The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-08-07

e-AS~A~"s AAAooy oAeSAuoVh.
The 18th Maine Regiment Association will
hold their annual meeting in Memorial Hall.
August 18th. The Ladies' Circle and the
Post will furnish dinner for the members of
the Association and their ladies'
Eugene L. Spear, manager of the Waldo
Telephone Co.. who had been quarantined be-
cause of slight cases of small pox in his
family, came down town yesterday. Mrs.
Bertha Hotfses Gray. High street, is the only
case at present under quarantine.
Mrs. Thomas f. Shea gave luncheon at
Ferndale, North Saore. Northport. Monday
followed by Five Hundred, for the sum m e
residents on the North Shore. Mrs. George
E. Evans of Stamford, Conn, who is SPEND
ing the summer in Belfast, was also a
guest.
Herbert W. Healey made trip to Dover in
his Metz car to attend the ball game last Sat-
urday afternoon, leaving Belfast after the
morning mail was sorted and his substitute
started. He arrived in Dover very shortly
after the game was called. Mr. Healey and
party recently made the trip to Old Orchard
and return in one day.
The Christian Endeavor of the Baptist
church are to have moonlight excursion Fri
day evening, August 18th, if pleasant; if
stormy it will be postponed to Monday, Au-
gust 18th. The trip will be made in the Anna
Belle to Bucksport, but not landing there, and
will take about three hours. Tickets for the
trip 35 cents. Those wishing to go can pro-
ckofc Of ~
Miss Margaret N. Hazeltine entertained at
lunch at the Arts and Crafts Tea Room FIJI
day at l o'clock Mrs. C. S. Bck ford, Misses
Annie V. and Caroline W. Field, Maude E. and
Mabel r. Mathews, Margaret A. and Florence
E. Dunton, Miss Elizabeth A. Kelley, Avis NJ.
Morison Louise W. Richards Mrs Hall F.
Hoxie of Waterville. Miss Frances Weeks of
Boston and Mrs. Paul Delaney of Chicago.
The decorations were sweet peas and mig
nonette.
Miss Abbie Doak and her guest, Miss Frances
McGann of Somerville, Miss Louise j. Read
Miss Marian Heald Miss Edythe Atkins
Richard Roach, Marthon Doak, Charles Brown,
Ansel Lothrop and Herbert Dickey went to
Qaantabacook last Saturday to spend ten days
in the futile bungalow Mrs T. N. Gould is
chaperoning the party, which includes Mrs.
George r. Doak and Mrs. John c, Pillsbury.
During Miss Abbie Doak's absence Miss Hazel
Doak is assisting in the Arts and Crafts tea
rom.
The BRowNrAIL MOTHS North Sears
mont subscriber writes "a browntal bouquet
OF Is nests-one leaf carrying three nests;
fuzzy brown patches holding the eggs was
picked last Saturday night from one small
tree all within arms reach from the ground.
During the daytime the white moths very
conspicuous resting on the leaves, and can be
easily pick ID off AND destroyed At night
shaded lamp set in jar of water Will lure
many to their death by drowning. The brown
tail moths will fly but very few days longer,
but there other moths. Every moth or
nest of eggs destroyed now means that much
hope of saving orchard and shade trees from
the very serious injury of this increasing pest.
I One nest has been found on the inside of
window casing but SO far not one on the wild
cherry. Now is also good time to find and
destroy the egg muses. of the tent cater
pillar
A FLAG PRESENTATION. The regular meet
ing Tuesday afternoon of Thomas H. Marshall
Circle Ladies of the G. A. R., gala day
for both Circle and Post. Forty of the Post
were present as special guests. After the
regular routine business IL foot navy bunt-
! ing flag was presented by the Circle to the
Post Mrs Julia G. Mckeen made the pre-
sentation speech, III which she spoke of love of
flag and country and of the work of the La
! dies of the G. A. r. During her remarks the
flag, partially unfurled, was held by Mrs E. o.
pendleton and Mrs D. H. Strol 1T. Commander
! L. C. Putnam accepted the gift for the Post in
pleasing and appropriate remarks A lunch
and social hour followed. Wednesday morn
ing members of the Post began digging pre-
paratory to setting 50-foot flag staff in the
center of the Church street lawn Of the city
building, in front of the old cannon and she
mound, which will be reset to line with the
staff. The flag raising will take place next
| Tuesday. when the reunion of the 26th Maine
will be held in Memorial hall. The old staff
ON the top of the building will be removed.
DEATH OF ELMER BAKER. News was re-
ceived last week of the death (not in Brock
ton. Mass, as reported, but in North Provi-
dence, R. I) of Elmer Baker, otmerly of
this city. the son of Fred Baker. He was 26
wears of age and left home some time ago and
married after leaving here. Baker and his wife
had been separated about two weeks and she
had returned to the home of her father John
Harrison and was working in the Alendale
mill. Or the afternoon of July 29th Baker
called at the mill and asked to see his wife and
she went to the office to meet him Hardly
were the couple left alone when Baker spoke
to his wife and then taking revolver from his
pocket fired two shots into her bodv-one
striking her in the shoulder and the 9th.
err in the back as she started TO run
He then fired two shots at random.
all going into the partitions, and start
ed for the street, where he reloaded his revolv.
er and fired two shots into his own breast.
causing immediate death. Mrs Baker was
taken to the hospital unconscious and her re-.
covery was considered doubtful This tr pedv
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