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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1900
Page
3
A whimsical dialogue features McLubberty and Mrs Hogan about naming a baby, with the line No name. Two London girls recount a country day aided by a vicar's wife, then a note on moral energy as humanity's highest exemplar. It ends with a reflection that highest moral energy touches life.
Market list includes standard weights for various produce and staples, farm goods, and dairy items with prices and weights. Also notes on creamed dairy products and a testimonial from a trained nurse praising Comfort Powder for skin irritation and bed sore prevention.
Miss Lola Dyer visits friends in Dexter while Mrs Lizzie Gates and her daughter visit Mrs John Perkins. Updates report builders near LC Bragdon's house and undertaker supplies plans. Several residents attend church, fishing trips, employment moves, and school comings. Community notes mention appointments, travels, and charitable events with names and places across Ellsworth, Augusta, Bangor, and Portland.
A mixed Maine update reports the Fitchburg to Boston and Maine line ratified, fires destroy Libby’s Pittsfield house and Calais block with insured losses. Esther Allen dies in Washington. the Bath schooner Jennie B Butler ashore and total loss near San Luis Pass. and local figures Hosea Maynard and Ryerson fund school and church projects amid health and mortality notes.
Read from Ladies' Home Journal about early bruise care recommending vinegar applications to minimize discoloration. Also notes on a model young man's virtues focusing on honesty, respectability, industry, and care for others, with brief musings on education and Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for throat and lung issues.
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