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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
3
An unusual advertisement extols Ivory Soap claiming it is 99 percent pure and capable of any claimed feat or display of peculiar skill. The copy emphasizes honesty and reliability of the product despite mention of trickery in other soaps.
Bowdoin completes a 40000 dollar conversion of ten campus buildings to a unified heating and lighting plant with underground piping to a central steam heater in the gym basement. The piece also notes plans for Bowdoin stories by John Clair Minot and Donald F. Snow, a Garcelon estate bequest of about 600000 dollars, and President Hyde's Augusta address criticizing state aid methods to academies.
Augustus N. Osgood and wife will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Nov 27 with relatives and neighbors invited. The Indies of the Indies social library plans a drama The Donation Party for Thanksgiving night in town hall with cast to be announced. A Hallowe en party for pupils at Kane's hall featured games, a fortune teller, and refreshments. A chandelier fell but caused no injuries. Local Christian Endeavor groups met at Mt Desert, with a large opening session and Mrs J T Ober hosting afterward.
Fred H. Francis of Belfast died aged fifty after years in the shoe trade. Silas T. Plummer, Houston financier worth about 600000, died after pneumonia. In Portland Charles Davis shot and killed his wife then attempted suicide, recovering. George R. Champion convicted of first degree murder for multiple killings and arson at Goodwin farmhouse. Rev. N. T. Dutton, Colby College agent, died. One Minute Cough Cure praised for quick relief of croup and throat troubles.
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