Moose sightings and local notices mark Maine week
A rural Maine page reports a wandering moose in South Hope and a mix of small town notes. Annie Hart crafts a grandmotherly dress with 150 year old buttons while Brunswick firefighters battle their first forest fire of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hope
Annie Hart
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
J. Albert Jones
South China
Harriet HM. Norton
Turkey
Asia
Maine
Harold S. Libbey
W. SS. Libbey Co
Lewiston
W. Scott Libbey
Portland
First Parish Congregational Church
Saco
North Street
Hall
Joseph A. Hall
Horace Ti. Haskell
East Maine Methodist Conference
Beaver College
Beaver
Penn
Centenary Foundation
Nivray
Leland
Calais
Belfast
Augusta
Carrie Winkham
Richmond
Georgetown Easter Concert Shines at First Baptist
A warm Easter program at First Baptist Church featured the Resurrection story in verse and song under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heald. Performances included recitations, solos, duets, and a tableau titled The World Rejected, ending with a communal hymn and a cross bearing, amid Easter decorations and school participants from West Georgetown and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Frank Healdwis
Tetera
William Boyd
Ida Lewis
Phyllis Drake
Raphel Rowe
Olive Drake
Gladys Oliver
Marjorie Hinckley
Dorothy Pinkham
Steles
Thomas Hagan
Frank Heald
Srons
Levi Totman
Ctea UO
Ruby Moore
Ethel Todd
Florence Woodside
Bertha Russell
Howard Heald
Fan Buzzo
Pinkham
Lewis
Henry Todd
Jesus
Belle Theald
Marion Buzzo
Belle Tleald
Dorothy Stuart
Robinhood
Wendall
Baker
the Cove
Bay Point
Fred Reid
Boothbay
Benjamin TH. Woodside
Bath
Everett Higgins
West Georgetown
Center School
Ida Williams
Edgar’ A. Punt Jefe) Priday
Boston
India Winds
Traften Knights
Ward Parkin
Strong
Harold Klunt
Bath Road
Cahill
William Ranser
Miott
Miss Morse
Tath
Edward Wren
Roslindale
Mass
William T. Boyd
Sanbornville
N. IL
Sarah Malehan
Fred W. Hinckley
Working League
William A. Todd
Howard G. Heald
Stenains W. Scott
Benjamin Nf
Secreeeeeee Veesees
Denny Todd
Belle Heald
Etna Junior Williams
Five Islands
Buzzo
Wednnesday
Maine Press Backs Big Maine Resources Push
Editors and publishers from nearly 50 Maine newspapers met at Congress Square hotel in Portland to support the Maine Agricultural and Industrial League in a major push. They discussed developing resources like agriculture lumbering water power and proper marketing to keep Maine produce inside the state and boost the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F
Atwood
Portland
Maine
Maine Agricultural and Industrial League
Congress Square
Fraternity of
Boston
William B. Hay
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. White
Teague
MLW
Thinrtingame
H.C. Thomas
Eastport Sentinel
Lyman J. Pennell
Aroostook Republican
Charles IL. Fogg
Houston Times
Albert K.lotetson
Aroostook Pioneer
Re. F. Wormwood
Biddeford Journal
Fred K. Owen
Wortland Press
Annie Joyce Crediford
Kennebunk Enterprise
William J. Adie
Traveling Men's Bureau
Charles IL White
Mark W. Burlingame
Dislocated Wrist Ends Big Wrestling Match at Armory
Wednesday's card opened with Muldoon beating O'Brien in eight minutes by scissors hold. The feature bout between Harry Katron and Young Bush saw Bush injure a wrist early in the match, forcing Katron to take an exhibition and draw the evening toward a close. On Friday May 2 Katron meets Vermette, and Jim O'Brien faces Tremblay in another finish attempt.
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the Armory
Muldoon
O'Brien
Harry Katron
Young Bush
Katron
Bush
Kid
Vermette
Brunswick
Jim O Brien
Young Tremblay
Biddeford
Harpswell Fire Threatens Cottage Colony
A brush fire on Charles Knapp farm near Harpswell raged Wednesday noon, spreading rapidly in windy conditions. About 100 men battled flames until 5 pm, saving Dr. J. W. Calkins’s cottage and preventing the West Harpswell schoolhouse loss. Mrs. Annie Dyer, 52, died April 18 after a short illness. she leaves a husband Joseph and seven children among others, with services held at a Brunswick Catholic church.
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Harpswell
Charles Knapp
Knapp
J. W. Calkins
Springfield
Mass
West Harpswell
Annie Dyer
Joseph Dyer
Mrs Sarah Stevens Eightieth Birthday Observed At Home
Mrs Sarah Stevens celebrated her eightieth birthday at home on Tuesday with her son and family at dinner. She remains remarkably healthy for her age and has produced patchwork quilts for grandchildren. The community records numerous visits, seasonal activities, and local events including grange degrees, Easter concert, and town road work.
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Sarah Stevens
J. T
Clarence M. Mahan
Gardiner
Eva Beals
Bath
Five Islands
Henry Moore
Baby
Charles Moore
Charles Nocton
Ira Lewis
Clarence
Charles McMahan
Cromwell
Alice
Howard Trafton
Ida
Elson Field
Red Reid
Georgetown
W. H. Holland
Chester McMahan
Cash Market
J. T. McMahan
Ladies’ Aid
Haskell
W. L. Berry
Arthur Berry
J. G. Stevens
Angeline Lewis
Charles Hanna
Charles Moores
Marjorie
Clayton Rowe
J. E. Blaisdell
Sylvanus Cromwell
Fairhaven
Mass
Ellen Cromwell
John Hinckley
Charles Tianna
Mark and Forest
Tle
Lester Davis
Joe Greenleaf
James Stevens
George Rowe
Farwell Dies After Long Illness At Cumberland Center
Lorenzo Dow Farwell of Cumberland Center died April 13 after a lingering illness. Born in Cumberland in 1844, he was married to Minnie Main of West Woolwich in 1882 and had three children including Charles L. Farwell who died in 1912. The funeral was held at his daughter’s home led by Rev. H. L. McCann. Burial was at Mesa-side cemetery.
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Fred
Doyle
Westbrook
John A. Pickham
Chang
Albert H. Sturtevant
Augusta
Gov. Dingley
Boston
Franklin Wharf
New York
Frank Everett Nutter
Goodall Worsted Co
Sanford
Marion Simpson
Robert Simpson
Unitarian Church
George F. Pratt
Sanford High School
Philadelphia Textile School
Tle
Sanford Town Club
Julia Ward Howe E Club
Martin
Co. M. 108d Infantry
Lorenzo Dow Farwell
Cumberland Center
Mr. Farwell
Cumberland
John Prince
Eliza Clough Farwell
Ernest Burnell
H. L. McCann
Deering
Farwell
Minnie Main
West Woolwich
Charles. L
Burnell
Warren E. Farwell
Guy
Amy
Ruth Burnell
Charles Roussell
Morris Greeley
Fred Adams
Fred Sweetsir
Mesa-side Cemetery
Local Notes on War Parade Prep and City Life
Local notes report hay at 28 dollars a ton and moths around streetlights. Forest foliage bursts with warm sun, and fields turn green as soldiers return to Boston for a parade. Ice forms on ponds as temperatures dip, with forecasts of a near freezing point. Public notices cover finance committee meeting, piling for Watson Frye Co shop, and regional brush fires near Brunswick. Community items recount dogged cat Jessie Willard’s exploits, still alarms, and local social visits to Boston for the parade with many residents traveling or hosting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Finance Committee
Watson, Frye Co
Brunswick
Brunswick Road
Cary
Rockland Gun Club
Oakland Park
City Landing
May Edith
Georgie L
O. K
Commercial Street
Maine Central
Jessie Willard
Sagadahock
Jessie
Red Cross
Pearl
North Streets
Pearl Street
George H. Pratt
Chestnut Street
Peptiron Promises Nurse Nervous System Strength
An old wartime era ad warns anxiety harms digestion and excretion and credits Peptiron iron tonic tablets as the best spring remedy. It claims the chocolate-coated tablets strengthen nerves, improve color, boost red blood cells, stimulate appetite, and promote sleep with pleasant taste.
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Great Northern Paper Co
Greenville
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Grant Farm
Mt. Katahdin
Mt. Kinco
Sarah ‘ Stevens
Houston
Alexander Bordeleau
Alexander Moran
Lowell
Moses Tozier
Sherman
Rene
Cretonnes
Alton C. Small
Bowdoinham
Genesta Sewing Circle
E. R. Leonard
High Street
Oliver Moses
Ina
Florence’ Hart
Providence
William Mann
William T. Cobb
Fred P. Shaw
Fred Stevens
Walter H. Lowell
Roy F. Colby
Gloucester
Colby
W. W. Robinson
A. M. Robinson
Central Church
William T. Haines
Waterville
C. J. Houghton
Boston For A Few Days With Mrs. Houghton
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America
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