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Library of Congress1938

Image 11 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 3, 1938

Press Is Held Roosevelts Scapegoat Inquiry Was Made in Use of Profit From Writings By DAVID LAWRENCE CiNDOR between the White House and the American peo ple is an essential not only to good government but to the maintenance of a democracy If the White House in any way misleads the people and they lose confidence a tragedy ensues in whiqh both Gov ernment and the people suffer This is said apropos of the a nnouncement that not a penny of the money earned by the President in con nection with the sale of his writ lngs by newspaper y n d i c a tes or magazines will go j into his own pocket This an David Lawrence nouncement is in itself gratifying ana anybody who received either from this correspondent or anybody else the impression that Mr Roosevelt was trying to make personal profits should erase that impression from his mind and regard it as nonexistent Such a correction is essential because the President through his secretary now has officially announced that he will not profit by the sale of his writings and no matter what went on before it is the last statement that should count Handling

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Library of Congress1927

Image 4 of Plentywood herald (Plentywood, Mont.), April 8, 1927

jplrntufannb lisralb PUBLISHED EVEKY FRIDAY C S NELSON Editor and Publisher Entered hb secondclas matter Novemner 13 1908 at the post office at Plentywood Montana a ider the Act of March 3 187S TermsIn Advance per year 200 133 Advertising Rates very reasonable will be furnished upon application What Newspaper Ads Did It was only a few years ago that the retail stores in towns and the smaller cities did the bulk of their weeks busi ness on Saturday While the other five business days might have paid expenses the merchant depended upon the Satur day sales for the major portion of his weeks profit Needless to say the aver age merchant would have been exempt from excess profits taxes in those days The newspaper is given credit for dis covering the possibility of scattering the Saturday peak load over the six business days of the week and it was newspaper advertising which has achieved the pre sent more equitable distribution of the weeks business Saturday is still the merchants busy day but now he is onl a little less busy on the preceding five days This is only one of the many services performed for business by newspaper ad

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Library of Congress1891

Image 4 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), July 18, 1891

Endorsing The system of endorsing is all wrong and should be utterly abol ished It has been the financial ruin of more men than perhaps all other causes BoolcKeeping a jour nal devoted to merchants clerks and business men advises our young men especially to study the matter carefully in all its bearings and adopt some settled policy to govern their conduct so as to be ready to answer the man who ask them to sign his note What responsibility does one assume when he endorses a note Simply this He is held for the payment of the amount in full principal and interest if the maker of the note though misfor tune mismanagement or rascality fails to pay it Notice the endors er assumes this responsibility with no voice in the management of the business and no share in the profits of the transaction if it proves profit able but with a certainty of loss if for any of the reason stated the principal fails to pay the note LA GRIPPE AGAIN During the epedemic of Ia grippe last season Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds proved to be the best remedy Reports from the many

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Library of Congress1899

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 29, 1899

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Matters Lawrence Bros of South Gardiner have sold to Boston par ties Crocker township for 110000 It contains 20000 acres and is said to be one of the best spruce tracts in Maiue today It is particularly well situated being bandy to either water or railroad Law rence Bros bought this tract of land three years ago for 40000 and have therefore netted a profit of 70000 and their original investment has paid them a dividend of over 50 per cent each year Lightning struck and wrecked the roof of Charles J Treworgys lumber mill at Ellsworth Falls June 14 The 15 men in the building were shocked by the electricity three men being unconscious for some hours The lire which followed the bolt was extinguished before much damage was doneThe Congregational clergy men of Hancock county in conference at Bluehill June 14th adopted resolutions condemning the flagrant violation of the marriage contract and the deplorable in crease of divorces iu the State The adoption of the resolution carried with it the agreement that clergymen of the conference should not solemnize marriage where one has or both parties have been divorced_Samuel Bryant a prominent citizen

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 22, 1905

WALDO DISTRICT LODGE IOG T A most interesting and profitable session of the Waldo District Lodge was held with Belfast Lodge No 30 Saturday June 17th The meeting was called to order at 11 a m by District Chief Templar Tolman H Fernald and the following officers responded to the roll District Vice Templar Mabel Rose District Secretary Elizabeth L Brackett District Superintendent J T Ella Pillsbury District Sentinel I W Cottrell The appointments for vacancies were as follows District Counselor E R Knowlton District Treasurer Emma I Huxford Chap lain Lora Maxcy Past District Chief T M J Dow Marshal I W Cottrell Deputy Marshal Minnie L Knowlton Guard Lewis Godding The degree was conferred upon eight condidates During the noon recess dinner was served by the local lodge in the con venient dining room adjoining the hall The afternoon session convened at l oclock when the reports of officers and committees were received The state of the order in the county was given by the secretary as materially unchanged but that new interest was being manifested in some localities The address ot the District Chief Tem plar was able and exhaustive and by unanimous vote was ordered to

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 25, 1907

A MESSA6EJE0 MAINE From Vermont and New Hampshire Li cense Making More Drunkards and Criminals At the recent New England Institute of the AV C T U at Hampton Beach N II Rev J H Robbins superin tendent of the Nea Hampshire Anti Saloon League spoke on the Dangerous Possibility He said There are in Maine calling for re submission the same two classes that we had in Vermont and New Ilamp shire five years ago calling for license laws 1 The men who want the liquor traffic licensed for their own profit or convenience men who are interested in the traffic as dealers or patrons For that class we have no message There is no common ground from which to start Between this classthe various allied liquor interestsaud the real temperance forces of the entire coun try there is uncompromising war The whole liquor problem and fundamental temperance principles are involved in this war The true temperance forces make no concessions and enter into no alliances with the liquor interests in town city tate or nation On the one hand it is a fight to give the bever age liquor traffic legal standing rights permanency and power On the

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 29, 1907

MY MISSION I live for those who love me Whose hearts are kind and true For the heaven that smiles above me And awaits my spirit too For all human ties that bind me For the task my God assigned me For the bright hopes left behind me And the good that I can do 1 live to learn their story Who suffered for my sake To emulate their glory And follow in their wake liards patriots martyrs sages The noble of all ages Whose deeds crown historys pages And times great volume make 1 live to hold communion With all that is divine To feel there is a union Twixt natures heart and mine To profit by affliction Reap truth from fields of fiction Grow wiser from conviction And fulfil each graud design I live to hail that season By gifted minds foretold When man shall live by reason And not alone by gold When man to man united And every wrong thing righted The whole world shall be lighted As Eden was of old I live for those who love me For those who know me true For the heaven that smiles above me And awaits my spirit

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 21, 1911

The Story of a Man Who Made Good BY HARRY LEE SNYDER From the National Magazine About ten oclock in the morning of the first day of April the high cost of living landed h solar plexus blow I had just paid my good German landlady for my preceding weeks board and lodging and she had remarked apologetically Pota toes costs so much an meat is so high once that it is 1 must ask you for ten dollars every week already And I had been paying only seven I went to my office and sat down at my desk to think things overa not alto ether pleasant or wholly profitable task was a lawyer My honest old black smith fatherhaving in mind nothing but the thought of securing my futurehad made numberless sacrifices that I might be educated and his dearest wish had been to see me cozily established in my chosen profession Within a week after my admission to the bar he died and I found myself alone in the world for my mother had passed away some years be fore As I sat at my desk that morning 1 fell to thinking of my fathers last words

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 21, 1911

Stockton Springs Trust Company STOCKTON SPRINGS MAINE We have grown in Deposits over 42 and in accounts about 100 since April first last We respectfully solicit your banking business j We offer you the most modern banking facilities and the strongest connections in and out of Maine Deposits or withdrawals may be made by mail as well as in person We can now legally accept acounts in the names of two persons payable to either or the survivor Statement of Condition December 12 1911 of STOCKTON SPRINGS TRUST COMPANY RESOURCES Demand and Time Loans 1197089 Loans on Mortgages of Real Estate 817396 Loans on Collateral 77000 Stocks and Bonds 5410500 Expense Account 174904 Furniture and Fixtures 870C0 Cash Deposited in other Banks 744178 Cash on Hand 237970 Real Estate Owned 100000 8846037 LIABILITIES Capital Stock2500000 SurPlus 200000 Undivided Profits 292571 Demand Deposits 3L23659 Savings Deposits 2729807 _ 8846037 I We pay 4 h per annum on savings accounts Deposits received on or be fore the 12th of any month will draw interest from the first day of the same month Dividends payable on and after the first day of January and July H R HICHBORN President DIRECT0RS FRANK S BENSON

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Library of Congress1912

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 2, 1912

fortune in Hens and Apples v Hampshire Man Realizes 16000 4 1 cpfi 000 a Year from Fruit and to u rfiiicious mingling of hens and ap Lj inabled C E L Haywood of Ee ik M H to develop a rough sl Vnl uneven bit of runout soil into rr c5t fruit and poultry farm in md and to earn a profit which 11 16000 to 26000 a year i has been brought about by a a century of unremitting la h evolution of a successful trictly business management is today the land supports an 10000 trees and more than At first sight it looks like a tmvn with its long streets of tses which now number 720 iions were merely incidental growth of the industry both ive been placed upon a paying i both hens and apples contri general success of the under go Mr Hayward first started in had only a property of 250 a i idi had no more promising fea liundreds of neglected places other States To work upon orchard of some 400 trees in ss promising condition He av hundred hens soon after tak en and by elaborating his own I the groundwork of

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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 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 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 Congress1902

Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 15, 1902

I If I r r There arc only two essentials of Btisiness Successin any business First adequate capital Second a fair price for your goods with a reasonable profit A newspaper like any other commodity should be sold at a profiteach individual copy Any newspaper which is not thus sold is not independentits dependence is upon its advertisers or some other contrib utory powerand this dependence is inconsistent with abso lute honesty FRANK A MUNSEY U A Newspaper Devoted to intimate Information as to Their Important Interests THE SUNDAY TIMES Tomorrows issue will be so well worth its cost so valuable to every resident of this city that it would be an offense against common sense as well as business wisdom not to call attention to it in every possible way It will be beautifully illustrated contain thirtysix pages and be full of strong able authoritative ar ticles on important subjects interesting to every member of the family The price of the Sunday Times tomorrow and thereafter will be FIVE cents because it is worth FIVE cents and so good a newspaper cannot be sold for less Since its former price was set it has grown from eighteen pages to

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Library of Congress1899

Image 2 of The Billings gazette (Billings, Mont.), October 3, 1899, (Semi-weekly)

The Billings Gazette SBDElIIIWEEKLY U L BOARDMAN 3Adltor nd Puebli2soer Ofiielal City and County Paper Rntered at the Billings Postoffice as Second Class Matter Subscription 1Iatee One year in advance 8300 Six months 150 Single copies 05 TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 1899 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL EIITION The Illustrated Historical Edition oi The Gazette which has been in courst of preparation since last spring will be issued next Friday It is in maga zine form consists of fiftyone pages inside the covers is embellished with 160 fine halftone engravings and the subject matter is descriptive of the splendid resources of Billings and Yel lowstone and Carbon counties De parting from the usual custom in is suing editions of this character one copy will be sent free to every sub scriber of The Gazette while extra copies will be on sale at this office at 25 cents Each and every copy of the edition has actually cost that sum to produce it the management of this newspaper depending on the individual writeups for profit which is reduced to a minimum on account of the cost of the engravings and other heavy ex penses incident to a publication of this nature In other words The

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Library of Congress1897

Image 1 of The Dupuyer acantha (Dupuyer, Mont.), July 1, 1897

THE DUPUYER ACANTHA YOI 3 ßüPUYEfi lIOrr July 1 1897 J E ERICKSOn attorne yatlaw CHOTEAU MONT James Suîrove HTTOBnE Y flTLfl W Choteau Montana LauJyer Choteau Montana GEO W MHGEE justice of the Peace Dupuyer Montana j w ttukmght NOTARY PUBLIC Leeds Mortgases and all kinds of Legal Instruments drawn up DUPUYER MONTANA W H St CLfïIK TJarber aivd Haïr Dresser CHOTEAU MONT Bath Rooms in Conned ion Julian F 33urcl Notary Public Deeds Mortgages and all kinds of Legal Instruments drawn up CHOTEAU MONTANA C E TflESCOTT U Z Commissioner Aulliorlid to Receive Filing fs on Public Lan ALL WORK GU AU ANTlîiîO OEHIS mflNTOn Boot afjoL Shoe lylakef SHOP IN BÜIID8 8TOUE CHOTEAU MONTANA PI BEATJIPEE DENTIST feeHi Extracted Without Pain All Work G uaranteed PiinTEAU M ONT W H TITUS PKsïcîaiv aivd Surgeon DtJlUYER MONT j E Wamsley Physician and SUrâeoh University of Virginia Coll JllOTEAU Jefferson Médical ost Graduate Most The Cascade Bank OF GREAT FALLS MONT Incorporated under tlie laws of Montana April 5 18P Capital m T Iiis and profit OFFICERS E Atkinson lacob Switzer V P Atkinson NY V Miller President Vice President cashier Assistant Cashier DIRECTORS E Atkinson F P Atkiimon

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Library of Congress1934

Image 4 of Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), May 30, 1934

THE CARBON Week What Is Your Time Worth R Better get your name on the Weekly Payroll MEMBER f I II II U5 WE DO OUR PART COPY kW 1 WEEKLY P As Large as You NOW BEING OFFERED T Enter Yoar Name Today You Cant Lose aud You Cant Win and at the same time an opportunity to sh if You Dont Enter PRIZES to be rWeekly Payroll ii SixandaHalf Weeks So In a PLAN IN BRIEF Competition is open to men and won of the more ambitious sort residing costs nothing to try and as all partij every effort expended you positive carefullyevery word of itthen d for yourself or a friend Remember The object of thin big Weekly Payroll Drive Is twofold Primarily to increase the already large subscription list of this newspaper to collect arrearages and advance subscription payments from present or old subscribers and at the same time to afford the livewire energetic men and women boys and girls of this territory an oppor tunity to profit in a BIQ way through their spare time during the next taw weeks So It Is a plan that works both ways and to the ultimate good of

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Library of Congress1941

Image 2 of Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), April 11, 1941

73 fjifz erjsJi gfegggsgs s F Government to Encourage Greater Food Production m o SÏ Prepare for Increased Aid to Democracies Newspaper Men From Small Town Make Good in Washington By BAUKHAGE National Farm and Home Hour Commentator WNU Service 1343 H Street N W Washington D C WASHINGTONBefore long the government will take steps to give the American farmer an incentive for raising more animals and in creasing the egg and milk output for this arsenal of democracy it can be safely predicted at this time Fur thermore with the incentive will un doubtedly go some type of guaran tee as in the case of the manufac turer that the farmer will be pro tected at least from possible loss in such undertakings At most he might even be guaranteed a profit Here is the background of the situ ation details of which government officials are not ready as yet to make public Food is as much a munition of war as guns The United States in pledging its aid to democracies is starting to send food supplies to them Important FoodWeapons One of these foodweapons is wheat We have plenty of that grain The department of agriculture esti

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