Bowdoinham Keeps Old Parties Strong in War Time Letter
A Bowdoinham resident abroad during the war recounts a perilous journey from Trapi Tyrol to Holland and Munich. She describes mobilization, trains full of soldiers, and the emotional toll of war, ending with a quiet note from Noordyke Ann Zee and local village news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Palace-Hotel-Noordwyka-Zee
Holland
Rotterdam
North Sea
English Channel
Boston
Trapi
Tyrol
Austria
Spondering Prad
Munich
Germany
Netherlands
Noordyke Ann Zee
Phippsburg Election Sparks Townwide Voter Drive
Phippsburg reports a lively election with voters carried to the hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Republicans led with 98 votes to Democrats 74, while George C. Pease and Harold Sewall drew strong support though not elected. The piece notes civic interest and concerns over vote transportation and neutral policy in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Legard
Frank Allegrin
Walter Bowker
George C. Pease
Pease
Harold Sewall
Sewall
Coleson
Coast Missionary
Penobscot Bay
Casco Bay
Grace Dickinson
Brunswick
Ethel Cushman
Dr. Elliot
Prof
Sills
Cone
A. F. Williams
Merimachi
Frank Hardy
Frank Oliver
Richardson
Portland
Arthur Stevens
Brown
New York
Merritt
J. H. Stacy
W. R. Bowker
Emma Greenleaf
Bath
Ellen Harrington
Freeport
Grace Church choir resumes duties and daily open prayer
The Grace Church choir resumes its responsibilities after summer break and the church is now open daily during the week for anyone seeking prayer and meditation. This practice is common in Episcopal churches nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Five youths narrowly escape gunfire over orchard thefts
A resident near North Street, frustrated by repeated thefts, nearly shoots five local youths aged 17 to 19 after they discussed robbing his orchard and neighbors. He kept a loaded bird shot shotgun for deterrence, warning he would aim to wound but not injure severely, while police arrest was dismissed by him. He circulated the youths’ names among neighbors, implying possible further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North St
Gunning Season Dates Set for Waterfowl and Shorebirds
Fifteen days removed from the end of the duck season shifts the open period to September 1 through December 16. Rails coots gallinules wild geese brant share the same open date as ducks while rails coots gallinules run September 1 to December 1. Woodcock season shortened to October 1 through December 1. Plovers and snipes now August 15 to December 1. Sandpipers and woodcocks protected. hunting bans apply from sunset to sunrise.
Yacht Early Dawn Arrives for Bay Duck Shoot Trip
The Yacht Early Dawn owned by J. E. Dorrithy of Boston docked at the river with a party of five men for a few days of duck shooting on the Bay Tuesday.
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C. P. Bates
Orville Smith
West Medford
Mass
J. L. Merrill
Bath and Children
Frank Fields
Portland
The
Methodist Society
Lena Cobb
Bert Pierce
Boston
Lynn
J. E. Dorrithy
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Poe
W. D. Hutchins
Cobb Farm
G. T. Getchell
Bertha Moulton
E. W. Warren
Ernest Lancaster
Mabel Temple
Orr's Island
J. B. Curtis
C. B. Randall
Poland Springs
A. M. Dyer
A. M. Cornish
Lewiston
W. B. Williams
Edwin Dunham
Lisbon
R. H. Dickinson
Elsie
Islands
H. D. Cornish
Cornish
U. S
P. C. Nealey
John Curtis
W. L. Blackman
Carpenter Bros
Millay Place
Henry Wilson
Spinney
Carr
Phippsburg
Coast
Arnold Hardy
Bangor
James E. Perry
T. L. Perry
Golder Leach
Margaret Percy
Albert F. Willis
Hardy
F. S. Bowker & Son
Wallace MacDonald
D. A. MacDonald
Reuben Fletcher
Clara Perry
F. S. Bowker
Adams
Dromore
George Cutting
Abbie Minott
Popham
Rebecca Brown
James C. Perry
Everett Harrington
L. W. Berry
Dan
Irving Harrington
Henry M. Minott
Margaret
C. V. Minott
Corrinne
Augusta Black
Jamaica Plain
John Mains
W. R. Dickinson
McKay Mill
Timothy Perry
E. F. Bolton
Edith
Portsmouth
Herbert Willis
Frank McKenzie
Beechmont
Frank H. Oliver
Walter
Lester
Popham Beach
George F. Oliver
Mr. Oliver
John M. Clark
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Wm. C
Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
Maine
Oakley C. Curtis
Haines
Catechu
Hellebore
Moresco Pyrox Sprayers
Johnson Bros. Co
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