Shenandoah launches amid stormy Bath Maine crowd cheers
The Shenandoah, a United States Shipping Board tanker built by The Texas Steamship Co., was launched in Bath amid cheers from a large crowd as Mrs. Henry Howard of Brookline Massachusetts smashed a champagne bottle. The event featured the Doroh Bradford training ship, a Texas Band concert, and remarks by W. A. Thompson Jr. The vessel, over 90 percent complete, is expected to begin trials in May and will carry 16 cargo tanks with a 481 foot overall length.
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Shenandoah
United States Shipping Board
Texas Steamship Co
Henry Howard
Brookline
Mass
Texas
Howard
Bath
Dorothy Bradford
Boston
Provincetown
Herbert
Calhoun
Katherine Howard
Grace Parker
Texas Yard
Mr. Howard
W. A. Thompson, Jr
New York
Texas Steamship O
Texas Co
Thompson
Sidney B. Lermond
Sewalls
Sewall
Maine
Mann
Kennebec
W. A.thompson, Jr
The
George B. Drake
Drake
Helen Drake
Martha Crawford
A. R. Weber
Lily P. Weber
George R. Copland
Lawrence H. Jackson
Donald Jackson
Carl Kistler
C. W. Laing
Chester M. Schubert
Fidmund P. Briggs
Percy Farmer
Edward. Drake
Harold M. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Dorothy Sewall
Mark Sewall
Frank W. Carlton
Harry B. Sawyer
Albert F. Austin
Williams
Newell
Mr. Raynes
H. EB. Higgins
Portsmouth
W. B. Higgins
John Heck
J. N. Moore
M. M. Drake
Sheriff Wilbur
Oliver
Warren FE. Kershner
Oliver Moses
Fred D. Hill
James Otis Lincoln
James Murphy
Jane Murphy
Rupert H. Baxter
Ralph Crowley
W. H. Walker
Buffalo
M. J. W Hekking
Winifred A. Hekking
H. Ki. Mallard
Allen M. Irish
Peter Clinto
Joseph F. Carvill
William VP. Gaynor
A. Slavin
A. L. Wyman
H. L. Redding
Harry Armstrong
Charles A. Blair
L. J. Underhill
Fred L. Brackley
UW. Brosseau
A. Alton
T. Moody
Kb. C. Mitchell
T. Mateer
H. Foote
A. K. Spaulding
N. Cadman
F. Chaney
H. Nash
Crawshaw
A. D'Arcy
J. J. Uerbert
C. Tibbetts
New England
Russians Taken In Raid Ordered To Be Released
Twelve Russians held by Sheriff Oliver's forces and Bath police after gathering in a rear shed were examined by Judge Keegan and released. Officials kept literature, turning the matter to the federal justice department. The men, aged 20 to 35, claimed no Bolshevik aims and said the club met to study Russian. Names and addresses were listed. officers found Russian books, a Russian Songs of Freedom volume, and an American Socialist seal among the seized items.
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Oliver
Bath
Chestnut Street
Keegan
Federal Department of Justice
Russia
Judge Keegan
Ever Cressom
Oak Street
Bath Iron Works
Fred Clink
Front Street
Texas
Steve Pusacuk
Terenty Andros
Lincoln Street
Tony Voloslin
Texans
Ebeer Timowsky
Suryey Bohuk
Mina Chirsort
Exas
Frank Dobbin
City Hall Court
John Rosky
Peitro Twermowsky
Peter Chirsort
Max N. Maisel
Grand Street
New York City
Socialist Party of America
Socialist Party
New England
Revolutionary Age
United States
Kaiser
Chester
Aderton
Carter
Allen
Collar
Mitchell
Morris Povich
Russian Voice
New York
Watson Frye Co plans new Bath foundry and machine shop
Bids open April 5 for a red brick foundry and machine shop on Front and Commercial streets Bath. The plant features a 200 foot foundry front on Commercial and an 80 foot machine shop front on Front with glass walls and ivy. A spur line, direct car unloading, monorail cranes, and sightlines to the Kennebec are planned. Large Bath ownership and local leaders back the project. operation expected by June.
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Watson, Frye Co., Ltd
Front Street
Commercial Street
Kennebec
Jordan
Bath
Samuel Wt. Percy
Percy & Small
Rupert H. Baxter
The
Bath Trust Co
Oliver Moses
First National Bank
Daniel T. Dougherty
L. Eugene Thebeau
Maine Central Railroad Co
Scott R. Frye
Orrin F. Frye
G O P Women Officially Enter National Politics in Washington
The Republican women's national executive committee opened a Washington headquarters marking women’s official entry into national politics. The upper photo features Mrs. George W. Reinecke, Miss Flora Wayne Whitney, and Mrs. Medill McCormick in the scene with Miss Mary Stewart noted as secretary.
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Washington
Republican Women's National Executive Committee
Mary Stewart
Women’s Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
George W. Reinecke
Flora Wayne Whitney
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Bath to Host Sub Visit in Liberty Loan Campaign
Maine campaign plans reveal a submarine visit to boost Liberty loan? festivities. A war relic train with German souvenirs, two five ton tanks, fast airplanes, and helmets from Coblenz are among featured attractions. State Chairman Varry Rounds outlined direct sales to the public and medals made from captured cannons for contributors.
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Bath
Maine
France
New England
Liberty Loan
Viarry Rounds
Portland
Liberty Loan Committee
Boston
Ile
Coblenz
Paris
Liberty To&n
Toston
Young's Hotel
Garments Shipped by St. Marys War Relief Group
St Marys women completed 156 pieces of women and children undergarments and sent them Thursday to the American Fund for the French Wounded in Boston. Illness and other delays interrupted the shipment. A H Brehaut of David T Percy & Sons returned from a business trip to Boston.
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St. Mary's
American Fund For
Boston
Seth Iecn
A. H. Brehaut
David T. Percy & Sons
Thugs Attack Elson Field and Deep Wound Found
Elson Field a 87 year old laborer for The Texas Steamship Co was held up on Washington Street near Winship and struck on the head by three men. He was taken to the City hospital with a deep scalp wound that required two stitches. Field could offer little description of his assailants and is unable to identify them. Also reported is Miss Dorothy Tarbox a Red Cross nurse who spoke to the Cosmopolitan Club about her 18 months overseas service in a Bordeaux base hospital and her experiences in France during World War I.
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Elson Field
Texas Steamship Co
Washington Street
Winship
Elisha Field
Charles F. Robinson
Ile
Vield
Robinson
Mr. Robinson
C. A. Peaslew
Veaslee
Field
Bath
Georgetown
Clifton Matthews
Middle Street
Dorothy Tarbox
Hed Cross
Cosmopolitan
Cubt
Bordeaux
Miss Tarbox
Massachusetts General Hospital
France
United States
Wath
Morse High
England
Havre
Verdeaux
Garret
Red Cross
Wand
Richard Cabot
Boston
Furniture for Bath Struck by Train at Hillside Crossing
A heavily loaded truck carrying new furniture from Carleton Furniture Co. bound for Bath was struck by train No. 3 Brunswick at Hillside crossing Thursday. The truck was nearly clear when the locomotive hit it behind the driver. The two men in charge were thrown about 25 feet but uninjured and returned to Wortland. Furniture smashed and scattered in all directions.
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Carleton Furniture Co
Porthind
Bath
Hillside Crossing
Brunswick
MURR
Wortland
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Mary Baxter
Miss Mader
Washington, D. C
Mary Book
Quincy
Cosmopolitan Club
Johnson Bros. Co
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