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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

! Mrs. D. B. Donnelley who has beer
i'll at her home on upper Main street fol
the past several weeks, is able to be III
around the house.
Mrs. Albert Taylor, who has been con.
fined to her home on Elm street fol
the past few days. is able to be up.
Elmer E. Towne, musical instructor
at the public schools at Skowhegan
and Madison, was at Lawrence high
school Tuesday afternoon where he
held the first rehearsal of the selec-
tons which are to be sung at Skowhe-
gan March 9.
Master Fred Quincy is i'll with the
grip at his homo on Elm street.
Miss Winifred Atwood substituted as
teacher at the South grammar school
Tuesday during the absence of Miss
Lottie Burrill. who is i'll at her home
OH lower Main street.
The merchants in town Tuesday paid
to the neighborIng farmers 50 per bush
ell for potatoes.
Mrs. Reuben Wentworth's Sunday
school class has been organized into a
Phllatilea society with Mrs. Sydney
Bell as president: Mrs. Earl Lawrence
as vice president: Mrs Worth Brown
as secretary ard treasurer, and Miss
Phyllis Thomas as assistant secretary
and treasurer.
Mrs. \. d. Jackson is i'll at her home
on Osborne street with the grip.
Posters announcing the Senior socia :
BILE at Lawrence high school Friday
evening, Feb. g.
B. w. Hutchins is i'll at his home al
Shawmut with the grip
The Cosmos Club will meet with
Mrs. Earl Lawrence at her home at
Sfawmut this evening.
The following letters are advertised
at the Fairfield post office: Mrs. Edgar
Carter, Henry Carter, Mrs. Fleming
Murray. Miss Isabel Written, Garfield
Jones. care Warren Sawyer, Arthur
Morton.
Word has been received in town of
the birth of a son February 18th to DR..
and Mrs. Fred Gregory Of Caribou.
Harvey Patterson who is employed
at Bucksport is visiting his parents at
their home on Western avenue.
Mrs. Lottie Burrill is confined to her
home on lower Main street by Illness.
Mrs. William Hall and daughter
Martha passed Monday with friends at
Clinton.
Miss Grace Prescott of the Portland
High faculty is visiting friends in
town.
The public schools of Benton have
closed for a short recess.
Miss Florence Martin has returned
to her home at Guilford after passing
a few days with friends in town.
Joseph La Gree has returned to his
home at Benton after passing a few
days with friends at Oakland
Miss Hattie Kenney has returned to
her home at Shawmut after a short
visit to Portland with friends.
The judges who were Sub master
Robinson, Miss Jennie Emery and Miss
Annie Merrill of the Lawrence High
school faculty made the decision that
the girl and boy from this school to be
represented at the speaking contest to
be given at Skowhegan March 9th
would be Julia Hoyt II, and Frank
Knowlton Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

vehicle owned by nonresident of
the State.
Women's Employment Hours
Garcelon of Auburn-Act to amend
the Public Laws of 1915 relative to
the hours Of employment of women
and minors, providing that the law
shall not apply to females employed
in harvesting, packing, curing or dry
ing of any variety of perishable
fruits or vegetables or to females en-
ployed in candy factories.
Androscossin Supreme Court
Garcelon of Auburn-Act to amend
the Revised Statutes providing that
two terms Of the supreme judicial
court shall be held in Androscoggin
county on the third Tuesdays of April
and September.
Loans and Interest
Garcelon of Auburn-Act to license
and regulate the business of making
! loans in sums of $500 or less at q
greater rate of interest than ~ per
cent per annum and regulating the
assignment of wages or salaries given
as securities therefor. The act pro-
vides that no person, partnership
or corporation shall engage in the
/ business of making any loan OF
! money, credit or goods to the value
/ of $500 or less whether secured OF
unsecured and charge a greater rate
of interest than II per cent per an
mum without first obtaining a license
from the State bank commissioner
Upon tie filing of an application, the
approval of the bond and the pay
ment of n fee Of $50 the bank com
missioner shall issue a license to the
applicant to make loans for a period
which shall expire on the first day
/ of January following the date of its
! issuance, provided that if the license
is issued for period of less than six
months the license fee shall be S25;
such license shall not be assignabe
and shall be kept conspicuously post
ed in the place of business of the Ii
censee. No licensee shall charge in
terest at a rate exceeding 31a pc,
cent per month and no person shan
owe any licensee at any time more
than $500 for principal. No assign
ment of any salary or wages earned
or to be earned given to secure q
loan shall be valid unless in writing
signed in person by the borrower.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

After taking ten bottles am now we'll
and strong, have no more pain, backache
or dizzy spells. Everyone tells me
how we'll 1 look and l tell them Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
it'-Miss NINA SoUTHwICK, r. F. d.
No. 4, Box 80, King6sher, Okla.
Every woman who suffers from female
troubles, nervousness, backache or the
blues should try Lydia E. Pinkham' 8
Vegetable Compound as Mrs. South
wick did, or if they need free advice
in regard to any annoying symptom
write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD. Lynn, Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
SYMPTOMS OF
HER DISEASE
Backache, Sideache, Nervous
ness, Dizziness, Faintness.
all Disappeared After
the Woman's Medi-
cine was Taken.
.Kirgfsher, Okla. -'For two years l
suffered with q severe female trouble,

was nervous, ana
had backache and a
pain in my side
most Of the time.
! had dizzy spells
and was often so
faint j could not
walk across tn 9
floor. The doctor
said I would have to
have an operation.
A friend asked me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's v e G e.
Z n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
A Free Prescription You Can
Filled and Use at Home.

Philadelphia. Pa. Do you wear glasses?
Are you victim of eye strain or other
eye weaknesses? If so, you will be glad
to know that according to DR.. Lewis there
is real hope for you. Many whose eyes
were falling say they have had their eyes
restored through frsa the principle Of this
says after trying it: Il was almost blind
could not see to read at all. Now
l can read everything without any glasses
and my eyes do not water any more. At
night they would pain dreadfully; now
they feel fine all the time. 1t was like a
miracle to me- a lady who used it
says: THE atmosphere seemed hazy
with or without glasses. but after using
TINS prescription for fifteen days every
thing seems clear. l can even read
fine print without glasses" 1t is believed
that thousands who wear glasses can now
discard them in a reasonable time and
multitudes more will be able to strength
en- their eyes so as to be spared the trou-
BILE and expense Of ever getting glasses
Eye troubles of many descriptions may
be wonderfully benefited by following the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Oliver of Oak
land arrived in Madison Tuesday fore
noon, being called here TO attend the
funeral of Mr.. divers niece, Miss
Genevieve Merry.
A meeting of the Citizens League
was held Monday evening in the office
of Judge G. o. Small.
Preparations are being perfected for
a social to be given Friday evening in
the NJ. E. church basement under the
auspices of the Epworth League.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
Not'ce Of First Meeting of Creditors

"os'ee Of First Meeting of Creditors
in the District Court of the United
suites for the District of Maine.
A., N the matter of
ALFRED ID. WEEKS, {In Bankruptcy.
r. Bankrupt
the creditors of Alfred y. Weeks of
Aususta, in the County of kennebec
snd district aforesaid. bankrupt.
sNoticeS,s hereby given that on the 18th
10y or February. A. ID. 1917, the said AL
tI d. Weeks was duk adjudicated
oahkrupt, and that the first meeting of
ppeditors will be held at the Office of the
Meieree. 1870 Water Street. in Augusta,
SMalhe: and District aforesaid. on the 18th
my OF February, A. D. 1917, at ten o'clock
III me forenoon. at which time the said
ueuitors may attend, prove their claims,
sppoint trustee. examine the bankrupt,
ana transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
FREMONT j. c. LITTLE,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
l. augusta, Me-, Feb. u. 1917 feb1d1t'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
Mrs C. B. Hilton

Word was received here Monday of
the death of Mrs. George b. Hilton at
the Skowhegan hospital. Mrs. Hilton
has been in the hospital since last
April but has been confined to her bed
only a few days. She was the widow of
the late George B. Hilton of Arson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
Presidents Acknowledgment
Of the Maine House Action

The recent resolution passed by the
Maine House of Representatives up
holding the action Of President Wood
row Wilson in the matter of the re-
lations with Germany and rendering
him all the moral and materia. sup
port of that body was forwarded to
Washington with a personal letter from
Clerk Of the House William K. Roix
and sent by registered mail, which in
ordinary cases requires delivery only
to the addressee. 1t may be supposed
in this case that Mr.. Roix had no OBJ
lection to receiving an autograph let
ter from the President of the United
States In return but he first received a
letter from the postmaster general
stating that an exception was made re-
gardjng the delivery Of registered mail
addressed to the President and cabinet
members and his letter had gone
through the regular channels. That, OF
course had to be accepted by Mr.. Roix,
but he was rather more than pleased
yesterday morning to receive a person.
al letter from the President. no oount.
by its appearance, typed by the Chief
Executive and signed by himself. Mr.
Roix says that, now that it has been
communicated officially to the House,
it becomes one of his most cherished
papers, in somewhat large collection.
The text of the letter follows:
The White House,
Washington.
February Is, 1917.
My dear Mr. Roix:
I am very grateful for the gener-
Gus assurances which the House Of
Representatives of the State of
Maine give to me in the resolution
Of which vCu were kind enough to
send me a cory, and I hope that
you will convey to them an express
sion of my hearty appreciation
Thanking you for your courtesy
in the matter. I am
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) Woodrow Wilson
Hon. w. r. ROix.
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

Senate judiciary committee has re-
ported bill designed expressly to pre-
vent destruction CT damaging by their
crews of German ships lying in Amer
lean ports, and making such acts a
felony.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

Factory output 1916. 4.,53o,O0O. Increase
vNer last year. s.5S5. COO Largest selin.,
, urahd ~ loc. Cigars in the world. Fac
Wv. Manchester ~ H.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
PORE C[0GG|NG
P|MPLES,AND
BLACKHEADS .
Easily Prevented by
Use of CutiCura
These distressing designations al

g designations are
prevented, in most
cases, by using Cuti.
cura Soap for every.
day toilet purposes
and little touches of
Cuticura Ointment
as needed. If pim-
pies are actually
present, smear them
gently with Cuticura
Ointment and let it
remain on five min
ltes and then wash
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21
STATE HOUSE
CONTINUED from Page One)
Women's Employment Hours

vehicle owned by nonresident of
the State.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-21

of with CMicura Soap and hot water.
HE mission of Cuticura is not only to
soothe and heal but to prevent skin
troubles by keeping the pores free from
impurities and irritation.
For Free Samples by Return Mail
address postcard: "Cuticura, Dept. e,
Boston," Sold everywhere.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
WHERE THE WOMEN WORK
d Palestine No Woman 10 Considered
Too Old Or Too Young -
Work.

No woman In Palestine IL too old
or ten young to work. A girl Of SIX
tends her small brothers or sisters.
and the grandmother weaves or spins
until the day she dies. As is common
among oriental women. those of Pales-
tine age early, and at twenty-five the
ordinary woman Of the laboring class
Il wrinkled and bent, unless as a wa
ter bearer she preserves her erect
carriage and Queenly gait.
The old woman spins wool as she
goes to her home or the fields where
the men till the ground or beat the
green olives from the trees. Her cos
tune is composed Of two pieces, unless
she wears shoes, which is neither
necessary nor customary. The full
dress or tobe Is gathered at the waist
By q belt Of coarse cloth, and is tied
at the throat with a heavy string
60 that a weatherbeaten strip OF neck
can be seen below it. One piece OF
goods forms the front and another the
back, and until Paris fashions affect
the laborers, as they have already at
fected the drones In the Levant, a
triangular piece Of cloth. to give high
speed walking fullness to the skirt u
the only material added.
The veil Is long and Hpng. and
can be used to tie up fagotS of to con-
tain such measures Of barley as Ruth
had from Boaz in the fields. Coarse
and durable embroidery may decorate
both tobe and veil, but the young bride
wears embroidery for which rich tour
lists bargain In vain-Christian Her
aid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
BUNYAN AND HIS GREAT WORK
sPllurim,s Progress" Was First Printed
About q Decade Before the
Authors Death.

The first edition Of ''The Pilgrims
Progress was printed in 1878, just q
decade before the death Of the author,
John Bunyan, who breathed his last in
the home Of London grocer 22S years
ago. The first edition was Printed for
Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the
Poultry, 1878" and a second edition
was necessary the same year. Ten
editions were printed before Bunyan
died, and the book enjoyed a huge
popularity among the lowly and hum
Bile Of England and Scotland, but was
sneered at by the educated classes
Bunyan was very proud OF the fact
that his work was greatly admired BY
New Englanders and by the French
Huguenots. For more than century
"Pilgrim's Progress" had no standing
In literary circles. "All the numerous
editions" said Macaulay, "were evil
IDENTIFY meant for the cottage and the
servants hall, as the paper, the print
ing and the plates were Of the mean
est description" In his youth Bunyan
was a tinker, and far from pious. It
Is recorded that q woman, whose char
acter was such as to make her an ar%
thority on profanity. declared that he
was .sthe ungodliest fellow for swear
Ing she had ever heard in all her life,
and that 1t made her tremble to hear
|him."-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
An ept!mjst's Easy,

A peAsimist Is q son OF the mali who
didn't believe there was any such thing
Ms electricity.
He Is an offspring Of the man who.
was sure that the horseless carriage.
would never come, and nephew of
the man who was willing to bet money
that men would never fly.
A pessimist is direct descendant of
the man who was sure that wireless
telegraphy was a FOOLS dream and
submarine merely the creation of flc-
ton writer's brain.
The pessimist's ancestory scoffed at
the telephone, the typesetting machine.
the twenty story building. anaesthetics
and every forward step the optimists
have taken for the betterment Of hu-
II the pessimists of the past had
been right men would still be living
In caves and trying to get their meals
with clubs and flint arrows. And evil
IDENTIFY they died without publicly con-
Tossing their mistakes, for their pessi-
mistic children continue to prophesy
dismally that everything that is surely
going to be cannot possibly come to
pass. They seem to be born with the
habit and cannot get over it.-DetrOit
Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
Speed of Bullets.

The rate Of fall Of the bullet from
the line of projection Is fixed by the
laws of gravity, hence the more rap
idly the bullet is made to pass from
the rifle to the target the flatter will
be this curve or Trajectory. the less
accurate the estimation Of distance re-
Quired and the less the chances of
error through an inaccurate estimate
Of distance.
The normal velocities Of our sport
ing rifles, in black powder days, were
about 1900 feet per second. The first
Of the small bore, high power, smoke
less variety raised this to 1900 t. g..
for bullets Of military length and 1900
for shorter sporting bullets. Now it
has gone up to 800 (. s. The burn
ing questions asked again and again
BY the rifeman are, Where will we
stopT "Will the 1900 +. 8. bullet
come nextr'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
countrys Weakness and Danger.

One hundred years ago the worlds
output of copper was only about 1900
tons per annum. To-day the United
States alone produces over 100000
tons each year. One hundred years
ago the world produced between two
and three million tons of iron per an
mum. One hundred years ago the
world produced about S50,0O0.0OO tons
of coal per annum. The United States
now produces about 550,000,OOO tons
per annum.
Attention is called to these figures,
not as an evidence of strength, but Of
weakness and danger, writes William
L. Saunders. in the Engineering Maga-
zine. How long can the United States
continue to supply those raw mate
rails which may be called the sinews
of prosperity in peace and of strength
In war? For we must not forget that
! in coal, iron, copper and other metals
America leads the world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
Old Folks Saved
From Suffering

Mrs. Mary A. Dean, Taunton, Mas
in her S7th year, says: Il thought
was beyond the reach of medicine,
Foley Kidney Pills have proven mos
beneficial In my case"
Mr.. Sam A. Hoover, High Pcir
N. c., writes: my kidney trouble ws
worse at night and had to get u.
from five to seven times. Now I d
rot have to get up at night, and cor
slider myself in a truly normal CO
ditton, which ] attribute>to Foley XII
ney Pills, as have taken nothin.i
else"
Mrs. ~. "A. Bridges, Robinson. Mass
says: II suffered from kidney ali
ments for two years. commenced
taking Foley Kidney Pills ten months
ago. and though am 81 years OF age.
] feel like q 15-year-old girl
Foley Kidney Pills are tomb
strengthening and up-building, an
restore normal action to the kidney
and to a disordered and painful blad-
der They act quickly and contain
no dAnoerOSp Or harmful drugs.
WALTON hSNQT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
DRESS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT
Really It Was Not a Matter Of Sur
prise When One Reads Just Why
Il Didn't

This tale Is told by certain Chi
cago woman who is, perhaps, enough
of genius in the musical world to
be forgiven a great indifference to
style in dress. Recently she was asked
to appear on the program at very
select musicale. So she had q new
frock made for the occasion.
A friend of hers 1--WE may call her
Mrs. John Smith, was unable to attend
because one of the children was Ill.
and Mr.. Smith went alone. On his re-
turn his wife was eager to hear every
detail. He declared the evening was
q great success. Then, hesitatingly,
he added:
But your friends dress didn't look
right, somehow. | couldn't tell what
was the matter. 1t just looked all
wrong" .....
Next day Mrs. Smith fastened to
telephone her friend, congratulatipg
her on her success Of the previous
evening and expressing a wish to see
her beautiful new gown.
I'm wearing it again this afternoon.
so I'll just come past your house for
you to see it."
"Oh, If you only will"
What Mrs. Smith discovered was
that she had worn it wrong side be-
fore! She had asked the dressmakeI
to make front fastening because her
husband objected to hooking her up,
and she had assumed that her instruo
tons had been obeyed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
Pariloua TO Handle.

The production Of chrysarobin, q
medicinal principle much used In par.
asitic skin diseases, is attended with
great peril. It forms about 80 pei
cent Of goa powder, obtained from
cavities in the Brazilian araroba tree
(Andira anarabo), and in securing this
powder the trees are felled, though
eighty to one hundred feet high, and
often three feet in diameter The ma
terial is found as damp. pulp or Jumps
in the center of the trunks, the yield
sometimes reaching sixty or sixty-five
pounds per tree, with none at all In
some trees. The accompanying caus
tic liquid makes the substance difficult
to handle and, despite gloves and
masks, workers for any length Of time
invariably lose their hair, eyebrows
and eyelashes and sometimes even be
come blind, while sores from the burns
may cause long disability. A cat has
been known to lose its fur from sleep
ing on a bag Of the powder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
cultixatina Amusemsnts.

Don't provide inducements to get a
child to love amusements. 1t may en-
courage a habit that will sadly inter
fere with a sincere and useful life.
Don't make boy feel that he cannot
waste too much time In having fun
and catering to his senses. Life IS
real and earnest, and amusement is ad-
missible at times, but should not be
the rule The manly youth is for fun,
but he is not always engaged In striv-
fng for his own pleasure. He should
not be educated into that idea Of life.
He should not be furnished with In
chnat1ons away from what Is true and
real in life. It is a serious matter
tempering with youths nobler aspir-
alton. Providing amusement is apt to
prove an unnatural adjunct in educa-
ton.-Columbus Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23
atrsnnth of n EIowar.

One Of the most remarkable exhibi
tons Of plant force I ever saw, says
John Burroughs in '"The Breath OF
Life" was in a western city, where
observed wild sunfOwer forcing its
way up through the asphalt pavement
The folded and compressed leaves OF
the plant, like a mans fist, had pushed
against the hard but flexible concrete
until it bulged up and split and let the
irrepressible plant through. The fore,
exerted must have been many pounds
think it doubtful If the strongest man
could have pushed his fist through such
q resisting medium.
Life activities are kind OF explo
sion, and the slow continued explo
sions Of this growing plant rent the
pavement as surely as powder would
have done. 1t Is doubtful If any cult
waited plant could have overcome such
odds. 1t required the force of the un
tanned hairy plant Of the plains to &C
complish the feat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-03-23

Our ancestors did not I've. work IND
orosper In an industrial age They
we're an agrarian people, living from
the earth. producing only q little moro
than they consumed Metals were to
them as jewels are to MS. Roman
soldier retained his sword through life
and transmitted it for use to his de-
scendants. The factory system. in
which the labor element is fraction
In productivity compared with what
capital produces through machinery. Is
less than 100 years old. The United
States consumes today about sixteen
pounds OF copper per capita per an
mum, while in the entire continent Of
Asia the consumption Of copper Is only
a fraction Of 4 pound per capita. This
Is because Asia Is not an industrial
country. 1t il In the position that the
whole world was In thousand years
ago, and II Asia grows industriaily
the demand for copper and other met
ais will be such as to tax even the
present resources OF the world.-Wn-
liam L. Saunders in Engineering Mag
azine.