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The Republican Journal
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BELFAST, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
The Republican Journal Pub. Co.
A. I. BROWN, Editor.
ADVERi using Terms. For one square, one
Inch length in column, 25 cents for one week
and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Sebscripti }N Terms In advance. 12 00 a
year; $1 00 frrsix months; 60 centa for three
months,
FLOUR.
The latest order of Mr. Hoover allows
1 1-2 pounds of flour per week to each
person. This seems at first thought to be
a very small allowance, but it is not un
reasonable or likely to cause very great
self denial. This will give 9 pounds a
week to a family of six persons, which
amounts to a little more than two bar
rels of flour a year. We believe, how
ever, that before six months have passed
flour will be as scarce and as hard to ob
tain as sugar has been during the past
winter. Neither Mr. Hoover nor the ad
ministration can be justly blamed if our
prediction proves to be true. Our Allies
are doing most of the fighting and our
duty will not be entirely done if we do
most of the feeding. We can at least go
on short rations and do it in an earnest
and patriotic way. Those of us who can
not light certainly ought to conserve and
economize in everything v hich can aid
in destroying the German menace. Here
is where non-combatants in the United
States can help win the war, and it is
just as much their war as it is the war of
the man in the gas mask, fighting the
Hun in France. The loyal united people
of the United States must do not only
their bit but their best, whether at home
or in the trenches.
bXPERIMENTS.
The American people are experiment
ers. When they see a machine of any
sort they want to make a better one.
When they consider the method by which
anything is done they want to devise
some belter way of doing it and will
spend weeks and even months in think
ing about and discussing the better way.
This 1 a bit has enabled them to make the
remarkable inventive and business pro
gress which they have to their credit.
Whiie this habit has worked greatly to
their advantage in times of peace, it must
now be admitted that it is too deliberate
in times of war. We are trying to build
the best ship yard the world has ever
seen, at Hog island. We ape trying to
make a better cannon than the entirely
satisfactory French gun We are trying
to perfect a superior motor for airplanes.
We are behind our schedule. We have
experimented too much. We have in
many directions accomplished very little.
We ought to stop talking about what we
are going to do, and do something worth
talking about.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CON
VENTION.
The convention of Maine Republicans,
heid last Thursday in Portland, was un
usually large and enthusiastic. The best
feature was the ceremony of burying the
hatchet by Hon. Halbert P. Gardner, the
most aggressive leader of the Progres
sives in this State. This brings the Re
publicans into full accord once more and
the doom of the Democratic ticket of
1918 is sealed. Ex-President Roosevelt
was received with much enthusiasm and
made a notable and patriotic speech
of considerable length. His speech will
doubtless be used as a campaign docu
ment and will be widely circulated and
read. Many people came from other
States to listen to Mr. Roosevelt, believ
ing that his speech would be the keynote
to the next presidential campaign.
That a reasonable censorship of war
news is necessary, is admitted and it is
approved by everybody. Recent expos
ures made by Gen. Wood and in Congress,
lead to the conclusion that the news of
affairs both at home and abroad, has not
only been censored but adulterated. The
demand now is “give us the truth.” We
do not know whether the blame should
be placed mainly in London and Paris
or whether it should be charged to some
body here. The publicity men and news
paper correspondents may be partly to
blame. It is not necessary to charge the
blame to any source. It is sufficient to
say that the elaboration, suppression and
adulteration of news has been suffered
long enough. The people want to know
the whole truth about the real wrork
which has been done in the building of
ships and airplanes. They want to know
where the 1,500,000 men in the service
of the United States are located and what
they are doing. They have a right to
know these things, and they demand
that they be told.
Hugo Clark of Bangor left that city
for Eoston last week where he has en
tered a prominent law firm as a partner.
Mr. Clark has been identified with the
legal, political and club life of Bangor
for more than twenty years. He was a
lecture at the University of Maine Law
School for ten years and city solicitor of
Bangor for two terms. While in Bangor,
Mr. Clark, in additon to conducting a
general practice covering a wide range of
legal matters,has been counsel in.a num
ber of cases of public interest. Mr.
Clark is well known in Belfast.
The Weekly News Letter, published by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, (at
government expense) comes regularly to
our desk. We presume that it goes to
the editor of every other newspaper in
the country. We read it, not for infor
mation, but for consolation. It is very
comforting to know that we are not the
only nor the most egregious idiot in the
II nited States.
Hon. Frank E. Guernsey, who some
time ago announced his candidacy for U.
S. Senator, has withdrawn from the race.
He does this in a manly and patriotic
letter which reflects great credit on the
writer. The withdrawal of Mr. Guernsey
leaves the field open to Senator Fernald
who will probably not be opposed by any
other „ andidate.
Those who have-inflated their minds
with the theories and dreams of socialist
orators should contemplate the woeful
condition in Russia which illustrates the
ultimate of their creed. There is a wide
difference between hot air and cold facts.
North Waldo Pomona Grange.
The regular meeting of North Waldo
Pomona Grange was held with Sunrise
Grange, Winterport, Wednesday, March
13th.
The roads were in a drifted condition,
causing the attendance to be smaller
than usual, but an enjoyable meeting was
held with the Master, Overseer, Steward
and Ceres present. The stations of the
Lecturer and Secretary were acceptably
filled by Nettie Cole and R. F. Cole, re
spectively, other members of Sunrise
Grange acting in place of the remaining
absent officers. After a brief forenoon
session a recess was declared and dinner
was served.
The meeting was re-assembled in the
fifth degree and R. F. Cole spoke fra
ternal words of greeting, to which F.
Porter Webb made an appreciative re
sponse in behalf of the visitors.
/ n excellent paper, The farmer and
the war, was read by Nettie Cole, and
the topic, Ten weeds that are injurious
and how to eradicate them, was opened
by Worthy Master Dow in the absence of
C. C. Clements. A general discussion
followed. Sadie Bragg was called upon
and responded with an original poem
which was well received.
The following question was then read:
“Resolved, That to sell farm produce
through organized co-operative associa
tions is of greater financial value than to
increase the production.” f\ P. Webb
opened the discussion, followed by G. A.
Cole, who upheld the negative. D. M.
Kimball, R. F. Cole, O. B. Dow, D. L.
Cole and others participated in the de
bate and many good points were made.
Carrie R. Cole contributed to the enjoy
ment of the occasion by selections on the
Victrola which were interspersed through
out the exercises.
The visitors expressed their apprecia
tion of the hospitality of Sunrise Grange
in the customary manner, and the meet
ing was duly closed.
The next meeting will be with South
Branch Grange, Prospect, May 8th, with
an address of welcome by the master of
host grange and response by Eliza Mat
thews. Singing, The Star Spangled Ban
ner. Topic, Patriotism—How taught in
the home, Eda Clements; How taught in
the school, Flora Ward; How taught in
the grange, Clara York; recitation, Jen
i nie Dockham; remarks by A. Stinson, a
veteran of the Civil war.
1 Topic, Production, conservation, dis
tribution, which of these three is the
most vital problem at present? F. L.
Ward, Velzora Nickerson and C. C. Clem
ents. CLARA D. YORK,
Winterport, Me., March 23, 1918.
Hoe Friend of Bayonet.
War is making bare the world’s cup
boards; the graneries are being emptied,
the flocks thinned, the herds butchered,
the mines scraped. War is making every
thing dear except human life; the de
structive monster is consuming more
food essentials than it is producing. Want
follows hard in the wake of the chariot
wheels of Mars, and the whole world is
threatened with hunger, the menace of
which will become greater with the pro
longation of hostilities. Victory will go
1 to the combatants who are best fed and
nourished. The food question is now
paramount. Food production is as essen
tial to victory as food saving. The spade
and the hoe must befriend the rifle and
the bayonet.
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GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHS WANTED.
^ [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer news
columns.]
Pictures and descriptions of bridges,
buildings, towns and localities of western
Germany, of Belgium, Luxemburg and
; of the portion of France now occupied
; by the Germans are wanted by the Unit
ed States Government at once,
i Through local Federal officers, the War
Department appealed to all Clevelanders
in possession of such matter to turn it
over at once to the Government for the
use of the intelligence department.
“It will not be practicable to return the
material to the contributors; it will be a
, gift to the Government,” says the War
Department communication.
| Views of bridges, buildings and locali
! ties of “that portion of Germany lying
west of a line running north and south
i through Hamburg,” are desired.
; “A large quantity of material is de
. sired,” states the War Department com
j munication, “and many copies of the
same object may be desirable.”
j Local Federal officials will ask the as
sistance of persons who have travelled
| in the countries indicated to help gather
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BUY AND TRY—
You'H Feel Bitter For It
Sour —s' By
Dwight P. Palmer
Owen Bros.
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A Washington Letter.
From a Belfast Girl.
To The Republican Journal,
Belfast, Maine.
My Dear Editor: Thfough the thought
fulness of my parents, I am able to read
the “good old Republican Journal” every
Monday night when I get home from
work, and I can tell you it certainly does
look good to me. I am able to keep in
close touch with my friends that I have
in Belfast, and I certainly enjoy it. Seems
as a great big letter to me telling me
everything of interest. 1 also want to
say that I think it has been very enter
taining lately, with news and things of
interest. I should very much dislike to
miss it for a week. And I am not the
only one who reads it, for my roommate,
Marion Knowlton, who is also from Bel
fast, sits down and reads it from begin
ning to end, and we don’t even leave out
the advertisements.
This prompted me to think perhaps
some of my friends in Belfast might like
to know a little of the news of the Bel
fast girls in Washington. While we are
not all in the same house but are all over
the city and some of us out in the suburbs,
we see each other occasionally, on the
street, in the stores or on an elevator go
ing up or down, in the stores, or at some
of the public buildings which are very
interesting and which we visit frequent
ly. It certainly seems good to see a face
from Belfast for we are so far apart that
it is only occasionally that we meet, there
being some 30,000 girls here, working for
the government. Mr. Quimby who was
on a business trip to Washington a month
or so ago, did not forget his Belfast
friends down here and came to see Marion
and me on Sunday.
The weather, generally, here is getting
warmer and seems about like the first of
June at home, some days, in fact, most
every day for the past two weeks. It
seems as if spring were well under way,
the grass is green, the trees are budded
and will soon have leaves on them, in
fact, some of them have now. Certainly
it is a beautiful city to live in, having
many beautiful parks, streets and build
ings. It is a duty every person owes
himself to come to Washington and see
the Capital of our country. Although at
the time of the present emergency, I
would not advise anyone to come unless
they are coming to “do their bit,” for all
the houses, hotels and places of shelter
are well taken up by the government em
ployees, and there are more coming every
day. However, we don't mind living in
close quarters for our patriotic feelings
prompt us to think and know that this
can not be helped if we are to assist, in
our small way, in the successful prosecu
tion of the war. Every precaution is
taken by landladies, hotel managers and
boarding house mistresses to keep e\ery
thing in a sanitary and healthful condi
tion, and the government sets the ex
ample in sanitation in its buildings where
we work, giving us clean, light rooms
and all personal things for use, such as
towels, soap and drinking glasses. All
the girls seem very much satisfied with
the living here and are enjoying life and
the work very much. It is very different
worn to the most of us from any we have
ever done before but proves to be very in
teresting. If they were not satisfied I
am sure they would never admit it and
their patriotic feelings would prompt
them to make it their business to be sat
isfied and “do their bit” for the work
must be done and there are not now any
where near enough girls here. We think
Belfast is quite well represented, but
could have a few more of its smart capa
ble girls to keep us company. -
One never forgets the war here.
Everyone can keep very well informed
as to the general conditions. There are
thousands of officers and enlisted men
here, of the Army, Navy and Marines,
most of them working here for the Gov
ernment at the present time, expecting
to be moved of course any day. Then
there are several camps very near here,
in fact two in the city, Washington Bar
racks and Camp Meigs. Camp Meade is
only a short distance away and the Ma
rines’ <^amp at Quantico, Md., is not far
off. Sunday any and all the soldiers,
sailors and marines who were in the city
were taken around the city in the auto
mobiles of the people who live here and
shown the different places of interest,
a nd I, living across the street from the
German Embassy, which of course is
now closed and guarded, and the Swiss
Legation, was able to see the whole
parade. It certainly was a thrilling sight.
There were to say the least 500 to 600
machines decorated with American Flags
and. every one filled with boys in uni
form. The people here are very, very
kind to the boys who are in uniform and
always have a warm welcome for them
no matter where they go, and do every
thing to make them happy. A young man
in civilian clothes is almost as scarce
as a soldier in Belfast.
Well I think it is high time I should
put'an end to my letter or The Republi
can Journal editor w'on’t get time to
wrrite his editorial for next week.
Wishing The Republican Journal all
possible success and hoping I will always
have the pleasure of reading it every
week w'hile away from home, I will close,
Very sincerely,
(Miss) A. Annette Holt,
A Belfast friend ahvays.
1119 O. St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Honesty Grange is Patriotic.
An audience, testing the capacity of
the hall in Morrill, enjoyed the following
program, presented by the Lecturer of
Honesty Grange, Bertha II. Mears, Fri
day evening, March 22nd. The numbers
were selected from the program given in
the recent Grange contest, by the cap
tains, Miss Stella Berry and Mr. Lester
Merrithew, and merited the generous ap
plause each received. A bountiful sup
per was served to one hundred and fifty,
in the dining room from six to eight, by
Mrs. A. B. Hatch, Mrs. Geo. Rose, Mrs.
Etta Jackson, committee, assisted by a
score of busy waiters. The net proceeds,
$68.70, will be given to the local Red
Cross, for materials, etc. The several
committees wish to thank all who do
nated food for the supper, or aided in any
way to make the affair the success it
proved to be.
Program.
America, by the audience, with tableau
at it close, representing “The Spirit of
19r8,” staged by the juvenile members
of the Grange.
Master Eddie Merriam,
The Man with the Hoe
Masters Edwin and Irving Berry,
Our Soldier Boys
Lytle Woodbury, The Little Housemaid
Marion Berry, Busy Knitting
Winfred Paul, Convalescent Soldier
“Baby” Marion Paul,
l lie rveu v/iua» nuisc
The Service Flag, bearing six stars for
our young men in the service of their
country, was displayed in the back
ground, while an invisible chorus sang
“God save our splendid men,
Bring them safe home again,” etc.
The Gypsies’ Festival, a musical novelty
consisting of solos, duets, and chorus,
with drill charmingly executed by
eight young ladies in appropriate cos
tume, and tambourines with a stage
setting of evergreer trees, and white
Gypsy cots
Gypsy Queen, Miss Clara Berry
Fortune Teller, Mrs. Frances Paul
Yankee Peddler, Mr. James Stevens
Merrv Gypsies, Misses Myrtle Weymouth,
Stella Berry, Helen Merriam, Ida Soule,
Mrs. Myrtle Woodbury, Mrs. Edna
Hayward.
HUMPHREYS’
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Nt. FOR Fries
1. Fevers, Congestions, Inflammations.. .28
2. Worms, Worm Fever.28
3. Colic, Crying. Wakefulness of Infants.28
4. Diarrhea of Children and adults.28
*7, Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis.28
8. Toothache, Faceache. Neuralgia.28
9. Headache. Sick Headache. Vertigo — 28
lO. Dyspepsia,Indige i i.WeakStomach.28
13. Cr jup. Hoarse Cough, Laryngitis.28
14. E .'S'*ina, Eruptions.28
18. Rheumatism, Lumbago.28
18, Fever and Ague, Malaria.28
17, Plles,Bhnd,Bleeding,Internal,Extemal 28
19, Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in Head.28
20. Whooping Cough.28
21. Asthma, Oppressed, Difficult Breathing. 28
27* Disorders of the Kidneys.28
301 Urinary Incontinence.28
34. Sore Throat, Quinsy. .28
77. Grip, Grippe, La Grippe.28
Bold by druggists, or sent on receipt of mice.
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CENTRAL MAINE POWER
First Mortgage 5s
We offer these bonds at 88 and recom
mend their purohase. These bonds (sold
last year as high as 99, and they are worth
as much more now as then. It is only due
to war conditions that the price is 88.
Tlie City National Bank of Belfast
BELFA8T, MAINE.
Monologue, I’ll Lick the Kaiser,
L. Merrithew
The Bicker Family,
Bertha, Flora and Mr. R. Jackson
Banjo solo, J. F. Vickery
Reading, The Red Cross Blake,
Stella Berry
Sketch, They Mean Business,
J. G. Harding
Solo, Parody on I’ve Got ’em on the List,
by Mikado, by Mr. W. S. Shibles
Reading, Let Him Live, Olive Berry
A lesson in Physical Torture,
Ruth Dow and others
Solo, One Fleeting Hour,
Mrs. Frances Paul
A Lecture on Styles, by Prof. Pearl Berry
assisted by living models, Leo Jackson, |
A. B. Hatch, J. Stevens, Milan Wey- '
mouth and Norman Woodbury.
Character Song, My Cousin Caruso,
Mr. Geo. Rose
Encore, Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of
Man.
KEEP WHEATLESS DAYS.
Are you keeping wheatless Mondays
and Wednesdays in your home? The 1
responsibility of supplying our associates
in this war with wheat until next sum
mer has now been shifted to the shoul
ders of the American housekeeper.
The farmer and the shipper have done
their work as far as the wheat crop is
concerned. The harvest has been gath
ered, and the surplus has been shipped to
France.
There will not be another wheat crop
until the coming summer. From now un
til then every loaf of bread that finds its
way “over there” to the home of a worn
and burdened mother or into the out
stretched hands of a hungry child will
mean that someone in America has kept
Wheatless Days.
Dandruffy Scalps
Lead to Baldness
If you have dandruff get rid of it quick
ly— it’s positively dangerous and will
surely ruin your hair if you don’t. Dan
druffy heads mean faded, brittle, gray, •
scraggly hair that finally dies and falls
out—new hair will not grow—then you
are bald and nothing can help you. The
only sure way to abolish dandruff for
good is to destroy the germ that causes
it. To do this quickly, surely and safely
there is nothing so < ffective as Parisian
Sage, which you can get from A. A.
Howes & Co. and good druggists every
where. It is guaranteed to cure dan
druff, stop itching scalp and falling hair,
and promote a new growth, or the cost,
small as it is, will be refunded.
Parisian Sage is a scientific prepara
tion that supplies all hair needs—an an
tiseptic liquid, neither sticky or greasy,
easy to apply, and delicately perfumed.
If you want beautiful, soft, thick,
lustrous hair, and lots of it, you must
use Parisian Sage. Don’t delay—begin
tonight—a little attention now insures
abundant hair for years to come.
Note: Parisian Sage positively will
not color or streak the hair.
Maine Cemrai R. R.
BELFAST AND BURNHAM
On and after Jan. 20, 1918, trains connecting
at Burnnamand Waterville with through trains
for and from Bangor, Waterville, Portland and j
Boston, wili run daily, except Sunday, as fol- !
lows:
FROM BELFAST
AM PM
Belfast depart. 7 00 1 30
City point. *7 05 t 1 35
Waldo. ... 17 15 l 1 45
Brooks. 7 27 1 57
Knox. *7 39 t2 09
Thorndike. 7 45 2 15
Unity. 7 53 2 24
Winnecook. IS 03 i2 33
Burnham, arrive. 8 15 2 45
Bangor. 12 05 5 35
Clinton. 8 34 5 38
Fairfield. c8 44 5 49
Waterville. 8 49 3 19
Portland. 11 45 5 55
Boston, p m.. 3 3o 9 20
TO _BELFAST
( oat on. 3 CO 9(0
PM
Portland. 7 00 12 40
AM
Waterville... 7 15 10 10 3 33
Bangor. 6 50 - 1 45
i airfield. 7 21 10 17 (3 40
Clinton. 7 31 10 27 3 63
Burnham, leave. 8 35 10 50 4 10
Winnecook. (8 45 til 00 4 20
Unity . 8 54 11 30 4 29
Ti orndike. 9 02 11 45 4 37
Knox. (9 10 (11 55 4 45
Brooke.. 9 26 12 36 6 00
Waldo. 19 35 |12 60 15 10
Citypoint. t9 45 (1 16 t5 20
Belfast, arrive. 960 1 30 5 25
(Flag station.
c—Stops to leave passengers.
Unlimited tickets for Boston are now sold at
$6 33 from Belfast.
M. L. HARRIS,
General Passenger Agen i.
D. C. DOUGLASS,
General Manager, Portland Maine.
St. Paul Fire if Marine Insurance Company
of St. Paul, Minn.
Assets December 31, 1917.
Real estate.I 227,730 46
Mortgage loans, . . . 1,469,978 34
Collateral loans, . . . 102,970 00
Stocks and bonds, . . . 9,334,,432 10
Cash in office and bank, 964,018 42
Agents’ balances, . . . 1,728,722 17
•Bills receivable, . . . 40,478 74
Interest and rents, . . . 100,076 36
All other assets, . . . 127,009 76
Gross assets.$14,095,416 35
Deduct items not ad
mitted, . 517,795 55
Admitted assets, . . . $13,577,620 80
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses, ... $ 1,509,984 68
Unearned premiums, . . 6,627,190 37
All other liabilities, . . 443,310 26
Cash capital, .... 1,000,000 00
Surplus over all liabilities, 3,997,135 49
Total liabilities and surplus, $13,577,620 80
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Annual Statement of the
U. S. Branch North British & Mercantile,
75 William Street, New York City, N.Y.
Assets December 31, 1917
Stocks end bonds.$ 8,797,176 20
Casb in office and bank. 694,843 11
Agents’ balances. 1,460.030 01
Bills receivable. 462 00
Interest and rents. 97,926 99
All other assets. 9,860 09
Gross assets. 11,060,278 40
Deduct items not admitted. 1,8(8,632 17
Admitted assets..!.$ 9,241,746 23
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 906,098 40
Unearned premiums,. 6,661,800 17
All other liabilities. 164.429 40
Surplus over all liabilities. 2,619,423 28
Total liabilities and surplus.6 9,241 746 23
James Pattee & Son, Agent, Belfast.
Albert M. Ames, Agent,
Stockton Springs, Maine. 3wl4 '
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Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
Salem. Mass.
Assets December 31, 1917.
Real estate..$ 86,000 00
Sti cks and bonds.. 787.264 00
Caah in office and bank. 3 743 53
Agents’ balances. 30 122 18
Interest and renta. 11 575 38
All other assets. 1 100 26 !
Gross assets. 919 805 35
Deduct items not admitted....... 44,215 14
Admitted assets. .... 875.590 21
Liabilities December 31. 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 8.S16 45
Unearned premiums. 360,206 1
All other liabilities.. 21 532 59
Cash guaranty capital. 100.000 00
Surplus over all liabilities. 394.935 27
Total liabilities and surplus... . $ 875,590 21
James Pattee & Son, Agents, Belfast,
Joshua Treat, Jr., Agent, Winterport.
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Koval Indemnity Company,
New York N. Y.
Assets December 31. 1917
Stocks and bonds.. $4 649.006 09
Cash in office and bank.. 541,694 77
Agents’ balances . 1,151.76189
Bills receivable. . 1,059 > 6
Interest and rents. 66.035 09
All other assets . 174,320 48
Gross assets. . 6.583,877 38
Deduct items not admitted. 275,961 84
Admitted assets.$6.317,915.54
Liabilities December 31, 1917,
Net unpaid losses. $1,701,258 25
Unearned premiums. 2,114.187 69
All other liabilities. 922.377 00
Cash capital. 1,C00.000 00 .
Surplus over all liabilities. 570 092 60'
Petal liabilities and surplus.$6,307,915 54
J. Treat, Jr., Agent, Winterport, insur
ance and Real Estate Lowest Compensa
tion rates. 3WI4
Aetna Lite Insurance Company,
Accident and Liability Department
650 Main St., Hartford, Conn.
Assets December 31, 1917.
Real estate.$ 9,618 93
Mortgage loans... .. . . 3,324,390 00
Collateral loans. 282,380 00
Stocks and bonds.. 7.304,943 40
Cash in office and bank......... 3,115,677 49
Agents’ balances. 2,660,324 39
Bills receivable and suspense ac
count. 41.193 75
Interest and rents.* 160,737 22
All ither assets. 123,769,717 89
Gross assets. 140,658,883 07 i
Deduct items not admitted. 74,438 16
Admitted assets.$140,584,444 91 '
Liabilities December 31, 1917,
Net unpaid losses. 6.259,628 66
Unearned premiums. 5,206,803 28
All other liabilities... . 110,688,84101
Cash capital.,. 6,000,000 00
Surplus over all liabilities. 13,529,172 06
Total liabilities and surplus.. $140,584,444 91
Chas. O. Sawyer, Agent, Searsport, Me.
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Annual Statement of
The Mercantile Insurance Company of
America.
Assets December 31, 1917.
Stocks and bonds.$3,034,503 25
Cssh in office and bank. 229,297 22
Agents’ balances. 222,671 84
All other assets. 36,071 20
Gross assets... 3 621443 51
Deduct items not admitted. 560,888 60
Admitted assets.$2,960,566 01
Liabilities, December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 158,455 32
Unear ned premiums. 1,169,130 37
All other liabilities. 89,746 54
Cash capital,. 1,000,000 00
Surplus over all liabilities. 583,222 78
Total liabilities and surplus.$2,960,655 01
Frank I. Wilson, Agent, Belfast, Me.
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The Standard Fire Insurance Company, !
Hartford, Connecticut.
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Assets December 81, 1917.
Real Estate.$ Nil
Mortgage loans . Nil
Collateral loans. Nil
Stocks and bonds. 1,366,026 33
Cash in Office and Hank,. 77,083 76
Agents’ Balances. 122,(83 66
Bills Receivable. Nil
Interest and rents. 17,236 93
All other assets. 10,000 00
Gross Assets. $1,681,880 66
Deduct items not admitted.. 107,107 06
Admitted Assets...$1,474,273 51
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net Unpaid Losses. 84,308 97
Unearned Premiums. 602,448 75
All other Liabilities,. 16,393 43
Cash capital.. . 500,00010
Surplus over all Liabilities. 271,122 36
Total Liabilities and surplus.$1,474,273 61
Frank I. Wilson, Agent, Belfast, Me.
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GEO. t. JOHNSON,
Attorney at Law
BELFAST, MAINE.
Practice in ail Courts. .Probate’ practl< a
e specialty. _ 2ft
* Field & Quimbjl
Agents, General Ini]
BELFAST, MAINE. #
Abstract of the Annual Statement ...... I
/ETNA INSURANCE CUMlhJ
HARTFORD, CONN
On the 31st day of December, 1917
the State of Maine |g
Incorporated 1829 . Commenced Busing. I
Wm. B. Clark, President
E. J. Sloan, Secretary. F'5
Capital paid up in cash, $5,00;
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Assets December 31, 1917 f4j
Real estate. {
Stocks and bonds. 22,
Loans on collateral.
Cash in office and bank. {j§
Cash in hands of agents and in \ir
transit. " '-H
Interest and rents.
Bills receivable. ^
Other admitted assets. ™
Gro9s assets. 3u.::92*- .Jfl
Deduct items not admitted. 4 J
/-$ o*
Admitted assets.$29 862
Liabilities December 31, 1917. U
Net unpaid losses . in
Unearned premiums.13 391...
All other liabilities. h>o, '
Cash capital . 5 "ou'oi(jl
Surplus over all liabilities. 8,.:.6tV
Aggregate, iucluding capital and "
surplus.$29.>52.lj| j fc
Note—The security valuation on wi - JjS
statement is based are those fixed 1 , h i
surance Commissioners. a;; S
Surpius for Policy Haiders,$ 13,56 , 96;. I
Losses paid in 99 years, 165,890.00'. i
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Hartford Fire Insurance Company 1
Hartford, Lonn.
Assets December 31, 1917 !
Real Estate.. $ *
Mortgage loans. 4. tl
Collateral loans.. Hl IS
Cash in Office and Bank. 3 i' n
Agents’ Balances. 5,. '
Interest and Rents ..
All other Assets. €
— d
Gross Assets. . . $34 1
Deduct items not admitted. -
Admitted Assets. $3 ;
Liabilities December 31. 1917.
Net Unpaid Losses. 2
Unearned Premiums.. ly * lg
All other Liabilities. 1 - I
Cash capital. n
Surplus over all Liabilities. 8.
- e
Total Liabilities and Surplus.. $34 (
Insurance Company of North An «
3rd and Walnut Sts:, Philadelphi 1 a
Assets December 31. 1917 C
Heal estate. $
Mortgage loans.
Collateral loans.
Stocks and bonds .... . 27 C
Cash in office and bank. t
Agents’ balances. 3
Bills receivable... . <
In erest and rents.
All other assets... .
Gross assets. 29;. M
Deduct items not admitted.
Admitt d ass Is.$28,' 1
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 4,4
Unearned premiums. 9,i"
All other liabilities. o.
Cash capital. 4.0‘
Surplus over all liabibities. 5,0<
Total liabilities and surplus. .. $28.2
The Continental Insurance Com pa?
80 Maiden Lane, New York
Assets December 31, 1917.
Heal estate.$ l.t"
Mortgage loans.
Collateral loans..
Stocks and bonds, (actual market
value Dec, 31, 1917). 24..'
Cash in office and bank.. 4 m
Agents’ balances,. 1.92. -
Bills receivable.. 22
Interest and rents,.
All other assets.
Gross assets. 32,<.
Deduct items not admitted.
Admitted assets.$32 f
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 9t
Unearned premiums. 11,o- 4
All other liabilities. 1,27 -t>
Cash capital. 10,0<
Surplus over all liabilities . 8.7'
Total liabilities and surplus... .$32
U. S. Branch of
Norwich Union Hire Insurance
Limited, of Norwich, England
Assets December 31, 1917.
Real estate.s
Mortgage loans.
Collateral loans.
Stocks and bonds. 2,91
Cash in office and bank. 52 'N*
Agents’ balances. 53. > *
Bills receivable.
Interest and rents. .
All other assets. . 9.656*
Gross assets. 4,01 -
Deduct items not admitted. 193' *
Admitted assets.$3,823 66v;
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 339 ’
Unearned premiums. 2,10* -2* -
All other liabilities. 104 7* ’
Deposit capital.. 200.00C
Surplus over all liabilities.1,07i 'it 14
Total liabilities and surplus. $3.93 <>;
National Fire Insurance Compare
of Hartford.
Assets December 31, 1917,
Real estate.$ 69 '
Mortgage loans. . 1,38
Collateral loans.
Stocks and bonds. . 12,4.-'.
Cash in office and bank.. 2.34
Agents' balances. 2,10
Bills receivable. ■ ■■• 27
Interest and rents,. 26*
All other assets. 7; |
Gross assets. 19,48 . i
Deduct items not admitted. 25
Admitted assets.$19,22/
Liabilities December 31, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. l,38i
Unearned premiums. 11.05*. s g
Deposit capital. . 2,00'
Surplus over all liabilities. 4.04: <*>8
Total liabilities and surplus.$19,22/
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
100 William St., New ^ork.
Assets December 31, 1917.
Real estate.$ 4
Mortgage loans. . 10
Collateral loans.
Stocks and bonds. . 6.044,'
Cash in office and bank. 1,123 4: * |
Agents’ balances. 682/"" 1
Bills receivable.
Interest and rents. . 32.41'/
All other assets.
Gross assets.$7,991
Deduct items not admitted. 13 •
Admitted assets. $7,978
Liabilities December 81, 1917.
Net unpaid losses. 70" '
Unearned premiums. 4,57»>
All other liabilities. 160/'”'
Cash capital.... 1,100/ ' ..
Surplus over all liabilities. 1,539 21
Total liabilities and surplus.$7,978,373 &