The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-06-22
The News of Belfast.

and ice cream fountain in the City Drug store
the coming season.
Miss Geneva F. Stephenson is at home from
Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, and
will assist Mrs. John o. Black at the Woman's
Club room during the summer.
The W. C. T. U. will have social afternoon
withpicinic lunch, tomorrow, Friday. with their
president, Mrs. Annie M. Frost; weather per-
hitting.
Ralph A. Bramhall. submaster and teacher
of science in the Lawrence High school. Fair
field, will be employed in the City National of
Belfast during the summer vacation.
John R. Waterman, one of Belfast's enter
prising market gardeners. has potatoes ready
to blossom the first sunshiny day and expects
to have potatoes for the market July 4th, bar
ring snow squalls. etc.
City Marshal George W. Frisbee has selected
James A. Nickerson to act as night watch to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of officer
Fred A. Sanborn. The position will be filled
permanently at the July meeting of the city
government.
| The Belfast Board of Trade will hold a meet
| ing at the Court House tomorrow. Friday,
evening at 730 o'clock to hear the report of
the committee on the Fourth of July and Con-
slider other matters that may be brought be-
fore that body.
The fire department have received 500 feet
of q inch double jacket woven hose from the
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co.; two gates,
a supply of ladder straps and spanners and a
new Boston pipe They now have 5000 feet
of serviceable hose.
Friends of Alfred A. Knowlton of this city
and Swanville, who left here about four years
ago, will be interested in learning that he is
now in the United States Navy and member
of the crew of the U. S. S. Amphitrite, with
headquarters at New Haven, Conn.
DIR. Edith Kidder, who has been located in
Belfast in the practice of osteopathy for the
past year, is obliged to leave here for driver
climate on account of catarrhal deafness and
throat trouble. She will leave about July LIST,
but has not yet decided where she will locate.
The U. S. Sd class cruiser Birmingham, Capt
ID. Sellers came into this port Monday. She
is on recruiting trip in New England waters.
A few officers and many of the marines were
about town afternoon and evening. The Bir-
mingham left Bath Sunday and was ordered to
leave here at a. m. Tuesday for Boston to
coal up, and is expected to go from there to
| Eastport.
Mr.. Z. d. Hartshorn and family, who had
planned to go to their summer home in Swan
vile this week, are delayed on account of the
illness Of his sister, Mrs. A. P. Moore of
Swanville, who will be operated on at the
Tapley hospital. If the condition of the sis
ter permits they plan to go to Mllinocket next
Saturday for visit They will retain their
rent in the Carleton house on Congress street
during the summer.
DR.. Orris S. Vickery. Medical Examiner,
was called to Unity June 10th to investigate
the cause of the death of Gertrude, wife of
Fred T. Rice of Salem, Mass, who was found
dead on the floor of her room in the house
where she was boarding about 10 a. m. on
that day. She hadaccompanied her mother to
Au gusta and was planning to remain in Unity
for time to regain her own health, as she had
been ill the past winter. Thursday evening
she went to the moving pictures with Mrs
Mos her, and when she left her to retire
rema rked that she did not feel we'll and was
thirsty. Her light was burning and she was
wearing the clothing in which she was dressed
W hen she left Mrs. Mosher. Death was foune
to be due to natural causes,
SOUTH BELFAST. Mrs. Frank West spen
asst Thursday at the home of Mrs, Harriet
White. y. Mrs. Abbie Greenaw, and two chill
dren, Verna and Harold, spent several day,
! asst week in Bucksport, where they ATTENDED
the Commencement exercises of the M C
S. They were accompanied home Thursday b,
her daughter, Miss Eulalia, who was membe
| of the graduating class, having completed
four years course in ten terms. B. F. Col
, cord of East Belfast has bought the Frank Sta
pies farm and will move his family there tn
latter part of July. Mr.. and Mrs, Georq
Curtis were passengers on the Boston boa
June 18th to attend the graduating exercise
of the E. NJ. C. S. Rev. and Mrs. H, B. Seller
" ere guests at Sunny Brook farm June I'll
.... The schools in Northport closed June 16t
3 wi tn the usual last day exercises,
A BENEFIT FOR THE Boy SCOUTS. The Bo
I Scouts entertainment and benefit Wednesda
e vening, June 14th, was great success, fo
! the Colonial Theater was filed to it's capacit
e and the financial returns were very goot
: The street parade given by the Belfast Boy
Band and the Belfast Boy Scouts attracted
great deal of favorable attention. The boy
carried their troop flags, which were seen i
y parade for the first time. The war pictur
which was to have been presented did not al
rive in season. and Arthur N. johnson, VIII