Prohibition Speech Leads Maine Visit From Commander Hobson
Westport reports Commander Hobson will speak in support of prohibition in Maine. The piece also notes a snow flurry in Scranton, Taft's planned Maine yachting trip, and a series of local and national incidents from ship launches to rail crashes and aviation feats, with several Maine residents mentioned in social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Maine
Scranton
Taft
Virginia
Palmer
Mass
Patience Mitchell
Dorchester
Cape Porpoise
Pownall’s prophetic view of America and Lincoln county lore
The piece recounts Thomas Pownall’s advocacy for American independence and free ports, his warnings against entangling alliances and slavery, and his far-reaching forecast of a naval and commercial American power. It notes his influence on Lincoln County's naming and a Dresden relic—a governor’s commission signed for Daniel Meserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
John Adams
France
America
Benjamin Franklin
Holland
Pownall
Hudson Bay Company
Thut
William Phips
Maine
Washington
Special Intereets
Franklin
Pownalborough
Cumberland
Lincoln
Benjamin Lincoln
Lincoln County
Hingham
Dresden
Pownal
Massachusetts Bay
Thomas Pownall
Massacusetts Bay
New England
Pownall Papers and Early Land Grants Remembered in Maine
A 1758 Boston signed commission linked to Captain Jedediah Preble hints at Canada invasion plans and Harvard College ownership of 300 acres in Pownalborough once tied to the Plymouth Company. The Maine notes recount local families, births, visits, and sickness across Arrowsic Fore and surrounding towns with multiple residents mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regiment of Foot
Jedediah Preble
Canada
Boston
Pownall
Th. Pownall
Scarboro
Pownalborough
Plymouth Company
Thomas Pownall
Harvard College
Dresden
Gartiny
Wiscasset
Bath area social notes from last week
Mrs Harvey Jordan visited relatives in Bath last week Miss Alma Holbrook fell ill with a planany attack Rev Mr Chase preached at the Baptist church Sunday Miss Rook of North Bath recent guest of Mrs Frank Groves Sidney and Samuel Holbrook took a river trip Sunday Harold Wilson entertained locals with a social evening Refreshments were served Harvest concert plans at the church for the first of October
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannonsburg
Penn
Edward Bennett
Thomaston
Congress
Boston
Bath
Dorothy B. Barrett
Marrant
Cape Cod
Helen Williams
Richmond
Rivadavia
Fore River Iron Works
Quines
Mass
Launchel
Lehigh Valley
Manchester
Mack Hand
New York City
Lexington Avenue
Dave Buck
Elm
Tbe
Buck
Lexington
Charleston
Guy Hosmer
Phippsboro
Pullman Company
Pullman
North Star
New York
Portland
Collison
East River
Delaware
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Harvey Jordan
Alma Holbrook
Mr. Chase
Othe Baptist Church
Miss Rook
North Bath
Prank Groves
Sidney
Samuel Holbrook
Harold Wilson
Nursery stock sales begin for next year deliveries
Notices indicate representatives are circulating for nursery stock orders to be delivered next season. Local suppliers and growers push preorders as customers secure inventory ahead of planting cycles.
Cable laid from Spruce Point to Squirrel Island
The telephone company completed a new one mile cable run between Spruce Point and Squirrel Island. Company officials and guests observed the process and dined at the Squirrel Inn after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce Point
Squirrel Island
Squirrel Inn
Patent medicine advertisements from old paper page
Advertisements promote Dean's Regulats for constipation and Burdock Blood Bitters as a blood purifier. Dean's Ointment claims to cure piles, while Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil offers quick relief for earache toothache burns hoarseness and sore throat. A drugstore listing reiterates minor remedies and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Thomas
Eclectic
Monarch
Winnegance Notes of Travel and Local Visits
In Winnegance many residents report visitors and short trips. Milestones include Klams Misa Alice Williams of Boston visiting grandmother Mrs George Williams, and the Oliver family returning from Bay Point cottages. Several families travel between Winnegance, Dresden, and Brunswick area towns, with many guests staying at relatives’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pearl Smith
Hopedale
Mass
George Richardson
Bernice Richardson
Misa Alice Williams
Boston
George Williams
Eugene Knicht
Marty
Anne Oliver
Wisceeset
Edwin Small
Hyde Windlass
John
Brewster
Arthur
Stratton
N. H
Edgar Willams
Sybil Hendlette
South Dresden
Winfield Morse
Eleanor Morse
Dresden
Jennie Eaton
Bay Point
Abram C. Oliver
Marion
Almon Perry
Marie
Randolph
Lester Perry
William C. Preble
Margaret Wyman
Alice Adams
Dedham
Maas
Obadiah Tras
Small Point
Winneganee
Chester
Frank Talbot
Ernest Allan
Keene, N. H
Allan
Don F. Cook
George Dennison
Freeport
Dennison
George Merritt
Myra Merritt
Alfred Purington
Walter C.perry
M. J. Purington
Annie Purington
Miss Raffenell
Purington
Quaker Point
Eva Cook
Wil‘am R. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Gertrude Williams
Lewiston
Charles H. Wil
Ida Avery Returns Home to Care for Ill Mother
Ida Avery, once employed in Portland, came back Saturday to care for her ailing mother. Mr and Mrs L Gale and their daughter are mentioned in the brief notice as connected with the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse F. Ames
Upper Mills
Philadelphia
Ernest Galvin
H. E. Greenleaf
A.E. Gove
Green Mountain
James H. Thomas
Salem
Mass
Ethel
Annie Knight
T. F. Knight
Bath
Ida Avery
Portland
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Westport
William Brooks
Malden
W. J. Dunton
Crosby Coattie
Leosen
The
Independent
Rangers
Daniel Meserve
John Libby
California Fig Syrup
Stork
Arrowsic
Bion Shea
Eliza Drummond
Parker Stinson
David Stinson
James McFarland
J. H. Snipe
Ethel Southes
M. C. Drummond
Peaslice and
Stott
Emma Walker
Miss Alice
Dixfield
Fletcher
Castoria
Rth
Castor
Bears
Cemtaur Company
York City
News OF
Winnegance
Klams
Nannie E. Trask
Romandell Gale
Durham
Dora Curtis
Jonas Edwards
Auburn
Bowdoin Center Church
Leafy Babb
Sylvia Furbush
Providence
R. I
Moses Brown
Edwin Crockett
Marjorie
A. D. Strout
Percy Lane
Alberta
W. L. Varney
Schenectady
N. Y
Wadsworth
Sabattus
Mariel Stront
Hannah Alexander
Ellen Alexander
Hortonville
Wis
Delia Alexander
Littl
C. H. Allen
Hardy
Alfred Morgan
Medford
H. Z. Kip
Edward
van Harden
Lacey Merrill
Nashville
Tenn. Co
Carvittle & Co
Brown Place
Cecile Small
Bertha Bickford
Mechanic Falla
Charles Williams
Mattie Grover
Lisbon
Lucy Small
Andrew Pratt
Litchfield Corner
Pratt
Florence Libby
Litchfield
Elsie Pratt
Myrtle Baker
Litchfield Academy
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