The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-07-07

cinity.
Mrs. Frank A. Riggs has been pickin,
raspberries from her garden since tn,
9th day of June and has .romise O.
their bearing for several weeks more.
7 A large number of Belfast Masons, &C.
companied by the Band, were in Bangor
last Friday to attend the Shriners cele.
bration. Forty took the degree, the
largest number from any place in Maine
Complying with the special request OF
Chief S S. L. Shute of the fire depart
ment, the city has purchased 1000 feet
of hose for winter use. At the time OF
the fire at the foot of Main street every
foot of hose was in use, and was consid-
cred very risky thing at the time.
Fred Flynn and Fred Pierce of Hamp-
den were before Judge Clyde r. Chap
man of the Municipal Court on complaint
of Game Warden Frank M. Bailey of
Citypoint charging them with catching
short length trout in stream at West
Winterport. They plead guilty and were
each fined SIS and costs of court.
Miss Annie L. Barr of this city and IL
brarian of our Free Library, who has
been for the past year in the Legal De-
partment of the State Library at Angus
ia, has accepted lucrative position in
| the public library at Rumford. She will
assume her duties there in September.
Miss Barr arrived Saturday for a visit
here.
Mrs. Elsie A. Dusenbury has sold the
house on Cedar street known as the
Kimball residence to L. E. Thornton and
will leave in a few weeks to live with
her sister, Mrs. Susan Klmbi II Cooper of
! Oakland, Calf. Mr.. Charles B. Eaton
will accompany Mrs. Dusenbury and
will remain for brief visit on the Pa
cific coast
The first entertainment in the Com
munity Chautauqua course will be given
in the series on school common next
moons and six evenings. The program
is the best one featured in all the years
of it's existence. The course tickets are
only 81. so, war tax free, and may be had
at the City Drug Store, Main street.
The Junior program will be an excellent
one for the children under the direction
of Supt E. E. Roderick and Miss Kath-
crime Brown. See the display advts. and
also the reading notice on page two.
! Get your tickets early as no one can af-
ford to miss it.
POORS MILLS. Mrs. Arthur Higgins,
son and little daughter recently spent a
week with friends in Waterville. Mrs.
Mary Pitman of Thorndike has been Wis
iting Mrs. Annabell Underwood .. Dora
Brown is spending her vacation with ner
mother and brother..... Mr.. Newton
Strong of Boston is boarding with Mr..
and Mrs. F. T. Wentworth. Mrs. Luella
Brown, son John and daughter Dora
spent Sunday in Liberty. Leslie Payson
has been having some repairs done on
his barn.. Helen Payson has been visit
ing with Mrs. Della Wade. 20. Mr.. Joseph
Shea and his son Albert of Boston are ex-
pected this week to spend few weeks
] with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wentworth....
Mrs. j. A. Hartshorn's brother, Mr.
Wade of New London, Conn, is here on a
visit.
Herbert r. Hill of Scranton, Penn.
was before Judge Clyde R. Chapman of
the Municipal Court on complaint of
Carl Scribner charging him with an at
tempt to sell mortgaged property. Serb
ner sold Hill a general store in Troy and
took a mortgage on it; the latter also
agreeing to keep the stock replenishei to
| the value of $4,000 The plaintiff COM
planned that the defendant was criminal
Iy negligent of his part of the contract.
! The defendant is about 40 years old and
claims to have served five years in the
World War in the Canadian army The
complainant was a former North Sears
port resident and well known business
man. Hill was held for the Grand Jury
at the September term of the S. j. Court
and was committed.
W. F. Center of Bruins lick, one of
Names best known dry goods men and
a former representative of the Hovey
store in Boston, arrived Monday to be q
third party with Mrs. Essie P. earle and
William M. Randall in the final stock
taking before the transfer of the Garlic
store to Mr.. Randall, which took place
Wednesday, Mrs. earle retires after a
long and successful business life and has
the best wishes of many friends for the
! enjoyment of many years to come. In
private life she will still be active and
, influential, but never idle She will con-
tinue in the store through July. Miss
Julia E. Brown also retires as an active
clerk with Mrs. Garlic, having been about
thirty years in the business, first with
George W. Burkett, then with James H,
Howes and for some time with Mrs,
earle. She has always been popular and
is most efficient clerk. 1t will be good
news to her many friends that she will
| he a substitute clerk with Mr. Randall