County News Briefs From Sedgwick and Nearby
Local items note Captain Horace Grindle hauling gravel to Bar Harbor and Captain Frank Closson aboard the William G. Eadie similarly loading gravel for Bar Harbor. Various residents are mentioned returning home or visiting, including George Murch after nine months away, H Gailey's barn project on Alley’s Island, and visitors from Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor. A clam factory shutdown is reported after a strong spring with 4 026 vases shipped to Portland containing 199 248 cans. A June 4 note reports a quiet wedding for Sidney L. Treadwell and Susie Grover at Brewer, and other local happenings include library varnish, a Kate L Pray cargo, a town hall dance, and other small arrivals and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Point
Horace Grindle
Bar Harbor
George Murch
Frank Closson
William G. Eadie
L. J. Sylvester
Swan's Island
Lillie
O. P. Carter
Castine Thoraday
Charles A. Gott
Dice’s
F. P. Wood
Bangor
Portland
They Work While You Sleep Patent Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Cas carets Candy Cathartie tablets as restorative for digestion liver and bowels. It claims the pills repair the system while you sleep, urging purchase from druggists for 10 cents with a genuine C. C. C. stamp.
Women and Secrets A Prominent Defense Of Female Trustworthiness
Margaret Hanuis argues in the St Louis Republic that women are natural secret keepers and should prove their trustworthiness. She cites mothers sisters wives and friends as guardians of confidences while stressing discretion and the dangers of betrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Clara
Margaret Hanuis
St. Louis Republic
Ellsworth Falls News and Local Notices
Charles Carrier and wife of Abbot visited relatives in Ellsworth Falls last week, returning Monday. Whitcomb, Haynes & Co. bought the A. B. Moore barn near the depot and will raise and repair it at once. George Austin and J. H. Nevils were home from Bar Harbor over Sunday. E. T. Finn, employed as one man by the Western Union Telegraph, was also home. Mrs. Lucy Haynes, long ill in Lynn Mass, has returned with her son Fred Cook. A quiet wedding occurred at Mrs. George L. Jordan’s home as Miss Louise Bresler and Lewis I. Gray wed. Rev. George W. Avery officiated. couple to reside locally. Mr. and Mrs. Gray began housekeeping in the Edward McQuinn house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington
Vinaiayen
Ile Au Haut
John L. Goss
Moore Island
F.M. Trundy
Oceanville
Jason Gross
Edward Wood
Constitution
Gerrish
Simpson
B. Thurlow
D. J. Noyes
J. K. Richardson
Eaton & Co
Arcadian
Bunset Hotel
G. W. Redman
J. Brimigion
Fred E. Webb
B. L. Noyes
Goss & Small
J. L. Thurlow
B. E. Boofford
O. B. Small
Scott Geyer
C. H
Webb
Mrs. R
Warren
South Deer Isle
Almond Sargent
F. H. Harding
Charles Ware
Herbert
Dority
Angie E. Spooner
Drew
Martha Spooner
Mount Desert Ferry
Margaret Colby
Bangor
Elizabeth Kief
Bessie Strong
Bar Harbor
Bertha Foss
C. Tucker
Charles Havey
Kate Jordan
Sullivan
Emma Havey
Nellie Kellum
Zenaida
Maud
Jonesport
Frank Giles
Aurora
J. H. Patten
Sewall Nickerson
Elsworth
J.P. Grover
Frederic Feary
Sidney L. Treadwell
Susie B. Grover
J. P. Grover
St Brewer
Charles Carrier
Abbot
Whitcomb, Haynes & Co
A. B. Moore
George ©. Austin
J. H. Nevils
Lalso E. T. Finn
Western Union Telegraph
Lucy Haynes
Lynn
Mass
John H. Cook
Fred Cook
Massachusetts
Haynes
George L. Jordan
Louise Bresler
Lewis I. Gray
George W. Avery
Gray
Edward McQuinn
North Ellsworth Society Notes and Local News
Alfred DeWitt and wife of Brewer spent Sunday with relatives in North Ellsworth. Edward K. Leach visits his mother in South Brooksville. Mrs. Mary Moore stays with her daughter Mrs. Benton Knowles in West Eden. Alec McGown on duty at Nicolin. Bert Spencer called to Green Lake. Mrs Emma Carter and her son Elmer visiting Galen Meddocks and wife in West Tremont. Joseph Titus suffers from dropsy. Robie Ramil returns after absence since November. Capt. Windford Sprague still troubled by a sore finger. George W. Lunt, wounded on the Morris W Childs, arrives home and is recovering. Ladies clean the church with the pastor supervising. Dr Tapley’s horse injured by barbed wire. Thelma Northeast Harbor reports. Gilpatrick’s hall to host first Saturday night dance with Monaghan’s orchestra Ellsworth. Monaghan closes a fifteen night dancing school. The belief that more eyes catch more dollars on advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Moore
Benton Knowles
West Eden
Alec McGown
Nicolin
Bert Spencer
Green Lake
Emma Carter
Elmer
Galen Meddocks
West Tremont
Joseph Titus
Robie Ramil
Windford Sprague
George W. Lunt
Burt
Morris W. Childs
Tapley
Mouth of the River social notices and visits
Little Maurice Hodgking has been ill for a long time. Mrs. Orren Thomas of Brower visited relatives there last week. Mrs. Brown of Bucksport visited her brother Willis Trim last week. The Indies and society will be entertained by Mrs. W. B. March on Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hodgking
Orren Thomas
Brower
Brown
Bucksport
Willis Trim
Indies
Lawn party enjoyed at Miss Lizete Frost’s in Ellsworth
Miss Mary A. Grindle of Ellsworth Falls visited Lakewood Saturday. A lawn party was held at Miss Lizete Frost’s Saturday evening and was well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Grindle
Ellsworth Fails
Lizete Frost
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Ellsworth
M. Gallert
White Goods
New England
Rexpe
Charles Hass
Selden Smith
Horace Sinclair
Eastbrook
Burnham’s Mill
Barney Mullin
John F. Clark
Howard Hodgkins
Lemoine
Charles Hardison
Henry Billings
Burnham
Hancock
Julia Hutchins
E.G. Burnham
Franklin
Lantbrook
Harry Crimmin
Tremont
Freeman Butler
Surry
Egypt
Mr. Burnham
Cemetery Improvement Society
Town Hall
Jane
Druggista
Mia
Frank Wilber
Hanpina
wWalthas
Albert Pettengill
Otis
Epee
Staroid Robberson
Boston
Hancock Pont
Hancock Point
H. Gailey
Alley
Harry C. Alley
Northeast Harbor
John Kimball
Warren Hingnes
A. Whitmore
Walden Pierce
Beatrice
Seal Harbor
Sedgwick
Madella
Frank Fitzgerald
West End
Brooklin
N. W. ‘Tibbetts
Fred 8. Thompson
Chicago
Lyman Somes
Kate L. Pray
Campbell & Macomber
Portsmouth
Anches
Monaghan’s Orchestra
Etlsworth
Secrets
Elisworth Falls
North Ellsworth
Alfred DeWitt
Brewer
Edward K. Leach
South Brooksville
Harnor
Gilpatrick’s
Monaghan
Lakewood
Dr. Kilmer & Home of SwampRoot. Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Atwood
Penobscot River
Giles & Burrill
Fred R. Spear
Rosendale
Importea Roruand
Adamant Wallmaster
Park Street
Rockland, Maine
Eastern Telephone 150
Clarion
Pearl
Ware
Main Street
J. P. Eldridge
The
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