Two Town Meetings Vote Opposing State Aid Increases
Phippsburg approved a $2,132 rise in State aid road funding to total 2,665 for Winneganee to Small Point, while Woolwich rejected any increase. Phippsburg may receive 1,066 from the State for 533 raised. Woolwich also rejected River road extension, delaying higher construction costs and aiming to cut the tax rate. Asa Hathorne noted hopes for a slight tax reduction.
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Phippsburg
Woolwich
Phippsburgh
Phippsboro
Winneganee
Small Point
Three Towns
Dresden
Asa C. Hathorne
Board of Selectmen
Local notices and moving updates from Auburn and surrounding towns
Herbert Given Jr spent vacation at his parents home in Auburn Albert Smith works at Century farm Friends and neighbors welcome Mrs Abbie Graves back home after winter in Cambridge and Pennsylvania with daughters C O Purinton ill with indigestion improving P A Cannon planted peas April 10 Frank Seemore on Spear farm has been working in Bowdoin Evelyn Heath working in Alfred for Mrs Raymond Rendall Mr and Mrs Allen spent a day in Bath Mr and Mrs R A Douglass and Mrs Willis Sewell were in Brunswick Friends and former neighbors mourn the death of Mrs Frank Seigars Sr at her home in the village on April 7 after a brief illness with pneumonia
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Herbert Given, Jr
Auburn
Albert Smith
Century Farm
Abbie Graves
Cambridge
Pennsylvania
C. O. Purinton
P. A. Cannon
Frank Seemore
Spear Farm
Bowdoin
Evelyn Heath
Alfred
Raymond Rendall
Allen
Bath
R. A. Douglass
Willis Sewell
Brunswick
Frank Seigars
Friends and relatives share health, visits, and a birth
Friends of Wallace Carr are glad to see he is recovering from a two weeks illness. Rita Leavitt of Topsham spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs ED Baker. J P Bishop and George Gilbert were callers Friday at the home of E D Baker. Mr and Mrs Irving Ficket welcomed a baby son Tuesday. Mrs Gertrude White of Lisbon is visiting her cousin Lena Hill.
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Wallace Carr
Ilness
Rita Leavitt
Topsham
ED. Baker
J.P. Bishop
George Gilbert
E. D. Baker
Irving Ficket
Gertrude White
Lisbon
Lena Hill
Thanks for support during bereavement and hospital stay
The Siegars family expresses sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for aid and sympathy after their loss and for the floral tributes. William Partington has resumed duties as Woolworth manager after a two week hospital stay.
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Frank H. Siegars
Frank T. Siegars
William Partington
Woolworth
City Hospital
Bowdoinham Sports and Social Notes Gather Pace
In Bowdoinham Horace Lancaster and Wendell Heenie were injured when a gun discharged as Lancaster attempted to pick it up after a rest break at Mr. Johnson's. Dr. Pratty treated the wounds. Lancaster is recovering at home. A host of local residents and visitors are mentioned, including Ralph Purington returning from North Eastern University, Mrs. Olive Andros and Blanch Terrill visiting Bath, and many town residents and guests at homes, stations, and churches. Community life covers hospitalities, baptisms, farm shipments, school and church activities, the Bowdoinham Boys club, and upcoming Easter events with multiple church services and reorganizations.
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Horace Lancaster
Wendell Heenie
Olive Andros
Blanch Terrill
Bath
John Purington
MacDougal
Lottie M. Cobb
Charles E. Hackett
Richmond
Hackett
Murl Downing
Arthur
Portland
C. O. Purinton
Helen Townsend
Frances Merrill
Abbie Thorne
Harry Starbird
F. P. Gile
Judge Ames
Ella Purington
Gladys
Dorris Raymond
Brunswick
Carter
Frank Given
Charles Frost
Ernest Frye
Dorchester
Mass
George Hamilton
E. P. Kendall
S. W. Wilds
R. D. Purinton
Roger Robinson
Little Son
George Robinson
C. L. Browne
Fred Jack
Marie
L. Browne
Charles Hackett
R. A. Dickinson
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
Erla Browne
Gorham Normal School
Mary Dodge
Ridge School
Lloyd Kelley
Pleasant Street Bridge Club
Clarence Blackman
Waterville
E. FE. Wilson
Wilson
Annie Jack
Charles Sherman
North Leeds
Sherman
L. H. Hall
Ruth Jones
McKeen
Canada
Emily F. Siegars
Francis William
Eliza Graves Tynall
Frank H. Siegars
Bowdoinham
John R. Clifford
W. H. Gould
B. R. Temple
W. S. Given
E. L. White
A. G. Hulse
Ridge Cemetery
Methodist Church Sunday School
Quarter Conference Attends Wesley Church Parish Supper
Large attendance marked the Wesley church parish supper and fourth quarterly conference on Thursday. Rev A S Oliver district superintendent spoke on The Foundations of God Standeth Sure and presided. Many officers and committees were elected or confirmed including Eva Cahill Georgia Ripley and Agnes Shellenbarger. Retiring recording secretary Charles Shepard was thanked and Ena McLean elected to the post.
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Wesley Church
A. S. Oliver
Augusta
F. L. Littlefield
Eva Cahill
Womans Home Missionary Society
Ellery E. Whittemore
Agnes Shellenbarger
Georgia Ripley
Ladies Aid
Andrew M. Butterfield
Walter F. Day
Robert S. Gordon
Lloyd Daley
John Stewart
George Hopkins
Edward Coombs
Oliver Brown
Charles Shepard
Carrie Sampson
Flery E. Whittemore
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Willard McLean
Earl Lermond
Ena McLean
Mary Rodick
Charlotte Day
Madge Gordon
Elizabeth Trott
Eleanor Butterfield
Nellie McCutcheon
Fra Lemont
Mabel Lermond
Nathalie Daley
Harold Armes
William Besaw
Lillian Temple
Letha Brown
Hazel Hopkins
Abbie Gage
Everett Davis
Mary Quimby
Herbert Hopkins
Cyrus Reynolds
Amber Carr
Epworth League
Bowdoinham and Bowdoin Center Community Notices
Sagadahoc grange met April 8 with 61 attendees and dancing after. Ladies aid met April 6 but poor road conditions kept attendance small. Emily Seigars of Bowdoinham died Friday night after pneumonia a week ill. services at home Monday at 2. Leonard Curtis visited family in Bowdoinham weekend. Pop Corn Club formed by local youths meets weekly. Francis Weathers hospitalized in Lewiston for gall stones. Several locals visited Richmond. Douglass family moved to Lewiston for work. Various gatherings and young people’s events noted. Mrs. Fred Douglass improving at Lewiston hospital.
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Freeman Billings
Roger Landry
Arthur Webber
Loomis Dyer
Bowdoinham Boys' Club
C. P. Curtis
United States
A. S. Oliver
Lewiston
Methodist Society
J. N. Palmer
Bowdoin Center Baptist Church
Lou Mudgett
Portland
George M. Bragg
Bragg
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Ladies Aid
Ella Adams
Charles Babb
Bowdoinham
Emily Seigars
Frank
N. E. Curtis
Earl Laird
Priscilla Morrow
Boston
Wheelock Cottage
Marjory
Eleanor Rogers
Francis Weathers
St. Mary's Hospital
Robert Enman
Gard
Clifford Starbird
Richmond
Donald Hackett
Harold Curtis
Oscar Douglass
Douglass
Clyde Starbird
Richard Enman
Fred Douglass
C. M. G. Hospital
Buenos Aires Gardens and City Life in Argentina
Buenos Aires features lush gardens like the Palermo Botanical Garden with diverse roses and a notable director Charles Thays guiding multiple international plant sections. The city faces water, education, traffic, and urban development challenges, including a 1913 subway and diagonal streets to ease congestion. historic sites include the Cathedral and San Martin’s tomb.
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Palermo
Charles Thays
Thays
Argentina
Pliny
North America
Asia
Africa
Australia
Buenos Aires
Rio de la Plata
University of
San Martin
Invitation Extended Pastors Return For Ninth Year
Beacon Street Methodist church held a fourth quarterly conference with Rev A S Oliver guest. Reports showed a successful year and Rev Weston P Holman was invited to return for his ninth year. Trustees and stewards named. various committees formed. Parish supper and entertainment slated for April 19 in the vestry.
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Beacon Street Methodist
A. S. Oliver
Weston P. Holman
Mr. Oliver
Milton H. Douglas
Clifton W. Tedford
William J. Craft
Eugene McGrath
Charles J. Cain
Charles T. Henderson
Edward J. Bachelder
Fred H. Cary
William D. Yule
J. E. C. Sawyer
Ella J. Douglas
Ella Richardson
Antoinette B. Teeling
Rolvin H. Bowie
Adelbert Hall
Arthur C. Norton
Alice May Douglas
Lelands
Plummer
Marion S. Cain
Herman Crocker
Fred Sidelinger
Annie M. Teeling
Charles H. Oliver
George Wallace
Henry L. Adams
Ladies’ Aid
Charles I. Madden
Nellie Webber
William Pond
A. Morse
Martha Hall
Hibbert L. Norton
Marion
Dain
Helen Crocker
Charles J. Dain
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
Elizabeth Tedford
Louise Shepard
Marion S. Dain
Milton H. Doug
Buenos Aires Buildings and Gifts Highlight 1916 Independence Jubilee
The piece notes Buenos Aires landmarks including La Cara Rosada Hall of Congress and Colon Theatre, and catalogs gifts from nations for Argentina's centennial celebration. It cites Washington’s bronze statue gift from the United States, a German fountain, Italian Columbus monument, French monument with figures, an English clock tower, and a Spanish Angel of Victory. It ends praising international goodwill and arbitration. Also mentions Miss Lucy Rogers recovering from illness and a family visit from relatives.
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South America
Buenos Aires
White House
Washington
Palace of Justice
Argentina
Colon Theatre
Caruso
United States
George Washington
Germany
Italy
Christopher Columbus
France
Spain
Crosley Shelvador touted as revolutionary refrigerator
A vintage advertisement touts Crosley electric refrigerators with the patented Shelvador feature. It boasts ease of use, modern design, precision construction, and long life. Prices include delivery and installation with a year's free service, arguing superior value over rivals.
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Crosley
Crosley Electric
Breaks at Oakhurst Dairy and Grammar School May Soon Be Solved
City Marshal Walter L. Whitney believes a solution to the Oakhurst Dairy and Central Grammar School breakins may be near. Three pens found on Spring Street tie to loot and a Bath lad missing since Tuesday may yield crucial clues. One boy detained for questioning, fingerprinted, and released. Whitney’s long-used suspect list approach again guiding the inquiry. Local welfare worker Lillian Norton visited Bath on Wednesday.
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Walter L. Whitney
Oakhurst Dairy
Central Grammar School
Grammar School
Spring Street
Marshal Whitney
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E. A. Strout
I. B. Howard
Golwich
Maine
Swift & Co
Water Street
BABY
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rocks
Meadowbrink Farm
Frank Merryman
Jordan Ave
Beacon Street Church
Las
U. S
Junor League
Lucy Rogers
Elmer W. Rogers
Bowery Street
Rufus Capstick
Worcester
Paul
Marjorie
Tate Watson
Maud Whittam
Crosley Shelvador
Acme Service & Supply
Lillian Norton
State Welfare
Opera House
The
Zoo
Charlie Ruggles
Kathleen Burke
the Crusader
Lew Cody
Evelyn Brent
Regis Toomey
Evalyn Knapp
Christopher” Strong
Katharine Hepburn
Colin Clive
Lionel Barrymore
Gloria Stuart
Jack Helt
Lillian Bond