Government commandeers Bath house at 737 Washington Street
A Boston Sunday American insert shows the house on the east side of Washington Street commandeered by the government under Secretary of the Navy Joseph Daniels. Sheriff Wilbur C. Oliver vows not to evict tenants facing alleged profiteer pressure and protects Mrs Stillman Moon based on doctors’ opinions. A “Tented City” on North Street shelters shipyard workers, led by Louise Gange of Lewiston who acts as mayor of the improvised settlement.
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Boston Sunday Advertiser-American
Washington Street
North Street
Bath
Shirts for Yanks on the Firing Lines Made in Bata
Thirty five or forty young women under Mrs Sadie Densmore worked Thursday afternoon at the Congress Shirt factory of Jacob Dreyfus Sons Boston. A contract for 19 000 shirts for our boys in the Army is underway as sewing machines hum and stocks of olive and drab flannel are prepared for completion by mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Densmore
Congress
Jacob Dreyfus & Sons
Boston
Dreyfus mills resume high grade stock work after patriotic shift
The Maine plant of Jacob Dreyfus & Sons uses 1000 shirts shipped for inspection and 2000 completed weekly, with three skilled men and two government inspectors. Carl Dreyfus, appointed Boston hospital board trustee, has long public service and leads related ventures in Waldoboro Winterport and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Boston
R. R. Owen
Jacob Drefus & Sons
Dreyfus
Carl Dreyfus
Peters
Carl Drefus
City Hospital
Guild
Massachusetts Training Schools
Draper
Foss
Walsh
Westboro
Shirley
Lancaster
John M. Clark Contact Details at Broad Street
John M. Clark provides a telephone listing 116-8 and 116-W with rooms at 32 Broad Street, including the telephone exchange designation.
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Broad St
Bath Exceeds Quota In Jewish War Drive
Bath reports 5100 raised in two weeks for Jewish War Relief and Welfare, surpassing local goals while the state misses a 100000 target. Campaign to continue through the week. next meeting will review final local report with officers re elected: Harry Cohen chairman Jacob Feldman secretary Isaac Mikelsky treasurer Sam Sas auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish War Relief and Welfare Committee
Bath
Eli Adelman
Louis Kirstein
Bangor
Harry Cohen
Jacob Feldman
Isaac Mikelsky
Sam Sas
Bath to Get Modern Gas Plant by October
Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co. reports rapid progress on a new water gas plant in Bath. Supervising engineer W L Robertson oversees a two story brick building housing a generator and two condensers. The system will produce about 200000 cubic feet of gas every two hours with three other backup methods, and commissioning is planned by mid October.
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Bath & Brunswick Light and Power Co
Bath
W. L. Robertson
Waterville
Central Maine ‘Power Co
Erecting a House Moved in Sections
The two tenement house at Park Street entrance to Washington Park is progressing rapidly. Frank Norton moves the house from Gardiner after it arrived by lighter, assisted by Harold Miller. The frame is up, foundation to be poured after completion, and the rear addition adds two baths and pantries. Each tenement will have six rooms.
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Park Street
Washington Park
Frank Norton
Gardiner
Harold Miller
Norton
Bath
Sailors Miss Bath Visit Due to Democratic Meeting
Seven sailors from the naval station at Boothbay Harbor came to Bath on Wednesday night for an Opera House show but were delayed by a Democratic meeting. They arrived around 9 30 and left at 11 after a boat trip via East Boothbay, barely covering travel costs.
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Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Opera House
East Boothbay
Hartford Couple Guests at Woolwich Bungalow
Mr and Mrs A G Gilbert of Hartford Connecticut were recent guests of Mr and Mrs A E Ward at their Woolwich bungalow. Gilbert serves as chief clerk in the agency department of the Travellers Insurance Co of Hartford.
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A. Gilbert
Hartford
Conn
A. E. Wardwell
Woolwich
Gilbert
The
Travellers Insurance Co
Up County Shower Causes Extensive Damage in Sagadahoc
A Saturday afternoon electrical storm struck northern Sagadahoc, hitting Richmond Harvard s Dresden areas. Windows shattered, barns blown, trees and fences toppled, corn and grain fields flattened, and a hothouse demolished. Sheriff and party sheltered from the storm near Bath.
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Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Harvard
Dresden
Bowdoinham
Joseph Hall
Wilbur
Oliver
Island Park
Bath
John Lilly
Augustus Lilly
Pearl Reed
Reed Farm
Kentucky
Thorne Island
Boothbay
New Flour Rules Take Effect This Week Officials Warn
Beginning September 1 households will not need to observe the fifty-fifty rule for wheat flour and substitutes. Only 20 percent wheat flour substitutes will be required in bread and foods. A Washington telegram from Federal Food Administrator Leon Merrill urges mixed flours to keep supplies stable as allied nations share wheat saving. The Food Administration notes allies will use twenty percent non-wheat in wheat bread and calls for universal bread while preserving corn bread use. Regulations apply to manufacturing and marketing of a compliant mixed flour for household purchase.
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Washington
Leon
Merrill
United States
France
England
Italy
Germany
Food Administration
Bath native wins Croix de Guerre for wartime bravery
Harold Ives Magoun, grandson of Bath's first mayor David C. Magoun, and Harvard alumnus, is awarded France's Croix de Guerre for distinguished bravery in France. He served as bugler, then ambulance driver on the front after enlisting in the U S Army over a year ago. Details of the valor are not yet released.
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Harold Ives Magoun
Herbert Magoun
Cambridge
France
H. Emma Magoun
Fisher's Court
Bath
Magoun
Pvt
Harvard College
Allentown
Final Plans for Naval Board Housing Project Await Approval
Final housing plans by the naval board of the Department of Labor are ready for Washington approval. Construction is expected to start within weeks on the Palmer lot at Lincoln and Academy streets. A sewer connection will route waste past the car barn into King dock. A 12 inch water main will replace the old six inch to supply four times the volume, extending from Court Street past the courthouse to Chestnut Street. The Emergency Fleet Corporation will lay the main under government inspection, with a ten year federal guarantee of additional demand.
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Walter Madden
E. Mason Wright
Washington Park
City Hospital
Sewall’s Hill
Washington Street
C. E. Peaslee
E. Fuller
George H. Crabb
H. P
Cedar Street
Crabb
Hadeen
West
Texas Steamship Co
W. C. Blake
Armstrong
Winship
Washington Streets
Wright
Naval Board of the Department of Labor
Washington
Palmer Lot
Lincoln and
Academy Streets
North Street
Car Barn
Hagan
King Dock
Court Street
Court House
Lincoln Street
Chestnut Street
Emergency Fleet Corporation
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Bath, Me
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Dreyfus & Sons
John M. Clark
Front St
Clara Albee
Times. Co
UP County
Naval Board
Johnson Bros. Company
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