Bowdoinham and Bath in Heat Wave and Town News
The Bowdoinham area endures a record hot spell with 95 to 100 degree days as residents report damaged gardens and sleepless nights. Nearby Bath faces a new tidal power trial and civic notes include weddings, launches to Bath, and schoolhouse plans as July activities unfold.
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Augusta
Bowdeinham
Charles H. Young
South Paris
William Aderton
Bowdoinham
Frank G. Aderton
Frances Saint
Cambridge
Mass
Miles N. Reed
Aderton
Bath
Wiks Ethie Kutent
Ida Fowle
Charles Bo Randall
Belgrade
Kia—Overland
Randall
Winnegance Local Notes Chronicle Small Town Life
Edward Hunt starts work at Perry Brothers and Campbell portable mill at the head of the Creek. Residents visit relatives, travel, and local happenings including mill shutdowns and hay cutting. After repairs to Winneganee bridge, travel is easier while blueberries stay scarce due to drought and heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hunt
Perry Brothers & Campbell
Winneganee Bridge
Perry Brothers & Campbell's Mill
Henry Potter
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
Parker Morse
Perry & Campbell's Mill
Edgar Williams
William Willis
Isle Au Haut
Captain Skolfield to Quit Sea for Farm Life
Capt J E Skolfield of Cundy's Harbor, a famed Atlantic skipper, plans to retire from the sea and settle on a 100 acre Scarboro farm with chickens and other animals. His son Ansel will continue on the Sebasco until September before full retirement, leaving a spotless 25 year sailing record with no accidents or ship losses.
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J. E. Skolfield
Cunday’s Harbor
Atlantic
Sheffield
Sebasco
Ansel
Portland
Cundy’s Harbor
Dunday's Harbor
William Holbrook
Capt
Skolfield
Scarboro
Dunstan's Corner
Cundy's Harbor
Bath
Boston
Philadelphia
Remarkable Spy Trees Show Early Bearing
State Horticulturist Albert K. Gardner of Rockland reports two precocious Northern Spy apple trees found in Hope. One five year old tree bore fruit last year and a three year old tree holds four apples, a remarkable deviation from the usual 12 to 15 year wait. Gardner notes the trees are in good condition and insect pests are not abundant.
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Bowdoinham
Bath
Bowdeinham
Albert K. Gardner
Rockland
Hope
Gardner
Summer guests and boat owners in Kennebec region
Boston and Brookline families vacation at summer homes in the area. Mrs. Read leases her summer house to Mrs. George Rogers and daughters arrive for the season. The Anchorage hosts Ralph Carlisle's group and Edward Carlisle plans July at his home. A yacht trip to Boothbay with Edmund Lansing marks leisure for local youths. boat owners praise U S government rules and report few violations at the customs house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Purington
Bowdeinham
Bath
Harry Kinsman
Boston
E. H. Lansing
Charles M. Read
George Rogers
Brooktine
Ruth Lansing
Henry Kinsmore
Helena Stewart
Hacoah Stewart, Jr
Fred Lord
Rices
Boothbay
Edmund Lans
Ferguson Administratrix seeks final account in Bath probate
Mary A. Ferguson administratrix of Alexander Ferguson’s estate in Bath presents her first and final account for allowance. The court orders publication of notice in the Bath Independent for three weeks to inform interested parties to appear on August first at 9 am to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Judge James S. Lowell. Register Russ W. Longley. 15-22-29.
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Sagadahoe
Bath
Mary A. Ferguson
Alexander Ferguson
James 8
Lowell
Yruss W. Longley
Register
J. Fred Tobey
Iix
Walter
Bela
Cyrus W. Longley
Petition to Sell Minor Tobey Estate in Bath Maine
J Fred Tobey guardian seeks license to sell one third undivided interest of bath property for the benefit of minor Tobey heirs Effie May Tobey Lucy P Tobey deeded 1858 and three weeks public notice ordered for hearing on August date in Sagadahoc Probate Court Bath Maine 1911.
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Procbate
Sagadahoc
J. Fred Tobey
Bath
Said
George W. Tobey
Hazel G Tobey
Effie B. Tobey
Frank Tobey
Lillabelle Tobey
Thomas G. C. Tobey
Effie May Tobey
Eliakine McCabe
William T Denmell
Lucy PB
Tobey
Sumudahoe Registry of Deeds
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the Times Cou
Front Street, Bath, Me
Harry C. Webber
Maine
Maren
City of
Rial Press
Miles
Portand City Hall
Our
Othe Subserier
Taphy
Tol Calla
Druid Park
Up County
de Oscar Adams
C. S. Merrifield
Mr. Merrifield
John Millay
Mr. Millay
Blowdoinham
Careyr
Hallowell
Brown
Robert W. Carr
Manchester
N.H
Dorothy Chapman
Brockton
Mites
Drease
Add
Charles F. Staples
Birch Point
New Meadows
Merrymeeting Grange Hil
Mrts
Robert H. Jack
Lewiston
Jed Adderton
Lea Bral
Eoa
Ibs
Jundoeinium High Scheol
Janven Ho
LL. Wormwood
Oldtown
Nickels
Wormwood
Rose Yeaton
Charles B. Randall
W. L. Bonney
Castine
Greene H. McKay
Peaks Island
Eugene Bassett
Lisbon Falls
Edwin Brown
Walter Reed
Lorenzo Small, Sr
Bowdoin
George Hackett
F. W. Fogg
Archie
Fogg
W. Carr
John Rumrill
L. D. Small
Ellen Oliver
Woodfords
Marion
Lettice Beedy
Pennellville
Brunswick
Lena Cobb
Georges
Andross
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. King
Wakefield
Methodist Church
Jerusalem
The
Baptist Sunday School
Arvilla Edgecomb
Litchfield
Carrie Kendall
Ruby Wood
New Vineyard
Benjamin Higgins
William H. Blanchard
Independent
Rowdeinham
J.E. Cornish
Town
Richmond
Washburn
B. Randal
Flora Center
Sylvesters
Post Road
Aute
Geo
Minott
Nellie
Lake Cobbossecontee
F. K. Jack
W. E. Rideout
Emily
Bootshay
A. C. Williams
E. P. Kendall
Peak’s Island
F. W. Cowles
the Baptist Society
Popham
Winnegance
George Eaton
Cora Small
Pine Street
Chebeague Island
Abbie Hamilton
Winfield W. Morse
Obadiah Trask
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Rockport
John D. Rogers
Phippsburg Center
Leon Berry
Lucy Small
Lizzie Moore
Waltham, Mass
Abbie Ellen Burgess
John A. Small
Morse
H Kenneberoc
St. Clair Jones
Gordon Stewart
B. K. Rich
Shore Acre
Minnie Harwood
United States
Custom House
State OF Maine
D. & C. E. Scribner
Brunswick, ME
Front St
Room 2
Bath, ME
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