Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-04
Maine GOSSIP
Americas Business

Americas Business
(By Elizabeth Powers NIerrill.)
1T isn't my business" America cries.
What those other nations do.
have struggled and bled and given my
The worst Of the war seen through.
1 must not entansle myself with Allies
Must protect myself you know.
The new world is not Of the old world a
have ave finished: let it co."
MY Allies must be brave. look out for
themselves,
Guard the Little Nations. too.
1t is their own business. the oceans be-
They know what they want to de-:
Q this Monroe Doctrines part Of my
What would Georg. Washington say
II he could see how my head has been
We must live as We have. say
You nave put your hand to the plow.
III is your own business. America,
Before the great war and now.
God never created distinct blood OF men,
One over the sea; one here.
He made the whole world Of his very
The ow worI HIG TO- His heart i. dear"
ut is YOUR own business. America,
Put your politics aside
Heal the wounds of the world and bind
broken lands
Shield them from woes that. he.ide.
II you have the power and strength
that you think
IT, at last. you understand.
Remember. that there is no Old World
One Honor. One Truth. Gods Land:'
A Saco lunch room proprietor said
Saturday that his daily receipts up t.
the time the mills shut down were from
SIS to $50. whereas now they are less
i!ariy affected.
Miss Elizabeth n. Lee, formerly Of
Brunswick. lie &c Of Miss Caroline Let,
was one of the D American women in
Japan, who were summoned Nv the
American Red Cross to take charge 81
the relief WORK for refugees in Siberia.
Miss Lee could not be released from.
her responsibilities in Japan and was
unable TO respond to the call She is en-
gagged in missionary educational work,
being the principal OF one of the lead
ing girls high schools in Southern
Japan. The school is now berg en-
larged and rebuilt at the cost of s2no,oeo
Miss Lee graduated from the Brunswick
High school n 1896 and from Mt. Holy
oke College in 1910, and is now n mis-
sioEary of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sion Society of the Methodist church.
Sheriff H. A. Roberts of Sanford
turned over to the county treasurer last
week more than $oooo which was real.
lied from a sale Of booze cars" cap
tured by the deputies.
Lieut.. Sumner Sewall returned this
week to the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William D. Sewall of YORK
Hall. Bath. after an absence If tvs
years in France. He first went over
seas as a member OF an American am
bulance unit. but after completing hi
enlistment entered the American avia
ton service ard was credited with
bringing down seven enemy machines.
He has made no plans for the future.
The arrival Of rev combination hose
and chemical auto truck with pump :;
soon expected from the factory to Bath.
When it does arrive it will take the
place of the present NJ on Water ST.
and that wagon will be transferred
either to the North or South Ends,
while an cd horse-drawn combination
wagon. which is being motorized. viii.
be placed at the opposite end.
A welcome arrival at Portland
Wednesday was the coast patrol cutie,
Ossipee after two years in foreign wat
ers. where submarines constituted a
serious menace to all kinds of craft
Despite encounters the vessel had ar.
row escapes in cruising 6l.oCo miles in
performance Of important missions
Capt. Munter was her commander when
she sailed. during her absence. and is
still serving in that capacity. This ship
will resume patrol Of the Maine coast
with headquarters here as the sailing
port for trips principally to the east.
ward.
YES. Mrs. w. c. Mckinney OF
North Ansop will beat that Ridlon-
vile egg story. She has 20 r. 1. Reds
Matched last May, and year old hens
that laid 423 eggs in January.
WHITEFIELD