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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1900
Page
7
John Strange Winter argues marriage signifies freedom, household leadership, income management, status, and enjoyment. It marks growth from youth to adulthood, with college and society shaping character, responsibility, and the future of children, culminating in productive bloom after maturity.
A Boston Prayeer column describes Indian women, praising Hindoo beauty across castes. It notes Kashmiris with dark yet soft complexions, large eyes, and elegant features, and remarks on the grace and carriage of women carrying loads on streets.
A fragmented passage discusses old pocket watches with varied cases including roan and bullseye styles. It notes that watch works have little value while cases may fetch trifling sums, and describes pincer and velvet fittings for pincushions. It then shifts to a rare artifact made from human hair tied to sixteenth century French inquiries and a necklace of Mary Stuart era interest.
The piece argues that an ideal woman balances home life with broad interests, embracing motherhood and love while gaining sympathy and energy to pursue abstract thought and serious study. It urges women to shed shallow tastes, take responsibility, and care for national honor as well as domestic happiness.
A passage from Ladies' Home Journal notes that a knight of old would remove his helmet to show he felt among friends and faced no danger. The custom has persisted in the habit of raising the hat when saluting a lady.
Old running and fever sores ulcers felons corns warts chapped hands chilblains and piles are claimed to be cured by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It drives out pains and aches and is sold by druggists for 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed.
The county item details bear trapping by Hutching and Williams near Old Hayther. Local contractors recall Washington job bids amid a schoolhouse hall dispute and a special town meeting to find space for primary schooling at East Franklin. Various locals travel for stone work, quarries report dull activity, and street lighting progresses from Bar Harbor to Hulls Cove. Memorial Day events attract crowds and band performances.
A long, dense reminiscence traces the rise of the United States from early colonial clashes to the Civil War era. It highlights enduring battles over slavery, faith, and liberty, praising abolitionists like Garrison and Lincoln while noting pivotal campaigns such as Gettysburg and Vicksburg and the unyielding union effort that forged a nation from division.
An old ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cures indigestion and stomach disorders, claiming it returns health to the body like wheels on a track. It also promotes Hood's Adet for indigestion and nausea.
The excerpt recalls after Plymouth Rock and Jamestown how Ammetion grew from small settlements into a nation. It laments wartime and praises American resolve, frontiers opening, and the surge of growth while questioning colonial legacies and the people’s voice in governance. The piece intertwines patriotism with calls to national unity and the duties of citizens.
Public sale set for June in Ellsworth to settle a 200.30 debt plus 11.05 in salt with interest. Real estate in Brooklin and Sedgwick described in three parcels with parcels of land and a building, conveyed from earlier deeds, will be sold to the highest bidder under a 1900 judgment in the Supreme Judicial Court of Hancock County.
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