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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1900
Page
5
A clipped miscellany discusses ice preservation advice for picnics, a diplomatic quip, preserved citron storage, and a dying man’s morbid joke. It records local moves and visits in Bar Harbor Boston and Manset with brief notices of residents heading home and a singsong school revival beginning in October.
Ellsworth prepares for a three day river carnival on October 2 3 and 4 with Main Street decorations led by B F Joys Rowe American Decorating Co. Special lighting will adorn the Main Street bridge and numerous private homes. A big program includes river carnival routes music and a firework display with prizes for clubs and best costumes. City committees civic groups and merchants organize races parades and sport events at the park with railroad fare reductions and excur sions proposed to draw visitors.
Ellsworth’s famed old handtub Hunneman I, built by Huppeman & Co. in Boston, spent decades in service then retirement. Michael J. Drummey, Ellsworth grocer and poet, funded and organized a revival effort, forming a crew to restore and field the engine at local events, including Home Week and Bangor practice, aiming for better performance and a dedicated company.
Arrivals and departures listed for the port with vessels such as Leonora Bonsey Carrie May Julia Frances Poremer Eastern Queen Lulu W Eppes Harvest Honey Harvest Home etc. Entries include destinations like Belfast Bar Harbor Swan's Island New York Boston and multiple schooners with lumber curbstones staves and other cargo. The list cites schooners and ships with captains and owners, reflecting activity for September dates and various ports.
Dorephus L Fields and Mr Drummey were successively elected to office. Hunneman has defeated famous hand engines in New England since 1856 in Bangor where she beat Tiger 6. Other engines she faced include Union 2 Watch City Ticonte Dirigo 8 and Washington 5 of Belfast. A special Bangor Ellsworth train may run Oct 2 for the Coming Music Festival with fares as low as 1.50 round trip. Ellsworth is urged to send many to the festival despite other attractions.
Church notes list services for Unitarian and Hales churches on Sunday Sept 23. Rev. A Hi Coar and Rev. William H. Buvary lead morning and evening sermons with Sunday school at 1145. Prayer meetings and midweek services are noted with times and locations. An out of town service by Rev George H Salley is also announced for Sunday at 10.
Carter at Grooklin announces a daughter on September 10 to Mr and Mrs Guy W Carter. Davis at Sunshine Deer Tale reports a son born September 13 to Mr and Mrs J Roswell Davis. Hamor at Uull's Cove records a daughter born September 15 to Mr and Mrs Edward St Hanor. Robertson at East Orland notes a daughter born September 15 to Mr and Mrs William Robertson. Smith at Brookville marks a daughter born September 5 to Mr and Mrs Edwin A Smith.
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