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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22
STATE OF MAINE.

vih.keook sat- . probate court held At
slsscrth. 10 and for said county OF Hancock.
=. vac seventh day OF May, In the year OF
eighteen.
A CERTAIN Instrument purporting 10 be
"A copy OF the iAst will and testament OF
AAkY z. BROWN, late of WEST ORANGE.
IA the county OF ESSEX. and state
Of NEW IEasEY,
s s,s. and of the probate thereof In said
hsa ss o. New Jersey, duly authenticated.
Elag been presented to the Judge OF pro-
s 80 lof our said county OF Hancock for the
h-ipose OF being allowed. aled and recorded
ne probate court OF our said county OF
,seoek- Asd for letters tsstamentary 70
80 70 William Adams Brown. James Crosby
s<n and Thatcher MAgoun Brown. the
Lsaiors named In said will, without giving
!; so vi. No bond being required BY the terms
Al, Vsasfed, That notice thereof be given to
sefsors Interested therein. BY publishing
;,S'gy o. this order three weeks successfully
sac Ellsworth American. . newspaper
fr 80 A. Ellsworth, in said county OF Han
prior 70 the fourth day OF June.
san =, sls that they may appear at probats
ss sat then to be held at Ellsworth. In and Tor
aroanty of Hancock. at ten o'clock IN the
avssIaaoon, and show cause, IL any they have,
sAinst the same.
AIsrnAsD Z. CLARK. Judge OF Probate
Aasst'-cIAnA Z. MuLLas, Acting Register
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STATE OF MAINE.
sMIssIoSERs,

HANCOCK IS.
CouRr or COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
April term, o. d. 1918.
Upon the foregoing petition the commits
sioners being satisfied that the petitioners
are responsible, that an inquiry into the
merits is expedient, and that the petitioners
ought to be heard touching the matter set
forth In their petition;
Ordey--That the county commissioners
meet at eastern end about one-thtrd OF mile
northerly Of Green Lake road, so-calied, IN
the town OF Dedham, on Tuesday, the ltn
day of June, q. d. 1918, at 8 80 O'Clock q. M
and thence proceed 70 view the route men
toned In said petition, Immediately Attsf
which view, hearing OF the parties ana VIII VII
nesses win be had at some convenient place
taken In the premises as the commissioners
shall Judge proper. AND IL Is further
Ordered notice OF the time. place ana
purpose OF the commissioners meeting aiofe-
said be given to all persons and corporauohs
interested by serving an attested copy OF the
petition and this order thereon, upon inc
clerk of the town OF Dedham, IKE copy
upon Ernest W. Burrill, one OF the petition
eTs, and by posting up attested copies as
aforesaid in three public places In said town
thirty days at least before the time appointed
for said view. and by publishing the petition
and order thereon, three weeks successfully
in the Ellsworth American, newspaper Ruo-
iished at Ellsworth. in the county OF HAN
cock, the first publication 10 be thirty days
at least before The time OF said view, that All
persona aud corporations interested may at
tend and be heard II they think 1T.
Attest.-T. F. MAHosEY. Clerk.
true copy OF the petition and order thereon.
Attest TT. Y. MAHosEY. Clerk.
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COUNTY NEWS
WINTER HARBoR.

Miss Julia Grover recently visited
friends in Charleston.
Mrs. Ruby J. Tracy recently visited her
daughters il Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Henry Trask is visiting her hus-
band at Cambridge, Mass, where he is
studying at the naval radio training school.
Mr.. 1ngersoll and family, who have been
occupying Foster Harrington's house,
have moved into the Il. ]. Hammond rent.
DIR. J. $. Bragg and family have gone
to Georgia, where DIR. Bragg will receive
training for the medical staff OF the army.
Some twenty-one young ladies attended
the Y. W. &. A. conference at Bar Harbor
on Friday and Saturday OF last week.
They we're accompanied by two Of the
teachers, Miss Bailey and Miss Dyer.
Rev. @. A. Mayo exchanged pulpits on
Sunday, May II, with Rev. C. A. Smith Of
South Penobscot. The choir gave special
music appropriate to Mothers day. MIR.
Smith remained for part of the week,
attending the c. E. rally at Prospect Har-
Dor tuesday, where be was the principal
speaker.
May IS. s.
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EAT
CORN
SAVE
WHEAT
lsaal Notitrs.

--~~-~~~~ ~~eN-~~r>--- N-r>.~~~>- Ns~->-~
To the Honorable, the court OF County
Commissioners, for the county OF Hancock,
and state OF Maine, next to be holden At Ellis
worth, in said county:
EsPECTFULIY represents the under
III signed, responsible persons of the town
OF Dedham, in the county of Hancock, and
state OF Maine. that that portion of the high
way within the town OF Dcdhau- which was
formerly o part of the road running between
Bangor and Ellsworth, and known as 1.-The
road over Mann Hi" be discontinued. Said
Mann ain road beginnin at a point on the
highway as laid out and Improved under the
during the year 1919. about one hundred and
ffty feet northerly of Goose Pond Brook
bridge, 40 called. and running thepce over
Mann Hill. so called, n distance Of about one
mile, TO a point on said State highway as laid
out under the direction OF said State commits
sion, about one third OF mile north
eriy OF the Green Lake road, so called.
That the discontinuaner of the whole of
said way over said Mann Hill is desired Tor
the reason that said road said hill has
been abandoned by the travelling pablo: due
to the alteration and re- location OF the high.
way leading between said Bangor and said
Ellsworth, between the aioFedescrieed points
the trav. He'd highway As improved, altered
and relocated now runs around the base OF
said Mann Hill; and your petitioners further
represent that the maintenance and repair
of said Mann Hill Road" are unnecessary and
will bring gtest and needless expense 10 said
town of Dedham-
Wherefore your ps titioners prays that said
road over said Mann Hill in said town of
Dedkam may be discontinued.
ERsEsr W. BURRILL and
twenty nipe others
Dedham, Maine, April 4. 1918.
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H,xoocx ss. AZ a probate court held At
EgtNossh ia and for said county OF Hancock,
O. he ssxeHih day Of May, In the year Of
car Lord enc thousand niue hundred aud
egslsen.
A CERTAIN instrument supporting to be
n eoes OF the last will and testament OF
ANNIE u. LINDSAY. late of LAWRENCE.
1.-THE uty OF ESSEX. aud common
wealth o, MASSACHUSETTS,
eseeassd, and Of the probate thereof In said
teanlonseadn Of Massachusetts. duly
A2!aslilcaL having been presented 70 the
lfefs of PROBATE tor oar said county OF Han
sssa tor he purpose Of being allowed. nled
asa recorded Ia ghe probate court OF our ssid
e9aniy Of hancock, and for letters OF ad-
Eiaistraiton Sith the will annexed TO issue to
eeosse &cLsne of Lawrence, AaSsaeh retts.
ordered. tkst nstioe thereof be given to all
psrsoas interested therein, by publishing 8
sopy o. this oroer three weeks EXCESSIVELY
u TIE Ellsworth American, newspaper
pnnted Al Ellsworth, in said coanty of Han
s9ss prior to the foaftn day OF June, a. d.
n@ that they may appear At probate court
setn 10 D. held at Ellsworth. In and Tor SAID
soahiy OF Hancock. nj ten O'Clock In the fore
seq, and show cause. II any they have
1ssinst be same
BERTRAND 4. CLARK. Judge of Probate.
Ahae copy.
M'ss''-CLAEA X. McLLAs, Acting Register.
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NORTH BROOKLYN.

Freddie Cole is home from the Uni
versity OF Maine.
Oscar Nickerson has purchased wood
lot OF George Pettee.
!. George and John Giles have had the
telephone installed in their home.
John Giles has gone to Opeeche with
his team to work for A. Z. Farnsworth.
Mrs. Clifton Stanley is with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Candage, while
her husband, Lieut.. Stanley, is on duty in
the merchant marine.
May 20. XENoPHoN.
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NOTICE or roRECLosURE.

w hEREAs Thadius I. Sinclair. OF the
Li, Town OF Sullivan, Hancock county,
N.sau' and recorded in Hancock County.
ea,aa, sgistry OF deeds. book 467, page z7l,
3, rsyed to me. the undersigned, . certain lot
su,lksicei Of land situated in that part Of
h.asAn known as East Sullivan, and
ENDED aud described as follows, to wit:
Wslnaooed on the north by land Of lessee
st,sasi ON the east by the Flanders Mill
IA 3 on the south by land Of John Bean
~, 10 Herbert saunders. and on the west by
con, soMn road leading 10 lessee Whites. and
Ana sihs thirty 1--we acres more or less (s5l.
hsss y ht reas the condition OF said mortgage
Iors FEB broken and Ia broken, now. there-
ths,.oy reason Of the breach OF the condition
Ana ~, claim foreclosure of said mortgage
s"e this notice for that purpose.
HARVEY w. DUNBAR.
Mays. 1913. - ans attorney = y benson
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22
CUT THIs OUTFITS woRTa aoshy

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, en-
close with SC and mail 1T to Foley & Co.,
2s36 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, Ill.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You will
receive In return trial package containing
Foiey's Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and Group; Foley Kidney Pills,
for pain in sides and back, rheumatism,
backaehe, kidney and bladder ailments;
and Foley Cathartic Tablets, q wholesome,
and thoroughly cleansing cathartic for con-
stipation, biliousness, headache and slug
gish bowels Moore's Drug Store.
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BLUEHILL.
May IS.

}. w. Beach went to Orono Sunday to
deliver lecture on the Red Cross.
Miss Martha Osgood was successfully
operated upon for appendicitis Friday.
The academy alumni association will
meet at the academy Thursday evening,
May %.
Miss Doris Merrill has accepted posi-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22

Arrivals in town last week we're: Mrs.
r. p. Slower and Mrs. Charles Slower from
Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. Nellie Mcintyre,
Mrs. e. p. Tucker and j. b. Bethel from
Boston; II. E. Krehbiel and wife from
New York; Mrs. s. b. Doyle from Port
land; Edward Snow from the University
of Maine; David Owen and John O'Don-
nell from Philadelphia and John Battersea
and family from Cleveland, 0.
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pAUPER NOTICE.

HAyING contracted with the City OF ELS
III worth TO support and care Tor those VINO
nins Jan. l, 1915, and are legal residents OF
Ellsworth, I forbid ali persons trusting them
on my account, IS there 10 plenty OF room ana
accommodate ions TO care for them 81 the s1ty
Farm house. ARTauE b. Mics sLL.
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tion as assistant in the high school at
Columbia Falls.
A Red Cross dance will be held a. the
town hall Friday evening. Music by a
volunteer orchestra of eight pieces.
The academy team won both games
played at home last week. Sedgsick high
was defeated Wednesday by the score OF
II to 6 in q game that was featured by the
sensational playing and batting OF Osgood
for.the academy. Kane and L. Hagerthy
played fine game for the high school.
Saturday the academy won from Clark
high of Penobscot, 8 70 Z.
May 20. s..
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FREMONT.

Miss Evelyn Kittredge is ill Of mumps.
j. e. Wooster's new boat was launched
Monday and towed to the Kittredge
wharf to be finished. A large crowd wit
messed the launching.
Nav 90 X.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22
WAR WORRIES UPSET HEALTH

II Is agreed by medical authorities that
worry affects the digestive organs. When the
digestion Is out of order, 1t throws the whole
hysicai being out OF gear. b, u. hayward,
Unadilia, Ga, writes: Foley Cathartic Tab
lets give me quicker relief than anything
have ever tried" They relieve biltousnessi
constipation. No gripping or nausea.-Moore's
Drug Store.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-05-22

's "erchast 0Ao does not adpertiseia
n, ~" season makes IL more profitable for
nose pbo do advertise.
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"a daum through
HnbeakdbR
How Was the Last War Fund Spent?
TT is fair question-and it is fairly answered in the
detailed and itemized reports that have been pub
lished in the newspapers Of every town and city OF
the land n
You never saw it? Then ask at the nearest Red
Cross Chapter write, for the Red Cross wants you
to know where your money went :.
They say that Red Cross supplies have way of =
:. coming through on time M
Italy surely has found us not wanting in prompt 4
ness when her great trial came. y
And Roumania- said no allied nation could s
= get through to help her dire need -
: But the Red Cross found a uay. -
It's not always a cheap way-"Needs must
costs money. But did you give that money to be :
saved-or to SAGE lves? Are you not willing to pay
five dollars or fifty to bring something of comfort to
war racked tortured mortal who but for you would
surely die! -
And of thing you may be sure. Not one
penny of that Hundred Million has gone for anything
I but Var Relief
In the Red Cross there is no high salaried bureau
cracy no extravagant administration expense All of
the higher officials and tenths of the workers are
unpaid volunteers 4
j The cost of raising and collecting the last War y
Fund was about onehalf of per cent, more than
: covered by the banking interest on the money
Your Red Cross needs another hundred million to y
tighten just little of the awful load of misery lover
: there Your share is all that you can give-and =
then little more.
VII you hold nb your end2
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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-09-27
FROM DAVE STURDY

The following letter was received
by Mrs. Maggie Ritter residing near
Elm Springs:
Somewhere in Fra. &c, Aug. II 1918
Dear Aunt | received your letter
and | must indeed say that it was
grea tpleasure to get it. | got one
from home at the same time and the
nextday one from Uncle Pitts and jim
written in one SO you can have faint
idea of how felt to get them as they
were the first for me to receive since
landing in this war ridden country
and when | say this, it is all true for
have already found out that there
is real war going on as | am on the
firing line now and this is the second
time. The first time | had ten days
of il.
Aunt Meg you people over there
can't start to imagine the awfulness
of it. When you can go through
what was once large beautiful cities
but now are huge pile of ruins,
cities that had buildings in them that
We're hundreds of years old and now
lying in ruins to say nothing of other
things. it sure is awful.
While | am writing this letter big
guns from both sides are at a con
tinous roar of fire sat for an hour
yesterday evening and watched the
big shells from the Germans guns
bursting near small town which
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-09-27

ago dated July q and "a, it came lust
in time. | came out of the lines last
night at | o'clock. | went in with
the infantry, but a corporal another
fellow and | came back by our selves
When we were going into the trenches
Jerry" shelled the road we were on
1t is funny how men will act when un-
der shell fire. We were all crouch
ing down by the embankment along
the road and shell explodes. the
pieces go whizzing through the air
then silence. You missed me that
time, jerry" some one would sing out
that would start laugh and some few
grunts. Another whizz, a thud, a
wait of perhaps five seconds, some
one swears and says a ''dud" The
silence is again broken by more whiz-
yes and flying pieces of shells. Dur
the interval of shells the officer gives
his commands and we scramble over
the embankment into wheat field
scatter for perhaps 200 yards. then
reassemble and go on as if nothing
had happened. While in the lines
the Boche put over a heavy barrage
with some gas shells, but our gas he'll
NETS are an absolute protection "a
gainst his gas.
The Kaiser is licked but he hates
to admit it. Gen. Pershing says,
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken, n. j., by
Christmas" | hope he is right.
was iii the trenches and | know it is
going to be hell unless we can get him
in the open and fight as we have al
ways fought and now. If Pershing
sends 100000 men over the top by
the last Of October Jerry" is going
to be bowed up by Christmas.
Love to all, Your boy,
John
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-09-27
MEN WANTED To HELP THE
RED CROSS REBUILD FRANCE

Close on the heels Of the victorious
armies of the Allies, which are push
my the Germans out of France and
back into Prussia, Is an army Of Red
Cross workers, who already have
started to rebuild devastated France.
Homes must be restored, people strip
ped of all worldly possessions must
be given new start IN life, and con
dihons must be adjusted 50 as to re
establish on firm basis new
France This work means hundreds
Of Americans must give up their time
and sacrifice what may appear to
them as unusal opportunities If
France is to survive the horrors Of
the Huns the Red Cross must work
fast and untirinqly. The Bureau Of
Personnel has been asked to obtain
workers in the Southwestern Division
who are willing to 20 to France and
aid in the rebuilding Of the destroyed
section Men with college edueations
are desired to be leaders IN this work
They will be attached To the Bureau
Of Reconstruction and viii care for
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-09-27
Proposed Constitutioaai AnsadAsat
No. IA,


sep"see Constitutiosaf AnsadAset
No. IA
he IL Resolved by the senate md
Hesse of Represeptatiyes OF the
State of Arkansn. the Majority of
Both Housss Agreeing Therefor
That the following IA hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to tho Con
stitution of the State OF Arkansas and
tho ssme being submitted to the cleo
tors OF the State for approysI or re
lection at the next general sleotion
for Senators and Reprssentstty.s n
majority of the eIector, voting at such
siection ADOPT such amendmelt "a
same shall become A part OF the Con
stitution OF the State OF Arkansas to
wit;
That Sections and Y Of Arttel. 7
of thu Constitution eff tha state az Ar
kansas bs amended TO road az foltows
The Suprems Court shaIl he compos-
ed of seven Jude4s ona ~ whom shall
be STYLED Chief Justice and eIected n.
such In the confederation and d4ets
ION OF caaes ALL Iudoss nav all ar the
Court may he divided into two dtyis
tons and tho daeision Of zach Of ssid
divisions shall be- tha dacistan =, ~
Court Tbs Cbt.r Tust,ce shsm a.stgn
three Of ths A..octsta In.t1ra. ~ ~
diyision snd n. max ctanga s,toh
s.xnmsrts rro., ttms - - ~.
Associate Yostto.. t.:.r.hav
,Yitb as.h 80 my m NJ @
,b..S1s+ W ~ - ~
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With the
Colors -"
FROM JOHN WEIGH.
d . NJ ~ - - - -

ore extracts from letters
fOli Follow by Mr.. and Mrs. L; 5.
r re e &c Spring Valley from enell
Welen o. S wgbich show that the young
son, JONI a,vnerieneing some real war.
man IS ssaArpmery member of Co. A
He was io daIo hut is now with the
signal eo.pi IN France, Aug. a. Dear
S sS.ser and ALL | received two o.
Mothell .t t.l some eight or ten days
your i1 ons was dated July the othef
ago % / would have answered sooner
the T. have been going all the time.
but / II nav sxpecting to get orders to
move 'an ANY t and took line
,bropph bog and swamp nan d nilie LIE
t u lsngth across to a lookout post on
II h;ll This bog was IlVing mass
a q n flies mosquitoes and bugs, mud
Oh ine ,otor The Huns were bursting
anu uon wal over it and shelling the hill
snlaph; ab explosives. | put my gas
WIFI n" 70 the alert position filled my
nlass and got my pliers, tape and
wire and started II was a mn 'hae
Tn aan,t describe. When Id euss the
t,; ts the mosquitoes would fill my
me had TO drop flat every other
l Ia;rnts 10 try and dodge the shrapnel.
i ! aot tbe line through but 1t had to be
anI;cad twice coming back where 1t
bpd been cut by flying pieces OF shells;
While going along the side OF the MI
| saw the grave of an American sold.
isr His helmet was cut fuii OF
Snles might have got the same If
aIerry" had happened to put one just
r;obt While | was going through
I Fr;tz sent a high explosive, it fell
about ten feet off, saw it go into
tbe mud and the mud close around 1t
| was lying on my stomach watching
the place where II went IN but 1t
failed to explode Il was what we
call "dud"
They are giving the Germans what
is coming to.him and by the time this
reaches you | hope to be in the thick
Of it / have lot Of little trinkets
| got off of dead Germans. We were
in the reserve trenches when got
them. Tell Grandpa there IS no need
to duck from the shells you hear, it's
always the one you don't hear that
gets you. The high explosive shells
have a high velocity, and when one
comes near enough 10 get you the
she'll is some little distance head Vi
the sound. So It generally gets you
before you know it Is coming,
Extracts from letter dated Aug =.
received your letter a little while
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they were trying to shell but they
were missing it quite a good deal.
tell you Aunt Meg when one gets
IN the places have been in and see
what | have seen, the dead lying ON
the battlefield and the wounded be-
ing carried to the hospital and other
things too numerous to mention in
letter, it makes one think how sweet
home, piece and liberty are and | do
nope this war will soon be over.
You have got to give it to the
French, they sure are good fighters
but don't push things like our boys
do If they had the war would have
been over or at least | think So
Well must make my letter short
as can instead of as long as | can
so Will bring it to a close, hoping that
can soon land in the dear old U. S. A.
then can tell you more than | ever
can IN a letter. Will try and write
you again soon but where | am it is
hard to get a letter mailed so write
me soon. With love to you and all
the rest, | am your loving nephew.
Dave Sturdy.