The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-09-18
Many Belfast people went to Belmont Tues.
day to attend the annual town fair.

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day picnic yesterday at the vickery cottse
Quantabacook. making the trip by blackboard
Open season on woodcock and partridge b.
gan Sept. 18th. but local gunners found tn
birds scarce on the first day. Two hunte,
bagged four woodcock and a partridge tn
second day.
Work on the State road on Bridge street ha
been delayed by encountering such obst acle
| as lodges, rocks and springs. Work began a
the railroad track and will be continued to tn,
section of State road built last year Automo
biles coming over the bridge turn into Wate
street, some continuing into town, others 90
ing up Holt street into Bridge street. The
new street is great convenience and 81 ould
have been built years ago.
The Young Ladies Social Union of the Bap.
fist church held their first meeting after the
summer vacation last Monday evening with
Miss Grace Hayes. The following officers and
committees were elected: president, Ella
Smalley; vice president, Grace Hayes; secre-
tary and treasurer, Mary Hayes; work commit
tee. Amy Wilson. Grace Hayes and Ethel
Sturtevant and Edna Hopkins 1t was voted
to join with the Sewing Circle in giving har.
vest supper at the church Sept 18th. The
next meeting will be in the small vestry of
the church Monday evening. Sept. 22nd
IT WAS Nor MURDER. Saturday evening
it was rumored that Belfast had been the
scene of a murder. The first reports were
that it committed in boat in the harbor;
that in a quarrel over liquor man named
Harvey had been strangled by his companion
Later the true story was learned. 1t appears
that Saturday afternoon Almon Harvey Free
man Harvey. Ernest Harvey and Winfield
Hopkins having obtained some whiskey got
pretty drunk and wandered up the railroad
track. During shower they found shelter IN
cuvert and took a few more drinks, and
then continued up the track. Almon Harvey
was in worse condition than the others and
was advised to go home, hut refused Free
man Harvey took hold of him and both fell
several times Finally Almon said he would
go home with Ernest. but fell down and col
lapsed A man from barge at the Coe Mort
inner plant who was fishing from dory saw
the scuff1ing and came ashore to see what the
trouble was. He found two drunken men roll
ling around on the ground, but saw no blows
struck. AT Lis suggestion Almon was placed
in his boat to be taken home, but before go
ing far it was found he dead and the boat
headed for Lewis wharf. and Coroner c.
r. Coombs, the city marshal and sheriff were
Motif ID. All connected with the affair were
placed under arrest, as well as Fred Baker and
Peter Whitehead, who said they were not with
the others but had seen the scutfi4. the body
taken to the undertaking rooms of Charles
K. Coembs. where an autopsy was held Sunday
morning by DR.. E A. Wilson, medical ex-
aminer for Waldo county, assisted by Dr.. G. c,
klgore, DR.. Carl Stevens and DR.. Adelbert
Mlllet The examination was very thorough,
taking about three hours. A careful examna-
ton of the body and all the organs revealed
no evidence of violence. There were super
fetal cuts and bruises the head and back
which might have been caused hy fall and
and the mans system showed the effects Of
alcohol. A coroners inquest was held Monday
forenoon with the following jurymen: c. F.
Thompson. W. H. Hall c. E. Owen, W. G.
Preston, R. P. Chase and B. 0 Norton The
following witnesses We're examined: Freeman
Harvey. Ernest H. Harvey, Drs E. A. Wilson,
g. c. Kilgore and Carl Stevens. The former
held closely to their story of the aft air and the
doctors testified of the autopsy held Sunday
when no marks of violence were found on the
body of Almon Harvey. The verdict of the
jury was that Almon Harvey came to his
death from heart disease induced by alcoholism
The five men under arrest were discharged
Almon Harvey about IS years old, was the
of George Harvey, cousin of the other
Harveys, married and lived in the settlement
known as "Harveytown." His mother lives In
Waldoboro Harvey had been married but
was divorced his wife being LA E. To yer
They had three children. He had been en-
ployed on the water works and was boarding
at the Commercial House.
"FoRD's FOLLY" The may owners OF
Ford cars in this city and county will be inter
ested in some facts from recent sketch Of
Henry Ford, their inventor Tie story begins
with this incident; Eighteen years ago upon
tins streets Of Detroit occurred the first auto
mobile accident in the world. = he cause Of the
mishap was not Joy riding. but the chugging
contraption jeeringly called fDrds Folly and
driven by Henry Ford himself Mr.. and Mrs
Ford were taking their evening de in "horse-
less carriage of his construction when some
thing went wrong with the brake, and bicycle
riderwas knocked down his wheel destroyed ano
the wheels Of the car passed half way over the
cyclist. Although the man was uniniured, he
emanded damages for the destruction of his
wheel, and Ford, after long conference. de-
cided all he could afford to pay was 81 so
Henry Ford, the worlds great mechanical
genius and head of an institution employin
| 1890 workers, pays today the third argest in
come tax of any man in the world. Henry
Ford born farm in Dearborn, Mich.
six miles from Detroit and receiving only
country school education, Ford early deserted
! school life and for several years drove thresh
| ing machine. The boy was fond of mechanical
chickering's" of all sorts. He built water
! wheel for his boy playmates, which was mar
vellous construction Going to Def -oit, OWN.
/ to the removal of his parents to that city, h,
was employed as assistant enginee, at thu Ed
son Illuminating Company. Ford ran a dyr am,
there and during his leisure time rlade the frs
gasolene engine, CT which he haG long dream
ed Following his employment with the Ediso,
n rorJ ~.