Distress Warrants and Ellsworth finances analyzed
City Treasurer Higgins prepared distress warrants against tax collectors Whitcomb and Holmes to enforce back taxes. Warrants may be enforced or halted. collectors’ cooperation and bondsmen’ s risk loom large. Debate over procedure, impact on Ellsworth finances and Schley court of inquiry looms as the district weighs enforcement and political implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H W. Higgins
H. F. Whitcomb
Roscoe Holmes
Higgins
Whitcomb
Holmes
Curtis R. Foster
Urer
Ellsworth
Booker T Washington to keynote Hancock Point talk
Bookers T Washington, famed Tuskegee Institute head, will lecture at Hancock Point Chapel on Thursday evening August 15 at 7 30. The piece highlights his ascent from slavery to national prominence and notes praise from Howells comparing his life to a modern American romance and Lincoln’s rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock Point
Pegro
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee, Alabama
Franklin
William Dean Howells
North American Review
Mr. Washington
Lincoln
Mr. Howells
Booker T. Wastington
New Bar Harbor Drive Ledgelawn Extension Opens Soon
Ledgelawn avenue extension crosses Cromwell Harbor road and reaches Robin Hood park, shortening the Seal Harbor route by about a half mile. It opens new access to Strawberry Hill back roads and Crowwell’s Harbor stream, with multiple small bridges offering scenic views. The route also provides direct access to Big Meadows and a potential large racecourse site on level, springy soil suitable for fast times.
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Ledgelawn Avenue
Ledgelawn
Cromwell's Harbor
Robin Hood Park
Seal Harbor
Strawberry Hill
M Witte
Crowwell’s
Steeif
Hayden Road
Rigby
Maine Central European Tour to Europe by Rail
A Maine Central railroad and Dominion Steamship Co tour departs Portland September 7 aboard Vancouver led by F A Elwell. Stops include Glasgow Edinburgh York London Oxford Stratford Chester with home return October 20. Total cost 245. For details contact F E Boothby, Maine Central passenger agent.
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Maine Central
F. E. Boothby
Maine Central Railroad
Old Home Week to Welcome Castine and Notables
County gossip notes Castine’s Old Home week plans and calls to prominent visitors. Rev A J Haynes has moved from Chicago to New Haven to lead a New England church. Booker T Washington will speak at Hancock Point next Thursday Aug 15 likely introduced by Bowdoin’s President Hyde.
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A.J. Haynes
Trenton
Plymouth Church
Chicago
United Congregational Church of
New Haven
Conn
Hancock Point
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Hyde
Bowdoin
Crop Bulletin C onditions Throw England
United States Department of Agriculture reports a favorable New England week ending August 5 with showers, normal temperatures, and adequate sunshine. Drought fears eased, late sown grains boosted by rain, fruit and vegetables near average except apples and pears. oats and grapes show good yields while rusts affect potatoes and oats in cooler districts. Bees storing less honey due to cooler season. Cattle fed from barns. five died in the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Hancock Pomona grange field day at Bluebill mineral spring
Hancock Pomona grange schedules a field day at the mineral spring in Bluebill on Wednesday August 14 with several speakers and inviting public attendance. The Eden Agricultural Society Fair will be held at the fair grounds on September 25 and 26, a note on local agricultural events. Deafness cure claims and catarrh remedies are discussed, with an offer of one hundred dollars for any cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotional notes for other patent medicines.
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Angers
Hancock Pomona Grange
Bluebiil
den Agricultural Society
The
Eden Agricultural Society
Hall
Cuerey ,& CO
Tinil
Ellsworth and
Deer Isle Telegraph Company
Sedgwick
Maine
J. Shorford
Deer Fale
State OF Maine
Tuxanonen
Winnear
Pasig
Obituary for Mrs A R Devereux at East Lamoine
Mrs A R Devereux died at her East Lamoine home last Wednesday night at fifty six. Native of Castine born Elizabeth Dunbar she lived in Bluehill Ellsworth and East Lamoine where husband served as sheriff and later custodian of government property. She was invalid for twenty years and leaves husband and three children George Devereux Omaha Nebraska Mrs Fred H Macomber Seal Harbor and Miss Kila Devereux East Lamoine. Funeral Friday at home Rev J P Simonton Ellsworth Methodist church officiating.
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A. R. Devereux
East Lamoine
Bilsworth
Devereux
Exat Lamoine
Kila Devereux
J.P. Simonton
Ellsworth Methodist Church
Elsworth
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Ellsworth American
Mancock County Publishing
W. Woluins
Kielly
Ceters Mae
Te Amcock County Publisiing CO
Schley
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Cervera
Parker
Moon
Booker T. Washing
New Bar Harbor Drive
Castine
Sorrento
Deer Isle
Reese
Frank Jones
Crockett
Juliette
North Deer Isle
Hancock County
Arland
Lyle Dawn Kimball
Hampden
Frank P. Marks
Boston
Marks
Georgia Fadenn
West Pen‘obacor
Leander Bowden
Emma Harriman
Kilnworth
Heree
Tetter
Ang Slek
Pierca
Fald
S. Yin
Montini
Velomwen
Dr. Heres
Tong
Gasoe
Masonic Brock
Hancock Publishing Co
Jon B. Rupwas
Sgcat
Boann
State Assistons Avousta
Pees
Court House
Har Harbor
Jay
Hancock
Ie Peveray
Ty Sala
Lan
Oris Harvonn
Board of Geonoe Portex
F. Atorion
Jans Plosanen
Elliswont Water Co
Copartnership
Jotice
Wid
Whiting Brothers
L. W. Jordan
Franklin Street
E. J. Davis
Aillsworth
Bangor
Bristol
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Pain
Manhattan Beach
Ments
Bar Harbor
C. B. Pineo, Sec’y
Bar Harbor, Me
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Stratton & Wescott
Oes
Jonathan Hawor
Mary A
Hamor
Mount Desert
Souesville
Mount Bevert
Southwest Harbor
Rom
Tusace
Maid Road
Somes Harbor
Puwep Ielaod
Ieee
Mar
Tend
BK. Babson
Boutherty
Sommeville
Mounti Desert
Ealie Founty Road
Umastaxdal Caruier
State of Mal
Ee ‘Ius Owercen
Rae Sid
Feke Nou
Jon W. Bows
Malus
To Witt
Eugene Te Garver
Crookline
Norfolk County
Massachusetts
Henry
Gooldy
Malice Ko 1809
Iso
Tesa
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Butterinland
M. M. Mertz
J. T. Crippen
Ells- Worth, Me
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