American Spirit Winning the War Against Germans
Quotations from Mrs. Bassett's guest, First Lieut. John D. Aikens, M.S.T.A., 26th Division, A.F., praise American soldiers and French support. He recalls travels from Belfast to Bordeaux, battles near the Marne, and heroism of a 19 year old with a broken bayonet. Letters salute Allied resolve, French gratitude, and the Yankee division's bold recovery of territory. Lieut. Aiken serves in the mobile corps. his brother Morrill T. Aiken is with the 503rd Engineers Service Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bassett
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Soldier Boys
United States
John D. Aikens
M.S.T.A
A.F
France
Belfast
Bordeaux
Marne
Bill
Pris
Lieut
Aiken
Mobile Corps
Sergt. Morrill T. Aiken
503Rd Engineers Service Batallion
Our Own People Weekend Travel and Visits Highlight Bath
A crowded social roundup lists Mrs. Ralph Covel returning from Rockland and several locals visiting camps, towns, and relatives from Popham Beach to Westport. Automobiles head to Canada and Bar Harbor while Bath residents enjoy time with friends at Sunset Inn and in New Hampshire.
Ferry hearing report on coal storage plan and arbitration
The record describes a 1918 Bath Woolwich People's Ferry Company dispute over coal storage with an order for a six months supply. Commissioners Carlton, Leonard, and Hall weigh majority vs minority plans for storage at Bath and Woolwich termini. They urge prompt, good faith action, allow the ferry board to choose the plan, and reserve court recourse if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
People’ 8 Ferry Co
People’s Ferry Company
F. W. Carlton
City of
Bath
Woolwich
Carlton
Leonard
Hall
Social Roundup of Bath and Nearby Towns
Bath and surrounding communities feature a flood of visits and travels. Sherihan Clark returns from Gardiner and Augusta. Mrs. George Nichols of Trenton NJ visits Bath. Everett Lord plans more travel in New Hampshire. Roland and Stanley Robinson prepare for school at Great Chebeague island. several families flee to Oakledge cottage for ten days. Langdon Simonds awaits a Prout's Neck visit. Mrs. Malcolm Cox and Florence Nichols travel in Mrs. Cox’s Cole roadster. Fred and Mrs. Cathy Percy guests at Small Point then Brookline. the Wrights return from Birch Point to North Bath. Readers await Richard Mathews Hallett's new Saturday Evening Post story. Miss Charlotte Hallett clerks at Percy's. Mrs. Fisk of New York visits Washington Park. Lieut. Robert McFarlane, British navy, rests in Bath during convoy service. engagement formed at Bath Iron Works between Luzy Frances Card and Royal I. Mathews. Card formerly at Texas Steamship Co. and Bath Iron Works. Mathews, U.S.N.R., from Cambridge, celebrated by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Covel
Rockland
Pauline Hatch
Helen Twitchell
Hatch
Popham
Mary Campbell
Bar ‘Harbor
E. L. Wilkinson
Worcester
Mass
Albion C. Staples
Washington Street
J. F. Alexander
Richmond
Cora Darrah
Lewiston
iMr
J. M. Foster
Manchester
N. H
Wilbur Cahill
High Street
Foster
Bath
Edward Martin
Alton
Malden
Fred Butler
George H. Butler
Albert
Walter
Bessie Clark
Conley
Litchfield
Raymond Harnden
Fraser
Kate Fraser
Alec Well
Me Sols Ie Rohens Ee
Mt A E Newton
Aere
Edward Covel
Lovell 4
Covel, Candy Makers
Mildred Daley
Vera Howe
Della Merrill
Sunset Inn
White Mountains
North Conway
White Moon
Jennie Haryamma
Harvey
Higgins
Sherihan Clark
Swift & Co
Gardiner
Augusta
George Nichols
Trenton
N. J
Charles
A. A. Percy
Everett Lord
Percy
Portland
New Hampshire
Roland Robinson
Robinson Street
Great Chebeague Island
Saco Bay
J. C. Jaques
Stanley
Horace Ward
Sarah Smith
William Jacobs
Edward Parris
Malcolm Cox
Amesbury
Florence Nichols
Round Pond
Cox
France
Molly Frank
Fred Percy
Brookline
William L. Cushing
Small Point
Eleanor Arnold
Harry N. Wright
Sophia
Clark Camps
Birch Point
Ralph Whitehouse
R. W.coffin
Trufant Street
Saturday Evening Post
Richard Mathews Hallet
Charles T. Jackson
Boothbay Harbor
Educational Department of
Ginn &Co
New York
Robert McFarlane
John McInnes
McFarlane
Navy
Luzy Frances Card
Texas Steamship Co
Royal I. Mathews
U.S.N.R
Bath Iron Works
Miss Card
John Card
Lisbon Falls
Mathews
Cambridge
White for Congress Leads War Support in Maine
In a district rallying cry, Wallace H. White Jr. is praised for steadfast support of war measures. The piece argues Republicans backed the president’s policy more consistently than Democrats, citing voting records and party leaders to refute Democratic claims that only Democrats endorse the administration’s war program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. White, JR
Second
America
Ralph W. Emerson
Maine
Washington
Congressman White
Wilson
Congress
Congressional
Mann
Cannon
Longworth
Curtis
Lenroot
Knutson
Mason
Claude Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Chairman Dent
House Military Affairs Committee
Dent
Reed
Hanna
McKinley
Spain
Champ Clark
Nelson
Dingley
House
Democrats
Senate
Democratic Party
Missouri
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
Germany
New Hampshire
Indiana
Wisconsin
Hermit of the Sea arrives in Kennebec river sloop voyage
Capt. Oliver aboard the 32 foot sloop Sir Francis completes Atlantic coastal crossing from Seattle to Kennebec after a 25 000 mile voyage navigated without instruments. He plans to sail to Boothbay Harbor Rockland Camden and Eastport then south to South America before returning home. Miss Lillian Lowell of South Portland visited Bath, after teaching Latin at Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harry Oliver
Ham
Francis
Kennebec
Boothbay Harbor
Rockland
Camden
Eastpor
Sir Francis Drake
Capt
Oliver
Panama Canal
Pacific
Panama
West Indies
Jamaica
Key West
Petersburg
Tampa
Bahama Islands
Sir Francis
Atlantic
Hudson River
Albany
N. Y
Kennebec River
Atlantic Seaboard
South America
Pacific Coast
Lillian Lowell
South Portland
Bath
Lowell
Morse High School
Southington
Conn
Conscription Tied to Shipbuilding and Fuel Supply
The text discusses conscription being linked to a shipbuilding or fuel supply company, even if demand is not acute. It notes only labor movements across the river could justify it, potentially limiting service to inconvenient hours for the public.
Denham Returns After Farm Visit in Cumberland Center
Alden P. Denham Jr. has finished a two month stay as a guest of Mr and Mrs Harry B Allen at their Cumberland Center farm and has now returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Harry B. Allen
Cumberland Center
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Jersey
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