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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 11, 1902

LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES Medical Talk is the name of one of the most recent of popular medical magazines for the home It is now in its fourth y ar Medical Talk under takes to interpret to the people what is going on in the medical world as re vealed by the numberless medical jour nals intended tor the doctors only It brings to the household important facts hidden from the people by medical technicalities It deals in a popular way with such questions as vaccina tion sanitary laws cremation dietary rules and all drugless methods of heal ing disease Sample copy sent free by the Medical Talk Publishing Co Co lumbus Ohio The September number of Table Talk Philadelphia gives considerable space to the subject of Canning written by women of practical experience This information is timely as the season is now at hand for that kind of work in the home The illustrated dishes are an attractive feature of this house keeping magazine Each month it gives a number of them to show just how the dis will look when the recipe is carried out Table Talk is the exponent of good living it teaches exhaustively the art

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 2, 1902

WAIF OF THE OCEAN Bottle Thrown into Indian Sea Found off Cape Cod Floated for Twenty Eight j Year Ceorge T Maddox of Brockton Mass j is closely connected with the tale of a sea drifting bottle that lloated twenty eight years The bottle was thrown overboard in the Indian ocean from the vessel Hattie K Tapley inl74 Mad dox was third mate The bottle was recently picked up off t ape Cod It was intact with its lit tle message still preserved telling the whence what where of the bottle That was twentyeight years ago when Maddox was barely of age The bottle was washed from the In dian ocean to Cape Codfrom the far east to the far west from old world waters to New Ingland shores It has taken Ceorge T Maddox with vivid memory back to his younger life over the Indian ocean from his present days of furni ture selling in Brockton It is a strange story that lias thus come up out of tiie sea Tales have been told and retold ot bottles thrown from sailing vessels and picked til years later in faroff parts of the work These stories have been taken wit

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 27, 1902

CONCERNING THE CROW Ae a Pet or Pest Something About Bon Hassan Perhaps a little more might be said about the despised and troublesome crow We have one that has been with us a year and a half He was caught when old enough to fly and could feed himself and is not as tame as some we have seen But Ben Hassan that is his name will come when called and can see a piece of bread in your hand five or fifty rods away A crow can no doubt see as plainly fifty rods away as a man can two feet away from any object But Ben objects to come nearer his best friends than thirty feet and will keep a greater distance from a stranger unless he is in the lieu house where he has a spate barrel with a motherly old hen which left her quar ters and took up her abode with Ben Generally Ben is more of an expert than a person about liens He know s good and bad hens and hens with chickens and the rooster Some of the hens look just alike to a person but Ben knows them all He

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 4, 1902

RAY THOMPSON Wrote Novel While Employed In Sew Mill One of the most unique personalities in the Maine newspaper field today is Hay Thompson the genial editor of the Westbrook Gazette Following the sea in his youth writing a novel in a saw mill in his early manhood At fifty Mr Thompson bright and original as when he edited the Richmond Bee on which he did his first newspaper work of importance is still in harness and many of his friends predict even better work than his past successes yet to come Ray Thompson was born in Gardiner Maine in 1852 His father died during Rays infancy but he was cared for by the best of mothers to whom he was very much attach eji and whom he always speaks of as his best friend Mrs Thompson died in 1887 after see ing her talented son achieve a large degree of success in his chosen pro fession With her young son Mrs Thompson came to Richmond in 1859 when Ray was but seven years of age Ray Thompson made Richmond his home until 1894 when he sold the Richmond Bee of which he was proprietor to Dunham Alden Young Ray

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 11, 1902

CAPTAIN JOHN M HARDY Master of Schooner Kadlant 28 Tears Aye said skipper John M Hardy as liewhipped over the end of a piece of rope he was splicing on board the trim little schooner Radiant I have been 28 years in the coasting trade from ISoston arid New York ports east Yesn thats better than the average says be and he turns the rope over and looks longingly over the deck of the old schooner which has so long been home to him The old schooner Radiant and her jovial old commander past three score years have few equals in points of con tinuous service and the companionship of the two has been both pleasing to the shipper and the goodhearted old captain t apt lonn ju iiaruy now nearing three seor and ten years was born in Peer Isle the son ot Joseph P and Polly llaskell Hardy and until the age of 4 years resided there when the fam ily removed to Winterport where they had a little home and did a bit of farm ing in connection with their seafaring His father followed the sea but little yet there was in Capt Hardy the love of

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 5, 1903

Alls Well That Ends Well A STORY OF FOURSIDED LOVE I He looked for the most part straight in front of him as they walked across the held side by side His forehead w as puckered his mouth set his peculiarly youthful face paler than its wont Life he said is such a huge re sponsibility Unconsciously his voice took the dog matic tone which so often characterized it in the performance of his clerical du ties Life is such d serious matter 1 do not think we half realize its tremendous seriousness Talkingofertigers said she His voice dropped to one of surprise almost of irritation Wliat do you mean he asked I havent grasped the connection she said It is only when I am in pain that I feel like that Plainly he was seriously affected for he even ignored her frivolous aside Oh what is it she asked There must be something she continued Has the vicarhere she smiled al though unwillinglyhas his reverence been insisting on the fifteen minutes limit for your sermon again You couldnt neglect your mother for any one she said bravely No he admitted no thats true bo you are forced to make

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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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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 30, 1903

Literary News and Notes Marjie of the Lower Ranch is the attractive title which lias been given to the story which lias hitherto been an nounced as A Ranch Romance by a Real Ranch Girl J lie 0 M Clark Publishing Company will issue this book in September Miss Cairo M Clark who is at the head of this re markably successful bouse will be the guest of Miss Frances Parker the author of Marjie on her fathers ranch in the Rears Paw Mountains Montana in May The Columbia Club of Portland which has been studying ttie Maine writers this season recently listened to a sketch of the life of Kate Putnam Osgood of Boston one of the sweet singers who went out from the historic old town of Fryeburg including a des cription of the beautiful village which was her home and the Saco valley as a setting to the famous war time poem Driving Home the Cows which was given in closing by Mrs K S Osgood whose husband is a cousin of Kate Put nam Mrs Hiram L Cox was hostess Tiie Open Air Number of Leslies Monthly justifies its name by some re markable outofdoor articles

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 7, 1903

The Belfast Club of Boston THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING APRIL 24th A SUCCESS A LIST OF THtSE PRESENT Friday evening April 24th at Hotel Vendome the first meeting of the Bel fast Club of Boston was held The event proved a far greater success than any one anticipated There were about 115 people present and many came hun dreds of miles for the sake of renewing old friendships and of joining the club There were representatives from Spring field Worcester New Bedford Provi dence It I and a few were from Bel fast Ninetyfive people were enrolled as members of the club The recep tion began at 030 the receiving group comprising these ladies Mrs Annie I McKeen Mrs Henry C Daniels Mrs Annabel Knight Mrs Mary K Dahl Miss Cora A Fames Miss Mary E Pierce Miss Flora A Burgess and Mrs John A Savage It was pleasing to see some of the older members of the party renew old friendships made 40 or 50 years ago and to hear them relate anec dotes of their younger days spent in Belfast The reception was very in formal and not much time had elapsed before both old and young were

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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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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 4, 1903

founty Correspondence Deferred from last weekJ 1 Thayer of Belfast ere idayState Lecturer oliire at Victor Grange buiar1 veiling June 3dMiss i as arrived home for the lieasant reception was 1 Mrs Beebe at the par lay evening About one resent The evening was ntercourse and singing r mi were servedMrs seriously ill Mrs It i t last is in town Memo 1 observed at the M E miber of veterans were f ip u m arrived home from 1 i siia_Iapt W CHard days last week with his ids barge the George charging coal in lrovi J lieagan and Mrs ted relatives in Winter i Mrs Mary Smith enter i nb May 20thGeorge me sick with asthma 1 the Misses Maud and uikfort were the guests last Saturday and Suu i rusts here last Saturday did a lot of damage to frud trees Mrs Mary Ilufns I land man called in Stockton Springs II Clarke have gone to j _selden Clarke has l where he lias employ i Clarke visited her j 1 in Butter City Sun il and Raymond How n Bucksport last week j i has returned home j he lias had employ rant visited friends p

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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 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 2, 1903

ffiiAR SONGS aSD their authors Ml kindly light i mj Xewman was born in 11 iii and his ninetyone years ivtars of love and truth med as a priest in the Epis 1 nii824 and in the follow friend Dr Whately having l head of St Albans hall Ki by him selected as his lie was one of the most imencing and carrying on ixford movementthe if which was to counteract unanizing as the dissenting i the time by restoring and notice what Xewman and obeyed to be catholic char knglish church With this menced in 1818 the series Oxford tracts to which i one of the chief contrib i i M8 lie also became editor Critic In October 1854 lied into the Roman Cath i step which was immedi od byi the publication of a Development of Doctrine ward Xewman repaired to after some preparation tod to order in the Roman 1848 on his return to ablished a branch of the of the Oratory of St I which he was himself superior In 1852 he was tor of the Catholic uni ished in Dublin and in nude a cardinal by Tope Vi wiiian was a voluminous tinted books numbering

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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 9, 1903

11 Bisected Ship Half of Vessel Cut in Two by an l1ietr Sailed on and Distanced a Liner cut in two by an iceberg ivliat we were 7 t say so daylight the skipper coll iding himself of a mouthful We were cut right square after that th ship was two berg hit us amidships It aii from port to starboard 7 to tell th tale today long after wed left th 0 that we had a lively time u re 20 in all Th ship was luitehman full rigged an at she got her name from t that a feller wrote about across th sea in th air an niched by a storm all dur ired years or so that she t this boat in th story 1 into the sky one day an iown again an th men on to angels an drank beer they wanted ever after ship was named after this tu 1 guess she was just v though she didnt fly up Howsoever the story c r had herself cut in two rj like ours did remarkin we got a little coast o Maine when we t One mo min I look ind saw a

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Image 8 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 20, 1903

County Correspondence SEARSPORT LOCALS Albert Nichols is visiting friends in town Mr Harry Blake left Wednesday for Bos ton Miss Addie Hubbard left for Boston Sat urday Mr Bert Morrison is spending a short va cation in town Mr William Putnam and son Will left Wednesday for Boston Miss Eva Clement left Saturday for her home in Boston Rev Charles Whittier of Bangor spent Sunday in town Miss Jennie Salvage left for New York by boat Saturday Mr Maurice Dolliver was in Bangor for a few days last week Edward Porter left Saturday for a short visit in Providence R I Miss Rose Roulston of Boston is visiting Mr and Mrs N Roulston Dr S Calderwood of Boston was in town for a few days last week Mr Amos 1 Carver of Brooklyn N Y is in town for a few days Miss Emeliue Nickels is ths guest of Lap ami Mrs E D 1 Nickels Albert Fowler of Ames Iowa is visiting Ins aunt Mrs Geo Sargent Mr Charles Nichols ami family of Port land spent last week in town Mrs Nina Hadlock and son of Boston are the guests of Capt D S Goodell Will Prescott ami his

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 27, 1903

UP IN MAINE SAYINGS AND DOINGS IN THE PINE TREE STATE WIALM IN AN ALDER SWAM A Waldo county man sends the Ban go r News a story about a neighbor of his who is making money from an al der swamp which has an area of no more than ten acres The land was low and mucky and very wet Except for large crops of mosquitoes the prod ucts of this piece had been hardly worth recording The purchaser paid two dollars an acre for the lot or 20 in all and at once took possession by fitting up and moving into an aban doned farm house which stood on a knoll at one corner of the swamp the only dry piece of land in the pur chase He proceeded to map oft his tract in true forestry style planning to cut one acre every year and to proceed in that ratio until at the end of ten years he should come back to his origi nal lot In this manner he has kept at work cutting his alders in June and trimming out and peeling the larger and crooked sticks to be made into rus tic furniture during

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 3, 1903

Literary News and Notes The article on Joseph Pulitzer in Everybodys for September is pecu liarly illuminative of the mans charac ter and his ideals of newspaper making In the light of his present extraordi nary endowment of a College of Jour nalism at Columbia it affords an inter esting index to The line of thought of which that is the culmination Herbert Maxwells notable discussion of Animal Intelligence in The Month ly Review is reprinted in The Living Age for August 2 In lighter vein and perhaps even more attractive to lovers of outdoor lite is Edmund Selouss charming sketch Terns in the Nurse ry from The Saturday Review Three noticeble articles on literary topics of perennial interest appear in current numbers of The Living Age In the number for August 22 Charles L Eastlake writes of Thackeray Aug ust 2 contains Augustine Birrells re view of New Editions of Charles Lamb and September 5 an article from Walter Frewen Lords dashing pen on Charles Reades Novels Ir Holmes writes Thomas Bailey Aldrich in the August Century had an odd liking for ingenious desk accesso ries in the way of pencil sharpeners paper weights penholders etc The latest contrivances

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