Golf fever in a rural boardinghouse yard
A rambling piece recalls boarders at a village inn turning to golf, detailing makeshift courses across pastures, jokes about gear and fashion, and the social quirks of a hobby reshaping daily life. It notes how golf disrupts meals, housing, and leisure, while praising the exercise and community banter it sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston College
Astranger
Blu
Wan
Cat
Hite
Abe
Thompson's
Stowell
Mondder Brook
Agricultural Bulletin Letters From Hancock Farmers
The June bulletin of the State Department of Agriculture presents letters from Hancock county farmers. It discusses profitable crops such as peaches and potatoes, bean crops with careful cultivation, and the use of spraying and Bordeaux mixture on potatoes. It notes vegetable and fruit production for home markets, with apples described as a major crop after hay and potatoes. It also reflects on farm abandonment in areas, noting some farms are repurchased and that persistent, energetic farmers will restore deserted farms to former productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
Warren
Brooksville
L. C. Romeirs
Land Cultivation Tips For Fall Sowing In Potatoes Area
In this local note, A M Donrry discusses land work and crop rotation for fall planting. Advice covers breaking up land, sowing the first year, plowing after grain, and caution against overworking soil when not wet. The prominent crop in the area is potatoes and some bows and grain are grown. A medical advert promotes Dr Fowler Wild Strawberry Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M. Donrry
Probate notices and wills probated in Hancock County Maine
A jumble of probate court notices from Ellsworth and Hancock County Maine, detailing wills, executors, accounts, guardianships, and public announcements. It includes claims of debts, estates of John A Williams and Lucy A Plumer, and statements by Andrew W Soper, Elwell Williams, and others. notices about hearings on July 1 1902 and June 3. and a Massachusetts executor's tax claim for Harriet N Lowell with scheduled beneficiaries and shares.
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Warnes Inabel H. "Thurston
Charles J. Thurston
Tremont
Hancock County
Maine
Ikea
Dass Harbor Head
Hisio
McMullen
Ibase
Gralem Towne, Jr
Ainda
Saat
Grindall
Mra. Fuller
F. Wans
Vaid Han Cock
Tous W. Sosas
Mount Desert
Ellaworth
Hancock
Atver
Elleworth American
Elsworth
Biueil
Qaid
John A. Williams
Said
Elwell i Willams
Andrew
Soper
Oriand
Ald
Andrew W Roper
Eden
Said County
Oxborne M. Kittredge
Richmond H. Kittrede
Lucy A. Plumer
Clara A. Gibbs
Walter Bimsdell
Beatrice Blaisdell
Jom H. Noyes
Jessie B. Noyes
Leroy’ Hatchings
Eya Blaisdell
Franklin
Henry Noyes
Sullivan
Hattie Hutchings
George F. Tatty
Q. B. Cunningham
Cnan
P. Donn
Register
State OF
Hancoe
Lavell Bartridge
Boston
Rudfork
Commonwealth of Manachusettn
Harret N Lowell
Laselt Rridge
Henry P. Walcott
Lowell
Eaid
Isiand
A. Dwan
Dasent E. PaMennik
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Surrouk Sa
Yame
Harry Washington Lowell
Wilt
Norens
Maing
Ellsworth
Eall
F Cunningham. Hodge
Ailent
Cnam
P. Domes
Ilsworth
Jane
Barnert
Unine
Aud
Winehill
P. Cunsingham
Seeomane
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Yarmer
Gary
Emu
Ike Sherman
Lamote
Cros Roads
Deersteak Yee Bay
Delpions
Stone Wall
Agricultal Bulletin
Advertiser
The
Ellsworth American
Regal
Alfred
Reynolds
Desert
Haycock County
Northeast Harbor
Towit
Miggins
Higgins
Central Street
Francis Murdock
Willam P. Ellison
Edward H Mason
Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Mary Skauhon
Newton
Slaine
Francis Mumpocx
William P. Blussox
Eowaap H. Mason
Elliott Jordan
Waltham
Satieroon
Ian Berensterneans
Amin F. Joan
Blof
W. Soper Watson
Frank J. Leland
Roncoe E-Gould
Melinda J. Hart Ten
Kendall K. Hodgdon
Geo. . Fuller
Guardian
Martha EB. Seavey
Gouldsboro
William H. Seavey
Lcense
Caliste Austin
Philander R. Austy
Pearl B. Austin
Stalph H. Condon
Bie M. Forg
Blanche Foxe
Ole
Charles E. Fogg
Jonx A. Kuure, Atice of the Peace
Seu
Teva Roth
Parsons
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