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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1918

Page

5

Escapee heifers terrorize Phippsburg fields and woods

In Phippsburg two heifers owned by Harry Rich of West Bath and one owned by Zina Butler have broken from pasture and run wild for weeks. Local agents and owners failed to recapture them, with some urging shooting as the only option. One escaped heifer, owned by Butler, was shot recently amid ongoing rough roads and community activity.

Harry Rich West Bath Zina B. Butler Phippsburg Whiker William R. Bowie Bath Horace Woodman Parker Morse High School William Heald Ernest Doughty Lang and Williams Arthur E. Prior Louise Prior New York Seth Doughty Camp Devens W. E. Bongart West Point Ellison Houdlette Bath Grain Co Sanford Doughty Noank Conn Henry L. Wyman A. Wyman Winnegance Dora Frisbee Stover Zina Butler Olive E. Oliver

Nutter Receives 15 Convoy Tours From Louisiana Sailor

George J. Nutter U S N of the battleship Louisiana logged 15 convoy trips to transports visiting Ireland France and Russia. A submarine fired on Louisiana during one voyage but was forced to retreat as gunfire from nine inch guns followed a reported sinking. Nutter aged 19 son of William F Nutter lives on Western Avenue and belonged to Corliss Street Church Y M C A and Sons of Veterans.

George J. Nutter U.S.N Louisiana Ireland France Russia Seaman Nutter Texas Yard William F. Nutter Western Avenue Corliss Street Church The Sons of Veterans

Sugar rationing ends as supply improves nationwide

Federal administration ends restrictions on home and public sugar purchases citing increased cane and beet sugar supplies in Louisiana and the coming Cuban crop. Sheriff Wilbur C. Oliver and family returned Tuesday from Boston and Gloucester after Thanksgiving.

Fed Louisiana Wilbur C. Oliver Mrs. Oliver Miss Evelyn Oliver Boston Gloucester

West Bath wedding binds Lermond and Rogers at Central Church

Earle B. Lermond and Miss Mabel E. Rogers wed in a double ring ceremony at Central church parsonage on Thursday night. The bride, daughter of Charles H. Rogers, wore pink messaline and a black velvet hat. Lermond, son of Mrs. Alton C. Lermond of Weeks street, has worked in Bath Iron Works drafting rooms and sings in the Central church choir. The couple will reside on Weeks street in Bath.

Earle B. Lermond Mabel E. Rogers Central Church Parsonage Charles H. Rogers Bath West Bath Lermond Alton C. Lermond Weeks Street Fred White William Brown Myra Gertrude Coombs Alfred Coombs Walter Larrabee C. W. Lee Rufus Lombard Samuel Bates May Tole Auburn G. W. Lee Fred Winter Josie Winter Ernest Willian Eleanor Bates Chester Freeman Oscar Smiley Vaughn Marjorie Sabine Olive Edna Oliver Frank L. Higgins Phippsburg George C. Pease Laura Durand Brookline Mass Herbert White Albert Durand White Jon. White Bath, Iron Works, Ltd Frank ‘Durand Henry White

Busy Session of Sagadahoc Probate Court

At the Decem ber term sagadahoc county probate court the first session saw administrators named for estates of Ethel R. Crocker Topsham George S. Gentron Bath and others. Accounts and inventories were validated and filed for multiple estates and guardianships with bonds and executors named.

Sagadahoc County Tuezsday James 8 Lowell Ethel R. Crocker Topsham Eugene L. Temple Georgeos V. Gentron George Billes Augusta Poitras Raymond Genthner Bath Roscoe P. McFadden Edwards Winslow Edward H. Sampson Emma M. Eaton Laura Barstow Scott Morse Frank Morse Harry A Susan Gibbs Jonathan R. Bailey Woolwich F. R. Bailey Llewellyn R. Call Perkins Benjamin F. Curtis Harriet I. Bliss Charles E. Bliss Gayle Co Thomas J. Whitney Bowdoin Alfreta W. Whitney Joseph Lachance Emile Albert Tardiff Charles J. Dain Alice S. Dain Philip V. Zotidis

Gee-Whiz Pain in Foot Back and Kidney Woes

An old medical advert describes uric acid as the pain source and promotes Dr. Pierce remedies. It urges avoiding excess meat tea and alcohol, drinking hot water before meals, and taking Anuric to dissolve uric acid. It also mentions liver health and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for laxative relief.

Pierce Dr. Pierce

Legal Notices Include Adoptions and Property Sales

Petition highlights include license to sell real estate for Sewall Morse of Phippsburg to sell Mark S Morse property. Adoption granted for Elizabeth Bowker now Elizabeth Deering. Estate petitions include Gayle Burnham and Susan Gibbs trusts. Topsham overseers obtain commit Ella Ward to Maine School for Feeble Minded.

George Billes Topsham Bernadine &Fitch Justone B. Scott Bath Sewall Morse Phippsburg Mark S. Morse Carroll A Annie M. Deering Elizabeth Bowker Elizabeth Deering Gayle C. Burnham Florence L. Burnham Arthur G. Oliver Susan Gibbs Ella Ward Maine School For

Local Notes From Bath And Vicinity

Local notes report Mrs. Herbert Wright of Bath visiting Mrs. Fred Babbier at Foster's Point. Harold Tobey returned from Winthrop to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Tobey. Mrs. James B. Perkins Jr. and her children James Blenn Jr. and Elizabeth spend the winter with her parents, the Zina Orne family. Perkins will join them on weekends as he represents his district in the legislature. Miss Miriam Kimball hosted the Tuesday club at the Young China restaurant, serving a novel menu before an afternoon party with Mrs. Harry Day and others attending.

Annie Trufant J. M. Lemont L. D. Rogers W. H. White H. B. Worrey E. W. Haggett H. E. Johnson J. B. Lemont Fred Larrabee G. A. Cahill Jennie Hodgkins Bert White Hardings Harceng School Doris Purington Abraham Lincoln Woodrow Wilson Miles Purington Wiscasset Ladies’ Aid Wesley Vestry Frank Woodside Fryeburg J. Everett Mayo Herbert Wright Bath Fred Bubier F. W. McNair Woolsey Bath Ironworks France President Wilson Fred Babbier Foster’s Point Harold Tobey Winthrop E. B. Tobey James B. Perkins James Blenn, Jr Elizabeth Zina Orne Perkins

Miss Addie Grant Completes Year at Old Folks Home

Miss Addie Grant completed her year at the Old Folks Home on December 4, reporting happy times and excellent health. Mrs. Fred will host Grace church choir at her home Friday for rehearsal and luncheon as winter brings enlarged attendance and renewed zeal. A firemen’s ball on New Year’s night by Combination! aims to raise helmet, sock, and mitten funds for local firemen. Frank C. Farnham, ex engineer of the steamship Westport, sailed Tuesday for Portland to join a coastwise steamer and recalls dodging submarines last year aboard a steam collier between Chesapeake and northern ports.

Addie Grant Old Folks Miss Grant Fred Grace Church Combination Frank C. Farnham Westport Portland Chesapeake

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Arletta C. Gurney Parker Head Elmer L. Allard Hospital Corps Fort Baldwin John Murphy Clarence M. Fogg Corlisse Street Frank H. Allard Mechanic Falls Samuel McEvoy Ellis Rogers Lucy Rogers G. J. Nutter C. P. Higgins William R. Bowker Reed Virginia Elbridge Morse Hattie Morse John Holland Martha Morse Small Point John Y. Lavery Summit N. J Pond View Sebasco William A. Roderick Brunswick Gardiner Joseph White James Temnont Baptist Brotherhood First Baptist Littlefield Mabel Rogers Earl B Estes Standard Oil Company OF Louse of Kuppenheim John J.desmond Do Madeira Conley’s Specialty Store Castoria Fletcher
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