Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-22

in the Near East" The generous
Ofering of $400 was given to the
Near East relief fund,
T 0. l.. Tapley of West Brooksville
was the guest of honor at a family
party last Friday at the home of his
brother, o. w. Tapley, it being his
birthday. Relatives from West
Brooksville and DR.. and Mrs.
Thomas S. Tapley Of fremont, were
present.
Friends of Mrs. Geo P. Dutton,
WHO has been spending the summer
at her cottage at Hancock Point,
sympathize with her in the accident
which befell her Monday. While at
the Jordan Pond house at Seal Har-
Dor, she fell, breaking her wrist
She is at the Hurley hospital.
fCards have been received an
nouncing the engagement of Miss A
Evelyn Howe and Herbert Lord, both
of Ellsworth. Miss Howe has
wide acquaintance throughout the
county as home demonstration agent
for the Hancock County Farm Bu-
reau. Mr.. Lord is employed as clerk
in the Ellsworth postoffice. The
many friends of both extend con-
gratulations.
The Ellsworth Merchants have
closed their baseball season. South
west Harbor was too much for them.
Winnie" Clark brought up team
of rejuvenated Antedeluvians last
Friday, and won the old ball game
by the score of 1873. Practically all
the scoring was done in the first two
innings After that, both teams
tightened up and played a very
creditable game for oldtimers. The
visiting team was given supper at
| 1he Tracy restaurant after the game.
The boxing bout between the Utah
Kid and Young Pooler, postponed
from August 13, will take place at
| Hancock hall next Monday evening.
| This bout is looked forward to with
| interest by the Bangor fight fans,
| and big attendance is expected.
| This will be a doublesix affair.
| There will be two six-round bouts
| on the program before the main
bout wild Man" Jimmy Maroon
of Bangor will meet Bobby Barrett
OF New York and Ellsworth, and
| Barney Driscoll of Bar Harbor will
4 meet hlu CdlI VI DduSol
Elmer w. Campbell, director of
4 the division of sanitary engineering
of the State department of health,
was in Ellsworth Saturday, looking
over the plant of the water com
pany, which is carrying out the
recommendation of the department
in building new pumping well,
The we'll will be of double concrete
construction, well within a we'll
Mr. Campbell examined the blue
prints of the well, and pronounced
them satisfactory. He says the Of
ficials of the company seem very
willing to carry out all the recon-
mendations and suggestions of the
health department to protect the
water from contamination
On Saturday night, Aug 25, the
doors of Hancock hall will be open
for the second appearance here of
Herbert X Belts and his splendid
company i'm IAN Arizona Cowboy" ="
the play that has been applauded by
crowded houses from Maine TO
Florida during the past four years.
To those who saw this beautiful play
| three years ago, it needs no in
| PRODUCTION Little Dorothy Lull is
| still playing the part of Nellie
| Randall, and her singing and dane
ing is a feature of the performance.
| For one of her tender years, her
| work is little short of marvellous.
The play is clean and wholesome,
and the story it tells is so delicately
| interviewer with tears and laughter
that it holds the attention of the