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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 17, 1901

MYSTIC GRANGE FAIR Mystic Grange held their annual fair at Helmont Centre Oct 2nd The weather was not all that could be wished but quite a ovd was in attendance and a good time as enjoyed by all The awards of prem i in the various departments were made i follows CATTLE ie yoke three year old steers Everett nnell 1st Albert L Marriner 2nd Hoy Marriner 3rd ne yoke two year old steers Oscar kins 1st Herbert Donnell 2nd Jersey cows F L Batchelder 1st 2nd I 3rd ne heifer two year old W S Foss 1st i ne heifer one year old G W Marriner F L Batchelder 2nd ne line Jersey heifer two years old A onnell 1st also had four generations of sey cows and heifers DRAFT HORSES ii draft horse a nice drawing pair Geo gilt 1st POULTRY Leghorn chicks Everett Donnell 1st yniouth Bock chicks Howard Elms 1st nett 1 hmnell 2nd ekin ducks Carl Brewster 1st SHEEP AND SWINE est flock of lambs W S Foss 1st L F Vnwood 2nd Kamboiilett ram Oscar Shibles 1st uck Y S Foss 1st L IS Marriner Ernest Piper 3rd st flock sheep Ernest Piper 1st

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 24, 1901

VACATION ON CAPE COD Lo on a narrow neck of land Twixt two unbounded seas I stand Quaint Cape Cod Even its name has i ilavor of oddity about it which illus j dates the grim humor of the Pilgrim I delegation selecting it Fishing in its neighboring waters the party decided i it the first fish caught should give tie to the new found cape and up j on the bottom speedily whisked a jnodly codand Cape Cod was im irdiately christened into existence arcely more than live miles in width any part it extends out from the uinland or upward of sixty miles d curves inward sixty more its in land sliores washed by the waters of c of the most picturesque bays known the world while its outer coastline esents a harrier to the broad Atlantic lieli rolls in magnificent surfbeats eaiust it On the Atlantic side the n ation of which I write was spent It goes without saying that in choos ig the cape for a summer vacation ne is governed by a thorough love for ocean its changing moods its vast ess and 1 know of no better place on our coast to satisfy

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 19, 1901

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Matters The State as sessors havecommiLied the semiannual i tax on the savings hanks and loan and building associations of the State This commitment was 17 higher than the dune commitment and the total tax for the year will be 500723 as i against 448827 for 1900 an increase of j 51905 This increase is partly due to the increase in the number of deposits and to the sale of government bonds exempt from taxation and the invest ment of the proceeds in securities which are taxableAt the head of a party of about 50 of his followers Rev 1 V Sanford of the Holy Ghost and i s band with headquarters at Shiloh sailed from Boston on the steamer New England Dec 4th bound for England The travelers will do evangelistic work for some time before proceeding to the Holy LandA verdict of murder in the first degree was returned at Dexter Dec 4th against Henry Lambert the voung French Canadian guide and woodsman charged with the murder of the Allen family at Shirley last May after one of the longest criminal trials in the history of the State The jury was out less

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 26, 1901

NEW YORK TO BOGOTA A Maine Boya Trip to the South Am Capital Perched Hlpli n I he A mien it Feels to Bide Straignt I p ami U the Back of An Ornerv Mule Bogota Colombia Sept 23 1 My dear KatherineI have bi tending to write you for some as I have thought that as the Colombia is in some respects a one a few of its details might be terest From New York to Cartl the journey was a very pleasai After that the Deluge We pleasant though uneventful i to Jamaica passing San Salva the fourth day out Cape Ma the extreme eastern end of Ci the fifth day and reaching King the morning of the sixth The steamer on which I sailed K gston three days thus a lion opportunity of seeing somethin inuca In addition to seei sights of Kingston I made a i to Liustead in the Bog Walk for the purpose of making a v typical Jamaica pen or plaj company with an Amerieai become acquainted with on from New York I enjoyed thi Jamaica very much To me i long jump from New York to I c I had never visited

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Library of Congress1902

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 6, 1902

k FINEST MOUNTED CAVALRY i hern Trihare to the Blk Horse Company indebted U Gen I illey uni tor copies of the Huirle i y Edwin Eibby Post i Alt tair J an 22nd and 23d and a h we quote the following Generals Utice Portland Me Gen J P I illeyMy Dear herewith a letter which ie 1 haw no doubt that the li 1st Me 1 avalry As now you wen captain of the i Frank li Cutler of Enion my s as lieutenant I have writ o giving him your address him that 1 have lorw arded his a It may be of interest to you eat with him ours very ti lth Gkokoi M s eiders Jan 51902 on of MaineHear SirIt mg time since the Civil War as N il We people in Virginia ething of the many ups and downs lour years of war There was a avaliy from your State known u k Horse company the finest iipany 1 saw during the war I thought of writing to know if in are living as I never heard of May 1 sias thev were just then hard lighting in the valley of We were

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Library of Congress1902

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 20, 1902

TOWN REPORTS mil is indebted to Miss Grace s and the K F Iillsbury Printing of town reports from which allowing extracts BROOKS nai estates23829700 ells 201 I i 21 627473 1 county tax 111110 schools 106963 _h schools 24585 t books 4030 ii school houses 8292 i of poor 52851 it expenses 41193 ug taxes 14700 i md bridges 100085 merits 2259 nice of Memorial day 3500 t 98490 568058 balance 59415 2360256 2092343 bt 267913 f debt during tlie year 145917 mking fund as per i 253189 inking fund as Feb 3338761 ii i s no bo resident157692 00 late resident 63467 95 nonresident 398094 00 3146 00 it ion022999 95 on 5410H 1300 47 i 776 04 polls 208 rate of ol2 ex pent 737 op 7 icers 66175 1363 id 1002 66 load 1062 05 33 75 bools 1719 20 320 00 124 84 poor 346 7 6203 73 22o 2o 1218 51 801 69 linber of Miliolars 32u in sum fall term IT1 winter term I common schools of high J ACKSON f highways 5702 Imuse repairs mo 08 of schools 70002 1 books 4MS5 beers 17011 ilaneous expenses loo7 port of poor 5000 ment

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 27, 1902

1 hei SECRET DIDNT KEEP lU Married on le Sly Helen 4ity Hud Wedded to Herbert Stmiellt Calif Times Feb S 11102 like ot Los Angeles loved ukei ot Pasadena and so married but they didnt tell and relatives about it and it they would keep their i lev months Like other Lis however love will out I ime known yesterday that daughter of 1 B Duke pro the Vestlake Hotel in this allied January goth under iNtte circumstances to Iler Karl Barker a student at st itute w ho iives w iUi his ei Mrs James Barker on 1ohtes avenue Pasadena I Hikes mother and father are mi and lited having come to fourteen years ago from Term and Helen who was Kentucky lias the inherent d dash of the typical Sputh Inited with that beauty is a antic adventure which site confessed to her close marking on different oeca he would do something some day standing this warning how prised Iter friends and firm it g the young man who is mrse in mining engineering uts polytechnic school ui tier attractive appearance duly possesses ipiaiities of heart that have made her one st popular in her set and

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 28, 1902

JOHN DOYLEMATCHMAKER When Louise Doyle entered the office ol Delancey A Griffin architects in the humble capacity of copyist the soul of her lather rosein angry rebellion Two years previous John Doyle had retired from the grocery business with a tidy income a substantial brick resi dence and chronic rheumatism When ever the malady loosened its grip Doyle wandered back to the scenes of his com mercial achievements IIis successor always gave him cordial welcome and a comfortable chair back of the cash iers booth was at bis disposal When too lame to walk as far as the store be consoled himself by playing innumer able games of pinochle in the lear of simpsons cigar store just across the street It was from a disastrous defeat at pinochle that he came home to hear that Louise was going to business I hc moment was inauspicious 1 never heard tell of such tonifool isIums My girl going to chase down town mx days in the week like the daughters of that noaccount Tom aundciv People will be questioning m credit next And she wont make enough to pay for the new feathers and fixings shellwant to say nothing of the shoe

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1903

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Mattehs Forest Commis sioner Edgar E Ring is now engaged in making official visits to tlie wild land i counties of the State for the purpose of making arrangements with suitable persons to act as tire wardens under the j provisions of the new law passed by the legislature the past winter This law provides that he shall thoroughly police the timber lands in tbe unorganiztd townships of the State so as to protect them from tires Wardens will he eu1 gaged at S2 per day for such time as they may he actually employed and as sistants may be summoned at any time who shall be paid 15 cents an hour tori the service renderedThe State lays j claim to the oldest twins living in New England and probably in tlie l nited States The Maine twins are Calebs j Haskell one of the most prominent I citizens of New Gloucester and Mis 1 Judith P Bradbury who is now living j in Box bury Mass They were born in j New Gloucester August 1 1M4 iheir parents Caleb and Judith Collins lias1 keli had twelve children of whom ten I grew to maturity

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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 Congress1903

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 28, 1903

jf GODWINS EASTER iiNUIKILOW turknktt 1 i in walked rapidly down Vat h t the street and with i look shut the pate be i was not one to linger at i parting and today Mrs caving ihe borne of fifty vu have heard the sad said a voice at her M i turned and looked into Id friend and neighbor who stood leaning on I mug white hair blown wind lames she inquired vc been so taken up with i sli cares that I have not j ml in the village for the 1 story of a good man bad one left to fill his red lames Wilson Xo ns having dealings with Margaret We know if in sheeps clothing it to tell me that Henry said Mrs Goodwin in He stopped at my a bis way home from and lie told me that lie r in bis life I must see f it I ns laded blue eyes took neighbors confusion now 1 wouldnt Mar i that neerdowell of a re 1 would run my poor drop a tear on his hand ruing Margaret and i ottered off stood where lie let t her ic snow that was

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 25, 1903

probate court j is an abstract of the business ate Court for Waldo County ime P Drinkwater Lincoln K Drink water appointed livid V Morey Belfast will ua C Morey appointed ex ivderiok A Knowlton Bel oved Elizabeth A Knowlton itrix pliraim A Pitcher llelfast Fred W Pitcher of New pointed executor li F llun luia B Nichols Searsport Ellen C Nichols appointed v with the will annexed iliiah A Say ward Burnham I Frank J and Fred W Say 1 executors mli M Pease Belmont will licit G Morse appointed ex iicoln A Webber Searsport Mr appointed administrator all B Ellis Belfast Fred uitli Framingham Mass ap strator H F Dunton agent hi McG Kandall Belfast R pointed administrator vo M Mason Monroe Wal ppointed administrator Iucy A Derrick Belfast El desthn Wadlin and Frank P nted trustees first and final utor allowed Win li and Frank l Spinney Spinney appointed guar llizael McKeeu Belfast allow _muted to the widow ailaee J Cuuniiigham Swan i f pf 22150 grauted to the Kiln M Williams Searsmont i to sell personal estate ad inventory returned uniel B Williams Searsmont i to sell personal estate ad inventory returned Ralph Devereux Jr Sears

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 18, 1904

The Medicine that Lydia E Pinkhams 8L aMmoTwlenu Vegetable Compound ism Sterility How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some female trouble bear healthy children YS1 How anxious women ought to be to give their children the blessing of a good constitution I vS Many women long for a child to bless their home but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs they are barren Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E PinkhanTs Vegetable Com V pound more successfully than by any other medicine because it gives tone and strength to the parts curing all displacements and inflammation I Actual sterility in woman is very rare If any woman thinks she is sterile let her write to i Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass whose advice is given free to all expectant or wouldbe mothers The Ijj medicine that instantly asserts its curative powers in the ills of women is I Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Read these Two Remarkable Cures Dkab Mbs Pinkiiam During the early part of my married life I was very delicate in health I had two miscarrages and both my husband and I felt very badly as we were

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 3, 1904

Relative Strength of Russia and Japan Now that hostilities have actually be gun in the Far East it may be of in terest to compare in a general way the resources of the two countries involved If this comparison be made without reference to the probable theater of war and the conditions hedging about the movement of forces thither the combatants seem very disproportionate ly matched The Russian empire com prises about oneseventh of the land surface of the globe Including intern al waters it covers an area of 8660305 square miles and its population is esti mated at about 120000000 inhabitants ot which 2005016 square miles and 106 264166 inhabitants were in 1000 com prised in European Russia It lias an annual revenue amounting to about 000000OOO and expenditures some what in excess of that sum The Rus sian army on a peace footing numbers about 1100000 men and oil a war foot ing about 0600000 men The navy is understood to comprise about 40000 officers and men 1 apan the island empire comprises an area of liil10s square miles including Formosa and tlie Pescadores Its popu lation including the islands specifical ly named numbered 47000Ono inhabi tants Its

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 3, 1904

A BATTLE OF SONGS How a Contest Between Yankae Prisoners and a British Crew Ended I have been in a number of full fieriged naval actions myself and in many more scrimmages said a vener able manofwars man the other day so I am entitled to know something about the subject but I am free to con fess that the strangest tight on the high seas I ever heard about was one in which my father took part when be was a prisoner in the War of 1812 My f ather when a young man enlisted on the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel which as you may know was one of the most famous privateers in oursecond war against Great Britain She belonged to the estate of Mrs Charrten of New York and on Octobei U 1814 while under the command of a Hebrew named J Ordronaux beat ofl the boats of the English frigate Eudy mion with a loss of 49 killed 31 wounded and 30 prisoners to the enemy a total loss of 116 men or more than half of the number of the attacking party It was when the Prince de Neuf chatel arrived in Boston after

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 22, 1904

MORE WALDO COUNTY HORSES The Pearl Brook Farm String From Turf Farm and Home Last week we noticed some of the horses at Pearl Brook farm owned by Mr M B Smith of Hartford Conn but were not able to mention them all The string is headed by the well known stallion Marston C 219 three years old by Piedmont 219 dam Maiden 223 by Electioneer weighs 1250 lbs stands 10 hands and can brush a two minute gait This is a great horse and is getting some very high class colts They also have in the stud the elegant stallion Directum Poster by Directum dam by Gen Washington This colt is only three years old stands 153 and weighs 1085 lbs can step fast on the trot and is a desirable horse to breed to A very handsome colt on this farm is the three year old thoroughbred stal lion Handunder by the great sire Hindoo sire of Handspring etc This colt is a golden chestnut stands 15 2 12 and weighs 1000 lbs has a trial mile in 141 and is as clean and racy looking as a greyhound Mr Smith uses him as a pacemaker and will

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 23, 1905

A RACE THAT WAS NOT TO THE SWIFT Capn Joshua Grindle Spins a Yarn to Show That It Doesnt Alters Pay to Be So Darned Fast When a group of downeast coaster captaius begin to brag of the fast pas sages they have made steamboats seem slow for while some of the old lumber bookers can sail like pirates the skip pers love to exaggerate and in a brag ging match none will he outdone by the others In a shipbrokers office in Ban gor the other day the chairs were all occupied and the convention was ready to discuss anything from freights to the Bibleand settle it too No set of men possess such a wonderful fund of mis information on subjects generally out side their calling as these mariners of Maiue and nothing could be more en tertaining than one of their smoke talks where the most astonishing state ments and fantastic theories are launch ed with tremendous emphasis into an atmosphere redolent of tobacco and tar Someone had been telling of bow the old schooner John T Williams had run away from the whole eastbound fleet and made the passage from Boston to Bangor in such and

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 4, 1905

lift PRODICTION OF MAPLE SUGAR The Bureau of Forestry Seeks to Develop and Extend the Industry The Bureau of Forestry has been studying the maple sugar industry with the view of securing a larger use of the maple forests Since 1S50 the area oi maple sugar farming has greatly chang ed and shrunk In early days maple sugar was commonly made even in many parts of the South because cane sugar was virtually unobtainable No longer is there even a limited produc tion in South Carolina Georgia Alaba ma Mississippi Louisiana and Arkan sas This is because cane gugar can now be bought everywhere at a low price and is preferred to maple sugar for sweetening In Indiana Michigan and Illinois the maple trees have been extensively cut for lumber thus reduc ing the opportunity for tree tapping In those States also the markets are glutted with imitations which removes the incentive to extending the industry In other States as in western Mary land West Virginia Ohio New York and in New England the maple sugar industry has held its own or been in creased The best sap How is secured in the cooler northern States yet good results can

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