Polite Bath Tourists Welcome Bath Coast Artillery Corps
Popham Beach hosts the Fourth Company Coast Artillery Corps from Bath. Soldiers arrived at noon Friday and are tasking Fort Baldwin transfers while summer residents comment on their gentlemanly bearing. Lt Col I M Padmer arrived to take charge and Lewiston, Drake, and others move between fort and armory as mosquitoes harass the camp.
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Popham Beach
Popham
Bath
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Baldwin
I. M. Padmer
Coast Artillery
Lewiston
Portland
Forest Drake
E Company
Paphan
Virginia
Jacut
Col Palmer
Bath Citizens Rally For Mess Fund Support
Bath residents praise contributions to the mess fund while post office business booms with Bath boys sending hundreds of cards and letters Friday night and reports from home beginning to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Boys
De Lisser Renames Topaz VI After Purchase
Horace De Lisser has renamed the cruising power boat Topaz VI to tone after buying it from 4. W. Clifford Jr of Bath last season. The eighth Topaz, owned by Clifford, is a 64 foot express cruiser built by IF Pendleton at Wiscasset this year from designs by W J Deed Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace de Lisser
W. Clifford, Jr
Bath
Mr. Clifford
IF. Pendleton
Wiscasset
W. J. Deed, Jr
Local Jottings from Bath and Nearby Towns
Local notes report visits and movements in Bath Maine with figures such as Wilfred Langley returning from Togus Home and Henry M. Donnelley visiting on labor matters. Mentions include A Marr of Boston Bridge Co outing in Bath Mere Point guests, Miss Madelyn Desmond with Mary Baxter, Dr A B Hervey at Boothbay Harbor, and a death in Winthrop. There is a note on companies seeking exemptions via the district board and difficulties finding skilled shipyard workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Datber
Winthrop
Mass
William Cv Hinds
Bath
District Board
West Bath Haying Victories Among Summer Visitors
West Bath winds up the haying season as visitors fill the town. Mrs Susan Dort of Boston visits family, church activities pause for summer, and many local residents host guests from Maine and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Susan Dort
Boston
Frank Jones
Many Prescriptions At This Season
An advertisement proposes Hood's Sarsaparilla with Peptiron Pills as a superior treatment for impure blood and run-down conditions. It claims a four-fold benefit from using Hood's before meals and Peptiron after meals, asserting enhanced appetite and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R_ Hood
Hood
Bath Experiences Worst Electrical Storm In Years
A severe Wednesday evening storm battered Bath causing power outages from 8:20 pm to 1 am with lines burning between Deer Rips and Lewiston and volunteer crews restoring service. One brakeman, Joseph Glidden of Rockland, was seriously shocked during a yard incident. two freight cars derailed and were later righted. Fires were reported near New Castle and Dresden. nearby towns saw heavy rain and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Deer Rips
Lewiston
A. W
Central Maine Power Co
Merrymeeting Bay
Wiscasset
Joseph Glidden
Rockland
Ferdinando Gorges
Glidden
Brunswick
Central Maine Co
Dresden
Newcastle
Social guests mingle at Harbor View and Morse's Neck
Mrs William H Moore of Boston hosted Sunday dinner with Miss Greenleaf Mrs J M Schofield Miss Nettie Morse Mr James Morse and My George Merritt of Bath Miss Nellie Soule of Brookline Mass and Mrs Emma Sylvester of Small Point attended. Miss Wilma Sylvester visits Harbor View cottage Morse's Neck for a week and Nellie Soule holidays at Harbor View there. Mrs Kelley of Boston summers with Mrs Moore at Harbor View Morse's Neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Moore
Boston
Greenleaf
J. M. Schofield
Nettie Morse
James Morse
George Merritt
Bath
Nellie Soule
Brookline
Mass
Emma Sylvester
Small Point
Wilma Sylvester
Harbor View Cottage
Morse's
Morse’s Neck
Kelley
Card of Thanks from Dolloff Family after Woolwich Fire
The Dolloff family thanks neighbors for saving their furniture and barn in a recent Woolwich fire. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dolloff express gratitude dated August 4, 1917.
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Woolwich
C. R. Dolloff
Worry Linked to Digestive Health and Hopeful Remedies
A 19th or early 20th century medical ad notes worry as both a cause and result of poor digestion. It promotes L. F. Atwood's Medicine as a safe, economical cure for constipation and liver sluggishness, claiming it restores mood and social appeal. 35 cents a bottle with free samples from Mephinge Co., Portland, Maine.
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L. F
Atwood
L.F
Mephinge Co
Portland
Maine
Obituary for Nancy McPherson with Bath ties and Nova Scotia visit
Nancy McPherson died Monday after a week of illness at 76 years nine months. A Sackville native, widow of James McPherson she lived in Bath nearly 40 years and belonged to Corliss Street Baptist Church. Survived by four sons John L Stewart Sidney Matthew. two daughters Mrs Harry Smith and Mildred. many grandchildren great grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Remains to Bath with services at 401 Washington St. Also included is obituary note for railroad baggage master Stewart Berry aged 66 with descendants in Manchester New York Portland and Rockland.
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Marica M. Stinson
Harrison
Percy Bailey
John Reed
Capitol Island
Nequasset
Murray O'Neil
Florence Knapp
New Bedford
Knapp
Indian Point
Edward Carlton
Woolwich
Merrimac
Mass
Laura Ames
Mell Head
Ellsworth
Frank Head
Lemuel Preble
Hyde
John Preble
Plinette Allen
East Machias
Cedar ‘Grove
Walter Densmore
North Woolwich
Brinton Bailey
Lynn
Montsweag
Harold Libby
Auburn
Lillian Brown
J. M. Lemont
Oakledge
Jessie Tarr
A. G.fisher
Foster's Point
Topsham
Hattie Austin
Brunswick
Josie Winter
Margaret Nutter
Newton
Fred Larrabie
Camp Hygemoggin
Portland
Mrs. Brown
Sandy Cove
New Meadows Inn
Larrabee Grove
Ernest Williams
George Rogers
Julia Coombs
William Furbur
Brigham'’s Cove
Farber's
Frank W. Jacques
West Bath
C. KB. Vanderklad
Lois
Eugene
Philadelphia
Roscoe Parks
Parks
Ruth
Newark
N. J
M. Janet Cutler
Fred Sturtevant
Almira Sturtevant
William Donnell
Wadsworth
Herbert Mallard
Alice Waters
Thomas Greves
George Rosenthal
Boston
John White
John Austen
Harold ,Gerrish
Fred White
Bath
Will Brown
Mrs.Brooks
Will Browns
Stewart McPherson
Tatamagouch
N. S
Nancy McPherson
Corliss Street Baptist Church
James McPherson
John L., Stewart
Sidney
Matthew
City
Harry Smith
Mildred McPherson
This City
Leila
Hazel
Bernice McPherson
Lawrence and
Francis McPherson
Chicago
Forest Hamilton
Sidney F. Hamilton
Ernest Hamilton
Louise Hamilton
Washington St
William Berry
Rockland
Knox and Lincoln
Hodgkins
Ada Bunton
Manchester
N.H
Jennie McCabel
New York
Albert Berry's Death by Poison at Rockland Boarding House
Bath friends report Albert Berry of Rockland took poison Sunday at his boarding house, following months of paralytic shock and ill health cited as the cause of his death.
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Albert Berry
Rockland
Bathman Horatio N. Douglas to lead Newington shipyard project
Horatio N. Douglas leaves for Newington to supervise L. H. Shattuck & Co. plans to build a large shipplant at Stoning ton on the Piscataquis River. The Portsmouth Times notes survey work underway with 50 acres prepared, 2500 workers possible, housing a key issue as Portsmouth real estate booms. Capt. L. S. Wiley, famed local gardener, praises farming and fresh produce from his plots.
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Horatio N. Douglas
Newington
N. H
L. H. Shattuck & Co
Manchester
Stonington
Piscataquis River
Portsmouth Times
Nancy Drew Place
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
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Thompson Bros
Topaz VI
Wilfred Langley
National Togus
Bath Department Store
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Ladies’ Aid of the
Methodist Church
Wilbur Crocker
Raymond Dexter
Albert Galloupe
C. A
Henry Gatchell
Clarence Gatchell
Augustus W. Lavigne
Baptist
John McKenney
David Robbins
Evelyn Isbesder
Melrose
Ida Crandell
Providence
Wilson Bailey
Karl Rice
Warren Bailey
Albert
Rodney
Jessie Bailey
Jay Bailey
Dorothy
Sumner Bailey
Maynard Gore
Fourth Company
Roy Carpenter
Horace Bailey
G. A. Walker
Mildred Snipe
Arrowsie
Sarah P. E. Hathorne
Pearl Hall
Augusta Pitts
Musene Brown
Mill Cove
Waterville
Pittston
Nelson Allen
Malden
Walter True Brown
Laury Bryant
Charles Jates
Mitchell Homestead
Roy Jarrabee
Revere
Thornton Bates
Madelyn Noyes
Hazel Moore
Ardell
Susie
Evelyn
Margaret Bates
Keith Coombs
Conrad Nelson
Everett, Mass
Nelson and Son
Conrad
Beachmont
JC. H. Bates Farm
Sabino
Stanley
Butler Cottage
Earl Wine
North Bath
Wing Farm
Whittall Bugs
M. J. Whittall
Royal Worcester
James F. Will Co
Mrs
Bathman Super
L. S. Wiley
Percy
Red Cross
Civil Engineering Department
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