Local Jottings Open Forest of Tiny Town News
Local notes describe blueberry scarcity and prices, haying across farms in West Bath Harpswell Phippsburg Moatsw eag Gardiner and Wiscasset, mushroom shipments to Boston and New York, post office entrance changes, brown tail moths dwindling, a seventh birthday party, city dump debate at City Government meeting, and booking of Paramount films for fall at the Columbia Theatre including Seven Sisters and Rags among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth M
Chopps Creek
M.C.R.R
Norris
American Express
Woolwich
Scout Council
Birch Point
M. J. McCormick
West Bath
Harpswell
Phippsburg
Moatsweag
Gardiner
Wiscasset
John Myers
Bath
Boston
New York
Custom House
Frank Hagan
Edward and
Parker Adams
Union St
Katherine Atwood
Dain
Webber
Columbia Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Marguerite Clark
Ina Claire
Carlyle Blackwell
Blanche Sweet
Pauline Frederick
Fanny Ward
Kitty
Elsie Janis
Hazel Dawn
the Boss
George Fawcett
John Barrymore
John Barrymore In ‘‘the Incorrigible Dukane;’’ Mary Pickford In ‘‘the Foundling
Charlotte Walker
Out of Darkness
Local notes on outings and community life in Bath area
A roundup of seaside and river events including readings of sand deliveries for Read Nichols Co. haying on two Campbell farms in Winneganee, a powerboat outing from city landing, and a steamer excursion to Boothbay. Also covered are Bath Lodge Moose finances, a Beach Road street accident, and church anniversary services with local dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie B
Read Nichols Co
Campbell
Winneganee
Back River River
City Landing
City Steam Roller
Oak St
Bath Lodge of
Moose
Oliver
Portland Company
Knud Paulsen
Portland
Irwen
Barter
Bath
Long Wharf
Hazard
Gardiner
Southport
Boothbay
Islands
Hazard Shoe Factory
Eastern Steamship Co
William E. Whitmore
Washington St
Maurice J. Duncklee
Winter Street Congregational Church
Harry C. Webber
Maxwell Powers
John A. Morse
Ernest A. Allan
Washington, D. C
Oak Grove Cemetery
New Jerusalem
Maine Association of the New Jerusalem Church
Julian K. Smith
New York
B. N. Stone
Maine Association
Paul Sperry
Brockton
New Church
Carlton
New York City
Chicago
Brooklyn Eagle
New York State
Little Falls
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Bay City
Michigan
Louisville
Kentucky
St. Louis
Casco Aerie
Order of Eagles of
Long Island
George A. Etter
Bath Aerie
Rain, ships and trials mark Sunday in coastal towns
Sunday evening rain returns as Ram Island Ledges ship Babboon runs ashore then returns to port. Five masted schooner frame arrives at Deering yard signaling soon work. Capt John A. Thompson seeks Sea and Shore Fisheries commissioner with growing support. Funeral for Mary M. Treadwell held. interment at Buxton follows. Tramps, bowling league talks, and Jersey City rector shift noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Ram Island
Deering Yard
John A. Thompson
Shore Lodge
Southport
Nehemiah Boynton
Clinton Avenue
General Conference of the
Congregational Church of the United States
State Street
Portland
Mary M. Treadwell
Edwin S. Bacon
Bath St
B. P. Browne
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Buxton
Boothbay
The
Register
Windlass
Boston Herald
Ben Foster
Foster
Richmond
Capt. Wallace
Night Force
Annable
Middle St
Wallace
Bangor
L. D. Mathis
Bangor Belodrome
Waterville
Corliss
Pattee
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Jersey City
George C. DeMott
St. John’s Parish
George Daniel Hadley
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
St. John’s
de Mott
George C. Hadley
Hadley
Jersey City Heights
Bishop Lines
Brush
St. Paul’s
Mr. DeMott
Clean slate at the police station and Bath notes
Sunday police work is reported as routine while Bath residents note home painting and roads washed by Sunday night showers. The article records a large yacht Cleona being repaired after a storm and several local events including a church lawn party profit and a rattlesnake sighting at Candy's Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Worrey
Mercury
Y.M.C.A
Bath
St. Mary's Church
Sedewick Circle
G. Aree
Portland
John Bossert
Jacksonville
Florida
Deering-Winslow Co
H. W. Priest
The
Wentworth
Newcastle
N. H
Christian Workers’ Magazine
Moody Bible School
Chicago
Harold Holbrook
Charles Holbrook
Holbrook
Plymouth
Ill
Tabernacle
Cleona
Seguin
Marblehead
George Bullock
New York
Charles Beekman
Bath Iron Works
Bath Harbor
Dana R. Hammond
Edward J. Sullivan
Winnipeg
Man
Sullivan
Broadway
Orpheum
Maine
Candy’s Harbor
Frank Morse
Edward Harris
Morse
Cundy’s Harbor
Ossa Kingsbury
James Hogan
Labor Day festival and Bay area scouting noted in Bath column
The piece lists events in Bath and nearby towns including a Labor Day festival with 12 bands, Bay water activity with black ducks and teal, leaking roofs after a rain, Tug Seguin towing vessels, blackberry picking, Keen & Shippy Model Shows touring through Bath to Augusta, and a Boy Scouts outing at Birch Point. It also mentions Commodore Marke visiting Bath on the Mary E, and ships like the Xarifa calling Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Mulligan & Co
Pejepscot Co
Crawford
Wrecks and storms threaten region as boats drift ashore
A large yacht grounded on Mussel Ridges near New Meadows while a fishing fleet reports wreckage around Five Islands. Storms rain and high winds damaged farms and prompted roadwork upgrades on Washington Street. Police noted a reported shipwreck tied to a missing craft Hogan with unknown initials, while onlookers suspect deliberate scuttling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Fleet
New Meadows
Street
Washington St
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisements and Endorsements
A century old advertisement section touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee of one hundred dollars for an uncured case. F J Watkins is vouched for by local business peers in Toledo Ohio. The ad claims internal action, blood and mucous membrane treatment, testimonials, and a price of 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Toledo
O. Hall
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Marke
Mary E
Associa
Tion
Boy Scouts
L. R. Mitchell
N. Gratz Jackson
Dennis Clark
Beacon St. School
H. K. Erskine
Stone House Grove
North End
Ariel
William Bisbee
Pamunkee
W. N. Price
Grand Chapter
San Francisco
California
United States
Charles B. Davis
Grand Council
Charles Nelson
New York Yacht Club
Iron Works
Fox Harbor
Nelson
Boothbay Register
Monhegan
Pilot Lakeman
Ida B
James P. Barthelmay
A. R. Mitchell
Kennebec
Gloucester
Mitchell
Barthelmay
Florida Times-Union
Fla
R. B. Drisko
Mayport
Florida East Coast Railway
Camilla May Page
Philadelphia
Ponta Delgrada
St. Michael
Azores
Biddeford
Yueht Gladiola
Bluehill
K.Y.C
Pemaquid
J. EB. C
Sawyer
Beacon St
Snowden
Salvation Army
J. Fred Tobey
Bubra Troop
Tobey
Troop
Mill Pond
Stony Cache
Augusta
Keen & Shippy
S. H. Wakefield
4Th Co
State Range
Brunswick
Sam
Front St
Conley
Jordan Stable
Times Night
Times
Percy
Walter E. Reid
Seguinland
Bark Cove
Five Islands
Hogan
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