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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1900
Page
6
Hancock county notes cite mixed circulation among county papers with debates over which is the true county paper. Local items cover schools, weather, trips to Boston, obituaries including Halsey Boardman and Foster Staples, and community events from Grange suppers to seed eggs and school exhibitions.
County residents Brien Lester Hodgkins and Roscoe Bowden are noted in town updates along with illnesses and family visits. Funeral details for Mrs. John Littlefield are recorded, schools report closures and a grammar school program, and multiple social events and local trades are mentioned, including a whist party and dances.
A Frightful blunder can cause burns cuts and bruises then Bocklen’s Arnica Solve is advertised as the best in the world to kill pain and heal quickly. It claims to cure old sores ulcers boils felons corns and skin eruptions with a 25 cent box and a guarantee, sold by D Wiaorx, Druggist.
An advertisement touts Dr E Detchon s Anti Diuretic as a valuable cure for a child who belches water during sleep. It promises quick relief and claims to help both old and young. Sold by S. D. Wioals, Druggist, Ellsworth, Me. Ancestor-wores.
The author argues you pay for flavor and aroma, but air contact degrades coffee quickly. A pound can lose half its strength, making it worth less than fresh. Exposed coffee from a bin has already lost virtue, much like pears bitten from every fruit. The reader is urged to take home a one or two pound airtight can today.
The ad touts Seal Brand Coffee as hermetically sealed from the roaster. It promises unmatched freshness and flavor, urging readers to try a cup today and claiming every grocer sells it.
Mrs Annie H Magee of Port Austin Michigan testifies that her daughter once delicate with nervous debility and stomach trouble improved after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The ad claims pills treat locomotor ataxia partial paralysis and other nervous disorders as the nerve food. Available at druggists or directly from Williams Medicine Co Schenectady priced ten cents per box six for two fifty.
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