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Happenings of the week in Phippsburg and Bowdoinham
The Independent reports complaints about a telephone line crew discarding broken insulators along roads in Phippsburg. It notes local weather hints from Winneganee creek freezing cycles and reefers on smelt fishing, dog nuisance affecting rabbit hunts, and numerous town updates from Bowdoinham including deaths, marriages, school moves, and shipyard notes.
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The
Independent
Phippsburg
Winneganee Creek
Roy Small
Edward Conant
Harrington Brothers
Georgetown
Virginia
William Oliver
Andrew Powers
William R. Bowker
Dromore Grange
Bath
Hete
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Grange Hall
X. B. B. Club
Ethel Temple
Mary Hardie
Staceyville
Helen Adams
Aroostook
Horace Millay
University of Maine
Martin V. Chapman
Miles M. Reed
Baptist Church
Bowdeinham
Village Lodge
Chapman
Benjamin Adams
Clarence Bates
Cushnoe Paper Company
Augusta
Ballou
Henry Purington
Portland
Thomas T. Rideout
Gretchen Chadwick
Alexander J. Noble
J. EB. Clancy
Methodist Church
Noble
National
Togas
Vermont
Salem
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Haverhill
Togus
Aso
Rebecca Noble
Symmes
New York City
George Purington
Kent's Hill
Shaw Business College
W. D. Hutchins
Bowdoinham
Aroostook County
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Company
Hutchins
John Rideout
Village Lodge of Masons
Walter Reed
Hattie Temple
Florence Graves
Boston
John A. Beals
Brunswick
Maine
William B. Kendall
Solon
United States Department of Agriculture
John Hall
Alice Fulton
Lewis M. Fulton