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Friday and Saturday feature a brisk selling event at 30 inch items priced at 3.75 each. The ad highlights quick buys and bargain pricing to attract shoppers.
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Newspaper
Portland Daily Press
Location
Portland, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1900
Page
2
Winslow's Teething Syrup Endorsed by Mothers
Advertisement lists merchants and manufacturers selling Winslow's Teething Syrup praised as soothing gums curing teething pain and diarrhea in children. Mentions a broad distribution with druggists worldwide and urges purchase by residents. Includes a church note for a 7:30 p.m. service at Congress Street M. E. church and a local fishing trip by two railway mail clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Winslow
Congress Street M. BE
Arthur H. Farnsworth
R. C. Bennerman
Peaks Island
Brief Jottings From The District Court And Local Events
In district court yesterday petitions in bankruptcy were filed by Willis A Knight and Cecil Clay of Portland. The Work of the city Diet Mission is advanced by Free Street Baptist Church with Miss Gould and Miss Malling directing. 87 patients currently noted. May Portland post office receipts were 1517.37, up 246.65 from May last year. Bankruptcy Referee Lewis Pierce dismissed Mrs Francis Bond’s 18000 claim related to Woodbury & Mouliredus Webb. New bankruptcy appeals rule requires district judge filing within 15 days of referee ruling. Waynflete closing exercises at 10 with Judge Symonds speaking. First Free Baptist Y P S C E meets at 7 45 with topic Abiding in Christ led by George W Sturgis. Grand Trunk Westinghouse construction beginning early, open 7 to 9 Saturday. Shimane N D Smith to hold Gospel praise Sunday at 3 and 7 90 at Mrs Morey’s 40 Murrill street. Rev W S Bovard returns from Chicago conference events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis A Knight
Cecil Clay
Portland
Free Street Baptist Church
Gould
Malling
Lewis Pierce
Francis Bond
Springfield
Mass
Woodbury
Local Personal Notices Toddlers on the Move and Travel
Mrs. Francis H. Hoyt and spouse of Deer ing avenue visit New York and Buffalo for two to three weeks. Luther B. Roberts and companion depart Cumberland street for Rangeley fishing trip. Maurice C. Jordan returns from Sebois camp after extended visit. Miss Philena Winslow and Miss Emily Dorr Larrabee arrive from Bryn Mawr. A hay rack party chaperoned by Mrs. Granville H. Cloyes travels to Spurwink for shore dinner and dance. Mrs. Samuel Spring returns from the west. Mrs. Charles E. Webster returns to Spring street home after winter in Boston. Capt. Dennett and Mrs. Dennett occupy rooms at the Columbia after York Maine visit. Thaddeus S. Lewis of New York spends a few days at his old city home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Hoyt
Deering Avenue
New York
Buffalo
Luther B. Roberts
Cumberland Street
Rangeley
Maurice C. Jordan
Sebois
Philena Winslow
Emily Dorr Larrabee
Bryn Mawr
Granville H. Cloyes
Spurwink
Samuel Spring
West
Charles E. Webster
Boston
Spring Street
Capt. Dennett
Woodbury
Home For Aged Women Acknowledges Local Benefit Concert
The Home for Aged Women received generous support after a Monday evening event featuring vocal and instrumental music and recitations. Notable performers included Carl Weber, Lillian Winslow, Arthur D. Pierce, Nellie MacG, and Mary Pere among others, delivering tenor, baritone, and piano pieces to warm applause from residents and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Eo Seoeere
Porwr
Wale
Necenapee
Darkies’ Ag
Carl Weber
Carl A. Weber
Lillian Winslow
A. Porter
Arthur D. Pierce
Auguste Hohousnacher
Conkealto
Lulla v. Mignon
Flora Skillings
Seeing Ae
Ge Philosophy
Den‘Accomeanion
Nellie Macg
Mary A. Pere Misa
Mina Schumacher
Board of Trade Meets Amid Fund Drives and Witch Rock Plan
The regular Board of Trade session in Portland elected new members and reported about 486 total. A Hull and Ottawa fund drive neared 1408 in donations, while plans to remove Witch Rock were discussed with Congress having approved an emergency bill. A cannery meeting during Old Home Week was proposed with a board committee to arrange it. An arrest report noted Charles FE Littlefield charged with forgery involving checks drawn on A BE Noyes trust. Mrs. Gibbs faces related allegations but denies knowledge, awaiting further proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Boothby
Edwin M. Northcotte
William E. Bailey
Edward R. Morton
Philip O. Loring
George D. Loring
J. W. Minott
Frank C. Allen J. Munday
Benjamin L. Donne
Charles H. Randall
Hull
Ottawa
Portland
Rich
Moses
Witch Rock
Washington
Congressman Allen
Congress
Henry Dennis
Dennis
Venus Thompson
Randall
Merchants Exchange
H. S. Mecher
Frank B. Milliken
James H. Hall
James P. Baxter
William G. Davis
H. F. Webb
S. ©. Allen
William H. Gray
Thomas 5. Laughlin
Frederick Q. Conant
John E. Burnham
George Burnham
Committee On Publication
Charles FE. Littlefield
Poelice Station
Littlefield
Henry J. Lessard
Jefferson Hotel
Lessard
A. BE. Noyes
E. A. Noyes
Portland Savings Bank
A. E. Noyes
J. H. Gibbs
Myn
Noyes
Portland Sa Bank
Littlefield O Ing
Fisherman John McLean Recalls Drowning Brother Alfred McLean
John McLean of New Gloucester arrived on the Grace Otis six weeks ago. A Bath postal card said his brother Alfred J McLean had drowned in a cay after three young men spent a night on a boat and one man disappeared. McLean was searched aboard, hospitalised, then stayed in a sailors’ boarding house and Open Door Mission. He earned meals by sawing wood and praised the charity. Additional notes mention Dewey's Cincinnati visit, Cole of Maine winning a Paris gold medal for wood engraving, and Major General O O Howard’s re election as Congregational Home Missionary Society president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McLean
New Gloucester
Grace Otis
Bath
Alfred J.mclean
John McLenan
Marine Hospital
McLean
Admiral Dewey
Cincinnati
Joseph Foxcroft Cole
Maine
O. O. Howard
Burington Vt
Congregational Home Missionary Society
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Towle Silver Co
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