Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Bath Independent in Bath, Maine

We have 914,015 pages in Maine

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1925

Page

13

Easter Concert at Wesley Church Impresses Congregation

Easter Sunday services at Wesley M. I. church drew large crowds with fine music led by the chair. Pastor Charles K. Brooks baptized three adults and a baby, with new members welcomed. Evening concert featured children under committee direction with a program of hymns, recitations, solos, duets, and a pantomime, amid Easter lilies and hyacinths arranged by several church members.

Wesley M. I Charles KE. Brooks Richard Quick Fleming Galen Watson Ena L Bucknam Lilie M. Cahill Charles Ek. Brooks Eva Lemont Mabel Lermond Georgia Ripley

Dunlap Commandery Easter Service At Masonic Temple

The Easter service by Dunlap commandery at the Masonic Temple drew a large audience. N Gratz Jackson introduced the program followed by a quartet featuring Mrs Lewis Wall, Mrs Mil ton Douglas, Chester Plant and Sanford Nickerson. Rev KE Lewis Wall delivered prayers, with a vocal solo by Mrs Wall, In Memoriam by Dr Langdon T Snipe, and a brass quartet performing Rock of Ages. Past Commander Francis G Cook received a past commander's jewel in a speech by Wast Commander Melvin H Beerwort.

Masonic Temple Dunlap Commandery N. Gratz Jackson IE. Lewis Wall Milton Douglas Chester Plant Sanford Nickerson KE. Lewis Wall Wall

Virginia college students travel to Toulouse and Mexico

William and Mary College plans summer study tours to the University of Toulouse in France and the National University in Mexico for 1925. Academic work will count toward degrees at Toulouse and teaching certificates of the Alliance Pranisi. Courses in Mexico available to English speaking Americans and those who understand Spanish under Prof. Casteneda.

University of Toulouse France National University Mexico William and Mary College Alliance Pranesise University of Mexico William and Mary Toulouse Fichtner C. BE Casteneda

Tribute to Miss Moses Educator and Alumnus Honored

A glowing tribute to Miss L. Resa Moses, longtime Bath high school alumnus and educator, was delivered by Rev. Paul Dresser during his Master sermon at the New Church where she had been an active member.

L. Theresa Moses Old Bath High School Paul Dresser New Church

Stone House farm milk wagon loses wheel on Front street

The Stone House farm milk team met with disaster on Front street Mondy forenoon when the right hind wheel dropped off due to a defective axle. No milk spilled. milk was transferred to another team and the wrecked wagon sent for repairs. The finance commission holds frequent sessions this month to wrestle with the annual appropriation bill, facing the challenge of keeping appropriations down.

Stone House Farm Front Street Mondy Shaw Finance Commission

World Wide Work Of Baptist Denomination To Be Addressed

GEORGETOWN Superintendent of Board of Promotion for Maine E. C. Whittemore will speak Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Kirst Baptist church on the worldwide work of the Baptists. A supper will be served at six in the vestry. Many local residents and visitors are noted in attendance or mentioned in related items as Easter events and community updates fill the page.

Board of Promotion Maine First Baptist Church E. C. Whittemore Waterville Board of Promotion For The Baptists Kirst Baptist Church League Roy Newman Cherry Lawn School Darien Conn Stamford Five Islands Worthind T. M. Hagan Working League I. H. Woodside Harry Horne Bath Martha K. Rich Dboston Harold J. Brown Frederick Laskey Robinhood Cora Beals Everett Mass Carrie Mason Winchester W. T. Boyd Freeport John D. Williams Evelyn Hussey C. L. Hinckley

Tuesday Club to stage comedy The Mishaps of Minerva

The Tuesday club of Winter Street church will present a comedy The Mishaps of Minerva in the chapel next Tuesday night. The cast includes Mortimer Sterling Mrs Beatrice Black Victor Brown Harry Stevenson Mrs Clinton Wilson and others with Miss Marion Freeman directing and a Men’s Club Orchestra providing accompaniment. In a separate note Frank Vike killed a giant tarantula in a grocery store on Pearl Street in April. Canada sold buffalo hides last year totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars with hides bringing 75 to 100 dollars each.

Winter Street Minerva Mortimer Sterling Beatrice Black Victor Brown Cort Terete Clinton D. Wilson Harry Stevenson Bhs Ose Arthur LD Sampson Barnes Frank Vike WM. Hagan Pearl Street Tris Pike Canada

Signs of Weather Still Captain of Old Sayings

A look at New England weather lore shows old proverbs and superstitions guiding forecasts. From coffee cup bubbles to corn beef and cabbage days, people read signs in winds, crops, and animal habits while science explains much away.

New England Weather Bureau Salem Vermont Job Longfellow

Fine Flock of Rhode Island Reds at Hardings Farm

Dr. H A Bates displays a fine flock of Rhode Island red hens at his Hardings home this spring. He owns about 500 mature birds and hundreds of chicks with more on the way. Bates claims the birds are best for this climate and world leading layers. He breeds select two year olds, raises only top layers, and uses roosters from proven stock. Incubators in his basement yield large high quality eggs.

H. A. Bates Rhode Island Hardings Dr. Bates United States

Easter Observance at Five Islands Church Sermon and Fragrant Floral Tribute

Easter service at Five Islands laid out with Rev W T Boyd delivering a fine sermon and music by Mrs E B Billings with a solo by Mrs Fred Carr. Cora May Hanna and Gertrude Jeanette Carr were consecrated. flowers from Mrs W H Holland memory of her husband and Sunshine flowers from Ladies Aid given to shut-ins. Nearby notices cover daily visits, outings, and community events at Bath, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Seguinland with residents traveling by boat or car, and Grange activities adding to the week.

Five Islaod W. T. Boyd E. B. Billings Fred Carr Cora May T. J. Hanna Gertrude Jeanette W. H. Holland George Carey Bath Lewiston Teresa Henry Howard Chester Pinkham Alfred Ellsworth Pinkham George Gray L. G. Lewis Five Islands William Belanger William W. B. Reid Portland Seguinland Grange KE. B. Billings Philip S. Campbell Jr Mark Hanna Elbridge Mains L. H. Rowe J.T. MaceMatan Nettie Snowman Hallowell D. L. Howard Ocean View Davis Clinton Tianna I. H Rittall Horace Rittall Saco James Stevens MacMahon Island AL O P. Davis Harry C. Williams Gi. W. Moulton Mr. Williams Esther Worthing Llewellyn Rittal

Manila customs inspector returns lost purse without reward

Vicente Lumanag of Manila found a purse with $8000 on a visiting steamer, identified the owner from a card, and returned the money. He refused a $500 reward and kept his duties private until the grateful owner wrote to the customs authorities praising his honesty. The piece notes another item about the largest hen's egg, 10 inches in circumference.

Vicente Lumanag Manila Vicente

Bath skater Forrest Hamilton wins trio of races in Lowell

Bath speedster Forrest Hamilton defeated Al Nebes of Lowell and two other top New England skaters in a dramatic three night series at Lowell. After an initial Nebes win, Hamilton seized control with a five mile win and a later eight mile marathon that ended in a Nebes comeback and controversy as spectators celebrated the finish. Hamilton hails from a skating family, with brother Clarence once holding the world two mile indoor record.

New England Forrest Hamilton Bath Lowell Mass Portland Polo League Lowell al Nebes Leo Dourthy Cambridge Tanuny Zanze Revere Hamilton Nebes Berlin Clarence Hamilton Chicago Coliseum Forrest’ Hamilton

Educators Call for a Movie University in America

Dr. Henry S. Curtis of Missouri outlines a national “movie university” concept in the Playground and Recreation Association of America issue. He envisions a strong drama school, research laboratories, and departments such as history Americanization literature geography botany and sociology integrated into film education.

America Henry S. Curtis State Department of Education Missouri Playground and Recreation Association of America Motion “Picture University Curtis

The Movie as Education Says Dr Curtis

Dr Curtis asserts film holds an unquestioned place in education and that cinema creates stronger, more lasting impressions than printed material, particularly for children.

Dr. Curtis

Sills Declares Pacifism Worst Form Of Peace

Bowdoin college President Kenneth C. M. Sills told the Saturday Club in Brunswick that pacificism is a muddled danger to world peace and urged a program of military and naval preparedness while warning against signings pledges against war. He cited threats from Germany Turkey Bolshevist Russia and Balkan unrest and urged United States participation in the World Court and League of Nations. Officers were elected: Helen Varney president and other officers named.

Dr. Sills Germany Turkey Russia Balkans France United States World Court League of Nations Helen L. Varney Daniel C. Stanwood EE. Randolph Comee John C. Thalheimer Clara D. Hayes Gerald G. Wilder Herman d. Stover

Exports Hit Over Three Billion in First Nine Months

Exports for the first nine months reached more than 3 billion dollars, an increase of about 200 million from the same period last year.

Forsdick Predicts Another War Threatening Civilization

Raymond Forsdick a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation warns that a future large scale conflict could endanger the permanence of modern civilization, signaling concern over looming global instability and the risk of widespread destruction.

Raymond Forsdick Rockefeller Foundation

Gross Assets Deduct Items Not Admitted Record

The document lists gross assets totaling .4 and subtracts non admitted items amounting to 37,346,850.29 with a secondary figure of 70,207.39. It presents a net asset adjustment likely for financial reporting or compliance purposes.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Hartnett Company Omplete Wesley Church Virginie “Hamilton Brooks Paul Brooks Marion Whittier Marjorie Dearborn Meetelevatarsia Helen Caroline Rogers Hildren She Risen Ising Rae Doris Stanley Elizabeth Randall Solo Lillian Stover Dorothy Wing Francis Reed Jane Wing George Parshley Hazel Wakefield Ye the Lord Linwood Wiley Linwood Wiley, ‘Thelma Arbour Dorothy Llogue John Stewart, Jr Catherine McGuiggan Dorothy Hogue O Zion Doris Ward Jessie Colby Louise Stewart Alice Sloyne Shively Shepard Vauline Burden Virginia College Miss Moses Bath Grain CO Tel Commercial St Paes Data Georgetown David Alkazin Mike Shannon Petty Potter Francis G. Cooke Lajcha Sterling agUle Tees Ieee Langdon 'T. Suipe Minerva Sterling Warneerepeetante Maxwell Powers Clara Sterling Ruth C. Skillings Motly Atcha Charles BE. Vlaisted Belle Brantley the Screamer Wright Arthur K. Purington Valmer Albert I. Austin Jennia van Deusin Spuyker Sterling Home Marion Freeman Robert Hatch Hope Hersom Men's Club Hardings Farm United States Boundary Montsweag Farm Wiscasset, Me Vogue John J. Desmond Hamilton OF D. M. Humphreys & Co Room Sagadabock Block Bath, Me Sills Bowdoin College U. S Norwich “Union Fire Fire Insurance Society Notal Ie Mai
Search Courier

Search the Bath Independent Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bath Independent?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication