Prospects Bright for Bowdoinham Corn Canning Plant
Bowdoinham townwide efforts push toward establishing a corn canning factory. Local leaders choose William H Gould and Westmaster William W Browne to scout site options while McEwen and Staples explore bringing a packing concern to operate the plant. Community hope rises as farmers promise 150 to 200 acres of corn for the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Josiah M. Fulton
Carel W. Sedsley
George T. Getehell
Lewis M. Filton
J. M. Prost
W. Sedsley
John Ee. Fitzgerald
Bath
Nes
Fitzgerald
Bowdeinham
William H. Gould
Westmaster
William W. Browne
Charles II McEwen
Charles Fr. Staples
Kennehers Loder
Knights of Pythias Hell
America Purington
Pleasant St
R. D. Purington
Kerndatt
Kendall
Enjoyable Reunion at Bowdoinham Folk in Wellesley
Wellesley Massachusetts March 16 1914 letter to Bath Independent recounts a reunion of the Ladies Aid of the Universalist Church Bowdoinham Maine hosted by W E Blake and Mrs Blake at 26 Worcester Street Wellesley. Attendees include R W Carr Edward McFarland Wil s Carriers Cora Wallanson Robert Reed Viola Coombs Paul Randall Grace Houghton C Blake J R Blake Philip Davis. Activities included making a souvenir quilt. dinner served. collection totaled 4 15. The event highlighted the long friendship between former Bowdoinham residents now living in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellesley
Mass
Bath Independent
Universalist Church
Bowdoinham
Maine
W.E. Blake
Worcester St
R. W. Carr
Edward McFarland
Wils Carriers
Cora Wallanson
Worcester
Robert G. Reed
Quincy
Viola V. Coombs
Paul Randall
Harpswell
South Framingham
Grace Houghton
Medford
C. C. Blake
J. R. Blake
Philip Davis
Grafton
Blake
Wanted Cook for Old Couples Home
Help wanted at the Old Couples Home seeking a woman cook. Apply to Mrs. M. F. Taylor at the Home 5-216.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Taylor
Popham Crew Rescues Disabled Powerboat Gladys Off Boothbay
The Popham Beach life saving crew rescued the diesel powered Gladys after it broke down three miles south-southwest of the station in heavy seas and gale. Capt. E Barter and Edward Sawyer were aboard the $2,000 craft from Portland to Boothbay Harbor and were towed to Small Point Beach after a four hour rescue. A second craft, dory No 5 from the Emily Cooney, was later found adrift off South Beach with a broken drift from the same storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Gladys
Portland
H. F. Sawyer & Son
Boothbay Harbor
McIntire
Edward Sawyer
E. Barter
Boothbay
Berry
Pond Island
Leeward
Small Point Beach
Emily Cooney
South Beach
GUNNING FOR OLIVER IN PARTY FILLED SHADOWS
Letter from Wilbur C Oliver accuses Dr C A Peaslee of joining the Progressive Party only to seek the murder of Oliver as Sheriff. The writer promises evidence if requested, signaling a heated intra party dispute and alleged motive rooted in law enforcement aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Peaslee
Oliver
Portland Court Orders Payment to Boy for Work and Horse
Gray, a boy from Bath who rode a horse home after claiming it as payment for 20 days of work at 50 cents daily, appeared in Portland court. The judge ordered his former employer to pay 10 dollars in wages, court costs, and hoteling of the horse in Bath. The boy was sheltered by Charles Brown in Bath and has returned home after his ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McEwen
Bowdoinham
T. W. Fogg
E. E. Gifford
Long Branch Farm
Maine Sheep Breeders’ Association
Theodore Kendall
Edith Fulton
White
William Adderton
R. Bo Andross
Boston
Liitty Brooks
Massachusetts
Scott C. Davis
Charles H. McEwen
Charles If. Staples
Bowdeinham Board of Trade
State Board
Portland
Susie Malon
Augusta
Aibert Henderson
Willard
South Portland
Mwallard
Abraham Lincoln
Bowdeinham
Nellie Sawyer
Watherine Kendrick
Litchfield Academy
Sarah Patten
Upper Main Street
Sleighinge
Lewis M. Fulton
Horace Millay
Clarence P. Bates
H. A. Hathaway
Charles McEwen
Tiverton
R. I
Co. A. Newton
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
D. S. Cornish
R. E. Ferguson
Albert Henderson
E. S. Lancaster
Fred Mulligan
John Heisler
William H. Gould
Frank K. Jack
Jack
John Temple
Curtis’s Corner
the Independent
L. D. Small
Independent
Samuel Rounds
Fairfield
F. J. Nichols
Jessie Ames
Lewiston
James H. Ames
Martha Roberts
Biddeford
George Cadwick
Rufus Merriman
Methodist Vestry
Agnes Hersey
Emerson School of Oratory
Anna Phister
New Jersey
Harry Mosher
Wiscasset
Robert Woodworth
Boy Scouts
J. Lewis Sawyer
Gray
Bath
Charles Brown
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Purington
John Fellows
Richmond
George Alexander
The
Baptist Church
J. L. Sawyer
M. E. Church
M. N. Reed
Junior Christian Endeavor Society
Alia Ames
Wallace Hunter
Walter Pratt
Arnold Mealy
William Hamilton
Earle Blodgett
William D. Hutchins
Greene H. McKay
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Merry Meeting Grange
Pomona
Topsham Grange
John Wilson
Eugene Edgecomb
Alice Hurley
John C. Coombs High School
Canada
Robert C. Browne
Brunswick
R. S. Warren
Selectmen’s Office
Marion Beaird
A. B. Brush
J. E. Clark
Maine Central Staion
Nichols
Charles S. Crocker
Bowdoin
David P. Allen
Robert Grace
W. S. Newell
Bay Road
St. Patrick
Alton C. Small
Small
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Naomi Rideout
Malvina Parker
Belfast
Stephen W. Carr
Georges. Andross
Electa
Order of the Eastern Star
Carrie Frost
Daniel Adams
Melvina Rex
Lydia Adams
Roxbury
George
FE. E. Crockett
Brown's Point
E. M. Borjesson
Connecticut
Robert H. Jacek
Ienneth
of Ladies’ Aid of the Bowdoinham Universalist Church
W. E. Blake
Universalist Society
Just
C.P. Bates
Yours Truly, Philip C. Nealey
Bowdinham, Maine
Popham Crew
Party
Wilbur C. Oliver
Siled
E.K.B
Times Office
John
Care Independent Office
Davis Hatch
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