The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-10

\ DR.. HarryL. Kileore, who enlisted some
; time ago in the medical officers reserve
f corps, has been ordered to active service
and will report at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca.
: Jan. 23rd.
t Elwood N. Titcomb of this city has
a ent cred the employ of the Maine Contra
:, Railro ad as brakeman with headquarter.
in Waterville His family will remain il
this city for the present.
:, The Hospital club will meet with Mrs
II Frank A. Nye, Cedar street, Wednesday
evening, Jan. 10th. All members art
e urged to invite friends and cards will bt
Y a feature of the program
e A meeting of the Scbeming Committee
t of the Belfast Board of Trade was hello
at the City National Bank last Thursday
g afternoon, when matters fer future work
= in Belfast were talked over.
. Waldo county registrants are at liberty
to enlist in either the Army or Navy I'M
. til the next quota is called All that is
necessary for them to do is to secure
; from the local board a certificate that
they have not been called.
McKeen's Orchestra furnished music
for social dance given by number of
the young men of the High school in
Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday evening.
There was a good attendance and the
+;roe tho roDort
The bay is free from ice with the ex-
ceptio of a large and solid pack on the
shore flats Searsport was also reported
free from ice yesterday, Wednesday,
morning. The Eastern Steamship Cos
boat arrived here from Boston at 83O
! a. m.
The Dickey-Knowlton Real Estate Com
pany have sold for Mrs P. D. H. Carter,
her residence on Condor street to Her
man H. Coombs of this city. Miss Maude
Russell and family, who are occupying
the house, have leased the Peavey house
on the same street and will remove there
this month.
The income tax officers will be in Bel
fast from Feb. 18th to Feb. 10th, to assist
all Belfast taxpayers to make returns 10
the government in the proper FORM 9th
er Waldo county dates announced are tor
Searsport, Feb. 18th; Stockton Springs,
Feb. 10TH; Frankfort, Feb. goth and Win
terport, Feb. 21st.
The Travellers Club will meet Tues
day afternoon, Jan. 18th, with Mrs.
Amos Clement. The program will con-
sist of a paper, Chinese Characteristics,
by Miss Nellie Hopkins; reading, The
Chinese Disregard for Sincerity, by Miss
Marearet A. Dunton; poem, The Yangtse
/ River, by Mrs. John R. Dunton; paper,
Life on the Waterways, by Mrs. Chas.
NJ Craig.
Harold Marden and Chester Howard
1 were elected to membership in the Boy
Scouts at last Tuesday evenings meeting
and others will be considered at the next
meeting. There was no regular program,
the members and others interested were
engaged in discussing the plans for the
big concert program that they intend to
give as public entertainment in late
February to raise funds for the benefit OF
/ the Bow Scout movement in this locality.
William H. Knowlton of Rockland,
we'll known in this city, died recently IN
the Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass, He
was member of the Naval reserve force
While engaged as student at the Har-
ward radio school he contracted pneumo-
MIA and failed so rapidly that he died be-
fore his family could reach him. He was
married Thanksgiving Day to Miss Helen
Patterson of Rockland, niece OF Mrs. >.
| S. Fernald and Mrs. L. E. McMahan OF
Belfast.
Owing to the severe weather and ice
embargo OF last week, it seemed advisable
to cancel the engagement of Rev. Milton
E. Muder of Castine to speak before the
Women's Alliance of the First Parish,
Unitarian, this, Thursday, afternoon; SO
the meeting will not take place. The
next meeting will be held at the home OF
Mrs. Albert c. Burgess, Church street,
Thursday, JAN Gath, when paper will
be given by Mrs. George R. Williamson,
''In the Days of the Irish Kings"
THE COAL SITUATION. The local COM
mittee at the suggestion of the fuel ad-
ministrator for Maine makes the follow
ing announcement regarding the fuel
situation: There are in the hands of
the local dealers today, January 7th, SIS
tons bituminous coal and 165 tons anthra-
cite coal. Our local dealers have the
promise of further supply at once, but
owing to the famine existing in some
places this is liable to be commandeered
at any time. Should this occur the stu
alton in Belfast would become very seri-
GUS and the committee wish to emphasize
the Importance of conserving every pound
of coal possible.
At the annual meeting of The City
National Bank, held Tuesday morning,
1ro M