Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-08-07

tage for short time, and when she re.
| turned, it was in flames. The fire had
| evidently started from the cook stove
The loss is only partially covered by in.
surance.
Miss NJ. e. Holmes, couakg chairman OF
| the National Woman's War Work council
will attend sessions OF the council, August
13 and IL, and State conference or
August Is at Portland. The conference on
August ID will be held at Frye's hall, and
will include luncheon at the Hostess
house, Cape Elizabeth, and visit fol-
lowing the afternoon meeting al the
Hostess house, Diamond island.
The local passenger train down the
Mt. Desert branch Saturday noon was
derailed between Franklin Road and
Hancock. The accident is attributed to
spreading rails. ALI the cars left the
Ralph Carpenter OF Northeast Harbor,
express messenger, had two ribs fractured,
but after treat ment at the Bar Harbor
hospital was able to go TO his home
None OF the passengers we're injured.
Ellsworth friends of Mr.. and Mrs. El-
mer Pettengill will be interested to know
that their son, Francis W. has has been
given a commission as second lieutenant
and is in the chemical warfare service.
he expects to go overseas soon. Lieut..
Pettengill was educated in Bucksport
seminary and Wesleyan university,
For the past year he has been with the
Barritt Manufacturing Co., OF PhiladeI-
phia.
Nine members Of Iotsononnia band OF
Camp Fire girls OF Ellsworth, with their
guardian, Mrs. H. c. Jordan, participated
in grand council or field day OF Camp 4
Fire girls at Hampden last Wednesday.
Eleven bands were represented. The
bands assembled in grand council at
O'Clock, singing the campfire song and
repeating the campfire law. This was
followed by the eermony OF the candles,
"stunts" by the different bands, singing
and games. The Ellsworth girls attend
ing were Alice Haynes, Phyllis Clement,
Charlotte sawyer, Eleanor Alexander,
Gertrude Jewell, Evelyn Osgood, Louise
Foster, Rachel Haynes and Ruth Whiting.
The Ellsworth public library has re-
celved to-day a request from the Amer rica n
Library associations headquarters in
Washington for more books from this
community for the men overseas. New
novels, and good western stories,
hot bar AlI \
The library here will receive and forward
all suita ble books turned in. These
books, when shipped overseas, are open
to the men on the transports. In France
they are distributed by an experienced
librarian. Most of them go to Y. NJ. Z.
A, Red Cross and salvation Army nuts,
hospitals and csnteens. The March cam
paign resulted in the collection OF 3,OO0,-
600 books.
display OF war relics from the battle
fields of France is attracting much atten-
tion to the window OF j. A. McGown's
store. The relics we're sent to Dana Nc
Gown by Roy {. Haines. Included in
the collection are two German helmets,
one an officers; hand grenade, an auto
matte revolver with loaded clip of
cartridges, an Iron cross, and other
small articles. Perhaps the most interest
ing article in the collection is leat her
belt taken from some German, dead or
alive, on which he had fastened with
wire many medsllions, buttons, etc.,
from uniforms OF the allies, evidently
picked up by himself on the battletieIds
as souvenirs. Another interesting thing
in the collection is a map of French ter
ritory taken from German, which shows
in infinite detail the topography and
landmarks of that particular section OF
country mapped.