Town Notes and Local Happenings in Quiet Harbor Region
Kila Campbell visits from town while Curtis Stevens, once resident, tours. Joy from Bar Harbor. vacancy at Water Harbor house sought. primary school closed one day for Miss Cora Gordon vacation in Boston. Superintendent notes strong attendance. only four absent all day. School concert by league band earns praise. Hooper family back from Boston. Various locals travel to Boston and Bangor. additions to homes planned. several readers listed with desks, visits, and weddings. Community updates include church talks, ship activity, and upcoming school term start.
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Haron
Arly Hooper
Boston
Charles Smith
Smith
Morty Lamoine
James Grant
Everett McFarland
Bar Harbor
Reiacien
Gertrude Austin
Ellsworth
Walter Young
Frank Giipatrick
New York
A. A. Richardson
Beattie
Chicago
Fred Bean
A. C. Urano
East Franklin
Mary DeMyer
Eastbrook
Lizzie Braxdon
Wise Annie Roberts
Mise Roberta
George H. Tracy Jett
Wer
Elene Hail
Clyde Robertson
Clarence Heenigar
Hollis Watson
Maynard Hayes
In the Shadow of the Joss by Jessie Juliette Knor
A tale set during Chinese New Year follows Ah Gong and Ah Leen as they fall for each other amid temple rites and opium clouded theaters. A forbidden affair and a highbinder’s threat culminate in tragedy as Gum Ching abducts Ah Leen and Ab Gong dies at the Joss temple.
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Joss
Jessie Juliet Knor
Singh
AD Gang
Ah Gong
Wotlonnabe
Lucy
Jess
Gum Ching
Ah Luey
Ah Leen
Old Gum Ching
Sho
al Leen
al Gong
Ah Leon
Jarshouse
Hin
Ile
Ab Leen
Cht
Ab Suey
Criehaven Maine Island Empire of Self Government
A Portland correspondent describes Criehaven, Maine, an isolated island where forty two year round residents and up to a hundred summer visitors live with no formal government, taxes, or officers. A doctor visits by carrier pigeon, lobsters fund daily life, and notable giant John Erickson, famed for strength, anchors local legend.
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Maine
Mapa
United States
Penobscot Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Portland
Criehaven
Jobe Crie
Mand i
Rockland
Matinicus
Ferah
Boston
John Erickson
Capt. Jones
Erickton
Erickson
John Jr
Insecticide Tests Improve Potatoes in Maine Trials
Five experiments compared Bug death, Marin green and arsonate of lead as insect killers on merchantable potatoes. Danforth division, Maine experiment station, and Brunswick lab conducted plates under Bordeaux mix. Yields per acre tabulated. details to be published after potato analyses.
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Maris Green
Ares Nate
Marin Green
Brunswick
Carihon
Meg Roger
Maine Experiment Station
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Minton Jordan
Smeliidge
Lemuer
Gordon
Eremmar
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GO Peepp
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Hhe
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Lawrence
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Ure
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Bunker
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Archie Havey
Hebron Academy
Lajok
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Steuben
Hulls Cove
Charles Shea
Mary Donnell
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Henry Sweety
County News
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Otter
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Gloucester
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Enatoroom
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Robert Lowrie
Sugar Hin
I. J.D. Ceimmia
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Machine
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Re Crimmin
Sullivan
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Roland Lowe
Medford
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Brooksville
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Mary J. Haskell
Sidewalk Society
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Casting
Mare
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Emery Gray
Sedgwick
William Robbins
Martha P. Weed
Hyde Park
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Fort Point
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Ralph Gray
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Martha Meye
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Joseph Small
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Koo
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Afteen
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Vane
Chiiarou
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Joseph Henry Thayer
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John
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Elisworth Laine
Ror L. Traven
Tuxovorx W. Kienanos
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Henry ME Spring
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E. Shaina
TPE
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Hancock
de Bonis
Jonsthan Hatch
Castine
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Penney
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