Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-16

Another solicitor told of calling at a
house on Sand Hill on a lady whose
son is in the war He got donation
when, as he expressed it, Il felt more
like leaving money than taking it"
The narration so stirred the hearers
that they rose to man and gave
three cheers for the French Canadi-
an citizens of Augusta their
mothers"
Another worker told of calling at an
other French home where a mother and
six children lived. The only two boys
big enough to help We're gone to war.
Pm going to put down three dollars"
this woman said. Il haven't got it now
but hope to have it by Spring"
Just you put down a dollar" the
solicitor told her land I'll make up the
other two dollars somewhere else"
, When the team raiser told this story
TO his partner in the soliciting the
partner not only made up the two dol
lars but doubled his previous sub
scription.
Keep Your eve on the giant Their
! mometer in Haymarket Square. Its
F.! Triangle fund.
! You may escape the team members
this drive-but watch out in the next
one. Campaign Manager Dunnack is
making plans for listing every grown
person in Augusta. finding how much
they are worth by tax recurds and in
other ways and then making every
/ soul AuolGta he f,,ll
amount of his ability.
You don't have to go after many peo-
pie in Augusta with tax roceipts-and
! an ak. One large employer Of labor in
Augusta noted the cards of some of
his employees with the record that
they gave 50 each to the Red Cross.
The girls are making $40 a week.
wv hen ] see girls like that giving half
| their weekly wages in times like this"
he said, and then when | see what
some of the rich people around here
give | want to run out and commit a
| few first class murders"
That isn't true of the moneved neo-
pie of Augusta as rule. though
Most OF them are making stern sacri-
fees in order that their gifts may be
proportionally large
The campaign owes much to Norman
j.. Bassett. As toastmaster speaker.
cheer leader and worker he has helped
much TO stir up the enthusiasm need :
ed TO keep the drive running.
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One team, working an r. F. d. route,
Il hat f,,t
road We're listed. So they made a
strict house-to- house canvas along the
route and stirred up $40.
Some Red Triangle workers report
! that they occasionally cross the trail of
! what looks like German propaganda.
one worker has been to several houses
where people have been told that Red
Cross and Red Triangle money is
wastefuly and uselessly spent even
stolen. Such lying stories are almost
impossible to account for except on
the theory of German propaganda
work If many reports of this sor,
come in, 1t might pay to trace the lies
to their source. We may have some
snakes right here in Augusta
cams NO. l, ana ~ nave been
united, under the captaincy of z. E.
Newbert in order to fill up the gaps
in the organization. The new com
bination has its work cut out for it,
since it inherited most of the cards
originally assigned to all three teams
There isn't any way of escaping
these y. NJ. c. A. workers" an Au-
gusta citizen said laughingly after
pair of workers had operated on him.
Il had ten excellent reasons for not
giving a cent-and ended by giving
$40"
His was the common fate of all
Just inside the entrance to the State
House is neatly lettered sign: Sub
scribe to the Y. NJ. c. A War Fund
and give a boost to the State House
boys at the Front"