COUNTY NEWS BRIEFS FROM THE TOWN
County residents travel for work attend services and partake in Memorial Day planning. Notables include M P Hinckley in Boston George Murphy in town and George Rooney with Edward Bisset seeking work in Bar Harbor. Memorial Day program announced with GA R posts and town ceremonies interwoven with local travel and civic notes from the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Murphy
Friend
Sorrento
W. J. Partridge
Ellsworthn
George Rooney
Edward Bisset
Bar Harbor
Academy
G. Welland Clay
L. A. Thompson
A.D. Dunn
John B. Kane
Tere Wi
Swan's Island
Brooklin
Careful Cure Claim for CASCARETS and CASCANETS
An old health ad touts CASCANETS to “put your bowels right” and CASCARETS candy tablets as the genuine remedy. It promises easy natural movements and quick health recovery for 10 cents to start, warning readers to beware of imitations and to look for the stamped C, CC on metal boxes.
Tales From Gin Lane and Other Coastal Anecdotes
In New York a longshoreman Timothy Collins faces murder charges with his ten year old daughter Kate as the principal witness. The court hears her stark account of a drunken, brawling home life and a lethal assault over food, while other brief notes mention Bangor’s Chief Peters, a Bangor spiritualism tale, and local notices including a newborn, preaching tours, and a Nor Norwegian cough syrup ad. The pieces sketch crime, oddities, and small-town updates with period flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Timothy Collins
New York Sun
Collins
Kate
Gildersteeve
Katie
God
Papa
Mamma
Pig
Tripe
Mrs. Sheehan
Ellsworth Markets Prices and Weights in 1840s Trade
A fragment from Ellsworth markets lists standard bushel weights for salt potatoes beans and other staples, with retail quotations for butter fruit tea coffee and provisions. It notes few changes in green vegetables and rising pork lard and coffee prices while a domestic life aside reflects on the daily burden of a housewife and a quoted joke about shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Kilsworth
Parmessea
Wiese
Noel Herincrasn
Canada
Rhubaea
Fly
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Hone Journal
Week's Winnowings of News and Nonsense
Obit notes Charles Herrick of Bart Corinth dies at eighty two. N G French patent for book support. J W Scott and A Leach of Warren get alarm attachment patent. Prohibition convention in Portland nominates Grant Rogers for governor and a 14 member Chicago delegation. The Sawyer Bros store at Greene depot robbed of 300. Charles A. Lee dies after illness in Portland. Frank E. Crowley shoots self in Augusta aged about forty five. Granite cutters on Hurricane Island end strike after wage agreement. Nat Hoxie, famed Dead River hunter, dies. lived near Mount Bigelow and traced Benedict Arnold’s route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Herrick
Bart Corinth
N. G. French
Jay
J. W. Scott
A. Leach
Warren
Portland
Grant Rogers
Richmond
Chicago
Theaate
Sawyer Bros.’ General Fore and Post
Greene Depot
Supreme
Charles A. Lee
Knights of Pythias
Rhode Island
Supreme Lodge
Frank E. Crowley
Belfast
Standard Oi! Company
Augusta
Grip
Crowley
Nathaniel Hoxie
Col. Bigelow
Nat
Hoxle
Local Gleanings From East Oriana and Vicinity
Miss Bernice Mason aged 11 suffers tonsillitis while Avin Grant of Gardiner visits Reuben Weeks. Mason family activity includes house painting and repairs. Mrs Drasilla Mason hosts visitors, four ill with measles, and many relatives travel through Bluebill and Penobscot. Capt Eugene Dorr plans one more Porto Rico trip before summer at Hartford cottage. Dr Abrams buys horses, George Gray escorts them to Hartford. Advertisers in The American claim trade. inquiry about kidneys.
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Angie Hinckley
John Stevens
Boston
Ruby Davis
Stonday
Alfred Staples
Rockland
Lean Snow
Edward
Snow
Castine
Misa Nellie Douglass
Mina Dougines
George Cochran
Baltmore
Mr. Teagle
Cleveland
Parker Point
East Oriana
Bernice Mason
Misa Avin Grant
Gardiner
Reuben Weeks
Y. F. Mason
Augusta Carter
West Surry
Drasilla Mason
William Robertson
Baily Howden
Bluebill
Drusilla Mason
Porto Rico
Harttord Beiday
Dr. Abrams
Howard Blaisdell
Alonzo Shedd
George Gray
Hartford
Mrs. Abrams
Tease ends of unreliable teas. Chase & Sanborns offers reliable packages
Readers teased by inferior teas are urged to switch to Chase and Sanborns package teas praised for rich flavor and proper packing. The firm guarantees quality with air tight packs sold in pound and half pound sizes. Varieties include Kohinoor English Breakfast Orloff Formosa Oolong and Orange Pekoe with distinct flavors and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase & Sanborn
A Life and Death Fight Promises Quick Recovery
W A Hines of Manchester Indiana recounts a near death from measles related lung trouble and consumption. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure after physicians forecast death. He touts the product s ability to heal throat chest and lung issues and notes a five dollar price and a free trial bottle at Wiggs s Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hines
Manchester
Dr. King
Wiggrx
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County News
County New
M. P. Hinckley
James A. Garfield
G. A
Ball
P.m. Sharp
Town Hall
Mr. Drew
Penetecot
J. L. Thurlow
Myrtle
Tlao
Charles
Wood
Deer Isle
Itead
Eben Brown
Mr. Brown
Arthur Young
New York
Vinal Haven
Mt. Devert
Conries Harter
Lorenzo Grosk
Roscoe Stinson
John Nutt
Thomas Simpson
Maine General Hospital
Simpson Hay
Kright
Mt. Desert
A. W. Green
Opera House
Honolulu
George Leach
Alice Leach
Moteome
Norman
Brockton
Mass
Howard Dorr
Bangor
Daughter
Dorothy
P&p
Ifactu
Chaun
Tom Sale
Myer Gallert
Ellsworth, Me
EK Maid OF Gin Lane
Judge Peters
Heaven
Spirit Land
Wilbur
Hervey Scammon
Hancock
Willis Billings
Mr. Scammon
Lewiston
Fred McCullom
Milbridge
Mrs. McCullom
Harles Wilbur
Wits
Dr. Wood
Ellsworth Markets
Fener Moor
Boatsaiey Butoh Inp Neufehatel
WOWI
Torben
Tallacoota
Jose Hardin Pats
Carter
Iethel
Ethel
Kittery
Caribou
Hurricane Island
Coun’ Ry News
Mvoer
AED
Uakes
Chase & Sanborn's Teas
France
Palmer
Ribe
The
Americe
Wenivas Rockelelton van
Earth
Olek Teomtweky
Hanny Weisannckk Tobacco Company
Harry Weissinger Tobacco Co
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