George A Ferguson Bowdoinham resident dies at 70
George A. Ferguson of Bowdoinham died suddenly Saturday afternoon of heart trouble at his home after being taken there from a brief illness. He was 70, leaves a widow and one son Robert B. Ferguson, with a half brother Spear Sedgley of Philadelphia and half sister Annie Larrabee of Auburn. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at two with Rev. T. F. Johnson officiating and burial in Village cemetery. A visit to Bath followed by relatives from Wollaston, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Ferguson
Bowdoinham
Irish
Ele
Tle
Robert B. Ferguson
Spear Sedgley
Philadelphia
Annie
J. T. Johnson
Methodist Church
W. HL Gould
John A. Purinton
Tl, McEwen
Jack
BR. JA. Dickinson
Three Escape Injury In Automobile Upset In North Bath
Mr and Mrs In galls and their infant were returning home in North Bath when a wheel came off near Oak Grove avenue and Whiskey row. The car swerved into a ditch and rolled, but all survived with only bruises. Ralph Baker of Portland, formerly Bath, aided and helped to remove occupants and arrange transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Ingalls
North
Bath
Oak Grove Avenue
Ralph Baker
Portland
Tie
Mr. Baker
Ingall
Committee visits Portland's piggery for garbage collection facts
A city council special committee on garbage collection toured Portland's piggery to study methods and gather information for bids. Alderman Toby unable to join, car donated by his son Stanley. guests included J Mason Wright and Joseph Robichaud seeking details. W Fred Stevens of Bath Mercantile joined on personal business.
Bowdoinham Name Tied to Early Land Purchaser and Pioneers
Bowdoinham derives its name from Dr. Peter Bowdoin, an exile from France after the Edict of Nantes revocation who settled in Boston and later bought land stretching from the Kennebec River to Lewiston Falls. The article covers early settlement, mills, churches, schooling, ships built around 1768, harsh winters, population voting rules, and a major fire in 1902. It notes early doctors, plastered houses appearing around 1880, and a monument committee that oversaw a cannon installation at Rideout Lot in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Peter Bowdoin
France
Boston
Kennebec River
Lewiston Falls
Kennebec
Williams and Holbrook
Amasa Willams
William Brown
Universalist Society
Universalist
Abram Prebles
Myrie Heath
Thomas Howards
The
Howards
Chops
Bath
John Patten
John Foulton
Adam Hunter
Washington
Valley Forge
Massachusetts
Michael Howland
Spear Place
Woo
C. Trish
Isso
John Adams
W. S. Kendall
FE. U. Purrington
J. J. Brown
I. M. Foulton
George Minot
Benjamin Adams
Fort Popham
Sagadaroe County
Old Home Week Draws Big Crowd in Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham enjoyed a successful Old Home week with large attendance at each event. The program featured chorus and community singing led by Myrtilla Beals, town history by Dr. A I Drummond, and a mock wedding. Robert Adams filled in for Mr. Gay, Nell son’s orchestra played, Lee Nichols performed violin solos, and a Bowdoinham Richmond ball game ended with Bowdoinham losing in a late rally. Many out of town guests attended, including families from Needham, West Medford, Worcester, Rumford Falls, Waterville, Augusta, Lewiston, Philadelphia, Boston, New Jersey, and Portland. A funeral for George A Ferguson was held, with a large turnout and community offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtilla Beals
A. I. Drummond
Gay
Robert Adams
Pomeroy
Richmond
Nelson
Lee Nichols
Waterville
A. B. Drummond
Bowdoinham
Daniels
Needham
Mass
Charles Houghton
West Medford
Edgar Wilkinson
Worcester
A. (. Sparks
A1. E. Cornish
Rumford Falls
Ivan Lang
Roscoe Given
Augusta
Herbert Given
Lewiston
Wo €. Sparks
Philadelphia
Charles Fisher
Boston
Ann Fisher
New Jersey
Wilbur Brown
Brunswick
A. C. Staples
Bath
George Purington
Peaks Island
Robert Harward
Milton McEwen
Yollie
Ernest Brown
Ernest Dunn
Frank Nichols
Lee
I. T. Johnson
Richmond Camp Ground
Johnson, N.hs
Milton Trott
Marjorie
I. M. Fowles
Edith Wood
Hattie Andros
Hollis
Ava Cornish
Rupert Miller
Jessie Ames
Ruth Doggett
East Poland
Epworth League Institute
Norman Rowe
Robert Brown
Annie Tyler
LM. Fowle
F. K. Jack
Falmouth
Lena Patten
John Browne
Jack
Bangor
Tacoma Inn
Charles F. Staples
Birch Point
Staples Cottage
IL KE. Cornish
Ida Cornish
New Meadows Inn
Coleman Casey
Walter Sg Philip
Portland
A. Getehell
Ida Frost
Doris
Fall River
Massx
Ira Frost
W. Ts. Kendall
Augusta House
AD Sparks
Romford Falls
Ellen Sparks
Lizzie Sparks
Massachusets
Charles Adams
Topsham
Earl Crown
Maud Webber
Westport
Amos Knight
Mechanic Falls
J. M. Fowle
Addie Jordan
Framingham
G. A. Ferguson
Lillian Elliott
Winnie Latch
Hazel Grace
Edna Graves
Carrie Welch
South Portland
Bertha Moulton
Capt
Horatio Hall
New York
R. O. Jack
George Chadwick
Thelma
Mixes Carrie Kendall
Old Orchard
Erskine Gay
Cambridge
Margaret Given
Everett
Smith
West Falmonh
Bowdoinham 1887 News Notes and Local Doings
Bowdoinham headlines cover family visits, fair preparations, and Brass Band events. Mrs. Louie Sparks returns home from six months at sea with her husband. Mrs. Smith visiting Willowdale. local excursion success noted by the G A R. Booths include preaching plans, railroad spur work for Carr Kindling Wood Co., and the Water Witch boiler outing. Col. Josiah Merrow dies at age 112, after a long Bowdoinham residence with surviving wife and children.
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Louie C. Sparks
William Smith
R. C. Brown
Willowdale
Abbagahassett
John Sampson
Fred O'Neal
Topsham Fair
Fisher
Bowdoinham Brass Band
Charles Mexerve
Topsham
Charlie
Rey
J. HW
Little
Maine Central Railroad Co
Carr Kindling Wood Co
George Andross
Kindling Wood
Charles A. Graves
M. Spear
Glymont
Josiah Merrow
Wakefield
N. IL
Granite Hills
Portsmouth
Europe
America
Salem
Maxs
Nancy L. Bratten
Bowdeinham
Local Visitors Stop in Bowdoinham Area
Mr and Mrs Frank Wyman and daughter from the West are staying with Mrs Wymans parents Mr and Mrs James Millay. Mr and Mrs Robert Hannah from Medford Mass visited Mrs N V Harvard. Miss Hazel Grace visited Mrs Graves. Mr and Mrs Elmer Wade returned to Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Merton Umberhind of Augusta visited Mrs Curtis. Mr and Mrs Ray Douglass and their baby from New York are visiting relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wyman
West
Fine Display Of Apples From Merry Orchards
Apple display in the Independent window features red astrachans August sweets Duchess of Goldenburg early Gravensteins and Fall gentians from J A Merry 2 High street. Weather drought drops windfalls and lowers Maine apple yield estimates from 98 to 73 percent yet Mr Merry remains optimistic about demand. Miss Helen Jones of Billerica Mass visits Mixx Marion Freeman daughter of UV 8S Deputy Collector of Customs and Mrs Frederick W Freeman.
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J. A. Merry
High Street
Maine
Merry
Helen Jones
Billerica, Maxs
Mixx
Marion Freeman
Frederick W. Freeman
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Promote Health
Appetite givers and strength builders praised for relieving stomach, liver, and bowel troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla claimed to restore wellness and work when other remedies fail. Hood's Pills offer prompt relief for sluggish liver and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Want Ad for Lease and Bliss Native Herbs Agents
Classified notice offering one year with option to buy terms and full particulars to H. D. of Bath Maine. It also advertises Bliss Native Herbs as a remedy for constitution indigestion biliousness rheumatism and kidney troubles with agent commissions and free literature from Alonzo Bliss Medical Co Washington DC. Mention this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D
Care Times
Bath
Maine
Bliss
Alonzo
Bliss Medical Co
Washington, D. C
Omo
Topsham Fire Destroys Quint Farm House
A Tuesday afternoon blaze at the Wallace Quint farm in Topsham destroyed the homestead and most furniture, with an estimated loss of $10,000. Firefighters from Brunswick and Topsham battled the flames as wells ran dry, but the Quint residence burned while help saved the Cornish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Quint
Topsham
Bath
Quint
Henry Cornish
Brunswick
Squire Hall's Anniversary of Locating in Bath
Twenty four years ago Wednesday William T. Hall came to Bath to pass his bar examinations and practice law. He opened an office and has remained. He served on the old school board and has been a bankruptcy referee for years. He also writes to the Times on astronomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hall
Bath
Board of Education
Times
Parker Head Baseball Suffers Big Loss At Winnegance
Parker Head loses 22 to 6 to Winnegance second team after seven innings at Morse ball grounds Winnegance gains two home runs first since field opened John Morse and Alden homer Cross briefly on mound for Parker Head Lemons rehabs with a lame arm Cross paces Winnegance bats as Sprague relieves in fifth inning Batting order lists Morse Alden Cross H Morserf Talbot Winkham E Morse J Morse Hicks etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Morse
Winnegance
John Morse
Alden
Sprague
Lemons
Cross
H. Morserf
Talbot
Winkham
E. Morse
J. Morse
Hicks
Kreidler
Hodgkins
Henderson
Mank
Sprague Pss
Stewart If
Harrington
Murphy
Parker Head
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D.T. Percy & Sons
H. P. Boudreau
Charles R. Brown
Ida A. Thurlow
Wollaston
Masa
Leslie A. Fowles
Corliss Street
C. A. Peaslee
Sagadahock
Bath Opera House
Paramount
Gaudreau’s
Sympany Orchestra
Liberty Theatre
Paramount Pictures
W. DD. Goodwin
Robert
Wilfred Chaney
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bowdeinham Advertiser
Bowdoinham Post Road
Squire Hall
Winnegance Seconds
Parker Head Club
A. Grant
Mrs. C. Rafters
California
Wiscasset
Lactola Dairy Feed
Bath Grain CO
Bath Dept Store
Georgette
Fred B. Teeling
N. Y. Life Insurance Co
Front St. Tel
Dummer
Tel
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