The Republican journal., 1922-07-06

An interested person counted on tn,
business section of the streets last Satur.
day night seventy autos This did moi
include those in the vicinity of the Court
House.
A general alarm was rung in at 2 D. m.
Wednesday for fire in the,John F. Rog
ers' building on Main street, caught from
an oil stove on the third floor occupied by
Carl Hartford, wife and two children
The entire flat was in flames when dis
covered. 3The second flat occupied by
Mr.. Rogers was injured by water. The
all out was rung in at 2.45.
George c. Thompson, who has been oc :
cupyng a part of the Barker house on
Church street several years, has bonght
the Julia G. Ferguson place on upper
High street and will move there with his
wife and two little sons. Mrs. Ferguson
and Miss Louise H. Ferguson have taken
rooms in the B. H. Conant house on
Church street and are moving there this
week.
The Democratic campaign in Waldo
County will open in Belfast, Saturday
August 5. with big ratification meeting,
to be held at the Armory. The speaking
will commence at 80 and the speakers
will be Hon. William K. Pattangall, can
didate for Governor, Hon. Leon O. lib
belts, candidate for Representative tc
Congress, Hon. Carter B. Keene of Wash.
Ington, d. &. Lady speakers will be Mrs
w. X. Pattangall of Augusta and Mrs.
Charles Creighton of Thomaston, Vice
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mlttee, Belfast Band will furnish music.
Mrs. VIM. j. Colburn of Toledo, Ohio.
who is spending the summer here, enter
tanned the Monday Night Auction club
last Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman G. Swift, Cedar
street, where she is boarding. Luncheon
was served at noon in the dining room
the attractive table decorations including
handpainted place cards imported from
China. The afternoon was spent with
auction, the prizes of handkerchiefs be
ing won by Mrs. Charles H. Walden and
Mrs. Albert M. Carter. Since coming to
Belfast Mrs. Colbarn has been the guest
of honor at auction parties given by Mrs
Albert NJ. Carter and Miss Charlotte w.
Colburn, Miss Annie M. Bean, Mrs. AL
bert c. Burgess, Mrs. William B. Swan,
Mrs. William E HOFFMAN and Miss Maude
Gammans.
Major Arthur l.. Thayer of Bangor the
chairman of the Maine Industrial Acct
dent Commission, assigned the following
local cases which were heard Wednesday
July 5th, in the Municipal Court room in
the city building before the full commits
sion: Adrian Bridges versus Cyr Brothers
Company and the Travellers Insurance
Company, insurers; petition to determine
the extent of permanent impairment
Raymond Aldus versus the Consumers
Fuel Company and the Maryland Casual
ty Company, insurers; petition to deter
mine the extent of permanent impair
ment; Charles NJ. Wood versus Leonard
ability Insurance Company, insurers; pe-
titon to determine the extent of perma
nent impairment.
Ralph H. Howes, president of the Bel
fast Chamber of Commerce, who was in
strumental in securing the great conven
ience of daily mails on the Boston steam
ers of the Eastern Steamship Liues, Inc.
urges all to use this service. He also
suggests that Belfast people doing bust
ness In Boston urge the latter to patron
ize tn boat service when filling the or
ders. The steamers will take the mail
every day including Sundays, as they
started on their daily trips last Sunday,
July 2 Belfast will have the conven-
lence of Sund ~ morning mail as well
as mail out Sunday night, as long S
the boats run on the summer schedule
Mail must be in the Belfast Post Office
by 4.20 in the afternoon. AS the last
train out leaves at Ito, the mail closing
at IL ~, the extra time allowed by hav-
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