The Republican journal., 1916-03-23
The News of Belfast.

- nrot well get along without The Jour-
long NAV it wave" writes Brooks sub
seriber,
,,a Anew was confined to his home for
.oyeral days the past week by the prevailing
epidemic.
.-,.les H Walden was down street Satur-
f.sr being confined to his home several
s-y.s the result of sprained ankle.
rh. AZ S. 5. Virginia. which has been in
,orts since Jan. 1st, arrived in Boston
,.-o,r March 18th. Three Belfast boys are
80, Thomas g. Randall, Alphonso Richie
and Rudolph Wiggin
=. C.ark camp. S. OF ". will give o1olic
--sr and dance in Memorial hall next Mon
sumner will be served at s o'clock. Sup
W. cents, Gentlemen's dance tickets Is
.e-s. aides 10 cents.
--s Travellers Club will be entertained by
Airs John R. Dunton and Miss Margaret A.
,,...f,n Tuesday, March 28th. Program:
t..,ar eSir Walter Scott" by Miss Mabel R.
,rs,o4ws; paper, 1.-The Scott Country" by
.-. Haraden s. PEARL reading from Scott, by
,-- ]ames H. Howes.
Az l,awis s. Auspland, who has been en-
I'd for some time by the New England
r.-phone Company, and prominent in must
roles, is now in Fredericton, N. B.,
-.r. ne has position in orchestra. Mrs.
A.s.sud, who is the pianist of the McKeen
-stra, will Join him later.
Mss Marie L. Andrews, late of Belfast, in
.s. al,presented in the Probate Court March
aequeaths to the Children's Aid Society
Es-ue ,for the use of the Girls II ome in Bel
sixty shares of the Reece Buttonhole
me stock, in memory of Mrs. Hattie K.
.....-. late of Belfast, her sister.
a- j. Morrison writes from Jacksonville
lnder date of March 18th: 81 noticed a
-.. 4ys ago item in regard to your little
Don Robbins We have here il Jackson
. tourist from Louisville, Kentucky, who
Don one better as to size. He is 80
..-. of age, 80 inches high, and weighs SO
nis. He has been here all winter"
mary nomination papers have been filed
Department of State by Hamilton E.
d
s1aritf of Waldo county. They are signed
"a 0. Estes and n others of Brooks, Bel
-.=. Jackson, Monroe. Winterport, Frankfort,
a.. Thorndike, Unity, Troy. Burnham,
-ts.gtlle, Libery, Palermo. Montvile and
r-sdom,
r information concerning the cooking
,r..l to be held in the Unversalist vestry
ys- h 18th, 18th and Both, under the auspices
az Womans Club, apply to Mrs. Amos
rests, president. or to any one of the COM
lee of arrangements, Mrs.W. G. Haseltine,
E-, j. G. Paul, Mrs J.W. Jones and Mrs. J. S.
Imam. Food preparing and serving will
Lsught by Miss Catherine N. Platts and
Miss Marian Estabrooke of the Home Econo-
- Extension School of the University of
H4.ue.
Inc annual ball of Seaside Hose Company
aside Grange hall Thursday evening"
H4rch 10th, was largely attended and social
sess. Music was furnished by McKeen's
aestra-Lloyd McKeen, violin; Mrs. Lewis
Auspland, piano; Herbert E. Drnkwater,
ubone; Austin G. Jewett, clarinet--and
s5a James Sholes, captain of Seaside, was
assisted in directing by Stephen S. L. Shute.
# of the fire department, Asa Sholes and
w. Cunningham.
Not ON THE EXCHANGE LIST. We recently
lad the pleasure of looking over copies of
~ London Times and the London Telegraph
and contrasting them with issues of before the
resent war. They retain the same typog-
-sfhy and arrangement of matter, and the
eader" under the editorial head, but are
lruted on an inferior paper and there are
ever pages. The Times has IA and the Tele-
--aph IL pages. The missing pages main
s, those carrying advertising, and both papers
aust find their revenues greatly decreased,
tith increased expenditures, We should call
Telegraph the ablest of the two papers,.
rom Lieut.. F. F. b ok, U. S. A. we have re-
we'd copies of the Honolulu Star Bulletin
lutaining detailed reports with illustrations
the most successful Carnival of series of
even" which had attracted many visitors to
IS possession of Uncle Sam in the Pacific.
the departing tourists the Star-Bulletin
says: ''Aloha A pleasant voyage! Come
again next year." We have looked over
-opy of the Porto Rico Progress, published
Seekly in San Juan, and the "only all English
lewspaper in Porto Rico" 1t is 1O-page
aper, IL by Is inches, well printed and has
good showing of advertising and local news
Il has an editorial on recent exposures in the
public schools, showing that teachers are
.ompelled to pay the political parties for their
oositions in the schools" and demanding re-
form in this particular. 1t says that this sis
perhaps the most serious thing for which the
American Government in Porto Rico has to
answer"