Local Jottings From the Bath Driving Inb and Church Events
A Bath Driving Club plans its annual banquet at the Red Men’s hall. The Kelley Spear yard lays keel on the third barge with two-thirds sealed. Lenten service at Central Church themed A Lesson of Peace. Dorcas Guild meets at Beacon Street Church. Tall Stove Club notes a Bathman with cork fenders on fighting rooster. Tramps dwindle. six job seekers remain. Dumb Animals notes by Helen Richardson on robin timing. Two liquor forfeitures ordered by Judge Keegan. Weather shifts from sun to clouds with rain and snow. chilly night ends near 20 degrees.
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Red Men's Hall
Bath
Inb
Kelley
Spear Yard
Central Church
Dorcas Guild
Beacon St. Church
William Crafts
Edward St
Tall
Helen M. Richardson
Keegan
T. N. Kewley
Winneganee
Ramana Council
H. W. Oliver
Fort Baldwin
Popham
Bath Driving Club
Odd Ladies’ Sewing Circle
Tillie Blake
Highland St
Howard Rice
Maine General Hospital
Bath Lodge No
P.O.E
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Y.M.C.A
Corliss St
Wesley
Beacon St
Park and Cemetery Board
Harry W. Crosman
Charles H. Cahill
F. H. Kimball
Hockomock
Carleton
Lucy
Bath crafts and industry fill busy days in Bath region
A literary collage of local activity reports from Bath and nearby towns notes busy Bath painters and carpenters, a newly illuminated Columbia Hotel sign, shipbuilding leadership statements, freight and railway ventures, church society gatherings, and skilled craftsmen like William H. Melcher Frank Ham and John Stevens contributing to Bath’s industrial and cultural life.
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Phippsburg Center
Virginia
Columbia
George M. Andrews
N. Y. Shipbuilding Co
Virginia Tuesday
Mulligan
Wallula
Wesley M. E. Church
Boston Boat Wharf
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wesely Church
F. W. Armes
Cherry St
Harry F. Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
Charles Gustafson
Eric Feterson
Boston
John H. Hyde
Vermont
H. L. Nevens
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Kennebec
Bath
William H. Melcher
Bath Iron Works
John Stevens
Tubal Cain
Tubal
Frank Ham
Slater
Sagamore
Ham
New York City
Waterville
Local notices and community happenings in Bath region
Lilac buds, church talks, and council meetings dot a Bath area page. Reports cover Winnegance preaching, Red Men Hall assembly, Fort Baldwin works, Bath Driving Club plans, and charity sewing circle meetings.
Brush fire on Witch Spring hill Wednesday morning
Widespread notes report a brush fire on Witch Spring hill as Hiram Cornish of North Bath visits Boston with his son. Local farming circles note eggs at twenty cents a dozen amid varied Maine happenings from church events to steamer updates and license totals.
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Witch Spring
Hiram Cornish
North Bath
Boston
Spring Town Notes From Bath Area
A Maine town reports mixed daily events from April to spring. Clams arrived at city landing while eggs were preserved in water glass and steamer traffic between Bath Boothbay Harbor continued. Fire alarms, dances, a grass blaze, and river work intersect with railroad and hotel visits, plus brief notes on local society, fireworks, and grip illness patterns.
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Thomas Baker
Baker
Norton
No. 2
Harvard St
Scott R. Frye
Bath Auto and Gas Engine Co
Dodge
E. M. Brackett
Damariscotta
Frye
Mr. Brackett
City Landing
Mercury
Northwest Breeze
Lizzie Snow
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Small Point
Popham Society
S Sheffield
Mackay
Joseph Clement
New York
Lewis P. Bailey
High St
Clement
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Local Bath News Roundup Highlights Bonfire, Fires and Fairs
Busy Bath area report covers community events on Good Friday and midweek including church attendance, a rabbit hound gift, a Moose dance, river repairs at City Landing, and a grass fire on Upper High Street. City Dock work, a damp fire near Blind Crossing, hay prices, and police activity also noted along with boat and kennel interests.
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North End
Kennessee Fruit Co
Point
Mark Gannon
City Landing
Blind Crossing
Rocky Hill
Bull Rock
Clarence Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bunko
Atlantic
American Express
Kennebec Journal
Philadelphia & Reading
Neshaminy
Purinton Bros. Co
Seguin
Bath
Philadelphia
Combination No. 4
Sewall
Grinnell
Upper High St
Combination
Brunswick
Ladies' Aid at People's Baptist Church Hosts Large Evening
The Ladies' Aid of People's Baptist Church entertained a large audience in the vestry on Wednesday evening with a varied program and cleared 15 dollars. Last month they profited 60 dollars from various enterprises. The program featured duets, solos, readings, and a piano trio, followed by refreshments of sandwiches, cake, and coffee.
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al Ridley
L. B. Swett
Augusta
Bath
Winter St
Ladies’ Aid of People’s Church
People’s Baptist Church
Leighton
Pratt
Mr. Crocker
Ruth Crocker
Brage
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Bangor
Joseph A. Martin
Germaine Reau
City
Omer Reau
Woonsocket
Gaston Lamouette
Manchester
N. H
Lewiston
Victor Beau
J. A. Martin
St. Peter’s Church
Gentilly
Canada
Park Bowling League
The
Clothiers
Eurekas
Tedford
Smith
Lincoln St
Charles Holbrook
Stovers
Carr P
Miller
Wishart
Gedimanss
Burns
McInness
H. Russell
J. Moody
M. Thomas
W. Moody Tb
Wright
McDonald
Clintons
Holmes If
Garrison Cf
Wood
Portland
Way
Auburn
Gardiner
Kennebec River
Hailowell
Laconia Car Works
Edward S. Wright
Woolwich
Mr. Calder
Earl McCarter
Edward Pinkham
Charles Brown
William Hanson
Nequasset Cemetery
Braves
Moses Field
Freeman c
Sonia P
Fraser P
Hagan
Plummer
O'Harass
Green
Tabor
Powers
Staples
Clements
Tozia
Crane
Barter
Parks
Lucy A
Charles Carter
Reynolds MacCutcheon
H. A. Corey
Tall Stove Club
Edward Brown
Almshouse
Harold W. Pinkham
Charles Horace Nelson
Nelson
Togus Monday
Mr. Nelson
Palmera
Maine
God
Zeus
Aden
Asia
Syra
Idya
Auma
Zuet
Esgi
Addi
Odin
Doga
Rogt
Ehr
Oese
Gott
Jacob H. Henley
Mandolin Club
Stanton
Ladies’ Aid of the Universalist Church
S. J. Willis
Garden St
Corliss Street
Jewell
Pleasant St
Stevedore Mulligan
Universalist Church
Beacon Street Church
Sagadahoe
Wesley Chapel
Monhegan
Rockland
Boothbay
Mineola
United States
South
Central America
Wilson
Barbadoes
Leewari Islands
British West Indies
Fobermen
Elm St
Morris McDonald
E. P. Ricker
Maine Central Railroad
Rockland Breakwater
Curtis
Sturgeon
Frank Beals
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans
Harry Warner
Roland Smith
Lisbon Falls
G. Foster
Fred Stover
Foster
Grip
Fred Dwyer
Ray Cummings
Luther Thompson
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