Local Notes from Wiscasset Town Life
Wiscasset residents host visitors and vacationers with extended stays and weekend gatherings. The Fire Society meets with 18 members and social speeches mark the event. Teachers for the town winds schools are named, and community groups plan fundraisers, sales, and Open House Day.
Special Prices on Pants Shirts and Shoes at Local Store
Local ad lists discounts on fine dress pants in blue brown gray at 2.95 and 2.50 with khaki and dark pants at 1.98 1.50. Broadcloth shirts 79c 59c handmade ties 75c otis pre shrunk athletic pants 89c to 1.00. Overalls 89c to 69c work shirts 50c balbriggan shirts 39c 50c athletic union suits 35c each 3 for 1.00. Shoes for men and boys from 2.00 to 2.50. Linen knickers and shorts 50c.
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Athletic Union
Wiscasset Echo City Notes and Visitors Highlight Summer
The July 18 1908 issue notes visits by New York residents Mr and Mrs Brewster and others from Jamaica Plain Boston and Warren. It reports the City of Augusta schooner discharge at Railroad wharf with Capt Jim Dunton and family visiting. The death of Joseph Chaney at Augusta hospital is noted along with Chelsea fire relief work by Thomas Henry.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Brewster
New York
Sam Dickinson
Bath
Richard Coffin
Boston
Alice Coffin
Jamaica Plain
Mass
J. C. Grant
Mary
John Congdon
Wickford
R. L
Mary Poole
Edith Jackson
Ogunquit
Cordana Hodges
Bertha Thompson
Massachusetts
Mr. Tucker
Mary Tucker
Joe Teague
Warren
Arthur Kennedy
C. M. Teague
Mr. Teague
Mr. Kennedy
Cushing
Mrs. Teague
C. C. Topham
W. E. Burbank
Allston
South Bristol
Mr. Topham
City of Augusta
Jim Fred Dunton
Porto Rico
Railroad Wharf
Sheepscot
Thomas Henry
Chelsea
Henry
Clara A. Descheneaux
Joseph F. Descheneaux
Bowker Street
Brunswick
Washington
Charles O
Georgianna (Norton) Smith
Charles Descheneaux
Walter
Yarmouth Junction
Arthur Nicol
Winthrop
Notable Visitors and Rail Work Updates in 1894 Maine
In Sheepscot Echo dated July 21 1894 Hon Fred Pierce of Rockland and O A Page of Damariscotta visited town F H Dunton of New York and G E Meigs with Leggett Meigs of Ohio stayed at Hilton House Dexter Groves returned from Boston to spend vacation About 700 men now employed on the W and Q Railway line forty miles graded and ready for delivery R S Partridge Esq and Sheriff Cheat of North Whitefield in town Lizzie Litchfield of Hudson Mass guest of Mrs W R
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Old Files
Sheepscot Echo
Fred Pierce
Rockland
O. A. Page
Hilton House
F. H. Dunton
New York
G. E. Meigs
Leggett Meigs
Ohio
Dexter Groves
Boston
Mass
R. S. Partridge
Cheat
North Whitefield
Lizzie Litchfield
Hudson
W. R
Business lunch boosts Biddeford Saco activity in Maine notes
Maine notes report a lively Biddeford Saco business luncheon at Hotel Thacher with over 50 businessmen present and several women attendees signaling local commerce momentum. Other items include optometry board exams for six candidates at the state house, a $300 verdict in a Brunswick auto accident case, a Monmouth birthday reception for Mrs. Hannah Marston, Red Cross relief work movements, and local engagements and deaths across Cumberland and Brunswick areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford-Saco
Hotel Thacher
Winners Selected in West Bath Grange Program Contests
Groups led by David Fields, Mrs. James B Lemont, Edwin W Haggett, Miss Alice F Johnson, Mrs. Fred K Sturtevant and Everett G Lemont won the West Bath Grange program contests after weeks of competition. Six groups were named winners from eleven. A supper for winners will be held August 7 hosted by the losing captains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fields
James B. Lemont
Edwin W. Haggett
Alice F. Johnson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Everett G. Lemont
West Bath Grange
D. Wylie Lemont
David S. Cogan
David E. Rich
Lillian E. Lewin
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
F. S. Kendrick
William E. Hadley
Brunswick
The
Grange
Freeport
Lewn
David S. Henderson
Edgar A. Guest
Robert W. Oliver
John M. Howe
Mr. Cavanaugh
Mr. Oliver
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Dorothy A. Welch
Albert Henderson
Henry J. White
Miss Welch
A. Bernard Henderson
Booths
George R. Booker
Harold I. Peacock
Kenneth Smith
Stanley E. Wallace
Albert F.mcfadden
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Scott R. Ward
Raymond A. Smith
Edna M. Higgins
Fletcher A. Waterman
Percy R. Waterman
Lucy Ward
Charles T. Henderson
Wallace L. Atwood
Herbert Hodgkins
Marion L. Jaques
E. Mason Wright
Lillian FE. Lewin
Harold E. Freeman
Barbara Freeman
Joe and Josephine Ducks Evade Muskrat Threats at King's Dock
In a Riverside note, two ducks named Joe and Josephine roam King's dock, avoiding tall grass as muskrats surge nearby. They respond to calls for food and swim along the dock when summoned. Separately, Edgar M. Berry has been chosen to draft the wholesale stationers ethics code under the National Industrial Reform Act.
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Joe
Josephine
King's Dock
Edgar M. Berry
Berry Paper Co
Lewiston
Loring, Short & Harmon
Portland
United States
West Bath social notices and visits fill weekend
A long list of West Bath residents and guests appears with visits to Sabine and Bath cottages, trips to Trufant’s Crossing, and weekend stays by families from Bath, Bathport, and nearby towns. The column notes a tuberculosis testing visit by a state veterinary inspector and a West Bath grange dance with Miss Dorothy Welch in charge.
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James B. Lemont
Arthur C. Lemont
Bath
E. Learn
Auburn
Joseph W. Larrabee
Percy Marriner
Walter W. Larrabee
Topsham
Leburton D. Sheldon
Fred W. Larrabee
J. E. Kelley
Charlestown
Mass
Sabine
John P. Burns
Beachmont
Cotteau Cottage
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Winnegance
Humphrey A. Owen
M. Eleanor Bates
Portland
George Bailey
South Portland
Samuel F. Bates
Sabino
Charles H. Bates
Leon
Maass
Bates Cottage
Bates
Charlotte Colby
Cooper's Mills
Courtney E. Stover
Chester Colby
Margaret
Juanita
Joanne
Marjorie Clark
James A. Comeau
Spring Street
Eben G. Stover
Brunswick Road
J. Everett Mayo
J. Gertrude Silsby
Green Street
Luella M. Noyes
Rex Clark
Everett
Noyes
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Alexander Skillin
Falmouth
Harry S. Wallace
Granite Street
Charles C. Chesley
Larrabee's Grove
Frank Pemberton
Carl Jensen
Dorchester
Charles S. Lemont
Emma N. Cox
Lexington
Trufant’s Crossing Road
Callerson J
J. Roy Larrabee and Sons
Roy Jr
Graham
Rev
Anstress Larrabee
Bath City Hospital
Larrabee
Morse
Bridge Rebuilt Over Little River Opens in Both Directions
Work on the Topsham Lisbon Falls bridge over the Little River is complete after weeks of one-way traffic. Half the bridge was rebuilt at a time and the new structure is slightly wider, with car-tracks filled in and made navigable for autos as well as the roadway.
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Little River
Topsham
Lisbon Falls
Woolwich Grangers Host Bi weekly Game Party
Woolwich grange held its bi weekly game party in the grange hall with a following dance. Committee in charge included Harry Bradford Mrs Maurice T Hathorne and Harold Bailey. Refreshments served by Mrs Fred Soule Mrs Nellie Dowling and William Bradford. Program for July 19 includes songs solos readings current events and a tableau with readings.
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Woolwich Grange
Grange Hall
the Grange
Harry Bradford
Maurice T. Hathorne
Harold Bailey
Fred Soule
Nellie Dowling
William Bradford
Lemuel Preble
John H. Carter
Percy Bailey
Roberta B. Hathorne
Winship A. Reed
George Bradford
Fred Grover
Nequasset Farm Bureau Picnic At Woolwich Home
Nequasset Farm Bureau held a Wednesday picnic at Mrs. Frank R. Bailey's home in Woolwich. Members and friends enjoyed swimming and boating. The committee consisted of Bailey, Mrs. Jordan C. Wright, Mrs. John C. Gilmore, Mrs. James A. Colby, Mrs. Henry T. Dubar, and Mrs. Maurice T. Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Frank R. Bailey
Woolwich
Bailey
Jordan C. Wright
John C. Gilmore
James A. Colby
Henry T. Dubar
Maurice T. Hathorne
Hagan Named Cumberland County Club Agent
Wilbur Hagan is appointed county club agent for Cumberland County with headquarters in the extension office of the Federal Building in Portland. He and Mrs. Hagan will relocate to Portland August 1, living at 1012 Brighton Avenue and 1082 High Street. Hagan, son of the late Capt and Mrs Frank W Hagan, graduated Morse 1927 Coburn Classical 1928 and University of Maine 192? Joined Phi Gamma Delta. Mrs Hagan Kathryn Galvin is Morse 1926 Gorham Normal 1929 and has taught in East Union Bath and Five Islands. Both are West Bath Grange No 154 P of H members.
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Lillian Loud
Lillian
Beverley
Mass
Loud
Jennie Nute
Minnie Lewis
Hodge Street
Rafael Lorente de No
St. Louis
Carrol S. Dunphe
North Edgecomb
Frank Abell
Morristown
N. J
John F. Vallely
Wiscasset Inn
Jack Vallely
Abell
Stanley W. Dodge
Frank H. Gray
George Coliminm
Little Son
Portsmouth N. EH
Virginia Pease
Ruth Hodgedon
Woolwich
Wiscasset Fire Society
the Ton
Alfred H. Lennox
Henry v Bo Nash
Willim Lienan
Joseph Neal
George P. F. Hbson
Fine Aid Society
Messrs
Knight
Henderson
Hobson Flood
Nash
Henry E. Scott
Charter Henry Butler
Paul GC Miacurda
Virginia Farnum
Samuel M. Farnum
Newtonville
Florence van Ness
Boston
the Winds
Frances Plumstead
Winona Leavitt
Zina H. Davis
Helen Reed
Birch Point
Helen White
South
Aurelia Gould
West
Elizabeth Sewall
North
Josephine Merry
Richmond
Grace Knight
Charles Legrow
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
Moody
Francis Colby
Elizabeth Moody
George Lincoln, Jr
Clarence A. Richards
Portland
Wilbur Hagan
Cumberland County
Federal
Hagan
High Street
Brighton Avenue
Frank W. Hagan
Morse
Coburn Classical
University of Maine
East Union
Bath
Five Islands
West Bath Grange, No. 154
Whileaway Yacht Reaches Bar Harbor After Refit
Atwater Kent’s million-dollar yacht Whileaway steamed into Bar Harbor harbor Friday evening and anchored in lower Frenchmans Bay off the Kent estate Sonogee. The vessel, repaired after an early year accident, concluded its journey from the drydock.
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Atwater Kent
Bar Harbor
Frenchmans Bay
Kent Estate
Sonogee
Woolwich Center Citizens Readiness And Local Events
Woolwich Center community notices include a supper and sociable at the parsonage hall on Wednesday evening July 26 with the First Baptist church. Robert Bell of Grand Haven Michigan closes Bible Institute studies and preaches at 10 30 a m and 7 p m. Highlights include Vacation Bible School progress, a Woolwich Union entertainment planned for Thursday night, and a ball game where North Woolwich defeated Nequasset 25 to 3. Local visits and residences are listed.
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Ladies’ Aid
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Robert Bell
Grand Haven
Mich
Theological Bible Institute
Newton Center
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Tuessic Hall
Fred Carlton
Florence
Portland
Mabel Thwing
Evelyn Nickerson
Bath
Thwing
Albert Trott
Louise Miller
River Road
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Frank Bailey
Carl Longfellow
Day's Ferry
William Wyman
Weymouth
Mass
Myers Reed
Lawrence Ryan
Boston
Charles Henderson
George Carlton
Clarence Baker
Evelyn Reed
Edward V. Reed
North Woolwich
Nequasset
Mary E. Perkins
North Waldoboro
Angie Barter
Dresden
H. P. Lily
Barbara L. Genthner
G. G. Genthner
M. H. Carlton
Karcher Jackson
Social Roundup of Visits and Returns in Maine Towns
South Dresden and Gardiner residents share a busy period with travels visits and family hospitality. Mr and Mrs Lester Munsey return home to Pittsfield after four weeks away with Alec Munsey. Lena Baitter returns to Gardiner from stay with Mrs Leland Siegars. Master Glenwood Wall visits Gardiner with relatives. Elmer Tozier and Lawrence Mulholland dine with the Siegars. Joseph Burgess shows slow recovery after eight weeks illness. Perley Roode and the Siegars travel to Augusta on business. Gardiner police chief Earl Philbrook and sister visit Burgess. Joseph Siegars hosted by Fremont Rowe in Bath. Ernest Burgess visits his father Joseph Burgess in South Gardiner. George Spencer of Gardiner and Mrs Mabel Preble call on the Siegars.
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Lester Munsey
Pittsfield
Mass
Munsey
Alec Munsey
Lena Baitter
Gardiner
Leland Siegars
Glenwood Wall
Albert Hodgdon
Elmer Tozier
Lawrence Mulholland
Winslow
Joseph Burgess
Perley Roode
Augusta
Earl Philbrook
Ernest Hall
Farmingdale
Joseph Siegars
Fremont Rowe
Bath
Ernest Burgess
South Gardiner
George Spencer
Mabel Preble
L. H. Siegars
Montsweag Church and School Events This Week
A list of Montsweag events includes a lawn party at Mrs. Leavitt's on Thursday, prayer meeting at 8:30 p.m. Friday, H. H. Bishop to preach at Montsweag Baptist on Sunday morning with an 8:30 p.m. service, a final exhibition of Daily Vacation Bible School Friday July 28 at 8:30, and ongoing Bible school directed by Priscilla Conley and Barbara Hackett from the New England Fellowship.
Phippsburg Church to Host Earlham Professor Talk
Miss Annie Cutting has returned after a week at Bar Harbor. Prof. Thomas R. Kelley of Earlham College will speak at the Phippsburg Congregational church Sunday morning at 10.30 standard time.
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Annie Cutting
Bar Harbor
Thomas R. Kelley
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Phippsburg Congregational Church
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Ruth Sewall
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St. James
Long Island
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Parker E. Mareani
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First Congregational Church
A. H. Dodge
E. S.T
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Hamstead
Miss Keeley
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White Mountains
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Harvey R. Pease
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Virginia
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Frank Haggett
Paul
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Simon D. Crosby
Rockland Highlands
Horace FE. Henderson
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Bernice
Sewall P. York
Damariscotta Mills
Charles S. Sewall
Freeman Trott
C. C. Blagdon
Federal Street
Grace Moore
Legrow
Plymouth
Methodist
Frank Jackson
Dora QO. Jackson
Raymond Fowles
Silas Lee
John Johnson
David Payson
Seth Tinkham
Nymphus Stacy
Thomas Rice
Abicl Wood
Joshua Hilton
William Patterson
Ezekiel Cutter
National Wood Co
Oscar W. Ridley
Babcock
W. E. Gorham
State Dental Association
50C Athletic Union Suits
Max Katz
Elm Street
Donald F. Preble
Center St
Sleeves
Maine News Notes
State Board of Optometry
State House
Paul S. Cline
Mattapan
Byron Everett Cox
Dexter
Warren Robert Lovering
Somerville
Harry Sadow
E. Perry Truesdale
West Somerville
Samuel Toothaker
Harpswell
Harry Manser
Cumberland Superior Court
Jesse D. Wilson
Wilson
Toothaker
Monmouth
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Hannah Marston
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National Red Cross
New York State
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Francis J. Day
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Edward Little High School
Farmington Normal School
West Bath
William Cotton
Sabine Road
Robert Coombs
Natick
Moulton
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Harold Gay
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
West Bath M
E. Church
Forest L. Littlefield
William Pickering
Frank Young
Edward Levitt
Pickering
Florence Swan- Chadwick
Swan Cottage
Charles Woodland
Watertown
Casey
Thi End
Berry Beach
Saco
Daniel H. Philbrook
Norwood
L. F
Atwood
Me How Pi
Wien
Enn
Ee Souk
Piccadilly
HOTEL
45Th Street
BWAY
Times Square
WM. Madlung
Woolwich Grangers
David W. Thackeray
Eleanor Bruce Thackeray
William A. Bruce
David Wesley
Bradford
Highland Street
Howard P. Jett
Oak Grove
Clyde L. Gray
Gardiner Municipal Court
William O. Cobb
Mr. Gray
Gardiner High School
Shaw’s Business College
Bentley School of Accounting
Ernest L. Goodspeed
Montsweag
Phippsburg
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