Bowdoinham Notes On Health Weather And Local Affairs
Local item notes areabating epidemic concerns with scarlet fever and canker rash in Bowdoinham while a proposed cooperative store in Bath draws interest and skepticism. Townsfolk discuss travel, real estate, potato markets, church activities, and community events including a Sunday school Reds vs Blues contest and grange meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convics
Grangers
Bath
Union
Methodist
Reds
Blues
Mr. Stone
William H. Gould
Otisfield
Bowdoinham
Amasa
Boothbay Harbor
Ruth Maxwell
Richmond
Maine
Arizona
Miss Etta Bowker Hosts Neighborhood Party
Last Saturday evening in Phippsburg Miss Etta Bowker entertained neighbors and friends including Wes Dickinson Grace Dickinson H S Bowker S H Bowker J F Leach Walt Bowker Rev Mr Stevens Abbie Minott C V Minott Jr Dr A F Williams. After a bountiful supper guests played old fashioned games late into the night and most agreed it was one of the best times of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Bowker
Wessie Dickinson
Grace Dickinson
H.S. Bowker
S. H. Bowker
J. F. Leach
Walter Bowker
Stevens
Abbie Minott
C. V. Minott, Jr
A. F. Williams
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad in 1886 Toledo Court Affidavit
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. Notary A. W. Gleason certifies on December 6, 1886. Cure claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. testimonials available. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Surprising Social Evening at Skolfield House
The Cundy's Harbor column reports a surprise gathering for Ansel Skolfield hosted by Capt. and Mrs. J. E. Skolfield with games, cake, bonbons, and cocoa. Several residents travel for work, medical care, visits, and vacations. schools close for ten weeks. various locals return or travel between Lewiston Harpswell and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Skolfield
Ansel Skolfield
Harry Holbook
Harpswell Neck
R. E. Randall
Peter Hanson
Irving Snow
Brumswick
Lewiston
Hanson
Linwood Sheffield
E. F. Prince of
Brunswick
Chas. Rich
East Harpswell
R. S. Watson
Mildred Holbrook
West Dresden Minstrel Show Delights Pownal Village
The Tuesday evening minstrel show in Pownal boro Hall drew a large crowd and earned praise for Mrs. B E Reed who supervised the event. After the performance cake coffee and oyster stew were sold and a dance followed with Lee's orchestra providing music. Mrs J F Houdlette played piano while J F Houdlette is reported ill. Frank Robinson made a business trip to Boston last week.
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Pownalboro Hall
B. E. Reed
Lee
J. F. Houdlette
Frank Robinson
Boston
Pomona Grange Plans January Meeting for Sagadahoe County
The Pomona Grange meeting for Sagadahoe County will be held next Wednesday with Merrymeeting Grange of Bowdoinham. Members should take the early morning train to Bowdoinham for the session. New program books will be distributed, with George D. Weston handling advertising. Farmer's Day features a long Q A session on crops, dairying, fruit, stock raising and related topics.
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Pomona Grange
Sagadahoe
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Grange
George D. Weston
Deaths and marriages in Litchfield Corner district
Mrs. Imogene Huntington died after weeks of illness leaving a husband Alonzo Huntington a daughter Mrs. William Springer and two sons. Funeral services are planned at her late home. Adelaide Kennerson of Boston daughter of G W Earle will marry George W Anderson of Boston this Saturday. The notice also reports town illnesses and upcoming meetings including Home Circle and missionary gathering with local hosts.
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Imogene
Alonzo Huntington
William Springer
Adelaide Kennerson
Boston
G. W. Earle
George W. Anderson
A. M. Smith
A. P. Smith
Horace Jordan
Horace Baker
James Libby
Dro More Grange Meeting Program Preview
The next Dro more grange meeting features readings by Reuben Purington and W A Rogers, a Rebecca Bowker solo, and a program of instrumental music by Christine Cutting. Topics include Theodore Roosevelt and his nature influence on popularity, and a discussion on the twenty ninth day of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting
Loyal Brown Dairying
John Baker
Daniel Brown
FE. C. Patten
Emery Purington
C. M
Reuben Purington
W. A. Rogers
Rebecca Bowker
S. H. Rogers
Drummond
Christine Cutting
Theodore Roosevelt
Bessie Dickinson
Rio Branco Toasts Roosevelt for Visiting Sailors in Rio
Brazilian foreign minister Baron Rio Branco offered a toast to President Roosevelt at a dinner in Rio de Janeiro Monday night honoring officers of the visiting American battleship fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Rio Branco
Roosevelt
Rio Janeiro
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Related Remedies
Medical advertisement promoting Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen the ill and purify blood, claim cures for indigestion liver conditions bronchial catarrh and skin maladies. Mentions Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve with sale by druggists and mail order options plus free Medical Adviser offer. Also extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and notes the original Little Liver Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Medical Discovery
Sage
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
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Emma Hildreth
Topsham
Town
R. Dpd
Purinton
T. W. Fogg
Lena Hill
Cora Sheiden
East Bowdvoinham
Eeriaries
J. H. Ames Company
Knights of Pythias Block
Ames
California
Kennebec Lodge
Kooof P
Baptist Church
Reed
Ladies’ Aid of the
Methodist Churcch
L. D
Small
Leslie Leavitt
Portland
Robert Patten
L. D. Small
Bella
Thomas Gould
Elias Reeed
Woodfords
William
Hutchins
Augusta
George C. Andrews
Methodist Church
Francis Grosvenor
Andrews
Herbert D. Cornish
Lewis M. Fulton
Bowdeinham
College Town
Brunswick Boys
Carlos H. McEwen
Thaddeus Wood
Harry W. Dunton
Kimball Brothers Co
William B. Kendall
Bangor
Aroostook County
Mr. Kendall
The
Independent
Bowdoinham Station
Quirk
Fall River
J. A. Beals
Mrs. Alden Plummer
Chelsea, Mass
Maud Philbrick
Georgie Jackson
Rogers
Betsy Skelton
Warren Wood
W. M. Lancaster
Lewis
Leslie Jepson
Libby
Harry Hastings of
Gardiner
S. B. Hathorne
Max Card
Reed's Wharf
Lizzie Hathorne
Hoston
Enterprise Grange
Phippsburg Center
State of Ohio
Ayer
Cundy's Harbor
Eliott Carter
Beeen
Bessie Catlin
M. E. Small
B. B. Brigham
S. B. Trufant
Ben
Sebasco
F. W. Ridley
Clayton Mulcahy
Dingley’s Island
Lester Goddard
A. J. Harris
Fred Anderson
W. A. Cochrane
Edgecomb
E. D. Percy
West Dresden
F. S. Adams
W. B. Kendall
C. QO
W. F. Skelton
Chas. Moseley
T. F. Perkins
Capt
Kimball
John Cobb
Fred Wright
W. T. Guptill
A. H. Donnell
Ed A. Rogers
Litchfield Corner
Dromore Grange
Dro
More Grange
Susan Campbell
Echo Taffeta
Ladies Home Journal
James HK
Will Do
Brunswick, Maine
Pierce
Dr. Pi
Corn Products Manufacturing CO
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