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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Auqusta's Clean Up.

Augusta is to have "Clean Up
week. This year it is, very approprl-
ately, woman's job.
This is a woman's year.
Everywhere in the world, Of all the
progress toward millennium, none has
equaled the advance made by woman
hood in world respect and power.
Why, then, should she not engineer
and superintend a clean up campaign
or any other of our civic ups and
downs?
The organization for Augustus week
Of making herself look spick and span
with properly powdered nose and I'M
usual bewitchingness, is complete,
| with Mrs. Paul D. Sargent in charge of
the work on the West side Of the river,
and Mrs. Charles S. Pettingill on the
| East side. Two women have been chos-
en- in each of the eight wards, as
an executive committeeman the Mayor
| and City Government promptly prom
| Use to toe the mark, and see to it thai
the citys teams and men are at the
| disposal of this committee during the
week of April 80 to May 5, inclusive.
To say nothing Of sanitary consider
| atoms. a clean city is attractive to cit
liens and visitors alike, and is good ad-
! vertising for government and people to
spread broadcast.
| We are confident that the women will
| do more artistic and thorough job
than has ever been accomplished by the
men, For speaking from long and
sometimes bitter experience) we know
that when a woman starts to clean up,
things are going to get general over
| turning, busting and scrubbing.
, Miss Augusta is in for a washing of
her ears, a culling of her hair and a
| womanicure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Monday with Miss Gladys E. Tibbetts
as teacher.
Mrs. A. c. Jones is to teach in the
Sand Hill school, Somerville, this
spring.
Miss Sylvia Tibbetts who has en-
ployment at Liberty was at home for
Saturday night and Sunday.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. v. ID. Bradstreet April IS.
Mrs. Carl Turner and daughter Ruth
of Winthrop are visiting r. j. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Spratt visited
Sunday at Mrs. Spratt's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. V. w. Turner.
BRANCH MILLS-Chester Farris
sheared sheep fer A w. Worthing
Monday.
The first thunder shower of the
season passed over this place Friday
night.
Miss Edith Pinkham commenced
school on the Ridge Monday, and Miss
Doris Kitchin in the Bowler district,
Palermo.
Mrs. Ella Pawlowsky from Massa-
chusetts is visiting her sister, Mrs
Hattie Chadwick, and mother, Mrs.
IlllLd NclSOH IldlI SIdu"lCh sui
remains very low.
Rehearsals have begun for the play
1.-THE Old Peabody Pew" which will be
presented at the church in May The
exact date will be announced later.
The little three year son of Frank
Shorey who recently ate strychnine
tablets has come out of it all right by
the quick action of the family and DR..
Morrison.
There will be a meeting of the
church corporation, Branch Mills, and
also the cemetery corporation, May Cd.
The big calf which Sumner Leeman
sent to Boston two weeks ago brought
him a check for S54.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

A dainty little dish for party is "pe-
troleum patties,'' and there is an element
of surprise to these CONNECTIONS which al
ways causes comment. The body of the
pastry is made the same as pork pie. In
side is a layer Of gelatine, and in care
fully followed space in the gelatine a
tablespoonful Of petroleum is poured
Then a covering of pineapple cream is
placed over the whole. When a CUES,
bites into one of these his surprise Is
very noticeable.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
ONE SURE Way TO MAKE
MONEY AND TO SAVE
MONEY:
SAFEGUARD YOUR HEALTH

You cannot earn full day S pay when
you're feeling badly, and if you're really
sick you cannot go to work at all; in
long sickness the money you We saved
goesto pay the expenses Of your sickness.
The ralis:-Keep well, Earn Money,
SAFE Money. Ihirty-tlve cents inves-
ted in a bottle of that old-time remedy,
Il. F." Atwood's Medicine may be the
means of saving your time, your money,
and your strength, by preventing sick
ness which might start with simple
digestive disturbance, or neglect, result
ing in clogged intestines and constipa-
ton. Its record Tor more than sixty
years is wholly in its favor. Sample
bottle free. Il. F." MEDICINE Co.,
Portland, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

than l ever was and recommend your
remedies to all my friends. Mrs. LENA
WYNN, 1912 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
While Change of Life is . most crit
ical period Of woman's existence, the
annoying symptoms which accompany
1t may be controlled, and normal health
restored by the timely use Of Lydia e
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Such warning symptoms are sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches.
backaches, dread Of impending evil,
finidity, sounds in the ears, palpftation
Of the heazt, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, variable ap-
petite. weakness and dizziness.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Names Prompt Response.

The quality of Names loyalty and
determination is shown in the response
to the first advertisement Of half mil
ion dollars in war bonds for sale. The
bids totaled more than three times the
amount. or s1,671,0O0.
Treasurer Simpson is proud of this
striking evidence of Pine Tree readi-
ness to back the government with
funds as we'll as with men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Meek Diplomacy.

Colonel Roosevelt, just after the an.
nouncement of the sinking of the Ara
bic, said at a dinner in New York:
I'VE have been too meek in our dis.
cussions about submarine warfare
Weakness is not the tone to use with
Germany"
But, colonel" said a peace-at-any-
pricer, you must remember that the
meek shall inherit the earth"
Perhaps they WILL" said Colonel
Roosevelt Perhaps they will-when
the rest are done with it."-Washing-
ton Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Maine Gossip
PEMAQUID POINT
Coast of Maine

am lost in Gods wild country,
Where the blue bent over me,
The twilights and the sunrise,
And the harp-strings of the sea
Are forever, ever chanting,
With the tree tops, near and far,
In the calm, clear notes of triumph
Like the anthem of a star.
Yes, I'm lost in Gods wild country,
Where the laundering waters tread,
And the f1owery paths are quiet
AS the highways of the dead.
But the voice of every ripple
Where the naiads splash and play
Through the splendid waists of sumDer.
Bids my spirit wing away.
o to live in Gods wild country,
Far away from noisy strife
o to dare with Death. viking.
On the lifting heights of Life!
O to face the stir Of being,
Like the laughter of the waves,
Where the wider dawns and sunsets
Hide earths labyrinth of graves!
Yes, I'm lost in Gods wild country,
And I'm garlanded for fight,
With a faith as fair as sunbeams.
And as deathless as the light.
am garlanded with courage.
And my wings are filled with fire.
Wild and tameless as the ocean,
Or music Of desire.
And long to make the conquest,
Far above the mornings rim.
Far above the noon and midnight.
And the oceans lyric hymn:
Far beyond the arching moonlight.
And the jostle Of the world,
To those splendid waists immortal,
Where loves banners are unfurled.
Herbert Randall in the Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Light and Airy
The Seed Catalogues

We've looked the seed books over,
The squashes big and round.
The peas and red tomatoes
And other pictures found.
The cukes so long and handsome
The beans and cauhtiower,
The lettuce green and CURLY
We've viewed them by the hour.
But on thinking 1t all over,
And consulting scheduled rates,
We think We'll plant our garden
To cabbages and 'tates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

v ogoC a Die CON-
pound I feel IKE a
new woman. ! IL.
ways had q headache
during the Change
of Life and was also
troubled with other
bad feelings COM
mon at that time
dizzy spells, nervous
feelings and heat
flashes. Now I am
in better health
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

felt-as it was in Russian new eff
ficiency and morale In the army. and
in the people as an awakening from
booze" stupor that holds millions
every hour in it's grasp the while dis
heartening other millions close to
them.
Look at the facts in the case of these
three, Food, Labor, Financial Strength:
Tho greatest destroyer Of Food in
this country now, and in England,
France and Russia before the war, 10
DRINK.
The greatest destroyer Of Labor in
this country Gas it was in Europe be-
fore the wary is DRINK.
And when we come to Financial
Strenqth We find that the Drink waste
every year, 10 sufficient to build:
100 battIeships, costing $7,5o00oo
each, and
200 armored cruisers, costing 3d.
100000 each, and
500 destroyers, costing 100000
each, and
1000 submarines, costing $4,000 each
Can the American people drag this
etunendous burden and win the war?
Here is a final illustration: The sum
expended for drink in this country
every twelve months, would ooaro al
one dollar a day each, every man. wo-
man and child in the nation for almost
one month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Household Hints.

Carpeting the front hall with sand paper
is new idea, comparatively. but one
which is bound to become general when
the value of it gets to be known. 1t will
be practically impossible for the careless
man to come into the parlor with muddy
or snowy boots with a sandpaper carpet
in the hall.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Of Cuticura Soap when was completely
healed" (Signed) Victor Parson, u
Pleasant View Ave, Everett, Mass.
Sept. Is, 1916.
In purity, delicate medication, con-
venience and economy, Cuticura Soap
and Ointment meet with the approval
of the most discriminating. Cuticura
is ideal for everyday use in the toilet.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address postcard: "Cuticura,
Dept. r, Boston" Sold everywhere.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Cornell Widow.

The following was handed in as an
answer in history exam:
General Braddock was killed in the
Revolutionary war. He had three
horses shot from under him and a
fourth went through his clothes"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

A discarded wheelbarrow makes a
unique and comfortable chair, and if one
cares to 60 to the trouble Of putting
rockers on it SO much more comfort will
result. The handles can be left on or
sawed off as you like.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Wednesday April Is, 1917.
Lst Us Face the Facts.

Let Us Face the Facts.
In these days Of black events and
figures that are beyond human grasp.
we deal coldly with facts Of the passing
hour, and talk glibly of billions of
dollars"
Each days news reports tell US that
thousands Of human beings have been
slain within few hours, in single en-
gagement of a battle that has ragged for
almost three years. Every days re-
ports are heavier laden. with human
woe than were the hours Of horror
when the Iroquois theatre was burned,
Mount Pelee erupted or the Titanic was
sunk
We are entering coolly, almost un-
thinltingly, upon an era in America
that is grim with the menace of years
of heart-rending scenes and untold
privations. And we are talking vapid-
~ Of raising and saving, while we go
on indulging in all our accustomed lux
uries, wasting as has become our hab-
1t to waste-and ignoring, as a govern
ment controlled by it's people, the most
tremendous possibility that ever con-
frontcd nation as a star of sure tri-
umph.
Briefly, let us look at facts that are
familiar to most of us. yet compre
hended by few Of US
We are entering war for right and
justice over might and greed, equality
of human rights over autocratic dom
nation. We spite our breasts and
boast our high purpose to save human
ity from Mammon: while in our hearts
is the hypocrisy of unconquered APP
petites and passions.
Staggering and bewildered by mar
cotic poisons, 25 per cent deficient in
human fighting ability, to say nothing
II lack of training or inadequate me-
chanical equipment, we offer combat to
fighting enemy, depending on our
size, doggedness and luck, country
that has never been defeated. except
by it's own lusts and longings.
Bluntly. are we to swagger into the
arena, one-fourth paralyzed by drink.
with a rum bottle in our pocket and a
determination to fight on Dutch
courage?
Here are a few facts to consider in
their tremendous possibilities:
Exclusive of our loans to the Allies
we can hardly expect to expend in our
first year of the war the sum of two
billions OF dollars. Yet in that same
twelve months we shall expend for
drink, every ounce of it worse than
useless to any human being. the
amount in dollars .of~two billions, five
hundred millions.
National prohibition as an emerg
ency measure would save this to the
nation. and all the incompetence and
misery which its use would entail.
In other words, we could save by
restraining our own folly, in the first
IL months of war, food enough to fully
feed for one year any army that we
shall be able to raise in the next three
years
National prohibition as an emery
ency war measure, would release for
productive uses an army of many
thousands of men now engaged in
nationally destructive labor. We need
these men on the farms to RAISE
food. where they are now engaged in
DESTROYING what others raise
National prohibition as an emery
ency war measure would instantly be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Core shoulders, lame back,
- stiff neck. all pains and aches
~ yield to Sloan's Liniment.
Do not rub It. Simply apply to
the sore spot, it quickly penetrates
and relieves. Cleaner than mussy
plasters or ointments, it does not
stain the skin.
Keep . bottle handy for rheumatism.
sprains, bruises, toothache, neuralgia, govt,
lumbago and sore stiff muscles.
At all druggists, Csc. Soc. and S1.00.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Northwestern Candle.

You say that your husband has de-
voted his life to the uplift of those
who have fallen by the wayside?"
Eyes. he's elevator boy at the emerg-
encY hospital"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Even the gentleman farmer has some
hopes of making his farming pay this
year.-Boston Globe.
Sat so? Well then he must have
his seed and fertilizer on hand and
help contracted for at last years
wages.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Michigan GargoyIe.

He (absently)-Tll bet five.
She-What did you say?
He-Oh, | beg pardon; l was just
noticing what a beautiful hand l held.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Yale Record.

do you sc to Sunday chapel?"
mo, I haven't signed up at any reg
ular joint; I'm praying around"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
The World War a Year Ago
1oday-Aprn 25.

German battle cruiser squadron,
toesther With submarines and Yep
palm airships, attacked Lowestoft
and Yarmouth, England. After
heavy bombardment the Germans
withdrew; British submarine E-22
sunk.
Austria reported the recapture
az part Of Co d Lana which the
Italians SURPRISED On ths 18th.
British and Preach reply to
American protest q Oct "a against
restrictions on trade through op-
erations o4 the allies naval block.
ads upAoads the legality Of the
policies and methods Of the en-
tente allies.
Two Years Ago Today.
Troops Of the allies landed on
the Dardanelles coast under Turk
ish Ore while Anslo.Trench fleet
bombarded enemy batteries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Sam Isaacson Is glad that he is In
America, and he had reason to be until
brother Harry, at Norway. Sam left
Russia several months ago. before the
revolution to avoid being impressed in
military service. He travelled across ST.
IBERIA into Corea. then passed through
Japan and landed in the United States at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Christabel Whitney Kidder, one Of
the most distinguished readers in New
England, gave The Melting Pot" Ap-
I'll Il. for the benefit of the Lewiston
and Auburn Equal Suffrage League.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

burned and ltched SO |
could not sleep and | was
disfgured. ......
"a friend of mine advised
me to use Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. / used a sample
and my face began to heal
SO | bought more and I
used two boxes of Cuticura
Oiptrpepf and $byao c,J<a,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
ANNOYING
SYMPTOMS
How Heat Flashes, Dizzy
Spells and other Bad Feel.
ings at Change Of Life
may be Relieved.

Richmond, Va. -"After taking
seven bottles Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
PALERMO

EAST-The School Committees the
past week built new shed 1T the
schoolhouse. The school commences
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
BigRcdPi implies
DisfiguPcdFace
Large and Fierce-1ooking. Burned
and Itched So Could Not Sleep.
2 Boxes Cuticura Ointment and 3
Cakes Soap Healed. Cost SITS.

Il began to have big red pimples
break out on my face. They were large
and ferce-looking and festered. They
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

San Francisco. The total money cost OF
the trip was little over s16 being the
car fare across our continent. More than
Is 600 miles was covered in his journey to
Norway, Ne
German spies have been reported as
working in and about Houlton. The peo-
pie say that the suspected have been can
wasting the town with vacuum cleaners,
Guards have been placed by the Houlton
Public Safety committee on the water
works and numerous other places about
the town.
At South Paris the first ploushing OF
the season was done on April II by W
w. Ripley and Fred Bennett, who
ploughed 90 acres for the Rev. c. G.
Miller.
The town Of Rangeley has passed an
ordinance that it shall be unlawful to
operate a motor vehicle with an open ex-
haust within the limits of the village
corporation, and all such offenders shall
be liable to a fine of SO for each offense.
If anyone sees a<4x6-foot American nag
where it was not located a few days ago,
in Bath or even the vicinity, they are
supposed to notify the authorities. for
that may mean that one irate citizen OF
Bath, Cahrles A. Hartman, may recover
his stolen Stars and Stripes. They say
%1n1 n
has been for years and is of the opinion
can flag would commit almost any crime
on the calendar"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Ballots for Both
Pine Tree State

Augusta suffragists have recently
cleared $125 from a rummage sale.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Mrs. Katherine H. Willard, of North
Adams, Mass, who has come to Maine
to assist in the suffrage campaign, is
located. for the present, at Bangor
Mrs. Willard gave her first address in
the home Of Mrs. A. E. Greene, Lisbon
Falls, where a successful meeting OF
women of the town was held. She has
also held a conference with prominent
women in Corinna, relative to carrying
forward the work there, and Sunday
evening, she spoke in Newport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Miss L. Lola Walker, a National or
garizer, who has been in the State
some time making her headquarters in
Portland and doing effective work in
that vicinity, has been transferred to
Lewiston and has already been in touch
with leading suffragists in that city and
nearby towns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25
Augusta Lodge Directory

BETHLEHEM LODGE. No. IS. F.&A. M
Special communication Monday. April g.
Work in Z. A. degree. All sojournng
brothers are cordially United to attend.
CLAUDE c. COLE. w. NJ.
PEARLE E. FILLER, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-25

Miss Berniece Is. Ham Of Lewiston,
one of Names most charming dancers,
will give recital in connection with a
general dancing party in Bangor city
hall. May 9. for the benefit of the Ban
sor Equal Suffrage League. Miss Ham
will be accompanied on the piano by
Miss Frances l.. Turgeon of Auburn.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-31
REVOLT BEGUN
IN RUSS CAPITAL
Militia Busy Suppressing
COunter-RevOlutiOn, Says
Dispatch

NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-"The mill
tia OF Petrograd is busy today sup
pressing anti-govcrnment and couu-
ter revolutionary activities" spc-
cial cable TO the Jewish Daily For
ward received today from the Rus
sian capital asserted.
Posters calling the population to
an armed uprising against the gov
eminent were torn down and at
tempts 10 start street demonstra-
tions were vigorously enened. The
main reason for the strength OF the
anti-government propaganda is the
shortage OF food which is very keen
ly felt all over the country"
The cable added that az Cherni-
gov. Jews were searched and NAL
treated under pretext that they
were conceallng provisions.
Twenty persons are dead az Mos.
COW and many more are dying, II
was stated. as result Of oyer-drink
ing The liquor was stolen from a
nearby railway station.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-31

LONDON. Aug. s1-ItaYy con-.
tinued her attacks on three Auo>1
trian fronts today. but otherwiso3
there was lull In the Europeau0
fighting zones.
The Austrians on the BainsfSsa
plateau have been powerfully RI
infoced. Rome reported. 6truug0
counter attacks have been eonstsntS
ly thrown at the new Italian posi-
tions.
The Rome Official, statement Shady
little to say OF the fighting IN .thol
sector before Trieste, but mod3r1aI,
dispatches indicated today q rej
doubling OF artillery fire and Oh
aerial reconnaissance indicetiAg |
preparations for renewed offensive !
action there Trieste Ia not moro |:
than IL miles distant from .the%bat- !
tie line.
Petrograd and Berlin both report.
ed local fighting on various Russian.
and Rumanian fronts, but no con-,
certed German offensive was ap-
parent.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-31
ANTI-CRIME
DRIVE IS ON
IN CHICAGO
Police Sweep City For
Crooks After Fight
With Bandit
THREE WOUNDED
BY DESPERATE
Paw Roll LOoter Holds
Off Posse of $50
For 2 Hours

CHICAGO. Aug. 31.-The Chi
cago police today began the great,
est offensive against organized
crime In the history OF the city
With Edward Wheed, ex.convict
and alleged participant in tho 81. 100
hoId.up AT Winslow Bros factory
Tuesday, when two employees were
slain. in custody after a two hours
battle with policemen late yester
day. city officials not only were dl-
recting efforts 10 apprehend other
members OF the gang but We're
rounding up every known crook IN
Chicago.
More than 80 men and a dozen
women have already been arrested
in the crime drive. Many OF these
are said TO be wanted for Jobs
executed years ago Hundreds oi
nolicemen and detectives arc enEag-
cd in the roundup.
Wheed's arrest is said TO account
for three of the five bandits VINO
shot par,on Allen and Louis Osen-
bure IN front OF Winslow Bros on
the west side and escaped with the
pavrou they were carrying Wheed
is alleged 20 have been ideniihed
nv Kit Lewis who accompanied
Allen and Osenburg Others 'den'
tined nv Lewis are Charles 'arrao
alleged owner Of the bandits auto
mobile. and Anthony Cosctino. The
latter is said TO have had some oi
the loot m his possession
Tho capture Of Wheed followed
one of the most spectacular baliies
in police annals Surrounded m q
little stone cottage on The vest side
he held 250 policemen az bay ioi
two hours.
lie wounded three Of the of1cers
and surrendered only after Deputy y
Superintendent Nestbrook promised
him a prison sentence IN lieu oi
hanging Fifteen hundred speciaton-
crowding around the scene of tne
hattie added 20 thu diftculties o'
the police.
par, Of tho Winslow payroll was
recovered In Whecd' home