Bowdoinham Celebrates Quiet Fourth With Old Home Feeling
Bowdoinham observed a calm Fourth of July with late night bells and daytime cracker noise. A heavy rainstorm disrupted roads and crops, while Kennebec Lodge No. 42 K of P held officers’ elections and reported good finances. The town hosted baseball fundraisers, auto rides, and neighborhood gatherings as residents returned for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Lodge
No. 42
K. of P
Lodge
Charles Wy Engallo
Ugta Tyme C
A. G. Hulse
George T. Getchell
M. W
Albert Henderson
C. F. Staples
R. and
Lees
SunMinsSters
Siah M. Fulton
Edward Graves
I. G
William E. Meller
M.C.R.R. Co
J. H. Ames
Bowdeinham
LoUise Miss May Averill
New Jersey
Augz Nach Aes
Fedeitaewl Teshseh
Ridge
Charles M. White
Nat Williams
Lawset Springer
Lisbon
Addie P. McFadden
Sagadahor Fertilizer Co
Advertised Letters at the Post Office
A list of women and men with names such as Amazeen Alice Brown Sadie Hawley Alice Dickson Mrs. Lafoy Mrs McGregor Francis Miss VanHorne Miss Wilvaches Miss Wright Helen Miss and men including Geo B Allory Geo W iroom Burnham W Franklin Curtis Ervin Master Cox W Davis O N Emerson Gilbert Handren J W Howard James Hunt Albert P Jedrey Thomas Jones Thomas P Kennedy Dan Lowell Cherie Meinnis Art Merry Charlie McGrath John ONeill F A Vannah Joseph A Wilson PAs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazeen
C. W
Brown
Alice
Dickson
Sadie
Hawley
Daniel
Lafoy
McGregor
Francis
VanHorne
Wilvaches
Miss
Wright
Helen
W. Davis
O. N
Emerson
Gilbert
Handren
J. W
Howard
James
Hunt
Albert P
Jedrey
Thomas
Jones
Thomas P
Kennedy
Dan
Lowell
Cherie
Meinnis
Art
Merry
Charlie
McGrath
John
O'Neill
F. A
Vannah
Joseph A
Wilson
Pas
Late Arrivals at Seguinland Hotel Highlight 1911 Bath Heat
The Seguinland Hotel lists arrivals including Edward Durell of Cleveland and Miss S Brown of Jacksonville. In 1911 Bath saw a record July Fourth heat of 103 degrees, with Bath Iron Works suspending work on July 10 due to temperatures, marking a notable July comparison.
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Seguinland Hotel
Edward Durell
Cleveland
Ohio
S. §. Brown
Jacksonville
Ill
Ruth M. Henry
Winchenden
Mass
BE. H. Reid
Waterville
J. E. Boultenhouse
New York City
Dorothy Abbot
Washington, Conn
E. Wilson
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
G. Lowy
London
Eng
Bath
Maine
Y.M.C. A
Local driver advises route changes after washouts
A Bath citizen who travels to Portland recommends using the Durham road to reach Portland instead of the Bunganue road. He notes the adjustment is about one third better due to recent rains washing out sections.
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Portland
Durham Road
Bath
Oliver Farr wed in Oxford ceremony at July dusk
Miss Agnes Sprague Oliver of Phippsburg and William Warren Farr of West Poland married in Oxford by Rev. J. L. Woodman. The couple left by auto from West Poland and plan a belated honeymoon after the season, with families and friends attending the private ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Sprague Oliver
Phippsburg
William Warren Farr
West Poland
Oxford
J. L. Woodman
C. E. Storer
S P.m
Alvena Oliver
Arr
Bessie Blair
Mascott
Oliver
Farr
Kent’s Hill
Basin
F. S. Bowker
Grace Percy
Cox's Head
West Pownal State School
Katherine Berry
Horace Holton
Charles Gordon
Camp Wynburg
John Berry
Holton
George Jewell
Cambridge
Victoria Butler
Co. V. Minott, Jr
New York
Basin Road
Camp Merimachi
John Williams
Raymond Wyman
Raymond
J. F. Leeach
Frank
Chicopee
Mass
Chicopee High School
Summer guests fill Gardiner cottages for Fourth
Fred Frisbee returns to Gardiner as guests stay with his brother Frank for Independence Day. Lenora Knight and Edward of Westport visit grandmother Mrs. Stevens while many cottages are now occupied. Eureka owned by W H Gay of Norwood opens. other visitors include Arthur and Augusta Brown and families from Augusta and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Frisbee
Gardiner
Frank
Lenora Knight
Edward
Westport
Sarah Stevens
W. H. Holland
Charles E. Boucher
Malden Island
Leona Pinkham
Carolyn Stevens
Eureka
W. H. Gay
Norwood
Mass
Arthur Brown
Augusta
Ellen E. Hagan
Lakeville
Warren Spencer
Daniel Sexton
J. A. Folsom
Mr. Jackson
Edward Lewis
Ride-a-wie
Walter Newdick
Bath
C. Nocton
Allen Dodge
Portland
Otter Cliff House
Proctor Hagan
Hayward
Everett, Mass
Gettysburg visit recalls Silas Trafton First Maine Cavalry service
Mrs. Frederick J. Libbie of Dorchester toured Gettysburg and remembered Silas C. Trafton of Georgetown who died in his home after the Civil War. Trafton, first to enlist from Georgetown, served in Co A First Maine Cavalry, never wounded and earned praise for the regiment’s colors. Libbie sent a cavalry pennant to her father for the soldier’s grave on the fifty second anniversary of the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Libbie
Dorchester
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Silas C. Trafton
Cavalry
A. B. Rowe
Mr. Traffton
Georgetown
First
Maine Cavalry
Sargent
First Maine Cavalry
Tratton
Libbie
Henrietta Rowe
Massachusetts
Daughters of the Revolution
Tent 1
Daughters of Veterans
Maine
A. W. Walker
Elbridge Mains
Malden
Portland
Bath
Here
Malden Island
West Bath Notes and Fourth of July Socials
H. T. Wing bought the Cahill field standing grass. Harry S. Hanson returned to Boston after the Fourth. Louis Briggs joined Mr. and Mrs. Hanson for the holiday. Miss Frostina Marston of Bath visited Mrs. Arthur Baum. Lilie Cahill and Blanche Houston weekended at New Meadows with the Lemonts and Haggetts of Waldoboro. E W Haggett sells fine local strawberries. Browns open a New Meadows cottage. Larrabee and party took a trip to Portland on the 4th aboard the Maxi milla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Minot
W. W. Denham
Charles Jordan
Wellesley
Mass
Viola Coombs
Charles Meserve
F. K. Jack
Orin Small
Bowdoinham Ridge
Sarah Baker
Edith Wood
Hattie O. Andros
New Meadows Inn
G. H. McKay
Augusta
R. L. McKay
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
E. P. Duran
J. Carrol Ames
Main St
Jessie Cromwell
Ernest Lancaster
Robert Temple
James Carr
William Miller
J. E. Cornish
Bath
John Blake
Somerville
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Genes A Batessen Crouch
Lester Williams
Boston
James Giseon
C. E. Page
Ethel Lord
Wells Beach
Rideout
Josiah Fulton
Edith
F. P. Huntley
John White Road
George T. Getchell
Auction Bridge
Bertha Moulton
Orono
William W. Wharf
Lynn
Postmaster Brown
Wharf
Brown
Paul Foster
Lena Donnell
West Newton
Arthur Netleton
Gardiner
Netleton
H. L. Clark
Gretchen Hulse
Moore
Guy Webber
Worcester
William Hatch
Richmond
Walton Adams
Milo
Brownfield
Parker House
Willard Blake
Viola Coom
Palmer
Brunswick
William T. Hardie
New York
Mary
W. BE. Rideout
W. L. Bonney
C. I. Mosher
C. F. Staples
H. E. Cornish
T. K. Jack
Margaret Chapman
Ann Fisher
Green McKay
George Cutler
C. B. Randall
W. H .MccNulty
Pasadena
Cal
Bangor
Raymond Garage
Mr. McNulty
Dixmont
H. T. Wing
Cahill
Harry S. Hanson
Louis Briggs
H. S. Hanson
Frostina Marston
Arthur Baum
Lilie Cahill
Blanche Houston
New Meadows
C. S. Lemont
Waldoboro
J. M. Lemont
E. W. Haggett
Oakledge
Fred Brown
F. W. Larrabee
Mona Wyse
Agnes Cote and Edmund Robinson Tie The Knot
Agnes Cote and Edmund C Robinson of this city married on Saturday evening July 3 at the Corliss Street parsonage by Rev. B. P. Browne. Robinson works on the tug Ariel and the couple will live at 43 Springs. Well wishes pour in from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Cote
Edmund C. Robinson
Corliss St. Parsonal
B. P. Browne
Robinson
Ariel
Springs
For Sale Two Horse Mowing Machine and One Horse Newa a chine
Classified ad listing two horse mowing machine for 15 dollars and a one horse machine for five dollars. Contact J. F. Upton at telephone 801 R Winnegance Me. Publication date June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Upton
Tel
Winnegance
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Roy Williams
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Jennie Langdon
Mildred Small
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Bertha
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Ethel Snell
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Herbert Stewart
Charles Rumrill
William Damon
C.P. Bates
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Chelsea
Parker Head
Galen Hinckley
Florence Payson
Bay Point
Fred Harrington
Miss Allen
Ralph Wenney
Dora Frisbee
Timothy Small
Walter Small
Under-the-Lee
Miss Ingalls
North-Bath
George Ingalls
Edgewood Farm
W. V. Percy
W. H. Bowker
Henry Heald
Poland
Agnes
Appleton Silk Fabrics
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Marjorie Boynton
Parson’s Paradise
Mabel Massey
Frank W. Chapin
Waltham
Idlewild
M. Spencer
Lelas Moshier
South Gardiner
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O. Larrabee
South
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