The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-01-14

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Sept. 7th there was all kinds of weather,
fair. thunder, lightning, rain, hail and
high wind. The farm of w. F. Whit
comb of North Belfast was struck and
burned. Sept. 18th was one of the hot
test days of the season, the thermome-
ter registering Sc degrees.
The weather all the fall was beautiful,
but rain was much needed. The first
snow fall was Oct. 9th. Nov 18th Sc
we're thunder shower and heavy wind did
some minor damage. Nov. 18th the
heaviest rain of the fall came but was
not sufficient to relieve the long contin-
ued drouth. A snow storm Nov. 10Th
gave us the first sleighing of the season
and the remainder of the month mod
crate temperature prevailed. A much
needed rain Dec. 14th did a great deal of
good. A cold wave arrived Dec. 10th.
The weather for December up to the
oath was unusually warm and pleasant.
During a cold wave, Oath and 18th, the
thermometer registered 20 degrees be-
low zero in some sections of the city.
PERSONAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace W. Pitcher OBJ
served their golden wedding at their
home on Church street Jan. 23d.
! Mr.. and Mrs. D. Faunce Woodcock
spent the winter in Nassau, N. P.
DIR. Harry L. Kilgore of Thorndike
succeeded DR.. Eugene L. Stevens On the
| Waldo County Pension Examining Board
in January and later opened an office for
practice in Belfast.
Among those who spent the winter, or
part of it, in warmer climates were Miss
Louisa H. Ferguson in Bermuda, Mr.. =
and Mrs. E. P Frost, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
A. Gilchrest, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Shu
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F. Russ, VIM
A. Clark, Mr.. Charles w. and Mrs. j.
w. Frederick, Misses R. 7. Newell,
Mary Owen and Minnie French in Flor
ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Frost, Mrs. Emily
Hyams, Misses Maude M. Milliken, Mel
ina V. Parker and Mabel Craig were
abroad when the European war broke out
and had some interesting experiences.
The Belfast people to receive the State
retired teachers pensions were Mrs. Alb
bic Stevens Daniels, Miss Juliet A. Wig
gin, Miss Lucy Abbie Mcdowell and
Mrs. Rachael Pratt Roix.
THE HOSPITALS.
The John W.. McGilvery memorial
rooms at the Waldo County Hospital
were opened Jan. 9Th and public recep-
lions held that the public might inspect
the up-todate equipment. The hospital
had busy year. MissHelen Sanderson is
the superintendent.
The Tapley hospital on High street
also had many patients. Misses Georgia
Blake and Christine Hall are the nurses
and Mrs. Lulu Carter Hills and Miss
Inez L. Barker are called on special
cases.
MUSICAL.
The Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Pa
tience, was successfully presented by
Belfast amateurs in the Colonial Thea
ter Jan. 26th and 9th. The cast was an
''all-star" one.
The singing school of Prof. W. S.
Wight was closed Feb. 18th with an
evening of song at the Baptist church.
The program included some of Belfast's
best talent.
The Belfast Bands Cabaret Minstrel
show in the Colonial Theater May 18th
and 10Th was new, novel and attractive
entertainment and was we'll attended.
June 26th the Belfast band gave the
first of eight public concerts on the
school common.
All the musical societies in Belfast
were federated Dec. 4th as the Belfast
Philharmonic Society.
IN GENERAL.
The Alfred W. johnson estate, which
had been in the hands of trustees, was
distributed among the heirs in January
by decree of Judge Warren C. Phil
brook, following friendly suit in equity.
Typhoid pneumonia appeared in Janu-
airy, and the fever was present at differ
ent times nearly all the year.
Mumps were epidemic all winter, TAX
ing young and old.
The Belfast Food Fair was bigger,
buster and better than in 1918. The
weather was the most severe of the sea-
son, but large crowds attended.
At the city election in March, Robert
F. Dunton, Democrat, was elected mayor,
having 615 votes. Edgar F. Hanson,
Citizen, had SOB. James H. Post, Dem
ocrat, was elected street commissioner.
He had 682 votes, and Leslie F. Simp-
son, the Citizens candidate, 531.
Wheeler Brothers Circus was in Bel
fast June 18th, La Tena's Wild West
Animal Show June 18th, and Howes'
Great London Circus July 18th.
June 29th the Maine Transportation
Company began auto service between
Belfast and Rockland and had very
satisfactory business.
July 4th was the quietest in the history
of Belfast.
July 5th Booker 7. Washington ad-
dressed a large audience in the Colonial
Theatre under the auspices of the city
churches.
City water was carried from the North
port avenue main to the Battery
cottages, IN July.
The annual lawn party was held at the
Girls Home July 2lst, and that at the
Home for Aged Women Aug. 9Th. Both
were well patronized.
The Belfast fair, held Aug. 18th. 10th
and Goth, under the management of Or
rim ]. Dickey and W. J. Clifford, was
success in every way.
Typhoid fever was prevalent all sum-
mer and there were several deaths.
A Masonic Club was organized and
opened rooms in Masonic Temple in Au-
gust.
Sept. 1st the Waldo Telephone Co. was
reorganzed as the New England Tele-
phone Co., with no change at.the central
ofico