The Republican journal., 1919-09-25
rHEREP JBLIcAN JOURNAL THURSDAY sEprEmRE, q 1910

Alice, the little daughter of MIR. and
/ Mrs. Charles r. Coombs, has been con-
fined to her home few days by an injury
to her right foot, which she received last
| Thursday while playing on the "giant
stride" at the PIERCE school.
The marriage of Dr. George w. Phelan
of New York, son of Rev. and Mrs. D. B.
Phelan of 1slesboro, formerly of Belfast,
and Miss Dorothy Wilkes, R. N, will
take place October 25th at the Episcopal
church in Montreal, the brides home city
DIR. Phelan saw service overseas in the
! Medical Corps with the rank of major,
| and was wounded severely just before the
! armistice was signed. Miss Wilkes also
saw great deal of service overseas in
the Red Cross work as an r. N.
The repairs and improvements in the
Hall & Wilkins store on lower Main street
are nearly completed and are credit to
that busy section of the street Their
, offices are large and convenient and neat
ly finished in hard wood. The addition
of 40x7O feet for storage of flour and
grain is two stories high and all in one
room. Their grain elevator is also ready
to use. The plot of land 4Ox7O in the rear
of their storehouse will be seeded down.
Mrs. Mary Eleanor Tarbox of Fryeburg
is evidently a general favorite with the
National body of the Ladies of the Grand
| Army of the Republic as she was recently
| elected National Patriotic Instructor at
their meeting in Columbus, Ohio. This
is the sixth office Mrs. Tarbox has filled
in the national organization, including
that of president. She was formerly Miss
Reardon of Belfast and has many frie nds
here who extend congratulations and best
| wishes on this new and important DO
sition
! APPLES. Waldo County has good crop
in apples this fall. Buyers are busy not
only for the canning factories supply,
| but are shipping away immense quanti-
| ties. One man who did not receive
cent for certain crop last year has net
ted $40 this season A large amount have
been shipped to New York State, where
they have good crop, but not men avail
able for harvesting In a recent ride
| through Waldo County men, women and
children were seen busily harvesting this
valuable crop. The apple business has
| made it necessary to put on traffic man
at the railroad depot.
B. L. Davis clothing store on Main
street was entered during the night of
Thursday, Sept. 18th, and at least 5000
worth of goods, including sweaters, neck
wear, iewelry, a good handbag, etc,
taken. The thief was familiar with the
store and goods. He took out pane of
glass 15x22 inches in one of the windows
in the rear giving him an easy entrance
and handy way of taking out the goods
Night watch Elmer S. Whitehead heard
noise in the rear of the store at 2 30 a.
m. and went to investigate, but did not
catch the thief. He crawled into the
! store and telephoned to Mi Davis One
private apartment on Main street has
been searched and Mr.. Davis intends O
| follow up his clews until he lands the
| thief
Mrs c. Chapman Pineo and children
| Katherine and Chapman, Jr., were on the
Lamport & Holt liner Vestris which sail
| ed from New York Sept. l4th for South
| America. The New York Times of Sept,
| 10th gives brief account OF the fire
which started on the steamer in her No.
| hold 48 hours after leaving New ork.
| The crew, including 100 officers anc men,
fought the fire for four days before she
could be docked at St Lucia, West Indies.
| The passengers were safely landed and no
one was injured There was nothing in
the dispatches to indicate how the tire
| started. She had $50 passengers and 6,OCO
| tons of freight The British cruiser Var
mouth had come to the assistance OF the
Vestris. The Boston Herald of Sept. 10Th
saws that the steamer was able to proceed
on the VOYAGE.