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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1901
Page
4
The Hancock County Publishing Co. reports A B Kittredge named to fill Senator Kyle's death seat in South Dakota. Kittredge, a leading Republican, is credited with reshaping the state’s political stance, while Washington notes his youth and influence.
The passage criticizes how Europe perceives the United States, claiming it exposes the worst and most brutal aspects of the American character and distorts the true American spirit for European audiences.
A Bangor News item ponders if Hancock county granite quarries can compete with foreign sources in Lae Scotland market. The page also recaps assorted local notes about a Bucksport resident defending Sarah Ware, a frightened boy near North Castine, and a Washington photographer visiting Brooksville to document old roads. A steam yacht Peregrine sails Maine waters, a Cranberry Isles romance links to R H White, and a Bangor fisherman nets a silk umbrella mistaken for a fish at Green Lake.
The grand lodge at Maine of the Ancient Order of United Workmen was organized last Thursday, separating Maine lodges from Massachusetts and starting August 1 with solid finances. Seventy-seven of eighty-eight lodges represented. Elmer E. Rowe of Helworth noted. Officers named include Edward P. Danforth, Charles S. Cummings, L. M. Staples, Rev. D. B. Phelan, A. G. Andrews, Charles F. Roberts, A. J. Dargin, Fitz M. Fish, William T. Jones, plus reps to the supreme lodge A. G. Andrews and E. P. Danforth.
Bar Harbor plans a brighter Bar Harbor Fair and horse show with five new classes added to the horse show department and more to come if entries justify it. A liberal purse is offered for the horse race and a full three day program is promised with improved kennel arrangements and other attractions to outdo prior seasons. Low railroad and steamship rates are expected to draw visitors from afar.
The Unitarian church in Bangor bids farewell to Rev. C. Beach after ten years of service. He plans to move to Cambridge for literary and educational work and may retire from active pastoral duties. He is known in Ellsworth for his sermons and influence.
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