Bowdoinham Faces Severe Gypsy Moth Infestation
The town reports extensive gypsy moth activity with numerous nests found on 11 trees in the Robert W. Carr orchard and widespread bottom and crevice feeding. State Agricultural Department inspectors propose releasing parasite insects after locating major infestation areas to curb spread.
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Mis Mia Curnis
Portland
Girpser
State Agricultural Department
Eugene Edgecomb
Fisher Road
Robert W. Carr
Brunswick
Miles N. Reed
Mies Lena Patten
Baptist Church
Phippsburg Social Notes Reflect Local Visits and Illness
Local items detail neighbors and visitors in Phippsburg including illness limiting socializing. Mrs. Henrietta Webber returns from New Jersey, Lizzie Cutting hosts visitors, and Joe Bowker family updates appear alongside town board remarks and travel by residents like Capt R E Fletcher and Henry Butler.
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Henrietta Webber
Arthur Totman
New Jersey
Woolwich Notes Include Fair Wins and Local Happenings
Woolwich weekly items report Mrs. W H Taylor’s success at the Palm Beach County Fair. The piece covers farm chores, roadwork, fish runs at Nequasset, cattle losses near Bath, a missing cow found mired, and social visits. It notes Rev Milan J Smith’s touring car, Milton Trott’s work at Kimball Brothers, a sixteenth birthday party for Phyllis Hall, and a Memorial Day message linked to Governor Oakley Curtis.
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W. H. Taylor
Jupiter
Palm Beach
Fla
Taylor
Woolwich
Florida
Samuel Hathorne
Waldo Hathorne
Earl Rice
Cora Bailey
No H. Day
Sasitire
Harriet Blanch
Myra McCausland
Bath
Prospect Hill Farm
Fannie McFadden
Edwin Hathorne
Emma Leonard
Ernest Savare
Plinette Allen
Montsweag
Thaylin Bailey
Marcia M. Stinson
Portland
Nequasset
George Dodge
Frank James
Alfred Trott
Milan J. Smith
Milton Trott
Kimball Brothers
Phyllis Hall
Beulah Houdlette
Dorothy
Elsie Crocker
Everett Rice
Wilbur Crocker
Ethel Sheridan
Vinal Hanniwell
Ethel Pinkham
Marion Carlton
Freeman Trott
Worral Prescott
Harold Dexter
Hazel Beals
Adeline Day
Arrowsie
Beatrice Galoup
Goldie Sheridan
Maxine Walker
Doris
Bernice Shannahan
Brunswick
Bath Sailors Return Aboard Edward B Winslow After Pacific Trip
Arrived last week in Bath after months away the Edward B Winslow hosts crew on board as repairs occur in Bath. In San Francisco Capt and Mrs Butler visited Berkeley and Oakland friends. Maine natives including Calvin White active in Alameda and Oakland politics. James Harrington to open a Parker Head grocery.
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Mrs. Merrill
Reuben Varna
Yokohama
Japan
J. EB. Cornish
Nellansalles Mimsse Tor
CW. Sedgley
Bath
Pacific Coast
Edward B. Winslow
San Francisco
Mrs. Butler
Charles Butler
Berkeley
Calvin White
Oakland
Cal
White
Capt. Butler
Dromore
Maine
Alameda Co
Henry Potter
Elbridge Morse
Potter
Edmund P. Briggs
Walter Bowker
Alex Robbins
Charles Perkins
Cox’s Head
Paola
M. N. Olivery
Parker Head
Galen C. Hinckley
Kelley
Small Point
Mrs. Carleton
Woolwich
Carleton
George Weston
Dromore Grange
William Oliver
Silas Oliver
William Oliver, Jr
Sebasco
James Harrington
Maine Governor Proclaims Memorial Day Observance
Gov. Oakley C. Curtis issues Maine’s first Memorial Day proclamation tied to the European war. The order urges half mast flags bells tolling 12:00 to 12:05 and a statewide pause in activities for reflection.
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Maine
Oakley C. Curtis
Europe
United States
Wheeler for Governor and local cattle drives
Hon E W Wheeler Brunswick declares for Republican Governor nomination in 1916 after coastal returns. He plans to discuss issues and canvass for party support when ready. Harvey Henderson drives 10 heifers to Mrs Jones Woolwich pasture and Frank Hagan brings Guernseys for summer pasturing nearby.
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E. W. Wheeler
Brunswick
Pacific Coast
Harvey Henderson
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Libedit
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C. P. Bates
Augusta
Peto
Boston
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Eleanine
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Mors T. Purington
Harpswell
Mary T. Purington
Coombs High
Bowdoin College
J. K. Pinkerton
Ellen Nichols
H. Alice Denham
Percy Tilbetts
Horace W. Philbrick
California
Violate Coombs
Florence Randall
Philbrick
George Alexander
John Fiellums
Richmond
Ned Dickinson
Esther D. Moran
Chicago
James F. Moran
Warren Ave
Samuel J. Kennison
Donners Grove
Detroit
Dickinson
Ruff Motor Car Co
Grant
Jesse Tarr
Litheo Allen
Nashville
Town Hall
Lottie Cobb
George Getchell
W.S. Given Coal Co
J. Hall Denham
Stanley Mitchell
Alonzo Moore
Postmaster Brown
Ed Wilson
Cannie
C.F. Stiples
C. PP. Bates
Frank Trufant
Charles Trufant
Merrill Keag
Edward Graves
William Blanchard
George Cutler
Norman Curtis
Dr. Grant
Co. C. Purington
the Grange
Bar Harbor
EF. K. Jack
Charles Newton
Charles McIwen
Gardiner
Jimin Steward
Abs
BE. Gifford
Robert Grace
Lm, Bitton
de Lo Vacanes
Lloyd Adderton
Ernest Lancaster
Dr. Irish
C. T. Staples
Phippsburg
G. D. Weston
George O. Curtis
Cape Small
R. E. Fletcher
Wallace MacDonald
Georgie Kelley
J. F. Leeach
Henry Wyman
F. S. Bowker
Timothy Perry
Reuben Fletcher
Wood
Eleanor Harrington
Lillian Roderick
William Heald
Winneganee
Corliss St
Martha Cutting
Nellie Cutting
West Bath
Times
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Hezekiah
Everett Wirrington
Harry Roderick
Alvin MacDonald
Truman Farnsworthh
Thomas Oliver
Bowker Yard
Board of Selectmen
A.C. Johnson
Lula Jones
Schenectady
N. Y
Frank Young
Henry Butler
Woolwich News
C. C. Bishop
Wilson Bailey
Lincoln Bailey
Union
John E. Bunker
Ketties
Berlin
Cate
Wheeler
Forrree
Bert Adams
Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham, Maine
New York
Union Street
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