Democratic caucus names delegates for Augusta conventions
In Bowdoinham the caucus chose delegates to attend the Democratic State and District Conventions in Augusta on April 7. Captain Maxwell Rev Johnson and alternates Maxwell Newton Mulligan McEwen. A town committee was formed with Josiah M. Fulton as chairman and Caleb W. Sedgley secretary. The Star Aid planned a Masonic banquet with supper at 7 30. Additionally, a fire destroyed the Fred Watten house on the Bay road. the barn survived. The Merry Meeting Grange fair concluded with a minstrel show, ball, and a strong audience turnout. A wedding party traveled to Gardiner. many residents were out socializing and attending events around town.
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Augusta
Maxwell
Johnson
A. S. Maxwell
C. A. Newton
J. Ll. Temple
Charles A. Newton
J. F. Mulligan
C. H. McEwen
Josiah M. Fulton
Caleb W. Sedgley
Charles H. McEwen
Star Aid
Fred Watten
Bay Road
Olsen
Piper
Merry Meeting Grange Fair
J. Nelson
Ernest Stanwood
Brunswick
Robert Webber
George McFadden
Bath
Philip Rideout
Linwood
Gardiner
Verona Browne
Llewellyn Welch
Sebago
Richmond
C. Purinton
F. K. Jack
Emily Rideout
J. Mosher
J. A. Pendleton
Randall
C. L. Hardie
C. B. Randall
Finnly Rideout
C. A. Hackett
G. R. Cutler
C. J. Mosher
A. Getchell
Prank Given
Mr. Lowell
Robins
Blackbirds
Epworth League
Methodist Vestry
Earl Johnson
Jittle
Not Quite Refusing to Listen to Troubles
A clipped aphorism from the Boston Transcript notes that a man who insists on recounting his troubles is almost as disagreeable as one who refuses to hear others. The remark contrasts self absorbed complaining with unresponsive listening.
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Boston Transcript
Glass Removal Through Softened Putty Technique
Remove panes by applying soft soap to the putty that seals them. After a few hours the putty softens and the glass can be removed with ease.
Bowdoinham in 1888 odd town notes and local moves
Isaac Plummer from Pasadena visits Bowdoinham. Local farmers report herds and egg yields with anecdotes. Alonzo Cutler leaves railway work for factory, Capt. Staples travels to Boston, Mrs. Crocker buys Adams house. Miss Tarr visits, Quint seeks agent, Rev King injured in snow bank incident, Fred Geel ships to Portland for fishing, Miss Eaton dies at 81, G L Whitemore pursues improvements, ice house work boosts farming, Renj Fogg trips to Bath, Woodworth visits Bath.
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Isaac Plummer
Pasadena
Calif
Walter Hi
Marriner
John Bodwell
Mr. Bodwell
Shakespeare
Macduff
Alonzo Cutler
M.C.R.R
Carr
Comrade Cutler
Charles Staples
Boston
Crocker
Adams House
Alice Tarr
North Bowdoinham
Fred Geel
Vortland
Mary W. Eaton
Capt
BH. Eaton
Miss Eaton
Methodist Church
G. L. Whitemore
H Renj. Fogg
Bath
John Woodworth
Chaves Newton Announces General Trucking Service
Chaves AL Newton informs the public he is prepared to offer general trucking and jobbing services at reasonable prices and solicits patronage. Ad appears as a small display notice from the period.
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Chaves AL Newton
Local notes from Bowdoinham Post Road
Mr and Mrs J Cannon return home after wintering in Florida. Graves family visits relatives in town. Chrenee Gould enjoys a week vacation from the University of Michigan. Nellie Bertha and Hollis Temple visit grandparents. Edna Graves at home on vacation. Welch couple visiting Graves family. Clara Giles sells farm to Massachusetts buyers who moved in last week. Mathew Graves vacationing with grandmother. James Blodgett loses a horse last week.
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Johnpore
Godgest
Charles Fogg
Bath
Katharine Santer
Hardings
Virginia Nash
Brunswick
Wilder
Hazel
Cornish
Richard Rogers
Gardiner
Nealey
Courtney
Toer
Bay Shore
P. A. Cannon
Florida
W. L
Bonney
Portland
Joseph Evans
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance of Boston
Pleasant Street
C. H. Kendall
Litchfield
Joseph. Edgecomb
Maxwell D. Ward
Clinton
Clarence Gould
Milton McKinen
U. of M
John Clark
Electa
Stephen Johnson
Wood
Charles Perry
Tillman
William Blanchard
Myra Fowle
Bar Harbor
I. M. Fowle
Harbor
Frances Merrill
Abbie ‘Thorne
Viola Graves
William Dinsmore
Ella Adderton
Emma Millay
Charles Newton
Center Street
George Robinson
J. T. Johnson
J. H. Ames
Blanch Woodworth
Fannie Batchelder
Woodworth
Charles Adams
Skelton Prace
Booker Douglas
Mr. McCann
O.E.S
J. A. Vendleton
Cannon Jive
W. J. Graves
Dosten
Chrenee Gould
Nellie
Bertha
Hollis Temple
Edna Graves
Louis Welch
Clara Giles
Massachusetts
Mathew Graves
James Blodgett
William Doughty 81 at New Meadows birthday
William Warren Doughty marked his 81st birthday on March 20 at his New Meadows farm. Born in Bath on March 20, 1841, he once wrote for a Boston newspaper, spent years in Lyon, Massachusetts, and now lives with his wife and youngest daughter. He enjoys wood sawing and long walks, and his birthday poem reflects on life, death, and faith.
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William Warren Doughty
New Meadows
Bath
Boston
Palestine
Tle
Lyon
Mass
Mr. Doughty
Woman charged with assault with intent to kill at quarry
Mrs. Mary Morotto of Catance aged 28 mother of seven appeared in municipal court on a complaint by Antonio Dipalmar alleging she attempted to throw him into a 35 foot quarry near Cathance and slashed him with a razor after an exchange over insults. Dipalmar sought Supreme Court bound over in $800. judge released her overnight in custody of a friend.
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Mary Morotto
Catance
Antonio Dipalmar
Dipalmer
Morotto
Cathance
Arthur J. Dunton
Ralph O. Dale
Frew W. Atkinson
Bath
Atkinson
Norris
Aderton
Keegan
Supreme Court
Morse to close season with Bangor trip on Saturday
Morse high basketball team shifts schedule to travel to Bangor Saturday night after negotiating with Bangor high and Portland. They will play Portland Friday night, depart at seven, then finish season in Bangor city hall Saturday. A win could cap a hard season and echo their Coburn victory.
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Morse High
Bangor
Coyne
Bangor High
Morse
Portland
Bangor City Hall
Coburn
Maine
Banger
Quick Wit Depends On Calm Friends Says Miss Cayenne
A quotation from Miss Cayenne urges choosing friends slow to anger to be regarded as sharp in repartee. The remark highlights social tact and the value of composed company in witty exchanges.
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Miss Cayenne
If you allow the handies of your pearl or Lone knives to remain in water
A terse caution notes that soaking the handies of pearl or Lone knives in water causes discoloration. The statement stresses keeping blades dry to preserve color and finish, warning owners to avoid extended immersion or moisture exposure.
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Celebrates 41st Anniversary
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge marked its 41st anniversary with a banquet and program attended by delegations from Beulah lodge Richmond South lodge Auburn Evening Star lodge Brunswick and other visitors. Grand officers spoke and a "Twelve Old Maids" comedy was performed by 16 cast members amid a full banquet service and musical readings.
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Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Beulah Lodge
Richmond
South Lodge
Auburn
Evening Star Lodge
Brunswick
William E. Harriman
Marie Wiggin
Nellie Wright
Clara Brackley
Elizabeth Pepper
Susanna Congdon
Charlotte Teald
May Congdon
Eva Atwood
Louise Pomeroy
Lois T. Meliever
Jennie Farrin
Frances Thurlow
Lucy Stover
Lois Knight
Eola Atwood
Mae Congdon
Ella Congdon
Delia Haley
Florence Wallace
Lida Merchant
Lida Sampson
Annie Colby
Nellie M. Wright
Nellie Lord
Noble Grand
Edwin U Curtis Dies Suddenly In Bath Connection Thoroughly Noted
Police Commissioner Edwin U Curtis of Boston died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at his Bay State Road home. A Bowdoin graduate class of 82 he was well known to Bath residents and had formed the Curtis Reed and Manson firm in Boston. Curtis served as city clerk mayor and collector of the port of Boston and was a Bowdoin trustee. He enjoyed ties to Bath including Small Point visits with nephew George Curtis and classmates Arthur G Staples Fred Eames and Dr Edward F Barry. He grew ill from acute indigestion after a morning at his office and died hours later at home.
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Edwin U. Curtis
Boston
Bay State Road
Bath
Bowdoin
Small Point
George ©. Curtis
Arthur G. Staples
Lewiston Journal
Fred Eames
Massachusetts
Curtis
Edward F. Barry
Charles A. Corliss
Bath Boys
Barry
Corliss
William G. Reed
Waldoboro
Reed
George Manson
Curtis, Reed & Manson
Bowdoin College
Port of
Bey Sides
Gift of the Commonwealth
Mrs Hannah Mulligan Dies After Illness at City Hospital
Mrs Hannah C Mulligan 62 wife of James Mulligan dies at City hospital after complications from a mastard abscess and other issues. She was born in Boston, lived in Bath 60 years, member of St Marys church. Survived by husband a daughter Miss Margaret Mulligan a son James C Mulligan Jr and a sister Mrs Joseph Reed of Bath. Funeral Saturday morning at St Marys Church.
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Hannah C. Mulligan
James (. Mulligan
City Hospital
Mulligan
Boston
Roger
Mary Poley
Bath
St. Mary's Church
Margaret T. Mulligan
James C. Mulligan, Jr
Joseph Reed
Hearing Set On Rice Brothers Co Receivership Claims
Creditors of Rice Brothers Co of East Boothbay receive notice of a Portland hearing in equity on the Rice Brothers case, receivers accounts, petitions, and special masters report. The two o’clock session covers cash, receiver certificates, accounts payable, assets including shipbuilding plant, trawlers, stock, and contested claims with priorities and liens to be determined.
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Bath
Rice Brothers Co
East Boothbay
Equity
Supreme Judicial Court
Portland
William E. Rice
Fast Boothbay
Rice Co
Cyrus R. Tupper
Sewall
Maddocks
Chamberlain, Bosson and Johnson
Massachusetts
Commonwealth Fisheries Co
Rice Brothers Company
Lincoln County
County Court House
Wiscasset
Sterling Bible Class Entertainment at Corliss Street Church
Sterling Bible class of Corliss street church held an entertainment on Wednesday night at South Street LTA rooms. The program featured piano solo Valma Cornish violin Bernice Hunt reading Josie Rich vocal Georgia Knight duet with Bernice Hunt and Georgia Knight piano Mrs Guy Sprague. Games and candy sale raised over 10 dollars. Committee included Mrs Fred Chaney Mrs Pearl Ke Dunbar Mrs William Paisley and Mrs R Ames.
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Sterling Bible Class
Corliss Street Church
South Street
L.T.A
Valma Cornish
William Paisley
Bernice Hunt
John Russell
Georgia Knight
Josie Rich
Guy Sprague
Fred Chaney
Pearl Ke, Dunbar
R. Ames
Phrase Origin of Not Worth the Candle Proverb
The English saying It is not worth the candle stems from an old French proverb about candle lit games. It explains that when effort or stake fails to justify pursuit the activity or prize is deemed not worth the labor. George Slerbert references a similar line in his Sacula Prudentum.
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George Slerbert
Salesmen Wanted to Solicit Lubricating Oils and Paints
Help wanted advertisement seeks salesmen to solicit orders for lubricating oils greases and paints. State salary or commission terms. Apply at The Todd Oil and Paint Co Cleveland Ohio. March 30 4 6.
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Todd Oil & Paint Co
Cleveland
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Trott Bros. Grain Company
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Uliadra
Bath Opera House
Paramount
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Bowdoinham Advertiser
Bowdoinham Post Road
William Doughty
Toni
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