York and Cumberland Railways and the York & Yank'em Legacy
The Boston and Maine suspends passenger service on the Portland to Rochester line, leaving a lone freight train. The York and Cumberland, later Portland and Rochester, faced financial distress, mergers, and a shift to motor transport, illustrating how local railways faded into history while remaining a small cargo link. The piece traces the line’s birth in 1848, repeated reorganizations, and ultimate absorption into the Boston & Maine, with a nod to the enduring question of what a railroad name implies.
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New England
Boston M
Porta
Rochester
N. H
Portland
Ester
Arc
Land
Gorham
al- Bat
York County
Anford
Boston & Maine
Biddeord
York & Yank
York & Cumberland Railroad
York & Cumberland
South Berwick
Somersworth
Humphrey Cousens
Emma
Cousens
York and Cumberland
Portland & Rochester Railroad Co
York & Yank'Em
Portland & Rochester Railroad
Portland & Rochester
Roth
Portshkid
Dover
Anid
As & Trank
Boston Transcript
Reachings at Popham House Visitors From Auburn and Beyond
Guests at the Kennebec House include Mr and Mrs Fred Verrill and others from Auburn along with Mr and Mrs George Miles Mrs Kathleen Booker and several Seaveys. A Waltham Massachusetts couple Jeanice and Margaret Towne are at a cottage with Mr and Mrs Albert Towne. East Boothbay visitor Eva Stevens joins Mr and Mrs George E McNulty as Willard Oliver of Bath visits his grandmother. The cottages fill fast signaling a prosperous beach season.
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Kennebec House
Fred Verrill
Allen Wilson
Goline and Lee
George Miles
Ralph Miles
John
Carrie Seavey
Auria Dullin
Agnes Williams
Kathleen Booker
Ralph Seavey
Auburn
Ernest Gammon
Junior
Augusta
Albert Towne
Jeanice
Margaret
Waltham
Mass
Arthur Stevens
Eva
East Boothbay
George E. McNulty
Willard Oliver
Bath
Frank Oliver
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds list
The Sagadahoc registry of deeds records two weeks of realty transfers across Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Topsham West Bath and West Bowdoin. Listed moves include Potter to Waite Leeman to Melrose Mor rison to Lee Crosby to McMann Jones to Allen Crane to Crane Blair to Worrey Carignan to Metayer Sedgley to Rogge Harford to Savage Sullivan to Percy Sprague to Hyde Upton to Oliver McMackin to McMackin James Perry to Plummer Plummer to Leeman Plummer to Merry Card to Lecomte.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Morris W. Potter
Frederick E. Waite
Harold B. Leeman
Joseph R. Melrose
Marietta
Morris Son
Anntie F. Lee
Alicia B. Crosby
George F. McMann
Oscar W. Jones
Grace May Allen
John J. Crane
Pemrose C. Crane
Georgianna Blair
Tela M. Worrey
Bowdoin
Marie
Short Crop of Hay and Alfalfa in West Bath Fields
A long dry spell has caused a very short hay crop while alfalfa stands are thick and knee high and ready to cut. County agent compare alfalfa plots in West Bath on June 15 showing healthy alfalfa and weak hay stands. Farm Bureau members will tour the fields in August, Wednesday the 17th.
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West Bath
Usong
Reeo
Farm Bureau
Farm Boardulletin
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds Monthly Meeting at Grange Hall
Dromore Farm Bureau held its monthly gathering at Dro more Grange Hall on Wednesday at 10 30 am. The program featured Hortensees of Auburn with agent Col des for Hot g Miss Hortensees of Auburn and demonstrations by Mr and Mrs John B Crosby and their daughter, highlighting holiday feeding and related topics.
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Dromore Farm S Buréau
Dromore Grange Hall
John B.crosby
Charles A. Bee
Summer at the Center reflects shore life and visitors
The center of town enjoys a sunlit summer with church services at Center church led by Rev. Charles L. Stevens. Visitors stream in from Foxboro, Mt. Vernon, Portland and Bath, warming the Basins and Sebasco estates. The old blacksmith shop is razed as camp life flourishes and local trades open new ventures along Parker Head Road.
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Oine
Charles L. Stevens
Joseph Avery
Myrna Avery
Maurice Avery
Under-the-Lee
Joseph Perry
Arlene
Dorothea
Portland
Alvena Oliver
Perry Farm
the Basin
Ford Moran
Son Porter
Flushing
N. Y
A. B. Havener
Harry Morin
Clara Wyman
Town Hall
Warren Alexander
Brunswick
George Naugler
S. Club
William Mass
George C. Pease
George Davis
John H. Pease
William Farr
Orville
Mechanic Falls
N. J
Oliver
E. M. Webb
West Point
Totman Public Library
John Stevens
Alfred
J. O. Wyman
Stevens
Leila Hamilton
Richmond
Den
Misses Hunt
Williams
Kamp Kebec
Henry Minotts
Dudley
Emma Perry
Rose Wyman
Brightwater
Walter McCourt
Mere Point
McCourt
John Malcolm
Helen
John, Jr
O'Brien
Small Point Road
Wol- Tas
Seinemarten
Barber
Christine McCourt
Chebeague Island
Milton Webber
Park Head
Popapes
H. T. Stevens
John Terrell
Parker Head
Boston
Raymond Campbell
Bath
Jersey
Georgetown Fisherman Charles A. Moore Dies in Boat
Charles A. Moore 66 a long time Georgetown fisherman died in his fishing boat near Five Islands Monday He was born in Southport to Dennis and Lucilia Brown Moore and lived most of his life in Georgetown He is survived by his widow Flora McMahon Moore two sons Wilson of Bath and Henry Moore of Georgetown two daughters Effie Ayer of Southport and Flora Reno of Bath and two brothers Hiram of Georgetown and Leroy Moore of Southport Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Five Islands church.
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Charles A. Moore
Georgetown
Southport
Dennis
Lucilia Brown Moore
Flora McMahon Moore
Wilson
Bath
Henry Moore
Effie Ayer
Flora Reno
Hiram
Leroy Moore
Five Islands
Winnegance community notes plus fire arrest rewards offered
The report mentions rewards totaling $500 for the arrest and protection of those who set a blaze. Dromere Bureau held a full day meeting at the Dro Mere grange hall and seeks permission to plant a George Washington tree near the community house. Residents report recovery of Mrs. George H. J. Ingalls and a fishing trip to northern Maine. The Bath approach trees were cut for an unobstructed view and the spillway near completion.
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Wollen
Tees
Phippsmore the Causeway
Dromere
Will Select Boys to Attend Y Camp
The Y M C A will choose boys to attend the State Y M C A camp Thursday at ten. Those unable to pay will be selected, with earlier applicants given preference as funds are limited. Miss Elsie Innis left for Perth, N B, and Northern Maine to visit relatives.
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Elsie Innis
Perth
N. B
Maine
Y M C A Camp Benefits Help Local Boys Go
About 50 Bath boys, including those at the Y M C A Camp near Winthrop, gain camp benefits funded by Davenport Trustees. The Y M C A will send a truckload each Saturday at 10 p.m. until funds run out and will select the most deserving each Thursday at 10 a.m. in person. Dr. Harry F. Morin volunteers Fridays at 8 30 to examine boys for fitness and health.
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Bath
Lake Cobbonseecontée
Winthrop
Davenport
Harry F. Morin
Maine Episcopal youth conference closes at Bowdoin College
Conference of Episcopal youth at Bowdoin College Brunswick concluded on Saturday afternoon. Speakers included Bishop Benjamin Brewster and Dean Arthur J. Glazier. Notable attendees included Mrs. S Harrington Littell and her children, with a tea hosted by President and Mrs. Kenneth Sills featuring European posters and dolls. Delegates from Grace church named Paul Davis and Misses Louise Calderwood Jane Donnell and Eulalia Brown attended along with Misses Barbara Tubbs and Olive Maines. Mr and Mrs Fritz Klippell were weekend guests at Nequasset.
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Maine
Episcopal Church
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Benjamin Brewster
Arthur J. Glazier
Malcolm Taylor
C. M. Tubbs
S. Harrington Littell
Honolulu
Kenneth Sills
Gypsy Band Suspected in $24 Payroll Theft Near Bath Road
Ward, a cemetery and park board employee, was robbed of $24 while walking home from work near Whiskeag Creek. He described three women and one man in a car who spoke with him before driving off. Brunswick police and Bath marshal investigated gypsy camps in Topsham and Bath but found no evidence linking them to the theft.
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Bath
Whitn
Ward
William B. Edwards
Brunswick
Whitney
Topsham
Bowdoin Pool Offers Wide Range of Swim Classes
Swimming classes at Bowdoin College Curtis pool begin Tuesday under Bob Folster. Over 500 participants expected, with classes for non swimmers and swimmers for girls boys and adults. Seep chell and Josephine Stetson assist. Miss Winchell, Brunswick High grad, enters Colby.
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Curtis
Bowdoin College
Bob Folster
Bowdoin
Foster
Seepchell
Josephine Stetson
Brunswick
Miss Winchell
Brunswick High
Colby
Stetson
Baesong
Maine D A R Broadcast Address by Wilmot Mitchell
Professor Wilmot Mitchell of Brunswick will give the Maine D A R address on WOCSH The Eastland Portland Friday July 8 at 4 15 p m daylight time Vocal selections by Miss Miriam Andrews of Brunswick announced by the Maine D A R from station WOCSH The Eastland Portland
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Wilmot Mitchell
Brunswick
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
WOCSH
Eastland
Portland
Miriam Andrews
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Goodall Mills
Sanford
Popham
Dromore Farm Bureau
Jay
H. A. Oliver
Frank C.C. Spear
Charles E. Spear
Roslindale
A. R. Campbell
Lucinda Sprague
Ruth
Mary
Sebasco
W. D. Rich
Sébasco Estates
John Skillings
Ruth Skillings
Mabel Blaisdell
Annie Haskell
New York
Mildred Nichols
Martha Small
Pophart
Joseph T. Small
Popham Beach
Horace Holton
Brockton
Wynburg
William Grevers
Plainfield
Grevers
Meadowbrook
William Haggett
Quincy
Sawyer
Horace Aitken
Beachmont
Morrison
Beverly
Maria Harris
Joseph F. Perry
Arline
Kenneth Fickett
H. Alvena
J. Rowe
Ardenne
William A. Perry
Campbell Farm
George Dreisbach
Clara Perry
Eugene Perry
Freeman H. Merritt
Charles Stevens
Phippsburg Center
Allan Mullen
Watertown
C. M. Leavitt
T. Keene
Clara
Kennebec
Zip
Driesbach
New Jersey
Basin
Samuel McElroy
Fort Popham
Fort McKinley
Portland Harbor
Man
Grae
Joan. Harrison
Re. Fares
Seve
Sarah A. Morrell
Washington Street
Pee Naugler
Atta Rao
Mrs
Fritz Klippell of
Greenstreet
Nequasset
Bowdoin Pool
Potter’s
Front Street
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