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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
BY Frances Marshall
IF YOU SEW IN MARCH.

Copyright. 1917 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
In a good many well ordered house
holds the month of March is dedicated
to the gentle art of sewing. House
cleaning days are not yet here. There
is no Christmas shopping to do. no
vacations to plan, no boarding school
children to start off, no special sea-
sonal holidays, and most of the winter
social life is ended 1t would be hard
to find four weeks at any other time Of
the year when so much time can be
taken for sewing.
So if you do not have a sewing room
all the wear round try to arrange one
during March. At least arrange part
sewing machine out and the cutting
table in place from day TO day. IL
usually takes half an hour to get
things ready 10 sew and since you are
sewing every day it would be good
idea not to plan to put the things
away between times.
Before you begin the task see that
your machine is in good running order.
Following the directions that came with
your machine. or that can behad from
the headquarters where that make IS
sold, give it a good oiling at least one
day before you wish to use it, Then
dust it and rub it thoroughly. Take
particular pains to keep it covered
every night when not in use ana 10
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Randolph Bridge Destroyed
Fl Years Ago Today

Twenty one years ago today will be
remembered by business men and cltl-
zenS of Gardiner as the bluest and
most disastrous day in the history OF
the city. for on that date the old COW
cred bridge connecting the city of Car
diner and the town of Randolph was
carried away in the great freshet. And
not only this but the merchants of the
city had goods to the value of thou
sands of dollars damaged. Several
times the city has been visited by Sc
rious CONGREGATIONS but each time that
this happened there was a goodly in
surance to fall back on. This time it
was no so and the entire loss had to
be borne by the merchants and city it
self
The story itself is best told by the
columns of an old paper from whit n
the following is taken: with the large
amount of rain that had fallen during
the previous SO hours it was evident
Sunday that if the ice should break
no the effect would be disastrous. Inc
sounding of the fire alarm whistle at s
o'clock Monday morning called the
people to the main street to hnd a
swollen. rushing river, rapidly rising,
and before many could remove their
goods from the Easements there was
four or five feet of water there. \ Jam
at Swan Island sent the water pack
and it was evident that everything
would be flooded.
AT $50 the jam broke and the wat
or receded rapidly. A telephone mes
sage was received from up river say
ing that the boom had broken and was
coming down river. People knew that
that meant the bridge. They had not
long to wait. The thousands of logs
came. down with a rush and piled over
the old structure. that made valiant
wreste for its life, At exactly 3.4o
O'Clock with wrench, tear and a
seemingly expiring wall the toll house
span swung off into the mad cur
rent"
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W|NSL0W

A goodly number attended the en-
tertainment Wednesday evening at the
congregational church, given under
the auspices of the members of the
Ladies Auxiliary. pleasing program
was presented. Good music was fur
nished by Miss Margaret Kinnear, Miss
Mildred Smiley. Milton Smiley and
Ben Levy. Miss Stanton, Colby stu
dent, read two fine selections. Tab
leaux representing the months of the
year were shown and much enjoyed
January was filled by little Ruth Rob-
inson dressed in white and wearing the
date of the year. February, Avery
Brann to represent valentine was
well decorated with hearts. March,
Miss Helen Patterson, was very at
tractive with her green harp and green
decorations. April showed the Rock of
Ages. May, with it's Maypole and diff
ferent color streamers was filled by six
girls. June was represented by a fine
wedding. The parts were well filled by
Miss Eva Glidden, handsomely dressed
as bride, Lester Patterson as groom,
Miss Mildred Smiley as bridesmaid.
Everett Shores, best man. the little
ring bearer and flower girl The minis
July was filled by boys with flag" and
horns. August, the children were en-
joying a picnic September was school
days. October, the two ghosts carrying
their lanterns. November, the court
ship of Myles Standish was well filled
by Miss Katherine Cushman with her
old spinning wheel and by Leland
Grant. December, Santa Claus was
taken by Wesley Wilson and an at
tractive Christmas tree was shown. Ice
cream was on sale and social hour
enjoyed.
Mrs Charles Robinson has recover
ed from a two weeks illness and is
able to be out
The Lithgow Club was entertained
Mrs. Frank G. Pooler, a good number
attending. The interesting program
was roll call, current events. Consid
cradle business was transacted.
A basketball game between Water
vile High school and Winslow High
school was played Wednesday eve
ming at the town hall. Score, Wins
low High, %; Waterville High. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy B. Byram Of
Waterville are receiving cOngra tula-
tons upon the birth of son weigh
ing 10 pounds. Mr.. Byram is en-
ployed at the H. & w office.
little daughter arrived at the
Madison, Wednesday morning.
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Adj. Gen. Mel. PressOn
Before BOmbahOOk Club
Thursday at HallOwell

Hallowell Me. March 1-(SpeciaD
Club night was observed on Thursday
evening at the Bombahook Club, Adj.
Gen. Mel. Presson being the speaker
of the evening. A large number Of
members were present and greatly APP
preciated Gen. Pressons address,
which was of a most interesting ma
ture throughout. His address in part
was as follows: Shortly after the
disastrous battle of Camden, Washing
ton wrote to the president of Congress,
What we need is a good army; not a
large one" Gen. Presson went on to
say that unfortunately for this. country
the object sought by this association
has only been partially obtained in
times Of peace. He then went on to
show how military men were united
in the defects and dangers of our mill
tary policy. yet many people believe
that as a nation we are invincible, al
though history records our triumph in
all the wars in which we have been
engaged. Yet from lack of prepared
Of life and money which could have
been largely avoided had the counsel
Of wise and patriotic men of Wash
ingtons time down to our own been
needed even in a small degree. All OF
! our wars have been prolonged for the
want of judiciOuS and economical
| preparation and many times when the
people have awaited the tidngs of
victory. those of humiliating defeat
have plunged the nation into mourn
! ing. Gen. Presson said that the cause
of weakness of our present system, he
believed, in the main, was as follows:
| The employment of undiscipllned
| troops commanded by officers utterly
| ignorant of the military art; short en-
| listment instead of for period of the
war; the failure to appreciate military
| education and to distribute trained Of
| ficers in our volunteer armies; the
want of colleges and universities to
educate men for officers in the practi-
cal principles of the duties of an off,
Ger. He said: TT is the fundamental
principle Of a government that obi
cations by the state and citizens are
neutral The military obligations Of
the citizenship are therefore both le-
gal and moral. Legally it is the obi
cation on the part Of a citizen to give
military service in time of war if call
ed upon to do so and morally it is an
obligation on his part to prepare him
self to do a full mans share"
| He said the creation of an effective
army is one of the most perplexing
questions a nation has to deal with. He
Is not in favor of preparedness for war.
but military preparedness against war.
which in the event of the catastrophe
of war will prevent the enormous initial
sacrifice of human lives which has char
acterized every war in which the Unit
ed States has been engaged.
He believes the military service such
as given in the National Guard of raine
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BURNHAM

Mrs. George Dyer, Jr, underwent
surgical operation at the Augusta
city hospital Monday and her condi-
ton is very favorable.
Mrs. Ernest Hunt who went TO Au-
gusta City hospital Sunday under
went an operation for appendicitis
Monday morning.
Mitchell Vim
Miss Gertrude Winn. daughter Of
Mr. f. T. WinH and Abby Mitchell
were married in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Wednesday. Feb q. They returned
here Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell
have the best wishes of all for a pros
porous future.
At the regular meeting Of Burnham
Grange Tuesday evening. Supt. of
Schools and Mrs. w. +. Stuart Of
Clinton were present and he gave a
short address on school work. At the
close of the meeting a lunch Of coffee
and fancy cookies was served. Plans
are being made for the observance of
the anniversary of Burnham Grange,
Tuesday evening. March s, and there
will be harvest feast.
Mr. and Mrs. Carol McAllister have
moved 70 Clinton where they have
purchased farm and plan to reside.
The meetings that have been held
evenings are continuing and are held
each. evening at soSe home with a
good attendance.
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teaches lessons which are of just as
much Importance in peace as in war.
Japan affords an illuminating influence
of the effect of military instruction upon
a people.
He said: I'VE are accustomed t,ese
days to taking big factors of safety
into everything we undertake. If we
fail to take proper factor of safety
in the matter of defence we ought not
to feel abused when our walls of sand
begin to crumble around US. Today we
stand isolated in the world politics We
cannot count on the single friendship of
great nation. We should be ready to
stand alone in any emergency
He continued by speaking of the
present war and stated that it was the
bloodiest one in the history of .ne
world. In the last 90 years there has
been SO wars in the class of our Civil
War and over 400 small ones. in most
of them over 100000 men were enga ged
Gen. Presson answered in a most prac-
teal way the talk of the pacifists that
million men can be raised in "A hours,
showing that such thing was practi-
cally impossible, giving figures to
substantiate his statement.
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keep il out of the dampness.
Then look % Your scissors and see
that they are we'll sharpened Take
stock OF Your thread and needles and
see that all the findings YOU will ned
are on hand before YOU begin. Al
though . day spent al cutting out
fabrics is somewhat tedious it is
good idea TO DO quite good deal of
cutting az once. For this an extension
, table is better than anything else. If
YOU are carelIl the cutting will prob
ably not harm your dining-ro table.
But in pinning on the patterns cs
pecial care should be taken not to let
the pins scratch the varniSh.
\ very good way to arrange your
threads is to have a heavy board about
two feet square more or less. In this
drive heavy three-inch nails at inter-
walls of every three inches. This board
can be arranged so that ii will hang up
on the wall on lie fiat on the table
Place the spoos of cotton on the nails
as YOU would when mounting them for
machine sewing. In this way you can
see them all quite clearly and YOU can
even take thread from them without
removing them from their pegs. BY
sizes. beginning witt the thirty thread.
say, and allowing one nail for each
number. which should be written with
a soft black pencil above the nails, you
can see at a glance just what cotton
YOU have on hand. Several persons
using the same sD0Uis will also find
this more convenient than keeping the
thread in any one persons work bas
ket.
When two persons are sewing to-
gether it makes it much easier to have
one work at the machine for an hour
or so at a stretch and then another.
letting the one do all the machine
sewing at tina. time and the other do
all the basting and turning. Especial
~ is this so in making underclothes or
mems shirts that require good deal of
machine sewing. The one not at the
machine can keep enough pieces turned
or baSted to keep the machine operator
busy till she becomes fatigued with
that special kind of work when they
can change places. This is much more
economical of time than to have each
sewer take one garment and do the
turning. stitching and basting till it is
finished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02
CHINA

SOUTH funeral services of Mrs.
Mercy I.ongfellow were held from her
home Thursday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Wakefield of Windsor. Mrs.
Wakefield assisted by singing two Sc
lections The interment was in Chad
wick Hill cemetery. The bearers We're
Georse Pierce, Eben Hallowell. How
ard Fuller and Jim Mclaughlin. Mrs.
i.ongfellow had been confined to her
bed most of the time for nine weeks,
she being cared for by her son Frank,
excepting few weeks when her sister,
Mrs. Norris from Augusta was with
her. She leaves two children Mrs.
Dave Hutchinson of Old Orchard and
Frank now in Windsor She also leaves
one brother ana two sisters. Her age
was - years and months.
The extension school for men and the
school Of home economies for women
which were held last Thursday, Fri
dan and Saturday. were well attended
and very Instructive and helpful Tn"
sociability part did every one good and
I'll enjoyed it very much
\ little girl baby arrived a the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Brown Sunday.
Feb. % Mother and child doing fine
Mrs. Ed Howe of Nassa,hcro is caring
for her.
Mrs John Gould from Albion is visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. Forest Brown
ard her brother II. l.. Fuller for n few
days.
Mr.. Dave Hutchinson of Old Orchard
was called here last Thursday to at
tend the funeral of his wife's mother,
his wife not being able To come
NECk-F'rank Weeks and daughter
Dorothy Of Somerville. Mass, were
Sunday callers at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Denico.
H. ~ Randall went to Clinton
Tuesday to attend the meeting Of East
kennebec Pomona
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02

All the churches are interested in the
forthcoming rally to be held next Tues
day afternoon and evening at the Pen
ney Memorial church, Augusta. The
three cities of Gardiner, Hallowell and
Augusta will be represented in gener-
Gus numbers at these gatherings. A
conference for Sunday school workers
and friends will commence at p. NJ.
and the chief speakers will be Rev.
Wesley j. Weir and Rev. j. j. Hull of
the State Sunday School Association.
1t is expected that a District S. S.
Association for Augusta and Hallowell
will be organized at this meeting. A
banquet of a hundred will be held at
p n. AT the close of the banquet a
number of after-dinner speeches will
be given. His Excellency, Governor
Carl f. Milliken, will be the guest of
honor, and has promised to give an adj
dress on this occasion. Plenty of time
around the festive board. as the great
mass meeting is not to commence be-
fore s P. NJ. This final gathering will
be the crownirG feature of the day.
Both afternoon and evening meetings
are open freely to the public. over a
hundred tickets for the banquet have
been sold already in the three cities
and it is now estimated that the num-
Der of participants at the tables will
be hundred and fifty. This banquet
and the two open meetings are for both
men and women whether members of
Sunday schools or not. These great
rallies will doubtless give an impetus
and uplift to all the Sunday schools
throughout the neighborhood.
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Harrington Girl Injured
in Auto Smash--Four Killed

Baltimore. Md, March 1-Three
women and man were killed early
today when a closed automobile in
which they were passengers plunged
into Baltimore harbor. Two men and
a woman. also passengers, were res
cued from the water and are suffering
from minor injuries. The dead are:
Edward l.. Gordon, of Brunswick,
Md.
Edna Kirby, whose stage name was
Edna King. member of the pat"
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Fred L. Blenn

Fred Lincoln Blenn passed away
Wednesday evening at his home in
Dresden Mills, aged so years. after
brief illness with pneumonia. He was
born in Dresden and was the son of
Joshua and Emily (Bickford) Blenn.
Beside a widow he leaves one daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. Philip Maxcy of this city.
Funeral services will be held at ,
o'clock Sunday afternoon.
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l.. Nj. Stafford and son are improved
in health so Mr.. Stafford is able to so
to the barn.
Mrs Nettie Moore returned last Fri
day to her home in st. Adams.
Mr. Georgia Bailey of Dexter was
recent guest of her daughter. Mrs. H.
L. Wakefield.
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in the AmesburyTwombly ambulance
Thursday afternoon with broken leg,
due to injuries received by the caving in
of the gravel bank. The accident oc-
CURED at o'clock THURSDAY afternoon,
Whalen being the boss of the pit. and the
only man to receive injuries. In addition
to the above injury he also received sew
eral bruises. Physicians were summoned
and after giving aid ordered his removal
to the hospital
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CAMBRIDGE

John Ring has gone to Montreai
whore he is employed surveying.
Mrs. Samuel Sawyer. who has been
ill for the past two weeks is improving
DR. Charles Ryan of Dexter was
called to see Lewis Angeve's horse that
cut an artery in its leg and to see
Charles kinneN'S horse.
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Gard of Thanks

We wish to thank the neighbors and
friends for their many kindnesses dur
ing the illness and death of our loved
one, and for the beautiful floral trib-
utes. We also wish to thank the Mod
ern Woodmen of America and the Roy
al Neighbors of America for the beau
tiful flowers.
MRS CYRUS X. WITHAM
MIR. AND MRS. GEORGE +. CURRY
MIR. AND MRS. ROY CLANCY.
MISS DOROTHY w. CURRY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02

All those who have been collecting mer-
chants coupons for the Universalist
church are requested to hand in the same
before March to Mrs. Fred n. Boston
or leave at Jacksons drug store or the
A. r. Hayes Coal Co
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The c. c. S Club met Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs Lizzie Smith Randolph,
with Il members present. Two games
were played, the prizes being won BY
Mrs. Cannon and Mrs. Fish. Refresh
ments were served and a delightful aft
ernoon passed. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. Gresham Lincoln avenue
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Bordeaux Is Rejoicing
'Over Arrival of Rochester

Bordeaux, March 1.-The progress up
the river GiroLde of the American
steamer Rochester, which ran the Ger
man submarine blockade on her voy-
age from New York to Bordeaux, is be-
ing watched with almost as much in
terest as that of the American steamer
Orleans which also escaped the Ger
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man submarines and arrived here early
in the week.
The crew of the Rochester will b.
feted here in a manner equal to that
of the captain and crew of the Orleans.
The successful crossing of the sub
marine zone by the two American
ships has caused much Joy in Bor-
deaux, where the Stars and Stripes are
everywhere fying.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church will hold it's annual meet
ing and election of officers Friday af-
ternoon in the vestry. The ladies are
requested to bring the coupons they
have collected.
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LOCAL NOTICE.

Marguerite Clark will be seen in one
Of her greatest plays at the Acme
theatre Monday and Tuesday. March 5
and 6. Snow White" Special matinee
for the children Tuesday at o'clock,
No advance in prices mar2d5t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-02

The following additional pledges to the
High school building fund have been re-
ceived: Augustus Bailey, Marion Hickey.
Thomas Hickey Sara B. Booker, Michael
Hickey, Samuel Newcomb, John McDon-
aid Timothy Kelley, ". B. Newcomb. A.
Burgess, Margaret Flarighty. Mary
Flarighty. S. W Talbot, Alice Williams.
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White Burlesaue Co. She was from
New York.
Marie Haynes. stage name Marie
Woods, a cabaret actress, of Camden.
y. j.
Anne NJ Rogers. burlesque actress of
this city.
One of the injured is Anna l.. Luce
of Pennington. Me. Her stage name is
White Co.
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On account Of the play, The Bach
elor's Revere" to be given this eve
ming in the Universaist vestry by the
Young Peoples Dramatic Club, no
meeting OF the Knights of King Ar
thur will be held this week
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Henry Whalen Breaks Leg
in Gravel Bank Caye-in

Henry Whalen. a resident of Sullivan.
Maine. in the employ Of Smith & Havey.
contractors on the construction of the
State road on the Brunswick road. was
taken to the Augusta General hospital
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Mahaney and two
children of Easton have arrived for a
visit with Mrs. Mahaneys sisters, Mrs.
NJ. II. Dodge of Harrison avenue and
Mrs. NJ. c. Spear of West Gardiner.
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Thornton. Small

Miss Clarce Helena Small, a teacher
in the South Gardiner Grammar school,
and Blair Thornton of Millinocket were
married Wednesday in Bangor. Mr. and
Mrs. Thornton left Thursday for Edmon-
ton, Alberta, where they are to reside.
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The Trolley League bowling cups
were placed on exhibition at the Can
toni alleys Thursday and attracted
much attention. The cups are four in
number, one large one and three small
ones.
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Colby Abbott

Chester Colby and Murietta Abbott of
Coopers Mills were quietly married Feb.
"A. The bride is graduate of Lincoln
Academy and very successful teacher.
| The groom is business man of Somer-
Vile.
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Fourteen registrations were received
Thursday at lie session Of the Board
of Registration. The board Will be in
session today from 8 to l. A. NJ, from
to and from to r. NJ.
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stereopticon lecture on "Arbitra-
ton and World Peace" will be given
by the pastor of the Old South Con-
gregational church in the vestry at Z
o'clock next Sunday evening" More
than IS slides on this timely subject
will be shown. The public is cordially
invited
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Coliseum Flashes from the Wire

Do not underestimate the drawing
power of "CiviliZation'' but order your
seats well in advance. Booked for
March 8. 9. 10. Telephone 112M or
BONN. It's the greatest picture of the
age. Orchestra accompanies this pro-
duction at the Coliseum. Boston pa
pers all claimed this to be the top Of
them all in feature photo play sensa-
TONS, Charlie Chaplin today in BE
hind the Screen" and 1.-THE Littlest
Rebel' in six parts. Matinee tomor-
row at 2:45.-Advt.
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RIPLEY

ana Mrs. H. NJ. Bowdoin are in
hampshire and Massachusetts for
several weeks.
fuldah Tibbetts has returned
No. come in Bangor. She accom-
'','eu her mother, Mrs. John Bowdoin
10 Ripley.