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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 26, 1907

Maines Vital Statistics 16003 Children Born in 1905 i6f Twin Births and One Triple Birth Three Men and One Woman Martied the Filth Time lr A G Young registrar of vital statistics tuts submitted bis last annual report that tor 1905 The number of children born in the State in 1905 was 10005 of which 15294 were living and 11 stillbirths Of the living children of which the sex was certified 7794 were males and 7483 females For each 100 girls born there were 1041 boys The birth rate in the cities per 1000 population was 2058 as compared with 2182 the birth rate of the rest of the State As it has invariably been since regis tration beguu in the State the birth rate was the highest in Aroostook county 3400 and the lowest in Waldo 1452 Of the total births 0008 per cent were of native parents 2079 of foreign parentage and 1799 of parents one of whom was foreign Lincoln county had the largest percentage of nativeborn parents 9101 per cent and only 058 percent in which both parents were foreign born High percentages of foreign horn parents were found in Androscoggin county 3960 and in York

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Library of Congress1903

Image 2 of The Butte inter mountain (Butte, Mont.), January 2, 1903

A Necessity Shoe Sa let 1 A CLEAN SWEEP MUST BE MADE NOW At The Our Immense Holiday Business has made great inroads upon the mammoth stock we had LBR O prepared for your holiday purchasing In every department broken assortments of de HOLRO HiOLBROOK STORE sIrable new uptodate Shoes are left for your choosing at about ONB HALP the usual selling prices These are days upon which the claims of invested capital remain unheard 27 NOrth Main when consideration of actual values Is thrown to the winds With but few exceptions our 27 North Main S Entire Shoe Stock has been reduced in price so as to place it below the profit point Mens Shoes Womens Shoes Childrens Shoes Mens Shoes Womens Kid Shoes either button or lace Childrens Kid Shoes Button or ILce sizes b Sen iir 4ity atin Ces Mns lst quality l cgrin Digging Shoes MiCh neety sale price te tSale wreece er pair s c wquality gris 200 pwair T0he Necessity 0 Fin wrh1 p Nect kind worth 200 10 ile lri is l i Fine K h s with light flexible 59 Pair Childrens Kid Shoes sizes are 5 6 Necessity Price19 Nrsst r

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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 18, 1904

The Medicine that Lydia E Pinkhams 8L aMmoTwlenu Vegetable Compound ism Sterility How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some female trouble bear healthy children YS1 How anxious women ought to be to give their children the blessing of a good constitution I vS Many women long for a child to bless their home but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs they are barren Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E PinkhanTs Vegetable Com V pound more successfully than by any other medicine because it gives tone and strength to the parts curing all displacements and inflammation I Actual sterility in woman is very rare If any woman thinks she is sterile let her write to i Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass whose advice is given free to all expectant or wouldbe mothers The Ijj medicine that instantly asserts its curative powers in the ills of women is I Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Read these Two Remarkable Cures Dkab Mbs Pinkiiam During the early part of my married life I was very delicate in health I had two miscarrages and both my husband and I felt very badly as we were

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 19, 1917

MAINE ITEMS Mothers Aid Law Goes Into Effect in Maine Augusta Me July 7 Capt James F Bagley secretary of the State Board of Charities and Corrections is sending out to the municipal boards instructions on the Mothers Aid law passed at the last session of the Legislature which be came effective today The act provides that every city and town shall help mothers with children under 14 The applicants must apply in person to the Municipal Board of Moth ers Aid and file a statement of their re sources and when medical aid is required the request shall be made to the nearest hospital receiving State aid Dependent children upon reaching 14 shall go to work for the time allowed by the school attendance laws if physically able Cash aid will be given in every case if the mother is found to be compe tent to manage cash and if she is not competent some one else will be ap pointed The municipal board will be re quired to furnish proof satisfactory to the State board that the applicant has lived in Maine for five years When an applicant moves out of a city or town it will be

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 29, 1917

Little Girl Was Not Expected To Live Mother Grateful That She Was Saved Read this part of a letter we received from a good woman and grateful mother Mrs I H McLeod 30 Second St Bar Harbor Maine She wrote 1 have just got a bottle of your Dr Trues Elixir and it makes the fourth bottle I have had for my little girl She was ill when 1 saw your adv and I had six doctors here for her and they never helped her at all and now she is all well and I dont like to be without it in the house and 1 can truly recommend Trues Elixir for children Dr Trues Elixir tones the stomach regulates the bowels and expels worms Thousands of children have worms and parents do not know what the trouble is Symptoms or signs of worms are De ranged stomach swollen upper lip sour stomach offensive breath hard and full belly with occasional gripings and pains about the navel pale face of leaden tint eyes heavy and dull twitching eyelids itching of the nose itching of the rectum short dry cough grinding of the teeth little red points sticking out on tongue

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 6, 1917

Little Girl Was Not Expected To Live Mother Grateful That She Was Saved Read this part of a letter we received from a good woman and grateful mother Mrs I H McLeod 30 Second St Bar Harbor Maine She wrote I have just got a bottle of your Dr Trues Elixir and it makes the fourth bottle I have had for my little girl She was ill when I saw your adv and I had six doctors here for her and they never helped her at all and now she is all well and I dont like to be without it in the house and 1 can truly recommend Trues Elixir for children Dr Trues Elixir tones the stomach regulates the bowels and expels worms Thousands of children have worms and parents do not know what the trouble is Symptoms or signs of worms are De ranged stomach swollen upper lip sour stomach offensive breath hard and full belly with occasional gripings and pains about the navel pale face of leaden tint eyes heavy and dull twitching eyelids itching of the nose itching of the rectum short dry cough grinding of the teeth little red points sticking out on tongue

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), April 5, 1915, (Final Edition)

THI 1VKWIKC WORLD MONDAY APRIL I ltll AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve life not help to destroy it 2 AS a result of receiving hundred of thousand of letter cables and memici through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European Italians Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live In the warring countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless children and orphans and the prayers of the starv ing

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Library of Congress1915

Image 7 of The sun (New York [N.Y.]), April 5, 1915

THE SUN MONDAY APRIL 5 1915 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CI Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it R Vf S a result of receiving hundred of thousands of letters cables and mes sages through various sources containing heartbroken appeals prayers JM and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without ex ception by this disastrous conflict of the European nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the American people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric warfare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some pew and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the father less children and orphans and the prayers of

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 5, 1915

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters the plants devoted to the manufacture of ammunition cables and messages through various sources containing e 1 1 j heartbroken appeal prayer nd plea from the people of our for nabons at war to immediately cease mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers making powder shrapnel and cartridges destined to have concluded to place this appeal before the great American destroy our brothers widow OUT sisters and mothers people on behalf of our readers I7 The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost Orphan their children as well as destroy forever the without exception by this disastrous conflict of the European priceless possessions handed down by our ancestors nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or rela tives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the We appeal particularly to the American manufacturers and American people as a whole is not vitally affected but our read their workmen engaged in manufacturing any of these articles to ers are more closely linked through the bonds of blood relation

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Library of Congress1915

Image 7 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), April 5, 1915, (HOME EDITION)

THE WASHINGTON TBIES MONDAY APRIL 5 1915 AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Let us alleviate human suffering and preserve lifenot help to destroy it AS a result of receiving hundreds of thousands of letters cables and messages thcough various sources containing heart broken appeals prayers and pleas from the people of our mother countries we the undersigned editors and publishers have concluded to place this appeal before the great American people on behalf of our readers The readers of our newspapers are vitally affected almost without exception by this disastrous conflict of the Europexn nations Their brothers their sisters parents children or relatives live in the warring countries This does not mean that the Ameri can people as a whole is not vitally affected but our readers arei more closely linked through the bonds of blood relationship with the peoples of countries now plunged in the depths of barbaric war fare Each days mail with its news of the pitiful progress of the war brings some new and bitter anguish to the hearts of our people The pleas of the millions of widowed mothers the appeals of the fatherless children and orphans and the prayers of the starving thousand

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Library of Congress1919

Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), November 18, 1919, (FINAL EDITION)

WEATHER Fl talikt wit air mm rla4r wMiktr w 7 at 8 43 dfntti INAL EDITION NUMBER 11353 gSS WASHINGTON TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 18 1919 IQtmt Wil Street Pricetl PRICE TWO CENTS OPERATORS TO ASK GOVERNMENT TO PAY INCREASES TO MINERS Rat Week Mifk for America Roper for Secretary Fear a Queer Poison By AITHlI BRISBA5E Otrrrtht I n I A picture hi good old London launch describes the attitude of certain prosperous people in the United States toward Bolshe vism radicalism etc In England they are having fcRat Week to dear out all the _ rata The picture in Punch shows two nice old English ladies going up in a balloon to get away from the rata during Rat Week They do not realize that just when there is most attention concentrated on rats those rata are least apt to be dangerous Otto H Kahn musical financier n Elisabeth Martmry young human dynamo are working to gether on a campaign to get milk for the children of America t time to start such a cam paign for children of America also drink milk and with milk as 5h 21 quart in great cities it was time for charity to

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Library of Congress1918

Image 3 of Oxford eagle (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.), September 26, 1918

r Children Cry for Fletcher I Jbe Kind You Have Always Bought and which Las been I n over thirtv years has borne the signatu e o I and has been made under his p I sonal supervision since its i I Allow no one to receive you i I All Counterfeits Imitations and jutasg u I Experiments that trifle with endanger th I jSants and Childreny 15 I vASTGRIA m _ harmless substitute for Gtstor Oil ric Vops and Soothing Syrups It is pleasart It c ms W either Opium Morphine nor other narcotic substance ge is its guarantee For more than thirtv years it has I constant useor tfce relief of Constipation Flatulency 1 Wnd Colic and Diarrhoea allaying Feverishness arising therefrom and by regulating the Stomach and Law the assimilation of Food giving healthy and rati I The Childrens PanaceaThe Mothers Friend Ienuine CASTOR IA ALWAYS In Ose For Over 30 Years I The Kind You Have Always Bou 0 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs A L Bondurant has returned r spending several weeks in Wash ton D C New York and other ts in the East Messrs Robert Robinson and Wil m livar motored through from ar

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), December 14, 1895

Geo W Jdn kins editor of the inta Mat ia Timncs Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patent medicine thit I over use and that is Chamberluins Cough Remedy It lugsegses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy conch appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing inju jionq For sale by R Hl Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpents located partly in Ver milion and Iberiaparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream Iwhich affords water transportation o gulf ports This land is suited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to

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Library of Congress1895

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), December 28, 1895

Geo W Jk as editor of the Santa Maria Ti me8 Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patcnt medicine that I over use and that is Chamberlains Cough Remedy It possesses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy cough appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing iriju For salc by R H Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpenis located partly in Ver milion and Iberisparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream which affords water transportation to gulf ports This land is muited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to cattle

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1903

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity

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Library of Congress1905

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 28, 1905

IS COURTESY DEAD AVhen we note the wave of brutal dis regard of the everyday amenities of life shown by the young man of ac knowledged respectable parentage the question naturally arises what is the i isi of this lapse of decency of con t and who is to blame for its begin g and growth ie mother of a family is usually lited with possessing the influence t makes a home what it is and of trolling the drift of action or be or of the children This is to a large measure truebut the dominat ii_ and virile force of the father breaks and overrides especially in his rcible influence with the son who tes listens and absorbs the words acts and general conduct of his male parent Everybody knows that the average young man of today is a careless un mannerly boor both in public aud in society and it is time the root and rea on of this evil should be reached and nearly shown up so that in a glaring limelight of open criticism they will be shamed into takiug up again the normal conditions of true manhood iet us then look at the fathers

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 31, 1907

Literary News and Notes In their November issue the editors of Modules have more than justified the recent raise in the price of the magazine The articles are varied and vital and there is a new note of dis tinction in the fiction George Keu uaus article on criminal government should arouse the public conscience It tells of conditions which every citi zen of this democracy should know a gang of criminals in municipal con trol fostered vice as a moneymaking scheme debauching the social and business life of a great city beginning with prominent ard respectable citi zens from whom bribes were exacted and ending with the street children who dropptd a penny in the slot and saw indescribable vicious pictures li censed by the robber government The gifted Kate Douglass Wiggin in The Old Peabody Pew which she has just written has shown an understand ing of the hearts of honest countrybred God fearing folk It is a love story with a happy ending in which the auth or pictures life iu a New England ham let where plain living high thinking and the gossiping habit struggle for su premacy No story will more quickly turn the reader

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Library of Congress1907

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 19, 1907

WILLIAMS KIDNEY PILLS Have you neglected your Kidneys Have you overworked your nervous system anc caused trouble with your kidneys anc bladder Have yon paius in loins side back groins and bladder Have you a llabby appearance of tbe face especially under the eyes Too frequent a desire tc pass urine If so Williams Kidney Pills w ill cure youat Druggist Price 60c Williams Slfg Co Props Cleveland 0 Miss VioletHow do you give your dog gie exercise Miss Rose 1 speak kindly to him and he wags lits tailChips For Over Sixty Tears An Old and WellTried Remedy Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup has beer used for over sixty years by tuillious ol mothers for their children while teething with perfect success It soothes the child softens the gums allays all pain cures ind colie and is the best remedy for Diar i lima Is pleasant to the taste Sold by druggists in every part of the world twentyfive cents a bottle Its value is iu calculable Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs Act June t0th 1906 Serial November 1098 HeWhat do you think dear 1 have ad my salary raised 6 a month sheHow nice Now we can have

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