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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
7
The county news section reports freezing bay, smelt crews, deer hunting, and community updates across towns. It notes residents traveling to Portland and Belfast for work, school openings, holiday concerts, lodge activities, and local weather impacts on daily life, with numerous names and places appearing.
Local items report Captain Farley buying apples at Base Harbor and freight shipments aboard the W. O. Nevtieton for Bluchitt and Sedgwick. Miss Mabel Leighton visits her sister. the Eastern Star lodge to visit Har Harbor on Dec 15. a comedy titled Comrades in Christmas week. Mrs. Crabtree hosts Masons and wives for Mr. Crabtree’s birthday. Longfellow school league candy sale. two new books added to library Great Americans and Poor Boys Who Became Famous. trips and visits among residents including Bath, Bucksport, and Bucksport to Augusta area. minor injuries and routine town notices.
The Yankee clipper Shenandoah, after a 123 day run from San Francisco, arrived in New York with 5000 tons of cargo including 10000 barrels of wine. The voyage featured tormented storms near the cape, a seaman killed after a fall, ice and frostbite, a masthead destruction, and a dust storm on approach aided by improvised steering. Crew faced frost, ice, and gale damaged rigging while odd livestock and birds mingled with the voyage's perils.
In a church scene Rev Mr Sterna discusses Job and faith as a widow’s friend recalls a sympathetic remark. The widow Gayrake quotes a sermon about the “great majority” going below, contrasting with the afterlife hope. The piece blends hymn like prayer and local reaction to grief.
A notice announces an intention to apply to the Maine legislature for renewal of rights and powers under the name Union Company. The undersigned, dated November 25, year, seeks continuation of its corporate authority for the year.
The notice describes a foreclosure by a mortgage on a tract of water known as the Pool, on the east side of Base Narva and formerly owned by Abraham Richardson. It states the mortgage condition remains and outlines proceedings by Geo R. Fuller, attorney, Tremont Maine, with dating December 6. Deputy sheriff John Sumninhy signs as witness.
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