Ex Mayor Hart and guests visit local hosts in Maine
The article notes ex mayor Hart and his daughter visiting Mr and Mrs James H Millay on the Post Road last week. Also listed are athletic instructors William Sparks and Laurie Wilson from Girard College visiting with their wives, and multiple local residents attending Fourth of July events, church and meeting activities, and family visits. The piece mentions a death, Adam Adams, aged 77, with funeral details, and various small-town social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Rowton
James H. Millay
Post Road
Maine
Maine Central
William W. Denham
John
Ralph
Portland
Sherman
Richmond
Edwin
George
Hall
Thireesister
Charles Blair
Vath
Emioa
Mor Denham
Erviers
Kew
Powers
Hank Brown
Vinnie
Litchfield
Nellie Minett
Joseph Finett
I. T. Johnson
Cora Cromwell
X. Jacques
Bowdoin Lilly and
Firth
Boston
Mero
James Lilly
Lilly
Fivx Rideout
Boxster
Philip Rideout
Titre Ser Danwood
Am Critineg
Oht
Orchard
Viola Coombs
J. Hlacett
Mixa Derttie Cablet
Prinewick
York
Bangor
Bertha Moulton
Bieidefert
Charlotte Loberty
Mee
Potman and Son
Fromer
Bay Shore
Forrmer
Richardson Place
Christine
Amy Small
Freeperee
Walter Kea
Annie Veale
East Bertedeinkar
Sumer
Veen Caen
Brookfield
Tales
Mew
Kurh Jones
Bhelen Harkete
Heten Gernild
Angueta
Sune
Baxter
Blaine Mansion
State House
Charlie Kerry
Bostim
Brownville
Can
Richmond Monnday
Doris Raymond
Esma Townsend
Clarence Mseatex
Evan Lang
Merwizy
Mies
Enaly
Ourhee
Vea
Csardimer
Reriupriereg
Annie Sudkiss
Listen
Amd
Jeti Saente
Lewiston
Dsiniel Jarques Werknesias
K. ER Sack Zoel Chisirem
Kenneth
Tedra
Masaria-ett
Moerretiis
Miro
Boc
Seeniaes
Port- Kin
Snmadk Xeeceek
Jaraence
Mabel Fart
Miscassnst
Shuredag
Geraerl
Fawin Denham
Newell Purington
Purington
W. S. Jordan
Laura V. Ree
M. H. Read
Spring Cave
J. B. Pratt
Gardiner
Brown's Point
Mix
Adam Adams
Bate
George Jenkins
Adlams
Clara Fozz
Aguesi
New York
Isvtue
Bowdoinham in 1888 From Genetesham Advertser
Fragmentary OCR text provides limited readable facts about Bowdoinham in 1888 and an advertisement note. The passage mentions Genete and various unreadable elements, yielding no clear events, names, places, or dates beyond Bowdoinham and year 1888.
Double birthday celebrated by Wilson family at home
The article details a large family birthday gathering for Tam DL Wilson and his relative Pasilis Weight of Math, with four generations present. Guests included Abner J. Wilson and Lettie, Chester and Edma Wilson, and many neighbors from Whipgetter area. A birthday cake, refreshments, and fishing-era recollections are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam DL
Wilson
Paris
Pasilis Weight
Ami
Elprinze I. Weroght
Marshall Avenue
Wilcom
Amd
Wilson Amd
Wileeon
Ss. M
Sebases
Wiles
Gloucester
Exbelipwi
Wallaewe
Tuen
Marsachusett
Tome
Port Hudson
Vieteameure
New Orleans
Wileu Tirt
Setsoo
Mere. Wilhiam
Abner JS
Wilea
Lettie
Mere
William S. Wileou
Chester
Edma
Edgar
Vourteigh
John Weiland
Namtha Morne
Julia Wallace
Whipgeteaures
Marilla
Tisi
Tisi~dell, Keoxstodade. Maree: Miss Matel Dean Garwiser, Mer. Amd
Silas M.oliver
Rain
William
Jota C. Wright
Espradge
Wright
Daugister Shyllis
Aees
Johnson
Mar
Bath and West District School Head Salary Cut Discussed
At a Bath and West meeting last week the salary of the head of Bath schools was discussed. The decision focused on reducing the annual salary and reflected concerns over the costs of running the school system. Mr. Moth, superintendent of schools, faced questions as attendees weighed the financial impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mth
Jota
Reegan
Pion
Tech
Peleu Vigrouet
Gustline Mowe
Jan Feeguey
Pirimenpal
Sfaradet
Ter Heme
Younger Teachers Leaving Bath School District
Chronicle notes staff departures as the Bath district faces resignations. Key figures include principal candidates and a reorganization under a new superintendent, with salary concerns and impending retirements shaping the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fine Reception for New Pastor in Bath
Rev. John G. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers were warmly welcomed at a Bath vestry reception attended by Beacon Street Methodist worshippers and visitors from other churches. Leaders and musicians from the church provided music, ice cream was served by church ladies, and Mrs. Rogers shared plans and reflections on adapting Far West customs to New England in a message of unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Rogers
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Rogers
George P. Davenport
Milton H. Douglas
Parker E. Worreys
Harmon Smith
Dean Bonney
James Erskine
David L. Wilson
Central Congregations Church
Hoy
Ernest M. Holman
First Baptist Church
Bath
George Davey Bass
William F. Pondalte
Ethel River
Chester Vlart Tenog
Hlarrys Beals Jiane
Lucile Beals
Alice Bowie
Eriel Gowie
Dorothy Huggard
Myrtis Lutz
Violet Lumsden
Caroline LeClair
Ela King
Louise Lernheimer
Minneapolis Girls Plan Foot Travel to Maine Outdoors
Mary Briskey and Vearl Salberry of Minneapolis arrived by boat on Saturday morning to visit Maine. They carried knapsacks and knickers and planned to walk to Popham Beach then travel by boat. no definite route or schedule was set for their Maine vacation. They bought a new map of Maine before departure to replace one worn from prior trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Briskey
Minneapolis
Minn
Maine
Popham Beach
Georgetown
Wilds
Batu
Outdoor wedding unites Miss Winni Getchell and Melville Houdlette
Miss Winni Getchell and Melville Houdlette wed on June 2S at West Dresden in a lawn ceremony. Rev Harlan Ixsder officiated before family and friends. The bride wore white silk canton crepe with tulle and carried roses, flanked by sisters Alfred Mouchette and John Houdlette in pink silk. Audrey Houdlette served as ring bearer. flower girls included Margerie Getchell and others in light colors. The couple, longtime Bath residents, plan to live at a large Dresden farm. guests enjoyed a buffet luncheon and a wedding reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Winnifred Geteheil
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
Harlan Ixsder
Dresden Mills Episcopal Church
Lever
Alfred Mouchette
John Houdlette
Cued
Audrey Houdlette
Margerie Getchell
Madeline Perkins
Maries
Christine Lovendale
Bashet
Sears
Grardiner
Dresdem
Charles Morton
Myre
Houdlette
Bride Meters Washington Move Ties To Camden Farm
The marriage on June 2 united Mi P06 to George Coombes of Ormiden, a former Bath school member. Mrs. Hattie Merrill of Grassio officiated as the clergyman's chair noted the couple will reside on the Camden farm after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qi Ka
Bath
George Coombes
Ormiden
Hattie Merrill
Grasso
Ride
Pari Neral
Anl
Vaard
New Glouester
Sheiba
Jason Mer
Poth. Me
Washington
Camden
Sarsaparilla boasts ease for tired eaters in old ad
A nostalgic ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure for fatigue and poor appetite. It claims a judge of the peace in Indiana prescribes it for food taste, energy, and sleep relief, and features a grateful reader who praises its sour stomach relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana -as-God
Hood
Summer Visitors and Local News from Woolwich
Florence Baker arrives to spend the summer with her parents in Woolwich after finishing junior year at Cony High School in Augusta. Numerous relatives and guests are noted in town, including visitors from Bath, South Portland, Cambridge, Framingham, Manchester by the Sea, Providence, and Wolcott, with several cottages opened for the season and social gatherings reported. Several residents are mentioned as ill or traveling, including Mrs. Cleveland Wright and Rev. Furgerson of Waldoboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Baker
I. W. Baker
Cony High School
Augusta
Merton Wright
Bath City Hospital
Jasper Mains
South Portland
John Sheldon
Wendell Leavitt
Donald
Whitefield
Robert Clark
Harry Morse
Wortland
Leroy Morse
William Hamilton
Cambridge
Mass
Sasanoa Bluffs
Phylis Pall
Wesley Choral Society
William
Earl
Ruth Elkins
Framingham
Providence
Dolloffs
Edgar Hunnewell
Dolloff
Atd Sinter
New York
G. M. Stinsen
John McKinney
Fianily
Irving Miller
Little Son
Serlin
N.wel
Milton Hathorne
Richmond
J. J. Hathorne
Walter Miller
Gardiner
Stort
Stephen Pushard
Cumberland Center
Hartley Hathorne
MacMahan Island
Mary Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Harry Hayward
Elmer Hayward
Portland
Fred Hayward
Bath
Charles Crosby
Arrowsie
Artell Hayward
Ethion Marston
Auburn
G. W. Marston
Christine Hlathorne
Furgerson
Waldoboro
Bessie Talbot Salmon Fosgate
Bioston
Sarah Bagley
Elizabeth Main
Dresden Mills
Carolyn Main
Morse High
G. J. Farwell
Cumberbind Center
St. Barnabas Hospital
Farwell
Bethel
Mandsay
Clarence Drown
Dresden Social Notes Mixed with Community News
Dresden residents hosted visits from Fred Shave and family and Edwin Sele continues treatment for foot trouble. Visitors from Richmond and Bath shared time with relatives while townsfolk attended an Otte farm auction near Rich nem. Several Dresden people gathered for a Methodist church meeting and other local happenings including trips to Bath and Woburn Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shave
Williams Siegars
Edwin Sele
Mr. Wade
Richmond
Annie Hull
Dresden
Otte Farm
Riehnem
Mere
Bert Hessom
W. OY
Taxpayers Pay Promptly, Collector Reports Pace
Collector Rialph K. Hall says estate owners remit taxes on time and that collections keep pace with prior periods, indicating steady municipal revenue flow. He notes timely payments reflect orderly enforcement and local tax compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialph K. Hall
Bath Boy After the Speakership
Frank H Holley of North Anson appears set to win the next Maine House speaker race. He has canvassed Republican nominees and with a Republican majority in the House is seen as the choice. Observers note his potential to match George G Weeks in impartiality and parliamentary knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Holley
North Anson
Bath
House of Representatives
Portland Press-Herald
Siyt
Portland
Frank Hf. Holley
Holley
Maine
Frederick W. Hinckley
South Portland
State Senate
Trt
Somerset County
Somerset
House
George G. Weeks
Fairfield
Fernald
Sr. Weeks
Weeks
Home Missionary Society Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
At Wesley church the Women’s Home Missionary Society held its annual meeting on June 27 at Mrs. George A Cahill’s Middle Street home. Elected were G A Cahill as president, Llewellyn Rogers as vice president, Alice Corliss as recording secretary and magazine secretary, Walter F Abbott as corresponding secretary and treasurer, S H Conley as mite box secretary, Reynold McCutcheon as secretary of evangelism, Arthur E Baum as Queen Esther leader. Reports showed all pledges met and a fall winter program committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Home Missionary Society of Wesley Church
George A. Cahill
Middle Street
G. A. Cahill
Llewellyn Rogers
Alice Corliss
Walter F. Abbott
S. H. Conley
Reynold
McCutcheon
Arthur E. Baum
Queen Esther
Charles FE. Brooks
Conley
Reynolds Mc
Girl Campers Arrive for Summer at Merrymeeting Camp
A group of six percent girls from Cincinnati Detroit and Buffalo visit a Colonial cafe on their way to Merrymeeting Camp Chops Point. They travel under Pearl Cotteral and seven counselors including Mrs Parker Johnson Clarissa Wynn Luers Huffman and others. They plan to stay until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Cafe
Cincinnati
Detroit
Buuffalo
Merrymeeting
Cam
Chops Point
Pearl Cotteral
Parker Johnon
Clarissa Wynn
Luers Huffman
Helen Heffain
Florence Roth
Dogoths Duncan
Mary Ellis
Butterfield Family Attends Bangor Wedding of Blanche Butterfield
Andrew M. Butterfield and daughter Elizabeth joined Miss Lilie M. Cahill in Bangor Saturday for the wedding of Blanche M. Butterfield and Frank L. Peavy at the bride's home. Rev. Ashley A. Smith officiated as Elizabeth served as ring bearer and William Butterfield acted as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Butterfield
Elizabeth
Lilie M. Cahill
Bangor
Blanche M. Butterfield
Frank L. Peavy
Ashley A. Smith
Elizabeth Butterfield
Glenlce Peavy
Marion Moriarity
Bertha Richardson
Mr. Butterfield
Edina Wiley
Hf. H. Butterfield
Maine Central Fright
Groom
Weavy Motor Transfer Co
East Bound Travel Reaches Two Trains Through Bath
East bound travel on the Maine Central line through Bath was heavy as the Philadelphia to New York train arrived in two seven car sections. The first section carried six Pullman sleepers and a Wortland combination car. the second had six Pullmans and a Philadelphia baggage car. Both sections carried tourists to Rockland and Penobscot Bay resorts, delaying Wortland’s local to 8.45. A dead head extra planned to move the two sections westbound in the afternoon. Robert Garrett of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad rode in a private observation car with his family bound for Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Central Railroad
New York
Wortland
Philadelphia
Rockland
Penobscot Bay
Ferdinando Gorges
Portland
Robert Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Warren Jewell Dies After Ill Health in Augusta
Warren Jewell aged 41 died June 25 in Augusta after a long illness. He leaves a wife and son Robert of Bath. The funeral was held Friday at 2 PM at 17 Shaw Street Bath. He was a son of Moses and Flora Jewell of Bath and worked as a chipper and caulker at Fore River in Quincy and The Texas Steamship Co in Bath. He was a member of Quincy Lodge of Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Jewell
Augusta
Robert
Bath
Shaw Street
Mr. Jewell
Moses
Flora Jewell
Alh
Fore River
Quincy
Mass. J
Texas Steamship Co
Quincy Acrie
Eagles
Wesley Sorority Meets at The Detour for Beefsteak Supper
Members of Wesley Sorority enjoyed a meeting at The Detour on the Brunswick road last Wednesday. They savored a beefsteak supper then stayed for games into the late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Sorority
Brunswick Road
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Bowdoinham
Stetson
Neipert & Crompton
Congress Street
Genete
Bath Opera House
Paramount
IWO
William Wilson
Atm Whee
Kerem Board of
Marth
Mabel Libbr
Beacon Street
Rev
Mrs
J. G. Rogers
Girl Trampers
Houdlette-Getchell
Coombs-Merrill
Woolwich
Brunswick
Bath Boy
Home Missionary Society
Bath Dept. Store
Cloak and Suit
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