Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-09-12

last week to the Emerson hospital at
Jamaica Plain, Mass, where they are
training for nurses.
Miss Alice L. Brown. director of
religious education, of Lewiston, will
speak at the Methodist church next
Tuesday evening, at 80. Next
Wednesday evening, at the same
hour, Rev. Mr.. Hall of Portland will
speak
j. E. Hubbard, general secretary
of the Bangor Y. NJ. C. A., will speak
at the morning service at the Uni
tartan church next Sunday, Sept. 16.
The pastor, Rev. G. T. Jones. is at
tending the conference Of Unitarian
churches at Yale university, New
Haven, Conn.
Daniel f. Hurley died suddenly of
heart failure Monday afternoon, at
his home on Grant street, aged fifty
four years He was the last of the
family of the late Daniel and Cath
crime (Harrington) Hurley. The
funeral was held at st. Josephs
Catholic church this forenoon.
John D. Remick of Trenton is the
holder of two records for his town.
Mr.. Remick was born seventy-four
years ago in the house in which he
still resides, and which has been his
home continuously ever since that
important event. He has also served
his town for twenty-eight years as Sc
lectman.
fWord has been received here that
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert l.. Shaw of Lew
iston Miss Maude Brooks) left Sep
tember for Seattle, Wash, to sail
Sept. 1 on the President Jackson,
for Shanghai, China, where Mr..
Shaw is employed by the Standard
Oil Co. They plan to view the ruins
at Japan caused by the recent earth
quake.
Mrs. Sarah Davis of Bluehill, who
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ward
| w. Wescott, sends to The American
| office an interesting relic-a copy of
! The Youths Companion of June 81,
| 1855. The paper of that date was of
only four pages, about the size of the
! Companion of to-day. An interest
| ing comparison with Boston of to-day
is afforded by wood cut of Boston
| common.
The Morang g-Robinson Co. Inc. will
! receive the Firpo-Dempsey fight di-
rect from the ringside, with radio
outfit equipped with loud speaker
| and power emplifier, on next Fri
day night, Sept IA, at the garage on
West Main street. AS the fight does
not start until late, musical concert
will be given, starting about SIS,
after which the fight Will be an
nounced direct from the ringside.
Ellsworth club women are plan
ming to attend the annual fall meet
ing of the Maine Federation of Wo-
mems clubs. to be held in Bar Har-
Dor September 1921. The opening
session will begin at 23O in the after
noon of Sept. IS. The closing ses-
sion will be held on the morning of
Sept. 81. One afternoon session will
be held in the magnificent Building
OF Arts.
Another boxing match is scheduled
for Monday, Sept. II, at Hancock
hall, with the Utah Kid and Jack
Bergen of Biddeforu IN the main
bout and Jimmy Maroon and Youn-
Brown of Portland in the semi-fnals
These four met in the last mate 3
here, and Bergen and Brown got the
newspaper decision by Il wide mar
gin. Young Bernard of BiddeforC
and Young Kelley of Por,.and will
meet in the preliminaries
The interest in the Sunday eve
ming services in the CONGREGATIONAL
! church is increasing. Sir Walter
Scott and His Books" furnished a
good subject last Sunday, and the
lecture was much enjoyed, Next
| Sunday there will be a special musi-
cal program and an address on
Papini's Life of Christ" This book
written by Signor Papini, until re-
Gently an atheist and anarchist, has
had a tremendous sale, and is now
being translated into dozen
! languages.
Ellsworth has promptly responded
| to the call of the Red Cross for help
| toward the Japanese relief fund.
| Hancock county was asked to raise
$1,SO0, and EIlsworth's quota was
! $3.50. By the assistance of the
| local executive board, Chairman
, Brookes was able to mail to Boston
yesterday $255.5S, since which time
other small amounts have been re
! ceived. 1t is not too late to help,
and those who desire may send con-
| tributions to the chairman, or to any
member of the Board.
The body of a man a~---- thirty
years OF age, believed to be that of
John Towikko of Worces.--, Mass,
a Polander, was found ON the rail
road shore of Little -0cky pond, last
Wednesday evening. Medical EX-
aminer Knowltom viewed ,ne body,
, and found no evidence OF foul play
Identification, which seems 10 be re-
liable, was made by a Bangor man.
who had recently repaired belt for
the man, the belt being on the body.
! The body had been in the water
about two weeks. 1t was fought to
Austin's undertaking rooms in Ellis
worth, and later deposited in the
tomb Communication has been es-
Il in