The Republican journal., 1913-04-03
The News of Brooks.

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For other Brooks news End page.
The schools are closed this week for the
i short vacation.
Mrs lmogene Kenney of Augusta is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Roscoe E. Weber.
Mrs. Leon Bagley of Unity, with her son.
visited Mrs. Percie Clifford last week for a few
days.
The notice of death given in last week s
Journal should have. read Ansel G. Pettengill
! instead of "Arnold"
J Mrs. Susan Hall has been quite poorly for
several weeks. but hopes to improve as the
| warm weather comes on
/ Mrs. Charles Littlefield of Belfast came to
Brooks last Monday to visit her sister, Mrs
Irene Forbes, and to call upon other friends
= Fred Small and wife of Searsport passed
the weekend with his sister. Mrs. Hattie c.
Clifford, who has made herself home in this
village.
/ Mrs. Eta Peavy of Monroe visited her
sister, Mrs Roscoe Barden of this village, last
week. She used to live here and is glad to get
back occasionally.
Friends of Mrs. Martha E Luce, who is in
Clinton, Maine, recently received letter
from her She is caring for her daughter
Bertha, who is very sick with what seems to
/ be tuberculosis They are with her daughter,
Mrs. Game, and DR. Prince E. Luce. her son. is
also there
The sales advertised by our traders for the
the month of March passed off atsfactorily
Young Cox and John w Hobbs sold large
quantities of goods at prices that were profit
able to the buyers. Mr.. Dow will continue his
sales for the month of April He now has on
nineteen cent sale that means money for the
public, and will continue it two weeks
We were panied to learn of the death
William Hill in Rockland recently AS boy
he lived in Brooks and was made Mason in
Marsh River lodge Of this town. He had
many friends here. as he was very pleasant
and exemplary young Later, when a
commercial traveller, he often called at Brooks
and retained the acquaintance of his old
friends.
4Heic were eoHt people III BROOKS
last week as some of cur folks were in the
flood region of GAINESVILLE, where there was
from ten to thirty feet of water in the streets.
The three Bessey boys, Prince. Earl, and Chas.
Jr., with their families, were among the num-
ber-two of them known in Brooks as Alice L.
Dow and Persis Body. A telegram has been
received saying that all are safe, for which we
are truly thankful.
We have to record the death in Jackson of
Charles Fogg, who had been a resident of Bos-
ton for many years and engaged in the har-
ness business and had acquired good proper
ty. He bought the Almon S. Forbes farm in
Brooks two years ago for a nephew and in
tended to spend few years here, where he
had lived as boy. He, however, returned to
Boston. Ill health coming on he came to jack
son and lived few months in the family of
his sister, Mrs. Mason, and dice there last
week. When boy he lived OIL what is now
the McAndess place in West Brooks
George Roberts made business trip to Wa
terville Monday.
Edwin Body recently made trip to Bos
ton, spending the greater part of week there.
Our pastor was away over last Sunday. and
Rev Frank S. Dolliff of Dixmont supplied for
him. and spoke very interestingly.
Miss g. en- Body attended the mayors in
augural ball in Augusta and finished the week
visiting at the home of Harold Merrithew,
George Miller has been working in Unity the
past week, hanging paper. The early spring
and mild weather is starting people about
their house cleaning and repair work.
Frank Holbrook is at home for short vaca-
ton with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Edwin G.
Holbrook He has been employed for some
years as civil engineer by the Canadian North
ern R. R.
Everett Tasker was at home from Belfast
last Saturday. Mrs Tasker will come up next
week to pack up and and remove their goods
from the house, which they have rented to the
st alton agents family. We shall be very sor-
ry to have the Taskers remain permanently in
Belfast
The main subject of interest under discus
sion the past week has been the terrible flood |
situation in Ohio, the greater anxiety center
ing around GAINESVILLE. where some of our
towns people are settled-the daughterEof NJ |
J. Dow, Mrs Earl d. Bessey and family, and
the daughter of Edwin Body. Mrs. Prince
Bessey and family. Great relief was felt by
all their friends here when, after days of |
wearing anxiety and fruitless attempts to reach ,
the flooded city by telegraph, message ar
rived at last saying both families were safe.