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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

quick as an acrobat hadn't swung
head downward around the twig
and under a leaf Hungry Hawk
would have had him and no mistake.
Goodness me-" gasped the fright
ened little rabbit, crouching under
the alder bushes. THAT was a mar
row escape"
"Tsic a dee! fooled him." chirped
the little bird. and he turned again
to insect hunting, twittering away
as if nothing had happened. CHEEKY
little bird. Study his habits. Little
Reader, for he is very sociable and
dear little friend all through the
cold winter. And in the next story
you shall hear what happened after
that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Thin Men Rejoice
Put on Pounds Of Solid
Healthy flesh in 80 days
Get That Manly Figure

Why continue to be behind the
times-Surely you have heard Of
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound
Tablets-the modern vitamin flesh
food that has done so much for
skinny, scrawny men and women.
They put on weight where weight
is needed-not only that. but they
improve your general hea1th-bring
strength-energy- vitality.
Coughlins Drug Store and druggists
everywhere sell McCoys-60 sugar
coated tablets so cents and If any
thin person doesn't gain pounds in
30 days money back-Ask for Nc
Coy's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Editorial Comment
Chain Banks
IN M Tin1esl

IN. I. IIIltSJ
Close after the failure Of several
Florida banks follows the closing of
more than sixty in Georgia. These
banks are of the same sort that
failed by the humid ed in the West
ern farm country They are banks
at the crossroads with small capital
and managed by banking ability in
proportion. A minimum of $4,000
capital is allowed in many States.
In one State there was a bank for
each 720 population. The Florida
and Georgia banks failed, from a
combination of insufficient capital
and banking experience. to survive
a land boom reaction. The soil and
climate remain, and convalescence
is as sure as in the West, when the
clouds pass by.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
WISCASSET

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mosher at
tended the ball game at Togus,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Evans and
Master Edward, Mr.. and Mrs. De-
Forests Munsey and Miss Albertine
Shea motored to Togus, Sunday.
Mr.. F. F. Fowle spent the week.
end at Boothbay Harbor.
Mr.. William Rines passed Sunday
in South Gardiner,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Too Old To Drink

Berlin-(P)-There are several gall
Ions Of wine in the city of Speyer
on the Rhine so old and rare that no.
body wants to run the risk of TAX
ing drink Of It,
The oldest vintage In the world is
on exhibition in the Speyer wine
museum" which contains everything
pertaining to the wine industry. The
wine is in an old Roman flask. which
was dug UP recently. 1t is 1900
years old. Part of II has solidified.
because the Romans frequently mix
ed honey with wine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Light and Airy


A correspondent says that q
famous song keeps running in her
head as she does her spring clean
ing. The words are not the poets,
however, but these:
The hours l spend in cleaning house
Are as a ball and chain to me.
can't escape, it must be done
My drudgery! My drudgery!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
CLEANS

The man who can keep his coal
bin and his refrigerator filled this
summer and still be able to get
what gasoline he needs or wants,
must have either plenty of money
or unlimited credit. -Biddeford
Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Cause and Effect

Mrs. Blowitt-John. / believe vol
are having financial trouble and ar,
keeping it from me.
Husband-My dear, If I could keel
anything from you, 1 wouldn't hav,
financial troubles.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The LaFollette crowd are trying
to defeat Lenroot in Wisconsin,
charging him with favoring big
business" Has their cheese really
gone to the heads Of the Wiscon-
sinites? Haven't they learned that
this is a big country and should
have big business?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
HOW The
PILGRIM MOTHER
Kept Her Family in Good Health
A statue to the Pilgrim Mother
was recently unveiled at Plymouth

r o C k, M a s 8.
Through her we
b or every
pioneer woman
who endured pri-
walton and hard
ships that a ma.
ton might live.
S h o u / err to
shoulder with
her husband she
built a home in
t b @ wilderness
and reared her
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The Fort Worth pastor. who shot
man with whom he was talking In
his church on Saturday. preached the
following day in that church to q
crowded house. This appears to be
one way for getting out a congrega-
ton, also for getting into the papers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

York Harbor's summer colony has
indicated its objection to the auto
mobile campers but there are many
places In the state where they will
be cheerfully and cordially well
coined. The campers in the aggre-
gate leave millions of dollars in the
state annually.-Bangor CONNER
81 al
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The Government, following the
suggestion made by the lightning in
New Jersey, has decided to make a
survey of its arsenals and what may
make them safer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Russian railroads lack rolling
stock to accommodate the needs,
Foresight and skilled management
are essential to proper supply of
rolling stock
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
The Date

Stude Cat box office)-Two tickets,
please.
Ticket Seller-For what date?
Stude (absently)-Oh, the one l
have with Alice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Mussolini Is being compared to
Henry Ford, as one of the two
greatest men In the world. Better
wait for stock taking before decid
Ing the matter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Many business failures are re-
ported in northern Italy, but of
course there will be no more after
Mussolini finds time to issue de-
cree forbidding them. Boston
TRANSCRIPT,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Chinese women, who persist In
binding their feet, will be taxed SO
a month. They ought to be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Impossible Not To

Betty has a rosebud mouth and
expressive violet eyes"
Yes, it's easy for Betty to say 1t
with flowers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Tuesday, July 90, 1926.

"Ths moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods upon the vine.
OF all sad words experience CLEANS,
The saddest arei 1T might have
beans"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
. Ereouentlv She Doesn't

II am another man since l was
married"
And does your wife love that
other MANI"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Dexter Gets Share
Of Electrical Storm

A severe electrical storm passed
over Dexter shortly after o'clock
Sunday afternoon, accompanied by a
high wind and hail storm. The hail
stones fell for about % minutes and
were unusually large, some having
been reported as. breaking window
panes. Much damage was done to
gardens and leaves were torn from
the trees. During the storm two
sets of buildings were struck by
lightning and burned The home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Pooler at
Spooner's Mills was struck, the barn
being completely RACED and only by
the hard work of the fire department
was the house saved, this being done
by the aid of the Triple Alliance
truck, which pumped water from q.
brook at the rear of the farm build
ings and proved its work at this
time. 1t is understood that a small
insurance was carried on the build
ings. The household furnishings
were carried out Of the house but
were more or less damaged in the
rush.
The store occupied by A. H. Pres
colt, next to the Prescott filling sta
ton, was also struck about the same
time that the Pooler buildings We're.
The store was used for sporting
goods. oil. tents, and other goods of
that nature that were let and sold
by Mr.. Prescott. A large amount of
oil was also stored in the building.
The loss by Mr.. Prescott was esti-
mated at about $500, partially COW
cred by insurance. The building was
owned by Ralph Blethen. A shed
attached to a house in the rear of
the Prescott store was also burned.
Lloyd D. Hatch passed the week
end in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold D. Small.
Miss Rebecca Edes and Donald
Champion returned Monday from
Saco, where they passed the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Har-
wood and Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin G.
Call, who are enjoying a few weeks
outing at Saco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Capen are
Moosehead Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Springall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Moore were
callers in ver-Foxcroft, Sunday
afternoon.
w. II. Shaw of Bangor passed the
weekend the guest of relatives and
friends in town.
Miss Teth Stone and w. B. Gould
were business callers in Hampden,
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur Billiard of Hartford,
Conn, who has been visiting rela-
tives and friends in town, has return
ed to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert L. Davis were
Sunday guests of friends in Shirley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

1t isn't an up-and doing American
community unless it clamors for %
a new Court House or Co another
left hander who can go in there
every fourth day and pitch.-Detroit
News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The necessary complement of fact.
finding is fact-facing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
After "a Job

Mrs. A (meeting friend on street,
Going to the employment agency
YOU say. Surely not to get a posi-
ton?
Mrs. B-Yes; to apply for a posi-
ton as mistress to a new cook
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

They say that one and one are two,
But that's not always really true;
For sometimes one and one are one
When one by one is won.-Chris-
tan Science Monitor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

The Sultan of Morocco. seeing
the Charleston danced in Paris.
says: ut is very curious. I don't
understand how men can allow
their wives and daughters to join
in it." So there nowi-Boston
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Skeptie

Some people spend all their live.
looking before they leap.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

A letter was received last Friday
morning at Orono. from Dean and
Mrs. J. S. Stevens of The University
Of Maine. dated July on board
the S. S. Ascania bound for London,
England, in which they stated they
We're both well and having a fine
trip across.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
MAINE GOSSIP
The Pessinaigt

The Pessimist
He always made the worst Of things
and turned
Each comedy to tragedy;
And so perhaps his exit after all
Was right for such as he.
Crossing the bridge, his hat blew of
and lay
Unframed upon rocky shelf;
So he must needs, in climbing down
for It,
Loose hold and drown himself.
-Wilfrid Gibson in G. ks Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dudley were
callers in Dover-Foxcroft, Sunday
afternoon.
DR.. H. K. Thatcher is enjoying a
fishing trip in Northern Maine.
Kenneth Burrill of Waterville has
been in town the guest of his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Burrill, on
upper Main street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Celebrates 9th Birthday

Mrs. Elmira Mitchell celebrated
her 9th birthday at the home of
her daughter. Mrs. A. c. Phinnet, on
Park street, Sunday. Mrs. Mitchell
was the recipient of many beautiful
flowers, including 81 carnations, also
a beautiful basket containing mix
ed bouquet from the Office employees
of the Carter Knitting Company of
Needham. Mass. where her son is
employed as superintendent of the
clerical department. Other smaller
bouquets We're received, also cards
of congratulation. Mrs. Mitchell at
present is very i'll.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
Augusta Lodge Directory

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, /. o. o. g.
Regular meeting every FRIDAY evening
at 8 o'clock. All Odd Fellows and Wis.
iting brothers invited.
LINWOOD F. ALBEE, n. a.
ELLIS Z. WALKER. Sec'yi
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

First Stenog-"I don't believe
half l see in print"
Rival Ditto-"Judging from your
spelling that must include what YOU
see in the dictionary" -Boston
Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

Fifty children from Lewiston are to
be sent through the kindness of the
local Salvation Army to Christmas
Cove, the celebrated salvation Army
home down on the Maine sea coast.
for two weeks. They are to start next
Saturday and will be transported both
ways by the Lewiston Rotary and XII
wants clubs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

First-Class Scout Ito tenderfootI
IF a burglar entered the cellar
would the coal chute"
Tenderfoot-"No; but perhaps the
kindling wood"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20
G. A. r. THE REGULAR MEETING
SETH WILLIAMS NATIONAL RE.

Grand Army of the Republic. Regular
meetings in Grand Army hail the 2nd
and 4th Wednesday Of each month at
$50 P. NJ.
EMMA A. GANNFTT, President
NELLIE r. ALLARD, Sec'y.
janl2 tues 1yrs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

So to Speak
To avoid that rundown feeling,
cross crossings cautiously.-Nation
al Safety Council.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

JEPTHA ENcAMPMENT, NO. 8.
Meetings fourth Tuesday Of each
month at 7.30 o'clock.
G. S. PEASLEE, Scribe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

AUGUSTA CAMP No. 74oo, M. w. A.
Regular meeting first and third Thurs
day of each month at G. A. r. hall.
CLARENCE F. MADDEN. Consul
BERT L. NICHOLAS. Clerk.
tu-th-Sattf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

CANTON AUGUSTA, NO. Q, P. M,
Regular meeting every third Tuesday
at o'clock. ?. NJ. degree.
LINWOOD ALBEE, Capt
G. H. WADLEIGH, Clerk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

N. E. o. p. KENNEBEc LODGE,
No. PSI. meets in q. A. r. hall the first
and third Tuesday evenings of each
month at 7.30 o'clock
DANA W. LOvEJOY, Warden.
B. f. SMITH. Fin. Sec.
MRS. EMMA F. HOWE, Rec. Sec.
tu-th-Sat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-20

S't' W - INV ~ WV
England Order of Protection No. SIS,
meets in I. o. o. F. hall second and
fourth Thursday at 7.30 o'clock. AL
members welcome.
RUTH LAFLIN. Warden.
ALICE L. PIERPONT. Rec. Sec.
HARRY PIERPONT, Fin. Sec.
jn10eodtf
The Washington times., 1926-12-04
Absurd Talk of Changing Law
AS to Three-Year Residence
For Commissioners

onorass has never heard real roar from Washington
people District legislation proposed IN that BODY It VIII
hear soidy enraged community however, there
is any serious attempt to modify the hreeyear residence law
for District Commissioners,
This qualification which restricts the President to selection
of men for Commissioners had bona de residence
Of three years in the District the and only law in
that recognizes that the people of the District are
entitled citizens ruling them and not to
imported from other parts Of the Union
The people of this city would fight almost unit against
change this law They would leave nothing undone
prevent such change and that as well be understood
in Congress any other time The fight too will be
hot and if necessary it will be carried to the nation
itself
It is preposerous thing to intimate that there
plenty Of good men and this city of half million
people fill the position Of District Commissioner There
has difficulty in finding suitable before Our
Commissioners though frequently picked by political
here excellent and loyal to their town.
the Washington City Government had become one Of
grating plundering and of public money there might
be an excuse get brains and honesty from somewhere
else to it. No such state Of affairs exists On the
trary Congress ITSELF particularly when urged grant
Washington people suffrage that Washington the
best governed city in the country
The threeyear law does work hardshps against
good Washington and women There fine and
who closely identified with Washington affairs
and yet have voting residences in nearby Maryland Vr
gna There others who live here and have the best
Interests Of this city at heart who maintain perfunctory voting
residences in various States These men and women merely
have their voting residences here.
If the bar is let down. however it might bring to
Washington political carpet baggers and alleged high brows
who would do just they liked. They would owe no
allegiance citizens It would be the political
influences that put them in as Commissioners.
IF Congress eliminate the jobs Of District Com
issioners and rule Washington through professional city
manager it has that right Then outside man might not
jar local sensbies alarming extent But in American
cities where professional city managers employed that
employment done through the citizens themselves and the
action be undone if the people will
the chance that the District
Committees in Congress Capper and Representative
Zhlmanw give their Endorsement to modification Of the
existing law They know public sentiment here they
respect that sentiment though the community is voteess
The Washington times., 1926-12-04

IN EAN ROBBINS the other DAY urged an allance De-
4 tween the church and medicine.
Ii all depends on what you think: religion IS 4
f religion thinking right and having the right ideas
about things perhaps it has nothing to do with medicine
The way you arrive at conviction about matter OF
theology and the way you establish facts in medicine d
metrcay opposed One is act OF faith without reason
and the other is deduction ofreason without faith
But if religion instead Of occupying itself with correct
thinking occupies itself with correct doing # consists
being kind and helpful bringing about civic reform then
the closer it is allied to science the better
There has been entirely little science in the practical
part religion The church needs to follow economic laws
in its helpful work. and science needs sort OF reverence
its pursuit of facts
Those whose religion consists doing the most good they
the best they cannot know too much about
science But those who insist that religion fundamentally
consists having certain opinions care very little about
science and its methods.
Most Of the difference between science and regon have
arisen out Of the definition of the two things II al depends
On how YOU define religion and wayou think science IS
f religion for the organized effQrt 70 make the
world better to relieve human ailments and to bring as
to pursue scientific methods But if religion consists get
ting through with this wicked world as soon as possible 50
Al to achieve our bliss in another one, then science Is
superfluous
Scientific men are often called rreligous This means
they care very little about opinions and great dear ABOUT
facts But it conceivable that scientist might pc working
for the alienation Of ills Of humanity quite much as
roions and ii fact scientist who simply seeks to help
his fellow men is religious lie IS actuated Dy lofty
and altruistic motive
devout scientist therefore, simply one VINO q
deyotedly following the welfare OF his Fellow men, ana
tat definition will apply very well also to many reIgonlsts
hee Is no schsm ID the business Of helping people II y
onlv III Judging people and reasoning about things we know
nothing about that differences of opinion appear
tcOpyight by Mcclure Newspaper syndiasl
The Washington times., 1926-12-04
LIFE ON MARS
By Garrett P. Seryiss

not necessarily adopt the hypo
thesis that they were made By
the labor of intelligent inhabi-
tants.
But, while Professor Russell
n-mindedly gives fair play TO
the facts and deduction on which
the case for Mars, as an abode OF
life is based. his pronouncenlenl
concerning the nearer and larger
planet, Venus. Is less satisfying.
No Oxygen On Venus
He is said to have affirmed
that Venus has been shown by
the spectroscope to have no
oxygen" or course. a planet
destitute of oxygen could not be
regarded as capable of supporting
life In the forms that we are
acquainted with But is Venus
really without oxygen? May not
Professor Russell have somewhat
too urbanely accepted the con
illusions Of some OF the spectre
scopists? One should hesitate
long time before conceding thar
a planet practically as large as
the earth, and with but slightly
less gravitative power. can ne
without oxygen, when 1t is pos.
sessed by the much smaller and
gravitatively much weaker planet
Mars--for of course. If Mars has
vegetable life. which is admitted
to be probable. 1t must have the
chemical bases on which vegeta
ton exists. Now, In thousand
pounds Of vegetable matter there
are 443 pounds Of carbon. and 429
pounds of oxygen Living plants
revivify the air with the oxygen
that they give off in the sunlight
It Is universally admitted by
astronomers that Venus has an
atmosphere-some say more ex-
tensive, some less extensive. than
the earth's. Telescopes show
that the atmosphere of Venus
conceals the planets surface
from our view. 1t acts like a
lofty screen. Then how can VIC
suppose that the light by the
study of which the spectroscopists
seek to analyze the atmosphere of
Venus truly represents the com.
position of that atmosphere? To
do so It ought to be reflected
from the bottom.
The Washington times., 1926-12-04
''If Vices Could Be
Parked"

thinker and he hit straight at
problem which is bothering lot
of other men nowadays.
1.-THE letters ! refer to were to
Peggy Scott. the English girl,
who killed herself when he died.
He loved he's And she loved
him. It wasn't a light sort OF
love. She was crazy about him
She wanted to live just for him.
She wanted him to marry her so
that she could feel he belonged
to her. She had all the exalted
ideas about marriage that devoted
women are supposed to have.
And that was just the trouble.
She thought those ideas were fine
but Valentino didn't. tie SAID
they were ruinous to love.
"He hated this possessiVe att
tude women have about love-
the way they want to own and
manage their husbands. He SAID
1t was that attitude that had
wrecked his two marriages and
that would prevent him from
marrying Pola Negri or any other
woman. In one letter he wrote
1t would have been better had
you been content to let things
run on as they were. being happy
children. but / suppose 1t is not
in the heart Of women to let well
enough alone. / dare say that
the mother lust is strong in all
the sex and you are not happy
save when making slaves Of
yourselves and your mates for a
home and future generations
= Valentino didn't object to chill
dren or marriage. He loved chill.
dren passionately and tried mar.
riage twice. But 1t was the way
a wife insisted on dominating
every corner of mans life. and
constantly intrudlng her love and
demands. that he couldn stand.
He said once-'Woman would in.
deed be a treasure If we could
enjoy her society when it is vel
come and good for us and be rid
OF 1t when we must attend TO
other things and her presence Is
a confusion and a nuisance IL
woman gould only be parked or
garaged like a car when 1t is not
needed. But no. after marriage.
she develops genius for blowing
her horn at the wrong moments
as If trying to make US hate her,