Manse notes and rough voyage report for Manse area
County news item highlights local movements and visits including W. H. Smith of Bar Harbor, Clarence A. Moore at Granite Lodge, and D. G. C. T. E. 8. Hamor assisting with officer installation. Mentions improvements for D. C. Averill family, daughter Caro returning from Deer Isle, and local church gathering with substantial tea receipts. Also covers the dramatic steamship voyage of the Golden Gate captained by Z. S. Moore from Karluk Alaska with heavy ice and a broken connecting rod, plus a brief note on local residents, building work, and a wedding in Sedgwick with serenade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Smith
Bar Harbor
D.G.C
Clarence A. Moore
Granite Lodge
West Eden
D.G.C.T. E
Hamor
D.C. Averill
Caro
Deer Isle
Manset
Seattle Times
Z S- Moore
Ariington Dock
Karluk
Alaska
Unalaska
Dutch Harbor
Moore
Cape Flattery
Neah Bay
Golden Gate
Kodiak
Juneau
West
Arctic Ol Company
William C. Moore
Arctic Oil Co
Franz
Alaskan
Sitka
Walcott
County News Briefs From Mal County Era
Mal County News items note illness in Bret J Allen and Mrs R A Flye, travel of Linnie Kane to Camden for woolen mills, Captain Tibbetts home for winter, and a Dixfield high school start January 20. Mary Nelson returns from California February 1 to visit her mother. A O U W lodge officers installed January 27. Mrs R W Flye dies January 28 in Boston. burial on steamer Juliette with family. High school term ends February 1. exhibition and proceeds toward sidewalk project. Additional notes from Mariaville and Southwest Harbor cover health, relocations, lumbering, and visitors. see page 3 for more Southwest Harbor news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret J. Allen
R.A. Flye
Linnie Kane
Camden
JM. Tibbetts
Campbell
Dixfield
North Brooklin
Mary Nelson
California
Doherty Lodge
W. M
A. W. Hundigen
B. Kane
R. W. Smith
O.G
Henry Allen
R. W. Flye
Nea
Colby
Grange Ball
West Ellsworth Social Roundup in East Orland
Mrs Lillian Peck of East Orland called on Miss Martha Barron. L A Dollard and wife hosted friends Tuesday. George H Meader hosted Thursday. Minnie H Moore’s party Friday as her term ends. she has taught three terms and earned pupils’ affection and parents’ respect. Four Barron Carter children visited grandparents for Gracie Avis birthday and the tenth anniversary of their mother’s burial. The reunion honored family ties at Rand Pa’s home. A pirate-like railroad game ends with conductor misread ticket, cash due. Also ads for Dean’s Ointment and Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Follett G. Hartwell
Havey
Water Street
Lewis
Tunk Pond
Izwak Walton
J. H. West
Harvey M. Binnadell
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Goodwin
Lodge of Hebekahs
Lincoln
John Hardison
East Franklin
William Welch
Lillian Peck
East Orland
Martha J. Barron
L. A. Dollard
George H. Meader
Minnie H. Moore
P. Stackpole
Lettie M. Barron Carter
Gracie Avis
Lura
Dyscinth
Narcisean
Martha
Sketch of Early Settlers on Union River and Jordan Family
The article traces Samuel Jordan Jr and his kin from Winter Harbor to Union River and Gouldsboro, detailing lineage from Roger Plaisted to Mercy Bourne and Mercy Jordan. It notes military service, landing in Hancock County, governance roles, and the family’s prominence, including judges and notable descendants like Ex-Chief Justice John A. Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Jordan, Jr
Hancock County
Olive
Platsted
Jordan
Winter Harbor
Biddeford
Roger Plaisted
Kittry
Massachusetts
Maine
York County
Plaisted
Kittery
Massachusetts Bay
Harvard College
Mercy
Sylvanus and
Mercy (Otis) Bourne
Barnstable
Mars
Sylvester Bourne
Meletiah Bourne
Sandwich
John, Jr
Mary (Otis) Gorham
Juni
Lincoln County
Meletiah Jordan
Samuel Jordan
Samuel Jordan, Jr
Machins
Meledab
Samuel, Jr
Lime
Sullivan
Buddeford
Sacco
Unton River
Falnuts
Cape Elizabeth
Abigail Hxtoh
Machias
Moletiah
Elizabeth Jellivon
Union River
Elleworth
Ellsworth
Meledah
Andrew Peters
Tristram
Sylvanus
Richard
Ivory Hovey
Bass Harbor
Mt. Desert
General Court
Advertiser touts Kilmer Swamp Root kidney cure benefits
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer Mes Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims sediment tests can reveal kidney trouble and says the product cures back pain rheumatism and urinary problems. Offers a sample bottle and free book by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Wentworth, Jr
Old Town
Free Baptist Indies Aid Society
Judson Gordon
Roscoe Blaisdell
Roy Hooper
Flanders
Roy
Sandford Lindsay
Mrs. Lindsay
Chamberlain
C. D. Glass
Bartlett & Dennis Co
Gardiner
Gko
A. Parenee
W.J. Pawterpax
Bluehill
Henry M. Preble
Drr. Preble
Abou Ben Adhem
Distan Ite
Stonington
John L. Goss
Roslindale
Hooper
Ellaworth
W. W. Stetson
Frida
Kben Paschal
New York
Fred E. Webb
Charles Stockbridge
R. K. Buckminster
Oceanville
Eugene
William Orcutt
George Rodick
Mabel Laughlin
Eddington
Helen Jewetts
Brewer
Lorette Brimmer
Frank Dunham
Ervin Young
Bangor
Ruth Rodick
Bernice Orcutt
Eliza Bragg
Clifton
Seth I. Smith
Frank Fitzgerald
Maine Lake Ice Company
East Side
Nellie Clapp
Frank A. Torrey
Neuvitas
Cuba
Fernandina
Florida
Clarence Hutchins
Hutchins
O. P. Carter
Hattie A. Closson
Sedgwick
Austin C. Gray
Bluetill
Semwall
W. H. Newman
Samuel Moore
Eliza King
County News
Mal County News
Mariavilte
Oren Frost
Sarah Orcutt
Amherst
Raymond Hanecomb
Salisbury Cove
Leroy Garland
Eden
Luther Penney
Irving Carr
Penobscot
Waltham
Merrick’s Mill
Otis
George A. Frost
Edwin Brimmer
Frank
Sam Frost
Albery Jellison
Charles Black
Southwest Harbor
Roble M. Norwood
Ellsworth and Sullivan
Alice Hodgkins
Lamoine
Roble Norwood
James H. Soulis
Northeast Harbor
Walter B. Stanley
Edith C. Doliver
Ezra D., Lurvey
Wilbert Lurvey
Boston
Mass
Ida M. Parker
West Bans Harbor
Thomas Savage
West Ellsworth
Dean
Ader
THE
Union Rive
Nangor
Samuel Hovey
Arundel
Kennebank Port
Pepperellburgh
Saco
Bamac
Mercy Jordan
Tristram F. Jordan
Metuchen
New Jersey
Passadomkeng
Science
L. F
Atwood
Feaukilo Street
Ellsworth Water Co. Tuguire
A. W. Coenwax & Son's
Masonic Block
State Street
Hancock County Pubilahing Co. Inquire
Down
Warren G. Jordan
J.T. Crippen
Plano
Marinville
Wiggin’s
Pene Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
4. Y
U.S
Doan
Junt
Brussels
Portland
Whiting Bros
Ulsworth
Henry E. Davis
Franklin Street
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