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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 5, 1906

u___ NEW IDEAS FOR HOME DECORATION HOUSEHOLD LETTER FROM JEANETTE VAN REYPEN Vkw York March 31 1906 It is said that the leader of New York society Mrs Astor never permits any change in the furnishings of her homes Once built and suitably fitted they are finished as permanently as the woodwork or walls of the house As wear makes renewals necessary articles are replaced in exact duplicate though to do this often involves fresh importation and great additional expense This is extreme conservatism but itcertainlv makes for repose and no one can be in touch with the best decorators here without realizing that the pendu lum is swinging toward simplicity and permanence in the selection of household belongings _ b 6 fashion harnessed Fashion has been put in harness and made to work not drive the busy women who preside over the household and who are responsible for its well The servant problem which is ever present and the need for time to devote to reading study and to social intercourse have combined to create a demand among intelligent women for furnishings and decorations that are not only pleasing to the eye but permanent and practical as well Even

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 1, 1906

A MODERN ELECTRIC PUNT The System at Kidders Point a Success It Furnishes Both Light and Power An important auxiliary lias just been completed to the great commercial en terprise inaugurated by the Bangor Aroostook railroad at their seaport ter minala thoroughly uptodate power plant where electricity is generated to supply lights and power for the various needs of the railroad and its allied in dustries at its three great wharves and the intermediate points The power house has been erected and the entire electric plant installed by Charles E Dole contractor of Bangor according to plans made by M H Rideout of Bangor Mr Rideout was also superin tendent of construction and has done the engineering work throughout THE POWER HOUSE The power house itself is situated at the head of the mammoth dock at Kid ders Point It measures 90 by 40 feet is most substantially built of brick with foundation of concrete and roof and door of concrete and steel The chim ney looms up as a sort of landmark to be seen from far and near its neat buffcolored bricks towering 95 feet above terra firma The engine room measures 40x20 feet is high posted and

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 7, 1907

PEIRCE BROS OF FRANKFORT Thousands of Tons of Granite Quarried from Mt Waldo The supply Inexhaustible Boston Sunday Globe 111 the directorate of the recently or ganized Panama construction company appear the names of John Peirce of New York and George Peirce of Frank fort Me Incase the contract is awarded to Oliver the Peirces will be identified with the heaviest of the subcontractors Their specialty will be the granite stone and construction work There are more Peirces down in Maine Hayward and Albert Peirce making four brothers iu all who have been almost literally brought up on granite representing a business started over half a century ago by their father the late George A Peirce but carefully improved enlarged and nour ished until the Peirce quarries are among the largest and most important iu the country While the Frankfort quarries are operated under several different names and corporate titles the great majority of the stock is all in the family John Peirce of New York who has attained fame as a contractor is the real selling agent of the Peirce granite and paving while George Peirce Hayward Peirce andAlbert Peirce see that the goods are delivered In 1853 while

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 5, 1907

Literary News and Notes Holman Day the well known Maine author is getting out a new book en tilled King Spruce which is to be published by Harper Bros The story w liich is appearing serially in the New England Magazine is a most interest ing one and deals with life and doings in the Maine wools and in the opinion of the writer is the best sustained and the highest iu literary quality of any of Mr Days novels The December issue of the Atlantic is a peculiarly interesting magazine There are seven important articles each very brilliant of its kind The leader is entitled The Future of our Navigable Waters and is written by John L Mathews who has been mak iug a special study of the subject An Art Museum for the People by Frank Jewett Mather treats of the best practical arrangement of exhibi tions for public use Agnes Deans Cameron writes on Wheat the Wiz ard of the North a striking article telling of the enormous immigration to the newly utilized fields of western Canada There is abundant fiction of the usual high Atlantic standard and the poetry is of a strictly Christmas character One

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Library of Congress1909

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 22, 1909

THE REPUBLICAN JlURNAL BELFAST THURSDAY APRIL 22 1909 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Journal Publishing Co CHARLES A BILSBUKY BuStSnager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 50 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion MAINES LITERARY OUTPUT Maine has many claims to distinction If it may no longer be called the Pine Tree State we can take the spruce as an emblem or adopt Miss Sarah Orne Jewetts designation The Land of the Pointed Firs We no longer build ships but they are not built elsewhere and until this class of shipping went into decadence Maine held her supremacy both in ships and their commanders Un til the advent of the artificial ice plant and the Morse ice trust our ice crop furnished employment to hundreds of men and horses in the winter months and when the rivers opened our vessels carried the ice to market Maine is be coming the summer playground of the nation and the mecca of sportsmen dur ing the fishing and big game seasons Lumber and granite are important fac

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Library of Congress1915

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 9, 1915

Skim Milk as Food lb Nutritive Elements Underestimated Many Ways in Which it May be Used in the Diet Skim milk is a very economical food material in the opinion of experts in the department and might well be more largely used as human foodthis in spite of the fact that it is ninetenths water The argument for economy is based on the price at which it is usually sold and upon the composition of the remaining tenth or the nutritive portion Whole milk as everyone knows is an indispensable food for the young and even in the diet of the adult it is com paratively economical The only nutrient taken from it in skimming is the butter fat There is left therefore in the skim milk not only all of the sugar which amounts to about 4 12 parts in every 100 and all of the mineral substances but also all of the protein The last named substance is important because besides serving as fuel for the body as fats sugars and starches do it also supplies nitrogenous tissuebuilding ma terial The proportion of protein in skim milk as well as of the mineral constitu ents which are also

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 26, 1917

This is Our War Whatever the President does toward winning this war in the shortest and most effective way has our enthusiastic sup port But to swear unswerving allegiance to his administration is beyond our power For remember this is precisely the same administration which has been at Wash ington since the war began The very men who surround Mr Wilson now are the men who sat still with folded hands while the world was ablaze for two and a half years and never did one solitary thing of any importance to prepare this country for the tremendous burden now thrust upon us These are the men who laughed the idea of universal service to scorn voluntary universal service was their substitute and who now rush to conscription and refuse even for one mo ment to utilize whatever of value the vol untary system possesses These are the men who saw the science of war advanc ing by leaps and strides so that the attack became a terrific combination of force and mechanical skill in which huge guns of all calibers and aeroplanes of all sorts and speeds played the crucial part They built no guns and they built no

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Library of Congress1917

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

YOU CATCH COLD QUICKER IF YOUR STOMACH IS UPSET You will develop any illness more eas ily when your food is not properly diges ted and when the natural functions are disturbed A cold in the earliest stages should never be neglected as serious illness mayresult It is well to get early to bed to have the body well warmed and very important to have the bowels move freely There is no better or safer remedy to use at the beginning of a cold thanhe true L F Atwoods MedicineTwo to fourteaspoonfulsina cup of hot water will quickly relieve con gestion carry off the imperfectly digested food andhelpto ward off further trouble 35 cents at any dealers If you have never used this medicine ask us for A free sample L F MEDICINE Co Portland Maine MAINE ITEMS Sworn Friends Twas a line welcome that the Second Maine regiment gave the First New Hampshire at Springfield Those two regiments are sworn friends since the border days at Laredo and woe betide the enemy who picks a fuss with one of them without reckoning upon the other for the interests of one are the interests of bothManchester Union Question of Right

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 31, 1919

T0 Build American Prosperity on the Impregnable Rock of Economy Fy THE WIFE OF THE JUNIOR SENATOR FROM NEW YORK How many of the women who worked so ardently for the war are now working with equal ardor for peace A certain service is badly needed just now by our country It is a vital service and can be performed at no loss of time and at a monetary gain While money is needed by the United States to carry out the extensive program of readjustment which peace brings in its train a part of the readjustment program and one which is far more important than just the gathering of money is the great task we have before us of learning what intelligent thrift is and put vwieuge mto such effective practice that we shall not only Ltc during 1919 but shall accustom countless generations ns to build prosperity on the impregnable rock of sensible ivmgs division of the United States treasury is calling upon to model life on the following lines To save intelligently ely to avoid waste and to invest safely It may sound easy d like things jou have heard often before but apply it con fer

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Library of Congress1951

Image 6 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), May 19, 1951

Percy Greene Continued from Page One nent organization of the Wash ington County Negro Democratic Club will he set up and officers elected Mr Green nationally known as a leader and speaker is possibly the most militant Negro the state has produced in years His fear less stand on issues where the civil rights of Negroes were concerned has brought for him high praise from the nations press and many coveted medals plaques and cita tions from numerous organizations of note His address will be of importance to the race as a whole and the public has been extended a special invitation to hear him The Democratic Club of Missis sippi of which Mr Greene is State President is being organ ized for the purpose of encourag ing Negroes to pay their poll tax f I register and vote and to teach them how to use the ballot and for the study and discussiort of civic and political issue Temporary officers of the Wash ington County cluh ate Levye Chappie Chairman Dr J W Kennard vice chairman Win H Greene secretary Dr NT R Fris 1 by treasurer B T Grossley of Leland is I chairman of the arrangements for

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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), September 28, 1912

Daily Kennebec Journa Entered at the Augusta Post Office a second class mail matter ESTABLISHED 18 23 No notice whatever will be taken o unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return ol rejected communications Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to BURLEIGH FVLNT Publish ers Augusta Maine Saturday September 28 1912 REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS i i For President WILLIAM H TAFT Of Ohio tift i For Vice President JAMES S SHERMAN Of New York The Good and the Bad in New Law With nil its absurdities and its jokers and its nonentities the news paper law we are bound to admit has Its partially redeeming features If a few less lawmakers had been content to keep their mischievous fingers out of the pie and had aimed honestly to produce a law unquestionably consti tutional with the determination to reach the root of acknowledged evils according to tjic intent of the origi natorswell if all these things had been adhered to it might have been a law worth while The decision of the attorneygen eral published Friday morning deals with certain important phases of the law but does not relieve the general contempt

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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 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 Congress1901

Image 2 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), May 10, 1901

AWFUL TUMBLE Trcmcndons Fatt in Stocks Thursday One of Severest Short Collapses Known Corner in Northern Pacific Canse of the Trouhie Ruinous Terms Forced on Shorts Situation Expected to Improve in the Morning New York May tBitter stress devel oped in Wail street by the second hour of trading on the stock exchange today The violence of the commotion had spent much of its force at least for the time being when the chairmans gavel fell announcing the close of the days proceedings The casualities were many but no actual fatalities of importance were recorded during the day During the height of the panic there were rumors of many insolvencies but no confirma tions could be had Those to whom the rumors pointed professed themselves ready to meet all obligations In more than one instance the answer tas to go upon the stoak exchange and placs loans to a large amount as indicating the abundance of resoures at hand But not withstanding these and similiar devices for keeping up credit and contldence the fact was too obvious that credits and borrowing power were shrinking at a prodigious rate But the indications at the close of the day were strong that

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Library of Congress1917

Image 3 of The Daily Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.), September 30, 1917

10 rat ED Elaborate Program Devised for Newspaper Mens Pleasure IMPORTANT SPEAKERS 0 j i Piominent Journalists Will Address Associations Convention All Is In readiness for the annual meeting of the Montana State Press association which will convene in Missoula Wednesday for a fourday session which promises to be one of the best that has ever been held by the state editors From all over the state newspaper men will come to Missoula to attend the meetings From the number Of letters and inquiries received by the Missoula Chamber of Commerce it ap pears that nearly every newspaper in the state will be represented Program Interesting The program which has been an nounced after nearly two months of preparation by the committee in charge of the meeting is filled with addresses by prominent newspaper men of Montana and the northwest Every moment will be occupied by some live event and the editors have been assured a royal entertainment while in Missoula Already some of the delegates have arrived and a number more are ex pected in Missoula before the mect msß begin Many of the editors are dunning to see Missoula and the out yilig vttileys and have made arrange

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Library of Congress1862

Image 1 of The New York herald (New York [N.Y.]), May 14, 1862

THE NEW YORK HERALD L 1 I iL J J f _ J Jll w 1 WHOLE NO 9377 NEW YORK WEDNESDAY MAY 14 1862TRIPLE SHEET PRICE TWO CENTS UTHUTCU 0 CAPTURE or lAPTURK OF NEW R8 or NEW OK nIw or nw lAltg NEW ORLEANS ORLEANS ORLEANS ORLEANS saiir sf 3l aJffii 5r new or Si ORLBANR ORLEANS ORLEANS OBLBANA ORLEANS RAPTURE Or NEW ORLEANS S1BSS g SIS gfiliSS iiiEsg Sm Sf 8K5fSS CATWU SP w CAPTURE or NEW ORLEANS s ms sassa NOTICE notice NOTICE MOTICf NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE Oo apecia artlai Mr William Waud wUneeaed the en tire mtaI engagement on the lower Mleiaippl resulting 1b the wptart of New Orlrant iron the main maathead of Commodore Farrago Pi Flagahlp the Mleaiaaippi and baa ew York with i of afcMcheay k H1CH WILL re Farrago t Flagahlp the Mleaiaaippi returned to New York with a most important and lotercat WmCHtCw5VJL BE PUBLISHED WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN A IN A GRAND SUSS NUMBER NUMBER DOUBLE NUMBER GRAND DOUBLE GRAND DOUBLE GRAND DOUBLB GRAND DOUBLE GRAND DOUBLE GEAND DOUBLB GRAND DOUBLE GRAND DOUBLB GRAND GRAND E325B GRAND NUMBER NUMBEi NUMBER NUMHEiC NUMBER NUMBER

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Library of Congress1914

Image 56 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 11, 1914

I amactt 1 Newspapermen Who Cover Foreign Embassies in Search of Information on War MovesHow News Is Received and Handed OutWireless Messages to Ambassadors Sometimes T ransmitted More Speedily Than Ordinary News Matter on Account of Rigid Censorship in Europe fP f3 ASHINGTON ha f an aual zone o iLTjf I European war T V fltf I is true that n Im I hostile armies op VQ I erate therein anc I that the zone ii Vf I as yct free rori I y I the shriek ol I shells and the bel aV azr V V guns but there it an alert and active corps of war cor respondents operating in this territory and it is through their activitiei that many important messages having to do with the checkerboard movei upon the war ground across the Atlantic have been given to the public some times many hours in advance of th censored and obstructed message which too often snails its way over th commercial cables Washingtons war zone is widelj scattered It is comprised of manj bits of property which in the eyes ol international law if not in the sighi of astute and literal geographers an really bits

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Library of Congress1934

Image 57 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), November 4, 1934

Electrical Transcription Woe Haunts Commission Broadcasters Ask That Announcement Ruling Be Eliminated AltogetherProducers Want Whole Status Reviewed BY THE RADIO EDITOR ONE of radios bewhiskered squabbles gingerly side stepped by the old Federal Radio Commissionthat of announcing of electrical transcriptions as suchhas arisen to haunt the new Federal Communica tions Commission The F C C when it took over the functions of its predecessor last Summer found this issue on its door step but it was so engrossed in other more important matters that it gave the matter no attention Now how ever three formal steps have been taken which bring the matter forcibly before it The first was the adoption by the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters last Sep tember of a resolution petitioning the F C C to eliminate the requirements that electrically transcribed programs be announced as such and that they be treated in the same fashion as network or other live talent fea tures Promptly came the opposition of the American Federation of Mu sicians perennial objector to past efforts along this line It charged the broadcasters with trying to deceive listeners into believing that living rather than canned music was being performed

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