Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-07

for women flyers.
Miss Cecilia F. Bass, aged q years
and just admitted to practice before
the bar in Pennsylvania. is the young
est female lawyer in the world.
Miss Mabel White has beer chosen
as teacher of law in the womcn's
department of Columbia University.
Over 100000 women are now en-
ployed in eainful occupations in Great
Britain.
Mrs. Maurice Hewlett. wife of the
novelist. was the first woman in Great
Britain to obtain an air pilot license.
In 4 $50 suit of clothes there is
about 20 cents ,Horth Of dye
While China and Japan take rice
with chopsticks. Korea eats hers With
a spoon. One reason for this pecui-
arity is that in the -Analects Of Con-
fucius 2 record exists that the master
ate his mi!let not With chopsticks. but
With 4 spoon. Every saying that per-
tains to Confucius is reverently regard
cd in Korea.
British women soldiers IT the bases
in France and or the lines of com
4 year with free board and lodging.
Mrs. Mary Berger. scrubwoman in
Wilkesbarre. Pa. who gave bankers a
surprise by buying the first Liberty
l.oar bond sold here in The present
sale with 10 new 500 notes. appeared
at the headquarters of the committee
With s1.-o3 more and declared that she
wanted moro bonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ward OF Pouh-
ney, VT, observed the 43rd anniversary
Of their marriage at their home in
Hampton recently Following out
custom of years standing. they enter
tanned Rev U. II. Randall. who per
formed the marriage ceremony and
Mrs. Randall, Rev H. p. Scratchley,
pastor of st Johns. Poultney, and Mrs.
Scratchley and Mr.. and Mrs. c. ".
Humphrey All We're present at the
marriage ceremony in 1874.
j. p. Andrews of Sutton. ~ H.. de-
lvered two i-Weeks-old pigs to Mr.
Feters. The next day they escaped
from their now quarters and returned
TO their old home.
A Vircennes. Ind. man left his en-
ire estate. valued at s27.oo0 to a wo-
man who hefriended him e. years ago
w. r. Reed of Pittsficld has clock
leo years old which is made entirely
of wood, A short time ago he took It
to pieces and cleaned each part and
now the clock strikes and is keeping
GOOD time.
In nearly al the shipbuilding plants
in England and Scotland women are
employed in large numbers. One plant
alone EMPLOYS more than 5000 Of them.
Exports of oil from Mexico tor first
six months of 1917 totaled 22.140,S76
barrels. Of which 11.222 254 barrels
went to United States.
New York American says United
States Government has ordered 600
gasoline burning trench locomotives
for use in France. Order was given
to Baldwin Locomotive Works: En-
cines will cost $1,000 each.
Production Of Ford Motor Co. tor
September was e9.9S6 cars. an increa Sc
Of 1.267 cars over same month in 1916.
The crescent was not originally the
emblem Of the Turk. 1t was first used
10y the primitive Christians of Con-
startnop1e and the eastern provinces
Of the old Roman empire as an en-
blcm of growing influence Of Christi
anity It was not until after the bat
tie Of Constantinople that the Turk
adopted the crescent
The longest freight train ever OPP
Grated by the Michigan Central Rail-
road from st. Thomas. consisting of
$50 empties. buckled at Highgate,
Mich, and three cars were derailed
on the very day when Inspector L. D.
Gillet of the Dominion Government
Railway Commission was making a
trip on the train in order to investi-
gate the claim of the railway en-
ployees that trains of such length were
dangerous owing to the fact that they
were liable to buckle.
Calfornians long have known that
the best carnations are grown near
the coast. Now Eastern growers are
spra wing their plants with salt water
and declare good stiff flower stems
cannot be obtained without such treat
ment.
In September it cost an average Of
1876 per day to feed each man at
Aver camp, but in October better ra-
lions were provided at an average cost
Of s 1872
E. M. Sherburne of Cadillac. Mich,
has received 81, due him for 40 years,
as conscience money from a farmer
When lad. Sherburne drove cattle
for the farmer for 81 and had never
received his pay.
Nine hundred thousand pensioners
are on the books Of the British pension
department. according to a recent
statement by John Hodge, minister Of
pensions The minister is seeking
money from the treasury department
to start a national experiment lab
ratory in which experts can endeavor
to produce better artificial legs and
arms
The British governments plan for
continuous borrowing by short term
bonds was outlined recently by
Premier Lloyd George to gathering
of bankers in London. The issue will
be known as National War Bonds. At
present the bonds are available at
banks only for ESQ or upwards but ar
rangements are being made for issue
through the post offices for amounts of
G5 or upwards.
In recent test 1t was found that
rubber is in certain respects stronger
than steel. A sand blast under enor-
nous pressure was blown on piece of
rubber and a piece of steel. and the
rubber outwore the steel three to one.
The manager of string of Detroit
grocery stores will sell sugar only to
those who purchase Liberty bond
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