Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-10-17
RIGHT NOW!
Ily
Edith Barnard Delano
Of the visilantes-

and the sparks are falling ON your
shingled roof. are you Interested in the
IRE?
II the boy next door has . sore
throat, and there's . lot Of scarlet
fever about, and you have four chill
dren Of your own, does It mean any
thing to you!
II the man who owns the farm just
across the road from your orchard
won't spray his apple trees. what do
you care!
II folks In the house back Of yours
persist In leaving the lid OF their gar
bage pain the nasty pestilent dies bred
there never come over to your house.
do they?
NOW-1rs and fever. famine. pes
thence. and that which II worse than
murder are YOUR NEIGHBoR Oh
yes they are! You can't say that they
are across the water. in Europe. where
they are too far on to harm you or
yours. They are here, right here In
your country. Your neighbor's fire
smoked before it blaxed. the boy next
door had scarlet fever for days before
4 broke out" ON him; the unsprayed
apple trees and the uncovered garbage
pail were getting In their deadly work
for days before you knew anything
about them. The danger that this war
is spreading throughout every corner
of the world Is not over there. but
here. HERE and NOW. Much OF the
dagger You know; much You do not
know. There are enemies. germ car
riers, where you think 1t IL impossible
for them to be. You may rub your
elbows with them on your way to
work. You may sit next to them in
street cars. They may be your Gus
toners. your tradespeople. your very
neighbors: but they are spreading by
ways that are open and that kill quick
~ and by ways that are secret and
that stab In the dark the most dread
full disease that has ever been on this
earth-WAR. You know what war
does; there is not man. nor q woman.
nor child in all this broad land who
will not be hurt BY this war II 1t Is
permitted to repeat itself. War has
got to be ended, ended soon. and ended
forever: and there Is only one way to
do 1t. One way. that. 10, for you and
for me, who cannot place our bodies
where they will stand between our
loved ones and the shot and steel Of
war. You and have got to do our
part by providing the means with
which war can be stopped and shall
be stopped. You and l. who cannot
fight, have got to provide money. just
money. so that others can do our fight
Ing for rs. And the fighting Of this
war IL the one big final housecleaning
Of the world. even the germ carriers
have got to b routed out and cleaned
mp.
Housecleaning costs money. 30 does
sickness. But cleanliness and health
are worth paying for. They arc good
Investments. You do not hesitate to
pay for nre insurance, TO call In the
doctor, to keep your home premises
clean and to do what you can to see
that the people around you do the
same. It's worth It.
Right now. you have got to insure
your children's children against disas-
ter worse than IRE. Buy . Liberty
Bond and lot our soldiers be your
properly equipped hremen.
Right now you have got to call In {
doctor. Buy . Liberty Bond and lei
Uncle Sam choke OF the germ carrying
spies and seditionists hare ct home
and clean them mp wherever they an
working throughout the world.
Right now you have got to force
your neighbor-and remember that hs
doesn't live only In the Germany
which produced his poison-to clear
| his premises Of something that II more
dangerous than scala or dry rot On
borers or moths or anything else thai
the world has ever had to deal with
Buy . Liberty Bond and help IA ths
world forever Of this shasfly peSti
lence Of war.
Right now II the time to make safs
your homes and al that you wish
| Home to stand for; the hfs and heath
| Of you and your children; tia security
| Of your incomes; the UNFOLDING of the
ideals without which you wouldn,
care to live. There 10 only one way h
which you and I can do It. but thai
way ID going to bring ~ tn mighty
good interest IT'S the best investmsnt
! you'll ever make, or anybody else.
Buy . Liberty Bond-Rl0HT NOW
LAMOINE.
Friday:svsning the boys and girls Of tn
agricultural club gave an exhibition o
their seasons work ct the grange hall
| Their we'll written stories made an inter
esting program. Money was given fcl
prises which were awarded - follows