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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The summer tourist season is be-
ginning and unusually early. The
number Of out-of- State automo-
biles in this vicinity is daily increas-
ing and their occupants are welcome
VISITORS to Maine. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Ostendsibly convicted, Ell?

NO place to be poking around in the
dark. that part of the North sea be-
tween Norway and Scotland, where
British mines are so thick that the
sailors say they have changed the
color of the water.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Name GOSSIP
A Word from Homo

There's a fellow needs letter,
Will you write him just line?
1t will make him feel much better
To receive this friendly sign,
That we march in love beside him
Wheresoever he may roam,
Share his life. whate'er betides him,
AS we think of him al home.
He has borne his countrys burden,
Sailed away to face the fight;
Will you cheer him with this guerdon-
You are with him day and night?
Just sit down and write a letter.
Full of vim, and news and cheer,
1t will make him feel much better
For your thinking of him there.
There are days when he feels badly
In his dugout far away.
Send him, comrades! freely, gladly,
TidingS from the L. S. A.
Stand beside him thigh and shoulder,
Send your spirit with might.
1t will make him fight the holder
Just to read the lines you write
Just sit down and write a letter
Full Of happiness and mirth,
1t will make some boy feel better,
AS he burrows in the earth;
Make his dugout one fine mansion,
Make his night-Watch bright as day,
Sit right down and send good tidings
To the boys who sailed away.
w 7. H. Salter
January. 1918, Boston, Mass.-Indus.
trial Service.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
LIGHT and AIRY
Maud

Maud
Maud was a mermaid WIZ
the swell, ,orar hotel,
The amateur vamp Of su,iii she shook
After six days engagement she s'iooA
me for lack. oo,v too cute
but the ring was just rea''
to give back Record
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The ability of our General Pershing
was sure to be recognized by the
European leaders. hence the report
that he is soon to be in command of
both American and French troops,
under the unity of action plan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

Wireless warnings to German sub
marine commanders instruct them to
avoid Ostend and Zeeburgge on their
return to homo waters and to make
for Helgoland Blight. Ostend and
Zeebrugge represent the past parti :
ciple: bitten.-New York Sun.
And the bitter was vindictive in at
least one case. wasn't he?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

If President Wilson just keeps in
dustrially at it he may yet find out
some things that the willy amateurs
he has about have been keeping from
him.-Philadelphia Press.
With Creel still working?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Willing to Learn

do you believe there are germs In
kisses?" asked the pretty girl.
I don't know said the young man
but I'm always willing to volunteer for
any helpful scientific work. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

In one of the restaurants in Winni-
peg a warm baked potato is placed
free on the bread and butter plate OF
every patron instead of the custom
airy white or brown bread. Butter is
served with the potato on request
That idea will meet with the approval
of Aroostook.- Globe.
Wish Winnipeg was nearer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
O, Never

mabel has made some pretty designs
on a sofa pillow
"I-mph-at that she Is not half as de-
signing as her mother. FLORIDA Times
Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc.
BOSTON e PORTLAND LINE

Leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, Mon
days " ednesdays and Fridays at 7.30
+. NJ. Return, leave Boston Tuesdays,
Thursdays ana Saturdays at 600 T.. NJ.
BATH G. BOOTH3AY LINE
Leave Bath week days only 2.45 +. n.
for Boolhbay Harbor and intermediate
landings. Return leave Boothbay Har-
Dor, week days only at 7.C0 A. NJ for
Bath and intermediate landings.
II. A. CLAY, Superintendent,
Franklin Wharf, Portland, Me.
NJ. A. HARADEN, superintendent.
Bath, Me
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The sardine Gamers are beginning
to wear a near smile. the fish begin
ming to arrive in quantities on the
Maine coast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The elaborate explanations of what
the Vindictive didn't accomplish at
Ostend, sent out by the Hun press
bureau. create the suspicion that she
did pretty good job.-Manchester
Union.
Ostendsibly convicted, Ell?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
This Is Deep Stuff

"Th,s girl looks like Helen Black.
.Sha wou,dn't look any better in any
other color.-Brunonlan
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
M;eeino Notes

Son-Father, l would Ike 70 speaA :
you a minute.
Father-well. sing your little song.
SOM lost 500 last night at cards.
Father-Never mind inc choius'-
Widow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Contributed by Frank Goodwin.

ton on the Leon Suffer farm, about
one and one-half miles out, on the
Aroostook river, with a fine southern
exposure and near the b. 6; A. rail-
road.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Another Atrocity

Little Ruth, who had been reading
about the German atrocities in Belgium
went with her mother to the Museum of
Arts.
"oh. mother" she cried, standing in
front of Venus de Milo. Look what
the Germans did to this poor Belgian
woman."-Orange Peel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

Here's hoping that Wednesday
nights frost didn't ruin Pats an'
Knocks garden stufk
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The Passadumkeag topographic map
just issued by the geological survey
Department of the Interior shows that
the Penobscot river. between Old Town
and West Enfield. is a striking example
of a braided stream. The river here has
carry away all the sediment that is
swept into it by its numerous tribu-
taries. and this material chokes the
stream and forces it to spread into
many shallow and shifting channels
the pattern formed resembling the
strands of braid.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
There are DAYS when he feels badly

The annual exhibition of the School Of
Art, will open at o'clock Tuesday
evening, May 81. to continue until
June TO-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
THIS WOMAN
ESCAPED AN
OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound. Many Others
Have Done the Same.

Troy, n. VT suffered for more
than seven months from a displace-
ment and three
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
for that eczema

II might give you formal prescrip.
ton, but what's the use! 1t would cost
you more than jar Of Resinol and /
sAoaLan1derearLy as sure cflAe yrsnlSI
You see, l have been using Eesaol
Ointment for over twenty years. During
that time l have tried cut dozens of new
ways Of treating si;in-troubles. but
have always come back to Rcsinol-I
h'sow that it stops itching at once.
generally heals the eruption. and that it
contains nothing which could irritate the
skin You cangct a jar at any drug store. "
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The little folks at the Upper Primary
school in Norway have finished fine
Belgian blanket of which many an Older
person might be Justly proud. The lit.
tie ones whose average age is six years
have been doing lot of knitting during
the winter and spring and some of them
knit as we'll as many OF more expert
ence. Little Wilma Ward, who is five
years old, has knit four squares whicr
are 7x7, besides knitting a wash cloth
and her work deserves special mention
as she casts on the stitches" and
binds off as we'll as anyone. Theirs
are SO pupils in the school and under
the efficient management of the teacher
Miss Gertrude Gardiner, they have con.
scientiously done their bit"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

membership of Cambridge unNe'''
has been started.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

Miss Isabelle G. Eaton has just given
| the Bangor Historical Society an oil |
day book kept by her grandfather. sam
uel f. Dutton, beginning with the day
he arrived in Bangor from Hallowell.
| July %, 1901, and continuing with some
breaks down to 1910. This book is in a
measure a personal journal as we'll as
record of financial transactions
Names of the prominent men OF Bangor
at the opening of the 18th century are
found on every page. MIR. Dutton was
q native of Hallowell, was the second
lawyer in town (preceded only by Allen
Gilman. the first judge OF Probate of
Penobscot county, 1876. also president
of the Bangor bank and one of the
founders Of the Theological seminary.
He was also civil engineer and served
as agent for several of the landed pro-
prietors.
The Bath Times remarks with pardon
able pride:
Population Of Bath is estimated to
have been increased between 5000 and
5000 in the last two years. The present
population is popularity placed at 1900.
The State trustees have decided to
build the Aroostook Anti tuberculosis
hospital at Pressure Isle and work
will soon begin on construction for
which $4,000 is available. A site of
25 acres has been provided by dona-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

The publicity directors and executive
committee Of the Portland Chamber Of
Commerce have taken action looking
towards the tearing down Of the four
large advertising signs located along
the railroad tracks near Portland, adj
vertisins Portland as an Industrial and
tourist section. This action was based
upon the fact that the signs in addition
to being Of sterotyped nature used BY
various organizations. and which are
out of date, were marrng the landscape
and beauty of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Railroads and Steaniu~alS
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect January 20, 1918.

T...-----,ar $500, GOING W ESI-G.VS "A.
.z y $ +: s X Il K" ss :: q:
ln1:fyyfSSSsTSsI s'-r,land, Boston, Mon
tEscsssa.se.s4.eaJ real ana Quebec; $50 "A.
49,, -. ....s,,.>n, Portland, Doston; 80 4.
NJ, local, 4.Uo +. M, (eXpress) BruI
wick. Lewiston Portland Bosom: 5.l0
+. M, EaIloweil, Gardiner anu 20. Gar
diner, 1U.o2 T.. M, Lewiston, Bath, Port-
lard, Boston. Sunu~ys 20 anu l0Io n.
Nj, $40 and 1872 /. Al. Portland anu
Boston.
GOING EAST-1.l0 A. NJ, Bangor, ST.
John, halifax. sunday morning dt Lilo
A NJ, does not connect beyond bansol,
2.25 A. M, Tor Waterville. Bangor. Da.
iiarbor, CALAIS and Aroostook Co.: Is
A. M, local TO Belfast, Bangor ana
Skowhegam; Ice noon, Watervllie
247 =. VI. express to Waterviile; tEenvc
local TO Belfast. Harmony, Dover anu
t'oXcroft ana Bangor and Mait2w"m-
keag, 49, T.. NJ. Watervllle and Bangor
Sundays 1.lo A. M: 80 a. M, 3.lU T.
M. for WatervIlle, Plttsheld an Ban
ger.
Trains leave Augusta for HalloweE,
Gardner ana South Gardiner al t.lS, 80
A. M, $40, SIS. 1882 +. NJ, HalloweA
and Gardiner only 4.U5 II. NJ, Gardner
only 800 A. VI. daily except MONDAY.
NJ. L. HARRIS. Genl. Pass. Agt.: ID. g.
Douglass. Genl Mgr. Portland. Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Augusta Lodge Directory
TRINITY CoMMANDFRY Ma

*. T. Stated conclave on Fridar =,
ming, May II. 1918, at 7.3O Z. NJ in e =,
Asylum. Regular business. Al m y
journing fraters are cordially ;n,i,,
to be present. '"''"
ALBERT NJ. PINGRFF L
GEORGE Ii. BANGS T. -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
ROSE OF SHARON CHApIeo \,

-. O. +. S. Stated meeting on srs.
Wednesday Of each month al Mas" Ms,
Temple. All members sojournipy' I.
the city are invited to attend III
LEILA NJ. HANKS, W. NJ
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON. So,
SeDt6m- '' seS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Bethlehem LODGE, NO. a : !,

I A. NJ Special communication ~
! day, MAJ Is, at 7.30 p NJ. at N sseui'
Tempe. Work in L. A. and f. C. dsS rY,..'
All soJoCrning brothers are cord,sIr ~
vlted to attend Nj
HAROLD A. ALLAN NJ "
| PEAL Kiln, p Fiji ~ = -"'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES
kennebec Tent No. Is, meets in Mad
oapees hall tthe former Elks CA1
quarters. Water ST.. on nrst aGl
u.Ird Monday OF each month at $50
X. h. BEANIE, Com
WIN. L. CROSS, K. K
nl-w-f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
TRINITY COMMANDERY, No

X. T. Special Conclave Extraor1in, :
Sir knights will assemble in f I'M a.i
uniform. in the Asylum, May l9tb u is;'i
at $50 =. NJ. sharp for the purn ,l, ~. !.
participating in the Patriotic Reg s' Ss. "
Rarade, by special dispensation N'O's
ALBEIT NJ. PlNGkEE, En- Co-,
GEORGE h. BANGS. RecnrlIar V"H
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
Odd Fellows Hall

ASYLUM LODGE, NO. 70, Reeu.
lar meeting Friday evening at Sp n
Work i'll First degree May nth. spp.,
meeting Saturday night, May il vos
in the Initiatory degree.
RALPH NJ. BRANN, y. G.
EDWIN +. WESTON. hec IA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

JePHTHA ENCAMPMENT, NO.
Meetings at +. NJ. every second Al
fourth Tuesday. Tuesday, May
Royal Purple degree. Refreshments
j.. G. HUGHES, c. l..
@. 5. PEASLEE, Scribe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17
r. 8. CAPEN, REBEKAH

VOC. c. MORRILL, CO MMANDERI
NO. $50. L. o q. c. Regular meeting
second and fourth Tuesday evenings
7.3G O'Clock at Golden Cross hall.
q. RANDALL BAKER, y. c.
W. L. CLOUGH, +. X. X.
nl-W-f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-17

CANTON, AUGUSTA, NO. 9, p. M
Negular meeting every third Tuesday \
S o'clock
II. H. AUSTIN, Capt
A. NJ. DRUMMOND, Clerk
DIFF Iva
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

triotism which no one can now expect ever to be excused or forgiven for ig- poring.'
 The wage earner who today refrains from exercising his command over goods and services and buys a War Savings Stamp or a Liberty Bond, or pays off the debt incurred to buy bond, is not permanently surrendering his command over goods and services. He is tenn porarily transferring that command tu his government. He will resume the command as the interest and the prin- cipal of the government obligations are paid to him. He will in all likelihood resume the command at time when the same money will secure more goods as services for him than at the pres enl tissc, when he bids for them in com petition with his government
 The ease with which the country will adjust itself to compulsory doing with out will be determined largely by the extent of the economies that the people of the country voluntarily impose upon themselves. The voluntary rolls are now open. War Savings societies will be formed all over the United States. societies in which people will save what they can. be 1t much or little. not once a year, but each week of the year. All the men, all the women. all the children have the opportunity to become part of the voluntary army
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21
TWO BOOKS

These are the times when the great primal forces hidden in nature burst through the worlds accustomed rou- tine We call the war an r'upheava ' recognizing it as a counterpart to the crashing of earthquakes or the bursting of vast tidal wave. We blame Ger many as the aggressor. but Germany knows that she is obeying an instinct as old as the hills. Her fault and her misfortune is that the thick rocks of civilization have grown too resistant to that old anilnalism for modern men to forgive her it's present recrudescence. Baron Won Freytag Loringhoven, emi- nent German military authority and writer, has written short book. ntend- ed only for home consumption, entitled S'Deductions from the World War and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

a copy of it has been translated for and published by the house of Putnam. New York.
 The military notes are instructive. even for nonmilitary persons. The historical opinions are also instructive as showing the current delusions of the most edu- cated Prusslans concerning the world outside Germany. Two certainties loom from the pageSs Q) That to the writer Germany is so nearly the head of the world that but Rtf1e is left to complete her leadership; and yet @ 1t would not be well for the world to be mastered by any single empire.
 To Baron Won Ereytag-Loringhoven keen student of all past wars. war is irrational, but unavoidable. because of original sim cruelty to civilians is merely incidental. but depiorable New ertheless, Tit is the moral element that is finally decisive in war" and arnries can not be democratic.
 Similar contradictions abound here, and the reader is left in the happy position of the observer of some viyified prehis- toric monster going through his sinuous revolutions, a supercrocodile, who would fain
 Pour the waters of the Nile
 On every shining scale,"
 shedding crocodile tears while he grins a crocodilian grin over, desoIated Bel gum and devastated France.
 The American people should thank the publishers of this work for a most up- to-date and first-hand demonstration of Germany's conviction that all's fair in war and that now is the time to learn how to be ready to fight once more. Not the least revealing page in the book is the frontispiece, which gives us the inn pressive picture of this typical cold r blooded, matter-of fact gentleman, red in tooth and claw"
 This book has been presented to the city librray.
 have read with much interest book published py Doubleday. Page & Co.,, a war book indeed, but abounding in deli cacy, humanity and humor, after the manner of the French. The author is a lieutenant in the army of France, and he called his chapters "Meditauons in the Trenches" but the English title is Comrades in Courage" Those of us who have beloved ones on the battle line or entering 1t will do we'll to get the at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

mosphere that is breathed by this book. | What tonic could be better for us in
 America than Lieutenant Rediers chap
 ter on duty? How sadly we American civilians need the definition of democ-
 racy that lies hidden between these trenches and these graves-only four | feet from the trenches Liberty says
 this heroic soul, lis the intelligent obedi- l ence of mankind to the laws of the uni verse" Who will improve on that? What could have been better for the l Russians year ago than to have known
 what the French soldiers know that the 1 thing to establish is not liberty. but or-
 der?" Trotzky and I.enine could have
 had no charm had the soul of Russia /, learned what many Americans still need | to learn: Tn regard to liberty we have | no rights. but two duties--to obey the
 true laws and to free ourselves from the others"
 Here, too is evidence of the brutal | izing and ennobling effects of war, the
 heroism of endurance and the sheer de- | light and exultaton in killing,
 l But Lieutenant Redier makes us see | more than these human factors There are the flowers and the larks and the thousands of mice that invade the trenches at night. and the tall leaves of l beet roots that wave in the dim light l like advancing ranks of the enemy, creeping silently to attack. Indeed the very spirit of France, her patriotic, tear dimmed spirit. stand, disciplined, ten der and proud, is in these pages. and | they will do us more good than even that other terrific exposition of the same spirit in the book called Under Fire" which was crowned not long ago by the academy. France and all Europe, and ourselves. too. are being chastened by I this agony. May we not wisely quote to ourselves the wisdom of long ago, Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth and 1 scoureth every son whom He receveth?" G. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21
Society's Secret Service

"Theres a kind of secret service among men and women of whith ev- eryone is member. This secret serv- ice is constantly taking and comparing notes c,n the character of all individ- uals within the circumference of it's observation. My young friend, do not be deceived. They know all about you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

They look as innocent as you. but they >know every step in your going and coming. even though you were covered
 by the darkness of the night. There
 re thousand eyes and ears and the keenest wits in this great, busy de-
 tective who lives in your rneighborhood.
 He fools himself who thinks he can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

fore it pays to be sincere and genu- ine--to be. in short. just what we ara in public and private. in talk and ac- ton at home and abroad. The begin ming of bigness is absolute sincerity and something more. I would call it living the truth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21
ECONOMY A PUBLIC DIrTy

what the War Savings movement asks IS what the President has phrased as
 A reasonable and practical economy" It Is not a question of what we indiyid- uaily can afford to spend; it is a oues- ton Of what the nation can afford to nave us spend. The President has se, the fundamental problem clearly before us m words that become more and more apt as the days go by. Let every man and every woman assume the duty of carefui, provident use and expenditure as public duty, as dictate of pa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21

armies must go short of munitions and other things indispensable to them."
 We can shut our eyes to this funda- m ental problem or we can face If courageously The government can not possibly get the goods and sery
 ices that it requires if we all command ths goods and services that we have heretofore commanded. We can begin dong without now or we can wait untii the government compels us to do without ". v. v "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-21
SAVE THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE

lhe obligation rests upon all It rests upon the wel-to-do to a much greater extent than it rests upon their less for lunate neighbors. It is not our task 10 arrange other peoples economies. ii Is our task to arrange our own econo- mes It Is also our task to point ou; to our friends and neighbors that if each family begins now to arranse it's own economies the shock to the indus trIes of the country will be materially less tran if we all wait until we are hlt In the face by necessary govern mnntal regula ton.
 his does not mean that we are to atandor a civilization that has been a thousand years in the building. It is for that civilization that the war is be- ing wased The whole structure of peace is not to be torn down in order to wage war. The work of peace. how. ever, is to be subordinated to the win ring of the war.
 The War Savings movement does not mean that good cheer and happiness are to disappear from our lives. The War Savings gospel is not a gloomy doctrine; it is joyous doctrine: it is the old doctrine of doing without that others may have
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-23

sia ANA coustipatlou-wcakens the
whole system. poau |ltcgulets t30c
por box Get mildly on the liver and
bowels. At an drug storost