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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

Among the patriotic young men Of
kennebec county who were in the
service OF the United States during
the World war. the four brothers
whose pictures are shown herewith
are deserving Of mention. They are
the four sons of Theodore HAYES of
Chelsea. who himself. when the need
Tor shipyard workers was urgent
leased his farm in that town and en-
tereo the employment of Uncle Sam
~ inc portsmouth Navy Yard, Kit
.es' Ae. Three of the brother-Da-
vid. Walter and Fred-were fana
stiI are) in the naval service. while
warren, the youngest Of the quartet
chose to enlist in the army. All of
these boys served with credit
throughout the war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
POSLAM BRINGS
QUICK COMFORT
TO ANGRY SKIN

when angry itching skin e,tA.
shrUgsa every nerve Of your body fsr
and aIlay all inflammation. Lear nv,
emcient Posiam Is. what splendid helm
II can render in healing eczema. ala
posing OF rashes. pimpies, acne, scalp
s s, and Ike disorders. The test L 10
appiy Poslam at night to a small AZ
iected surface and In the morning 10
LOOK Tor Improvement. The effect OF its
concentrated healing energy shows
write to emergency Laboratories. ~
West 9Th St.. New York City.
Urge your skin TO become ciearee.
freeher, better by the daily use % poos
Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

David 8. Hayes was in the naval
service long before the war broke
out, having enlisted in 1911. During
his first enlistment he was attached
TO the dreadnought Florida, later be-
ing transferred to the Torpedo Sta
ton. Newport, r. I. During the war
he was stationed at the American
submarine base at Ponta Del Gada,
Azores Islands. After hostilities
ceased. his ship. the Tonapah, was
sent TO Lisbon. Portugal, and various
Mediterranean ports. From Constan-
tinople Mr.. Hayes received his trans
fer home. and has just returned to
duty after a three months leave of
absence passed in Augusta and Chel-
sea- His present rating is chief
storekeeper.
Fred A. Hayes enlisted in the navy
in 1917 and throughout the war was
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
worth by Rev. Rupert B. Matthews.

worth by Rev. Rupert B. Matthews.
formerly Of Belfast. Mr.. Cottrell
served In the Naval reserves and was
stationed on Mt. Desert.
Ten barrels Of sugar were recent
~ sold in Belfast grocery in a
few hours. men. women and children
standing in line. Owing to the large
number in the store at one time and
the excitement OF getting the sugar
the glass In two show cases was
broken and other goods injured in
the crush,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

the State Conference Of Charitis
and Corrections today. He also de
nounced the commercial exhibition
of films showing the effect Of dis
ease. The delegates were entertain
ed at luncheon when Mayor Charles
Clarke. A T. Laughiin and Roeef
T. Whitehouse spoke. This evenin'
DR.. Guy Fernald of Massachusetts,
spoke on the situation in Maine Wit
regard TO the feeble minded and u
Forrest Tyson OF Augusta on. ps!
chopathic persons. About 100 dele
gates registered today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

will pay the farmers over $4,000
dollars for apples; will pay the farm
ers for products $500. 1000 this year:
has wholesale groceries, feed, candy.
boots and shoes to the amount Of a
million dollars a year: employs over
1000 of its I'VE thousand population
in the factories; has 5000 popula-
ton and bank deposits Of over 1--WE
million" It's slogan is Belfast, the
biggest little city in Maine"
Don't Miss Your Train Monday
Belfast citizens and visitors viii
have to be careful or they will miss
their trains on Monday, Sept. 20,
for the fall schedule goes into eff
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

feet on that day. There is no change
in the early morning train. however.
which leaves as usual at Gas; the
afternoon train win leave at 1.1o,
instead Of 2.35. The incoming trains
win arrive at 10 A. NJ. and 5.se p.
N. All mails should be in the post
ONCE not later than 1916 for the out
going afternoon train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26

All great expression. which, on
superficial survey. seems so easy
well as so simple. furnishes. after
while. to the faithful observer, II
own standard by which to apprec'
ate it.-Nargaret Fuller.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
DRESDEN

SoUTH-Mrs. Sybil Houdlette and
Mrs. Emma Hatch were the guests
Of Mrs. Charles Lilly one day last
week.
Edward Chapman passed the week
end with relatives In Bath.
Arthur Siegars passed the week
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
Opposes Teaching
Sex Hygiene In Schools

Portland. Sept. 2S--Dr. EusSns
Kelley Of Boston strongly opposed
the teaching of sex hygiene in the
public schools in an address before
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
BELFAST

When the newly organized Ameri.
can Legion Of Honor elected Alton n.
johnson q delegate to the State
meeting in Bangor it did not know
that he was planning to make the
trip q wedding trip. He did however
and when he left on the bus wednes-
day morning for Bangor Miss Ruth
Coombs. r. n, the pretty little nurse
to whom his engagement was an
nounced soon after his return from
France, went with him, not even her
mother and sister knowing of her in.
tention to set married on that day.
She pretended she was going for a
days shopping. On Thursday morn.
ing q wire was received stating that
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton n. johnson were
on their honeymoon and would be
home In about ten days.
Miss Coombs resigned her position
q superintendent Of the Waldo Coun.
u hospital few weeks ago to marry
Corporal johnson. her sweetheart Of
High school days. While he was
battling In France she was doing val.
liant work at home caring for the
civilians who were stricken with In.
fliensa. Now they viii settle down
IN cosy little home in Bay View
street when they return from their
honeymoon.
During the epidemic Of fiu, Miss
coombs worked untiringly night ana
day ana her services were recognised
by the Belfast city government.
which through Mayor wescott pre-.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-26
: Supreme Court

The grand jury Of the waldo Coun.
ty supreme judicial court, which went
into session on Tuesday at l1.30, an
ished its deliberations Wednesday
afternoon, reporting the finding Of
-FOUR indictments. AS each Of the re.
spondents was confined in the county
JAIL. these were made public as fol-
lows:
Arthur P. Barnes Of swanville, for
larceny.
Albert F. Maher Of winterport. ma.
iicious mischief.
Emery Larrabee. Monroe, larceny
Gears Nickerson. SeArsport, assault
The case of Carl r. Fernald ~
Beals and Walker took up the entire
day on Wednesday. going to the jury
Thursday forenoon about 1850. II
was q suit brought to recover for
team hire In numbering In Harmony
ana Bingham. The verdict for the
plaintiff for e1sl.la. Defendant has
filed q motion for new trial.
In the case Of Bert w. Clifford ~
inhabitants OF Troy. o non suit was
entered.
Reginald r. Cottrell and bride. for.
merry Miss Ruth Thomas Goodwin 81
ellsworth. have taken the house "a
Race street owned ny his father ~and
formerly occupied. by Levi Hogees
ana family. Afr. ana Mrs. Co{frofl
were married on August 3ara IN Ells-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Italy, the Worlds Most
Famous Source for Both
Art and Building Marble

Italy Is one of the worlds most ia.
nous sources Of supply for both art
and building marbles, and marble.
granite and building stones are the
common materials used for buildings
in that country. Venice Is a f1reprOof
city, built of stone Of Istria and mar
BILE; and the foundations and first
courses, at least, of all palaces, pub
lie and municipal buildings, govern
ment and business edifices are OF
these materials.
The most important quarries In the
Veneto are at and near Verona, the
Veronese red and yellow marbles hav.
ing been favorite building stones since
the time when the Coliseum at We
roma was constructed. For building
they rank next to the stone of Istria
in popularity, and are true marbles,
while the stone of Istria is not true
marble, although very hard lime
stone, that is much used in Venice
because it resists the action of salt
water.
Besides their value for construction
the Veronese marbles are in great de-
mand for decorative work. Among the
names Of the several varieties OF
Veronese marbles are white nembror
coral pink, white peach, partridge eye,
yellow snail, yellow azure, and para
disc.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Only One-Fifth of Hens
Egg Is Nutritious; Much
of Substance Is Water

In a hens egg only one-ffth of the
substance is nutritious. One-ninth
is refuse, and the greater portion,
about two-thirds, is water, according
to authority.
White-shelled eggs are not so good
as yellow ones, for they contain a
trifie more water and less fat.
Judged by the amount of nutriment'
goose's egg is the most valuable,
next in order are ducks, guinea fowls,
hens, turkeys, and plovers' eggs.
Eggs contain a large quantity OF
sulphur, which is purifying to the
blood and good for the complexion.
To get the best egg you must feed
your fowl on grain. And to cook 1t in
the most digestible way you must not
boil the water. Heat the water to
$50 degrees and leave the egg In 1t
for ten minutes. You will then digest
every morsel. But If you boil it for
three minutes no less than one-twelfth
of 1t will fail to be digested. Thus.
if you eat two eggs boiled at 212 de-
grees every day you waste five dozen
in a year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Familiar "Hoss-Shoe" Game
Proves a Magnet for Many,
Despite the Call to Duty

The custom of using hOrseshoes in
stead of the large, flat metal rings
with which the game of quoits is pro-
fessionally played was ancient when
Joseph Strut wrote his "Sport and
Pastimes of the People of England"
we'll over a hundred years ago, and,
according to a traveller in modern
New England, they are still so used in
that part of the world. The traveller
tells of seeing two Maine farmers
meet early one morning in the road
in front of a farmhouse. "Pl play
you a game of hoss-shoes," suggested
one. "I,ll play you just one game"
said the other. "I've got lot of work
to do today" So they began playing,
and when the traveller passed that
way again late in the afternoon they
were still at 1t. They had been play
ing horseshoes all day, and the farm
er's wife confided to the traveller, not
altogether with admiration, that they
hadn't stopped even for dinner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Equipment Necessary and
! Processes for SiNering
| Familiar Looking-GIass

There are several processes for sill
kering mirrors, the simplest of which,
perhaps, is to provide a large fiat
stone table and spread upon it evenly
q sheet of tinfoil without crease or
blemish. This is covered uniformly
Ito a depth of one-eighth inch with
mercury. The plate of glass, perfect
Nv cleansed of all grease. and impur-
ities. is floated in the mercury care
fully so as to exclude air bubbles. 1t
Is then pressed down by loading with
weights in order to press out the
mercury witch remains fluid. After
about twenfy-four hours it may be
raised on fts edge to harden, and
should be finished in few weeks.
/ Another method involves the use of
a solution made as follows: Mix one
ounce nitrate of silver, three ounces
water, one ounce liquid ammonia and
three ounces spirits of wine. Filter
after solution has stood three or four
hours. To every ounce Of the solution
add one-fourth ounce sugar dissolved
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Passed Up as a E'Runt,"
Young SchaIk Developed
Into a Great BaCkStop

Back in 1910 Frank Navin heard of
kid catcher whose backstopping,
running and hitting were startling in
habitants of small Illinois city which
had a club in bush league.
The Tiger president Immediately dis
patched one of his hired manhunters
to look at the player. The scout liked
the catcher, but did not let his enthusi-
asm get the better of him because the
youngster was hardly five feet five
inches tall and of slight build. Who
ever heard Of runt like that being
able to stand up under the fire expect
ed of major league pitchers?
In the meantime equally favorable
reports were being received Of another
minor league catching star whose play
attracted much attention in the Texas
league. The same scout looked at this
catcher.
It finally came time for showdown.
Mr.. Navin could get both catchers for
reasonable prices, but in the meantime
he agreed with the travelling represen-
tative that the kid catcher in Illinois
was probably too slightly built and he
took the one with the Texas club, who
was a big man and also looked like a
valuable prospect.
The one he picked was Jack Onslow,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
"What Is MANI"
Interesting Answer Dealing Wit
Physical Makeup

A man weighing $50 pounds will con-
tain approximately $500 cubic feet OF
gas-oxygen. hydrogen and nitrogen
in his constitution, which at 80 cents
thousand cubic feet would be worth
$3.50 for Illuminating purposes, as
SertS a writer in the Electrical Ex-
perimenter. He also contains all the
necessary fats to make a 15-pOund
candle, and thus together with his
$500 cubic feet of gases, he possesses
considerable Illuminating possibilities.
His system contains twenty-five pounds
and ten ounces Of carbon, or enough to
make $50 dozen, or $3.50 lead pencils.
There are about fifty grains of iron in
his blood and the rest of the body
would supply enough Of this metal to
make one spike large enough to hold
his weight. A healthy man contains
fifty-four ounces of phosphorus. This
deadly poison would make 100000
matches or enough poison to kill 500
persons. This; with two ounces Of
lime, make the stiff bones and brains.
No difference how sour a man looks,
he contains about sixty Jumps Of sugar
of the ordinary cubical dimensions, and
to- make the seasoning complete, there
are twenty spoOnfuls of salt. If
man were distilled into water, he
would make about thirty-eight quarts,
or more than half his entire weight.
He also contains great deal of starch,
chloride of DOtaSh magnesium sui
phur and hydrochloric acid in his won
derful human system. Break the
shells Of 1000 eggs into huge pan or
basin, and you have the contents OF
man from his toenails to the most
delicate tissues of his brain. And this
is the scientific answer to the question,
"What is man?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Public Asked to Abstain
From Unnecessary Travel
"a, to European Countries


The state department has reiterated
it's request that the public abstain for
the present from all unnecessary
travel to European countries. The de-
partment asserts that applications for
passports to these countries were be-
ing received in such large and daily
increasing numbers that it had been
deemed necessary Ito emphasize the
fact that passports cannot be issued
for Great Britain, France, Switzerland.
Belgium or Italy unless positive docu-
mentary evidence is furnished by appli-
cants which will satisfy the depart
ment of the urgent necessity for visits
to those countries"
Business houses and in some cases
relief organizations have applied for
passports not in good faith, state
ment by the department said. In some
casee these passports have been issued
before the bad faith was discovered,
but It was said that all firms found
to have misstated the facts would be
blacklisted.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
THE CHAPERON

l take my chaperon to the play
She thinks she's taking me-
And the gilded youth who owns the box,
A proud young man Is he;
But how would his young heart be hurt
If he could only know
That not for his sweet sake I go
Nor yet to see the trfling show,
But to see my chaperon flirt.
Her eyes beneath her snowy hair
They sparkle young as mine;
There's scarce a wrinkle in her hand
ESQ delicate and fine.
And when my chaperon Is seen,
They come from everywhere
The dear old boys with silvery hair.
With old-time grace and old-time air,
To greet their old-time queen.
Ya.
They bow as my young Midas here
Will never learn to bow
(The dancing masters do not teach
That gracious reverence now;
With voices quavering just bit,
They play their old parts through,
They talk of folk who used to WOO,
or hearts that broke in flfty-two--
Now none the worse for wear.
And as those aged crickets chirp
watch my chaperon's face,
And see the dear old features take
A new and tender grace;
And in her happy eyes I see
Her youth awakening bright,
With all its hope, desire, delight
All. me! I wish that were quite
AS young-as gay as she!
Henry Cuyler Bunner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Britisher Reads Stars
and Sees New World War
to Begin in June 1926

There will be another world war be-
ginning in June, 1926, according to
writer in the British Journal of AS
trology. This prophet, who signs him.
self "Sepharial," asks for a serious
hearing, inasmuch as he claims to
have published a year in advance In
each case the exact date of the war
of 1914 and of the cessation OF hos
Titles.
1.-THE first phase of the next war;"
he writes, twill begin with Turkey,
whose perfidy will lead to its final
overthrow in 1922. This time Prus-
sian intrigue will dominate the posi-
ton in the near East, affecting Greece,
Turkey and Russia. But, according
to my calculations, the great crisis
will not be reached until June, 1926.
''In this great war, which may be
regarded as Prussia's counter to the
war of 19a4-18, the malevolent forces
take their rise In Vienna and Berlin,
ascend to Petrograd. penetrate through
the whole of Russia and descend via
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19

present at the time Of treatment. One
application of sodium flouride to all
fowls on the farm will completely de-
stroy ali lice present.
Sodium fluoride may be applied as
dust or as dip. One pound of the
chemical win be enough to dust about
one hundred hens by the pinch meth
cd. This method, developed by the
United States department of agricul-
ture, is as follows: Hold the fowl by
the legs or wings with one hand while
with the other hand small pinch of
the chemical is placed among the
feathers next to the skin. Apply one
pinch on the head, one on the neck,
two on the back, one on the breast,
one below the vent, one on the tail,
one on either thigh, and one scattered
on the underside of each wing when
spread. Hold the chicken over large
shallow pan while busting, to recover
the material that might ordinarily be
lost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Shakespeare's Natal Day
April 23-Died Same Date

One of the few certainties about
William Shakespeare is the date of his
baptism, for it is inserted in the bap-
tismal register of his native town,
Stratford, in the following clear,
though ungrammatical fashion: "One
thousand five hundred and sixty-four,
April 26, Gulielmus, filus Joannes
Shakespeare" The question arises
when was he born. A fond prepos-
session in favor of st. Georges day
has led to the assumption that the
23d of April might be his natal day,
If three days are allowed to follow
between baptism and birth; accord
ingly, it has long been the custom to
hold festivals in his honor on April
%. His death occurred April %. 1915.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Cooking WINS Husbands,
According to Advice of
Friendly Marriage Clerk

The better a woman can cook, the
more chances she has of not only get
ting a husband, but of keeping him.
Such is the statement of a Wisconsin
marriage clerk, before whom thou
sands of couples sign the papers re-
CURED in making them man and wife.
The clerk also says poor cook has
much less chances of getting huS'
band than one who can't cook but IS
willing to learn. And he says "ali
women can cook If they try to-" He
bases these conclusions on the effects
of the culinary art in the game OF love
on inquiries he has made to thousands
Of brides-to-be when they appeared
before him.
Il have asked many future brides
If they could cook and in practically
every case they stated they could, and
when they said they could not, they
supplemented it with the statement
they were learning" he said.
That many men have been won by
good cooking was stated by the Bad
ger state marriage clerk as common
occurrence.
'"Time after time a man will come
for a license to wed his landlady or
the one who has cooked for him. 1t
is no uncommon thing to have them
tell me what a good cook they are go
ing to marry and even often invite me
to dine with them at their new home.
"They say music hath charms In
love, but it does not compare with
what a good meal will do to win
man."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
No Interpreter Needed If
You Are a Curling Fan

Curling, like its sister Scottish game
of golf, has it's own vocabulary. Here
is a dialogue in which a Scot in the
antipodes tried to illustrate the 'kittle
pints' of the game to his New Zealand
friends: What's pat-lid, Mr.. Mac.
pherson?" asked an inexperienced
member of the venerable "skip." '.Div
We no see, We gowk?" said the skip.
Eye ding yer stane cannily, but nae
sac fine as the hog 1t. Nae halfin' heg,
nor jinkiH turn, We ken, bat tentiely,
that it aye gangs snoovin' an straucht
as an elder'd walk, hog-snoutherin'
amang the guairds, till We fan on the
vera tee. When we've dune that, lad.
die, we've made a pat-lid, and We may
been NC gree"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Yankees in France Ate
Millions of Pounds of
4 Candy and CONNECTIONS

An idea of the huge amount Of
candy consumed by the army is
given in a war department an
nouncement. During the five months
from November IL, 1918, to April IL,
1919, there were purchased for ship
ment to the overseas forces 39,O94,375
pounds of candy, 5,350,000 packages
of sailed almonds and peanuts and
2,625.0O0 packages Of popcorn con-
lection.
There was shipped during the month
OF February $685. ,696 pounds Of candy.
This included not only candy and con-
fections for sale In the sales COM
missaries, but also the amount au-
thorized by the ration allowance. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
tuberculosis of the Eve.

A Cuban physician describes how
tuberculosis can manifest itself in the
eye, adding that on account of the
insidious onset the tuberculous process
is liable to escape recognition. The
ocular process is generally secondary,
but seldom secondary to pulmonary le-
sions. Any eye affection running a
chronic course is suspicious Of tubercu-
losis. Tuberculin treatment is the main
reliance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-06-19
Only 81 Persons to Each
Square Mile of the Earth

There are, as nearly as can be esti-
mated, 1,623,OOO,OOO persons on this
earth. AS the land area is fifty-two
and third million square miles, there
are, or the average, more than 20 acres
for each person. But at present the
population is very unevenly distrib-
uted.. Thus, in Asia, which has nearly
one-third of the earth's land surface,
there is one inhabitant to each ID
acres; in Europe, which contains only
fourteenth of the Whole area, there
is one person to every Z acres; In
Africa, one to A acres, and in Amer.
lea, one to 10; while on the entire
earth there are only 81 persons to
each square mile.