The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23
The News of Belfast.

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lies A. Swift, during her annual va
,aop'
Airs Ida Frankel left last Monday for
York to get fall line of goods for
store and will return in about two
,sshS,
~ and Mrs. John Cakes have moved
esfast from Waterville and have
.., the Jeffords house on Charles
Mr. Cakes is brakeman on the
sf,st.B Durham R. r.
r Everard A. Wilson has taken the
AR recently vacated by the death of
c Kilgore. It has been renovated
-4paired for him. Miss Effie Wal
am Osteopath, has taken the office
.,qred by DR.. Wilson.
opn A. Gilmore, conductor on the Bel
b. Rurnham r. R. has been confined to
new home on Charles street with an
p, TO his knee. Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore
,r cave soon to visit Mr. and Mrs. Fred
.ard of Chelsea, Mass.
uer-ick S. Tibbetts, claim manager of
liz Faarless Casualty Co. of Keene, N.
4 Mic IS spending vacation in Sears
ami was in Belfast Tuesday with M. A.
5ok district manager, and paid claim
Fred Horne for this company,
The SIMMONS family reunion will be
.s. q, Pine Grove on the east side of
l-rsatc Pond in Appleton Sept. 18th. If
;rry on that day the first fair day.
Ne nope all descendants will be present.
Mrs Abigail Simmons, Secretary.
The Midsummer sale by the ladies of
NE luNersalist society will be held in
n. es ~ of the church this, Thursday,
.teruoon and evening. Useful and fancy
.-.fleS. aprons, cooked and homemade
asIy viii be for sale. Admission free.
ared States Civil Service examina-
r9a, win be held in Portland, October
ul7 Men are needed for mechanical
r3oss. N the engineer department and
III. ahthouse service. Full information
may be obtained by writing to Civil Ser
o-5 Examiners, Post Office Building,
fa.taud, Me.
There are at present two inmates in
Waldo county iail-a woman waiting
d. action of the grand jury of the Sep
r-7bar term of the Supreme Judicial
Cur. On the charge of arson; and a young
rsa serving a sentence for forgery.
l--s ave been only fourteen commit
rertS hus far in 1917.
As result of the protest the citizens
Belfast recently presented the Public
'-tgs commission at Augusta in re-
..rl o. he rates charged by the Belfast
E3.e Co. hearing will be had at the
C~ House at 7.30 p. m, August Both.
n. aettioners claimed that the rates
@a7zad here are higher than in any city
j is SIZE in the country.
In The list of successful candidates to
be P.altsburg training camps are Brad
lsh S Murray and DR.. Oramel E. Haney
0. Portland, well known here, Donald S.
lark Of Belfast, William B. Williamson
o. augusta, one of the proprietors of the
aon.4l Theatre in this city, Harry
>sUltt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j.
S,arett of Springfield, Mass.
l. Steinart, acting manager of the
0ti plant of the Booth Fisheries Com
Jams eft last Thursday for New Haven,
mn, IN the interests of the company.
III frank MacRae of Machias succeeds
W'1s management of the Belfast plant
vi snd Mrs. Steinart have been board
The home of DR.. Adelbert Millett
2rnt heir stay in Belfast.
VIA. came very near resulting in a
sesou5 accident took place on the Cum
1hg"lm hill in Northport last Thursday
-0o0 when Ford car driven by Award
'a'g Of this city and owned by Orrin ].
ifHrv Of the Maine Transportation Com
5-ay, was run into from the rear by
Vaughan Hamilton of Boston, who is &C.
u ug one of the cottages on the South
Shore The Ford car was thrown into
The ditch and the occupants had mar
10" escape. AS it was the Ford was
BADLY damaged and the forward gear of
me car put out of commission. Mr.. Ham
lion vas driving an Oakland roadster
and vas alone; Mr.. Craig was accom-
Panied by Edwin Morse, conductor for the
above company on their big cars and
Passenger, Miss Eliza Monroe of this city,
'etugning from trip to Lincolnville.
Percy Bickford of Searsmont, an in
mate OF the Bangor Insane Hospital, re-
emily escaped and came to his home in
'erv excited and violent condition. His
t-a'lyes found it necessary to call on
Sheriff Frank A. Cushman for assistance.
lie came to Belfast with the officers with
-t lie least resistance and Thursday
Our attendants from the Hospital came
d curing car for him. zee. Sheriff Cush-
nan was also called upon to assist Dep
-ty w S. Berry of Stockton Springs in
ahlng charge of w. M. Moore of Mon
of who had come here in an insane con-
AIl9n. The officers found it necessary
use both the leg irons and handcuffs