Debating New York election change and local fires
The piece discusses yesterday's election results with Tam many defeat in New York and reform gains elsewhere. It notes Seth Low's mayoral win, Republican wins in neighboring states, and incipient fires at a veterinary hospital suspected as arson, urging investigation and city action.
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New York
Seth Low
Shepard
New York State
Albany
Buffalo
Troy
Massachusetts
Crane
Ohio
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore
Virginia
Mississippi
Iowa
Drain repair urged near Ellsworth grammar school
Public Health reports a clogged water course draining Ellsworth area near the School Street grammar school. A stone culvert across Lincoln street extension improved flow but a fallen wooden cover and private property barriers still risk cellar floods. estimated repair cost not to exceed 40 to 50 dollars, under health board action to compel owners if needed.
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Stuart
School Street
Ellsworth
Lincoln Street
John M. Hale
Main Street
Whiting
Board of Health
Maine Sardines Reach Record Pack This Year
The sardine canning season ends in Maine by December 1 as factories close for the year. Despite abundant fish, large sizes hamper canning, yet production and profits remain strong with about 1.5 million cases packed and over 8,000 workers employed since May. The value may lag last year but profits stay favorable. market outlook suggests possible improvement before selling. Also noted is the sudden death of prominent Aroostook lawyer Vinal B. Wilson of Houston, after a long health decline.
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Sesson
Maine
Aroostook
Vinal B. Wilson
Houston
Bangor
Mr. Wilson
Three Ravens: A Soldier and the Battle's Aftermath
A wounded French soldier lies under a leaden sky as three ravens circle and speak of feasting on him. The man fights through agony, hears the birds declare intent to plunder him, but awakens renewed by life as a glimmer of wheat appears and he rises. The birds retreat, their wings fading into the night as the battle's tremors echo. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Ile
France
Flo
County News Highlights From Ellsworth Area
Local briefs recount updates from Ellsworth and nearby towns. Florence Dann heads to Boston for the winter. Mrs. Lisle Dann Bragdon and Gertrude visit relatives in town. Miss Leia Gordon hosts a Halloween party. property transfers and employment shifts unfold as residents move, work, or travel. Community notes cover auctions, church events, a Sorosis entertainment for the resident minister, and ongoing school news.
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Mary Havey
J. B. Redman
Eilsworth
Lincoln C. Bragdon
Leia Gordon
H. L. Smith
Elizabeth Gordon
Mary Jellison
Mary Doyle Bragdon
Gordon
Ellsworth
Charles E. Greave
Maine
B. W. Russell
Stan Wilson
Cummings
Lena Wilson
Greenville
Fred Bennie
Fred
Chicago
Western Electric Company
Capt. Bennis
Dorchester
County Gossip and Holiday Proclamations Across towns
Governor Hill issues a Thanksgiving proclamation for November 28. In Went Brooksville wild ducks are deliberately culled. Capt. Tupley and Harvey Dodge glimpse a mysterious local animal. Manset fish trade barrels 100,000 pounds of cod hake and pollock, mostly split and cured. Lakewood residents boast long marriages, while East Sullivan relays a flock of twenty turkeys that wander homeward, entertaining a tale of loyalty to the Hill homestead. A Philadelphia visitor restores the island name Petit Plaisaunce, prompting a broader nod to Maine’s historic place names.
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Brooksville
Capt
Thomas ‘Tupley
Harvey Dodge
Manset
Hancock County
East Sullivan
W. Ell
Simpson Homestead
Seal Harbor
Hill Homestead
Aline
Peterson
Philadelphia
Gott’s
Petit Plaiseance
Tremont
Grand Plaisaance
Plaizench
Placentia
Whittier
Piacentia
Maine
Piacentia Island
Gott
Cowardly Hunter Shoots Man by Mistake and Thea Flees
Lessie Bowker of Marahfield hunted on the Machias River last Saturday when a hunter mistook him and fired near Bowker crossing an open field. A ball hit Bowker in the thigh, the shooter fled. Bowker tied his belt to stem bleeding, dragged 300 yards, and collapsed, dying Monday at home seven miles away from loss of blood and exposure.
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Thea
Lessie Bowker
Marahfield
Hanting
Machias
Bowker
Old Bucksport Schooner Amy Knight Lost Off Owl's Head
The schooner Amy Knight of Buckport with fish for Vinalhaven from Verona off Owl's Head sank in sixty fathoms after a sudden firing night last week. Built Marblehead in 1851, sixty four tons, brought to Bucksport by Capt T M Nicholson with 1800 quintals of codfish in a single season. Delano brothers later owned, then sold last spring to S D Bridges and placed in shore fishing under Capt Menho when she went down.
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Bucksport
Amy Knight
Buckaport
Verona
Owl's Head
Marblehead
Mass
Backsport
T. M. Nicholson
Delano Brothers
D. Bridges
Menho
Questionable Debt Claim and Honest Testimony Ad Falling Apart
A garbled notice alleges debt owed to a drug wholesaler and names J Cheney & Co as claimants. It includes a shaky affirmation of PJ Cheney’s honesty over three years and references Hall’s Family Pills, with fragmented OCR text about druggists and internal use. The readable entities are J Cheney & Co, Hall's Family Pills, and wholesalers.
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Br. Pierce
Pierce
Invalider Hotel and Surgical Institute
Nutfalo
N.Y
Marv
Cheney & CO
PJ. Cheney
Borriens Tranaactiona
Ale
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Petco
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Croker
Tammany
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John F. Hill
Executive Council
Berety
Executive Chamber
Augusta
United States of America
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Mike
Cincinnati Enquirer
Manger
Edward Teague
Exeter
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Parker's Wharf
Hall Quarry
Isaac Mayo
Brooklin
Emalina Gordon
New Brunswick
Lucinda Johnson
James Walls
Arthur Newman
Louis Marshall
B. McFarland
Charles McFarland
Ernest J. Haynes
J. P. Simonton
Bar Harbor
South Surry
Willie Rich
Harvard Curtis
Linn Cunningham
Howe
Sound
F. P. Curtis
John T. Haskell
Rose Coggins
Fret
Clifford
Hiram Gray
Sargentville
Jon
Home Journal
Hill
Lakewood
John Moore
Charley Garland
Lewis Frazier
West Ellsworth
James Carter
Lemuel Smith
Whiting Brothers
Styles
Boston
Mabel N., Joy
Manning Islock
C. &. Wadleigh
Pith Street
Washington
Rae
C. H. Grindal
Isaac L. Hooden Wort
En Eonic Bock
State Street
Hancock County Publishing Co
Jon B. Radmann
Axcat
Elleworth
Main St
Aten
Keox
LyMnUaeen
Max Ff
Northeast Harbor
Porlio al Hotion
Priday
Court Mouses
Nyclce Fe
Sim of
Whitcomb
Torney
Tass
B. Warronse Warrcoma, Harms & Co
Ellsworth, Ste
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Life
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District Court of the United States
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John B. Redwan
Wile Lard H. Phillips
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Ancock
Mani
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