Surprises and town notes fill Bowdoinham page
A birthday party for Mrs. 8. A. Getchell with Bridg e games and a cake made by Mrs. C. L. Mosher. Upcoming events include Star Aid at Mrs. C. O. Purinton’s Friday, Electa chapter initiation Monday, and a town meeting committee voting to buy a chemical fire truck. Police, school, road, and church notices plus local visits and travels fill the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Getchell
Bertha Moulton
G. K. Cutler
W. L. Bonney
C. B. Randall
Emily Rideout
F. K. Jack
Electa Chapter
O.F. S
Viol
Coombs
Willard Blake
Wellesley
Mass
Marion Bodge Hanson
Little Son
North Monmouth
C. J. Bodge
Fisher Road
John F. Baker
Second Selectman
Monmouth
Professor Packard
Litchfield
W. FE. Salie
Emma Snell
I. M. Fowle
John Maher
C. O. Purinton
Charles Berry
Litchfield Grange
Bowdoinham Progress Notes and Developments in 1888
Master James Temple lays keel for a single decked scow at W. S. Carr’s wharf aimed at river trade. Bowdoinham Consolidated Corn Canning Co. may start within four to five years. contracts for corn to be furnished should be made now. Local movements include mill sales, farm relocations, jury selections, school term start, and village church and millinery notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Temple
W. Carr
J. Alpheus Fisher
North Topsham
George D. Willis
Thomas Sprague
Peabody
Mass
Bath
Sawyer
Bowdoinham Consolidated Corn Canning Co
William Addison
Hezekiah Curtis
Curtis
HM. Griffin
Brunswick
Stinson House
M. BK
New Dictionary Plan Offered by Independent Readers
A new dictionary The New Universities Dictionary is to be distributed by this paper for Independent readers. Compiled by noted American lexicographers from Harvard Columbia Princeton and others, it is accurate, direct, and designed for daily use in office and home. Coupons in the paper enable readers to obtain the volumes through a unique livery protection outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universities
Harvard University
Forrest
Lunt
Columbia University
Clark
Northrup
Cornell University
Morris W. Croll
Princeton University
John ©. Rolfe
University of Pennsylvania
George J. Hagar
Dunlap Knights Hold Largest Inspection at New Temple
Dunlap Comanchery hosted its most successful inspection with 104 knights in full regalia and 35 absent, plus 32 visitors. Grand Commander Frank W. Bucknam praised the officers, noted standout books by Albert Strout, and Brook's orchestra provided music as guests from Portland and St Alban mingled with Dunlap members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Temple
R. E
Frank W. Bucknam
Skowhegan
Maine
Walter WI. Ordway
David L. Wilson
Bath
George F. Giddings
Augusta
Dunlap
Order of Temple
Melvin H. Beerwort
Bucknam
Albert L. Strout
Brook
Portland
Melvin H. Zeerwort
Joseph A. Terrill
Raymond Ti. Welch
Francis G. Cooke
N. Grait Jackson
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles E. Curtis
Oscar F. Wile Lame
Howard EB. Blake
Harry G. Deering
Felix A. Stinson
Sentinel
Frank J. Clark
William J. Derry
Oliver Moses $d
Ralph Wright
Garret A. Galvin
W. L. Robertson
Fred L. Brackley
Edward K. Morse
Ralph O. Dale
Samuel L. Furbish
Sylvester H. Rowland
Henry R. White
Ella Sprague
Ada Deering
Annie Merrill
Morse High Students Honored In Six Week Honors List
Morse high announces six week honor roll with top seniors and juniors earning highest honors for grades of 90 or above in every subject. The list includes many students across seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with numerous names noted for honors. Rotarian meeting also featured quotes and officer nominations for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton LD. Wilson
Morse High
Mary Brown
Margaret Cummings
Dorothy Furber
Elsie Lake
Josie Rich
Evelyn Oliver
Lillian Rogers
Elinch White
Beatrice Wright
George Acheson
Eleanor Doyle
Josephine Freeman
Harold Hussey
Cameron Magno
Randolph Many
Lillian Miller
Marcia Moulton
Carolyn Stackpole
Helene Sterns
Lilliam Watson
Rachel Webster
Orvis Bonney
Anna Arck
Edith Courser
Warren Oliver
Annie Quinn
Marshall White
Elizabeth Gray
Adelaide
Bath Credit Union Members Show Strong Growth
Bath members of the Telephone Workers' Credit Union of Maine reach 45 in a district with 100 percent participation. The state association lists 950 members of 650 possible, three months old, with over $5000 in shares and $4500 on deposits. Loans to Maine employees total SSTOO, with $119.20 entrance fees and low fines at 1p cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Telephone Workers’ Credit Union of
Maine
Owas
Richmond Man Files His Papers for State House Bid
George AL Thanker of Richmond files primacy nomination papers with the Department of State as a Republican candidate for representative from the Bowdoinham Bowdoin Richmond and Georgetown district. His 32 signatures include Joseph We Stevens of Georgetown and nine others. Kendall of Bowdoinham and three others Curtis of Bowdoin and five others Peabody of Richmond and ten others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George AL Thanker
Richmond
Department of State
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Joseph We Stevens
Georegtown
William B. Kendall
Boewdoinham
Norman BE. Curtis
Frederick DB. Peabody
Mrs. Arriet Collins 74 Woolwich Resident Dies After Illness
Mrs. Arriet Collins widow of Orlando Collins died at her Woolwich home after a long illness. Funeral Friday at noon at the residence. She was born in Woolwich daughter of the late Marine Bales More. Survived by brother Irving Gilmore Auburn Washington sister Miss Fannie Gilmore Woolwich and stepson William O Collins Bath. She was a member of the Bath WCB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asrriet Collins
Orlando Collins
Woolwich
More
Trving Gilmore
Auburn
Wash
Fannie Gilmore
Willian
Collins
Bath
Excursion Tickets Offered for Maine Republican Convention
The Maine Central Railroad provides a special round trip fare plus one half for delegates to the Republican state convention in Bangor in April. Special coaches and Pullman cars will attach to Train 11 departing Portland at 12 40 p m. A return train leaves Bangor Thursday after the convention to bring western Maine delegates home. The Bath delegation may depart Wednesday April 5 at 12 oclock trolley joining the afternoon train at Brunswick and arriving Bangor about 5 50 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Bangor
Portland
Western Maine
Bath
Cty
Brunswick
Unity guild meeting plans move to Willow street home
Members of Unity guild of the First Baptist church meet Tuesday night at Mrs. Cedric Martins home on Academy street. Mrs. Cedric Martin is to host next Tuesday night at her Willow street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Guild of the First Baptist Church
Academy Street
Cedric Martin
Willow Street
Local notes and visits spread through West Bath area
Field near Reach hosts first practice of season as locals visit and recover from flu. Families and friends travel between Portland Stroudwater Malden and Small Point. Revival at People's Baptist shifts church services led by Rev J O Taylor. Families noted include Oliver Morse Knight Tibbetts and Schofield with health updates and weekend visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Oliver
Portland
Thomas Oliver
Arthur Maxfield
Stroudwater
Carrie Malcolm
Zina Malcolm
West Bath
Malden
Mass
Madeline Wyman
Small Point
Dorothy Morse
Albert Morse
Roy Wallace
Pine Street
Lucy Knight
Zina Eaton
Harold Smut
BriJjlen Walker
William Campbell
Willard Cromwell Hhas
Waldo Weston
Peaslee
Hood's Sarsaparilla Emphasizes Rich Red Blood Health
A promotional note extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as essential for health with rich red blood and good appetite. It claims the formula uses top ingredients, aids thousands, and offers value with a month-long bottle. Also mentions Hood's Pills as a mild cathartic option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Village rally to support baseball team starts season
In Bath and nearby areas residents gather to inspect baseball materials and select uniforms. The village baseball association plans to raise funds if treasury needs more, with open meetings inviting all residents to help start the team. Thursday hosts a pitch tournament and a minstrel show raised funds for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Plant
Bath
Edgar Williams
Portland
Alfred Oliver
Kalane
Charles A. Hunt
Baseball Association
William Francis Warden Dies in New York Hospital
William Francis Warden 50 grandson of Bath died Wednesday morning in Roosevelt hospital New York city after a two week illness. He was an artist known for a portrait of Arthur Sewall in Bath and had lived in Paris Boston and Bath with wife Eleanor Denham and daughter Harriet. He served in World War I era and had recently been in poor health. Marl J Collins returns to West Somerville to visit family and Mrs Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jack
Rice Webber
Clarence Balekman
Bath
R. A. Dickinson
Raymond Randall
Bertha Moulton
William Welch
Medford
Mass
Kane
P. A. Cannon
Florida
Richmond
F. M. Chadwick
Wilbur Browne
Charles Townsend
Brunswick
H. EB. Cornish
Richmond High School
C. G B. Randall
Porthind
Ivan Lang
Waterville
Leni Patten
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Senderson Farm
Ralph Mallett
Achsah Purin
Ernest Sfunter
Rumford
J. Af Ames
Vanity
J. H. Ames
Paul Ames
Ridge Road
William Francis Warden
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Mr. Warden
Clarence Warden
Paris
France
William
Arthur Sewall
Bath National Bari
Camilla Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
Warden
Harriet Warden
Boston
Rice Confesses to Break Involving Solovich Store
Rodney Lice, 17, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny at the Joseph Solovich store on Front Street. He was bound over to the May term of Sagadahoc county supreme court. Police traced the crime to a recent visitor who changed Canadian money at the American Express office. He admitted showing officers where the watches were kept after entry was made with a case knife prying the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Lice
Joseph Solovich
Front Street
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc County
Witham
American Express
Ralph Dodge
Rice
L-87 Quarantine Boat Replaces Steamer Vettel at Portland
Dr A F Stuart quarantine officer of the Public Health Service at Portland has been informed that the power boat L 87 will replace the steamer Vettel in service. Built nineteen years ago the Vettel is retired and the L 87 now in New York is being fitted for first class condition. The Maine bound craft measures 64 feet in length 16 feet beam and carries a 125 horsepower Winto engine. A crew of three or four will operate under Captain Ralph M Stevens who has served with the Petrel for eighteen years. The L 87 promises substantial improvements over the Petrel in performing the required duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Stuart
Public Health Service
Portland
Vettel
New York
Maine
Ralph M. Stevens
For Sale in Portland Maine Rooming Houses and Real Estate
An advertising notice for Portland Maine lists rooming houses from six to two rooms, all occupied. It offers property listings by owner Metcalf at 515 A Congress Street to secure sale results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Metcalf
Congress Street
Maine
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S. A. Getchell
Hazel Cornish
George Brown
Gladden
Bowdoinham Post Road
David Graves
Helen Hackett
Fred Aderton
James D
Seguin
Bath [Ven Works, Ltd
THE
Park & Pollard CO
Park & Pollard
Trott Bros. Grain Company
Broad Street
Illinois
Isaiah R. Morrell
Bath Opera House
Paramount
Gaudreau’s Symphony Orchestra
Bowdoinham Advertiser
Bath Club
Rotarians
King Tavern
Fred S. Curtis
W. A. Furber
C. A. Peaslee
L. T. Snipe
J. Owen Ledyard
F. Ti. Nichols
Walter BK. Chase
Warren B. Kershner
Harry T. Passmore
Owen J. Ledyard
William A. Furber
Albert Fh. Austing
Agta Kk
Howard W. Meacon
Jacob Arenstam
Barbara Austin
David Brown
Elsie Crocker
Bennie Abramson
Rodney Sailey
Isabelle Berry
Drucilla Bornheimer
Frederick Toudreau
Marion Brookings
Ruth Field
Joseph Doyle
Grace Henderson
Estelle Higgins
Leona Hoyt
George Larrabee
Lillian Lee
Eleanor Lewis
Rose Lindenberg
Berbice Lyon
Harriett Morse
Louise McPhee
Marion Sylvester
Louise White
Jair Wilson
Bessie Arenstan
Helen Brown
Elizabeth Coombs
Mary Curran
Kath Fowles
Lillian Hall
Dorothy Hinggard
Beatrice Jenkins
Harold Brown
Elsie Carter
Charles Cummings
Evelyn Davis
Dorothy Donnell
Harold Donnell
James Drake
Praycis Gilman
Iva Hagan
Gordon Harrington
Helen Harvey
Forrest Higgins
Louise Holbrook
Helen Holwan
John Larrabee
Dudley Leavitt
Christine (. Lockers
Mars M. Lord
Luella N. McDonald
Doris J. Melxay
George G. McMann
Altine A. Munsey
Elizabeth W. Randall
Madeline M. Reed
Wilfred M. Rice
Ne Shepard
Mary M. Slavin
Edwin EK
Spaulding
Philip DP. Stackpole
Elwood EK. Toothaker
Louise TL. Towers
Katherine K. Trott
Omar O. Trott
Pansey T. Ward
Elizabeth K. Wright
Margaret Coombs
Howard McPhee
Harriet Collins
Frances Bates
People's Baptist Church
J. O. Taylor
Corliss Street Church
John M. Schofield
Alice Rich
Chirence Johnson
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Rockport
Agnes Smith
Printz
Senter
Marl J. Collins
West Somerville
Solovich
State Road
W. W. Dexter
Norridge Wock
Underwood
Bath Dept. Store
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