Local and Political Journal July 10 1901 Ellsworth Maine
The Ellsworth American issue reports a Maine political update with notes on Representative Mudd of Maryland predicting GOP Senate gains, McKinley signaling Porto Rico free trade after July 25, and Dawes resignation. It covers Postmaster General Smith’s mail rules revision impacts on fake publications, and Maine AOU W lodges withdrawing from Massachusetts jurisdiction with the state grand lodge to be formed August 1. Also includes a humor insert and weather chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Smith
Maine
Massachusetts
Grand Lodge of
Workman's Hall
Auguste
New England
Bufiaio
Maine Central Railroad
Frank A. Elwell
Portland
White Mountains
Niagara
Buffalo
Lake Front
Niagera
Niagara Falls
F. B. Boothby
County Gossip Highlights Local Happenings and Notables
Winter Harbor opens a new public pool while Deer Isle and other areas report mixed harvests. Hall Quarry mourns a fatal revolver incident. Bar Harbor fair shifts focus to dog and horse events. Waltham district records perfect attendance. Miss Isabell A. Jordan praised. Bucksport’s John Quimby Wood engaged to Boston heiress Margaret Goddard by cable, after fortune making years in Honolulu and studies at Harvard.
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Bar Harbor Fair
Waltham
Isabell A. Jordan
Cable
Hancock County
John Quimby Wood
Bucksport
Honolulu
Hawaii
Saga
Europe
Bucksport Seminary
Harvard University
Mer. Wood
Margaret Goddard
Boston
Naples
Bangor Men Challenge Green Lake Fish Law in Court
Edward J. Hunt and M. H. Rideout of Bangor were found guilty of violating the Green Lake fish law on April 21 and fined ten dollars plus ten dollars per fish caught, with costs totaling 32.31. The case was appealed and slated for August Supreme Court review as Hunt and Rideout seek a ruling on the law. They proposed a broader complaint naming eleven other Bangor men who fished under the same conditions, aiming to settle the matter without further prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Green Lake
Fish and Home Commissioners
Edward J. Hunt
M. H. Rideout
Supreme Court
Messrs
Hunt and Rideout
Carleton
Fish and Game Commission
Messrs. Hunt and Rideout
Messrs. Bunt and Rideout
William J Chamberlain Dies in Wisconsin at 78
William J. Chamberlain a native of Ellsworth born April 10 1826 died at his home in Waupaca Wisconsin Tuesday of last week. He married Lucy Brimmer in 1843 and moved West in 1851 settling in Wisconsin later serving as postmaster in Dayton county treasurer for eight years justice of the peace and police justice. He also ran a brick yard business leaving a widow and seven children. The Waupaca Republican lauded his long service and community contributions.
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Ellsworth
William J. Chamberlain
Waupaca
Wisconsin
Mr. Chamberlain
Lucy Brimmer
Dayton
Howe
Ife
England corn law explained and repealed in 19th century
A reader asks the editor to outline the English corn law. The reply traces its purpose to protect farmers during wartime scarcity and high rents, notes its 1815 enactment excluding foreign wheat, 1828 partial reform, and eventual repeal in 1846 led by Cobden. The item contextualizes how landowners and Parliament shaped price protections and the impact on the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Parliament of
Baroy
Continent
Parliament
Richard Cobden
Cobden
Weather of June at Orono Maine station findings
Abstract of meteorological observations for June at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Orono notes days by sky condition total precipitation and temperatures. It mentions average monthly temperature peak and trough figures and comparisons to long term records. Also includes an unrelated advertising fragment about posters newspapers and Dr Pierce medical books.
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Washington
Buffalo Exposition
U. S. Grant
Grant & Perkins
Galena
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Orono
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Charles G. Dawes
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W. F. Hutchings
Masonic Block
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Joux H. Rupaux
Guexce X
Pancunn
Isaac L. Honours
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Common Sense
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M. M. Mertz
J. . Crippen
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E. J. Davis
J. A. French
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