Sunday Impressions From Billy Sunday in Boston
A Bath man stationed in Gloucester Mass describes attending Billy Sunday events in Boston. He notes 17 000 men listening to a simple Gospel, a powerful sending of faith, and a shift of focus from Billy Sunday to the Word of God. He cites crowd energy, prayers, and shared commitment among diverse men. Also mentions the Wesley Church sorority meeting and a drop in public school measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gloucester
Mass
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
Rody
Boston
Christ
Word of God
Way of Salvation
God
Sawyer Inn and Historic Hill Noted in North Bath Letter
Mrs Perca Wright of North Bath recalls a colonial inn once run by Sawyer near the New Meadows River. The letter describes a steep hillside view toward the White Mountains and features of the old house such as brick ovens and ship knees in the roof. The item also notes local deeds about Ham family history and a grave marker from 1805.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Sirs
White Mountains
Fred Wright
Ham
Brunswick Road
Percy Wright
North Bath
The Chief Charm Of Lovely Woman Provides Beauty Claim
An Ottawa area note from Drayton Avenue Toronto dated Nov 10 1915 touts Fruit-a-tives for clear skin. A testimonial claims a severe facial rash cleared in one week, praising the product and listing prices 50c per box six for 2.50 and 25c trial size with seller Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton Ave
Toronto
Fruit-a-tives Limited
Ogdensburg
New York
Obituary for Arthur H. Brown of Elm Street
Arthur H. Brown died after a two week illness at his Elm Street home on December 3. Born in Bath, son of Frank and Helen A. Brown, he lived most of his life here and was Bath High School salutatorian in 1891. He helped found the Mendelssohn Club and served as treasurer, sang in Central and Grace Church choirs, later ran a photography business, and is survived by his wife, three children Harold Helen and Arthur, his father and sister Rosa Brown. Funeral was held at his home on Elm Street Tuesday at 10:30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Brown
Elm St
Frank
Helen A. Brown
Bath High School
Mendelssohn Club
Rosa Brown
Elms St
Death Notice Mary Elizabeth Frazee Widow of Col Frazee
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Frazee widow of Col John W Frazee dies in Cincinnati Ohio on Nov 27 She is survived by two sisters Nellie Morse of Cincinnati and Mrs George Palmer of South Portland and a niece Mrs R H McCabe formerly Miss May Morse of this city
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary Elizabeth Frazee
John W. Frazee
Edwin A. Morse
Mrs. Erma St. Clair Dies in Winthrop at 21
Mrs. Erma Clarrs St. Clair died in Winthrop on November 29 after a brief illness with pneumonia at age 21 years 11 months. She was the daughter of Mrs. S. L. Bonney and wife of Oscar E. St. Clair with a sister Mrs. E. E. Williams of West Bath. The couple married October 18. Funeral service held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Clarrs St. Clair
Winthrop
S. L. Bonney
City
Oscar E. St. Clair
E. E. Williams
West Bath
Bowdoinham Farmer Carleton Meserve Dies at 86
Carleton Meserve, a longtime Bowdoinham farmer born in Dresden, died suddenly on Friday at age 86. He lived in Bowdoinham for 35 years and is survived by his wife and two children, Nettie Besse of Augusta and Reuben Meserve of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton Meserve
Dresden
Bowdoinham
Nettie Besse
Augusta
Reuben Meserve
Death of Raymond Melville Boyd at age 1 6
The death of Raymond Melville Boyd son of Charles M and Elizabeth Boyd occurred Monday. He was aged one year and six months. Miss Annie F Jenkins of East Lebanon Missouri was a weekend guest of Miss Emma Brown. Both young ladies resumed duties in Bowdoinham schools with Jenkins teaching seventh and eighth grades and Brown teaching fifth and sixth grades.
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Little Raymond Melville
Charles M
Elizabeth Boyd
Annie F. Jenkins
East Lebanon
Emma Brown
Bowdoinham
Miss Jenkins
Miss Brown
Alderman McGrath Returns From Boston Visit
Alderman McGrath came back Monday from a trip to Boston to see his mother who is critically ill and bedridden for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman McGrath
Boston
Red Men Lead With Hyde Windlass Close Behind
The bowling match saw the Red Men take an early lead while Hyde Windlass trailed closely in pursuit. Both teams displayed strong strikes and consistent spares as spectators watched a tight duel unfold.
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Red Men
Hyde Windlass
Hyde Windlass office moves and local notes
Local items report the Hyde Windlass Co office staff moving to a new building, visits by George W Heselton and Clement P Robinson, a city hearing approving wharf extension, and a high school basketball schedule. Also mentions a yacht sale, a Chicopee Falls promotion, burglaries on Popham and Morse island, plus horse market results from Madison Square Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
George W. Heselton
Gardiner
Clement P. Robinson
Portland
Parker Worrey
Times
John Sampson
Baltimore
Texas Shipbuilding Yard
Tebbets
Edward Little
Bath
Auburn
Martha A Rolder
William H. Daley
Parker Head
A. Milton Slade
Asa Rogers
Elbridge Morse
Fred Wyman
William Cushing
Wyman Cemetery
Colonia
G. S. Dearborn
New York
John W. Hubbard
Pittsburg
Dearborn
Atlantic
Small Point
Chicopee Falls
Mass
George Sonia
Times Press Room
Chicopee
George
Popham
Merton O. Webber
Morse’s River
Webber
Oliver
Fletcher Hyde
Madison Square Garden
Guy Axworthy
Curles Neck
Cotman
Virginia
The
Harvester
Peter Volo
J. Malcolm Forbes
James R. Magowan
Kentucky
City Council Meets and Local Notes From Boston
City Council gathers Wednesday evening. W H Hewitt a Bath iron Works sailor and carpenter on duty in Boston visits for a few days. The Colonial Club stage show A Full House draws S R O with strong praise. Boothbay Harbor’s champagne substitute roses noted at the Halcyon christening. A National Sheep Conference in Philadelphia urges increasing sheep numbers to curb wool shortages due to war. Leo Burke Bath-born lecturer at Georgetown on Opium and its effect on the human body. Burke a Morse High School 1916 alumnus.
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W. H. Hewitt
Carpenter
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Colonial Club
S.R.O
Boothbay Harbor
Portland Express
United States
Philadelphia
Washington Post
Chemistry Academy
Georgetown University
Leo Burke
Mr. Burke
Bath
J. L. P. Burke
Morse High School
Seven Eclipses to Cross the Sky Next Year
The article notes seven eclipses in the coming year including a moon eclipse January 7 visible in New England, a partial sun eclipse January 23, a partial sun eclipse June 19, a total moon eclipse July 4, a moon eclipse December 28, a partial sun eclipse July 18, and an annular sun eclipse in December.
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Pejepscot
Swett
Salmon River
Maine State, Nurses Association
Augusta General Hospital
Augusta
Gehring
Portland
New England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred E. Bragg
Wesley Church
Nellie Follett
Washington St
Sawyer
North Bath, Me
John Edwards
Kittery
Robert M. Silsby
Jefferson
Mr. Silsby
Wellman
Texas Yard
Center
York St
Atwood's
L.F." Medicine CO
Fletcher
Castoria
van Aet
Tae
Taur
Norah Watson
J. W. Frazee
O. E. ST. Clair
Raymond Melville Boyd
Windlass AI
Athletics
Woodmen
P.C. Red Men
Texacos
Eurekas
Swastikas
Leete
Boardman
A. Stewart
Bouvet
Chester Martin
Standard Oil Company of
N. Y
Stove Dept
Congress Street
Stannard OiCoe
Fidelity Trust Company
Gi Square
Roe Maine
Cajoy Caaiee Rontuae
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