Army worm invasion alarms Bowdoinham farmers
Bowdoinham reports extensive army worm damage across about 34 acres of oats on Kendall Bros. fields with 10 locations affected. Capt Phil Brick and crew investigate 34 acres, losses near three bushels per acre. English sparrows swarm the road to prey on worms as trenches are plowed to trap them. The pest threatens similar damage next spring across nearby towns including Richmond Five Islands and Monhegan.
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Kennebec Lodge
K. of P
W. W. Fish
Freeport
Bretheren
Democratic Town Committee
Bute
Bowdeinham H. 3
Admins
W. E. Rideout
James B. Whiteman
L. D. Small
Sillaze Oat
Philbrick
Kendall Bros’s
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Five Islands
Monhesgan
R. D. Purinton
Spraying Potatoes and Farming Goods At Bates HQ Bowdoinham
Go to CP Bates Headquarters in Bowdoinham Maine for potato spraying material and a large supply of haying tools at low prices. A carload of cotton seed meal has just been received.
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Bowdoinham
Phippsburg Outing and Cottage Visit Report
Local notes recount Mrs. and Mrs. Caton Wallace and family returning to East Boston after a two week stay at Morrison cottage Sebasco. A group including Mrs. Bowker Mrs. Pease and several others spent a day at Popham Beach with a picnic. Mr. Goodwin guided a Rockledge tour and described remaining work and shore dinner preferences among guests.
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Caton Wallace
Stellardavis
Morrison Cottage
Sebasco
Boston
Popham
Beach
Walter H. Bowker
George C. Pease
Alice
Abbie Minott
Susan Nichols
Portland
Clara Chane
Somerville
Charles
Ladies Aid Society holds annual sale at Rowe's Hall
The Ladies Aid Society conducted its annual sale of useful and fancy articles at Rowe's Hall with themed decorations and a busy layout. Proceeds totaled 92.98 with 57.40 added to the treasury after expenses of 5.48 for ice cream. The event featured tables of candy, aprons, kitchen items, and a "Snip Line" blindfold game, drawing sizable crowds and support from members like Mrs. Ellen Hagan and Mrs. Fred Robinson.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Rowe's Hall
Ellen Hagan
Belle
Carrie Stevens
E. G. Southam
J. G. Stevens
W. H. Holland
T. W. Blaisdell
Fred Robinson
Cambridge
L. H. Rowe
Mattie McMahan
Alfred Rowe
Arthur Berry
W. L. Berry
Alvah Southard
Southard
Cleveland Rowe
Woolwich
Bath
Foster
MacMahon Island
Stott
Martha Mains
Obituary of Robert A Harmon veteran and carpenter
Robert A Harmon aged 85 years and two months died Wednesday afternoon at his summer home at Fosters Point after a year of declining health. A Gardiner native son of the late Robert Harmon he learned carpentry in youth and worked in Massachusetts for many years. He retired twenty years ago and lived in this city where he was a Civil War veteran and a member of a Boston G A R Post. He is survived by daughter Miss Julia A Harmon and sister Mrs Elizabeth Pease of Boston. Funeral held at two o'clock from his Court Street residence.
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F. J. Nichols
Portland
Harriet Morrison
Bath
G. T. Getchell
Bowdoinham Baseball Club
Cora Wilkinson
Worcester
Peaks Island
Mass
The
Independent
Bowdoinham News
Advent Chapel
North Topsham
L. D. Small
Advent
Massachusetts
Mary A. Given
James Sparks
William S. Sampson
Emily Rideout
Bowdoinham
Lisbon Falls
W. L. Bonney
Aroostookk
Penobscot
M. H. White
Kurtz
E. P. Kendall
Evans
R. W. Carr
Bobbin Hood's Cove
Georgetown
Seguinland
William Denney
Pleasant Point
Vilage
Denney
Lambert
Lambert Place
Maine
J. E. Clark
Re Ghack
A. C.smart
First National Bank
Methodist Church
Carron Ames
Lilley
Robert A. Harmon
Foster’s Point
Gardiner
Robert Harmon
G. A. R. Post
Boston
Julia A. Harmon
Elizabeth Pease
Court St
Mrs Silsby Dies In City After Long Illness
Mrs. John M. Silsby aged 8 years one month died Thursday at 61 North Street after a long illness. Daughter of the late James Couillard she lived in this city all her life and was a member of Beacon Street Church. Survived by brother John Couillard of LeBayou, Louisiana sister Mrs A A Couillard and cousin Mrs S Raymond. Funeral at 2 PM today from her home.
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Abby Ann Silsby
North St
James Couillard
John
The Band Program Concert and Local Maritime Notes
The concert featured Stanton's Military Band performing pieces including Valse Boston On the Shores Italy and The Centurion. A Schooner Antoinette sailed Wednesday from Georgetown quarry New Jersey with felds cargo under Capt H J Berry. Local visitors included Pop Beach Life Saving crew member Berry in town Wednesday.
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Stanton
O. N. Steele
Boston
Italy
Plantad
Serenade
Sparkers
Remick
Lan March
the Centurion
Co. Valse
Cecile
Mel
Antoinette
Georgetown
New Jersey
H. J. Berry
Pop Beach Life Saving Crew
Berry
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White Mountain
Mosher
Merrill
Bee
Vettina
Robert Millett
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C. M. White
Levi Staples
Springfield
Mas
B. B. Douglass
Die
Frankk Hondlette
Dresden
J. P. Card
the Ridge
Hondlette
Card
Carlton Lancaster
East Bowdeinham
Lewis
Sag Harbor
New York
A.C. Sparks
Wits
Rumford Falls
Ellen Sparke
Sparks
H. Mary Wilson
Kenebunk
James H. Wilson
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
America Purinton
Hazel Cornish
H. D. Cornish
Clarence Graves
John Blake
Wellesley
Viola Coombs
Will Sparks
Norwood
Civic Association
A. M. Cormick
Bridge St
George Hackett
Frank Webber
Gray Corrage
Old Orchard
Mekkay
Augusta
Austin
G. H. McKay
Luke Ftorers Randall
Framingham
Willard Blake
Bowdoin Lilley
Mr. Lilley
Margaret Sparks
Methodist Society
E. T. Jackson
Frank Allen
Jessie Ames
Florence Fox
W. C. Sparks
Margaret
Carolyn
John A. Cone
Topsham
W. H. Gould
Joseph Green
Gould
Nellie Harvard
Kk. D. Spear
Cornish
W. J. Graves
C. O. Purington
New Meadows Inn
Cora Smith
Birch Island
Fred Johnson
Harold Purinton
South Portland
Mr. Andd
S. Crocker
Fred Thomas
Thee
Harry Purinton
Mises
Myrtle
Emma Jack
Capitol Island
Robheus Douglass
Bowker
Augusta Black
L. W. Berry
Corrinne
Frank Allegrin
Henry Wyman
Fred Hunt
George Harris
Walter McCarty
Walter, Jr
Beverly
Turner McCarty
Chelsea
J. F. Leeach
Rachel Scotton
Frank Frisbee
Golder Leach
Golder
John Malcolm
Fred Sparks
Victoria Butler
Mr. Malcolm
Angie Watson
Brunswick
Ruth Morrison
T. H. Bartlett
Ray Richardson
Baby Alice
Richardson
B. Richardson
Albert Storer
Charles Morrison
Arthur Percy
Fairview
N. J
Joseph Crocker
Raymond Wyman
Henry Minott
Rebecca Bowker
Ralph Patten
Emma Prout
W. OR. Dickinson
Wiscaster
Alice Minott
Lizzzie Brown
Auburn
City Hall
Charles Stevens
Grand View Cottage
William Roderick
Lillian
Henry Butler
Edward B. Winslow
Butler
Norfolk
W. F. Casey
Dorchester
CP Bates
Phippsburg
J A Perkins
Nobleboro
Sec
Drummond Cutting
Tippsburg
Norma
Vincent Star
McMahon’s Island
Miss Masters
Dobbs Fer
Ida Rowe
Paris
Renard
Marie
Pittsburg
Lightbody
B. F. Perry
Pittsurge
Kolawita
Shaunessey Sisters
Malden
Quimby Cotage
J. Ernest Quimby
I. P. Quimby
Bessie
John Wentworth
Second Free Baptist Church
Methodist and
Baptist
Alfred Douglass
Ledgemere
John M. Silsby
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