Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-09-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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chias fair, playing Jonesboro A. A
to-day and Lubec A. A. tomorrow
At Cherrytield last Wednesday Ellis
worth lost to Jonesboro by the score
of ST, and at North Ellsworth last
Thursday defeated Old Town A. l.
by the score of so.
S. S. Estey has recently had his
dairy herd tuberculin tested by the
government agent, and received a
clean bill of health. This is a re-
markably good showing, as the
record for the State shows an aver
age reaction to the test of nearly 3
per cent.
A cargo of gasoline for the new
plant Of the Standard Oil Co. at the
water front arrived Friday, the
tank boat being piloted up the river
by Capt. w. L. Pratt. Capt. Pratt
has sailed out of this port many
years, going master at the age OF
seventeen, and is a pilot from East
port TO New York.
DR.. A. c. Hagerthy has sold to
Miss Maude McQuinn, Of Bar Har-
Dor the building at the corner Of
Main and Hancock streets. The
new owner will take possession No
vember l. She will open here a
fve-and-ten-cent store. Mrs. c. H.
Merriam, who at present occupies
the Main street store in the build
ing, is conducting a closing-out sale,
preparatory to moving her business
to her house on Hancock street,
which will be altered for store pur-
poses.
At Dover last week Ernest Pol
lock of Greenville was sentenced to
from two to four years in State
prison for manslaughter, in causing
the death of Holsey M. Moore of
Colts Island, brother of Edwin M.
Moore of this city. Mr.. Moore, it
will be remembered, died as re-
suit of injuries received in an as
sault by Pollock, who was intoxi-
Gated, when Mr.. Moore refused to
give him a room at the hotel in
Greenville where he was employed
as night clerk.
Hon. Willis E. Parsons, commits
sioner of inland fisheries and game,
has named game inspectors for the
season, as required by law. Game
which is being transported by motor
NtulCle VI OlHSl pi iNtlC SOh Wy any
by residents and non-residents must
be identified. Such identification
may be made before any town clerk
in the State or before any of the
special inspectors. The inspectors
for Hancock county are: L. E.
Crosby, Amherst; w. R. Butler,
Bluehill; ]. w. Blaisdell, Franklin;
]. H. Macomber. Ellsworth; John R..
Shuman, Great Pond; Orrin Glenn
ent. Ellsworth.
The first meeting of the woman S
club will be held Oct. 4 at o'clock,
in the board of trade room. This
will be an open meeting. The
speakers will be Miss Hoyt, Red
Cross nurse, and Rev. George S.
Brookes. Miss Hoyt will tell of her
work in the county and what she
has planned for health work in this
city. Mr.. Brookes has been con-
nected with the work more or less
since the war began, and will tell
of the work as he has seen it in Seal
Harbor. This is an opportunity for
everyone to learn of the duties of a
health nurse. Parents especially
should attend this meeting.
A new timetable went into effect
on the Mt. Desert branch Monday
The late night train west has been
discontinued and in it's stead there
is Bar Harbor connection with the
Washington county train leaving
Ellsworth at 6.27 p. m. The New
York express will run until October
2, leaving New York on it's last trip
October 1, and leaving Bar Harbor
on it's last trip October 2. Boat
connection beyond Bar Harbor will
be discontinued after October 2.
Sunday trains will run until Octo-
Der %. Parlor and sleeping car
service to Mt. Desert Ferry will be
discontinued after October Is. The
timetable on page 4 has been cor
rected to date.
The flying boat which it was an
nounced was in Ellsworth last week,
has not yet put in an appearance, in
spite of reports several times that it
had left Northeast Harbor or Bar
Harbor for Ellsworth. Mr.. Orr,
who took the trip on the boat down
the Maine coast, was in The Ameri-
can Office last Wednesday to make
the announcement of the boats
visit here, and telephoned from this
Office to Bar Harbor, receiving reply
that the boat would be here We'd
nesday afternoon. Hence the an
nouncement of last week. Satur-
day, word was again received that
the boat had left for Ellsworth. 1t
hasn't arrived yet.
Henry T. Mayo died last Wednes-
day afternoon, after long illness,
aged ffty-nine years. He had been
ill nearly a year and one-half, never
having fully recovered from an in.
jury received by cave-in of rocks
while working on a drain for the
city. Mr. Mayo was born in Els
worth, and had spent his whole life
here, as young man working on
the river, and later as a labOrer
He leaves an aged mother, one sis
ter, Mrs. A. w. Mason of NORTH
Ellsworth, and a niece, Miss Matte
E. Card, who has given him and his
mother devoted attention. TIL,
funeral was held Saturday, Rev
George S. Brookes officiating.
Edward r. Allen, son of Mrs