The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-03-04
The Hospital Club will inset next Tuesday
with Mrs. Leroy A. Weber,

| Aue uOepleat Club will inset next Tuesday
with Mrs.. Leroy A. Weber,
A Unitarian parish reception to Rev. and
Mrs Arthur E. Wilson, under the direction Of
the Woman's Alliance. will take place at the
patronage Tuesday evening. March 9th. from
until ~ O'Clock.
! Mrs. Ida Carter Smalley. who has clerk ed
for number of years in the store of M. P.
Woodcock & Son on Main street, is to leave to
take the position of bookkeeper with the Bel
fast Water Company at 81 Main street.
At the March meeting of the Directors of
the Home for Aged Women thanks were ex.
tended to Capt. C. Y. Cottrell for apples, to
Mr.. Samuel Philbrook for vegetables. and to
the Ladies Circle at Citypoint for potatoes.
The meeting of Seaside Chautauqua Circle
will be held with the teachers at the North
Primary school building at $3.50 p. M Monday,
March 9th. The lesson is from the c. l.. S. C.
book, democratic England" chapter six.
Roll-call, Current Events from the March In
dependent magazine.
The Woman's Alliance Of the First Parish.
Unitarian, will hold an Easter sale in the
church parlor Monday afternoon, March I'D.
Many attractive novelties will be offered for
| sale at the fancy table and there will be a
large supply of aprons. The food table, as
usual, will be feature of the sale; also the
candy table. Remember the date, March ed.
full blooded Indian Chief. Blue Spy, of the
Sioux tribe of South Dakota who is making a
tour of the United States and has visited sew
eral OF the Maine cities, arrived here Saturday
and Monday evening appeared before Tara
tine Tribe of Redmen in his Indian dress and
did some very graceful dances. sounded the
bird calls. etc, and in calls about town Mon
day told many interesting things of himself
and his tribe
The HIGH SCHOOL PLAY Don't forget
that the Belfast High school are to present
''Tbe Hoodoo," bright little play in three
acts, in the Colonial theater Wednesday even
ing, March 10th. The cast has been published
in The Journal and the rehearsas give assur-
ance that it will be very enjoyable and mirth-
provoking performance. The proceeds will go
toward defraying the expenses of the Seniors
trip to the National Capitol, and they merit,
Under recent special acts of Congress the
following were granted United States PEN
sions: johnson G. Trask, Newburg, $50
month; John F. Thomas, Morrill,, $50 month;
James H. Clark, Palatka, Fla, $50 month;
David H. Hail, Islesboro, 1924 month; Mrs.
Hester Morse. Burnham, $40 month; Walter
E. Nash, Belfast. $40 a month; James NJ
Palmer, Montville, $50 month; George G.
Moulton, Bucksport, $50 month. The above
claims were filed with the Franklin A. Greer
United States pension agency of this city.
Mrs. Maine Hills entertained the Hospital
Club Feb. 23d at her home Church street.
There was good attendance and with needle
work the time was pleasantly spent. Miss
Margaret Keen, president of the club, presid-
ed at brief business meeting at which it was
voted to raise "a mile of pennies" This is
done by the distribution of cards one foot long,
: each containing when filled 16 pennies. Two
| new members, Mrs. D. Faunce Woodcock and
Miss Louise Read. were added to the club
The next meeting will be held March 9th at
! the home of Mrs. Leroy A. Weber, Bay View
| street.
To INCREASE THE ClTY's DEBT LIMIT. Mayor
| Robert F. Dunton appeared before the COM
mttee on taxation in Augusta Tuesday for the
resolve to amend the constitution increasing
the present five per cent municipal debt limit
He explained how Belfast had $780, 900 worth
| of stock in the Belfast & Moosehead railway
| which is the Belfast branch of the Maine
| Central, and that the stock was in a sinking
| fund to pay the interest on the debt, 90 hat
| although the city was really in good shape
! financially, the debt limit would be exceeded
| if they attempted to build the greatly needed
new High school Mr.. Bass and former SEN
| ator Bailey argued that the amendment to the
| constitution was wise one and shouldn't be
! changed without grave reasons. Attorney
General W. R. Pattangall is drawing another
resolve covering the subject and this one was
| tabled for the present
THE WEATHER. This perennial and more or
less important topic has been somewhat neg
| lected of late, but good word should be said
for the usually stormy and disagreeable month
of February. The month just past was al
most uniformly pleasant, with a temperature
ranging from 20 to 40 above, and many SUM-
| shiny days. 1t was a common remark that
F.! one need not go to Florida California for
| good wholesome winter weather. Until the
| latter part of the m onth there good sleigh
ing and shedding, but very heavy rainstorm
Feb. 25th took off the snow and ice and wash
ed the roads badly and the mild temperature
| following 10 said to have made mud four
inches deep on country roads. Then a cold
wave made very rough travelling. March came
| in rather lamblike, but with only occasional
CLEANS of sunshine, and while the tempera-
turs was not low there was chill in the air
and a few snow fakes fell. Tuesday was
"brite and fare" with the mercury standing
J about 26 above at 8 q. m. and a northwest wind