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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
"ErauenJob."

The light cruiser Frauenlob was n
Of the most oddly named warships
afoat. An early meistersinger. Henry
Of Neisscn. sang the charms Of WON
anhood so a%ssiduousIy that he came to
be known. as Frauenlob, and on his
death in 1918 his body vas carried in
state by women to his grave in May
ence cathedral. When first it was de-
cided to build a German feet the wo.
men Of Germany raised a large con
tribution toward its cost by special
collections among themselves. To
commemorate their efforts a cruiser
launched in 1853 was called Frauen-
lob, and the name has since been borne
by five other warships.-London Chron-
fcIe. '-t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
A Comets Three Parts.

A comet has three parts. The nu-
cleus is the bright. starlike point which
is the kernel, the true potential comet.
Around this is spread the coma. a sort
of luminous fog. shading from the nu-
cleus and forming with it the head.
Still beyond is the delicate tail. stretch
ing away into space. And this to the
world in general is the comet itself.
though always the least dense OF the
whole.
Sometimes entirely wanting or hard
" detachable. tho tail is again an ex-
tension millions Of miles in length.
Although usually a single brush Of
light, comets have been seen with no
fewer than six tails.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Eggs OF tho Guiilemot.

.S9S VI St0
The guillemot is distinguished among
British birds by the fact that Its eggs
vary more in color than those Of any
other species. ranging from dark red
dish brown to pale green. The female
guillemot lays only u egg at a time;
but, like the mother of an only child,
she pays great attention to it. To
hatch it she holds it between her legs
as she sits facing the cliffs. Taking
the eggs is a regular profession in
some places, such as at Flamborough
Head, where the birds congregate in
great numbers. The albumen obtained
from them is said to be used in clarity
ing wines and In the preparation Of
patent leather. Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
BOOM ALL N. {.
made GOODS,
IS SLOGAN
(From Boston Herald.)

"Wher is business good in this sec
ton Of the courtry?' inquired A. NJ. M.
MacMurray of Wadsworth, Rowland &
Co, Inc, in an interview yesterday. 1t
is q question that has been asked many
times, but in these times of great pros
perity and grave national problems the
anSwe is Of much Importance.
when our manufacturing plants"
he began in reply, ARE employing their
full complement Of help and running
full time or overtime; the South may
have a splendid cotton year; the West
may be exulting in the ichness Of its
wheat crop, but If the demand for New
England products is not good in Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont. Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut, il
the mills and factories are running half
time and in some sections are shut
! down, the result is felt by every bust
, ness interest in the communicates the
grocer, the dry goods merchant, the
! house painter, the theatrical manager!
If wages are low, or buying scarce
| and selling is at a low ebb. Anything
that would help the mills, factories and
| shops Of New England, and, incident
| ally, we can al, help to make business
! good in every department Of industry
! by calling for a New England manufac-
tured article when we next go shopping,
this will boom New England made
| goods. Just now all manner of made
in America movements are in the air,
| some more or less practical, but most
merely theoretical.
Where is the use Of talking made in
| America or agitating made in u. S.
| A." II we do not practice it? And how
can we Of New England practice it bet
ter than by asking for goods manu-
| featured in New England and not by
outside capital having no interest in the
welfare Of our historical old New Eng
land every time we buy an article for
personal, household or general use?
There is a splendid opportunity for
helping prosperity along in this section
Of the country if the people Of all New
England stand shoulder to shoulder
and call for the loyalty Of our millions
toward the industries of New England.
eve can not get along without our
mills, factories and shops, and to some
extent, they a not get along without
us. Let our papers, our boards of trade
and other civic bodies and all who
have any influence for good agitate
this question constantly until the pub
lie mind is awakened to the Importance
Of this splendid movement for booming
New England industries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
The orisin Of Carrier Pigeons.

The origin Of the use of the carrier
pigeon is lost in %obscurity. but the first
people Of whom we have any record Of
employing 1t are the Greeks. By them
it was used with great success. and the
knowledge they had acquired they i'm
parted to the Romans. who first used
1t as q message bearer about 120 years
before the Christian era, About 500
years ago pigeons formed part Of a
Geographic system adopted. by the
Turks. who erected high towers thirty
or forty miles apart. They were pro-
vided with pigeons, and sentinels stood
constantly ready to secur the mes
sages as the birds arrived.-LOndon
Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
medicine I took,

medicine / took. Every month since I
was q young gill / had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. / saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
Of q woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was i'm
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so I sent my husband to the
drug store at once for a bottle Of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, I soon noticed a change and
when / had finished the third bottle I
was cured and never felt better. 1grant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know Of my cure. Mrs. THos. McGoN-
gcAL, 1892 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

AAAy S
I nearly went
crazy. / went to
lift doctors and
they all said 1 had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until I would
|be operated on. I
had suffered for four
years before his
time, but ! kept get
ting worse the more
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
COMING EVENTS

April 1l-16-Maine Methodist Episcopal
Conference, Westbrook. Bishop Hamilton
presiding.
April 11-16-East Maine Methodist Epis-
copal Conference. Bar Harbor. Bishop
Leete presiding.
May -Kennebec County S. S. Asso-
citation annual meeting, Green street, NJ.
e. church, Augusta.
July 9-13-Annual conference of Super
intendents of schools md Secondary
School principals, Castine.
July 16-August Estate Summer Schols
for Teachers, Castine, Pennington and
Machias.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

The current paucity OF editorial para
graphs in the Kennebec Journal tells us
more plainly than words that Chad is
modifying for agricultural preparedness
out at Observation-Disclosures Union.
Never you mind, Colonel; If we get
"Deak' NORWOOD to work Eyes, we
said "work") on our farm this sum
mer thersll be no paucity Of para
graphs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Trouble In Store.

What makes you think your hus-
band is coming back, Mandy? Have
you heard from him?'
Nom, but All jes' knows sometimes
gwine to happen. All broke a mirror
dis MISUNDERSTANDING Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
BUILDS new TISSUE
How Father Johns Medicine Nourishes
Those Who Are Pale and Thin.

Because it is made of pure and
wholesome food elements. which
strengthen and build new tissue,
Father Johns Medicine is the best
tonic for those who are pale, thin and
run down. 1t is free from alcohol and
dangerous drugs in any form. IL,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

The superintendent of the schools
at Brunswick has interested the boys
and girls in a cleaner town and more
than. 500 boys and girls have pledged
themselves to assist in the work. The
removal 'of waste paper, fruit skins
and other waste from the streets is
also one part Of the work mapped out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Maine Teachers Meetings

April 12-Friday, Lincoln and Sagada-
hoe counties. Bath Goint meetings).
April 20-Friday, Knox county, Rock
land.
April 90 Friday. Penobscot county.
Bangor.
April 2'-Friday, Piscataquis county,
Foxcroft.
May 4-Friday, Franklin county, Farm
ington.
May 11-12-Friday and Saturday. Saco
Valley, East Hiram.
May 11-Friday, Oxford county, Rum
ford.
May 1s-Friday. Eastern Somerset u
ty, Harmony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Sdtgur
SoS& !y';s. =
Makes new
Flesh 8 Strength
No Alcohol or Dangerous Drugs.

son A. Horsford; first lieutenant, Roland
G. Findlay; second lieutenant, Hector ].
Carpenter.
Company NJ Of Acknowledgements. va
cant; first lieutenant, E.. B. Newcomb;
second lieutenant, vacant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

Welcome, New Hampshire, to the
dry" side! We hope Colonel Condor
of the Manchester Union. will now be
able to stand face to the camera when
he has fishing pictures taken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Natures aid
to better Health
Directions Of SpeeialV alse to Women ara With aver h.,-
Sold everywhere. In boxes. Toe. 2.a-

The matter of school gardening is
also under discussion I; it is hoped
that something substantial may be ac-
complished in this direction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

i al ~ ioFS u JAW ANSSoAS NAHN
the company was recently organized.
The work, which will keep busy a con-
siderable number of men and women,
will be started by the middle Of May
or the first of July.
The spool mill which was burned at
Lynchville a few weeks ago is a great
loss to the farmers Of Albany and
vicinity, who hauled birch to the fac
tory. The spool business has been in
peration at ~Lynchville Tor over 40
years and it is understood that the
mill will be rebuilt. but in another
locality where there is more birch.
The mill had been burned twice be-
fore.
A Norway boy, Alton Whitehead,
who is somewhere across the water,
writes to his uncle at Norway, Moses
P. Stiles. and say that he is in France,
having returned from campaigning in
British East Africa, malarial fever be-
ing the cause of the transfer.
The good people of Albany hope to
see their mail carrier come into town
on wheels by the Fourth Of July. They
report that at present there are two
feet. Of snow in the woods, and that
the mail carrier is still on
| They also tell US hat SO years ago on
| the 10th day of April, d. A. Cummings
of that town was blowing and sowing
peas.
This is what the Houlton folks have
to say about the man who is taking
the school census in that town: wv.
E. SWEET started yesterday to take
the census of all children TIVE the
ages of five and 81 years, for school
purposes. Don't neglect to answer the
| door when he calls, thinking he is a
peddler or a German spy, as it means
| about Sc to the town for the name OF
every person Of and between the above
ages that he secures
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
The World War a Year Ago
Today-ApriI Is.

British drove back Turks south
OF Kut-el-Amara.
French assaults at Douaumont
and vaux in the Verdun section
were repulsed.
Turkey admitted sinking OF the
Russian hospital ship Portugal on
March 80, maintaining that the
vessel was without Red Cross
mark and apparently used as a
transport.
Two Years Ago Today.
Zeppelins bombed London in day
light. French airships bombarded
S~trassburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Maine. Gossip
Our coIors

Red! it's the hue of battle.
The pledge of victory;
In sunset light. in northern night,
1t flashes brave and free.
Then paint with red thy banner"
Quoth Freedom to the Land,
And when thy sons go forth to war.
This sign be in their hand"
White! it's the sign of purity,
Of everlasting truth;
The snowy robe of childhood,
The stainless mail of youth. &.
Then paint with white thy banner.
And pure as northern snow
May these thy stately children
In truth and honor go.
Blue. It's the tint of heaven,
The mornings gold-shot arch,
The burning deep of noontide.
The stars unending march.
Then paint with blue thy banner,
And bid thy children raise
At daybreak, noon. n eventide
Their hymn of love and praise.
Valor and truth and justice,
In threefold strength today
Raise high the flag. triumphant.
The amer glad and gay.
And keep thou well thy cOlors,"
Quoth Freedom to the Land.
"And 'gainst a world of evil
Thy sons and thou shall stand"
Laura E. Richards.
(From Five Minute Stories" Copyright,
Dana Estes & Coz
The offer to the selectmen of the
town of Thomaston has been made Of
a large tract Of land which may be
divided into garden plots and. allot-
ted to worthy citizens of the town
who will make use of the opportunity.
| A.. S. Black of Rockland has made the
offer Of land which is situated in an
easily accessible place. The land will
be divided into plots of $500 square
feet each.
For as years John Clements Of War
rem has carried the mail for Uncle
Sam and has also been stage driver
between the village and the station
Of thai town, and now he is going to
resign. During his As years Of serv-
ice Mr.. Clements has but twice missed
the train. His familiar figure will be
missed about the streets.
Mrs. Sarah Grafton ("Aunt Sarah'D
of Waldoboro, who is go years old, Is
very smart for her age. She can trip
around like a young girl and her eye
sight and hearing are almost as good
as ever. Besides doing her house
work she wove 40 yards of rag car
pet last year. She has been passing
the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Walter Of North Waldoboro, out will
return to her home as soon as the
weather is warmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

Prussia an army and not a state!"
Lloyd George has put the history Of
Europe for - years into seven words.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

BY the way, does anybody. here or in
Mexico know which faction, Villista or
Carranzista, is pro-German?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
AN OPERATION
AvERTED

Philadelphia, Pa.-"One year ago I
was very sick and I suffered with pains
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16

+. pills II.

A proven women's remedy.
which assists in regulating the
organs, and re-establishing
healthy conditions. Beecham's
Pills contain no habit-forming
drug - leave no disagreeable
after-effects. They are
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STATE HOUSE

Continued from Page Five)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-16
Countless Women
find .---

that when suffering from
nervousness, sick headache,
dizzy spells and ailments
peculiar to their sex
nothing affords such prompt
and welcome relief, as will
follow a'few doses Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
WALKED 40 MILES To
join ARMY; REJECTED

BISHOP. Texas, June 2s.-Arthur
Smith Of this town isn't in the army but
j. no Stacker
Smith recently walked to Corpus Chris
ii, forty miles distant. 10 enlist, but was
rejected because he lacked the necessary
physical qualifications. The recruiting Of
ficer expressed regret that they were COM
PEELED 10 follow the government require
ment>. expressing the belief that any man
with Smiths spirit would make good sol
der
Smith was anxious to get into the
game. but didn't have the price Of rail
road fare TO Corpus Christi. Rather than
feel in his own heart that he was a ''Slack-
er," he said he decided TO make the trip
afoot. lie was greatly disappointed over
his rejection.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
STATE GOVERNMENT WILL
COOPERATE WITH VALLEY
ON PINK WORM CAMPAIGN

Grafton of the Mexican government be OBJ
tanned and that the fight on the pink boil
worm in the infested districts of Mexico be
carried on there and that the free zone be
not established. The committee will not
oppose the free zone, il is understood, but
will ask that ii it i at all possible the
fight be conducted in the infested dis
tricts. II the Department of Agriculture
finds that not TO be feasible then the gov
ernment will be asked To in some manner
render assistance 10 the men who will be
injured by the decree.
The members of the committee express
cd themselves as highly pleased with the
reception accorded them by the state Off
cials. Although the state officials point
out that the cotton free zone was matter
entirely in the hands of the federal gov
ernment, they will cooperate in every way
possible.
The manner in which the free zone
would be made 80 would he by declaring
an embargo against the transportation of
cotton, or cottonseed or il products.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
TEXAS CORN CROP IS SHORT
HARRINGTON URGES farmers
TO STORE FOR BEST PRICES

fit Of the Valley farmers who have corn
to sell; and hope they will not feel the
necessity of parting with their crop thu
year, for anything less than its true salur.
Heretofore they have been needing the
money, and have felt the difficulty Of Keep
ing the corn from the weevil, but thisiycar
the press for the payment Of debts will.
am sure, not be 20 great; and when
corn j. stored in the ear, or when she.lrd
and stored in small bins, it can be safely
kept from the weevil.
For sometime, corn j. not likely 10 I've
much cheaper than ii l. now, and do not
want TO see our farmers in the valley
selling their corn this fall, and buying X
back again IN the spring at more than
double the price, il this dilemma can We
avoided.
Ii would also be well to hold for a gocl
stiff price with hay products, whether >or-
ghum. Rhodes grass or Sudan grass
There l. certain 10 be i strong dem:sTl.,
for hay.
there Is practically no fed crop If aEy
| was ont a far N Pecoa. four hun
dred miles west of Fort Worth, cn the
Texas and Pacific. and after yol pass
Sweetwater, there j. practically no feed
crop of any kind. Stockmen in ihc Toyah
valley and the Pecos valley, are pawn. ~
much as $500 and $1,000 an acre fer an
alfalfa field, that j. ready 10 cut; and
the purchase at that price j. for TWP
months use. They are, in other cT-r-.
where the alfalfa H. not ready to eur. CIV
ing $500 an acre for pasturage, limited W
two head to the acre per month. Alfalfa
in that country, which i the best alfalfa
country in Texas, j. selling for $23.00 IT,
S24.00 a ton. where it ordinarily sells for
from $500 TO Sl4.00 ton.
The cotton crop OF the state j. l'rIr
but in fine condition. With favorIyl ~
seasons from now on. the state will maAc
a big cotton crop. but i going 70 be short
Of hay and grain.
Ii j. true that the wheat crop has. .bc-n
good, for the most part the largest tr ~
that the state has ever rai~ed, bat tWis nv
does a mere twenty million buktifl rFcp
amount to in wheat! In the wcst -snd IA
the Panhandle. the milo and kanr crer.
which were tine last year. Is practical
q failure, and the valley farmer should
bear this in mind when he disposes Of k.-
corn crop this fall He may need it. AMI
III. H. HARRINGTON.
Agricultural Director. Gulf Coast Line
June 26, 1917.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
A Canned Products
Reserve is Ordered
(Ry Associated Press.l

HOUSTON. Tex, June 2s.--All packing
and canning concerns of the country have
been ordered by the federal government to
reserve twelve per cent of their present
stock of canned peas and canned corn,
ighteen per cent OF their tomatoes, and Fix
per cent Of their salmon for government
use, according TO advices received BY local
companies.
ban has been placed ON further can
ming of pork and beans on the ground that
beans can be conserved by drying and
that tin containers must be reserved for
perishablc products.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
RECRUIT Time
FOR
NATL GUARD

Every man enliSting in the Texas Ma
tional guard between now and Saturday
night will decrease by one the number of.
men Cameron county will have to furnish
under the selective draft. This informa-
ton was contained in a telegram received
this morning by Captain 7. \. Kinder from
Brigadier General John A. lIulen. com
mander of the Texas national guard.
The telegram also states that enlist
urday. when the original date for the clos
ing Of volunteer enlistments was set.
Those enlisting after Saturday, however,
will not be credited against the coun:y's
pro rata under the selective draft.
Captain Kinder this morning received
message from the branch recruiting Of
flee at Mercedes asking when he would be
ready to give the physical examination to
the men enlisted in that town. A DR..
Bruce, the Texas medical corps officer
who j. giving the examinations 10 the can
didateS for enlistment l. now stationed at
San Benito the Mercedes men were ordered
to report there for examination this af-
ternoon. Five recruits from Brownsville
under command of Captain Kinder and
Lieutenant W. c. Craig, ir., left this af-
ternoon for San Benito where these men
will also he given a physical examination.
In the event the majority of the men pass
the strength of the company will be
brought to more than fifty men. =
The local recruiting officers desire TO
open branch for the next three days in
every town in the valley and Captain Kin
der has an attractive proposition to make
to any young man who will represent the
company in each of the towns.
During the exhibition of the prepared
ness play 'Womanhood' at the Queen
theatre tomorrow recruiting office will
beo pened in the lobby Of the theatre.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
"CONSC|ENTI0US
DIRECTORS NOW
LEAGUE OF HUMANITY" OBJECTS TO
F0RCIBlE SENDING OF YOUNG
MEN TO KILL HUMAN BEINGS.
lRv Associated Press.l

CHICAGO. H.. June 2s.-The - ~
scientious obiectors' movement in Chicago
i being Systematically organized wt.h
public headquarters and an open prvpa-
ganda on the streets of the city. Ih'
movement l. under the direct supervision
of Daniel H. Wallace, said formerly -
have been 4 member Of the British arnv.
and G. y. Cook, salesman, who i ~rc-
relary of the movement. which T. known
under the name Of The League of HumI;i-
ity."
Cook outlined the policy ~ the league
by saying that the members object ''to the
forcible sending Of the young men Of thu
country e. Europe e. help xiii human r'-
ings over there in the interest of some au
tocratic outfit"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28

A state commission and a Cameron
county commission will join forces soon
in trip to Washington to visit Secretary
Houston of the United States Department
of Agriculture for a conference in connec-
tion with the pink boil worm and the pro-
posed cotton free zone the brunt of which
will be borne by Cameron and lIldalgo
counties.
This was announced today by 5. c.
Tucker, james A. Browne and G. l.. Jes-
sup on their return from Austin, where
they conferred on Wednesday afternoon
with Governor Ferguson and Secretary of
Agriculture Fred Davis.
The joint committee, when il goes to
Washington. will first ask that the coop
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-28
10 Improve Touring
Comforts in France

PARIS, June 28.-Americans who come
to France after the war 10 visit the bat :
tlefields and see the country will proba-
bly, find more comfortable lodgings and
better touring facilities than have been af-
forded heretofore. A decree just promul-
gated creates the National Office of Tour
ing" attached TO the minister of public
works. The object is to improve condi-
tions for transportation throughout
France and for the entertainment Of tour
lists.