The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-09-02

The Pejepscot Pulp and Paper Company
have bought the staging, ETC., in the Pen
/ deton shipyard and will use it at their
local plant
Supt. E, E. Roderick wishes all pupils
of the Belfast High school to. meet him
at his office Friday from $50 to 11.30 a.
m. This is to arrange for the school pro-
gram and each pupil should be present.
The farm buildings on the Libby stock
farm at the Station in Burnham were
completely destroyed by fire Wednesday
night. The fire originated in the barn
and some of their horses and cattle were
burned
Frank P. Wilson of New York, who is
the guest of his mother, Mrs ]. F. Will
son, returned from trip to Boston Sat-
urday in the pleasure yacht Syren, which
he will enjoy while convalescing at his
former home,
Some very attractive dolls furniture,
made by Henry d. Clough, is on exhibit
ton in the window of Adams jeweiry
store. They are very neatly and sub
stantially constructed and would make
any little girl happy.
Parkinson Brothers, who recently came
here from Lubec to engage in the fishing
business, have built wharf and smoke
house on the shore in East Belfast about
opposite the Eastern S. S. wharf. They
also own and conduct their fishing boats.
The following from Waldo County
took the State Teachers examination
last Friday, conducted by Supt. E. E.
Roderick at his office in the city building:
Mr.. Keith B. Weymouth of Morrill,,
Misses Jessie Kelley of Searsport, Ida
Wing of Searsmont and Merle r. Wright
Of Brooks,
Allen L. Curtis, for the past eight
years proprietor of the City Bakery in
Hayford Block. Church street, has sold
to his baker, John Chalmers, who will
conduct it. He has had long experience
in the baking business and is an excel
lent cook. MIR. Curtis will devote his
entire time to his fancy and dry goods
store on Nam street. The transfer in
the bakery was made Sept, LIST.
Frank Meservey and Fred Wentworth,
charged with larceny of grain, etc, from
the Swan & Written storehouse, were
both held by Judge Clyde B. Chapman
for the September term of the Supreme
Judicial Court at the adjourned hearing
Thursday. They appealed and gave So 0
bonds The former secured Sam Freed
man and Martin Anderson and the latter
Mr.. and Mrs Walter H. Juan as sureties.
Freedman was a so held for receiving
stolen goods. He denied all knowledge
of the transaction, but was fined SIS and
costs, which he paid
NORTH BELFAST Mr.. Alfred Walton
of Newton, Mass, arrived last week to
visit his father MIR W H. Walton. Vic
tor l. Merriam of Lowell, Mass, arrived
last Sunday for few weeks vacation.
Miss Frances Davis former resident,
was in town Monday calling on friends
and relatives. Arthur Roberts of Thorn
aston visited relatives in this village the
| first of the week...A baby boy arrived in
| Roberts last Friday. village has
quite metropolitan appearance. Sew
| eral houses have been wired and are now
using electricity for lighting purposes,
and Fred A. Holmes and Purity Bottling
works have esta blished motors to fur
nish power in their business. Mr.. and
Mrs Harvey Cohen and child of New
York are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. G.
F. Mayhem.
A PUBLIC WIRELESS STATION. Rep
resentatives from one of the largest COM
mercial and public wireless Geographic
companies Of the day and said to be the
International Radio Company with a
New York office, have been in Belfast
the past four weeks erecting temporary
station to test the location. They were
recently in Rockland, but did not care to
locate there. Up-to- date all their tests
here have been satisfactory. Their first
message was answered from Halifax and
for the past week they have been in com.
munication with ocean-going ships. The
representative has secured through Orrin
J. Dickey OF the Dickey- Knowlton Real
Estate O., options on the Dutch farm on
Congress street extension, where the
tests are being made and also on the
Read farm on Northport avenue Moth
ing can be definitely learned of the affair
until the second week of September.