The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-10-24
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Sidney NJ. Weber madea business trip
to Augusta Friday
Charles M. Whittier in convaiescing
from an attack of influenza.
Miss Clara Roulstone left Monday for
Boston after spending month with Mrs.
Flora Roulstone.
Mrs. E. w. Gilkey has acted as assist
ant in the Clement & Adams dry goods
store for the past week.
Mrs. Lillias Nichols left for Boston
Monday after spending the summer at her
home on Water street
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Whitcomb and
Miss Orilla, are spending the week at
their cottage at Swan Lake.
William Bowler suffered a severe i'll
turn on Thursday night. He has been in
failing health for several months.
Mrs. Charles A. Weber left Tuesday
for Boston where she will be the guest OF
her sister, Mrs James Woods. Mrs: Web
Der has spent the summer in town.
Myron Parker returned Friday from
Portsmouth, N. H., where he was called
by the illness of his daughter, Mrs Frank
Rider. Mrs Parker will remain in Ports
mouth for the present.
Mrs. Stephen Card died at her home on
Mt Ephriam street, Sunday afternoon,
after short illness with influenza. She
leaves husband and four young sons:
Cecil, Stanley, Charles and Roland
By order of the Board of Health gen.
eral gatherings are still forbidden. The
schools will not open until the epidemic
has been checked In the meantime
watch your children. What may appear
only as bad cold can develop alarming
symptoms in few hours.
During the past two weeks Mrs. M. ).
ONeil Harriet Weber, of Providence
has acted as volunteer nurse in the sur
gical department of the Rhode Island
hospital, relieving a regular nurse tor IN
fuenza patients. Mrs. O'Neil graduated
from the Rhode Island hospital about six
years ago.
News of the death of Edna Rich) Rob-
erts of Belfast was received Friday. Mrs.
Roberts was the daughter of MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Rich of this town. In 1905
she married Cecil Roberts, then employed
by the Searsport Grain Co. For the past
few years they have made their home in
Belfast. She is survived by her husband,
father and one sister, Mrs. Annie Brown
of Belfast.
The Red Cross rooms are closed until
further notice. A number of gauze masks
for the use of those caring for influenza
patients were made last week and placed
in the Searsport Drug Store where they
may be had on application. The local
chapter will furnish as many of these
masks as are needed. Ask your physician
about their use and try to prevent the
spread of the disease through your family.
The following telegram was received at
the University of Maine on Monday by
Dr. Leon S. Merrill, State Director: "Gov-
eminent daily needs five hundred tons of
shells and pits for use in making gas
masks Solicit your aid in having cam
paign organized in every community for
collecting and delivering to the Red Cross
,,
DR.. Merrill adds: 'The nation needs 500
tons day. How many tons can Maine
furnish? Let's make it big"
The Kanetota Camp Fire Girls have
been asked to assist in distributing litera-
ture describing the work of the Young
Womans Christian Association. This is
by way of bring the work to the atten-
ton of the public in preparation for the
United War Work Campaign Nov. lib,
when s17O, 800, 900 is to be raised for the
support of the Y. M. C. A.. the Y. w. c:
A.. the Knights of Columbus, War Camp
Community Service, Jewish Welfare
Board, Salvation Army and America
Library. Association. 1t is through the
ministration of these war workers that
our boys are kept physically and morally
strong enough for the fight.
The meeting of the Boys and Girls
Agricultural Clubs of Waldo County was
postponed from Oct. 1926 to Nov. 80
The meeting will be held in Belfast. The
Searsport young people have been doing
good work and hope to wip some of the
prize money that has been raised for dis
tribution among the club members. Five
girls have carried through the canning
project, putting up for winter use over
four hundred pints of fruits, vegetables
and meats. One fourteen-year -old farm
erette has made a profit of $20.75 on a
twentieth of an acre of land Careful
records and selection of profitable crops
prove the value of the small garden and
the abb 'ity of children. A large percent
age of the money received by each mem
Der has been used for the purchase of
Thrift and War Savings St lmps.
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