Local New Seafaring and Town Notes
Bee Stonington adds a billiard table to his pool room. Tilden Sawyer, once stone cutter at Spruce Head, is back home. Frank Tibbetts recovers from asthma. Capt Harry Gray's schooner Puritan sailed Friday. Luther Weed attended Masonic Grand Judge event in Portland. John Tyler out of quarry due to sore throat. R K Knowlton buys a fine horse for Sunset farm. Isie an Haut’s Day Dream starts season. Captain Chapin seen again. William Cowdrey's remains sent to Gloucester. found drowned January 2 at Isse au Hout. Nockan steamer visits harbor. Will Woodcock is fireman. New England Telephone crew installing long distance lines.
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Stonington
Charles C. Cousins
Tilden Sawyer
Spruce Head
Frank Tibbetts
Capt
Harry Gray
Luther Weed
Portland
John ‘Tyler
R. K. Knowlton
Mt Desert
Lyman Cousins
Isie An Haut
Chapin
William Cowdrey
Gloucester
Isse Au Hout
Jen
Nockan
Baxter
Will Woodcock
New England
Do You Get Up With A Lame Back
Fragmentary local notes and obituaries describe a bicycle accident in Stonington, several moves between Boston and local towns, a death of Capt. William R. Eaton of Deer Isle, and multiple social events and notices. Names include Mertice Coombs, Donald Warren, Capt. Eaton, Oriana, John Spofford, and Irving Anderson. Community details span May 13 to May 22, with maritime ties and local social dances.
Death of Mamie Young At Auburn Hearts Sorrow
The community mourns Mamie Young youngest daughter of Charles and Julia Stanley who died from heart trouble and nervous disorder. Her remains were brought home by her husband Guy Young and his brother with a large funeral at Mr Stanley's house. Floral tributes and many friends attended as sympathy goes to the bereaved family. Other items note Eliza McVeigh arrival from Boston Miss Ashlie Cottle and Minnie Remick visiting Flora Dorr Augusta Gray's death Frank W. and a move for A M Forsyth May 13 and local notices on residents and work plans.
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Oriana
D.G. Rich
Ira Gross
George Dorr
Newport
N. H
Dept
O. PB. Dorr
Newell Hutchings
Hutch- Inge
Mary Dix
Be Lms
Seawall
Mamie Young
Charles
Julia Stanley
Mamie
Guy Young
Auburn
Mr. Stanley
Dolly
Orland
Eliza McVeigh
Boston
G.H. Snow
Bluehill
Ashlie Cottle
Minnie Remick
Ellsworth Falls
Flora Dorr
Augusta
Avery Gray
Frank W
A.M. Forsyth
Mr. Forsyth
F. P. Mason
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted for Piles
Advertisers in The American tout DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a quick effective cure for piles claiming skin affections will disappear. Warns to beware of counterfeits and says you will get mood retail if you choose DeWitts.
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DeWitt
DeWitt's
Mood Retails
Wiggin &Oorr
A Battle of the Bees in a Colony Fight for Honey
A wild honey bee colony survived famine then raids. Wanderers returned with plunder, forest bees attacked, defending hive bravely until dusk. After a brutal night, the defenders were defeated, many killed, and the hive silent save for a few loitering thieves. The queen likely died in combat.
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William Everett Cram
Ladies’ Home Journal
Uniform toe styles shape shoe industry costs today
A leading shoe man discusses how toe uniformity reduces factory upheaval amid past toe evolutions from London to Piccadilly to razor and needle designs. The piece notes fashion shifts favoring white garments for all ages, new decorative trims, and simplified parasols, with trim collars and belts heralded by Ladies' Home Journal.
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London
Piccadilly
Old Soldier's Experience with Dr King's New Life Pills
Civil war veteran M M Austin of Winchester Indiana says his wife was sick long despite doctors, but cured by Dr Kings New Life Pills. He endorses the remedy and notes it costs 25 cents at Winard Moors drug store.
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M.M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
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Mertice Coombs
Eugene
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J. W. Greene
United States Navy
United States
Trenton
Irving Anderson
J. P. Simonton
Buckaport
Louisa Swazey
Hancock
Monaghan’s
Lamon
Town Hall
Monaghan
Hilsworth
C.C. C
County News
Aaa
Enonat County News
Tremont Wilder Neal
Castine
Hiram Dix
Holden
Homer Pettigrove
Halsey Moore
Gott’s Island
Simeon A. Holden
Henry Lawrence
Guy Parker
Parker Bros
Frenchboro
Alming
Lot
Son
Martin
Scribner's
Adbertise
Giles Block
Main Street
J. F. Hurley
T. Giles
Giles & Burrill
T. Carroll Burrill
Hancock County
Whiting Bros
Sony
Fred R. Spear
Plale Ands Retail
Rosendale
Park Street
Rockland, Maine
England
Eastern Telephone
Clarion
Pearl
Bangor
J. P. Eldridge
Baker
Ellsworth, Mie
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J. H. Gould
Tapley
First
Nat'l Bank
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Atwood
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Evisworth American
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