Will contests and record divorces head Maine term headlines
A Bath service sermon highlights church life while a Whitefield will appeal ends with a verdict of undue influence. The term grants numerous divorces including desertion and cruel treatment cases across Waldoboro Damariscotta Boothbay Harbor and South Bristol, with custody awards and support payments set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Perkins
Augusta
John E. Leonard
Whitefield
Gertrude Hall
Winthrop
Burleigh Martin
Weston M. Hilton
Arthur Chapman
Asa A. Alley
Boothbay Harbor
Lillian G. Alley
Portland
South Portland
Gertrude A. Jenkins
Waldoboro
William H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Harry F. House
South Bristol
Charlotte E. House
Gladys L. Alley
Ernest Alley
Leon L. Benner
Bessie Benner
George B. Atkinson
Nobleboro
Rose E. Atkinson
Annie B. Olmstead
Albert H. Olmstead
Milo
Hazel M. Hutchins
Wiscasset
Bertram E. Hutchins
Edgecomb
James A. Waltz
Annie C. Waltz
Nellie Francis Heath
Charles Edward Heath
Ira E. Achorn
Monhegan
Mary H. Achorn
Joseph A. Kelley
Blanche A. Kelley
Lynn
Mass
Katherine A. Baker
Stinson Baker
Katherine A. Simmons
Edith M. Westley
Arthur A. Westley
Edith M. Hanford
Teresa T. Orff
Harold F. Orff
Wilder K. Erskine
Elzira
A. Erskine
Local notices mix court case and town doings in Sheepscot
Thread of town chatter covers a libel suit with Edith McLel Grace Whittier named as maid en brought against Wilbert Whittier daily life notes from Jefferson and Sheepscot include visits from Boston to Waldoboro, plumbing yacht work, school staff moves, and a Bath road accident with injuries. A May wedding in Brunswick pairs Hattie Lincoln and Carl Brandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. McLel
Grace A. Whittier
Jefferson
Wilbert
Whittier
Wiscasset News and Local Visits May 1905
Wiscasset notes list Roy Reed visiting Bath on Tuesday. S H Rogers of Bath came to town last Saturday. Capt W D Blake spent a few days at home this week. Mrs Sophronia McFadden returned from Bath. Dr and Mrs C A Peaslee were in town from Bath last Saturday. W F Merrill travels to eastern Maine on business. L F Lowell bought the Kincade place west of his Richmond road property. Miss Mary Wright has been ill with measles at home for two weeks. Continued on Page Eight.
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Federal Street
Sheepscot
Arthur E. Gregg
St. Johnsbury
Congregational Church
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Massachusetts
Boston
Lucie Bond Thomas
Boggs
W. E. Gorham
James Bimson
Bath
Middle Street
Adams Bros
F. F. Pendleton
Gannett
Portland
Raymond Farmer
Lambert
E. Fred Albee
Lee S. Gorham
Rectory
Pomfret
Dunham
Gardiner
William E. Lewis
Pemaquid Messenger
Malden
Mass
F. H. MckEown
Lewis
Pemaqui
Brookline
Mary Marston
Grace York
Elwell Stimpson
Skowhegan
John Down
Nina Fowles
Labbie
Fannie Chase
Judith
Charles Annabel
Louise Marsh
H. B. Marsh
John Atwood
Lisbon Falls
A. W. Keirstead
Main Street
Helen Keirstead
Carl Brandt
Bingham
Central Maine Power Co
Luther Hall
Carl More
New York
George Lincoln, Jr
Lincoln's Express
H. W. Hawes
Augusta
F. D. Southard
Water Street
E. H. Crossman
Frank Haggett
Charles E. Emerson
St. Philip's
St. Philip's Parish
St. Andrews
Newcastle
J. P. Tucker
A. H. Lennox
Manchester
Nashua
N. H
John F. Wright
Rock Island
Quebec
F. B. Dunn
Harve
R. Pease
Virginia
Etta Stimson
Charles E. Titus
Freeman D. Southard
Harry E. Bailey
Bath Road
George Bradford
John Sutter
Vinton Dickinson
Bradford
Ira Bedennett
Castine
Raymond Page
Harold R. Smith
Lincoln Municipal Court
Smith
Page
John Jackson
Wiscasset Grain Company
Donald Wilband
Conrad Parker
Cloverdale
H. E. Wade
Mrs. Wade
Donald Petrie
Mr. Wade
Maurice Caton
Birch Point
Newark
N. Y
Horace Marsh
Brunswick
Henry Johnson
Hattie Louise Lincoln
Carl Augustus Brandt
Wiscasset
Helen Johnson
Hilda Brandt
Lincoln
Robert Johnson
Thomas Ashby
White Mountains
Alfred H. Lennox
Roy R. Marston
Ira Redonnett
Maden
Mr. Redonnett
Bradford C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Etta Stimpson
Frank Metcalf
Lawrence Soule
Wiscasset Academy
Lester Knight
Donald
Knight
Ed White
Roy Reed
S. H. Rogers
W. D. Blake
Sophronia McFadden
C. A. Peaslee
W. F. Merrill
L. F. Lowell
Kincade Place
Richmond Road
Mary Wright
Tendent
Auburn
Justus Miller
Charles Jr. Wright
Bailey
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
F. W. Carlton
Moosehead Lake
Chester Dana
Flushing
L. L
West Bath Community Notes From Local Gatherings
Red Cross group met for an all day session at Miss Ahmet T s home with hostesses Mrs Henry Adams and Mrs Charles Cleveland. Several residents welcomed visitors and noted weekend gaps in church and school activities including Nazarene church basement work and 4-H Keep It Up Club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ahmet
Hern
Henry Adams
Charles J. Cleveland
Smith
Cleveland
Bath City Hospital
Chester Lorentsen
E. W. Haggett
Morgan
Littlefield
John Larrabee
J. Everett Mayo
Nazarene Church
Courtney Stover
University of Maine
Bates Stover
Brunswick Road
West Bath
Jennie Silsby
Greenstreet
Woman's Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Hortense Welsh
Auburn
4-H
Bates
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
Philip Stackpole
Bates College
B. H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
H. A. Owen
Bath
Sabine Cottage
Elmer Craig
Poland Spring
Mechanic Falls
C. C. Chesley
Farmington
Rangeley
Anstress Larrabee
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
W. J. Burke
William J., Jr
Edward
C. B. Gallant
John Cassavola
Portland
Newell Receives Photo of Aphrodite Yacht Converted Ship
William S. Newell president of Bath Iron Works gets a photo of the Aphrodite the 1898 Bath built yacht later repurposed as a passenger vessel between Piraeus Greece and Alexandria Egypt Captain Charles W Scott who supervised its construction and commanded it until sale provided the image The Aphrodite was second only to the Corsair as Baths largest yacht and now looks like a passenger ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Iron Works
Charles W. Scott
Bath
Piraeus
Greece
Alexandria
Egypt
Newell
Scott
Launching of Yacht Placida Completes With Yacht Club Linkage
The Placida yacht featuring five cabins with baths and wardrobes, a 27 by 18 ft living room, teak smoking room, 23 by 16 ft dining room, and two Bessemer Diesel engines will be commissioned by June 1. It carries two launches, a dinghy, two lifeboats, and a Sperry stabilizer. Commanded by Capt Thomas J Hogan. A private Pullman car luncheon followed the owner’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Sperry
J. J. Hogan
Connell
Craven
Raphael Studions
New York Yacht Club
Corinthian Yacht Club
Philadelphia
Thomas J. Hogan
Haskell
Bath Man in Maine Seeks Wallace White in Primary
Oliver V. Webster of Bath writes from Brisbane Australia to the Independent praising Wallace H. White Jr. for the Republican senatorial nomination and urging Bath voters to back White over Ex-Gov Brewster, while expressing hope to vote for White in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Australia
Oliver V. Webster
Bath
the Independent
New Zealand
Brisbane
Newcastle
Sidney
Melbourne
Vic
Adelaide
Auckland
Wellington
Dunedin
Byrd
Oceanica
Brewster
White
Congress
Republic
Wallace H. White, Jr
Personal notes on local residents and visitors
Mrs. Milton S. Kimball returned to Augusta from an overnight visit with Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball of High street. Mrs. Carl French and daughter Juanita of Rockland visit Mrs. French's father Edward Rice on Highland street after the death of her mother. Miss Irene A. Jenkins of Bath Laundry takes her annual vacation, spending part of it in Stamford, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Carl French
Juanita
Rockland
French
Edward Rice
Highland Street
Irene A. Jenkins
Bath Laundry
Stamford
Conn
Woolwich and Auburn Community Notes and Local Travel
The column records church services in Woolwich and Auburn with Rev. T Herbert Fernald supplying for the Center congregation and a memorial service planned. It notes numerous local visits by residents, exams at Day's Ferry school, and extended visits by families to friends in Waldoboro Union and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day's Ferry School
Loretta Carlton
Georgetown
Woolwich
Arrowsie Wre
Ethel Stinson
Bath
Carolyn Stilphen
Union Bridge
Frank J. Walker
Boston
Walker
Capitol Island
Jane Feero
Evelyn Nickerson
First Baptist Church
T. Herbert Fernald
William Wright
Fernald
Waldoboro
Mr. Fernald
Social Evening in Gardiner Nets Nine Dollar Proceeds
South Dresden residents attended an ice cream social hosted by the Church Guild at the vestry last Wednesday evening. Proceeds totaled about nine dollars. Citizens visiting relatives in West Dresden, South Windham, and Richmond areas were noted, including the Siegars and Burgess families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Siegars
Joe
Joseph Burgess
Heather Marquis
Gardiner
Church Guild
Vestry
Lewis Lowell
Clair
Mary Chee
Ruth
South Windham
West Dresden
South Dresden
Richmond Sargent
Harry Hatch
G. L. Siegars
Richmond
Arthur. Siegars
Arline
South End
Real estate transfers in Bath and nearby towns
Transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds include Esther G. Oliver et al to John H. Green in Bath, Fred B. Reed to Henry C. Rowé, City of Bath to Daniel L. Moody, Edmund Russell Davis to Merrill B. Rolfe in Bowdoin, Joseph E. Blaisdell to Azelda L. Rowe in Georgetown, Foster B. Reserve to Ray G. Hanson in Topsham, and Arthur B. Duncan to Malcolm L. Doble in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc Registry of
Esther G. Oliver
Als
John H. Green
Fred B. Reed
Henry C. Rowé
City of Bath
Daniel L. Moody
Bowdoin
Edmund Russell Davis
Merrill B. Rolfe
Georgetown
Joseph E. Blaisdell
Azelda L. Rowe
Topsham
Striking Picture for Farmers and Maine’s Growth
A speaker emphasizes home opportunities for farmers and national growth. He notes Maine will lose a congressman in 1932 and argues the state has not grown population or wealth proportionally, urging united effort to develop resources and provide profitable employment for residents.
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Maine
Development Commission
Boston
New England
Vermont
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
South Dakota
Illinois
Congress
Nalewin
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C. E. Titus
Titus
Methodist Church
Minnie Bem
Ford
Watford
U.C.C
Haggett’s Garage
Ford Dealers
Richard Palmer
Waterville
Mr. Palmer
Maine Central
Rebecca Nash
A. Williams Lineau
Ray Wy
Norway Mepicing Co
Norway
Aphrodite
Placida
L. F
Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
Eugene Stover, Jr
Popham Beach
S. S. Mullin
Master Stover
Eugene Stover
Joseph
Stover
Catherine Mullaney
Park Street
Walter Hill
Beachmont
Dresden
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
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