Seasonal Visitors and Local Travel Notes Across Bishops and Bay Point
The article lists a string of visits and movements among residents and guests at cottages and homes from Bay Point to Small Point and beyond. Names include Mrs. Jane Haggett, the Francis Bishops, Miss Lucia Ferguson, Miss Rebecca Brown, the R. G. Browns, Miss Ruth Sylvester, Mrs. Bertram Hennessey and son Elwin, and J. Bradford Sprague. It mentions auto trips to Brunswick, weekend guests from Gardiner, and travel aboard the Flagler between Key West and Havana. A larger steamer named the Joseph R. Parrot is under construction in Philadelphia, with J. F. Leeach inspecting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Bishop Cottage
Bay Point
Jane Haggett
Francis Bishop
Lucia Ferguson
Rebecca Brown
Roxbury
Mass
R. G. Browns
Grand View Cottage
Boston
Allequippa
Ruth Sylvester
Portland
Small Point
Bertram Hennessey
Elwin
Quincy
George Sprague
Topsham
Irs
Sprague
Frederick
J. Bradford Sprague
Bath
Nellie
Jessie Kelley
Scituate
Camden
Maine
Dickinson
Guy Nickerson
Brunswick
Nickerson
Fred Hunt
Gardiner
Frank Allestin
J. F. Leeach
Frank Leeach
Henry M Flagler
Key West
Havana
Flagler
Joseph R. Parrot
Philadelphia
Levi L Cummings 1848 1930 Portland native electrical pioneer
Levi Lincoln Cummings died at his Portland home. Born in Paris in 1848 to Benjamin Chandler and Almira Twitchell Cummings, he moved to Portland as a boy and worked as a teamster. He helped install Portland's fire alarm, became city electrician, led the electrical department, and since 1900 served as a special agent for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., often visiting Bath on company business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Lincoln Cummings
Portland
Paris
Benjamin Chandler
Almira (Twitchell) Cummings
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bath
Mrs. Frederick P. Rounds Dies at 64 in Bath
Mrs. Janett T. Rounds wife of Frederick P. Rounds died at her Bath home on Brunswick Road after a long illness at age 64 years 5 months She was a New Brunswick native daughter of the late John Baird and survived by her husband son Harold F and daughter Margaret B Rounds She had lived in Bath 80 years coming here from Boston Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the family residence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janett T
Frederick P. Rounds
Brunswick Road
New Brunswick
John Baird
Harold F
Margaret B. Rounds
Bath
Boston
Phippsburg Social Notes Stir With Summer Arrivals
Freewheeling town gossip covers visitors at Parker Head and Edgecomb. Engineers, businessmen, and families from Boston to Bath mingle at cottages, farms, and ships while local workers complete road projects and haul gravel. Foggy evenings disrupt the Boston boat as residents anticipate northwest winds.
Ida Eleanor Purington Born in Bowdoinham Post Road
On July 8 a daughter, Ida Eleanor Purington, was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Purington with Dr. H D Grant attending. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Cody and son of Portland and Sherman Graves family visiting Mrs. Mary Graves. Mrs. Chester Totman visited for granddaughter Ida Eleanor Purington. Thomas Freeman of Brighton Mass. stayed with Mrs. Fred D. Heath. Captain Fred McFadden takes vacation, some days in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Purington
Ida Eleanor Purington
H. D. Grant
Mrs. Cody
Portland
Ida Purington
John Purington
Sherman Graves
Mary Graves
Chester Totman
Thomas Freeman
Brighton, Mass
Fred D. Heath
Fred McFadden
The
Police
Sunday at Indian Carry and Se basco with the Midgets
Gardiner Rogers and a friend camped at the Midget cottage at Indian Carry Winneganee while most of the Midgets traveled to Se basco by launch to dine on steamed clams and lobster stew with William Lemont at the Lemont cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Rogers
Indian Carry
Winneganee
Sebasco
William Lemont
Lemont
Meat Ration Helps Family Survive Meat Shortage
A marketman advised a woman facing rising meat prices two years ago to halve weekly portions and supplement with vegetables. The family followed the plan and now everyone is well fed and healthier than during years of larger meat consumption.
Night hawk feeds on moths in city square
A police officer on night beat reports a hawk landing in the square at midnight and devouring a large moth. A Maltese cat watched the scene but failed to catch the bird. The hawk appeared to have a tuft of white feathers under its wings.
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the Times
Community Notices and Visiting Guests In Lewiston
Dr Jean F Butler passes away in Lewiston on Wednesday. Numerous locals and visitors are noted visiting relatives, attending summer school, or traveling through town including Miss Charlotte Cook Castine Mrs Nutter Newton Mass Miss Ellen Shaw Elm St Ethel Oliver Popham Beach Elizabeth Rice Cummings St Blanche Hix Brunswick James Dean vacation in Pembroke G H Page Appleton C E Ripley Mrs G A Allen Boston Rex Clements and Margaret Rockland Lillian King Paris Mo Castine N B Cortell Bath Castine Esther Brown vacation two weeks C M Davis Edith Bristol Mrs G W Simmons Harry Leask Kittery William Boyd New London George B Drake Texas Steamship Co Charles E Leeman Boston Kamp Kumfort New Meadows Rebecca Estey Lisbon Falls Brownville High School Ruby Fraser Boston boat trip Estey teacher Osgood Los Angeles Canada Wakefield Elsie Eaton Dorchester Swampscott J R McLeod Halifax Portland stormy roads
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Jean F. Butler
Lewiston
Charlotte F. Cook
Castine
Nutter
Newton
Mass
Ellen Shaw
Elm St
Ethel Oliver
Popham Beach
Charles H. Oliver
Elizabeth H. Rice
Cummings St
Richmond
Blanche Hix
Brunswick
Cowles
Court St. James
Paris
Lillian L. King
South St. N
Edith
Bristol
Mrs. Davis
G. W. Simmons
Harry Leask
Fred Shaw
Leask
Kittery
William Boyd
New London
Mr. Boyd
B.I.W
George B. Drake
Texas Steamship Co
Charles E. Leeman
Boston
Frank E. Leeman
Leeman
Rebecca Estey
Lisbon Falls
Esther White
Kamp Kumfort
New Meadows
Estey
Brownville
Ruby Fraser
Dorchester
Edward Sawyer
Swampscott
Cox’s Head
J._R. McLeod
Halifax
Portland
Local notes from Boothbay and nearby towns
Willis Holbrook visits friends in Boothbay while Miss Bessie Brown visits Portland. Several residents travel, work changes noted from Lynn to Boston, Kittery to Savannah. Asa Oliver injures his arm cutting a rope. Peter Cavanaugh sells copies of a Civil War song during a three week state trip. Veterans and workers move between Maine towns as war stories and travel continue.
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Willis Holbrook
Boothbay
Bessie Brown
Portland
Thomas L. Pierce
Lynn
William H. Shea
Beacon St
Laura Barstow
D. T. Percy & Sons
Helen Thayer
A. H. Blackington
Rockland
N. A. Billings
C. W. Brown
Springfield
Mass
Grace Keyes
Haverhill
S. B. Martin
Edna Martin
Fred P. Shaw
Albert
Kittery
West Georgetown
Randall
Lawrence
Lawrence Mills
Texas Steamship Co
T. C. Harrity
South Berwick
W. B. Lowell
Postal Telegraph Office
Wheaton
James Brewster
Providence
R. I
Providence Drydock Co
Brewster
New Shipbuilding Company
Savannah
Southern
Harvey Henderson
Brother Albert
Canada
Nova Scotia
Local Jottings and Summer News From Popham to Boothbay Harbor
Summer residents enjoyed a cruise to Bath in C F Hathaway’s new Blaisdell built cabin cruiser. The Corliss St. Scouts split a double header at Kelley Field, losing 10 9 to the Jolly Dozen and beating the YMCA 8 5. Two magazine canvassers sold 2500 copies earning a scholarship at South Lancaster Academy. Walter B. Clark of Portland became vice president and counsel for York Co. at York Cliffs. Passaconaway Inn to open under new management this summer. Nellie G. steamers run from Boothbay Harbor with daily sailings and movies, attracting both old and young. Reed of New Hampshire reports Lynde’s Island lumbering to finish this week, with 500 cords yearly plan. Maine coast fishermen prosper on high fish prices with Monhegan herring crews earning 500 this season. A Brunswick stable fire on Maine St destroyed the building and six horses. only one saved. Insurance coverage at 2000, owner E L Crawford, operator W B Edwards.
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South Lancaster Academy
Walter B. Clark
Portland
York Co
York Cliffs
Ashburton Pl
Boston
Passaconaway Inn
Nellie G
Williams
Bowdoinham
Boothbay Harbor
Reed
New Hampshire
Lynde
Maine
Gloucester
Monhegan
Maine St
Brunswick
E. L. Crawford
William B. Edwards
Local Notables and Business Moves in Maine Scene
Paul Gilmore has joined Kennebec Nurseries. William E. Hogan attended U S Court in Portland. Miss Helen Hodgkins is visiting Boston as guest of Mr and Mrs Howard Fogg. Hon and Mrs Frank A Morey of Lewiston were passengers on the Virginia to Popham. Miss Mary Monroe Morse High has accepted a stenographer position in the Maine Central freight office. Joseph Sanford develops artistic cartoons of local life displayed on Elm Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilmore
Kennebec
William E. Hogan
U. S. Court
Portland
Helen Hodgkins
Boston
Howard Fogg
Frank A. Morey
Lewiston
Virginia
Popham
Mary Monroe
Morse High Sii6
Maine Central
Joseph Sanford
Elm St
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Phippsburg
Frank Daley
J. P. Morgan Yacht Corsair
Parker Head
Turner McCarty
Chelsea
Fanny Percy
Percy
Bert Kelley
Kelley
Cushing Place
Walter McCarty
Child
Beverly
McCarty
United Shoe Machinery Co
Lucy Gahan
John Walker
Thomaston
William Cochran
Edgecomb
Frank Percy
Ralph and Thornton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ocmulgee
Sike Cahill
Willard Daley
A. C. Johnson
West Point
Frank Wyman
Oscar Williams
Birch Point
Irwin-Weathace
Seal Cove
Wallace
Jordan Percy
N. W. Eaton
Alice Sewall
Walter Small
C. V. Minott, Jr
Tine Colby
G. L. Cutting
W. R. Dickinson
Walter Peterson
Kenneth
Melrose
Edgewood Farm
Like Cahill
Chester Oliver
Peru
James Oliver
Rodney Wyman
William Hosmer
Augustus Wallace
Bald Head
George F. Chandler
James Henry
William Heald
Golder Leach
Timothy Perry
Under-the-lee
M. J. Percy
Augusta Black
J. O. Wyman
Pauline
Lakeview
Henry Heald
H. W. Cutting
Frank
Bowdoinham Post Road
James F. Will Co
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