The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-28
CHARLES A. PILSBURY,

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CHARLES A. P1LsBuRY, Bu Ea,s9E Manager sna
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS In advance, $500
wear; ST. 90 for six months; so cents for three
months.
ADVERTISING TERMS. For one square, one
inch length in column, so cents for one week
and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Speaking of new industries, why not
flying machine factory for Troy?
This refers to Troy, New York, but
why not Troy, Waldo county?
Hearst threatens to start newspaper
in Brooklyn if he is not elected Mayor OF
New York. Another yellow journal!
Which of the two evils is the least?
The sad end of Charles Mclean ought
to be warning to fakirs.
There is no end of fakirs. We have
them always with US.
When the writer was very small boy
he used to hear good deal about the
Gyascutus, but has never seen one. The
editor of the Atchison Globe sees things;
wonder if he has ever seen Gyascutus!
Statistics show that there was fall
ing off from 1907 to 1909 in the produc-
ton of alcoholic beverages of 2, 1864
barrels of beer and IA, 657, 1923 gallons OF
whiskey. Evidently somebody has stop
ped drinking.
There were SS7 divorces decreed in
Maine the past year against 7s7 for the
preceding year, an increase OF 100. The
LARGEST number of divorces was decreed
in Cumberland county, with Penobscot
county second, while the smallest num-
her was decreed in Knox county.
The Castine Village Improvement So
ciety was organized last week with W. A.
Hanscom as president and J. F. Rea as
secretary and treasurer. Castine is one
of the most beautiful places on the face
of the earth, rich in historic associations
and traditions, and in adding to its beauty,
and in other directions, the new society
will find much to do.
The settlement of the labor trouble IN
Brockton, Mass, which led to the w. l..
Douglass Shoe Company establishing
factories elsewhere has been settled
and the firm has closed its factory IN
Haverhill, where 300 hands were employ
ed, and consolidated the two factories IN
Marlboro. 1t is authoratively announced
that the factory in Springvale, Maine,
will be continued.
The New England Fruit show, which
was great success in every particular,
closed last Sunday night. The Boston
Globe of Monday said; Gone thing it has
demonstrated seemingly beyond doubt,
namely, that the soil, climate and tenn
perature of the six New England States
unite and combine to produce conditions
highly favorable for the cultivation of
orchard fruit of the apple, pear and
plum varieties.
At the regular dinner October goth of
the Boston Shoe Club, President Donovan
enlarged upon the Importance of the
shoe industry in Massachusetts and its
consequent need of publicity. "Massa
chusetts,'' he said, ''is too conservative.
This is an age of headlines. The time is
IL th;c o,,1
act accordingly, when We must take the
trade papers and newspapers into our
confidence and begin campaign of pub
licity Thomas F. Anderson, secretary
of the club, followed Mr.. Donovan in his
plea for publicity. Il believe in print
ers ink he said, ''the liberal use of
postage stamps, headlines and plentiful
advertising" Among the letters of re-
greet read by the secretary was one from
Ex-Governor Guild, who recently return
ed from a trip abroad. In concluding
his letter he said: ''Tell the club that
am living witness that the cities of
Europe recognize now at least that
American shoes mean best Shoes"
Three of the acts passed by the legis-
lature at its last session failed of becom-
ing law by the referendum, thus requir-
ing special election at cost of several
thousand dollars. These acts were the
bill to place in the same class as intoxi
eating liquor any beer for the sale of
which a federal license is required, the
Portland bridge bill and the act to divide
the town of York and establish the town
of Georges. The absurdity of calling
upon the people of the whole State to
vote on the York division case, a matter
of strictly local interest, and of which
the people at large know little or moth
ing, must be apparent to every one. 1t
is announced from Augusta that this
special election will be put off until next
spring, and perhaps until the next gen.
eral election This referendum properly
comes under the head of ''fool legisla-
ton" and no doubt there will be move
in the next legislature to repeal the law.
The Both annual convention of the
National w C. IT TT was ca1led to