The Republican journal., 1912-05-02
SEARSPORT.

Pike Bros cooper shops are CLOSED ior
short vacation.
Mrs. FL. G. Curtis was in Bangor Monoay
calling on friends.
Mrs. ]. A. Weed and children arrived last
week from Limestone.
Miss Alice Blanchard arrived Tuesday from
New York for the summer.
W. T. Wheaton, the Nam street market
man, spent Sunday in Bangor.
Mrs. Albert Mason of Levant was IN town
last week visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. Lizzie Farnham laid at rest Monday
her faithful carriage horse, aged 20 years.
T.. w. Stockbridge, with crew of men, flush
ed the hydrants throughout the town Monday
Mrs. WIN. Parse left Monday for two
weeks visit with Mr. ard Mrs. Cecil Paine in
Bath.
Miss E. MAY Park of Boston spent Sunday
with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Fred N Park,
in Park
W. NJ. Brown, general superintendent of the
B. & A. railroad, was in town Saturday on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs George E. Engstrom are re-
ceiving congratulations the birth, April
18th, of
Mrs. D. S. Goodel left Monday for Allston,
Mass, called there by the death of her sister,
Miss Madge Bannon.
Potatoes took decided drop in Boston last
week, local shippers being offered sl.oo per
b,,eboI f,r epnt Groom Maintains
Miss Ruth Trundy arrived last week from
Boston and is the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs A. E. Trundy, Main street.
Sch Northland, Capt. Saunders, finished dis
charging Friday at the Peno1scot Coal COCK
and sailed the same day for Norfolk
Steamer Kennebec, Capt. Wainwright, ar
rived Monday from Newport News with 5,46o
tons of coal to the Penobscot Coal Co.
Mrs. Clara B. Eyre and children arrived Sat-
urday from Orange. N. j., and opened their
house on Union street for the summer.
Mrs. Prudence N Park arrived last week
from Brockton, Mass, where she spent the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. James Taylor.
Mr. Benjamin Franklin of Presque Isle was
in town last week andspent Saturday and Sum
day with Capt. and Mrs. H. G. Curtis on Water
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Duncan returned
Tuesday from 3 weeks visit with relatives
in Haverhill, Salem, Concord, Everett and Bos-
ton, Mass.
Mrs. James T. Erskine land daughter, Miss
Harriet M. Erskine, who have been visiting
MIR. and Mrs. Dana Dutch in Waban, Mass, re-
turned home Friday.
Mrs. A. E. Trundy, who has been seriously
ill, and who underwent an operation last week,
is improving slowly and her many friends in
town hope for her complete recovery.
Local fishermen mad great luck at Swan Lake
last week. Several large salmon and trout
were taken. James Lawrence of Augusta was
high line with seven salmon and six trout.
The Girls Club of the Methodist CT urch are
rehearsing for the drama, "The Missionary
Barrel" which will be given in Union Hall
May 9th in connection with the May party.
L. W. Stockbridge is fitting up his store for
grocery department and will sell goods for
cash only at d small profit. Workmen are now
putting the building in order for the reception
of large stock of groceries and West India
goods.
DoDGE's CORNER H. Peabody Farnham, of
Salem, arrived last Saturday and is with the
Chapins for ten days. Ice left the lake War
bessa, A pril 23rd and several good catches have
been reported one man taking twelve fine
fish.
THE remains of Mrs. Dorothy B., wife Of
Thomas H. Decrow, who died in West Upton,
Mss, Jan 18th, We're brought here Tuesday
and Inferred in the family lot in Elmwood
cemetery, Rev. C. B. Mckinney, Of the first
Congregational church officiating
Capt. N. f. Gilkey left Saturday for Boston,
where he has entered / employ of N. W..
Rice & Co, large owners in ship ing engaged
in the South American lumber trade. Capt.
Glkey will be employed for a brief time in
looking after two 'the company's vessels
now loading for Buenos Ayres. Later he will
take command of one of the firms large iron
ships, now on the passage from Buenos Ayres
to New York
There is talk of local business men putting
up a general store at Mack's Point, the first
floor for line of dry goods, groceries, boots
and shoes, gents clothing and furnishing
goods; the basement to be occupied by billiard
and pool rooms, bowling alley and moving
picture gallery, with rathskeler in the south
end of p-to-date order. with soft drinks and
ice cream No intoxicating spirits of any
kind or tanglefoot will be allowed on the
premises.
Frank E. Whitcomb the veteran Main street
grocer, is to take long and needed vacation
of several months, the first vacation of any
extent, away from home, in his business
career of forty five years. This time he will
visit the Hot Springs in Colorado and enjoy
the famous sulphur baths for two months.
Mr.. Whitcomb has always given strict atten-
ton to business. He has been suffering the
past two years with rheumatism and ex-
poets to get relief during his stay at the Hot
Springs.
OBITUARY. Mrs. Helen E. Crary, widow of
Charles c. Crary, the well known auctioneer
of thirty years ago, died at the home of her
grandson, Charles Barrows, in Weymouth,
Mass, April 23d, of bronchial pneumonia.