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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Jews returned to Germany. In "a
country the Jews absorbed Mari
the local language which was mi
Sled freely with the original n
brew. Yiddish has an extens,
Observation-Disclosures Magazine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
KENNEREC COUNTY

Aug. 4-21-Maine State Council of Re-
ligious Education, Y" Camp, Lake
CobbosSeecontee
Aug. 7-2l-Annual encampment of
1921 Regiment, Field Artillery at
Camp Keyes. Augusta.
Aug. S-14-Old Home week at Win
throp.
Aug .21-2S-Second Annual Cong'l
Young Peoples Conference and
School of Methods, Lake Cobbossee-
contee.
Aug. 30-Annual meeting of Maine
Three-Quarter Century Club at Au-
gusta
Sept 25-Episcopal Young Peoples
Conference. Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

spoke and wrote German with IA
cility. But in the Slavic country
they were compelled to learn a new
language. Several centuries later
the descendants of many of these
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
NOTICE

To John Calnan:
You are hereby notified that hearing
will be had at the Municipal court
room at 10 a. NJ. July %, 1925, to
make provision for the care. custody
and educa ton of Evelyn Calnan.
ROBERT A. CONY, Judge
July rs. 1926 jly2sd1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

A group of 10 members of the
Young Mothers Club of this city
went to the Golden Orange Tea
Room on the Manchester Rea dfleld
highway. Wednesday evening, where
they enjoyed a splendid dinner and
social evening
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
AT STATE HOUSE

to open bids for construction of
seven bridge structures, II A NJ.
Aug. 9-Meeting of Governor and
Council for hearing of pardon petit
tions.
Oct. 2S-29-Maine Social Welfare
Workers conference.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
TENNIS AND COLE MATCHES

Aug. 2-Maritime Tennis Champion
ship tourney. Swimming CLUB. Bar
Harbor.
Aug. 9-Open Tennis tournament men
and women, Portland Country Club.
Aug. 16-21-State tennis tournament
a Squirrel Island.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
Funeral of Mrs. Louise Aubin

The funeral services of the late
Mrs. Louise Aubin were conducted
from St. Augustine church at s
O'Clock Monday morning with the
Rev. Armand Chabot officiating.
There was a large attendance of rel
atives and friends, including many
from out of the city. The floral tri-
bu1es were numerous and beautiful.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

CENTER-Mrs. Laura Barr is Wis
iting Mrs. Lillian Philbrick for a few
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bailey are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James Abbott.
Mrs. James Abbott has just re-
turned from Augusta Hospital. Her
daughter, Mrs. Tracy. has been caring
for her since her return.
Charles Taylor passed the week.
end with his brother at Farmingdale.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. c. Hobart of Farm
ington were callers at Vera Hough-
toms Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
I A T 7 E n tt O N
: Falling Arches

For aching Limbs, weak or dat Feet,
wear Flexible Tsatherweaght Arch
Supports, which we mako to order
Snly, from O cast of the foot In coz
tected position. Worn In any shoe.
Positive comfort at once. Many con-
Nuue to suffer from foot troubles
through trying such makeshifts as
esady.made arch supports or so-calied
corrective shoes which cannot At prop
exly the vastly different shapes OF
eyeglasses or false teeth. Call at
Room 10, new Purinton Block, OPP.
DEPOT, Augusta; hours 9 TO IL ana 2
50 S; open Tues, Thurs. and Satur.
day evenings TO 9, and consult With
MS. A. J. Theyyien. Foot expert.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
YACHT CLUB REGATTAs

Aug. 20-Motor boat regatta at Booth
bay Harbor.
Aug. 2l-Portland Yacht Club regatta
with ocean race of yachts going out
of Portland Harbor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Arthur Allen. Optometrist. is now
located in Bath and viii be pleased
to have his former Winthrop patrons
call at his new Office Is Center St.
Bath; Bath Trust Co. Bldg. All re-
pair work to be sent here as this is
his main Office. iIv28-29
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Earle Church, of this city. will
leave the latter part Of this week for
Lake Moxie, where he plans to enjoy
the fly-fishing which Is reported as
being excellent at present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
AUGUSTA LOCALS
Telephone Your Locals to 1877
THEATER ATTRACTIONS

Opera House today: First National
Special, 1.-The Savage" featuring
Ben Lyons; Evelyn Brent in "The
Jade Cup; Comedy; Sportiignt;
Continuous two until ten.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Miss Thelna Regina Cameron,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Y. Z. Cam
eron. of Case street, is passing a two
weeks vacation with her aunt, Mrs.
A. NJ. Cameron, in South Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Miss Jeanne Marier, Of Cambridge,
Mass, arrived in the city Monday and
will be the guest of Miss Helen Fish
er at Hammonds Grove.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mrs. David Stewart, of Burleigh
street, Waterville, was a business
visitor in the city Wednesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mrs. Henry A. Cassidy has re-
turned from Old Orchard where she
passed a week with Mrs. Elizabeth
NJ. Dussault of Providence, r. l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Attorney Frank E. Soutnard of Nc
Lean, Fogg & Southland, will go to
Portland today, where he will appear
in cases before the federal court.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Daughter. does your mother know
you're dressed in that scanty bathing
suito"
mo, and for heavens sake don't
tell her. dad: 1t belongs to her."-De-
troit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
Daniel DUMMY

Daniel Quimby, who has been at his
old home the most of the summer died
Friday night at the Oakland town
farm. after a brief illness at the age
of So years. He was brought to this
place and the funeral was held at the
Advent chapel Sunday at $50. Rev.
John Rix officiating. The bearers
were Mr.. Morrow of Oakland, Percy
French, Frank Taylor and Andrew
Keene. Neighbors and friends brought
flowers and the interment was in the
family lot, Cottle cemetery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Miss Annie Field and sister, Mrs
John Duncan, of Belfast, were call
ing on friends In the city Wednes-
daV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

DR.. Augustus o. Thomas State
Superintendent of Schools, left on
Wednesday for a short speaking tour
outside of Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
LOCAL NOTICE

Motion pictures at Marauaeook Pa
vilion tonight. Richard Dix in TOO
Many Kisses "A Paramount picture.
Comfortable seats. Admission % Gets
julya9d1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Catherine R. Kinball Of Gorham,
was a visitor in town over Wednes-
day
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Among the business callers in this
city on Wednesday was a. j. Ander-
son. of Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Romeo Roy left Wednesday morn
ing for Boston on an important busi-
ness trip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

"why do you object to children
in the houses which you have to let?'
LAS a matter of llininess. People
who are raising families can't be ex-
pected to pay the rent I require"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

The Rev. and Mrs. Leroy Munyon.
of Iowa City. Iowa, arrived in this
city the middle OF this week and
called on local friends briefly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Dunbar. of
Springfield, Mass. called on friends
in this city on Wednesday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Miss Joyce H. Sherwood, Of Hamp-
ton. \. B., is passing a two weeks
vacation with her sister, Mrs. j. H.
Bushey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29
They Fit Like
a Well Tailored Suit

The Cantilever Shoe will give
you the comfort that comes
from foot freedom and All easy,
natural fit. 1t is really flexible,
not only in the sole, but in the
arch, where flexibility is also
needed. @R
Heels fit closely, toes are
rounded modishly to give you
room, and the snug arches
swathe and support the arches
of your feet. And your foot
muscles can exercise with
every step. Isn't it worth
while to wear shoes like these
when they are also attractive
to the eye? These three-straps
are a good example.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mrs. Arthur J. Mullin, of Portland,
was in town for a short time on
Wednesday, visiting friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Yiddish has its origin in ths
migration of Jews from cerranv
into Russia and Poland during tha
Fifteenth century. These Jews
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mrs. 2. l.. Weeks and Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Ruggles of Randolph WERE
callers Wednesday in Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Warren Murray of Pemaquid Point
was a caller in the city Wednesday on
his return from visit in Newport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-29

Mrs. Matthew Nicolson left Tues
day with friends for an automobile
tour of a week into Canada.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

4 CCCRDTNG to the research de-
partment of the Washington
Post Office, the conquerineI of the
West had advanced only as far as
The Missouri River. in the central sec
tion of the country, in 1860. Beyond"
st states, 'lay trackless prairies, rug
Red foothills, barrier mountains and
Indians. Further on, beyond the
Rockies, along the Pacific Coast and
!n the Great Basin region, were half
q million Americans, building another
section of the United States far re.
moved from its parent block. Rail-
cOads already connected the East
with ST. Louis and st. Joseph, Mo.
The latter city was then the railhead
of the Nation and the Western outpost
of ordered civilization of the United
States.
Beyond it few military posts
and some scattered frontiersmen eX-
listed precariously among hostile In
dams. The problem was to tie this
gap together and bring the two
United States into one common en-
tity with the powerful thongs Of
news
Evening star., 1926-05-23
StAue Coach Mail De11veruI,

the World War, was absorbed into the
American Railway Express. The trail
Of the pony express is almost exactly
that of the steel railway route of to-
day, and was known officially as ."The
Central Overland California and Pixies
Peak Express Co" When the famous
silver spike was driven on October "a,
1861, at Promontory, Utah, the need
for the courier service was over, but
its memory is part of the trail over
which the fast mail planes sweep by
day and by night.
Mrs. William Boyer of Wilmington,
Del, recently sent a letter by mail
service over the identical route ira
versed by her grandfather, William
Russell, who was the first man to
carry mail across the continent from
New York to st. Joseph, trip of
IA days, according to a newspaper
account.
At present. 81 hours from the Allan
tic to the Pacific Coast is considered
the last word, with the aid of the
transcontinental day and night air.
plane mail a far cry from the
good old era when it took a month
But. though the stealthy Indian is
no longer danger, and there are
fewer keen-eyed trappers or scouts
along the trail than of yore, the
postal service still has its hazards,
which are by no means confined to
the treacheries of the fog and snow
for the air pilot.
The carrier on the star route in
Oregon between Newport and Otter
Rock, on the Pacific Coast itself, is
compelled to travel down the beach
| at low tide, but If the waves are
high he must either abandon his
team and the mails and climb the
Evening star., 1926-05-23
O1d-t1Me Announcement Of
New Stage Live S.

GUS routes in the Federal service lies
between Ellison Bay and Detroit Har-
bor. Wis. and Sandusky, Ohio. to the
neighboring islands, when mail must
be carried over the ice in the Winter
and Fall months.
The Hitchcock brothers had one Of
the most hazardous experiences in
the records of the Post Office De-
partment few years ago when they
were caught in a storm on Lake Erie
and carried down the lake by the
force of the ice drift In which their
boat was lodged. The excited island
ers finally rescued the two mer after
repeated efforts and found them half
frozen in their ice.covered garments.
The star route from Ellison Bay,
the most northern post office in the
Door country peninsula, to Detroit
Harbor. Wis, is one covered entirely by
water by the carrier. who thus crosses
the famous Deaths Door Passage" !"
Drifting ice fields are shifted by the
gales and currents during the Winter
1months. and occasionally the helQ|ess
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Jofvw aMd MayY, ,who deliver Mali all

News OF that day was wired from
Washington or New York to st.
Joseph. transported thence by pony
express to Placerville and wired from
there to the coast. Thus kilograms
were two days shorter in time than
letter mail.
Bills introduced into Congress at
that time were killed in spite oF the
realization of the necessity for fast
mail service and for the urgent need
for Federal management. and chief
among these attempts to introduce
postal speed was the bill offered by
Senator William Gwin of California
in 1855 for an overland mail.
Three years later the Butterfield
route was established, and in March.
1860. the New York Herald and the
st. Louis Republican announced that
II private firm. Russell, Maj jor & Wad-
dell. was about to open a service to
the coast. The news OF Today letters
electrified the Nation, and his first
riders to gallon West from St Joseph
and East from the coast caused a
great furore. The cities suspended
all business when the relay riders
came in on schedule time.
The famous buffalo Bill Cody. who
is said to have heen only Is at the
start of his service. once did 322 miles
without rest. on his trip as pony
express rider. This line stretched
from frontier to coast. and neither
danger from Indians or desperadoes
nor weather was permitted to delay
the service.
1.-THE mail. The mail"' was a cry
that echoed across the continent. and
though the pony express service is
said to have lost $500, 900 to it's own
ers in spite of the cost of S. per
letter, in the IS months of it's exist
ence. the unquenchable spirit of its
brave couriers will never fade.
Riders were wounded on their
routes, but carried on to the relay
station. where horses and men were
changed. Each run averaged about
IS miles, and ponies were relieved
every 10 or IL miles at service stas
tions along the trail.
Jack Keetley is said to have rid
den at one time a distance of $40
! miles in 81 hours without rest, and
5 miles from town fell sound asleep
. in the sadie. but rode in safely to
| the station, still slumbering from utter
| exhaustion.
All such rides were due to neces-
| sty, through illness or the death of
| the relief courier, though, on one oc-
casion "Ras" Egan did a turn Of $50
miles over a double route SO that his
successor might stop off at Salt Lake
| City to see his sweetheart. accord
ing to the archives of the Union Pa
cific Railroad.
X X X X
THUS the pony express left behind
it trail of unsurpassed ad-
venture, and it seems strange that not
| one cent was advanced for it's develop
ment by the Government, though mil
lions were said to have been expended
| in featuring less successful routes.
! The only time the Government entered
| the transaction seems to have been
when it reduced the cost of letters on
such trips from s5 to 81, and in 1861
F.! the service was sold to Ben Holladay,
who made a marked success of the
venture.
! This service later grew into the
Wells Fargo. and still laters during
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Uncoverine t he Sphinx.

THE feet of the Sphinx are now on
exhibition for the first time in 40
years. The Egyptian government has
undertaken the herCuiean task Of
clearing away some of the mountain
of sand that has drifted around the
famous mystery of the Nile. and is
filling in some rather alarming cracks
with specially prepared cement.
Clearing away the sand around the
Sphinx takes such an immense
amount of labor that it was done only
three times in the nineteenth century,
the last time being in 1856 A regular
army of natives is needed to remove
sand by the basketful to a place far
enough away so that it will not at
once blow back and make their work
useless, 1t is recorded by medieval
travellers of long ago that sometimes
only the head of :&e Sphinx has been
visible over the shifting desert s.i.ds.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

carrier is caught with his horse.
sleigh and mail far out on the ice
when the breakup occurs.
The proximity of the United States
Coast Guard at Plum Island is n god.
send to many a carrier who has been
thus threatened by disaster, rs was
the case not long ago when one post
man found himself isolated on a cake
of ice hardly large enough to hold
up the horse and sleigh.
Fortunately, the Coast Guard had
seen his danger. and finally succeeded
in getting out a line to the unfortu-
nate man, who was able to tie 1t to
the ice foe and was later able to
walk out on the solid portion to the
mainland.
The Nenana- -Iditarod route is one
of the most picturesque and danger
Gus in the service and has for years
been covered by Il dog team each
week. The pay is over II thousand
dollars. and 500 pounds of mail, IN
addition to the 100 pounds of food
and equipment. are carried by the
Evening star., 1926-05-23
Queer Operation.

A PATIENT at a Leipzig hospital
recently swallowed an open safety
pin, which lodged in the esophaGus on
a level with the first rib, the point of
the pin upward. The pin was eX-
tracted easily by way of the stomach
after an operation under guidance Of
RoaokGaR rRNA
Evening star., 1926-05-23

high cliffs, or else be dashed to
pieces by the fury of the tide.
On the Rocky Bar-Atlanta, Idaho
route the carriers travel in the VIII
ter ON snowshoes, packing so pound
OF mail. and not lnfrsQusntlX ar>
Evening star., 1926-05-23

swept away by snowslides, as was
the case a year ago in January. when
carrier lost his life and his body
ras not found until some six months
tier.
One OF the most noted and danger.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

o. Sk AdnturU Dangerous
hosF1 the Pony Former dG in S Tim h Peyle Ctr Always
Way eFaO@R
Cnnn
Evening star., 1926-05-23

huskies. A mail plane now travels
tho distance of $50 miles from Fair
banks to McGrath in three hours, as
it flies In a straight line, and the
huskies then continue the trip 10
IditarOd.
Both methods of transportation will
probably be used to carry the mails
in Alaska for some time to come.
though the future may see the SUE
cess of the present experiment ana
planes be used exclusively.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

. HE romance of the mails of the
United States is an imperish-
able memory of high adven-
Z ture across the pages of the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-05
Farm Electrical SurveH\
Undertaken by w. SAG

An extensive and detailed survey of
how farmers are now using and may
use electricity in their homes and
work is being undertaken this year
by the Washington Committee on the
Relation Of Electricity to Agriculture.
Prof l.. ]. Smith of the State College,
secretary of the committee, did field
work along this line during the sum-
mer months.
This investigation Is part OF a five
year program outlined by the COM
mittee, and Harry l.. Carver, field In
vestigator, will work this year on six
particular subjects on rural electrifi-
cation to be studied from statewide
standpoint, and on number of
regional subjects to be covered in
the eastern, central and western por-
lions of the state. He will report to
the committee extensive data, costs
and observations. His work is done
under the direction OF the agricul-
tural and engineering faculty OF the
State College.
Through this survey 1t Is hoped to
develop the most practical and eco
nomical methods of making cleo
tricity pay for itself and the neces-
sary extension of lines to rural homes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-05
New $l5O,OOO Women's
DOrmitOry at w. S. c.

A new $15O,OOO women's dormitory
for the Washington State College
campus is to be constructed this
spring under the amortization plan,
according to an announcement just
made by President e. o. Holland.
The plan provides that buildings
may be built and rented to the col
lege to pay for themselves within a
period Of years with no special appro-
priation from the state. Community
hall, women's dormitory, Stimson
hall, new dormitory for men, and the
Commons building, large campus din
ing hall, were all built under this
plan. Community hall, built 8 years
ago, will have paid for itself in an
other years.
From 100 to 100 girls will be able
to move into the new building next
September when the fall semester
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-05
CULTURE Distribution "
. Widespread in Stat&

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman.-In cooperation with the
department of farm crops at the State
College of Washington pure cultures
for seed incubation for 13,037 acres
were distributed throughout the state
to 2,087 farmers from July l, 1924 to
June 30, 1926 according to s. @.
Vandecaveye, experiment station bac-
teriologist, who supervised the work.
An increased demand for vinegar
cultures from people not only in the
state but in the surrounding states,
has taken place, according to Vande-
caveye. These increases he says are
naturally followed by a correspon-
dence relative to information on seed
incubation and vinegar making.
Because of the fact that soil nitri-
flcation Is of such great value in
Washington wheat land that 1t may
be limiting factor In crop yields, 1t
Is important that more research is
carried on to discover the possibili-
ties and limitation of the nitrifying
group OF bacteria.
With the completion Of the new
dairy manufactures building, Troy
Hall, investigational work will be
carried on concerning the methods Of
grading market milk.