Our Soldier Boys and Society Scenes in Maine
A society page from the Independent notes patriotic verse about fighting Mexicans, Maine and New England pride, and local social life. It covers visits by Mrs. Skillings and other residents, club memberships, a Universalist parish move, a Daughters of the American Revolution congress, recitals, dances, and party plans at Popham Beach, Grace Church, and Music Hall, plus a Torpedo Boat McDougal launch link and various social outings around Patriots’ Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skillings
New York
Panama
Merton Webber
Popham Beach
Adams
McDougal
J. E. C. Sawyer
Allen Brown
Ohio
Murray Clin
Harry Deering
Charles P. Wetherbee
John A. Morse
Col
Dummer Sewall
Washington
Mors
Waine Council
Leonice Morse
St. Margaret’s School
Waterbury
Conn
Elizabeth Webber
Boston
Ralph Stetson
I. Stet
Harryson
Herbert H. Williams
Keeler
Daniel Williams
Williams Cottage
Sabine
Elmer F. Hayes
City Hospital
June Rideout
East Parsonfield
Charles Hyde
Malden
Son Stanley
Miss Harvey
Music Hall
Steyvens
C. H. Cahill
Uder
Weathered fashions in cold winds spark street observations
The Gossiper notes bare necks on ladies and girls, thin hosiery and summer pumps exposed to pneumoniac breeze on windy days. A young man in high tide trousers, low shoes, and a chinchilla ulster buttoned to the chin appears incongruous with the weather as he crosses Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front St
British Curfew Law curtails late dancing and balls
The article details the British Curfew Law prohibiting most dances after 12:30 a m except in private rooms for special occasions and mentions attempts to extend the curfew. It notes London parties and a New York set seeking private rooms, plus local reactions in Augusta and Bath. It ends with a remark about a girl reading war news and wishing for a border soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Notable Bath Figures See Travel and Business Ties
Bath residents and visitors fill a long list of trips and meetings with Boston Portland and Yarmouth ties. Notables include James Skaling in Truro and Mrs Hartnett in Lewiston while John Jackson departs Bath for Florida. developers, merchants, and officials move through Boston Portland and Yarmouth showing ongoing commerce and social ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Skaling
Truro
N.S. W
Dayton Hill
Boston
Eugene J. Hartnett
Lewiston
Albert E. Desmond
Portland
Archie Miller
Providence
Marsh A. Haraden
Gardiner
D. T. Dougherty
George F. Jackson
Senator Minott
The
Center
West Medford
James T. Morse
Baltimore
Louis B. Thebeau
Eugene
Walter E. Reed
Seguinland
Abbott
A. E. Coughlin
Morse
Bern
T. J. Lundrigan
Charles Jessup
Sherman Tabor
Lumberman Reed
Exeter
N. H
Bath
Clarence Lightbody
Miller
William I. Donovan
Miss M. Rogers
Pleasant Farm
North Bath
Brunswick man drowns after fall from Bath wharf
Jesse C. Savage of Brunswick, son of Jesse Savage of this city, fell from the Eastern Steamship Co wharf in Bath yesterday. He tripped on a water hose and struck his head on a capstan before going overboard. The body was recovered about fifteen minutes later near the edge. coroner Curtis deemed an inquest unnecessary. Savage, 30, was an ex swimmer and boxer, survived by a widow, one daughter, his father and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse C. Savage
Brunswick
Jesse Savage
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath
Savage
Curtis
John
Mexican Federals Bombard Neuvo Laredo Across Border
News from Laredo Texas reports Mexican federals attacked Neuvo Laredo across the Rio Grande, burning the town including the U S Consulate and Municipal Building while U S troops are mobilized. Reports say 3 to 12 Mexicans may have fallen as fighting continued and diplomacy deteriorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Neuvo Laredo
U. S
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the Independent
OUR Soldier Boys
Taylor
United States
Dirigo State
Maine
Samuel
Harry A. Nealleys
Bostor
Colonial Club
Armory
Cahill
Stevens
Miss Jackson
Julia Jackson
Wesley Church
Miss Cook
Miss Bliss
Jack
King Cole
Beatrice Nichols
Evelyn Oliver
Adelaide Coombs
Katherine Stinson
Leola Breton
Alexandrine Martin
Lillian Smith
Kathleen McCabe
Madelyn Davis
Meoory
Marjorie Mitchell
Marion Oliver
God
Cynthia Crosman
Miss Tracey
Doris Dyer
Caroline McNeil
Anna Stockbridge
Freeport
John H. Gage
Percy
Lillian Welch
Laura Barstow
Henry Bigegins
Charles Trall
Edward Sampson
Grace Church Parish Hall
Brunswick Sentlemen
AWRR
Garers
Ols Ata
Androscoggin
Lbert LeBreton
Marguerite LeBreton
Harold M. Sewall
Aramede L. Tarbox
Ernest Allan
Lermond
Hitchcock’s Hill
William B. Palmer
Westport
Carrie Dunton
Ethel Lundrigan
Nellie Wheaton
Somerville
Mass
Daughters of Maine
the Vendome
Etta Browne Quimby
Caroline A. Marden
Hettie R. Holbrook
Martha H. Folsom
Adrianna A. Sears
Emma F. Evans
Nellie Haskell
Martha R. Pillsbury
Annie F. Breatt
Harriet A. Noyes Wiley
Lillian Oakes Danforth
Imogene K. Stanton
Eva R. McFarland
Nellie B. Plummer
Helen O. Harts
Rebecca S. Waldron
Susan R. Gladwell
Bertha F. Gifford
Theresa T. King
Acisa M. Mills
IF. E. Drake
Cosmopolitan Girls
Bby
Walter II, Reid
Waterville
City
Sea Cinland
William Isewall
Maurice J. Dunckler
Richard
Forters
Weathersfield
Sarry A. Nealls
Dixon Arnueible Co
Westernlis
Charles J. Farnham
Bermuda
James Lockery
Christine i
Beverly
Miass
L Frederick Mason
Augusta
Fessenden N. Chase
Saco
U. S. Geological Survey
Llumberman Reed
Vicin- the
F. E. Stanley
Newton
William H. Page
Dummer St
Annie Randall
South Natick
Charles Cheltra
High St
Jennie Norton
Emma Reed
Clirge Beth Hayes
George O. Stetson
George W. Leadbetter
George
Ralph Totman
Biddeford
Joseph Gurney
M. A. Harraden
Marcia Trott
Joseph F. McCole
J. H. Miller
Bowdeinham
A. P. Barrett
Topsham
Brunswick Law
Mr. Lovett
William A. Reed
Bonds
Merton Rogers
Yarmouth
Bant Hanson
Everett Lemont
Joseph Lemont
West Bath
J. A. Wellings
York Coal Co
W. J. Collins
A. H. Blackington
Rockland
Henry Caddy
Frank M. Powers
O. A. Kittredge
Bowker
Phippsburg
H. A. Burt
St. Johnsbury
Wright
Charles Oliver
Oliver
Albert W. Flynt
Whitefield
E. J. Murphy
Frank B. Gallison
Gallison
Samuel J. Parks
Morse High School
Hiram Abrams
Famous Players Film Co
New England
James Connellan
Connellan Amusement Co
Theresa Foster
Broad Cove
Matthew McQuarrie
Lowell
Matt
Maine Central
New England Telephone Co
C. Plummer
Bowdoin College
Good Government Club
Plummer
Panama Canal
John S. Jackson
Florida
Mr. Jackson
E. Kinney
Prince Arthur
Montauk Point
John McInnes
Hull Department
Rotterdam
U.S
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Badgers
Tampico
Mexico City
Ewing
5Th Brigade
Funston
Galveston
Villa
Juarez
el Paso
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