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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
1
School No. 14 will open Monday December 16. Various Ellsworth residents, visitors, and events are noted, including obituaries, illness updates, marriages, constructions, and local society items. Notable mentions include the death of Mrs. Emeline Ray, Thanksgiving activities, and plans for a Bangor bridge project.
The tax collector warns Ettsworth residents of immediate tax payment to avoid distress warrants and legal action. Bondsmen are to be protected, with threats to proceed against individuals and relatives if the balance remains unpaid for the years 160 and 161. Ten days are provided to comply.
Local note in a quirky style references Snap fingers as a playful remedy for dyspepsia, attributed to an unnamed source in a Ror Alabama baking column. The fragment hints at light health humor within a regional pastry feature.
A survey of local touches includes Foreman Goodwin’s family visiting Eleworth and returning to Bangor, cruelty to a horse near Ellsworth Falls, and the Daughters of Liberty council forming with twenty-two members. Miss McCobb of Portland to visit mid month for Wax Works, city reform talks led by Rev Kerr, G A R posts meeting, and a Bangor marriage, Harriet J Mason to Willard I Olmstead of Bangor, in Old Town.
Saturday December 7 at Hancock hall Tom Kelley s Female Minstrels perform as part of a community schedule. Monday December 16 at Hancock hall a concert by the University of Michigan give club under season club auspices.
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