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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
7
A dated health advertisement extols Vinol as a vital tonic to renew flesh, strengthen bones, and improve digestion. It features testimonials from railroad worker H M Stufell praising kidney and stomach relief while gaining weight, and a parable about Victorien Sardon misattributing success to manuscript handwriting, underscoring era writing practices.
A bookstore clerk converses with a young woman about Moore’s book and a new tale titled Just One Ed. The fragment includes admonitions on women’s roles, a mused proverb about history and the fall of Adam, and a brief mention of One Minute Cough Cure marketed to cure coughs and colds.
An aged eel fisher Billy Daniel is approached by a mysterious stranger who grants him a midnight eel command incantation. Billy builds a round house, swears to the devil, and after a storm the house becomes square erasing the omen. The parson later buys the property. tale ends with the devil likely getting his due.
A fragmentary piece blends a rural narrator named Grantha with lines about fishing and a boyish reminiscence of Wilton Lake. It contrasts old time Yankee talk with a tale of a stern pole and worm, ending with a reflection on women’s roles and work outside the home as voiced by Edward Lok in Ladies' Home Journal.
The quote defines satire as something that forces laughter against will to reveal what one fears or resents. The misquoted phrasing and mention of advertisements frame satire as a rhetorical device shaping perception amid commercial media.
In winter Genson's plaster claims to ease chest back and lung symptoms. It markets Benson's Porous Plasters as superior to other remedies, with rapid action on congestion and breathing. Sold by druggists with prepaid postage on 25 cents, advertised as a trusted household cure.
A historical notice from UNITED STATES BRANCH OF THE EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD OF LONDON presents assets and liabilities as of December 11, 1900. It lists assets including stocks and bonds and uncollected premiums, with total assets and total liabilities and surplus. The advertisement promotes accident and liability insurance and announces a new General Line Policy covering domestic servants and private residence accidents, with costs quoted for one and three year terms, inviting contact through regional agents W A R Booring Waterville and Mason Ellsworth Me.
Fidelity and Deposit Company Nosts OmnIce Baltimore Maryland presents financials as of December 3 1900. The balance sheet lists real estate Fidelity building 9800000 state and municipal bonds 1580086 street railway bonds 8040000 mallemud and other bond 1010115 notes receivable cash in office and bank and capital stock paid in surplus premium reserve and undivided profits. Claims in process of adjustment and reported but not filed appear with 20888 122567 105505.88. Officers include President Enway Waneienn vice presidents H Crawtonn Brack Jos R Stoxannexen Henry B Pratt two. A Williams secretary treasurer Heenax E Boater Harry Niconemen Troan L Rents Avat Second Amst Sec Treas.
A Maine notice details a judgment in Hancock County Court against Michael Duffee for 161.03 dollars plus costs, with real estate seized to satisfy the execution. It describes parcel No. 2 bounded by historic deeds, dated June 5, Weed era, and recorded in volume 110, page 171, totaling about eight and one half acres. Sale set for April 9, 1901, at 5:30 p.m. at Kilnworth, to the highest bidder, unless satisfied. Also notes appointment of Lizzie E. Roberts as executrix and John Mitchell as agent for claims against the estate of David W. Benson, with payment requests to be made.
A flood of legal texts details executions, judgments, and real estate sales across Dedham Hancock County and Ellsworth. It lists assets including parcels bounded by Buckport Road Holden lines and land once owned by Samuel Pukham and Charles J. Camber with dates in 1900s, plus a Maine administrator notice for Seth Tisdale estate with bond and agent details.
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