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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
His Trademark.

Little redheaded .oEnny got q Job
as office boy for tho president Of a
large western railway. After he had
been upon the job several days they
gave him form to fiji out with his
Personal Record"
When young Johnny came to a par
ticular paragraph tn, said. Have you
any visible marks for Identification in
case Of accident or death?. he rose
from his chair aud rushed over to
mirror near by to give himself a gener-
al Inspection; then he returned to his
task and wrote as his answer to this
personal query, Nothing except free
kles. "-Youth's Companion.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

1he American republic was
founded, not on privilege, like the
Greek and Roman states; not on
Lineage, like the Republics of Italy
In the Middle Ages; not on land
proprletorship, like the Republic of
Holland; not on blood relationship,
like the Swiss Cantons-but upon
manhood. The fathers of this Re-
public said: Just as man is able
to take care of himself physically,
mentally, morally and financially,
80 is he able to take care of himself
politically Upon the very basic
principle of the Republic that all
men are created free and equal,
the American citizen, black or
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

Shame on Americans! How alb
surd to review the methods Of
bringing here Africans to reenslave.
Use them in all manner of war-as
all kinds of color prove. Millions
of white children have tugged at
breasts Of loving old black women.
They cooked and the whites ate as
they are still doing. They made
up and are still making up beds for
the whites to sleep in. They wash
their clothes. They stayed on the
plantations, worked and cared for
the white women and children.
They hid the stock and valuables
as the whites in the ridges and
mountains. In short, kind, true
and as loving as if they were their
own and are now. In every war
they have been in the forefront,
and lost the first blood.
So changed have they been by
the diffusion Of white mems blood,
had not Africans come here now
and then and exhibited the real
African, not one here would have
the slightest features of an African.
1t seems that the white man has
more hatred for his blood he placed
than a dog has for it's vomit.
He is a Niger if he has one
sixteenth, oneffth, onefourth,
one-half or any part of Negro
| blood.
Out west the greatest base ball
player in America is white a man S
product by a colored woman. Mr..
McGraw declares he would give
fifty thousand dollars if he was a
white man, and offered him ten
thousand dollars to go to Cuba stay
there long enough to pass for a
Cuban and come back home to play
ball as a Cuban-not as an Ameri-
can. The Negro spurned the offer
and we all the more love him for it
The greatest pitcher the world has
ever known is a colored Cuban.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
Anna Howard Shaw.

Or Anno Howard S:law has been
pioneer In many field. She was the
first woman ordained minister In the
Methodist Episcopal church Her ef-
torts to obtain n college educatio
marked an epoch In cocducation. She
carried the gospel Of cuual suffrage
into the most remote places. unde-
TERED by t!l' il n"nrcN .on"" Of primi.
tive travel T. -. * ~ ON
Feb. II, ISL
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

Our Well-to-do farmer friend Mr.
Amos Holley, of Nipetown, think
ing, no doubt, we were at sea and
too poor to get seed potatoes. and
wanting us to have the best and
earliest on the market, and | being
the best farmer in the county, gave
us an abundance of fine seed pota-
toes with guarantee that six weeks
from the time they came up, we
would have potatoes Pat thanks
Mike.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
Messages They Carry Are Packed In
Small Goose Quilts

The genera l". "a, /. ( all that has
- .' -. -. 80. y t.. ,...:, u dispatch by
i''."Hna - ~ r"tch tie bird. tie O let
,''r e. 6 t." and then liberate it is
"''Nrhng the
t. 70. . ,. rt..,.e
l'rlOr to Tic s.o->. Of i'aris the meth
Oh or attlxing the message to the bird
had not received that attention which
it de'nnnG"t ai.,, rous- l,.rntv many
Hi&T'1cl", Wcr" ~. ~ 'l@u&it.
1t ..&. Il, I.,'.s..n was merely
rolled ~ = n,l:. ,.u:%A over to pro.
tect it from, the Wcu; Der ana then at
tached to Il feather in The birds tail.
Eut it was soon found that the Irvine
Which kept the lai&siye in place cut or
damaged the paper, and therefore in
order to prevent it from being pecked
by tile pigeon and from being injured
by wet the dispatch was inserted in q
small gooseQuill two inches in length.
The quill was then pierced close to
Zach end with redhot bodkin, so as
not to split it, and in the holes waxed
silk threads were inserted to affix it to
the strongest tail feather. By attach
ing the message to this part Of the
birds body it's flight was not in any
way intcrfcrcd With.-Lone Scout
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
4 proverb Gene to Smash.

'TWo WIou-S don't make Il right"
I'm not 50 sure about that" unused
Mr.. Chu@Sins. IF l travel faster than
the law allows and II Jtor cop travels
fast enough TO Overtake me it's per
fectly right for him to arrest me-
Washington Star
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
His Color.

Little Ben ITO gentleman caller,-
You aren't black, are YOU? Mr. Moo
ney-black, child? Why, no! | should
nope not. What made you think /
was! Little Ben-Oh. nothing! Only
pa SAID YOU were awfuly niggardly.-
London Telegraph
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
- TnlI-h Cnnrtannc

- w"mt 10 ,an VOC rouugrow after
noon 80 , O'Clock on Solnethin: impor-
tan,."
what 90 you want TO see me then
fOr?"
/ want to pay YOU the 81 I am going
TO touch YOU for now" - New York
Amcvicuu
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
A Ear as He'd Go.

Would you say they married for
lOve?"
NO: Ia say that that is what they
thought they married for" - Detroit
Free Press
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
Hard Lines.

In financial trouhiof What IL ~"
ooh. promised to pay Brown $40
today. and I've got it. and he kzavs
We got it, and he knows | know he
knows I've got it"-Puck.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

Inc lives or many are ruined ny the
iatal crror TN. -" more Onc posse. :rS
the more one enjoys.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24
Gloomy Prospec,.

Inc Suitor- What VII your father
settie on the man who marries your
Ibe G1rl-All the rest Of the family
suppose rrrk
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

Coz Mess The < ~ T.
0iFSS everybody eise.
BeUCher.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-24

40
i Sid y.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-19

ina French war plane" and a de-
tailed inspection of one Of Frances
aerial depots near Paris.
Miss Law is searching for type Of
French aerOplane best suited for her
use in American derby" or trans
continental fight,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
Vigorous Men
and Women are
in Demand

II your ambition has left you. your
happiness has gone forever unless you
take advantage Of BowAitch-wsbstef
Co.'S magnificent Offer to refund your
money on the first box purchased II
wendelrs Ambition Pills do not put your
entire system in fine condition and give
you the energy and vigor you have lost.
Be ambitious. be strong. be vigorous.
Bring the ruddy glow Of health to your
cheeks and the right sparkle that denotes
perfect manhood and womanhood to your
sysA
Wendell's Ambition Pills. the great
nerve tonic, can't be beat for that tired
feeling, nervous troubles, poor blood.
headaches. neuralgia, restlessness. trerns.
ling. nervous prostration. mental de.
preston. loss Of appetite and kidney or
liver complaints.
In two days you will feel better. In
week you will feel fine. and after TAX.
ing one box you will have your old-time
confidence and ambition.
BE sure and get 5o-cent box today AMI
get out Of the rut. Remember Bowditch-
Webster Co. and dealers everywhere are
authorized II guarantee them. ADV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
Save Your Own
Vegetable Seed
Great Necessity of Increasing the Supply for
Next. Years Planting-Easy Understood Di-
rectlons How to Help Meet the Emergency, by
Gardeners Saving the Seed from Own Prod
ucts

The following article by W. ".
Tracy, Sr, superintendent of testing
gardens, and a. j. Peters, agronomist
ir clover inspection, Bureau of Plant
Industry, is issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture:
Under normal conditions of commerce
considerable quantities of vegetable
seed are imported by American seeds
men from Europe. Since the begin
ming of the European war these impor-
tatlons have decreased, until at the
present time they are relatively small.
Furthermore. America has been called
upon to furnish certain vegetable seeds
to Europe. and this has Increased the
tendency TO deplete the stocks available
for our own use. In view Of these facts.
1t is believed that the supply of vege-
table seed in this country should be
conserved and augmented to the fullest
extent possible.
While the practice of saving seed in
the home garden can not be generally
recommended because of the difficulty
il. keeping stocks pure, il is quite feas-
IDLE to save seed of many vegetables
for one or two seasons. After that the
stocks should be renewed. At the pres
cnt time the United States Department
of Agriculture urges every gardner
who has the facilities to do so to save
seed for next years planting. If this is
done it will assist in the return Of nor
NAL conditions. not only in the supply
OF vegetable seed but also in the price
to the gardener.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
WINSL0W

Miss Christibelle Beaubier, who has
been guest of Miss Gladys Balentine
a few days, returned Wednesday to
her home at Auburn.
Mrs VIM. H. Bowden left Wednes-
day for Southport, where she will pass
two weeks.
Miss Myrtle Hodgston Of Shawmut
was a week end guest at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. f. +. Blackwell.
Mr. and Mrs. William Spiler of Wa
terville were guests Tuesday at the
home of MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Eaton.
Mrs. Charles Newell of Weber Pond
was a guest Tuesday at the home OF
her son. II. S. Newell.
Prof. Robert Weber of Milo, who
is passing the summer at Nasalboro,
las been passing a few days at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jones.
Miss Nellie Holt, who is employed
in town, is at her home in Canaan for
a few days.
Mrs Virgil Halves was a guest on
TUESDAY at the home of her son, Royal
Halves, Waterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Marcou were in
Belgrade Monday on business trip.
>.
was a guest Tuesday of Miss Gertrude
Higgins of Fairfield Center.
Russell Simpson Tuesday was in
Millinocket on a BUSINESS trip.
Misses Amanda and Gladys Weed
who have been the guests of rela-
tives at Thorndike, returned home on
Wednesday.
Mrs George S. Paine and Miss Mil
dred Paine entertained friends Tues
day afternoon to raise money and
work for the relief organization. Re-
freshments were served. Mrs. George
A. Chamberlain also entertained on
Tuesday afternoon for the same OBJ
iect. Refreshments were served. Those
present at Mrs. Chamberlains were
Mrs. Mary Dunbar, Miss Sybil Dun
bar, Mrs Mamie Chaffee and Miss
Dorothy Chaffee and Mrs. Clarence
Flood of Bath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Holt Of Mad
ison were callers Tuesday at the home
of Frank A. Smiley.
, Edwin Lane Warren and James Mil
ton. sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert W.
Lane, were at home Saturday from
Camp Keyes. James Milton returned
Saturday evening and Edwin Lane and
Warren Milton returned Sunday eve
ming. Mr.. and Mrs. Lane entertained
IS friends Saturday evening in honor
Of their sons. Mrs. Lanes brother
Edward Hogan. who will leave July %
to join his company at Bath, was one
of the guests. Games were PLAYED
refreshments served and a pleasant
evening passed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19

- Parsnips may be left in the ground over
winter. and in warmer sections. such as
from Washington. D. c., southwark. this
may also be done with carrots; but these
roots should be lifted in the spring and
replanted as above mentioned. 1t may
be necessary to support the seed stalks If
large growth is made.
When the earliest set seeds begin to
shatter. the plants should be cut and
placed in airy storage until the seed is all
ripe. when it can be threshed out
Since much the greater part of the root
seed used in the United States is i'm
ported, it is especially urged that garden
ers select roots this fall so as to produce
some seed in 1918 for the 1919 planting.
Onon-The bulbs selected for seeding
should be pulled a little earlier than those
intended for use or storage and should be
be cured without removing the tops by
full exposure to air. but protected from
direct sunshine, rain, and dew. In the
early fall they may be set for seeding.
but it is essential to success that the soil
be constantly moist but never wet. Even
a single soaking from heavy fall Of
rain often results in their decay. 1t is al
so important to protect them from re-
peated freezing. In sheltered locations
this can often be best accomplished by a
covering of earth, but this should be re-
moved so as to prevent the growing tops
from being too much blanched.
The seed turns black long before 1t is
ripe, and the seed head should not be
cut until there is danger of serious loss
from shattering and then should be fur
Their cured by full exposure to the air un-
til the bulk Of the seed drops out.
The yield Of seed from spring-set bulbs
IS very uncertain, but fair crops ire some
times secured from bulbs which have win
tered we'll in storage by setting them as
early as possible in well-drained. warm
soil
Cabbage.-Plants to be used for seed
production should be started late. so that
of the first hard frosts or actual freezing
The plants should then bes pulled ana
stored either in cellar. so that they will
he constantly moist. or by burying them
in the open. so that the heads will have
some air but not be exposed to repeated
freezing. AS soon as danger of severe
and long-cotninued frost is past the plants
for seeding should be set so deep that the
head will be partly covered. AS they start
carefully pulled apart to allow the seed
stalk to develop freely When the pods
are ripe the stalks should he cut and
cured in a dry place Later the seed may
be beaten out with sticks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
State Highway Bridge Construction

State Highway Bridge Construction
Sealed proposals addressed to the State
Highway Commission, Augusta. Maine.
as follows Bridge. over the Pump Box
Brook. in the town Of Shapeigh. York
county; bridge, over Little River, in the
town OF Perry, Washington county:
bridge, over the outlet of Dodge Pond,
town Of Rangeley. Franklin county.
bridge. over the outlet of Wilson Lake.
town Of Wilton. Franklin county. each
endorsed with the name of the town. will
he received by the Commission at its Of
until II A. NJ. Thursday. July 18th. 1917.
and at that time and place publicly open
ed and read.
Each proposal must be made upon
blank form provided by the Commission
for copy of which one dollar will he re-
uuired and must be accompanied BY a
terrified check for 1919 Of the amount bid
payable to the Treasurer Of State OF
Maine. The certified check will be ~
turned to the unsuccessful bidder unless
forfeited under the conditions stipulated.
surety bond satisfactory to the Com
mission Of not less than one-fourth nor
more than one-half of the amount Of the
contract, will be required. Plans may be
examined and copy Of specifications and
contract may be obtained at the once OF
the Commission, Augusta. Maine.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all proposals.
WILLIAM NJ. AVER,
FRANZ A. PEABODY,
State Highway Commission.
PAUL D. SARGENT. Chief Engineer
juIy17-1s-n.p-1
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Why Wait for War

to learn real TODD values?
1t is what you digest. not
what you eat, that furnishes
strength for the days work.
Many foods tax the diges-
tive powers to the ut1nos:
without supplying much
real nutriment. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is all food
and in a form that is easily
digested. 1t is 100 per cent.
whole wheat. For break
fast, dinner or supper it
takes the placeofmeat, eggs
and potatoes. You don't
know how easily you can do
without meat or potatoes
until you try it. Delicious
with sliced bananas, berries,
or other fruits, and milk.
Made at Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
NOTICE OF FoREcLosuRE.

WHEREAS, Ralph c. Watson. of Oak
land in the County of Kennebec and State
Of Maine, by his mortgage deed. dated the
18TH day of December. \. d. 1916. and re-
corded in the kennebec Registry of
deeds. Book $50. Page 39l. conveyed to
the undersigned. the Tconic National
Bank, a corporation duly existing by law
and having its place of business at Wat
parcels of real estate situated in said
Oakland and bounded and described as
follows
A certain lot or parcel of land situate in
said Oakland and bounded and describe 1
as follows: Northe;ly by land CT John
Carruth; westerly by land of Frank
Rush; southerly by land now or forme rly
of the heirs of Horace H. Drummond:
and easterly ny the road leading fl, m
Oakland to Augusta; containing thirteen
acres more or less:
Also another certain Let or parcel Of
land situate in said Oakland and bound
ed and described as tollows: BEGINNING
in the westerly line of the County noad
leading from Oakland to Augusta and at
the northeast corner of land of James w
irwin; thence westerly on the northerlv
line of said Twins lot to land Of Frank
Rush: thence ncrtherly on the caSterlE
line of said Rush lot to the corner
thence easterly by said Rushs lot and
the southerly line of land formerly #
Emma Minor to the County road: thence
southerly on said road to the point of be-
more or less,
Also another certain lot or parcel of
land situate in said Oakland and bounded
and described as follows: Commencing
on the westerly side of the County Road
leading from Oakland to Augusta, at the
northeasterly corner of land owned by 30
seph Mitchell Ir., thence running wester-
~ on the northerly line of said Mitchell
about one hundred and twenty O2O rods
to land now or formerly of the heirs OF
Horace II. DrummOnd; thence northerly
on said Mitchells land forty (i0) rods to
land of Frank Rush; thence easterly on
land of said Rush and land of said Drum
mond heirs, about one hundred and tWen-
ty rods to said road. thence southerly on
said road forty rods to the first mentioned
bounds; containing thirty acres more or
less;
The above described three parcels being
the same real estate conveyed TO Willard
H. lockwood by the said heirs of Horace
II. Drummond, by their warranty deed
dated June L. 1872 recorded in kennebec
Registry of Deeds, Book 524. Page 209, to
which deed and the deeds mentioned
therein. reference may be had; and also
the same premises conveyed by Willard
H. lockwood to Ralph G. Watson by deed
dated December 5, 1916 and as yet unre-
corded.
SOW, THEREFORE,. by reason Of
breach of the condition thereof, the sai1
Tconic National Bank claims a fore
closure of said mortgage.
Watervlle, Maine, July 10th. A. D.. 1917
TICOEIC NATIONAL BANK,
BY GEORGE X. BOUTELLE,
ily12.thurs.3t President
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Save Seed from the Best Plants.

Save Seed from the Best Plants.
There is but one general principle
underlying the production of good veg
etabe seed; that is, save seed from the
best plants.
For seed purposes all vegetables may
be classed as ANIMALS or biennials. An
nuals are such as ripen a crop Of seed
the same season as that in which the
seed is sown: bennials ripen seed the
season following that in which the seed
is sown.
Animals
Beaus-Tne saving of beans for seed
is a relatively simple matter. Beans
are self-fertile, so there is no danger
TO pick out few Of the best
plants from which to save seed Do
not cat any of the beans from these
plants and save only such pods as get
too old to eat. Select good plants with
pods corresponding TO the sort planted
and save all pods When ripe and dry
shell the beans and, anywhere south of
Philadelphia, treat them with carbon
bisulphd to kill weevils. The insects
are in the beans at the time of harvest
ing ard can be killed by placing the
shelled beans in a tight box within
which is a shallow saucer into which
a little carbon bisulphid has been
poured Close the box tight as soon
as the carbon bisulphid is poured and
keep il shut and away from fame for
a few hours. Carbon bsulphid is very
infammable. North of Philadelphia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-19
BINGHAM
Mrs. Evander Andrews

The death Of Mrs. Caddie Baker An
drews, wife of Evander Andrews oc-
CURED at $50 Tuesday morning at her
home in Pleasant Ridge six miles from
this village. Her age was "a years and
beside her husband she is survived by
four children, Mrs. Thelma Greenlaw
of Bingham, Ray, Guy and Merle An
drews who reside at home. The de-
ceased was born in Scion and had lived
both in Bingham and in Pleasant Ridge
in the later community however. since
her marriage. She had been ill for the
past six weeks and was stricken with a
CONFUSION the day before her death
from the effects of which she did not
recover. Besides the relatives alrean y
referred to there is her father, Fred
Baker, who resided with her, one own
sister, Mrs. Harlan Boynton Of Emb-
den and four half sisters, Miss Chris
label and Miss Esther Bickford Of
Pleasant Ridge, Mrs, Frances Steward
o. Bingham and Miss Beatrice Bick-
ford Of Portland. The funeral services
are to be held this Thursday forenoon
at 10 o'clock from the house, with Rev.
T. B. HIATT Of the Bingham Congre-
gational church as the officiating
clergyman. The remains will be in
TERED at Bingham.
The meeting Of the Bingham Sun
shine Society last week was held a.
the home Of Mrs. Erwin Moore.
Carl Smith has moved to the tene-
ment over the Preble store.
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How To Overcome
Foot Troubles

If you have tired, burning. aching feet,
Germs or painful callouses, you know only
too well the misery and torture that they
bring. 1t is unnecessary, however. to
suffer longer with any of these foot
troubles.
Go to your druggist and get small jar
of Ice-Mint. Rub little OF this cooling.
healing. discovery on your tired. aching,
corn-pestered. swollen feet. Instantly the
pain of corns and callouses vanishes. And
shortly the most stubborn and painful
hard corns. soft corns. corns between the
toes, or aching caliouses. will shrivel up
and lift out easily with the fingers, root
and all.
Ice-Mint costs little is easy and delight
full to apply and aside from removing
every painful corn or callous will keep
your feet cool, easy and comfortable even
on the hottest DAYS. Try 1t. There is
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Lemon Juice
For FreCkIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for . few cents. Try Il!

squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
hu'.lo containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and YOU
rave quarter pint Of the best freckle
and TAN lotion. and complexion beauti-
ar NJ very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and anv
srar store OF toilet counter will supply
tree ounces Of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
-rant lotion into the face, neck. arms
ard hands eeoh day and see how
,-s,klos and hlemishes disappear. and
NV clear. soft and white the skim be-
-srre- Y.s' II is harmless