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Library of Congress1910

Image 3 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 21, 1910

UTAH WAR The Mormon Rebellion RienCeS 1 1858 Atlantic Monthly for July Harvey tells The Story of Trail It is a summary Mormonism dating iiscovery in 1827 of the which were inscribed on in characters which ed the reformed nrst Mormon settle K rtiand Ohio in 1831 v they went to Inde ni then to Illinois Llt a town which they on February 1 1S46 irth and last of the this time into the to found their pres the shores of the It is not our purpose this journey or give their undertakings ash with the United through the adoption had been secretly but was then for an article of the made compulsory from the beginning in Kirtland that the Mormon prophets thority than the con futes of the United nulsion of some of the is and the murder of what was known at ah war On this point the Mormons were in ne government Presi few months after he fsV7 removed Young ship appointed in his mining who had been f Indian Affairs on the and sent 1200 soldiers rt Sidney Johnson to ed States authority in vas inglorious Start avenworth in July the ei to move slowly be

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Library of Congress1910

Image 3 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 28, 1910

to the Montgomery pf the Old Navy Compares it M l1m ve Navy and Gives his Opin uith the Bia Ships l0 Eptor of the Journal In f your paper you mention v 2n 1 to the U S Ship then laying in Belfast har e ease I wished to b o the eh anges that had been i Navy since I left it by honorable dis of the termination of Rebellion I had fre sher ships but it was al and in a crowd and I if gleaning the infor o 1 made it my way when there were no board and I had the jve the ship to myself four hours and they L tut enjoyable hours to in Belfast 1 wished introduce me to the and as Orrin J Dick n of the celebration is the means of bring port 1 sought him m him I then called situation and asked ith me and perform tantiy replied You from me or any one ou wear is an mtro cles anywhere It but that had not l j 1 j1 and made my way to art where boats were and from the ship at v after my arrival

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Library of Congress1910

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 22, 1910

VearforFarmProduCtS 0 KdT3926000000 lUlUe f omniscience can gras ilnffho farm products of thii lf statement of the U S is pe agriculture in his annua gttf otiqVo At no time in th for a country produces b lS within one year with i lit cOiOOO which is the f nciiltural products ol iiii The total value for i lie last 12 years ii MiiPnjj f 121381000 busheli rpcord year 1906 anc itfs he average crop of the yars by 14 per cent of this corn crop ii any and also of 1908 il ckoned as less thar I crop of this year maybe It j seed a round 900000 ir r more than the corr s r on year prior to 1901 if r ce nt above the five value i i it o the hay crop is aboul unt which has beer i ce and that in 1907 it if i v the average of the per heat crop is dividec atumn and spring sc ft subject to differ ts as was the case notion of spring anc 1767000 bushels oi rage of the preced f ioas the value is i 76 per cent above in point of value

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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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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 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 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.), 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 Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 29, 1912

A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION WILL HE HELD IN CITY HALL BANCOR Wednesday April 10 1012 AT 2 OCLOCK P M For the purpose of selecting six candidates for electors of President and Vice President of the United States and four delegates at large and four alternates to attend the National Re publican Convention to be held in the City of Chicago in the State of Illinois on Tuesday the 18th day of June 1912 Also to formulate and adopt a declaration of i principles or platform for the election next en suing to elect a State committee a district committee for each Congressional district and a county committee for each county Also to transact any other business which may properly come before it The basis of representation will be as fol lows Each city town and plantation will be entitled to one delegate and for each 75 votes cast for the Republican candidate for Governor in 1908 an additional delegate and for a frac tion of 40 votes in excess of 75 votes an ad itional delegate Vacancies in the delegation of any city town or plantation can only be filled by a resi dent of the county in which

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Library of Congress1912

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 28, 1912

The Republican Journal BELFAST THURSDAY MARCH 281912 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Republican Jour Pub Co CHARLES A PILSBURY t Bu Manager Subscription Terms In advance 200 a year 100 for six months 50 cents for three months Advertising Terms For one square one inch length in column 25 cents for one week and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion Taxes are already too high We must spend less of the peoples money The direct State tax must not be in creased It cannot be reduced for 1911 but it should be materially reduced for 1912 Gov Plaisteds inaugural ad dress The direct State tax for 1911 was2712641 88 1912 1809081 65 4621723 53 The direct State tax for 199 was1286651 55 1910 2143156 47 3429808 02 Increase in State taxes1091915 51 In addition to this direct tax on the people there was an increase in other taxes such as railroad tax tax on ex press companies tax on automobiles etc etc amounting in all for the two years to more than 500000 Thus it is clearly shown that during Governor Plaisteds administration the total tax k levy was nearly 1600000 more than the LUA IV I Y UIIUC1 VJVYY1IIU1

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Library of Congress1912

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 4, 1912

Back Numbers Two recent deaths in one family ir Machias recall boyhood memories of thal historic town Few towns in New Eng land of its size couldcompare with it ir the intelligence culture and sterling qualities of its people The old families included the Longfellows from the same stock as thepoet the Porters to one of this family Machia3 is indebt ed for her public library the OBriens of Revolutionary fame the Crockers the Hills Sargents and others all more or less distinguishedand all worthy law abiding Godfearing citizens Two mem bers of the Holway family and I think the last of their generation died withir one week Miss Eilen C Holway daughter of the late John and Leonici Crocker Holway died March 3 1912 aged 8 years As I recall her she was something of an invalid and it seems surprising that she should have attainec so great an age She was fond of flow ers and in the season there was a wealtl of bloom around the hospitable Holwaj home on what was known as the Dublir side of the Machias river I recall he as working about her flowers out oi doors or seated in a low

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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 28, 1912

Some New Books QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER DETECTIVE L C Page Co of Boston have re cently published a volume by Charles Felton Pidgin entitled Quincy Adams Sawyer Detective chronicling the fur ther experiences of Quincy Adams Saw yer The possibilities in the establish ment by this clever discreet and ever entertaining person of such attractive qualities of an office for the investigation of crime are capably handled by the au thor The young detective proves his intelligence by unravelling a seriesof startling mysteries which have long baffled the city police LITERARY HEARTHSTONES OF DIXIE La Salle Corbell Pickett widow of Gen George E Pickett the Confeder ate officer whose name is associated with the desperate charge at Gettysburg who has devoted her life to literature is the author of Literary Hearthstones of Dixie a volume full of side lights on Poe Sidney Lanier Paul Hamilton Hayne Henry Titnrod Joel Chandler Harris Francis Scott Key Fr Ryan Dr George W Bagby Margaret Junkin Preston and Augusta Evans Wilson all of whom are poets or authors of the South The text is appreciatively writ ten and much of the material relating to the writers who are alive was gathered in person by

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Library of Congress1915

Image 14 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 2, 1915, (INDUSTRIAL SUPPLEMENT)

Notes on a Trip to Toddy Pond Late in August about thirteen years ago a party of four of us two ladies and two gentlemen drove to Toddy Pond from Searsport and spent the day there On the way up and back and while at the pond we endeavored to find as many wild flowers as possible and the number we were able to collect surprised us On July 24th this year three of the original party with another amateur botanist determined to repeat the trip and to see if we could equal of surpass our former record We were not quite certain what our record was as the list bad been misplaced but from our best recollection we had to find either one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and thirtyfive varieties This time we made the trip up by auto mobile and the return trip by walking and it was unanimously decided that a horse and carriage is a much more desir able vehicle for botanizing than an auto mobile After arriving at Mr Whites and get ting the key to the boat we began mak ing the list of the flowers we had noticed on the way

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 6, 1916

u Sylvester Cottrell and Some ot His Descendants Sylvester Cottrell belonged to the Westerly R I family which is still rep resented in that town Buying land in Islesboro about 1772 he settled on what is now called Hewes Point having a tannery there it is said The Westerly records show that on June 7 1767 he was married to Peggy Margaret Pen dleton daughter of Thomas Pendleton of Stonington Conn and later of Isles boro Maine Sept 4 1789 Silvester Cotterell sold 100 acres of land in Isles boro to Stephin Pendleton the deed be ing witnessed by Gideon Pendleton and Sylvester Cottrell Jr also July 1 1790 Silvester Cottell sold 100 acres to Samuel Jackson for 73 pounds 10 shill ings The name is variously spelled having four different spellings in one deed These transfers were probably made about the time he removed to N B where he died atMiramichi it is be lieved According to the Bangor Hist and Gen magazine his tombstone re cords that Sylvester Cottrell died Mar 20 1830 aged 88 and his wife Margaret died Oct 20 1833 aged 84 So far it has been impossible to find the record of Sylvesters birth

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 29, 1916

D June In Missouri Correspondence of The Journal Springfield Mo June 13 1916 The month of June is to us full of joy and beauty To begin we have been favored with an abundance of delicious straw berries gathered fresh from our own patch in the garden For more than four weeks morning noon and night we ate them without stint or weariness and handed over the patch at surplus times to neighbors and friends We have also been bountifully supplied with radishes lettuce beet greens and yesterday we picked our first mess of string beans This morning we cut our first crop of en dive and dug our first mess of new pota toes one hill being sufficient for the days needs Not only do we partake of the eatables but our eyes are being feasted with the sight of the beautiful Flowers of almost all early varieties are to be seen everywhere in profuse abun dance particularly is this true of the roses which just now are exceedingly pro fuse A week ago we were charmed and delighed with the sights which met our eyes as we drove through the Btreets of the city Last night in our

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 3, 1916

I Letters From Tne Border Official Statements from Officers of the 2nd Maine as to Conditions at Laredo Laredo Texas July 17 1916 The Second Maine as you know left Au gusta with the men in day coaches of good type three men to a double seat which we consider was the best that could be furnished under the circum stances and great was the delight of the men and the satisfaction of the offi cers when Sunday noon at Kansas City we were furnished with tourist sleepers thus affording the men two good nights of sleep before reaching Laredo The attention of the railroad men was all that could be desired Mr Doane of the M C K R who accompanied the Regiment to the end of the trip was un tiring in his efforts and representatives of every road over which we passed ac companied to the end of their road We believe we have a great deal to thank Mr Doane for in smoothing out all the little difficulties that would have occur red At no time were we lacking for water or ice a very pleasing change from all past experiences The Regiment reached here in

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 28, 1917

YOU DONT NEED HEALTH INSURANCE If you will take just a little care and so keep well all the time The best way to keep well is by proper diet sufficient rest enough exercise and above all things by keeping the bowels regular If you are unfortunate enough to be suff eringfrom sick headaches disordered liver dyspepsia or constipation you can get quick relief by a change of diet by reforming your habit of hasty eating by regulating the amount of rest or exercise and by depending on the True L F Atwoods Medicine to relieve you of other disturbing symptoms You can insureyour health against sicknessat little expense by systematic use of this old and reliable household remedy Large bottle small dose thirtyfive cents at any dealers Sample free for the asking LFMedicineCo Portland Maine Aeroplanes for Winning the War Mr Frank A Munsey has written a letter upon the above subject which is well worth reading It reads as follows France needs 100000 aeroplanes from us far more than she needs our soldiers at the present time She also needs our en gineers our artisans our captains of in dustry far more than her immediate need of our

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 23, 1917

HUMPHREYS Humphreys Homeopathic Remedies are designed to meet ihc n eds of families or invalids something that mother father nurse or invalid can take or give to meet the need of the moment Have been in use for over Sixty veaiis R FOH Price 1 FeversTSongestions Inflammations25 2 Worms Worm Fever23 3 Colic Crying Wakefulness of Infants23 4 Diarrhea of Childrc and adults23 7 Coughs Colds Bronchitis23 6 Toouccheo Faccache Neuralgia28 Heartache Sick Hoa icne Vertigo_23 XO DypcpsiaIndigc i bWeakStomach23 13 Crjyp Hoarse Cough Laryngitis23 14 E zjma Eruptions28 15 Rheumatism Lumbago25 16 Fever and Ague Malaria23 17 PilesBlindBleedingInternalExternal 28 19 Catarrh Influenza Cold in Head23 20 Whooping Coutfh23 21 Asthma Oppressed Difficult Breathing 23 27 Disorders of the Kidneys28 30 Urinary Incontinence28 34 Sore Throat Quinsy23 77 Grip Grippe La Grippe23 Sold by druggists or sent on receipt of price Medical Book mailed free HUMPHREYS HOMEO MEDICINE CO Corner William and Ann Streets New York ITEMS OF ALL SORTS Freight on Deck Carrying a large portion of her cargo on deck a steamer arrived today at an Atlantic coast port from South Africa with more than 2000000 worth of wool and hides The vessel is one of a few

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