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Newspaper

Ellsworth American

Location

Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1902

Page

8

Local notices from Bangor and surrounding towns

Dr J J Patten was in Bangor Monday. Mrs Eva Stone of Bangor guest of Mrs George Anderson. Miss Olive Clarke went to Eddington Monday for employment. Horace Watts Jr at home for a short visit from Bangor. Mrs Howard Crosby and Mrs Martin Rowe of Aurora guests of Mrs F C Lindy. Schools reported closed last week. District No 1 taught by Miss Laura Dunham. McKinley corner taught by Mrs Vivian Conver. Little Men and Little Women play Feb 15 under McKinley League with many named cast members. large crowd attended and refreshments served. Feb 25 noted. W W Conant ill after vaccination. Miss Eliza Whitten of Gouldsboro visiting sister Mrs Joseph Fenton. Mr Leo Larrabee of Prospect visiting, staying at Point Harbor House. Siblings of L A Bragdon improving. Miss Abbie Coolidge visiting aunt Mrs S N Bragdon. Grace Banker and other locals attending high school at Sullivan Center. Feb 24 Sargentville. Hon H W Sargent ill with grip. O P Carter and wife in Surry. Capt Oliver Lane of Sedgwick died Feb 19. funeral Feb 24.

J. Jh. Patten Bangor Eva Stone George Anderson Olive Clarke Eddington Horace Watts, Jr Duntem Boston Howard Crosby Martin Rowe Aurora F. C. Lindy Laura Dunham McKinley Vivian Conver Sorrento W.W. Conant Eliza Whitten Gouldsboro Joseph Fenton Leo Larrabee Prospect Wen Point Harbor House Ho His Edward Bragdon L. A Abbie Coolidge N. Bragdon Lamoine Grace Banker Wincie Kane Frances Josie N.ckerson Sullivan Center Sargentville H.W. Sargent O. P. Carter Surry Oliver Lane Sedgwick Lane

Community Notes From Bangor to Ellsworth and Camp Killa

Dorwie N Moore recovers from pneumonia and pleurisy while Isabel Flood visits from Bangor. Guests stay at Camp Killa with A E Foster and wife. Horace Bousey hosts a social dance at Columbian hall. Louisa Moore of North Ellsworth visits her daughter Minnie A Moore. Morris Garland returns from Penobscot river work to his home. W H Brown returns from millwright work at Willian Engel wi St Eat Hemppen. Fire department responds to a minor blaze at Dennis McCarthy house on Mill street. house vacant, possible incendiary. School improvement league concert in vestry draws social and financial support, about 12 dollars realized. thanks extended to venue, choir, Mrs Joy, and helpers.

Camp Killa A. E. Foster Horace Bousey Columbian Ball Louisa Moore North Ellsworth Minnie A. Moore Morris Garland Penobscot River W. H. Brown Willian Engel Eat Hemppen Joy

McGown Patten wedding in Bangor pair wed

Alexander Moore McGown and Margie Jorda Patten were married Saturday afternoon in Bangor with Rev. A B Lorimer officiating. After a reception for about forty friends at the Patten home they returned home on the evening train with Lida Patten and Harry Conkrite. The bride wore dove colored cashmere and white silk and carried pink and white carnations. Mr and Mrs McGown plan to work at Schoodie where he is a night operator.

Schoodie Mr. McGown

Burglary at Orland and Bucksport Robbery Case

Burglars entered the Orland post office Saturday night blowing the safe and stealing money. They also raided the Bucksport Center freight house with no loot found, then broke the section house and used a band car toward Bangor before abandoning it near South Brewer. Three men seen in North Bucksport Saturday afternoon are suspected, believed linked to a prior Bucksport visit last October.

Bucksport Orland Stampe Bucksport Center Bangor South Brewer North Bucksport Backsport

County News Highlights and Local Notices

Dusimant County News reports Hartford colonel Charles H. Burdette among Park Square hotel fire victims in New York. Amherst death notices, Bucksport family survivors, and the Edith Allen schooner incident off New Jersey are summarized with local lodge installations, snowstorm impacts on Hancock district meeting, and a Granville supper hosted by Methodist ladies.

Kewkevort Charles H. Burdette Hartford Conn Connecticut Fort Knox Park Square New York Sallie Moore Amherst Mattie Samper Bucksport Moore Charles Dix Jersey Sands Lal Y

Horace W Jordan dead prominent Boston cattle dealer

Horace W Jordan a native of Edseworth who spent decades in Boston’s cattle trade died in the city after years of poor health. Born March 23 1824 in Blisworth he moved from Maine to Boston and rose from clerk to partner in a major firm before leading in wholesale cattle and later woolen trades. A staunch Republican he helped shape Brighton and Boston through town governance and civic work, leaving a legacy of business acumen and mentorship.

Edseworth Hancock County Boston Horace W. Jordan Bins Blisworth Melliah Jane K. (Bowers) Jordan Eirkworth Maine James Dana Brigh Ton Jordan Faneuil Ball Boylston Brighton Corporation Brighton Abbatoi Association West Jewett & Bush Jewett Sejectmen Bt Ut Mr. Jordan National Tank Com- Hu Bir

Portland Paper Scorched Fire Damages Portland Express

A fire in the Portland Express building caused about 50000 in damage that night. The editorial and mechanical departments were ruined except for the press room, which survived the blaze.

Portland Portland Express the Express

Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys Ad

Health notice touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a kidney remedy. It claims kidneys purify blood, misfunctions cause pains and heart stress, and urges readers to request a free sample by mailing to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.

Kilmer

Masons Meet at Ellsworth for District Convention

About four hundred Masons attended the Afthariumi convention of the twenty first Masonic district at Odd Fellows hall Ellsworth last Thursday. Delegates from many lodges gathered for degree work a banquet and a chowder social after midnight followed by speeches and local Democratic ticket nominations for Ellsworth ward offices.

Twenty-First J. B. Simonton Ellsworth Matehing Esoteric Lodge E 1c Lodge T. B. Hale W.M A. K. Cashman W. G. B. Stuart A. W. Greely M.S. Smith A. L. Witham H. EB. Rowe J. D. J. P. Simonton L. W. Jordan CR. Foster Marshal F. W. Billington Tyler Winter Harbor Lodge C. A. Davis W. M H. E.sumner H. H Hanson J. W A.J. Garrigh B. F. Sumner H. G. Smailidge Albert Rand, Jr Small Chaplbert Farrar Sargent W. W. Sumner Marshal B.C. Hammond Dordlock Calais West Sullivan Lodge Henry Edward Smith East Sullivan West Sullivan G. B Hooper Bradbury Saulth Militai F. B. Havey R. Springer S. D H. H. Havey J. D Francis Stanley F. Ciapoam Lta Robertson Oliver Newman P. H. Bunker Masonic Quartette Iater

Walsh v Wheelwright: Law Court ruling over Hancock land

The Law Court affirmed a verdict for the Walsh heirs in a Northeast Harbor land dispute tied to an 1812 deed from Hannah Pang and a quit claim to Bartlett. The decision clarifies rules on adverse possession and evidence from deceased occupants, overruling parts of prior cases.

Law Court Hancock County Edward Walsh Ve. Andrew Wheelwright Northeast Harbor Hannah Pang Binghams Edward Walsh Pang Walsh Bartlett Aine Andrew , Wheelwright Messrs. Freeman and Curtis Emery Angola

Mouth of the River notes and visits from Bartlett Island

Irving Garland bay returned from Boston while James Wilson cut his foot chopping in the woods. Miss Ella Hodgkins visits from South Brower with relatives gathering at Mrs. Samuel Alley. Capt Warren Spurling and Frank Johnson of Cranberry Isles visited relatives. Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Alley on Feb 20 with prizes won by Adelbert Gid and Dora Smith, Bartlett's Island, Calvert Fullerton hosted a party.

James Wilson Ella Hodgkins South Brower Sleury Stanley Otter Creek David Marshall Eden Samuel Alley Warren Spurling Frank Johnson Cranberry Isles Ladies’ Aid Society Ide’ Alley Adelbert Gid Dora Smith Bartlett's Island Calvert Fullerton

Cascarets Candy Cathartic's Rise to Popularity

In 1895 none, by 1900 six million boxes sold marking Cascarets rise as a popular bowel medicine. The ad proclaims the public verdict that it is the best medicine for the bowels in the world and notes availability at all druggists for one dollar.

Local residents guests at Mrs Ba's home gathering

A fragment describes Mr George Murch visiting at Mrs Ba Williams home with Mrs Martin and Mr Williams and his wife and daughter from Franklin. They were the guests of Mrs Ba and Joe Williams recently.

George Murch Mma Martin Williams Franklin Mra Joe Williams

Free trial bottles of Dr David Kennedy remedy offered

Barrels of samples sent by mail under a special agreement with the makers of Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Readers may obtain a free trial bottle and medical pamphlet by sending name and post office address to the Kennedy Corporation in New York, mentioning the Exisworth American. Many report benefits in kidney, liver, bladder, blood, rheumatic, dyspepsia and female weaknesses, with nine percent later buying larger bottles from druggists. orders require only a postal card, and the trial is advertised as a path to cure regardless of prior medical help.

David Kennedy TH Exisworth American David Kennedy Corporation Roudout N. Y Beneft Avid

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