Christmas Gatherings and Local News in Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham residents recall Christmas parties with readings and poems by James W. Cone and a lively Kendall family gathering. Church programs, illness notes, and town statistics are reported alongside visits from Dr. Charles L. Brown and other locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Kendall
Nancy Moss
Pleasant Street
James W. Cone
J. W. Cone
Marjorie Cone
R. D. Purinton
America Purinton
J. P. Rideout
W. B. Kendall
C. L. Brown
New York
J. E. Alexander
Appa
Brookline
Mass
Topsham
Longtime Bowdoinham resident M V Chapman dies
M V Chapman a prominent Bowdoinham figure and former blacksmith who worked on ships and ran a local grocery died Thursday. Born in Damariscotta he married Georgia Higgins on New Year’s Day 1556 and later lived in California before returning to Bowdoinham. Survived by four sons Benjamin Leland William H and Charles and two daughters Dorothy and Margaret. The Independent wishes readers a happy and prosperous 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. V. Chapman
Damariscotta
Nathaniel Chapman
Georgia Higgins
Bowdeinham
Calfornia
Bowdoinham
Chapman
Benjamin
Leland
New York
William H
Harrison
Charles H
Topsham
Dorothy
Brockton
Mass
Margaret
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Kuppenheimer
John J. Desmond
Cor. Centre and
Water Sts
Bath, Maine
International Poultry Food
Kimball Bros.co
City Landing
Walter C. Parker CO
Walter O. Parker
Centre St
Bath
Centre Street
Nichols
B. G. Potter & CO
Sagadahoc
Woolwich
First National Bank OF Bath
Bath, Me
Scribner
Up County
Robert Ferguson
Flavius Priest
Brunswick
George Ferguson
Charles L. Browne
Town
Robert Browne
Mrs. Browne
John O. Pratt
Manchester
N. H
Lb. D. Small
Kendall
Carrie
E. P. Kendall
Methodist Church
Florence Graves
Boston
Mrs
W. J. Graves
Charles Crocker
George Jack
Springfield
Maine
Emma Jack
Purington
Bowdoin
America Purington
Edwin Brown
Ladies’ Aid of
The
L. D. Small
Bethlehem
Johnny
Brown
D. G. Cornish
Mrs. James Elliot
Mr. Elliot
Bert Siegars
South Portland
Frank Siegars
Mary Graves
Massachusetts
James
Massachusets General Hospital
Walter Mariner
Richmond Village
Earl
C. D. Fish
A. F. Reeve
Ames
Given
Reeve
Alton Lancaster
Worcester
Kennebec Lodge
Knights of Pythias
CC. C
Albert Clinch
V. c
C. P. Nealley
John Pratt
John A. Purington
Eliphalet Robbins
Charles F. Staples
George Denham
Josiah Fulton
I. G
Clarence P. Bates
Charles Newton
George T. Getchell
Grand Lodge
W. A
D. H. Small
W. E. Miller
Lancaster
John Wheyland
P. C
Charles A Newton
Pearl Dorian
A.S. Temple
R. A. Dickson
Clarence Small
John P. Rideout
Charles Frost
Oscar Bush
Mr. Bush
Lewis M. Fulton
Charles B Randall
Board of County Commissioners
E. J. Millay
W. Carr
Phippsburg
Samuel H. Bowker
John P. Cobb
Sagadaho
Pomona Orange
Orvil Smith
Smith
Ralph Currier
Rudolph
Annie
Eva Rideout
Farmington Normal School
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company
Bradley Smith
Hallowell
Brooklyn
McDonald Temple of Pythian Sisters
X. B. E. Club
R. D. Purington
Grange
Pomona
A. J. Noble
Togus
Percy Rideout
Frances Carr
Portland
Rideout
Jay Lawrence
South Gardiner
Thurs
William P. Carr
Hartford
Electa Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Mary R&r. Price
Richmond
Center
Maine Central Hospital
Charles McEwen
Miles Reed
Jennie
Greene H. McKay
Augusta
Roland H. McKay
Martin Vo Chapman
the Independent
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