Bath notes and maritime updates fill local pages
Genes ta Chapter met Friday evening as Bath docks host towed vessels and new ventures. Boats at the city landing and Coast guard inspections mingle with lectures on Anti-Suffrage and a charity food sale. The month ends with a record dry spell in Boston area since 1818.
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Corliss
Genesta
Ning
Bath
Boothbay
Eugene Bright
City Landing
North End
Mary
Cosmopolitan Club
Ariel
Nanticoke
Portland
Randolph
Pinkham
Southport
United States
Trevett and Thompson
Byron Stevens
Music Hall
J. W. Gorman
Bath Opera House
Hallett
Robert Sutherland
Emilio de Gogorza
North St
Sutherland
Stevens
Tom
Water St
White’s
H. M. Workman
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo
Cuba
Utah
Vera Cruz
Edward E. Barry
Norfolk
Pernambuco
Briry
Henry Elliott
Bristol
G. G. Deering Co
Local News Briefs From Bath Maine and Vicinity
The Times reports various local items from Bath and nearby towns. Updates include a fire on the Albert Tibbetts field, state political candidacy news for Bangor, and harbor work with the Portland to Bath torpedo boat program. Bath Iron Works activity and summer service preparations are noted, along with theatre plans for Patriot’s Day and a soldiers’ performance in Bath Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Conforth
Times
Minneapolis
Albert Tibbetts Field
North End
J. J. Keegan
Lewiston
Republican State Committee
Startle
Portland
Oregon
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
Bath area notes lively town life and ventures
Local items report boys muskrat shooting at Whiskeag and Winnegance. Pythian Sisters hosted a social in Pythian Hall. Bunko games and a ball at the Opera House entertain. Bath Aerie hosts weekly whist. Easter concert plans announced. A dog fight on Water Street stirs curiosity. George A. Sanford family notes a Bath boy prospering abroad in Billings Montana. Sanford describes Western prospects and advice for Bath youths seeking work.
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Pythian Hall
Bunko
Opera House
Frank Lyons
North End
Gregg Lumber Co
Fore River
Bath Aerie, F.co.e
Grover
James Fields
Hazel McPherson
H. Morse
Perkins
Music Hall
Water St
Bowie Iron Working Shop
George A. Sanford
Joseph Sanford
Billings
Montana
Horace Greeley
Pick and Spade
Young Sanford
Bath
California
Sanford
Bath Boys
Joe
Local Jottings From Bath and Nearby Communities
Various notes report a roof going on at the dye house addition and Dunton on a Phillips business trip. Steamboats resume river work. Easter window displays attract shoppers. Bath items include library rack installation, naval visits to Charles Town Yard, a Maine court proceeding, and a Clyde-Mine ship Demulgee in drydock after mine dodging. Bath Gun Club holds a trap shoot, then reports a clubhouse break and theft.
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Arthur J. Dunton
Phillips
O. K
Frogs
Eagles
the Aerie
Hockomock
Carlton Yacht
Lacey
Florida
Maine
Public Library
Trippe
Ammen
Burrows
Paulding
Patterson
Birmingham
Dixie
Charlestown Navy Yard
Pattangall
John A. Small
Savage
Maine Supreme Court
Auburn
W. 35
Glidden
Bath Gun Club
Sagadahoe Ferry
William Furber
Arthur G. Leggett
Merton Webber
H. W. McCarthy
Harold Adams
Two-Cent Postage Boost for Barbadoes and Leeward Islands
The Postoffice Department announced a two cent rate for letters between Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands starting April 1, replacing five cents. President Wilson and Cabinet discussed reducing U S postal rates to South and Central American nations to promote commerce and friendship. Some nations balk at the cost. others have not yet responded. The aim is to persuade regional countries to accept the lower rate.
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Postoffice Department
Barbadoes
Leeward Lands
White House
United States
Wilson
Redfield
Commerce Department
South
Central America
Obituaries: Kemp and Reau Die in Lewiston Bath
Mrs Mary Ellen Kemp aged six percent years died suddenly at the home of James T Mitchell in Washington Street. She was born in Phippsburg and survived by husband Arthur Kemp with funeral at James T Minotts residence. Mrs Hedwidge Lavigne Reau aged 65 died at her daughter’s home after brief illness in Bath with services at St Peter’s Lewiston and burial in Gentilly Canada. Survivors include five daughters and three sons across Maine and New Hampshire and Rhode Island residences.
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Mary Ellen Kemp
James T. Mitchell
Washington St
Hedwidge Lavigne Reau
Victor Reau
Joseph A. Martin
High St
Gentilly
Canada
Lewiston
Bath
Charles
Medora
Omer
Woonsocket
R. I
Joseph
Butte
Montana
J. A. Martin
Germaine
D. C. Guilmet
Gaston Lamouette
Reynolds Mailette
Manchester
N. H
Lamouette couple attends Manchester funeral
Mr and Mrs Gaston Lamou ette of Manchester New Hampshire arrived on Monday to attend the funeral.
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Socket
Gaston Lamouette
Manchester
N. H
Miss Mary McCormick Dies After Brief Illness In City
Miss Mary Katherine McCormick aged 55 died after a short illness. She lived in the city eighteen years and worked at the Columbia Hotel for eight years. A native of Prince Edward Island she had no immediate relatives. Funeral services were held at St Marys Church at two o clock in the afternoon.
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Mary Katherine McCormick
Columbia Hotel
Prince Edward Island
St. Mary's Church
Five Islands Follow Up and Local Visits
Mrs M E Bailey of Woolwich visited town with Mrs Pierce who eyes Harpswell board house sales. Advice given on keeping mould from cellars during freezing weather by airing only when ground is frozen at night. Acadia Lodge K of P conferred the Esquire rank Thursday evening.
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Bath Driving Club
King Tavern
Parker Child
Boston
Marshal Small
Colonial Club
Brunswick
Colonials
Andrew Jackson
Bath
Soldier Boys
George H. Hoskyn
New York
Chicago
Bath Opera House
M. E. Bailey
Woolwich
Pierce
Harpswell
Otter Cliff House
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Esquire
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Mil
Havana
New England
Ned McAuliffe
U. S.N
Earl Webster
Moore and White
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Ransom B. Fuller
Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
C. A. Corliss
Curtis
George W. Hunt
Bakers
Demulgee
Clyde
Bremen
Capt
Hart
North Sea
Ife
Holland
Ocmulgee
Lord Stratoroid
William Percy
Parker Head
Eureka Hana
Miasa-wienwine
Sterling
Thompson Bros. Bath
Conley’s Specialty Store
VRS
Arthur Kemp
Wes
Victor Real
Mary K. McCormick
Payge Six
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