The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-12-02
The News of Brooks.

DR.. P. E. Luce is visiting in town for a few
days.
Oren Cheney Higgins has gone south to
spend the winter.
Mrs. Edith Murch is with Mrs. Elmer Rob-
erts for few weeks.
Mrs. Amy Godding has employment in Miles
Jellison's clothing factory, Belfast.
Our milliner, Mrs. Frances Merritt, visited
her son Ra ymond at the U. of M. Nov. 25th.
Frank Fogg recently bought some nice
horses-a pair of work horses, and roadster
with speedy record.
Alfred Reynolds is the pioud father of
boy. Mother and child are doing fine. Mrs
Kate Miller is attending nurse.
Garfield Goddard's sister, Mrs. Isora Gross,
and daughter, have returned to New Bruns-
wick after prolonged visit in Brooks.
Mrs. Walter Yorng has returned from the
Grace hospital i, Bangor, greatly improved in
health. Christine Lane is assisting in the
home
Miss Phyllis Reynolds spent the weekend
with her parents, Henry Reynolds and wife.
She is a student at Gray's Business College in
Portland.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Emmons went to North
Monroe Sunday and carried Ira Boulter to
Freeman Rickers. where he is to work through
the winter.
DR.. Cooks little daughter Beulah. who has
been very ill, is now down stairs and gaining
fast. Their large circle of friends offer con-
CALCULATIONS.
Mrs. W. S. Jones went to Portland Thursday
to spend the Thanksgiving vacation with her
daughter, Miss Christine, who is attending the
business college there.
Mrs. Zubie E. Whitney of Thorndike is with
her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Stantial. for time.
Mrs. Stantial is, as usual, very busy woman,
and nearly buried under dressmaking orders.
Miss Edith Hobbs was at home for the
weekend She is an attendant in the hospi
tai tor insane at Augusta, and had with her as
guest another attendant, Miss Myrtle Althorpe.
Mrs Lucy Bowden has her father and moth
er, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ryder of Monroe,
stopping with her for some weeks. MIR. Ryder
has many bad attacks of heart trouble, and is
quite feeble.
Miss Eva Young of Franklin, Mass, came to
spend two weeks with her grandparents, Chas.
Peavey and wife, She brought their Thanks
giving dinner, all cooked. and gave the old cou
pie most pleasant surprise.
George Ryder has been confined to the house
for two weeks with severe cold which settled
in his lungs 1t is pretty hard to keep George
away from his blacksmith shop, and his only
vacations are those caused by Illness
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ii. Brown motored to
Bangor Nov oath and spent Thanksgiving day
with their daughter, Mrs. Julia Rand. Rev.
Thos. Martin accompanied them to Bangor.
where he was the guest of his brother, the
Rev DIR. Martin.
Mrs Mittie Reynolds and daughter Alice
have returned from a two weeks visit in
Unity with the family of Edwin Reynolds
Miss Alice is regaining her normal good health
after severe case of blood poisoning. One
knee is still some what stiff, making that limb
an inch and half shorter than the other 1t
is thought it will eventually become straight.
The funeral of John Frost was held at the
home of Mrs. Abbie Cilley Nov. Goth. He
died after long and very painful Illness dur
ing which he was tenderly cared for by Mrs.
Cilley and his two SONS. Martin and Arthur.
Mr.. Frost has been railroad man for many
years, but this summer he was obliged to give
up work and came to his mother-in-law's
ONE, where he died of a complication of dis
eases. Abbie Cilley is herself in very poor
health, and suffers extremely with kidney
had been very hard for her.