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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
8
The article notes May Allison dyed and bobbed her hair for the upcoming film Kate of Kentucky, adopting a short style as a disguise for her role. It also covers other star moves and upcoming pictures, including Ruth Clifford, Winifred Westover, Betty Blythe, Geraldine Farrar, Tom Moore, Pauline Frederick, and Mae Marsh, with details on projects and theater plans.
Deeds passed Thursday making Watson Frye & Co owners of the Whitney property on Commercial street adjoining the Jordan stable. Walter L. and Williams Whitney sold the 7700 square feet plus buildings, to be moved for the new foundry and machine shop. The lot now totals 37,000 square feet for the planned industrial plant after plans and contract award.
A Navy shipboard interview recounts life at sea with messaging range of 26 miles in all weather and the crew’s chores including washing. Gil notes change from wealthy recruits once aboard, while Standish praises the Raleigh laid in 1888 as sturdy for coast service amid potential tensions with South American nations.
Postponed church supper and sale from Saturday to Monday at Five Islands. menu includes baked beans biscuits doughnuts pies and coffee with ice cream on sale. Grange activities spread through the week feature charades, solos, and planned Christmas concerts. Local residents travel to Portland for state grange events. Christmas rehearsals and skating mark holiday season.
A Penobscot Indian visiting Bath discusses tribal industriousness, noting basket weaving, agriculture, and shipbuilding in state yards. About 30 tribe members work in Bath industrial plants, with many serving overseas in the American expeditionary forces and few casualties. Both men and women support Liberty loans.
Report notes sailors on the Raleigh included men fluent in several languages. They were kept mainly to interpret, ensuring clear communication during operations. The passage emphasizes the role of multilingual crews in handling international duties.
The article profiles J L MacMahan and George Gray of Five Islands Maine, two renowned mink hunters. It notes their dogs Spot and Fan, explains mink hiding in ledges along waterways, and states that a good hunt can yield substantial profits as fur prices rise. A week’s hunting result is pictured.
Sergeant Eliot Fuller recounts a perilous Atlantic crossing past submarine chasers and air cover, the defense of the convoy at dawn, and arrival in Scotland and England. He describes shipyards, Scottish scenery, welcoming crowds, and training in France before settling in Mailly and Doulevant le Chateau with hopes to return to Bath Maine and plant a garden next spring.
The Pendleton brothers unveil a 220 foot schooner with Oregon pine masts and 6,000 square yards of Woodbury cotton sails. It carries two 2%% ton anchors on 210 fathoms of chain and features a double deck, two deck houses, and a chart room suite. Soon to depart for New York with general cargo for the Mediterranean, the 1,489 gross ton ship awaits command. Bradford Redonett of Wiséasset was in Bath Thursday.
Readers of The Independent are invited to send reminiscences of Bath and its residents to the Editor for the Old Timer's column. Sign your name to confirm authenticity. it may be published only if you wish.
Secretary of State Frank W Ball announces reservations for 1920 auto plates start Jan 1919 for numbers 1 to 8000 with first come first served. Apply in writing and pay registration by Dec 1. The Old Timer recalls Charlie Dunning of Bath, his size and humor, and the Columbian Hall era with notable locals and events.
Dr Horace M Kallen PhD will speak at the YMCA open forum Sunday afternoon on The League of Free Nations. He authored key works on reconstruction and has taught at Harvard Clark College and the University of Wisconsin. The forum begins at 3 50 with community singing beforehand.
A nostalgic appeal promotes Dr Pierce of Buffalo New York and his Favorite Prescription as a temperance herbal tonic for female ailments. The ad claims backache dizziness blackouts dragging bearing-down feelings and nervousness improve with the tablet or liquid formula and even offers a 10 cent trial size.
The report notes soldiers in Camp Pa endure hardships without complaint and emphasizes maintaining liver and kidney health to combat disease in war and peace. It stresses keeping the body's detox organs active and rid of toxins.
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