Thanksgiving Returns and Rail Exodus Dominate Local Scene
Thanksgiving travelers flood trains as many return home from holiday visits. Rock's pictures set a record for vessels, with Shenandoah poised to exceed it. Universalist society hires Professor Emmons for Richmond fair. Long Beach S P E Co No 2 members at New Meadows deliver a turkey dinner with adourned feast. Union Thanksgiving service held at Winter Street. Central Church choir performs a fine sermon.
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Winter Street
Sale
Central Church
Bath News Items of Nov 29 1890
A Bath item notes a sale this forenoon at 12 dollars and T. W. Hyde camp, Sons of Veterans to elect officers next Tuesday evening. Charlies Moody rode the noon train to Boston. Prof E L Emmons travels to Portland to organize Winter plans. Bath youths spent Thursday at Brunswick with a joyous time. Deputy J H Raymond and wife visited Togus this afternoon. Harry Hill of Boston returned Friday after Thanksgiving with his parents. Charles B Harrington contracted to build a small sailing yacht.
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T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans
Harry Hill
Boston
Bath Board of Trade meeting and city updates
December 1 1890 reports a Bath Board of Trade gathering with aims for full attendance. Notes kickoff on juror draws for the December term and city council session. Also mentions Conductor Rideout resuming duties and a heavy crane entering Bath Iron Works amid ice and navigation forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath-Board of Trade
S. J. Court
U. S. District Court
Portland
Winter cold snaps and local events from Bath area
December 2 1890 reports a cold spell with ten below zero at seven am and the Kennebec steamer in winter quarters. City activities include Potter’s full house at City Building four meetings, Red Men entertaining Lewiston warriors midmonth, and a Crescent hall dance postponed. Bath Iron Works begins engine moulds for cruisers No 5 and 6, starting with a 35 inch low pressure cylinder. Mrs Harry L Day hosts contract club on Green Street.
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Bath Iron Works
Harry L. Day
Green Street
Retirement for Bangor Railway Express Agent Ends 45 Years
Albert H. Benfier, in charge of the Railway Express Agency in Bangor, plans to retire today after more than 45 years of continuous service. The article also notes local curiosities and events including a Quaker minister’s quip about growing old happily, a village egg-price reflection, a Biddeford radiator scare, and a Bangor boxing arena clock counting rounds to the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Benfier
Railway Express Agency
Bangor
Ll. Warren Hawkes
Manchester
Brunswick native Lebel to be Marist missionary in Solomon Islands
Rev Albert H Lebel S M born in Brunswick April 6 1903 sang his first solemn high mass at St John the Baptist Brunswick He will leave mid January for San Francisco en route to the Solomon Islands to dedicate his life as a Marist missionary Seth Parker maestro of Jonesport singing school has broadcast 98 weekly programs on WTIC and received 900 listener letters on modern songs His Star weekly circulation exceeds 11 000 copies to his fans
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Albert H. Lebel
S.M
Brunswick
St. John the Baptist
Seth Parker
Jonesport
WTIC
Islesboro girls bicycle trip recalls Gay Nineties travel
Two Islesboro girls returned from Belfast to Bucksport a 150 mile bicycle journey. In Islesboro motor vehicles are taboo while Bermuda likewise uses bikes for business and pleasure. The article notes the Oberammergau passion play, revived every ten years since 1930 after a pestilence in the Bavarian village.
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Islesboro
Belfast
Bucksport
Oxford County
Bermuda
Maine
Oberammergau
Germany
Local Notes From Monhegan And Nearby Towns
Miss Helen Everett of Monhegan Island swims in November waves. Roses bloom on lawns as mid ocean weather stays mild. Mrs. Robert Hallowell Gardiner Jr of Gardiner becomes Maine chair of the National Women's Committee for Washington Cathedral with plans to involve Maine citizens in its building. Union work on the town adapts with painting and repairs to create jobs and improve appearance. A crimson rambler rose bush on L. V. Solon estate in Meduncook nears a third bloom this season after a cold snap and possible bud loss. Agnes Farrand of Lewiston, winner of a contest for Lewiston's sweetest girl, learns she will receive 500 dollars instead of a trip to Ha.
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Helen Everett
Monhegan Island
Mid-Ocean Island
Robert Hallowell Gardiner, Jr
Gardiner
Maine
National Women’s Committee
Washington Cathedral
L. V. Solon
Meduncok
Agnes Farrand
Horton Street
Lewiston
Miss Farrand
Missing Pet Saved From Drowning In Bangor
Spotty nine month old dog belonging to a Bangor family was rescued Saturday noon after a cell board stuck out from the sides three inches above the water saved him from drowning. He was taken to his master and is being nursed back to health and is expected to recover despite weakness from lack of nourishment.
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Lan
Bangor
Two Hunters From Rumford Stray After Deer Expedition
Raymond Hanson and William Kenney of Rumford went to Andover for deer hunting. They split to meet later. Hanson got lost and Kenney called for help. Hanson followed a trail to Grafton Notch, then walked to Upton, found his car after a 12 mile trek, while a search party assembled.
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Raymond
Hanson
William Kenney
Rumford
Andover
Kenney
Gull guards with scare gulls deter herring on Lubec wharf
In Lubec thousands of gulls eye about 25 hogsheads of herring on a wharf. The birds would feast if unguarded, but the owners use a scarecrow style guard to deter them. The gulls, unable to tell a fake guard from a real one, stay away while law protects the gulls.
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Lubec
Ruth Blodgett Publishes Second Book Winds from the Sea
Ruth P. Blodgett of New York and Thomaston has had her second book Winds from the Sea printed. Harcourt Brace & Co lists it among fall publications with an honor. Set in Boston in the early nineties, half was written while in Thomaston. Her first book Birds Got to Fly sold through three editions and was recommended by the Book of the Month club.
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Ruth P. Blodgett
New York
Thomaston
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Boston
Miss Blodgett
Con fessions of Sandy MecWhiffle Book Under Work
John Gordon of The Gordon Press Port Clyde announces a new book in progress titled Con fessions of Sandy MecWhiffle Famous Inventor. Gordon will handle all production except paper making for the imagined life story of a natural born mechanic who could make his mark in the world if.
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John Gordon
Bangor
Gordon Press
Port Clyde
America
Sandy MecWhiffle
Gordon
Mother and daughter reunited in Bangor after 14 years apart
In Bangor two women long separated by 14 years learned they had lived within six blocks of each other for three years. Elvina A Tapley left Andover New Brunswick to teach in country schools and later became Mrs Eugene W Dyer of Bangor now mother to Mrs Charles E Wamsley, wife of a local druggist. Information from Boston sparked the reunion after a long, quiet trail.
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Bangor
Andover
N. B
Elvina A. Tapley
Eugene W. Dyer
Charles E.wamsley
Boston
Moments From Maine News Mix of Graduates and Health Reports
Mrs Henry Johnson of Brunswick recalls a Spartan college life as a Wellesley graduate. Two children in Maine cured from infantile paralysis after iron lung confinement. Typhoid checks in East Millinocket and Medway with possible carrier. Deer hunting incident ends with McFarland unharmed aside from injuries.
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East Millinocket
Medway
Edward P. Goodrich
Boy Pleads Guilty in Mischief Case At Augusta Church
The disappearance of two spare wheels from Fred Chilcott’s sedan during Sunday services at Advent Christian church in Augusta is cleared. A young boy pleaded guilty to malicious mischief charged by Special Officer Fred MacDonald. Chilcott said the act was a joke, not theft, recalling his own boyhood.
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Fred Chilcott
Advent Christian Church
Augusta
Fred MacDonald
Chilcott
Walter Throp’s 20 Mile Daily Walk Record
Walter Throp has logged a 20 mile daily walk for 13 years, a feat noted amid stories of endurance. The report also mentions a courier, Jackson, who weighs 104 pounds and frequently carries mail bags between 50 and 100 pounds, repeatedly overcoming fatigue to continue his route.
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Walterthrop
Jackson
Yale Harvard game draws first woman spectator at college level
Miss Louise Mayo a Freeport senior at Wh college flew from Norton to New Haven to attend the Yale Harvard football game becoming the first girl at the college to attend a football game that way possibly the first college girl nationwide to do so. York county reports flocks of turkeys in farmyards this fall surpassing prior counts. Mayflowers appear for Thanksgiving table as pink and white blossoms bloom in Maine. Mrs. Howard Gilley of Augusta shows an Island Red pullet hatched March 31 that laid an odd egg this week. Harrison kennels add dogs from Leavenworth and Virginia used in coon hunting amid a peak in that sport.
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Louise Mayo
Freeport
Wh College
Norton
Mass
New, Haven
Howard Gilley
Augusta
Rockland Man Goes To Work In Mild November Weather
A Rockland man walked to work without an overcoat on a notably warm November morning. The piece highlights Maine's gentle Indian Summer with several days where a topcoat was unnecessary.
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Maine
Rockland
Home demonstration agent named for Hancock county in Mass
Mary Swan Barney of North Swansea Mass is recommended for appointment as home demonstration agent in Hancock county effective December 1 announced by Dr. Leon Merrill director of the Extension Service. Miss Barney is Simmons College Boston class of 1926 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Oscar L. Wyman of Rumford is recommended for appointment as county agricultural agent in Piscataquis county succeeding Edwin A Wixson the appointment is effective December 1. Since college, Mr Wyman has farmed in Rumford operating 175 acres with 40 acres cultivated.
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Mary Swan Barney
Swansea
Mass
Hancock County
Leon 8. Merrill
Miss Barney
Simmons College
Boston
Oscar L. Wyman
Rumford
Piscataquis County
Edwin A. Wixson
Merrill
Auburn Farmer’s Wife Jars Spark Kitchen Banter
An Auburn farmer’s wife asked why Spring leaves more jars of jam jelly and preserves than other canned foods. The hired man, overhearing the chat, quipped that she never brings a jar out of the cellar unless company is present.
Inventor from Caribou Creates Auto Water Valve
Twenty years after leaving Caribou for Los Angeles W. G. Bouchard now runs a cleaning and pressing shop there. He invented a valve for steam presses that automatically releases a trickle of water to maintain boiler water level and consistent steam pressure.
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W. G. Bouchard
Caribou
Los Angeles
Cal
Cony High Rifle Club grows with 25 members and NRA matches
One of the youngest Augusta clubs, the Cony High Rifle Club in Augusta shows rapid growth since its January start. Frederick W. King Jr. leads as president as the group joins the National Rifle Association biweekly matches, moving from class C to class B. Milbridge notes a sea captain 86, William Falkingham, a Civil War veteran, still active.
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Cony High
Augusta
The
Rifle Club
Frederick W. King, Jr
National Rifle Association
Milbridge
William Falkingham
Freshmen Win Rope Pull Privileges at Colby
The Colby freshman class celebrated a victory after a Saturday rope pull by dragging sophomores over wet ground and through a fire hose. With the win, freshmen rules were lifted. first year men can now go on the men's side of College Avenue attend dances and enjoy full Colby privileges. A dead twelve point buck was found on Oak Point beach near Ellsworth after being shot in the jaw, likely by a night hunter unable to follow it in darkness. the deer had been dead three to four days.
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Colby
College Avenue
Oak Point
Ellsworth
Miss Evelyn Hutchins Begins Post Office Clerk Duty
Wiscasset notes show Evelyn Hutchins starting as clerk at the post office. The Organ Society held an all day meeting with a luncheon and planned the Christmas Sale at the vestry next Wednesday December 10 beginning at 11 oclock with a noon luncheon.
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Lewis
Parker Lewis
William Lewis
Eugene Dodge
Ernest March
Sheepscot
James Lewis
Federal Street
Evelyn Hutchins
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
John K. Ballard
Arlington
Mass
E. P. Schofield
Philadelphia
B. A. Bailey
Vendella C. Mosher
Bowdeinham
Harry Mosher
Frank Adams
Ben
Collision near town injures Berry family
Mrs. Marion Berry and her three children plus her mother Mrs. Anna Soule were in a Ford car involved in a collision with a truck owned by Roy Rowe. The truck driver Fred Curtis and his helper escaped. The Ford lost a wheel and most windows shattered with minor facial scratches to a Berry child. The incident left no severe injuries. Later, the Wiscasset Lions Club met at the Wiscasset Inn with 85 percent attendance. Past District Gov. Frederick Gabbi spoke on Lionsism and Charter Night plans were made for December 15 with District Gov. Arthur W. Patterson presenting the Charter. A 200-guest banquet is planned with committee led by George Coleman Jr. in charge.
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Waters
Monty
Boston
Salt Wi Sal
Joseph P. ‘Tucker
Neal
Marion Berry
Anna Soule
Roy Rowe
Fred Curtis
Berry
Ford
Wiscasset
Portland
Arthur W. Patterson
Castine
George Coleman, Jr
Wiscasset Inn
Local items from Sheepscot Echo December 5 1891
Mrs Hilton will open her store Monday. Elden Munsey is home from Boothbay Harbor where he has been teaching. John Groves has returned to Boston for a position in the Boston and Albany depot. Sylvester Brown and wife returned to Salem after weeks with John Smith. The schooner Sheepscot loaded brick at Charles Hunnewell’s yard and lies in harbor awaiting Boston. Rev I H Wharff and Ned of Thomaston visited Tuesday. Wharff discussed the District Tidings printed at this office. Southern Maine enjoys balmy weather unlike other parts of the country.
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Sheepscot Echo
Ned
Thomaston
Bro. Wharff
Maine
Wiscasset Echo 1905 Health Notice and January Dairy Plan
In Wiscasset a diphtheria case in Mr. McPhee's family prompts quarantine and precautions. The Turner Center Dairying association's Wiscasset branch is expected to begin business January 1906. Local residents include Bates College student Frank Jackson and Colby College visitors Esther Weeks, Helen Dickinson, and Miss Rena Poole.
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Sheepscot
Ink. N. Lewis
Frank Jackson
Bates College
Lewiston
Winnie Gorham
Boston
Ahs Gta Ee
Esther Weeks
Helen Dickinson
Colby College
Waterville
Rena Poole
Bath
Joseph D.quinnam
Augusta
Maine Farmer Office
H. L Holt
Lincolnville
Holt
Adelaide
Samuel Lunt
Cottage City
Mass
Annual Meeting of State Grange Endorses Rural Delivery Grants
Edwin T. Clifford of Winthrop urged $150,000 annually for upgrading unimproved rural free delivery roads, a resolution adopted unanimously by the Grange. The group also sent resolutions for a state tax on intangible property, equitable rate adjustments, and stronger Corrupt Practices acts to safeguard the Direct Primary law to committees. Leslie E. McIntire and A. E. Merritt urged a sales tax on retail stores, noting impact on chain stores, but no resolution was filed.
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Edwin T. Clifford
Winthrop
State Highway Commission
The
Grange
Leslie E. McIntire
East Waterford
A. E. Merritt
Houston
Probate Notice for Dora M Smith in Sagadahoc County
On October 14 1930 Dora M Smith of Bath appeared before the Probate Court for Sagadahoc County and was appointed administrator of the estate of Woodbury A Can ya Elton in Sagadahoc. She has qualified and accepted the trust. Attest: November 11 1930. William F Dunham Register of Probate in Bath.
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Dora M. Smith
Bath
Real estate sale notice for Bowdoinham parcels in Bowdoin
On day of January 1831 at ten o'clock a described real estate parcel formerly C Gowell and another lot partly in Bowdoin and a third lot on Booker Road in Bowdoinham are offered for sale with dates November 20 December 4 listed in the notice.
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Esland
C. Gowell
Thoms W
Jess
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Booker Road
Sagadaboc Subscriptions Sworn In Early November
Subscribed and sworn proceedings dated November in Sagadaboc with officials witnessing the oath. The fragment notes a formal affirmation or record of a local act or agreement. The item lacks full context but indicates a sworn declaration before a named or implied official.
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Sagadaboc, Ss
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George Giggy
Haverhill, VI
Winneganee
Henry Hartleb
Massachusetts
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Henry L. Southwick
Hyde Light Guards
Nealley
Lisbon Parls
Alameda
Hawley’s Yard
Harry
Lord, Jr
Atkineen Tisues Furnisting Co
Atkinson House Co
Retees Eee
Popham
Tad
George W. Rich
D.C. Shawn
Western Union
Mr. Castner
Rock
E. L. Emmons
Universalist Society of
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Long Beach S. P. E. Co. No. 2
Thompson
Frye
New Meadows
Lone Island
Kail
Charlies E. Moody
Papaira
J. H Raymond
Togus
Charles B. Harrington
Harper
Hyde Light Seeds
le Segare Elatite
Nellie Hunt
Hattie Brown
Rideout
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Kennebec
Augusta Dam
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Potter
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Dtra
Biddeford
Saco
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Unemployment Investigation Board
Henry Johnson
Wellesley
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Edith
Maine General Hospital
Kenneth Boardman
Marjorie Kendall
York
Jean Taylor
Jean
David McFarland
Milo
George F. Davis
McFarland
O. K
Piscataquis
York County
Harrison Kennels
Leavenworth
Kansas
Virginia
State Grange
William F. Dunham
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