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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 24, 1903

JIRS ELIZA BECKETT HUNNEWELL llah Attended Campiueetlns fr 73 year Mrs Eliza Beckett Hunnewell whose pleasant home is on the corner of Charles and Park streets in this city where she and a sister ftnd niece live together is supposed to bear the palm for constant and regular attendance upon the campmeeting of the Metho dists in eastern Maine Mrs Ilunnewell began when these annual gatherings were held in Liucoln ville and afterwards went to Bucksport yearly until 1848 when a campmeeting was held at Islesboro at which a com mittee was appointed to select a per manent location East Xorthport was chosen and in J une of the following year the Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Association was formed land purchased on a shore site and tlie place named Xorthport Camp Ground Mrs Ilunnewell was present at the organization and the first camp meet ing in the new grove and has beer a zealous participant in all the services there ever since This year therefore will round out the 73d of this camp meeting devotees uninterrupted service in these first temples of the Lord Mrs Ilunnewell was born in Orono Xov 12 1814 Her father was William Beckett a captain of

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 1, 1903

Literary News and Notes The stories of the worlds great cor porations are so full of interest m every detail that they read like ro mances The greatest corporation in the world is undoubtedly the billion dollar teel Trust and its story which appears in The Cosmopolitan for Octo ber forms one of the most important chapters of American business history John Burroughs is to contribute to The Century for 1904 a number of arti cles on Current Misconceptions in Natural History giving his views as to what he believes to be errors ot ob servation record or deduction on the part of contemporary writers on nature subjects The echoes of Mr Burroughs article on a similar topic which appear ed in The Atlantic last spring are still reverberating and in this series Mr Burroughs will take up the subject more fullv publishing his matured opinions as to instinct the alleged teaching of young animals by their parents tlse play of animals and kin dred themes Thackerays most important Ameri can letters are to see the light in the November and subsequent numbers of The C entury Magazine They cover both the first and second visit of the novelist to

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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.), June 23, 1904

CONCERNING CALIFORNIA OBSERVATIONS AFTER FIFTY YEARS RESIDENCE IN THE GOLDEN STATE To the Editor of The Journal Your reporter wished me to give him an interview as a representative from California I am very sorry that my time is so limited I cannot do so but I have been so warmly received by the old friends of fifty years ago and their descendants that I cannot refrain from sending you this communication hop ing it may be of some interest to your numerous readers California has an extent of nearly ten degrees from north to south and as it extends from N W to S E its length is about SOO miles with an average width of 225 miles Its productions climate and scenery are more varied than on the Atlantic side of the continent You will notice in the very heart of this great State the Sacramento Valley drained by the Sac ramento river from the north and the San Joaquin river from the south This valley is more than 400 miles long and fifty miles wide and comprises 12SOO OOP acres It is enclosed on the north by the Siskiyou mountains on the east by the Sierra Nevada

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 30, 1904

How Women Should Rest Stop Work in Time The Afternoon Wap Regular Out Door Exercise Change of Occupation a Form of Rest Necessary 1 ecreation and Relaxation By CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK Autlior of Crudle aud Nursery First Aid to the Young Housekeepers Housekeep ing Made Easy What to Eat In City Tents Etc Copyright ISM by Christine Terhune Herrick The time seems to have come when American wemen have to be taught to rest They have learned nearly everything else but resting is some thing a good many of them have never had time to acquire There is a saying that Providence looks after the lame and the lazy The implication is apparently that the healthy and the industrious know how to take care of themselves The fact remains however that they seldom do They go until they drop and never seem to have the least idea that they are overdoing until they give out en tirely One of the first things to he learned about resting is that it is like some other remedies for the ills of this life It is worth twice as much if taken at an early stage as it is if delayed until the

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 7, 1904

Literary News and Notes Five complete stories and one serial provide the reader of the July Cosmo politan with an unusual monthly al lowance of magazine fiction and the stories all have a marked heart interest They are the work of Virginia Yeaman Remnitz Clara Morris Gen Charles King Maravene Kennedy T W Han shew and H G Wells One of the leading features in the July Cosmopolitan is found in its se ries The Great Industries of the Unit ed States this article treating of cot ton from its plantlife all the way through the mills to the finished pro ductelaborately illustrated with twen tyeight photo engravings This series in The Cosmopolitan should be read by every schoolboy It is an easy means of getting a thorough knowledge ef the great industries of the country for both young and old There is delightful summer reading in the July number of The Twentieth Century Home Such light and timely topics as salads summer drinks and womens farming are treated in enter taining fashion and even the fiction has most of it a distinctly summer set ting A charming example of the lat ter is a short story by Zona Gale

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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.), December 29, 1904

A Letter and its Result So thats the way the land lies is it asked Ivy Lyle The sensitive face under the big roselined sunliat was very white Her lips quiveied a little The bands that held the vagrant sheet trembled 1 thought said the girl to herself I hadnt begun to carein that way I was only becomingattracted But the shockthe disillusion When she had started out an hour ago for her usual brisk morning walk along the crisp shelving sands she had been one of the most indifferent light hearted of girls She was done with college and the two years of foreign travel that had succeeded school as a sort of polishing process She had per fect health and misty di earns of all the veiled future held in its keeping She had aesthetic tastes and her skill in athletic sports was the admiration of her less vigorous girl friends She had been having a beautiful time down at this gay unconventional resort on the Michigan coast And nowwell tem porarily it seemed that her pleasure was spoiled And in her heart she knew that she must have been beginning to think too much of the man

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

LETTER FROM FLORIDA r The Hotel Royal I oinciana Maine Per sonals etc Special correspondence of The Journal Palm Beach Fla March 121905 One of the first questions which the visitor to Palm Beach asks and one that is never tiring to the traveler is that as to the size and dimensions of the Hotel Royal Poinciana and it may surprise some of my northern friends to learn of the size of this enormous hostelry The usual questions are How many will it accommodate How long is the building How many rooms does it contain In reply were most interesting The exhibits in fruit and vegetable lines were as fine as it was possible to have them and while Florida has been visited by a severe freeze they did not seem to be materi ally affected One of the largest catches of Spanish mackerel made here in a long time was that of yesterday when the fishermen who were out with nets captured a school in which there were thousands and they were dragged to the shore by the barrel Just previous to this catch a large ninefoot shark had been killed and pulled out on the shore and the

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 30, 1905

Maine FolfcsAbroad A Word for the Belfast Club of Boston Maine Reunions in Brockton and Worces ter Mass To all Belfast People Abroad and at Home The reunion of the Belfast Club of Boston March 10th was a most delightful affair and while it is still fresh in our minds I wish through the medium of The Journal to catch the ears and hearts of some of our older Belfast people who have res ided in Boston and its suburbs for 25 years or more and no doubt have in some instances lost interest in the old home on the shores of the Penobscot As a general thing as we grow older our thoughts turn to the home of our youth and we become more or less ret rospective and live over the good times and happiness we enjoyed there We feel now that the club member ship is on a sound foundation that we can hold what we have but we want to see a generous increase before another year The older ones probably reason something like this there would be few if any that they know and that they are too old etc We are never too old

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

The Increased Cost of Living One of the most interesting problems of to day is tlie rise in the cost of liv ing Itaffects everybody and accord ingly there is no one for whom it has not a keen interest While the poor suffer most owing to the great increase m the prices of bare necessaries the rich are likewise made uncomfortable Mr Midas for example does not enjoy paying 50 per cent more for a diamond necklace than the jeweler would have asked for the same article four or five years ago To most people the situa tion signifies in effect a considerable reduction of income and the individual who feels it most perhaps is the sal aried man whose wages remain un changed while their purchasing power is seriously diminished Young Mr lienedick let ns say has just taken the adventurous leap into matrimony He earns only a moderate satorv hut enough as he and his little wTTe have figured it out to maintain a comfortable home on a modest scale Having saved a few hundred dollars sufficient to build a house with a view to the eventual acquisition of full own ership in the propertyon the instal

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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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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 22, 1905

WALDO DISTRICT LODGE IOG T A most interesting and profitable session of the Waldo District Lodge was held with Belfast Lodge No 30 Saturday June 17th The meeting was called to order at 11 a m by District Chief Templar Tolman H Fernald and the following officers responded to the roll District Vice Templar Mabel Rose District Secretary Elizabeth L Brackett District Superintendent J T Ella Pillsbury District Sentinel I W Cottrell The appointments for vacancies were as follows District Counselor E R Knowlton District Treasurer Emma I Huxford Chap lain Lora Maxcy Past District Chief T M J Dow Marshal I W Cottrell Deputy Marshal Minnie L Knowlton Guard Lewis Godding The degree was conferred upon eight condidates During the noon recess dinner was served by the local lodge in the con venient dining room adjoining the hall The afternoon session convened at l oclock when the reports of officers and committees were received The state of the order in the county was given by the secretary as materially unchanged but that new interest was being manifested in some localities The address ot the District Chief Tem plar was able and exhaustive and by unanimous vote was ordered to

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 17, 1905

Naval Strength of Argentina It is Absurdly Overrated The National Navy Yard Interesting Items Concern ing our Distant Sister Republic Special Correspondence of Tlie Journal Tigre Argentina July 1 1905 This queer little town where is the national navy yard of Argentina is about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres at the confluence of two riversthe Parana and Lujan Several torpedo boats and other small craft that make up the navy of the republic are always to be seen off shore It is diflicult to imagine how these boats could be of any use in case of emergency because the water is so shallowin many places barely two feet deep though fairly rough and with a very rapid current that no vessel with much draft could possibly be gotten out without a very slow and tedious trip up this branch of the Parana river to distant San Pedro and then down again by one of the main branches We are given to under stand however that the torpedo boats are maintained chiefly for the overaw ing of the neighboring republics and are expected to furnish more employ ment to painters than to gunners They are rarely ever in practice hut are

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