Society Gossip At the Old Ladies Home in Bath
Rev Culbert McGay led a Sunday service for six teen residents at Bath Old Ladies Home. it was the first since spring and brought comfort to inmates unable to attend church regularly. Dr A B Hervey travels to Boston and then to the Pacific coast visiting schools and hoping to reach Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Tuskegee Institute. Miss Carrie B Plant tops a nurse class at Massachusetts General, with five others chosen. various local society notes follow including college preaching plans, nurse Florence Daley’s visit, Bowdoin Knights event, and social visits among Bath residents.
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Old Ladies
Culbert McGay
Bath
Noble Institution
A. B. Hervey
Boston
Harvey
Pacific Coast
Texas
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Hervey
California
Carrie B. Plant
Massachusetts General Hospital
Simmons College
Fenway
Florence Daley
Trust Hospital
Biddeford
Bowdoin Castle
Knights of King Arthur
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Brunswick
Castle Warwick
Central Congregational Church
Maine Pomological Society Elects Officers at Norway Meeting
The Maine State Pomological Society met in Norway this week and elected officers led by Dr. George M. Twitchell of Auburn as president and E. L. White of Bowdoinham as vice president. The group showcased Maine fruit and local members attended from the county. A fountain gifted by fourteen girls arrived and will be installed Monday with a bronze tablet being engraved.
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Maine State
Torrey’s
New Jersey
Married in Dresden Sets A Cold November Day
John Conrad Lovendale tied the knot with Mary Grace Getchell in Dresden with Rev. Charles P. Wittridge officiating. The region saw its coldest morning of fall as the mercury hovered around 27 above and ground froze solid. Z. F. Swett of Boothbay Harbor visited the city, recalling his years as a ship carpenter and former Boothbay Marine railway foreman now aged eighty two.
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John Conrad Lovendale
Mary Grace Getchell
Dresden
Charles P. Wittridge
Z. F. Swett
Boothbay Harbor
Swett
Boothbay
Two Smart Old Men From Harmon's Harbor
Eben Moore of Harmon's Harbor and Rowe are highlighted as veterans noted for health and activity. Moore, born August 31, 1817, at 92 remains strong, recalling long sea years with vessels like the Robinhood and Kennebec, weathering 1845 Chaulenur fishing with hand lines and varied fare, then settling in Georgetown circa 1850 to farm and live quietly with family, faith, and seafaring memory.
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Eben Moore
Harmon's Harbor
Georgetown
West Gardiner
Joseph
Eleanor Trafton Moore
Damariscotta Pond
Woolwich
Moore
Mill Island
Potter
Mr. Moore
Navy Yard
Charlestown
Hickory
John Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Joseph Berry
West Indies
Robinhood
Gen. Berry
John Berry
John L. Berry
Kennebec
William Penn
Bay of Chaulenur
Busy Georgetown woman earns big from sugar doughnuts
Lizzie Tarr, lifelong Georgetown resident and butter maker, sold sugar doughnuts at E. C. Merry’s store. In 32 days she sold 5200 at a cent each, netting a substantial sum after expenses while delivering milk, tending 150 chickens, and running her farm with her husband. She also sells butter and buttermilk to local customers and has been a paper subscriber since its start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Tarr
Georgetown
E. C. Merry
Robinhood Cove
New Bath Street Railway Names Fred A Fuller Superintendent
Fred A Fuller was appointed superintendent of the Bath division on Thursday morning. A longtime employee, he earned praise for keeping the local line open through harsh winters and is valued by workers for his hard work and leadership.
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Fred A. Fuller
Bath
Street Railway
November blueberries from Five Islands picked Thursday
The Independent received a small box of blueberries harvested Thursday by Sadie E. Harley of Five Islands. The note praises the region’s climate as capable of producing berries in mid November.
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Independent
Sadie E. Harley
Five Islands
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Andover Theological Seminary
Harvard
Union Seminary
New York City
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D. T. Percy’s
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Brooklyn
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Popham
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Thomas W. Hyde
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