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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 Congress1850

Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches & connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, Jany. 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engr

Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844.

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Library of Congress1863

Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863

Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the railroad. Next, Confederate skirmishers appeared on a hill overlooking the Union column. Finally, there were several Confederate charges. Union forces were able to return fire and, after several hours of fierce fighting, to capture Confederate artillery and approximately 450 prisoners.

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 12, 1900

A TRANSFORMED FARM HOUSE Marcia stood in the door of the best room surveying it thoughtfully she had graduated from college the week before and was going to teach in the village in the autumn Meanwhile she was expecting a classmate to visit her and she was trying to look at the farm house with anothers eyes The best room was dark Marcia raised the window with difficulty The blinds also stuck as though their hinges had rusted fast but the light streamed in at last Marcia sat down and looked about her Mie saw a mown ingrain carpet a walnut table with a marble top on which reposed the family liible upon a green worsted mat a sofa and six chairs hard and slippery in stiff black haircloth a narrow wood mantel with an ornament of waxen fruit under a glass shade and walls of stainless whiteness on which hung cuts of Washingtons deathbed II rants family a framed wreath of im mortelles from the coffin of her mothers aunt and a couple of chromes Asleep and Awake strange i had forgotten how hideous this room is she murmured but I have really never seen it lighted before And

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 29, 1900

_ Perfectly healthy people have pure rich Bolootl Hoods Sarsaparilla purities and en riches the blood and makes people healthy The DoctorHere I carried that patient through a desperate sickness only to His WifeHave him object to your fee No drop dead when lie saw my bill Life builds up the system puts pure rich blood in the veins makes men and women strong and healthy Burdock Blood Bitters At any drug store He How I envy the man who just sang the solo She Why 1 thought he had an exceptionally poor voice He Oh it isnt his voice I envy its his nerve Tit Bit Cure the cough and save the life Dr Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs and colds down to the very verge of con sumption IptoDate Customer Some crabs please Waiter Shirtwaist or huntin ease Customer What do you mean Waiter Soft or hard shell sir Puck Ive suffered for months from sore throat EclectricOil cured me in twentyfour hours SI S Gist Hawesville Ky His Reply SappingtonYour sister looks sweet enough to eat Little Rodney She does eat Judge Dr Agnews aiarrhal IowderRev AY H Main pastor of the Baptist Emanual church Buffalo

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Library of Congress1903

Image 8 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 21, 1903

the old reliable r J w rvjm POWDER Absolutely Pure r is NO SUBSTITUTE SEARSPORT LOCALS Miss Nancy Ford of Boston was in town Tuesday Mrs Frudence Putnam is in town for the summer Mrs Ned Meyers left Saturday by boat for New York Mrs Harry Perry left Saturday by boat for New York Miss Hope Curtis is spending a few weeks vacation in town Miss Blanche Harding of Lowell Mass is at home for a few weeks Capt Nathan Carver of Boston arrived by steamer Tuesday morning Mrs Clara Leonard of Boston is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J Hamilton Miss Lora Cyphers and Mr W Clark of Frankfort called on friends in town Sun day Frank Curtis is spending a short vacation with his parents Capt and Mrs Frank Curtis Sell Kittie Lawry Capt Charles Closson sailed Tuesday morning for Kockland w ith kiln wood A party of our young people attended the promenade concert in Belfast Wednesday night May loth Miss Inez Dolliver arrived Friday called here by the illness of her grandmother Mrs Emily simonton Kev and Mrs T I Williams are attend ing the commencement exercises at the Theological Seminary Bangor We notice the

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 5, 1905

___ SB BELFAST IN 1904 THE JOURNALS ANNUAL REVIEW OE LOCAL EVENTS LOCAL INDUSTRIES Tlie Duplex Roller Bushing Co great ly enlarged its plant and facilities the past year The company bought the Dana building on Front street opposite their machine shop and moved much of the machinery there The wood de partment is on the ground floor on Front street and the machine shop in the basement The foundry is continued in its former location with the added rooms vacated by the machine depart ment A forge shop 45 by 65 feet has been built on the Dana property near the railroad track Tlie office was mov ed from the F A Knowlton store on Main street to the office room in the Dana building The company also bought the D Lane wharf which af fords a good water front privilege The business of the company is steadily in creasing and it is now a rival of the shoe factory as the leading industry of the city Leonard Barrows had an excellent years business at their shoe factory A full crew was given steady employment so much so that even for the necessary shut downs for stock taking the

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Library of Congress1906

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 4, 1906

BELFAST IN 1905 Continued from Page Sixth DEATHS January Lucy May Nickerson aged 22 ra A Pitman aged 54 John C Norton aged 82 John Parr aged 60 Mary 1 Carr aged 57 lu uarj v h M Holmes aged 65 unit E Sleeper aged 66 Evtlena C Moody aged 71 Emily Shales aged 86 Varies K Harrison aged 54 I mlnna Brown aged 70 i iiia 1 A rinMiong aged 55 hauiel L Pitcher aged 70 ircii Mimner G Erisbee aged 22 ge H Webb aged 80 nnie L hanmn aged 65 ii ive 11 Cooper ageo 66 _ Ellen 1 Whitten of Montville aged 4S n abort W Edgecoaib aged 49 pril Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W il Kimball f iiaries A Hopkins aged 48 icy A Conner aged 55 V ait ha II Wording aged 86 Rebecca i Wood aged 76 Charles V Cobbett aged 7i t th v Brown aged 88 i Hannah T Philbrook aged M ay 7 EovisaC Lampher aged 80 oia H Erisbeo aged Marx V turti aged ih 17 John B Walton age 14 Vilbley G Spence aged 61 I iv Sarah Beilin aged JOMar L urti ag d I

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 25, 1906

NEW YORK STYLES Fashionable Household Belongings About the Choice of Floor Coverings The Modern Bathroom Equipments House hold Linens A Word about Toilet Table and Couch Pillow Covers Correspondence of The Journal The tasteful woman who likes to make her home look artistic as well as comfortable will be delighted with the choice afforded this season in door coverings Of course fitted carpets are quite ont of date convenience and hygiene have combined to favor the use of rugs and carpets have been gradually discarded or made into rugs which is a practical way of disposing of them Certain firms take old carpets clean them and return them in the shape of rugs very attractive ones too woven of the yarns raveled from the carpets A Wilton rug is a safe invest ment and the most practical choice if the price of the Orientals which last a lifetime is prohibitive A good Wilton rug will last for years if treated with proper care Small geometrical designs are a feature this season and it is pos sible to procure shades of oue tone to match the color scheme of a room it desired Brown or wood color and green is a

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 18, 1908

County Correspondence KOCKPORT The graduation exercises of the High school took place last Friday evening the program being as follows Salutatory Elsie M Andrews Pictures in the Fire Myttie A Dowe bistory Lena C Linnell The Development of Our Country Jesse T Carroll prophecy Oliver E Libby val edictory Yesterday and Tomorrow Erma L Orbeton Music was furnished by a chorus of 18 High school girls The graduates will make a trip to Washington D C during the summer SMS Sarah Haskell aud Mrs Georgia Hobbs of Camden were guests of the Mo Farland sisters June 10thMr and Mrs Eben Cobb and son Maurice are attending commencement at Kents Hill Their son Harold 1 is one of the graduating class Kev C H Bryant is attending com mencement at the E M C Seminary BucksportWin Wood has gone to Ban gor to build a house for J L BeanDr A Millett attended the Maine Medical As sociation in Bangor last weekMrs Kuth Lamb is spending the summer with her daughter Mrs Lucy A Beau Misses Lydia and Esther Farnbam of Boston have hired the Dyer cottage at Lake Quautaba cook and will spend the summer there Miss Lvdia has spent

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 27, 1908

Early Incidents Of the Civil War _ i the story of the frigate CUMBERLAND BY CAPTAIN JOHN O JOHNSON OF LIBERTY ME Continued It was le desire to conciliate Virgin ia and no the fear of the rebel troops that led to this hesitating conduct on the part of Commodore McCauley and his refusal to permit Lieut Selfridge to go down and guard the mouth of the Elizabeth river Indeed he was pecu larly circumstanced He was surrouud ed on every hand by officers high in rank in thenavy most of them looked up to as the best officers in the service and all or nearly all of them rebels at heart But this fact was unknown to the commandant and was not mis trusted by him until later The only loval officers at this station at that time were the commandant commo dores or captains as there was no rank of commodore in our navy the senior officer in command of a squadron had that honorary title Morrison and Pen dergrastLieutenants Self ridge and Mur ray and Lieutenant of Mariues Hay wood But they all knew that Govern or Letcher of Virginia had forbidden the pilots of Virginia taking

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 25, 1910

orrespondence purred from last week and two children Marian Jcrn1 Atlantic Mass arrived Monday 5ts 0f Mrs Annie Bunker rt r kf r left Saturday for a short Yotts _Mr and Mrs Ray t r v1 Brighton Mass are visit Mr and Mrs E G Coombs W Pr es Wood of Forest Hills ft Saturday for a visit with y Kdith WymanMiss Ger ton is visiting her mother Miss Josephine Johnson s the guest of Miss Beulah 3 Moody left Friday for a v Harry Hull returned to Mr Wyman Warren of luirday for a visit with his Point Comfort Mr W v ton Center Mass arrived t visit with his family stville Kdith and C aro Murray of Pitts n of Fall River Mass fords last Thursday and Knowlton wife and son ted Preston Rowell last Kid opened his new home He invited fifteen of his mem and ice cream was triven the name of Hill o la Carll celebrated her h Mrs Abbie Daniels of this town is visiting Brown of Warren and ont Edith Cushman of m My rick and Delbert M ay and Edgar Sawyer at Frank Cushmans last oth and wife visited es Hummer of

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Library of Congress1912

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 25, 1912

bounty Correspondence Deferred sWVihase Hon A E Nickerson Mr r ckerson and Mr A T Nickerson at J Republican State convention in tvveek_Miss Augusta Nickerson ieion spent the latter part of the of1 tn lltr parents Mr and Mrs J W I he A S met with Mrs J NiC ast Thursday and reelected the utticers for the ensuing year oi Church is now in order and will SF as soon as the shingles can be he schools began Monday With eachers 1 and 2 Miss Wood mi 3 Miss Nellie Rose 8 and mrtshorn 7 Miss Alice Nicker Nickerson is very sick i has been quite sick but is im LthpokT Mrs Wm Dihvorth have arrived v and will probably stay all sura V i F Hills who has been very measles is getting better Clar till sick with them aiso Willie f1 klrenSchooner W H Jewell x I Mar posts for RocklandSchools i v April 22d Miss Mary Kelley I Cove Capt Wm Patterson hood has gone to Bangor for a Mrs Annie Herrick has ar ii Bangor where she has been mother since last December xrk has been operated upon in a r and is getting along

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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 17, 1918

6__ Daily dose Tn these days of necessary thrift and household economy you will make no mistake in keeping your health good and preventing sickness within your family TVe do not know of any prescription that combines such reliable medicines for in digestion biliousness headache and con stipation as that longtried and trustworthy family rem edy the True L FJ At woods Medicine or Bitters 2s or is there anything so good that will cost you only one cent a dose Buy it to day of your dealer Insist upon having only the gen uine L F 60 dose bottle 50 cents as made by the L F Medicine Co Portland Me What Becomes of All the Old I Trucks B O Norton local distributor for In diana Trucks discovered the answer to the question of What Becomes of All the Old Trucks In news he received today that the first Indiana Truck built eight years ago is still in service work ing hard every day Apparently Indianas dont wear out at all A search of the truck records revealed the fact that eight vears ago when the Indiana people had built their first truck they gave it rigorous engineering

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 30, 1919

HOME TOWN HELPS BUILD WITH EYE TO BEAUTY Duty of All Who Plan Home to Con sider Well How Structure Will Appear to Beholder The beauty that may bo had out of the common things of the earth is well illustrated by the homes that one sometimes sees a beauty that is all the more emphasized by the contrast in the hideous result of the use of the same common things by others You will see in the country places as you go about how one man will take the things that are to his hand and build from them a beautiful house He took the rock and stone the wood the sand and the earth that were un der his feet Out of these he framed a rooftree that is a kindness to the j eye Another man with the same mate rials threw them together crudely makiug a thing that had to go by the name of a house but which offends the eye that beholds it The one house cost no more in either labor or money than the other yet the results are as different as day aud night The most striking as well us the

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 22, 1919

I BOYS AN SeRIC N WOMAN liainbow Dlvis V Worker witli Deserted French n Fire town of I41 For1 up before you ar rr and the see Marne was In pro telleau Woods th Division wer ihile in and about l ae portldn of the in heavy work in a French plane wa 1 gh over the town same plane re terrible dismay o dropped a BOMB aeu captured by the at being used by them t railroad head ant landmaiks he local popula uardment which fol could not get out of ough In a fee was deserted later the pelt ciased and some Rainbow IMvlsiui and occupied it ug tor a compara 0 make regimental across one of eas an old dan P the stairs they a a rooms The of the bed came voice n sorry I cannot vou But I am L now And if you an hour I will A for you of he ofBcers t closed the door VO MAN 1 had presence of the room before nave seen j he dark green b liar of a Tied Tri i iier The woman Fleming of Wol i was one of over attached to the l

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 29, 1919

fQSOR roll from Page Threel ise Roval fV 1 1 Read lor Redman Ar 1 p n ns p Russ Roberts i Mins S11 iman S irgent V HLent l iedSavery js Tn y on Sheldon yj A i w i sliter a mall fei S C SMI ft ft Sm jp Smith i Sw Southworth Spinney e E Staples Staples Staples staples vena sens ens Jr Stevens f T1 iird 3 ver Li Swan i Co ster ester syer wyer vey idon t n nan i worth son cnson ward ester Si s ens Stevens rtevens ferro Ker layer as nas iombs n pson pson mm M vie edie pkins tie uttle o 1 issell ban ghan aughan Jr ban kery ker Oil ird en nren Varren bber ltworth scott ite te biting bitmore Whitten i en tten bitten i ten ight bicox Wiley A Wriley V Ison dbury odcock odeock i H Wyman ii be ltworth Vest Wood White bite gin mg ng Young g PEOPLE CONSTIPATED AND DONT KNOW IT It seems odd but it is true that you may be constipated and not know it You can see why it is Take a glass and pour

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Library of Congress1922

Image 6 of Great Falls tribune (Great Falls, Mont.), July 28, 1922

FARMERS HARVESTING GOOD WHEAT CROPS NEAR GREAT FALLS s 35V j v jf A x V x v S WSMkv vw iy t v AV VÄVAÄ XV V yiMX t y ii s V s V î v Ä m WM y m 3 xm y j8 y K pr myï WWm mmm mœtm gmftfcs Photo by Heyn A A 480ACRE FIELD OF WHEAT FOUR MILES EAST OF GREAT FALLS ON THE HIGH WOOD ROADE COOPER OWNER INDIAN NAMES ARE CONFERRED ON 14 EDITORS Members of Editorial Adopted by Cheyennes and Blacftfeet Paring their travels through Mon tana 14 members of the National Edi torial association party have hern adopted into Indian tribes of the sen Partv J 1 U u J h ihr ton two having had that honor thrust upon them by the Cheyennes at Miles City while Indian names were attached i to 12 at Glacier park where they were taken into the Rlackfeet tribe At Miles City Chief Spotted Hawk conducted the ceremonies wherebj Mrs H i Hot a linp of Mapleton Minn wife of the executive and recording sec retary of the association was made waTgiven the nnmïManwn Benï woman while 1 B Brimblecom of

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