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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1902
Page
4
Ellsworth reports spring remarks from West Franklin about rising tides and a flooding thaw. National notes cover census bureau permanence under Roosevelt, a shift to salary-based rural delivery management, debates on ship subsidy and president defense bills, and Cuba policy tensions within Republican ranks.
Miss Nascy M. Abbott of Hancock Point suggests a possible Hancock Point summer school. She notes interest from Portland and Fryeburg circles, urges influential summer residents to drive action, and extols Hancock Point as an ideal New England site for a summer program.
Reports from The Americas detail barges and schooners at Stonington with two vessels sinking in New York Bay on February 21. Bar Harbor seeks a federal post office building with mixed support in Congress, while excavations near Frank Damon’s towline are discussed as potential ethnological findings under Smithsonian guidance.
John Thomas a longtime Ellsworth resident born into slavery in Scotland and freed by Lincoln’s emancipation died Tuesday after a period of illness. He lived in Ellsworth as a trusted worker for Isac M. Grant on Water Street and earlier served the Back family. A Boston visit to see Mr. Garrison is highlighted, and his simple, faithful life is praised in a funeral at the Methodist church, where he was a respected member.
Fragmentary OCR shows a wholesale druggist listing with unclear names and phrases. Mentions prices per bottle and claims of superior remedies, but lacks coherent details or identifiable entities.
Mrs Mary A Moore widow of Lemsel Moore who died February 21 was born in Greenbesh and moved to North Ellsworth as a child. She lived near Brimmer's bridge, raised three children and four step children, and a grandson Willie Moore. She was active in welfare and neighborly duties. The item also mentions a separate Chesan co manslaughter sentence and a new Swan's Island postmaster appointment for SW Stinson.
A probate court in Hancock County Maine handles the estate of Tay lor Dickson. The executor directs the estate, Gl Croix Dubois, to determine marked property value and estate tax amounts. The document lists filing by the executor and witness attestations, with notice to interested parties and a February deadline.
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