Summer Time in Bowdoinham
A Bowdoinham town column notes busy haying with 75 tons cut by the Kendals and a predicted large season ahead. Local families, work crews, and visiting residents are described, including transport mishaps, post office notices, and upcoming yardwork as rain hampers haymaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Randall
E. P. Kendall
Viola Coombs
Portland
G. H. McKay
Augusta
Mr. McKay
Dr. McKay
Kendals
Foster Meserve
Topsham
Meserve
Miranda Hackett
Whealey
Courtney
Merrymeeting Bay
Joseph Elliott
John Gage
Bath
E. W. Small
William Bibber
A. E. Small
Row
Carr
Dr. Irish
Fisher Road
Grant
Orrs Island
Walter Purington
Ida Evelyn
J. Grant
Charles ‘Hatch
Carl
Robert Ferguson
South Harpswell
Vivian Small
Plainsville
Ohio
Leander Small
Capitol Island
Albert Henderson
Nova Scotia
J. F. Nichols
Master Lee
Portland Carriage Manufacturer Praises Tanlac Experience
A Portland carriage maker, Harris H. Crandall of 92 Forest Avenue, recounts his Tanlac trial. He says it built him up, let him work like two younger men, and relieved his stomach troubles after starting the medicine. Swett’s drug stores are advertising the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tanlac
Harris H. Crandall
Forest Avenue
Wfacther
Mr. Crandall
Bath
Swett’s
Tenting Party of Salem Boys Returns From Camp Walters
The tenting party of Salem boys spent ten days in Georgetown at Camp Walters and broke camp on Monday. A camper voiced the group’s view with the single word slick. The tale follows their return journey and contextual anecdotes of the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Oliver
Bath
Natt Howe
Arrowsic
Andrews
Cogan
Higgins Farm
Harry L. Horne
East
Williamns
Capt
Fred J. Hinckley
West Georgetown
A. E. Rowe
Albert O. Marr
Mr Golden
Boston Engineering Company
Marr
Boston
Salem
Camp Walters
Howard M. Trafton
J. Alfred Dennis
Trenton
N. J
Annie M. Jones
George F. Smith
Lexington
Mass
Sagadahoc Farm
Mr. Smith
Mr.Smith
Georgetown Center
Arrowsie
Big Blanket Sale Promises Bargains Across Textile Goods
Classified notice advertises discounts on blankets, awning fabrics, bed linens, pillow cases, slippers, hats, and dresses. Items include price points from 8c to 1.50 and quantities such as 1000 yards of cloth and 100 dozen pillow cases. Highlights: striped awning fabrics in palm beach cloth, bed spreads, napkins, damask, corduroy, and summer wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Lockwood
Warm day hits Texas Co yard Bath Iron Works factory
Letter carriers report a warm Wednesday with the heat proving tough for several workers at the Texas Co yard Bath Iron Works and a number of women at the shirt factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Co. Yard
Bath Iron Works
Shirt
Popham Beach Plans Unveiled for Real Estate Trust Lots
The Real Estate Trust of Massachusetts begins development at Popham Beach with a survey showing 450 lots planned for sale, plus existing cottages. Daniel Bishop of this city oversees the disposal of the property as plans promise a premier summer colony on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Real Estate Trust of
Massachusetts
Daniel Bishop
Probate Court Adjourns July Session Transacts Several Estates
At the adjourned July session Judge J S Lowell presided over administrations granted for the estates of Frances A Preble Rosalia Stimpson Jennie E Purinton and Fred S Page with named executors or administratrices. Will filed for George T Getchell and Susan A Getchell. Guardian appointed for Clarence A Lakin minor. Accounts filed for D T Dougherty Marian S Norton and Lydia B Rogers. Inventories filed for Susan P Rogers and John W Roberts. First and final accounts approved for Benjamin F Harris and associates under Oliver Moses will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Lowell
Frances A. Preble
Bath
Charles E. Preble
Rosalia Stimpson
Elizabeth A. Haggett
Jennie E. Purinton
Bowdoin
Royce D. Purinton
Fred S. Page
Marian S. Norton
Lydia B. Rogers
Benjamin F. Harris
Et. Als
Oliver Moses
Susan P. Rogers
Topsham
Cornelia M. Cotteran
John W. Roberts
Lillian J. Tucker
Local Jottings and City Notes
Travel by steamboat remains steady since last summer. A thunder shower brought no rain past Weeks Street this afternoon. On Wednesday morning John Davis ran jitneys during a street railway strike in Portland. A gospel service is planned at Trufant's Crossing Church Sunday at 7 30 pm with all welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Rutland
Vermont
Horace S. Cragin
Alfred J. Rowe
Five Islands
Belle Heald
Bath
Benjamin H. Woodside
Brunswick
Georgetown
Ralph Dunton
Riggsville
Edgar B. Hunt
Howard M. Trafton
Pauline Perkins
Cornish
A. E. P. Oliver
John E. Oliver
Calvin Tarr
Frank H. Morrell
Irvington
N. J
Thomas Osborn
Mr. Morrell
Master Bailey
Francis Harrison
Sewall P. Oliver
Herbert Tilden
Martha J. MacFadden
Fred Reid
Haynes
Boston
Charles Clarke
Clifford
Little Son
Harold F. Hunt
Josephine H. Oliver
Hoosie Falls
William A. Todd
Oliver
Indian Point
Elmira Trafton
John Davis
Portland
Trufant’s Crossing
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Bowdoinham
Kendall Company
Cathance
Islands
Freeport
Robert H. Jack
J. E. Jack
Post Road
Haying
Richard Denham
C. L. Mosher
George Cutler
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Central Maine Light and Power Company
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Elmer Jordan
George Ferguson
Walter Slye
Waltham
Ethel B. Todd
Shirley N. C. Hicks
Jamaica
N. Y
Ruth
Harry S. Clarke
Ruth Wardwell
Ralph Reynolds
Samuel I. Snyder
Clearfield
Ida Williams
Wren
Roslindale
Rudolf H. Trafton
Ellery Harford
Benjamin H. Wood‘side
Nannie Russell
Bertha Russell
Woodside
Harold Brown
Fitchburg
Kennebec Point
B. L. Rich
J. C. Bearse
Palmer
Frank Clarke
Wendell P. Todd
George Oliver
Mr. Clark
William M. Farnsworth
Gladys
Job
Aeelo Oes
Woodbury's
Colgate’s
Burrill
Colgate
Asteste Te
Rockledge
Probate
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