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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1921

Page

6

Bath Aldermen Add 300 Names to Jury Round

Nearly 300 names were added to Bath's jury roll by the board of aldermen and accepted by the city council on Wednesday night. The alphabetical list includes Adams, William M., Adams, Harry M., Anderson, Carl, Appleton Everard W., Arik Charles, Armes Fred W., Austin Albert F., Avery Joseph E., and many more prominent residents across Bath.

Board of Aldermen Cas Adams William M Harry M Anderson Carl Appleton Everard W Arik Charles Armes Fred W Austin Albert F Avery Joseph E Avery Lewin J Bachelder Charles E Barker George F Batea John I Bean Charles A Beal William N Beckley Samuel Beerwort Melvin H Besaw William E Biggins James Blair Blake Howard E Blixs Bowie Harrison Bowker Frank M Kbrackley Fred L Bragg Fred Kbrown F. Wilbur Brown John W. Bruce William A. Cahill Charles H Cahill Wilber G Cavanaugh John A Carvill Frank J. Chase Walter E., Jr Chase Vernal V Churchill George A Clark Frank J Crooker George E Frederick F Fernald D Crosby Elwell Guy H Crosman Harry W Cushing Christopher Cutting Harold E Coffin Nathan F Otis F Callins Earl B Coleman Andros L Colby Fred N Coombs William D Benjamin P James W Conley Seneca HL John M Cook Edward HL Charles F Copeland George R Cornish Edwin J Corliss Coxs Thomas W Covel Ralph Dain Charles J Day Harry L Deering Denham Alden Harry G Dickinson George Dingley Charles W Dodge Eugene W Dolloff Cuvier Donnell William R Dougherty Daniel T Douglas Milton H Doylé Archie E Doyle Martin B Drake J. Edward Daley Frank L Dunbar Ralph P Dunton Ralph H Dunn A. Harold Easley Louis TP Eaton Sidney J Ellers Amasa S Emery Virgil Emmons Frank F Bagley Albert M Charles H. Farrar Charles B Farrar Edgar A Freeman John H Frederick W Fredericks Hans W Frye Orrin F Fisher Alonzo G Fitzgerald John F Foote Harry F Footer L. Eugene Fuller Fred A Elliot Herbert S Harrington Edward Harriman Hartnett Hartwell Edward H Wartleb Henry M Hatch Willam FE Robert B Heald Ernest B Herbert Julius J Hinckley Fred J Hodgdon Henry G Hooper Hooker Lloyd Lee Hosmer William W Howard Henry W Dora L Huse Hyde Edward W. Trish Allen M. Jackson Nelson L Jackson Charles T Johnson Howard B Jones Edwin M

Bath Business Men Beat Wiscasset In Slugfest

Bath business men defeated Wiscasset 14 to 11 in a midweek baseball clash. The game featured 33 hits, notable fielding by Sewall and Grindle, Redounett’s home run, and strong pitching by Creswell after Boudreau faced early trouble.

Bath Business Men Wiscasset Fred J. McTeer Jily H. Volz Bath Sewall Fuller Grindle Redounett C. Fitzgerald Legro Hill Clinto Field Weeks Boudreau Creswell McGrath Price Foster Perkins Carlton Dr. McTeer Fred Walker B. Stinson Warker Wiscoxset H. W. Webb Congregational Church Tie Leroy Dickinson Pushard Ralph Sherman McPhee John Freeman Art Pepper Wiscasset Inn Bouudriaee Euler Ant CO Lamee Gringle My. Fitzgerald Wegees If Asoka Boudrean Cathy Wiscasset Ab Rich Po Dickinson Loess Mae Verkina P. Cf Ase Colass I Rath Fitzgerald Mel’hee Perkins Olinte Peter Olinto Arthur JT. Pepper C. H. Volz Henry P. Boudreau John A

Baseball Fever Grips Winnegance With Big League Tour

Winnegance hosts Corliss street team in a church league clash drawing over 100 spectators at Morse field. The game ends with Corliss St 2, Winnegance 6 as Capital Trask’s American Express team visits. Later Winnegance defeats Parker Head 14 to 1 in a lopsided affair. Several local residents are noted visiting relatives and attending church services while weekend social events follow the ball games.

Winneyance Morse’s Field Winegance Corliss Street Church League Vlans Orude Perry Lawn Corliss St American Express Winnegance Express Capt. Trask Ann Morse's Parker Head Parker Walter Morse Winnegiunce Rice Perry Russell Merry Hunt Oliver Morse Rogers A. Morse Sprague Mank, Jr Aiken Hodgkins Mank Sr Krieder Murphy Henderson Harrington Olney Almon RR Marie Emily Footer Perry Cottage Sabaxco Fred Dwyer William Swain Fred Arren Barron Norman Smith Agnes Lisbon Falls Dorothy Laides Alfred Oliver Augustus Gould Holbrook Mass Seymour Hayden George Murphy City Hospital Mary Murphy Bangor Belle Savage Portland Thomas Oliver Otis Hunt Frances Hunt Edwin Hunt Providence Edith Fe Jan Evergreen Cottage West Bath John M. Schofield Morse’s Mountain George Charleteh Walter C. Perry Frank Perry Mabel Marston Boston Fred T. Parks Frank G. Purington Stanley Beulah McIntire Charles KE. Hewitt Richmond Frank Talbot Charles Hunt W. Hi.Tobey James McLanglin Gardiner Frank Knight Port Clyde J. N. Tibbetts Ralph Louise Bay Point Fred S. Coombs Durham George Ingalls Walter Peterson Kenneth Charles B. Williams George L. Rogers Earl Morse J. Parker Morse

Pocketbook Found After Ferry Loss in Woolwich

William Birkenfield, a deckhand on the Ferdinand Gorges, recovered the pocketbook lost by H. V. Tennant a passenger on the State of Maine express. The item held three baggage checks nine pounds in English notes about 200 dollars in U S currency and private papers. Tennant, secretary attached to the British embassy in Washington, was at Dark Harbor where Sir Auckland Geddes the ambassador, was visiting. Colby the Woolwich agent and William Reed the State of Maine conductor aided the return. Tennant offered a $30 reward.

William Birkenfield Ferdinand Gorges H. V. Tennant State of Maine Express Birkenfield Woolwich Station J. A. Colby Woolwich United States Tennant Dark Harbor Colby William Reed Rockland Washington Sir Auckland Geddes

Bath Discontinues Workmen Trains and Adds Night Service

The Bath timetable ends the No 66 workmen train after years of late afternoon trips to Brunswick and the Saturday 11.40 excursion. The 4.00 pm and 12.40 Saturday trains will keep stops. A new daily 1.08 am Bath train adds two night westbound options with Lewiston and St John connections, all times EST.

Bath Brunswick Lewiston Doston St. John Boston

Stopping Use of Glaring Lenses on Maine Roads

Motorcycle patrolman Thirty J. Thompson enforces Maine lens rules by stopping out of state cars with glare lenses. Massachusetts drivers are frequent offenders but Thompson requires replacement with regulation lenses before leaving the city. He arrested a Massachusetts driver who refused. at the ferry they were directed to the station and the owner bought compliant lenses. Seven cars were stopped Friday for glare lenses.

J. Thompson Massachusetts Maine Thompson Warner Burlet

Open Air Movie Event Draws 300 in Park

More than 300 people attended an outdoor film show in the park on Friday evening. The program featured scenes from New Orleans and a national review of American liberty, plus a reel on Uneeda biscuits and a marine travel segment. Twenty five stereopticon slides from famous paintings were shown before the films, and a 12 foot screen was raised on the southeast park corner by an iron frame near the library. The Y M C A operated the projection from their building with Volz as secretary. More such entertainments are planned throughout the summer as part of the Y M C A social program.

New Orleans National Review Tissot

Mrs Carlton Hosts Research Class At Woolwich

Mrs Clarence I Carlton welcomed the Corliss street church Research class to her Woolwich home. Guests enjoyed beach bathing and flower garden views, shared a picnic lunch, and received bouquets. A unanimous vote of thanks honored her hospitality. Attendees included Mrs George Allan, Mrs Edward McNeil, Mrs George N Coombs, Mrs Lizzie French, and others.

Clarence I. Carlton Corliss Street Woolwich Carlton George Allan Edward McNeil George N. Coombs Lizzie French Cora Small Etta Pottle Mary Smith Thornton Eleanor Combs

Evans Snipe wedding in Arrowsic Boston couple

William J. Evans of Boston and Nellie M. Snipe of Arrowsie were married July 23 by Rev. Edwin Dodge Hardin at the Winter Street Church manse. Evans, a painter, is son of John Evans. Mrs. Evans, daughter of Henry and Mrs. Snipe, is a milliner. They will reside in Arrowsic.

William J. Evans Boston Nellie M. Snipe Arrowsie Edwin Dodge Hardin Winter Street

West Bath Guests and Summer Residents Chronicle

West Bath social notes record visitors and guests at Bath and nearby cottages including Margaret Nutter from Newton staying with Fred Larrabee, and numerous family and friends visiting at Campbells Pond Sabine and the New Meadows area. The column lists attendees at lawn parties and weekend stays from Boston, Newton, Jamaica Plain, Gardiner, and Lewiston with several marriages, recoveries from illness, and motor trips to Boothbay and Southport.

Margaret Nutter South Station Boston Fred Larrabee West Bath Neiley Trafant’s Pine Point New Meadows Charles D. Jacobs Abvie Whitney West Somerville Mass J. Everett Mayo Dhl Stackpole Carolyn Stackpole Capitolished Blanche Wo George Vi Jewett Gladys Strout Liberty Street Bath Maye Tiarold Gervish Wo TE Charlesworth Donald Wittsfield Puesdiag Ernest I. Williams Campbell's Nwn John Clough Marguerite Wendall Williams Eva Clough Leona Hoyt Marion Jacques Rena Clough Lois Vanderleed Armena Jacques Ray Cummings Charles Bates Susie Bates Evelyn Bates Lester Campbell Helen Campbell Campbell's Pond Tie Stott Woolwich LL. Op Greenleaf Evelyn Did Ellsworth Gardiner Merton Wright Reginald Lombard Torthind Drake Farm Birch Point J. Everett Mayo BL OR. Brown Newton Fred W. Larrabee Laura Farnham Walwick Salem Normal School J. M. Lemont Everett Lemont Sabine Lannes Fuller Robert Augusta Jennie Larrabee I. W. Freeman Lowell W. O. Larrabee William Kingsbury J. M. Jordan Jamaica Plain Harley True Carroll S. Blanchard New York Frank R. Smith New Moeadows Charles Toothaker Charles Footer Place Willis Cunningham B.C. Calderwood Trarley True Boothbay Southport Miesday Joseph White J. Tf. Lemont Herbert Worrey Washington Street R. Chappell Raymond Louise Middleboro W. E. White Fred Sears Joseph W. Larrabee L. L. Hooker Frank Reed Margaret Reed Mechanic Street Lucy Bryant Lewiston Charles Bates, Jr Lacey Gerrish Margaret Bryant Christmas Cove IT. F. Morin Viola Goddard Quincy Auburn HW. R. Rich Stackpole Durham

Police search for stolen cars in Brunswick and Providence

Bath police seek a Ford car with Maine plate 1346 owned by William Hedson of Brunswick stolen Thursday night. They also hunt a Ford Toqt model with Rhode Island plate TOQ 0T3 reported stolen in Providence. The right front fender is damaged and patched with tin and the lower left windshield corner is broken.

Bath Maine Willian He Bdson Brunswick Rhode Island Providence

Decayed Fruit Peddlers Run Afoul of Bath Police

Two men selling aged fruit in Bath without a license were stopped after a resident complained. Motorcycle Patrolman Parry L. Thompson located them Friday morning as they sold peaches. The fruit appeared fine on top but was decayed beneath. They were taken to the station, settled with victims, and ordered out of the city.

Parry L. Thompson

Acadia Lodge Installs Officers in Knights of Pythias

Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias installed officers Thursday night led by District Deputy Grand Chancellor George T L Welch. Past Chancellors Henry G. Trodgdon William Mann Edward McLellin Vern on W Miller assisted. New officers include Noel Parent as chancellor commander Sidney Munro vice chancellor Otis Munro prelate Percival Mann M of W Preston Farrar M of A Fred Witham JG Edward H Hartwell OG. Esquire titles conferred on Arthur Williams Hiram Larsen. Refreshments were served.

Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias George TL. Welch Henry G. Trodgdon William Mann Edward McLellin Vernon W. Miller Noel Parent Sidney Munro Otis Munro PLC Percival Mann Preston Farrar Fred Witham J.G Edward H. Hartwell O.G Esquire Arthur Williams Hiram Larsen

Delightful Reception for Rev Raymond Chappell and Wife

Former First Baptist pastor Rev Raymond Chappell and his wife visited Bath with their children Raymond and Louise. They attended an informal reception hosted by ex-Councilman Herbert E. Worrey at 1207 Washington Street, held under elm and chestnut trees due to ideal weather.

Raymond Chappell First Baptist Church Baptist Church Middleboro Mass Reve

Woman Claims Rapid Weight Gain Diet Miracle

Chicago woman Mrs. W. P. Statsny soared from 110 pounds to 235 in six weeks. She credits a diet of butter eggs cottage cheese and cream plus abundant vegetables with spinach, saying doctors feared diabetes but the plan added about three pounds daily.

W. P. Statsny Chicago

Bath Police Patrolman Targets Local Speeders

The rear tag on patrolman Harry S. Thompson’s motorcycle reads Bath Police Dept. and serves as a warning to drivers not to exceed speed limits. Thompson plans to pursue speeders using city streets for car demonstrations.

Harry S. Thompson Bath Thompson

Not Feeling Much Better After Summer Vacation

The article urges readers to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to tone the nerves aid digestion and improve sleep appetite and general health after summer vacation. It suggests Toad's Pills as a laxative for biliousness or constipation and endorses the medicine as beneficial for pupils teachers and others.

Hood Toad

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