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Library of Congress1901

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 7, 1901

TRYING SPRING WEAT0ER __ Is Your System In Shape to Carry You Safely Through The Practice of Taking a Tcnic in the Spring is descended from Our Wise Forefathers and Has Good Medical Endorsement A Few Suggestions Regarding Health The practice of taking a tonic during the inclement weather of early spring is one that has been bequeathi d to us by our fore fathers who lived in the days when a sturdy constitution and vigorous health meant even more than they do today times when brawn and muscle were necessary for advancement in almost any calling The custom has good medical endorsement and the healthiest people are those that follow it Thousands not really ill need a tonic at this season Close confinement in badly ventilated houses offices shops anil schoolrooms during the winter months makes people feel depressed and out of sorts Nature must be assisted in throwing off the poison that has accumulated in the sys tem else people fall an easy prey to disease andare subject to many discomforts from boils eruptions and similar troubles Hr Williams Iink Pills for Pale People are the greatest tonic medicine known these pills comes a cheerful letter the writer

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Library of Congress1902

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 20, 1902

ADDRESS OF WELCOME j To Waldo District Lodge of Good Templars at Brooks Feb 8 190 BY MARCELLlS J BOW Officers and Members of Waldo District 1 odge of Good Templars Brothers and Msters By virtue ot official request it be comes my pleasant duty to welcome you m visitors upon this occasion to the home f Brooks lodge It is well known that for many years w e have sustained here one of strongest and most enthusiastic lodges to be found not only in the county but in the Mate ui members are alive and interest ed in the success of our own lodge and that ot Good Templarism wherever dispensed They are anxious to advance the order and t uphold the principles upon which it is founded They are read to unite almost as one person upon any subject of vital im portance Uur meetings are largely attended and harmoniously conducted and you may rest assured that it is with the greatest pleasure that we welcome you our neighbors and friends to our pleasant lodge home which has become endeared to us by the many pleasant associations of the past While i w ih that the honor of

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Library of Congress1902

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 Congress1904

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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Library of Congress1905

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.), October 5, 1905

EARLY DAYSJN JACKSON REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD SETTLER Thinking that stories of old times as told by our older people would he of in terest to our readers we several weeks ago wrote to a number of old men in this and surrounding towns asking them to call on us when in 1J rooks This week we had the pleasure of meeting and conversing with one of these venerable men in the person of Uncle Jewell Piper of Jackson who cailed at our office in response to our letter He said he would have called before this had he not been so busy for after harvesting his own large crop of hay lie had been working by the day haying lor others and didnt want to quit until everybody had got quite through After getting well seated and ins pipe lighted Uncle Jewell said he was ready to talk A few leading questions got him under way and for about two hours we sat and listened to the stories and happenings of the earlier days as they fell from the lips ot this citizen of Jackson Uncle Jewell says he was born in Jackson December 111808 and therefore will be

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 22, 1906

THE VOLUNTEER NAVY A Foolhardy Expedition Inspired by Act ing Master Smith who was not in it Smith Makes his Exit from the Service IX In my last l stated that we had re turned to our old cruising ground off Matagorda Texas where things for a time resumed their old phases with a few exceptions Alter witnessing the brilliant exploits on the Mississippi Acting Master Smith of whom I have previously spoken became more and more convinced that he was it and finally arrived at the conclusion that he could put down the remainder of the Rebellion all bv himself He appeared to liken himself to Alexander the Great and to be looking for worlds to con quer On the other hand we likened him to Don Quixote a man who would charge a windmill hut Smith did not seem to he able to get a Sancho Rauza to iollow him He was more frantic to do something to distinguish himself than ever before and at last thought he had the opportunity And by rea son of this the executive officer Mr Dean and myself and thirtytwo men came very near being captured and the chances of being killed

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Library of Congress1907

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 31, 1907

hn o Johnson Continues His CF Reminiscences ist I left the Rebel ram ng for the mouth of the jver the two ships the i the Wyalusing with sig they were sinking and fleet inactive with no flag ship as to what to sii1 some fifteen minutes iv the flag officer seem imself and signaled the ad a long pole attached the outboard end of irpedo to go in and at i ae ram up and for near ae rest of the fleet lay i itched the futile efforts o approach the ram 1 perhaps be proper to er theSassacus nor the in a sinking condition ops were badly cut up i and the action of the improve the situation ri sue either could not or roach tile ram near vpiode the torpedo She arge ship and was known ami did not answer her Vdd to this thedemoral of her commander French who had been the Southfield which v the ram at Plymouth ns before and who evi cotten over his fright was slow she answered mptly and when the itempt to approach she l about to ram and the wardly slink away would again get on her v While

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 2, 1908

International Road Congress President Roosevelt Names Commissioners to Represent the U S Government Washington D C June 22 1resi dent Roosevelt lias directed that this Nation be strongly and officially repre seuted at the International Roads Coi gress to be held at Paris the week be ginning October 11 and credentials have been issued naming Logan Waller lage Director of the Office of Public Roads of the U S Department of Agri culture Chairmau of the Commission The other members named are Colonel Charles S liromwell of the United States Corps of Engineers now serving as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds of the District of Columbia and Clifford Richardson of New York an eminent chemist and one of the worlds acknowledged authorities on bituminous road building materials This coming Congress which will be attended by distinguished delegates from every country in the world is re garded by highway engineers and ex perts as probably the most iniportant ever summoned for the discussion of an economic question Its need is the direct outgrowth of the advent of the automobile for while thousands are ignorant of the fact the solt tires ol the modern motor car are the greatest menace the hard

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Library of Congress1910

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 28, 1910

The Queen of the Kennebec i Or The Last of The Wampanoags BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 11 Arnold was true to bis word and over took Morgan at Indian Old Point in Nor ridgewock Here he found the river for a mile or two ahead so broken into rapids that it was necessary to land all his boats baggage and stores and transport the same along th banks of the river This was a doubly hard task for his sol diers as trees and bushes had to be cut down and cleared away to effect a pas j sage for the army The trials and hard j ships of the brave and hardy soldiers had begun in good earnest but Arnold was j everywhere present now with the rear division of his struggling army giving orders right and left to the officers then jumping into hiscanoe he shoots forward like a deer and when he comes in sight of Morgans toiling soldiers far in advance of the main army they send up a hearty cheer for their brave and daring leader who knows no fear Night overtakes him but this brave man rests not Sit ting before a big

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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 23, 1911

FRANK W GOWEN Frank W Gowen widely known in temperance work and as a very active business man left Waterville last week to locate in Southern California Mr Gowen has been one of the most active workers in Maine for Prohibition by voice and pen and from a boy an earnest Good Templar in which organization he became very prominent He has held high office in this order in Maine also in the Supreme Lodge of the world having been Supreme Lecturer and organizer and visited many States in the Union in its interest also Canada and only a few years ago was sent to Europe twice in succession by the Maine Good Templars to represent them in the worlds sessions of the order Mr Gowen has also been engaged in the insurance business for many years and it is understood that he will engage in the same business in Cali fornia He is a gentleman of dis tinguished presence and will be missed in Maine but all of his friends throughout the State will wish him suc cess in his business undertaking on the r acuu tuasi COST OF LIVING THE SAME TODAY AS FORTY YEARS AGO In the

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Library of Congress1911

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 28, 1911

MAINE STATE GRANGE The Maine State Grange met in Lewis ton last week The feature of the day Tuesday was the address of State Mas ter C S Stetson He gave a brief re port of the doings of the National grange referring to the position he took as an insurgent and said that his sole ob ject was the bettering of the conditions in the National grange He spoke of the Kegley trial and explained the posi tion taken by the representatives from Maine He was heartily applauded when he said that he felt that the machine of the National grange is brok n and said that the increase in membership had been satisfactory Dishonest officials and political combinations have discredited the Prohibitory law he declared Hon est men men of courage and integrity men in whom the people have confidence are needed in public office They can be found and the grange should aid in the finding I have faith to believe that the frange of the future will use all its in uence in creating a widespread public sentiment and demand for an honest en forcement of the law prohibiting the manufacture and sale the use and

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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.), July 5, 1917

ITEMS OF ALL SORTS Big Wool Cargo Safe A cargo of South African wool valued at 3500000 arrived at Boston last week and underwriters were manifestly elated when the news reached their offices The consignments were purchased for Boston importers by a score of buyers during the past six months some of the bales of scoured wool being worth at least 350 Italian Branch Banks in U S Prompted by the sending by Italy of a commercial and political commission to the United States several of Italys largest banks have decided to open branch houses in New York instead of relying upon American banks to represent them as in the past The purpose of these banks is to compete for the handling of the large war business resulting from the purchases now being made by Italy in the United States for the handling of the funds sent home by Italians and for the general tourist and trading business ex pected to come after the war May Have Deciding Power Charleston hew6 and Courier DemJ It is hard to estimate now the import ance of the weapon which has been placed in the Presidents hand in the shape of this embargo

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Library of Congress1918

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 21, 1918

NO NEED TO WORRY Despite Croakers Human Race Is Not Deteriorating Facts Brought Out by the War Show That Men Today Are as Strong Physically and Morally as Ever in History The big avernge height of the men dratted into the United States army is being widely commented upon in the press and it appears that the facts Justify the favorable remarks being made observes the Montreal Gazette Records of the quartermasters office show that the Americans who are donning the army uniform today are bigger than the men who fought in former wars The size most in demand for the standard army shoe in the past was 7E while the average size of the marching shoe today is SV2 D and that of the field or trench shoe 9E Two styles are issued for it has been found by experiment that soldiers require a larger shoe for the trenches it being necessary to wear two pairs of socks at a time in cold and wet weather Similarly the presentday American soldier has to be provided with a size larger than his predecessor in coats shirts and breeches He is a bigger man all round which is decidedly sat isfactory

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 23, 1919

CELEBRATING POOR RICHARDS BIRTHDAY Government Has Pictures Ready for Every Member in the Family Benjamin Franklin Gave Us Gifts We Shall Never Cease Using Benjamin Franklin whose picture adorns the 1919 or Franklin issue of War Savings Stamps receives unique recognition from the country which gae him birth and which he in turn helped to make a nation Born in Boston on January 17 two hundred and thirteen years pto he began his career at the age of ten in bis fathers trade of tallow chandler and scan boiler Dissatisfied he later h one an apprentice in his brothers printing office and such was his character that he quickly rose to an influential position and subsequent ly became one of the most illustrious figures of all times He not only amassed wealth through wise spending sane saving and secure investment but saved time to give himself a complete edu cation developing his gifts to the ut most as a writer philosopher scien tist and statesman He founded the Philadelphia library the American Philosophical Society and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania he discov ered that lightning is a discharge of electricity he was Postmaster of Philadelphia and later on Deputy Postmaster

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