The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-09-08

roscoe Staples, the junior nemDer OF Ine
firm of Simpson & Staples, harness makers,
Is Belfaster, who came to Rockland %
years ago and learned the trade of his broth
er Leander, also a Belfast boy, but who now
lives in Monroe and is well known to horse
men as the inventor and manufacturer of
the Staples halter, MIR. Staples has been a
member of the tirm 10 years. They do a
| general harness making and repairing busi-
ness, and carry a line Of trunks, bags, robes,
blankets, whips and.general horse goods, in
Guiding the Staples halter. Their place OF
business is 3G9 Main street.
| At the custom tailoring establishment OF
Knight & Hill, No. 313 Main street, VIM. A.
Hill was found-another ex- Belfast boy and
graduate of the job printing office OF the
late Geo. w. Burgess gooa many edl-
tons Of the Belfast Advertiser were. worked
off, on the old hand press IA token an hour)
by the writer while Billy ''roled the forms.
Mr.. Hill came to Rockland 20 years ago and,
like Mr.. Shea, changed his business. For
IS years he has been a member of the firm
and during that time their trade has con-
stantly increased Their work is the better
tious attention to every detail, keeping well
abreast of the styles and using the best ma
terials, coupled with reasonable prices have
given this firm reputation which enables
| them to be in constant receipt OF orders
| from every section of the Union and the Do
| minion of Canada. They employ from % to
| 80 hands.
| DR.. F. E. Folletts dental rooms at No.
299 Main street are patronized by first-class
and constantly increasing clientage. The
| doctor is a son of Frank A. Follett of Bel
| fast and a graduate of the Boston Dental
| college. He was for several years with DR..
G. P. Lombard, and had rooms in Searsport
| for DR.. L. few years. He came to Rock
land in 1892, and by his skill, ability,
and close attention to business has built up
| highly successful practice.
Austin C. Philbrick's clothing store is a
| Rockland enterprise built up and managed
| by Belfast energy and business ability. MIR.
| Philbrick's first work was as clerk in the
| hardware store of his brother-in-la law, the
late Geo. o. Bailey of Belfast. He came to
RockIand 25 years ago and entered the store
| OF y. +. w OOu. Soon dltcr he DeCdluo d
partner and at Mr. Woods death, years
ago, bought his interest. He carries a large
line of clothing, hats, caps and gents fur
nishing goods, and does large business.
One of the large drug storss of the city,
that of Willard G, Pooler No. 425 Main
street, should be counted among the enter
prises of which Belfast men are at the head.
i 4 F,>,
A 4, Howes 4 Co. of this city, and proved
himself to be a careful aud experienced dis
penser of drugs and compounder of pre-
scriptlons. Since coming to Rockland he
| has not not only shown himself to be trust
worthy druggist but patriot as we'll. He
enlisted at the first call for volunteers for
the Spanish war ard went w.sch his Regi-
ment wherever duty called. He is now in
Augusta waiting to De mustered out.
| George Il. Copeland is in the same busi-
! ness in RocIlland that he formerly carried
on in Belfast, but on a somewhat larger
scale. He came to Belfast Is years ago and
| bought out the and 10 cent store of A. H.
Trafton, which years later he sold to
Walter H Richards and then moved to
|
H. C. Smith, and i years after bought out
I the Bicknell Tea Co A year later fire in
the building damaged his ) and 10 cent stock
and store, and he moved the business TO No.
| 39S Main street, He has gradually added to
/ his lines of goods until he now keeps a
variety store, including a large line of
| crockery.
| A business which may perhaps be includ-
ed in this summary is that of Mrs. Helen
Rhoades, formerly Mrs. W. P. Clark, hair
worker, No, 400 Main street, she having been
in Belfast portion of the time for several
| years. Her store is well-stocked and she
has a large patronage. She has been in
Rockland y years.
Ferd G. Singh, who will be remembered
as having barber shop in the McClintock
block several years ago, has very pleasant
and finely fitted esta ablishment in the same
j llne on Main street.
Leaving Main street and going out near
the Knox 4 Lincoln depot two large florist
establishments are seen. They are owned
and carried on by Albert W. Cunningham,
on Park street, and his sister, Mrs. Augusta
G. Mather, on Pleasant street. The two
| places are very much ALIKE in their details,
each located on a corner with greenhouses
on two streets, 16 feet wide and from so to
100 feet long, and an Office at the juno
ton Mrs. Mather has been in the business
about 10 years and Mr.. Cunningham built
his houses years ago. The proprietors are
a son and daughter of Capt. Henry W. Cum
ningham, who was captain of the Belfast ar
tillery company at the outbreak of the Re-
bellion and went into service as captain of
| Company A, 4th Maine infantry. He was
afterwards promoted to Major and Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the 10Th Maine. After the
war the family moved to Virginia, but
''Dighton" and his sister finally returned to
Maine. Mr.. Cunningham's wife, who was
formerly of Bangor, has dressmaking es-
tablishment at No 320 Main street
Going through a back street from the
greenhouses, and thinking of the number of
Belfast boys who had been found in high
positions in Rockland, the journal man was
suddenly balted by hearing his name called
apparently from the sky Looking up he
found another Belfast boy in the highest
position in which he had found any. TYLER
FL. Bird was suspended from cable repair