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The Republican Journal
Belfast, Waldo County, Maine
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W. H. Glover Co. of Rockland begins construction on a $50,000 luxury cottage for J. Kearsley Mitchell of Philadelphia at Gilkey's Harbor, Islesboro, Maine. Designed by Stewardson & Page, it will be the finest at the resort, employing 20 men, completed by June 10, 1916.
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The W. H. Glover Co. of Rockland has begun work at Gilkey's Harbor, Islesboro, on the foundation of a new cottage for J. Kearsley Mitchell of Philadelphia. It will cost $50,000 and in point of size and elegance, will have no superior at Maine's most exclusive summer resort. The Mitchell cottage, which was designed by Stewardson & Page, Philadelphia, will be located near the Dr. Parks cottage on the western side of Islesboro, overlooking the Charles Dana Gibson cottage on Seven Hundred Acre Island. The Glover company will give employment to 20 men in the construction of the new cottage, which the contract says, must be ready for occupancy not later than June 10, 1916. Charles I. Morton will be in charge of the work.
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Islesboro, Maine
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cost $50,000; employs 20 men; completion by june 10, 1916
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W. H. Glover Co. of Rockland begins foundation work on new cottage for J. Kearsley Mitchell of Philadelphia at Gilkey's Harbor, Islesboro. Designed by Stewardson & Page of Philadelphia, located near Dr. Parks cottage on western side of Islesboro, overlooking Charles Dana Gibson cottage on Seven Hundred Acre Island. Charles I. Morton in charge.