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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
5
County commissioners met in Ellesworth last Thursday to apportion the county tax. A previous year decrease reduced the total by about 1000 dollars. This year the assessment remains similar, with the apportionment detailed in a following table showing the county total near 1500 dollars and the prior years noted.
Billings reports the murder of Charles H. Orcutt by his wife Loretta Pillow Orcutt in their home. She claims self defense after Orcutt returned intoxicated and abusive, produced a hatchet, then she fired a revolver wounding him fatally. Coroner’s jury cites provocation and holds Mrs. Orcutt on murder in the first degree without trial. Orcutt had married in December. witnesses and reputation noted. Fraudulent filler about constipation remedies follows in advertising text.
A wave of reform hit Ellsworth last night as 108 citizens petitioned to abolish slot machines and church lotteries. The board voted to enforce gambling laws, adding provisions on church fairs, while other petitions sought sidewalk work, drainage fixes, and new hose wagons for the fire department.
Board discusses issuing bonds to cover current expenses with a vote to notify collectors of 1898 1900 and 1901 taxes to pay or bondsmen face action. Aiken’s garden drainage damages are debated with no action. Road plans favor early work and rock crusher use, targeting School and Oak streets and other heavy-teaming routes.
County notices and social notes record travel by Fred P Baton Willis Scott Frank Kelsey and others to Boston New York Providence and Min Caro Averill teaching appointments at term Miss Ellie Dickey and Mrs Annie Moslem visits New farm rental by Raymond Hastem and a postponed box sociable by Sunbeam I O F with a weather affected schedule Also casual ads for Cascarets and a constipation remedy claiming guaranteed relief
The Marine List records April entries across multiple ports including Boston Stonington and Baltimore. Vessels named include John Swan Manie Swan Haskell and Harold Mockihy with destinations New York Providence Norfolk and Pensacola. The report notes quarantine of the American bark St James and a salmon shipment from Salem with crew issues delaying towing efforts.
Mrs. Anderson of Cumberland Maine recounts her struggle as four children battled diphtheria and a younger boy neared death. She credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with cleansing poisoned blood, restoring strength, and returning her son to health after three months. Many others also recommend it.
Large attendance filled Hancock hall Monday evening for the City Hose Company concert and ball. Monaghan's Orchestra provided the music for dancing while a varied program featured mandolin and banjo acts, solos, songs, and monologues. Supper followed in the lower hall, with the event described as both social and financial success.
A letter to A I Saunders of Ellsworth discusses the need to repaint the two major hotels at Coney Island Manhattan and Oriental. It explains three reasons for repainting every three years: paint wears in wind, maintenance for hotel appearance, and the desire for color as protection and leisure appeal.
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