Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-13

Your Uncle Sam is warming up to
mount the pitching hill.
And show such speed and curves that
he will strike out Kaiser BIZ:
That war machine to conquer WORLDS
viii know the very worst,
When we hit one down to Hindenburg
and beat his throw to frst
When simms goes goes f up 70 Of, p ihe sea- sea
And Pershing, sliding into third,
spikes the Crown Prince on the
Yes, Uncle Sam is warming up. and
Wen be building baseball diamonds
in the city of Berlin:
ID. l.. Shine. in The Armorer.
Ono ~ those funny mistakes and mix
UPS that gets by the whole bunch hap
rened the other day in the office of an
exchange and made the Dexter depart
ment say:
"shipyard Project Reported as AS
sured."
To be sure. Dexter has plenty of
water and could launch a ship. but one
Of Dan Mack's canals would be neces-
sary TO get her to tidewater. .
Mayor Lemaire and Former Mayor
Brann of Lewiston. have gone to New
York and Washington in connection
with the establishment Of a municipal
coal yard. Before they return they
hope to have a personal interview with
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
Gen. Jonathan r. Cil!ey, whose bra"-
cry in the Civil War caused him to b.
known as the hero Of the LIST Maine
Cavalry. narrowly escaped a tragic fate
Thursday while tending a bonfire II
his orchard at Rockland. The heavy
wind swept the flames into the grass,
whore they spread so rapidly that Que
OF the outbuildings was set atire and
other property was greatly endangered.
General Cilley fought the DANES until
lie was exhausted. his REFER being
nearly burned from his body. His
heavy full beard was partly burned off
and his face scorched. Bewildered nv
the smoke he stood prey to the flames.
when William X. Clinton, janitor OF the
Country Club, dragged the veteran from
the fire zone. General Cilley had re-
Gently fallen full flight of stairs with
out being seriously injured
kennebec river is now open 10 navi-
cation from Augusta to the sea. reports
the Bath Times. Practically the last of
the drift ice went out on the ebb tide
Wednesday. One year ago the ice COM
menced to go out on April ) and this
year the date was two days later,
April I.
The following from Mrs. Benz. w.
Beane OF No, : Union street. Augusta.
coming during the present epidemic of
colds and the grip may be wort, re-
membering and using:
For heada che. backahc or pals &c
tween the shoulders or in neck take a
old piece of cloth, sprinkle it wei! with
pepper. salt and vinegar and apply to
parts affected covering the cloth with
a warm wooden flannel and keeping 1t
warm. II the cloth dries before the
pain stops, wet it with more vinegar
or course, you could tie a handker-
chief around your head instead of a
flannel. This is an old English remedy
and never fails. ! have used it for my
self and family for years and told
many people of It. Try it,
4 subscriber asks lis who has the
right TO wear the star for relative In
the army--that is, has more than one
member of a family the right to wear
star for the same soldier boy. We
are informed that the father, mother,
brother and sister are each entitled to
wear star for the same soldier lad, al
though we do not understand that any
law applies to the situation, it being
matter of custom and general consent
Joseph l.. Gaudreau, leader Of the
orchestra at the Bath Opera House, is
now organizing new band in BATH
which will be composed of about 30 mu-
sicians. Mr.. Gaudreau says that among
the hundreds of new men who have
come to Bath within the last year that
there is much good ma terial and that
he expects to have one of the best or
CARNATIONS in the history of the city
One man asked for exemption from
the draft on account of an aged relative
whom he had to support, says the Bath
Times. The relative signed the request
for exemption and then after thinking
1t over, wrote the exemption board stat
ing that she had signed the paper hur-
redly as the man wanted to get i,
mailed and did not realize what she was
asking until afterward. Then she went
on to state that If she depended on the
man in question for living she would
fare slimly and that she wished to with