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Ellsworth American

Location

Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1902

Page

3

High School Fete Promises Farco and Drama Fun

The county paper notes a high school entertain ment Thursday evening featuring farce and drama. Local residents, students, and families anticipate a lively program at the schoolhouse, with participation from Marion Wooster, Harry Woonter, and other town students.

Granniin W. H Powlealand Marion Wooster Castine Mr. Kendall Ortington Eiaiting Pin Aleter C. B. Groom Farco Harry Woonter Pittafield Joseph Wilt Doyle Els Pittafielo Fred H. Macomber W ‘Jove’ Tank Camp H. L. Smith Methodist Thoreh W. H. Powless Mew. Smith

Allsworth Market Weights and Measures Rates

Ellsworth markets set standard bushel weights for salts and produce. Salt from Liverpool weighs 60 pounds per bushel, Turks Island salt 70. Potatoes, apples, beans, wheat, beets, turnips, peas, corn, oats, and other items have specific bushel and pound weights cited for shipping and trade. Retail fees and trade calculations are noted for local merchants.

Liverpool Turks Island Ellsworth

Fire Devastates Bath Block-Marking Plant and Maine Dwellings

The week reports a major fire destroying Jackson & Sons block-marking plant at Bath and burning Capt. F. F. Carting and PL Dennivan’s dwellings at Thomaston. Estimated losses reach about $30,000 with $3,500 insured. Plus, a Calais bank building fire damages upper story for $50,000 with multiple insured claims. A five-masted schooner John B. Prescott foundered Feb. 23 near Vineyard Haven after colliding with a gale, with Savannah rescuing the crew of twelve. The Prescott, built at Camden, sailed from Fall River carrying 4200 tons of coal and sank as the Savannah stood by.

F. F. Carting Dennivan Thomaston Jackson & Sons Bath Oddelles Calais Cain We la Woods & Co Los Odd Fellows Savings Bank John B. Prescott Fail River Newport News Boston Vineyard Haven Savannah Harding Prescott Aleak Camden Fall River

Bangor visits and illness in county news item

Auror Mrs. Joseph Ritchie is ill Mrs A E Mace and her daughter Darla visit friends in Bangor Lumbermen move from woods due to rain Mrs B Crosby visits friends in Lamothe Elsworth and Bangor Miss Inez D Mace returns from Pittafield to school Andrew Kelley and wife go to Bangor for physician consultation Mrs Kelley has cataracts in both eyes Advertisement Hoods Sarsaparilla promotes cleansing and building up the system

North Castine Benson Wardwell Rows Conner Nellie Curtix Clara Baker Briday Brownville Georgia Wardwell Brookline Mose Normal School Augusta Leach Nellie Frank Laura Dunbar Joseph Ritchie A. E. Mace Nttle Darla Bangor B. Crosby Lamothe Elsworth Inez D. Mace Pittafield Andrew Kelley

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