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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-20
Worth Sullivan.

Mrs. Gertrude Butler is in the East,
ern Maine general hospital for surgical
treatment. x,,,,>
The ladies' aid society gave a sup
per in the Community House SATURDAY
which was very successful.
Henry Bragdon, Mr.. and MRS Eu-
gene Page and son Eugene and MISS
Madeline Collins, of Bar Harbor, were
Sunday guests at ]. B. Haveys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Churchill AND
Madam Churchill, of Orland called on
Mrs. Rosa Bagley Sunday.
At the last regular meeting OF OASIS
chapter, o. E. S., two candidates were
initiated.
The many friends of Edmund Ridecut
are glad to see him restored to health
again.
Mrs. Rebecca Stanley has a NEW
sedan. .
Congratulations are EXTENDED 10
Everett Libby and Mrs Emma kldue'
,on their recent marriage.
Mrs Warren of Bangor is gues'
of Mrs. Mary Robertson
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-20
Surry Road.

SUFFy 1NOuUs
lanes Wood is home from Northeast
Harbor He is having barn built.
Miss Theresa Meader was operated
upon for adenoids and tonsils at the
Hurley hospital recently.
Mrs. Bertha Ray of Mckinley and
Mrs. Vina Richardson of Mt. Desert
visited here Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie SWEET has ACCOMPANIED
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Bodwell to Port
land in their car. From there she Will
go to Boston to visit her daughter,
Miss Ann SWEET.
Miss Della Lord of Bangor is board
ing with Mrs. Vinal Guptill for the
winter.
end guest of Mrs. Edith Lamson.
Miss Pauline Mitchell accompanied him
back to Massachusetts,.
Mrs James O. Conary has gone 10
Massachusetts to work for DR.. Briggs.
Her husband will join her later in the
aoaSon
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-20
WEST ELLSWORTH.

There will be meeting OF the
Cemetery Association at the grange
All who have lots in Birch Grove
cemetery are requested to be present
as important business will come before
the meeting.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. r: A.
Stanles has been named Vernon Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bonsey went
to Bucksport Friday afternoon to at
tend the funeral of Mr.. Bonsey'
cousin, Weldon Bonsey.
The women of the Farm Bureau Will
meet at the grange hall Thursday,
Oct. FL Subject, "Basketry." Miss
Childs will be present
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-20
CONCORD WOOL YARNS,

BUY CONCORD WOOL wORSTED
yarns direct from manufacturer at
big saving. Spun from long combed
wool. Many beautiful shades and
heather mixtures for hand knitting,
machine and rug yarns. soc per o..
skein. $500 per ID. Postage paid.
Write for free samples. Concord,
Worsted Mills. Concord. N. H.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25

astic hunter. They are, indeed, the gypsy line of the animals of the North, and their home is without a doubt in the heart of the Northland, where the word "caribou" is as com mon as are the large herds of these antlered and nimble beasts which ever trek the vast wastes of the Northern realm.
 Denlzens of the city who were mak- ing their peregrinations along the Dawson water front this morning, long before the first streaks of dawn began to light the day, spotted q small hand of caribou ,ceasting along the river bank in front of the White Pass office. Several dogs-gaVe chase, but the feet-footed animals soon left their fanged pursuers in n.the.dust-Im- mediatelg upon reaching the ferry jetty, however, they took to the water, negotiating the slush-flled stream with apparent ease and continuing their flight up the West Dawson slope without 8 halt.
 With the bands making so bold as to venture right into the city, it seems & shame that ambitious hunters should go to such pains of walking away over to the West Dawson hills when they might park themselves in some down. town hotel lobby and watch their chance for shooting one of the ani- mals as it ambles along First avenue.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
25 YEARS AGO.

There were plenty of real estate agents-but no realtors.
 An undertaken was knoWn '2by his name-not as mortician.
 The livery stable fourished-the gasoline filling station was%unknown.
 Sugar was four cents pound eggs fourteen cents dozen.
 The rubher-tired buggy sped un- consciously toward it's extinction by the impending balloon tres.
 Bobbed hair was known only thru the artistic relics of an ancient Egypt-the crowniug glory of woman had not yet been extinguished.
 .Jass and lounge lizards were still in the process of incubation.
 The Volstead Act and author were unheard of and unsung.
 The barber shop ensemble special ized in Sweet Rosy fO'Grady' and glasses clinked in long since unforgot- ten emporiums to the more or less et- fective rendering of "On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away"
 The "horseless carriage" was in it's infancy-the airplane was still E dream.
 Trust-busting and free silver occu pied the hmelght.
 Theodore Roosevelt was coming into his own-Woodrow Wilson a college professor-Herbert Hoover mining engineer in far-off China-John Persh- ing a major in the Phlippines.-Ex-
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
UNDERWOOD FAvORs SMITH

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Repressnts- tives of of the national parties are already looking forward to the open ing of the presidential. campaign for the election of 1928. The Democrats see much encouragement in the gains made in the Senate and House of Representatives, and predict Demo- cratic landslide the coming campaign
 Senator Underwood Of Alabama to. day reiterated the statement that Governor Smith of New York will win the presidency if nominated by the Democratic convention, and al. nounced his intention of aiding Smith to get the nomination.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
LAST RITES SAID FOR MRS.
 J. H. MCLEAN, AT FAIRBANKS 5
Fairbanks News-Miner.)


 Under the impressive ritualistic ser vice of the Pioneer Women of Alaska, exemplified in Fairbanks for the first time, the body of Jean Mclean, be- loved wife of J. H. Mclean, Takotna, Alaska, merchant and pioneer, was - lowered to the grave yesterday after noon. Eagle Hall, where the services were held, was crowded by the many friends of the departed, who had come to pay their. last respects.
 The service was conducted by Mes danes Edawrd Herring, E. B. Collins and Jesse Rust, president, historian and chaplain, respectively. The eu- slegy waSndelivered by the Rev. J. F. Vernon. A choir composed of Mrs. F. Nj. DunlTam, Mrs. J. H. Groves, J. T. Hutchinson and Robert W. Taylor, rendered. sacred seecltions during the service. The pallbearers were George Weseh, Thomas P. Aitlen, A. P. Payne, Julius Shaffrik, Lynn Smith and~G Charles E. Taylor.
 Ruziale was in. the local cemetery, in accordance with the wish of MT. Mclean, whose journey to Fairbanks to be~atEthe bedside of his. wife was stoppeds<by the telegram announcing her deAth.
 Mrs. Jean Mclean was born in Scotland on December .l2, 1878. She came to America during early. maiden hood. and had resided with e3ler hus- band in various sections of the North for 28 years. During the first years of the .Tanana Valley rushhshe had ac- companied her husband, who then was a river captain, master of the steamer Terrell and other early-day craft, to the new frontiers. Mining. was fol- lowed in this district for some years, and when theaInnoko and Upper kus- kokwim gave promise of gold they were among the first to cast their lot with the new4camps. They conducted a roadhouse at -Takotna for several years, later having sold to enter the mercantile abusinessa@ She was brought to Fairbanks by airplane early last fall and entered St Joseph's Hospital, where it was revealed there could be ne,Aope for recovery.
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
IA DOG AND A4RAT~TALE.

<Aua1at thought he had the best rat dog.in; the country andatold' his neigh bor so. But while they were talking a huge rodent walked@ leisutely across i'.the yard. The dog, which was in the rat S path, moved aside and disinter- estedly watched it until it disap- peatedsbeneath the wood pile.
 A loud laugh burst from the neighbor's throat. ''So that's yo' champ ratter? A fine lap dog he isl"
 T.'Waft,&. said the owner. "That was ene of our rats-just watch him when a strange rat comes into the yard.'
 s.. .~i 3.<asS Ss ,es ts ss s9 9a &E els
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
RAILROAD CONDEMNED
TO LOSE MONEY
1PMtland Oregonian.l )

The Government Alaska Railroad 3aving lost $1 ,169, ,000 in the first ten
 months of this year, it is in order for some congressman to move that the track be torn up and that the North ern Territory be relegated to it's sav- age solitude, no longer to be desc crated by the whistle of the locomo- tive. Others will find the cause of the loss to be the practical embargo c. development administered in the na of conservation by host of burea rats, who step on one another's toaz
 n pursuit of any man who tries to
The Kusko times., 1926-12-25
produce anything that would make traffic for the railroad

produce anything that would make traffic for the railroad
 When the United States won the Southwest from Mexico and cleared title to the Oregon country, it gave mines to any men who would take the gold and silver out of thsr1, and when it subsidized transcontinenta1 rail- railroads it gave land to any who would farm it. The The result of that policy the West of today, and the nation vastly richer for having been lavish with gifts. The men who thus made the West were and still are honored as the boney sinew and brains of the nation. If men of the same type go to Alaska, they are either warned away from precious mines and forests or their enterprise is craraped by the rules and regula- tions of the hureaucrats~
 A dispatcl from Anchorage gives a hint of the manner which the Alas ka Railroad could be made to pay. It reads:
 Hauling equipment to a gold dredging district under development near Fairbanks, the inlxnd- and north ern terminal of the line, made more than half the freight revenue this year."
 If coal and oil land were freed from trammels of the leasing law, and if sawmills and paper mills were permit ted to manufacture the over4ripe tim Der, there. would be rro question of making the railroad pay. Men would homestead tlqe rich farm land and would produce food for employees of mines and mills, making more traffic. There is % wealth of gold, silver and copper awaiting development, and, since one gold district paid half the freight revenue, another might in- crease it 50 per cent.
 Ge 'usion that .&ll pioneers are
 3 s.-a scted as thieves would build
 through Hkw, rich coun- - s1. shon prevent men from pro- tl-Ne.ag -Graffie for it by developing the country. The Governments loss is the ccsr of$its own folly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
International Congress
OF Women in Dublin

London, up The international Con-
2ress of Women will be held in Dub
lin on July 8th. 1t was organized
by the Women's International
League of Peace and Freedom. 1t is
expected to bring together over $50
delegates from all parts of the world
under the presidency Of Miss Jane
Adams of Chicago.
The chief subject for discussion is
The next steps towards Peace"
Other subjects to be dealt with will
be Economic Imperialism" Colon
ial Imperialism" THE Relations of
Majorities and MinoritieS," and
"Militarism." Among speakers ex-
pected are Mahatma Ghandi from
India, Roman ROLAND from France,
and Miss Agnes MacPhail, a MEM
Der of the Canadian Parliament.
Arrangements are being made for a
public parade through Dublin of the
delegates wearing national costumes.
There will be thirty delegates ana
ten visitors to the Congress from
the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
RICHMOND

Monday, July 5th, there will be a
public demonstration of The fire
truck and chemical which Richmond
is thinking about buying.
Miss Florence Watson, a teacher
in the Mitchell school at Bath, is
home for the summer vacation, with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Wat
son.
Charles Watson, Mrs. Seth Watson,
Miss Florence Watson and John Dix
enjoyed a motor trip to Rockland and
Bangor, Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Watson has returned
from Gardiner, where she has been
for the past ten days.
Miss Alice Spaulding with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Abner Spaulding,
of Boston, are guests at the Rich
raond house.
Albert Darrow returned home from
Lynn, Wednesday.
Miss Bertha Raymond has returned
to Richmond after few days stay at
her cottage at Capitol Island.
George Hawkes. came up from Cap
itol this week for two days stay at
his home returning to the Island,
Friday.
Harry Lake, of Boston, is passing
his vacation in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lewis have re-
turned from Capitol Island, where
they have been for ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward E. Durand
left Friday for Northern Maine.
They will enjoy ten days vacation
near Jackman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Wet, son,
Franklyn and daughter, Frances,
have gone to Pittsfield, n. H., for a
weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Mariner,
daughter Freeda and Mrs. Flora
Shepard are leaving Saturday by
automobile for a visit with relatives
in Massachusetts. They will return
home by way of the White Noun
tains.
Miss Marjorie Lint Of Fairfield
who is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Don
Cate, this week, passed Thursday
with her aunt Miss Lyde Lint.
Lee Ring was a business visitor
in Portland, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Blair, of
Somerville, are enjoying few days
at their cottage at the Richmond
Camp ground.
]. c. Moores, formerly of Richmond
met with a loss Tuesday night when
Ills pun IOUlI Oh ~. JOull , SIISel,
Portland, caught fire doing about
$4,000 worth of damage.
Thirty girls from New York and
Pennsylvania arrived Thursday. 60
ing to Camp Wishitee at Dresden.
Mrs. William Tremaine is visiting
her son. Philip, in Bath for a few
days.
Mrs. NJ. A. Skillins is visiting rela-
tives in New York for two weeks.
The Misses Mona and Laura Hall
and Barbara Webster are passing
the summer at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Osgood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
COMING EVENTS

July S-Meeting at Burnham to dis
cuss district almshouse project for
Waldo county.
July 3-4-State Zionist convention at
Old Orchard
July 3-17-Annual Encampment Of
240th Coast Artillery Maine Ma
tional Guard, at Fort Williams,
Portland.
July 5-Maine State Hand Engine
League holds first league muster of
season at Auburn
July 6-Modcrn Woodmen of Eastern
Maine hold field day at Lamoine.
July 7-Aug. 13--Home Economics sum-
mer school. at Castine Normal
school.
July FLORIDA Maine Society holds
annual reunion at Moulton House,
Dunstan.
July 17-Boston Yacht Club feet starts
cruise to several Maine Ports
July 2S-25-Summer meeting of New
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Playground Notes

The girls doll show will be held
this afternoon at the Macomber
Playground at 2.30 and there will be
many entries In the various events.
Prizes are provided for the winners
in the three classes, the largest, the
smallest and the prettiest dressed
doll. Entries will be received at the
playground up to 2.30 o'clock. There
will also be running race for the
boys aged 10, II and IL years of
age, with a suitable prize for the
winner.
Troop No. 1. Boy Scouts, will meet
at the scoutmaster's house at 81
Stone street on Monday morning at
Z O'Clock, in uniform, prepared to so
to Three Mile Pond to the American
Legion Park where the scouts will
assist the Legionaires during the
day. Every scout is urged to be
present to make the trip.
The boys Of the playground had
their first swim at the "Y'' pool on
Thursday forenoon, about Is boys
enjoying themselves during the
swimming period. The girls will 90
to the pool next Tuesday forenoon
at 11.30 and will meet at the play
ground with Mrs. Jennie Hyde before
going to the "Y."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Thomas c. Stone Speaks At
Regular Session Of Augusta
Rotary Club On The Begin
ming Of Telephone Service
In This City, 46 Years Ago
This Month

Something Of the early beginnings
of telephone service in this city and
of the remarkable development and
improvement in this method Of rapid
communication was learned by the
members of the Augusta Rotary Club
and their guests at the regular week.
ly supper session, held Friday even
ing at the Augusta House.
Thomas c. Stone, member Of the
club and manager Of the Augusta
district of the New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company was
the speaker, and his remarks were
particularly apropos, as next week
will be observed throughout the
country as the fiftieth anniversary OF
the telephone.
Mr.. Stones talk was most inter-
'esting and was followed by several
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
RECOUNTS Development OF TELEPHONE
IN THE HALF CENTURY since: INVENTION

reels Of motion pictures. graphically
illustrating the service performed by
the telephone systems.
Fifty years ago at this time of
the year there were no telephones"
said the speaker in opening his talk.
1.-THE telephone was invented in 1876,
and 1t was four years later, in 1880
that the first service was installed in
Augusta.
"The first Central office was opened
here forty six years ago on July 1st
with a total of about 40 subscribers
and one or two operators. Now there
are Is operators on local lines and s
on toll circuits. with total person.
mel in the Augusta district Of about
SO employees. The number of sub
scribers has increased in the nearly
half century to over 400.
Manager sStone told his hearers
something of the early installations,
whensin the New York district poles
were used to carry the open wires,
and as many as thirty cross arms
were placed on one ninety foot POLE
Next came the development Of the
cable circuits and today one cable
can carry 1900 pairs of wires.
The first toll line from the Augusta
exchange was to Gardiner, where
there were ten subscribers; now the
Augusta central Office has So toll
lines, the longest of which is to Bos-
ton.
1t was an early belief that the cur
rent was not satisfactorily conducted
on round wires as it had a tendency
to slide off, so a fiat wire was de-
veloped with a groove on the top for
the current to run in, but this no.
ton was soon dispelled. In 1876 the
longest distance that telephone
message had been successful was two
miles; by 1880 when the first service
was inaugurated in Augusta this had
been increased to 40 miles, but 1t was
not until 1915 or eleven years ago
that trans-continental service was es-
tablished.
The meeting last evening was well
attended with several visiting Ro-
tarians and guests, and the evenings
program proved unusually interest
ing and Informative. Mr.. Stone ex-
tended an invitation to the Rotar-
ians to visit the Central office next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
when open house will be held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Friends Extend
Fluctuations on
Nintieth Birthday

The Goth birthday of Mrs. A. w.
Potter of Riverside Drive was the
occasion of real celebration on
Thursday afternoon and evening,
when her many relatives and friends
gathered to congratulate her on the
happy event. Mrs. Potter received
many beautiful gifts and a shower of
birthday cards. Among the refresh
ments was a beautiful birthday cake,
baked by her niece, Mrs. Carleton
Kelley of Marlboro, Mass. Mrs. Pot
ter. accompanied by her two nieces,
Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. George Boyn-
ton also of Marlboro, made the trip
recently by automobile in one day
from Marlboro to her summer home
at Riverside Drive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Place des Etats-Unis Has
American Institution

Paris.-tP)-On the Place des
Etats-unis at Chateau Thierry near
the memorial monument to the
Third American Division is an
American institution which has be-
come a kind of god-mother to the
citizens of the battle swept town.
Here at the Methodist Memorial
there is a wide range of welfare
activities such as are common in the
United States but almost unknown
in France.
In addition to classes in English
for children, there is practical in
struction in nursing and in chifi-
rearing among other welfare activi-
ties. DR.. Julian S. Wadsworth,
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Mon. too, learn to Cook

rlin,-tP}-Cooking schools in
Berlin, primarily intended for wom-
en- and girls, this year are being
overrun with applications from men,
both single and married, anxious to
learn to cook for themselves.
Bachelors confess that they are
tired of restaurant food and want to
prepare their own meals. They hope
also that it will be cheaper. There
are jobless husbands who have
wives in remunerative employment,
or else in bad health, who have to
adapt themselves to a reversal of
the housekeeping position-a veri-
table revolution in German life, the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
First Dancing School
In Turkey Opened
BY American Girls

Constantinople. July / - (P -
Americans have opened the first
School of Dancing in Turkey. Three
young women formerly connected
with the American Near East Relief
Organization are giving Turkish
ladies instruction in the Terps-
chorean art in one of the smaller
abandoned palaces on the Bosporus.
At first the Americans were al
lowed to teach only classical dancing
and the old fashioned waltz, schot-
tische, one-step and polka, but they
are now permitted by the local au-
thorities TO give instruction in the
foX-trot, tango and several other
American steps. The charleston"
is forbidden.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
xENNEsEc COUNTY

July 3-Aug 14-State Y. NJ. c. A.
boys camp at State "Y" grounds.
Winthrop.
July Specification Of recreationat
center donated to James Fitzgerald
Post No. 2. American Legion, Au-
gusta, at Three Mile Pond In Vas
Salboro.
July 5-7-Annual Tournament OF
Maine Trap Shooters Association,
Waterville.
July 15-Hearing before Associate
Justice Dunn at courthouse, Angus
ia, in Kennebec sheriff quo warranto
proceedings. 10 A. NJ.
July 24-Aug. ANNUAL encampment
of 103d Infantry, Maine National
Guard. the 303d Infantry. Reserve
officers. and Headquarters Company,
S6th Infantry Brigade at Camp
Reyes. Augusta.
Aug 7-21-Annuai encampment OF
152d Regiment, Field Artillery at
Camp Reyes, Augusta.
Aug. S-14-OId Home week at Win
throp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Kuck's Gets Training
In Harvest Fields

Emporia, Kan. July 2-P)-John
Kuck, Kansas State Teachers COL
lege sensational weight HEAVIER, has
kept himself in condition for the Ma
tional A. A. U. Championship meet
July 5-6 by working in western
Kansas harvest fields this summer.
After putting in a hard days work
along with the rest Of the harvesting
crew he spends few minutes each
day throwing the shot and javelin to
keep in form. His friends here be-
lieve he is in the best of shape for
the Philadelphia meet
The present javelin mark is 21o
feet. seven and three-fourths inches.
held by j. Myrra, of Finland. In the
Kansas conference meet Kuck threw
the spear PA feet. two and one
fourth inches and has done even bet
ter in practice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
Officers Elected Business
Girls Sunday School Class

Officers We're elected Thursday
evening for the Business Girls Sun
day school class of the Penney Me-
mortal church. as follows: President,
Dorothy Perkins: vice president.
Margaret Wood; secretary, Elizabeth
Harris; treasurer, Adele Spencer.
The officers plan to meet some time
during the summer to take up mat
tiers Of interest to the class and to
plan the fall work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-03
County Real Estate
Transfers on File

The following deeds conveying
real estate were received and record
ed on Friday at the Kennebec coun-
ty registry of deeds:
Gardiner-Bennett Schlosberg of
Portland to Georgia r. Randlett Of
Newport, land and buildings on Ere
mont street.
Oakland-Greeley c. Pierce to
Clara n. Oliver. part of parcel of
land with buildings on Mechanic
street
Readfield-Frank o. Hackett to-
Charles o. Hackett, land and build
ings on the HAYES road.
Waterville-7Albert A. Vigue TO
Matthias Denis. part of a parcel of
land with buildings on Howard
street; Albert A. Vigue to J. Philip
Vnilleux, land on Hillside avenue.