Five Islands Celebrates 80th Birthday of Resident
Mrs. W. H. Davis hosted a summer party for her father on Friday evening as he turned 80. Relatives and friends joined, Thelma Davis blew out the candles, and the honored guest, who recovered from a serious winter illness, enjoyed the gathering and gifts. The piece also covers Grange activities, fund drives for a new hall, and local notices including travel, funerals, and residents departing or arriving.
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Medford
Melba
Davis
Augusta
Portland
J. P. Lewis
Lolitta
Electa
Mr. Lewis
Westport Junction
Bath
Boston
The
Grange
W.L. Berry
Pomona
Priscillas
Stevens
J. B. Horton
Evanston
Jennie Dearborn
W. H. Holland
Rowe's Hall
Hall
J. T. McMahan
Everett Leonard
St. Croix
H. F. Pinkham
Gloucester
Mass
Charles Allen Moore
Co T Club Hosts Jolly Clambake Session
The C. T. Club entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jed L. Parks with verandah time, boating, dining room refreshments, and vocal and instrumental solos by Miss Frances Parks. Attendees included the Parks family, Har ringtons, Williamses, Coombs, and others. plans for Arizona were discussed.
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Arizona
Frances and
Lillian Parks
Fred Harrington
Olney Perry
Eddie Williams
Harry C. Williams
Harry i. Williams
Fred Coombs
Myra
Robert Spencer
Ernestine
George Ingalls
Small Point
Ralph Merry
Boston
Portland
White Mountains
Brigham’s
Pratt's 20th Century Stomach Cure Featured in Bath Ad
An 1883 promotion for Pratt's 20th Century Stomach Cure by Jas. M. Pratt of Bowdoinham highlights a testimonial from Mrs. Alice Richards of Bath. The blast notes a clambake outing and lists local residents attending while reporting various social visits and incidental notes from Bath and surrounding towns.
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Alice Richards
Bailey 8
Bath
Jas. M. Pratt
Bowdoinham
Local Happenings in Arrowsic and Surrounding Towns
Roy Spinney of St John Canada visits aunt Mrs T O Steen at her home. Miss Muriel Shea returns from Bath City Hospital for treatment. Aubrey Steen passes away at parents home. Mrs Anna Snipe improving at Hebron Sanitorium. Willing Workers chicken supper at Town Hall draws many from Woolwich and Georgetown. Mattie Stinson of Portland visits brother Ralph Stinson. D G Stinson a Bath City Hospital patient. Mark Hagan of Bath in town recently. Masters Carl and Stanley Rowe of Auburn visit grandparents Mr and Mrs W A Perry. Mrs J H Snipe seriously ill with Dr Stott attending. Mildred Snipe passes Sunday at home. Mrs Carrie Hodgman, back from California, visiting M C Drummond. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs W A Perry. L L Lowell of Bath in town. Mattie Stinson visiting friends at the foreside.
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Roy Spinney
St. John
Canada
T. O. Steen
Muriel Shea
Bath City Hospital
Aubrey Steen
Anna Snipe
Hebron
Town Hall
Woolwich
Georgetown
Mattie Stinson
Portland
Ralph Stinson
D. G. Stinson
Mark Hagan
Bath
Masters Carl and
Stanley Rowe
Auburn
W. A. Perry
J. H. Snipe
Dr. Stott
Mildred Snipe
Jennie Willowby
Dixfield
H. S. Walker
J. E. Oliver
Carrie Hodgman
California
M. C. Drummond
Bowker Family Thanks Friends After Bereavement
Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs J K Bowker and relatives for words deeds and floral tributes during a recent bereavement. Elmer S Campbell returned from Hoboken New Jersey to visit his mother Mrs E R Campbell at 168 Middle Street. Campbell, foreman of the joiner department at W A Fletcher Co shipyard, has held the job five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Bowker
F. C. Bowker
Harry P. Bowker
Elmer S. Campbell
Hoboken
N. J
E. R. Campbell
Middle Street
Maine
Mr. Campbell
W. A. Fletcher Co
Out West Bath Way Hay Rack Party and Local Happenings
Visitors enjoy a hay rack ride to the New Meadows boat house followed by a dance. Bath residents report property moves with Henry Holden purchasing the Holden place at Trufant's Crossing and moving in. A mixed list of callers, visitors, and social events fills the Bath area news with auto trips, military letters from France, and church notices.
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Bath
Holden Place
France
Trufant
N. M
Golden Eagles
New Meadows
Curtis
South End
Henry Holden
Trufant’s Crossing
D. J. Neiley
Gloucester
Milton Neiley
Barre
Mass
Florence Neiley
Ray Jackson
Nova Scotia
Belgium
North End
Merrill. Trent
Zogbaum
Davis
Annie—Trufant
Camden
Grace Dickinson
Phippsburg
Ham’s Hill
Thanking neighbors for aid in stable fire at Sagadahoc Bay
In a letter dated September 21 1916 from Georgetown Maine Hollis Webster expresses public gratitude to neighbors who rushed to help when his stable burned in his absence. The swift communal effort saved the house and he declines to name individuals, preferring general thanks. Indian summer weather noted.
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Sagadahoc Bay
Georgetown
Maine
Bath Independent
Hollis Webster
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Rowland H. Roberts
Waterboro
York
Michael J. McCormick
Bath
Geo. A. W. Roberts
Rowland H
Lincoln County
John Patterson
Edgecomb
George A. W. Roberts
William D. Sewall
A. D
Roberts Rowland H
Ernest G. Knights
Marion Bowker Rites Held in Phippsburg After Boston Death
Funeral services were held in Phippsburg for Marion Elizabeth Bowker who died in Woburn Massachusetts at age 11 from acute diabetes. Rev Milton Slade officiated and floral tributes from many relatives were recorded. The body was taken to Bath for burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Phippsburg
F. C. Bowker
Marion Elizabeth Bowker
Woburn
Mass
Milton Slade
Rebecca Bowker
A. M. Perry
Emma Campbell
Lena Mitchell
Carroll Deering
Olive
Hattie Bowker
Frank
Everett Lemont
Town
Boston
J. O. Wyman
Raymond
Pauline
L. W. Berry
Corinne Berry
Augusta Black
Lucia Ferguson
Rebecca Brown
John C. Berrys
Camp Wynburg
Thomas McCormick
John A. Morse
Mr. Bailey
Alna
Frank Wyman
Marion
Jay Kimball Bowker
Maine
M. F. Slade
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
H. W. Cutting
Georgetown
Harry Washburn
James H. W. Hall
Canary Islands
Moore Family thanks neighbors for support after bereavement
In a note published by the Independent, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moore and Family express thanks to neighbors and friends for acts of kindness and the flowers received during their recent bereavement.
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Independent
Charles A. Moore
Wanted Housekeeper ad for Brunswick area helper
Classified ad reads WANTED Housekeeper J F Snow Brunswick Me New Meadows 9 23 11 seeking domestic assistance in a small Maine community with a dated notice indicating an employment listing.
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J. F. Snow
Brunswick
New Meadows
Contract Awarded for Center Street Paving in Lewiston
M T Harkins of Lewiston won the contract to pave Center street from Washington to Water, using 912 square yards of material and twenty one thousand blocks. Paving, arriving this week from Waldoboro, will start after the railroad work by Lewiston Augusta and Waterville Street Railway finishes. Both sides of the street will receive paving and a new granolithic walk will be built on the north side replacing the wooden sidewalk.
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Board of Highways and Sewers
M. T. Harkins
Lewiston
Center Street
Washington
Water Street
Waldoboro
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street
R. R
Autos ferry parties to Windsor Fair
Several cars from the city carried groups to the Windsor Fair, transporting residents and visitors to the annual event. The outing connected local drivers with attendees for a day at the fairgrounds and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
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S. A. Evans
People’s Church
F. C. Robinson
Cambridge
R. Dunham
Waterville
Harley
Seguinland
Mildred Pinkham
Julia Davis
Dexter
Charles Boucher
Cape Newagan
May
Boucher
Spruce Point
Malden Tshiod
Preneh
Daniel Sexton
Barry
Avcusta
J. J. Gibson
Jeff
Springvale
High Rock
Ladies’ Aid Society
C. W. Nocton
Winnegance CG. T
Jolly Clambake
Pratt
Walter Morse
Dorothy
Walter Perry
Bertha Morse
Percy Morse
Earl Coombs
Bertha Tibbetts
Ralph
Charles Perkins
Charles, Jr
Edgar Oliver
Eugene Jellison
Robert Oliver
Zina Eaton
Hyde
Brockton
Shirley White
Jennie Frank
Royal Men's Class
Winneganee
William Willis
Topsham
Durham
Ida Hunt
Richmond
Albert Morse
Parker Head
Toenlity
Winfield Groves
George Eaton
Walter C. Perry
Myra Merritt
George Dennison
Freeport
A. D. Adams
Arthur Jackson
Ransom B. Fuller
Lyzette Darling
Lawrence
John Schofield
George Merrill
Mary
Ladies’ Aid
L. L. Lowell
W. E. Harding
Lawrence Purington
Howard Purington
Etta
Lynn
Miles Purington
L. D. Sheldon
Fred McIntire
Sears
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath Methodist Episcopal Church
C. Wilson Harrison
Harrison
Lucretia Haley
W. S. Mitchell
Eugene Brown
Reed
Pitts
Squirrel Island
Nannie Brown
Lewisston Journal
Berry’s Mills
Swan
Everett
Birch Point
W. Campbell
Kimball Brothers
Campball’s Pond
Eunice Smith
Ernest Williams
Thomas Bailey
George Hunt
Waltham, Mass
Pauline Wyman
Bill
Winterstree Topsham Village
Ella L. Dumlap
Anderson Street
Ada F. Gardiner
Eand
Dustin EF. Packard
Susan Wilson
Benjamin Flanders
Brunswick Street
George Harlow
Cornelius Tarbox
Keyes
Justin FE. Packard
Carroll E. Farrington
Will C. Atkins
Gardiner
Androscoggin
Ann M. McLellan
William B. Mussenden
John A. Morrill
James W. Murray
Georgianna Tongley
Path
Sugadahoe
Cyrus W. Longley
Court House
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James 8. Lowell
Yrus W. Tansuey
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