Happenings of the Week in Phippsburg Town
A long list of visitors and local happenings fills the week in Phippsburg. Bath residents visit Sebasco and Small Point, with trips to Popham and Pemaquid. notable names include the MacDonalds, Porters, Bowkers, Harringtons, Perry and Wallace families, plus Emma Perry and Etta Webber among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Wallace MacDonald
Bath
D. A. MacDonald's
Mr. MacDonald
Silas Porter
East Boston
Wilbur Porter
San Francisco
George Porter
Brookline
Mass
Capt
W. R. Dickinson
Under-the-Lee
Warren Ryan
Waltham
Pease
Melvin Wallace
Nigléetta Taft
New York
William McRae
Sara Collings
Sara
Emma
Albertina Ridley
Minnie Wallace
Small Point
Halbert Gardner
Popham
F. B. Williams
Abbie Minott
E. Warren
Buckfield
George Bowker
Mt. Vernon
Wash
Lucia Ferguson
Boston
Ann M. Perry
Emma Perry
Alice Minott
J. F. Leeach
Frank
Golder Leeach
Pemaquid
Annie Hovey
Etta Bowker
Walter Bowker
George C. Pease
James C. Perry
Basin
Eliza, Morrison
Heraughter
Carrie
Clara Chaney
Auburn
Elizabeth Brown
Miss Chaney
Effie Oliver
Popham Beach
Adelbert Williams
Road Progress Fast on Woolwich to Wiscasset and Rockland Route
The new Maine state truck highway from Woolwich to Wiscasset and Rockland progresses faster than the Bath to Portland Federal road. Sections near Nequasset and Dike Hill near the Woolwich ferry are nearly finished with gravel and drainage, using logs as a foundation on the Dike. Contractors say the road will be ready for traffic in October, with future work planned toward Damariscotta and Nobleboro linking with western routes through Thomaston Warren and Waldoboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Rockland
Bath
Portland
Woolwich Ferry
Nequasset
Murphy's Corner
Butler Farm
Wardbrook Bridge
John Fleming
Lincoln
Damariscotta
Nobleboro
Thomaston
Warren
Waldoboro
Sheriff Oliver's Prohibition Enforcement Boosts Grocer Payments
Grocers report better payment of grocery bills and increased quantities used by families since Sheriff Oliver's strict enforcement of the prohibitory law. Improved cash flow and larger purchases are noted among customers who previously paid slowly or under law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Notable court martial and fate of early warship Enterprise
The article discusses a Portsmouth court martial involving Lieut McCall against sailing-master William Harper, leading to an acquittal amid biased testimony. It traces the Boxer and Enterprise histories, noting the Boxer’s Portland defense, Marseilles sighting, later voyages, and the Enterprise’s rebuilds, privateer duties, rapid fame as a fast sailing ship, and final wreck off Venezuela in 1823.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnes
McCall
William Harper
Portsmouth
Isaac Hall
Capt. Barnes
Harper
Portland
Marseilles
Libon
Cape de Verde Islands
Aiz
West Indies
Macias
Pleasant afternoon at Montsweag Farm in Woolwich
A large gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Butler’s Montsweag Farm celebrated summer residents and leading Woolwich families from Edgecomb Wiscasset and Newcastle. Highlights included lawn games a new lawn tennis court oak pergola and a flat unfurling ceremony amid Path Finders uniforms and festive decorations. The State road project Portland to Brunswick progresses with five stone crusher sections and improved rock foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Edgecomb
Wiscasset
Newcastle
Charles Henry Butler
Washington
Montsweag Farm
Maine Central
Butler
But
Ler
Mr. Butler
Maine
Brunswick
Allen
Haushalter
Newccastle
Nash
Anmong
Jack
Providence
Flite
Sammie Jane
Derry F. Butler
New Mexico
Kenneth Howard
New York
Robert Watson
Washburn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert Wills
Herbert R. Morrison
Suffolk
Sebasco
Etta Casey
S. R. Richardson
Angie Wixon
George Harris
Sandy Cove
Morrison
Richardson
Ridley
Harris
Henry Butler
Anchorage
Edward B. Winslow
Norfolk
Cornelia Parris
Ruth Morrison
Ann Eliza Rich
West Bath
William Bowie
Parker Head
Butte, Mont
Leon Berry
Corrine
Arthur MacDonald
Arthur
Billy
Frank Allegrin
Madelyn Kingsbury
Bertha Roderick
Candy
A. F. Williams
Everett Harrington
George Davis
Drummond Kelley
F. 3. Bowker
W. W. Percy
Edmund Briges
Agnes Oliver
Miss Oliver
Hebron
J. F. Leeach and Sons
Mrs. Williams
Sebasco Estates
Hillside
Frances E. Quincy
Allston
Vesta Webber
New London
Alvina Mann
Florence Webber
C. Leo Sewall
E. A. Quincy
de Leo Sewall
Etta Webber
Augusta
Miles Webber
Miss Webber
Vickery & Hill Publishing Co
Gardner
The
W. G. Brookings Farm
Elfis Construction Co
Montsweag
Llewelyn Bailey
John M. Clark
Mbalming IF
Conducted BY
Wn. C
Chadbourne
Front St
England
HH. O. Thayer
Enterprise
Hudson
New England
Air Rifles
B. B
Winchester
United States Cartridge Co
Climax
Yahnson
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