The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-01-11

I The plant of the Sherman Leather
! board mills in East Belfast was great
! improved by moving and consolidating
the buildings and continued to do larp,
and prosperous business.
| A. S. Heal did large business il
granite and marble at his works OF
Bridge street and has an office and sales
room on High street, formerly occupied
by Mark Woods & Son. Hutchin.
Brothers, marble and granite workers
Front street, had their usua. God rur
of custom.
OF other local industries not here
enumerated it may be said that all had {
successful year.
BUSINESS CHANGES
! Thomas Berry sold his restaurant
on Phoenix Row to William Jellisor
and Percy Greer, who took possession
January 10th.
Maynard S. Bird & Co. of Rocklanc
bought the controlling interest in the
Waldo Trust Co. in January and Her
bert 7. Field succeeded Frank R. Wig.
gin as treasurer. Elon B. Gilchrest sue.
ceeded Mr.. Field as assistant treasurer
at the Belfast Savings Bank. Nav
9th VIM. H. Quimhy and Horace Chen.
cry bought the Bird holdings in the
Waldo Trust Co. and Mr. Quimby sue
ceeded Mr.. James H. Howes as presi.
dent.
The Waldo Telephone company moved
early in March from the Pythian block,
Phoenix Row, to new quarters in the
Savings Bank building, and later the
Western Union Telegraph office was
moved to the new office of the Tele-
phone Company.
Ralph D. Southworth bought the
Henry Staples stock of clothing and fur
nishing goods in March and after selling
off the stock renovated the store and
put in up-to-date fixtures and large
stock of new goods.
Gray & Hoffses pened the Speciality
Suit Parlors in Masonic Temple. Mrs.
Hoffses withdrew from the firm later
and Mrs. Gray continued the business in
/ the same rooms.
/ Orlando Titherington moved his ma
chine shop in March from the Mansfield
block to the Lane store, so called, at the
foot Of Main street.
|. V. Miller opened a millinery and fur
store in Howes block in April.
The Standard Oil kerosene and gaso-
from the lower bridge to lot bought by
foot of Main street and an office was built
there.
James H. Howes was elected President
OF the Belfast Savings Bank in June to
succeed Mr.. R. F. Dunton, resigned.
Ralph H. Cunningham opened groc-
cry st re at the Head of the Tide in
June.
Edgar L. Harding and Colby A. Rack
mt bought the Albert c. Burgess and j.
W. Jones hardware stores in August
The Burgess store was closed and the new
firm continues in the Jones store.
In September M. R. Knowlton sold his
restaurant to Leon Clayford of Oakland,
who moved to Belfast.
In September Ralph L. Cooper bought
the interests of Messrs. Freeman B.
and Alexander Cooper of Newport in the
Cooper & Co. lumber business.
The Swan & sibley Company sold their
coal and wood business in September to
W. H. Widdefield and Clyde B. Holmes,
who continue the business under the
name of the Consumers Fuel Co. Later
the Swan 4 Sibley Co. was dissolved,
Mr.. Edward Sibley retiring, and the COM
pany was reorganized as the Swan Whit
ten-Bickford Co., composed of VIM. B.
Swan, Frank L. Written and Chas. S.
Bedford
H. J. Wood, Optometrist, opened an
office in Masonic Temple
Carleton Doak, ESQ.,, moved his law
office from Masonic Temple to the
Howes block, Main street.
Early in October Miss M. H. Hilton
began a business in ladies furnishings.
novelties, ETC., in half of the millinery
store of E. K. Brier & Co.
In November c. L. Wright closed out
his small wares in the store on the Church
street side of the Opera House block and
moved his stove business to store in
the same block or Beaver street.
J. A. McKeen & Son sold their truck
ing business to the Belfast Trucking Co.,
composed of Guy L. Peavey, James H.
Post and Jesse Staples. Mr.. McKeen
continues as the local agent of the Stand
ard Oil Co.
Harvey S. Gray closed the Revere
House in October and opened lunch
room on Main street.
Miles S. Jellison sold his clothing bust
ness in the Coliseum building to Bracket
Il Walker OF Brooks, who later moved to
the Herald building, and Mr.. Jellison re-
sumed manufacturing for the J. B. Pear
son & Co., Boston.
H. Davis of Rockland leased what was
formerly the Follett store in Opera
House block and opened S, 10 and 25
cent store Dec. 4th.
The H. l.. Written Co. succeeded the
firm of Written Brothers, grocers, Nov.
10, with H. L. Written president and r.
Clifford Ness, treasurer.
Addison F. Pendleton leased the United
Laundry, S. A. Parker continuing as
agent of the Hoyt Express Co.
H. c. Buzzell, ESQ.,, moved from
Searsport to his residence on Court street
and opened law office in Pythian block.
THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK.
The two creameries and the corn can
ming factory are important factors in
promoting the agricultural interests of
Waldo county. They not onlyfurnish cash
markets, but the corn grower has album
dant fodder for his silo and the milk pro-
Queer has the milk after the butter fat
is removed to feed his pigs, and both
tend to increase the stock kept and thus
add to the amount of fertilizer. The DO
tato crop this year was profitable one,
making up for the losses of 1910. Al
though good part of the crop was sold
early in the season at prices lower than
prevailed later, none were sold at loss.
Other crops paid well, and eggs were
higher than ever before. There is an
awakened interest in orcharding. which
is already showing good results.