Five Islands Rally Seasons Marked by Rallies and a Death
Five Islands hosted Democratic and Republican rallies with speakers from New York and Bath. The town mourned Frank MacPadden, a longtime yacht mate, who died after a long illness. Community social events, visits, and vacations filled the week as residents enjoyed the resort atmosphere and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowe's Hall
C. A. McMahan
Democratic Committee
Wallace Price
Richmond
D. J. McGillicuddy
Bath
JL. Ro Swett
Price
I. C. Chamberlayne
New York
Stevens
Five Islands
Joseph G. Stevens
James S&s. Parker
Benedict Maher
Augusia
Republican Party
Almon Marr
Boston
J. P. Lewis
Chalmers
Lewis
Walker and Pratt Co
David Barker
C. W. Nocton
Charles Berry
Mary Bates
M. E. Bailey
Woolwich
Louise
Nichols
Albert
Ellen Hagan
Malden
Mass
Lakeville
Warren Spencer Frank MacPadden
Charles
Boop Browm
Corliss
Batmet Bart
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Mathias
Walter Reid
Party of Democrats
Reid
Captains Row and local news from Phippsburg
Phippsburg notes record a string of homes named after captains and residents while detailing visitors, travel, and fishing trips. Most entries mention residents, guests from Bath, Brunswick, and Portland, plus locals at Parker Head, Ridge, and Riverview enjoying a warm week with showers and haying activity.
Meadowbrook social notes and visits in Merry Meadowbrook
Mrs Clarence Johnson and daughter visited Miss Adah Bowker on Tuesday. Several residents hosted guests including the Bowker and Frisbee families. The Meadowbrook Hall gathering Sunday drew praise and townspeople voiced warm feelings about the community venue. William Bowker works on lumber for the Sebasco schoolhouse while various locals share holidays and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Johnson
Adah Bowker
F. C. Bowker
Bath
Mat Hutchins
Ruth
Stanley
Dora Frisbee
Olive Bowker
Meadowbrook Hall
John Mains
Sebasco
Charley Kenney
Alice Benner
Elizabeth Johnson
Divine Service by Rev Dr Strong at Meadowbrook Hall
Divine Service conducted by Rev Dr Strong of Boston will be held at Meadowbrook Hall next Sunday afternoon August 27 at three o'clock. Dr Strong is editorial secretary of the American Board and will share observations from his late visit to India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Strong
Boston
Meadowbrook Hall
Strong
American Board
India
West Bath social notes and local visits in Bath area
West Bath community notes list residents and visitors including J M Lemont and family at Foster's Point for two weeks, H S Hanson on a mountain motor trip, Dolliver and Williams families returning from Foster's Point, Annie Wylie visiting Bath, Capt Lillian Brown's launch, Rev E S Stackpole visiting, and various guests from Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, Portland, Freeport, and Topsham. Also mentions local hay cutting and the Hennessy camp outing near Cathance, with church notices for West Bath M B Church at 2:30 offering a sermon titled The Philanthropy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lemont
B. W. Haggett
Foster’s Point
Skillings Cottage
H. S. Hanson
Harold
St. Johnsbury
Hanson
C. F. Dolliver
Lewiston
Clara Williams
Eliot
Doris
Augusta
Alonzo G. Fisher
Annie Wylie
Annie L. Palmer
Bath
New Meadows
Lillian Brown
E. S. Stackpole
Wesley Chuch
George Cutting
Cambridge
Mass
Wylie
Lizzie Phillips
Watertown
Verne Wright
Somerville
Mona Wyse
Fred Larrabee
Frank Sampson
Portland
J. C. Rideout
Eugene Brown
Old Orchard
Marilla Curtis
Topsham
Hennessy
Cathance
Thoma Crocker
North Bath
Rosedale
Henry Rose
Fred Bubier
John Williams Place
Isaac—Coombs
Capt. Brown
Grange
West Bath
M. B
C. W. Harrison
Inez Mariner
Madeline Barker
Nellie Durgin
Nettie Brackett
Annie Butler
Malden
A. E. Rich
Barrett White
Alice
Beatrice Gutton
Boston
George Sampson
Peaks Island
Miss Stone
Channel’s
Classified Advertisements and Local Notices Highlights
Classifieds list 5c a line for sale items including a Winterstree Topsham Village house with seven rooms and outbuildings and a WANTED notice for a general house girl and capable cook. The column also records social notes of residents and visitors from Topsham, Lisbon Falls, Portland, Augusta, New Meadows, and nearby cottages, with many names and brief movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterstree Topsham Village
Ella L. Dunlap
Anderson Street
Portland
Trolleys Stall Under Downpour At Trufant Crossing
During a heavy Wednesday night shower two trolley fuses burned out, stalling cars at Trufant’s Crossing. An open workmen’s car toward Brunswick carried about 100 passengers as it crossed the bridge at New Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trufant’s Crossing
Brunswick
New Meadows
Bathite Witnesses Electric Kennebec Thunderstorm Spectacle
A Bathite described Wednesday night’s Kennebec thunder shower as the prettiest sight ever with near continuous lightning and dramatic electrical stunts on land and water. Passengers called the spectacle among the most fascinating they had witnessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Even Cats Scared By Thunder Shocks New Meadows Cottage
A New Meadows cottage owner recalls a Wednesday thunderstorm that terrified her pet cat and kept it hidden under the bed, describing the scene as pitiful. Bath Co-operative Store cashier Winnie Quinn is on a two week vacation in Quincy Massachusetts. Frances MacDonald is supplying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Ella Hancock
Helen O'Brien
Philadelphia
Elijah Morse
Isabelle Sprague
Asa Percy
Drummond Kelle
Kelley
Walter
Timothy Small
Parker Head
Zina Butler
Dora Frisbee
Sunshine Hill Farm
Sebasco
Curtis Cottage
John Williams
Happ
Torrey
Arthur Percy
Shore
Eric Carlson
Brooklyn
Carlson
Sadie Thomas
New Meadows
Winnie Quinn
Bath Co-operative Store
Quincy
Mass
Frances MacDonald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Martha Mains
Fremont Rowe
Isabel and
Carrie Stevens
Berwick
Harbor View
Otter Clif House
Farrin
Ernest Larrabee
Gardiner
F. B. Rowe
Rowe
Henry Currier
Currier
Robinson Cottage
Lelas Moshier
South Gardiner
Idabelle Rowe
Kh. F. Perry
Kola Vita
Pittsburg
Edward Boynton
Maiden Island
Phippsburg
Pace One
Captains Rew
Quatt Ridge
Pearson Morrison
Rowker House
James Peres
Percy
Walker
Art of Earth
Frank Perv
Dr Childs
Willam Larrabee
D.C Roteers
Captains Row
Milan Hateh
Wakefield
Riverview
Alice Minott
Christine Cutting
Dromore
J. F. Leeach
Joseph Parrot
Cramps
Key West
Havana
M. F. Slade
South Cushing
Willa Haskell
Deer Isle
Jack Haskell
F. S. Bowker
John Walker
Thomaston
Peterson
Linnea
N. Y
William Bowie
Eleanor and
Helena
Thomas Oliver
Mark L. Percy
John E. Walker
Sesarine Moses
Ridge
W. W. Percy
W. S. Booker
Roland Eaton
George D. Weston
Parks Farm
Arthur Roderick
Harry Peterson
East Brunswick
Henry Mintz
L. W. Berry
W. Eaton
Rodney Wyman
Alice Sewall
William Hosmer
Berbice Hosmer
Guy and
Roy Hosmer
Harry Hosmer
Tlyte Wyman
Seguin
Joseph McCole
James Farnham
Herbert Bassett
Albert E. Desmond
William H.james
Deep Sea
Wyman
Lizzie Brown
Etta Morrison
Misses Minott
Edith Eaton
Dr.Fuller
Harry Watson
Bath City
Lewis Bacheller
Beverly
Sandy Cove
Mark
N. W. Eaton
H. W. Cutting
Charles Cutting
John D. Rogers
Calvin Rogers
Poland Springs
C. W. Rogers
Christine Bean
Frank Leavitt
Wiscasset
Everett Larrabee
Florence
Guy Crocker
A. R. Campbell
Walter Hutchins
Charles Wilson
Nellie Cutting
Hyte Wyman
Dickinson
Edgecomb
H. P. Parker
Helen
Mable
Emma Perry
Edmund Briggs
W. V. Perry
Frank M. Bowker
Bowker
Parker
Republican Rally
State OF Maine Night
Columbia Theatre
Carl E. Milliken
Island Falls
Maine
Wallace H. White, Jr
Edward W. Wheeler
Cumberland County
Rupert H. Baxter, Esq
Merry Meadowbrook
Harry Frye
Maude Holbrook
Meadowbrook
Fred i Perry
Susie Cutting
Andrew Perry
Martha Williams
Dorothy Stilkey
Freeport
Ernest A. Allan
Point
Harrison
Mabel Richmond
Purington
Charles Mann
Dodge
Lisbon Falls
Whittier
King’s Point
Miss Dickinson
Ricker
Pejepscot
Cobb
Edward White
Louis Barker
Lewis J. Sawyer
Bangor
Phoenix
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