The Republican journal., 1911-08-24

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Work was begun last Monday on an addition
to Odd Fellows block on Beaver street, to con
meet with the store of James H. Howes and t.
be used by him as a show room for ready to
wear clothing. 1t will be one story building
% by 35 feet, starting from point feet bach
of the Bean store, occupied by J. w. Ferguson
& Co. Frank H. Hoag has the contract TO,
the foundation and Weymouth Bros of Stock
! ton for the building.
| The opening of the band concert on school
house common last Thursday evening was de-
layed by the fire alarm, which called off some
of the band boys, and it was after o'clock
when the first selection was given large
audience had assembled and was rewarded for
waiting by taking program. As an interlude
the many automobiles footed their horns in
turn, their varying tones creating much
amusement. These open-air concerts are a
| feature of the summer season which would be
greatly missed if discontinued
| week or more ago man went from house
to house in this city offering needles for sale.
| At one house, where the invariable rule is to
buy only from local dealers, he naturally made
| no sale, but few days later package of
needles was received through the mail with a
! request that the pay for them be sent or the
needles returned. They were returned at a
cost of two cents and an envelope, although
we do not consider the recipient under any
obligation to go to this trouble. There were
no doubt other like cases in town.
SHORE PARTY. Messrs. Ralph and Lew
ellyn Strout of East Belfast gave shore
party near the "brick yard last Friday even
ing to the following young ladies' Misses
Edith Strout and guests, Villa and Bertha
Tardy of Foxcroft; Abbie O. Stoddard and
guest, Cora Rouliard of Boston, who are tent
ing near the Strout home; Edith Shelton and
Isabel Towle Steamed clans, crackers, confee
tionery, etc, were served and all made merry
around large bonfire. One of the young la.
dies was requested to light the fire in a GER
tain place near which was a large skyrocket,
that Immediately started skyward: All pres
ent report delightful time.
aston were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Merriam last week .. Carl Cole of Camden
visited his mother recently. :. Mrs. Anna
Bowden and her daughter Gladys of Taunton,
Mass, are visiting at Irwin Jacksons. Mrs.
W. s. Jackson of Sanford is visiting at Alfred
Jacksons Mrs. Young and daughter of
Frederictown, N. B., are visiting her sister,
Mrs. Leslie Payson =. Joseph Shea of Boston
is visiting at Henry Wentworths -. Mrs.
Della Hallowel and Miss Mildred Stevens of
Brockton, Mass, were guests of Mrs. F. t.
Wentworth last week. =. Mrs. Annie Pitcher,
Miss Mile Mitchell and Miss Airline Walton
were recent guests of Annabell Underwood.
-. Mrs. A. P. Mansfield was guest lately of
Mrs. j. F. Sheldon. Mrs. William Davis
from Massachusetts, has been visiting her
brother, Delbert Robertson. Leslie Payson
has bought fine pair of colts of Mr. Aver
-. Delbert Robertson lost nice COW last week.
WEST BELFAST. party of thirty attended
clam bake on the east side last Sunday and
all report a good time . Carrie Newcomb is
on the sick list, but is better at this writing.
She is attended by DR.. Tapley Mrs. Ada
Morton of Portland is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Nancy Mudgett Gilbert Ellis and fam
lily Of bingham, Mass, have been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Hatch, in Morrill,, and calling on
friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Fred Toothaker
returned last week from visit in Amherst, N.
S., her old home :. Ruth and Winfred Sar
gent of Lawrence, Mass are visiting their
uncle, George B. Dyer. Daniel Whitmore of
Hampden visited at Leslie Miller's the last of
the week. -. DR.. w. B. Hunt of Bridgewater,
Mass, arrived Sunday morning to spend few
days at the Hayford farm .. Hugh and Harold
Hayford, and Sarah Crib of Beverly, Mass,
arrived last week for ten days visit with
their brother Ralph Hayford. Mrs. Clara
Mosher has been called to Bangor by the ILL
ness of her daughter, .Alva Mosher and
daughter Alice of China visited his nephew.
Ralph Hayford last week and attended the
Belfast fair.
FIRE ON THE WATER FRONT. 1t is matter
for general congratuation that Belfast has
escaped what might have been under other
conditions one of the most disastrous fires in
her history fortunately avcrted by an abund-
ant water supply, the absence of high wind,
and, last, but by no means least, the very
prompt response of the Belfast fire depart
ment to an alarm about 7.30 p m. last Thurs
day from box "a. dense smoke was rising
from the water front and the first report was
that the fire was at the Belfast Fuel & Hay
Co. 1t proved, however, to be in shed in the
Cooper lumber yard with only roadway be-
tween that and the Front street building of
the former C mpany, used as stable, store
house and office. The shed was open at the
sides for storing dimension lumber, with a
shingled roof, and was filled overhead with
shingles. The fire was in some baled hay in
the upper end 1t appears that the hay was
consigned to the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co., and
was hauled in that afternoon by James Whit
comb of Morrill,, who finding no one at either
place put the hay under the shed and went
home. The origin of the fire remains mys-
terry. The hay was baled with wire, which
prevented it from burning freely, but it is
practically total loss. Many of the shingles
were badly burned and the supports of the
shed nearly burned away, while the roof was
but little damaged. The loss will amount to
several hundred dollars.