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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1900
Page
8
A Buckaport town ball team defeated Castine on Saturday by 19 to 10. Mrs. Charles F. Clay died Thursday morning at her parents’ residence after a long illness of consumption at age twenty. The husband is away on a traveling trip from Gleat.
Mt Desert toll bridge stockholders reelect J W Somes as president and outline repairs. A Congregational Sunday school excursion to Castine aboard the Catherine includes about 125 participants with field games and lively incidents. Miss Mary L Burnham, M D, stationed in Che Foo, is reported safe but faces possible loss as missions burn in Shangtung and foreign staff are urged to evacuate.
Community items from the county report travel for residents to Augusta Brooklin Hancock Point and Portland. Salmon caught July 4. births and visitors noted. Stained glass windows for the Methodist church arriving. several locals visiting relatives and hosting guests. A July ball at Bay View and travel updates follow with a cholera infantum remedy testimony from Mrs Curris Baer.
Local items report Mrs. Hayward's homecoming after weeks in Bucksport and a series of visits among Ellsworth and Bangor figures. Measles caused low attendance. dances resume at the pavilion on Saturdays. Summer visitors arrive, including Boston and Worcester names. A Bangor eye surgery restores sight for Mr Blaisdell. Fourth of July celebrations draw 400 on W J Harper land with races and Bartlett’s music. Various residents listed with work, visits, and social plans across towns.
Lakewood beat Ellsworth 124 in a Fourth of July picnic at Maddocks land ing. Hammocks, swings, boating and a bail game provided entertainment as Lakewood pitchers and catchers dominated while Lakewood overcame early doubt to secure the win. Players included Lakewood Charlie Garland and Linwood Garland Jr and Ellsworth Vernon Hanscom and Frank Jellison.
Josiah Williams in poor health. Miss Ella Hodgkins of Brewer visiting relatives. Mrs Linda Leach of Bangor visiting relatives. George Ray visited relatives in South Brewer over the weekend. Celia Pallerton spent weekend with her parents in Brewer. Mrs Sidney Williams and her son Louis will spend summer with her parents. Erving Murch and family and Irving Murch returned home after two weeks visiting Davenport Murch. Victor.
Ed Barron of Beverly Massachusetts visits relatives in West Ellsworth. Byron Treworthy and family relocated to Ellsworth Falls last week. George B. Floyd is ill with a severe cough and bronchial trouble. Miss Effie A. Barron and her niece and nephew Marion and Percy McManter of Lowell Massachusetts arrived Saturday to spend the summer with her parents.
Mrs Philander Austin of this place died last Wednesday in Bangor hospital at age 73. Her funeral followed the same day as Ezra Saunders’s service. A Northeast Harbor preaching schedule is announced. union church North Harbor will host eminent clergymen through September with speakers from Boston Providence and New York. Also notes Hood's Pills claim for liver ills and indigestion.
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