Man Immersed Beneath Wharf Narrowly Survives
Bert Davis of Boothbay Harbor a 35 year old married father of several children was trapped between two pilings at the Blais dell Leeman wharf in the Kennebec River for hours. Bath youths Walter Lyden Percy and Ernest Kingsbury heard cries and rescued him aided by patrolmen and Dr. Joseph I Smith. Despite initial amputation pleas the two hour effort freed his leg and he was taken to Brunswick hospital after first aid for exposure. The motor boat nearby wasn’t tied and drifted in the current until the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Davis
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
Blaisdell & Leeman
Walter G. Lyden
Percy Kingsbury
Ernest Kingsbury
Bath
Summer Street
Eastern Steamship Wharf
Eastern Steamship Landing
Boston
Rice
Wilson
Joseph I. Smith
Everett Ramsey
Lyden
Kingsbury
Brunswick
Reward Offered for Finding George C. Wotton Body
George C. Wotton, 77, a driller at Hyde Windlass Co., has been missing from 721 Washington St since 9 45 a m Sunday. Sagadahoc County commissioners offer 25 reward if the body is recovered before Saturday night. Three grapplers searched the Kennebec river near the Maine Central wharf as Mrs Wotton seeks answers to her husband disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Wotton
Hyde Windlass Co
Washington Street
Sagadahoc
Kennebec
Maine Central
Wotton
Boy Scouts Aid Search for Missing George Wotton
A 2 15 pm call mobilized 20 to 25 Bath scouts under Scoutmaster Calvin Kimball to search for George C. Wotton who vanished Sunday morning. The river shore party extended to lighthouses, the Bath side group toward Winnegance, but no trace was found. Miss Alice Sturtevant, Eastern State Normal School student, visited her parents on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
George C. Wotton
Bath Scouts
Calvin Kimball
Woolwich
Bath
Winnegance
Alice Sturtevant
Eastern State Normal School
Castine
William E. Sturtevant
Washington Street
Wiscasset News Briefs and Local Notices
Wiscasset Academy baccalaureate set for Sunday at St Philip s church. Many residents and visitors are noted at summer homes and on weekend trips. A jail break involving eight liquor cases is reported with sheriff and state police assistance. Capt Enoch L Rowe dies in Providence aged 71. Masonic burial at East Machias. Community visits, house rentals, travel to Portland Augusta and Bangor noted. Fire threat near Ross B Nichols residence checked by bucket brigade. Alumni meeting for Wiscasset Academy planned June 6 with banquet to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Academy
St. Philip's Church
Nelson Borland
New York
Smith
Egbert Sewall
Damarin
Parker Moreau
Sortwell
Clarence Allen and
Harold Chism
Arthur Greenleaf
Boothbay Harbor
Greenleaf
Giles and
Baker
Sargeant Shepard
State Police Department
George Desmond
Milton
Mass
South Newcastle
S. W. Nason
Kenneth Nason
Bath
Unn Hutchins
York Village
William Borland
Beverley Farms
Snell House
Lee Street
Herbert W. Hawes
Belgrade Lakes
Enoch L. Rowe
George Sawtelle
Providence
R. I
Capt. Rowe
Wiscasset
Middle Street
East Machias
Lucia Eames
West Roxbury
Neal Creamer
Gardiner
John H. Southard
Ernest G. Spinney
Augusta
Helen McLaughlin
Portland
Ernest Noble
M. A. Griffin
Effie J. Poole
Wesley C
Bingham
The
Forks
Luther Hall
Morton T. Holton
Cambridge
North Edgecomb
Ross B. Nichols
Joseph P. Tucker
Walter G. Chase
Joseph L. Neal
Liberty
Belfast
A. H. Dodge
Main Street
Ellsworth Dodge
Somerville
Erastus Lewis
Virginia Heath
Seamon
Pearce
Turner
Somes
Legion and Auxiliary
First Congregational Church
Josie Blagdon
Fred W. Blagdon
Clarence A. Richards
Stewartstown
N. H
Steve Richards
E. Fred Albee
Dorothy Fischer
Lion's Club
Richmond Lions’ Club
Benjamin Webber
Alberta Potter
Orono
Bernice Webber
Esther Pray
Cyril Grant
East Boston
Alex Grover
Fred Moody
Exeter
Josephine Plumstead
Strawberries, bridges, and local signs of spring in 1893
Thrifty strawberry beds thrive as I A Macurda nears postmaster duties in Wiscasset. Rail work continues on the nearby bridge with payroll exceeding three thousand dollars monthly. A raft of logs heads to Westport mill while Birch Point mill rumors spark cautious optimism. Local notables travel to Massachusetts and Maine events unfold in Edgecomb and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepscot Echo
I. A. Macurda
M. E. Sewall
Edgecomb
Charles Weeks
Massachusetts
David McRitchie
New York
Washington
Steadman
Sheepscot
Westport
S. G. McFarland
Nellie Coffin
Poland Spring House
Benjamin F. Blagdon
Wiscasset
Mr. Burroughs
Birch Point
Hilton
Portland
Otis
W. B. Jackson
Dana
Winslow
Freeman Hobson
Hobson
U.S
Johnson
Commander and Mrs Webb Guests of Local Officers
Commander and Mrs Randall Webb of Boston spent the weekend and holiday as guests of Lieut Com and Mrs Robert W Ferrell of High Street. Commander Webb is attached to the Charlestown Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Webb
Boston
Robert W. Ferrell
High Street
Memorial Day Parade Honors Nation's Dead and Veterans
A Monday Memorial Day parade honors Civil War, Spanish American, World War, and Veterans of Foreign Wars veterans with Grand Marshal L. Hooker and Morse high school band. Services at Oak Grove cemetery, flower tribute for naval veterans, Sedgwick square dedication, and lunch at Grand Army memorial hall conclude the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of Veterans
Battery H
240Th C. A. C
L. L. Hooker
Morse High School
John H. Grindell
Edwin L. Emmons
American Legion
Oak Grove Cemetery
F. L. Littlefield
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Center Street Hill
Sedgwick Square
Sedgwick
Sedgewick
No. 4
Grand Army Memorial Hall
Summer visitors and town notices fill Phippsburg report
Local society notes list guests and extended visits in Bath Sebasco Small Point and nearby towns. Families from Bath Swarthmore Providence New York and Marblehead spend weekends and summers with relatives and at cottages. Utilities expand with Central Maine Power Co extending service to Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Norton
Bath
N. W
Paul Gilmore
Omar Perry
Ernest Rogers
James Perry
Pauline Rogers
Bowdoin
Alice Benner
Billy Oram
South Portland
N. W. Eaton
Swarthmore
Roland Eaton
W. W. Farr
Alvena Oliver
Annie Cutting
Dromore
Harold Cushman
Marblehead
Mass
Nathan Cushman
Sebasco
Raymond Trott
Providence
R. I
Sumner Sewall
Alexandra
David
New York
Small Point
Fred Percy
Sidney Breck
Chase Millen
George Dearborn
Frank Cushing
Charles Cushing
Green Street
Central Maine Power Co
Abner Wilson
Ashdale
Maurice Turk
Williston
Last of Old Clippers Coming to Bath for Review
Pres Newell sent an ocean going vessel to Cumberland to fetch the Coriolanus and bring her to Bath. The plan is to dock around noon on the last flood tide at Kennebec and have the craft examined for reconditioning costs. No definite timing or extent of work is set as yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Cumberland
Boston
Bath
Kennebec
Mr. Newell
West Bath social notes and Memorial day gatherings
West Bath residents hosted and visited relatives during Memorial Day weekend with guests from Buffalo Boston Portland Bath and Maine towns. Families attended fêtes at cottages in Brigham's Cove Parker Head Winnegance and Birch Point while others joined dances and supper events organized by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence DeTuy
Buffalo
N. Y
Ann E. Rich
Berry's Mills Road
Arthur Everbeck
Winthrop
Mass
Harold H. Pendleton
Boston
Everbeck
Robert Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Frank Daniels
Malden
Birch Point
Ernest E. Williams
Ann. E. Rich
Brighants Cove
Ralph H. Dunton
Portland
Charles T. Small, Jr
Harold E. Cutting
Annette
Martha
Mildred
Bath
Edwin F. Ramsay
Percy E. Holbrook
Meadowbrook Road
Samuel Lancaster
Bangor
Winnegance
Lancasters
Charles Stinson
Gayton Eddy
Helen
Robert
Quincy
Mr. Eddy
Allan Cates
Berry’s Mills Road
Dwinal E. Cornish
Washington Street
Ernest’ EB. Williams
Tibbetts
Brigham’s Cove
Silas Bates
Reading
J. E. Marks
Augusta
Ernest A. Ward
Lawrence Martin
June
Auburn
William
E. Eastman
John A. L. MacLellan
James B. Lemont
Sanford's Crossing
Mary MacDougall
Boston City Hospital
Mildred MacDougal
Winchendon
Fred A. Bubier
Foster’s Point
Samuel Coe
Samuel, Jr
Stanley
Lewiston
Fred W. Perreres
Larrabee’s Grove
Marie Wright
Larrabee's Grove
William L. Mitchell
Fred Williams
James
Ann
Williams
Lincoln Williams
Foster's Point
Harry Williams
Marion
H. Dorman Perkins
Parker Head
Arthur C. Lemont
Lemont Street
Charles C. Chesley
Harrys. Wallace
Granite Street
West
J. Everett Mays
Trufant’s Crossing
Irving Snow
Alfred B. Snow
Trufant’s
Hayden S
University of Maine
Orono
Helen H
Clementine K. Burns
Saco
van Kingsbury
Glastonbury
John G. Auban
Mallet Road
Auban
Ruth Bryant
John H. Bryant
Witch Spring Road
William Barrell
Barbara
Dwight
Emma Stevens
Turker
E. C. Donnell
Foster's Point Road
Lillie ‘Donnell
Emm. Larrabee
Marguerite Lemont
West Bath Grange Hall
Eva L. Fulton
Alice F. Johnson
James R. Wing
James Thurston
Kenneth Smith
Chester Stevens
Harry Richardson
Oscar Williams
Ina Williams
George Hunt
Fred E. Drake
Fred Jr
Harry Hall
Walter W. Larrabee
Mastress
Emily Larrabee
James B. Lenont
Bazm and
Peul
Woolwich Weekend Guests and Community Notices
Woolwich in Houston for a fishing trip with Mr and Mrs Leigh Reed. Walter Gould of Boston and Everett Rice of Windham spent the weekend visiting relatives. Several locals and visitors hosted over the holiday as church events and cemetery meetings were announced. The First Baptist church at the Center reopened with a sermon by Rev T H Fernald and an electric lights dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced Mice
Houston
Leigh Reed
Walter Gould
Boston
William Gould
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Alton Munsey
Lay's Ferry
Ernest Rice
Richon
Friends
Eliza Hathorne
Augusta
Christine Hathorne
Frank Preble
Pittston
James Cameron
Cedar Grove
Riverside Cemetery Association
Ferry
Woodfords
George M. Stinson
William Oldrieve
James Dunton
Howard Whittum
Flushing
N. Y
Arthur J. McCann
Dedham
Mass
John Reed
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
John
Wilson Wright
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Julia Bishop
North Reading
Hartley Hathorne
Nellie Bailey
Bath City Hospital
A. M. G. Soule
Murphy's Corner
Burnette L. Bailey
Roberta B. Hathorne
Gorham Normal School
Marjorie Cutts
Boothbay Harbor
Montsweag Church
Everette Brookings
Wiscasset 7
Alton Berry
Raymond Hathorne
University of Maine
Orono
Sebago Lake
Frank DeWick
Robert
Brunswick
Boothby
New York
DeWick
First Baptist Church
Center
T. H. Fernald
Albert Hathorn
Mary Dana
Gladys Wright Hathorne
Fernald
Isaac Howard
Clara Hawthorne
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Man of
Ing
Casterner
Damariscotta Road
Madge Stahl
Mbdlly Seamon
Donald F. Preble
Center St
Steeves Market
Carrie Taylor
Ed Seekings
Nat Brown
Frank W. Jackson
Bates College
George Dow
Alex Blagdon
William H. Southard
John Semes
Danforth Street
Parker Lewis
E. N. Lewis
Flora Farr
John Long
Altar Guild
Lillian Dickins
Albert B. Reed
George Pashard
Crosby
William T. Haines
Waterville
Mr. Carlton
Hagan House
Federal Street
Arthur G. Oliver
Union Street
Warren D
Wilbur C
W. D. Oliver
Wilbur C. Oliver
On Street
Oak Grove
Rev
Phippsburg
Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
West Bath
Murray Brewer
Edith
Medford
Boothbay
Sabino
Reuben Purington
Winfield Groves
Elbridge Malcolm
Owen Cottage
Theo Nelson
Beachmont
John Eades
Peabody
William Davis
Davis
Emray
East Boothbay
Ruth Small
Rumford Falls
James Thorpe
Eleanor Bates
George Bailey
Betty Lou
Buddy
Junior
Aiken Cottage
Frank Wells
Grace
Walter Abbott
Ila
Marjorie Quinn
Abbott Cottage
Delmar Bates
Mary
Edwin
Bates Bungalow
E. B. Noyes
Everett
Rexford Clark
Mr. Clark
Miss Clark
Worcester
Noyes Cottage
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Ellen
Henry Cotteau
Eleanor
Willard Cromwell
Arthur
Franklin
Grace Trask
Fred Dura
Patricia
Richmond
Braintree
Stella King
Samuel Bates
Loring D. Small
Heart
Broadway
Piccadilly
Ine