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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Louville Proctor were
in the city from Weeks Mills, yes
terday. .
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29

what good" asked the sarcastic
and angry would-be passenger, ARE
the figures set down in these railway
time tables?"
why" patiently explained the
genial railway man, IF it weren't
for them figures we'd have no way
Of findin' out how late the trains
are"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29
Teachers Club Meeting

their first meeting of the year at the
Academy Building. Saturday, Sep
TENDER %. The meeting was opened
at $50 by the Vice-President, Mrs.
Jordan of Palmyra. followed by
music. superintendent of Schools,
Mr.. Frederick Nickerson gave a
very interesting and helpful talk on
Physical Education in the Schools,
how much and when. Mrs. Nina
Sleeves gave a demonstration on
how to teach writing in the first
grade. which was very carefully ex-
pounded. An intermission of an
hour followed with picnic lunch and
coffee was served. At 100 the meet
ing was called to order and Miss
Audrey Raymond of Palmyra ex-
planned the combination Of grades
in a very able manner. The Bea-
con Method in Reading was demon
strated by Miss Alice Elliott of st.
Adams which was very interesting
and instructive. Next followed. the
election Of officers for the following
year: President, Miss Gertrude Da-
Wis: Vice President. Miss Mersereau:
Secretary, Miss Marjorie Young;
Treasurer, Miss Alice Elliott: Execu-
tive Committee. Mrs. Ella Getchell,
Mrs. Ada McCrillis. There was a
good attendance of teachers present
and a very helpful and profitable
meeting was enjoyed by all.
q Mrs. Perley Gowen, Mrs. Elsie
Weber, Mrs. Levi Nutting and Mrs
RAYMOND Genthner were business
callers in Pittsfield and Waterville,
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29
HARTLAND

| Ed Sweet. who is employed in
Madison, passed the week end at
his home on Water street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Austin of
| Cambridge were guests Sunday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
| Wheeler on Water street.
Rev. c. 1. Roddy OF Cambridge
was caller in town Saturday.
Mrs. Clara Matthews, who has
been the guest of relatives and
f., friends in town for several weeks,
has returned to her home at Provi-
! dence, Rhode Island.
| Mrs. Phillip Bradford and two
children of Palmyra were guests
Sunday at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Ida Brasier on Water street.
! Lloyd Cookson, a senior at the
Academy, had the misfortune to
fracture his LEFT arm while playing
foot ball on the Academy grounds.
| the latter part of the week.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Allen and Bert
Arnold of Fairfield were guests
| Sunday at the home of Mrs. Blanche
| Flint on Water street.
| Hartland Academys first football
game of the season was played with
Milo High School, Saturday, Sept.
%. Milo winning from Hartland
90 to 0.
Mrs. Lena Sweet and two daugh-
tiers, Mona and Christine. attended
| the fair at Athens, Saturday.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stewart are sorry to have
them leave town, as it has been re-
ported that they have purchased a
home in Pittsfield and will move
there in the near future.
Mrs. Ellen Richardson of Show
hogan is guest at the home of
Mrs. Janette Barnes on Commercial
street.
Mrs. Gertrude Russell of Dexter,
a teacher at North Hartland, passed
the week end at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Hubbard.
Schools in town will be closed
Thursday and Friday on account of
| the Teachers Convention which will
| be hell at Fairfield.
James Dundas, Jr., returned Mon
| day from Boston where he has been
| passing the past few days on bust
| ness.
Mrs. Marguerite Burton is the
| guest of relatives and friends at
| Wells Beach for several days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-29

READING the classified ads Is ex-
posing yourself to good luck
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
Street Car Patronage and a
Street Car Merger

In 1895 the Capital Traction Company, Of the best
street railway properties the United States carried oUUU
fewer passengers than 1924 with consequent loss IN
The the company are now put az less
than upon what is adudged TO De reasonape
tion of the properties
Private automobiles and lines have affected both street
railway companies city and for that matter street rail-
way lines all the country making an interesting problem
for the corporations and street car riders
few years ago the Capital Traction Company was making
q return Of more than per cent upon valuation
The significant lesson in the showing is that the TWO street
car companies the District should be operated by single
company which will devote itself to the best possible grade Of
service to the public at the lowest possible cost
conferences the subject Of merger IN
Washington understood that negotiations are in
progress bring about Any agreed upon must
the approval Of the Public Utilities Commission ana q
Congress and that merger sanctioned BY the public must
for stockholders and security holders a=.. .s
merger Of street railway properties in Washington viii
promotion OF speculative interests the neglect Of public vel
fare and the eventual cahng In Of big profits Ct the expense
Of the public.
There must be no meloncutting festival of it must
be straight and affair intended solely Tor OF
the legitimate financial affairs Of the companies involved and
FOR benefits to car riders.
Street railway officials know full well that when fares
increased there decrease Of revenues The
public finds other ways Of riding Improve street car service
and there IS increase Of passengers.
wise consolidation of street railway properties should
bring reduction Of overhead g
executives costs less than two and more effective ~ o
Grating matters.
ont 81 merger here there should be greater income
the same rate fare stronger financial position,
riders and public good will For the public merger should
universal transfers reroutng Of with direct
Despite the situation confronting street railways they
prosperng and the community does not begrudge this
50 long as It IS evident that public service Is not jeopardzed
BY financial juggling
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE
~ Isat 5 re Use2
YMLIAM MADISON WOOD, former

~ WILLIAM MADISON WOOD, former president a. the
~ American Wooden Company. Of Massachusetts
sixty-eghtyear-oId millionaire committed suicide
recently in Florida Taking servants with him he went
out into the country He got O His and said he Wa
going for walk The servants heard pistol shot u the
DISTANCE and running toward the sound discovered that
Wood had killed himself
Here is q man who came from poverty up through me
various grades Of business until AZ had reached the
ship Of OF the largest concerns y Ahs
country
1t does not take much 81 al imagination - picture the
ambitions and satisfactions Of such life.
grade grade he and doubtless was alyays
reaching out for something beyond what would make hm
Perhaps he found IL We al find little islands of happi
journey through life matter how stormy Z
may be.
This man attained what he had srived for he into
great wealth and power Yet somehow L al turned e
him the Joy that he sought Doubtless he envied many
humble worker whom he els he passed along.
What lesson there III this for those who striving
to achieve competence and fame
Many thinks that he WI be happy when he has
reached goal Of mlIiCnor dollars g when
Of his desires does not often bring the satisfaction hoped tor
The anticipation is better than the realization.
While he IS struggling forward, he y reasonably happy
entertains many rosy dream Of the coming success
When he arrives at his destination he finds the gded clOu0
to be nothing but fog bank
Robert Louis Stevenson said something fo this effect G.
dot not quote him exactly, but from memory O toing
feet of mOrtas How little realize happiness
For the bessedness Of mankind not to arrive but 70
travel!a
happy day BY day. along to look tor happiness ct
the end Of journey il but gilded dream Happiness
lies along the valley road and not at the TOP of The
tain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
you Don't Like It, Nor Do We

This is published merely say I'VE don't like i" and
are sure that YOU don't like it, either.
This lady we'll of course and she must make living
Evidently SOMEBODY in Paris likes to woman appear
in this kind of costume or lack of costume
There nothing artistic nothing beautiful nothing worth
while about it. Modesy is more pleasing than all the bare
backs in out of the circus.
In the days of ancient Greece young and
peted stark naked after long training
There immodesty mpuity in that because there
THOUGHT of immodesy, and it the custom of
the day.
They raced against each other the boys and the girls
clean minds like young fes and colts competing the
track.
Everything is in the intention, the thought
Take beautiful Greek marble statue of entirely
undressed the work Of great ar-nothng could more
modest, inspiring.
Put garter of the legs, or STILL put linen
undersh the upper part of the body and you
monstrosity You change the THOUGHT with which
the thing is seen.
Girls in should remember that what like is
SELF-RESPECT in Anybody, at glance, see
that which intended to be indecent and that which NOT
II is all in the thought all in the INTENTION
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
By ELSIE ROBIN on

display q. little fairness In dis
GUESSING the. incident. This was
not q sudden vicious attack upon
two unsuspecting ladies'. II was
the violence which might well be
anticipated from the degraded
creatures who freuuented such
dives as the Peteefs were visiting.
II you go into q hyenass den YOU
can expert rough treatment. With
all due sympathy for these I'M
fortunate women. they them.
selves were legally responsible
for their fate.
The same statement applies TO
nine out OF ten OF the .soutragess
reported in our courts todaW
Some few OF these outrages are
the acts OF fiends, but usually
they are the direct result OF play
ing with glInpowder.
As for Papa Peteet,s act. Il
was the melodramatic gesture Of
q gentleman Of the old school
One dislikes to speak III OF the
dead but IL some living principle
can thereby be saved. the thing
is justified. There was nothing
heroic In Mr.. Peteetss suicide, and
murder OF three women. 1t was
an lE1a1Onal, uySLeTICelS GGOC16Jls.
cal, sentimental act. And we
who approved or applauded should
be ashamed OF ourselves.
oubtless the gentleman
thought himself justified and
judging by our attitude. most OF
us agree with him. But he wasn't
justified. No matter how keenly
ne felt his daughters debasement
he had no right thus to assume
powers of life and death over his
family. Those daughters didn't
belong to him. Their shame. II
shame it was, wasn't his shcme.
Nor could he wipe it out BY muir
der.
However. let's not lay all the
blame on Mr.. Peteet. He did
what he did because the body cf
public opinion backs that sort OF
thing. He had those notions be-
cause the rest of us helped him
have them.
And each one of us who sub
scribes to this maudlin tradition
helped Papa Peteet turn on that
gas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20

the girls returned home the hy-
Steria increased. The father made
threats to kiln the men who had
brought this shame upon his
home the mother and daugh-
tiers huddIed together in wild fits
of weeping. Finally the father
herded the daughters and the
mother into the kitchen at the
point of revolver, turned on the
gas and the whole family per-
ished. At once the story WAS
taken up. branded as 1.-THE Shame
Death and international compli-
cations threatened.
The whole country has been
stirred by the incident. The keen
est sympathy has been expressed
for the unfortunate family and
almost unanimous approval for
Father Peteet's action.
"Of course, 1t was an awful
thing to do" run the comments,
''but any man would have been
justified in doing 1t under the cir.
cunstances. You really can't
blame him, with his family dis
graced that way"
With just such sentiments does
America at large receive the
news that Mr.. Julep W1nterSpoon
OF So Ca'line has shot Mr.. Hubert
Golightly full of holes because of
insult offered to and unfortu-
nately accepted by Miss Winter
spoon. is MIR. Winterspoon &C
Quilted? Ab-sole- utely. Under
what statute? Under the ''un-
written law" say we, rolling our
eyes and feeling like mighty
oaks.
Under the same law Mr.. Ed
ward Brown of Seattle seizes his
"gat" and goes cunning for the
guy who has eloped to California
with Mrs. Brown. And while we
make a few futile gestures
against gat-toting gentlemen, in
our hearts we're strong for
Eddie.
Now I have no hopes that
can even nick this venerable ira
dition, no matter how loud ! yell.
But it's going to afford me con-
siderable personal satisfaction to
try. So here goes.
I don't believe in Shame
Deaths"
/ don't believe in "Unwritten
laws"
1 don't believe you can possibly
protect anyone's honor, save your
own.
I think all that sort of melo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
MEETING "A
STRANGER
MI. Cornelius eeclknlaIl-
MISS FAIRFAX:

NEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Two men, &C. and c.
were seated IN = passenger train.
..B." young lady. stopped to
talk to &c, " &C. introduced her.
A she was leaving she said to
&C." I'm very glad that I met
you" whereupon he said thank
you was he right in saying
only Thank your"
UNCONSCIOUS.
OUCH curt and ungracious ac-.
- acknowledgement Of the young
lady's pleasant and cordial re-
mark certainly seems to me to
be "not enough" II ! had been
Miss p" I should have felt that
this were a bit of a reproach for
what Mr.. CO. thought was an
expression Of over-enthusiasm or
over-cordiality. In other words,
this unfinished acknowledgement
was unlxind, since Il would have
embarrassed Miss ID.
She was perfectly correct in
saying that she was glad to have
met Mr.. &C." And her friendli-
ness should have been met with
more response Thank you, Miss
b. am delighted to have
met you. too. ! do hope that
7 am to have the pleasure Of
seeing you again soon Tor some
davo." And he should have said
it in a particularly courtly and
enthusiastic manner. since she
had made such a kind comment.
(By the way, it is better to
say "I am very glad to have
met you" rather than II am very
glad / met you Try them both
and see il the first is not easier
to say).
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad
to answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
LIGHTNING FEAR
By Garrett P. Seryiss

be damage that would not have
occurred II there had been no rod.
For. although II may be true that
q lightning rod does not attract
lightning to d building. yet 1t
certainly furnishes an easy road
for the electric discharge from
the clouds, and draws off by that
road 8 certain amount OF atmos-
pheric electricity which other
wise might not have gone that
way.
Franklin seems to have had
the correct idea Of the function
OF lightning rods, as shown In his
original suggestion Cor their use.
After pointing out the effect Of
metallic points in connection with
atmospheric electricity, and sug-
costing the use Of such points as
terminals to upright rods fixed to
buildings, he says:
would not these pointed rods
probably draw the electrical fire
silently out Of a cloud before it
came nigh enough to strike, and
thereby secure us from that most
sudden and terrific mischief"
Rocket Lightning
One OF the most remarkable re-
suits of modern investigation Of
the pecularities Of lightning is
indicated as follows by Charles
r. Talman in his book on "The
Science Of the Atmosphere" 1T
is not at all clear how an cleo
trical discharge can break down
the resistance Of the air along
a path a mile or more in length,
as commonly happens in thun-
derstorm. 1t was formerly stated,
on good authority, that the diff
ference Of potential required to
produce such flash would
amount to upward OF 5000 .00O,-
900 volts.
Certain facts have lately been
adduced to show that such great
differences of potential need not
be assumed. Moving camera
photographs Of the spark pro-
duced by electric machines show
that they begin with small brush
discharges which gradually ionize
the air and thus build up a
conductive path for the complete
discharge. Something Of this kind
may occur in the atmosphere.
IF lightning does build up it's
path somewhat gradually the
process might, in certain cases,
be SO slow as to account for the
deliberate movements of rocket
lightning, and also perhaps fur
nish a clue to the mystery Of
ball lightning. Humphreys has
tentatively suggested that all
genuine cases Of ball lightning
are stalled thunderbolts,' /. e.,
lightning discharges that have
come to- a halt, or nearly SO, in
their progress through the air."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
HOW 'HIJACK'
ORIGINATED

The popular hijack, a word
that has reached wide circulation
since the advent of Volsteadisnl,
may not be pure wobbly, but its
earliest use was largely within
the I. w. w. ranks. 1t comes
from High Jack!" command
to throw up the arms and orig
mated among the gangs of small
crooks which used to traverse the
harvest belt at the close of the
wheat season. These yeggs. in
groups of dozen or more, would
ride the freights and rob the re-
turning migratory workers of
their wages. In an effort to COM
bat them the 1. w. w. organized
protective and retaliatory gangs
which hijacked the crooks.
Another sort of hijack is used
by the I. w. w. for extending
membership and gathering in
dollars. Crowds of wobbly or.
ganizers gang up and ride the
freights east and west. They
close in on gondola or box
car full of scissorbills and byN
threats of violence hijack them
into paying initiation fees and
current dues for what are termed
red cards, the official membership
credentials of the /. w. w. Thus
Golfers are filled and member
ship" extended. On many rail.
road lines, where the freight
shacks ii. e., train crews) are
wobbly sympathizers, it is al
most imperative that a hobo
carry a red card .-Stewart III. Hol-
brook, in the American Mercury.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLO ONION
Helen Rowland.

The eyes" Have Il
MY Daughter, what profiteth
w it 4 damsel. though she pos
sess the beauty OF Helen Of Troy,
the riches of Peggy Hopkins, and
the notoriety OF Countess Cath
cart, and have not APPEALING
EYES?
For in the love game. q re-
trousse nose exceedeth q sweet
disposition, and red hair counteth
more than intelligence. But 2
wonnan,s eyes are the winning
card! Yea, the EYES always
have it!
Go to. A kissable mouth may
be the work of a Iipstick, but
sparkling eye is q gift from
Heaven.
Curling hair is a blessing. yet,
who can tell natural ringlets from
a permanent wave!
But a twinkle in the eye can
not be purchased in a beauty
parlor!
A witty tongue delighteth the
understanding - but a Come.
hither glance" draweth the hearts
of the sheiks and of dumbbells.
alike.
A silyery voice charmeth the
ear and sootheth the spirit-but
a dreamy eye stirreth magma
ton and thrilletk the f4ncy
A graceful ankle and slender
calf may call forth admiration;
but a baby.stare awaketh every
mans tenderness and draweth
out all his chivalry.
A level head commandeth the
respect--but sweeping lashes In
vite the curiosity, and are more
potent than old wine.
A dimpled cheek piqueth the
attention-but a CLINT in the eye
or a sidewise glance starteth
new train OF thought-and wreck
eth the reason.
Flattering words may touch a
mans vanity-but a "worshipful
look" goeth straight to hfs heart
and maketh him to feel like a
hero"
Wherefore, then, doth danIsel
waste her time in conversation?
for woman's chatter Is, unto a
man, as the clatter of a passing
taxicab or the hammer of a
steam drill. to which he heark-
eth with only half brain cell.
But speaking EYES" are, a
call to his soul; and he cannot
ignore them!
Wherefore doth a damsel waste
her substance upon jewels end
silk hosiery and put her faith In
beauty creams and face masks
and rouged knees?
For 1.-The light that lies in
woman's eyes" doeth ALL the
work-and naught else availeth!
SELAH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
Noted Astronomer and Writer On
Scientific Topics of Popular
Interest

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest
I'VE live between two radio
stations; the one Is VIC, the
other is b commercial COM
pany's each OF them one mile
from our house. Please inform
me IL that makes II safer during
81 thunderstorm. Some people
say Ii does: others that the
stations are too far OFF.
MRS. Y. d. b.. New Jersey.
n DO not believe that the radio
stations have any effect.
People are unnecessarily nervous
about thunderstorms; but prob
ably II will never do much good
to tell them SO The chance CT
any particular house being struck
by lightning is very small, and
many houses are struck for every
person killed or seriously injured.
The estimated number of persons
killed annually in the United
States by lightning is 500.
The population being over 1O0,-
900 600, that makes one person
killed out every 200, 0O0--an ex-
ceedingly small risk. 1t appears
that the number of persons struck
without being killed, is about three
times larger, but even that is only
one in 66,6G6.
Inhabitants Of cities seem to
be greatly favored with regard to
danger from lightning. for sta
tistics show that nine times as
many accidents Of this kind occur
in '.the rural districts" as within
urban precincts. Much of the
difference shown may be due to
the far greater liability Of barns
than of houses to being struck.
Metal buildings are deemed more
secure than those of other ma
terials, and the United States Blu
reau of Standards reports that
lightning rods appear to reduce
the fire hazard from lightning 80
to so per cent in the case OF
houses and 30 per cent in that OF
barns.
Lightning Rods
However, there are many dit.
ferent ways Of putting UP light
ming rods, and their effectiveness
varies with the way they are
used. In some cases they have
even been accused of causing
more danger than they averted.
Lightning is one of the most
capricious of natures manifesto
tons OF destructive energy. 1t
Is as capricious sometimes in its
dealings with apparatus intended
o,,,-A and taT0a If in IFS I'M
controlled manifestations.
II a rod carrying a lightning
bolt cannot deliver it into moist
ground where 1t will be rapidly
distributed, the final result may
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20
ONCE-OVERS

The hardest thing you find do is to part with your
possessions after they lost their usefulness to you
Consequently you hoard and pile clothes and furniture
and books and trinkes which you will never be able to
again.
Of course your own mind here just chance that
you might be wanting that particular brand OF article
sometime in the future.
SO your house is packed and jammed full of things
which might be useful to they get them now.
You spend hours and days-weeks and months IN the
aggregate in caring for these useless possessions
BY giving the articles away you might be accomplishing
something really worthwhile in the time 1t takes you to
them about during house cleaning.
Get rid Of the accumulatons of years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-20

II eject tragedy
Is slowly subsid
ing
n he Peteet
family visited Tia
D d an a. While
there the father
and two adult
daughters found
q m u s & m ent IN
visiting one OF
the dives. This
they did for soy
eral days ~ sue
cession. During
one OF the visits
the girls were
Cl1.ugged. abduct
ed and ravished
by several men.
The father and
m D t h or became
historical In their
search for the
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