West Bath Thanksgiving News and Local Notices
West Bath residents endured a brief outage when a Bath and Brunswick line sent an electric wire across a private telephone line near Sanfords Crossing. Repairs were made promptly. Thanksgiving guests visited families in Trufant’s Crossing and Bath. Several local residents reported accidents, illness, school and church events, and community notices, including travel and visits, grange activities, and upcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trufants Crossing
Bath & Brunswick
Bath & Brunswick Light & Power Co
Sanfords Crossing
C. W. Lee
I. B. Neiley
Florence Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Charles Foote
Boston
May-Tole
Bath
Dorothy Stilkey
Morse High School
J. Everett Mayo
J. Edward Drake
Drake Farm
Birch Point
Charles Stackpole
Bradford
N. H
Joseph Lemont
Gertrude
Myra Coombs
Irving Coombs
Alfred Coombs
Ormsley Watson
Campbell Pond
Littlefield School
Fred W. Larrabee
A. P. Valliere
A. P. Flood
Methodist Church
Frank W. Hall
Annie Trufant
Everett Mayo
A. A. Couilhard
North Street
Topsham
West Bath
Stackpole
Col. Dummer Sewall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Brunswick
The
Grange
Frederick Wright
Ralph Winslow
Webster
Morse to Reenter Shipping With United Transport Co
Charles W. Morse announces In New York that The United Transport Co Inc a 25 million dollar steamship concern is organized. The seven carriers he already owns will join ships built or to be built at Alexandria Virginia and Groton Connecticut with a yearly tonnage capacity of 40 million, targeting 250000 tons within a year. Agencies planned in European ports and main U S terminals in New York and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Morse
Mr. Morse
Broad St
New York
United Transport Co. Inc
Alexandria
Groton
Whelan-Duke-Ryan
United States ‘Steamship Co
New Transport Company
Europe
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Marine Journal
Miss Miller Entertains for Twelfth Birthday
Miss Irene Y. Miller of Winter street celebrated her twelfth birthday Monday at home. She received many pretty presents from friends. Afternoon refreshments included ices, cakes, and cookies. Music and a merry peanut hunt entertained guests Marion Wakefield, Dorothy Travis, Grace Allen, Ruth Anderson, Evelyn Plummer, Ada Miller, Margaret Boutin, Ellen Harvey, Emma Harvey, Dorothy Richerson, Grace Moody, Alicia O'Brien, and E. E. Coombs of Auburn, visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Y. Miller
Winter Street Court
Marion Wakefield
Dorothy Travis
Grace Allen
Ruth Anderson
Evelyn Plummer
Ada Miller
Margaret
Boutin
Elen Harvey
Emma Harvay
Dorothy Richerson
Grace Moody
Alica O’brien
Raps Present Day Speech Tolerance at Boston Forum
Emma Kamés de Gogorza spoke in Boston praising old streets and homes and noting New York and Philadelphia elites moving, while condemning leniency for un-American views in public. She cited Moissaye Olgin at Columbia theatre and a murdered Soviet case, arguing Bolshevism is tolerated and Bolshevik influence travels America with stolen funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kamés de Gogorza
Boston
Beacon Street
Washington Square
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
New York City
Moissaye J. Olgin
Columbia Theatre
Russia
Faust
Petrograd
Columbia
Town for Widows in Richmond Counts 90 Widows
A group of Richmond women gathered at a member’s home last week and, while idle, began listing the town’s widows. By sunset they had counted 90, prompting local pride that Richmond may hold a notable widow record for a town of its size.
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Richmond
Winter sports plan snow shoe hikes and skating parties
Young people plan long snow shoe hikes and moonlight skating parties this winter with possible skits. A proposed finale feature is a communal oyster stew feed at the route end. Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza is in Boston visiting friends for about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme Emma Eames de Gogorza
Boston
Perry builds bungalow in Winnegance on historic lot
Thomas L. Perry advances a fine seven room bungalow in Winnegance on the former Fred J. Parks site. New foundation and a spring in the cellar anchor the home, electric lights planned, and work proceeds with carpenters. Perry has already completed two prior Winnegance houses and plans for a third near the Perry homestead, all adding to village growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Perry
Winnegance
Fred J. Parks
Perry
Winneganee
Whippsburg
Frank Perry
Clinton Pratt
Angie Spaulding
New York
Charles Rich
Ladies’ Aid
Nan Oliver
S. A. Evans
The
People’s Church
Eugene Knight
Harry Knight
Harry, Jr
Penest
Barker
George Eaton
Charles Perkins, Jr
Leroy Perkins
Charles Perkins
E. M. Fuller
Fred N. Warks
Winunegance
Wanong
Loston
Kineo
Edith Banks
Waterville
Will Atwood
Robert Manson
Boston
South America
Boulds
Perkins
Forrest Rice
Morse Oaks
Harry F. Oliver
Leah Bowie
Small Point
Walter Morse
Charles Preble
Forest Rice
Maude
Gardiner
Annie Cutting
Phippsburg
Horace Rice
Damariscotta
Pearl Rice
Eugene Spinney
Roy Wallace
Bath
Susie Schofield
Emma Blaisdell
Goode Fined and Jailed After Meadowway Search
Milton S. Goode was found guilty by Judge Keegan after a search of 34 Meadowway led deputies Norris and Aderton to seize nine pints, one half pint, and three quarts of Canadian high wines plus two brown liquid bottles. He paid a $100 fine and costs and received a 60 day Auburn jail sentence. If unpaid, six months would be added. The syrupy brown liquid was used to revive wine’s appearance. All liquor is now stored in the county wine room at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton S. Goode
Meadowway
John A. Norris
Chester C. Aderton
Keegan
Auburn
Goode
Sheriff's County Wine Room
Court House
Prize Speaking Contest At Morse High School Dec 12
Large attendance expected for Morse High School prize speaking event on December 12. Innovation aims to interest the public and benefit participating students. Parents approve and hope the idea continues in schools. Edmund P. Briggs, senior inspector of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, traveled to Portsmouth on official business Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Edmund P. Briggs
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Portsmouth
Gentlemenly Bandit Captured After Long Pursuit
William Carlisle, the train robber who for three weeks had defied detectives, was captured Tuesday near Glend wyoming after a battle with a posse. He was wounded through the lung and, though initially thought fatal, doctors later said he would survive. Carlisle gained notoriety in 1916 when he boarded an overland limited train near Cheyenne, robbed passengers, and relieved the conductor of his watch with a courteous air. He boarded near Borie cut off, concealed on the platform, and later demanded valuables with a pistol trained along the aisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carlisle
Glend
Wyoming
Frank Williams
Douglas
Ile
Carlisle
Douglas Hospital
Bill” Carlisle
Cheyenne
Borie
Sherman Hill
Mexico
Wyoming Train Robber William Carlisle Confesses
The man known as William Carlisle robbed trains in Wyoming twice, funded by gifts to a son and lavish living in Denver. He admitted the crimes in Cheyenne court, received a life sentence, earned commutation, and later escaped by being sealed in a shirt box carried outside the penitentiary walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Carlisle
Carlisle
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Baylins
Katahdin Commandery Files on First Degree Work
Katahdin Commandery U O G C holds files if the first degree will be worked on a llasa.
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Katahdin Commandery
U.O.G.C
Llasa
Sewalls Winter Home Located on Mount Vernon Street
The Harold M. Sewalls maintain their winter residence on Mount Vernon Street in Boston indicating a seasonal dwelling arrangement in the city.
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Harold M. Sewalls
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston
Fifty Attend Forum Conference from Chamber Committees
About 50 attended a Forum conference in Music Hall with the Chamber of Commerce and new committees. Chairman Chester Schubert outlined potential work and thanked attendees while most committees were represented. Leland R. Mitchell of the Board of Education pledged cooperation. Teeling urged city advertising and housing improvements for growth. Dr. Clarence A. Peaslee appealed for Bath Loan and Building Association support. Maj. William R. Kimball joined the committee for better mail service amid calls for cooperation with authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Music Hall
Chester Schubert
Leland R. Mitchell
Board of Education
Chamber
Fred LB. Teeling
Clarence A. Peaslee
Bath Loan and Building Association
William R. Kimball
Mrs Shepard and daughter return to Hallowell
Mrs Edgar Shepard and her daughter Ruth have returned to Hallowell after a brief stay in Bath with her husband's parents Mr and Mrs Ernest M Shepard. Mr Shepard a letter carrier spent Thanksgiving with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Shepard
Ruth
Hallowell
Bath
Ernest M. Shepard
Shepard
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E Foote
Presis
White
Foster's Point
J. Conant
Annie
Fred Bradchilaan
Arthawn
Elmer
Moosehead
Herbert Brawn
University of Maine
Arthur Brawn
Walter
Anstress Larrabee
Joseph Tartabee
Eleanor Bates
Samuel Bates
Edith Clough
Gorham Normal School
John Clough
C. W. Morse
Miss Miller
E. E. Coombs
Oscar Holway Co
Bath Department Store
Coats
Store of Quality
John J. Desmond
Hamburg
Conley’s Specialty Store
Denver
D. M. Humphreys & Co, Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Dath
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