Busy Sagadahoc Probate Court Hears Wills and Admin Proceedings
Judge James S. Lowell presided over a crowded Sagadahoc county probate session. Wills received included John H. Tucker of Bath and estates of several Bath residents with named executors. Guardian appointments, administration grants, accounts filed and allowed, inventories, and petitions for adoptions and licenses to sell real estate were acted on, with multiple estates in Topsham Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Lowell
Sagadahoc County
John H. Tucker
Bath
Frank Brown
Sarah E. Bonney
James Why Bonney
Susan Gibbs
Walter G. Glidden
Michael Welch
Hannah Gurney
Charles B. Furber
William A. Furber
Grngle C. Burnham
Winfield Scott Cressey
Gertrude A. Myer
John C. Hull
Mary A. Hull
Topsham
Mary E. Pero
William T. Pero
Henry W. Hanson
Edith M. Trott
Thomas &. Cromwell
Georgetown
Ina Belle
Alice H. Cromwell
Rachel R. Barnes
Rachel P. Cobbett
Frank H. Barnes
Eva Tardiff
Augusti Poitras
Georges Vasillen Greatron
Philip Vasilleux Zoudes
Maud P. Welch
C. C. Low
Mary G. Foster
Henry W. Cornish
Thomas J. Castonguay
Octave Castonguay
Gertrude A. Meyer
Alice S. Dain
Charles J. Dain
Andrew Hudde
Michael Madar
Gayle C. Burnham
Florence L. Burnham
Charles A. Corliss
Della M. Fish
Miranda D. Corliss
Wilbur C. Oliver
Thomas Gibbs
William H. Newell
Emily C. Tobin
Lewiston
James G. Dunning
Harriet P Dunning
Daniel S. Jaques
Charles H. Doyle
Bowdoin
Jane Mary Shepard
Mary F. S. Blaisdell
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Lester G
Alton H. Hathaway
William D. Cutting
Phippsburg
Carrie F. Cutting
Guardian
Harriet Elizabeth Morse
Elizabeth E. Morse
Marie
William F
Clifton L. Babb
Viola A. Ventour
Richmond
Ruth Arline Bell
Hiram M. Merriman
Brunswick
Adaline P. Merriman
Augustus M. Merriman
John W. Pennell
Bruns Wick
Mac Dowell trio entertains soldiers at Fort Baldwin
Three members of the Mac Dowell concert company from Fitchburg performed at Fort Baldwin Tuesday night to a full house. Mrs E B Heywood led the event with Grace Day Getchell as pianist and Camilla Hubel of Detroit on flute. Officers and soldiers praised the concert as a highlight of the season. Separately Mr and Mrs A B Perkins of Augusta travel to Los Angeles for the winter, while Howard Hawley of Augusta visits his father Captain James W Hawley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDowell Concert Company
Fitchburg
Fort Baldwin
E. B. Heywood
Grace Day Getchell
Heywood
Camilla Hubel
Detroit
Down River Fort
A. B. Perkins
Augusta
Bath
Los Angeles
Calif
Bath area social notes and local visits reported
Georgetown residents and visitors are listed with where they stayed, whom they visited, and small town events. Names include Mrs. A E Rowe Mrs. J Everett Jewett Miss Bertha A Russell and others with mentions of Bowdoin football, Five Islands Grange and Red Cross note. John Murphy in France and Romeo Mains recovery plus travel updates are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Wood
Bath
Edward M. Horton
Five Islands
A. E .Rowe
Unn Cushing
Robinhood
Red Cross
Bertha A. Russell
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
League
J. Everett Jewett
Howard Heald
Lydia Oliver
Oliver
Mark Marr
Marrtown
Warsesboro
Daugter
Frank Taylor
Dayton Hunt
Thoma
Williams
Fred Hinckley
West Georgetown
Islesford
James Nixon
Eugene Reynolds
William Wardwell
Medford
Mass
Edward J. Murphy
John
France
Hood's Sarsaparilla Peptiron and Hood's Pills Ad
Promotes a medicinal combination claimed to boost vitality vigor and endurance. It lists sarsaparilla wax iron and pepsin as active ingredients and suggests benefits for those run down with poor blood weak nerves or liver sluggishness. Ends with an advertising endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Williamsport Woman Rebounds With Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs Clyde Edwards of Williamsport Pennsylvania details relief from stomach trouble and improved health after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She reports reduced stomach pain gas, no headaches, increased strength, and restored appetite. The ad notes pills may be mailed 50 cents per box six for $2.50 and offers a free diet book What to Eat and How to Eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Clyde Edwards
High Street
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Ady
Cosmopolitan Club Names Nine New Members At Meeting
The Cosmopolitan club held its monthly meeting at the club house on Tuesday night with President Eleanor P. Irish presiding. Nine new members were voted in as active members: Mary A. Hersey Grayce L. Bickford Vivian Miller Mrs. George Robinson Mrs. Harry Bruso Mrs. Mary E. Coombs Miss Elva M. Barak Miss Elsa R. Shackley and Miss Alma E. Douglas. A Christmas sale of food and fancy articles was approved for club benefit with date to be announced. Alfie Jacobs volunteered to lead the food table and Ruth Thompson for the care of the fancy articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Eleanor P. Irish
Mary A. Hersey
Grayce l L. Bickford
Vivian Miller
George Robinson
Harry Bruso
Mary E. Coombs
Elva M. Barak
Elsa R. Shackley
Alma E. Douglas
Alfie Jacobs
Ruth Thompson
War Fund Drive Underway in Georgetown and Five Islands
A seven day drive begins to raise 170.5 million dollars for Army and Navy welfare. Seven organizations unite to fund physical moral and mental benefits for servicemen. Georgetown and Five Islands target 400 dollars with Mrs Ned Horton leading a house to house canvass starting Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Georgetown
Islands
Ned Horton
Five Islands residents gather for social and town updates
Alonzo McMahan returns to Cambridge after visiting relatives. Bath residents Ida Rowe and others arrive home. Mrs. Ida Rowe starts silk department duties at D. T. Percy’s in Bath. Grange and Ladies’ Aid events draw crowds with pies, coffee, and a cake auction netting 8.12. Harvest supper postponed. Red Cross, social, and fishing plans mentioned along with illness in France and a Grange program of readings, solos, and debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo McMahan
Cambridge
F. H. Rittal
Bath
Ida Rowe
Alfred Rowe
Chas. Boucher
W. Grey
Lester Davis
H. McFadden
EB. M. Horton
Charles Boucher
J. M. Harford
Sylvia Boucher
D. T. Percy
Grange
Amelia Grey
Alice Cromwell
Miss C. Scripter
Lila MacMahan
Dorothy Pinkham
S. G. Haskell
Eva Beals
Ethel Todd
Marion Buzzo
Stearns Scott
Leon Williams
Georgetown
Red Cross
Grange Hall
W. H. Holland
Ida H. Rowe
J. S. MacMathan
George Gray
Clyde Pinkham
Camp Devens
T. D. Reid
Wiscasset
Percy Rowe
L. H. Rowe
Local club plans fall play and aids war effort drive
The club appoints committees for the month and discusses hosting a Thanksgiving play at the Columbia theatre. A French girl will be cared for by the club for a year. A successful shower replenished house supplies, and Margaret Hanson spoke on war work campaigns to boost morale for the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Wyman
Columbia Theatre
Rogers
Harold M. Sewall
Margaret Hanson
Paris
Salvation Army
Bath church funds and civic notes dominate meeting
Central parish annual meeting cites strong finances despite higher electric costs. Maj. William R. Kimball reelected moderator and clerk Miss Margaret Foote reappointed treasurer. Will of Hiram M. Merriman probated with modest bequests. Winter Street church auxiliary opens missionary program with book study The Women of the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Parish
William R. Kimball
Margaret Foote
Owen J. Ledyard
Albert H. Shaw
Edmund P. Briggs
Amory McL.houghton
Frank B. Nichols
Woman’s Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
Elsie Folsom
William Wardwell
Abbie Carter
Women of the Orient
Fred Sturtevant
Arthur Foster
Honest old time prescription remedy advertised in 1910s catalog
An advertisement touts L F Atwood's Medicine as a quick relief for gas pressure heaviness sour stomach and drowsiness. It claims cleansing of impure accumulations improves condition and touts extreme value at one cent per dose or 50 cents price with Portland Maine maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.F.” Atwood
L. F
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland
Women Ready for Big Campaign In Bath Industries
Posters and advertising material have been sent to major Bath plants including Kel ley Spear Co Texas Steamship Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Pendleton Bros Percy Small G G Deering Co and others. Plants plan strong drives next week to support the war fund with church posters also distributed. Miss Jane Whitmore heads to Tampa for winter staying with Mr and Mrs Thomas S Gibbons after leaving the Fortnightly Club presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kelley, Spear Co
Texas Steamship Co
Bath Ironworks
Hyde Windlass Co
Pendleton Bros., Inc
Percy & Small G. G. Deering Co
the Times
Jane Whitmore
Tampa
Florida
Washington Street
Thomas S. Gibbons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thompson
Howard Hawley
Capt
James W.hawley
Sam
Coats
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods
the House of Better Merchandise
Charles Green
Watson
Sarah
Mabel Pinkham
Belle Heald
Frank Heald
Mary Iee
Waltham
Charles W. Oliver
Edgar Hunt
Romeo C. Mains
American Railways Express
Freeport
Cosmopoltan Club
Thomas Hanna
Vivian Beals
Florabel Moore
Grey, Scott, Berry and
Rowe
Amanda Blaisdell
Azura Holland
Rev. W. T. Boyd
Grange Reading
Evie Beats
Reading
America
Villa Stevens
James F. Will Co
Central
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Maine
A. B. Watson
New York
Union Street
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