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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
5
A promotional notice extols Peptiron as safe for teeth with no aftertaste or constipation. It credits nerve pain relief, improved vigor, rosy cheeks, and brighter eyes for various patients, including invalids, convalescents, and nervously frail individuals. Selling agents listed in Ellsworth and Lowell.
The United States government fish hatchery at Green Lake shows strong growth with new wharf tenthouse and coal shed, larger rearing ponds, and a planned road survey to Fairroad station. Staff care for 180 pounds of beef liver daily and a May to June run distributed 2000 brook trout, part of an effort to hatch and distribute millions of salmon and other fish.
A Brooksville report said Joseph Tapes, a Brookeville boy, did not have smallpox as claimed. The case was investigated by the state board of health, and the boy was found to suffer a mild form of eczema.
The regular meeting heard Orry Mhétine and aldermen including Grevig Patten and Brady discuss delays caused by Levins and others. A committee was appointed to review the cork of biting up lock-up juert as the clerk forwards the report to State Insurance commissioners and Maine Central officials.
Mrs. Hattie L. Whitten of Dexter is accused of murdering her nine year old daughter by poison and killed herself with a bedpost garrote after the coroner’s jury found poisoning. Police report also suspect her involvement in the deaths of her eleven year old daughter and her husband, with a dramatic scene of the mother securing poison as the child sold goods to buy a holiday gift.
Senator Hale arrives in Washington as tariff revision probes intensify. The Post reports Republican opposition to revision, with many urging immediate Sherman act changes and antitrust measures while warning against broad tariff changes this session.
KW BOOKS lists recent acquisitions for Ellaworth Public Library including histories, diplomacy, exploration, literature, and notable works. The diverse add list features The History of the American People, New France and New England, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, Dante and His Divine Comedy, The Awakening of a Nation, The Virginian, and many others across volumes and authors.
The Marine List shows sailings on Friday November 28 including Sch Ann, Stuart, Way Bar Harbor with lumber parts and arrivals such as Sch Loduskia and Julis Frances at Bar Harbor. Multiple vessels sail for Boston, Northeast Harbor, and Sullivan with cargo and crew changes, plus numerous obituaries and notices from Bar Harbor to Tremont and Stonington.
Daily Sundays include Gaston to Ellsworth and Washington County via R service with Sunday departures at 1 pm. Trains connect at Bangor on Main Line to Portland and St John. Tickets to All Points South on sale at M C R R ticket office Ellsworth. Passengers advised to wake before entering train and confirm capacity with officers Boothby Evans and Fortland Maine officials.
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