13 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
1
Ellsworth column with arrivals and departures, local visits, court news, and social events. Mentions mail service times, train schedules, courthouse routine, and upcoming concerts, weddings, and travels of residents and visitors.
Local notices recount real estate deals and municipal bonds for sale at the Bank Building. A tale of the yacht Mystery going ashore near Bartlett's Island is clarified as a minor incident with no damage. Hancock hosts a three night bill with comedian Jere McAuliffe and a 26 person company plus a ladies orchestra. Ellsworth school board appointments list several teachers and administrators, noting some declines and Miss Moore's marriage.
The Aug 13 gathering at Young and Salisbury pavilion features Otis-Ball and supper with tickets 60 cents and 50 cents per couple. An Aug 14 Ellsworth Falls Sunday school excursion to Bartlett's Island costs 25 cents with 15 cents for children. A June 15 to 2015 recital at Shore Acres Lemoine Beach stars Mrs Mabel Monaghan and pianist M C Ramsey of Bar Harbor. Hancock hall hosts Jere McAuliffe Stock Co from May 15 to 16 with reserved seats via Cunningham. Arlington Male Quartet and Miss Mildred Murray recite on Aug 26 at Hancock hall. A playful Dante joke closes the item.
Ellsworth moves toward a large industrial expansion with a Wilkworth Castine electric railway and Union river water power development priced at 500 000 and 300 000 respectively, plus a large hardwood factory plan to employ 300 400 workers. Purchases of lower Union river dams and a wood factory deal near completion signal a new era for the city.
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