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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
8
A dialectal verse recounts a playful, rustic trade described through repeated strokes and chiding warnings. The speaker guides a reader through practical and rustic tasks, hinting at craft and patience with local phrases and rhythmic cadence.
In a Devonshire village a young woman reads a troubling newspaper clipping amid a sea side summer mood. Terence Dawnay, abroad with his regiment, writes of a sacred bond while a secret engagement rumor swirls around Miss Sargeant. A forged notice and a lover’s misread letter drive the girl toward renunciation before Dawnay learns the truth and returns to her.
On a Philadelphia street car, a red haired man challenged a Chinese passenger to surrender a seat. The Chinaman stood and indignantly claimed citizenship, while bystanders including several women eventually took seats as the scene drew to a close.
A London Standard snippet recalls George TV as prince regent visiting Doncaster. While ill with a cold, his party waved to onlookers from a balcony. An excited Yorkshire woman asks to see the prince and, upon spotting him, proclaims the royal highness “him with a handkerchief in his hand.” She then denounces him, saying he “allows his own nose.”
The passage describes cooling drinks by salting water and wrapping a jug in a damp cloth, with air flow and occasional rewetting. It then lists suggested nap times for children from infancy to age three and beyond, stating sleep needs and a 10 hour night rule until growth ends.
The guide explains table setting order from service plate outward. It details placing the oyster fork and the dinner spoons knives and forks for courses including oysters consomme meat salad and dessert with sherbet or jelly, emphasizing proper placement for good housekeeping.
A Berlin woman's club in the city’s fashionable west end hosts guests each year inviting male relations to meet members. The clubrooms showcase prominent German society women, highlighting its comfort elegance and accommodation.
Baxtbrook and Oak Point sections report residents moving in and out of towns Selina Blake and family relocate to Sullivan while George Tracy moves to North Sullivan Mrs Julia Henderson visits relatives and others ill or traveling at Bar Harbor and Brewer many small town updates July 29 entries note births visits and arrivals including families from Amherst Brewer Bangor and Northeast Harbor plus local business movement and a brief medicine ad for Cascarets.
Philip D. Haskell and Walter Greenlaw arrived home from Boston and Sunday respectively while schooner Marshall Perrin sailed to New York. Many visitors and residents are listed including Mrs Mahe Powers, Mrs Fimina Torrey, Captain Charles Small on the Admiral, Judge Spofford, and others. Local activities include church fairs, a baseball game, and various trips to nearby towns with numerous family visits and gatherings in the Sullivan area.
Get What You Ask For When you ask for Cascarets Candy Cathartic be sure you get them Genuine tablets stamped C C C Never sold in bulk A substitutor is always a cheat and a fraud Beware All druggists roc.
Johnston travels with cousin Musa Dollard to Ellsworth to visit grandmother Mrs. Martha Dollard. Funeral services for Mrs. Myra Hudjock held at home with Rev. Clarence Emery officiating. Numerous locals and visitors noted, including spins through the Atlante university interests and Epworth League convention presence in San Francisco. seed farm magnate Morse family details and movement of Ada Morse and Prof Walter Clark.
George Mureh is in poor health. The Indies with society will meet with Mrs. George Fullerton Aug. 1. Isaiah Garland visits his mother Mrs. Eunice Williams. John Chatto and wife are ill. Mrs. Chatto suffers a minor paralyzing attack. Josiah Smith and wife visit their daughter Mrs. George Fullerton. Mrs. Abbie Brower and her daughter of Bar Harbor were guests of Aunt Mrs. Abigail Staples on July 20.
Granville Tate of Bayside spent Sunday with friends locally while Linwood Garland, employed in Franklin, was at home. Hattie Frazier of Ellsworth Parcels visited her father Jeremiah Moore. John Ballantyne of Boston plans to build a cottage on a lot purchased from James Garland and may bring his family this week. The item notes July 23 and features local chatter with humorous aside about a weather joke and a Quinine Tablets ad.
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