webster essayed such al
terations as that Vt bridegroom to
bridegroom" an" that of feather to
"fether," American objection was
general. In his second edition (two
volumes, 1840-41) the accepted or
biographies were restored t6 many
of the words that had been altered;
further reservations were subse-
quently made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
Famous GOitre
Doctor to Speak

DIR. Frank H. Leahy of Boston. a
famous specialist, will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the semi annual
meeting of the Kennebec Valley Med
ical association. to be.held June II at
the Shrine building in Gardiner. He
will take for his subject, 1.-THE vari-
ties of Goitre, Their Diagnosis and
Treatment" The meeting will he
preceded by a dinner served at 6.15
p. M.
DR.. Leahy is greatly in demand all
over the country. having recently re-
aurned from the famous Mayo clinic
in Minnesota. He has also been hold
ing clinics since then in Montreal
Toronto and other Canadian cities
He has also been at the Ford hos
pital in Detroit, recently. In Boston
he maintained the Leahy clinic OF
which he is the originator and which
as a matter Of fact is larger than the
Mayo. He specializes in thyroid, gall
bladder and stomach diseases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
Waterville Man
Bound Over for
Drunken Driving,

David Vigue, Jr., of Waterville was
held for the grand jury at the Sept
ember term in the sum of $500, when
he pleaded nolo contendre to a
charge Of operating an automobile
while he was under the influence of
Intoxicating liquor. when arraigned
before Judge Robert A. Cony in mu-
nicipal court Monday morning. The
only evidence introduced in the case
was that of Patrolman Louis Rams
dell of the Augusta police depart
ment, who stated that he with Of
ficer Dostie had observed Vigue on
Water street in this city Sunday
evening and when they determined
that he had been drinking ordered
him to keep out of his automobile.
Later the officers saw him operating
the car and arrested him for driving
while intoxicated. The bail was
furnished and Vigue was released to
appear before superior court next
September.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02

Won Hindenburs TaIkative as Youth
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg has
been regarded for half a century as
the most taciturn man in Germany
and an absolute genius at military
mathematics. But he was not always
so, according to his brother and sis
ter, who recall stories of his early
life.
When the future general, at IL, was
ready to enter cadet corps, one of
the stories goes, his teacher prepared
a report stating that he was good
in all branches except mathe-
matics," and that he was too talk
ative."
The generals first nurse was a
woman who was engaged without a
thorough investigation of her record,
and Frau Won Hindenburg was
shocked one day to hear her young
son being addressed in the rough
language of military camps. 1t was
found that the nurse had been a
camp follower who had sold whiskey
to troops, and she was promptly dis
missed. But the Hindenburg family
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
Four Members of
Seth Williams Post
Died During Year

Four veterans of the civil war and
members of the Seth Williams post,
Grand Army Of the Republic, who
answered the roll when their names
were read at the Memorial day ex-
ercises of a year ago, passed on to
join the legion ranks of their COM
rades who had gone before, during
the year, and their names were on
the silent roll read at the exercises
in the auditorium Of the Penney Me-
mortal United Baptist church Satur-
day afternoon.
The comrades Of the Seth Williams
post, G. A. R., who died during the
year are Edward c. Folger, 10th
Maine regiment, died June s, 1924.
George E. Gay. Maine Coast Guard,
died Dec. 6, 1924. Warren A. Dol
liffff, 4th Maine regiment, died Dec.
10, 1924. Nathan T. Folsom, Bird
Maine regiment, died March II, 1925.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
Funeral Of Mrs. Mercy M. Hussev

The funeral of Mrs. Mercy, M.
Hussey was held at two o'clock
Monday afternoon from her late
home at 2 School street place. Rev.
A. Francis Walch conducted the SER
vices in the home and at the grave.
There were many members of the
family and many friends present at
the service. A large number of
fioral offerings testified to the esteem
IN which Mrs. Hussey was held by a
large circle of friends. Interment
was In the family lot at Cross Hill
cemetery in Vassalboro. The bear
ers were Ulysses Pierce, Alphonso
Fierce, Stanley Hussey and Vinton
Husey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
KIRBY BELIEVED TO HAVE LONG
CRIMINAL RECORD IN new YORK
turned Friday from their trip to

turned Friday from their trip to
Houlton.
Mrs L. P. Temple is again confined
to the house with bad cold.
Mrs. Edna. Johnson Of Portland Is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Graves.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will parden were glad to hear they
have again opened their homo for the
summer and fall.
Mrs. Will Graves and daughter.
Edna Johnson were Gardiner visitors
"wednesday.
j. e. Cornish has returned from his
home in Newtonville, Mass, to help
his brother in their store.
Mr. Carlton, who has been passing
sometime with his mother, Mrs. John
Gray, returned Thursday to Massa-
chusetts.
The Sisterhood Aid will meet at the
K. of P. hall Wednesday afternoon.
Frank Given and mother are to &C.
cupy the home of Mary Duran this
summer.
The small home of Mr.. Smith. the
blacksmith, has been sold to Frank
Given.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-02
SOMERVILLE

The funeral Of Alden L. Dodge was
held at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur J. Dodge, in Somer-
vile, Saturday morning, May 80, 1925
at 10 o'clock. Several songs were
sung by Percy French Of Sidney, as
sisted by his stepdaughter, Miss Jen-
ME Freeman, at the organ. Prayer
was offered by Mr.. French, who is a
lifelong friend of the deceased's pa
rents. Missionary William E. Over
lock conducted the services. The bear
ers were the two brothers, John B. and
Earle A. Dodge, and two cousins, Will
fred Dodge and Arthur Evans. There
were many beautiful flowers, which at
tested to the esteem in which the
young man was held. The funeral was
attended by nearly all the relatives
and by many friends of the whole
family.