Nonpartisan ideal in Ellsworth election urged
Ellsworth editorial calls for nonpartisan municipal government as the annual vote nears. It argues party lines rarely shape local policy, urges selecting candidates of character, and notes two party tickets may vie with no clear issue beyond party affiliation. Also reports on ship subsidy bill moving in Senate with Lord Frye guiding.
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Partizan
Bllisworth
Senate Committee
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United Party
Japan
United Suates
Great Britain
Satellies
United States
Germany
Lexington
Batte
Satiago
The Race of the Century on Wireless Telegraphy
The 1901 New York Sun notes Tesla and Marconi advancing wireless telegraphy. It ponders who will gain the credit and commercial prize as patents multiply and the invention nears public use across oceans. The piece frames the rivalry and global interest in this breakthrough.
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Nikola Testa
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Guaily
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New York Sun
Canal legislation uncertain as Panama route favored
A Senate committee member said the canal question is up in the air and unlikely to see definite legislation this year. He noted the Walker commission is in session and is expected to back the Panama route, which would delay any action.
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Senate Committee On
What Good Society Is and a Toothache Cure Joke
The piece argues true good society rests on mutual warmth and supportive character among working girls, not idle wealth. It warns against gossip driven circles and urges workers to seek genuine circles or build support at home. The dialogue adds a light joke about a new toothache cure as a quick aside.
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Burs Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
County Gossip From a Winter Fishermen News Brief
Our Green Lake correspondent reports a string of quirky items from coastal Maine. Jobo Williams, famed Laneview camp cook, is dead. Three widcots note railroad crew meetings near Maine Coastal. cats get access rights as section men protest Corking company. Bar Harbor board of trade stays enterprising while Eden board declines Marconi aid. Northeast Harbor booms with cottages, rebuilding notes, and a reorganized band. Mechanics fillet the town as Duliding entries show more construction and improvements.
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Green Lake
Una
Maine Coastal Railroad Section
Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Milliken Family Records Sought For Genealogy Supplement
A letter to THE AMERICAN from author Genealogist seeks missing birth marriage and death records for the Milliken family descendants of Benjamin Milliken and others. He notes new material on Elias Milliken of the western states and connections to the Vallette line. Maine researchers are urged to contact G. T. Ridjon Kezar Falls Me for contributions.
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Eileworth
Saco Val- Pamities
Americax
Scarborough
Milliken
United States
Seco Valley
Elias Millicen
Benjanto Milliken
Tbis
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Vallette
Abigell Stilliken
Sam Adams
John Hancock
Paul Revere
Machew Mater
Royalix
Bea
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Marrigen
Benjamin Millken
Eilsworth
Allebo
Accident in Somesville leaves man with leg wound
Somesville report notes Jen 20, Fred Sand, and others in a Friday incident. A man was pushing through bushes when his can discharged, wounding his leg but not shattering bones. He remains bedridden for recovery period as friends wish him a speedy return to activity.
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Somesville
Jen
Spetia
Fred Sand
PF Swithh
Batine
Prsouscor
George Mitenell
Pitteford
Mas
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Mitchell
Nore Mitchell
Pittsfield
Maine’s Fiv anors and Gov Save Matme On State Finances
Governor Hissad argues Maine’s finances are leaner than other states with efficient departments and prudent appropriations. He cites reduced growth in spending, temporary loans, and careful budgeting to support the claim that Maine maintains a frugal, well-managed state budget amid earlier increases and revenue gaps.
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St Louis Expos Plan Maine Exhibit With Commission Aid
Governor Hill leads a conference with Maine commissioners C. C. Burrill Lews B Goods of Santora and P H Briggs to discuss presenting Maine’s interests at the St Louis Exposition. They seek private support after legislative failure to fund the plan and aim for a strong, cooperative statewide exhibit.
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Mattielan Purchase
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Eileworth
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Santora
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Auburn
Maine
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Maine postmasters confirmed by Senate list
Postmasters in Maine confirmed by the Senate include E. Clark of Saco Deford Gddeford AT Moore Farm raion Bo Harding Gorham FH Karen Nore Berwick WM Dune ervie J F Devil Bridgton FH Hames Gi liestied Pevaque Goulding Oakland Witten Fennell Bar Harbor B J Woodman Westbrook An incomplete list notes several towns and names with OCR errors remaining.
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Gddeford
Moore
Farmraion
Bo Harding
Gorham
Karen
Nore Berwick
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Bridgton
Hames
Giliestied
Pevaque Goulding
Oakland
Witten Fennell
Bar Harbor
B. J. Woodman
Westbrook
Notary public oath form in Toledo Ohio
A damaged OCR fragment records a notary public oath dated December 6 with signatures A W Gleason and Cheney & Co. It mentions a promise to pay one hundred dollars for each camel but contains many garbled words, place names, and references to Toledo Ohio and a notarization.
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Obituary for Mary Adams and Charles Gaynor of Elieworth
Mary B Adams, longstanding Elieworth resident in her nineties, died Saturday after a paralytic illness leaving five children. Funeral held at Moodey Church with Rev J M Adams officiating. pallbearers named. Charles Gaynor, Irish-born Elieworth resident since 1892, died after brief illness leaving widow and eight children. funeral at St Joseph's Catholic Church with Rev Hayes officiating. large attendance noted. A later interlude contains a medical advertisement unrelated to the obituaries.
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Evleworth
John A. Lord
John Q Adams
Henry S. Adams
Mises Lacy
Henrietta Adams
Charles Gatxor
Charles Gaynor
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Michael Gaynor
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Thomas Gaynor
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Mary A. Gaynor
St. Joseph’s
Correspondence on Elleworth Fire Night of 1864
A reader recalls the December 2, 1864 Elleworth fire and the bitter cold night. She praises firemen and townspeople, notes women’s help passing buckets to the river, and contrasts past and present firefighting methods in a fond, local-tone reminiscence.
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