County News items from Oak Point to Cape Boner
Local notes report Oak Point residents Jotn Kimball at Northeast Harbor, George B Murch and Frank G Murch heading to Boston, Ralph Leland returning after two years away, Grace It Marshall visiting Seal Harbor, Mrs Lura Dolliver staying with her father, and Captain John Dolliver’s family back from a two week cruise aboard his vessel. Other items mention Palmer Seavy sailing the lazy Eliza, Miss Nichols and family traveling to Florence and New Hampshire, a Portland officer Edwin Smith visiting home, Swan's Island baseball at Tre-mont, a poverty picnic for a library, and a birth at Hinman Point station family. Sept. 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B
Frank G. Murch
Boston
Ralph Leland
Palmer Seavy
New York
J. M. Kennedy
J. W. Nichols
Miss Nichols
Howard Elwell
Rock End Cottage
Herbert Holbrook
Ma Hinicus Light Station
Eustice Thompson
Atlantic Library
Cape Boner
Milly Blake
Alice Black
Portland
Andrew Black
Annie Bleck
Hall Quarry
Hiram Blake
W. C. Bates
Orcutt's Harbor
West Brooksville
Gilman Blake
Keep Your Bowels Strong Advertises Cathartic Tablets
An old style ad asserts constipation or diarrhea relief with Cas carets Candy Cathartic. It notes genuine tablets stamped C C C and that they are never sold in bulk, available at all druggists.
Winning a Wife in a Gambling Courtship Tale
An old diplomat recalls a Russian court tale of Princess Augustinoff. General Peterhoff, famed for high stakes gambling, loses massive sums to Augustinoff in a late night game. He wagers his day’s winnings, loses all, and the czar’s aide departs for war never to return. The princess marries Augustinoff after paying the debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Princess Augustinoff
Mary
Augustinoff
Peterhoff
Peterhof
Augustinos
Moscow
Ukraine
Petertoff
Weathered warning sparks cheeky note in carriage rail
A St James Gazette remark in a District railway second class carriage mocks the standard warning to keep feet off cushions. A humorist appended that rule, joking that feet will dirty boots, reflecting a playful clash with decorum aboard a public transit car.
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District Railway
St. James Gazette
Auditions Across New England Report Weather Delays
Government weather bulletin for New England covering week ending Sept 23 notes cloudy conditions delaying farm work and corn curing, with frost and general rain yet no widespread damage. Reports: grain quality good, pastures and meadows in fine condition, cranberries average yield, apples largely failing, grapes and pears plentiful. Vegetables show good turnips and cabbages with worms, beans excellent, potatoes mixed with rot and scab, harvest progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
United States Department of Agriculture
Howers
New Roland
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
A Twilit Country Courtship and Pensioners Rise
A scene of a quiet country courtship ends with formal goodnights after a long silent exchange. The article then reports a government pension program, noting nearly one million pensioners across fifty states with Ohio and Pennsylvania leading in numbers and expenditures. It concludes with a quotation on education and behavior, stressing learned conduct over facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Pensions
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Constipation Cure Ad Raises Eye on Candy Cathartle
An unclear ad fragment promotes Cuscareta Candy Cathartle as a bowel remedy. It hints at constipation relief and a refund offer but contains garbled phrasing and unlikely product claims.
Fractured Skull After Ladder Fall in East Surry Barn
Six year old Gracie, daughter of Capt. J. Treworgy of East Surry, fell from a barn ladder Saturday and fractured her skull. Dr. Manning of Ellsworth was summoned and the child’s condition today shows marked improvement with good prospects for recovery. In other notes, Hamor family reunion planned at Alden Hamor's Hulls Cove grounds on Oct 8. Hancock County Grange annual meeting set for Bucksport on Oct 5. various local visits and house updates are recorded from surrounding towns.
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Gracie
J. Treworgy
East Surry
Dr. Manning
Ellsworth
Hamor
Alden Hamor
Hull’s Cove
Wednrsday
Hamors
Hancock County Grange
Verona Grange
Bucksport
Mouth of the River and Ink Pranks Highlight Local News
Benjamin Webber of Bar Harbor buys Milliken's shore house on the river road. Indies society misses a meeting. A newspaper anecdote recounts a governor noting an ink-streaked pressman and awarding him five shillings extra for looking as if he had worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Webber
Bar Harbor
Shore Road
Mark Milliken, Jr
The
Local Families Note Springtime Visits and A New Baby
George Garland and his wife visited Portland last week along with Joseph Mercer and his wife. Scott Moore and wife welcomed a son on Sunday. Edward Garland of Bar Harbor visited friends here. William French and wife of Orono paid a short visit to Mrs. Frost, mother of his wife.
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L. A
George Garland
Joseph Mercer
Portland
Scott Moore
Edward Garland
Bar Harbor
William French
Orono
French
Frost
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Citizens of
Eer County Fair Association
the Fair Association
Wyman Park
Mts
Fred R. Spear
Rosendale
Park Street
Rockland, Maine
New England Telephone
Eastern Telephone
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Oak Point
Jotn Kimball
Northeast Harbor
Plutarch
Puutarch
Atianne Edwin Smith
Swan's Island
Bass Harbor
Tremont
West Trenton
Nathan H. Leland
Trenton
Enoch A. Leland
Emily Hopkins
Charles Hodgkins
Lamoine
J. P. Simonton
Bueworth
Eva L. Curtis
Donald Grindle
Ray
Jay Leach
Eliza
M. C. Leach
Asnvine
Lelia Hodgkins
Edward Smith
Amherst
Bernice Smith
Julia Bunker
L. M. Bun
B. Bar Barner
A. L. Higgins
N. Benson
Higgins
Benson
Buckport
Castine No Gal School
Town Bag
Crue Aullein
Jim
Curtes
Nick
Mandy
M. Gallert
Isworth
8. P. Stackpole
Free Baptist Quarterly Meeting
South Bluehill
Asa's. Barron
Hutchie R. Gasper
Mrs. Ivory Hall
Lakewood
L. F
Atwood
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