MacMahan Summer Colony Opens as Cottages Fill Fast
The Seal and Porpoise Clubhouse overflows with guests at MacMahan this season. Many cottages are already booked for extra rooms, with sailing launches to Bath and Boothbay and a busy schedule of tennis dances teas and musicales. The MacMahan Cottagers Association annual meeting elected officers led by Rev. Arthur N Taft and Prof Harold B Smith. The Olympic games featured two teams the Snipes and the Goops with the Goops winning overall. Notable guests include Miss Doris Allen Dr Sumner Edwards Bowdoin and numerous families and artists visiting or staying through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seal and Porpoise
MacMahan
Bath
Boothbay
St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church
Arthur N. Taft
Colorado Springs
George 3. Pine
Providence
MacMahan Cottagers Association
Harold B. Smith
Edwin S. Allen
George E. Hughes
Philip Little
L. B. Walker
Caroline S. Simpson
Alys M. Thompson
H. A. Nealley
William C. Redfield
Snipes
de Ear Bates
Bowdoin
Motor Boat
George W. Hartwell
Harvard
Harvard Glee Club
Howard Giles
Harpers
Boston
New York
Joanna Scouller
Northeast
Pennsylvania
Philip Littl
Philadelphia
Erie
Toledo
Detroit
San Francisco
Giles
Little
Allen
National Railway Publication Co
Marjorie
Doris
Olive
Sarah Allen
Charles Wisner
William Reed Howe
Orange
N. J
Pierce Arrow
Summer guests and yacht fleet at MacMahan
Margaret hosts Miss Wheeler and Miss Nan Edwards while Miss Caroline S Simpson of Elizabeth N J entertains Miss Mabel Prevost and Miss Marie Prevost. MacMahan Yacht Club fleets include Sagella, Bonita and Bon Adventure among others. Choir boys from St Mathews Worcester travel to MacMahan for a ten day camp next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pinkham
H. A. Nealley
Alien Johnson
Yale
Prof. Smith
George F. Cressey
Albert Potter
Ben Rand
Madam Bates
Gov. Russell
Massachusetts
I. M. Bates
Lewiston
Madame Bates
D. M. Bates
Cleveland
Margaret Dexter
Brookline
Mass
Lucinda Edwards
Sumner Edwards
Bethel
Maine
G. Justice Ewing
Lunenburg
Katherine Gingham
Ohio
Grace Ewing
Philadelphia
Helen Cross
Fitchburg
Wellesley College
Amy Farquhar
Bellerica
Gilpin
New York
Howard
Boston
Emma K. Hunt
Thomas A. Jagger
Charles L. Johnson
Paris
France
Albert Kingsbury
Pittsburg
Katherine
Theodora
Caroline Liscomb
Worcester
Dorothea D. McNulty
Orange
N. J
W. P. Nealley
Katherine Nealley
Bangor
Helen Pray
F. B. Potter
Wm. Stroud
Stroud
George E. Treat
Anna B
Elizabeth C
Milwaukee
Tweedy
Maud Tweedy
Wilkinson
Poughkeepsie
Harold E. MacKanye
William
Cornell University
H. E. Burckhardt
Cincinnati
C. H. Gale
Elizabeth Gifford
Ernest Wood
Louisa
Wyman
St. Mathews Church
MacMahan
M. J. Whittall
Alfred Thomas
Obsequies for Mrs. John Kay Held in Local Church
The remains of Mrs. John Kay of this city who died in Schenectady New York last Sunday were brought home by her husband Jo McKay along with their three daughters and relatives. Aged seven percent? no. she was 78 and born in Ireland. Funeral services were held at St Marys Church with Rev N J Horan officiating. Bearers included Chester Addison Charlie Fox Edward Pepper and Joan Wilson. She lived in the McKay homestead on Lincoln for forty-five years. Eight grandchildren survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Ireland
McKay
Lincoln
Kenneth Dresser
Sprigeld
Amelia Anderson
Schenectair
N. Y
James R. McKay
Chicat
Richard
Marion
Sarah McKay
van Etten
St. Mars’e
N. J. Horan
Chester Addison
Charlies Fox
Edward Pepper
Joan Wilson
Zachariah F. Chase
Michigan Avenue
Artesia Street
Neel
Compton
Hynes Cemetery
W. S. Enzie
John Schilling
E. Barbour
C. E. Garrett
J. E. White
A. S. Sargent
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Big Payoff
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars per word for a catarrh cure not helped by Hall's Catarrh. It cites endorsements from F. J. Cheney and a National Bank of Commerce official, asserting Cheney's trustworthiness and the product's blood-acting claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Ca’ Ly
Gilman and Thompson Marry at Wesley Church
Ella Gertrude Gilman and Harry E. Thompson, both of this city, wed at Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. H. A. Corey officiating. The bride wore white embroidery. the groom is a Morse High School graduate and letter carrier. They will reside at 22 Deering Street after a honeymoon to parts unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Ella Gertrude Gilman
Harry E. Thompson
H. A. Corey
Edna Bliss
George H. Stewart
M. Cahill
Thompson
Charles S. Thompson
Morse High School
J. W. Gilman
Gorham Normal School
South Street
Wesley M. E. Church
Deering St
Sagadahoc County Farm Demonstration August schedule announced
Harold J. Shaw outlines the Sagadahoc County Farm Demonstrations for August 1915 with dates and locations across Topsham Bowdoinham Bath and other towns. The notice lists agents, field meetings, extra work days and a poultry instruction visit, urging residents to attend and request demonstrations. The report closes with a note on Mrs. James Kirkpatrick and daughter visiting Chestnut Street, Bridgeport, Conn., and her four brothers in the British army at the Dardanelles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Shaw
Sagadahoc
Topsham and Bowdoin
G. D. Morgan
E. C. Patten
L. B. Shaw
C. M. Marshall
Topsham and
Bowdoinham
R. Hildreth
E. B. Sprague
W. B. Kendall
W. B. Williams
Monmouth
Kennebec Co
Bowdoin and Bowdoinham
Ray Purinton
F. S. Adams & Son
S. W. Nelson
Millay Bros
R. A. Douglass
W. H. Gould
Bath
West Bath
J. E. Mayo
A. H. Donnell
E. S. Crosby
Ruth E. Thompson
C. M. White
M. H. White
C. E. Lamoreau
Bowdoinham and
Richmond
J. G. Patten
W. M. Dingley
Nellie Lancaster
N. H. Skelton
L H. Lamoreau
P. A. Cannon
R. A Douglass
Topsham
E. R. Hildreth
Coffice
Grange
Lisbon
Androscogzin County
Feorgin County
Chester Kinz
Edwin Wlamoreau
Clarence Gould
Leonard Bishon
Floyd Purington
Milton McEwen
Bowdoinham Bars Club
Monahan
James Kirkpatrick
Alice
Bridgeport
Mrs Maria McKay Dies. Rites Held at St Marys
News from Schenectady reports the death of Mrs Maria McKay wife of John McKay of this city. She died Sunday at her daughter Mary Andersons home and is survived by three daughters Mary Anderson Sarah Keene and Lizzie Malley and one son James R McKay. Body returned by Pullman Tuesday for funeral Mass at St Marys Church Wednesday morning at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N. Y
Maria McKay
John McKay
Mary Anderson
McKay
North and
Lincoln Sts
Sarah Keene
New
Death of Capt Zachariah F. Chase Noted Bath Native
Jenks J. Mitchell of West Bath reports the death of Capt Zachariah F. Chase former Bath resident. Born March 13 1836 in Bath Maine he rose from sailor to steamer captain and later merchant and lumberman. He died after a paralytic stroke and his funeral was held at his home with large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenks J. Mitchell
West Bath
Hynes
Cal
Zachariah F. Chase
Lemont St
Washington St
Capt
Sprague
Bath
Mr.Chase
Maine
Chase
Great Lakes
Grand Haven
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Canada
California
Los Angeles
Kenosha
Wis
Lydia L. Comstock
C. E. Comstock
Della Comstock
William H. Willard
Prohibition Message and Local Home Ad Snippet
A Prohibition themed note quotes Maine dry laws and a long march to Pennsylvania. The item also lists classified ads showing wagons built in Maine and a woman for general house work at Old Couples' Home with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Maine
Bereioe
Gravel bed found for Bath Brunswick road use
FINE GRAVEL BED discovered on Bay View Farm North Bath by F B Ring yields high quality material from a Lov ers Retreat Road den. State Roads Commission plans to use it for a Brunswick Bath route with bids of yard price and alongside boulders for the headwaters bridge project. The pit deepens with more gravel and increasing quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
F. B. Ring
Bay View
North Bath
Lovers’ Retreat
Mr. Ring
Oscar F. Williams
Williams
Ring
Brunswick
Mr. Whitlam
State Roads Commission
Augusta
Coggershall
New Meadows
Chester Professor and Bride Honeymoon Tour Stop in Bath
Prof. Joseph Sleeper of Chester Pennsylvania and his wife spent Sunday in Bath on their honeymoon tour arriving Saturday. They were hosted by L Wilson a Front Street pharmacist and brother in law of the bride at Miss Gertrude Greenleaf’s home and at New Meadows Inn. The couple resumed their honeymoon to the White Mountains and lakes George and Champlain aboard the Garnet via New Meadows steamship line. Professor Sleeper runs a business college in Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sleeper
Chester
Penn
Administrator's Notice for William A Merrill
The subscriber is duly appointed administrator of the estate of William A Merrill of Bath in Saga dahoc County and has given the required bond. All persons with claims against the estate should present them for settlement, and all indebted parties must make immediate payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Merrill
Bath
Sagadahoc
Humphrey Purinton
Topsham
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Camillus J. Kidder
Howes
Rockledge
Salem
Lambert
Hamilton
Edward Lawrence Kent
Gso. S. Pine
Katurah Pine
L. C. Roberts
C. L. Cleveland
Harvey Palmer
Ridgewood
Judith Logand
Bala
Cornelia Warren
Davis
Daughters
Robinhood Cottage
Commodore R. G. Davenport
U. S.N
U. S.N. and Mrs. Davenport Are Her Brother, Mr. Benjiman Ives Gilman
Museu of Fine Arts
Marjorie Gilman
Lajola
Bishops Episcopal School
Robert S. Chew
Washington, D. C
Marjory Tomes
Amelius Outebridge
Clement Gile
Harold Gile
Ambulance Corps
Princeton
J. Stewart Cory
Cory
John S. Clark
Ardmore
Atlantic
Edith Howard
Allen Johnson
New Haven
H. H. Lee
Pitredelphia Stock Exchange
Msir Lee
Caroline
Seaward
Miss Masters
Dobbs Ferry
Hudson
Alk Masters
Gres Rock
Newton
Edwards S. J
Eilen
Katherine Nealler
F. B. Reazer
Margare Gertrude
West Orange
O. H. Searle
Mabel
Louise
Mac Mahan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Smith
Nancy
Louis Bowman Walker
Elizabeth
John Mc- Kay
John Kay
Schn«ady
Pullman
Jo. Mc- Kay
Derson
Izzie Malley
Louise Dresser
Jam R. J. Kay
Vuie
Gilman-Thompson
Wesley
Sagadahoc County
Oliver
C. E. Townsend
Maine St
North
Bath, Me
Topsham, Me
Harriet A. Purinton
Adm
White Chester Pigs
Harvey Oil Co
L. F.” Atwood
Oakland
L. F. Atwood
Ernest L. Booker
Lf.’ Medicine CO
Portland
Shoul
Supuness College
Ion
New England
Portland Bancos Augusta
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