Georgetown Logs Fire Loss as Town Braces for Spring
A second major blaze hits Georgetown with a house and barn burned while townsfolk fight winds and embers. Wilton Campbell of Sabattus, formerly Heald farm owner, faces loss as Davies family house is destroyed. The week also features social events, parish meetings, and plans for summer business as the community eyes doctor arrivals and town activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Davies
Riggsville
Wilton Cambell
Sabattus
Miss Jones
Bertha Avery
S. W. Scott
Everett Higgins
William Todd
Harold Hunt
Florence Woodside
Barrett
la Grange
W. A. Todd
Bath
Popham
Rudolph Trafton
Everett Trafton
Local notices from Wiscasset Cumberland and area
Mrs Frank Hodgdon and daughter Helen visit Cumberland while Clifton stays with brother Albert. Mrs Annie Colby and daughter Rena stay with her mother Mrs John Robinson in Westport. Madge Stone wedding draws many local friends at Edgecomb home. Grange Hall social with music by Bion and Mrs Mahan. oysters served. Unemployed men seen walking town to town amid hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hodgdon
Helen
Clifton
Cumberland
Hodgdon
Albert
Annie Colby
Rena
Westport
John Robinson
Madge Stone
Edgecomb
Dr. Leathers
Dorothy
Ethel Cushman
Brunswick
DeForest S. Day
Miss Cushman
Clara Cromwell
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Mildred Leavitt
Leota Munsey
Parker Cheney
Locke
Sortwell
Warland
Cambridge
Mass
Topsham Grange Program Bai March 20
Saturday program lists acts and performers including Erwin Turner Aileen Wilson Ella Dunning Winnifred Rackley Millward Patten Ruth Alexander Hazel Noyes Arleen Wilson Earl Griffin with monologues and vocal solos. Question posed on wisdom of earning vs saving a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Turner
Aileen Wilson
Ella Dunning
Mr. Bickford
Mr. Noyes
Winnifred Rackley
Millward Patten
Howard Carr
Ruth Alexander
Hazel Noyes
Mr. Utecht
Arthur Barrett
Arleen Wilson Earl Griffin
Wesley Epworth League Box Supper At Hopkins Home
The Wesley Epworth League held an entertainment and box supper Friday night at the home of Mr and Mrs H L Hopkins on Spring Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Epworth League
H. L. Hopkins
Spring St
Dyspeplets Digestive Remedial Tablets Ad
Digestive relief claims describe Dyspeplets as a comforting remedy made from pepsin bismuth rhubarb mint and other digestives. A clergyman praises its neat pleasant and efficacious effects and a trial box offer invites readers to invest ten cents.
Fires and community notes from Five Islands week
Five Islands reports several fires with a day of multiple blazes near Southport and Rockledge Hotel at Popham Beach. Warnings urge fire prevention as dry conditions persist. Local residents, including Captains Harford and Snowman, travel for vessels, while Dr. Bartlett contemplates settling here amid town efforts to attract a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Harford
Boston
Charles H. Trickey
Joseph W. Harford
George E. Gray
Oscar Snowman
New York
Henrietta Simmons
Ernest Pinkham
Ernest Harford
Richmond
Joseph Greenleaf
Powell
Wyoming
Maine
Nettie Snowman
Pottsville
Maude Turner
W. E. Snowman
Portland
Davies
Riggsville
Ward Heald
Southport
Rockledge
Popham Beach
Summer Party Carrying Sparks Grass Fire Concerns
Citizens brace for risks as preparations heat up for a summer party while many burn fields to prevent grass fires, sparking community worry about broader fire hazards and safety measures.
Obituary Daniel MacDonald of Boston dies at 49
Daniel MacDonald aged 49 of Boston died Wednesday while visiting his sister Mrs. M A Haraden after months of declining health. He served fifteen years as caretaker of the Henry Cabot estate in Chestnut Hill Brookline. He is survived by four brothers Joseph and John Gardiner Bernard Berlin N H Anias Mt Stewart P E I and three sisters Mrs W R Hines Gardiner Miss Mary MacDonald Mt Stewart P E I and Mrs M A Haraden. Funeral services were held Friday morning from St Marys Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel MacDonald
Boston
M. A. Haraden
Henry Cabot
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Joseph
John
Gardiner
Bernard
Berlin
N. H
Anias
Mt. Stewart
P.E.I
W. R. Hines
Mary MacDonald
St. Mary’s Church
George H. Lee of West Bath Dead at 70
George H. Lee of West Bath died Tuesday after a five week illness at age 70. A Sagadahoc County farmer, son of the late George and Catherine Work Lee, he never married and lived with brother Charles on the Lee farm. He was a lifelong Democrat and Methodist, survived by Charles W. Lee, two nieces, three grandnieces, and one nephew. Funeral Thursday at two from his West Bath home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Lee
West Bath
Sagadahoc
Phippsburg
George
Catherine Work Lee
Charles
Lee
Charles W. Lee
Frank Jaques
Charles—E.vanderbed
Philadelphia
William R. Wilson Named Nahant Summer Resident
William Rosewell Wilson of Boston long known as a Nahant summer resident and winter resident at 117 Newbury Street is identified in this notice as part of a biographical item about local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rosewell Wilson
Boston
Nahant
Newbury Street
Nahant Resident Mr Wilson Dies After Pneumonia Battle
Nahant cottage resident and former Boston business figure Mr Wilson died Monday night after a pneumonia illness weakened into heart failure. He was 73, born in Edgecomb and long studied marine interests owning Bath built ships incl a G G Deering Co schooner. Survived by second wife Gertrude Dickinson, with no children. cousin to Mrs A D Stetson. He often visited the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tage
Nahant Road
Ocean Street
North Shore
Wilson
Nahant
Edgeecomb
Boston
Mr. Wilson
Maria Gill
Worcester
George Homer Ball
Florence Gill
Bay State Road
Boslton
Gertrude (Cook) Dickinson
A. D. Stetson
Bath
G. G. Deering Co
Maine Women’s Club Donation to Seacoast Mission
The Maine Women's Club of New York City donated 150 dollars to the Maine Seacoast Mission as part of funds raised at a social event held last October at the Waldorf Astoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Women’s Club of
New York City
Maine Seacoast Mission
Waldorf- Astoria
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Georgetown
Fred Spinney
Bay Point
J. W. Cummings
George Oliver
Cove
Emilio de Gogorza
Lewiston
First Baptist Church
Nat Howe
Vermont
Edward Hunt
Howard Trafton
Nancy Spinney
Lisbon
E. C. Douglass
Everett Jewell
Bay Point Casino
Elwell Crosby
Wellington
Thomas Bennett
Maurice Spinney
Wiscasset
Topsham Grange
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
Addie Muse
Bartlett
Lagrange
Bangor
Jackson
Wyman
Eastern Maine
Edward Hodgdon
J. B. Donnell
Arthur Berrry
William L. Berry
First Selectman
City Hospital
Sarah E. Snowman
Fred Rittal
W. S. Boucher
John Hinckley
James T. McMahan
Camden
Earl & Wilsons
Semina
Dents
Perrins
Gusso
Kuppenheimer
Yuu Store
Covert Toy
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
William R. Wilson
Conley’s Specialty Store
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