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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1913
Page
11
Joseph Knowles the Boston painter of primitive life risks confrontation with wardens in the Maine wilderness as he honors a six week self dependent experiment. Supporters praise his audacity while wardens prepare to intervene amid charges of unlicensed hunting and fire making.
A 60 day trial guarantees the Clothe Automatic Massaging Truss as a safer alternative to elastic or spring devices. The ad claims these makeshifts worsen rupture and push many to surgery, urging readers to request a 96 page book detailing dangers and the guaranteed rupture holder.
Maine wardens pursue artist Knowles under Section 53 barring nonresidents from wild lands without a registered guide from May to November. They cite Section 58 licensing for fur bearing animals as basis, while supporters argue his forest care minimizes fire risk in an experimental camp.
In Maine a forest man named Knowles declares he will live without disturbing protected wildlife. He relies on self sufficiency and follows human laws, using cautious means to obtain food, reportedly baiting for a bear with rot, and avoiding traps. His experiment limits harm to nature while testing survival.
Knowles declares himself recovered from swamp fever and back in his forest domain. He has built a new, comfortable home, plans to stay as cold September nights loom, surviving on smoked bear meat and trout with hazel nuts for balance. He sends bark moccasins home as he nears the end of his long stay and preparations grow for his return.
Boston artist Joseph Knowles reports contentment and good health in his sixth week living as a primitive man in Maine. He notes gradual progress, learns to adapt under harsh conditions, and believes a civilized man can add to primitive life while acknowledging unfinished aims and 21 days remaining in the woods.
A speaker reflects on leaving behind the forest life for the smoky cities and open country. They describe a growing sense of belonging to the forest and the forest’s chain of thought, and they pledge to retain fond memories of woodland companions.
The piece describes the largest assembly of mounted troops in the regular army since the grand reviews of the late 1860s. The Tenth Eleventh and Fifteenth Cavalry regiments are encamped at Winchester Virginia since mid July and will break camp on October 1.
W. W. Ganwell of Pittsfield Massachusetts died in Sheboygan Wisconsin after a stroke suffered at a trolley company directors meeting last Wednesday. His wife arrived from the East just in time to hear him whisper his recognition. His two sons were present. the body will be sent East in the morning.
In New London Connecticut Cor Cornelius Magner provoked a riot with anti Catholic remarks at an open air Salvation Army meeting. Stones eggs and fruit were thrown. Police reserves fired revolvers as a mob of about 3000 attempted to reach Magner. A 13 year old, Peter Woods, was hit by a bullet and hospitalized. Magner was sheltered, then moved to police headquarters amid arrests.
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