Maj Kershner Returns After 18 Months in Army Service
Maj Warren Kershner has been relieved from active duty after 18 months in camps and cantonments nationwide. He led the eye department at Camp Sevier and trained ear surgeons, with daily clinic work and wide observations from veterans back in Bath. The piece also recalls Pershing’s rifle emphasis, No Man's Land mastery, and roles of negro troops and American Indians in WWI.
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Warren
Kershner
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Bath
Maj
Pershing
Philippines
No Man’s Land
St. Mihiel
Albert Roderick dies of pneumonia after influenza
Albert Roderick 27 formerly of Bath died Wednesday in Augusta General Hospital from pneumonia after influenza. He had been ill a week and will be buried in Bath. He was a baker, married with a four year old son Francis, and leaves his mother Mrs Minnie Roderick and four sisters Mrs Annie Mains Lewiston Mrs Ambrose Bye Lewiston Mrs Emma Malloy Bath and Pauline Roderick.
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Albert Roderick
Bath
Minnie Roderick
Front Street
Augusta General Hospital
Roderick
Augusta
Francis
Annie Mains
Ambrose Bye
Emma Malloy
Lewiston
Pauline Roderick
Twenty Inch Sewer Project Underway at North End
Work has begun on a 20 inch sewer main replacing an open drain that has troubled residents. Pipe has reached from Winship Street toward the south and a trench twelve feet deep is being dug near High Street. Big manholes will be installed at regular intervals.
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Winship Street
High Street
Talk on Germany From Personal Study of a Bath Pastor
Rev Edwin Dodge Hardin shared a thoughtful talk on Germany at Morse High School. He recalled studying in Leipzig at 14 and contrasted German discipline, education, and state worship with American individualism, noting the army’s prominence and church subsidies shaping religion and society.
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Germany
Bath
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Assembly Hall
Morse High School
Hardin
Leipsic
Georgetown Soldier Arrives From France With Shrapnel Wound
Alvah Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Reynolds, arrived from overseas aboard the Sierra and is convalescing in New Jersey after receiving a shoulder shrapnel wound. He hopes to be home by Christmas amid other returning wounded soldiers.
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Alvah Reynolds
Eugene Reynolds
New Jersey
Reynolds
Sierra
Hoboken
N. J
Sewall Oliver
Popham Beach
Anson Oliver
Will Olivery
West
Boothbay
Stearns W. Scott
Marion Buzzo
Portland
State Grange
John D. Williams
Junior Williams
West Georgetown
Bath
Harry Heald
Virginia
J. Everett Jewett
Edgar Drake
Augusta E. Rowe
E. E. Harrison
Thomas Hagan
Earl Hagan
Arrowsie Town Hall
William A. Todd
Fred P. Oliver
Harold F. Hunt
Annie J. Russell
Charles D. Russell
France
Fred Oliver
Edgar Hunt
Germany aims for renewal through church reform and pride
The speaker argues Germans are galvanized into false patriotism favoring their principalities over the empire. He sees hope for Germany and the United States, believing church liberation from the state could spark a fresh infusion of divine spirit and a new reformation like Luther’s. Bethoven, Goethe, and Schiller are cited as immortal, guiding national pride.
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German Empire
Germany
Martin Luther
Schiller
Goethe
Bethoven
Draft Board Dedication Praised by Portland Press
The Portland Press salutes draft boards nationwide for exemplary service in wartime. Bath Local Board chair Judge Keegan is praised, along with Board members who devote days and evenings to the duty, underscoring national debt and gratitude beyond words.
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Portland Press
William T. Hall
Bath
Bath Board
Keegan
Lees
Local Boards deserve fair pay for service says Bath reader
A Bath Maine reader criticizes the government for low compensation to Local Boards under S S R section 195. He argues that maximum rates of seven fifty per day or one hundred fifty per month are insufficient and urges editorials and letters to push for substantial justice for those serving.
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Wm. T. Fall
Bath
Maine
Bath Boy Visits Famous City Mons
Donald Wishart of 69 Granite Street writes to his parents about Canadians entering Mons Belgium. He recalls towns evacuated by Germans and German oppression ending as locals greet the soldiers with joy. He describes a King Albert day celebration and a film event near Mons.
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Donald Wishart
John Wishart
Granite Street
Belgium
Mons
King Albert
Cedar Grove Post Office R F D Route News
Fred M. Weeks died Saturday in Bath after an examination for the Cedar Grove Route No. 1 R F D carrier position. O. L. Ham acted as temporary carrier that day. F. M. Hall has not missed a Cedar Grove to Iceboro trip this winter. The Dresden Richmond river bridge remains a winter longing as ferry boats still carry passengers. E. W. Moody and George Moody hosts noted visitors and reports of Spanish flu in the area.
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Fred M. Weeks
Bath
Cedar Grove
O. L. Ham
F. M. Hall
Iceboro
Dresden
Richmond
E. W. Moody
George Moody
Grange Service Set for Sunday at the Church
All members of the grange who can attend are urged to join a special service at the church Sunday. The event emphasizes community fellowship and participation.
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Grange
Bath youth Corps. Philip Daye writes from France
Corporal Philip W. Daye, 19, recently transferred to the American forces in France, thanks his mother Mrs. Josie M. Daye for Thanksgiving. He recalls dining with a French family at Doulevant le Chateau HauteMarne, noting the friendly exchange with 18 year old Lacey Chameroy as they improvised English and French. He fondly remembers a year ago at Fort Baldwin and Bath visits and wishes Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Philip W. Daye
Bath
Tractor Artillry
First Army
Josie M. Daye
Lord Street
Doulevant Ie Chateau
Haute Main
France
Lacey Chameroy
Fort Baldwin
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WICK
Grange Service
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
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New York
Brunswick
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Maine Central Railroad
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