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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 22, 1912

KITTYS RETURN She trailed slowiy uown the stairway in her velvet gown It was peachy hued with old lace at throat and wrists She moved with an indolent grace and held her head with its heavy masses ol dark hair a trifle haughtily The crim son lips were unsmiling and the eyes deeply blue under the long lashes looked distantly coid Sherrod watching her as she came slowly down to him felt a contraction of his throat and a sense of disappoint ment vaguely accusatory She re minded him in her new stateliness of an old painting he had seen in an art gallery in Florence The Marchioness the velvet gown with its clinging folds j accentuated her graceful slenderness and the long train lent dignity to her little figure Sherrod caught his breath 1 as he watched her hungrily He had 1 not remembered that she was so beauti ful She had always been to him the very essence of all that was lovely and gracious anil sweet and he had known her beautiful But he had never pic tured her with this regal air He felt i bewildered and somehow defrauded And then just as she reached the

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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 4, 1912

A Miracle of the Sea One Chance in a Million Saved thi Hannah F Carleton Mysterious Trag edy of the Active How the Charle Houghton Blundered into Boothbay Bangor Daily News When the old Bangor schooner Han nah F Carleton went to the bottom o Vineyard Sound Davy Jones claimed thi coaster that was famed all along shon as having been the victim of the Strang est collision ever known at seasuch i collision as never occurred before o since and is not likely to happen again There was one chance in a million fo the Hannah F Carleton in that famou crash and chance favored the schooner Old sailors regard her escape as nothin short ot a miracle They were telling about the Hannal F Carletons remarkable experience the mariners assembled around the fir in Mulvanys sail loft the other day am other close shaves were mentioned bu none to compare with the miracle of Cape Cod which is well remembered b the older captains The Hannah F Carleton was a twomaster of 189 tons built at Pembroke in 18S4 and at th time of her strange experience haiiin from Jonesport She had been to Ne York with lumber

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 28, 1911

MAINE STATE GRANGE The Maine State Grange met in Lewis ton last week The feature of the day Tuesday was the address of State Mas ter C S Stetson He gave a brief re port of the doings of the National grange referring to the position he took as an insurgent and said that his sole ob ject was the bettering of the conditions in the National grange He spoke of the Kegley trial and explained the posi tion taken by the representatives from Maine He was heartily applauded when he said that he felt that the machine of the National grange is brok n and said that the increase in membership had been satisfactory Dishonest officials and political combinations have discredited the Prohibitory law he declared Hon est men men of courage and integrity men in whom the people have confidence are needed in public office They can be found and the grange should aid in the finding I have faith to believe that the frange of the future will use all its in uence in creating a widespread public sentiment and demand for an honest en forcement of the law prohibiting the manufacture and sale the use and

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 21, 1911

Stockton Springs Trust Company STOCKTON SPRINGS MAINE We have grown in Deposits over 42 and in accounts about 100 since April first last We respectfully solicit your banking business j We offer you the most modern banking facilities and the strongest connections in and out of Maine Deposits or withdrawals may be made by mail as well as in person We can now legally accept acounts in the names of two persons payable to either or the survivor Statement of Condition December 12 1911 of STOCKTON SPRINGS TRUST COMPANY RESOURCES Demand and Time Loans 1197089 Loans on Mortgages of Real Estate 817396 Loans on Collateral 77000 Stocks and Bonds 5410500 Expense Account 174904 Furniture and Fixtures 870C0 Cash Deposited in other Banks 744178 Cash on Hand 237970 Real Estate Owned 100000 8846037 LIABILITIES Capital Stock2500000 SurPlus 200000 Undivided Profits 292571 Demand Deposits 3L23659 Savings Deposits 2729807 _ 8846037 I We pay 4 h per annum on savings accounts Deposits received on or be fore the 12th of any month will draw interest from the first day of the same month Dividends payable on and after the first day of January and July H R HICHBORN President DIRECT0RS FRANK S BENSON

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 7, 1911

or Cat calls for quidVf yAo treatment Dont try experiments M Ivl I Bu I You are safe and sure with the oldreliable ri j f JOHNSONS Limmenti avopyv Liniment ghMMUi Used over 100 years for Rheumatism Swellings f Pills Stiff Joints Wounds Used inwardly for E _ I Colds Sore Throat Croup Bowel Troublesr a 1 s 25c and 50c Bottles At all Dealers System CO LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES The December Womans Home Com panion is a specially illustrated and beautified Christmas number It con tains aside from the usual illustrations a great many pictures in color Stories are included in greater number than usual and several of them are extraor dinary presentations of the Christmas spiritfull of action and the best kind of sentiment Some of the contributors of the fiction are Jeffery Farnol Mary E Wilkins Freeman Norvell Harrison Owen Oliver and Hulbert Footner Among the articles in the December Wide World Magazine is one entitled A 200000000 Treasure Hunt which deals with the recent excavations in i Jerusalem by British explorers for the j purpose of recovering the buried riches of the Jewish kings It is written by A Resident of Jerusalem and is illus

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 30, 1911

Exports of Raisins From the United States Washington D C Nov 27 1911 More than one million dollars worth of raisins were exported from the United States in the last fiscal year the quanti ty 18 12 million pounds being tar in ex cess of the total exported in any earlier year The imports during the year amounted to only 2 12 million pounds against 10 million pounds in 1900 and as high as 50 million pounds in certain years prior to the development of production in the United States Comparing 1911 with 1900 the figures of the Bureau of Statistics Department of Commerce and Labor show that exports grew from 2 12 million pounds to over 18 12 million pounds and their value from 140000 to 1069000 During the same period im ports of raisins fell from 10 13 million pounds in 1900 to 2 12 million in 1911 and their value from 531000 to 237 lW 1I1C laigcot CApui IU11U1I un iuioiuh recorded in any year prior to 1911 was that of 1907 a little over 9 million pounds or less than half that of 1911 while the largest importation of raisins on record is that of 1884

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 23, 1911

FRANK W GOWEN Frank W Gowen widely known in temperance work and as a very active business man left Waterville last week to locate in Southern California Mr Gowen has been one of the most active workers in Maine for Prohibition by voice and pen and from a boy an earnest Good Templar in which organization he became very prominent He has held high office in this order in Maine also in the Supreme Lodge of the world having been Supreme Lecturer and organizer and visited many States in the Union in its interest also Canada and only a few years ago was sent to Europe twice in succession by the Maine Good Templars to represent them in the worlds sessions of the order Mr Gowen has also been engaged in the insurance business for many years and it is understood that he will engage in the same business in Cali fornia He is a gentleman of dis tinguished presence and will be missed in Maine but all of his friends throughout the State will wish him suc cess in his business undertaking on the r acuu tuasi COST OF LIVING THE SAME TODAY AS FORTY YEARS AGO In the

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Library of Congress1911

Image 3 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), October 19, 1911

rd Parlor Stoves Crawford Parlor A genuine indirect draft stove with full return flue the smoke passes down between the firepot and the outside casing of the stove to a flue beneath the ashpan thence up and out through the back smoke pipe to the chimney giving more heat and burning j less coal The grate center slides for i ward for dumping Large clinker door wide deep ashpan dust damper nickel rails removable Four sizes Tropic Crawford With or with s out down draft back pipe Draw center grate Best stove made at the price crawtord parlor Nickel rails removable Crawford Wood Parlor in this new heating stove for wotd the front dcxir j swings open to give the effect of a fireplace By moving fi a slide in this door the fire can be seen without opening the door itself The slide openings are protected by wire gauze The main top swings to one side and underneath it is a large plate that lifts to admit large pieces of wood j This stove is madein both direct and indirect draft styles It is strongly made and very handsome Three sizes to burn 19 22 or 25 inch lengths

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 5, 1911

County Correspondence NORTH ISLESBORO Mrs I M Burgess is the guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Rose in Rockland Mr Jesse Bates is attending the M C I in Pittsfield Mrs William Farrow left last week for a visit with her husband in BostonMiss Caro Heal arrived from Brockton Mass last Satur day to spend a week with her parents Mr and Mrs B F Heal Miss Elizabeth Bates who is teaching in Unity was at home over Sunday Miss Eunice Keller a student of the Cas tine Normal school spent the weekend at home MrsHelen Ryder and daughter Gay lie were in Belfast over Sunday Mrs H M Coombs visited in Camden and Rockland last week_Mrs Jason Greenlaw who spent the summer at her home in Deer Isle arrived last week for the winterMrs Isabel Sprague is the guest of Mrs Velocia E Coombs LIBERTY Mr and Mrs Earle P Maloney have return ed from a two weeks visit with Mr Maloneys relatives in Thomaston MeSherman Cram and Earl Reynold are digging potatoes in Freedom_The corn factory has closed hav ing done a very successful falls workDr S W Johnson of Belfast was in town last week on business

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 28, 1911

THE RIGHT HOUSE Jack Merton arrived in Chicago at 5 oclock on a rainy afternoon His train for the west left at 9 and he was prompted to spend the intervening hours with his cousin Taking a cab he was driven to the house No 232 There she is the next one to this I might have recognized the bronze flowerpots on the balcony any way Now for a surprise He ran lightly up the steps of No 232 pulled out a latchkey he had long carried and inserted it in the lock The key fitted easily and the door swung open revealing a long expanse of cool dark hall in summer attire of linen coverings There was not a 30ul in sight The doors that he remembered led to drawing rooms library and sitting room tirrViflxr Mrusorl At this hour Uncle Fred and Peter would probably have returned from the office and as was their daily custom would be grilling overthe evening papers in the little library in the glare of strong electric lights instead of spinning along the lake front watching the sunset after the strenuous day down town The Mer tons were money grubbers anyway with but

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 21, 1911

The Story of a Man Who Made Good BY HARRY LEE SNYDER From the National Magazine About ten oclock in the morning of the first day of April the high cost of living landed h solar plexus blow I had just paid my good German landlady for my preceding weeks board and lodging and she had remarked apologetically Pota toes costs so much an meat is so high once that it is 1 must ask you for ten dollars every week already And I had been paying only seven I went to my office and sat down at my desk to think things overa not alto ether pleasant or wholly profitable task was a lawyer My honest old black smith fatherhaving in mind nothing but the thought of securing my futurehad made numberless sacrifices that I might be educated and his dearest wish had been to see me cozily established in my chosen profession Within a week after my admission to the bar he died and I found myself alone in the world for my mother had passed away some years be fore As I sat at my desk that morning 1 fell to thinking of my fathers last words

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 3, 1911

jSEP TO LEAVE HIS VESSEL Mazerill Stays by the Dismasted r E Ayer His Wife and Baby ueJ ff Cape Cod The Schooner Ited into Boston Sunday 1 rJight of terror on a waterlogged iflt7 iTed vessel Mrs Jennie Mazerill jo of the twomasted schooner ife I n f Bangor and her 14monthsold i A Albert were brought to Boston iby tie steamer Bunker Hill which M the schooners boat off Cape I bert Mazerill and the crew of turned to the lurching craft after b 1 inferred the woman and child to l r Mrs Mazerill lost most of her when she reached the deck of the Eie t and her baby were drenched iit It was a terrible night and we choner would capsize any mo hl M Mazerill She was given hot t ourishing food and was placed k ts in one of the staterooms eatt in bed when the Bunker Hill her berth on the south side of T ar at 1030 a m was caught in the furious north Friday and the lurching and t he seas caused her to spring a he was wallowing about in a wild ght when the mainmast toppled it

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 27, 1911

Jr 1 _ INDUSTRIAL BULLETIN j 1 WANTED STEADY RELIABLEMEN ARTISANS BOOK KEEP T ERS CLERKS MECHANIC SALESMEN THE TEXTILE CRAFTS ETC ETC MEN ADDICTED 1 JO THE USE OF I INTOXICANTS 1 NEED NOT 1 APPLY I EMPLOYERS AND H Business men W of America B lierOlT TWAT PART OUT CAnY Yi ITS A 4K VIRY TO Af BUSINESS f iiftmtv Ttmm J _ By courtesy of the Kennebec Journal UN AND BRAWN of Skowhegan has Both ant Things on His Farm entReporter July 13th imes to working to the ad 1 all concerned Roscoe G ids at the head Mr Bige st farmer in this section tc is haying He had about 4 and had been at it about ve July 3rd up to Saturday led in 30 double ox loads ll he said that he hauled in for one of those oxen was id family ox that equals twc wn way Mr Bigelow has carried ng deserves a great deal of lis crew has consisted of the Mr Bigelow Mrs Bigelow Palmer Mr Palmer is th year and he was the only hat Mr Bigelow had Mr been right there with Mr the field every day He

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 20, 1911

PUISTEMH xxtra DRY WHW ITA A CflwSH v tyDOS wTn E x G0VEiE HIS HVU sJ KtjHNESS SHOULD I fcji LOOK INTO THIS J M itl une in a Night sr for small wages for a company My work was that had got out of order ier odd jobs that required iv of the business I was t my affairs in shape to i not see much prospect home one evening and had n there was a ring at the boy handed me a note It the letter head of a big _ firm and said that Mr fasurer of the company I ad recommended me fora asked that I come around soon as convenient my tool bag which 1 had with me I went with the fiice of the manufacturing ised with the prospect of ner and found there a tall ressed man with gray hair hop whiskers and two or sitting on stools working us hooks pen that safe asked the gray whiskers Weve vork to do here this evening ier who knows the combi out of town this afternoon it the name of the maker on made my observations and ue gentleman that I didnt ay to

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 6, 1911

inhibition Prosperity in the F011 South from the Lewiston Sun iiided out year just before the spent in a small settlement Ieuntv Kv known then as Y In that little village was l ept by a Mr Henderson ready with right hand up i w as an unmitigated curse uding community The i pent was over them all it over the many When was young and lived in rered away his liberty by never to taste touch nor that intoxicates and he tough livingin the shadow neither he nor his boys of whiskey He was still iniquitystill shackled liberty stili wearing the while his neighbors were joyment of the greatest world the unrestricted live those dependent on tl pursuit of happiness e was a veritable death lhe young men I knew good fellows and treated tlier drunk or sober and thoughts of them abide All gone down the tide they shall hunger no more iiv more or if they thirst f the water of life of i old brews and not the rson made many efforts e shackles that bound me 1 into a great and bound t he didnt seem to make it It so happened that I i

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 22, 1911

he Secret Orders atholic Order of Foresters held fe state convention at Livermore P Twentytwo courts were repre f ivcr300 of the order paraded W mUit was served Rev Louis i8 f Biddeford will remain as a until his successor is appointed Walsh Noel Beaupre of was reelected chief ranger S y rotary lierre P Thibault of tf Treasurer Elzear F Thib iurn L Micheau of Fort Laboie of Chisholm and u ante of Westbrook were cues of 11 of the 14 can latriarchs Militant were council held with Canton Waterville June 13th The Miners were elected presi Wewart Bangor vice presi Berry Waterville secre vette Bangor treasurer Portland chaplain L L mien officer of the day or Augusta officer of the Lennan Gardiner aide Waterville sentinel M South Portland picket Warley Gardiner afternoon June 13th Rev a ith of Bangor grand mas nH InHiro F anH A TV1 iis suite convened a special grand lodge at Livermore icated the new quarters of i lodge The quarters are in building the finest brick 1 section in the third and and are believed to be the in that part of Maine lodge antedates the setting State ol Maine by Massa out

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Image 1 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), March 30, 1911

I_ ___ MAINE S BEST COUNTY WEEKLY Canaaliiiatutg tjr 8mnrrart 3lnirprnipttt anil Qlljf fcomprart Hrportfr SWORN CIRCULATION OVER 6000 WEEKLY VOL 72 _ SKOWHEGAN MAINE THURSDAY MARCH 30 1911 NO 13 PATTANGALL MADE GREAT PLEA FDR POWER DEVELOPMENT Scores Newspapermen for Giving Kennebec Dam and Reservoir Company Bad Name In printing below the able defense which Representative Pattangall re cently made of the Kennebec Dam Reservoir charterwe are endeavoring to place the matter before the public just as it appears to the average busi ness man The IndependentReporter has taken no position with regard to this project endeavoring merely to present the facts Mr Pattangall studied the situation with care be came convinced that the proposed de velopment would be a great thing for Maine ana espoused the cause The arguments which he puts for ward seem well nigh unanswerable If there is another side to the ques tion let it be given all possible publi city so that when public opinion be comes finally crystallized the de cision may tie right and for all time The columns of this paper will be op ened for the exhaustive discussion of this matter and we hope for a cor dial response

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Library of Congress1911

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 5, 1911

fAPT OKUM I Tarry Topsides of Th ropsm in the Boston Globe through the cabir schooner Tarry Top Von Siind Me at anchoi I ti hist evening wher cth o r tin quarter rai 3jeIial eurwav J G untenance of Captain fc celebrated marinei charioted by the a red in the gangway cring hail and a nc below glad t see m the reporter who it Captain Okum at these many years tde looking old lady knitting said Captain Okum Globe man Ive told tin one that puts of me in th paper hat no anger dwelt f the pictures said he Sorry I Ye see mothers It a aboard Women i at his joke and the locker a finely j s a sundried fish one you never set pr duced a jug of th old place at f said on the table and in a mood for an n The reporter at the comfort the table whose ed in the lamp i t earins asked grin Never 1 Tarry afore did i it this way We iinr and mother So when one lives out some lied Wabanin went slowly over traveler over a ii 11 says Come turkey with

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