The Second War With England By Rev H O Thayer
The author recounts brutal naval practices in the British Navy during the War of 1812 era, including impressment, flogging, and harsh discipline. He cites cases from Wiscasset and Randolph, describes systemic cruelty, and notes reforms in both Britain and the United States, ending with a promise of further discussion on the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Britain
Washington
Africa
John Allen
Topsham
Maine
Wiscasset
Liverpool
France
Robert Randall
James Cotterill
Eastern Argus
Portland
Army
Cobbett
United States
Double wedding dominates Bowdoinham social news
A double wedding at the home of James H. Ames on Main Street Bowdoinham linked Miss Bessie Ames to Rev J Lewis Sawyer and Mrs Carrie Dodge to Mr Paul Ames. The ceremony used autumn arch decor with Rev Charles Lowell and Rev Niles N Reed officiating. The couples, gifts, and post ceremony travels to Central Maine and Athens Penn were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
F. A. Andrews
FE. C. Edgecomb
S. D. Thorn
Lewiston
Ham
James H. Ames
Main St
Bowdeinham
Bessie Ames
J. Lewis
J. H. Ames
Mes
Sawyer
Charles Lowell
Roscoe Given
Mrs. Ames
Richmond
Maine
Mrs. Sawyer
Portland
Athen, Penn
Bowdoinham
Imes
Yom Kippur Observance Described as Day of Atonement
The holiest Jewish day, Yom Kippur, is observed as a 24 hour fast beginning at sunset Tuesday and ending Wednesday night. Devout Jews seek repentance through meditation, prayer, and good works during the Great White Fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Morse High School grid schedule and season sales tactics
Morse High School football announces a fall schedule with games at Bath against Lisbon Falls Rockland Cony Lewiston and Oakland plus a home opener versus Lisbon Falls. Cony meets Augusta and Deering hosts Deering with an Open date on Nov 21. Players canvassed town selling tickets and promise value. John D Small of Bowdoinham visiting town Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Football Association
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Rockland High
Rock
Cony High
Lewiston
Tochland
Cony
Augusta
Deering
Kelley Field
Liston Falls
Obituary Notice for Harriet Sprague Coombs
Word was received from Groton Connecticut of the death of Harriet Sprague Coombs on August 22 at Memorial Hospital. She was born in Bath and lived in Groton eight years with her son Migene M Nash and sister Annie Auld. Survived by three half sisters and her son, funeral in Groton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Clark
Randolph
Mass
Salem
Clark
Groton, Conn
Harriet Sprague Coombs
Memorial Hospital
Coombs
Bath
Groton
Migene M. Nash
Annie Auld
Coomis
Senate
Wealthy Sprague
Ellen Pizero
Taunton
Charlotte Rogers
Malden
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H. O. Thayer
John M. Clark
Conducted BY
Wm.c. Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
Village Lodge
Pilgrims
Richmond A. A
Sedgeley Brothers
Ray
Douglas
Horace Millay
F. K
Jack
Litchfield
Monmouth
Emma Ferguson
Margaret Purinton
Brunswick
Mabel Hughes
W. S. Given
C. P. Bates
Boston
G. P. Adderton
Baptist Church
George Powers
Methodist Church
A. F. Reeves
Brunswick Potato Exchange
T. W. Skelton
Hazel Holden
Skowhegan
Margaret Chapman
William Chapman
Harrison
Sarah Elliott
C. D. Fish
Cornwall-on-the- Hudson
New York
B. B. Douglass
F. W. Cowles
Grant
E. S. Crosby
Higgins
Bowdoin Center
Maine St
Fleeta Chapter
O.F.S
A. E. Williams
Boothbay
Nellie G
Ira M. Frost
L. M. Fulton
Brown
Viola Coombs
Cornish
Pleasant St
Albert Henderson
E. E. Gifford
Brockton
Herbert Newton
Augusta City Hospital
Etiotme
Iala Ois
McKey
James Pratt
Sherman Pratt
the King OF the
al Ridley
Jeon D. Small of
Hockomock
People’s Ferry Co
Bath and Woolwich
Miss Vaughan
Edward Vaughan
Peck
Oxford
Schou
Johnson Bros. Co
Bath, Maine
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