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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
8
Portland store announces enlarged departments including carpet, drapery, house furnishings, ready-made wear for ladies and children on the second floor, and a full spring stock of costumes and lingerie. It promotes low prices, free alterations, a large new show room, and improved convenience for out of town customers.
Miss Blanche Stone arrives home from Bangor while Carrie Hall visits family in Brewer. Various locals welcome relatives, attend illness, and travel between Surry, Ellsworth, and Sedewies. School No 4 opens April 14 with Eugene Allen as teacher. West Gouldsboro and South Gouldsboro report instructors and gatherings. Local families, church and social events fill a busy spring week in the Maine coast towns.
Chronicle of April events including new houses under construction Alfred Higgins and Willis Candage, a birth announced to Me and Mrs Vernon Latty, updates on ships Lucy Elizabeth John Douglass and St. James. Local visits, illnesses, school openings, sewing circle gatherings, and a special town meeting to fund a new schoolhouse in district No. 24 and road improvements.
In Lakewood Brepa are being organized for a local grange event next Saturday night if Pleasant. Frank Fitts is arranging machinery on site for hardwood ice manufacture. Visitors last weekend included Minos Marion Victorine Wyman A H Rollins from Ellsworth Miss Mary A Grindie also from Ellsworth Mrs Sarah Moore of East Bluebill and Charles O Garland of Bangor bust colleges.
Wart and Mrs Ellwood Archer visit friends in Aurora. Alvab Haslem and Wilson Googins were in Bangor on business. Mrs Raymond Haslem returns from Fastbrook. Georgie Jordan visits Ellaworth after a walk. Mrs Annie Grindle visits Cape Roster with Charles Blake and wife. Milfort Gray and wife entertain Mrs Fred Beal of Belfast. Hollie Limeburner finishes Thurston Lord’s house with four men. Capt J Gray leaves for Boston to command coal barge Kimberly with Eugene Snow as engineer. Albert Hart contracts to transport pupils by buckboard in spring. April 21 notices include Leach in town, Bowden plans to go to banks, Hutchins home from Bangor hospital, Mrs W J Creamer back from Boston, Mrs C M Perkins improving after pneumonia. Board of health elects John Snowman chair, M A Wardwell health officer, John Littlefield secretary. annual report planned. April 21. Conversation on afterlife occupations ends with a churchman’s quip.
Evelyn Morse and others report rapid improvement after using Peruna for stomach catarrh. Adia Brittain, Lizzie Blevins and additional letters claim complete recovery or life-saving benefit after three months to two bottles of the remedy. They urge others to write Dr. Hartman for guidance.
April reports from Sieh Harbor note new family additions and various local improvements. updates cover a dormer and roof work, teaching placements, returns from winter, church construction progress, and multiple residents traveling for family or business. Citizens and officials, including C. B. Carter and Captain Barbour, are active in building, transport, and county affairs with April 20 as a referenced date.
A county news item notes a birth, listings of visitors and travels, and local social updates. Alice Gray reports a son born to F. H. Blaisdell and wife on April 16. West Newton, Mass guest W. Folcome visited F. W. Wentworth. A trip to Thomaston occurred. Ellery Varnum and Dr. Warde Penobscot were fishing Friday. Mr and Mrs A F Danbar visited South Castine to see Mrs Danbar's sister Mrs Clara Donber. Augusta Gros left her job with Mrs Harriet Mason and Mrs Condon of Brooksville will take her place. April 2.
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