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Mr. Simmons joined the I. O. O. F. in December, 1855, and the F. & A. M. in 1866. Since commencing the man- ufacturing of line carriages and sleighs at Union there have been many suspensions and embarrassments in the business world, but Wingate, Simmons & Company have always stood firm, and pay day, the first of each month, has never been omitted. Through the indefatigable labors of Mr. Simmons a large business has been built up and maintained all over Maine and the eastern provinces. No carriages in the country rank higher than theirs, and the public have learned to look upon the productions of the Union factory as thoroughly and honestly built.
The firm of Wingate, Simmons & Co. consists of Ziba Sim- mons and W. M. Robbins. Our illustration of their build- ings is an excellent view, but it does not show the wood work- ing shop, which is located on the St. Georges River, where a fine water power is utilized.
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Union Business Directory.
Wingate, Simmons & Co., Union Weekly Times,
Wm. Bessey,
James Fossett, N. D. Robbins,
Carriage Makers Newspaper Union Flour Mill
Whitten & Messer, Wholesale Produce and General Store General Store General Store D. L. Bennett, Harness Maker O. S. McCorrison, General Store and Medicines H. L. Robbins, Drugs and Small Wares Mrs. A. M. Thurston, Millinery and Fancy Goods B. Burton, Burton House N. E. Telephone Line, B. Burton C. I. Burrows, Warren Hills, Livery Stable Hardware A. S. Tolman, Vinegar and Cider Mill S. N. Butler, Walter S. Morton, T. A. Davis, Barber Variety Store Boot and Shoe Maker Mrs. O. A. Burkett, Mrs. Mary A. White, W. H. Bennett, A. Shuman, L. R. Morton, Roscoe Miller, E. B. Smith, Millinery Millinery Physician Carriage Repairing Carriage Repairing Blacksmith Grist Mill and Elevator F. A. Alden, Produce Warehouse Dentist Postmaster
J. J. Alden, A. M. Wingate,
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E. E. Peabody,
R. I. Thompson,
F. H. Lenfest,
F. E. Burkett,
Painter Lawyer Stave and Heading Mill Station Agent and American Express
SOUTH UNION.
Thurston Bros.,
Brown Bros.,
S. W. Jones,
South Union Saw Mill Co.,
G. H. Jones,
Burial Caskets Clothing Manufacturers Iron Foundry Saw Mill Machine Shop
W. A. Luce,
Nursery Stock
E. Burkett & Co.,
General Store
A. K. McFarland,
American Express Co.,
S. W. Jones,
Blacksmith E. Burkett, Agent Postmaster
EAST UNION.
Payson & Robbins, General Store
F. S. Gould,
Saw, Grist and Stave Mills
D. B. Titus, Mast Hoops
N. Lothrop, Carriage Shop
N. E. Telephone Line, Payson & Robbins, Agents
Knox Co. Fish and Game Association, Fish Hatchery
A. W. Payson, Postmaster
A. Fossett, North Union, Postmaster
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WE present herewith a portrait of Levi Morse, the popular Thomaston Photographer. He has had thirty years' experience and is equipped with first- class instruments and stock. Customers are guaranteed the very best work at prices as low as other parties charge for inferior pictures. He uses the best paper manufactured.
Mr. Morse can also furnish and show price list of cheap Crayons, and explain how many dry goods houses, photo- graphers and gift concerns give away their customers. He is prepared to supply cheap crayons if desired, but makes a specialty of fine crayon work at prices often charged by others for cheap jobs.
A large line of Albums; also Picture Frames and Mould- ings, which are strictly up to date, and made to order at reasonable prices.
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Societies.
A. F. & A. M. Union Lodge, No. 31; stated meetings Thursdays, on or before full moon.
I. O. O. F. Union Lodge, No. 35; meets Saturday even- ings.
Knights of Pythias. Glendale Lodge, No. 89; meets Friday evenings.
Mt. Horeb Encampment, I. O. O. F., No. 34, meets second and fourth Wednesday of each month.
G. A. R. Cooper Post, No. 124; meets Monday evenings.
P. of H. Seven Tree Grange, No. 176; meets Wednes- day evenings.
L. R. Corps. Meets first and third Fridays of each month ; 60 members.
P. of H. Pioneer Grange, No. 219; meets Tuesday evenings. East Union.
A. O. U. W. Knox Lodge, No. 66, meets every other Tuesday.
W. C. T. U. Meets semi-monthly, Tuesday afternoons.
Churches.
Methodist, Congregational, Universalist,
Rev. C. B. Chadwick Rev. H. J. Wells No Settled Pastor
Baptist,
No Settled Pastor
Libraries.
Union Circulating Library.
Union Female Library.
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THURSTON BROS,<
SOUTH UNION, ME.,
Designers and Manufacturers of Fine Cloth Burial Gases.
We endeavor to lead in offering the Funeral Directors of New England a high grade of Funeral Goods.
Our facilities are better than ever. MAIL, EXPRESS, TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE (both local and long distance) orders attended to promptly, and ALWAYS ON TIME.
We employ a corps of first-class mechanics in all branches, and are at your service for the year 1895.
Our stock of Cloth Cases cannot be excelled.
Our styles will please the most exacting.
Our facilities will accommodate you.
Our quality and prices are right.
Our line of Fine Robes, Linings, and Hardware is at your disposal.
Our office connected, via. Rockland, with Western Union and Commercial Union Telegraph ; also long distance Telephone.
Grateful for past patronage, we shall endeavor to merit it in the future.
Yours truly, THURSTON BROS.
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Iron Foundry.
Light Iron Castings a Specialty.
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GEORGE M. SEIDERS.
Among those born in this town that have achieved suc- cess in other fields we would mention George Mellville Seiders, who was born in Union, January 15, 1844, son of Henry and Mary W. Seiders.
At the age of 18 he enlisted in Company B, 24th Maine Volunteers, and served during his term of enlistment in Louisiana. At the close of his services in the army he re- turned to Union and remained there until 21 years of age, then left home and went to Portland to find employment. He obtained employment in the machine shops of Charles Staples & Son, and worked there some months, when he decided to obtain a liberal education, and with that purpose in view, he entered Lincoln Academy, at Newcastle, and fitted for col- lege, entering Bowdoin College in the fall of '68, and gradua- ted in the class of '72. After graduating he was elected principal of Greeley Institute, Cumberland, and taught there two years. He was then offered the position of master in the Waltham, Mass., High School, which he accepted, and taught there during the years 1874-5, and was then elected to a pro- fessorship in the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut where he taught during the years 1875-6. He read law at Portland, with Thomas B. Reed, 1876-8, and, after being admitted to the Cumberland bar in 1878, opened a law office in Portland, but after a few months went into the office with Mr. Reed, with whom he has been associated to the present time. Dur- ing the years 1876-80, he resided in North Yarmouth and was elected to the Legislature of 1878, from the classed towns of Yarmouth and North Yarmouth and served on the judiciary committee. He was appointed and served as Assistant United States Counsel in the Alabama Court of Claims, 1883-4. He was elected and served two terms as county attorney for Cum- berland county, 1885-8, and was elected to the Senate in '93, and served on the judiciary committee. Mr. Seiders vas elected president of the State Senate, January 1895, and fills that honorable position with credit to himself and his many admirers.
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List of Births, marriages and Deaths for 1894-5
BIRTHS.
1894.
Jan. 12 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Young, a daughter.
Feb. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Freeman S. Gould, a son.
Mar. 11 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Morton, a son.
Apr. 14 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Fitch, a son.
July 13 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Jones, a son.
July 25
Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Burgess, a son.
July 26
Mr. and Mrs. Bently Watts, a daughter
July 30 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Law, a son.
Aug.
I Mr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Bachelder,a daughter.
Sept. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Flavius V. Matthews, a daughter
Sept. 19 Mr. and Mrs. Granville G. Miller, a son.
Oct. I Mr. and Mrs. Millard A. Hyer, a son.
Oct. 13 Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Burns, a daughter.
Nov. 12
Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Butler, a son.
Nov. 29 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Messer, a daughter.
Dec. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Edward A Moore, a son.
Nov. 25 Mr. and Mrs. Geo. II. Dean, a daughter.
Dec. 21 Mr. and Mrs. Silas B. Carroll, a son.
MARRIAGES.
1894.
Jan. 22 Eben F. Moody and Mrs. Lucy J. Kimball
April 28 Jesse L. Gushee and Grace Pease.
May 6 Cyrus J. Perrv and Evie M. Davis.
May 10 Morris W. Leach and Edith I Barker.
June 26 Walter F. Calderwood and Lottie M. Mank.
June 23 Clifford C. Counce and Carrie M. Walcott.
July 15 Chas. A. Marr and Lucretia A. Morse.
Sept. 4 Frederick L. Davidson and Rose H. Pratt.
Sept, 5 Benj. Chaples and Mrs. Lavina Lenfest .. .
Oct .. 6 Geo. E. Robbins and Marcia A. Greene.
Nov. 3 Arthur E. Stewart and Rose C. Hills.
Nov. 21 Frank L .. Kenney and Eva H. Tltus.
1895 Jan. W. H. Bennett and i.illian W. Bachelder. I
Jan. I
Cleon A. Butler and Annie B Hemenway. Jan. 5 Lowell A. Bowley and Carrie Danforth.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Esancy, a son.
Oct. 25
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DEATHS.
1894.
Jan. 8 Sarah E. Fairbanks, aged 56 yrs. 3 mos. 3 days
Jan. 12 Fisher A. Daniels, aged 85 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days
Jan. 24 Eliza Shepard, aged 86 yrs. 7 mos. 24 days.
Mar. 16 Mrs. Mary J. Andrews, aged 72 yrs. 10 nios.
Mar. II Infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morton.
Mar. 16
Annie U.Skinner,died in Rockland,aged 5 mos
Mar. 30 Emma F. Young, aged 33 yrs. to mos. 21 days
April 6 Mercy Butler, aged 83 yrs. 9 mos. 13 days.
April 17
Amanda Shepard,aged 74 yrs. 11 mos. 18 days
April 20
May 27
Leander Martin, aged 80 yrs. 11 mos. 16 days Frank C. Fuller, at the Me. General Hospital, Portland, aged 26 yrs. 5 mios.
May 21 Mrs. Nellie M. Messer,aged 43 yrs. 2 nos. I d. Chas. Morse, 84 years.
July 5
July 17
S. Florett Fossett, aged 40 yrs. 3 mos. 3 days
July 9 Story Thompson, aged 77 yrs. 4 mos. 15 days John E. Jones, aged 63 yrs. 11 mos.
Aug. 15
Sept. 24 Daniel E. Gardner,aged 83 yrs. 10 mos. 8 days
Oct. 13 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Easancy.
Oct. 20
Calvin Boggs, aged 85 yrs. 1 mo. 26 days.
Oct. 24
Hannah S. Bowler, aged 82 yrs. 9 mos.
Dec. 5 Hulda E. Sukeforth, aged 49 yrs. 10 mos. 5 days. Died in Rockland.
Nov. 4 Statira Shepard, 66 yrs. 10 mos.
Dec. 27
Joseph O. Cobb, aged 67 yrs. 11 mos. Died in Rockland.
1895
Jan. 7 Eliza Messer, aged 89 yrs. 8 mos. 4 days.
Jan. 8 Gladys Messer, aged I mo. 14 days.
Jan. 16 Infant of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Carter, 6 hours
84 MARRIAGES.
85 MARRIAGES.
86 MARRIAGES.
87 BIRTHS.
88 BIRTHS.
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90 DEATHS.
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More Reading Matter each
week than any other Dollar.
a-Year Paper in Maine,
Only two years old,
We must admit But balanced well With pluck and grit
A somewhat lively
Two cent sheet
That's bound to get there With both feet.
Plenty of room on the
ground floor for new sub-
scribers at $1.00 a year in
advance
Get your JOB PRINTING done at an THE TIMES OFFICE! Union, Maine,
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