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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
LETTERS TO
MEN IN CAMP

How much of q place letters have
IN the normal relations of life"
that the war department and the
navy department commissions on
training camp activities consider so
necessary to contented fighting men.
IS shown by the writing equipment
on every hand. Writing letters and
getting letters is all a part of the
same close, friendly contact between
the men inside and the people at
nome. In every one of the eight
to 10 I. NJ. G. A. buildings in camp
there is placard about not forget
ting to write that letter" In every
knights of Columbus hall there is a
similar one. In the more feminine
atmosphere OF the Hostess Houses
the invitation is tactfully conveyed
by the big desks. equipped, as are
the other buildings, with their own
letter heads on the stationery; but
with comfortable armcbairs and
brass smoking trays to make the in
vitation irresistible
From two to three thousand let
ters are crammed into the big mail
bags on the letter writing" night
that some of the buildings in camn
observe once a week. There are the
letters from the family and dear
ones to be answered. after they have
been read and reread many times
and shared with some of the other
Fellows. And then there are letters
to be written to the family that have
offered hte soldier or sailor hospi-
tallty IN the community
Letters have more friendliness in
them than they have ever had be-
lore. Everybody considers it a sort
OF honor to be friends with the men
IN the service. When the commits
SONS asked the war camp commu-
nity service to ask townspeople near
the camps TO take a soldier or a
sailor home to dinner, the people
mad already been wishing that there
was some way it could be arranged.
ana they write to him after he goes
pack to his camp. Some Of the let
ters actually have latch KEYS in thcm
as an invitation to come along back
whenever possible, and not to bother
about ringing the bell Some of
them contain the secret that is never
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
ROBERT A. CONY
Attorney ard Counselor at Law
Notary Public Justice of the Peace
General Law Practice
Opera House Block. Augusta, Maine
Telephone 400

mentioned above a whiSper-that il
there is nobody at home the key will
be under the big stone by the corner
Of the step. The idea is that they
want the man in service to be one
of them. and that they are right
there with letters that will follow
him over There"
How a soldier or sailor feels
towards such new friends, and what
they mean in his life, is suggested in
this bread and butter letter that
a hostess in one community keeps
in her top desk drawer and reads
over every once in a while:
MY time has been so taken up
with duties that I am just getting
around to letting you know how
much l enjoyed my visit to your
home and the dandy present you
gave me when We parted. Such
kindness makes me proud to be in
my country's service.
The Red Cross recently issued
helmets and sweaters to the SOL
dierS in our regiment, but by the
time they got around to my COM
pany there was not much left, so
you can see how acceptable the ones
you sent are. And. say, those wrist
lets. Should Fritz feel inclined to
slap the Sammies on the wrist,
thanks to YOU l am provided with
suitable armor. and the helmet shall
never be replaced by another till
the one now adjoining the shriveled
and oyster-like physiognomy Of
Kaiser Bill hangs denied and disfg-
ured from my own shoulder.
This camp is a wonderful place.
brimful of enthusiasm and a 'Ber-
lin or bust slogan on every lip.
Each of us feels the task and duty
that besets rs. and we are all as
siduously addressing ourselves to the
accomplishment of a glorious VIC
tory, with the hope of soon loung-
ing around the steps of the Kaiser's
lair, with a stein of Book in one
hand, and the stars and stripes in
the other, drinking to the Grand Old
[. s. A. and the people who have
stood right behind us and made VIC
tory possible"
Other letters may not express so
ffuently the way they feel toward
the people who want to make things
pleasant for them. but each ex-
presses in its own way the big
strong tie that is being formed be-
tween the camp and the community.
The Boston Sunday Herald.
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Next Fall too Late to Ask.

All manufacturers and distributors
Of ice come under the food control act
according to advice received from
Washington. Dealers in ice will now
be required to report their names.
post Office address and schedule of
prices for the seasons Of 1917 and
1918 to the federal food administrator
at Orono on or before May 10. 1918.
Food Administrator Merrill for Maine
Wednesday said that the food ad-
ministration is concerned that there
should be no profiteering in ice es-
pecially that the cost Of ice to those
elements of tho community which are
least able TO protect themselves
should not he increased over last
year unless absolute proof can he
given by the ice companies as to the
necessity. Any increase in price over
that ruling last season to the house
hold consumer will therefore justify
investigation as to whether it con-
stitutes profltoering
Now cannot the federal food ad-
ministrator take hold of the COM
merc!al fertilizer end of the food
| problem?
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home, while the farmer lost Sl42,-
100000 in the same manner. Thus
did Mr.. Cutters party contribute 70
the selling of our labor and service.
The fact of the matter Is that the
Democratic tariff policy. which would
receive its most vicious application
under President Wilson's demand for
n removal of all economic barriers"
absolutely nuIlifies any attempt Of
this country to achieve the goal re-
ferred to by Mr.. Cutler. We cannot
give foreigners monopoly of our mar
kets with any expectation Of getting
theirs
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DON'T WASTE TINE

It's a waste of time to experiment
with liniments and plasters when Won
have dull, throbbng backache or
sharp, stabbing twinges. Get after
the cause. Help the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read this.
Wilson II. Shaw. contractor and
hricklayer, 60 Patterson St, Augusta.
saws: Il was so bad off with kidney
trouble | had to lay off from work
for three weeks. There was a steady.
dull pain in the small of my back and
couldn't move or bend over with
ont painful tw;nges catching mo
through my loins. Ny eyes sweIled
I'D so badly, l could hardly see. NV
kidneys acted irregularly and I was
in misery all the time. | tried nearly
everything I heard OF for relief hut
got no help until l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills. | got Doan's at F'rani, =
Partridge's Drug Store. In short
time. ! felt better and was soon ahln
to go back to work. took four
boxes Of Doan's and have been in ena
shape ever since"
e0c. at all dealers. Foster Milburn
Co. AfErs- Buffalo. n. Y.
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Why We Live in Maine.

VIII b. Kendall of Bowdoinham,
the well-known raiser of sheep, paid
the good old State of Maine a beauti-
full tribute in ringing speech at the
semi-annual meeting OF the state
Board Of Health on March II at Lew
iston. IL was well received, as his
speeches always are, but he really
began to arouse enthusiasm when he
stated that he would be glad u con-
tribute literally toward prizes TO be
offered under the auspices of the
State Board of Trade to these writer's
who should submit the best 40 rea-
sons why Maine is the best State to
live in.
The matter was Immediately re-
ferred by the State Board to the tx
ecutive Council. which at its meeting
April 10 in Brunswick unanimously
voted to accept Mr.. kendalfs offer
Other generous Maine citizens have
also offered to contribute for the
same purpose and prizes worthy OF
such a subject are now at the dis
posal of the Board of Trade.
Twenty seven prizes will be award
ed. as follows: First prize of $50 to
the individual who submits the great
est number of reasons accepted by
the committee; second prize of SIS to
the one who submit the best single
reason: and rs prizes Of 81 each for
the 25 other contestants who submit
the next best reasons.
The conditions are not difficult.
They include the following require
ments: Each writer will file with Sec.
E. NJ. Blanding his or her reasons,
with name and address attached, and
also five copies. one for each COM
m!tteeman. without signatures. Con-
test will close Dec. /, 1918, and a de-
cision Is hoped by Dec. 81. The con-
test is open to everyone, at home or
abroad. The committee of award
will include Hon. Carl z. Milliken,
Governor of Maine; Rev. Henry F..
Dunnack, State librarian; DR.. Robert
J. Alley, president OF the University
Of Maine; Arthur G. Staples of the
Lewiston Journal and Hon. Silas B.
Adams Of Portland
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OF r 3 0 Y S
Write from
OV Err TIL E R Z
an France

In france.
To Mrs. Adelbert E. Titus winthrop
Maine, r. T. u.
Dear Ma and Pa
Well today is Easter sunday.
suppose Au have been to church. |
was at the Y. ". c. A. We had fine
speaker and we had band for mu-
sic and it was very good.
1t has been raining here for the last
two days and it sure is muddy, but
the weather has been very good ever
since we landed in France. France IS
a pretty country and l had ought to
know as l have been travelling ever
since | landed but | think | will stay
here for a while and | like here very
much. We have a good place to sleep
and good eats. l am working in a
machine shop anG like it very much.
They picked me out TO work in an
optical shop bu. | don't think they
have got it started so they put me in
the machine shop. We work IL
hours a day so you see il is not bad
at all.
The nights are cold but the days
are warm.
| don't suppose papa has done any
planting as Yet. Is he going to 90
much this year? The French have got
lot of land planted and it looks like
. very good land.
We had fire trip coming over.
The weather was fine and a smooth
sea. was not sick at all and have
not been since | came over except a
cold and ] am most over that now
! How are you all?
Well | will close for this time,
hoping this finds You all well and re
member me to all. Hoping | hear from
/ You soon, with love TO all.
ALTON
Address Pvt. Alton Z. Titus, Ad-
vance Ordnance Depot No. /, Post
Office No. 7l2. \. L. F., France.
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Editors Letter Bcx
Efficiency at Washington!
House Of Representatives..

Washington, d. c.. May 4. 1918.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
Hoping 10 he of some use this year
In connecting the Department of
Agriculture with the people who
wanted to make war gardens" ] adj
vertised some weeks ago in your
valuable paper for lists of names of
people who wanted government
seeds. 1t was a great success in get
ting names and | have employed ex-
ira help for some weeks in directing
franks to these patriotic citizens, but
now | find that the people in the De-
partment OF Agriculture have al
lotted in large measure to the north
eastern part of the country seeds
which flourish in the southwestern
part and have sent under my franks
10 lists of names ! gave them thou
sands of packages of muskmelon, to-
mato and other truck useless for our
people in Maine.
l am chagrined that anyone who
tok the trouble to write me should
get such a mean result. l have used
very reprehensible language to the
people Of the Agricultural Depart
ment. but their good seeds have gone
elsewhere. All can do is to apollo
gize for them and express the opin-
ion that this government seed bust
ness Is a nuisance and a detriment to
everybody concerned besides being an
unnecessary waste of money. In the
future / shall earnestly favor its
abolition.
II you will publish this in your
paper it may meet the eye of some in
dignant citizen who has received a
package of muskmelon seeds and
perhaps turn his wrath from me.
Yours truly,
JOHN A. PETERS.
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Bankruptcy Proceedings

The following petitions in bank
fuptcy have been filed with Clerk
Warren in the United States distric,
court in Bangor:
Porter Parsons Co, conducting the
White Star Laundry and Penobscot
Dye House in Bangor. Secured claims
mortgage OF $4,000 held by the First
National Bank on the fixtures of the
laundry in Cross street. Unsecured
claims. s46541S.
Sixty-one creditors are listed, the
largest sum being due the John IL
Rice Coal Co, total Of ss2s.l3. com
prlsing a promissory note for $500
and an account for coal in 1918 OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
COMING EVENTS

May Injecting of Governor and CoJp.
ell, +. NJ
May 7-Surreme Court, civil and Grim.
maj term, Calais.
May '-Supreme Court. civil ard GRIM
inal term, Alfred
May 1-SuperUr Court, civil and Grim.
inal term Portland
May S-State-wide conference of war
workers. CIty hall, Portland.
May l0-Lyforl interscholastic nr,ze
speaking at Colby College. WateryilIe
May lf-Receptlon TO Pythians and
Pytaldn Sisters in attendance at Gram
Ledge sessions, Lewiston.
May 10--tenohScot County Teachers,
Association, Bangor.
May l0-ll-SaCo Valley Teachers AS
ISOLATION, Frs eburg
May l4-Supreme court civil and
criminal. Bath.
May 14-Supreme court civil ter,,,
Rumlord
May 15-Grand Lodge. X. OF P. annual
session, Lc,.iston
May 15-Grand Temple. Pythian Sis
terS. annual session. Lewiston
May lG-l1-MIme Library Association
annual meeting, WatcrvIlle
May T-Eastern Somerset County
Teachers Associa ton, Hartland
May l7-OXford County Teachers AS
sociation Norway
May I-D-tniversity of Maine Com
May 2o-27 Second drive for $3.50, ooy in
Maine for Red Cross
May Al-Supreme court, civil term
Pennington.
May 21-Kennebec County Sunday
School Association, annual convention.
First Baptist church. WatervilIe
May 22-Aew England Exlectc Medi
cal Association. Portland.
May @-Bates College Ivy Day, Lew
May $50 Bates College Commence.
U7ent, Lewiston.
May S0-Memorsal day.
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ReadfieId GRANGE

Readfield Grange met in regular
session. Saturday, Nav 4. The degree
staff conferred the first and second
degrees on five candidates. TWO APP
plications were received. After the
dinner recess the lecturer presented
the following program: Singing by
Grange. '1Iurrah for Old New Eng
land; reading, Alma Clough: re
marks, Costello Weston; ladies
quartet, Alice Aianter, Mary Carson,
Mona Elliott. Alice Walker; encore:
vocal solo. Mona Elliott; State Lib
erty chorus, N. J. Hartman; re-
marks Worthy Master f. A. Cottle.
S. Estelle Dudley announced an en-
tertainment for the Grange to be held
Friday evening May 10.
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Maine GOSSIP
My War Ro.ary

wy war rosary.
l knit, / knit.
i pray, ] pray;
Ny knitting is my rosary,
And as / weave the stitches gray
! murEUr prayers continually
Gray Ioup-a sign,
Gray knot-a wish,
Gray row, chain of wistful prayer.
For thus 10 sit and knit and pray
This is OF war the wonans share.
And so I knit,
And thus TO pray,
And keep repeating night and day,
May God lead safely those dear feet
That soon shall wear the web of gray.
Now and again
selfish strain?
But surely woman heart must yearn
And pray sometimes that she may hear
The sound of footsteps that return.
But if-O God.
Not that. But If
It must sacrifice complete.
Then | will trust that afterward
Thou wilt guide Home those precious
eet.-Westminster Review.
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RICHMOND

George w. Heselton of Gardiner
was a business visitor in town Thurs
day.
Mrs. Emma Sturtevant has sold her
home on the River Road to Mr.. and
Mrs. William Colt.
Miss Lena Baker has sold her house
on North Front street to Mrs. Della
j. jackson.
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CONSTANT PAIN
after EATING
The Tortures Of Dyspepsia
Corrected by "Fruit.a-tives"

ST. MartIn 8.
For two years. ! suffered tortures
from Severe Dyspepsia. had con-
slant pains after eating: pains down
the sides and back; and horrible bit
ter stuff often came up in my mouth.
/ tried doctors. but they did not help
me. But as soon as I started taking
'Fruit-a-tives' COR Fruit Liver Tab
lets) I began 20 improve and this
medicine. made OF fruit juices. re-
Hered me when everything else
failed"
MRS. HUDSON MARSHBANK.
SOC box. for $3.50. trial size Use.
AT dealers or from FRUIT -TIvES
Limited. .OGDENSBUR0. NlY.-Adv.
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Cushnoc Granne
NNellher

At Cushnoc Grange hall, Weber
Fond. Wednesday evening, May g.,
the Grange Dramatic Club will pre-
sent the play Down in Maine" This
is one CT Charles Townsend's finest
domestic drama and the cast Of char
acters, one of Cushnoc's most clever.
therefore we assure those who at
'eno one OF the best entertainments
ever given at the hail
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Arthur Joseph Henry, represent
ing Rumford Falls High, and Miss
Nesta l. Nelson, delegate from Ban
gor High, were winners in the an
nuai lnterscholastic prize speaking
contest held Friday night in the AS
sembly hall, Univ. of Maine. The
former gave New England Ciyiliza
ton from the pen of the late Hon.
William r. Frye, while Miss Nelson
presented as her selection. "Tamjn.
OF the Shrew" by Shakespeare. The
judges were Rev. Joseph 3. LYMAN
OF Orono. Professor Warren W
Reed Professor Harry Conser. and
Miss Ava II. Chadbourne of the L,
OF NJ faculty. Music was furnished
by trio. The schools were renra-
scented as follows: Edward Little
High School of Auburn: Bangor
Hish; Bar Harbor High: Brewer
High; Harrington High: Hebron
Academy; Leavitt Institute. Maine
central Institute; Old Town High.
and Rumford Falls Hixh.
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Railroads and Steamboats,
MAINE CENTRAL R. R.
In Effect January 20, 1918.

TRAINS Liza ' r. Al ~ Ia
r..s,.,..s., GOING WEST-3.05 a.
& IS: 6:
$3.50 lreal and Quebec; sc A.
M, brunswick, Portland Boston; $40 +.
NJ, local; 4Qo p. NJ, (eXpress) Brunj-
wick, Lewiston Portland Boston. o.lo
j. NJ, IIaliowell, Gardiner and go. Gar
diner. 1892 =. Al, Lewiston. Bath. Port
land, Boston. Sundays -.u5 and lo.lo A.
NJ, $40 and 1852 2. NJ. Portland ami
boston.
GOING castillo A. NJ. Bangor. 81:
John, Halifax. Sunday morning at Lilo
A. NJ, does not connect beyond Bangor;
2.25 A. NJ, for Waterville, Bangor. Ba.
Harbor, CALAIS and Aroostook Co; 3 %
A. NJ, local to Belfast Bangor ana
Skowhegan; l.02 noon. Watervilie;
247 P. M express to Waterville; thence
local to Belfast. Harmony. Dover ana
Foxcroft and Bangor and Mattawam-
keag: 1S1 P. NJ. Waterville and Bangor.
Sundays lis A NJ. $50 A. M. $40 L.
NJ, for Waterville Pittste!d an, Ban
ger.
Trains leave Augusta for Hallowe.,
Gardiner and South Gardiner at els. Sc
A. M, 80 Sis, so T.. M, HalicweN
and Gardiner only 4.C5 r. NJ. Gardiner
only sos A. NJ. daily except Monday.
NJ. l.. HARRIS, Gen'l. Pass. Agt.; ID. 2.
Douglass. Genl Mgr, Portland. Me.
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A verdict of S29S.14 for A. c. Da-
Wis OF Portsmouth, \. H., against the
Lewiston, Augusta G Waterville
Electric Railroad was rendered in
the supreme court. Auburn. Friday.
The suit was to recover $1,000 for
damages alleged to have been re-
.ceived in a collision of two cars at
Hallowell, Aus. 20, 1917, in which
Is passengers were injured. One Of
the cars was set on fire. The COM
pany admitted liability and the only
question was the amount of dam
ouac
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Feminine Finance.

He-You must remember, dear, we are
just starting out in life and we must
economize.
she-But don't you think getting into
debt is the best way? Then wen have
t. economze.
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IFlNate Willlam PfelpS. son OF MT.
and Mrs. George Phelps formerly OF
Calais and now Of Eastport, has arrives
home from France. He enlisted with
the 55th Canadian Battalion and has
been in the service three years. He was
caught going over the top at Messines
by bullet which entered his right hip
and passing through his abdomen, went
down his left leg and out at the knee
He was unable to walk and was picked
up by stretcher bearers and sent back
10 "blighty' at EPSON. Surrey. He was
wounded so badly that he was in the
hospital two years and two months. His
case puzzled several English and French
surgeons and he was given up a q help
less cripple. Lieut.. Dolof of Waterville,
Me, who visited the hospital decided to
operate on him. and today, outside of a
pronounced limp, he can walk fairly
well
Ernest ". Cookson Of Mechanic Falls,
though just past the age when he woul /
be subject to draft, enlisted in the 9th
Company. Coast Artillery. the day war
was declared between the United States
and Germany He was first stationed
at Fort Mckinley, but went to France
in March. His grandfather was a Civil
war veteran. and his great-grandfather
fought in the Revolution. Mr.. Cookson
was born in Stetson. At the time Of
his enlistment he vas an empioye of
the Poland Paper Co.
Lowell Hodgdon, known at Sanford
for the last few years as Ely" San
ford's king of newsboys. is now pri-
vate in the Sd Company of Sanford,
Williams, Portland Harbor He is Is
years old and was born in Turner, Me.
He went to Sanford eight years ago.
A service flag. bearing So stars. in
honor of the men now at the front who
have been students at the Rumford
high school, has been presented to the
high school BY Miss Ella Dell lArles of
Rumford who was graduated from this
school in 1902. The flag will have two
stars added to it at once, in honor Of
Glendon Henry and Frank Lowe, (noyy
of Poland. but formerly for many years
Rumford resident), these two having
enlisted since the flag was ordered. The
flag was formally presented to the
school on Thursday at morning chapel,
by Walter Stearns, in behalf of Miss
Ames. who is clerk in the local post
office, and was unable to be present.
II is expected at the depot Of the Brit
tsh and Canadian recruiting mission at
Portland that at least a company will
be recruited during the week for the
Palestinian Jewish little" army which
will join the British forces in the drive
against the Turks and win the final
freedom of the Holy Land The men
will be sent TO Windsor ~ s. for uni
forms and preliminary training imme-
diately after signing up and will leave
with the regular contingents for Jeru-
salem.
George S. DeMott. IL, OF Bowdoin
College was Saturday recommended to
the Fourth Officers Training Camp al
Aver, Mass. DeMott. who is captain of
one of the companies in the Bow,Iofn
unit of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps, is considered one of the best
military students in college. When the
original contingent was recommended,
DeMott was underweight and a waiver
had to De secured from Washington be-
fore he could be recommended.
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NEWSHOESWON'1
HURT after THIS
Cincinnati man tells how to
shriyel up corns so they
lift out.

ouch :? This kind Of rough
talk will be heard less here in tow
II people troubled with corns will f.
low the simple 2cvice of this Cincit
natl authority, who claims that a feT
drops of a drug called freezone whe1
applied to tender. aching corn stops
soreness at once, and soon the corn
dries up and lifts right out without
pain.
He says freezone is a sticky sub
stance which dries Immediately and
never infames o, even irritates In
surrounding tissue or skin. A quartz
Of an ounce, which will cost very lii
tie at any drug store, is said to b.
sufficient to remove every hard o
soft corn or callus from ones feet
Millions CT American women will vel
come this announcement since the in
auguration Of the high heels.-Adv.