The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-08-31
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The News of Brooks

Mrs l.. A. Bachelder went to Northport last
Thursday for weeks outing.
c. o, Goodwin was at home from Portland
recently to visit his family here.
Mrs. Vesta D. Higgins has returned to Brooks
after some weeks spent with friends in Troy
and Unity.
Mrs. Rand and child of Bangor are visiting
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Brown of
this village.
Mrs. Will NJ. Welch of Auburn has returned
home after visit with her sister, Mrs A. E.
Kilgore of this place.
Mrs. Charles Bracket and daughter Gale re-
turned to Boston last Thursday after long
visit to the old home in Brooks.
Street Commissioner Stanley j. Roberts is
giving the State road coat of gravel, which is
great improvement in the village.
1t is expected that the Good Templar lodge,
which has been in vacation during the summer,
will be started up the first of September.
Mrs H. B. Taylor has returned from somer-
vile, Maine, where she went to visit her
mother, who is very i'll and not expected to
recover.
John Mannacia, formerly of Lowell, Mass,
has opened barber shop in the Young & Cox
building He had been in business in the city
for long time.
Mrs. Walter H. Young, who spent several
weeks at her old home in Liberty, is now at
home with the kids and the face of Walter is
wreathed with smiles.
The Congregational society, Sunday school
and friends. had a picnic and sociable in the
Emmons' Pines August 23d, which was much
enjoyed by all present.
In accordance with his usual custom M. j.
Dow spent the month of July at the old farm
and assisted in harvesting the hay. This he
has never missed during his entire life.
Miss Lana Forbes of Reading, Mass, who
has been visiting her father, Francis NJ
Forbes, and other friends in Brooks, has re-
turned home after a visit with friends in Bel
fast.
Mrs. Lindley Bailey and daughter have re-
turned to their home in birmingham, Mass,
after seasons stay here. They sold all of
their valuable real estate in this village before
leaving.
The death of Mrs. Clements of Monroe, or
Minnie Crosby as we knew her here, was a
great shock to her friends in this place, where
she was well known. For time she was clerk
in the store of Bin F. Stantial.
We are glad to learn that Mrs. L. C. Cilley is
more comfortable. She is, however still con-
fined to her bed and her condition is critical.
She recently received visits from Mrs. Frank
Fairbanks of Unity and her former nurse, Miss
very much.
Captain and Mrs. Marion Staples of Jop-
lin, Mo-, and Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Staples
of RockIand, Me-. visited Mr. and Mrs Leander
Staples of this village last week. The three
brothers were born and brought up in Belfast
Marion has been in Joplin, Mo- 81 years and
has seen the place grow from 1000 to 90, 900 in
habitants.
We were all glad to Mrs. A. f. Chase
who has been spending week at her home in
Brooks and calling upon her many friends here
In past years she was one of the central figures
in all of our social entertainments and we have
missed her very much. She now spends mo t of
her time at their home in Portland, where
their daughter Marie has business position.
The Brooks correspondent of The Journal
has been taking vacation of several weeks
and although things have been continually
happening in town they have not been report
ed for The Journal readers as usual and com
plants have begun to come in, not only from
local people but from those in other States
some of them long distance away. We fine
that people who leave the State like to have
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