William King Maine’s First Governor Honored
A tribute recounts William King’s life from Scarborough to Bath and Topsham, his leading role in Maine’s independence, and his tenure as the state’s first governor. The article praises his strength, vision, and efforts toward religious liberty, economic development, and preservation of public lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William King
Maine
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts
Scarborough
Topsham
Bath
Brunswick
States of the Union
Great General Court
King
Great American Union
Kennebec
Muscular Backache Relief with Williams Pink Pills
The article explains backache from overwork or thin blood and suggests Dr Williams Pink Pills to rebuild blood and ease pain. Rest and tonic treatment are said to correct most backache forms including rheumatic types. Free books and mail order details are provided by the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Coal Stage Wreck at Larrabee Wharf Amid Tug Tow
On Tuesday around one o clock the riverfront near E W Larrabee's coal wharf saw a high collision as the tug Ariel towed the schooner Sunbeam away. A topmast stay broke the staging overhead causing the structure to collapse into the river and damage the boom davits and George Clough's launch. The Barter family aboard the Sunbeam escaped injury. Damages estimated at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Larrabee
Ariel
Hogan
Sunbeam
Barter
Augusta
George Clough
Mr. Larrabee
Small Point visitors and tennis finals this week
Dr and Mrs Upjohn and Miss Marguerite Upjohn plus Dorothy Foltz and Fred Lawrence Hall of New York and Cleveland resident Lawrence Hamill arrived at the Foltz cottage for a month. Hamill won the gentlemen s tennis finals at Small Point while the ladies final is set for Oct 24 at Garden City New Jersey between Miss Wigglesworth and Mrs Breck. Sylvia Wigglesworth, guest at Merlin cottage, returned to New York. An old fashioned dance at Society Hall Popham Beach featured square dances with Stevens providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upjohn
Marguerite
Dorothy Foltz
Philadelphia
Fred Lawrence Hall
New York
S. H. Conley
Boston
G. H. Stoddard
Worcester
Cyrus W. Longley
Georgetown
George T. Cutting
Emma Knowlton
Portland
Angus McLeod
Somerville
Popham
S. Elizabeth Love
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. W. Hanson
North End
Milton H. Reed
Exeter
N. H
Obadiah Gardner
J. L. McPherson
Edith
C. E. McNeal
Chester Wallace
Hazel Harrington
Alice
Alice E. Norris
G. R. Griffin
Dorothy
Griffin
J. B. Young
Charles Freeman
Lynn
H. H. Plummer
Ethel Freeman
Haverhill
Jane Woods
Biddeford
Trust Hospital
Miss Woods
Bath City Hospital
Belle A. Wallace
Hazel B. Harrington
Bath
Earl Cook
Hillsboro
John Minott
Mr. Cook
Methodist Society
Acheson
Lewiston
H. A. Huse
Bath Opera House
Mr. Huse
Madelyn Owen
Westport
Adams
Myrtle Norris
James Dailey
John
South Boston
Mr. Dailey
John Dailey
Maine Central
Social notes from Bath and surrounding towns
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels and calls from August to September 1915. Names include S H Conley, G H Stoddard, Cyrus W Longley, George T Cutting, Emma Knowlton and Edith Parks among many others. Public notices concern Sagadahoc probate matters about will proof and adoption annulment requests filed by Marie Louise Lobbe and Paul D Henseler with dates and court actions recorded.
Guardians Seek Sale of Real Estate for Ward Support
Annie L Sullivan as guardian of Mary Agnes Sullivan and others petitions the court to license sale of undivided interests in a Bath Maine homestead once owned by Jeremiah Louis Sullivan. The estate has insufficient personal funds for ward support, and sale at public or private sale is requested with show cause to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Paul D. Henseler
Mathilda Henseler
Bath
Hedwig Helbing
Hoboken
New Jersey
Peter Helbing
New York City
New York
New Yorkty
Annie L. Sullivan
Mary Agnes Sullivan
Jeremiah Franklin Sullivan
Annie Louise Sullivan
Elizabeth May Sullivan
Jeremiah Louis Sullivan
Huse Sreet
Joseph Huse
Peter Perow
Webster
Jasan
A. D. Oo
Y Girdham Oy
Grandinnott
Leslie Irdham Ainley
Getres Henry Ainley
Marion Hilder Ainley
Rose Emmons
Annie M. McMahan
Maine Probate Notices and Guardianship Orders 1915
A dense record of Sagadahoc County probate actions from 1915 including guardianship for Leslie Ainley minors and multiple estates. Notices require publication in Bath Independent and court dates set for September to review accounts and licenses to sell real estate. Executors and guardians named include James S. Lowell Cyrus Longley Martha J Tibbetts and others with final accounts and show-cause orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sta’ Oreo
Sagadahoc
Marie Louise Lobbe
Topsham
George Lobbe
Marie Louise
Mark
Bath
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Register
Paul D. Henseler
Mathilda Henseler
E. W. Bridgham
State OF Maine
Joseph M. Trott
McDonald E. White
Sagoc
James 8
Lowell
Annie L. Sullivan
State OF
Maine
John H. Bryant
William T Bryant
James
George Girdham Ainley
Edward H. Carlton
Margaret A. Groves
Woolwich
Stephen Killam
John L. Ellis
Richmond
Bath Independent
Ames
Sarah F. Bagley
Frances A. Barnes
James Ss. Lowell
Flora Starbird
Sai County
Bai
Martha J. Tibbetts
Jar Tibbetts
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GOV
National Congress
New England
Papers of State
John Adams
France
United States
Larrabee Wharf
Society Hall
Popham Beach
Stevens
Warren Parris
Earl Suitor
Richmond Camp Ground
Elsie Burns
Jamada Plains
William Mann
Edward Burns
Edith Parks
Archie Miller
Granite St
James 8. Lowell
C . Attest
Aoa Reyrus
W. Longley
Saan Gaper
Atte Cyrus
Longley
Attes Cyrus
Attex Cyrus W. Longley
Regis
Attes Cy Rus
Attex
Cyrus v. Longley
Maria E. Grover
Edoin
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