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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-02-27

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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-02-27
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES.

WHEREAS, Curtis Hodgkins. of the town
w OF Hancock, county of Hancock and
state of Maine. by his mortgage deed dased
the third day VI November. 1850, and recorded
in the Hancock County. Maine, registry OF
deeds. book 49, page sso. conveyed TO Stephen
Smsllidge, late OF Moant Desert, in said
county of Hancock, deceased, the following
described real estate:
certain lot or parcel OF land situated in
Hancock aforesaid and bounded and de-
scribed as follows to wit:
Beginning on the highway road on John
Reiiy's line; thence following the road east
eriy thirty and one half rods: thence ct right
angle southerly eight rods to a stake and
stone; thence at right angle westerly nine
teen rods 10 q stake and stone; thence nj
right angie southerly 10 line OF land owned
BY John Kelly Aforesaid; thence on said
keliy's hne westerly eleven and one-hAK
rods; thence northerly 10 the road aforesaid,
containing four anc one-hAlf acres, more or
less
And whereas the condition Of said mort
gage has been broken, now, therefore, 1, An-
gustA A. smith, Administratrtx Of the estate
OF said stephen smsllidge. late OF said Mount
Desert. deceased, BY reason OF the breach Of
the condition thereof, claim a foreclosure OF
said mortgage and give this notice for that
purpose.
AUGUSTA A. SMITH.
Administrative OF the estate
OF Stephen Sms lidge, deceased.
Dated at sat. Desert. Me-, February 10. 1915
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
Garden Club Notes

bage will produce a flower stalk from
any part of the plant if there Is a few
inches of the main stalk in the ground.
The cabbage head itself can be plant
ed about one-half under ground, the
top slashed to permit the flower stalk
to penetrate the tough outer leaves.
If the ground warns up this text
week, lettuce, radish and cabbage seed
can be OWL in a warn corner. 1t Is
a bit late to start a hotIbed, but seeds
can be sown in boxes in the house
for early vegetables. Such seed as
celery, eggplant and head lettuce,
peppers, tomatoes, etc, car be plant
ed now and hurried along. Any con
venient sized box about four inches
deep can be used. Cover the bottom
with coarse material for drainage,
fill with good soil with some sand in
it if possible. Plant the seed in
rows, lightly cover Nth soil and
firm down well. Sprinkle well n
keep in a warm place. When plants
are UP. give them plenty of sunshine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
AMUSEMENTS.
keokuk Concert Band.

The Keokuk Concert band under
direction of w. II. Bower, will give
one of its series of programs Sun
day afternoon at the Grand opera
house. Keokuk people who enjoy
good music and who want to see the
band get ahead, and make a name
for Keokuk, will take advantage Of
this occasion to attend, and to show
the organization that the people of
Keokuk are behind them. There is
no greater asset for a city than to
have a good band. No one realizes
this more than the band management
and hat is why every effort is being
made to keep the Keokuk Concert
band on a plane by itself, and to
make it not alone the best band in
Keokuk, but the best in the state of
Iowa.
Plans for expansion have been
made by Director Bower. He is al
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
Soldiers Are Asking for Reading Mat
ter and Collection Week viii Be
Held Next Week Through
out Country.
KEOKUK URGED TO HELP
Boys in National Army and Guard
Camps and in the Overseas
Camps Want Goo
Reading Matter.

Are you going to do you part
towards helping the colleahon OF
books for the soldiers libraries which
begins next Monday, March Is, anu
will last for a week? Look over
your ~bookshelves and see if you
haven't something there that the
BOYS will enjoy. If o enjoy books,
YOU NAV be sure that those boys will
enjoy them.
The men of our national army are
finding ready for their use, in every
x. NJ. c. A. hut, in every 4. or u
building, in every hospital and recre-
alton building and in many barracks
and mess halls carefully collected
and constantly growing collections Of
books, as well as files of magazines
and frequently renewed;
in thirty-four of the larger camps,
there are special buildings devoted
exclusively to library purposes, each
forming the center of a library SER
vice which any city might be proud
Of. The men have wondered, per-
haps, through whose agency his
work was done, and have puzzled
over the letters A. L. A, which ap-
pear on all this reading matter.
"A. T.. A." stands for American
Library association, and all OF ms
camp library work is being done by
a special library wal service, nde
the general direction of DR.. Herbert
Putnam. librarian of congress. Fol
The first time in history, an organ
ized and systematic effort is being
made to provide the men OF a great
army with the intellectual stimulus
which good books supply, and the
success of the experimentation 1t
was really an experiment at first
has been astonishing. Army officers.
who were inclined to be skeptical as
to the value of the work, have been
won over, and the final seal OF ap-
proyal has been given by General
Pershing, who has set aside fifty tons
Of shipping monthly for the use OF
the A. l.. A.
The work which our men see In the
big camps is but a small portion of
the work which is actually being
done. The total number of camps,
posts and training stations, served
BY the A. l.. A., the middle Of Febru-
airy. was 262,139 in the army and 1913
III the navy; and this number is being
added to every day; in fact, as soon
as a place is found where books and
magazines are needed, the need is
supplied.
In the smaller camps. the Y. M.
C. A., X. Of c., and similar organi-
cations are the agencies through
which the A. L. A. works; in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

Next week is enrolment week. Any
child over ten and under nineteen
years of age can enroll in the state
garden club. Younger children a
make gardens and have them inspect
ed but they are not enrolled in the
state work.
Parents cards will be given out in
the schools. These are to ascertain
IL more ground is wanted to cultivate
or if there Is ground to be given for
others to cultivate.
Seeds are carce this year and in
d%ications are that they Will be scarcer
next year. Now Is the time to plan
for that. If any Of the root crops
stored last fall are still in good con-
dition, take especial care of them, for
the next few weeks, at which time
they can be planted out. They will
blossom and produce seed for next
year. A. few plants of each of the
following will be sufficient: turnips,
carrots, pars11ips, satisfy, beets,
onions, celery and cabbage. The cab
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
western state where the apples come

western state where the apples come
from. Hindenburg is a battalion com
mander whose right name may be
Smith, and London is a dugout in the
support line "up front" After that
he was going to a brigade %headquar.
ters. On the phone he answers to the
name of 1.-THE Kaiser"
It's simple If you have the key but
a crazy confusion of %far-flung places
and irreconcilable names If you don't
know what they're talking about.
Code is a safeguard against enemy
"listening-in" sets. Telephone inven-
ton has produced a machine which
picks up distant phone conversations
from the ground. If a Boche listen
ing post picked up that message the
observer scanned his maps Of the sec
tor in vain for London and ITALIA
hassee.' And "Hfndenburg"-there's
only one Hindenburg and he isn't visit
ing London these days to consult on
rationing problems. Every loyal
Boche knows that. The idiotic Yank-
ees must be mad.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

larger camps the A. L. A. has its own
building, manned by a competent
staff, which acts as the center
for the camp Is handled, the other
recreational buildings serving as
branches, the whole system being
managed much as any library would
be, though, of course. with an abso-
lutte minimum Of technically. There
is just enough, in fact. to keep the
librarian informed as to what books
he has and what they are
AS to the class of books used, 1t
is astonishing how great the demand
is for purely technical books-books
dealing directly OF indirectly with
some phase of military science; and
how much Of the reading is done for
a purpose. not merely to pass away
the time. In the average public
library, the demand for fiction is
! about sixty percent Of the total; in
the camp libraries it Is less than
hall.
1t is to the supplying Of these tech
meal books in adequate value that
the A. L. A. is chiefly addressing it
self, by mean Of purchases direct
from the publishers, and 1t Is relying
upon the public for gifts of fiction
and lighter literature, though of
course, donations of technical books
are doubly welcome.
During the week beginning March
| 18th, a nationwide drive is to be
conducted to secure at least two mil
lion volumes, and this campaign Will
be continued Indefinitely, to assure
a steady flow of books into he re-
ceiving stations as long as the war
lasts. The libraries Of the whole
country have rallied to this work.
and all that is necessary to get
| books promptly into the hands of our
men, is to take them to the nearest
| public library, or to ask the librarian
to send for them.
The need for books is almost I'M
limited. for a new and imperative
duty faces the association-that of
| getting books in great numbers
| across the water, for the use of our
men "over there" A large dispatch
| station has for some time been in
| operation at one of the embarkation
ports, under the direction Of Mr.. Asa
Don Dickinson; another is just being
organized at a second port, by Mr..
|W. H. Brett, of the Cleveland public
library, and others will be established
as need arises. A representative of
the A. L. A. is o in France to
organize the work on that side, and
to see that the books which get there
are promptly distributed where they
are most needed. Every existing
agency, such as the Y. M. G.. A. and
Red Cross, will be made use Of and
the whole work placed or an ordered
and systematiZed basis as rapidly as
possible.
There is no difficulty about trans
port.
General Pershing's order alone
makes room for a hundred thousand
books a month; and, in addition to
this, are the innumerable small units
being sent over in charge Of the Y.
NJ. G. A. men. 1t Is only a question
of getting the books, and these the
American public Is called upon to
provide-two million at least this
month. and as many more before the
year is over.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
Y. w. L. A. NOTES

"War Emergency" a Mere Handle.
WAR emergency is the handle by
which labor laws are being assailed
through state legislatures. Twenty
one states at this time have move
ments on foot to relax statutes pro-
testing women and children.
A measure which is before the New
York state legislature at this time
the Elton r. Brown bills being
watched all over the country with
particular interest. This bill would
give the New York state industrial
commission power to suspend labor
laws whenever, in the commissions
judgment, they interfere with the
manufacture of war supplies.
Vigorous protests to it were sem
to Albany by the national conference
of the Y. w. c.. A., last week and
also through its association secre-
taries and committees. At a mass
meeting held in protest of the bill
at Cooper Union, the association was
represented by Mrs. Burdette l..
Lewis.
A measure receiving the whole
hearted support Of the association,
the Courtland-Nichols bill, prohibits
women and girls from working on
street cars between the hours of ten
at night and eight in the morning,
and forbids women under twenty-one
from working on them at all.
Other bills coming, but not heard
of yet, forbids the employment Of
children as messengers and prohibits
women from running elevators at
night.
Violent attacks on the child labor
laws have commenced in New York
state and should claim the attention
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
TALK
OVER PHONE
Precautions Taken on Battle Front in
Case Germans Might Manage
to Listen in on
Talk.

[By ]. w. Pegler, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI-
TIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. L.
-(by maiI)-IW be in Oregon at
three. At four o'clock I'll be fixing up
that ration question with Hindenburg
in London. And if you want me after
that I'll be over in Tallahassee. Just
ask for the kaiser
Not a quotation from the rawlings of
a mad-man-not the dream OF a super.
pacifist in a space-annihilating aero
plane.
The foregoing conversation is just
one end of a typical phone-talk on the
front where everything is code and no.
body's name is what it is.
The young divisional supply officer
was about to leave on a round of the
fighting points on the front. He was
giving one of his s~ubordinates instruc-
tons yer the phone on how to reach
him in case of need during the remain.
der of the afternoon.
Oregon" is an artillery post "a few
kilometers from headquarters-not the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

of every believer in child labor and
education statutes. The Johnson bill
No. III would suspend all provision
for children under sixteen years OF
age in mercantile establishments dur
ing that part of the year when the
public schools are not in session.
This bill would allow unlimited hours,
night work and employment OF chill
dren regardless of age.
A section of this bill would make
a similar change in the newsboy
law.
Most vicious Of all is the King
mann bill now before the New York
state legislature. This would sus-
pend all the regulations for the en-
ployment of children under fourteen
during the period of the war and six
months thereafter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
A CREAMY LOTION
MADE WITH LEMONS
Prepare a quarter pint at about
the cost of a small jar OF
common cold cream

When this homemade lemon lotion
is gently massaged into the face, neck,
hands and arms daily, the skin natur-
ally should become soft, clear and
white, and the complexion dainty and
attractive.
What girl or m hasn't heard
of lemon juice to remove complexion
blemishes; to bleach the skin and to
bring out the roses, the freshness
and the hidden beauty? But lemon
juice alone is acid, therefore irritat-
ing, and should be mixed with orch
ard white this way. Strain through a
fine cloth the juice of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing about
three ounces of orchard white, then
shake well and you have a whole
quarter pint of skin and complexion
lotion at about the cost one usually
pays for a small jar of ordinary cold
cream. Be sure to strain the lemon
juice so no pulp gets into the bottle,
then this lotion will remain pure and
fresh for months. When applied
daily to the face, neck, arms and
hands it naturally should help to
whiten, clear, smoother and beautify.
Any druggist will supply three
ounces Of orchard white at very little
cost and the grocer has the lemons.
In this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion
ladies can easily prepare and have
an inexpensive toilet aid which per
|fectly satisfies their natural desire
for a beautiful soft skin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

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passing through the Change of Life
Mrs. FRANK HENSON, 1916 S. Orchade
St, Urbana, I'LL.
Women who suffer from nervousness,
cheat fashes," backache, headaches
and .'the blues" should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia b. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

lac an attack OF
grippe which lasted
all winter and left
me in a weakened
condition. Ifelt at
times that / would
be well again.
I read of Lydia E.
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women p a S S in G
through the Change
ofLife, so l told my
doctor / would try
it. soon began to
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
A Good Idea.

Chicago Post: Two directors of
that bank at Covington, KY, were
their meeting, but another director,
being chief Of police. had the re-
s~ourcefulness to pull a gun and kill
a bandit. Outlying banks In Chi.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

ready in communication with out of
town musicians who will come here
to join the organization, and he has
the cream OF the local talent in his
organization. With such a lineup as
this, it is up to Keokuk people to
offer every support and encourage
ment that can be given the band. A
big crowd out Sunday will show the
boys and their leader that their
efforts are Observation-Disclosures
ment,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15

the blood. In Stuart's Calcium Waf-
ers. the wonderful calcium sulphide
at meals serves to supply the blood
with one of the most remarkable
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its activity in keeping firm the tiny
fibres that compose even such min
ute muscles as those which control
the slightest change of expression,
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IT is this substance which pervades
the entire skin, keeps it healthy and
drives away impurities. Get a 80
cent box OF Stuart's Calcium Waters
at n drug store and learn the great
secret of facial beauty.
A free trial package Will be mailed
if you will send the coupon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-15
WOMEN OF
Middle ACE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-28
HARDLY ABLE
WALK ACROSS A
ROOM, SHE SAYS
Thought She'd Never Be Well
Again - Tanlac Restores %
Health and She Has
Gained 35 Pounds.

Here is the story OF a frail little
woman who knew only pain and SUI
'crrg for years. whose physical all |
menl, had pulled her down until she
was scarcely more than a frame, NOW a
s,roug, healthy happy woman II Isl
the story oi Mr., Rcrtha SowrIl wife |
OF T. s. NoWcll iorwcA of Pan,
Texas and now residing at AS
broadway Fort Worlh Mr., NlowelIs
statement which She gives for the bcnc-
III oi others. i'as follows:
"l have suffered like women often
do for a long time felt tired and
wuu.uul and was So weak ! could
hardly walk acroS, the hall My appc
lllc was very poor and / seldom got a
good nights sleep | became fright
Duly ncUou, and kept getting weaker
and more hopeless all the time ! trll
off until | weighed only clghy pound,
and had 50 many aghc- and pains that
] Couh hardly get up and down A.
time, ! wa, so discouraged and blue
| Dha, iclt could never get we'll r..
nalN / went 10 the hospital and under
went Scrlou, operation So after a
time ! seemed TO he IN a ronyalcsclue
condition and was carried home and put
TO bed but made lutte or no improve.
mcnD
with the good things had heard
about lanAc ,tll IN mind, | sent lor a
bottle and while taking It | noticed q
considerable Improvement in my cond'
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ach felt better and from then ON ! could
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kept getting gradually stronger my
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taking my second bottle. ! began pick
ing up IN weight and feeling more like
myself have taken five h0ulcS now,
have gained thiry-ilye pound, aud am
feeling fine I'm eating Just anything
| want sleep like a child and am able
to do all my homework Evciyboly
says ! look like a new woman and !
certainly do lccl like ono. too Ilnhc
is the RtandcN medicine have ever
heard Of II has been a God,cpd lo me
| and ! feel like ought lo lrll others
about it,
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-28

only % modern fllc but mas had pia'
uyc with o. That also is true oi every
soldier who will 70 to EUROPE
Artillery Was Limited
1--WE had a limited amount Of artll-
Ter, and our frs, step" the secretary
sand. va, % speed up that already
Ordered and IN process. ol manuiac
mrc"
British and French theory of arll
lcry usage differ he said adding
we had to decide lor ourselves what
We should use"
Army experts were sent abroad TO
study the question Early lu June 1t
was lntimatcd that France had so Tar
accelerated her industrial program that
tho wastdgc ol industry would u"
fully occupy her resources and lha, She
could supply artillery for American
forces then going to France without
,ura,llnp her own forces
"On July lj or A. Mr. Baker con.
'nucd IAN agreement WIs made 10y
which the French government agreed
lo supply the principal pieces Of l'.
mIlhme'cr field gun, and l''.mllIimc'"r
arid irr IIowlllcr, needed lor the
American force, being sent abroad
"Ihc American government wished 'o
adop, the quickest solution to get l1c
largest unnN IN ihc shortest possible
tune N rhal twc although We were
sending troop, E, France II WAS no' IN
J. .t
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-28

Europe 1t was agreed that both Eng
land and France have surplus ord
nance ordnance ammunition and manu-
nr,urng capacity"
General Bliss, report a, read by
Secretary Baker in part follows
~ was agreed by representatives OF
Great Britain and France that their
production Of ordnance is now estab-
l.hcd on so large a scale that they are
able to equip all American troop, ar
living in 1913 with ordnance Of the
best tyne II is recommended that they
be supplied in 1918 and as long after
wards as IS found convenient from
British and French gun factories
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-28

4 small II is cruel to allow every mother
to Judge tho medical corp, because
| here and there men are unwilling or
unable 10 give the care that is their
| duty There arc conditions to be rem
cdicd The shortage of women nurse,
is ,cri.u, Ru' OF cruelty and indIiicr
sncc / have found nothing Ninety
nine eu, Of a hundred boys are re-
rciying better care than they could af-
lord NJ home "
Gorgas watches Over All
"kud | wish TO point iurther.' added
Sccretar, Baker 'tha, the very heads
oi the medical profession. the master, Of
the profession. are In conNan, touch
with the surgeon general"
40 army could be- raised In any
country. the secretary commended with
.u' Hauucr from communicable diseases
Al rha, could hc done wa, rs provide
every mean, ot science 60 meet the
danger That he insisted vas bOlng
done
Mems Opinions Differ.
Taking up Senator Chamhcrau's At.
Jack on the ordnance hutcdu. Mr.
Hahrr said that mems mlnd, dliicr
about the typc, of guns to he u-cd and
about the quantity lie then disclosed
that the decision 90 adopt the Su-caIlcl
rc-chambcrcd Enfield rifle wa, reached
late ono night IN his office at a con.
ference attended H General HCI-hmg