Fire destroys three Topsham Fair barns and sheds
A weekend blaze at Topsham tar grounds damaged three barns and about 200 feet of cattle shed, with loss estimated around 10,000 to the Kagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Fire spread from barn No 1 despite efforts by Topsham and Brunswick departments, with horses rescued and flames forcing extensive hose deployment. The four barns measured 60 by 120 feet and were set about 60 feet apart. officials plan immediate replacement for the annual fair in October.
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Topsham
Snells
Kagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Bocety
Topstain
Brunswick
Lrunswick
Dunton Summer Home Scene Of Fine Party
The Hon Arthur J Dunton hosted a Sunday afternoon picnic at his Coombs mountain lodge The New Meadows location drew horsemen and friends who arrived after two to a feast of clams lobsters eggs cake candy and many side dishes After eating guests mounted and demonstrated riding and loosening skills with out of town attendees from Portland Greenwood Mass Bath club members and the Clifford family among them
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Arthur J. Dunton
Coombs Mountain
New Meadows
Harold Forstman
Betty
Portland
A. DB. Janning
Greenwood
Mass
Bath Club
Chiles W. Clifford
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
H. Augustus Huse
Notable Attendees Include Adams Dunton And Morse Families
Mrs Harold M Adams of Hou and Mrs Arthur J Dunton attend alongside Miss Madelyn Dunton and Mr and Mrs Samuel Morse in a socially grouped gathering.
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Harold M. Adams, Hou
Arthur J. Dunton
Madelyn Dunton
Samuel Morse
Funeral Services of Mrs. C. W. Morse
Funeral services for Mrs. Clathes W. Morse were held at the home then in a family mausoleum at Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev. AL B. Hervey officiating. Honorary pallbearers included Morse sons Clarry Erwin and Benjamin, Charles Cuttard, Frank Nichols, and Dr. Byron Barker. Relatives from Brooklyn and New York attended. Mrs. Morse died suddenly from apoplexy after returning from New York for a summer visit. her husband Mr. Morse was unable to attend.
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Wunslington Street
Clathes W. Morse
Oak Gioeve Cemetery
Rey. Ber AL B. Hervey
The
Universalist Church
Mr. Morse
Clarry J
Erwin A
Benjamin W. Morse
Charles W. Cuttard
Frank B. Nichols
Byron Fk. Barker
Maurice Long
New York City
Morse
T. J. Aatissey
Brooklyn, NJ
Robert Vaisley
Ibyeooklyn
Golf Course Sought in Bath by Doctor Donnell
Dr. Robert H. Donnell, former Bath resident and physician on the U S, advocates a local golf course. He cites Bath’s distance from other courses and believes a city course would attract tourists, noting Rebusco and Boothbay courses as praise worthy. He plans a six week trip to visit major golfing centers after leaving Seecomit.
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Robert He. Donnell
Path
San Diego
Calif
Donnell
Bath
Boothbay
Pronnedl
Deave Seeuw
Brunswick Firemen Reach Their 100th Alarm
The Brunswick fire department answered its 100th alarm of the year on Thursday night for a blaze of unknown origin. The fire occurred on the second floor of the J. W. Curtis estate building, occupied by Arthur D. B. Trodgdon’s lambing shop on the first floor, Eaton Hardware Co. on the rest of the first floor, and storage on the second floor. Firemen fought the stubborn blaze for over an hour. The building sustained about 500 dollars in damage, while stock damage ran to roughly a thousand dollars.
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Brunswick
J. W. Curtis
Arthur DB. Trodgdon
Eaton Hardware Co
New England Crops Report July One Year Outlook
New England feed crops show little change from last year with oats and corn near prior levels. Maine Massachusetts and Connecticut show slight gains while Vermont and New Hampshire dip. hay forecast around 4,006,000 tons regionally, United States 77.8 million tons. Potatoes rise to 188,000 acres in New England, Massachusetts and Connecticut at 14,000 acres. apples and peaches forecast show modest gains with apples at 37.5 million barrels and peaches improving.
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New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Connecticut
United States
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Atlantic
North Central
South Central
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
New Jerey
Minnesota
North Dakota
New Hamopshire
Jewett to Broadcast His Own Compositions
Brian M Jewett will broadcast from WEBEL Boston this afternoon at 5:05 and sing three of his own summer compositions Oh So Blue Little Kiss Ive Got a Conk Black Chidds But Te Treats Me White Remick has taken Oh So Blue for publication and George Olsen will make a Victor record from it Bring writes that during his program he will be asked to sing any request number on his path to vaudeville in September opening at the Keith Albee in Boston Also mentions Callagophers tail as legal tender for 10 cents in Imperial Valley
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Brian M
Brian” Jewett
Salisbury Beach
Mass
WEBEL
Boston
Jerome HH
Remick
George Olsen
Cbring
Keith-Albee
Washington Street
Wife of the Captain Sails His Vessel During Illness
The story recounts Mrs. Mary Patten steering the clipper Neptune's Car from New York to San Francisco in 1856 after Captain Patten fell ill with brain fever. With the chief officer dismissed, she navigated 52 days, tended her husband, and proved female leadership aboard a 1600-ton vessel. Captain Patten died in 1857. Mrs Patten became a noted exemplar of women's capability at sea.
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Sidney LI. Hall
Foster & Nickerson
New York
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Patten
Joshua A. Patten
Rockland
Maine
Christchurch
Mary Patten
New England
Washington Button Owned in Phippsburg
The Button Story describes a Washington era copper button in Brigham & Co.’s safe at 24 High street. Circa first president, it bears GoWi and Long Live the President along edge text. Only four such designs survive. Brigham says relics surpass coins and medals in value. Mr Brigham, Hudson, Massachusetts.
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Doris Perry
Dromore Grange Hall
Dromore
Bessie Dickinson
Wilbur F. Brigham
F. Brigham & Co
High Street
Washington
Brigham
Vermont
Hudson
Mass
Crosbys Resignation Shocks Bath Water District
Bath Water District trustees meet Tuesday morning to accept Elon Elwell S. Crosby resignation as treasurer with regret. Crosby, original board member, steps down after years of service. William A. Furber named his successor. Engineering review for Kennebec bridge water mains to be handled by William S. Newell. District also approves purchase of spur track from Ne w Wiseet to pumping station. Langdon Hill of Portland visits.
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Bath Water District
Bath
Elon
Elwell S. Crosby
Mar. Crosby
Distret
Mer. Crosby
Cros
Fred H. Thompson
William A. Furber
Kennebec Bridge
William S. Newell
Wiseet Station
Miasne Central Railroad Co
Morning Visitors and Local Happenings in Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham notes cover Mrs. William Gray Evens visiting from Denver, a union service at Baptist church led by Flying Squadron of South Dresden, and birthday plans for Rev. George G. Powers. Reports include town outings, Sunday visits, farm work, road trips to Orr's Island, and various locals attending services, yard gatherings, and school events with multiple named residents and nearby towns.
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William Gray Evens
Denver
Col
Maine
John F. Gray
Mr. Powers
Ella G. Nash
The
Baptist Church
Kendall
Old Orchard
Gladys Ruwrill
Brunswick
Charles Rumrill
W. B. Kendall
Augusta
Clara Fogg
E. V. Kendall
Alvah Hildreth
Kh. Ki. Ferguson
Wiscasset
Edgecomb
David Ingalls
Kk. B. Andros
Lottie Cobb
Orr's Island
A. S. MacDougal
MacDougal
Leroy Pennell
Newport
Vennell
Methodist Society
L. A. Road
Richmond Corner Baptist Church
S. A. Evans
Bath
Ernest and
Mabel Millay
Kent's Hill Seminary
Frank Millay
Elizabeth Britt
Lena
Bath Items Mention Local Visitors And Construction
West Bath notes extensive social visits across Bath Campbell's Pond and South Portland with guests from Lewiston Brunswick and Worcester. Plans include a new bungalow for Alonzo R Donnell at Trufant's North Bath on the former Alden Rogers farm site burned last year.
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Abbie Gage
Crosby
Florence Rogers
Annie Trufant
Elmer Higgins
Mayo Farm
Mark Gillis
Gardiner
Campbell's Pond
M. Lizzie Williams
Lewiston
John Russell
Bath
E. E. Williams
B. H. Stackpole
Miss Williams
Stackpole
Winthrop
J. K. Mayo
Evelyn Sotheard
Pine Street
Daniel Williams
Elizabeth
Brigham's Cove
Robert Bodreau
Lincoln Williams
Alfred Wharff
Miles Purington
Julia Brown
Swan Cottage
Birch Point
L. E. Mann
the Nazarene Church
J. Everett Mayo
Cecil Tucker
Bermuda
Eamesholm
Marguerite Williams
Gorham Normal School
Ernest E.williams
Amy Coombs
Campbells Pond
John Evans
Philip
South Portland
Julia Coombs
Portland
Axel Hanson
Barbara
Virginia
Worcester
Myra Coombs
Attleboro
John Horne
John Jr
Milton Mills
N. H
Irving Coombs
James Coombs
Campbell’s
KF. W. Larrabee
Trufant’s
Alonzo R. Donnell
North
Alden Rogers
Crosby Potato Farm
Boothbay home memories and illness in town
Mrs. Dodge recalls her girlhood home in Boothbay while Merline Lowell battles chicken pox, prompting notices from the local community about health and recollections.
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Boothbay
Women managers state norms for women in offices
Women managers of America’s sky scrapers say that when a woman enters an office she does so on business and is on the same level as men. They assert women will conform to the rules of the workplace, implying men may wear hats in elevators.
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America
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Topsham Barn
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Coombs’ Mountain
C. W. Morse
Hibben
Princeton University du Lis
Jewett
Imperial Valley
Washington Button
Phippsburg
E. S. Crosby
Water District
Langdon Hill
City
Bowdoinham
Colo
J. A. Rood
Sagadahoc Fertilizer
L. P. Temple
Carrie Kendall
George Adams
Lyon
William Adams
Bert Adams
Leonard Curtis
Beverly
John Curtis
Norman Curtis
Norman
A.S. MacDougal
Kendalls
George Jack
Hollis
Bert Jack
Waterville
Tena Jack
Chester
Mayor McLean
Bot Mitier
Will Curran
Bato
John Maler
Mary Varinton
Philip Nealey
Courtney
H. BE. Cornish
W. Carr
Wiswell Cottage
FE. W. Kendall
J. KE. Lilly
Amusa Williams
Charles Holbrook
Boothbay Harbor
Walter Williams
Edwin Denham
J.C. Bee
George Weeks
Albert
Lawrence Henson
South Wortland
Roland Small
Sarah Small
Millard Hatch
Amesbury
Charles Hatch
Margaret Wilson
Wilson
Eva Weston
Prank Heath
Verona Moore
William A. Brooks
Melrose
George Brooks
Francis
Belmont
Sarah Stall
Robert Wade
Bradford
Lang Farm
Bk. J. Wilkinson
S.A. Getehell
Mary Varinten
Bertha Moulton
B. Randall
Emily Rideout
F.ix. Jack
Frank Sbuker
Bowdein
Elisha Webber
West Bath
Senter
Bath Department
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