Ellsworth Poor Contract Sparks Tender for Five Year Bid
The Ellsworth board of aldermen considers bids to renew the twenty year care contract for the city poor after Harry Jones’s term expires. Several bids are received. amounts not yet public. Jones’s long service praised, with claims of pauper-law knowledge saving city money. The American and local editors endorse his bid for another five years. The piece also comments on tariff policy and broader economic signals.
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Elsworth
Harry Sones
Board of Aldermen
Ellsworth
Jones
Maine
Mornican
Fellows for Speaker in Maine Legislature
Oscar F Fellows of Bucksport leads a push for Speaker of the Maine House with Hancock County backing. A Bangor Commercial Bucksport note praises his abilities as a debater parliamentarian and orator, while rivals Pettengill of Rumford Falls and Webb of Portland are also mentioned.
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Pettengill
Rumford Falls
Rep
Webb
Portland
Bucksport
Bangor
G.P. Fellows
Felowe
Bucks Port
T. C. Woodman
Sailor Preacher Rev Andrew Gray Dies at Ellsworth Home
Rev Andrew Gray known as the Sailor Preacher died Sunday night at Simon Flood’s home after a long illness. Born September 2 1803 in Brooksville he sailed many years, married Hannah Howard and fathered nine children. He organized two Free Baptist churches, baptized eighty five, and preached across Maine from Otis to Ellsworth. Funeral held at Ellsworth Free Baptist Church with Rev Mosher delivering the sermon. His life was marked by hardy seafaring and steadfast faith.
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Andrew Gray
Free Baptist Church
East Surry
SurRy
Simon Flood
Brooksville
Josiah Satan Morey Gray
Christopher Gray
Castine
Andrew
Wauilor
Pickering’s Island
Hitler Macomber
Bay of Chetour
Hannah Howard
Daniel
Bartis
Grace the Davis
Bar Harbor
den. Gray
Five Baptist Church
Otis
Baptist Church
Ellsworth
Mar
Otter Creek
Mt. Desert
John B. Hedmen
H. W. Dunn
Mr. Mosher
Bangor Free
State Solons. Legislative News of Interest to Hancock County Readers
The seventieth legislature closed with a busy final day, including farewells, a mock session, and gifts to Speaker Manley and President Hamlin. General appropriations for 1901 and 1902 were passed, with total state spending about the same as the prior year and anticipated revenue gains. Key actions included a Marinville resolve, Maine Eye and Ear infirmary funding being killed, the election of A. W. Gilman as commissioner of agriculture, and enactments on fee fishing at Greenke and deer protection on Swans Island.
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Hancock County
Senate
Hamlin
Kennebec Journal
Virgin
Camber
Manley
Spofford
Deer Isle
Buck
Marinville
Committee On
House
Maine
Green Ke
Swans Island
No Trout For Sale in Hancock County Law Passed
Hancock County enacts a law prohibiting fishing for and selling trout within the county. The act criminalizes taking or trading trout for sale and sets fines from ten to thirty dollars plus one dollar per trout, aiming to deter market fishing by Bar Harbor dealers and protect local trout stocks.
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Hancock County
Wil
Hancock
Bar Harbor
Savoy
Usb
Mlnor
Maine
Hxocook County
Maine Central Directors Elected At Annual Meeting
The Maine Central Railroad annual meeting elected directors Lucius Tuttle Franklin A Wilson Samuel C Lawrence William G Davis Joseph H Manley George F Evans. Officers chosen include President Lucius Tuttle Vice President and Manager George F Evans Clerk Josiah H Drummond. Fr Alexis Decoller Dies Of Pneumonia At Westbrook Parish. The Rev. Fr. Alexis Decoller pastor of St Hyacinthe's Church Westbrook, dies after illness. He was a well known Catholic clergyman in Maine.
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Maine Central Railroad
Lucius ‘Tuttle
Franklin A. Wilson
Samuel C. Lawrence
William G. Davis
Joseph H. Manley
George F. Evans
Lucius Tuttle
Josiah H. Drummond
Alexis Decoller
St. Hyacinthe’s Church
Westbrook
Maine
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Michigan
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
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Cuba
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Island
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United States
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South Gouldsboro
The
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Dedham
Long Island
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Oscar F. Fellows
Kucksport
Haseen
Augusta
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Wisconsin
Babcock
Republican Party
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Ellsworth's Big Store
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Ellsworth, Me
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Igrorth Noble
Street Grammar
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Hovdl
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Biteworth
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Great Bog Dam
Lees
Luaew
Eee
Masonic Block
State Street
Hancock County Publishing Co
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Compady
Cleveland
Ohio
H. Gueney &O
Auburn
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