Prices and market notes from Houston and Chicago cattle markets
Market round up with prices for potatoes, flour, sugar, oats and butter. Houston reports buyers paying 2.50 per barrel for potatoes with multiple car shipments in early April. Chicago markets show stock weakness and lower wheat values amid tense international relations. Local notices mention horses for sale and regional shipping activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.&a.r.r
Houston
Wavetun
Western
New York Twins
Heanery
Chicago
Mexico
Germany
Phippsburg Social Notes Include Local Movements
William Butler paints his buildings as Mrs. Butler notes spring cleaning. Miss Jennie Roderick visits Mrs. Beals while Alfred Beals works in the shipyard. Ruth Sylvester returns from Small Point to Shaw's Business College in Portland. Jessie Kelley to Camden to teach. Margaret Sylvester turns eleven. G Clinton Beals launches his season boat. new top added. Galen Daley returning to Parker Head for summer. A sings gathering at Parker Head with numerous attendees and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wyman
Frank Wyman
William Oliver
Bath
Oliver
Virginia
Mark L.percy
Elbridge Morse
Hiattle Morse
Frank Schofield
Henry
Potter
J. Roscoe Stacy
A. F. Williams
Stacy
Edward Winslow
Alice Campbell
Cherryfield
George Harris
George Curtis
Boston
Bradford Sprague
Lou Kittredge
George Sprague
Meadowbrook
John D. Rogers
Walter Small
Parker Head
Knight
Dory
Robert Harris, Jr
Earl Harris
Durham
Laura Matthews
Waltham
Mass
Adams House
William Bowie
William Butler
Butler
Jennie Roderick
Samuel Beals
Alfred Beals
Ruth Sylvester
Shaw's Business College
Portland
Jessie Kelley
Camden
Margaret Sylvester
G. Clinton Beals
Beals
Galen Daley
Fred
Walter Williams
M. L. Oliver
Ethel Gurney
Carrie Cushing
Galen Hinckley
Stella Wymar
Charles Blaisdell
Edward, Thomas
Walter Cushing
Popham Beach Surfman Crowley Injured On Patrol
Coast Guard Surfman Atwell Crowley of the Boothbay Harbor station fell and sprained his ankle badly during a patrol and was taken to the Marine Hospital. Freeman Oliver covers station duties during his absence as cottage owners prepare for summer and local events unfold at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwell Crowley
Coast Guard
Boothbay Harbor
Freeman Oliver
Crowley
Popham
John Coughlin
Lynn
Mass
F. J. Oliver
Charles H. Ingraham
Boston
Providence
Popham Beach Steamboat Co
George Popham
Popham Beach
Fort Baldwin
Bay Point
Red Skin
Steamboat Landing
Elliot
H. W. Hosmer
Edith Oliver
Cox’s Head
Parker Head
Lewiston
F. S. Oliver
Portland social weekend guest and cottage work notes
Miss Joe Richardson of Portland visits weekend guest Mrs. J Arthur Stevens. H W Oliver paints Charles Chestra’s cottage on the south shore. Cottagers to welcome a new beach sidewalk this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Richardson
Portland
J. Arthur Stevens
H. W. Oliver
Charles Chestra
West Bath Notes Mud Recedes and Local Movements Rise
West Bath residents report road conditions improving after a snowy spell as Thursday sun dried mud. News covers relocations, social visits, Grange session plans, local travels, and small-town happenings including construction, accidents, and community projects.
Woolwich shooting and fire aftercare updates and obituaries
Insurance settled for Capt Albert Thompson of Day’s Ferry with Globe Company choosing repair of the ell destroyed by fire. Charles Fullerton to rebuild the ell. Frank Head collects debt for Danny Deejay cared for by Woolwich from Phippsburg. A R Ames named state patrol from Dresden to Sagadahoc Ferry bridge. Funeral of Mrs John on day at Nequasset. Service by Rev Calder. burial in Riverside Cemetery. David Henderson purchased this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Thompson
Day's Ferry
Globe Company
Charles Fullerton
Nequasset
Frank Head
Phippsburg
Bath
Danny Deejay
Woolwich
State Highway Commission
A. R. Ames
Dresden
Sagadahoc Ferry
John
Mr. Calder
Congregational Church
Riverside Cemetery
David Henderson
West Bath notes report road work and local events
G M Stinson takes office as road commissioner while Engineer Robinson leads a Central Maine Light and Power crew surveying a 65 foot high tower right of way at Chopp's Point. Local residents attend funerals, visits, and spring activities as Mrs. Stinson, Miss Lottie Stinson, and others travel between New York, Five Island, and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Varney
Five Island
Day’s Ferry
Mary Stinson
George Stinson
New York
Nequasset
John Stinson
Lottie
O. C. Nutting
Mt. Desert
Lincoln Bailey
Gorham L. Farwell
Cumberland Center
James R. Allen
Lemuel Stinson
Clarence Wright
Arthur Carltoy
Sarah Hawthorne
Woolwich
Alma Pushard
Chelsea
Mass
Morse at Home with Ulcerated Tooth and Local Notices
Charles Morse remains at home due to an ulcerated tooth. Charles Hewitt Jr of Somerville MA visits Mrs. Buelah McIntire. Mrs. Hewitt returns from her mother's today. Miss Eleanor Morse receives a miscellaneous shower with gifts for her future home. Leila Oliver works at the Swastika Exchange. Charles Trask is ill. Mrs. Eastman and son Paul return to Portland. Loyal Men's Bible Class led Wednesday church service at People's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morse
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Somerville
Mass
Buelah McIntire
Hewitt
Alton Oliver
Eleanor Morse
Leila Oliver
Swastika Exchange
Charles Trask
William F. Willis
Herbert Willis
Portland
Henry Potter
Elbridge Morse
People’s Church
Funeral of Capt. G. H. Wallace in Rio Harbor
The body of Capt. George H. Wallace rested on the schooner Ruth E. Merrill as it lay in Rio de Janeiro Bay. A memorial service on deck, led by Rev. Dr. Herbert A. Manchester, reflected on voyage and homeland ties, with Capt. Henry Butler coordinating final arrangements to return the body to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Wallace
Ruth E. Merrill
Bay
Rio de Janeiro
Tijuca
Ruth Merrill
Wallace
Herbert A. Manchester
Union
Boston
John
Potamos
Jesus Christ
Capt
Henry Butler
Capt. Wallace
J. S. Winslow Co
Portland
Merrill
Butler
Capt Wallace
Obituary: Henry Barnes Dunning Former Brunswick Seaman
Henry Barnes Dunning aged 73 a Brunswick resident and former seaman died Monday. Born January 10 1843 in Harpswell he retired from the sea about 30 years ago and later led Brunswick pumping stations and a Thompson's Brook plant. He served in the Navy during the war and held several fraternal and civic posts. Survived by brother Capt Alfred S. Dunning and sister Mrs Hattie Snow. Funeral held at his brother's residence Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Barnes Dunning
Brunswick
Mr. Dunning
Harpswell
Rufus
Adeline Curtis Dunning
Thompson's Brook
Navy
Pythias
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Vincent Mountfort
G.A.R
Brunswick Club
Capt
Alfred S. Dunning
Hattie Snow
Death of Bath native John McKay noted in Schenectady
John McKay formerly of Bath died in Schenectady New York where he had lived with daughter Mrs Mary Anderson for two years The Bath resident owned the McKay homestead at North and Lincoln Streets He was a Solar Lodge F A M member since 1874 Survived by daughters Mary Anderson Sarah Keene Lizzie Morley and son James R McKay Remains to be brought to Bath for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
John McKay
Mary Anderson
McKay
North
Lincoln Sts
Bath
Solar Lodge
Sarah Keene
New York City
Lizzie Malley
Boston
James R. McKay
van Etten
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Duluth
Manitoba
Hennery
Hennery Browns
Commission House
Boston Produce Market
Bostan A
West Bath
Lucy Gerrish
Hubert McCarty
High Street
I. T. Johnson
Long Island
Eugene Browns
Herbert Williams
Bonnemot Cottage
Sabine
Miss Mountfort
Campbell’s Pond
Topsham
Myra Coombs
Gorham Normal School
Albert Redlow
Birch Point
Fred Gerrish
K. C. Gerrish
Fred Coombs
He Brown
Gardiner
Joseph W. Larrabee
Joseph Larrabee
J. B. Lemont
Lemont
C. M. Bryant
Grand Lodge of the Knights of the Golden Eagle
Fred W. Larrabee
Scott Frye
George Moulton
Washington St
Winnegance News
Nwasure Tim
Winship Reed
Arrowsic
Reed
Greig
Wellington C. Preble
Albert Lakin
Bath City Hospital
Lilla Rines
Wiscasset
G. H. Wallace
Rio
Henry B. Dunning
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