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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

Miss Nancy Locke. of Augusta, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry P.
Lowell at their cottage. Ocean Point
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

George Morse, Of West Gardiner,
was in Hallowell on business yester-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

Mrs. Lottie Hamilton is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Harry Lewis, in Win
throp, Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

M. p. SCOTT
Edison Photographs ana
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saSAson's Gardiner
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09
HalloWell Local News

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Frank Lathe, Of Sidney, was in
town on business a short time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Boober. of
Mile, have been visiting Hallowell
friends for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Woodside
and family are at the Head cot
tage, Fairs Cove, for two weeks.
Leroy Jackson has resigned his
position at Palermo and is now en-
ployed in Augusta.
Miss Mary GIidden is in Leeds for
the remainder Of the school yaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mills, OF Do
yer Foxcroft, are visiting in town for
a few days.
Miss Helen Cochran has returned
from visit with Miss Sara Bagley
at Woolwich Center.
" Al ". i SunbCh, VI DOSlOf, mas
been calling on Hallowell friends
this week.
Miss Isabel Emery has returned
from Belfast. where she has been
visiting for two weeks.
Elliott Hawkes.. of Manchester, was
among the out-of- town callers yes
terday.
George Morse, Of West Gardiner,
was in Hallowell on business yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Maxwell and
family were visitors at Pemaquid a
short time ago.
Miss Nancy Locke. of Augusta, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry r.
Lowell at their cottage. Ocean Point
Mrs. Lottie Hamilton is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Lewis, in Win
throp, Mass.
Donald Johnson is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson in PepperiH.
Mass.
Miss Gladys Flint. who has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Gray
has returned to her home in Waldo
boro.
Members of the Hallowell Epworth
League are planning a lawn social
Tor the evening of July Is, to be held
on the lawn at the parsonage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moves Wheeler. Mrs.
Norman Gray and son, Charles, have
neen passing few days at the
wheeler cottage, Fairs Cove, Man
chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robbins. Jr.,
and children, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Robbins in Pittston
over the Fourth Mr.. Robbins re-
turned Monday night.
Mary kelton. Drummer Chapter. D.
a. r., will hold the second of it's
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Contributed by the Ellsworth High
School Publicity Board.

The high school orchestra played
at a public meeting held in Hancock
hall last Friday, and was received
with much applause. Two new saxo-
phones have been added-Fred
Cushman and Albert Gaspar.
Several members Of the student
body attended the Colby-Maine foot
ball game at Orono Saturday
There was no school Thursday
and Friday, on account OF the state
teachers convention.
The subscription drive, which the
students are boosting with much en-
thusiasm, will close Wednesday.
The present standing is: Blue, or
Sea Dogs, II; Green, or Buccaneers
80. Red. or Pirates, 50. Total, 239.
The first issue of The Jester came
ont Monday. Those having the
highest number of lines are: Cor
don Emery, SO; Dorothy Squirting
70: Lloyd Jordan, IA; Karin
Eliason, At.
At Wednesday afternoon assem-,
blies, programs by the members VI
the four classes will be given Inc
members of the program committee
are: Lillian Thomas, senior; Eoy.he
Davis, junior; Ruth Austin, sopno-
more: Hazel Coffin, freshman. Inls
week, the program will be by
George Finn, violin, assisted by I'LL
liam Thomas and Karin El1ason.
An assembly was held Wednesday
in the eighth period. Mr.. stone
smoke for a minute, and then snort
"pep" meeting was held, at whlcn
Mers Smith, Cushman, Fletcher and
Jordan gave short speeches. Cheer-
Leader Bobby Royal led the school
in few cheers. It,.
The Seniors are planning Dig
time for Friday night, Nov. ., IN
the form of Variety fair. lhere
will be dancing in the auditorium
with music by the high school or
chestra. In the gym there will pc
a grab bag, apple bobbing, candy
booths, etc. A Japanese tea and caro-
party will occupy one OF the rooms.
A good time is guaranteed
The first typewriting tests OF the
wear were taken October 81. Char
iotte Remick, Lloyd Jordan and
Lillian Thomas were AWARDED pms,
Sylvia Cushman, John Drummey ana
Horace Kemp. certificates on the l..
C. Smith; Sylvia Cushman won a PIN
on the Underwood. Horace Kemp
won certificates on the Royal and
the Remington.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Excess of Gratitude
Not a Common Fault

Gratitude, in many people. Is only a
strong and secret desire for further
favors. I believe it was Goethe who
wrote: "He who is not grateful for a
favor may be likened to one who mud
dies the spring from which his thirst
was quenched."
When gratitude, heard another
say. has become matter Of reason
ing, there are many ways of escaping
its bonds. This is only another man
ner of saying that he who expects
gratitude is merchant, not bene
factor. Gratitude, which the ancients
always painted in the brightest colors
is ones duty but 1t is not an inalien-
able right one is at liberty to exact.
Honore de Balzac, in probably one OF
his hess lucid moments, wrote that
gratitude was foolish word; that
though appearing in the dictionary, IT
could never be found in the hearts
Frank Hanson, in Los Angeles Times
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
INSTRUCTION IN
RED CROSS FIRST
AID SAFETY FACTOR
Its Industrial and Educational
Service Spreads Throughout
the United States.

Signs that the United States Is
awake to the menace Of it's increasing
accident toll are apparent in the grow
ing interest in first aid instruction az
offered by experts Of the American
Red Cross.
Approximately 10000 juniors and
seniors completed the First Aid course
during tbs fiscal year, passed rigid
examinations and received Red Cross
First Aid certificates. This repre-
sents an increase of $500 over the
preceding year, and this gain Is at
tributed to the emphasis on health
education by various public bodies in
Guiding not alone the American Red
Cross and Government agencies, but
life and accident insurance companies,
and athletic and recreational groups.
In Dallas, Texas, playground super
visors are required to hold First Aid
certificates. In many high schools
the subject is included in the regular
curriculum. In order to assist In
training instructors for this phase OF
the work. special courses nave been
conducted in the summer schools Of
such leading Institutions as the Uni
versity of Maryland and the Univer-
sity of Virginia. Instruction was con-
tinued during the year at Loyola Uni
versity, New Orleans; Oniversfty Of
California, San Francisco; University
of Kentucky; Temple University,
Philadelphia; Peabody Teachers Col
lege and similar educational centers.
Work with the public utilities group
has shown an exceptional increase
during the year. Glasses conducted
by fourteen of the associated Bell
Telephone companies were continued
with increased interest and a number
Of the companies sponsored intensive
courses in First Aid for instructors.
The First Aid Instruction Car Of the
Red Cross was busy throughout the
year. In the 1875 cities visited by the
car 900 meetings were held with an
aggregate attendance OF $4,000 per-
sons.
Membership of the people in the
American Red Cross makes such
services possible, the annual opportu-
nifty OF pledging support through men,
bership being offered in the Roll Call
from November II to rs this year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Wanted Information

A lecture was being delivered In q
village hall. The folly of every form
Of gambling was to be exposed once
and forever!
The chief speaker. stamping up and
down the platform, specially erected
for the occasion, launched forth into
the very heights Of rhetoric.
Behold the serpent Of gambling u
he shouted. "See his hungry fangs,
ready to strike! But l will crush
him ~
Down came his heel upon the imag.
mary viper. There was rending OF
timbers and the speaker disappeared.
1t was select audience, however,
and not litter was heard as he scram'
bled into view. But the voice OF q
small boy broke the awful silence.
please, mister" he asked, meekly,
have you killed the serpent?"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Gay-Fedfhered Birds
Make Best Warriors

Gay birds are the hardy athletes
of the feathered world, according to
a theory advanced by c. H. Henshaw,
a London naturalist.
Male birds are forced to be dashing-
ly beautiful in oi'der to attract the
more sober-colored females, Mr.. Hen
shaw explains. But bird that wears
scarlet, blue or orange feathers, and
that sings loudly and otherwise makes
himself conspicuous, must be sturdy
and alert if he is to survive long
enough to establish home and raise
a family He is as much target for
his enemies as the warrior who used
to dash into battle wearing a red coat
and riding white horse.
How all this illustrates the old prin-
ciple of the survival of the fittest Is
shown by Mr.. Hensaaw, who says:
"The better mate an animal can get,
the more chance its descendants will
have of survival, and 1t is obvious
that a male that has to face more
danger and yet manages to survive
has in all probability a greater ca
pacity for keeping alive than one
which lives through less danger
Therefore the female that chooses a
mate with dangerous habit or struc-
ture chooses what is, aside from the
dangerous part, better and more fit
mate"
This tends to raise the vitality OF
the bird species, he says, because the
male birds vita'ty is inherited by
both sexes of lis family, although his
hazardous keauty is handed on only
to his male Observation-Disclosures
Service
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. knowlton
have gone to Melrose, Mass, Tor
the winter. They made the trip in
their car. ~
Miss Emily Sheppard, with two
guests, left Friday for Boston.
Rodney Durham has purchased a
radio.
Miss Elinor Hardy of Stonlngton
visited her grandparents, Mr.. ana
Mrs. Courtney Eaton, last week.
Several from here attended the
district Sunday school convention
Wednesday at Stonington. A
pageant by the young folks and a
lecture by Mr. French of Portland
were especially interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. James b. McNanley
of Springfield, Mass, motored mere
Thursday on their honeymoon trip,
which included the White Noun
tains and Bar Harbor. They re-
turned to Springfield Friday.
Mrs. Burton Brown is visiting her
son George, in Quincy, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Mcdonald are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter.
Nov. /. M.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Agreed With the Jury

A slightly deaf old man who had
been making whisky all his life was
finally picked up and arraigned I'M
der the drastic Colorado still posses
sion law. The jury, without leaving
the box, returned verdict of guilty
"Old man." said his lawyer, "the
jury says you are guilty"
"Hay?"
1.-The jury says you are guilty" he
repeated loudly in his ear.
"In what degree?"
There is no degree in still case"
Guilty all over, then?'
yes"
"Hay"
Eyes" shouted the lawyer.
"Well, that's what I told you in the
first place. but you said you could
clear me. Wish now I'd got that judge
to defend me. Get him next time. -
Everybody's Magazine
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
North BrOOklin.

Rev. Mr. Love of Naskeag deliv-
cred an interesting sermon here
Sunday afternoon, Oct. "a.
C. S. Hamilton has closed his
house and gone to Boston for the
winter.
John F. Allen and Byron Roberts
went to Boston Saturday, to join
steamships.
Capt John w. Allen and Engineer
Fred Tyler arrived home last week,
having hauled up their yacht, the
"Muskeeta," at Glen Cove, N. Y.
Edward Staples, former North
Brooklin boy, who now owns farm
near Taunton, Mass, after an alb
sence of over twenty-five years, was
visiting here last week. His old-time
friends and schoolmates were glad
to see him.
Announcements have been received
of the marriage of Miss Doris
Learned, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles A. Learned of Meriden,
Conn, to Frank Sidney Hamilton,
formerly of this place, on Wednes-
day, at Meriden. They will be at
home after November Is, at lis
St. Stephen street, Boston. Many
friends here send best wishes.
Nov. /. "Xenophon."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Rain and the Moon

Near the equator the position Of the
young moon never makes an angle Of
more than 30 degrees with the hori-
Zon. and it is generally in an even
more nearly horizontal position, so
that in part of the world notorious
for regions of heavy rainfall, the moon
is, according to the prOverb. always
a "dry" one. The final absurdity of
the idea that changes in the moon de-
note rain is the case of the crescent
moon as seen from the North and
South poles, where 1t is always what
the proverb describes as wet" for
at those places the line Joining the
tips Of the crescent always makes an
angle of less than 25 degrees to the
vertical; yet the polar regions are
characterized by so little precipitation
in the form of rain and snow that they
rank among the arid regions of the
globe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Buried Treasure

A grim statistician announces that
under the sod in the cemeteries OF
this country treasure estimated at
500, 600. 100000 has been buried since
the beginning of American history.
No one can dispute these figures. No
one will care to analyze them care
fully.
The ancient tombs Of Egypt have
given up treasure Of priceless value.
Excavations in buried cities have
shown that man has ever held to the
custom of burying Jewels and baubles
and valuable trinkets with the dead.
The sword and helmet of many Va
warrior have gone with him into his
dark and narrow bed.-Thrift Maya
zine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Surry

Mrs. Evelina Cousins went to
South Orrington Monday with her
son Raymond, for the winter.
Mrs. Daniel McKeown and two
sons left Saturday to join her hus-
band in Panama.
A. L. Shorey and wife, of Ash
land. spent a few days recently
with Otis Conary and wife.
Clifford Faulkingham, OF North
Arlington, Mass, visited Jerome
Floyd recently.
Charles Williams has gone 10
Chesuncook hunting. =.
A quiet wedding took place az
the Methodist parsonage IN 81.
Stenhen. N. B., Tuesday, Oct. ~,
when Jerome Floyd of Ellsworth ana
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Food Value of Sugar

1t has been shown by experiments
that, as a part Of a simple mixed diet,
five ounces of sugar day can be con-
sumed by a healthy adult and $50
per cent of its total energy becomes
available In the body. The main
function of the sugar Is to furnish
heat and energy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Heard Truth for Once

81 saw a mighty queer fight in town
this afternoon" related Farmer Fun
county seat "A fat young Teller and
a thin old one fit mighty near all
around the public square tumbling
down, rolling around getting up and
whacking away at each other some
more. and so on" Mercy sakes !"
calculated his wife, what was the
fight about?" THAT was the funny
part. Both said they weren't fighting
for the principle of the thing, but b'cuz
one had cheated the other out Of ST."
Kansas City Star.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03

Mrs. Carrie Anderson of Surry were
married, the double-ring service
being used. They were attended
by Miss Ruby Anderson, daughter
Of the bride, and Clifford Faulking-
ham of North Arlington, Mass,
nephew Of the groom. srAfter tour
ing parts of Canada and eastern
Maine, they returned to the home
Of the bride, where they will reside
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
We Need Abuse

The oratory and writing about the
smartness, patriotism and goodness Of
Americans and which all love so de-
votedly, is actually bad thing. We
need not compliments, but sound
abuse for bad habits.-E. w. Howe's
Monthly.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Cause and Effect

"Sedentary work." said the college
lecturer. "tends to lessen the endur-
ance."
I'm other words" butted in the
smart student, "the more one sits, the
less one can stand"
Exactly" retorted the lecturer !;
land II one lies a great deal, ones
standing IL lost eompletely."-The Out
)oek.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
Ellsworth Coal Co.
Ellsworth, Maine
Tel. sc for Your Winter Coal

for the present Their friends ex-
tend congratulations.
r.. Calvin Osgood of Watervdlle
is spending few days with his
mother.
Arbutus grange was we'll repre-
sented at Castine last Saturday.
lola Wise, Anne, Julia, Thomas
Treworgy spent the weekend at
home.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-11-03
CONCORD WOOL YARNS

BUY CONCORD WOOL WORSTED
yarns direct from manufacturer at q
big saving. Spun from long combed
wool. Many beautiful shades and
heather mixtures for hand knitting,
machine and rug yarns. soc per 1 OF.
skein. $500 per lb. Postage paid.
Write for free samples. Concord
Worsted Mills, Concord, N. H.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
Wembley Comedy

One of the hundred thousand things
TO see at Wembley is an exhibit rep
resenting a grocer's shop in which
cheese oatmeal, bread, sugar, and so
Of, Oh are lying about with no wrapping
Dummy rats, mice, and other small
beasties are shown eating up the
good things, and it is explained that
this proves how important it is that
food should be made up in properly
packed parcels before being exposed
for sale.
But there are real rats and mice at
Wembley, and one night they discov-
cred the unwrapped food and did
what the dummy rats were pretending
to do-ate 1t all up, so that in the
morning there was not scrap left.
They drove home the moral, all right,
but at rather too heavy cost for
repetition every day.-Family Herald.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
FIND REMAINS or
PETER THE HERMIT?
Skeleton in Tomb at Amiens
Be.;eued to Be His.

Renovation of part of the flooring
OF the cathedral of Amiens in the
north of France revealed an extensive
marble tomb, where skeleton re-
posed which is thought to be none
other than that of Peter the Hermit
or Pierre of Amiens, the monk who
went around in mantle of camel
hairs to preach the first Crusade,
Pierre Van Paassen reports in the At
tanta Constitution The venerable
Peters feet were still shod in a pair
of fine Arabian slippers. though his
lutely decayed. BY his side stood a
pair of solid gold vessels no doubt
part of the spoil that the Knights of
the Cross had brought away with
them from the Near East, like the
golden Damiates still hanging from
the ceiling of the great St. Bavon
cathedral in Haarlem, Holland.
For every nation did its share to
rob the unbelieving Turks and Sara
Gems in those stirring days. The fig
ure of Peter the Hermit has always
been a romantic and adventurous one
to this writer. Together with the rec
tor of Amiens cathedral he once de-
voted long period to research and
examination of manuscripts in bad
Latin which had bearing on the tenn
pestuous, career of the hermit Stand
ing in what is now the quiet little
town of Amiens, one can picture the
electric enthusiasm that must have
reigned here more than thousand
years ago when man dressed like
John the Baptist went through the
streets at the head Of his medieval
mixture of French and Latin: "Deus
lie Veult" (God wills it). Peter went
TO Rome and obtained from the pope
the remarkable concession that every
serf who would join Crusade would
be freeman upon return. one of the
greatest revolutionary acts of the Dark
ages
His preaching, that sometimes "bOr-
dered on hysterical screeching," ac-
cording to a contemporary scrivener,
still was so powerful stimulant of
the emotions that noblemen upon
hearing him tore their cloaks in strips
and fastened them in the form of
cross on their breasts. The Holy land
was to be. reconquered The Turk,
against whose depredations in Chris,
tendon provision was made In the
titany of the Latin church, was to be
exterminated and the holy places were
to be wrested from the hands Of the
unspeakable Moslem. 1t was simple
monk who started this movement
which sent tens Of thousands Of their
death during the two following cen
turtles and which at one time emptied
the thrones of Europe, even as 1t was
a simple monk who was the origina-
tor of another great revolution in Eu-
ropean life in the Sixteenth century.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
Women's Rights in Siberia

After 18 years Of obedient married
life with a well-to-do peasant of Cher
nokorov Nikovo, Mrs. Doria Kuboreva,
absorbed the Soviet doctrine of wom-
ans rights and began taking part in
village politics. Her husbands beat
tngs failed to discourage her and she
was elected a member Of the village
Soviet. When she warned her hus-
band that he must pay his taxes, he
stabbed her with a knife. "The pro-
letariat court will punish with great
severity" adds the Siberian. cor
respondent, who reported the incident.
Kuboreva cannot be given more than
ten years Imprisonment, as single
murder without robbery is not capital
crime in Russia.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
AirTransport

More than 2S,O00.000 miles have beer
flown in Europe and the United States
to January l, 1925, in regular sched
uled air service, and in six years more
than 51.000000 pounds have been car
ried by aircraft over established
routes. writes J Parker Van Zandt OF
the Department of Commerce in the
Journal Of the Society of Automotive
Engineers. A careful analysis Of this
experience will give us the facts tina,
we so much need regarding the air
traffic program, continues Mr.. Van
Zandt. who made special trip to
Europe during the summer of 1924 to
investigate the commercial air serv.
ices there.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
FeW Women in Poorhouses

There are more men In poOrhouseS
than women, about two to one. but
the women are harder to handle than
the men, says the superintendent of
one. Give a man stick to whittle
and seat in the sun and he'll be sat
isfied. but woman never gets fully
.reconciled to charity. Our most trou-
blesome inmates are the old bachelors
and the most difficult to manage.
They mean well, some of them are
fine old fellows, but they have differ
ent view of life than man who has
had wife and children. They Just
simply haven't got the idea of team
work" Correct. 1t takes teamwork
to make a home.-Capper's Weekly.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
Mon-Made Hurricane

To drive out the poisonous carbon
monoxide produced by $4,000 autos
that will pass daily through the new
vehicular tunnel nearing completion
beneath the Hudson river, tearing
hurricane will whirl constantly
through the tube, says Popular Science
Monthly. A unique system of ventila-
tion approved recently solves the last
important engineering problem of the
great tunnel. Immense electric fans
will drive 75-mile gale through q
seven-foot airway under the traffic
road.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
Vast Supply of Potash

A thousand years supply of potash
for the American farmer, making us
Independent of supplies from Chile and
other foreign countries, is possible as
result of discovery of a new
process for making potassium sulphate
from greensand. Large quantities OF
this peculiar type of sandstone are
found in Delaware. New Jersey, and
Maryland near the surface so that it
can be worked with steam shovels.-
Popular Science Monthly.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-05-14
Aristocratic Ranchers

The life of Canadian farmer makes
appeal to Lord Edward Montague
-year-old son Of the duke Of
Manchester. and he has gone to Lord
Rodney's ranch in Saskatchewan. He
found there the Due de Namours
nephew Of the king Of the Belgians.
who went out some time ago as a pu-
phi, accompanied by a nephew Of the
earl Of Derby.