The Republican journal., 1917-03-29

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Mrs. Hortense Littlefeld Talbot. who was
recently injured on the Boston Elevated road,
arrived home last Saturday morning by boat.
The Dickey- Knowlton Real Estate Co. have
rented for Elon B. Gilchrest his house on
Condor street to Charles Phillips and family
of Gardiner. who have moved there for the
summer.
At the meeting March 2lst of the Helping
Hand Society Of the Baptist church with Mrs.
Fred NJ. Dutch it was voted to furnish the
banquet for the senior class of the Belfast
High school at their graduation, the second
week in June.
A Lewiston subscriber in renewing her sub
scription writes: Enclosed please find SUBJ
scription price for the dear old Journal for an
other year. l cannot, and do not want to. get
along without it. I wish it all the success
possible"
Harry d. Upton. Colby College. IT. was in
Belfast last Satu: day. guest at the home of
Capt. J. o Hayes. Mr.. Upton requests The
Journal to state that the item iu its last issue
was not obtained directly from either party
mentioned.
| Fred G. Spinney closed his series of dancing
lessons with a ball in Odd Fellows hall last
Monday evening. Tle hall was decorated wi b
flags and red, white and blue bunting, and
about 60 couples were on the floor 1t was
very enjoyable occasion.
| The fifth in the series of subscription cotil-
lion parties last Friday evening in Memorial
hall was largely attended. Music was furnish
ed by McKeen's orchestra. Mr. and Mrs.
Irving T. Dinsmore had charge of the refresh
ments and Mrs Dinsmore was assisted in ser y
ing by Mrs. Stephen S. l.. Shute, Mrs. Elon B.
B. Gilchrest, Mrs. Lynwood B. Thompson and
Miss Charlotte NJ. Tib5etts.
During the past year two l. W. Parker,
having given up his recreation of boatbuild-
ing,has turned his attention to making canes,
and in material and workmanship they are
unexcelled Some of the material used is
cedar brought from Bermuda, but the canes
are mainly made of native woods One cane
in the rough is of rock-maple, and the handle
resembles a bird perched upon a stick-a
natural growth. Mr.. Parker, VINO is some
what of invalid, has canes for house use,
for ordinary outdoor and for use when
the streets and pavements are icy.
BOWLING. Tomorrow, Friday, night, in the
Dutch alleys. 10-string match will be rolled
between Maurice French and Walter Gray, for
the championship of the city. Thanksgiving
night French beat Gray in 10-string match
by some 80 pins more. A few weeks ag,,
Gray defeated French in a Is string match by
pins Gray claims the championship on the
grounds that the 15-string match arrang-
| ed to determine the better man, but French
contends that this was not so, and that he is
entitled to rubber" before the champion.
ship is taken away from him.
BELFAST OPERA House. To-day at the
Opera House is offered the eight-ree wonder
spectacle, 100000 Leagues Under the Sea-"
Notice carefully: matinee at 2 80; evening
show at z, feature shown but once, starting at
7.3O; all seats Is cents. When YOU see this
epoch making drama you will have seen the
most daring, the most sensational and most
revolutionary achievement in cinema history.
You will see Jules Verne's "monster" that ter
rorized the seven seas. You will see the
mighty commander, Captain Memo, who fol-
lowed the path of vessels 10000 leagues on his
voyage of vengeance. You will see the torpe-
do fired and photographed under the ocean
| while speeding on its deadly mission, and then
see uli-rigged ship blown to atoms This is
! positively the most thrilling spectacle ever
J photographed. Friday evening. Marguerite
Clark in "The Fortunes of Fiji" Saturday,
| Valocka IN
Blanche Sweet; Tuesday, matinee and evening,
Mollie King in 1.-THE Summer Girl" Wedne s.
day. Robert Warwick.
MORE BREAKS Last Thursday night the
office building at the plant of the Lubec Sar-
dine Go. was entered. The thieves came by
boat, climbed up the Sits on the piling and en-
: tered the building through rear window,
The roll top desk was opened and ransacked
The drawers on one side were opened, but the
key broke in the lock of a drawer containing
valuables and it not opened The gate
and office keys were taken. Last Sunday
the basement saiesroom of earle & Jones was
entered. Mr.. Jones was at the store in the
morning, leaving about II a. m. and returning
, at p. M, and the break was made between
i, those hours. A single pane of glass was taken
out of rear basement window through which
the thief, evidently boy, entered. He ran
sacked a drawer on the main floor, and then
returned to the basement with flashlight and
, used a screw driver to open the cash register,
from which he took silver watch and about
81 in cash. Claude H. Hall, recently sentenced
to the State School for Boys. but at liberty
, under a suspended mittmus, confessed to City
! Marshal Knowlton Monday that he was one Of
= two boys concerned in the break and that the
, other boy had the watch, but would not give
his name. The Hall boy will be sent to the
State school this week. Monday night the
shooting gallery and barber shop of Guy Gray
on lower M ain street was entered by the side
entrance. The outside door was pried open
and the main door was then broken in. Mr.
Gray missed revolver and two boxes O
, cigars.