Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-08-24


the supreme court. Through arti-
cles published in the papers, the
girls and Hamilton were located at
Grand Falls, N. B. Mr.. Bennoch
went there to identify them, and
they returned home with him.
Noyes was located later at Crystal,
and was arrested there. Noyes was
already under $1,000 bonds for
kidnapping the younger girl, Aida,
early in July.
The schools of Ellsworth will open
Tuesday, Sept. G., The graded
schools will be in session thrty-six
weeks, with a full six-hour day in
stead of five and one-half hours.
The high school will be. in session
| thirty-seven weeks, to meet the State
requirement, but the days will be of
| five and one-half hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Simpson, {
Carl, jr., and w. H, Simpson, Mrs.
S. B. Trufant and Miss Virginia
| Trufant, were weekend guests of
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Simpson and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Cochrane. They
were royalty entertained at Camp
Caroline, Beech Hill, which they
| pronounced one of the most wonder
| full spots on earth.
old Union 2" hand-tub of ELS
worth, now the Watch City" Of
Waltham, Mass, won the first prize
at the tiremen's muster in Revere
Mass. this year. The tub was pur-
chased by Waltham in 1892, and has
since participated in seventy eight
musters, bringing home thirty four
prizes, aggregating $1,4S5. 1t has
a record throw of 234 feet, inches
A special meeting of the local
branch of the Red Cross was held
Tuesday afternoon, at the home of
| Mrs. Luther A. Leach, to make ar
rangements for obtaining the ser
vices of a district nurse for Ellis
worth. Ways and means for rails
ing funds will be published later.
All desiring to assist financially may
leave their contributions at C. l..
Morang's store.
A. McC. Howard, a former resi-
dent of Ellsworth, died July 21 at
Rosebud, Mont, aged nearly ninety
five years. He was in remarkable
health for one of his years, his
death being fastened by a fall three
weeks before, when he Fractured his
hip and received internal injuries.
Mr.. Howard was born in New
Hampshire, but came to Maine with
his parents when a small boy He
lived for some years in Ellsworth
and Lakewood, joining brother in
the sheep ranching business in Mon
tana in 1888. He was twice mar
ried, his first wife being Mrs Susan
A. Rollins of Ellsworth, who died in
1870. In 1883 he married Mrs.
Martha H. Haynes, who died seven
years ago. He leaves two daugh-
ters, Mrs. A. E. Neate of Portland,
Ore, and Mrs. Freeman Philbrick
of Rosebud.
Hope. the twelve-year-o daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge Milli-
ken, had a trying experience with
two tramps last Friday afternoon.
She was at home alone, and sit
ting on the piazza, when two men
approached One forced her into
the house and held his hand over
her mouth to try to prevent her
screams, while the other made a
hurried search of the house. She
succeeded in making an outcry,
however, and the tramps, alarmed,
made haSty retreat, going through
the yard and into the woods back of
the Black place. Apparently
nothing was taken from the house,
and the girl was uninjured, but was
hysterical from fright when she
reached the house of c. E. Alexan-
der. Mr.. Alexander, who was at
home, went in search of the tramps,
but they had made good their es-
cape, and have not been appre-
hended