KA Sailor's Superstition on White Mittens and Love
Two lovers from a fishing village Rebecca Champernown and Reuben Gage face social limits and superstition. Reuben struggles with luck and money on his schooner Anna Sheafe while Rebecca helps by offering white mittens that are said to bring good fortune. Their tentative confrontation hints at romance and belief in customs shaping their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Champernown
Reuben Gage
Anna Bheafe
Reuben
Rebecca
Jess
Captain Gage
Anna Sheare
Ceptain
Gage
Reuben Band
Mrs Grundy and Public Opinion in Social Life
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt discusses Mrs Grundy as a voice of public opinion shaping social behavior. It notes her unwritten laws guide fashionable conduct, enforce courtesy, and constrain personal choices, especially for young people and families, with emphasis on societal regard and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Grundy
Mrs. Grundy
Philadelphia Ledger
Mise Cobe’s Lappets and a Bath Fashion Tale
A Bath story recalls Duchess of Devonshire lace lappets made of point d argentin. Earl of Arran bought the lace remnants for 14 pounds after the duchess’s death and gave them to Mrs. Cobbe, widow of Charles Cobbe M P, sister of the 1st Earl of Clancarty. Now owned by Frances Power Cobbe, author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Arran
Cobbe
Charles Cobbe
M. P
Newbridge
William
First Earl of Clancarty
Bath
Common Colds and Household Spread Warned by Editor
The article explains the common cold starts with throat or nose tickle and becomes highly infectious. It urges quarantine for the first ill in a family, notes public places and worship halls as spreaders due to poor ventilation, and acknowledges the blame on drafts for opening windows.
A Dangerous Custom in a Quick Supper Grace
In Good Housekeeping a writer recalls a twofold scene with Clinton a bright eight or nine year old asked to say grace at a hurried supper before a train. The boy’s long muttered blessing drew stifled smiles and a sharp rebuke from his father ending the interrupted prayer with a playful warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Mamma
Father
J.B. T
Good Housekeeping
Good Flowers For Masses Of Color In Beds
A discussion of flowering plants suited to mass plantings highlights the California poppy for rich yellow color and dramatic effect. Phlox drummondii is recommended with color kept separate to avoid odd blends, while white, rose, and pale yellow varieties of the petunia and Calliopsis offer showy blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mow to Buy Hosiery in a Budget Guide
A Victorian style guide urges practical hosiery purchases with emphasis on vests and stockings as necessities. It advises four pairs for daily wear and two pairs of silk or openwork for evenings, warning against waste and promoting timely mending to save effort later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gallert
Awasteemers
Grape Fruit Marmalade for Nursery Table
Grape fruit marmalade makes an excellent nursery dessert. Peel and shred the fruit, boil until tender, then add an equal weight of sugar and all drained juice. Boil, skim, simmer the pulp and rind for 15 minutes, boil again, and set in jelly tumblers.
Sorrento Island Notes and Visitors Roll
Sorrento news records summer guests at Hotel Sorrento including Mrs Hall F Baldwin Yonkers and others from New York City Providence Boston and Bangor. Local fishermen report catches at James Parker’s wharf and the steamer E P Dixon in commission with Capt Hodgkins aboard. Ailing residents include G H Rutter Roy Hooper and others with several relocations and social visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Sorrento
Hall F. Baldwin
Yonkers
N. Y
Granville F. Garth
Mines Garth
New York City
Mary Cole
A. F. Tibbit
Tibbits
Bangor
Samuel 8. Rice
Cambridge
Mass
Charles F. Sterns
Providence
Stephen R. Jones
Boston
J. W. Welch
Oakland
Measles Diminishing as Island Summer Scene Grows
In Atlantic and nearby towns a steady flow of summer visitors arrives while measles wanes. Reverend Gideon Mayo delivers an engaging sermon to a crowded Baptist congregation, with residents from nearby villages in attendance. Notable local activity includes yacht Undercliff from the New York Yacht Club visiting Old Harbor on its way to Southwest Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bridges
Atlantic
Martha Stockbridge
Southwest Harbor
Gideon Mayo
Baptist Church
Undercliff
Daniel McKay
Old Harbor
New York Yacht Club
Howard Staples
Alfred Bridges
Philip Small
Will Young
Deer Isle
Community Notes From Local Church and Town Visits
The church is being painted. Mrs. Sarah Jones, long in Boston, is at home. Miss Mee McCarty, vacationing with her mother, returned to Waltham. Miss Albertine Saunders, in Massachusetts two years, sent home for the summer. The band gave a pleasing Hillside concert. Indica sewing society members enjoyed ice cream and cake. Mrs. H. W. Conley and child, staying with Conley’s parents in Stonington, arrived Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pranklin Rand
Daniel McKay
Seal Harbor
Belle Robinson
Cambridge
Mass
Henry Miles
Tank Station
Ney Kiilman
Lincoln
Daniel Robinson
Wea
Green Joy
George P. Clark
Massachusetts
Richard Laffin
Boston
Sarah Latin
Serena Miles
Indy
Eben Tracy
Lydia Joy
Mary Butler
Mattie Kendston
Guilford
Stillman Ward
William ‘Miles
G.souna
Benjamin Richardson
Richardson
Sarah Jones
Mee McCarty
Waltham
Albertine Saunders
Hillside
Indica’ Sewing Society
H. W. Conley
Ehild
Stontopping
Conley
Dr. Moore
Onley
MOUTH OF THE RIVER
Miss Alice Wilson visits Cranberry Isles while Inez L Pratt heads to Northeast Harbor to work. A social at H C Rays last week and multiple visits among Bar Harbor Brooksville Winter Harbor and Frankfort residents are noted. Laxative Wromo Quinine Tablets are advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wilson
Cranberry Isles
Inez L. Pratt
Northeast Harbor
H.C. Ray
Mark Milliken
Bar Harbor
Will Yorke
Gray
Brooksville
Fred Sadier
Gladys
Winter Harbor
Luln Rollins
Lakewood
Extella Ray
Hannah Bunker
Hodgkins
Winfred Milliken
Charlie Alley
Frankfort
Sarah Doyle
Brewer and Noyes Guests of Capt Whitmore Family
Brewer spent several days with their father Albert Fullerton and Mr Noyes and wife of Baltimore as guests of Capt John Whitmore and wife last week Mrs Noyes is a niece of Capt Whitmore.
West Ellsworth Notes and Arrivals at Idlehour Cottage
The hay crops are reported near average. Fred Staney of Lynn visits Idlehour cottage for vacation. Miss Gracie A. Carter summers with her father and brothers in Brooklin. Vin Smith notes Mrs L M Seeds near his home. Huchie Ray, son of Herbert and Clara A Gasper, boards with Mr and Mrs Ivory Hall. Mrs Clara I Carter carves a path for her son H P Carter during hav ing and earns cordial welcomes along her old route. John B Mitchell returns from Massachusetts. daughter Miss Helen I Mitchell will keep a house for him on the Bucksport road. Linwood Garland has gone to Franklin to work. Emeryn Frazier works at the Green Lake hatchery. Mrs Roxie French and Miss May French of Orono visit relatives. Ralph E French returns to Franklin home. Mrs French stays until September. Fine and grinding Adet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou B. Haskell
Beverly Mass
James Parker
Peregrine
R. H. White
Boston
Vanguard
Society
Hiram Emery
Callie Emery
Seth Emery
Percy Dunbar
Bar Harbor
Baptist Parsonage
N. J
Abe
East Franklin
G. H. Rutter
Roy Hooper
Clifton Donnell
Lawrence
Mass
Edith Gordon
Southwest Harbor
Fred E. Blaisdell
Hall Quarry
Baying
Abel Smith
Cherryfield
Amber Gordon
Lizzie Patten
Sullivan and
Sorrento
Barney Havey
West Sullivan
Sunda
Webster Adams
Newburyport
A. C. Aranndell
Daugh Alma
Providence
Foy
F.E. Blaisdell
Temple
Lizzie Bragdon
Gertrude
Lamoine
Morse
Kent's Hill
A. A. Urann
Fred Staney
Lynn
Idlehour Cottage
Gracie A. Carter
Brooklin
Vin Smith
Linwood Garland
Franklin
Emeryn. Frazier
Green Lake Hatchery
Roxie French
Mian May French
Orono
Ralph E. French
Cascarets Candy Cardiac Laxative Ad Review
An old advertisement urges readers to buy Cascarets Candy Cathartic tonight. It promotes genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. and warns they are never sold in bulk, available at all druggists.
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KA Sailor
Brooklyn
County News
Hall Attionat
G. D. Binie
E. P. Dixon
Portamouth
Portmouth
Navis
Gifford Cochran
Weston Fuller
Irving Stewart
William Donovan
Sorrento Golf Club
Mt. Kinco
James Stewart
Edinburgh
Scotland
Stewart
Sorrento Club
M.P
Adber
Ellsworth
White Goods
New England
Marivore
Adelbert Hodgkins
G. Burnham
Egypt
H. Remick
Sylvia Brown
Ellsworth Falls
Mra
John Anderson
James J. Ham
Cambridgeport
Estella
Dorothy
Seneca H. Remick
Fannie B. Hopkins
Bertha
Sumner Rowe
Trenton
Thureday
Bernard Stenley
Nebum Hodgkins
Aue
C. J. Tracy
Edith Hovey
Helen Hovey
Millie Gup
Milbridge
John C. Hovey
Jen
Cape Koster
Bertie
Alice
Henry Maling
Brewer
M. A. Blake
Fairview
Eleanor
Arthur Waterman
Malden
George Waterman
South Hancock
R. Bunker
Little Son
Carroll
Somerville
Charles Chamberlin
Gt Ponti, II
Mrs. Chamberlin
Thomas J. Hodgkins
B. A. Macomber
Belle Betts
Isaac Smith
Wrinten Sadie
Bertha Pallerton
Prine
Penobscot River
Giles
Burrill
Adet
L. F
Atwood
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