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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1901
Page
7
An advertisement claims pale women suffer watery blood and health decline. It promotes Vinol a tonic derived from cod liver elements in wine claiming to restore red blood and energy. Endorsed by GEU. A. Parcher a local pharmacist guarantees refunds if unsatisfied.
An archaic meditation on the old year's end and the dying century. Vivid, sombre imagery portrays night, silence, and a world in anguish as thoughts of bloodshed, revolution, and calamity loom. The piece lingers on memory, fear, and the spectral visions of a turbulent era.
Fragmented, ornate reflections trace centuries of progress from steam power to universal arbitration while warning that anarchy and nihilism shadow the global stage. Amid prophetic here and now, Lincoln’s memory and a dying century frame a call for peace as the era ends.
In Prospect Avenue and Independence Boulevard a large toad thrives in a stone wall gap. At night electric lights draw insects, and the toad emerges to consume many bug meals using a rapid red tongue. Pedestrians watch as he hops between crevice and pavement, appearing not sick yet deemed unlucky by local travelers. The scene ends with a plug for DeWitt's Little Early Risers laxative.
The article describes smelt fishing near Hancock County with about 100 workers in Surry over 35 years, earning substantial sums. Fishermen work in six by five foot tents set on ice with a six foot hole, lines moving from a pole, baiting and catching many fish per night, sometimes hundreds of pounds. The scene is a focused winter activity, with fishing dominating daily life and conversation.
Public statement from Ellsworth citizen Geo W Perkins praises Doan's Kidney Pills, claiming relief from backache and urinary weakness after years of discomfort. He urges others to try the remedy, noting availability at Wiggin's drug store and that Foster-Moburn Co Buffalo acts as U.S. sale agent with Doan's branding.
Smoke issuing from a hundred stove pipes climbs slowly a hundred feet, with tiny houses gathered below resembling a small city. The piece notes the smoky plague of the night and mentions Dawn's Ointment sold at drug stores for 50 cents, advertising a cure.
A public auction at the Allen & Company wharf in Mount Desert on Monday February 11 1901 at 2 PM will sell lands buildings wharf tools and apparatus including seventeen acres from various deeds and releases totaling multiple parcels described in deeds to A A K Richardson John W Somes Deborah Robinson James W Pryor Alfred M Merchant and others with rights of way and the shore improvements. A ten percent deposit required. delivery of deeds upon payment. Also notes current probate court actions and notices of foreclosure issued in Hancock County Maine including Wardwell Perkins Phelps executors and other mortgage foreclosures with dates and locations.
State of Maine Hancock County court notice seeking heirs and unknown claimants in a Real Property petition tied to the estate of Benjamin Freeman and Thomas Simmons with John Doe heirs. The petition asks for publication and service across Gouldboro Sullivan and Saint George areas, with a diligent search declared and dates to respond by the second Tuesday of a forthcoming court term.
Fragmentary OCR of a legal notice from January 1801 in the state of Maine. Names William Rogers and Allen Rogere appear, with references to Josiah Brewer and others as parties or claimants. The text is garbled, but indicates a sworn statement or filing in a probate or chancery matter.
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