Local notes from North Sedgwick and nearby towns
A collage of short notices: Mrs. Watson McGown ill with rheumatism. Bertha McGown visiting friends. Yeaphene Brewer of Bar Harbor visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury and son Clarets headed to South Paris for winter. Orient Brewer and family back from Seal Harbor. Wilcomb and Hamor families with Augustus Hamor in Ellsworth. Rev. H LeClyde Braddon from Haverhill taking over for Rev. William Baker at the Episcopal church briefly. a week at Owls Nest near Waltham with Hanscom and Hamor groups. Bar Harbor visitors George Tower and Effie Brewer join. good weather noted. Also Oct. 28 North Seagowies: Ira Page returning from New Hampshire. Mrs. Mayo of Bluehill hosting twenty-eight-year-old former pupils at North Sedgwick. a housewarming for Hattie and Fred Allen. gifts include a chamber set and silver. Bockawort Rae reports Joyce Pendleton’s death from pneumonia. Swazey-Parsons wedding in Augusta with Rev. McKinnon officiating. Marjorie Swazey as flower girl. Hayward Parsons as ring bearer. trip to Bucksport. Went Kaen mentions Ivory Higgins to Northeast Harbor. Pinkham moving to Seal Harbor. a girl born to C. C. Camber. Mrs. Eben Burns returning from Bar Harbor. Jessie Leland home for two weeks. Oct. 28 Aurora: A. Mace building storehouse. H. L. Rowe moving crew in township 28. Sabbath School concert at brick schoolhouse Nov. 3. Ora B. Mills family moved into Crosby house. Mr. Giles moving to Slisby residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson McGown
Bertha McGown
Sitham
Yeaphene Brewer
Bar Harbor
J. K. Salisbury
Paris
Orient
Seal Harbor
Brewer
Charles Wilcomb
Fordie Hamor
Edna Brewer
Delia Wilcomb
L. Burns
Owls Nest
Waltham
Hanscom
George Tower
Effie Brewer
North Seagwies
Ira Page
New Hampshir
Mary E. Mayo
Bluehill
Allen
North Sedgwick
Hattie
Fred
Sadie Allen
Carrie Dority
Annie G. Allen
M. L. Elwell
Hattie Allen
Hugh McKinnon
Congregational Church
Marjorie Swazey
Hayward Parsons
Frank Pinkham
C. C. Camber
Eben Burns
Jessie Leland
Arthur Gilpatrick
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root touted as cure for kidney trouble
An advertisement claims Bright's disease and other kidney problems are dangerous and widespread. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a true specific that has cured thousands after other efforts failed, available in fifty cent and dollar sizes with a free book by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Dreamy East Tale of Damascus Orient Adventure
In a reminiscence set in Damascus, Tom recounts a night in a bazaar where a veiled beauty signals him through an old servant. He enters a garden, declares love, and vows to flee with her. An ambush by a sinister old woman reveals the peril: a note, a caliph, and a grim fate for a wayward wife, ending with a fever dream memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Namascus
Nata
Sam
Belle
Faith in Money Draws The Line To Religion
A quarrel over money faith sparks views that wealth approaches religious fervor while one character cautions that the word religion risks implying potential backsliding, provoking a tense exchange about values and belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tar
Local Notes From East Bluehill and Surroundings
East Bluehill notes report school vacation news and local recoveries from illness. Residents like Miss Pherson and Mrs. J. H. West are mentioned alongside visits, travel to Brewer Calais and Portland, and fishing plans. Ships Waldron Holmes and Sunbeam arrive with freight and granite. Local families, weather, and church groups are cited with frequent short updates.
Convention Being Held at Bar Harbor Today
Hancock county Christian Endeavor holds its annual convention at Bar Harbor Baptist Church today. Program includes prayers, praise, address of welcome Rev Wercott, reports from officers, discussions on strengthening society work, efforts to recruit and involve members, and a Sabbath Endeavor emphasis. Also casts attention to temperance and good conduct, with devotional and state union activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Hancock County
McLearn
David Kerr
Myra Powers
Buening
Baptist Church
Davie
Crane
State Union
J 8 Blatt
Ellsworth Notes and Local Updates From Sedgwick to Bangor
W H Brown visited Sedgwick last week to install mill machinery. Miss Asie Cottle enrolled in Bangor millinery designing school. Rev George H Heffion returned from a Connecticut visit. Alvin Staples injured by contact with a saw at C J Trews mill. Thoule Bose Company's concert and dance in North Ellsworth drew a large crowd. J H Riley and family left for Bangor after two months in town. he plans to return for bridge work later. The new steel bridge is progressing and to be planked by week’s end. fill on the north end by Bradbury and Riley nears completion while the south end will take about two weeks. The bridge will be painted light slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Brown
Sedgwick
Asie Cottle
Miliery
Bangor
George H. Heffion
Connecticut
Alvin Staples
Jose m Bratfinger
C. J. Trews
Thoule Bose Company
North Ellsworth
J. H. Riley
Bradbury and
Riley
Social rank of Cabinet officers outlined in Ladies Home Journal
A Lakewood report notes a sociable at the No 2 schoolhouse and a Hancock meeting over the Sabbath. The article explains cabinet officer social rank by presidential succession, placing Secretary of State first and extending to Treasury, War, Attorney General, Postmaster General, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Washington
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hancock
State Department
Snace
Treasury
Ladies Home Journal
West Elisw and Barron family notes and visits
Local society notices list visitors and gatherings among the Barron and Ridley families. Mrs William L Hemp visiting Mrs Emma Spencer in Bradley. Asa M Barron and Effie Ridley with Miss Ridley and Miss Telleworthy visited Prospect Ferry to see Mrs Martha Hazelman. Christian Endeavor met at Mrs Phebe Barron’s. Mint Ray Alta Dollard celebrated twelfth birthday with friends from 6 to 9. Remarked school figures mention 150000 children in India sixty years ago and one million ow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Hemp
George ‘M. Barron
Eliza Stackpole
Emma Spencer
Bradley
William B. Ridley
Fast Bluebill
Mr. Ridley
Amanda Meader
Asa M. Barron
Effie
Counins
Ridley
Telleworthy
Martha J. Hazelman
Prospect Ferry
Christian Endeavor Society
Phebe T. Barron
Mint Ray Alta Dollard
Jadson G. Barron
Valley Cottage
Effle A. Barron
Blonch M. Treworgy
Lowell
Roby Maud Ridley
East ‘Sioenitt
Holon
Ease Smith
Larry
Ferris
Bangor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uvnty Anehws
Rae
Ivory Higgins
Northeast Harbor
Aurora
Mace
L. Rowe
Ora BE. Mills
G. R. Crosby
Mones Giles
Mr. Giles
M. B. Slisby
Emmett
Edamomal County
Neves
Little Pherson
J. H. West
A. Brackett
Harrington Mondey
Mintie Blaisdet
G. A. Martin
Calais
H. M. Wooster
Mildred
Harold
Hall Quarry
Vu. H. West
Ellis Hastings
Gouldsboro
Bartlett Joy
West Sullivan
O. C. Havey
Augustus Bunker
Hallowell
Benjamin Crosbyto
Franklin
F. H. Macomber
Andy P. Havey
Sullivan
Portland
L. W. Blaisdell
Kalukador
East Bluehill
Fred J. Candage
Stonington
John Charnley
Waldoboro
G. G. Long
Luther N. Bridges
Ellsworth
Union River
E. W. Barton
Holyoke
Mase
Mabel Wardwell
Waldron Holmes
Eaton
Grange
L. B. Grindie
Sunbeam
Campbell
Granite Co
Harold Jordan
Boston
Annie McKenzie
Charles Jordan
Amherst
Jellison
Ellsworth Falls
Hull's Cove
B. F. Jordan
Union River Bridge
William Grant
Eden
Vermont
New Hampshire
Asbyrne
Helen Hodgkins
Neitte Bunker
Hancock and Ellsworth
Fred Bean
Mary Evans
Evans
O. P. Bragdon
Gualdapore
Peaston
George Taft
Janes Hill
F. L. Wood
A. Cummings
James Frazier
Evlaworth
Henry
Winter Harbor
Allen Kingsley
Hancox
Littlefield
Yaglebool
Home Journal
Mancock
WS Wercott
CS McLearn
Essee
J 8 Richards
Sues Wee W Dunn
Masinena
Clarence Emery
Sington Keyport
C. E. Societh
Eliza Herrick
G E Kinney
WF Richardson Tople
Martin M Moore
Thurlow
RP Grindie Etings
Misa Lona Rich veRey
GEE
Castine
Camden High
Camden
Camden High School
Connor
Perkins
G. Connor
Kane
Bucksport Nominary
Bucksport
Penobscot River
Lakewood
M. Gallert
New York
Fred R. Spear
Rosendale
Park Street
Rockland, Plaine
New England
Eastern Telephone
West Elisw
RTH
Indie
Harris Pratt
Ethel Tate
Lawrence
Mass
Mrs. Miller
Mary Smith
Belle Betts
Atwood
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