12 Feb 1902
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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1902
Page
1
Foreclosure notices for PUMTS THIS WEEK appear amid a long list of local notices and society news in Ellsworth. The issue includes postal schedules, court and public notices, church events, social notes, courthouse items, and brief reports from area towns and residents.
A Portland clergyman pursued his runaway daughter across towns from Bucksport to Ellsworth after she joined a concert company. She rode twenty miles toward Ellsworth, hid in a private house as the father boarded trains nearby, and finally escaped to Boston with a later service. The chase drew in local clergy Revs. Adams and Coar assisting in services.
Unitarian pastor Rev A H Coar and Congregationalist Rev J M Adams announce a series of Sunday evening lectures on Christian ideals in modern life home business politics and religion with Adams speaking on St Francis of Assisi and Coar on Christian ideals. Lectures rotate between churches with the next at Unitarian at 7 pm and a library reading room collection to support. A cordial welcome to all, especially city youths.
The Odd Fellows and Unitarian society hosted a charity play by the Ladies of Ci Nrord featuring costumes from the 1800s. Cast performances were praised for their dignity though action lagged. Proceeds near forty dollars.
A sequence of community events lists vestry supper on February 12, Odd Fellows convention February 14 in Elsworth, Maine UM concert February 17 at Hancock Hall with a dance, admission 35 cents, dance ticket 69 cents, ministerial association meetings February 17 18 19 in Ellsworth and Franklin, a united meeting February 19 at Sedgwick’s Episcopal church, and a Masonic convention February 20 at Odd Fellows Hall Elsworth with a baptism noted.
An advertising text promotes Rose Cold Cream perfumed with Ottar of Roses. It claims to ease rough skin chapped lips sunburn and tan and promises a bright healthy appearance. The product is offered in 1c and 25c boxes.
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