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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Mrs. Mae Manson of this city is
visiting friends in Vassalboro for a
few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Otis ]. Sproul and son Dana of
Portland We're guests Tuesday at the
home of Elvin A. Leighton.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

day for Ellsworth, where they are to
visit friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Peter F. Thompson was a visitor
Tuesda yin Brunswick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Miss Gertrude harrington left
Tuesday for u weeks visit at her
home in Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Charles Overlook of Washington
was calling on Gardiner friends,
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

The Co. IL drill will be postponed
to Wednesday of next week on ac-
count of the prevailing epidemic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Mrs. Kate Bagley has gone to Rich
nond for a visit with relatives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Edward E. Tucker of West Gardi-
her was a business visitor in Gardi-
ner Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Harold Weber OF Randolph left
Tuesday for Thomaston, where he is
to visit friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16
Too Late Tor Classification
To let-Ofice.

THE DR.. MeDAVlD OFFICE OVER
Bither's store. Inquire of B. E. Bither
or ]. H. Sturgis. Tel. 1888. octl6dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Frank Marshall Of Western avenue
is visiting relatives in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Elmer 4. Young left Tuesday for
Bath, where he has accepted employ
ment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16
FROM HALLOWELL
HALLoWELL TELEPHONE ses.x

Stephen A. Scanon Dies of Pneumonia Following Influenza
Red Cross Chapter Names Committee Christmas Parcels
Local Happenings
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

Mrs. Tena Bowling, who has been
visiting friends in Farmingdale, left
Tuesday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16

through the northern part Of the
State.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Character and Obedience.

Character is grounded on obedience.
All the human derelicts stranded on
the rocks of life came to wreck be-
cause Of continued disobedience to the
chart Of right living. Wrecked lives
are directly chargeable to the parents,
who did not compel obedience during
the formative period of childhood. In
sistence on a course of action lays the
foundation for obedience during in
fancy, but as soon as the child de-
velops reasoning power something
more than mere insistence is needed to
develop obedience.
Parental commands are laws which
rule the domain Of childhood and, like
the laws Of a nation, they are Obeyed
In the degree that they are believed to
be reasonable and just. The child is a
rational human being, however much
We may ignore his capacity for reason,
and our commands must be founded on
reason If we are to expect reasonable
compliance with them.-Mother's Mag.
azine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
TELLS OF Big FIGHT
Canadian Sergeant Describes
Third Battle Of Ypres.
Man Who Participated Gives Thrilling
Account Of sanouinary
Conflict.

Chicago.-The thrilling eyewitness
story of the third battle of Ypres was
told here by Sergt, Reginald Grant Of
the First Canadian field artillery.
I'VE We're in Sanctuary woods about
a mile southeast of town. We were
the sacrifice battery and were to stay
behind If there should be treat.
Well, our boys went out of the trench
and were met by the Germans in mass
formation.
'They were smothered-but not be.
fore they had wreaked frightful havoc.
They died to a man. The Huns came
on yelling with all their lungs and as
they neared We blew great holes in
that formation. But we didn't stop
them. They came on running and yell.
ing like fends Of hell.
"Our ammunition was gone. We
grabbed parts Of the guns and our
rifles, and retreated with the rest, stop.
ping now and then to drop one or two
of the enemy.
THE battery to our right didn't have
chance to use all their shells. The
Boche was upon them too quickly with
smoke shells that started great fires.
The boys there were burned alive.
YES. they are fighting, the Ger
mans. But so are the British"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Fierce WAR OVER elephant
People Of Siam and Pegu contended
for Generation to Secure Pos
session Of the Animal.

Believing that Buddha lived again
in the body of a white elephant, de-
vastating war was fought in the six.
teenth century between Siam and Pegu
for possession Of the unhandsome an.
imal. For a generation the struggle
continued, and in it five kings came to
the throne, only to die together with
thousands Of their subjects. A white
elephant is exceedingly rare, but is sim.
ply an albino and by no means snow
colored. In 1888 Barnum, not from re.
ligious motive. brought one from 81
am at cost Of 100000.
Frequent mention is made Of Gle
plants In the history Of ancient wars.
The Roman armies fled at their first ap.
pearance in their early conflicts with
the Carthaginians, but BY the use Of
torches soon learned to break up q
charge Of the huge beasts. Alexan-
der encountered them in his conquest
Of Asia.
The elephant looks stupid and his
brain is small for his size, only as
large as mans, but it is highly de-
veloped. and few animals are more in.
telligent. They are used as beasts Ct
burden In India, where they are regard
ed with superstitious awe BY their
drivers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
EAT MORE COTTAGE CHEESE
Department OF Agriculture Seeks e
Encourage Production and Use Of
Meat Substitute.

Washington, d. C.-To encourage
the use, as well as the making Of cot.
tage cheese-a cheap and palatable
substitute for meat-the United States
department Of agriculture has
launched campaign in which nearly
hundred field workers will take part
and which is to carry to every state
in the Union this lesson:
Cottage cheese Is made from skim
milk-now largely wasted or fed to
animals. A pound Of cottage cheese
has the same food value as pound of
meat. Make cottage cheese, and thus
put to valuable use wasted skim milk.
Eat cottage cheese; save the meat for
our soldiers and the allies.
Three Of the big divisions Of the
department Of agriculture are working
In the campaign, which also has the
cooperation of the United States food
administration.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
JAILED BECAUSE OF LOOKS
Youth Who Looks Older Than He Z,
spends 202 Days Behind
Barr.

Indianapolis. Ind.-Just because he
looks to be twenty-five. but in fact is
only twenty years old. Murphy Cutrer
OF Shreveport, La, has spent 202 days
since June 5 last In jails on charges
OF being draft Stacker. Cutrer has
just been released from his latest trou
BILE after having been in the Marion
county Jail 20 days. He was first ar.
rested in Fredonia, KAN. and held for
10 days, then he spent Sc days in an.
other jail on similar charges. In each
case he was able to prove he lacked
one day Of being twenty.one on regis.
trati0n day.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Sailor Now German Prisoner.

Men serving on the destroyer Jacob
Jones Of the American feet in foreign
waters had terrific fight with the sea
after their ship had been sunk by a
German submarine. The attack came
suddenly. late in the afternoon. AL.
though every effort was made to re-
turn the fight and save the ship. she
dRally settled and went down. Many
Of the men got into the boats and on
the RATS and great number were
seen swimming In the sea. Two Of
these were picked up by the Germans.
One Of these men, John Francis MUIR
ply. is now held as a prisoner by the
Germans. After having gone through
the ordeal Of being torpedoed Murphy
made a heroic struggle to save MEM
bors Of the ships crew. No further
news has been heard from him beyond
the fact that he 10 held prisoner in
Germany. Murphy was a ships cook.
Arst class, on the Jones.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
FALLS HEAD DOWN IN BARREL
PoIfeeman's Curiosity About Shoes
Leads TO Rescue Of Unfortunate
Columbus Man.

Columbus. O.-"Why do you sup
pose anyone should throw away per.
fectly good pair Of shoes like these?"
questioned Patrolman Folk of Officer
Mahoney while the two patrolled q
North side district early in the morn.
ing.
Lets look 'em over" continued
Folk, and the two officers proceeded
to barrel at the side Of house In
Congress street, just north of Russell
street. The shoes lay upside down at
the top Of the receptacle.
AS each officer started to lift q
shoe, there was gurgling sound from
the bottom of the barrel. The shoes
would not loosen.
The shoes We're fastened to the feet
OF 9 man and he was head-tlownwarC
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
MUCH ExTRAvAeANcE IN PEEs
But Oliver Wendell Holmes 10 Said 70
Have Written Twelve Million
Words With One.

"For two years." announces ore Of
those eccentric persons who make q
business Of collecting strange and star
Ting facts, ''Thackeray did all his writ
ing with one pen, which also served
him for writing two novels. Oliver
Wendell Holmes used gold pen for
more than thirty years, during which
he wrote 100000 Words
That, we may consider, Is genuine
pen conservation, and 1t may be typical
Of general economy that was far
more prevalent in the days Of Thack-
cray and Holmes than it is today, OBJ
serves a writer in the Providence
Journal. Pens in the last quarter cen.
fury have come to be rather lightly es-
teemed by most persons who find a
continual use for them. One throws
away an old pen and puts a new one
in the penholder with little thought Of
the potential waste. A gold pen, Of
course, is exceptionally durable, as a
rule, but the one that performed serv-
ice for Doctor Holmes for more than
thirty years must have been q marvel.
Anyway, 1t was obviously fer better
one than the one that served Thack-
eray for only two years. His was prob
ably an old-time quill pen, but even
then quill pen that would last
through the writing Of two novels as
extensive as those produced by Thack-
cray must be regarded with profound
respect.
This economy in the use of writing
utensils seems awe-inspiring today. In
the past ten years we personally have
knocked out two typewriters and have
started on our third and in that time
have probably turned out less than
half the number of words that Doctor
Holmes produced with his little old
gold pen. And when you come to think
Of the comparative values of the words
the reflection becomes positively hu-
initiating.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Wanted Reduction.

Nov. here 10 q showcase" said the
dealer. pointing to a peculiar-looking
specimen Of his wares, ''that 10 bound
to become popular. It magnifies ev-
srything put in it to double it's natural
dee"
Cant use IL in my business" re-
piled the prospective customer. "What
I want Is case that will seemingly
reduce the actual size Of Its contents
fully one-half."
"What is your line? asked the
dealer.
my speciality Is ladies' Shoes"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
To Prevent Mildeyy.

The careful housekeeper is often
greatly troubled and perplexed by rust
and mildew formations caused by
damp closets. This state of affairs
can be easily remedied if an earthen-
ware bowl or a deep plate full Of
quicklime be placed in the closet. The
lime absorbs the moisture, sweetening
and disinfectiEg the damp corners.
Rodents and insects that are likely to
congregate in such places greatly dis
like the odor of the lime. When the
lime becomes slaked it should be
thrown away and fresh supply SUBJ
stituted.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Blind 70 ,Jox.

Life is always worth living, II one
have responsive sensibilities. But We
Of the highly educated classes (so
calied) have most Of US got far, far
away from nature. We are trained to
seek the choice, the rare, the exquisite
exclusively. and to overlook the com.
mon. We are stuffed with abstract
conceptions and GLIB with verbalities
and verbosities; and in the culture OF
these higher functions tho peculiar
sources Of Joy connected with our
simpler functions often dry up. and we
grow stone blind and insensible to
LIES more elementary and general
goods and joys.-Williar1 James.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
TELLS Of NEW GRETNA GREEN
West Virginia Town Where kuptIaI
Knots Are Tied More Easily Than
Anywhere Else.

Pittsburgh, Ta.-Wellsburg, w. Va,
Is the Gretna Green where nuptial knots
are tied more easily than anywhere
else In America. A woman taxicab
driver meets all trains for the purpose
G. taking clipping parties to the mar
riage license office and the altar with
out moments loss Of time.
This information was given by Mrs.
Otto Schenck, aged sixteen years,
when her plea for divorce was heard
In the divorce court here.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30

where my sister and I were talking.
Presently her older boy came in and
said that the others were bothering
him. He was building a railroad and
they took his things: would mother
please make them stop7 To my sur
prise. she said surely she would; It
was too bad they bothered him, and
she called them in with us, and when
she had started them playing there
she quietly closed the door between the
two rooms. In moment 1t opened.
and the young railroad builder said he
did not care about having the door
shut. he only did not want to be both
cred. But the mother answered that
she could not keep the little folks hap.
py II they saw him with all the things:
the door would have to stay shut. Ev.
cry little while, for half an hour or so.
on one excuse or another, that door
came open, and just as surely rea.
son was given why 1t must be kept
shut. Then the law Of the Kingdom,
the Spirit in Man. worked; every one
knows what would happen. The boy
came where we were, and leaning
against his mother, had treble in his
voice as he said: "I'd rather stay in
here; it's lonesome in there and I
don't care about the things"
She had not told him he was wrong,
but it was just as the inventor said:
IF you understand the case and the
law governing it, any one can tell what
will happen. Certain things always
work certain ways."-Eleanor Scott
Sharples, in the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Want Rabbits for Food.

Shortage of meat has revived the
popularity of the rabbit in England,
and the Guilford food control commit.
tee has asked the town council to
finance scheme for starting rabbit
warren in order to increase the food
supply. 1t is estimated that, begin
ming With 40 tame rabbits, there would
be 1900 ut the end Of the season, and
as the initial cost would be only $500,
the venture would prove very profit.
able.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
AID FROM RED CROSS
American Prisoners in Germany
Being Cared For.
Food Sent Regularly Through inter.
national Red Gross In
Switzerland.

Washington.--Food is now being
sent regularly to American prisoners
in Germany by the American Red
Cross through an arrangement with
the international Red Gross in
Switzerland.
The American Red Cross Office at
Paris recently received complete list
Of the 159 Americans then prisoners in
Germany. The German government
permits the Red Cross to send each
man 20 pounds Of food q week, in
two packages Of ten pounds each.
This Red Cross service is being en-.
larged and warehouse to hold food
enough for 10000 American prisoners
already is under construction near
Berne, Switzerland. It is estimated
that at least 80 per cent Of the food
packages reach the men. -
Parents, wives and relatives Of our
soldiers and sailors will find in this
particular Red Cross service the great,
est satisfaction because they have
dreaded German prison life for their
loved ones perhaps more than death
itself.
The American prisoners will be per-
mitted to write two letters and four
post cards each month, and also to
acknowledge the receipt of food pack.
ages. The Red Cross food package
follows the army ration pretty closely,
and frequently fresh white bread Is
included from the Red Cross bakery
in Berne.
This service is one more reason why
the American people will respond gem
erously to the next Red Cross war
fund campaign, May 2O-27. when an.
other s1O0,OOO.0OO to "carry on" will
be asked.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
HEARS MUSIC THROUGH FEET
Deaf Man Tells Of Sensations He Ex.
perienced at q Piano
Recital.

New York.-That highly sensi.
tive deaf person is able to shear"
music through his feet was demon.
strated at the last piano recital given
recently by Josef Hofmann here.
Jean Paul Gruet, a young deaf
man, gave this impression Of the re-
cftal: "The main emotion felt from
the floor and again in the unsupport-
ed lighter parts Of the body, such as
the arms and finger tips. The mus
cles in the upper part Of the lower
leg also vibrated.
"The lower tones Of the piano, when
loudly and quickly played. may be
experienced inwartlly. causing an ex-
citing sensation. Such feeling seems
to thrill one and cause q quicksnlne
Of the circulation"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Farmer XII. wild c.sa.

Live Oaks. Cal.-Wing, a farmer
near here. recently killed two large
wild cats along the Feather river
while engaged in hunting jack rab-
bits. One of the wild cats raced nd
q tree and started to show fight when
Wing discovered 1t. A shot brought
1t to the ground. Its cries Of fdee
ana pain brought its mate ID the
scene. and Wing dispatched the sec.
end cat with a shot from his gun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
GOT HIM STARTED
whe's Conversation May Have
Been for Effect.
While She Deplored the Average NAME
Lack Of knowledge Of Tools He
Evidently Had Been Doing
Some Thinking.

The woman put down the magazine
she had been reading and addressed
herself to the family in general.
There" she cried, 1T says exactly
what have been thinking for ages
and ages and never had sufficient sense
to write about"
what is that7" inquired her hus-
band sleepily.
ut says that boys should be pre-
pared for matrimony exactly as girls
Should," replied the woman. ut says
that they should have a course of
training in putting up pictures, in do
Ing simple repairs to the plumbing, in
taking care Of the furnace, in hang.
Ing curtains, making shelves and do
ing other carpentering work. just as
girls should be taught how to cook
and keep house."
At this her husband looked self-con.
scious and he resumed his reading with
IN ostentatious air Of absorption, so
that his better half was fain to con.
ttnue her remarks to the more recep-
i've sister who sat by.
Especially when one lives in the
country should husband have had
some manual training" she went on
For instance, last week we found It
impossible to turn off one of the spig-
OTIS that fills the bathtub. A full
stream of water ran from it all day.
teleph0ned Walter Of the tragedy,
and he replied that was not to bother,
Tor he would fix It as soon as he came
home.
"When he reached home that even.
ing he found that he could not do any
more to check the water than had
done. and so he sent a plumber out
from town the next morning.
The plumber examined the leak, said
that the washer on the spigot had
worn out, and that If would give him
. washer he would repair It at once.
But ! had no washer - what IL a
washer, anyway? And so he had to
60 back into town to get one. He
returned two hours later, put on the
washer, stopped the leak and sent US
q bill for ST."
"But 1t was a peculiar sort Of
washer" interrupted her husband
apologetically. "If 1t had been just q
plain washer I could have done It,"
His wife disregarded this explana.
ton. 'Then the laundry tubs became
stopped up" she went on. land though
worked at them with q hatpin and
the poker, could not open them. The
plumber had to come out from town
again. he brought with him a long
stick With rubber cup on the end Of
It. placed this cup over the vent IN the
tub, pressed. and 10 al was well. The
bin for this piece Of work was $3.50.
Il wanted simple shelf put up In
the bathroom and the carpenter who
put It up charged $3.50 for that Job.
The door leading to our side porch
had not been locked for a year because
no one in this family can move lock.
Sometimes wish that I had married
q carpenter or plumber. It must be
lovely to have man who can use
tools constantly In the house."
And as for the woman's husband. he
put aside his book impaticntly and
arose. swell. get me the nails md
the boards and hammer and I'll make
that window box for you that you've
been pining for" he said. "Ill show
you that I am as good as a carpenter
any day In the week."-Providenc
Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30

In the Bhrrer. Wifi cohs1f1deral5le iliffi.
Guilty the two policemen released the
man. Albert Breaker.
He lives in the house beside which
the barrel stood. He explained he had
started to close a window directly
above. lost his balance and fell head
long into the barrel.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Catarrh Of Stomach
Did Not Know Il

Mrs. Selena Tanner, Athens, Ohio,
writes: Il cannot find words to ex.
press my thanks for your kind ad.
vice. I never once thought l had ca
tarrh Of the stomach. 1 commenced
taking Peruna, as you directed. My
stomach continued to hurt me for
about two weeks after l began the
medicine, and then it stopped. now
have a good appetite, while before
! was nearly starved"
Those who object to liquid medi.
eines can procure Peruna Tablets.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
BARRED FROM LAKE VESSELS
Subjects Of Germany and Austria Will
Not Be Permitted on Them
This Summer.

Cleveland, O.-Feieral officers here
have issued an order prohibiting sub
jects Of Germany and Austria from
working or riding ON lake vessels
either freight or passenger-this sum
mer. Neither will they be permitted
within 100 feet of y pier or dock where
any vessel Of 500 tons capacity IL 10.
Gated.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
Master Dick Bruins of New York is
the youngest Thrift stamp salesman
in the country.
LAWYER Disbarred.

Elkfns. ". Val. III. Keenan,, fifty
four, lawyer, has been disbarred for
alleged pro-German utterances. Kee-
nan was given coat Of tar and feath.
sEs by his tQwnspeopls ia JanuaIzs
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-05-30
WAR GARDENS DECORATE
RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAYS

Memphis. Tenn.-War gardens
are to be seen from the window
OF almost any passenger train
in the South. In some sections
long strips Of land paralleling
the right Of way are in cultiva-
ton. A field 80 feet wide, or
less, and half-mile long, is not
uncommon. There are innumer-
able little gardens to be found
between the end Of the cross.
ties and the right-of-way fence.