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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Sergeant Arthur peblois passed
through the city from Millinocket
Thursday afternoon with % Canad'-
an recruits. whom he was accompa-
nying to Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

The regular meeting of the Odd
Ladies will be held this evening in A
@. U. W. hall at $50. There will be
an initiation of several candidates
and refreshments will be served.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Miss Rosetta Butler, who has been in the
Sisters hospital for week or more. has re-
turned to her home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mrs. Harry w. Dyer and son. Rus
sell Of Cliftondale, Mass, arrived IN
the city Thursday and are guests at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
DYER Of Oakland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

l. o. Ktxun, xho has boon in tho city q
fSv dAyx, returned 10 Portland Thursday
evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. William Z. Barry Of
Kenncbunk returned to their home
Thursday morning after attending
the Unitarian conference here
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Clark of
Prospect street left Thursday after
noon for Boston where they will pass
two months visiting in that city and
vicinity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Miss Nina Thornton Of Topsfield is
y quest Of Mrs. +. T.. Nelson OF CHAP
TN street for Il few weeks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Emery A White. Joseph A. ellis,
Carl Mcdowell and George W. Good
win were examined for service by
Dr. F. H. Badger of Winthrop Thurs
daV
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

john q. Fricl lcf, Thursday evening for
i;.,s.on Oh business trip Of o few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mrs. Helen Goodwin, who has been
at tho home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Whitcomb for several months, went
20 IIartland Thursday to visit friends
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Ms. and Mrs Nelson Hapworth Of Arson
wcrs in tho city Thursday on business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Raymond Reny. who has been pass
ing several days at his homo here left
Thursday afternoon for his return to
Camp Devens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mira II. c. bridges and daughters.
hltco and Marguerite passed the day
With friends In Augusta Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Judge Charles T. Johnson left
Thu rsday afternoon for Portland on
professional business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mn, r. y. Common went to Portland
Thursday morning to pass a few days
Nth friends.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mrs Harry Goodwin o. Ash street
and Mrs. William Tucker of College
avenue went to Dexter Thursday
afternoon to visit few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mr. and Mrs Charles J. Clukey left
for their home III Portland Thursday
afternoon utter pnssing several days
in the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Fred r. Young, who went to Fort
Slocum about two weeks ago, has
been transferred to Camp Joseph T.
johnson at Jacksonville, Fla.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mrs. Chester Nutter Of Lancaster,
n. r., is u guest OF her sisters, Mrs.
Hugh Johnson and Mrs. Erwin Weisse
of Elm street
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Miss Ruth Williams went to Port
land Thursday afternoon to visit her
sister, Mrs. T. c. knowlton for two
weeks
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mira. Lee y. Jones went to Madi-
son OH u business trip Thursday
nUrHinS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mis- lIildn bangs Of Augusta, who has
t<ep . s,,rn, 81 Miss Bernice Richardson, re-
TUNED " her homo Thursday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

" A Traynor. who has been visi:in s
his .it.ers Mrs. y. A. Sargent and Mrs.
Ernest Marshall. returned Thursday even
INK.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mre. {. ~ Gru:cr Of Skowhegan
vas u Tho city OH business Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

Mrs. Ralph Berry went to Port
and Wednesday morning to visit Mrs.
Arid I3ickforI for u few days.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14
JudgeYour
Printing
AS YOU Do
Your Business
Suit

Print Shop Talk
To Business
Men
You Judge your bus
ness suit on it's merits
it's comfort - looks -
wear, and you usually
get, in the final analy-
sis, just about what you
pay for.
In printing you get
just what you pay for
but with this differ
ence: The cost of a
first-class job is only a
small fraction more
than the cost of an ordi-
nary job.
You can buy a thous,
sand letter heads for
$500 or you can pay a
dollar more HERE and
get a letter head that
will forcibly express
the standard of your
business as you would
have others Judge it.
The appearance and
look of quality will be
inseparably a part of
the perfect job-as in.
delible as though spun
in the web. Yet it has
cost you but one-tenth
of a cent more a sheet
to give the best possible
representation of your
self and your business.
Worth it?
Why, when you &C.
tually figure it out the
argument for "cheap-
ness" vanishes in thin
air. II becomes ridicu-
l0us.
When you have a
Particular job bring it
to printing headquar-
tiers. Fl ere we have
the mental and me.
chanical equipment
brains plus every mod. j
ern device known to the
art If printing are.
yours to command.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14
WATERvItLE LOCAL NEWS

J. ~. Peters of Gardiner was IN
the city on business Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14

A dispatch from London April IL said
that a German submarine had bombarded
Monrovia April 10, destroying the wireless
station and sinking the Liberian armed yes.
sci President Grant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-06-14
APRIL /, 1918.
Y. Nj. A. Conference

Totals 1923 19S
Sc, 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
With Other Editors
DayIight SAVINGS First Trial

The misunderstanding plan inaugurated in this
country last March and which to close on
the 27th inst has had its first trial Like every I'M
dertaking the project had credit and debit side
which could be translated into terms of measure
ment that should show either profit or loss
Obviously the effect of the scheme manifested
itself most prominently in the saving of artificial
light. The Washington ID. c. Gas Light Co. has
estimated from figures had collected that the PEG
pie of the District Of Columbia saved 100000 their
gas bills and on this basis the conservation of this
commodity would amount to 100000 for the whole
country. In the matter of gas and electricity, the
saving was not less than 10 per cent of the money
formerly spent for them.
What was the loss of the lighting companies how
the nations gain, the additional hour OF
daylight opened up numerous opportunities that re-
bounded to the peoples benefit physically and ma
teriaIy. Artificial light is fnseparably bound up
with fuel and fuel means coal, The saving in this
essential article alone amounted to 100000 tons
according to the fuel administration The coal
saved in this direction diverted the supplying
of industries engaged in making machine tools and
munitions, building ships and other manufactures
equally important. In this connection the war in
dustries board deemed the innovation so successful
as coal conserver that it urged its continuation
the end of the war congress nevertheless adherng
to the original proposition.
Another effect of the good emanating from day
light saving the impetus it gave agriculture
Charles Lathrop Pack president of the National war
garden commission gave out a statement in which
he said that the wargarden plots laid out this year
numbered 52S5ooo, the yield of which in the value
of their crops amounted to $525 900 OOO-nore than
half again the value of the 1917 produce from the
same source.
The success Of daylight saving from the material
side, however, is hardly greater than the physical
benefit It conferred the people of this country,
which incidentally the the great nations
to adopt the measure, for It might be said as
it added hour TO the length of the day It also
added months 10 the lives of those who took advan-
tage Of it in recreation for mind and body Alto
eether the scheme worth the trial and no doubt
it will be resumed without trepidation when the
longer days return.-American Machtnist,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
The Daily Short Story

come with me, please" and he led
Danvers to another room, where a
young lady sat writing at a desk
Daughter, spoke Mr. Ruthven,
'by a. strange coincidence, your
friend of the shotel has called upon
me, and"
Danvers thrilled. Miss Hope
Ruthven-she of optimism and the
daring escape-confronted him, and
in that fair company he passed the
pleasantest hour of his life.
Danvers had an opportunity of
seeing Hope RuthYen twice after
that. Her father granted the ex-
tension. One month later to a day,
Danvers appeared with the money
to take up the notes. Mr.. Ruthven
was away from home and DanVers
had to await his return for several
days, portion of which he passed
in the company of his daughter.
You gave me hope when | call
ed upon you month ago, Mr..
Ruthven." observed Danvers, and
my chief told me to take hope when
| started out on my mission, |
want Hope. your Hope, just now.
If you please, we have found out
that we love one another. Will you
give me HOpe?" And under the
circumstances, David Ruthven
could not gainsay the cherished
gift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
A Beaten Germany.
Sam

An Illuminating picture of Germany is painted by
the first Associated Press correspondent to reach
Berlin since about the time hostindes opened
by the United States. He finds the fight all gone
out the people who are literally beaten to their
knees. The German empire evidently for months
has been what General Shermans famous march
proved the southern confederacy to be- IAN empty
she'll" Writes this correspondent:
Hunger has set its unmistakabe stamp on
the inhabitants of the capital. Here and there
hollow cheeks, sunken eyes and pasty COM
plexions are evidences of the privation of the
last four years. Similar conditions could be
observed two years earlier in the cty's poorer
quarters, but today they prevail among nearly
all classes Dilapidated street cars and cabs
drawn by skeleton horses intensity the picture
of misery.
Berlin crushed, broken and dispirited by
privations has accepted defeat with almost in
credible apathy It is demoralized, listess and
hungry, even abject. 1t is primarily this
apathy and the feeling that nothing matters
which is playing into the hands of a few
getc fanatics who constitute probably the
gravest menace to the immediate future of the
German people.
That the foregoing picture is accurate one
there is not the slightest question. If Berlin is
crushed undoubtedly, is every other city of i'm
portance, and so are the people as a whole
The forces Of democracy seem to have done their
work well so far 1t is up to them to make sure
that they will have do it all over again. This
of itself is task of the first magnitude and calls
best brains that the victorious nations pos
sess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
DismantIing the War Machine.

There is more taau way to dismanue a war
machine. It may be taken down piece by piece and
the parts carefully assorted, caalogued and stored
away for future uses or it may be blown to sither-
Gems with dynamite. leaving the fragments scat
tered over the landscape.
The end OF the War finds US with more fighting
equipment on hand than we need. Every additional
dollar we spend making it is a dollar wasted With
the financial burden already heavy there is the Ut
most need for quick measures to trim expenses
Taking the machine apart piece at time is too
slow Blowing it up with dynamite is wasteful and
dangerous The problem is one OF many difficult
lies.
Private manufacturers have spent much money
ar new equipment for war work and they have much
more tied up in materials. The government is
pledged 10 protect them from loss If operations arc
stoupea at once and material and unfinished pro-
ducts on hand taken over and paid for hundreds o.
thousands OF workers will be thrown out of employ
rnent and a great wrong will be committed. The
same hardships will result from the abrupt suspen
sion Of operations at government manufacturing
plants.
Hundreds OF Rocl, Island arsenal shOpmen have
come the tr-cities on the promise, expressed or
implied. OF steady employment They have closed
their homes in other towns. removed their families
here bought fuel and other supplies and settled
down at least for the winter 1t is obviously unfair
10 them OF reduce their incomes practical
ly without notice Where they have done their work
faithfully and in a competent manner they are en-
titled to the same consideration as a private
facturer with heavy investment tied up in special
equipment and material
+bay ora mt gat+ipg 51ev arp Darfact1v rfgT+
in carrying their protest to Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
The Color of Eyes.

The eyes of youth are blue
black brown ray-violet in color
and deep as the sea. When regis
tering under the draft 1 was fiat
tered to learn that l had brown
hair-fiattered in fact, to learn
that l had any-and brown eyes,
though up to that time could
have sworn they were grey-blue-
green.
The color of the eyes is a mat
ter of the relative quantity of pig
ment in the iris, which is the focus
ing diaphragm or muscle that sur
rounds the black pupil. If there is
much pigment the eyes are dark
brown c'black"); if less pigment,
they are brown; if still less, they
are grey; if still less, they are blue;
if almost none at all, they are al
bino eyes.
All babies are born blue eyed,
and the color changes of the eyes
commence at about the sixth week.
The popular idea that dark col
ored eyes are stronger than light
colored eyes is incorrect, except
insofar as dark eyes can withstand
intense light better than light eyes
can.
Races living where there is much
glare from the sun have dark col
ored eyes, and races living far
north have light colored eyes.
Blue eyes are likely to turn gray
in advanced age or even brown.
If both DarentS are blue eyed all
the children will be blue eyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26

: dor. Danvers noticed a long plank
used in their scaffOlding. He al
ways studied his environment in
putting up at a. hotel, and knew eX-
actly what he was about when he
dragged the plank inuo his room,
, thrust it through the window space
and let its end rest on the roof of
building Is feet away across a
court.
He observed the rare beauty of
the girl and he admired her perfect
self-control. She did not hamper
him with Mysteries or any exhibit
ton of fright. AS he indicated that
he was to help her across the i'm
promptu bridge to safety. she ut
tered her gratitude for his exer-
tons in her behalf. and DanveTs
recognized the tones of the speak
er in the next apartment-'M Miss
Hope"
the chasm~ was spanned. they
reached the street. Here the friends
of the young lady gathered about
her From their excited words,
Danvers learned that she had been
the last to seek to escape. He
drifted into the general crowd,
ruefuIIy comprehending, as he saw
the flames gain in force, that his
wardrobe was their prey"
Business" he commented, even
if | am somewhat grimed," and he
started for the residence of David
Ruthven. He faced u keen. shrewd-
faced man in his sumptuous Ii
brary and introduced himself as
the representative of Morse * Co.
Mr.. Ruthven," he said, you hold
$50. 900 of our paper, overdue, If
you will, renew it for so days it
will be paid, If protested, our bus
mess is ruined When | left Chi
cago my chief said. Take hope and
| must have hope, you know, and
| have faith in our ability 10 work
out of the tangle. if you Will show
the charity that will save us.
You seem to lay great stress on
hope ell ?" observed Mr.. Ruthven
with a peculiar. smile, as he noted
the name of Dahvers in one corner
OF the business card presented by
the way, were you not Il guest at
the hotel7 Lost your belongings?
Not very CHEEKY welcome TO
guest, eli? Oh, yes, hope, by all
means, You call here for NV an
sWer this evening, and meantime
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
A CHERISHED HOPE.
Bv Cecille Langdon.


IF l fail to get the extension
from David Ruthven the case is
hopeless!"
Thus Blake Danvers, neat, nobby,
young and handsome, but hair RUM
pied, lying at ease on a couch in
his room at the hotel at ROssmore,
and waiting impatiently for the
noon hour, when he was to call
upon his ogre or benefactor, as the
case might be-David Ruthven,
magnate and millionaire.
Danvers represented Morse & Co.,
dealers in broom corn, Chicago. He
had been with them for years; in
fact had grown up with the bust
ness. They were in a close corner
and had sent him out on a vital
mission as their confidential man.
Two hours yet" muttered Dan
vers. restively. Il might sleep.
only for that gossiping set in the
next apartment. a neighborhood
literary Improvement club.
fancy and he glanced at a transom
through which fiOated a babel of
tongues. Then a sharp rap on the
table. and the announcement:
Miss Hope. We are ready for your
talk on Optimism
Hope" he repeated with whim-
steal smile, quite a key word with
me just now, 1t seems. What d
musical voice" and Danvers
paused. 1t was evidently a young
lady who was speaking, and in a
second of time Danvers recognized
culture OF tone. intelligence. sense.
and, above all, a rational, cheerful
view of life that quite braced him
up amid his anxiety.
He aWoke 10 the echo of resound-
ing screams, tramping feet, and
frantic cries of Fire. frei fire."
The room was full OF smoke. lie
sprAng 70 hfs feet, Just then the
door of his room was pushed open
Covering her smoke-blinded eyes
with her hands, a lovely girl stag
gered into the room,
Watt" shouted Danvers per
emptorily, and pushed her to a
chair. He darted out into the corri-
dor Il was 10 see the staircase
below in flames. Apparently all on
that floor except the smoke bew lid
cred girl had escaped. Some paint
ers had been at work in the corri-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
Condemning and Executing.

Some months ago Rock Island undertook the bust
ness Of condemning and causing to be torn down
certain buildings that had fallen into dsrepair and
were useless and unsghtly. if not dangerous. A
port recommending that a number of Anticipated
landmarks be demolished The report was accepted
by the commission and applauded by the public
and then little nothing done. the whole pro-
ceeding slipped out Of mind under the pressure of
other matters and the old eyesores most Of them
are still with US.
If the order Of condemnation has not been out
lawed why not enforce it? Or are we waiting for
Father Time 10 do the work?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
BY DIR. WiIliann Brady M. d.

gained IL pounds 1 did not follow
your advice. Miss Violet.)
Answer-All right, Miss Violet,
will forgive you. But I'll bet that
fat girl wishes she had her old
pimples back now, Ell?
Poor Old TOnSiIs.
The doctor who examined me two
years ago said my tonsils were very
large but that he would not advise
cutting them out. But a young
cousin of mine, aged y, had a
habit of forgetting his lessons, and
after his tonsils were removed he
changed wonderfully in school
work, and we always believed it
was because the tonsils had been
the cause l have no sore throat
or any other trouble, and am per-
fectly well, but my memory is not
at all good, and don't you think it
would be wise to remove the ton
sils? OF course l understand they
are apt to leave the voice in bad
condition and it is very dangerous
to have such an operation per-
formed this time of year, but if
you advise it l believe 1 shall have
it done. Ok. f. Ed
Answer.-No, 1 advise you to
keep your tonsils until there is
good reason to believe they are in
juring your health. They have moth
ing to do with memory. 1t is quite
as safe to have such an operation
now as at any other time of year,
and as for the voice, diseased ton
sis often injure the voice, but an
operation on the tonsils does SO
very rarely indeed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26
Health t alllk@

If one parent is blue eyed and
the other has darker eyes about
half the children will be blue eyed
and the other half will have darker
eyes
If both parents are brown eyed
all the children will be brown eyed
or three-fourths of the children
will be brown-eyed and one-fourth
blue eyed.
The blush tint of the sclerotic
(the white of the eye) noted in GER
tain individuals is generally due to
anemia.
The sallow but not yellow tint of
the sclerotic often described to
liver trouble" is usually not jaun-
dice but an effect of simple con-
gestion or low grade Inflammation
of the con1unctiva (the mucous
membrane which lines the lids and
in part covers the eye-balD.
Redness of the eyes is of course
symptom of one or another in
Examination, but often depends upon
trouble in the nasal cavity and can
not be overcome until the nasal con-
dition is determined and relieved.
A red blotch on the ball of the
eye often appears in the course of
whooping cough. 1t looks alarm
ing, but always disappears after a
few weeks without inJuring the eye
sight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26

DR.. Solf says the reason the food situation is
serious in Germany is because the combat troops,
who have been getting enough to eat are now go
ing back to empty 1arders.. The homes they pic
tured in their minds during the hard days in the
trenches are not the homes they finding and
naturally they peeved and disposed to make
trouble. The explanation is plausible We almost
believe it, even if it does come out of Germany
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26

THE lead pipe incident seems to be closed. with
The failure OF Mayor ALeConochics resolution before
ice commission yesterday thai body placed itself
On record as acquesciug, under protest, to the VIII
ol The housing corporation. Iron pipe will be put in
who're lead should 90. In a few years It viii be
necessary TO tear out tho plumbing and put IN new.
The unfortunate feature IS the unfayorabe publicity
thar has been given the matter and which Of course
viii have its effect when tic new houses are placed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26

We are to send Mexico 100000 pounds of
wheat flour. and 100000 pounds of sugar if our
consular agents in that country have their way.
Feeding our restless neghbors flour and sugar at
good profit will be cheaper than feeding them bull
lets and may accomplish the same results
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-26

When the Postal Telegraph company asks the
government to compensate its stockholders on the
basis of earnings of $4157 $40 while the reports
Of its component corporations show total income
of but $332343 it is time for Uncle Sam to do little
figuring for himself