The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-08-18
The News of Brooks.

home Of Charles E. Bowen.
into the Will Emmons' house.
Miss Clara York of the York Hotel has re-
turned from short vacation.
Ira W. Bowden has been helping William
Gould during the haying season.
Miss Lula Stiles of Portland is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Stiles.
Our highways have been badly washed by
the heavy rains and are in terrible condition!
Elmer Thompson and friend are here from
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Huxford from Boston
have been visiting the family of his cousin, T
l. Huxford.
Mrs. Hattie Rowe has gone to Monroe to
make her home for a time at least with the
Gilmore family.
E. A. Carpenter and wife have returned
from trip to New York as the guests of the
Coe-Mortimer Co.
Charles Marden and wife of Belfast visited
their nephew, L. A. Bachelor, at the Sprout
Hill farm last Monday.
Mrs. Chas. S. Hobbs with her children is
spending month at Temple Heights at the
cottage of Nina Hobbs
Mrs Mabel Mathews and two children from
West Somerville, Mass, have been visiting the
family of Elmer G. Roberts
The mother of Will Swift of this town died
here last week after an illness of some months
from cancer of the stomach.
Haying is but barely finished here, but A
largely increased crop over that of the last
two years has been harvested
Bernard Staples who graduated from Shaw's
Business College last spring is still holding
down his job at Northeast Harbor.
The Brooks correspondent of The Journal
has been out in the country on a vacation
which accounts for the paucity of the Brooks
news.
Elmer q. Roberts, manager for the Hood
Creameres in Maine, has obtained an automo-
bile which he finds very convenient in his busi-
ness
Miss Avis Woods, who is teacher in the
Massachusetts schools, is visiting her parents
and other friends of whom she has manv in
this vicinity
Mrs. E. D. Bessey and sons. Charles D. and
John M, from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, are visiting
Grandpa Dow and it goes without saving that
he is delighted
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Jewell of South Da-
kota came to Brooks to see Mrs. JEWELS sis
ter Mary McTaggart, and got here a few
hours before she died.
Charles Knox and family have returned from
Boston, where he had employment the past
year, and will spend time on their farm, the
Leonard Rowe homestead.
Mrs. Charles Bracket and daughter Gale are
spending the summer with friends in Brooks.
They intend to pass the winter in Boston.
where Mr.. Bracket is engaged in business
Miss Lila Estes of Auburn is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Estes. She fin
ished course in a business college and ac-
cepted position that has held good for wear.
Robert, son of Mark S. Stiles, who finished
at Colby last spring, will enter the U. of M.
this fall. Robert is we'll bred, has good ability,
and ought to make somebody when he gets
well trained.
Chas. +. Files, our genial station agent, has
given up his job and gone away, much to the
regret of our people, for both he and his family
were thought very much of here and we re-
gret to have them leave US.
The body of Miss Emma Ellis, for some wears
a resident of this town, was recently brought
here for burial from Massachusetts, where she
had two brothers. She lived here for some
years with the family of Isaac feathers.
Mrs. Vesta Davis Higgins, who for some
years has been away with her husband, who is
an officer in the army, arrived in town last
week and was heartily greeted by her friends
here. Her various Notes of Travel have been
perused with pleasure by The Journal readers
Mrs. Denico, who recently died at her home
in Benton, was known in Brooks as Miss Abbie
Rich. She was the daughter of the late Ansel
Rich of this town and her girlhood was passed
here. The entire family were regular attend
ants at the Congregational church and had
many friends here. Mrs. Charles l.. Austin
was cousin and heir to some of her property
Rev. David Bracket has been sick and con-
fined to the house for over four weeks, a very
uncommon thing for him. His friends in the
charges where he has been preaching, in East
Dixmont, Jackson and North Monroe, last
week sent him postal shower of nearly 100
cards containing written messages of sympa-
thy and friendship, which in his weakness and
illness cheered him very much and which he
very highly appreciated. There We're also
letters and some money sandwiched in which
afforded material comfort to him and for
which he is deeply grateful. We all regret
the illness of Brother Bracket very much, for
he has long been one of our most useful and
highly honored citizens.
At 4 p. m. July 8, 1910, passed from single
blessedness to honeymoon thrice renewed
our highly respected friend and honored citi-
zen Leander Staples, whose fascinating quail
ties with the opposite sex are a matter not
only of tradition but of record. When he
HAPPENS to be unmarried there is always
female waiting and ready for the position of
and comforter for him. The re-
fined and accomplished lady from Portland
failed last season to make connection, without
doubt for the reason that the gallant Ieander