Richmond’s Elizabeth Newell Celebrates 91st Birthday
Elizabeth Newell, Richmond’s oldest resident, celebrated her 95th birthday with a family dinner at her daughter’s home on Kimball street. A post card shower, a money purse, a large birthday cake, and numerous gifts marked the occasion with visits from relatives and friends across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Elizabeth Newell
Frank Raynolds
Kimball Street
Newell
Four Score
International Sunshine Club
William Newell
Gardiner
Emma Bowley
Litchfield
Eugene Purington
Gertrude Baker
Charles F. Peters
Lewiston
Laura Grondin
Brunswick
John Tarr
Lottie Bowen
Whittsfield
Mass
Aramina Washburn
Grace Walker
George Kimball
Freeport
Hannah FB. Cunninglsan
Damariscotta
G. BB. M. Soule
North Wront Street
Ora Reed
Portland
Lawrence Tond
Alice Potter
Farmington Normal School
Harry Whitney
Sherman Roberts
Canton
John Somers
Florence Somers
Clarriette Patch
Roger
Beverly
A. Alexander
William Strant
Haverston
N.Y
Race Burke
Main Street
Ernest Hewett
East Winthrop
Emma Groves
Augusta
Groves
River Road
Leslie Gardner
W. W. Gardner
Spruce Street
M.S. Castner
Arthur Adams
Wortland
Harold Wheeler
Sabattus
Sarah Wheeler
Chestnut Street
Lester Woodward
Lena Harlow
Freeman Wood
Castle Town Leaves for Norfolk After Loading at Kennebec Wharf
The steel freight steamer Castle Town completed unloading 4 700 tons of bituminous coal at the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co and cleared at eight for Norfolk to load for Boston. She was piloted down the river by Capt. Anson Oliver of Popham Leach.
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Castle Town
Kennebec
West Bath elects Haggett and Rich as delegates
West Bath residents Edwin W. Haggett and Harry J. Rich were chosen as delegates to the Republican state and second district conventions in Portland. Mrs Lyda I. Galt and Miss Odie M. Rich were named alternates. The English birth rate in England in W250 W is noted as the lowest in history.
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West Bath
Edwin W. Haggett
Harry J. Rich
Portland
Odie M. Rich
Engand
Easter the oldest festival of the Christian Church
The article traces Easter as the oldest Christian festival marking the Resurrection and spring. It notes Good Friday’s solemnity, Passover origins, and the push for a unified date by the 325 Nicea Council, with Gregorian adoption in 1582 and various Eastern calendars still differing.
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Pascha
Jesus of Nazareth
Nicea
Barry
Book of Common Prayer
Christ
Funeral for Capt Hartley K Dunton Held at Home
The body of Capt Hartley K Dunton who died suddenly Saturday in West Palm Beach Florida arrived Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will be Friday afternoon at 2 50 at the home of his daughter Mrs William A Furber 1252 Washington Street. Miss Ruth Wilton of Sanford president of the Sanford Business Women's League has sailed for Greece to serve two years as office manager and accountant of the American Women's Hospitals in Athens. Her op portunity came through the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs which the league is affiliated with.
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F. Ray McKennney
Boston
Carrie J. McKenney
Ay Witham
White Road
Richmond Village
Harry L. Stilphen
Charles W. Messenger
Witham
Linwood Witham
Young Witham
Gardiner Hospital
Philip LeBlanc
Iceboro
Bowers
Rumford
Cora
Jane Little
S. N
Portland
Harry Little
Raymond Colby
Ruth Conrad
Melvin Brown
Walter Knight
Philip Randall
Harry Allard
Arkansas
Gertrude Allard
Loston
Ethel McQuarrie
Brownville Junction
H.C. Allard
Ladies Aid of Enterprise Grange
Levi Sedgley
Richmond
Augusta
Harpswell
John
Mary Pratt Sedgley
J. Franklin Harris
Gardiner
William Wilson
Center Street
David Houdlette
West Dresden
Chauncey Th. Webber
Ile
Bowdoinham
Richmond Lodge
Lolol
Tie
Walter Baker
Bangor
Hartley K. Dunton
West Palm Beach
Fla
Wiliam A. Furber
Washington Street
Ruth Wilton
Sanford
Sanford Business Women’s League
Greece
American Women's Hospitals
Athens
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Business Women's League
BK. P. Kimball
Earle Hagan
Harry Heald
Alfred Rowe
Kimball
Tillings
Working League
Harold Brown
A. E. Rowe
Bath
Hermen Spinney
Bay Point
Everett Trafton
Charles Campbell
Robinhood
Vive Islands
Campbell
Clara Davis
Frank Heald
Woolwich
Stett
William Oliver
Ashel Marr
Marrtown
Vassalboro
Mark Marr
Marr
Robinhood School
Rachael Foster
Gray
Mtr
Georgia
Walker
Center School
W. T. Newdick
George KF. Oliver
William Farnsworth
Higgins
J. Hinckley
Ruth Totman
C. J. Hinckley
G. F. Oliver
First Baptist Church
BE. C. Clarey
T. M. Wagan
Howard Ibald
Nelson Ratleff
Wefp
Hunt
Tath
Frank Tleald
Rev. Kimball
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company Balance Sheet Snapshot
A historic balance sheet for Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company shows assets listed under United States Branch of Atlas Assurance Company and local Holyoke entries. The document records cash, premiums due, endowment balances, interest and rents, receivables, and total assets with liabilities and surplus figures including net unpaid losses and various reserves.
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United States
Atlas Assurance Company, Ltd
London
England
Palm Sunday Sermon and Community Life Placed at Georgetown
At First Baptist Georgetown Rev. BK P Kimball delivered an Anglican style Palm Sunday sermon while a quartet led The Palms with Mrs. Tillings on accompaniment. The town hosted its Working League gathering and various residents were noted in church socials family visits travel and local events across Baptist church life, school beginnings, and neighborhood movements.
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First Baptist Church
E. P. Kimball
Influenza Cases Reported in Bath Urge Caution
Health Officer Chester S. Kingsley cautions Bath residents about influenza and colds. He urges masking coughs and sneezes, burning used tissues, staying home when sick, calling a physician, and reporting contagious cases to the health officer.
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Bath
Kingsley
Chester S. Kingsley
Old Folks Home Receives Patten Bequest in Bath
A bequest from the estate of Mrs. Evita M Datten, widow of Gilbert B L Patten of Bath, was received by the Bath Trust Co as treasurer. The balance was 1815.26 and will be used to reduce the Home's outstanding debt. Directors express deep appreciation for the timely gift to Bath's respected institution.
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Evita M. Datten
Gilbert BL Rh. Patten
Bath
Bath Trust Co
Postponed Sagadaloe Pomona Grange Meeting
The Sagadaloe county Pomona Grange monthly meeting scheduled for Corner-Wednesday was postponed due to heavy snow and poor travel conditions. A special Pomona meeting may be called later in the month if conditions improve.
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Sagadaloe County
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Five Islands Church Benefit At Grange Hall
A sociable for the church was held at the grange hall on Friday evening. Rev FE P Kimball read two selections and sang a solo. Apple pie and ice cream by L H Rowe were sold, clearing ten dollars and seventy two cents.
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Grange Hall
FE. P. Kimball
L. H. Rowe
George Gray
Clarence MacMahan
Fred Pratt
Bath
Esther Worthing
Seguinland
Alonzo Thibodeau
Damariscotta
Elbridge Mains
Coopers Mills
E. V. Small
Almon Marr
Fred Gray
Georgetown Center
RE. P. Kimball
L. HL. Rowe
T. J. Hanna
Malden Island
AW. W. Howard
Merman Spinney
Bay Point
Horace Rittall
Seathday
Ralph Davis
Linwood Stevens
Della Lewis
Iva
Alice Cromwell
Georgetown
J. E. Blaisdell
Bathman to Visit European Cities
Fred C. Cox of Bath and Walter K. Pendleton of Boston set sail from New York on the Conte Biancamano for a multi city European tour. They will visit Naples Rome Florence Venice Milan Montreux Interlaken Lucerne Taste Strasbourg Mainz Cologne Amsterdam The Hague Brussels Paris London Liverpool and return to Boston on the White Star liner Samaria arriving June 4.
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Fred C. Cox
Bath
Walter KE. Pendleton
Boston
New York
Stemmer Conte Biancamany
Europe
Naples
Rome
Florence
Venice
Milan
Montreux
Tuterlaken
Interlaken
Lucerne
Taste
Strasbourg
Mayence
Cologne
Amsterdam
Hague
Brussels
Paris
London
Cox
James L. McQuarrie
Ath
Western Electric Co
England
Liverpool
Samaria
Card of Thanks and brief notes on history
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and floral offerings from Seldon Williams and families and Samuel Wildes family. The text also notes insects in the tropics make clay jugs and mentions Denmark's flag as the oldest unaltered national ensign dating from 1219.
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Seldon FL Williams
Samuel W. Wildes
Tropics
Denmark
Insurance Balance Sheet for Arthur T. Dunton
The document shows assets and liabilities for Export Insurance Co. with Arthur T. Dunton of Bath, Me. Details include net unpaid losses 161,250.38, unearned premiums 5484.00, cash capital 1.3.5, and surplus over all liabilities 122,458,234. Total liabilities and surplus 8 43.0 177.78. Also listed are assets such as stocks and earning balances and interest.
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Luariliti
Uarantus Capital
Wecraes
Arthur T Dunton
Bath. Me
Pacuitopus Ashoes
Casi Caritall
Husbands Appeal to Sheriff for Aid in Bath Maine
Bath in 1926 case where husbands petition Sheriff J Volace McClure asking inquiry into wives alleged neglect at home tied to South End Parent Teachers' Association events. They claim a card party and dinner at Mrs Richard Quick’s on March 25 diverted from sewing for the poor and caused family hardship.
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Bath
Maine
J. Volace McClure
Sagadahoc County
State of Maine
Ward One
Wilbur C. Oliver
Sheriff's Office
South End
Parent Teachers’ Association
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Bath Daily Times
Acknowledgment of Corrections By N Gratz Jackson et al
The document lists N Gratz Jackson Harry W Crosman William H Small J Albert Redlon John Hunt Carroll A Deering and Chester A Plant as responsible officers to correct the stated conditions.
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N. Gratz Jackson
Harry W. Crosman
William H. Small
J. Albert Redlon
John Hunt
Carroll A. Deering
Chester A. Plant
Obituary William A G Rice Woolwich farmer 78
William AG DT Rice a Woolwich farmer aged 78 died Saturday after a paralytic stroke earlier that morning. Born in Woolwich to John Rice he lived there all his life. Survived by son Ernest and daughter Mrs William Gott of Richmond, brother John Rice of Woolwich, half brother Addison Rice of Harpswell. Funeral Monday at Woolwich Center Church Rev T L Fernald officiating. Bearers Edward Rice Ralph Rice Eben Dana Ernest Stilphen. Burial in Laurel Grove.
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William AG. DT. Rice
Woolwich
John Rice
Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Ernest Rice
William Gott
Richmond
Addison Rice
Harpswell
Rev
T. L. Fernald
Edward Rice
Ralph Rice
Eben Dana
Ernest Stilphen
Laurel Grove
Mary A. H. Given obituary in Bath York Street home
Mary A Hennessey wife of William I Given died Tuesday at her York street home after a three month illness. She was the daughter of Timothy and Ellen Hennessey and lived most of her life in Bath with a period on the West Coast. She married William H Given in 1893 and is survived by son Joseph A Given and granddaughter Elizabeth L Given, plus sister Catherine Hennessey and brother Michael J Hennessey. The funeral will be private at 73 York street Thursday at two in the afternoon.
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Mary A. Hennessey
William I. Given
York Street
Catherine Hennessey
Bath
Michael J. Hennessey
New Jersey Night School Credits Accepted by Nearby States
Credits earned in approved evening high schools of New Jersey will be recognized hereafter in meeting entrance requirements for professional schools and colleges in New York and Pennsylvania under reciprocal arrangements set by the New Jersey State Board of Education and the state departments of instruction in New York and Pennsylvania.
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New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
State Board of Education of
State Departments of Instruction
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Henry EF. Touclette
Pleasant Street
Love Brothers
Read Nichols CO
Commercial Street
H. K. Dunton
Crunter St
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insuranceompany
Aed
Lusi Weowice
Bankes
Sse
Nefuts
Payson
Firaes
OLD Folks Home
Bathman
Walter E. Pendleton
Detroit
Fidelty & Surety CO
Mich
Niorte Leavitt
Jas
Billy Reedvalle
Kuppenheimer
John J. Desmond
the House of Kuppenheimer
William G. P. Rice
Mary A. H. Given
T. J. Murphy
Ash Street
Lewiston, Maine
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