Two New Cottages Rise at Sagadahoc Ferry Amid Growth
The Sagadahoc Ferry area sees new cottages under construction on Arrowsie Road near Thomas Long Jr. and on the Hathorne lot near Hinnewell Home as demand for housing grows. Weir fishing declines continue with few boats. alewives arrive. local residents visit Bath and Newcastle. a forest fire near Carlton pasture is reported. social events and visits fill community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arrowsie Road
Thomas Long, Jr
George Hathorne
Hinnéwéll
Bath
Carlton ‘Trott
Wilbur Howe
E. R. Main
John Savage
Thomas S. Reed
Henry Carlton
John McKenney
Fred Carlton
Henry Cunningham
George Cothran
Newcastle
Maria Leonard
Boston
Margaret Brown
Bowdoinham
Harold E. Snipe
U.S.N.R
Florence
Leon M. Pratt
Margaret Carter
Lizzie Day
William Carlton
Dana Lewis
Henry Leeman
Leemans
Emma Leeman
Gardiner ‘Greenough
Edgecomb
Hathorne
Bath Cake
Carlton Pasture
Texas Steamship’ Co
Vinal
Douglas Hunteven
Bibridge
Nelson Rice
J. N. Palmer
Woolwith
Dextrecenpibanentes
D. W. Dexter
Myers
Reed
Lothair Lowell
Brighton
Arlene Smith
Dupes
Sassanoa Bluffs
Hockomock
G. M. Stintson
James Hathorne
Richmond
Alma Pushard
Chelsea
Mass
Lemont
George’ Crocker
Lewiston
William Cr
Fred Hathorine
Eugene Curtis
West Bath
Leonard Stilphen
Lorenzo Feltus
Nequasset Stream
Woowich
Rouse Family Ties and Historic Naval Lineage Revealed
The Dorchester parish register records baptismal years for Earl William Winslow Monroe Arletah Ellen and Gertrude Estelle Rouse, descendants of Winslow and Wilhelmina Hank Rouse. The Rouse name traces to 1690 in New England with William Rouse master mariner of London, who married Mary Peachy of Charlestown.
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All Saints Chronicle
Dorchester
Mass
Earl ‘William
Winslow Monroe
Arletah Ellen
Gertrude Estelle Rouse
Winslow
Wilhelmina Hank ‘Rouse
William James Rouse
Bath
Girls Friendly Society
Men’s Guild
Church
Rouse
England
Dr. Heard
Paris
Warwickshire
William the Norman
New England
Colonies
William Rouse
London
Eng
Mary Peachy
Charlestown
William
Royal Navy
Boston
Vigilant
New Navy Yard
King's Chapel
Battery
Bunker’ Hill
Chief Justice Cornish Unable to preside in May term
Chief Justice Leslie G. Cornish will miss the May term of Sagadahoc County Superior Court convening May 14. Associate Justice John A. Morrill, newly appointed by Gov. Milliken to replace the late George F. Haley, will preside. Cornish cites recovery from a severe attack of grip as reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie G. Cornish
Sagadahoc County
Local Notes On Bath Developments And Coastal Issues
Bath notes report rising bicycle popularity with more riders and a mild campaign in Bath and New England. Gypsy moth infestations threaten city trees while fishermen shift jobs amid higher material costs. Primaries loom with limited campaign activity. builders face price hikes and sand quality differences from Merrymeeting bay to shore sources.
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Percy & Small Yard
Bath
New England
Kennebec
Merrymeeting Bay
Home garden tips for Maine farmers and families
The article emphasizes the home garden as key to addressing higher food costs. It advises near-house locations, soil quality, and good drainage, plus rapid growth through heavy cultivation. It covers use of hot beds and cold frames, plant timing, and intercropping to maximize small spaces for year round vegetable supply.
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Maine
After Dinner Remedy Ad Promotes L. F. Medicine
An old time prescription from L. F. Medicine Co. promises quick relief for gas pressure sour stomach and drowsiness after meals. The ad touts a one cent per dose price during war thrift times and lists Portland Maine as the maker and dealer location.
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L. F.” Atwood
L. F
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland
Bath Faces War Time Record Gap and Fishing Season Draws Near
The Bath community is urged to maintain a complete list of men serving in the war as drafts and enlistments rise. The piece notes mechanic and farmer labor needs for wartime production, plus local church history and upcoming spring fishing as townsfolk anticipate May activities and Bath militia milestones from 1757 to 1806.
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Bath
Uncle Sam
United States
Wesley Church
Commercial Street
Bulding
New Wesley Church
Smith
Sam
Belanger
Bath Company
Maine
Georgetown
Patrick Drummond
Bath Rifle Club
Joshua Bowman
Barnard C. Bailey
Bath Light Infantry
William King
Woolwich History Read At Pomona Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Read by James E. Fullerton at Sagadahoc Pomona Grange, the Woolwich history recounts early town meetings in the meeting house, militia names, and Civil War enlistments. It notes 1761 to 1794 actions on schools, taxes, and local governance, and recalls the first declaration of independence timing.
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Samuel Harnden
Joseph Wade
Elijah Grant
John Hancock
Philadelphia
Michael Ryan
Woolwich East Company
Woolwich West Company
East Co
The
West Co
Woolwich Wildcats
Woolwich
Clarence Preble
Navy
Albert Galloupe
Raymond Dexter
Wilbur Crocker
France
Lieut
Stott
James E. Fullerton
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Anemia remedy praised in 1917 ad and ship Bath launch details
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills to treat anemia with observed blush improvement and health gains in a North Andover woman. Separately, the Texas Steamship Co reports the Bath, an oil fueled cargo vessel of about 10 000 gross tons, built for wartime service and requisitioned by the U S Shipping Board.
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Edith Foulds
Brown's Court
North Andover
Mass
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
United States Shipping Board
Steamboat Bath Sponsorship Ties to Moses Shipbuilding Family
In a regional note the steamship Bath is linked to the Moses family with Oliver Moses as a great grandfather of Miss Moses. The Woodside and related yards built ships for the family, with Frank O Moses father of Oliver and grandfather to Miss Moses, reinforcing the community ties to local shipbuilding and the honoring of Miss Moses as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses
Miss Moses
Frank O. Moses
Oliver
Church Buys Bonds for Trust Fund Totaling 450 Dollars
Winter street church trustees purchased 400 dollars in Liberty bonds for the trust fund. The Men's club had already bought a 50 dollar bond. The notice includes a dated oath from Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co. referring to a 100 dollar payment for each uncured case of catarrh and a hall of hall’s catarrh medicine claim.
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Winter Street Church
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank If
Cheney
A. W. Gleason
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Wgglwigch
Fletcher
Oif
SpirizLn
Tse
Centaur
Nequasset
San Domingo
Boothbay
Rouse-Family
Chief Justice
Cornish
Supreme Court
Pomona
David Gilmore
Wm. L. Leonard
David C. Farnham
David Hathorn
Geo. W. Shaw
James
Abram Savage
John and
Abel Rice
Elisha Grant
Eben Smith
Abner Wade
Metin House
Acre
Nathaniel Tibbetts
Thomas and
William Stinson
John Hart
Army
William CO. Blakmore
Augusta
Chas. M. Bailey
Massachusetts
Geo. L. Leeman
William L. Lincoln
Rodney Bailey
William P. Stinson
United States Army
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