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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 28, 1901
NEWS ROTES James M Smith near Athens Ga sold his cotton crop 2o00 balesfor 100 000 Fourteen women received the doctors degree last year at the University of Zurich Congress has adopted the slowsand system of filtration for the water sup ply of Washington Emeralds have been discovered in Arizona and it is said in North Caro lina They are however very small A few days ago at Littleton N H the mercury changed from 40 below to 40 above inside of twentyfour hours It has been found in India that in oculation against rinderpest will protect an animal for a period of seventy or eighty days Iron lands showing more than 7000 000 tons of ore have been leased in Northern Minnesota by the American Steel and Iron Company Arkansas legislators could not decide whether the State flower should be an apple blossom or passion flower and re ferred the matter to the committee on education A bill is before the Federal Council of Germany providing that the time of study shall be for medical students five years instead of the present term of four years and a half There is a Chinese farm in Florida where the Johns
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 7, 1907
PEIRCE BROS OF FRANKFORT Thousands of Tons of Granite Quarried from Mt Waldo The supply Inexhaustible Boston Sunday Globe 111 the directorate of the recently or ganized Panama construction company appear the names of John Peirce of New York and George Peirce of Frank fort Me Incase the contract is awarded to Oliver the Peirces will be identified with the heaviest of the subcontractors Their specialty will be the granite stone and construction work There are more Peirces down in Maine Hayward and Albert Peirce making four brothers iu all who have been almost literally brought up on granite representing a business started over half a century ago by their father the late George A Peirce but carefully improved enlarged and nour ished until the Peirce quarries are among the largest and most important iu the country While the Frankfort quarries are operated under several different names and corporate titles the great majority of the stock is all in the family John Peirce of New York who has attained fame as a contractor is the real selling agent of the Peirce granite and paving while George Peirce Hayward Peirce andAlbert Peirce see that the goods are delivered In 1853 while
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 3, 1919
LANES COLD ciPtiP TABLETS GUARANTEED BBM WITt JOHN ON GUARD IN GERMANY But He Must Be Cared For and Brought Home and the Vic tory Loan Billions Will Go to Pay That Bill Most of us in the recent weeks have heard some mother or father speak of their absent son somewhere with the American army of occupation along the Rhine Johns in Germany they say proudly John is standing guard out there along the front line of freedom no longet menaced by gas bombs and shrapnel high explosive shells or ma chine guns nor auy of the machinery of war He is enjoying as much as one In Bervlce may the fruits of victory He is sleeping in the open instead of in a dugout He is having three nieaJs a day instead of a snack between bom bardments Hes as comfortable as it is possible for him to he and meet the demands of his duty Uncle Sam must pa his passage home must see that he is safely cared for uutil returned John must be cared for in Germany he must be taken care of when he gets back John and some 2o00000 of his com rades
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 1, 1917
rr i The Suffrage Resolve Passed by the Maine House 113 to 35 Augusta Me Feb 211917 Suffrage for the women of Maine on equal terms with men won the greatest victory in the history of the movement today when the House of Representatives of the 78th Maine Legislature voted 113 to 35 with only three members absent to submit the question to the people The vote m the House followed a lively debate which involved an exchange of personalities between Representative Bussabarger of Lubec a Democrat and leader of the Democratic faction in favor of the resolve and Representative Mur ray of Bangor Democratic floor leader and leader of the faction of the Demo cratic party opposed to the passage of 4he resolve Others who took part in the debate were Representative Percival P Baxter of Portland Republican Free man D Dearth of Dexier Republican Charles E Gurney of Portland Repub lican Seth L Snow of Mars Hill Re publican Theodore W Longley of Sidney Republican and Ralph 0 Brewster of Portland Republican in favor of the resolve and Representative Sherman L Berry of Waterville Democrat Edward W Larrabee of BathDemocrat John L Meserve of Naples Democratand Edgar E
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 28, 1907
WEDDING BELLS ClementChilds In the presence of immediate relatives Mary Adeline only daughter of Mrs Hiram Veazey Childs of East Hampdeu was mar ried to Irving Owen Clement of Seal Harbor Ale at the home of the bride on Bevin Hill at 6 p m Aov 14th Rev Hugh E Brown pastor of the Congre gational church of which the bride is a member performed the ceremony the Episcopal service being used the bride being given in marriage by her mother The v marriage took piace beneath a bower of hemlock smilax and yellow chrysanthemums in the drawing room to which the bridal party proceeded from the rooms above coming down through the hall which together with the other rooms below was prettily decorated with laurel ferns aud chrys anthemums the color scheme being yellow and green Professor aud Mrs R R Cone played the weddiug march from Lohengrin as the bridal party moved forward also playing during the evening The order was as follows Rev Hugh E Brown the groom ac companied by the best man his cousin John C Clement of Belfast Me ma tron of honor Mrs Edward C Childs of Manset Me sisterinlaw of the bride
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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 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 4, 1906
BELFAST IN 1905 Continued from Page Sixth DEATHS January Lucy May Nickerson aged 22 ra A Pitman aged 54 John C Norton aged 82 John Parr aged 60 Mary 1 Carr aged 57 lu uarj v h M Holmes aged 65 unit E Sleeper aged 66 Evtlena C Moody aged 71 Emily Shales aged 86 Varies K Harrison aged 54 I mlnna Brown aged 70 i iiia 1 A rinMiong aged 55 hauiel L Pitcher aged 70 ircii Mimner G Erisbee aged 22 ge H Webb aged 80 nnie L hanmn aged 65 ii ive 11 Cooper ageo 66 _ Ellen 1 Whitten of Montville aged 4S n abort W Edgecoaib aged 49 pril Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W il Kimball f iiaries A Hopkins aged 48 icy A Conner aged 55 V ait ha II Wording aged 86 Rebecca i Wood aged 76 Charles V Cobbett aged 7i t th v Brown aged 88 i Hannah T Philbrook aged M ay 7 EovisaC Lampher aged 80 oia H Erisbeo aged Marx V turti aged ih 17 John B Walton age 14 Vilbley G Spence aged 61 I iv Sarah Beilin aged JOMar L urti ag d I
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 25, 1909
Nearly Three Centuries Of Temperance Agitation and Legislation in Maine16361909 BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 6 In 1891 the Peoples Prohibitory En forcement League of Maine was organ ized and incorporated by the legislature Although this organization was rather shortlived yet it did much good in strengthening our prohibitory law and aiding in a more rigid enforcement of the law Dr John C Stewart of York was president of this organization and John W Mitchell of Freedom was its secretary Both gentlemen were promi nent members of the Good Templar or der and the best of feeling and harmony existed between these temperance or ganizations Dr Stewart is still living and only the past winter I met him at the State House in Augusta He is the same earnest and zealous champion of prohibition as in the days when he was an active Good Templar and a power as a debater in our grand lodge John W Mitchell the able secretary of the En forcement League was one of the most fearless temperance workers we have ever had in the State of Maine and his sad ar d tragic death by drowning in the Kennebec at Augusta in 1894 brought
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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 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1908
JOHN B GOUGH An Address in the Onion Church Brooks by M J Dow Esq In accordance with the arrangements of the National Christian Endeavor or ganization Sunday evening April 12th was observed as the John B Gough night at the Union church in Brooks The meeting was opened with the usual praise service followed by introductory remarks by the pastor Rev J W Vaughan An anthem was then pre sented by Messrs Jones Morrill Brown and Merritt with Mrs W S Jones as accompanist M J Dow then gave an address upon the life and character of John B Gough followed by a solo by W S Jones Remarks were then made by Rev David Brackett and further remarks by the pastor After some what extended remarks upon the life of Mr Gough Mr Dow closed his ad dress as follows John B Gough stands out in bold re lief in the early history of the temper ance reform work of this country as a striking and unique iigure Ilis influ ence in the development of a moral sentiment against the use of intoxicat ing drinks was a powerful one He drew people to him by his attractive personality
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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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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 5, 1907
Literary News and Notes Holman Day the well known Maine author is getting out a new book en tilled King Spruce which is to be published by Harper Bros The story w liich is appearing serially in the New England Magazine is a most interest ing one and deals with life and doings in the Maine wools and in the opinion of the writer is the best sustained and the highest iu literary quality of any of Mr Days novels The December issue of the Atlantic is a peculiarly interesting magazine There are seven important articles each very brilliant of its kind The leader is entitled The Future of our Navigable Waters and is written by John L Mathews who has been mak iug a special study of the subject An Art Museum for the People by Frank Jewett Mather treats of the best practical arrangement of exhibi tions for public use Agnes Deans Cameron writes on Wheat the Wiz ard of the North a striking article telling of the enormous immigration to the newly utilized fields of western Canada There is abundant fiction of the usual high Atlantic standard and the poetry is of a strictly Christmas character One
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Image 1 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 25, 1916
II The Republican Joitrnai 1 MK Sh BELFAST MAINE THURSDAY MAY 25 WIG ymimli 0 I of locays journal W _ lirtbe8 News of the Gr nges y in Press Association Secret SocietiesPer VlHll Problem Washington Obituary Benjamin Priest itinal Lecture North Wal Grange Vogue of Spots lM i g luris Wilson a Girl of The News of Belfast in Keal Estate Wedding ast BelfastThe News of yoks News of Belfast h Nichols County Corre t A Few Notes on the Life k of Col Jesse Smart of Composite Disease from California Northport Recent Deaths Transfers in i 8tate Two John J Ingalls Accuse U S Department cnculture of Swindle retort Stockton Springs The fast Price Currentborn rm Hied_ I he L hurclies the Congregational church ext Sunday Morning wor Sunday school at noon is Thursday evening at A Knowlton 16 Miller rvice next Sunday in the and all veterans and aftili nvited to attend the Me Methodist church when is will preach an appro t honor ionary Auxiliary of the i their annual meeting iast with Mrs Charles M sent The Kings High dialogue was read by sev mbcrs The annual reports o 1 and the following offi lent
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Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 8, 1906
CITY OF BELFAST I ist of candidates to be voted for in the several wards of the City of Belfast March 12 1906 To vote a straight ticket mark a cross X in the square over the party naipe at the head of riic ticket _ WARD 1 1 REPUBLICAN HV r Orlando E Frost HdVan Keene imcllinenClifford J Pattee Win H Arnold liool CommitteeHarry Iutz S G Norton irb7 RueseU H Brier lVd ClerkChan H SarBent WARD 2 x OI Orlando E Frost 777777777777m c mn Hifllmen John S Davidson Fred S Jackson tool CommitteeChas S Bickford 77l777777777 Wesley J Bailey Geo A Bussell Clerk Walter C Townsend WARD 3 kepcbrican vor Orlando E Frost irna77 777 7d77a o stoddord Oilmen 9 Shuman Henry J Chaples hooTcommittee 77X1 Stantlal nstaltleA D Smalley A 7777 Fred Smalley t ard ClerkftptJ H Perkins lOrlando E Frost rman7Orrii 1 Wentworth iicilmenTrue C Hayford Frank C Clark ol CommitteeJ W Vaughan table Moses F Hurd N ardenEphraim W Wiley rd ClerkJames F Sheldon WARD 5 REPUBLICAN Utyor Orlando E Frost ifrmanEdwin Frost oilmenEverett A Nickerson Wyatt R Carrow I CommitteeE W Ellis stable Bert E Annis rden Fred N Savery 5 iil ClerkSyreno
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 29, 1908
Literary News and Notes President Roosevelt has signed a con tract with The Outlook to act as an asso ciate editor after his retirement from the Presidency in March next This is made subject to the existing contract to write the story of his African travels tor Charles Scribners Sons His work in connection with the Outlook is to cover political and economic topics William Dean Howells Mary E Wil kins Freeman John Kendrick Bangs Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Mary StewartCutting Alice Brown Henry van Dyke Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Elizabeth Jordan Edith Wyatt Mary Heaton Vorse and Henry James have written a composite novel The story is entitled The Whole Family and will be published next week after having run as a serial in Harpers Bazar where the puzzle was to find which author wrote what chapter The plot hinges on the engagement of pretty Peggy the daugh ter of the house to a fickle youth who is in love with her aunt and the whole family gets delightfully tangled up about it As a literary device this book is bound to create a pleasant little stir The November Everybodys is an elec tion number That is three out of
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 30, 1915
A Journey Through the South fA Paper read by Mra Tdomaa B Dinamore before the Unitarian Alliance Dec 2nd and published by request of The Journal The fame of the markets eating placesand the cooking of New Orleans is worldwide We enjoyed a dinner at Farbachers where soft shelled crabs are servedand unless you know just how to manage in eating them you have to be shown And not to have breakfast at Madam Johns where the best coffee in the world so they Bay is served the delicious French Dip would be to miss one of the unusual attractions When the itinerary for these trips is made not to be out but one night at a time in a sleeper is alw ys planned and to have our trunk at every stop is a great comfort The New Orleans ex perience was the only disappointment we had As we left New Orleans and were shown to our section we heard quite a commotion outside and oa looking out found it to be a bridal party There was much laughing and flowers were thrown and our good natured porter had all he could do to keep the crowd of young
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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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