Local Jottings Highlight Christmas Plans and Community News
France calls 400000 from the class of 1917 as boys aged 18 to 19 face conscription. Beacon Street Sunday school to present Bethlehem on December 25 with over fifty scholars, under Mrs. Ers kine and Mrs. Douglas. Colonial Club basketball seats opened to the public at no charge with entry from the east hall. Portland Railroad Co. announces supervisory changes and a new railway superintendent role filled by G. S. Bush. Municipal Court case over rent includes a partial hay exemption. Cosmopolitan Club hosts a Christmas sale with multiple booths. Fraternal lodge past masters night features Master Mason degrees for three candidates. Kennebec Journal notes photographer Samuel L. Newcomb in Bath with veteran photos. James R. and Camelia Cressey celebrate their 58th anniversary. their ten children and many grandchildren noted. Cresseys’ Civil War service and community ties mentioned.
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France
Beacon Street
Christiant
Bethlehem
H. K. ‘Erskine
Milton H. Douglas
Y.M.C.A
Albert H. Ford
The
Portland Railroad Co
Frank S. Briggs
G. M. Todd
Railway Department
G. S. Bush
Boston Elevated Railway
Municipal Court
William S. Oliver
Phippsburg
Augustus
Keegan
Oliver
Bridgham
George E. Hughes
Cosmopolitan Club
Allen Irish
Solar Lodge
Langdon
Snipe
W. M
Walter ‘S. Glidden
S. W
N. Gratz Jackson
J. W
O. F. Williams
John R. Knowlton
Henry R. White
S. D
Sylvester H. Rowland
J. D
Horatio A. Duncan
G. S
Arthur J. Smith
J. S
Howard B. Johnson
W. Scott Shorey
Mann
Kennebec Journal
Samuel L. Newcomb
Newcomb
Bath
Togus
James R. Cressey
No. 375
Washington St
John O. Fiske
Cressey
Camelia Hatchford
Ocean Point
George
John
Benjamin
Leonard
Titicut
Mass
Etta McMann
River closure guesses emerge as season items rise
Predictions float on when the river will close with December 15 named. Local shipping notes include Hyde Windlass Co delivering cargo holsters to Newport News and a new Chinese restaurant planned by a Boston-area operator.
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Hyde Windlass Co
Newport News
Newfoundland
J. S. Committee On Finance
Phippsburg
Cape Small
Elmet
Our City
Boston
Frank E. Ham
Madame Eames de
Grace Troop Scouts Meet and Local Happenings
Wednesday evening Grace Troop Boy Scouts met at the Parish Hall. Community activities include a masquerade party in Lincoln Hall, church league entertainment, and a baked bean supper at Red Men's hall.
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Grace Troop
Boy Scouts
Henry Howard
New Purchase
Philbrook Homestead
Washington St
Camden seeks new hotel amid local campaigns
Camden residents push for a new hotel as part of civic efforts. The item notes local events including a Rebekah Lodge roll call, a Moose Fair in Bath, and upcoming Grange meetings in Portland with hundreds of delegates. It also mentions ship and lumber traffic, a Christmas display, and local crime reporting.
Local notes of residents traveling and visiting
Our own people report numerous trips and visits. Fred J. Parks and Mrs Parks visit relatives in Portland while Mrs Dunning stays with her daughter in Portland. Steven Fay leaves to boss woodchoppers at Weeks Mills, and George W Temple enters Maine General Hospital for treatment in Portland.
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George A. Dunning
Charles Fields
Portland
Steven Fay
Weeks Mills
W. E. Thomas
Greene
Jennie Sanderson
George W. Temple
Maine General Hospital
J. L. Coombs
Elizabeth
Daniel Fulton
Boston
Douglas Beals
Orono
Lucy Beals
Lisbon Falls
J. L. Douglas
York St
Ethel Lewis
BotAbay Harbor
Lizzie McClintock
Edward L. Gaudreau
Edward
Harry ( Skinner
South Carolina
Clarence Benjamin
Lewiston
John Crosby
Leominster
Mass
H. C. Woods Co
Fritz Anderson
Oregonian
New York
David A. Holmes
Custom House
Wilson Klippell
Walter Newdick
Virginia
Georgetown
C. M. Spinney
Bay Point
Charles M. Boyd
Lynn
Morse High Seniors Plan Play and Local Events
Readable items include Morse High seniors planning a class play and a Thursday dance at Popham Beach with Stevens Orchestra. Other notes mention ship repairs on Schooner Daisy Farlin, deer sightings near Stony Brook Road, and a Dec. 9 Ayrshire Breeders Association meeting in Lewiston.
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Mercury
Morse High
Popham Beach
Stevens
Portland Obituary and Society Notes of the Week
Capt. S. R. Percy and F. A. Small passed Tuesday in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Stilphen Frank H. Gallison of Portland were here Tuesday and Wednesday. W. M. Elkington goes on his annual vacation trip to Chelsea Me. Clerk of Courts F. H. Thompson died Tuesday in Gardiner on business. Hon. Frank S. Bowker of Phippsburg on a business trip to New York. Friends of Mrs. Lester Washburn, seriously ill, will be glad to learn she is improving.
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Rebekah Lodge
Walter Bowker
South End
Bath
Kennebec
Kimball Bros
Daisy Farlin
Kelley and Spear’s
Kelley and Spears
Georgetown
New York
Fred Shaw
Albert
Portsmouth
Kubra Troop
Swift & Co
Jesse Strong
Troop
William Chedgley
William R. Bowker
Phippsburg
San Antonio
Texas
S. R. Percy
F. A. Small
Portland
Arthur B. Stilphen
Frank H. Gallison
W. M. Elkington
Chelsea
F. H. Thompson
Gardiner
Frank S. Bowker
Lester Washburn
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Howard Thompson
Ariel
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Piscataquis
Seguin
Augusta
Pickering
Light
Parker’s Head
Damariscotta
Mary E. Olys
South Gardiner
D. W. Fisher
Clinton
Dougherty
Cooperative Company
Fisher
F. E. Whitman
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
I. C.C.F
Edward Lemoine
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Arthur Bishop
Frances Mann
John McKeiver
Emma McFadden
Harry Webber
Columbia Theatre
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Famous Players
Pickford
Lincoln Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Lincoln Hall
Central Church League
Carter
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Harold Dexter
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Woolwich Marshes
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Y.M.C
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Universalist Church
Hallowell
William H. Davenport
Shaw
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J. Herbert Shedd
Shedd
Philadelphia
Colonial Club
Parish of Grace Church
John S. Hyde
Henry G. Seymour, Jr
Harry L. Day
Joseph M. Trott
Fred D. Hill
Fred E. Drake
Harry MII. Day
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Richard Travers
William Duncan
Myrtle Gonzales
Pathe
Neal
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Camden
Irvette Margaret Floyd
Willis Richard Foster
Frank E. Floyd
Steep Falls
Samuel Evans
Emily Stevens
Harriman Jewelry
Harriman
Salvation Army
Army
Captains Wallace
Fred A. Faucher
Prudential Insurance Co
Brunswick
Faucher
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William Mann
Lodge of
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South Portland
American Bazaar Corporation
State Grange
City Hall
C. S. Stetson
Grange
Walter M. Potter
Fred J. Parks
Ben Smith
King Tavern
Davis
West Virginia
Wallace Seaman
Wallace, Jr
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Roth
Eugene R. Spear
Telephone Exchange
Belfast
John W. Nash
Miller St
Bird House
Congress St
Mr. Spear
New England Exchange
E. L. Abbott
Oakland
Cal
George A. Churchill
Abbott
Pacific Coast
Jewett
San Diego
Kelley Spear Yard
Dromore Bay
Percy Store
New Church
Davis Hatch
Green St
Herbert Norton
Edwards St
John F. Perkins
Pine
Hatch’s Shoe
Ladies’ Aid of
People’s Baptist Church
Music Hall
Ladies’ Aid
Winter St
James B. Drake
Pine Tree Circle Companions of
Foresters’ Hall
al Ridley
Merton Webber
Webber
N.H
Sedgwick Circle
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G.A.R
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
J. A. McLean
Massachusetts Agricultural College
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Bath Iron Works
Orioles
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Modern Woodmen of America
Elbridge R. Wright
Nathaniel L. Stover
Clifton W. Tedford
William H. White
Charles C. Toothaker
Fred A. Bowie
Herbert White
Nathaniel Norton
West Bath Grange