Puringtons to Return Briefly to Open Home
Capt and Mrs Frank G Purington left their Bath home in November for East Boston visits with Mr and Mrs Alfred Purington and plan to return mid month. Mrs Frank Perry improves from illness. Charles Rogers and family move to Charles B Williams house for the winter. Fishermen report a few smells but large catches. Men’s club meets January 7:30 with important matters and a supper date. Bath Driving club expects fast horses. Dromore grange postpones meeting and supper to next Tuesday. Ruth Hunter of Rockland visiting Mrs Francis Murphy on Bath Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Purington
Boston
Alfred Purington
Frank Perry
Charles Rogers
Clifford Road
Charles B. Williams
Bath Driving Club
Dromore Grange
White to Install Officers for Two Maine Granges
Charles M. White of Bowdoinham head of the state agriculture markets division and Sagadahoc past master will install officers for North Edgecomb grange Saturday afternoon and Woolwich grange Montsweag Saturday night. He is known for progressive views on agricultural welfare and will discuss current freight rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. White
Bowdeinham
State Department of Agriculture
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Gaange
North Edgecomb
Woolwich Grange
Montsweag
White
Sagadahoc County Defines Highway Boundary from Phippsburg Center to Posham Beach
Sagadahoc county commissioners defined the boundary of a main highway section from Pease's store at Phippsburg Center to Posham Beach, a distance of 8.25 miles. The boundary records were uncertain and the board reorganized for the coming year with Charles J. Randall named chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Pease's
Phippsburg Center
Posham Beach
Charles J. Randall
Bowdoniam
David W. Scribner
Topsham
Reading Hour at Montsweag Free Library Saturday
The Montsweag Free Library hosts a reading hour Saturday after noon at 3.80. Several new Zane Grey novels will be available for the public that afternoon and candy pulling for children will follow the reading. All are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Rotary talk on auto lenses frames local meeting notes
At King Tavern Rotarians heard Henry A. Shorey Jr of Maine State Highway Commission discuss auto headlamp lenses. He noted regulation, focus, and inspection work in Augusta and planned lender literature and garage demonstrations. The club also shared thanks for a $100 Old Ladies Home Pound party donation and listed attending members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Tavern
Henry A. Shorey, Jr
Motor Vehicle Inspection Department
State Highway Commission
Maj
H. A. Shorey
Bridgton
Bath Daily Times
Highway Commission
Augusta
Maine
Shorey
Old Ladies Home
W. S. Newell
Lab Rotary Club
Rath
Newell
Rotary Club
Montsweag Farm New Year Dinner Draws Notables
Charles Henry Butler hosts his annual New Year dinner at his Washington home with 150 guests including Maine notables, diplomats, and judiciary members. The Maine contingent and British ambassador among Summers residents sample Montsweag farm produce rhymed on the menu. Virginian Paine returns to Wellesley after holidays with Cecil Vaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Butler
Eye Street
Washington, D. C
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Maine
Mere Pont
Geddes
Islesboro
Montsweag Farm
Montsweag Creek
Local Notables and Weekend Travel in Bowdoinham
Ted Kendall visits Purintons. Mrs Cutler trips to Portland. dozens attend social visits and holiday gatherings. The Boys and Girls club travels to Orono for a state meeting. Schools reopen after Christmas. jurors are drafted for Bath term. Various residents return to work, travel, or residence in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kendall
R. D. Purinton
George Cutler
Portland
Charles Hackett
Orono
Charles Fogg
Richardson
Newburyport
Mass
Millard Hatch
Amesbury
I. M. Fowle
F. K. Jack
J. H. Ames
Boston
Jacques
Coombs High School
Constable Lancaster
Bath
Selectmen’s Office
Georgie Denham
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Cora Young
South Portland
Tretchen Hulse
Genevieve Dunlap
Hatch
Wallace Ames
Boston University
Florence Small Carr
Beverly
Carr
John Maher
F. S. Leathers
F. A. Small
Walter Woodward
Augusta
Beatrice Small
Dorothy Dickinson
Erland Rogers
John Jewell
Malcolm
Quinty
Ann Fisher
New York
Lottie Cobb
Jack
Tath
Brunswick
Clifton Fowler
Nathan Fowler
Old Orchard
Biddeford
Clifford Herbert Fowler
Elsie Bernard
Mrs Nellie Almy of Bowdoinham Dies in Portland
Nellie Almy died December 24 at Maine General Hospital Portland after six weeks of treatment for cancer. She could not walk for about six months due to rheumatism and remained patient and cheerful. She leaves a son and daughter-in-law in town and a mother and two brothers in Rhode Island. aged 64. Body brought to local home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Almy
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Rhode Island
Most Ailments Due To One Thing Inaccurately Attributed
Claiming that 75 percent of ailments come from poor blood the text promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier and revitalizer. It asserts the medicine creates appetite aids digestion promotes nutrient assimilation and offers value for money with “greatest merit plus greatest economy.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilood
Hood
Auburn Maine Ad Promotes Commercial Studies At Local High
A high school commercial department advertises courses in grammar and business correspondence spelling bookkeeping accounting auditing banking lumbering and logging commercial law Gregg shorthand typewriting and civil service prep. Principal W Mann invites inquiries with low rates and easy terms. November 24, 1911 Auburn Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Mann
Auburn
Maine
Bowdoinham in 1887 highlights community life and notices
Bowdoinham Advertiser reports on home enterprise and local events. Messages mention David P. Allen passing through en route to Houston, Clara Fogg’s return to Massachusetts, and social activities on the Cathance River. Works include corn canning machinery arrival, G A R installation, Merrymeeting grange officers, a large family dinner, a Bowdoinham New York marriage, and a bean price notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Allen
Houston
Clara Fogg
Massachusetts
Cathance
Bay
Hinckley’s
Mr. Mitchell
Lowell
J. L. Brown
Thomas T. Rideout
Merrymeeting Grange
T. V
Whitmore
Geo. H. Blodgett
J. J. Browne
Issac Wilson
John King
E. 0. Fisher
Treas
J. J. Cobb
Lee
J. W. Lang
G. K
H. TH. Nealley
Ceres
J. L. Browne
Pomona
Aphia Purington
Flora
Johanna Brawn
Geo
H. Blodgett
Joseph Adams
Railroad Square
Flora V. Purington
Bowdoinham
Thomas H. McKenna
New York
Bow
Sagadahoc Probate Court Reports January Session
The Sagadahoc County Probate Court convened in January with Judge James Lowell approving one will for Lewis T Allen of Bowdoin. Isaac E Allen appointed executor without bond. Several administrations were granted including Eugene W Dodge Bath, Simon Povich Bath, and Arletta E Gahan Woolwich. Accounts and inventories were filed and allowed for multiple estates. Guardianships and licenses to sell real estate were also issued, with bonds filed for administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Lowell
Sagadahoc
Lewis T. Allen
Bowdoin
Isaac E. Allen
William F. Dunham
Lowell
Herbert C. Morse
Bath
Harriet BE. Morse
Fred H. Ward
Topsham
Grace I. Ward
Eugene W. Dodge
Blanche E. Dodge
Simon Povich
Benjamin Gediman
Arletta E. Gahan
Woolwich
Alfred R. Ames
Georgetown
William R. Fairclough
Percy
Sedgley
Richmond
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Julia Augusta Foote
Joseph K. Sewall
Mary J. Gove
Lena
Cobb
Bowdeinham
Lottie M. Cobb
Judith Henrietta Lewis
Jesse BE. Sherman
Carl C. Troop
Bath boys resume studies at Bowdoin College
Barrett Nichols Joseph Small Forrest Butler and Raymond Whalen resumed their studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick after spending the holidays in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Nichols
Joseph Small
Forrest Butler
Raymond Whalen
Bath
Bowdoin College
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.T. Percy & Sons
Ruth Hunter
Rockland
Francis Murphy
Bath Street
the Park& Pollard
Wiinit
Trott Bros. Grain Company
Broad Street
Bath Opera House
Paramount
Gaudreau’s Symphony Orchestra
Mary 8. Sewall
William S. Shorey
Walter Rogers
Harold Thompson
Charles W. Morse
Harry JL. Thompson
Ivan KK. Lang
Waterville Rotary Club
Augusta Rotary Club
Bath Club
Washington
Virginian Paine
Wellesley College
Cecil Vaine
High Street
George Powers
Lou. Sylvester
A. Frank Health
George Jack
Hollis
Bowdoinham Post Road
Bowdoinham Advertiser
Nashua
Bath Dept. Store
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