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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09
TO CONTESTANTS
IN PICTURE PAS1|ME

The SOh and last picture the Picture Puzzle Pasme will
appear Monday Feb H. Contestants will be given until
Monday Feb 49, which study compile and send in the
All be in by that date the postmark
plainly showing that mailed previous to p M Feb 2S the
hour and date which the contest will close.
All sets in must be fully prepaid and if sent by mail
must as First Failure Observe this rule
will delay that possibly prevent the consideration
of all such
invited clip the Journal the selection
judges in the following Although not compu
sory every earnestly requested send in their
choice Of whom they desire as judges.
One ballot containing the of three will be al
lowed each The Journal suggests that contestants
conne their choice of standing in the community and
if possible confined the territory covered by the Journal
Persons of either will be eligible providing they not
contestants directly interested in the Pastme In this
the Journal hopes select the judges that will to be
representative the wishes majority of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Mrs. George H. Willis has recovered
after an illness of several days. suffering
with severe attack of the grip
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Arthur Moody of Portland was visitor
in the city on Tuesday calling on friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Capt. J. w. Bennett of Portland is
the guest for a few days Of Mrs. Mary
Littlefield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

Mrs. Harris Small is confined to heI
home on Greenville street by illness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-09

The preliminaries in the Sophomore
speaking contest will be held Wednesday
afternoon.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
LACK OF MONEY
Was a Godsend in This Casc.

II is not always that a lack of money
d benefit.
4 lady in Ark owes her health to
the fact that she could not pay In
advance the fee demanded by spe-
riniist to treat her for stomach trou-
Bio. In telling of her case she says:
Il had been treated by four different
physicians during 10 years of stomach
trouble. Lately l called on another
VINO told me he could not cure me;
that had neuralgia of the stomach.
Then went to a specialist who told
ms had catarrh of the stomach and
ssfd he could cure me In four months,
but would have to have his money
down. could not raise the neces-
aary sum and in my extremity / was
lsd to quit coffee and try Postum.
THE results have been magical. /
ROW sleep well at night, something l
Ind not done for long time; the pain
IA my stomach is gone and / am o
different woman.
Every time had tried to stop cof-
Sos suffered from severe headaches,
50 continued to drink it, although /
Aad reason to believe 1t was injurious
10 me. But when ] had Postum to
Ihift to it was different.
TO my surprise ! did not miss cof-
Goo when began to drink Postum.
Coffee had been steadily and surely
killing me and l didn't fully realize
What was doing it until ! quit and
changed to Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereai-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages
Instant Postum soluble powder
EEBsolyes quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter. and, with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage instantly. soc
end SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Gave Your Hair! Get 2s Cent Bottle
Of oanderIne Right Now-Aiso
stops Itching Scalp.

Thin. brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence Of q neglected
scalp: Of dandrutt-that awful scurk
There is nothing SO destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
Of its luster. its strength and its very
life: eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then tho
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any tme-will surely
save your hair.
Get n 25 cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriance
which is SO beautiful. 1t will become
wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness. but what will
please you most will be after Just .
few weeks use. when you will actual
ly see a lot Of fine. downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Jan. 3.-The British
passenger steamship Persia, with two
or more Americans on board. has been
sunk in the eastern Mediterranean by
a submarine. The tull story has not
yet been told, but II is feared the dis
aster, from a standpoint of loss of life
among acknowledgement voyagers will
rank second only to the sinking of the
Lusitania. 1t is believed here that
the loss of life ia at least 300. I'm
official figures indicate that there
were about 1G0 passengers on board
the Persia, a vessel of nearly 5000
tons, and between 2t0 and 800 mem
bers Of the crew.
1t has not been established how
many were able to disembark in the
small boats, but a message received
at Washington from Robert p. Skin
ner, American consul general at Lon
don, based presumably on the British
admiralty's report, says that nearly
all on board the Persia perished.
Robert McNeely of Monroe, N. c.,
who was on his way to take office
as American consul at Alden, Arabia,
and Charles Grant Of Boston were on
the Persia. Grant was on his way to
Bombay.
Edward A. Rose, Denver school
boy. was on the way from America to
Gibraltar. Rose probably landed at
Gibraltar and was not on board the
boat at the time she was sunk. Nc
word has been received from the
three Americans.
Persia Given No Warning.
Washington, Jan. Anxiety over
the sinking OF the British steamship
Persia increased in official circles
when n consular dispatch brought the
information that the ship had been
torpedoed without warning and that
at least one American citizen, Rob
ert n. McNecly. new consul at Alden
Arabia, was missing.
At the same time officials were
much gratified at the indication, ema
mating from Baron Erich Zweidinek
charge OF the Austro- Hungarian EN-.
bassy here, that the Vienna govern
ment would be quick to Satisfactorily
adjust" the matter should 1t develop
that an Austrian submarine command.
er had disobeyed instructions in re-
gard to torpedoing 2assenger.carryins
ships without warniIiR
Complete confidence prevails i'll
Teutonic diplomatic circles that If an
Austrian submarine sank the Persia
without warning the act would be dis.
avowed promptly. rei.aration made for
Americans lost and the submarine
commander severely punished.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
SYRUP OF figs FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
4 is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
sn--castor oil. calomel. cathartics.
R~w you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
with our children it's different.
huthers who cling to the old form Of
Sayeic simply don't realize what they
Ia. The children's revolt is well.found-
81 Their tender little "insides" are
iaSarcd by them.
K your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
rsors California Syrup of Figs" Its
setion is positive. but gentle. Millions
Il mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
aDss to take it: that 1t never fails to
dean the liver and bowels and sweet
ua ahe stomach, and that q teaspoonful
given today saves o sick child tomor-
irCW.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
sf California Syrup OF Figs" which
sfns full directions for babies. children
ot All ages and for grown-ups plainly
oa each bottle. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
A FRIEND TO THE
E1ORKINCMAN

Five years ago I was so troubled with
kidney trouble and Inflammation of the
bladder that had to lease working my
farm. Life looked dark to me until l
heard of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
through a cured friend. tried bottle
and began to feel better at once. After
using five or six bottles felt fine and
have continued to work as / had before
my afHiction.
1 want to state that DR.. Kilmer,s
Swamp Root is kidney medicine that viii
cure and owe my good work during the
past FIVE or six years to 1t.
Yours very truly,
G. w. MORRIS.
RF D. No. s, Box 81. Prescott, Ark.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
9th day Of March, 1912.
o. B. GORDON,
Notary Public.
This is to certify that Mr.. G. w. Nor
ris has bought Swamp.Root at this store
in the past.
Druggist.
Prove What Swamp.Roo VIII Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co..
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size bot,
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet Of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing. be sure and mention
this paper Regular ffty.cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK ''CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biiiousness. dizzi-
ness. coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines. instead of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases. take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10.cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
slAvs MAKE INITIAL GAINS.
Kaiser Masses 100000 Troops to
Stem Russian Drive in Galicia.

London, Jan. 4.-Russia's campaign
in Bessarabia continues to be the
most important visible war activity.
From the Pripet to the Rumanian
frontier, over front of at least 900
miles, huge Russian force with
great appearance of confidence is
hurling sledge-hammer blows at the
opposing force, which, according to
all accounts. totals at least 100000
men. The Russians have captured the
heights northeast of Czernowitz, Blu.
kowina, according to dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from Pc
trograd. Eight hundred and seventy
prisoners fell into the hands of the
Russians.
According to Berlin dispatches the
Russians are using millions OF shells
to prepare the way for their advance
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
Ford Returns From peace" Tour

New York.-Henry Ford. who led
the peace expedition which left here
Dec. 4, on the steamship Oscar II,
for Copenhagen, in the hope of bring
ing about conference OF neutral ma.
tions that would end the war, arrived
here on the steamer Bergensfiord. He
confirmed cable reports that his re-
turn had been hastened by illness.
but said IL made a difference of only
few days, as he Intended when he
left to come back this month. VIII.
lam Jennings Bryan conferred for
more than m hour with Mr.. Ford.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach. liv.
or. and bowel poisons be.
fore breakfast. -... I

To feel your best day in and day
out. to feel clean inside; no sour bile
to coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or dull your head: no constipa-
tion. bilious attacks. sick headache,
colds. rheumatism or gassy. acid stom-
ach, you must bathe on the inside like
you bathe outside. This is vastly
more important. because the skin
pores do not absorb impurities into
the blood. while the bowel pores do,
says a well-known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver.
kidneys and bowels. drink before
breakfast each day. glass Of hot wa
ter with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate In 1t. This will cleanse.
purify and freshen the entire alimen-
tary tract. before putting more food
into the stomach.
Get quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate from your druggist or at
the store. 1t is inexpensive and al
most tasteless, except sourish
tinge which is not unpleasant. Drink
phosphated hot water every morning
to rid your system of these vile poi.
sons and toxins; also to prevent their
formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood. nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac-
emulation of body poisons. begin this
treatment and above all, keep it up!
AS soap and hot water act on the skin.
cleansing, sweetening and purifying,
SO limestone phosphate and hot water
before breakfast. act on the stomach,
liver. kidneys and bowels.-Adv.
Even the worm will turn-perhaps
into a butterfly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
Sensitive,

Every seat in the trolley was occu.
v.cd when a group of women got in.
Going through the car to collect the
tAres. the conductor noticed a man
.sieep. Seizing him by the shoulder.
Ia proceeded to shake him back to
a state of consciousness.
Wake up." shouted the conductor.
Z wasn't asleep" said the passen-
rer.
mot asleep snapped the conduc-
tor Then what did you have your
sFes closed for?"
1T was because of the crowded con-
titIon of the car" explained the pas
sen6er. 81 just hate to see women
standing"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
JUSTICE J. r. LAMAR DEAD.
Passes Away in Washington After
illness of Several Months.

Washington. Joseph Rucker La.
mar, associate justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
died at his home here after an
illness of several months. He was
5S year; old and had been on the Su-
preme bench five years. The immedi-
ate cause of death was gradual heart
failure hastoned by inflammation of
one of the lungs which had threatened
to develop into pneumonia. Burial
will take place at Augusta. Ga.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
frequent Shampoos With cutieura
sosp VIII Help You. Trial Free.

Precede shampoo by touches OF Gu
nrrra Ointment II needed to spots
S dandrufr. itching and irritation OF
he scalp. Nothing better for the COM
Saszfon. hair. hands or skin than
shese super-creamy emollients. Also
- preparations for the toilet.
Eree sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
Domestic Drama,

where are the papers?' he de-
manded
She looked him fearlessly in the
sse- Il have hidden them" she said
fnirniy.
Woman, You dare to defy meY
Produce those papers instantly. or
e.
That will do. Henry. Sit down and
'sai your breakfast, and I'll give you
shs morning papers after you are
through. I'm tired of seeing you SO
absorbed in the war news in the morn
ing that you haven't time to say a
word 10 me or the children
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
Irritatcs the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys.
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally.
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches. rheumatic twinges. torpid liver.
acid stomach. sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces Of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here.
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com,
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. It also neu.
tralizes the acids in the urine so 1t
no longer irritates, thus ending blad.
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes delightful effervescent lithia'
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid.
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com.
plications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots OF Jad Salts to folks who be-
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble.-Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

Some men spend SO much time
boosting the other fellows game that
they forget their own.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

More than half the newspapers pub
3sxsed in the world are printed In the
English language.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

The cross was in some sense a re-
ligious symbol among the heather be-
fore the Christian era.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
GENERAL

Wages of 100000 employees in yari-
Gus trades in Chicago were increased
Jan /. The increases are expected
to aggregate millions of dollars
The eighth advance in crude oil
since last September is posted in the
Shreveport, La, district by the stand
ard Oil Company, 10 cents barrel.
Gov. Whitman stepped into the Os-
borne-Riley prison controversy. ad-
yising Riley against "hasty decision"
on the question of Osborne's removal.
according to report in circulation at
Albany. NY.
Ships along the Atlantic and Gull
coasts were in grave peril, sevral yes
sells were reported missing, scores re
ported dead, much property damaged
wire communication partially Grip
pleI and railroad service delayed, as
one of the most severe storms of re
cent years swept through the East
Wednesday.
Eigt, men, including congress
man, former congressman and a
former attorney general of Ohio, were
indicted in New York by a federal
grand jury on charge of conspiring
to foment strikes in American muni-
| tion factories as part of campaign
| financed by the German government
to check the expectation of munitions
| to the entente allies.
At Milford, Conu., Mrs. Edward
Krause threw her two small sons into
the Milford reservoir and jumped in
after them. The boys. Sidney, 6, and
4 Edward, 5, were drowned, but the
mother was saved by two men who
happened to be passing.
A close estimate made public by
the bureau Of railway news and sta
tistics shows that during the past
year American railway revenues in
creased s1O1. 1.52S,29i and expenses de
creased $G9,G4ISsS, leaving net in
come increase after deducting taxes
! over 1914. OF $16S 955,54S.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
No Faddism.

do you believe in telepathy?"
no: our doctor is good old allo-
path"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet fol
! laxatiye-three for n cathartic.-Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
Even gods sometimes do Ill.

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue Makes beautiful, cleai
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

The moral of dogs tail always
points to the past.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

Not Gray Hair but Tired Eyes
make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you VIII look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago, Sends Eye Book on request.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

Three Killed While Bobsied coastinq.
Caldwell, n. 1.-Two young women
were Eilled and Il young man serious
ly injured while bob-sledding here,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
WASHINGTON

The illness of Gen. Huerta is seri-
Gus, although not dangerous. accord
ing to reports received from Ell Paso
by the Department of Justice.
Reports from some of the principal
postoffices estimate the volume of
Christmas business this year at from
fifteen to forty per cent larger than
ever before.
Pleas for greater Pan-American-
the Pdn-American Scientific Congress
in spite of the great volume of pa
pers read on technical subjects.
Every school building in the Unit.
ed States was pictured as a potential
town hall at the session of the Ameri,
can Civic Association at which Miss
Margaret Wilson, daughter of Presi.
dent Wilson, presided.
Secretary Lansing has suggested
that all the nations which, with the
United States, comprise the Pan
American Union, join in a convention
for the arbitration of all boundary
line disputes and for the prohibition
of shipments Of war munitions to rev.
olutionaries.
Secretary Lansing formally denied
published statements that the real
purpose of the visit to Europe of Col
L. NJ. House was to settle differences
between Ambassador Page at London
and Ambassador Gerard and Penfielt
at Berlin and Vienna.
Arrest was planned OF Representa-.
tive Frank Buchanan OF Illinois. for.
mer representative Fowler, Henry b
Martin and Herman Schultheis, in.
dicted at Newark in the alleged La.
boris National Peace Council strike
conspiracy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

The chestnut came from Italy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR
Western Newspaper Union New. service.

Italians are reported as having cap
.ured Durazzo. the most important
seaport of Albania.
Kaiser loses 5000 men in an at
tempt to break through British lines
in Belgium and France.
Reports of designations from the
British Cabinet as the result of the
conscription split are rampant in Lon
don.
British clergy declare nation will
be in poverty at end of war London
press demands Lloyd-George be made
premier.
ENJOYS of Germany, Austria and
Bulgaria at Saloniki have been seized
and imprisoned by the British and
French military authorities.
Replying to written question by
p. \. Moltens, member of the House
of Commons, Premier Asquith gave
the total British casualties up to Dec.
., as 52S.227
A dispatch to Lloyds from Bergen
says the Norwegian ford steamer
Homelen has been sunk at Svanoeen,
north of Bergen, with the loss of one
man drowned.
Austria has acceded to the de-
mands of the United States on the
sinking of the Ancona. The subma-
rine commander who sunk the vessel
has been punished.
The Suez canal is threatened by the
Germans. British officials admit the
seriousness Of the danger, and insur-
ance rates on vessels using the canal
route have been greatly increased.
WESTERN
About 1000 villa troops were as.
sembled in. JuareZ and of these about
1000 have been paid off and shipped
south
More oil and gasoline were inspect
ed in Kansas in 1915 than ever be-
fore, says the annual reports of the
state oil inspector.
Three thousand two hundred Chi.
cago school teachers went on the
board of education rayroll at salary
increases of 1920 per annum, effective
Jan. l.
b. W. \. Henson. 60. Il retired farm
er, was arrested at Wichita. Kansas.
charged with the murder of his wife
and his stepson, Walter Shafer. is
years cid.
William Hale Thompson, mayor Of
Chicago, requested the secretary OF
state OF Nebraska to withdraw his
name from the presidential primary
ballot in Nebraska.
Mrs. Frances Ellen Haze, oldest
white woman in the Northwest. died
at Astoria, Ore, while asleep. at the
age of 104 years. Her father. the late
Judge Davenport, occupied the bench
in the Supreme Court OF Virginia and
also served three terms in Congress
Lieut.. Gov. ]. A. A. Burnquist, who
becomes governor of sIinnesota as a
result of the death of Gov. Hammond
at Clinton. La. was in bed with a
bad cold when he received the news
of the governors death Mr.. Burn
quist IA Republican. Gov. Hammond
was Democrat.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

A hot temper warps mau's better
judgment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07
MANY DROWNAS
LINER GOES DOWN
BRITISH SHIP PERSIA ToRPE-
ooED BY SUBMARINE IN MED
iTERRANEAN SEA.
AMERICANS ON BOARD
U. S. CONSUL MeNEELY AND DEN.
YER BOY AMONG 800 PAssEN-
GERS REPORTED LOST. -

Newspaper Union News Service.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-07

Even the worm will turn-perhaps
into butterfly.