Town Meetings Vote Officers and Budgets in Several Towns
Town meetings elected officials including Moderator Frank Bowker and Clerk Herbert Bowker. Appropriations covered roads schools and repairs with sums listed for general repairs 1200 state road 5533 and specific projects 700 each for Pitch Pine Hill and a road from Joseph Youngs to Pop Kant Beach wharf. A special appropriation of 2005 for Rich Watt is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Bowker
Herberts. Bowker
Thomas I. Perry
Charles V. Minott, Jr
Martin Wyman
George C. Pease
Charles V. Minott
William R. Bowker
John H. Stary
Ashdale P. C
Pitch Pine Hill
Joseph Young
Pop- Kant Beach
Bowdoinham Elects Officers as Smal Declines Relection
Town votes to reaffirm officers including Moderator Frank Jack and Town Clerk George Denham. New selectmen include Dr. J. C. Irish and William Graves. town agent Dr. J. C. Irish. School Board Edward L. White. Treasurer Benjamin Adams. Auditor James H. Ames. Tax Collector George H. Hackett. Appropriations cover highways, sidewalks, poor, schools, books, schoolhouses, pupil conveyance, free high school, Memorial Day, funds and debt interest, and Bay Bridge work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo D Smal
Bowdoinham
A. Q. Randall
Ebuilding Bay Bridge
South American Rail Link Cuts Travel Time to Asuncion
The first through train from Buenos Aires to Asuncion reduced the trip to about 51 hours, joining four railways and two river ferries over 945 miles. Trains run twice weekly, with sleeping and dining cars, and connect at Zarate before ferrying across the Plate and Parana rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Plate
Ibicuy
Entre Rios
Uruguay River
Posadas
Argentina
Parana
Asuncion
Paraguay
Paracuay
South America
Rio de la Flata
Paragua
Buenos
Ofreentina
Ssuncion
Boton
New Orleans
News Jrom
Pan American Union
United States
Buenos Aires
Zarate
Riverside Cemetery Association Meets In Woolwich
The Riverside Cemetery Association of Woolwich elected officers on Feb 25 including Charlotte N Buck secretary Novella J Trott treasurer Maud S Ham auditor and directors Alton B Thwing E H Carlton and W Scott Tibbetts for three years Robert Sutherland headed beautification work and John A Ham Memorial Jet was renamed. Treasurer Novella J Trott reported assets and expenditures for year ending Jan 31 1914 with permanent and working funds totaling about 248.24 and total indebtedness 250 note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery Association of
Woolwich
Charlotte N. Buck
Novella J. Trott
Avwsusta
Maud S. Ham
Bath
F. H. Carlton
Alton B. Thwing
W. Scott Tibbetts
E. H. Carlton
Robert Sutherland
John A. Ham
Novella J. Wrott
Fred P. Corliss
Thomas Long
Farm education key to profitable corn belt farming
The Department of Agriculture finds higher schooling links to higher incomes on farms. Owners with high school education earned more than those with only common schooling, while tenants showed more education on average. The bulletin stresses early start, broader farm training, and diverse well managed enterprises for profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department
Office of Farm Management
Corn-Belt
Torn Belt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
For Sale Fancy Timothy Seed 99 Percent Pure
Advertisement for Timothy seed in Portland Maine selling 99 percent pure seed at 2.50 per bush with 5 or 10 bag lot options and 6 cents extra per bag. E L Thompson Wholesale Seed Dealer at 81 Quebec St offers the seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Thompson
Quebec St
Portland
Death of Mrs. Sarah T. Bibber in Maine
Word arrived of the death of Mrs. Sarah T. Bibber widow of ex Major Randall D. Bibber M D in Canaan Maine where she wintered with her son Dr Harold T. Bibber Born in Pawtuxet Rhode Island she came to the city as a girl Her father was an expert wood carver A gentle charitable woman she leaves one son Dr Harold T. Bibber Remains arrived Bath train Friday and funeral was at the Universalist Church She was 69 years old and had poor health all winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah T. Bibber
Randall D. Bibber
Canaan
Maine
Harold T. Bibber
Mrs Sarah A McKenney Dies at 97 in Wiscasset
Mrs Sarah A McKenney aged 97 died in Wiscasset on Sunday March 1. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Lancaster who settled the farm now Reed Bailey’s home in Woolwich. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church as a girl and remained devoted to church work. Her father Ebenezer Lancaster died two months older than she was. After widowhood she lived on Bedford Street in this city for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. McKenney
Wiscasset
Ebenezer Lancaster
Bedford St
Solomon S Higgins Civil War veteran and politician dies
Solomon S Higgins a former Somerville Common Council member 1889 1890 served on G A R staffs and Willard C Kinsley Post He was born June 4 1845 in Cape Cod earlier sailed the seas and later ran a Boston market district provision business He died while in real estate work funeral at Union Square Baptist Church in Somerville and burial in Orleans Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon S. Higgins
Summer St
Somerville
Common Council
General Weisart
J. G. B. Adams
National Department
Grand Army
Willard C. Kinsley G. A. R. Post
Mr. Higgins
Cave Cod
Boston
Market
Company
Forty-third
Massachusetts Regiment
Francis W. O’brien
Union Square Baptist Church
Orleans
Funeral Held For Mrs Lumber Brown On Washington Street
The funeral for Mrs. Lumber Brown was held Monday afternoon from her Washington Street home, with Rev. T N Kewley and Rev. J E C Sawyer officiating. Pallbearers included Charles E Bachelder and others. interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. Out‑of‑town relatives attended, including Mrs Marie Whitcomb and George A Brown of Dexter. The piece also notes overhead signs as a hazard in storms and cites bans in Portland and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber Brown
Upper
Washington St
T. N. Kewley
Beacon Street Methodist Church
J. E. C. Sawyer
D. D
Charles E. Bachelder
Charles J. Cain
James Tabor
Edward Parris
Beacon Street
Brown
Oak Grove Cemetery
Marie Whitcomb
Walter Brown
George A. Brown
Dexter
Stanley Cobb
Waterville
Bath man returns from New York trip after storm
William Mann arrived home Tuesday from a business trip to New York and East Orange. He was detained there from Sunday night until Monday afternoon as a severe storm tied up all traffic. He says Maine winter weather is good enough for him and he is glad to be back in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center St
Bath Trust Co
Portland
Augusta
Lewiston
Waterville
William Mann
New York
East Orange
Maine
Bath
Plummers Attend Sister-in-Law's Funeral in Brooklyn
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Plummer and son William T. Plummer of Philadelphia visited relatives in Searsport to attend the funeral of Mrs. Plummer's sister who died recently in Brooklyn.
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Arrowslie
David G. Stinson
William EF. Potter
George P. Spinney
George J. Tarr
C. Shea
T. Willis
W. F. Hagan
William F. Potter
Soho Ni2Nistays
Riverside Cemetery
Fred Carter
Ellen Eastman
Hardy Shubbery
Mand
Ham
Geo Notella J. Trott
Hardy
Augusta Savines Bank
Agusta Savines Bank
Terest
H. Carlton
Hte
Vahor i
Janel
Chardiner Sauvines Bank
Bath Sav
Ines Bank
Mrancis M. Hathorne
Augusta Savings Bank
STAU
J. Trott
Maud
Francis Nig Hathorne Trust Fund
Common School
Hor Ag TarMmis Acres
Mmcome
Schaal
Sale
Werdier Opel
Toial
Ual
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
R. L
Ida Adams
Winthrop
Ceive
Isaiah R. Morrell
Trunswick, Maine
Solomon
Higgins
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