Hancock County papers claim widest circulation in region
The AMERICAN claims larger overall circulation than all Hancock county papers except Bar Harbor Record in summer lists. Local notes report Sherman Irving McFarland at home, Bar Harbor visitors, and numerous summer residents and events at Partridge Cove, Castine, and Ellsworth area, with church and civic notices and several building plans noted.
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Americax
Hancock County
Bancock County
Bar Harbor Record
Woat Hancock
Sherman
Irving McFarland
George Abbott
Bar Harbor
Jesse Brown
Partridge Cove
J. G. B. Heath
New York
Jamies H. McFarland
Melvin J. Milliken
Joster Budge
Mar Marbor
H. Milliken
George W
Martha
Ellsworth
Henry C. Milliken
Corn Crawford
Elia
Eva
Lawrence
Mass
Severin Thorsen
Death and life notes from Brooklin and East Franklin
Long list of local people with visits, travels, and occupations. Mentions Mrs. G. G. Long convalescing, Mrs. RB Holmes visiting, Susie Long returning from South Boston, and Warren York starting as tugboat fireman. Cyrus A Cook obituary details include military service, pensions, and family history, with funeral arrangements and community memory. Further items note birthdays, sickness, church life, and arrivals at homes in Brooklin and East Franklin, including June and July social updates and parish events.
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East
G. G. Long
RB. Holmes
Ellsworth
C.H. Wardwell
Susie E. Long
South Boston
Cyrus A. Cook
Mr. Cook
Edward Beal
18Th Maine Infantry
Navy
U. S
Shenandoah
Fort Fisher
Elsworth
Bar Harbor
Southwest Harbor
Franklin
Melissa , Grindle
Cook
Methodist Church
Bluebill Post
G. A
Methodist
W. A. McGraw
Phebe T. F. Milliken
Brooklin
Sedgwick
Abraham
Nancy Frye
Mt. Desert
Milliken
B. H. Beale
Beale
My Frantz
Red Light at Alice No 1 and a Tragic Railside Tale
In the Evanston to Ogden canyon a mogul under engineer Short and fireman Fat Griswold face a hillside slide near the bend named Alice No 1. The derailment takes two lives and leaves a young lover, a red lamp, and a tragedy witnessed by the grieving girl as wreckers clear the scene.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Evanston
Ogden
Utah
Omaha
Ealt Lake
Minera
Short” Tready
Fat" Griswold
Short
Kort
Devil's Slide
Pat
Alice No. 1
Alice
Fat
Mqss
Allee No. 1
Ong
Chicago Record-Herald
Weather Prophet Maps Rain by General Principles
The Washington Star quote recalls a weather prophet who swears by simple methods. He jokes that predicting rain whenever a circus comes to town would be easy by laying out maps and instruments, hinting at folk forecasting tied to familiar sights.
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F. W. Goulder
Fourth Avenue
Rock Island
Dr. Hartman
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Washington Star
County News Update from Brookside and Bangor Residences
A stream of local notices lists Stella Tarbox employed at Brookside for the seniors. Bangor figures include Jonnie Ste servant, Capt William Stevens home for summer, and Jerome Tapley Jr returning from Princeton for a visit. Residents from Brooklyn, East Saginaw, and Boston are noted visiting relatives, cottages, or joining family ventures this season.
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County News
Weet Hrockbottiss
Stella ‘Tarbox
Brookside
Jonnie Ste Servant
Bangor
Rest Henry [Ilison
William Stevens
Jerome P. Tapley, Jr
Princeton
Mass
Saturda
William Wasson
Lydia Emery
Ira Tapley
Ceria
Mildred
Brooklyn
Naay
Stover
Edwin Kwin
Elizabeth Getehy
East Saginaw
Mich
Charles P. Tapley
Anna Mlocgett
Som Wirgtt
Boston
Leip Booth
Wome
A. C. Sawyer
Sawyer Boot and Shoe Company
Mra
Sawyer
Edith
Mabel
E. P. Newley
Dares Burton
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Sustac
North Castine
Herbert Leach and Son
Brockton, Masy
Samuel Dunbar
Lizzie Bridges
Castine
Ada Joyce
Harrison Leach
Dey
Dunbar
Sun Gay
C. W. Wallace
Eastport
Norman Conner
Quore
Southwest Horn
Deane Walker
Massachusetts
Congregational Church
Walker
James Delaney
Elvie Lurvey
Delaney
Cyrus Lurvey
Bathy Beer
Vernon Smalls
Emron Pulester
J. E. Small
Alice Hobbins
Giee Allen
Brookville
Seth Harch
Homer Robins
Allston
Lemna
Stonington
Jaly
Eve
Ortana
Freeman Hersey Cunse
Case
Lincoln
Bowdoi College
Bowdoin Medical School
12Th Maine Infantry
Orland
Lidia
Reltan
Pewitt
Masonic Lodge
Miss Webber
Lewis King
Sadie Boynton
Sadie Thompson
Haverhill
J. 8
Blair
Jesse Bunker
Webster City
Charles Hodgkins
J W. Bragdon
Hazel
Olive Cooldge
Ricker Institute
Houston
Sophie Bena
Hodgdon
Pfenic
Grove
North Lamome, L
Jordan Holt
Dover
Elvira Austin
Vira L. Austin
Madison
N. H
A.B. Sargent
Nick Olivier
And
Monitor
North Sedewies
George Alien
Swan's Island
Winfield Staples
Nancy Carter
Fred Allen
Woopsung
Lamon
L.A. Plummer
Frameport
Merchant
Hycrett
Luther Gilpatrick
Bar Barver
Board of Trade
L. B. Densy
William Rogers
Robert Amory
Eben ‘M. Hamer
A. H. Lynam
Charles B. Pineo
Dr. Fowler
Kevine
Nature
Saeer Oar
Ether
Byron Young
Northport Camp Ground
Warren C. York
Willard Clapp
Watson Cousins
East Bluebill Lodge
Auguste
Maine
Girenst Fane
Lucy Burns
Harry Canary
Rockland
Eben McFarland
Marie Harriman
Brockton
Hugh Duffy
Granite
Etta Dufty
Gertrude Kane
Sorrento
Winnie Kane
Sylvester
Swan’s Island
Marion
Ilness
Sures
Charles Beede
Florence Wood
Lillian Treworgy
E. N. Osgood
D. J. Curtis
Grand Lodge of Maine A. 0
U. W
Augusta
Surry Lodge
F. M. Witham
Deering
Witham
Capt
W. Witham
Sourn Sures
Nancy Clough
Wille Stewart
Euest
W. P. Stewart
F. I. Harden
Albert Treworgy
Daly
S. H. Ober
Salina
Kansas
E.R. Ober
J.C. Farrell
Howard
A. A. Moffitt
S. M. Vigus
Lexington
James Grey’s
Marst
Joseph Manley
Marietta, C
Camp Taylor
Mer
G. F. Arnold
Brookline
Melrose
Nellie Atherton
Leo H. Powers
Lou
Miss Paterson
Lubec
Jennie Dority
Mae Chase
Kilaworth
Waltham, Mass
Belle Bunker
Somerville
Lizzie Martin
George
Hancock Point
A. Bimsdell
Providence
Peel
Mes. L
Bragdon
Harry Springer
Foxcroft
J. G. Bunker
Imogene Pettengill
Worcester
L. Wilbur
Grace Gordon Wooster
Walthan
B. A. Carter
A. H. Hanscom
East Franklin
Abertis
Scott
de Kington
Tisso Oy Wioats & Moone
Anton
Euivo Ia, ‘Sugttuer
Tate Binet
Eaxmot
Palau
Martiog Tiemedy Company
Ceags
Bostersl
Ad Drag Tev
E. C. Gewitt
ACO
Chicago
Ely
Tellef le Line
Sian
Mall
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Dr. Emmons
Theresa
MONS
Tremont Steeter
King's At
Coven
Fema
Saou Pak
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