Wiscasset Organ Society Fair Proves Social and Financial Success
The annual Summer sale of the Wiscasset Organ Society on the Congregational church lawn drew large attendance on ideal weather. Mrs. A. H. Dodge led the event with strong committee help, featuring tables of fancy articles food and flowers. A bustling schedule of visitors and locals followed with community notices and upcoming reunions weaving through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society
Congregational Church
A. H. Dodge
Roy Marston
Frank Hutchins
Sarah Varney
Fred Albee
Frank Grey
Lawrence Greenwood
George Carlton
Sewall
Alice Taylor
Nina Colby
Nellie Blagden
Emily Groves
Frank Adams
Ava Dodge
Louise Brigdon
Jessie Jackson
Bradford Redennett
Burroughs Stinson
George Swain
William DB. Lewis
Teenjamin Adams
Elizabeth Sewall
Gertrude Hubbard
Canadian Jubilee stamps purchased by the collectors
Visitors to Canada from the United States patronize post offices to buy the new stamps issued for the Confederation Diamond Jubilee. The six stamp set includes 2 cent special delivery and five ordinary values showing Macdonald, Fathers of Confederation, Parliament Buildings, Laurier, and map of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Sir John Macdonald
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Robert Harris
Royal Canadian Academy
Parliament
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Victoria
Sanford Fleming
Australia
Parliament House
Canberra
London
Fred J. Melville
Melbourne
R. H. Harrison
Melville
Palestine
Tomb of
Rachel
Tower of David
Sea of Galilee
Mount Zion
Citadel of
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Syria
Lebanon
Newfoundland
Lath Visitor Harrison Wright Seen at Small Point
Harrison Wright of Small Point visited Lath on Tuesday while Ralph Vivian of Andrews was listed seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Wright
Small Point
Ralph Vivian
Andrews
Century Old Deacon Celebrates Fourth Birthday Quietly
West Bath resident Deacon Joseph White reaches his fourth birthday Saturday. He has remained in good health and was active until January but now stays in his room due to infirmities. He lives with grandson and wife, Joseph W. Larrabee family, while numerous locals visit and summer at nearby cottages. The article lists frequent social visits, cottage stays, teaching assignments, and church events among West Bath residents and visitors from surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph White
West Bath
White
Mr. White
Joseph W. Larrabee
Philip Stackpole
Kates College
Campbell's
EB. J. Allen
Freeport
J. C. Larrabee
Rexford Clark
Everett
Maors
Noyes
Sabino
Eleanorates
Oscar Landean
Wortlind
Samuel Bates
Samuel Cole
Stacy Robbins
Larrabee
West Larix
Yates
Salem
Smith
York Beach
New Meadows Inn
Fred W. Larrabee
Mabel Shepard
Kittery
Joe. Lemont
William J. Burke
New York
Larrabee’s Grove
Boston
Fred Wittridge
Thelma
William Kittridge
Everett Lemont
Sabine
Lemont Cottage
Beatrice Nichols
Gorham Normal School
Littlefield School
Ruth Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
William Stackpole
Bradford
N.hs
Frank O'Brien
Mary O'Brien
Marie O'Brien
Dorchester
Mass
O'Brien
Birch Point
Frank Brien
Lewis Williams
KF. C. Patten
George Preble
Douglas
Topsham
Charles Bates Jr
Charles Srade
Beachmont
Charles Bates Sr
Carolyn
Stackpole
H. A. Owen
Clayton
John Leder
Waterville
Roy Verry
Hyde
Delmar Bates
Fred Kittredge
Will Kittredge
Thelma Kittredge
Bath
Fast Running Tide Delays Kennebec Bridge Draw Span
A strong tide delayed the Kennebec bridge draw span installation as the 242 foot S80 ton span, aided by tugs Falcon and Seguin, moved into its niche near Bath. Winds and precise maneuvering limited clearance, but the span was set by 1:30 PM, extending the bridge to about 1982 feet toward Woolwich, with two remaining spans G and 7 each 20 feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Falcon
Seguin
Maine Central
Bath
Spain No. 3
Kennebec Bridge
Front and
Vine Streets
Woolwich
Opera House Screenings Triumph with Five New Films
The Opera House in Bath presents a week of features headlining Chang the Siamese adventure with a savage star and a monkey comedian. Friday shows The Deereh of The Devil with Mae Busch, Saturday’s The Mystery Club, Monday Barbed Wire starring Pola Negri, Tuesday We’re All Gamblers with Thomas Meighan, and Wednesday Thursday The Rough Riders about Teddy Roosevelt’s Spanish American War unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Chang
Maine
Siam
Pola Negri
Thomas Meighan
Meighan
Rough Riders
Bath
Cecropia Caterpillar Described as Handsome Giant
The Cecropia caterpillar Lamia cecropia is a striking giant silkworm. It often grows to about four inches with vivid colorings on fleshy knobs along a bluish green body.
He Likes Insects The Fire-Toud Bombinitor Igneus
A quirky note describes a fire-toud insectivore as a charming pet. It feeds on small insects living on water plants at the surface. The piece highlights the insectivorous diet and whimsical appeal of this unusual creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igneus
Woolwich church marks 162 years with tablet tribute
A tablet in Woolwich Congregationalist Church honors its 162 years of ministry with 22 pastors noted. Longest tenures belong to Winship Adams Chase Thayer Conley Drake Chapin Calder. During Calder’s pastorate the Lincoln Association met in June 1917 for the only time in this church. Moderator Sargent and Clerk Woodwell are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregationalist Church
Woolwich
L. Josiah Winship
Jonathan Adams
Jacob C. Chase
Henry O. Thayer
Isiah Conley
Samuel Drake
Samuel Chapin
William R. Calder
Calder
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches and
8. Sargent
G. M. Woodwell
Dresden Residents Attend Weekend Gatherings and Deaths
Mr and Mrs John Lilly and Mr and Mrs W H Delong passed Sunday at Old Orchard Beach Mrs Herbert Munsey and son Albion and Mrs Jack and son Stanley of Woolwich visited Mrs Munseys father Dr Lilly Everyone enjoyed the opening dance at Weeks hall last week Frank Beedle of Richmond is visiting W A Johnson and cutting hay while Johnson recovers from illness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Horace Whitney
Bowdeinham
Elizabeth Ryan
Anna Lowell
Bernice Bailey
Wilson Wright
Ogunquit
Loretta Carlton
Eleanor
Jonexport
Mr. Carlton
Charles Henderson
Bath
George M. Carlton
Lenora Stinson
Waterville
Alice Preble
Bowdoinham
Melvin Howe
Esmond
Frank Preble
Wittston
James Cameron
Dresden
Ralph Rice
Mary Crocker
Beverly
Mass
G. Trott
Annie Goff
Richmond
George Ames
John Brown
Cyrus Gilmore
Herbert
William, Hollis
Harold Freeman
Bangor
Oldtown
Fairhaven
Elizabeth Mains
Boston
Alton Strout
Edward Jaqueth
Kenneth
Auburn
Frank Head
T. J. Kibn
Kaler’s Corner
Waldoboro
Millie Dodge
Old Orchard
Reta Carter
Livermore Falls
Alice Gilmore
Orville Jameson
Rockport
Geraldine Stott
Camp Overlook
Georgetown
A. A. Stott
Windymere Lodge
Unity
Day's Ferry
EB. T. Garland
Portland
Maine
George B. Wolstenhelme
John Lilly
W. HL. Delong
Old Orchard Beach
Herbert Munsey
Albion
Jack
Stanley
Woolwich
Munsey
Lilly
Frank Beedle
W. A. Johnson
Johnson
Ashes of Mrs Eames Buried in Family Lot
Emma Hayden Eames mother of Mme de Gogor an and sister of Col. J. Frank Hayden of New York died in Cleveland Ohio July 25. Her ashes cremated and buried Monday in the Hayden family lot at Maple Grove. The ashes were shipped to Bath in care of Judge Walter S. Glidden. Hayden Symes and wife attended the burial. met in Brunswick by Hon Edward W. Hyde who drove them to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dunton
Dow Coffin
Rose Greeley
Washington
A. W. Greeley
Fred Taggeett
Gans
Chirenee Nicoha
Fred R. Merry
Porthind Marine Hospital
Charles Jessup
Barbara Andrews Shaw
Martin Andrews
Los Angeles
Alex Stone
Augusta
Samuel J. Sewall
Parker EB. Lewis
AL & E. Street Railway
Bath
A. H. Dodge
Richmond L. White
Little Falls
Rowe I. Metcalf
Phoebe
Ruth Sewall
New York
Catherine Sears
Wayland
Mase
Buckingham
Janet Russell
North Adams
Grace Doremus
J. P. Tucker
M. J. Glidden
Effie Poole
Lewiston
Sarah Rines
Waterville
Lincoln County Court House
R. ‘Tupper
Lincoln Municipal
Westport
Boston
Daniel Page
Wiscasse
Lincoln County
Emma Hayden Eames
Mme. A Eames de Gogoran
Col. J. Frank Hayden
Cleveland
Hayden
Maple Grove
Walter S. Glidden
Brunswick
Eames
Edward W. Hyde
Falls at Niagara Recede at Slow Rates Over Time
Geologists note Horseshoe Falls is retreating about five feet per year while the American Falls advances more slowly. Debates persist over the time needed for the cataracts to reach their current positions, with estimates ranging from seven thousand to ten thousand years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Horseshoe Falls
American Falls
Chet Won
Maine Checker Champions Invited to County Contests
The 1927 Maine Three-Quarter Century Club meeting at Portland Aug 31 will feature county champions only for a state championship. Players 75+ are urged to contact county chairmen, with Sagadahoc chair Frank Nichols of Bath. County champions will receive certificates to present to the state committee at Portland on August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Sagadahoe
Frank Nichols
Bath
Jolly Dinner Party at Snug Harbor Inn
A shore dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Horace Ropes at Snug Harbor Inn drew over 20 guests from the Small Point Beach colony. Guests traveled by road and water, the innkeeper called it the merriest gathering yet, with auctions and bridge after the meal, and a guest book listing numerous attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Ropes
Snug Harbor Inn
Small Point Beach Colony
Jenny Sweeney
Corinne de C. Ropes
Harold Ropes
Camilla A. Sewall
Lacey M. Mellen
Loyall F. Sewall
Marcia H. Gallup
Elizabeth H. Pratt
Dorothy Sewall Jayne
Lani Sewall Williams
Marion H. Jenney
Raymond Pratt
Laura Barker Sewall
Margaret S. Hector
George E Humphrey
Mary JL. Sewall
Francis J. Carey
Duer duPont Breck
C. Westcott Gallup
F. B. Perey
Mary L. Humphrey
New Steel Promises Heat Resistant Breakthrough
Copenhagen reports a developed steel alloy that withstood repeated ten hour firings at 50 degrees and sustained 1,000 to 1,100 degree tests in a recombustor. Ten tons produced at Varde Works for broad testing with ordinary steel showing extreme wear while the new alloy remained intact. Interest grows over the unnamed alloy and its potential applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Varde
Varde Gas Works
Bluebird Favored as New York State Bird by Federation
According to an ao report from Mrs. Charles Cyrus Marshall of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs to Nature Magazine, votes cast under federation auspices place the bluebird first in the state bird race with the Bob-white second. The robin and oriole remain popular but behind the Virginia and Maryland representatives, and legislation to establish the bluebird as official state bird is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cyrus Marshall
New York
Friend of Man: The Vesper Sparrow’s Diet Across Seasons
The vesper sparrow, identifiable by white outer tail feathers, is noted as a highly efficient field sweeper. It preys on grass-dwelling insects and weed seeds, providing summer sustenance from larvae, leaf hoppers, armyworms, and young grasshoppers, while weed seeds dominate its fall and winter diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Tupper
Supreme Judicial Court
John P. Carey
Harvey R. Pease
Earl Lewis
Blain Malcom
Pennsylvania
Allan Malcom
Danforth Street
Leslie Mitchell
Morning Street
Sheepsecotd
Mitchell
American Express Co
Shirley West
Hartley TD. Smith
St. Petersburg
Fla
Alna Road
Lincoln Home
Kavanaugh
Damariscotta Mills
St. Andrew's Repair Fund
Lawrence Seavey
New Orleans
Springfield
Walter G. Searle
George S. Lincoln
George S. Lincoln, Jr
Carrie Dodge
North Newcastle
J. WH. Currier
Farmers Hardware
Waterstreet
Erastus Foote
Wilmot Foote
Thomas II
Bellan
Quebec
Marie Hardison
Wellesley Hills
Julia Smith
Searsport
Lucia Mames
Alex Rowe
West Newton
Luicinda Allen
Jennie
Pelen Stone
Mondauy
S. J. Sewall
Charles Hubbard
Leoningston
Nellie S Carlin
Atlantic
Frank Hl. Hutchins
Walter Dodge
Jefferson Pond
Capt. Rowe
Middle Street
Anna Th. Stevens
Flo. Tlutehins
Blagdon
Etta Stimpson
Skowhegan
Frank Metcalf
Sireh Point
Roy Rowe
Winter Harbor
the Independent
Boothbay Harbor
Sheepscot
Japan
Bro. Kelley
Boothbay Register
Ile
Ben
Campbell Pharmacy
A. W. Keirstead
Keirstead
Mr. Keirstead
Sidney G. Evans
Edward
Lakewood
Mr. Evans
Haggett’s Service Stations
Wiscasset, Maine
Ford Service
Main Street
Burt
Lawrence
Greece
Navarino
Great Britain
France
Russia
Edward Codrington
Quito
Ecuador
Norway
Akershus
Christiania Sound
Chester Stevens
Stevens
Ebhler
Margaret Rich
Alice Rich
Samuel F. Oates
Wendall Williams
James
Jack Adams
Williams
Adams
William Adams
Tortage, Plet
Nelson
Charles Bates, Jr
Samuel FF. Bates
Eleanor Bates
Charles Hateh
Bailey
Henry Cotteau
Annie Trufant
Portsmouth
N. H
Wilfred Cowbig
Reta
Joseph
Annie Stackpole
Henry PB. Healley
West Street
Llewellyn Rogers
Hallowell and Hayden
EK. R. Brown
J. FE. Mayo
Frostina Marston
Lincoln Street
J.B. Lewant
Charles Lee
Cora Sotbeard
Burl
Bates College
Bristol High School
Central Grammar School
Florence Swan
Helen
James Scott
James, Jr
Tiskham
Swan Cottage
Opera House
Mae Busch
Mystery Club
Opera
Prati
Norway Mephcive Co
Aty & Butte Paul
All Euler
Snug Harbor
Mr. and
Mrs. Ropes
Bluebird
L. F
Atwood
L. F. Medicine CO
Portland, Maine
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