Bowdoinham Community Notes Highlight Local Events
Bowdoinham hosts lodge installation led by Mrs. Lord of Auburn with Miss Gorgie Denham and Mrs. Ella Temple. Seniors and juniors present Billy's Bungalow at Bowdoin Center. Grange supper funds parsonage lights as town reports various visits, illnesses, and marriages. A grade essay by Mabel Millay profiles Bowdoinham history, geography, and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minta Wilson
Georgie Berry
Coombs High School
Billy
Bowdoin Center
Grange Hall
Methodist Society
E. V. Kendall
Tueday
F. OS. Leathers
Miss Kendall
Litchfield
W. C. Bowley
Silas Hamilton
Gardiner Friends
Viola Graves
East Bowdeinham
Lida Ball
Jennie” Maxwell
Lizzie Bishop
Eliza Lancaster
Augusta
J. C. Dill
Plummer
River Road
Dr. Peabody
B.S. Taylor
Bowdoinham in 1887 Highlights from Town Notes and Local Happenings
Freewill Baptist preaching at Topsham and a Middlesex schoolhouse meeting draw local attendance. Augusta hearing on sawdust in the river leaves action by the legislature uncertain. Capt. Benjamin Adams sails aboard the Reuse from San Francisco. Italian corn from Geneva and postal traffic details illustrate village commerce. A sleigh accident injures a horse. a new Richmond Grange is planned. Bert Fulton visits from Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sanford
Freewill Baptist
Topsham
Middlesex School
Augusta
Benjamin Adams
Reuse
San Francisco
Joseph Green
Geneva
Boston
Egypt
Holy Land
Maine Central Railroad
Lowdoin Center
West Bowdoin and Webster
W. DB
EK. P. Kendall
Bowdoinham Lamber Co
W. Carr
Esq
EK. P. Crocker & Co
J. W. Lang
Richmond Corner
Richmond Village
Bert Bulton
Portsmouth
Dan Fulton
Ice Industry on the Kennebec Falls as River Trade Ends
The Kennebec ice trade, once a major winter employer with 36 houses and 1.5 million ton capacity, has disappeared except for small local operations. Decline followed the rise of cheaper artificial ice and shifted control to large brewers converting plants into ice makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Cites
Ice Trade Journal of
New York
Nennebec
Abbagusset
Augusta
Capmeny
Hudson River
Special Lenten Services Set to Open March 5
Special Lenten services at Beacon Street Methodist Church begin March 5 and run through March 24. Rev. John R. Browne leads with Rev. Carolyn A. Losford of the New York Baptist State Conference assisting. A song fest accompanies each service, with Losford leading singing and delivering talks. Miss Hosford, musical director and soloist, is praised as an able speaker and organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn A. Hosford
John R. Browne
Beacon Street
Miss Hosford
Ier
State Stipend Refused to eight Maine fairs
The Sagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Society at Topsham is among eight Maine fairs not receiving a state stipend. Commissioner Frank I Washturn says the eight did not meet all legal provisions for state aid. Fifty-one fairs statewide paid about 21,250.80 in stipends after distributing 35 percent of premiums totaling 75,748.67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Topsham
Maine
Department of Agriculture
Bridgton Agricultural Society
Bridgton
South Kennebec Fair Association
South Windsor
Moor County Fair Association
Pittsfield
Unity Park Association
Unity
Somerset County Fair Association
Anson
Washington County Fair Association
Chereyued
Frank I. Washturn
Bath Man Marries Portland Woman in Simple Home Wedding
Howard-Wilson of Bath and Miss Maride Catherine Wilson of Portland united in marriage at the Bryant home 632 Washington Ave Portland in a double ring service by Rev. M Gerry Plummer. Guests included family and a few friends. The couple will reside on Oak Street in Bath after a brief honeymoon. Weather described as light snow in the morning giving way to sun at noon in a 30 degree above versus 20 below contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Moulton
Brunswick
Kik
L. Borwne
D. B. Cornish
John Jewell
Malcolm
I. C. Trish
Irish
R. A. Dickinson
Lillian Barrett
C. BB. Randall
Star Aid
L. Mosher
G. R. Cutler
F. K. Jack
Auction Bridge
Ruby Wood Cobb
Edith Wood
Mary Newton
Daisy Mealey
Richmond
Robert Adams
Needham
Mass
Benjamin Adams
Eva Rideout
Cora Young
Nellie Trufant
George Mortimer Coombs
Harvey Bishop
Grace Trufant
Robert Coombs
Rumford
Miss Trufant
Mr. Coombs
Lewiston
Beulah Ison
William Welch
Massachusetts
M. T. Warinton
West Medford
Electa
O.E.S
Johnson
Juste
Legion
Bowdoinham
Towdoinham
Peter Bowdoin
Boston
France
Lowdoinham
Kennebec Valley
Kennebec River
Bowdoin
Topsham
Merrymeeting Bay
Cyreet
Portaand
Amd
Loring Bryant
Washington Avenue
Maride Catherine Wilson
Norman Wheeler Howard
Bath
M. Gerry Plumner
Beide
Deering Nigh
Epsilon
Groomis
Morse High
Neme Service and Supply Co
Comercial Street
Goodrich
Alderson School of
Akron
Ohio
Thlenry W. Howard
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Jh. M. Wilson
Neil FP. Wilson
Neil D. McLeod
Auburn
Howard
Isaiah Coombs
Oak Street
Lumley
Nomination Papers Filed For City Election Ward Tickets
Edward Brown and Charles Robinson delivered nomination papers to the city clerk with signatures from Ward One and others for an Independent ticket in the upcoming municipal election. Mayoral candidate Mrs Lois 8 McKeiver is named. tickets expected in Wards Six and Seven. Ward slates list Aldermen and Councilmen for Wards One through Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brown
Charles Robinson
Lois
John C. Tourtillotte
Annie LB. Tourtillotte
Benjamin J. Coombs
Cora B K. Chase
Sarah FE. Lemont
Frank A. Manion
A. Neil McQuarrie
C. D. Lewis
Bertha G. Goodwin
John T. Doyle
Charles H. Robinson
Fred F. Hall
Christopher J. Cushing
Alderman
Charles H. Harrington
Edwin S. Cornish
J. Fred Tobey
Leburton Sheldon
William F. Hii
Neil J. Smith
Fred Dwyer
Octave Breton
Raymond Rogers
Ralph BK. Legard
James BR. McKay
Edward Syde
John C. Mulcahy
Lena C. McQarrie
Edward R. Wright
Claude L. Wifield
Harry L. Drown
Frank Erskine
Woodbury Potter
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Haley At Taley Home
A birthday party at Capt. and Mrs. Frank K. Taley’s Dine Street home featured fancy costumes with Mrs. Edward Garcelon winning a toss for best dress. Whist tables, prizes for men and women, and a guessing contest filled the night. Guests included Abner C. Johnson, Thatcher Pinkham, Clement Barter, and many others. the evening ended with an electric boudoir lamp as thanks to the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank K. Taley
Dine Street
Haley
Howard Blake
Edward Garcelon
Garcelon
Lida Sampson
Abner
Johnson
Joseph Day
Ralph Mank
George Levyn
Thatcher Pinkham
Abner C. Johnson
Clement Barter
Clement, Jr
Edward Tibbetts
J. Wylie Lemont
Fannie Thurlow
Lida Suanmipson
Samuel Povieh
Garrett Galvin
John Levva
Mes. Thurlow Pinkham
Betty
Mrs McKiever Seeks Bath Mayoral Seat in March Election
Mrs Lois P McKiever announces her nomination for mayor of Bath in the March election. She pledges to serve the city impartially and to work for Bath’s best interests while noting a report about Maine Central round trip tickets to Portland for excursion groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lois ‘P. McKiever
City of
Maine Central
Portland
Rheumatism Warns If Ignored and Treated With Hood's
The advertisement warns that rheumatism worsens without constitutional treatment and claims Hood's Sarsaparilla corrects the condition. It quotes a 64 year old user praising the product as best for rheumatism and health.
For Sale In Porthind Rooming Houses and Real Estate
Classified notice offers rooming houses from six to twenty rooms all occupied and other real estate for sale. Mentions listing property with Metcalf at 515 A Congress Street in Portland Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porthind
Metcalf
Congress Street
Portland
Maine
Cosmo Valentine Party a Success Highlights Costumes
About 50 members attended the Cos mopolitan club valentine party with over a third in fancy dress. Funds from a dollar earning game totaled 50 to 60 dollars for the club treasury. Miss Ethlyn Nye won first prize for costume and Miss Cora Martin second. Creamed chicken and desserts were served. dancing followed in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
SGO
Bessie Grown
Edna Martin
Ethlyn Nye
Cora Martin
Robert LB. Hatch
Matlin
K. M. Fuller
Alice Varney
Hooper Appoints Fred Hooper to Manage Shenandoah Hotel
H Ooper of Pennsylvanian hostelries named Fred Hooper to take over Shenandoah hotel duties, succeeding W R Fitz who resigns and returns to New York. Hooper has timed runs at the house since opening last year and predicts success. Hooper, a Bath native and Bath High School alumnus, is brother to Charles H and to Emma and Martha Hooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiomer R. Mallow
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
Shenandoah
Fred Hooper
New York
Times
W. R. Fitz
Hooper
Bath
Bath High School
Charles H
Emma and
Martha Hooper
Mrs George H Coombs Honored With Surprise Party
Mrs George H Coombs secretary of the Corliss Street church Research class was treated to a surprise party at her Chevy Street home Tuesday evening. Daughters decorated the parlor with heart motifs, games were played, music and singing followed, and she received a linen table cloth and many presents along with valentines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Coombs
Corliss Street Church
Chevy Street
Farrar and Martin Trimmed in 20-String Match
Goggin and Harrington defeated Farrar and Martin in the opening lap by over 100 pins. Neither Farrar nor Martin reached the thousand-pin mark. Mrs. T. K. Ualey passed Monday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Farrar
Martin
Goggin
Harrington
T. K. Ualey
Portland
Rescues Horses From Bay Waters In Maine
Elmer J. Rich of North Bath faced a peril on the bay when his two horses stood on weak ice over water. After failing to move them, he crossed to higher ice and summoned help from a Bowdoinham mill. Nine men returned with him and saved the horses and sled from the thawing ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer J. Rich
North Bath
Mr. Rich
Bowdoinham
Bath Chairman Seeks Immediate Contributions for Woodrow Wilson Fund
Charles M. Fitzgerald, Bath chairman, reports two checks today and urges Bath residents to contribute promptly to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund. The drive is non political and bipartisan with support from many prominent Republicans nationwide. Some Bath residents, upset over war tax payments, now seek relief from income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Bath
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
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McDonald Temple of Pythian Sisters
Cers
Millay School
Post Road
Gowdwinham
Kendal Dia Lumber
WLOD
Kendall
W. T. Danchard
Oak Danner
United States
Bowdoinham Village
Fort Popham
Long Branch
Milliken
Qoh
Norway Mephiws Co
Norway
Park Kom
the Park& Pollard
Samy
Trott Bros. Grain Company
Broad Street
Bath Opera House
Paramount
Gaudreau
Bowdoinham Advertiser
Carolyn Hosford
Howard-Wilson
Lois S. McKeiver
Capt
Mrs
Thomas K. Haley
Merry
Mrs. McKiever
Masonic Temple
Hartford
KF. B. Silsby
M. H. Beerwort
Dunlap Commandery
W. M. Harry Thompson
Solar Lodge
W. M. Philip Robbins
Polar Star
H. P. Johbn Sherm
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Grand Lodge
Bath Dept
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