Bowdoinham Man Relates War Time Prisoning Tale
Lorenzo Minott of Bowdoinham recalls a perilous wartime voyage from Maine to New Orleans and Cuba. He describes arrest at Memphis station with 88 in gold seized, a confiscated letter from a fellow Maine man, and a written order from the Memphis Committee of Safety delivering him to New Orleans authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Minott
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Maine
Virginia
California
New England
San Francisco
Sacramento Street
Minott
New Orleans
Sumter
W. M. Knox
Texas
Knox
St. John
Memphis
John Chapman
Cairo
Chapman
John
Mississippi
Mary Keen
Committee of Safety
Breezy Popham Letter Highlights Bath Society Events
A Bath crowd enjoyed dancing boating and socializing after a breezy pop concert. The piece notes surf conditions on Monday, summer visitors, and local socialites like Miss Helen Beebe, Miss Anne Kimball, and Mrs. Vesta Jones. Bay Point arts display at Gray Rocks and notable Bath cottagers attend events along the Kennebec shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Beebe
Wakefield
Mass
Arnold Cottage
Anne Kimball
Bath Independent
Vesta Jones
Bath
Westport
Fred Lord
Morse High School
Boston
Society Hall
Blanche Houston
Abbie Scott
Gladys Parker
Margaret Burns
Virginia
Burns
Frank A. Small
Campbell Cottage
Helen Trott
Millicent Clifford
Walter FE. Chase
Wilber G. Cahill
South Shore
Margaret R. Foote
Summer
Charles Saunders
Walthem
Sumner
Mr. Sumner
Bay Point
Gray Rocks
Winona Tilton Stinson
Paul Revere
Higgins
Kennebec
Amon
Cality
Squirrel Island
Emma Small
Wilbur G. Cahill
Margaret Foote
B. Motley Fuller, Jr
Lina Andrews
Madelyn Hunt
Alice Bullman
Gertrude Gilman
Pauline Hatch
Charlotte Hall
Independent discloses Morse eyeing steamship line and diesel engines
The Independent chats with Charles W Morse about rumors of a Grand Trunk steamship line linking Montreal Portland Boston and New York. Morse discusses diesel motors and their potential to transform water transportation noting the Jutlandia and other ships, costs, efficiencies, and readiness for sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Wash
Skowhegan
Belfast
Augusta Waterville
Calais
Washington County
Vanceboro
St. John
Waterville
Foxcroft
Greenville
Bucksport
Mattawamkeag
Augusta
Portland
Boston
New York
Montreal
Quebec
Portland Boston
White Mountains
West
Worcester
Rockland
Lewiston
Farmington
Brunswick
H. D. Waldron
Morris McDonald
Grand Trunk
New Haven
Hartford
Morse
Providence
Denis
Independent
Europe
London
Siam
Jutlandia
Jinstance
Deisel Motors
Mr. Morse
Deisel
Mir
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John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm. C Chadbourne
Front St
M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
A. B. Watson
Chiropodis
Federal St
Brunswick, Maine
M. H. Loach
S. Curtis W
Centre Street
Ath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
Room 2
Bath, ME
Maine Central
WEEN
Navarre Seventh Ave
38Th Street
Edgar T. Smith
Plaza Hotel
Chicago
Breezy Popham
Down River
Bath Girls
Danc
Lower
Fox Island
Lhe
Oak Ledge
New Meadows River
Charles W. Morse
the Independent
Washington Street
Warding
East Asiatic Company
Copenhagen
Fionia
Selandia
Wit Hall
Continent
Burmeister & Wain
Wanxillersies
Ooo
Americas
Manard
Ibe
Peetor
Deiel Motors
Rowdoin
Fred Milligan
Rowedoin
Mulligan
Neponset
Johnson Bros Co
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