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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1902
Page
6
The American claims the largest reach among Hancock county papers, noting most others do not reach as many households after the fires. It asserts it is the only paper truly calling itself a country paper, with others described as merely local.
Harvey Hodgkins improves after bronchitis while infant son recovers from pneumonia. Seth Norwood leaves Bar Harbor for Boston work. Capt Robie Norwood pursues fowl industry and hatches twelve chicks. Carroll family illness eases. Sit Desert due April 1. Easter services marked by Congregational and Methodist churches with music, readings, and flowers. Notices include Dr Watson housebound, Neill’s gift, and local improvements. Mentions shipwreck survivors and Nantucket schooner Leguire incident. Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised for kidney and blood purification.
Ellsworth visitors Debbe Sadebury and Nathatie Silisburg are noted with grandparents, while Aaron Brann and Austin Foster supervise a government cellar project in East Ellsworth. The column recalls the death of Mrs. ER Call, a Daughters of Liberty member and Portsmouth native, with funeral rites held March 1 and interment in East Lamoine, and continues with community notices from North Brooklin, Sorrento, and surrounding towns including church Easter services, school connections, and local visits.
A fragment discusses gaining flesh by daily small amounts of SCOT'S EMULSION and claims an ounce can trigger digestion to absorb ordinary food, enabling weight gain. It notes flesh is necessary for health and describes how to obtain it.
Ellsworth area reports movers to Boston for yacht season and schooner activity. Captains Treworgy and Gasper plan early starts, while Harmon Treworgy shifts to Stonington for the season. Community updates include births, illnesses, church events, school happenings, a firewood rush, and a planned Old Maids Convention with social activities.
Stated county news from West Franklin reports prospects for a prosperous season despite freshet damage and high water. Mentions mill idle due to water on drums, new cottages being built, and many cottages rented with hotel rooms filling. Local temperance movement forms a W C T U with officers listed and community activity rising.
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