davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

She wanted me to try it, so my hus-
band got me one bottle at first;
then l took two others. y Now
] am feeling quite strong again"
Mrs. Ernest Tanguay of Adams,
Mass, says she was i'll for four
years and could not sleep nights or
go out on the street. She read
about. the Vegetable Compound and
decided to try it. After taking eight
bottles she was able to do all her
work and go anywhere and is quite
herself again.
This dependable Vegetable Com.
pound is household word in thou
sands of homes. The fourth genera
ton Is now learning the merit of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. If this medicine has helped
other women. why shouldn't it help
you? At your druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
n by David Cory
eX..A N

Now, let me see, or, rather. think.
Give me q minute or two to blink.
1 declare I've forgotten where I was
at.
Guess I'll put on my Memory Hat.
There, it's on my head, and my
tired brain is beginning to function,
which means to work properly. Lit
tie Reader. Little Jack Rabbit and
the Big Brown Bear were talking
together. And the good, old, furry
animal had just explained how he
had been wounded. Yes, that's
about where we ended the last
story. So here goes my typewriter
off on it's little steel toes.
'Well, I must be on my way to
the Three-in-One Cent Store said
the Big Brown Bear" and off he
only in the opposite direction. By
and by a little voice whispered:
"Old Danny Fox is very near.
Cock up your little pink lined ear.
He's talking out loud to his wicked
old self.
You'd better hide under this broad
stone shelf"
Without waiting to enquire whose
friendly little voice was warning
him, the bunny boy hid beneath a
wide stone ledge that overhung the
narrow Pasture Path, and the next
instant Billy Breeze brought he told
foX's words to the little trembling
rabbits ears:
Tonight I'll cross the Bubbling
Brook and take a look among the
jumpers in the Old Rail Fence COR
ner. Little Jack Rabbit sometimes
plays there on moonlight nights
IT never will again" the bunny
boy promised himself / under his
breath. all a tremble and frightened
to death.
"If 1 don't find him there, I'll trot
over to thhe Sunny Meadow after
mice. Jimmy Mealowmouse might
be out for a walk
Dear, Oh dear" sobbed the little
rabbit, but very quietly. Oh, yes,
indeedy. Just tiny whimper under
his breath.
'1f I'm not in luck, I'll try the
Kind Farmers Henhouse. Maybe
old Sic'em will be asleep, only lately
he has been unclaimed at night"
Dear. Oh dear" again sobbed the
little frightened rabbit. How can
I warn my friends in time?"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

'Tf the henhouse door Is locked, !"
went on talkative old Danny Fox,
smiling at his own words and think
ing that no one heard him, "Ill peep
into the Apple Orchard. Maybe a
stray hen will be roosting there
these warm nights"
Dear, Oh dear for the third
time sobbed the little anxious bum
ny. Il must warn Henry Jenny.
Yes, oh yes. But how am I to do
it?" Thank goodness, he sobbed
under his breath and not out loud,
like the laxative old fox. What
might have happened to him, had he
given voice to his thoughts, your
Uncle Dave wouldn't care to relate
to his little readers. No, sir.
Smiles and not tears go with the
Little Jack Rabbit Storiesi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Light and Airy
OF Course the Women Smiled

In Georgia they tell of a young
Clergyman, newly settled over large
parish, who had occasional fits of en-
barrassment when standing before
his congregation.
One Sunday, after reading a notice
of u womans missionary meeting to
be held in the chapel a few days later
he endeavored to add a special ap-
peal of his own for large attend
ance.
After stating that it was to be a
meeting of great interest and import
ance, he said: I'VE, the women of
this congregation"
With a flushed countenance he
stopped and retraced his steps
I'VE. who are the women of this
congregation" he began.
This was no better. and he beat a
blushing retreat by saying: Let us
sing the four hundred and first
hymn. Sunday Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

R. 1t was brought from Boston TO
him when he lived in st. Paul,
Mimi, Al years ago. Since in his
possession it has crossed the CONT
nent at least twice. Age and hand
ling has been gentle with it as its
fine type still shows up clear and
dark from the yellowness and fold
ing of three centuries. After this
copy had been written, cut and
printed by Franklin, a boy of 16
years, it was taken under his arm
and sold by him on the streets of
Boston. Mr.. Munroe said that the
editorial would do honor to any edi-
tor in New England today.
We note that up AroostOok way
the State Highway Commission is
unloading several carloads of cal
cium chloride, planning to sprinkle
some miles of main roads with view
to eliminating the dust. For the
first layer The commission will use
to the mile "a barrels and on the
second layer seven barrels. If the
experiment proves successful in lay
ing the dust, it will be made an
annual feature on all of the roads
maintained by the State. Rockland
will be happy to add it's testimony
in favor of the chemical For two
summers past it has been used
experimentally on some of our city
streets. with such complete satisfac-
ton to citizens generally. and es-
pecially the woman of the house.
that this summer has seen the
treatment extended in systematic
manner to all the streets and for
the first time in its history Rock
land is permitted to figure as The
Dustless City.-Rockland Courier
Gazette
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
ROME
Schools Present Program

The public schools of Rome gave
an exhibition at the Town Hail,
Thursday evening, with the follow
ing program:
Song, Lillian and Elmer Tibbetts:
dialogue. Little Pitchers, Dudley
school; recitation, Marcelle Bleck
recitation. Della Young; dialogue,
Mother Goose Investigates" Rob-
bins school; song. Lillian and Elmer
Tibbetts; dialogue, THAT Calf.
Dudley School; recitation. Ross
Warren: recitation, Viola Foss ;
recitation, Florence Burke: piano
solo, Beatrice Grant; play "Epamin-
ondas', Whittier School, recitation,
Lucille Mosher; song, Lillian and
Elmer Tibbetts; play, CLOSING Day
at Beanville School," Blaisdell
school. Awarding diplomas to four
Grammar graduates and four GER
tificates of Honor to those who had
not missed a day for the school
year. Singing. America: address by
superintendent John Tapley. The
hall was crowded. Much credit is
due to the teachers. Jessie Curtis.
Ermine Blaisdell, Aida LIE Baron
and Arthur Wilde, also Superin-
tendent Tapley.
Schools in town closed Friday,
June IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Watson visit
ed Mrs. Watson's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Plaisted of Limerick,
Monday and Tuesday
Mrs. Arthur Bullen and son,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Rather Plain
(WaterYille SentineO


Results of the Cummings case in
this county are rather plain, Mayor
1hayer carrying the county and Mr..
Cummings winning the nomination
for sheriff over his one opponent.
This was no surprise either way.
The county did not like the way the
case was started or handled and has
had mighty little sympathy for the
governors position in connection
with the matter. Unless some
thing very unexpected happens. Mr.
Cummings will be elected sheriff
again, although this may not involve
such a loss to the governor as 1t did
in the primary. Voters will be
,pacified considerably by Mr.. Cum
mings' nomination and will not feel
so much like voting against the gov
ornor for his sake.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Editorial Comment
That Time Has Passed
cortland PresS-HeraId

(ROrtland PreSS-Herald)
The time seems to have passed In
Maine when the Republican party
can be swayed or unduly influenced
by any bloc or group within it's
ranks. The man who seeks prefer
ence in the Republican party in this
State must show himself willing to
be directed by the wishes of the
party as a whole and not by any one
faction or element in it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Honesty Best Policy

In the streets of a Southern city
there met a couple of men and dur
ing their conversation one remarked
to the other:
"Yessuh. Is done proved dat hon
esty is de best policy. after all"
How" demanded the friend.
you remember dat dawg dat l
took?"
"Shore, I remembers"
"Well, sub, I tries TO- two whole
days to sell dat dawg and nobody of
fers more'n a dollah. So. like an hon.
est man, l goes to the lady dat
owned him, an she gives me three
dollahs and fifty cents"-Philadelp
Ledger.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

1 No man undertakes a trade he
has not learned, even the meanest;
yet every one thinks himself suffi-
'oiently qualified for the hardest Of
all .trades-that of government
Socrates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

been for your
medicine, I could
not have done
my work as it
should have been
done. NJ o t h er
told me of Lydia
e. Pin k b am s.
Vegetable Com
pound, and | had
read in different
papers what it
had done for diff
f2rent WON e n.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

--ON9E CIT ~ 90" ISV 30 b q,
IF all these plans fail" and DAN
ny Fox shifted the air to find the
scent, If fortune should favor him,
of a little fur overcoat or a feather
dress. 'Tll skulk along the Old
Stone Fence to see if Sammy Skunk
and his family are still living near
the Old Hickory Tree. Now, let me
get things straight. First thing
this evening. when Mrs. Moon is up,
I'll look among the jumpers for Lit
tie Jack Rabbit. That's plan num-
Der one. Next, over to the meadow
for Jimmy Meadowmouse; plan
number two" And while Danny Fox
is scratching his head to remember
what to do after that, your Uncle
Dave will write the next story.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

A Massachusetts, lawyer was found
guilty in 1929, after long legal fight.
Of being the head Of an auto-theft
ring. Since then. it seems. he has
professed to be too Ill to go to prison.
Lately suspicion that he Is sham
nnins has arisen. How suspicious
some folks are!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

The youth OF New York City have
turned from dancing the Charleston
to making beadwork. This transitory
change. for these fads are always
transitory. holds out little to encour-
age hope for an increase in the num-
Der Of Rockefellers. Morgans and
Henry Fords In the next generation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

In effect President Coolidge Is CIV
ing Congress to understand that he
can remain on the Job as long as
necessary, as he doesn't mind tie
heat at all. Presumably. too. 1t is
rather cool at the Adirondack camp
VIII congress daily along trying to
keep cool with Coolidge?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
The Sweetest Panu!

The Young Gentleman of Color to
Boon Companion of Like Xix: See
hyah, Mahmaduke, was yo' evan in
love?"
The Tx (witheringly): "Was l, boy
Nevah was anythin' else butt"
Den how does yo' feel when yo's
in love-"
Wee ell. jes' try an pictur' 70
self fallin' off de highes' buildin' In
town, an landin'' in a. bar'l full O.
beer-an' yo' comes putry near nigh
tn il "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

II your booze gets a visitor drunk
and he Injuries anyone on the high
way the court may hold you respon-
siole. This is what was in a way to
happen when a Newport resident
paid $4,000 to prevent continuance
Of the case.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

How High are we now- !.
the timid passenger. N
About 1000 feet said N. u.
Il haven't started to climb vs,s ~
Il don't know whether Or =.
mentioned 1t before we honnsa !
quavered the passenger. ~. ~
not at all ambitious" 1 ~
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

"The doctor who says that when
women shortened their dresses to
their knees they added five years to
their life stops right there" says the
Boston Globe. But the women don't
News Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

A great yellow moon, approaching
the full stage, looked coldly down on
Boston and vicinity early last night
from a clear sky as if to light the
bandit, Jack Frost, on one more de-
structive incursion.-Weather Re-
port.
Bostonians should look coldly on
q moon in such a condition.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Not Much

Sallie: 81 looked through the key
hole last night when sister Mary and
Mr.. Staylate were in the parlor."
Nellie: what did you find out?"
Sallie: THE gas"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

A German faster on exhibition is
found to have been receiving choco-
late in the form Of cigarettes. Well
the public seems to enjoy being
fooled, and the professed faster's
name Is Herr Jolly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

A handy short synonym for sesqui-
centennial would be one hundred ana
fiftieth anniversary.-Detr News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
Still ForeVermore

Poor man, he's gone over to the ST.
lent majority.
Why-I-when did he's he dead !?
No. He got married.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry porr.r
sister Mrs. Campbell Of Ba Bath "a
Jesse Heath OF. Brocktor
Is the guest Of his Cousin rMsss,
Heath. LiWcI
BENJAMIN Bailey and M AZ. :.
George Goffam were recent a Mn
people in Wiscasset. pusinsss
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
AS New England
Sees 1t
nv Rl

There Is one New Hampshire man
who finds people whom he knows
personally in all parts of the United
States. This is Professor James A.
Tufts, who has been teaching EES-
lish at Phillips Exeter Academy for
nearly so years. Probably more than
80 percent of the 5000 surviving
alumni have attended his classes
and he has a remarkable faculty for
remembering their faces. In the
course of his travels all over the
country in the interests of the school
he attends meetings of alumni in
many centres and he seldom fails to
call an alumnus by name.
The thousands of tourists who
drive their cars into the narrow
streets of Marblehead every summer
possess no attraction for one resi-
dent of the old seaport. Miss
Martha A. Martin, rs, has never
ridden in an automobile. More
than that, she has never used teie-
phone and she refuses to have any
artificial light in her home. Since
the death of her sister 25 years ago
she is said never to have left her
house and yard. She dresses in the
fashion of half century ago. She
but recently she consented to sell a
part of her property to the town to
help form new playground. She
spends much of her time reading,
goes to bed at dark and gets up at
sunrise.
What became of the furniture of
the Clark University chapter of the
Theta Kappa Nu fraternity? That
it mystery which the present mem
bers are trying to solve. In 1917
the fraternity, then the Locriditan,
closed it's chapter house and stored
the furniture in private homes in
Worcester. Nearly every member of
the fraternity fought in the World
War. OF the rs who entered the
army only a few returned to college
after the signing OF the armistice.
When they set out to reorganiZe the
fraternity they tried to locate the
furniture. 1t was found that the
men who had been entrusted with
the details of its storage We're among
those who lost their lives in France
To this day repeated efforts to get
some clue to the storage places have
been unavailing.
For century and a quarter stu
uSHlS dl d NEW 1OEk state SCIlOOl
have competed annually for prizes
in oratory founded by two New Eng
land men. In the 18th century Ma
thaniel Gorham of Charlestown,
Mass, and Oliver Phelps of Suffield.
Conn, brought from Massachusetts
the title TO the "Genesee- country" in
western New York. They set aside
part of their purchase for the
founding of Canadaigua Academy
which is now a part of the public
school system of Canadai9ua. The
academy charter provided that a
prize of $50 be given annually to the
student who shall compose and at
the yearly commencement deliver
and pronounce publicly in the pres
ence of a majority of the trustees
present the best Grafton on The
Transcendent Excellence of a Genu-
inc, Representative, Republican Gov
eminent, Effectually Securing Equal
Liberty, Founded on the Rights of
Man" This month sees the 10th
renewal of the contest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

An optimist Is one who has firm
hope that there will be no frost on
the Fourth of July.-Boston Tran
script.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
TWO WOMEN
FOUND help
By Reading Experiences
of Other Women

Mrs. Nina Matteson,- Box 206,
Oxford, N. Y, Writes-"If it had not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

Pennsylvania advice to her en-
bryonic statesmen: First get rich"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

seemingly Ponzi has left the coun-
try taking with him a siza BILE con-
tempt for our punitive methods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

France needs $4,000 men to subdue
Syria-and the franc is still falling.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
CLEANS

If YOU don't think a lot OF people
are coming to Maine this year. try
to hire a summer cottage for a
couple of weeks in August.-Water-
vile Sentinel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

Franco continues her specially,
cabinets made to order.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

even in a safety zone.-Toledo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
GRAND TRUNK RAlWn
Change of Time

6& = - - ID tITdh.-
Trains will leave Portiahu and sH
Trunk station at 40 a.:,nmeiin ali ipisr,,
p. m. for Montreal and prlnc.iRWS antrssl
mediate points connecting a. rhicaga
for Ottawa, Toronto. DetroiL - noints
California, and all Pacific C ocsiss, Van.
including the Canadian Rocki,e sska.
couver. Prince Rupert ana % ~ Nv
Island Pond Local will iease
~ EFFECTIVE JUNE s 9rsII leave
and daily thereafter trains raaking
at 500 a. m. and S.45 ?. H. and The
same connections as above ga IA %
Island Pond local will leave ~
daily except Sunday, osth !.
EFFECTIVE JUNE S0 and faS
Trains will arrive 100 q. III, aaiiy q.
p. IN. daily and 100 a N; ;,forlnatoe
cept Sunday. For further nm Tickss1
apply to Mr.. D. T. Ga rlorsst iise
Agent, Portland. Phone
or to @. A. HARRISON. sss;,tsi.ss
Grand Trunk Station
Phone Forest 7040
jn19d15t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

It is necessary to have some sense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24
MAINE GOSSIP
Around the Corner


Around the corner I have a friend.
In this great city that has no end:
Yet days 60 by and weeks rush on.
And before I know 1t a year is gone,
And I never see my old friends face;
For life Is swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well
AS in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine. We were younger
then;
But now we are busy, tired mem
Tired with playing a foolish game:
Tired with trying to make q name.
Tomorrow" 1 say, "I'll call on Jim.
Just to show that I'm thinking of
him."
But tomorrow comes-and tomorrow
goes;
And the distance between US grows
and grows
Around the corner-yet miles away.
Here's telegram. sir"-Jim died
today!
And that's what we get, and deserve
in the end
Around the corner, q vanished friend.
Unknown
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

The fourth annual meeting and
banquet of the alumni and friends of
Newport high school will be held at
Jones Inn, Newport, Friday night at
Z o'clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

On exhibit in one Of the store
windows at Mechanic Falls, is the
first copy Of The New England
Courant issued by Benjamin Frank
lin after his brother, James, was
forced to turn the paper over to
him. The copy is dated Feb. 8 to
Feb. II, 1923. Franklin claimed that
The New England Courant was the
second paper ever Published in
America. This copy of which there
Is probably not six like it in the
world, is owned by John Monroe.
OF Mechanic Falls. commander of
Post 3. department of Maine G. A.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

Lewiston has purchased 10000
gallons Of No. 4 asphalting for use
on the city streets. The material
costs between and cents a gall
Ion. Delivery is expected this week.
It is estimated that another 10000
gallons will be ordered later, maxi
ing a total amount the same as was
used last wear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

AUGUSTA LODGE NO. e64. e.P.0,E
Regular meetings in the Elks Home
Winthrop street. the second and fourth
THURSDAYS of each month az O'clock
ELMER T. BRADBURY. E r.
HARRIS S. DAY. Sec.
mon -wed-th IF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

N. E. o. p. KENNEeEc LODGE.
No. ISL, meets in G. A. r. hall the I'm
and third Tuesday evenings Of eaca
month at 100 o'clock
DANA w. LOVEJOY. Warden
B. F. SMITH, Fin. Sec.
MRS. EMMA F. HOWE. Rec. SEQ
tI-fh
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

CAPITAL GRANGE, NO. 24a p. or
H Meetings I'd and 4th Saturday eve.
nings of each month at G. A. r. hall
WILLIAM B. MASON, W.M
MRS. EMMA F. HOWE. Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

AUGUSTA CAMP No. 74oo. M. Wa
Regular meeting first and third Thur.
day of each month at G. A r. hail
CLARENCE f. MADDEN. Consul.
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
tJ1-th-st,tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-24

Thursday, June "a, 1926.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-19
ITALIAN DOCTOR
SLAIN IN CAR
Az YnternationaI News Service

sTEU3ENVLLLE. Ohio Nov. 10
i Authorities of two States were en-
deavoring today TO unravel the
mystery which surrounds the muir
der OF DR.. Diego Delfino. Italian
| physician. whose bullet.riddled body
was found in his motor car or the
Ohio.West Virginia border near his
home yesterday.
Examination Of sheaf Of letters
ana papers, written In Italian. found
In the physicians home, was under
way today, and officers hoped they
might furnish "A clue which would
strengthen their theory that DR..
DeIfino was slain as the result OF
the activities of an italian secret
society Of which he once was q
member.
Meanwhile. Q search was being
conducted for a youthful Italian
who came to the home of the doc
tor late Wednesday night.
That Delfino lived In constant
fear Of the vengeance OF his en-.
emies was Indicated, his housekeep.
err, Rena Schneider. told officers. by
his frequent changes Of reside. ce.
He had lived IN 10 cities during the
past u years, she said.