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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

The Liberty Loan assigned the west
end 81 Paris went over the top last week.
TWeuty-one Thousand dollars has been
subscribed st this writing.
Rev. and Mrs. 81. A. Marley are now
settled In the parsonage formerly occu:
pied BY Rev. Dwight A. Ball.
Mrs. Ellis Doble got one finger badly
injured in corn husker ct tho corn fac
tory last week.
The schools were closed last Tuesday
on account Of the influenxs scare. There
10 much illness from grippe colds, and
two or three cases OF the dread disease
have been reported. &c, 4
The remains Of Mrs. Grace Durham
Cheeseman, whose death occurred Sum-
day Of last week ut Portland, were
brought to this station Monday and were
taken TO the homo OF her father, Fred A..
Durham, at North Paris. Mrs. Cheese
mans death resulted from pneumonia
following influenss. The funeral Was
held at the Baptist church at North Par.
is Wednesday, Rev. b. 81. Hathaway and
the choir from the West Paris Baptist
church attending. Mrs. Cheeseman was
tho daughter OF Fred A. and Eva Clark
Durham. She IL survived BY her hus.
band, George Cheeseman, two sons.
Frederick and Roderick, aged respective
~ 9 and 8, her father, two brothers, L.
land Of North Paris and Elmer, who IL
in the service, q grandmother, Mrs. j. b.
Dunbar of West Paris, and several
aunts and uncles. Mr.. C6eeseman has
been iii from the same disease.
The union temperance meeting held
Sunday evening, Sept. %, ct the 6niveF-
salist church under the auspices OF the
W. G. T. U. was very interesting. Rev.
q. A. Markley gave . fine address on
Citizenship and referred to the Apostle
Paul Is fret example. The president,
Mrs. l.. C. Bates, led, Rev. b. q. Hatha-
way assisted, and the high and grammar
schools sang patriotic songs.
W. N. Written IL having very serious
time with abscess caused from tooth.
TRAP CORNER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Briggs OF Port
land visited relatives In this place re-
Gently.
Miss Cathleep Small 10 ct home from
South Paris. She has been quite sick
but is better at this writing.
Misses Madeline Peabody and Doris
Field are at homo from Mountain View,
Me-, where they have been employed
during the summer.
George Tuell of Livermore was at bis
fathers for the week end.
Several in this place have been sick
with bad colds.
Mrs. Floreston Pierce was in Norway
last Friday.
Mrs. Ethel Curtis of Stearns Hill is
the guest OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Robinson.
Elmer Harmon was at home from
Lowell one day last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Influenza Questions.

To the State Department. Of Health,
many inquiries have been coming aoou
the prevailing epidemic. This will an
lwer some of them. Influenza Is merely
another name for grippe, or the angli
cized and shorter form, grip. II is
labelled Spanish influenza, merely be-
cause II appears to have. prevailed 10
Spain first as q notable epidemic. 1t ap-
pears to differ from the old fashioned
grip in being more virulent, that 10, In
being more highly contagious, and
In q much larger percentage OF the cases
being followed BY pneumonia than has
been usual in grip epidemics OF the last
10 or Is years. To date there have been
more than 10000 cases Of this disease In
our army camps, and il Is Estimated that
there are more than $1,000 cases In Mas
saobusetts. It will undoubtedly sweep
westward over the whole country - did
the pandemic of influenza OF 1SS9-9O.
But while q wide extension of the dis
ease seems 10 be inevitable, those COM
munities and those families and individ-
uals who do not know what should be
done or are grossly careless and incon-
siderate of their own safety and that OF
others will pay needless toll Of loss and
suffering.
srATEGIc POINTS IN OUR DEFENSIVE.
No matter how swiftly Il appears to
spread, there. 10 no reason to assume
that ne infection is borne on the wings
of the wind. There is danger Of the
transmission through the air for only Q
few feet from the patient, and the well
recognized fact that the disease is re-
celved by it's new victims only by con-
tact or close association with the earlier
cases is impressed by the department In
Lesf1st No. SO, now going out widely to
local boards OF health, superintendents
of schools, manufacturing establish.
mepts, and the oranges. All these are
ask cd TO emphasize the following points:
!. Influenza is purely an infectious
disease, spread by contact or close ssso-
citation.
2. The chances for speedy recovery
from an attack and of escaping pneumo-
mia which so often follows are better II
ones health ia kept good by means of q
reasonable degree of exercise, and by
pure air and sunshine But these are
minor factors in helping to avoid the dis
ease. Example: The more than 40. 900
cases thus far among our robust soldier
boys in our army camps.
8. Contact or close association with
Infectious persons Is the great danger.
The person with the symptoms Of q cold
who gets right up into your face when
he talks, or coughs or sneszss in your d.
rection at short range, is the real danger.
Dodge infection, that is the main thing.
4. With the symptoms of cold or the
grip appearing In family, the sick one
should have drinking cup Of bis own
and have eating utensils by himself.
Scald with boiling water all these things
used by the members of the family after
each meal. In schools there 10 great
danger from common drinking cups.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
AndoVer.

Miss Gladys Howard, who has been III
with pneumonia, Is gaining slowly.
Will Morse from Dixf1eld Is working
In the spool mill.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. W. Learned visited al
N. D. Akers' last week.
Paul Thurston of Bethel was In town
recently.
John Brown, who 10 visiting at Will
Learned's, has been very Ill with infiu.
epza, but 10 somewhat improved.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
USE SUBSTITUTES IN BREAD.


containing 20 per cent substitutes
mixed at the mill, will be available
for consumers the coming year In as
many places as 1t is economically
possible, there will be some consider
able amount Of straight wheat -four
sold. And when the straight wheat
-four ia bought with 20 per cent sub
stitutes, every ounce Of these substi-
tutes should be mixed with the -four
and should be used only for human
consumption, according to Federal
Food Administrator Leon 8. Merrill.
What the Food Administration
desires to get into the minds Of the
housewives Of the country u that
they should use the 20 per cent sub
stitutes and mix them with the
straight wheat -four for all purpos-
es", said Administrator Merrill. III
the substitutes are not used in bsk-
ing, the housewife Ia not making a
war bread and she Is not maintain
Ing an economy In the consumption
of wheat.
In the new list Of authorized SUBJ
stitutes the breakfast foods have
been eliminated. This was done with
. view Of driving home this particu-
lar phase Of the problem. The Food
Administration believes It II patriotic
and right for every person In the
United States to eat the same char
acter Of bread during the next twelve
months that is eaten by the whole
Of the Allied Countries.
"A mixture Of barley -four or corn
dour Of the type that has bssn stan
dardized makes q good bread a. any
clear white bread on earth, Herbert
Hoover declared In Warrington 70.
Gently. And he added that all sug-
gestions that mixed breads have any
dieteuc damage inherent In them
only raise laugh In Europe.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Hoew's Thisl

We Offer Ono Hundred Dollars r..
UFard for any case Of Catarrh that cat-
not be cured By Hall1 Catarrh' Cure
Halls Catarrh Cure has been taken
~ catarrh sufferers for the past
ehirty-flve years, and has become
known a tho most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Halls CAtarrh Cure acts thru
the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. ex.
polling the Poison from the Blood and
healing the diseased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarih
Cure for Q short time you viii sec h
health. Start taking Halls cat6F{h
Cure Ct once and get rid Of cltarTA.
Send for testimonials. free.
y. J. CHENEY Z CO, Toledo OLA
IA n ~ pgpeg3ath IA ;,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
National Recognition for Gamers.


Arrangements have been completed
whereby one girl or boy in each county
will be fortunate enough to secure q
National Capital Prize Certificate and q
book half full of Thrift Stamps for excel
lence on canning vegetables. Those
eligible to compete for the prize must
be members of q Canning Club" 10 the
agreement between the National War
Garden Commission and State Leader
Boys and Girls Clubs.
The details of the contest are as fol-
lows: Each contestant must exhibit i've
pint jars of different vegetables at their
County Contest. This exhibit 10 to be
part of the regular number of ten jars
necessary to exhibit for their regular
club prize. The one difference is that
the five jars of vegetables must have a
special label on them which label is
furnished free upon request Of the Local
Leader of . club, to the State Leader OF
Boys and Girls Clubs.
Maine 10 fortunate TO secure such q
good number Of certificates and thrift
stamp prizes. II 10 expected that sew
eral hundred girls and boys will be In
line competing for these prizes In order
TO have the opportunity to say they are
the only one in their county who can
produce q certificate from Washington
In recognition of the excellence Of their
work.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
North Stonehan.

II. =. Allen has moved his family on
to the farm be bought OF Charles Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. B. NcKesn went to
Norway Saturday to see their daughter
Isma, who vas very sick. Mrs. AcKeen
stayed tlll Tuesday and brought Isms
homo With her. 90
W. ". Durgin visited bic relatives IN
STOW and Rsidgton recently.
Seth Hartman from Limerick came
up after his horses Friday and called on
friends.
Schools have closed until the prevail.
Ing epidemic b past.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

Pearl Parker Of Bethel 10 helping Mr..
Trssk for short time.
Mrs. Grace Dunham Cheessmsn, who
died In . Portland hospital With the
grippe, Vas brought here. and funeral
services wore held Ct the church Wsdnes-
day, the I'd. Mr.. Cheeseman, who ID
working In . Quincy ship yard, Wa here.
She left two small children, who are now
ct ths homo Of their grandfather, J. A.
Durham.
Miss Ella Berry Of West Paris Waited
her sister, Mr.. A. J. Abbott, last week.
Ralph McAlister and Charles Stevens
sntsstsd Bates College last week.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
North Buckfleld.

Schools In town are closed on account
Of influenza.
Mrs. George Warren 10 poorly and IN
der the care Of physician.
Several 10 the place are working In the
apple factory at the lower village.
Mrs. Merle Sturtevsnt, who 10 at DR..
Wsscott's Hospital, 10 slowly recovering.
Lester Kicker has recently lost one Of
bis horses.
Mrs. Judith Stevens has taken the
position ss central girl In the Office oil
the Oxford County Telephone Co. Of
Buckfield.
Everett Coolidge, who has been sick
with grippe, still remains very poorly.
The apple crop In this vicinity 10
failure.
Calvin Keepe, who has been stopping
with bis son Vinton the past summer,
has returned to bis home.
The funeral OF Pvt. Charlie 81. Rowe,
who died at Camp Devens Sept. 26, WAS
held at Grange Hall Saturday at II A.
H., Rev. G. g. Miller officiating. The
floral tributes were many and beautiful,
showing the high esteem In which he
Was held. The bearsrs were Herbert
Spaulding, Perley Dunn and Harry Hall.
Mr.. Rowe's classmates at Buck Geld High
School. and Richard Damon.
Corp. Fred Cummings came with the
remains of Charlie Rowe.
Schools In town are closed for two
weeks on account Of influenza. Lillian
Skinner, who teaches here, has gone to
her homo In Waterford. There are NO
cases here Jet.
Mrs.. @. b. George Of Hebron 10 Wait
ing her daughter, Mrs. @. n. Ksene.
Clithroe Warren, Ralph Bessey and
Merle Jack, seniors ct Buckfleld High
School, have returned TO their studies,
and James Warren entered.
g. @. Keene has traded hls driving
horse for Ford roadster.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Suffrage Associations Offlcers.

At the annual fall work conference oil
the Maine women's Suffrage Association
held at Lewiston last Monday, officers
were elected - follows:
President-Miss Mabel Connor. Augusta.
Vice charlottesville Helen L. Bates, Port
land.
second Vice Prssidens-Mrs. BENJAMIN Brews
ter, Portland.
Recording sec'etAry-Mn. George n. Chase.
Lewiston.
Corresponding sserstary-hrs- W. Z Pastan-
gall, Augusta
Treasurers-Mrs. Fred Luce, Old Orchard;
Mrs.. Alton c. wheeler. South Psris.
Congressional Couuselors-Miss Helen Bates.
Portland; Mas Msrg sres Thompson. Kenne-
bunk; Mrs. 3. n. Lawrepce. Portland; MIs.
Julia Geschell. waservills; Mrs.. A. W. Averill.
Old Town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
SINGLE COPIES.

single copies of THE DEMOCRAT are four cent.
zach. They win be mailed on receipts OF price oy
ne publishers or for the convenience OF patrons
Jingle copies Of each issue have been placed OF
ale az the following places In the County:
South Paris, Towards Drug Store
Shurtlefrs Drug Store.
Norway, Noyos Drug Store.
stones Drug Store.
Buckaeld, A. L. Newton. Postmaster
Paris Hill. Helen Cole, ross omoo-
West Paris, Samuel L. Wnite.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomss' Ec)ectie
OIL. the great household remedy for tooIhacke,
earache, sore throat, cuts, bsuiSos, scslda, 60N
At Ill drug stores. 90 and ooc.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Hiram.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Bradford Of
Chelsea, Mass, former residents Of HI
ram village, have been guests this week
Of Lieut. and Mrs. John W. Hubbard.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Cotton and Mrs. Ruth
Goodwin of Hiram Hill are 10 III health,
Stephen W. Dslopg has position in
the Dupont Co. ut Gorham.
Fritz A. Milliken has taken the place
of Fred 8. Howard at the creamery. Mr..
Howard 10 to 60 to a job 10 Baldwin.
On the evening Of Oct. LIST, the music
of church bells and steam whistles, In
exultstion over the surrender Of Bulga-
ria, reminded as silver grsys Of the sur
render OF Gen. Lee In 1895.
Charles r. Bean attended the Frysburg
fair with bis celebrated trained steers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

while gathering driftvood shove
Morse dan. % called, ct Rumford. %
the 9Th ult., Joseph Shiproski va
drowned. The body vas not recovered
until three dsys later. He wss Pole.
shout % years Of aes. and hes one sister
IN this country.
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lSWanted.

xah applss, farm producs. especially
s9cumbsrs and tomatoes. Ship
Fendays md Wednesday,, Tsle.
kWsA COLBY, soptk Paris. j,
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Coming Events.
NEW ADvERTIsEM ENTs

Nov. ls-ss-Maine state Pathological Society,
and other Maize agricultural organizations,
Portlands
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

Itching, torturing skin eruptions disf xure, "A.
noyi drive one Wild. DoenI 0intment q praiSod
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

After hearty meal, take Dosn,s Resulsss aad
assist your stomach, livec and bowels. Ra9u.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
Epidemic Influenza Quarantlnable.

In circular letter to the local boards
OF health they have been informed that
epidemic influenza has been added TO the
list OF diseases that are notif1able and
quarantinable. By "notif1able" 10 meant
that oil physicians from now on are re-
quired by law to report cases Of the dis
ease to the local board Of health. In no
other way can community obtain sufi.
cient data to form an opinion ss TO the
desirability of closing public places and
taking other steps to protect the public
health. By "quarantinable" 10 meant
that cases Of the disease should be placed
under modified quarantine to include
only the room isolation Of . person or
persons sick with the disease until all
signs and symptoms of the disease have
disappeared. 1t does not mean the
quarantine of entire houses, buildings or
premises, which 10 impraoticable. The
local board of health is to use It's own
in each specific case. =
Among the recommendations and re-
quests In the circular letter are these:
Disinfection Of the discharges from the
mouth, throat and nose IL required.
Terminal disinfection or fumigstion
other than thorough cleansing, airing
and summing are not required.
Local boards of health are instructed
| to send the following Information to the
department: ~ The names Of doctors
and nurses In their communities who
would be available for an emergency call
to treat cases of influenza in other parts
of tho State of Maine. (2) The exact
places available In their communities
which could be used % emergency hos
pitfalls should the need arise. (8) The
amount Of local funds available to CON-
bat the disease. 4 The steps already
taken by them to prevent the spread OF
influenza.
SOME ALLIES OF DUB INFLUENZA ENEMY.
In line with encouraging the people of
Maine to accept the prophy laotlc against
influenza which nature offers us-pure
cir and sunshine-the state department
OF health wishes to direct attention to
the deleterious influence upon health OF
breathing tho air of rooms that are heat.
cd by oil.stoves and gss-stoves, partition.
lsrly when they are not 90 connected
with the chimney fue 40 to carry from
the room the gases which are the prod.
ucts of combustion, and they are rarely
thus connected. OF the two chief prod.
ucts of combustion, one, oarbonic acid
gas, under its modern chemical name Of
carbon dioxide 10 merely diluent OF the
air formed by the destruction OF part
of the vitalizing oxygen. The other, the
poisonous carbon monoxide, swiftly
wrapping It's victims In an unconscious
state, withN fatal termination when the
dose is large enough, and when in more
dilute dosage, destroying In large meas.
urs the oxygen carrying power Of the
red blood corpuscles 80 that. for . long
time, the person is pale and weak with
little power Of resisting the infection OF
influenza and pneumonia.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08

On account Of the influenza, the open.
ing OF Colby College has been postponed
10 tho 10th.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-10-08
South Paris. Maine. October s. 1918

rERMs,-Sl-5o year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise e2.0o year. Single copies . cen~'
ApyrRrlsENENrs: All legal ADVERTISEMENT
are given three consecutive Insertions TOR el.oo
Der Inch IN length Of column. SpeciA con
tracts made with local. transiens ana yearly
advertisers.
Jon PRINTING New type. mast pressess electric
power, experienced workmen and iow pno ss
eombipe 10 make this department. or our pusi-
ness complete and popular.
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KINBALL HILL.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Brinck and Lloyd
Thompson went to Byron Monday.
Dorothy Haines is staying with her
aunt, Mrs. A. L. Swan.
Bessie and Edith Trask we're recent
guests at G. L. Hsines'.
Mrs. N. j. MayConnell was at Rum
ford Falls With butter and other farm
products one day recently.
Willis Bartlett with engine and cutter
has been filling silos for W. E. Coolidge
and G. L. Hainss the past week.
Mrs. W. W. Bripck was ct Rumf0rd
Falls Saturday.
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Buy Q Bond.
lfyou cannot fight the Hun,
With the sword or With the gun,
You can Eight him with your mon.

~ yVU U8uuOS UBub Su0 aUuS =
With the sword or With the gun,
You can Eight him with your mon,
Buy Bondt
And show Old Kaiser Bin
We are working with WIN
Our contracs 20 fulfill.
Buy Bondi
Uncle Sam has understood, @
es Kaiser Hun thinks he's no good
just harmless stick Of wood
Buy Bondi si
And show the old e.9aloot,"
That stick Of wood can shoot,
And win bang him on the snoot.
MARY MAxm.
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6atllnl.


Ivan Arno, whose home Il In Bethel,
but Who has been connected with several
hotels - assistant steward end steward,
was drafted last spring and has gone IN
| to training. He went last Monday to
Camp Upton, Yaphank, N. 7. He goes
% ausrtefmaster's assistant.
Mr.. Carrie II. Arno has gone to Cor
ham for the winter to take care OF %
elderly lady, Her friends will miss her.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. W. Kimball and Q. G.
Kimbsll attended Miss Fannie Phil.
brooks funeral last Saturday ct Shell
burue, N. b.
Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Philbfook and
Mrs.. Fred Philbrook were In Shelburne,
| n. H., last Saturday, to attend the fun
sral Of Mr.. Philbrook's sister, Miss Fan
ME Philbrook, who died recently, after
having IN operation for gall stones.
Miss Evelyn Chandler has been Visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. Frank Chandler,
recently, but has returned home.
Ernestine Philbrook, who has been al
work at Philbrook Farm In Shelburne,
N. H., for the summer, has returned
homo, and went back TO Bates College
last week.
Z. d. Kimball and Catherine Hanscom
went to Lewiston Monday to enter Bates
College.
Mrs. g. G. West visited with her sister
Mrs. B. w. Kimball, last. week . to"
days.
Miss Frances Carter took Mrs. Fannie
Carter back to her homo on Paris Hill
last Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Wiley ao
companied her sister for . short stay
They motored down, Miss Carter being
her own chauffeur.
Mrs. Hsnsmann and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Fink, closed their home a
Mayville Thursday and started for their
winter homo in New York.
The schools and churches with al
places of amusement are closed tempo
rarily on account of the epidemic which
10 prevailing 10 other places. 1t 10 mere
" Q precautionary measure, a. We only
have one case, and no new cases have
broken out.
Mr.. and Mrs.. E. L. Bean from Bellows
Falls, VT, are visiting at the home OF hii
father, q. 81. Bean.
Housewives will now be obliged to
| make their own bread, as they have
stopped sending the bread from the
bakery till the scare 10 over.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Mortier Thurston from Bethel Hill
was here recently looking for wood. A
man wanted to cut q lot on Maple and
Pine Farm.
Heavy freezes have turned the leaves
to lovely tints, and the frost flowers are
blightsd.
Some little children are with Mrs
Walter Balentine to care for.
Mrs. Baker and child are with hel
mother, Mrs. John Coolidge.
We are more lonesome than ever with
out our dear girl Blanche. We want q
place to work for the winter or any
length OF time. Work 10 good for being
lonely. We were made to work while
1t 10 day, for the night cometh.
| A lot OF wood 10 being hauled from the
Ed Smith lot for parties at Bethel Hill
twelve dollars cord, good dry wood.
VIM. Cspen 10 feeble.