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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
4
Ellsworth physician L F Giles seeks the Republican nomination for county attorney while Frank Jones bolts from the Democratic party. The piece outlines tariff debates, Puerto Rico status, and a Philippine commission dinner, plus a shipwreck at Sullivan Falls and March weather from Orono.
Mt Desert voters withdrew clam protection at a special meeting while Surry clerks tout orange crops. A Lake region tale notes a tree bearing thirteen orange fruits. a West Brooksville owner claims a record number of lamb twins. Sedgwick awaits oil well data. a river slick forms as oil flows. A church fund eggs project, Treworgy notes spark debate, Bucksport issues loom. Mt Desert Rock lighthouse railing and a stray fence segment drift to sea. the H Curtis schooner sets out under Captain Georgie Torrey. An April fool tale follows Clifton Woodward's clever cat chasing a barnyard bird, then losing the chase with a comic quip.
The official tally of delegates to the State Republican convention is listed by town in Hancock County. Amherst Mount Desert Orland Brooklin Penobscot East Brooklin Cranberry Isles Bloomfield Dedham Deer Isle Easthook Eileworth Waltham Winter Harbor and others are shown with their respective delegate counts, reflecting local party representation.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph company plans copper wire routes from Portland to Bar Harbor Bangor to Bar Harbor and Ellsworth to Mine. An Augusta to Bar Harbor line will carry ten pins. Many wires will not be used immediately but are prepared for future need. The piece notes fortunes made in wiring early and cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as remedies for stomach weakness and constipation.
The Ellsworth school board met Monday to hire spring term teachers. The list includes numerous teachers by class and street, with names such as Lovinia Richardson, Hattie McGown, Annie Mullin, Laure Laffin, Leonore Higgins, and many others across numbered rooms and schools, plus high school staff. Also noted are Army operations in the Philippines with casualty figures and captures reported from Manila dated April 3, 190?. fire at Southwest Harbor destroying a residence with losses. Castine Normal School graduation events and attendees. a medical advertisement for Cheney’s Catarrh Cure with a Money Back guarantee. and notices of theater venues and business listings in town.
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