Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-29

one-half ton quad Nash truck to the
Bar Harbor & Union River Power
Co., and one and one-half ton Nash
truck to Daniel Young Of Otis.
V The marriage of Margaret, daugh-
ter of Judge and Mrs. Henry Martyr
Hall Of Ellsworth and William AL
fred Sturgis of Portland, will take
place at eight o'clock this evening at
the Congregational church in Ellis
worth.
Mrs. w. H. Dresser, who has spent
the summer in Cherryfeld, spent a
few days this week with friends in
Ellsworth leaving for her home in
Yarmouth to-day. She will spend
the winter with her son Charles in
Oklahoma.
Nokomis Rebekah lodge will hold
its regular meetings the first and
third Tuesdays of each month, be
ginning next Tuesday. A large at
tendance is desired at this meeting,
as plans will be made for the district
meeting which will be held in Brook
lin Sept q.
Charles Harrington of Winter
nal DOl, W NO ltt( spent StN Gl dl VIII
ters in Ellsworth with his son, Wal
ter b. Harrington, died Friday at
| the Bar Harbor hospital, from inju-
| ries received by fall on the side
walk in Winter Harbor a few weeks
ago. He was eighty years old.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H. Dauphinee,
; of Providence, r. l., drove through
| to Ellsworth to spend the last few
| day of the summer school session
| with their son, A. E. Dauphinee.
| They were accompanied by their son
| Henry and his wife. A. E. Dauphi-
/ nee will accompany them on the re-
| turn trip.
William Goggins is exhibiting an
| interesting souvenir in the shape of
a postal card from Germany, the
| postage stamps on which aggregate
500 marks, or approximately Sis
| by the pre-war ratio. Before the
war, 1850 postal cards could have
been sent from Germany to the
| United States for this amount.
Capt Addison Maddox and son
Austin, of Norwood, Mass, arrived
last week by auto, for a visit with
relatives and friends in Ellsworth.
Miss M. A. Hodgkins, who has been
visiting in Massachusetts, accompa-
MED them here Austin returned to
Massachusetts Saturday, but Capt.
Maddox remained for a longer visit
Cyr Bros. crew arrived in ELS
worth yesterday, and started in at
once setting up equipment for the
construction of the new Main street
I,,,;1 t,,,n ntr
what handicapped by narraw quar-
ters in which to work, as the tenn
poTary bridge must be kept open, as
we'll as the driveway at the rear of
the postoffce.
Mrs Edward II. Baker met with
a painful injury last Thursday when
a 600-pound radiator, which had
been disconnected during repairs,
fell on her left foot, crushing the
bones of the instep. Just about a
year ago, Mrs. Baker was severely
injured in an automobile accident,
Her many friends sympathize with
her in this second misfortune.
Two men, giving the names of
William r. Hendricks OF Philadel-
phia and Frank A. Homer of Boston,
J
day by Sheriff Wescott, and new
Buick sedan, which they are said to
have stolen from an Eastport garage
was recovered, Sheriff Wescott
turned the men and car over to Of
ficals from Eastport.
All the schools of the city, includ-
ing the high school, will open next
Tuesday New teachers on the high
school faculty are e. l.. Goldsmith,
Gardiner, agriculture; Miss Annie
| Dwyer, Millinocket commercial;
Mrs Wilhelmina Gibbs, Ellsworth.
The other teachers are T. j. Aber-
nethy, principal; Misses Ruth Fields,
Olive Edgerly and Helene Bellatty
Lizzie N, wife of Alexander b.
Thurber, a native of Ellsworth, died
last Thursday at her home in Con-
cord N. H., aged siXty-six years.
She leaves, besides her husband,
three daughters, Mrs. Vernon Nc
Farland of Salisbury Cove, Mrs.
Henry r. Morrill, and Mrs. Rennie
Wood of Concord; also three broth
ers and one sister,
The sudden death of Capt. Samuel
Alley on the Bayside road was a
shock to his many friends. He was
in his usual health when he retired
Thursday night. At o'clock Fri
day morning. Capt. Alley not having
arisen, his daughter went to call him.
! Receiving no answer, she became
alarmed, and summoning a neigh
Dor, they went to his room, and
found him dead, 1t is presumed he
had a shock in the night.
The young ladies class of the
| Baptist Sunday school has arranged
for recital to be given at the vestry
Friday evening, Aug. 81 S. Gordon
Emery, instructor of music in Penn
sylvania state normal school, will
/ sing and Miss Hilda Emery of Bar