Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-08-25

| rived yesterday by auto. They are the
guests Of Mrs. Lords sister, Mrs. Fred H.
Osgood. Wendell M. Osgood, who has
been visiting in Boston, came with them.
Percy B. Russell and wife have moved
to Auburn, where the Ault- Williamson
Shoe Co. is getting ready for operations in
its new location. Several employees OF
the factory have also gone to Auburn this
week.
Mrs. Walter R. Parker and her son
| Harry last week entertained at their camp
at Patterns pond H. b. Phillips, Mrs.
Pearl J. Phillips and two sons, and Rev.
Albert j. Lord and family, OF Meriden,
Conn.
Prof. James Eaton and wife, of Burling-
ton, VT, are guests OF Mrs. John F.
Whitcomb. Prof. Eaton is connected
with the University Of Vermont. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Eaton were former residents Of
Ellsworth.
| Mrs. Henry J. Joy, who has spent the
winter in st. Louis and Minneapolis with
her son and daughter, arrived home last
week. She expects to return to Minne-
apolis in the fall to make her home with
( her daughter.
Ellsworth friends of Walter M. Allen,
| Of the Union Trust Co. force, await
| anxiously daily reports Of his condition
from his home at Mt. Desert, where he is
| critically i'll. This morning be was re-
ported as more comfortable.
Improvements have recently been COM
pleted at Austin H. joys store by moving
a storehouse up to the rear OF the store
| and connecting it, giving room for the
feed department, and giving additional
room in the main store for more attrac-
tive arrangement OF goods.
Ellsworth friends OF Miss Marion
Rideout, q former Ellsworth girl who re-
Gently went to Montana with an invalid
| sister, will be interested to learn that she
has secured an excellent position as
teacher in one of the schools Of Montana,
| and will make her home there.
The two Farnums are included in the
| bills at the Strand picture theatre for the
coming week. Saturday evening William
Farnum will appear in the much-talked-
| of picture, ''The Niger; or The New Gov
| ernor." Tuesday evening Dustin Farnum
will appear in "The virginian".
The pulpit at the Baptist church will be
occupied next Sunday by p. w. Carson, OF
Danforth, who will preach morning and
evening. He will also speak at South Han
cock in the afternoon. Mr.. Carson is
from the Moody school in Chicago, and
i .brso fion ;a
mended.
Miss Gertrude Dorgan last week enter
tanned house party Of girl friends at her
parents cottage, "The Birches," at Bay
side. Mrs. Annie Moore, Of Buffalo, N.
Y, chaperoned the young people. Be-
sides the young hostess the party was
made up of Misses Dorothy Coughlin,
Lovina Moor, Doris and Julia Heath,
Catherine Brady and Sarah Osgood.
An interested and interesting visitor in
Ellsworth yesterday was Capt. George q.
Tapley, OF West Brooksville, the venerable
town clerk of Brooksville = venerable in
years though young in spirit. In was his
first visit to Ellsworth for some fifty years.
On his last previous visit he came by one-
horse chaise, occupying half q day getting
here; yesterday he came over by automo-
bile.
vited to be present ct a meeting at the
board OF trade rooms in Hancock hall
next Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock, to
consider proposition for new industry
which may be located here. Men from
Massachusetts will be present. It is un-
derstood that all that will be asked OF Ellis
worth is to provide the free use OF a build
ing = the knitting mill is the building
desired-for q term Of ten years, and a
nominal tax.
Roy 8. Warner has joined Mrs. Warner
here at the home of her mother, Mrs. W.
p. Woodward, for q vacation Of two
weeks. Mr.. Warner accompanied Pearl
8. Thorsen in the latter's automobile,
leaving New York at q. m. Sunday and
reaching Ellsworth Monday night just
before midnight-a remarkable run con-
sidering the fact that they had rain and
mud for the entire trip. They made the
run from New FORK to Portland in one
day, reaching Portland late Sunday
evening.
| A petition addre essed to Congressman
Peters, asking the government to clear
the channel at the Mount Desert bridge
in the narrows OF eel-grass, has been cir
culated in Ellsworth, Bar Harbor and
Trenton. The eel-grass is particularly
| troublesome for motor boats, clogging
their propellers. 1t is almost impossible
for a motor boat to 60 through the mar
rows except at top high water. The
petitioners suggest that the govern
ment could construct some sort of heavy
iron rake which could be towed behind q
tug and rip up the grass.
The people OF Ellsworth enjoyed a rare
musical treat at the home OF Hon. John A.
Peters last Thursday evening, at the
musical given under the auspices Of the
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