Local notices recount school and town events in Meaco area
Kent's Lamotme guest Miles Gertrude Bragdon. Teachers Annie Young and Annie Leach return to homes after terms. Many pupils achieved perfect attendance and prizes. Emerson memorial hall dedication highlighted town leaders and gifts from Charles Emerson. June events include ice cream social, visits from relatives, and a lawn party for Janie Springer's seventeenth birthday.
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Mary Coolidge
Houston
Town Hall
Gertrude Haynes
Waltham, Mans
Florence Young
Annie Roberts
Anson
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cure for Consumption
The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a miracle cure for consumption and related illnesses. It claims dramatic restoration of health for sufferers of coughs colds asthma croup hay fever hoarseness and whooping cough with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. Large bottles priced at 1.00 and trials offered free by Winds & Son.
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Winds & Soon
First Maine regiment reunion set for Lincoln on August 21
Week's Winnowings notes drownings at Lewiston and a fatal Waldoboro fire. Michael McDonald and six year old Willie O Neil perished, a Pole died rescuing the boy. Two year old in Waldoboro burned. mother saved three others. Stillwater fire destroyed mills and homes. Kimball Adams and Sutton mills burned with 2,000,000 shingles and damaged machinery. Maine Central railroad loss included box cars and vast timber.
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Maine
Heavy Artillery Association
Lincoln
Lewiston
Michael McDonald
Willie O'Neil
Ancroscoggin
North Bridge
Frank Orr
Waldodoro
Stillwater
Kimball & Adams Lumber
Old Town
Bangor
Milford
Kimball & Adams
George A. Lewis
Sutton
Maine Central Railroad
Billy Smith the Miner Who Died to Save Others
In a mine explosion a lone rescuer named Billy Smith, initially overlooked, digs seven hours to reach entombed miners. He frees them as the fire damp chokes the shaft, but Billy dies after dragging himself and a group to safety. His courage saves others at the cost of his life.
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Ward
Billy
Smith
John
Billy Smith
Contradictory terms in debt discussion study note
A professor of chemistry laments a large class while a professor of economics notes that constant debt contraction can lead to expansion. The brief exchange underscores misunderstanding of expansion and contraction as opposing concepts in economics and science.
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Suny
Ellsworth Markets Prices and Weights for Produce
On Monday July 3, 1001 Ellsworth reports standard weights for several goods in shipper terms and retail prices for country produce. The list covers salt, potatoes, beans, corn, onions, carrots, turnips, peas, oats and more, with guidance for farmers on expected trade values.
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Liverpool
Ellsworth
County News Highlights From Bar Harbor To Bar Harbor
Core M. Gorton visited friends in Bar Harbor last week. Bernice Webb is home from Franklin. The grammar school belt nine won the second game from Sullivan Harbor. A. M. Mattocks is home from Albany for a two month vacation and may give concerts. Andy P. Havey is home from Bowdoin for vacation. Mrs. Helen Ramsdell and family visiting after years in California. School closed Friday. a concert netted funds for a school bell. A dance is planned for Eden Park hall July 4 with Wilson’s orchestra. John Higgins died after pneumonia. his son Colburn was visiting. The dedication of the Methodist chapel at East Franklin scheduled for July 11. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad.
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Orth Lamotme
Lewis Moree
Kent
Miles Gertrude Bragdon
Mlay
Emme Auatia
North Sedgwick
Annie Young
Prospect Ferry
Sno
Ralph ‘Young
Young
Lillian McFarland
Washington, D. C
E. E. McFarland
Har Harbor
H.C. Urann
East Franklin
Lizzie Bragdon
C. C. Adams
Slater
Newburyport
Sadie Coggins
Partriage Cove
Sarah McFarland
Emma Hunnewell
Adelaide McFarland
Leane Tripp
George Tinker
Roy McFarland
Willie ‘Tripp
Frances Eaton
Alice Rosen
Isle Noyes
Helen Eaton
Lottie McFarland
Tula Clones
Mins Mautobings
Mins Gussie Graves
Florence Braun
Lysander Braun
Clifford Graven
Gussie Graves
Hannah Miggin
Langdon Hodgkins
Lizzie Holland
Rose Holland
Arthur Kiet
Ralph Kiet
Ethel Norwood
Gladys Norwood
Wendell Norwood
Forest Richardson
Dellie Salisbury
Leroy Smith
Lewis Smith
Lennie Young
Lester Young
Margaret Young
Natalie Salisbury
Lilners
Joseph
William Emerson
Boston
George H. Emerson
Ellery Varnum
Penobscot
Shepherd
M. W. Grindie
Orono
George Wilson
Portland
Joseph Bowden
Dunbar
Eilie Hutchins
Emerson Memorial Hall
George Witherie
Thed
Hancock County
Charles Emerson
Dixon, Lil
North Casting
Vona
Mev
Avery
Mace
Bangor
John Archer
John Laughlin
Portridge Brook Pridey
J. F Haynes
Raymond Williams
Ilaworth
Flossie
Gleason Archer
Sebastus
Gertrude Garland
Conway, N.hs
John Williams
Alton Tripp
Southouldsboro
Tripp
Orient
Shirley Rice
Everett
Mass
Addie Reynolds
Josie
Watertown
Reynolds
Grace Reynolds
Waltham
West Sullivan
Core M. Gorton
Bar Harbor
Bernice Webb
Franklin
Grammar School Belt Nine
Sullivan Harbor
A. M. Mattocks
Albany
Tt Te
Andy P. Havey
Bowdoin
Mr. Havey
Helen Ramsdell
California
Mr. Burleigh
Vermont
Eden Park Hall
Wilson
Ellsworth
John Higgins
Colburn Higgins
Winter Harbor
J. H. Thomas
Wren
Ent Franklin
A. Bender
Bucksport Seminary
J. W. Day
Bucksport
County News From The Harbor And Nearby Towns
Local notes report Mrs J B Cole returning from Winter Harbor visit and J B Cole starting a cellar with plans for a house. Harbor residents arrive for the summer in Port Harrelson and Dorchester visitors share time. A Meadville student preaches at Union church while others spend weeks with relatives in Bar Harbor and Waltham. Minor illnesses and recoveries noted along with vacation plans and a light domestic mischief anecdote. DeWitt's salve advertised among local shop notices.
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Trospect Harbor
J. B. Cole
Winter Harbor
J.B. Cole
Lewis F. Sarvis
Port Harrelson
D. C
F.C. Bickford
W. A. Lawton
Meadville Theological School
Union Church
Fay F. Larrabee
Westbrook Seminary
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Bernice Wardwell
Isle of Souls
Franconia
Nancy Hodgkins
Janie Springer
Asenath Springer
Enoch Coombs
Daly
Glenn
Kitlery
Carlbou
Bridget
Pat
Shadmore
Fowler
Elusworth Markets
Monesday
Japan
Havana
Linneu i
Porto Reo
Astralolf
Tigi Homosk
Herntosk
Blackemrth
St Louis
Pretty Maron
Allen Smith
Geisha
E. ©. Freeman
H. A. Young
Ephraim Freeman
Lambkein
Malcolm Crocker
Cottage Bijou
Josephine Freeman
Charles
John Beam
West Middlesex
WraGrh & Moore
Town
Mes
Alice and
Florence Gray
Acon
J. L. Hodgkin
Hood
Adwt
County News
Shvute
Hiram Preble
Asa Bunker
Bleale Patten
Ey Hammond
Suly 1
West Side
Nellie
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Wiggin & Moore
Fred R. Spear
Rosendale Cement
Park Street
Rockland, Maine
New Hogland Telephone
Eastern Telephone
Minari
Saawie Borie Maus
Alinard
Clarion
Theraoy
Wood & Bishop Company
Pearl
Main Street
J. P. Eldridge
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