The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-02-17
The News of Belfast.

Nrs A. r. Leadbettef IS seriously Ill at ner
home on Cottage street.
Rert o Gordon is confined to his home on
Harmon street with carbuncles.
Miss Inez l. Barker, the district nurse in
1sIsshoro. spent Friday night at the Tapiey
hospital.
Ms Lulu Carter Hills, who is in the Tap
t-,. h,spital. is improving every day. and is
,a.,n7 forward to returning home in about
-wo weeks.
democratic caucus for nomination of
mayor aldermen and councilmen and other
..-y officers has been called Cor Saturday, Feb.
a;rh. at T. 80 o'clock, at the courthouse.
Mrs Hiram P Farrar of Belmont met with
-4rlous accident last Sunday. piece of
.a.st d, iged in her throat, where it remained
.--riI a physician from Belfast could reach her.
Rev. A. W. Barnlund of Boise. Idaho, who is
"a, o,nductine special services at the Metho-
Just church, will speak at the opening exer-
Uses Of the High school tomorrow, Friday,
uorning,
There will be session of the popular prac-
noe dance this, Thursday, afternoon from . to
=.N IN Odd Fellows hail. with fine music by
.. yictrola. All interested are invited to
4ttend.
-teamer Seaconnet of the Shawmut Co.,
Boston, is reported to be frozen IN at Arch
-ose, Russia, where she went recently with
-ritions. The Seaconnet is commanded by
ant Alzo M. Carter formerly of this city
netition as a voluntary bankrupt has been
-..-i with the Clerk of the U. S. District court
b, George A Clark, Frankfort, stone cutter
abilities. Ss0S. Assets, S52. Creditors all
4he eastern part of the State. Attorney,
E. Bangs, Searsport
Mrs. Laura j. Pcase. matron at the Home
Aged Women, wishes to return thanks
the gift of very nice bed puff from the
.invts Daughters of Belfast; preserves and
-ckles from Mrs. j. W. Vaughan of Citypoint.
md preserves from Mrs. Jesse E. Weber OF
.lis city.
Miss Mildred l. Darby entertained at val
satine party Tuesday evening In honor OF Mrs
-tarence E. Hall, who will soon leave to JOIN
+.r husband in Barre, Vt. The dining room
md table were prettily decorated with red
-treamers and red hearts and large heart at
Mrs. Halls plate contained a gold pendant ana
hahn, the gift of the other ten present Inc
-vening was spent with games, etc.
Another big six part picture, The Island of
Regeneration featuring Edith Storey Will be
shown at the Colonial theater today, Inurs-
day,afternoou and evening, for one day only
The Island of Regeneration" is great film
drama 1t is the second of the Vitagraph Blue
Ribbon Features. These are the headiners of
all Vitagraph productions. Rev. Cyrus Towns
END Brady never wrote more absorbing book
than his "Island of Regeneration. And there
was never a story written by anyone that
offered greater possibilities to film drama.
CITY POINT Burton Dougas,who has been i'll
with pneumonh for the past two weeks is slow
lv improving Miss Georgia Ford of Searsport
vas in Belfasflast Saturday and with Miss r.
T. Newell hal luncheon at the Wayside inn.
w. f. Whitcmb has been cutting and hauling
his winters npply of ice. Mr. Whitcomb and
his son Etn own some of the best team
horses in ue town, and their big teams seem
to be AWAY busy. E. Mrs. Ida F. Cilley is very
successful her work as teacher here, and
seems to ossess a peculiar gift for arousing
the intere. and encouraging the ambition of
her schools, At present she is using Walter
B. Strons new and up-to-date Geography
outline, f: which work the children using
mixtures ut from magazines. E. The smelt
fsherme report very uneyen and unsatis-
factory shing season on the Passagassawau-
keag,wi scarcely good catches enough to keep
nnthuslm up to the sporting mark.
LINENS BIRTHDAY. Thomas H. Marshall
Circle bserved Lincoln's Birthday at their
meetiI last Tuesday afternoon, when the
followg program was given: Reading What
Villa Taft said about Lincoln" Mrs. Ida
Mahoy; reading, why we Love Lincoln"
Mrs .arah Quincy; reading, when Lincoln
and echer Prayed Together Mrs. Annie
Durn; reading, 150th Anniversary of Lin
coin Birthday, Comrade Hassan; reading,
"TRtopsis," Mrs. Frances Murch; paper on
hlsEn thoughts Lincoln, Comrade Put
mar reading, Mrs. Hannah Wilson, remarks
on)w mis- regiment received the news of
Lpn's death, H. M. Bennett; reading,
"k Lincoln Helped the Pig" Miss Gladys
Ger reading, Mrs. Drusilla Frisbee; read
i "Lincoln's Birthday" Susan Patterson;
larks, Comrade Conant; reading. "Lincon
the Boy" Arvilla Downs; "Eulogy on Lin
D., Nettie Merrithew; poem Lincoln
S. Julia McKeen; reading. Mrs. Abbie Put
N; reading, 1.-THE Tribute of Nation" Dora
idges. Next Tuesday will be observed as
ashingtons Birthday. with program fol-
wed by ten-cent lunch of sandwiches, cof-
re, cookies and doughnuts. All sisters are
.quested to furnish food for the lunch.