Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-21
BELFAST.

The remains of Roy S. Talbot. younger
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Talbot of Bel
fast, arrived. Monday, from Boston, ac-
companied by his father, and the funeral
will take place at the Talbot residence
on Union street at lS0 F. NJ, Tuesday.
Rev Arthur a. Blair of the First Uni
versalist church, officiating.
The Ladies' Circle of the North Con-
gregational church viii meet, Wednes-
day afternoon. with Mis- L. :. Bowker at
No. / Bay View street
Miss Maude Holmes has resumed her
position in the Waldo Trust Co, banking
rooms after an absence of several
weeks, owing to the illness and death of
her father. the late George o. Holmes
Miss Bertha Wiley. who has been substi-
tuting in the Waldo Trust Co, during the
absence of Miss Holmes, has accepted Il
position with the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co.,
to take the place of Mrs. Georgia Triggs
Dow, resigned
Sheriff Cushman visited the various
places about town where liquor is alleged
to be sold and gave the dealers his ulti-
matum, Saturday afternoon. Get out of
business at once" was the word he
passed out. lie assured them all that lie
would keep after them If they violated
the law. and would drive them out of
business, according to his oath of office.
II didn't make the laws he told them.
but my oath of Office means something
to me and | shall enforce the law to the
best of my ability" The sheriff is ably
backed by a corps of deputies who can
be depended upon to support him In
every way,
Friends of Mrs. Elisha II. Haney will
be pleased to know that she is gaining,
daily, after a serious Illness.
Laura, the youngest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs ] b. Morris, is critically ill,
and was operated upon. Saturday. to re-
move pus from the lungs. following u
severe attack of pneumonia.
Frank r. Wiggin, formerly cashier of
the Waldo Trust Co, now located in
Newport, is in Belfast for brief visit
with his sons, Rudolph and Ralph. who
attend school here. Mr. Wiggin has
many friends in his old home who are
glad to see him.
All is in readiness for the F'iremen' S
ball, on Friday night Supper will be
served, followed by concert and ball.
Music will be rendered during supper,
and at intermssion there will be selec-
tons by male quartet and solos by
Charles Hammons and Arthur Johnson.
Miss Florence Fernald will be accom-
PIANIST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer 4. Sherman have
returned from New York, where they at
tended the automobiles how.
The well-known steamer May Archer,
which for two years has been the craft
chartered by the Belfast Coot Club, for
| its annual duck hunting trip down the
| bay, has been chartered for new line
plying between Salem and Boston, known
| as the Salem 0Mass) Bay Line. 1t is
believed that this is the first step in "a
| campaign of competition against the pre-
vailing freight rates between Boston and
Salem, the Archer to make daily freight
and passenger trips. She is owned by
General William Stopford. and Capt Ar
chibald of Rockland, Maine. her skipper.
She Is of 125 tonnage with carrying
| capacity of IS tons and is chartered to
carry 215 passengers. The Archer .-as
been much in Maine waters for seceraI
years, and her career on the new line
will be watched with interest