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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
7
In a crowded bus stop debate about rainwear, a man and two women discuss how women carry umbrellas. They label traits from laziness to energy, puncturing stereotypes as they observe a procession of unseen pedestrians and their choices under the weather.
A column mix of domestic tips covers cleaning methods with turpentine and limewater, sponge care in ammonia water, and odor control using arrowroot. Also included are folk remedies for wounds, such as dressings that absorb moisture, plus a cautioned note on safety with fire. The piece closes with reflections on happiness as contentment rather than accumulation.
Community notes report visits among Wardwell and Dunbar families, illness and recoveries, and Christmas plans at Dunbar schoolhouse. Several residents travel for work or study, with weather and harbor activity noted and local sleighing and skating stories.
Norman C Golding son of Mr and Mrs 8 C Golding died last Wednesday night of consumption at twenty one. He worked in a Lynn Massachusetts shoe factory until a month before his death and returned home for funeral services held at the church Friday afternoon officiated by Rev B W Russell of Sullivan. The parents express community sympathy.
Notice of foreclosure filed in Hancock County Maine. Alzevora Staples of Swan's Inn conveyed land to Mary E. Warren by mortgage dated November 22, 07 and recorded in Book 31h Page 6, with a described parcel on Swan's Island. Breach of mortgage condition leads to foreclosure action. Also Mary B. Black of Blue Hill, Maine, mortgage dated January 29, 1806, conveyed by deed in the Hancock registry. Breach of mortgage condition triggers foreclosure action.
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