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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1901
Page
1
Ellsworth and Hancock county items include coroner appointment, real estate moves, sailing vessel sales, yacht repairs, and civic activities. Fire department call, Masonic meetings, street trolley chatter, and church events frame a busy week with community notices and upcoming entertainments.
Wednesday May 8 brings an Epsilon Tau Delta ball at Odd Fellows hall and a Baptist ventry supper hosted by the ladies aid. Tickets priced 15 cents for a May 9 sociable at Grand Army hall hosted by the woman's relief corps. May 16 marks a quarterly Hancock county district lodge I G T meeting at South Hancock, followed by Hancock county W C G T U convention at Stonington on May 21 and 22.
In a note on modern newspaper progress the Boston Sunday Herald color supplement is described as a top notcher. The piece hints Hodgkins will announce a forthcoming date in June and urges readers to watch Tir AMBERICAN columns for details.
Director in chief W R Chapman announces a stellar lineup for Maine’s first festival of the new century to be staged in Bangor and Portland in October. Soloists include Schumann-Heineck, Campanari, Suzanne Adams, Bouton, Bacheller, Otten, Miles, and others, with a Maine Symphony Orchestra and new and growing local choruses. The Bangor dates are October 3 4 5 with Portland earlier in the week, two matinees and three evening concerts, featuring Gounod Redemption and Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise. Admission will be popular priced. rail fare reduced. The Maine festival association is incorporated with Beal as eastern president and Noyes as western president.
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