Wiscasset News Highlights Local Homes and People
Local notes recount Lincoln County history and public buildings, church changes, and bank transitions. Town visitors include Miss Catherine Ames after Maine Eye and Ear training. several families host relatives from Paoli, Detroit, and New York. A Medomak String Quartet concert benefits the Lincoln Home at Lincoln Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowe B. Metcalf
New York
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Court House
Benjamin F. Butler
Henry Ingalls
A. P. Gould
Thomaston
Washington Ice Co
Nathaniel Webster
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Hill Street
Lincoln and Kennebec Bank
Mariners Bank
S. P. Baker
State Bank
National Banking System
Margaret Parker
Ellis Spear
Miss Gertrude Plain of Massachusetts guest at Wiscasset Inn
Miss Gertrude Plain of Mass is a guest for several days at the Wiscasset Inn. The notice mentions an event on Tuesday August 26 at 8 o'clock and references arrangements in Wisacasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Gertrude
Mass
Wiscasset Inn
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago Highlights Local Visits
The Bhégpster Echo reports Old Home Week events in Weeks Mills with visits from Abe, Mrs. Atkinson in Bath, and Mrs. J. Atkinson. Local residents including Carl Fuller resigns from the telephone line for F. D. Southard. Annie Plumstead returns from Northfield Seminary. Guests Abe Hout of Boston and Vernon Farnham host family in Federal Street. Wilbur and William Foye travel from Steel, North Carolina for a visit. General O. O. Howard and party stay at hotel, tour fort, then attend a reception in Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald ‘Atkinson
Batheet Eae
J. Atkinson
L. A. Gray
Portland
Carl Fuller
F. D. Southard
Annie Plumstead
Northfield
Mass
Northfield Seminary
Old Fort
Damariscotta
People and visits noted in Sheepscot Echo listing
From the Sheepscot Echo August 22 1891 updates list visitors and residents: William Tucker of Northampton Mass returns home briefly. Joseph H Greenleaf has moved to Boston for a good job. W H H Bailey and wife of Brain Tree Mass visit. Wilmot L Lowell wife and daughter Gertrude of Boston visit Wiscasset. Alice and May Taylor return from Gardiner. A party including Mrs Chaney Alden Lincoln Louise Capt R T Rundlett and Mrs Warren Lowell travel to Waldoboro to view Capt Chaney’s new schooner Hattie P Simpson launch, arriving shortly after the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot
William Tucker
Northampton
Mass
Joseph H. Greenleaf
Boston
W. H. H. Bailey
Braintree
Wilmot L. Lowell
Gertrude
Wiscasset
Alice
May Taylor
Gardiner
Chaney
Alden
N. Lincoln
Louise
R. T. Rundlett
Warren Lowell
Waldoboro
Capt. Chaney
Hattie P. Simpson
Wooden elephant theft shocks town near Bruns
Two men loaded a full sized wooden elephant from the Acme Supply Co. site onto a large truck Thursday night. By Saturday the sculpture was gone, leaving Norman W. Howard hopeful for its return as it had drawn visitors and local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman W. Howard
Acme Supply Co
Bruns
Mr. Howard
Bath
Thompson Bros
Relic from Hanover wreck shown to State Rep Jackson
State Representative N Gratz Jackson preserves a capital relic from the ship Hanover wreck. The piece, once on a cabin pillar, was given by Cyrus S Pembroke of New London. The Hanover, under Capt Rogers, foundered off Pond Island in 1849 with all hands lost. witnesses on shore saw the disaster and bodies washed ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Gratz Jackson
Hanover
Mr. Jackson
Cyrus S. Pembroke
New London
Conn
Rogers
Phippsburg
Pond Island
Parker Flats
Narrow Escape of a Little Cocker Spaniel
A cocker spaniel owned by Harry B. White was run over on Dummer street. The dog appeared dead but revived when Mr. White hesitated to strike. Dr. H. D. Grant repaired the damaged eye and stitched the wound after help from Leland S. Plummer. The dog is now recovering on the White family’s Topsham farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. White
Dummer Street Court
Dummer Street
Mr. White
Leland S. Plummer
H. D. Grant
Topsham
Mrs. White
Diver Tibbetts Begins Kennebec Water Main Project
Diver W. Scott Tibbetts started laying water mains across the Kennebec. The work is expected to take two to three weeks. If he encounters trouble at river bottom he will perform repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Scott Tibbetts
Kennebec
Mr. Tibbetts
West Bath Social Roundup At Bear Pond and Nearby
West Bath scene features Mr and Mrs Frank Carter of Livermore Falls visiting the Hay home. Portland guests Jennie Bates and Oscar Landean join Bath attendees at a cottage gathering. Numerous Mass and Maine visitors travel, vacation, and attend church and club events from Bear Pond to Cathance and Endicott with family gatherings and Red Cross picnics noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
B. W. Hay
Fred Williams
Portland
Wil- Beans
Langoln
Wits
Hubert Dennison
Dalton
F. W. Larrabee
Bear Pop
Gevantey S
Lee Farm
Eleanor Bates
Oscar Landean
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Cathance
Florence Foster
Roy Perry
Mattapan
Mass
Delmar Bates
Rexford Stover
Everett
E. B. Noyes
Forrest Littlefield
Bath
Cotteau Cottage
Walter Hill
B. D. Green
Lisbon Falls
Alvah White
Staples Cottage
Arthur Everbeck
Boston
Larrabee
Mabel
William J. Burke
Edward, Jr
Pauline Wright
Topsham
Charles Lemont
Joseph Footer
Hardings
Lewis Footer
Lewiston
Canada
Beatrice Rose
Fred Rose
Revere
Quincy
Murray Brewer
Cambridge
Edna Higgins
Henry Rose
Century Club
Waterville
J. Everett Mayo
Susan Pratt
Gertrude Goldstein
Harriett Johnson
South Bristol
Dodge Osman
Robert Halmshaw
Larrabee’s Grove
Visitors and Family Calls Across South Dresden
Mr and Mrs James Laurence and son Winston of Massachusetts visit two weeks with Mr and Mrs W L Siegars. Mrs Emma Hatch and Mrs Vesta Siegars visited Mr and Mrs Frank Hall. Mrs Willie Gibbs and Mrs Ida Gibbs of Wiscasset called on relatives in town Sunday. Evelyn Hodgdon of Gardiner and Harold Wall with son Glenwood visited South Windham Sunday. Tracey Sedgley of New Hampshire and Chase of Gloucester called on Mr and Mrs L H Siegars and Mrs Vesta Siegars Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Laurence
Winston
Massachusetts
W. L. Siegars
Emma Hatch
Vesta Siegars
Frank Hall
Willie Gibbs
Ida Gibbs
Wiscasset
Evelyn Hodgdon
Gardiner
Harold Wall
Glenwood
South Windham
Tracey Sedgley
New Hampshire
Chase
Gloucester
L. H. Siegars
Lydia A Spicer Dies. Funeral Held at Home
Funeral for Lydia A. Spicer was Wednesday afternoon at two from her son George Talbot’s home 1239 Washington street with Rev. Weston P Holman officiating. Bearers were Charles Worrey Chester Worrey Newman Kennisteen and Sidney Higgins. Burial followed at Oak Grove. John Wilson traveled to Boston for further treatment from Dr Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia A. Spicer
George Talbot
Washington Street
Weston P. Holman
Charles Worrey
Chester Worrey
Newman Kennisteen
Sidney Higgins
Oak Grove
Woolwich Community Notices and Vacation School Highlights
The Woolwich column lists residents visiting relatives, guests, and weekend trips from Augusta Bath and Rockland. It notes the Vacation Bible School at Woolwich Center ending with prize awards and a church exhibition, plus a planned Sunday evening musical service and hymn-based meditation led by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Center
Philip
Betty Leavitt
Frank
Adrien Wright
Dorothy Stilphen
Hartley, Jr
Madelene Hathorne
Grangers Field Day Scheduled Despite Weather Delay
Twin County 4 H Club hosts Grangers Field Day at Bear Pond rescheduled for Saturday August 23. Franklin Kennebec and Oxford counties send teams with ribbons and a county banner for top total score. J W Larrabee proposes score card awarding points for boys and girls events including dashes jumps races and shot put with 3 2 1 points. Local clubs include West Bath Moatsweag Topsham Bowdoinham Richmond and Bowdoinham partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County
Bear Pond
Franklin
Kennebec
Oxford
J. W. Larrabee
West Bath Club
Moatsweag
Topsham Club
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Bowdoin
Surprise party honors Gold Star Mother at Bath
Mary Murphy and former president Miss Sophia M. Mikels led a Bath event as three delegates and two alternates were named for a convention. The Bath unit thanked Roland Smith Post for transport and a $35,000 check from national Legion Auxiliary funds was announced for child welfare and hospital care. A Ford with New York plates ditched on Sabine road after a driver from Brooklyn dodged a culvert. no injuries reported and car recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Murphy
Sophia M. Mikels
Augusta House
Evelyn Snow
Margaret Nelson
Bath
Roland Smith
Chicago
McNeil
Iowa
The
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
United States
New York
Sabine Road
West Bath Road
Paul Ryan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Thomas Ryan
Paul
Quaker Point
Sabine
Joe Seekins Has Unique Job at Municipal Dump
Joseph H. Seekins of Bath tends the municipal dump on North Street extension earning two dollars a day. He salvages discarded items, assists trucks unloading refuse, and supervises daily dump fires to prevent larger blazes, keeping the burning small for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Seekins
Municipal Dump
Joseph H. Seekins
Winter Street Court
Bath
North Street
Joe
Woolwich Players Stage The Old Peabody Pew
The Woolwich cast presented The Old Peabody Pew Thursday evening at Mont sweag church with readers and coach Evelyn Hodgdon. A community song preceded the play, organized by Maurice Hathorne and two local men, with an orchestra of Leeman Rice and Meson. Ice cream and refreshments followed at Hill Lex.
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Woolwich
Peabody Pew
Montsweag
Jere Burbank
The
Dorcas Society
Plinette Allen
Miller
Deason
Anna Soule
Lobelia Brewster
Marion Berry
Baxter
Ener Ennor
Mary Hunnewell
Maria Sharp
Edith Getchell
Sargent
Susie Brown
Buszell
Ruth Shaw
Nancy Wentworth
Tao Vertis
Rae Atter
Rose Wooley
Justin Peabody
Arthur Leeman
Evélyn Hodgdon
Messrs. Leeman
Rice and
Meson
Louise Bailey Haverstein
Wiscasset
Hill- Lex
Maurice Hathorne
Private Funeral for Mrs. Mary M. Rea Held
A private service for Mrs. Mary M. Rea widow of J Pierpont Rea occurred Saturday afternoon at two at 32 Corliss Street. Rev Charles H Berry officiated. Bearers were Walter E Chase James Lester Morse Karcher Jackson and Fred L Stover. Burial followed in the Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Rea
J. Pierpont Rea
Corliss Street
Charles H. Berry
Walter E. Chase
James Lester Morse
Karcher
Miss Nellie Cascadden Visits Mrs Oliver From Auburn
Miss Nellie Cascadden of Auburn arrives for a week long visit with her sister in law Mrs Leonard W Oliver of Trufant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cascadden
Auburn
Leonard W. Oliver
Trufant Street
Four yachts towed by two in need of repairs at Bath stop
On Friday afternoon four yachts were towed up the Sasanoa river toward Bath. The Polaris and Letitia, both of Marblehead and Boston connections respectively, prepared for tow to Bath after the Polaris’ generator trouble. The Calypos from New York and the Marmac from Greenwich, with the Murmac, a blue two masted schooner, also in tow, docked at Blaisdell Leeman's and at Bath, with owners aboard and crews en route to summer locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Front
Sasanoa
Kennebec Bridge
Blaisdell Leeman & Co
Polaris
Francis Chamberlain
Boston
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Letitia
William A. Richards
Marblehead
Mass
Bath
Calypos
New York City
George Godley
Greenwich
Murmac
Blaisdell Leeman
City Landing
Mrs. Richards
George Almy
Brown University
Eastern Steamship Co
Mrs. Chamberlain
Boothbay Harbor
Baker Denies Planning Toll Evasion in Five Cent Case
Forrest A. Baker of Woolwich defends himself in a Bath newspaper letter saying he never intended to evade the Kennebec bridge toll. He explains he was 150 feet from the toll house when a friend offered a ride and asserts he routinely pays toll on commutes to his iron works job. He criticizes the trial process as unfair and notes prior conflicts with the bridge supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Bath
Woolwich
Kennebec
Iron Works Corporation
Forrest A. Baker
Funeral for Civil War veteran E Augustus Douglass in Lisbon Falls
Mr and Mrs Jesse Sanders visited Lisbon Falls Friday to attend the funeral of E Augustus Douglass a Civil War veteran who died at his Pine Street home. Burial followed at Hillside Cemetery in the Falls. He would have turned 92 on September 18 had he lived. Attendees included Walter Douglass Oscar Douglass and Charles L Douglass of Bowdoin and Portland respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Sanders
Lisbon Falls
Sanders
E. Augustus Douglass
Pine Street
Hillside Cemetery
the Falls
Walter Douglass
Oscar Douglass
Bowdoin
Charles L. Douglass
Portland
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Edward Evans
Waldo
Mr. Flood
Farmers’ Hardware Store
Lincoln Block
Frank Haggett
Catherine Ames
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
J. ¥. Groves
Nina Fowles
Dresden Road
Senter’s
Washington, D.C
Lucia Eames
Federal Street
South Newcastle
Anychild
Methodist
Shacation Bible School
Congregational Church
Kent Packard
Paoli
Hezekiah Packard
First Congregational Church
Charles A. Day
A. W. Irvine
Carrol Dunphe
Miss Chase
Maine
Caribou
Houston
Fort Kent
Calais
Florence and
Grace Knight
Charles Legrow
Kennebunk
Eckhart
A. J. Myer
Joseph Hubbard
Hubbard
Alice Taylor
Somerville
Frances Creamer
Detroit
Frank Creamer
Joseph Bessom
Hallowell
Joseph
Order of Holy Cross
H. v B. Nash
Henry Nash
Nash
Henry H. v B. Nash
Main Street
F. H. Theakston House
Bellaire
Vivian Wright Dunn
Rock Island
Quebec
John F. Wright
Lee Street
Samuel A. Miles
Medomak String Quartet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lincoln Home
Lincoln Theatre
Mary Groves
New England
George Stilphen
Ida Sears
Stilphen
Echo
Henry Merrill
J. Merrill
Wilbur Lowell
C. E. Emerson
Sumner Bailey
Percy Bailey
Morrill McKenney
Ray McKenney
Marion McKenney
McKenney
Miss McKenney
Brunswick
Stanley Gram
Friend
Miss Thomas
Reading
Harvey Bean
Hodge Street
Lincoln
Woman's Club
Ford
Buick
G.M.C
Haggett’s Garage
Ting
West Bath
Dresden
John Wilson
Dr. Derby
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
Vernon Ayer
Vernon Winthrop
Ida Pierce
Augusta
Fred Hanson
Samuel Moore
William Wright
Yarmouth
Harry Knight
Bailey Somerville
Carlton
Lake Nequasset
Eben Dana
Chester Dana
Parker Chenney
Leonard Stilphen
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Alfred Trott
Frank Wright
Elizabeth Rice
Bath City Hospital
A. A. Stott
Geraldine
Windymere Lodge
Unity
Warren‘ Trott
Nequasset Lake
Cyrus Gilmore
Edward Veazie
Mary Veazie
Rockland
Edward V. Reed
Angie Hunnewell
Orville Jameson
Rockport
Leroy Jameson
Norway Medicine Co
Norway
Happily Ever After
Marvela
Bath Savings Institution
Baker