Cranberry county notes on seafaring folk and local life
Local notices detail life at Cranberry and nearby towns with sailors returning home from mackerel trips, plans for summer work on yachts, education events at Castine and Buck’s Harbor, a long-serving worker marking fifty years in his trade, and community gatherings from box suppers to church programs. Several families from Bar Harbor, Boothbay, and Northeast Harbor are mentioned alongside public health and cemetery improvement efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry
Mamie F. Spurling
Ben Jaggion
New York
Fred Bracy
Rye
N.H
Mary E. Bunker
Dexter
Larrabee
Rozella
Gertrude Gray
Lubec
M.D. Chatto
Julia Chatto
Pittsfield
Maine Central Institute
Byron
Don
Exta Stone
Bev ‘Erly
Mass
D. M
Abbie Suminsby
Bar Harbor
B. Knowles
Mildred Mayo
Mina Cassle Higgins
Deloren Higgins
the Narrows
Chester Rich
Northeast Harbor
Bluehil
Northeast Farbor
B. Thurlow
Edith Simpson
Constitution
W. Brimigton
Mr. Baxter
Portland
Clayton Gilley
Southwest Harbor
Clarence Moulton
Fred Grows
Boston
Frollo
Enatoroe Mra
Lizzie Grindie
Blachill
Heare
Robert Babcock
Brewer
Tere
A. B. Bunker
John DeMeyer
DeMeyer
Guy Butler
Cemetery Improvement Society
Sunnyside Cemetery
Maine Central European Tour to Scotland and England
The Maine Central party of twenty five plans a September to October tour to Scotland and England with stops at Glasgow Edinburgh York London Stratford on Avon and more. Depart Portland September 7 return October 20 aboard Dominion steamship line. F. A. Elwell coordinates travel details with trip priced attractively and starting near the traveler’s Maine Central station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Party
Scotland
England
Glasgow
Portland
Europe
Maine Central
Great Britain
F. A. Elwell
F. J. Boothby
Maine Central ‘ Railroad
Portland, Main
Only Woman World Railroad Treasurer Is Miss Shaw
Miss Roberta M. Shaw of Chicago is described as the only woman in the world holding a railroad treasurer post. Born in Linn, Ontario, she moved to South Dakota and then Chicago, rising from stenographer and bookkeeper to become treasurer of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway company after its reorganization. The piece also surveys modern ideals of womanhood in fiction, tracing six character types from commonplace to living, and notes prominent authors and heroines across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta M. Shaw
Chicago
Linn
Ist
South Dakota
Rovberta
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway
Wisconsin and Michigan Railway Company
Richardson
Pamela
Clarissa Harrows
Fichling
Amelia
Vicar of Wakefield
Fanny Burney
Evelina
Jane Austen
Emma
Mrs. Bennett
Elinor
Marienne
Thackeray
Becky Sharp
Ethel Newcome
Laura Pendennis
Lady Castleton
Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Jeanie
Effie Deans
Rowena
Rebecca
Amy Robsart
Agnes
Dora
David Gopperfeld
Dinah Morris
Romola
Magegiv Tulliver
Dorothea Brooke
Gwendolin Harleth
Num
Drapery mend and home remedies show a thrifty tone
The notes offer practical tips for mending table linens before washing, selecting cottons by fabric fineness, and careful darning with appropriate backing. It also describes oiling floors with linseed oil and dyeing floors with an oak bark decoction, plus a honey lemon cough remedy and a cautionary ad line about famed sales.
Week's Winnowings of News and Nudges at Andover Post Office
Oddball items from a Maine issue recount four year sentences for Robert McLain and John Jenkins for the Andover post office burglary, a War claims commission appointment for Ruel Smith, and early notes on the Maine battleship Maine disaster. Also covers a schooner incident, a drowning, and early 20th century medical remedies and local ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McLain
John Jenkins
Andover
Maine
Phomeston
United States District Court
Ruel Smith
Bangor
Spain
A. McNichol
Machine ‘Thuracay
Salem
Also Mentioned on This Page
County
Neves
Mre
William H. Preble
Lizzie
Boothbay
Frances A. Spurling
Susie
Anna Stinson
Castine
Eva Treworgy
Sophia Hutchings
Kate Mender
Buck’s Harbor
Machinsport
Martha Mayo
Sorre Steam Yacht
E. P. Dixon
Frank Jones
Sorrento
G. D. Blake
Cousing
Bialadel
Sagemore
Navis
Philomena
Marblehead
Rich
Nathaniel Francis
Francis
Bre
Francia
Mes. Francis
M. W. Fuller
West Crookaville
James H. Jones
Mr. Jones
Lucy J. Jones
George Green
Wort Mills
Goose Rock Station
Vinalhaven
Towsox
Everard R. Leach
Court Bagaduce I
O. F
Mr. Wallace
Poston University
Methodist Church
W. J. Creamer
B. H. Leach
Dr. Wardwell
Ernest Perkins
Page's
Teddy Pond
Sullivan
Wharm & Moonn
Stonington
Maud Hatch
Camden
Mary Wells
W. H. Goss
E. H. Foster
Nova Scotia
Jane
Eugene
Weat
Frantiin
D. B. Smith
Haynesville
Charles R. Clarke
George B. Coombs
Currie Coombs
Philadelphia
Grace Woodside
Martha
Sam Hardison
George W. Avery
Ellsworth Falls
Belle
D. B. Fenwick
Chelsea
George Hinman
Mrs
Otis Hinman
Franklin Haven
South Gouldspora
Melvina Carter
Miriam Sperry
Eilla Sargent
Mark Island
Lucy Bunker
Prospect Harbor
W. Preston Wood
Guy E. Wood
Lowell, Fla
Gladys Higgins
Belle Hodgdon
Motfitt
W. W. Hodgdon’s
Donu
Conta
Ellsworth Markets
Cyan
Sena
Roufouatel
Smost
Flordagras
Rovers Cottee
Rico
Java
Japan
Graham
Gone K & B
Astralotf
Ellsworth
Louis Lam
Bladkemith
St. Louis
Chase & Sanborn
Riclyco, Tagsok
Caribou
James Brown
Potrsmouth
DeWitt
Mazel
Winarx & Moore
Sanborn
Jimmy
Tommy
Wican & Moork
Mrxam
Minard's Liniment M.G. Company
Clarion
Jesus
Wood & Bishop Company
Bangor, Mee
True
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