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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1900
Page
4
The fragment outlines a publishing company with irregular typography and missing context. It mentions advertising standards and communications addressed to the publisher. The text hints at annual accounting of messages and forwarding to a committee but lacks clear events or names.
A call announces a Republican State Convention to be held at City Hall Bangor on Wednesday June 27 1900 at 2 PM to select delegates and discuss party platform. The Old Home Week proposal for Maine asks natives and descendants to return during early August, with Gov Powers possibly extending invitations. Other items note economic trends, unemployment levels, and Senate discussion of the Monroe Doctrine and Danish West Indies.
A dramatic stroke in Washington sent cabled news to Europe as Montana Senator Clark abruptly announced his resignation on the Senate floor. The move coincided with a fast moving debate over seating challenges, while Spooner prepared to present President McKinley’s name at the Philadelphia convention. Roosevelt was listed as a potential speaker seconding the nomination with Bryan and Towne leading the populist ticket and Barker and Donnelly for the middle-of-the-road faction.
A sparse philosophical riff discusses morality, religion, restraint, and manners. It mocks superstition and advocates reverence, self discipline, and duty, noting men come into the world with feet first and warning against ignorance and vanity.
A Boston trade paper notes quiet boot and shoe trading as season advances. Jobbers buy cautiously due to weak retail demand and large stock, with overproduction blamed for slow staple lines. Some factories run full for special lines, while overall shipments remain small and shipments lag behind other seasons.
Bar Harbor board of trade plans a fair and horse show at Robin Hood park next fair. Bucksport’s old grammar school becomes home to post and relief corps. Weather remarks note farmers faced by wet cold spell while doctors benefit. Strike at Went Sullivan and Franklin stalls stone cutters, risking regional business. Old acquaintances resurfaced as Ellsworth American letters connect humane society leaders. Beckman barrel boat wrecks cited as a cautionary innovation, now used by Bucksport fisherman A. V. Woodruff as water cash.
Roderick McDonald demonstrates hardwood log drives from No 33 plantation, showing logs can be moved without end painting or buoyant boring. Summer-cut logs may be driven next spring with little loss, signaling growth potential for Ellsworth as 75 million feet of quality hardwood timber exist on the same plantation.
The New York Sun reported Capt Rob Morris Tapley of Brooksville and the bark James from Hong Kong faced a mate abuse case in U S court. Marshals hunted Tapley as the ship towed out and letters say he vanished amid hopes of San Francisco voyage. The mate was found guilty of cruel treatment, Tapley’s absence noted as marriage in Maine delayed the trial. Also covered were two Populist Presidential tickets and the death of Bangor businessman John A Bacon at seventy seven.
Fire last evening consumed the dwelling of Mrs. Foster Small in Milbridge with most contents lost. Damage valued at 5000 dollars and the blaze reportedly started in the chimney. An oath of service and notarial signatures appear in the fragmentary text, with various names and places unreadable in the damaged OCR copy.
Miss Florence Newman a respected Gray New York resident says Chamberlains Pain Balm is the only remedy giving her relief from muscular rheumatism. The testimony appears to promote the remedy for others similarly afflicted and is offered by local druggists Gro A Pares Elleworth and W J Partridge Bluehill as for sale.
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