The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-01-27
The Food Fair.

1t will be the Biggest, Busiest, Best Ever.
Come and Bring your Whole Family.
Gifts Galore and Something Doing All the
Time.
The fourth annual Food Fair under the aus
pices of the Belfast Board of Trade will be
opened in the Opera House at 10 q. m Tues
day. Feb. 1st, and continue through the week.
From the preparations made it is safe to pre-
dict that it will excel in attra ctiveness and in.
terest the fairs before given. and as an addi-
tional inducement to bring visitors from out
Of town our business people propose to have a
One Dollar Sale during the week in which un.
usual values will be offered in all lines. Beau.
tiful gifts will be given to the first fifty ladies'
with each admission; there will be gifts from
the merchants for afternoon and evening, and
liberal prizes have been provided for special
events. Four beautiful cups for the baby
show are now on exhibition in the window of
The City Drug store.
The Daily Program.
Tuesday. February 1st. Grand Army Day,
G. A. R. Veterans admitted free. Opening ad-
dress by Mayor c. R. Coombs. Concertby Bel
fast Food Fair Orchestra. Patriotic selections
vocal and instrumental.
Wednesday, February End. Old Folks Day.
Concert by Orchestra. Old-time songs and in
strumental selections. Old Folks dancing in
the evening; grand march to be led by Oldest
couple in the city. with prize awards Prizes
to Oldest lady, oldest gentleman, Oldest couple
and Oldest persons coming the longest dis
tances
Thursday. February 3d. Everybodys Day
Concert Hundreds of dancers in costume.
Special prizes for costumes. Grand march at
9 o'clock. Songs and instrumental selections
for everybody.
Friday. February 4th. Children's Day. Prizes
awarded to children in vocal and instrumental
selections.Awards to girls bringing the largest
and smallest, best dressed and most attractive
dolls. Concerts by the orchestra. Cups award
ed to babies in Baby Show contest at o'clock.
Dolls Congress and parade at 8 o'clock Ladies
Leap Year night. Everybody dances.
February 5th. Grange Day. Prize awarded
to the Grange registering the largest number
of members in proportion to entire member
ship during the day. Concerts by Orchestra.
Confetti night. Big closing event of the fair
For general information the following notes
have been given! Free gifts to first fifty ladies'
each admission. Dancing every evening, nine
to twelve. Distribution of free gifts at four
and eight o'clock. Awards in agricultural and
fancy department on Friday afternoon. No
free tickets issued for exhibits placed in hall
for prizes, Admission ten cents days and
twenty cents evenings. Thousands of free
samples given away during the fair Doors
open at ten a. m., to five p m., and from 80
to IL midnight. Concerts every day aud even
ing by the Belfast Food Fair Orchestra, of ten
pieces, Miss Gertrude Mcclure of Bangor,
leader, and Lloyd McKeen of this city second
violin. Fifty gifts presented each afternoon
and evening. Vocal and instrumental solos,
The Annex Exhibits
In the vegetable and fancy work department
prizes Will be awarded as follows:
Best exhibit of vegetables, first S3. 90; Sec
ond $500; third s100.
Best exhibit of preserves and canned goods,
first $500; second Sl,00; third 75c.
Best rug exhibit, first $l00; second 75c;
third SOC,
Best exhibit of eggs, first, one years sub
sc-iption to Maine Farmer; second 75c; third
Soc.
Best exhibit of apples, first $lOO; second
75c; third SOC.
Best exhibit of butter first 75c; second SOC;
third 25c.
Best exhibit of fancy work, first 81. 90; Sec
ond 75c; third soc.
Best exhibit made by Waldo county boy,
first prize Ingersoll watch; second Soc; third
z5c
Best individual piece of fancy work, one
years subscription to Recreation, first.
Best exhibit Of all things raised farm:
first $500; second 81 so; third, 81. 90.
| Best exhibit Of honey, first SOC; second 25c
Best exhibit of rugs, first LOO; second 75c;
third Soc.
Best composition Ct fifty words by boy,
one years subscription to Boys Life.
Notes.
Renworth R. Rogers has been engaged to
sell tickets.
Miss Isabel Smalley will have charge of the
women's exhibits as last year.
| Mrs. John o. Black will have lunch coun-
ter in the annex and visitors need not go hun
CRY.
| The steamer Golden Rod will have an 'excur-
sion from Castine and Islesboro Thursday Feb
Sd, leaving Castine at 5 p. m.. Warrens Land
ing 5. 15 p. m., and returning leave Belfast at
IL o'clock. If stormy Thursday the excursion
will be on Friday.