The Republican journal., 1916-08-24
90 in the shade last Monday afternoon.

S. O. at the Opera House last Saturday
night.
Fred Wiley made bicycle trip to Newport
in z hours last Saturday. record run.
The new chapel in Grove cemetery is up and
boarded and the roof shingled. J. G. Aborn is
| the builder.
| A new concrete walk is being laid on the
no. tn side of Main street from the Old Corner
Drug Store to Perry's market 1t was needed.
The tide of summer travel has turned west
ward. Steamer Belfast left Bangor last Sat-
urday afternoon with the largest passenger
list of the season.
Capt. Royal w. Warren, DR.. w. L. West,
Messrs. Charles E. johnson and Arthur Ritch-
lie motored to Augusta last Saturday to attend
the Republican rally.
At special meeting of the directors of the
City Nationa Bank of Belfast. held last Satur-
day, Clement W. Wescott was elected presi-
dent and director to succeed VIM. B. Swan, de-
ceased, and Ralph A. Bramhall was elected
cashier to succeed Mr.. Wescott. resigned.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following let
ers remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending Aug. 22nd: Ladies'
Miss F. Bailey, Mrs Bertha M. Deubow, Mrs.
Belle Edgerton, Mrs Orissa Emery. Mrs. Sarah
Jane ,Fogg, Miss Rosa Noriega, Mrs. j. Wesley
Patterson, Mrs. Mary Paris Swan. Gentlemen
F. Bowley, F. M. Bowley, Box No. 81, Frank
Johnson, D. R. Libby, D. R. Sidlinger. Elbridge
M. Thomas, z. E. Wright, B. A. Wickham..
There will be celebration in Belfast on La
Dor Day under the auspices Of the Leonard &
Barrows Athletic Association and the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union. 1t will include
parade at IL 80 with the Belfast band in at
tendance and the city government as special
guests. They will march to the Congress
street grounds, where there will be ball
game between the l.. & B. team and the Cam
den locals, tug of war. three-legged race,
an egg race and other sports and something
doing all the time Mr.. Ladd has resigned as
manager of the L. & B. base ball team and Mr..
Peters will manage the team for the remain
der of the season.
SOUTH BELFAST. Farmers in this vicinity
are nearly done hsying and have harvested an
excellent crop. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Young
of Concord, N. IT,, Mr.. Fletcher of Massachu-
setts and Miss Miles of Watervile were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Grady and family spent
an evening last week with Mr.. and Mrs. B F.
Colcord. :. The Ladies' Aid of West Northport
held very successful meeting in the Branard
schoolhouse August 22nd.. Frank West went
to Searsport Saturday and visited his sister.
Mrs. Frank Colcord and his brother, William
West.
SUFFRAGE MEETING. The first meeting of
the newly organized Belfast Woman's Suffrage
league was held Tuesday night, Aug. Is, in the
Woman's clubroom on Church street. About
80 women we're present, and all seemed interes-
ted and enthusiastic. Mrs. William " Pratt,
the president, presided, and after the routine
work, Mrs s. Augustus Parker read from DR..
Samuel Crothers book, "Medtations on Votes
for Women" An informal discussion was then
held, and Mrs Hugh d. Mcclellan answered
many questions most interestingly and COM
prehensively. Literature is to be procured and
will be distributed among the members and
their friends, and there will be question box
so that anyone who wishes to ask questions
may do SO and they will be carefully answered
The next meeting will be held Sept. 5th, and
good speaker from Boston New York will
be present to deliver an address. 1t is also
planned to have an anti-suffrage speaker, in
order that the women may thoroughly under
stand both sides of the question. A debate
La4-,o, +~o uood Spaakers will oil he
ranged, one an anti -suffragist and one for
suffrage.
The WAYsIDE TEA HOUSE REGISTER. Mr.
and Mrs Eugene H Day of Minneapolis MINI.
Lavinia Day of Riverside, Calf, Mrs Elnora H
Holden of st Cloud, MINI, Mrs & Parker Nc
Clure of Boston, Paul M Truszinske Of Poland,
Russia, Mrs Peterson of Rockland, Mass,
Mrs Henry Tileston of New York, Mrs William
R Thomas of Brookline, Mass, Miss S L Rose
of Dedham, Mass. Mrs Smyth of Boston,
Prof and Mrs Walter F, Bertram F, Mary G,
Alanson W and William Wilcox of Ithaca
N Y, Mrs A Stevens of Rockland, Mass, Mrs
E E Walker, Mrs W F Cram, Misses C and
Wing. Clara Chapman and L Sargent of
Bangor, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Davis, MIR and Mrs
D Spear, Frances Bachelor of Rockand
Lydia Marshall of Boston, Florence M Mar
shall of New ork, A Lee Andrews of Opelika,
Ala, Katherine Dillingham; of New York, Mary
Alden Edwards of Newton Center, Mass, Ruth
l. Dillingham;, Mrs William Stalker of New
York, Mrs H A Fogg of Bangor, Mrs G Mac
pherson of Highlands, N c. MIR and Mrs W
Adams and Miss Carolyn w Adams of Bangor.
Mrs D Sweetser of Searsport, MIR and Mrs C
Mitchell of Ashville, N c, Mr. and Mrs H H
Mitchell of Eaton, Pa. Mr. and Mrs Walter
Bickford of Brighton. Mass, entertained Mr.
and Mrs Charles S Bickford. Mrs Velzora
Mitchell and Miss Mary Bckford at lunch
last Saturday at 6 m.
| MID SUMNER SALE. A very successful
mid summer sale was held in the Methodist
vestry Aug. 22nd and 23rd The large room
was decorated with evergreen trees and gard
en- fioyers and the various booths and tables
were very attractive. Rev. Horace B. Sellers
assisted by Frank Downs, Mrs. John L. Dow
and Miss Ethel Rogers conducted fishing
pool in a tree-shaded recess with long pole
and plenty of fish. The ice cream and lemon
ade booth was in the form of porch with a
yellow frame, the decorations including lemon