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Library of Congress1926

Image 5 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), November 5, 1926

ICONSIIPAIMN tronMo depresston of irfitbity nervousuess vision toss of memory ip of sppottt ttcstop course of SCHEMCKS MANDRAKE PLLS promptly and frccty but thorougity eieanstntc the sPCio fo tndtKes hadaehc biiiousness heart Phitt or Sutr Cosrrd rTra7YlfSSE J H schtnck Son PiniadeipMa MMIMEU ihn GMnt bas resumed his Jtin ns mad carrier after his an day vnoatton _ Dief rth has returned home ra weekr business visit in Kew prit __ Th rosmiar meeting of Maine X i K T vviii be s at Misoaic hati thts evening Mis Edna Brooks of Hailowel is cvnt from her duties at thaD W jynsC store on account of lii Gforgeii Barron of the Barron prs Construction Co of Lewis m in town Thursday inspecting a work done on lower Water street Womens 4bucke overshoes spe riaiatHto Xowistiutimetoget v for stormy wother and the WMe mt Shoe store ts prepared to serve youAdv At the Farmingtiaie Town Hail to AMccwitiilca reguiar orchestra tttrnishtnpr thmttsic The crowd wii be there tacighYdv Yuba IfacPhee Sr who has been rasinga few days with his family at Sottth Gardiner returned to Banr aoriast night where he wiil join hih ship The pumper was calicd out fora ehitnuev

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Library of Congress1925

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 7, 1925

Look Into the Home to Determine Adequate Advertising A DEQUATE advertising in any medium is determined by certain basic facts which are found in the home No advertiser can arbitrarily decide how much advertising effort is sufficient to influence the readers of any newspaper to the fullest degree The answer is found among the readerfamilies Minimum advertising is determined by the minimum purchases of the readergroup The only other controlling factors are the merit and available supply of the merchandise for saleand the spread between cost and selling prices Let us examine a thousand average homes to learn the minimum expendi ture for clothing advertising which can be called adequate The average U S family spends 23535 per year for clothing A thousand families purchase 23535000 worth of clothing annually It is the universal practice of clothing retailers to invest at least 3 for advertising Therefore the purchases of every thousand families who sub scribe to this newspaper justify an investment of more than 7000 in clothing advertising in this medium every year Ten clothing merchants would each be justified in spending 700 per thousand circulation per year Are you positive that your advertising effort is adequate in this newspaper

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Library of Congress1925

Image 8 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), June 16, 1925

W01V M resent the thought that they are concerned chiefly with the Womans Page of a newspaper The interest of a woman of today is certainly not limited to the gossip of fash ions and flippancies A nation and world interest is hers The ENTIRE morning newspaper is a womans newspaper Extract from nationwide interviews with women regarding newspaper influence Daily Kennebec Journal Copyright 1925 EMERSON B KNIGHT lac INDIAN APOUS

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Library of Congress1925

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 25, 1925

Today the effect of your morning news paper advertisement is evident in sales made to residents of this dty You cover a vast multi tude of buying families within the city limits But you reach also another abletobuy field outside of the city limits TrDayWl tuyingToutr JJORNING newspaper advertising lives two days This fact has dis tinct bearing upon the manner in which you use morning newspaper space if you wish to obtain maximum returns from your advertising investment Ad vertising messages in this morning newspaper that are planned to inter est and inspire returns from two sep arate and distinct classes of readers on two different days will bring two days of active selling to you Newspaper space is like a field of fertile ground The better the plant ing and cultivation the betterthe crop Discuss this vital pointwith your advertising department or agen cy Plan your messages in morn ing newspapers for a 2day pull Dailx Kennebec Journal Copyriilit TO5 EMERSON B KNIGHT In INDIANAPOLIS Tomorrow the effect of todaya delivered and read today advertise ment is shown in sales made to suburban and rural families Throughout die entire trading zone this newspaper is the strong est link

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Library of Congress1925

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 11, 1925

eer wowjyw Umiv iaJLfci 1Day 1tU apml g m jtmmmm i MARK the development of women as economic factors through the centuries From the pale presence of medi eval days ineffectual rare of speech a mere shadow in cloistered recesses to the modern robust participant in world affairs the progress of woman has paralleled the growth of printed knowledge In the 17th Century womans thoughts had little to do with writingsthe Braillelike achievements of the monks She lived as the lily to mind her nunlike face In Revolutionary times the Diary of Samuel Pepys or the plays of Wm Shakespeare were main constituents in womens men tal pabulum In hoopskirt daysGodey s Lady Book and the heartfluttering works of Ouida What of the Women of Today What or the women or today Ur 1 Zella Ford Warner Portland Oregon says Women direct family buying They have improved themselves as homemakers and citizens through newspapers Personally I prefer the morning newspaper Judge Virginia Henry Mayfield of the Domestic Relations Court of Birm ingham Ala says Morning news paper advertising plays an important part in the economics of the home 1 he housewife owes it to her family to pay thorough attention

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Library of Congress1925

Image 12 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), April 27, 1925

STATE HOUSE Governor and Council Will Meet t 10 A M Thursday Mey 7 Comr Thomas Calls Attention To Principals Meet While this annual conference Is really for principals of schools we are pleased to Include an Invitation to superintendents and school com mitteemen says Dr A O Thomas State commissioner of education in a letter being sent out to principals of high schools and academies in re regard to the annual conference of principals of secondary schools which will be held at the State House on Friday and Saturday May o and 9 The program for this conference was recently published in the Ken nebec Journal It Is also hoped that we have a good representation of academy peo ple present as some questions will be up for discussion in which they are vitally interested continues Dr Thomas Our program includes an address bv Governor Ralph O Brewster also by Trof John M Brewer director of the Bureau of Vocational Guid ance Harvard University and Dr Emery N Ferriss Professor of Ru ral Secondary Education Cornell Vnlversitq Each of these out of state speakers will give two ad dresses and will be helpful other wise in the various discussions

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Library of Congress1925

Image 2 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), April 21, 1925

Open Vour Stow Doors at HieirBMafast liable mm Tfutj W IS oCUBgianC A iHjPMPjfagfe teMrathM M of tta Amricm mnUof mam sjtisrayes asLasrsr 1DapTuU i BuymgPwcr V aisyiir Daytime is Selling Time The calendar isnt wrong Each day ends at midnight not at noon The morning newspaper is better fit ted naturally for an adequate and balanced presentation of the news The same factors that make the morn ing newspaper supreme as a purveyor of news also give it superiority as an advertising medium The morning advertiser appeals to the woman in the home at the very hour when she is planning her days pur chases There is no timegap between reading and buying He opens his store doors at the breakfast table The SecondDay Response Your store receipts come from two classes of buyerscity and suburb an Plan your store messages in morning newspaoers to reach also the multitudes who live in the towns surrounding the city Meet your pros pects through morning newspapers out where the sun comes up behmd the silo In the 377 morning newspaper markets of this country there are MORE homes in suburban zones than in the keycities These logically are morning newspaper homes

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Library of Congress1925

Image 14 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), January 8, 1925, (Centennial Edition, Main News Section)

More Kind Words From Friends on Occasion of Centennial The following Congratulatory Letters in Connection with the Centennial of the Kenn ebec Journal have been received in addition to those received earlier and placed in section B of the Centennial Edition SoninLaw Of James G Blaine New York N Y Jan 7 1025 Charles Flynt Kennebec Journal Augusta Maine Congratulations on anniversary of splendid paper WALTER DAMROSCH I CONGRESSMAN FOR THIRD DISTRICT Washington D C January 5 1925 Honorable Charles F Flynt President and General Manager The Kennebec Journal Augusta Maine My dear Mr Flynt Since boyhood the Kennebec Journal has been a household Institu tion in my family I have seen it through the years faithfully recording the events of my school and college days my early manhood the birth of my children the passing of relatives and friends and the thousand and one happenings large and small Joyous and sad that go into the making up of a full life In later years here in Augusta my boys have all acted as carriers of your paper and every morning in my home young and old read your columns with Interest and with profit Always the paper has been

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Library of Congress1922

Image 2 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), October 6, 1922

Interesting Papers Read at the Opening Sessions of the Maine Press Association Continued from Page One feystcm Mr Burleigh spoke at the afternoon session and what hfe had to nav was of high value to hi s aud ience Nichols Chosen President Frank B Nichols of The Bath Times was elected President of the Maine Press Association at the morning session Thursday at the Au gusta House He succeeds Charles H Fogg of Houlton whose term ex pires at this meeting R T ratten of Bkowhegan was reelected secre tarytreasurer in spite of his modest ly expressed belief that SUowhegan had hadthe honor long enough and that It would be for the benefit of the association toelect someone else The first session of tho meeting was called to order shortly after 10 oclock by President Charles H Fogg who Immediately introduced Mayor Hanford L Fogg of Augusta Mayor Fogg said that It was an honor to gfeet such a gathering of represen tatives of the press and as great a pleasure to welcome them upon be half of the citizens of Augusta to the capltol city because when newspaper men gather there Is a spirit of good fellowship and also

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Library of Congress1917

Image 4 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 18, 1917

Press Comments Favor Premiers Speech Berlin Papers Underscore the Reference to Rus sia as Outstanding Feature Editorials Say Von BethmannHollweg Has Won Adherents by His Stand Ielrn 11a 1G via London May 17 Press comment today on the chan cellors speech aimoct unanimously underscores the reference to Russia a th significantly outstanding fea ture of the Premiers utterance The speech as a whole is generally com merdtd as one of the boldest and best that von BethamnnHollweg has yet made in parliament and personal criti cism of the chancellor is conspicuous ly absent The editorial discussion dilating upon all angles of var aims and peace terms emphasizes the widely divergent views entertained on all sides In many quarters the speech has had a pronounced conciliatory effect and is interpreted as pointing the way to a common meeting ground The impres sion prevails that the Conservatives came out of the fray bally battered although the chancellor was equally emphatic In disowning any predilection for the Socialist Democratic program of territorial and indemnity renuncia tion Standing guard between these two millstones the bloc of the Middle parties helped the chancellor to carry the day The chancellor has won adherents and camp followers

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Library of Congress1916

Image 11 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), October 7, 1916

Since 1854Quaker Ranges have been rightly termed The Housewifes Friendthere must have been merit as the basis for such success ful range building as The Quaker Sales show ing has been one of gains year after year It is not to be expected that you buy a new range very often but it is absolutely certain that you owe it to yourself and the content ment of mind to enjoy the best baking facili ties that can be furnished Thats where the Quaker Range stands supreme re liable serviceable and eco nomical really you cant afford to risk the choice of a different range Everything that helps Nothing that can hinder Buy Your Quaker Range Today R W SOULE Emporium AUGUSTA a Big Producing Mine Fully finrncrd Ably managed 1 about to enter tho Dividend Paying Class Have been in dote touch with this property nd its development for the last eighteen months and have inves tigated it thoroughly through MY OWN ENGINEERS AND ATTOR NEYS Now selling at 106 to 118 I believe this The Best Buy on whole market both for assured LARGE DIVIDENDS and Speculative PROFITS Get inquiries and orders in early as market is due for

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Library of Congress1916

Image 7 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), September 18, 1916

See Todays Industrial and Mining Age FOR Buying Advice on Emma Copper United Verde Ext Inspiration Needles ArL Copperfield These are Arizona copper and Utah leadsilver issues which have been making won derworking gains in price on the New York Curb and appear clearly headed for very much higher levels The Industrial and Mining Age tells the whole story THE Industrial and Mining Age Has Urged the Purchase of MERCANTILE MARINE pref From 30 up to present quo tations of around 123 MERCANTILE MARINE com From 32c up to present quota tions of around 49 UNITED VERDE EXTENSION From 4 up to present quo tations of around 39 ARIZONA COPPERFIELDS From 25c up to present quota tions of around 3 INSPIRATION NEEDLES From 69c up to present quo tations of around 1372 EMMA COPPER From 18c up to present quota tions of around 63c Etc Etc Etc Advised AGAINST Buying TENNESSEE COPPER From 60 down to present quotations of around 25 Yz MAXIM MUNITIONS From 14 down to present quotations of around 5 TRIANGLE FILM From 7 down to present quo tations of around 2 JUMBO EXTENSION From 4 down to present quo tations of around 35c STEWART MINING From

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 10, 1916

daily KENNEBEC JOURNAL Entered at the Augusta Post Office a iSecond class mall matter ESTABLISHED 1825 Kaaotlee whatever will be taken of unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return of rejected communications Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to Kennebec Journal Company Publishers Augusta Maine Monday July 10 1916 Republican Nominations FOR PRESIDENT CHARLES EVANS HUGHES VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES W FAIRBANKS GOVERNOR CARL E MILLIKEN U S SENATOR Frederick Hale REPRESENTATIVES TO CON GRESS 1st DistLouis B Goodall 2nd DistWallace H White Jr 3rd DistJohn A Peters 4th DistFrank E Guernsey STATE AUDITOR Roy L Ward well A Misguided Friend Editor Kennebec Journal The Journal editorial of June 27 entitled the Right Course at Last has been read with considerable surprise by a wide circle of manufacturers and railroad men The editorial in question claims to reflect the publicity attitude of the newspapers to ward American industry In the present wage controversy between the railroads and the brotherhoods for example you say no safe dependence can be placed on the claims of either side and in the public interests you think the contestants that is to say these conflicting and unre

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Library of Congress1916

Image 10 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 7, 1916

AN OVERTURNED CANOE FOUND IN RALD MOUNTAIN POND TELLS STORY OF THREE MISSING ROYS Searching Party Organized to Ascertain the Truth of Their Dis appearance from their Homes in Blanchard on July Fourth Monson Me July 6Three Blanch ard boys Colby Fox Emery Packard and Parley Whitman are believed to have been drowned In Bald Mountain 1 pond at Blanchard on the Fourth of July Searching parties were out look ing for them today An overturned canoe in which Packards coat was found but otherwise no trace of them was found HEAVY SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST PROMOTER IN REORGANIZING UNITED STATES WORSTED CO Claimant of Maine Company Alleges Boston Banker Failed to Furnish Capital and Unsuccessful Concerns Were Unloaded on Ne w Organization Boston July 6A suit for J200000 agilnst Neal Rantoul a local banker for losses alleged to have been sustain ed through reorganization of the Unit ed States worsted Co of Maine was fil ed in the superior court today by E J Ilylan The claimant who is a manu facturer of woolen goods founded the United States Worsted Co of Maine In connection with the expansion of its working capital he alleges a plan of reorganization was agreed

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Library of Congress1915

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), October 18, 1915

TOUR GIRLS APPETITE your growing daughters ap pecomes fickle and she shows a for sour starchy or chalky fti juries look after the condition of her tshe iS pale and languid nervous ithout ambition and irritable her llood Is unable to meet the demands ffade UPn il pr Williams Pink Pills are a tfic remedy for the form of etuis or lack that afflicts oWinf girls and proper treatment tjj these pills will not only correct trouble but prevent It from pro etflinr into a w orse form purine hpr teens a girl lays the foundation for her future health Lack blood at this time may rob her of bust healthy womanhood It is of ne greatest importance to administer etric v ho grow pale and weak a ff nonalcoholic tonic and Dr Wil Pink Pills meet every require nt of the most careful mother pr Williams Pink Pills make the blood rich and red and it carries re fwed health and strength to every oart of the body These pills are ecomniended wherever a tonic is needed your own druggist selis Dr Wil iuns pink Pills Send today to the o Williams Medicine Co Schenec iidr N T for

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Library of Congress1914

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), March 5, 1914

Daily Kennebec Journal Entered at the Augusta Post Office as second class mail matter ESTABLISHED 1826 No notice whatever will be taken of unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return of rejected communications Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to Kennebec Journal Co Publish ers Augusta Maine Thursday March 6 1914 Republican Ticket FOR MAYOR Hon Willis E Swift Ward One AldermanArthur N Soule CouncilmenOscar H Anderson and Burleigh Martin WardenOrlando H Tolman Ward ClerkClarence C Hunt ConstableAlbert E Gardner City CommitteemanClaude W Townsend Ward Two AldermanNorman L Bassett CouncilmenGeorge W Wadlelgh and Wilbert S Wilson WardenCharles J House Ward ClerkFrank V Mendall ConstableWilliam P Fox City CommitteemanBlaine S VUes Ward Three AldermanCharles P Kinsman CouncilmenFred S Daggett and Winfred A Jackson WardenCharles H Dill Ward ClerkWilliam B Fletcher ConstableJohn C Howes City Committeeman Harold A Murchie Ward Four AldermanEdmond Doyon CouncilmenPhilibert Poulin and Joseph Lambert WardenFred Lapointe Ward ClerkC A Miron ConstableArthur Roy City CommitteemanHiram H Weymouth Ward Five AldermanArthur E Percival CouncilmenPercy W Morrill and Charles B Phllbrlck WardenLester G Teague Ward ClerkFrank W Damren ConstableBenjamin Tracy City CommitteemanW S Knowles Ward Six AldermanCharles M Taber CouncilmenAlbert E Folsom

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Library of Congress1913

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), September 17, 1913

Daily liennttec Journal Entered at the Augusta Post Offlos as second class mail matter ESTABLISHED 1825 _ No notice whatever will be taken of unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return of rejected communications Address all _subj communications relating tions and advertisements c Jouriltab Co Fublish sta Wednesday September 17 1913 Behind words lie deeds be hind deeds qualities behind qualities intention and the dis tinction between one man and another is the innermost am bition and the chosen attitude of the soulIan Mactaren The Real Situation In a twocolumn editorial heavily attempting to squeeze consolation from the recent election the Water ville Sentinel Tuesday hits upon i fact that has figured in the past and is bound to figure in elections to come Our Waterville neighbor makes th error of treating it as though for the first time such phenomena were now recognized by intelligent observers The Sentinel says A trifling margin of 500 votes separates our total from theirs while between us lies a wide field of 6500 independent voters ready to go where they think they ought and back of us a reserve force of 000 stayathomes who will come

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Library of Congress1912

Image 13 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), December 14, 1912

BODY AND FACE 1MECZE1 Grew Worse Until Hands and Feet Swollen and Running Sores Skin Would Drop Off in Scales Prac tically a Shutin Cuticura Soap and Ointment Entirely Cured Brownvlllp N YCuticura Soap and Ollit ment cured mo of a stubborn case of bzema which followed a severe caso of scarlet revcr My body and face was a mass of Rores so that I was practically a sliutin It grew worse until my hands and feet were swollen and running sores 1 trieo many remedies One kind which I used fairly burned my skin up so that It would drop off In scales 6s il It was scalded But thanks to good advice I then used Cuticura Soap and Ointment In a short time I was entirely Cured Now my skin is clear as ever and 1 have had no return of the disease I hope this letter will help the suffering ones who are fighting eczema Signed Miss Bdnu Bidwcll Jan 10 1912 TO REMOVE DANDRUFF Prevent dry thin and falling hair allay Itching and irritation and promote tho growth and beauty of the hair frequent shampoos with Cuticura Soap assisted by occasional dresfffngs with Cuticura Oint ment

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