County News notes and local arrivals in Aug
Local items from County News list visitors and residents over the past week. Della M Noonan visits her daughter Welch Moore. Ellery Cole returns from Nashua NH. Grace Moore returns from Boston. N H Cole returns with family from Harrington. Community notices cover church events, Halcyon assembly installations, and various personal movements around Union church, Uneeda Mest, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Della M. Noonan
Welch Moore
Ellery Cole
Nashua
Grace Moore
Boston
N. H. Cole
Flarrington
Helena B. Rexford
Dorchester
Mans
Howins
Uneeda Mest
J. B. Cole
Halcyon Assembly
Pythian Hood
William D. Hall
G. C
Lizzie A. Reid
G, K
Lisbon Falls
Union Church
Thomas van Noss
Halcyon Assembly of
Pythian Sisterhood
Pythian
Lrge
P.C
Mex
Cole
C. C
Mra
Col
Mere
J. M. Williams
Lesle Hamilton
Alfred Hamilton
Larrabees
Alice Joy
E.D. Chase
John Hutchings
J. W Noonan
Mystic
Julia Gaptill
Frances Cole
Grand Assembly
Nancy's Lovers of the Deep and a Widow's Son
Two sailors recount a shared past rivalry over a photograph of Nancy Stewart, a diver and widow. A clash ends with a life threatening fight underwater, a truce, and lifelong bond. They later learn Nancy’s son Neddy is their young “tender,” and both vow to support him as a future diver, while avoiding remarriage until they are laid to rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Bill
Nancy
Tio
Neddy
Cap'n
Cap
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Henry Light
Hampton Roads
New York
Chum
Nancy Stewart
Tom Baxter
Bil
Til
Ruggle
Porsiv
Tre
Key West
Frisco
Atlantic
Ind
Uress
Pacific
Charity Begins At Home In Aged Women’s Home
A reading from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a remark about charity beginning at home. The late aunt’s funds were said to have benefited the Home For Aged Women, highlighting the emphasis on domestic charity and formal bequests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home For
Atlanta Constitution
Ellsworth Market Prices and Weights for Produce
The notice lists standard weights for bushels of many produce items including salt, potatoes, onions, carrots, and grains, with specific pounds per bushel. It also reports retail farm prices for country produce, coal, flour, corn meal, and various feeds, noting flour and feed prices remain firm and giving several price per unit figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Turk Island
Ode Anid
Ellsworth
St. Louis
King Tanglay
Utah
Ontana
Porto Ile
Astral Oil
Reef
the Park
Town and Country Guests and Visits Noted in Old Town
Dennett Richardson and Miss Gould host guests from Pittsfield and New Hampshire. Horace Farnsworth returns for a few weeks. Prof McFarland visits Capt Crabtree. Lawrence Stratton party arrives. Stratton family summering with Crabtrees. J B Crabtree buys a yacht and hosts a island excursion. Ad text for zinc paint ends note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gould
Pittsfield
Lithel Crabtree
J. H. Coggins
Louise Colony
New Hampshire
Bertha Crabtree
Horace G. Farnsworth
Aft
L. O. Collins
Ellsworth
A.C. Sawyer
Sawyer Boot & Shoe Co
Bangor
Raymond McFarland
Lamoine
C. L. Crabtree
la B. Stratton
May
Lula Stratton
Lawrence, Mars
W.8. Stratton
Portland
Joseph Crabtree
Stratton
B. Abbott
Caribou
Mr. Abbott
J. B. Crabtree
Islands
A. Crabtree
Miss Fernald
Miss Crabtree
Week's Winnowings of News and Nonsense at Stoughton Area
A column of mixed notes reports the drowning of eight year old Clement Standish off East Boothbay after a fishing mishap, plus local crime links to three families in Harrington and Cherryfield. Obituary notices mark Harold Locke of the Portland Evening Express dying of appendicitis at twenty one, and Bowdoin College dates shift for the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Standish
L. W. Standish
Stoughton
Mass) Sentinel
Boothbay
Harrington
Cherryfield
Harold
Locke
Telegraph
Portland Evening Express
New Hampshire
Express
Bowdoin College
Inet
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Stommneron
Eben Simpson
William Fifield
Lyman Cousins
Hiram Annis
John L. Goas
Sterling Harbour
D.J. Noyes
B. L. Noyes
A. Russ
John Hosmer
Mt. Desert
Frankie Carpenter Co
J. C. Harmon
Justce Spofford
Reform School
Spofford
Samuel Cord
Cape Elizabeth
Evoese
Hommenville
J. Hamer
Hollis Hyson
Cambridgeport
Mass
C. H. Leverton
Livermore
R. L. Deindle
John B. Pine
Pryor’s Island
Fir
Allen
Allen's Wharf
Charles Crawford
Hartford
North Sedgwick
Nason Cunningham
Curtis Durgain’s
Blisha Howard
Clara Clapp
Samuel Alward
Rockland
Wiliam Closson
W. Treworgy
DeWitt’s
DeWitta
Toni
Orie
Lawrence Brainerd
Orton Journal
Klesworth Markets
Pilemtacroey Linhsiann
Titov
Agnes
Eiteont
Dennett Richardson
Old Town
Boyd P. Foss
Devoo
Zane
Adet. Jong
Ithry
Brunswick
Roxbury
D. J. Callahan
South Boston
Penobscot House
Buna
Acta
W. C. Cronemeyer
Carnegie
American Tin Plate Company
Harge
Minard's
Liniment Mfg. Company
Clarion
Wood & Bishop Company
Pearl
Main Street
J. P. Eldridge
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