Social dance and community notices echo through Bucksport area
A town social dance is planned for Saturday at the town hall with Mrs Newson Heath mentioned. The bulletin notes caring for Mrs Gross, Louise Marks’ return home, and several local movements including obituaries, bank officers, a Woodmen of America camp formation in Backsport, and civic updates from Bucksport and East Lamoine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriana
Nellye Marks
O. A. Seper’s
Town Hall
Newson Heath
Ira
Will of Frances Willard filed in Hancock probate
The Hancock county probate office records a copy of Frances Willard s will, a landmark document for the white ribbon movement. It bequeaths Maine and Oregon summer homes to Anna Gordon, names Mary Bannister Willard and Gordon as executors, and directs the Rest Cottage in Evanston to relatives with conditions favoring the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The will also notes a 4000 birthday fund from a favors fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
Frances Wilard
Miss Willard
Anna Gordon
Chautauqua
Astoria
Bar Harbor
Willard
Evanston
Abbots
Mary Bannister Willard
Kaarine Willard Baldwin
Mary Willard
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Kate A. Jackson
Souveire
Isabel Somerset
Lves
Aron Gordon
Sinter
Frances E. Willard
Susanna M.D. Pry
Ada M. Melville
Ellsworth Falls News Briefs and Local Doings
Mrs Fred Somes of ML Desert visits Mrs C J Treworgy Thursday and Friday. A W Tucker returns from Bangor. Miss Mittie Cottle returns from Bluehill to Toonday. Miss Eugenia Moore of Bangor visits. Mrs Frank Holden of Bar Harbor visits here. Miss Mattie Webber returns to Bar Harbor. Miss Addie Hastings returns from Old Town and Bangor. Mrs 8 A Maxfield and Miss Laure Flood visit. James A Taylor finishes three years in Ca Troworgy's blacksmith shop. Church services planned if repairs finish. otherwise 10 30 and 7 30 at the school house. Lovell automatic box-board machine to be installed at Treworgy mill with a ninety foot carrier. Royal Foresters of Franklin visit Court Thonle for annual officer installation. Dr S S DeBeck installs as illustrious commander and is assisted by Illustrious Walter L Batler and Illustrious Standard Bearer Frank H M Jordan. Other visiting brethren attend. DeBeck praised for forestry work. Officers installed include Horace Bonzey, Rev George W Avery, George Fernald, George G Gray, Walter F Avery, M P Avery, Lewis I Gray, Archie W Smith, Aubury Gaspar, Colon Frazier. Oriental degree then worked on nine candidates. Court noted for its growth and community impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suri
Juliette
Herbert Moody
Granby
Mass
Moody
Siew Vesta Preathy
Nellie Alley
East Surry
Samuel Newell Treworgy
Treworgy
J. P. Simonton
Mittie Cottle
Bluehill
Toonday
Eugenia Moore
Bangor
Frank Holden
Bar Harbor
Mea
Hastings
Mattie Webber
Addie Hastings
Old Town
Lovell
Royal Foresters of
Franklin
Thonle
DeBeck
Ilustrious
Royals
High Court of
Maine
Walter L. Batler
Frank HM. Jordan
Archie W. Smith
Aubury Gaspar
J. W
Colon Frazier
Thomas W Grindell
J. B
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West Branch Pond closes after ten weeks of Miss Patten teaching
Yehool closed here Jan 18 after a ten week term taught by Miss Margie Patten of East Dedham. The program featured reading in concert ninth grade quotations from authors seventh singing recitation Linnie Davie composition Vira Rogers recitations Dana Crockett Marcia Crockett composition Byron Davis recitation View Rogers composition Linnie Davis recitation Byron Davis composition Marcia Crockett singing school. The term passed very pleasantly and excellent work was done by the pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yehool
Margie Pattenn
East Dedham
Miss Patten
Linnie Davie
Vira Rogers
Dana Crockett
Marcia Crockett
Byron Davis
MOUTH OF K RIVER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AND LOCAL NOTES
George Murch faces pneumonia threats while Miss Jesse Fullerton hosted a friends gathering on Tuesday evening January 15. Leon Swett, a weekly newspaper seller, braves severe weather to sell papers on January 13 and January 19, covering three miles or more per trip. He preserves a steady routine despite cold and snow. January 2 notes Victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Murch
Jesse Fullerton
Leon Swett
Deacon Garland Recovers From Illness at Home
Lakewood report notes Deacon George Garland, laid up for a week, can now move about. Miss Lulu M. Rollins, with her brother Fred W., visited relatives in Orono and Old Town Saturday then left Monday for Farmington to attend the normal school. Jan. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Garland
Lulu M. Rollins
Fred W
Orono
Old Town
Farmington
Local visit and college student return to Bar Harbor
North Ellsworth and Augusta King visit friends in Bar Harbor while Alex M. McGown returns home from Shaw's Business College in Portland. The passage then pivots to a humorous exchange about secrecy and advertising posters discussed in a cozy home setting as the snow falls and the parlor store glows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta King
Bar Harbor
Alex M. McGown
Shaw's Business College
Portland
Maine Board of Agriculture Annual Report Highlights
The Maine Board of Agriculture records show expenses of 3008.42 and summarize a year of activity led by Secretary B Walker McKeen. It notes drought reducing hay, a strong fruit crop, rising dairy demand, and plans to boost beef, sheep, and horse industries. Poultry associations form, agricultural societies grow, and expenditures align with appropriations for 1890.
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Bsecretary
B. Walker McKeen
Maine Board of Agriculture
Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
Sncrety St
New England
McKeen
Hoa
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M. Gallert
Hamburg
Clarion
Pearl
Main Street
J. P. Eldridge
The
Ellsworth American
County News
Nat Oriana
E. L. Pickering
Otis Gray
Blanche
Sadie Blaisdell
Waterville
Henry Dunbar
Heywood House
Albert Blaisdell
Una Daniele
Ping
Lakeside
East Orland Ball
J. P. Mason
J. B. Brainerd
Connecticut
New York
Elle Lowstl
Bucksport
Frank Partridge
Ellsworth
Grim Reaper
Marie Turner
Charles C. Billings
North Bluebill
Penobscot
Bluebill
Iie Bas
Bertha BE
Wilson
James BE
Turner
Center
Frank
Merritt Turner
Guy H. Billings
Biaebill
B. L. Beazley
Henry M. Spring
Stephen Bennett
G. W. McAlister
Parker Spofford
T. M. Nicholson
E. L. Berztey
P. ?. Gilmore
Sherif Snowman
Edward L. Tillock
W. H. Chapley
Tillock
Western Hancock
Supreme Court
Woodmen of America
Backsport
David B. Clay
George H. Allen
Jamon L. McInnis
Charles B. Richards
Daniel A. DeCourcey
John J. Cullity
Arthur L. Stone
Oscar F. Fellows
Leland P. Lowell
Sentinel
LP. Lowell
William M. Cushing
Aorrento
W. W. Conant
W.W. Conant
Friends
Margaret Nickerson
Desert Ferey
James Workman
Margaret Rolfe
Marie
R. Conners
Liza Whitten
Gouldeboro
Joseph Fenton
L. T. Havey
Mitchell
R. Downing
Bert Workman
Ellie Hanns
East Sullivan
Calais
Harry Conant
St. Croix
Jan
Breeze
Wi Dger
Amherst
Sullivan Jordan
Mt. Desert
Woods
Adbert Merchant
Harvey Ash
North Sullivan
Hattie Bartlett
Deacon J.D. Crimmin
Clifton
Fle
Bright
Dan
Seawall
Marnal
Everett Newman
Sarah Carroll
Whittier
Doug
Verona
Wiliam H. Patterson
Patterson
Dirigo Orchestra
Sappho
Llard
Mike Anna Gordon
Abby: M. Fulton
Miss Gordon
Mrs Gordon
Oregon
Aunt Mary
Ellsworth Falls
Fred Somes
ML. Desert
Mra. C.J. Treworgy
A. W. Tucker
West Branch Pond
Victor
Lakewood
North Ellsworth
M'Keen
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