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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1922

Page

3

Social Happenings of the Bath Week

Social calendar notes numerous out of town and local guests for weddings and visits. Honorees include Mrs Alonzo Harriman formerly Pearl Valmer with ties to Crone Pulp Paper and Mt Ida alumna. Attendees travel from New York Lewiston and Boston to Bath for Edge Sewall wedding and other social events.

Meser S. Coombs Alonzo J. Harriman Lewiston Indora Charles A. Harriman Bath Harry 8. Coombs Libby Avenue Harold M. Sewall Edge-Sewall Loyall Arthur Sewall Clinton Filiett Miler H. Perry Phillips Kimball Donald Percy George Sloane New York John K. Jayne U.S.N New London Carlton Pike Lubec William F. Warden Boston Philip Liberman Turned American Clothing Co Stere City Hospital Lydian Baxter Rupert PE Susan N Sewall- Edge Martha DP Small Charles S. Brown Au-gusta Tsimes AL Peisaeer Ogetten George S. Dearborn Henry Desadorn Brissy Freo Denes Wright Elmhurst Elizabeth Wanna Washington, DC Louise Crosby Sewall Angleweeel N. J Camilla Sewall Senator Klge New Jersey Pon Tireld M. Sewall

Former Bath Man Takes Pictures in Old Bath Home

C M Cook of Kalamazoo a former Bath resident sent photographs from his stay in Bath showing the old City park North Street primary school and the Leavitt Institute at Turner. He notes the echoey room where Miss Hooper taught and recalls students and teachers while predicting Berry Hall completion costing about 10000 funded by insurance state and town appropriations and private gifts.

C. MO Cook Kalamazoo Michi Bath Erenaa Orfsin Samauer Tae Onne Primairy Echool Fetter Oliver Leavitt Institute Turner Berry Hall

Plummer Tops Maine Talks on Shipping and Bridge Site

Bath official Plummer, a Shipping Board member, is cited as the nation’s Merchant Marine authority in Senate debate on ship subsidy. Augusta Chamber hears Bath and Richmond supporters clash over Kennebec bridge site with cost, routes, and railroad implications debated.

Senate Bath and Richmond Plummer Bath United States Shipping Board Senator Jones Washington Senate Committee On Commerce Winnamer Jones Shipping Board Great Britain Whoamer Maine Kennebec Augusta Chamber of Commerce Richmond Kennebec Journal Wallace N. Vince Suth

Beacons Defeat Grangers Team in City Bowling Match

In a Tuesday night City bowling clash Beacons beat Grangers 3 to 1 after Grangers took the first game. Billings led Beacons with 273, Peterson 270, and Beacons narrowly missed 1000 in a string. Lowell and Coffill shined in the Turk league as Lowell Highs, with Trott, pushed the Tigers back despite strong scores.

West Bath Tigers Grang Teague Billings Beaeous Peterson Bencous Lowells Tigers Coffill Asles Trott Lewells Lowell

Salvation Army Mobilizes Christmas Cheer for Needy

The Salvation Army under Mrs. Envoy Cole coordinates boxes of gifts to the needy, with drop boxes at schools and markets. Believers urged to donate, while farmers report vandalism risk from roaming youths as Christmas trees are targeted.

Salvation Army Carge Envoy Cole Teddy

Rum Laden Schooner Adrift Off Nantucket

A rum laden two mast schooner with 2000 cases of alcohol ran aground its anchorage off Sankaty and drifted twelve miles offshore near Nantucket. The crew of two men and a captain, aboard a vessel reportedly bound for Cuba, landed ashore with water and alcohol, while coast guard cutter Acushnet pursued the drifting ship after heavy weather.

Nantucket Mass Coast Guard Acushnet St. Pierre Miquelon Antwerp Cuba Sankaty

Plan to Aid Farmer Council Plan Introduced by USDA

Washington reports the Commodity Council Plan reorganizes how the United States Department of Agriculture handles major crop problems. Councils gather experts and interest groups to form inclusive policies, with potato and cotton discussions already yielding recommendations to reduce waste and stabilize markets. High potato production prompts advice to grade and ship only top yields to avoid market glut and price collapse.

Washington Commodity Council United States Department of Agriculture Hie Potato Council Council

Bath station guards three boilers for emergencies

Bath city notes cover a beagle killed by a Ford at Elm and Front. Nora Love and Marr Point win a Music Hall whist party with low scores to Arthur and Mrs. Roderick. A horse from Atlantic Express runs away, a chimney fire on Washington street is fought, and dances planned at the Colonial club. Ice is drifting but navigation remains possible.

Bath Central Maine Power Co Edward A. Blake Liberty Street Elm Front Streets Blake Music Hall Nora Love Marr Point Arthur Roderick A. Roderick. Perkins Atlantic Expresso Ferry Street Commercial Street Lester H. Crocker Cloutier and Cook Charles W. Clifford Washington Street Rollo Kennebec Sasanon Gardiner Hallowell Augusta Charlotte Cahill Rauser Armory Harry F. Wallace Walter Potter William M. Adams Wubert H. McCarty Rauser Thomas S. Gibbons Kennebec Towboat Co Andrew S. Lane Aizania

Plan to store and market poorer potatoes and culls

Officials advised farmers to keep poorer potatoes and culls on the farm for future markets or livestock feed and, in some areas, for starch and flower mills. Cleaning culls and diseased tubers was urged to protect future crops. A peat discussion found peat has low fertilizing value though useful as body in fertilizer mixes. The council plan will guide other commodity discussions to yield prompt farming recommendations.

Testimony Aims to Prove Five Men Innocent in Herrin Mine Riots

Marion Ill December 13 The Associated Press reports A W Kerr chief union of Illinois Mine Workers opened jury trial claiming five men charged with murder in the Herrin riot were elsewhere at the time. He argued killings followed armed guard violence and brutal acts during Williamson county conflict.

Marion Ill Associated Press Herrin A. W. Kerr Unser Phlinois Toward Hoffman Kerr Williamson County

Relief for Unemployed Gets One Million Pound Boost

London revisions approved a supplementary estimate of one million pounds for unemployment relief after a long 16 hour House of Commons session. The session ended in the early hours with exchanges over Labor tactics and a light moment from the speaker.

London Associated Press House of Commons Labor Party Labor

Stowaway Woman Found Aboard From Bremen

New York officials detained Christiana Klingeman a 41 year old stowaway discovered in a sand filled compartment six days from Bremen. She had previously crossed as a stowaway on the Wurtemburg last May and was sent back to Germany.

New York Pittsburg Bremen Christiana Wilhemina Ida Klingeman Ellis Island Wittsburg Wurtemburg Germany

Memorial Service For Late Chief Justice Whitehouse

Memorial exercises in Augusta honored Chief Justice William Penn Whitehouse with remarks by Judge Charles F. Johnson and others. Speakers praised his swift yet careful mind, patience, charity, humor, and love of justice, recalling his deep ties to Maine’s legal community.

Augusta Willian Penn Whitehouse Supreme Court Kennebec Bar Assocaation Leroy T. Carleton Winthrop Whitehouse George W. Heselton Gardiner Charles F. Johnson United States Circuit Court of Appeals Charles A. Strout Porthand Cumberland County Bar Association Charles W. Hayes Dover-Foxcroft Maine Bar Association Leslie C. Cornish Cornish

Woman's Literary Club to Discuss New Gloucester Schools

The Woman's Literary club of New Gloucester will discuss the needs of the town's schools at the next meeting. The topic is practical and the discussion should yield useful ideas.

Woman's Literary Club of New Gloucester

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