Busy Times at Phippsburg Amid Big Sunday Attendance
Large church turnout in Phippsburg marked by visitors and a soloist Mrs. L. W. Berry performing Beyond the Gates of Paradise. Local families hosted guests, lumber shipments moved to Dromore Bay, and maritime activity plus tax notices filled a busy week. continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Berry
Gates of Paradise
M. D. Sprague
S. C. Campbell
Henry Minott
Margaret Frances
J. O. Wyman
Brunswick
Garnet
Dora Frisbee
Bath
Dromore
Stoneybrook Landing
Frances M
F. S. Bowker & Son
Cora F. Cressey
J. W. Hill
Lee's Island
Harold M. Sewall A Maine Republican Leader and Statesman
Harold M. Sewall emerges as a prominent Maine Republican figure with a record of service from Samoa to Hawaii and Maine politics. He presided at the 1896 Maine Republican State convention, served as U. S. minister to Hawaii, helped expand U S influence in the Pacific, and later held Maine legislative and senatorial posts. His career includes fighting for public conscience, opposing monopoly, ending the fee system, and reforming taxes and railroad practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Samoa
Portland
Reed
Sewall
Maine
House of Representatives
McKinley
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Arthur Sewall
Bath
H. M. Sewall
U. S
Hawaii
U.S
Philippine Commission
Spain
Pacific
Atlantic
Dewey
Philippines
Bayard
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Senate
Congress
Lakes
State Committee On
Maine political players clash with Harold Sewall praised as impractical
A Maine public discourse features criticism of Harold Sewall as an impractical politician. Critics accuse others of pursuing self interest and profits, while Sewall receives the public compliment framed as the highest remark in Maine politics in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Harold Sewall
Hawaiian Shell Necklace Comes Full Circle in Richmond
Mrs. A S Winslow of Richmond, once of this city, inherits a shell necklace from the late Mrs. E E Alwood. The shells, gifted eighteen years ago to mark New Year, were linked to a royal provenance once worn by the wife of Kalakaua and presented to Queen Victoria in London. The piece, once overlooked, is now valued as a beautiful keepsake amid a modern vogue for sea adornments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Winslow
Richmond
E. E. Alwood
Hawaiian Islands
Queen Victoria
London
Frances McKeen Dies Descendant of Bowdoin Founder
Frances McKeen, descendant of Bowdoin College founder President James McKeen and last of her family line, died in Brunswick on Tuesday. Born Oct 5 1832 in the family home, she lived there most of her life and was connected to college social life through First Parish Church. Funeral held Friday afternoon at 2 15 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances McKeen
James McKeen
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Miss McKeen
John
McKeen
Charles H. Swett Dies After Illness at Aged Home
Charles H. Swett aged Stx years died Wednesday at the Home for Aged Couples and Old Men after a brief illness. A Georgetown native, he learned ship joinery and later became a Cambridge contractor. He returned to Arrowsic ten years ago and is survived by his widow of sixty three years and two sisters Esther Hinckley of Arrowsic and Priscilla Campbell of Sabattus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Swett
Georgetown
Cambridge
Mass
Arrowsic
Esther Hinckley
Priscilla Campbell
Sabattus
Brunswick Merchant Larkin Snow Dies at 84
Larkin D. Snow Brunswick's oldest merchant died Sunday at his Birch Island cottage aged 84. He ran a Brunswick grocery for 50 years and held offices as president of the Brunswick Loan and Building Association and treasurer of Brunswick Manufacturing Co. A charter member of Portland Lodge Knights of Pythias, he leaves two sons Henry A. Snow and Fred B. Snow of Brunswick and a nephew A. J. Snow of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkin BD. Snow
Brunswick
Birch Island
Snow
Brunswick Loan and Building Association
Brunswick Manufacturing Co
Portland Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Henry A. Snow
Fred B. Snow
A. J. Snow
Bath berry picker Louise Talbot claims speed record
Mrs Louise Talbot of Center Street keeps a season tally of blueberries with a total up to last Sunday of 600 quarts. She is praised as Bath's fastest picker and has served many customers for years. She notes the season is not finished and compares the scene to a beehive at the Bath Shoe Factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Talbot
Center St
Bath
Community notices of residents' travels and gatherings
Local residents report business trips and vacations to cities such as Portland Boston Belfast and Augusta. Visitors include Miss Alice Shaw and Mrs F L Lampson with others hosting or attending social events at homes and beaches like Five Islands Popham and Boothbay Harbor. A yacht cruise with Elizabeth Houghton and guests ends with a fish dinner in Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Pero
Portland
J. J. Desmond
Boston
Alice Shaw
A. H. Blackwell
Belfast
John E. Fitzgerald
Augusta
Charles Powers
Boothbay Harbor
Capt
Frank Dingley
Bailey St
Summer St
Andrew S. Merrill
F. L. Lampson
Gardiner
L. P. Kenney
Ruth Curtis
Salem
Mass
Thelma Brown
Pine St
Frank Taylor
Winthrop
Bath
J. E. Prouty
C.C.A. Cigar
Maud Delano
Five Islands
William James
R. F. Curtis
Oleat
sCurtiss Gh
Gurtis
Paul G. Murray
Wilfred and
Richard
Joseph Gurney
Raymond
Elizabeth Houghton
Boothbay
Katherine Nealley
Bangor
Leonice Morse
Miriam Kimball
Henry Dearborn
New York
Sewall Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Raymond Trott
Emery Chase
Walker House at Walker Hill A Local Landmark
The Walker homestead at Main and Elm on Walker Hill is a famed local mansion built in 1809 by Major Nathaniel Walker. Now occupied by Mrs Wildes P Walker, the house retains its original interior while Col Wildes P Walker added a French roof and gallery. The estate hosted Thursday receptions and features a bowling alley in the ell, remaining a social center despite occasional occupancy. Administrators claim estate matters and probate actions follow, with inventories and licenses granted for real estate sales in Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Walker
Main and
Elm Sts
Walker Hill
Nathaniel Walker
Major Walker
Wildes P. Walker
Probate Court Grants Administrations and Final Accounts
Sagadahoc County Probate Court in the August term passes actions including grant of administration for Flora E. Tarr to Melvin A. Tarr and approval of first and final accounts for William D. Coombs executor of Marion Thomson Soule estate, Josiah L. Walker estate of William H. Walker, and Frank A. and Hattie E. Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie E. Moulton
George Moulton, Jr
Bath
Joseph M. Trott
Mary Sonia
William D. Coombs
Marion Thompson
Henry M. Heal
Fannie N. Heald
Phippsburg
William H. Walker
James S. Lowell
Sagadahoc
Flora E. Tarr
Bowdoin
Melvin A. Tarr
Marion Thompson Soule
Josiah L. Walker
Woolwich
Frank A
Hattie E. Palmer
Notable residents visit Bath and coastal towns
W H Farrar spends days in Portland and Peaks Island while Mrs Percy Nickerson and Pauline travel to Harrington Missouri. Launch Laura brings Boston visitors Mrs Herbert Bassett and Mrs Frank Webber to Parker Head for a vacation. Robert Kennedy of Providence returns for a brief Bath visit. once a Bath baker now in Rhode Island. J W Leicht from Wilkes-Barre arrives for duty at Bath Iron Works as chief machinist on naval torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth after eleven years in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
O. H. Johnson
Jamaica Plain
Harry Murray
Howard
Brockton
Mr. Murray
A. J. Higgins
Er. H. Whittredge
Jamaica
Mere Point
Portland
R. H. Baxter
Charles A. Coombs
Togus
Third Maine Regiment
H. B. Tabor
Medford
Mass
Five Islands
A. W. Rawlins
Edna
Cambridge
Pleasant Farm
North Bath
Lemuel Sponazle
J. 3
Winslow Co
Squirrel Island
Harry Knowlton
Frances
Florentine
William Pearson
Knowlton
Fred McGinnis
Rockland
Rhode Island
Marsh
East Orange
Popham Beach
Arthur L. Dunning
Berlin
E. F. Wright
Evelyn Dodge
Miles Webber
W. H. Farrar
Peaks Island
Percy Nickerson
Pauline
Harrington
Laura
Parker Head
Herbert Bassett
Frank Webber
Boston
Robert Kennedy
Providence
R. TI
Bath
A. 5
Winslow
Front St
J. W. Leicht
Wilkesbarre
Leicht
Bath Iron Works
Wadsworth
Jouett
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Littlefield & Moulton
Dromore Bay
Evans
Drummond Kelley
George Davis
Charles Sadler
Frank Hardy
Small Point
Harold M. Sewall
Mr. McKinley
Miss Frances McKeen
Larkin D. Snow
Ithe Bath Shoe Factory
O.sai
James F. Will Co
Srunswick
Pearanay
ANAMA
Panama
Usua
Fa Gwaio
Wallis J. Abbot
Great Canal Zone
Call
Geo
Parcel Post
Augustus Palmer
Alice K. Robbins
Sibyl B. Robbins
Lottie W. Tarbox
John W. Tarbox
Washington St
Probate
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