Owls Head Wins Bit Staite Flag at Maine Club Event
The Maine Three-Quarter Catney Club held its first state wide meeting in August under Mulle Mubberbearth auspices. Walter DL Thurber reports 14,016 eligible residents. Jaki Qaehaied of Ported leads aging members. Gold medals awarded to Mrs. Mary Wateranise and Cyrtis Chrtersu. Owl's Thend named state flag winner. Rear Admiral W. Whimsall elected president with officials from Dover Foxcroft and Presque Isle among executive members.
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Maine
United States
Walter DL ‘Thurber
Thai Association
Ter
Aiilest Beims Airs
Jaki Qaehaied
Ported
Mary AL Wateranise
Cyrtis Op
Owl
State of Maine
W. Whimsall
Kepdchairts Wyre
W. Wodxeanp
Porthiml
Personal notes of visits around Bath and Dover-Foxcroft
Hon Frank J. Guernsey and Mrs Guernsey with sons from Dover-Foxcroft visited Bath after a week end at South Bristol. Names include Mrs John Melunes and sons Duncan Reiger and John and others. Meade and family members visited local friends. Some names and places are uncertain due to OCR errors but indicate social visits among Bath and nearby towns.
Vast probate actions glow in Sagadahoc court session
Judge James S. Lowell oversaw a busy September term in Sagadahoc probate court with numerous wills admitted. Executorships appointed without bond covered Warington Woodman Walker Lee Rand and others, while administrations, inventories, and final accounts for residents of Bath Richmond Woolwich and Bowdoin were filed or approved. Inheritance tax determinations and a name change adoption were noted, with real estate sales certificates filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Lowell
Sagadahoc
Frances M. Warington
Bath
Horace B
Frederick C. Woodman
William C. Walker
Richmond
Grace E. Walker
William H. White
F. LV. Watten
Charles W. Lee
West Bath
Annie F. Lee
Maria W. Williams
Sidney J. Eaton
John H. Veterson
Buth
Harry B. Sawyer
William L. Rankins
Ethel M. Rankins
James A. O'Hara Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Nina A. O'Hara
Lulu GG. Miller
Leonard P. Miller
Arthur W. H. Rand
Beatrice FE. Rand
Fred F. Butler
Anna EF. Butler
James E. Dale
Annie LD. Dale
Katharine E. Condon
Walter Hl. Sturtevant
John HL. Haley
Ann FE. Hiley
Woolwich
Josiah LL. Walker
Josephine Walker
Ray Vurinton
Chira Vurinton
Topsham
Arthur A. Brown
Harry Brown
Merrill McIkenney
Harry Sk. Fishback
Lillian A. Johnson
Algernou
Kk. Blair
Edwin M. Wytusan
Lectina LY Wyman
Phippsburg
Frederic W. Baker
Richard Rexsamer Baker
Viola G. Hogan
William E. Hogan
William N. Rankings
Mary A. Brown
Etta F. Borchers
Ora A. Toothaker
Alberta
J. Knight
William J
Bertha G. Sturtevant
Alice Rodgers
Alice Rosalie Sturtevant
Etta I. Borchers
Knight
William IX. Hogan
Eliza J. Baker
John H. Mayers
Obituary Ida Engley of Bath Dies at 68
Ida Engley 68 widow of Albert Engley of Bath died Tuesday night at Jones sanitarium Union born Bowdeinham October 5 1857 daughter of Albion and Elizabeth Idack lived in Bath since age 16. She leaves three sisters Mrs Fred J Corliss Woolwich Mrs William Olver Bath and Mrs Clara Flagg Mattapan Mass funeral Thursday at 3 30 p m at former home 22 Bedford Street Bath.
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Ida KE. Engley
Albert Engley
Bath
Jones’ Sanitarium
Union
Sue
Bowdeinham
Albion
Elizabeth Idack
Fred J’. Corliss
Woolwich
Wiliam
Olver
Clara Flagg
Mattapan
Mass
Bedford Street
Three Hurt As Cars Collide In Head On Crash
Mrs Allen C Brown and daughter Margaret of Phippsburg and Arthur McCobb of Winchester Mass were injured in a head on collision on lower High street. The Studebaker carried Brown and Margaret with Grace and Carlton Brown Edna and Katherine Weston while McCobb was alone in a Ford. Mrs Brown suffered a bad head wound and windshield gouge. Margaret was cut and bruised. McCobb had a deep cut on his right leg and a hand wound. The crash occurred on a rise near the Captain Permington home, a known dangerous stretch, with police and detectives surveying the scene and noting positions and distances between vehicles.
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Allen C. Brown
Margaret
Phippsburg
Arthur McCobb
Winchester
Mass
Lower High Street
Studebaker
Mr. McCobb
Hath
Ford
Capt. Purington
McCobb
Mr. Brown
Chester McCabe
MacCobb
Thorne's Head Fire Calls Out Department
A woman reports a forest fire on the Henry C. Rowe estate at Thorne's Head. Fire units 4 and 2 respond, Hose and Hook and Ladder arrive, crews haul hundreds of feet of hose, and the pumper delivers a strong stream. Control is gained and houses on the estate are saved.
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Independent
Down Street
Henry C. Rowe
Thorne’s Head
Washington Street
Big Hill
State Fair Racing Officials Named for Lewiston Meet
William EB Lawless, superintendent of the horse department at the Lewiston Maine State Fair, announces officials for the September to 10 meeting. Start er Ltarry H Lee Augusta judges H J Williams Hartland J B Seavey Auburn J M Stevens Okckland timers W H Tibbetts Auburn J M Johnson Lewiston Dr L L Pendleton Auburn marshal Jos Ward Yarmouth patrol judges Frank Pride Dr Col Wirk Lewiston exhibition judges Dr G K E Che ssey Rochester N Y Dr A I Chase Dover and G Milton Hatch New Vinesward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William EB. Lawless
Lewiston
Maine State Fair
Ltarry H. Lee
Augusta
H. J. Williams
Hartland
New lock for mail pouch patented by Portland clerk
R W E Smith, a Portland postoffice clerk, patents a semi circular leather clad steel mail pouch lock with a round key and notches to fit tumblers. It aims to safeguard first class and registered mail in transit between post offices and depots.
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R. W.E. Smith
Portland Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Washington
Smith
Mr and Mrs Sisk Return to New York City
Mr and Mrs Robert Sisk have been spending the summer with Mrs Sisk's sister Mrs Charles Vlaisted on Park Street and returned to New York on Monday.
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Robert Sisk
Bonney leaves Bowdoinham for Gardiner move
State Treasurer Hon W L Bonney and his wife have sold their Bowdoinham home and moved to Gardiner where they purchased a residence. Friends report he has long been a respected town figure and will be missed. the Bonneys plan happiness in their new home. The town scene lists guests, locals and visitors including Mrs. Edna Moody of Chelsea, Miss Clara N. Fogg and many others, with social calls, shifts in office staff, and assorted summer outings noted.
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William L. Bonney
Gardiner
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Trips
Marion and Hazel Mealey visited Mr and Mrs Emery Sedgley. Verona Moore worked at the telephone office until school starts. Carrie Merrill and Master Jimnie were Worthind visitors Monday. Bert enjoyed summer in Biddeford with Uncle Samuel Thorne. Miss Mary Wilson of Portland guest of sisters Margaret and Frances Wilson. Verona Moore a weekend guest of Mrs Esther Rogers. Jack Browne family and Lysle Cornish returned to West Medford after two weeks’ town vacation, staying at Amberhind house. Star aid to meet Friday with Mrs Horace Whitney for an all day session and picnic lunch. Philip Rideout and Miss Eva drove back from Niagara Falls. Rev J G Rogers and four children of Lewiston visited. Herbert Norton and William Craft of Bath with Laura visited Mrs Charles H Blair. William H Shea of Bath, T L Pearce of Lynn, James W Wilson of Philadelphia were weekend guests. Sherman Graves and Mrs Mary Graves guests. Miss Helen Randall also there. Heil family left for Buffalo after two weeks with Ray Douglass family. trip by auto. Many townspeople moved to Brunswick Friday. Centers Point road to Darton farms improved. C A Newton spent week in Dry Mills with daughter Mrs Frank Rossi. Hazel Abbott of Deverly visited Mrs F A Small. Mrs Charles Hackett ill with neuritis but improving. Bertha Cour and daughter from Coventry visiting Mr and Mrs George L Blackett. Several attended Three-Quarter Century club meeting at Augusta Tuesday.
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W. L. Bonney
Gardiner
Bonney
John Browne
Jackie
Lysle Cornish
C. L. Browne
Pleasant Street
Lorenzo Minott
Gordon Brearey
L. F. Welch
W. d. Graves
New Meadows
Edna Moody
Chelsea
Mass
FL AL Small
Fred H., Graves
Steffont Springs
Conn
W. J. Graves
Walter Casey
Wortlu
A. Getchell
Clara N. Fogg
W. B.ourton
Abbie Gage
Kay Douglas
Roger
KL. W. Warren
H. E. Cornish
Jackson
Paul Ames
G. E. Hil
South Portland
Roy Temple
W. B. Kendall
Sherman Graves
Augusta
Jessie M. Ames
James H. Ames
Mary T. Purinton
Frank D. Carson
Richard
Benton
Davis
Willard
Framingham
Viola Coombs
Miss Coombs
Bowdoin
New Meadows Inn
William Raymond
Berlin
N.hs
Albion Raymond
Charles Bellows
Winslow
H. S. Dodge
Teaimariscotta
Carrie Kendall
Marshal Gifford
Hinckley
Addie
Annie Logan
Charles H. McEwen
Edwin Risteen
Thomaston
Walter Wratt
Richmond
Lizabeth Gass
Jack
Shaw's Business College
Lb. B. Temple Farm
Spear Farm
State Road
Nf. S. Dodge
Sogadahoe Fertilizer Co
Edwin Denham
Maxwell Ward
Waterville
Ames
Gordon Breurey
Geneva
N.Y
Dbreurey
Louise Clark
Hattie Perry
Marion
Hazel Mealey
Emery Sedgley
Verona Moore
Carrie Merrill
Jimnie
Bert
Biddeford
Samuel Thorne
Mary Wilson
Portland
Margaret
Frances Wilson
Esther Rogers
Jack Browne
Niagara Malls
J. G. Rogers
Lewiston
Herbert Norton
William J.craft
Laura
Bath
Charles H. Blair
Lowdoinham
William H. Shea
George A. Curtis
T. L. Pearce
Lynn
James W. Wilson
Philadelphia
Bowdoinham
Mary Graves
Helen Randall
Heil
Buffalo
N. Y
Ray Douglass
Brunswick
Centers Point
Darton Farms
C. A. Newton
Frank Rossi
Hazel Abbott
Deverly
F. A. Small
Charles Hackett
Bertha Cour
Coventry
George L. Tlackett
Local residents visit and move updates along Bowdoinham Post Road
Mr and Mrs George IF Temple of Worcester entertained guests including Mr and Mrs Fraggk Curtis and Mr and Mrs Bert Temple. Mrs Martha Long works at William HH Goulds. Mr and Mrs Sherman I Graves and daughter visit Mrs Mary Graves as Mr Graves plans to teach in New York. Gardiner couple visit A Frank Heath home. trips to Mooselockmegantic House at Haines Landing. Albert Smith family moved to Spear farm. Charles Hunt family moved to Almy farm with Hunt employed nearby. Davis family moved to Millay farm. Millay Bros exhibit cattle at Bangor fair earned blue ribbons.
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George IF. Temple
Worcester
Mass
Fraggk Curtis
Bert Temple
Martha Long
William HH. Gould
Sherman I. Graves
Mary Graves
Graves
New York
Western of
Gardiner
A. Frank Heath
Charles Whitbrick
David Graves
Mary Heath
Herbert Heath
Mooselockmegantic House
Haines’ Landing
Albert Smith
Spear Farm
Charles Hunt
Almy Farm
Mr. Hunt
Poland Spring
Mr. Davis
Millay Farm
Millay Bros
Bangor Fair
Five Thousand Watches Pawned Daily in New York City
Daily reports indicate New York City sees about five thousand watches pawned each day. The figure highlights a high turnover in pawnshops reflecting steady demand for quick cash among residents.
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New York City
Last Hard Coal Cargo Goes Up Kennebec
The final cargo of hard coal for up river ports moved up the Kennebec to Gardiner. The tug Seguin towed the barge Vuckahoe with 1152 tons of anthracite for Gardiner Coal & Supply Co. The Seguin may remain at Augusta for barge Outelaunee discharges at War inten Bros Co. The Winsor, last built by Kelley, Spear Co., was brought down from Gardiner by Seguin, saluting the shipyard as the office was closed and no one answered.
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Seguin
Gardiner
Vuckahoe
Gardiner Coal & Supply Co
Augusta
Outelaunee
Warinten Bros.Co
Winsor
F. W. Munn.Transportation Co
Philadelphia
Richmond School Listings By Grade And Instructor
Richmond reports on schools across levels including Normal departments at Gorham and Farmington with multiple grades listed. Instructors include Miss Bertha Reynolds Miss Helen Morton and Mrs Hattie Quinan among others in Richmond and nearby towns.
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Vpage
Richmond
Eula L. Terrel
Gorham Normal School
Bertha Reynolds
South Gardiner
Marcia Baker
Hattie Quinnan
Helen Morton
Wheelock
Portland
Loretta Parks
Emma Lamereau
Doris Ryder
Litchfield
Elizabeth McMaster
Hazel Smith
Clinton
Louise Trott
Florence Karnes
Farmington Normal School
Bangor
ACCIDENTS MARK OPENING DAY AT WATERVILLE FAIR
At the Central Maine fair opening in Waterville two race drivers were injured and a race horse was killed. A pulling contest driver, Fred EB. Barron of Anson, died during the event. Other injuries included a broken ankle, broken collar bone, and three broken ribs among participants.
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Waterville
Peter Azoff
Fone
Jackson Grattan
Texas Game
Lady Mack
Buster Richardson
Robbie Waite
Minnie Direct
Richardson
Nelson
Texas Guin
Fred EB. Barron
Anson
Mrs Harry Cook and Hazel Return From New England Trip
Mrs Harry Cook and her daughter Hazel have come back after a weeklong outing in Norway New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Harry Cook
Hazel
Norway
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Alex
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Owls Head
T. Sprague
Dover Foxcroft
Henry Lord
Banger
Columbia Playford
Presque Isle
Mary Waterhouse
Secarboro
Frank J. Guernsey
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Pie Deat
Fiaut- Gontudd
Nome
Inter
Popham Beach
Edward ©. Meade
Sumner Im Bug- Peel
France
Meardle
2A. M. Cutler
Stafford
Judge Lowell
Ida E. Engley
John L. Wilson
Dridge-Merrill, Inc
Bath Department Store
Smash
Winneganee
Purington Home
Thorne
State Fair Racing Officials
J.D. Morv
Newcastle
Roma
Boston
Frank Bellento
Gloucester
Cester
Mr. Morse
Eastern Fisheries Co
Wiscasset
Morse
Ioxton
Ida Fowle
Mer
Carter
Bath Daily Times
Senter’s
Bowdoinham Post Road
Sabine
J. H. Stacey
Popham Beach, Maine
Men’s Furnishings
Bridge-Merrill
Waterville Fair
DELCO
Roy
H—Genthner
Waldoboro, Maine
C. KE. Baker
Merrymeeting Camp
Tel
Q. W. Wales
Five Islands
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