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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 Congress1894

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), October 29, 1894

SHE RATTLED HIM For a reporter with but little to write fcmd plenty of time in which to write it there Is nothing more pleasant than to dic tate a narrative to a cheerful typewriter particularly if she be young and have nice soft hair to distract the eye and well formed white fingers and bo withal ex ceedingly pleasing but for a reporter with a long yarn to write and a limited amount of time to finish it things sometimes have u different aspect Near Printing House square is a type writing office which many newspaper men frequent A new girl came there one day last weeka real nice girl and an excel lent operatorbut she had never done that kind of work before V hiie she was sit ting in the main room upon the afternoon of her first day a newspaper man came hustling in and Mrs J have you got anybody to take a two column story in a hurry Yes replied the manager Hero is a young lady who has just como to us Miss BrownMr Smith You can go into that corner room In three minutes the young lady was seated at her machine

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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 Congress1894

Image 3 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), November 16, 1894

1 T Jaitu gomriwc journal City and County __ i POLICE BALL Over 1000 Ptople In Alt n iance and Ail Enjoy tlo Event Concert P0ramme Finely Rendered and 200 Couples Join in March The sixth annual hall of the Augusta police was given In Mconian hall last evening anti about loot people were in at tendance The concert by Higgins fnl orchestra from H to i oclock was a d light to the hearers and every irt of Its pro gramme was rccePetl with appreciation some of the selections licing osfxrially fine The Goblins Frolic and The Salvation Army were very catchy At sharp i the directors F W Math ews A V Brooks F I Hersey S S Ha mini 1 Dr K 1 Martin Dr A T Titcomli Horace Cony and Kverett Stone mareiied out with the Isxes of lieauliful dance onlers and then the grand march and circle liegan Marshal Bean and wife led tile march and were followed liy tlie other incmliers of the police force and ladies When the circle had formed over 200 couples were oil the floor and it nettried as though there was hardly room for them to lance The crowd

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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 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 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 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 Congress1908

Image 8 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), April 23, 1908

JOINT BANQUET Associated Press and Pub lishers Dine Together Every Slate end Territory In the Union Represented Senator Knox and William J Bryan Among the Guests New York April 22There was a notable gathering of editors and pub lishers at the WaldorfAstoria tonight the occasion be og a joint banquet of The Associated Press and the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers Associa tion both of which organizations are holding their annual meetings in this city Every state and territory of the United States was represented by per sons who have earned distinction in the newspaper profession while their guests included William Jennings Bry an United States Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania and others of public influence The grand hall room was filled to the limit of comfort when the 600 diners had found their places The boxes which were half hidden by a wealth of carnations and apple blossoms were occupied by the families and friends of the banquetters The scheme of deco rations was as beautiful as it was elab orate the national colors of course predominating At the presidents table were Gener al Charles H Taylor of the Boston Globe the toastmaster Herman Rid der editor and publisher

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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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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 Congress1879

Image 1 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), January 25, 1879

PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING SUNDAYS EXCEPTED BY SPRAGUE OWEN NASH TERMS SEVEN DOLLARS PER ANNUM SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS VOL X AUGUSTA MAINE SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 25 187J NO 25 The fimncbcc Journal j _ luhlihcd ut An if st a Min Water street foot of Court lv snii K ovi v A NasII COMMITTEE NOTICES Committee on J ml trialif I he Committee oil the Judiciary will n tn lues day ami I hursduy ut 4 odwk in the Judiciary Moou jk i Committee on fit hi rot ion Tic Committee on Iklocntion will meet on Tues dfts and Fridays lit i I V In tin s nut chamber Committee on tnh riot Water Hie Committee m Interior Waters will meet in ICooin No 1 on Thursday of each week at J4 oclock kV M ArsTix IfAitcu 1 Wiimam IM Kiv fInnn Committer on M reant Hi Iff air mol Inmiranee the Committee on Mercantile Attiiir and Insur iiu will meet until further notice ut ltMiu IT on I biiMuUvf of nU week at i oclock I M Committee on Imtoin Ajfair The t oiniuittee on Indian A flair w ill meet in lnoin No IV on Wdiiela of each

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Library of Congress1896

Image 12 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 7, 1896

JUST A GLIMPSE Of the Early Editorial Writers of Kennebec Valley Storng Characters That Left a Deep Impress Upon Those Who Came Within the Sphere of Their Pow erful Influence Head before the Kennebec Historical Society To give this subject the range ami fulness of detail that it merits would be to furnish material for a good sized volume I shall therefore undertake at this time merely to touch briefly upon the more salient characteristics of a small group of men whose names are prominently identified with the earlier newspaper history of Central Maine and who exerted a power for progress that will extend far beyond the narrow limits of their own day and generation I shall also consider only the work of those writers who attained distinction in the newspaper work of the Kennebec valley prior to the Civil war and shall not undertake to pre serve any chronological order In the very nature of things the best work of the editorial writer is largely of an impersonal character and he so frequently sees the children of his brain adopted and reared as the natural off spring of others that the experience has nothing of novelty for him It

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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 Congress1891

Image 3 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), January 24, 1891

LITERARY EXERCBES __ Of tlu liios Pftis Acciitios Friday hHwm Ii Repmntatftw nlEssay 7 Raj TktapHs at RkArad Aod ba Potni by Bitot c Mlcbai at mniMd Ktprtwaati Rail WfU vltll aa appreciative audience at ibe literary eterclaea of the afternoon A pteaeiny feature of the occaaioa aa amt la mute by th Capital iaitu Preei pre nura uu tntfO daced as tbs essayist Mr Rav Thompson the accunpHabe editor of the Richmond Bee The auliecce expected a iOd thing from hia pen which has never been koawn to run in dull lines and they were not disappointed Hie essay was a mode one terse and vigorous ia exprss sion orginsl and forceful in thought it will take nrk as one of the Bneat things in this line with which the association has ever been favored The following ia the foil text of it mm cot xmt exitoii Hie Labors mm Rtwsrtfi BT RAT THOM POOR In former Hoses a Chinese official never ventured to deliver an unwelcome message to the Emperor until he had provided him elf with a coffin It would have been well perbape had I exercised the Mint prudent foreeigbt in my present extremity Though not

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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 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 Congress1912

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 13, 1912

Use Glenns Sulphur Soap For Heat Rashes Kczema Pimples 1 lives Oily Skin Blackheads Itchy Skin Ivy Poisoning Sold by druggists generally I Hills Hair and Whisker Dye Dlac or Brown 50c Against Against Substitutes Imitations Get the WellKnown Round Package HORUCKS MALTED MILK Made In the largest best equipped and sanitary Malted Milk plant In the world We do not makemilk products Skim Milk Condensed Milk etc But the OriginalGenuine HORLICKS MALTED MIIK Made from pure fullcream milk and the extract of select malted grain reduced to powder form soluble in water Best fooddrink for all ages MTASK FOR HORUCKS Used all over the Globe JimieciOcdafcitnfain ffio Cto sf trM Mo Cii in if Hot Wave HAS NO EFFECT ON THE White Mountain Refrigerator THEREFORE THE APPRECIAT IVE HOUSEWIFE BUYS THE SANI TARY WHITE MOUNTAIN ALL SIZES AND PRICES Couch Hammock 595 KHAKI CANVAS WIND SHIELD NATIONAL SPRINC BOTTOM KHA KI DENIM COVERED MATT CHAINS AND HOOKS OVER 25 SOLD THIS LAST WEEK A FEW MORE AT THIS PRICE I Ice Cream Freezers Porch Chairs Tables Lawn Swings Grass Seats Bamboo Porch Shades Settees OUR STOCK OF SUMMER FURNISHINGS IS QUITE COMPLETE RWSoule Emporium DEPOT SQUARE We Pay the

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