The Republican journal., 1903-01-22
rHE NEWS OF BROOKS.

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| but is improving
Mrs. F. K. Roberts is said to be sick with
the mumps.
Mrs Charles Peavey, who has been very
sick, is cOnvalescent
Roscoe A. Jones is cutting a lot of hard
wood on the CHM place.
Charles H. Forbes has gone on the road
for manufacturing company.
Miss Evie Roberts, the new dressmaker,
is having plenty of business.
Miss Ethel Wood of Belfast spent Sunday
with her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Kilgore.
Mr.. Gould of Palmyra, the cattle buyer,
was in town Monday on business.
There were no preaching services at the
! church last Sunday and it seemed lonesome.
A. B. Stantial was in town Monday on
, business. He has sold his real estate here.
Walter l. Neal, the well known game
warden. called to see us in Brooks Tuesday.
| Mrs. E. C. Holbrook has been in poor
health all winter and does not get out any,
Mrs. Berry of Thorndike spent several
days recently at the Bessey homestead in
this village.
Shadrack Hall and wife were called to
Fairfield last week by the accidental death
of their grandson.
The members of Golden Crown Lodge, K
of P, were to have supper and installation
last Tuesday evening.
DIR. S. H. Chase, the dentist, is coming
here one week each month now while his
wife and daughter are at kent's Hill.
Kate Small has returned from Montague,
where she visited the family of Henry Gun
ningham, whose wife, "May Miller" has
been quite sick.
Mrs. Geo. Larrabee has returned from the
Eastern General Hospital at Bangor She
is somewhat improved but cannot yet walk
about
The little Hall boy who was killed by the
electrics in Fairfield last week was born in
this town. His father, Wilfred Hall, lived
here until within a few years.
Rushbrook Thayer and family called on
us Tuesday on their way from Aroostook
county to Swanville Some of the family
lived in Brooks and we were glad to meet
them.
Thomas West, who has lots of friends in
Belfast, has gone to Gardiner to spend a
few weeks. His wife works in the Augusta
shoe shop and they board with his sister
Tom is still unable to work
Norman McTaggart is cooking for the
woodsmen who are cutting the lumber on
the Newell and Lawrence lots in the tier
of lots next to Brooks. There are about
twenty in the crew, They are taken care
of by A. B. Payson at the Almon S. Forbes
place.
At the last regular meeting of Marsh
River lodge the question of changing the
time of the regular communications of the
lodge from evening to afternoon was con-
sidered The matter will be acted upon at
the next regular meeting and the attention
of the brethren outside of the village is
specially called to it.
Among the smart people of Maine should
be noted Mrs Elijah Nickerson, who is now
living IN BfOOkS WIFI ueT niece, MIS-. James
Grover. She is 96 years old and is as smart
and capable as lots of people who are get
ting their names into the papers nowadays.
Her sister, Kate Wiggin, some ten years
younger, is living with her.
representative of a corn canning fac
tory met our citizens last week and made
arrangements for putting the business in
here. 1t is sure thing if our farmers will
take hold and plant the necessary acreage.
With a creamery and corn factory here
there is no reason why farming may not
have brighter outlook in this vicinity.
Now is the time for every man with ID cow
and an acre of land to give lift
The farce 'sTurn Him out was given at
Good Templar hall last Saturday evening
with the following cast of characters: {:
Nobbs, NJ. J. Dow; Moke, Willie Austin :;
Roseleaf, Harry Brown; Julia, Belle Estes !;
Susan, Emma Ames, 1st Porter, Frank
Fogg End Porter, Ernest Simpson. Fol-
lowing the farce were the following tab
leaux: "Two Flower Girls Airline Estes
and Inez Fogg; "The Ten Virgins" with
song music by May Lou Huxford. Next
Saturday evening the Good Templars will
give the farce 'sFrom Down East" and a
good program.