George S Smith three master launched on Kennebec river
A crowd in Phippsburg Center watched the George A. Smith, a 168 foot three master of Rogers & Webb, slide into the Kennebec with Capt. C A Haskell in command. The vessel is 577 tons gross with 20000 square feet of sail, part of a Maine built fleet. A celebratory day included a launching dinner at New Meadows Inn and a family reunion planned for August 24 in Farmington.
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Virginia
George P. Davenport
E. C. Plumber
Aeadows Inn
C. E. Corliss
William D. Mussenden
Charles T. Jackson
James F. Dunton
Charles A. Coombs
Kennebec
Blue River
Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
George A. Smith
C. A. Haskell
Massasoit
New Haven
Bessie Bishop
Deer Isle
H. W. Haskell
E. S. Greeley
Smith
Rogers & Webb
Bowker
Mr. Webb
Maine
Dawn
George S. Smith
Webb
Kennebecker
Gardiner
John. S. Emery and Co
Boston
State St
Messrs. Webb
Rogers
New Meadows
Edward C. Plummer
Plummer
Daniel
Mr. Smith
Jed Slogan
America
Launching Guests Visit New Meadows for Phippsburg Event
At the Inn in Phippsburg Center on Tuesday afternoon nearly 70 guests gathered for a launching dinner honoring a new schooner by Bowker. Edward C. Plummer acted as toastmaster, entertaining with jocular anecdotes about George S. Smith and local shipbuilders while Speaker Morey lauded Maine’s shipbuilding heritage. The crowd enjoyed a cordial, spirited afternoon before departing for trains and boats.
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Morey
Mr. Morey
Bowker
Mr. Bowker
Phippsburg
New Fare System Inaugurated On Hockomock Ferry
The People's Ferry Co. launched a new fare collection plan with pursers selling tickets on board and punching them during trips. Weekly and monthly reports will show daily receipts and passenger counts, with three report copies for directors pursers and treasurer. The fare schedule lists prices for single trips multi passenger rates and various vehicle classes and school term tickets.
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People’s Ferry Co
The
Utilities Commission
Administrator’s Notice for Angier H. Merriman Estate
T Olin Merriman is appointed administrator with the will annexed of Angier H. Merriman late of Topsham Sagadahoc County deceased. All demands against the estate must be presented for settlement and all indebted are to pay promptly. August 3 1915.
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Angier H. Merriman
Topsham
Sagadahoc
T. Olin Merriman
Tee Makmenbin Cen
County of
Saga
George Girdham Ainley
Leslie Girdham Ainley
George Henry Ainley
Marion Hilder Ainley
Georgetown
Rose Emmons
Annie M. McMahan
A. D
Bath
Martha J. Tibbetts
James Tibbetts
Woolwich
Maria E. Grover
Bowdoin
Joseph H. Cox
Probate notices and petitions for Sagadahoc County
Legal notices from Sagadahoc County probate court detailing wills guardianships adoptions and estate actions. Includes petitions by Marie Louise Lobbe executor seeks letters testamentary, adoption annulments by Paul and Mathilda Henseler, sale of ward real estate, and various final accounts with published notice requirements in Bath Independent.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Joseph W. Cornish
Bowdoin
Harry J. Cornish
Cross Road
Borough Road
B. A. Beal
Beal
Bowdoin Center
Lisbon
Maine
State OF
Bath
Paul D. Henseler
Mathilda Henseler
Hedwig Helbing
Hoboken
New Jersey
Peter Helbing
New York City
New York
E. W. Bridgham
Annie. L. Sullivan
Said County
George Girdham Ainley
Stephen Killam
John L. Ellis
Richmond
Guardian
Perenne
Bath Independent
James S. Lowell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norton
Farmington
Phipps
Public Utilities Commission
Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Corporation
United States District Court
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co
Old Colony Trust Co
Joseph M. Trott
McDon'l E. White
Susan J. Batley
James
Lowell
W. Longley
Georgie E. Perkins
Effie L. Spinney
J. Clarence Perkins
Edith E. Perkins
Reita V. Perkins
Andrew J. Perkins
Cox's Head
Gilman Percy
Ellis Percy
Lydia A. Lombard
Sagadahoe
James Ss. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Register
Anna E. Butler
Fred F. Butler
Catherine Craig
Marie Louise Lobbe
Said
George Lobbe
Marie Louise Bbe
Marie Louise Bernier
Marie Louise
Lobbe
Fred H. Thompson
Aueey
St Geenhoe
Annie L. Sullivan
Mary Agnes Sullivan
Jeremiah _ Franklin Sullivan
Annie Louise Sullivan
Elizabeth May Sullivan
Jeremiah Louis Sullivan
Huse
Joseph Huse
Peter Perow
Wester
John H. Bryant
William T. Bryant
Sagadahoca
Edward H. Carlton
Margaret A. Groves
Yrus W. Longley
Sarah F. Bagley
Frances A. Barnes
Flora Starbird Weymouth
Frank Starbird
Abbie P. Powers
Elias H. Powers
Lowell,udge
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