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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1916

Page

5

Bowdoinham P D Burglary Leaves Safe Demolished

Bowdoinham Post Office was broken into during the night last Thursday. The safe was opened and demolished with contents taken. Entry was gained via the cellar and damage done to the door and glass. Local residents heard the explosion and notified the postmaster.Beyond this, town updates note Easter events, road repairs, obituaries, and civic notices including cemetery affairs and local society meetings.

Bowdoinham T. M. Millay Bowdoin Pomona Grange West Bath Harvard's Road Gormley Guildhall N. H R. H. Jack Portland FL S Nichols Waring Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co Rockland Boston Boston Comedy Co H. Price Webber Grange Hall Coombs Lisbon Falls Silas Hamilton Capitol Island W. L. Blackman Bath Harvey Ames J. E. Cornish & Co I. M. Fowle Ernest Lancaster Brunswick Ellen Nichols George Denham McKay

Card of thanks from Mrs. George T. Getchell

Mrs. George T. Getchell thanks Merrymeeting Grange members for flowers during her husband’s illness and friends for help.

George T. Getchell Merrymeeting Grange

Sudden Death of Eugene P Webber Shocks Westport

Eugene P Webber died in Portland on the 19th and his loss sent a shock through Westport especially among the Grange members. Born March 18 1852 he dedicated his life to government service and later retirement. He leaves widow Margaret and daughter Maude with sisters in Bath and town, burial in Bartlett Cemetery.

Eugene Edgecomb Ernest Lancaster Lloyd Adderton Bath Edward Fitzgerald Charles Fuller Augusta Village Cemetery Association K. of P. Hall Methodist Aid Naomi Rideout Casey Portland George T. Getchell J. E. Clark Brunswick C. L. Mosher Daniel Winslow South Gardiner Chester Charles Tregambo Epworth League North Carolina Methodist Church J. L. Pinkerton Hallowell H. D. Grant Fred Mulligan John Frost Bert Pierce Hinckley Hinckley Place As Soon As Dr. Grant Moves Out Mr. and, Mrs. J. E. Clark Page St Clark Bertha Moulton Orono John F. Baker T. K. Jack Ira Frost Pearl Sedgeley Gardiner Eugene P. Webber Mr. Webber Stephen P Caroline Bartlett Webber Culbert McGay Grace Church Bartlett Margaret O. Webber Maude E. Webber Bell L. Welch Blanche B. Dickinson Ray Welch Eugene Lewis Charles Tilton Amos Knight Eisner Arrowsic Carl Hodgdon Springfield Mass Millie Hodgdon Madelyn Owen B.F. Jewett Arnold Stacy Earl Richardson River Works Lynn Clarence Greenleaf Boston Piazza H. F. Greenleaf Alice Knight Margery Burt K. Nelson Echo Home Capt Henry Ingalls Tarbox Tarbox

Missionary Rev John MacAuliffe Active in Lincoln County

Reverend John MacAuliffe is engaged in missionary work for the Congregational Society and is now located in Lincoln County reporting ongoing religious outreach and community service.

Fort John MacAuliffe Congregational Society Lincoln County

West Bath community notes and Grange activities

West Bath residents engage in social and civic events from May 2 meetings of the New Meadows Boat Club to ongoing Grange sessions. Notable items include Eliza Fisher visitors at Foster Point, boat preparations, church delegate travel, and a War Relief effort shipping 360 handkerchiefs. Special guests planned for the Monday Grange meeting.

Mary Gowen Bath Berry’s Mills Joseph Larrabee Alonzo Fisher New Meadows Boat Club I. B. Neiley Long Island E. G. Laughlin Malden Mass Foster Point I. W. Coombs Lisbon Falls A. E. Rich Pomona Berry’s Mill The Grange Jake Conant New Meadows Eugene Brown West Somerville Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene Ss. L. Bonney B. D. Stanley Winthrop Ernest Williams Campbell’s Pond Herbert Williams Topsham Grange Cahill Lowell West Bath War Relief Association William B. Kendall Frank Adams

Five Islands Grange Social Nets Seven Dollars

The Five Islands Grange social on Saturday night featured ice cream and cake sales totaling seven dollars. The indoor circus was moved to a poverty social with a dress-for-it theme, and the Easter supper fundraiser at Rowe's Hall raised about fourteen dollars for the church fund.

Clarence O. Purinton Post Road Abbie Jacques Emma Grange Southport Archie Brewer Thomas Marr Clarence McMahan Sherburn Rowe Addie P. McFadden New York J. G. Stevens Worthey Lermond H. Rowe Pomona West Bath Edward Pierce Boston Seguinland Russia Ellen E. Hagan Lakeville Mass South Portland Ida H. Rowe

Mrs Almon Marr Suffers From Rheumatism Visit at South Port

Mrs Almon Marr is suffering rheumatism. Miss Corinne McMahan and friend Miss Nora Marr visit at South Port. Will E Rowe has his launch in commission and freighting a car load of salt from Bath for H F Pinkham’s fish business here.

B. F. Jewett George Clancy Littlefield Cottage Eisner North Church South Schoolhouse Almon Marr Corinne McMahan Nora Marr Southport Will E. Rowe Bath H. F. Pinkham

Breech of Promise Case Charade at Music Hall Entertainment

A mock trial titled Breech of Promise Case raised $125000 for Sagadadoc Council Knights of Columbus at Music Hall Friday. Judge I B Brown and J J Keegan presided with numerous performers and a piano interlude by Miss Ruth Burke. Home candies and fruit punch fueled a lively event as lighter Hattie B returned from Boothbay with cargo duties.

Music Hall Sagadadoc Council Knights of Columbus I. B. Brown J. J. Keegan Catherine Sullivan Eva Tanglefoot Marion Philbrick John Brutus Hamfat George Hart Runabout Gardiner E. J. Murphy Leo Burke Ruth Burke Hattie B Crocker Boothbay Bath Westport Clarence Morse Dodge

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Bowdoinham P. D Great Tong Hill Frances B. Coombs Lena Skelton Norman Curtis Horace Whitney W. J. Graves Charles Hatch F. K. Jack Persis Whitney Percy Blanchard Augusta Hospital Central Maine Power Co C. F. Staples C. B. Randall E. W. Warren Capt. Getchell Capt. Webber Bath Daily Times Phoenix Lux E. Z. Mark M. A. Haraden I. M. Slim John Fitzgerald Bright Redtop Eugene Hartnett Bart O'Donnell Percival John Edward Wagons Eugene Hart Madame Dam Salles Hall al Cheney & CO. Taete MERC Ational Bane
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