Birchwood Farm to Have Modern Dairy Barn at Birch Point
Birchwood Farm at Birch Point, run by George W. Jewett, builds a new modern dairy barn to house about 15 Holsteins Guernseys and Jerseys plus young stock. The 575 acre farm plans higher hay yields, a milk route to Bath, and a cottage-area summer operation near New Meadows. A horse sickness prompts a late night veterinary run and travel to Winneganee.
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Gwendolyn Brown
William A.brown
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mrs.Brown
Brunswick
Mary Judkins
Miles S.purington
Birchwood Farm
Birch Point
George W. Jewett
Jerseys
Jewett
Beacon St
Bath
New Meadows
A. H. Brown
E. R Fred A. Higgins
Gladys Pottle
Doris Hutchins
Baxter Home Party Nets $80 for Red Cross Benefit
A Red Cross sale held at Miss Lydia Baxter’s home featured stalls run by Winifred Johnson, Carrie Shaw, Ellen Newell, Marcia Moulton, Mary Paine, Margaret Baker, and Lydia Baxter. Tea, punch, fortune telling, dancing, and a bean-guessing contest raised about $80 for the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lydia Baxter
Winifred Johnson
Carrie Shaw
Ellen Newell
Marcia Moulton
Mary Paine
Margaret Baker
William Mussenden
Mme
Wanda
Frederick Baker
Newell
John Moulton
Fred Shaw
Reading
Bath soldiers thank Bath residents for Red Cross sweaters and wristers
Privates Leroy E. Dickinson and Frederick J. Clark of the 23d Company Water town Arsenal express gratitude to Bath people for sending knitted sweaters helmets and wristers through the Red Cross. They note the cold climate and daily guard duty leaving them exhausted though grateful for a free Christmas party and supper at the arsenal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy E. Dickinson
Frederick J. Clark
Watertown Arsenal
Fort Baldwin
The
Times
Bath
Red Cross
Arsenal
Bath City Hospital Aids Halifax Relief Effort
Bath City Hospital staff joins Maine medical unit in Halifax relief work. Four graduates Katherine Hilgrove Nellie Lyons Mary Cuvelier and Alice Naugler assist in hospitals there. Friends and relatives provide updates while William Higgins assumes master shipfitter role at Texas Steamship Company. Mr and Mrs Fred J Matthews depart from Portland for Florida winter respite.
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Bath City Hospital
Halifax
A. A. Stott
Maine Medical Unit
Katherine B. Hilgrove
Nellie M. Lyons
Mary N. Cuvelier
Alice Naugler
Miss Osborn
William E. Higgins
Portsmouth
N. H
Texas Steamship Company
Higgins
Bath
Kittery Navy Yard
Texas Company
Phippsburg Pennings Portray Life on Lower Kennebec
Two Maine fishermen, Jerry Murphy and his son Jerry Jr., were feared lost after an open motorboat vanished Monday night. A telephoned report Wednesday said they were rescued by a passing vessel at Wood Island, Portsmouth NH, after rough seas and zero weather.
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Jerry Murphy
Jerry, Jr
Mr. Murphy
G. E. Black
Wood Island
Portsmouth
N. H
New Meadows
Portland
Loring Wallace
U. S. Coast Patrol Service
Reuben Johnson
Murphy
Lobster Case Proceeds in Bath With Short Quotas
Commissioner O Ji Dunbar of Sea and Shore Fisheries aided Daniel McDonald in two lobster cases against Zenas E Lawry of Friendship. One seizure involved 15 shorts and the other 117. Judge Keegan ordered $1 per lobster plus costs. Lawry appealed and posted $200 bond for January term appearance. Rodney Thompson of Rockland acted as attorney but no defense was entered.
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O. Ji. Dunbar
Sea and Shore Fisheries
Augusta
Bath
Daniel McDonald
Zenas E. Lawry
Friendship
McDonald
Keegan
Lawry
J. Court
Rodney Thompson
Rockland
Morse High seniors plan frugal graduation with homemade items
Morse High School's senior class will budget for a simple graduation. They will provide their own music, use home grown flowers, and wear inexpensive gown designs, already planning to economize before State Superintendent A. O. Thomas suggested it.
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Morse High School
A. O. Thomas
Ensign Austin H MacCormick and Miss Gertrude Albion Married
Ensign Austin H MacCormick U S N R F and Miss Gertrude Albion wed at Congress Street Universalist Church Portland in a prominent society event. MacCormick stationed at Portsmouth Navy Yard will live with Lieut. Com. Thomas Mott Osborne. Rev Raymond Chappell plans an illustrated Jerusalem sermon tomorrow at First Baptist with fifty views.
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Ensign Austin H. MacCormick
Boothbay Harbor
Bowdoin College
Gertrude Albion
Congress Street Universalist Church
Portland
James F. Albion
Ensign MacCormick
Bath
Spike
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Naval Prison
Raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Jerusalam
Gen
Allenby
Schappell
Jerusalem
Chappell
City
Speedy sale for Phippsburg pork at Morse's River
The Spinney Bros from Bay Point opened an eating room at the old Haley & Marr store in Popham Beach with lobster stews and other dishes, prompting a rear kitchen addition. Residents and visitors frequent the area, while local news covers accidents, hospital transfers, and community events.
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Spinney Bros
Bay Point
Popham Beach
Haley &Marr
Virginia
Bath
Elbridge Morse
Charles True
Ida McCollett
Parker Head
G. C. Beals
J. F. Leeach
Edward Thomas
George Sprague
Elijah Morse
Providence
R. Re
Enlistment Rules Expand Sagadahoc Exemption Board Role
White draft age men may now enlist at Sagadahoc Exemption Board HQ in Bath as regular recruiting station. Only white men may join infantry signal corps medical corps and quartermasters. Enlistees to various units are sent to Kelley Field Fort Leavenworth Fort Oglethorpe Camp J E Jackson Raritan Depot Camp Greene.
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Sagadahoc
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Engineers Corps
Regular Army
Signal Corps
Kelley Field
San Antonio
Tex
Land Division
Fortevenworth
Kansas
Medical Department
Fort Oglethorpe
Quartermasters’ Corps
Camp J. E. Jackson
Jacksonville
Fla
Ordnance Corps
Raritan Depot
N. J
Camp Greene
Charlotte
One Dollar One Day at Sebasco Post Office Break In
Clayson J Coffin of Sebasco arraigned in Portland before Judge Clarence Hale on a federal indictment for entering a building housing the Sebasco post office. He was fined $1 and jailed for one day. He had pleaded not guilty, then changed to guilty as District Attorney Merrill urged leniency noting no property theft from the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayson J.coffin
Sebasco
Clarence Hale
United States Court
Portland
United States Post Office
Coffin
John IF. A. Merrill
Post Office Department
Special Pythian Sisters Meeting Next Monday
The Pythian Sisters will hold a special meeting with Mrs. Fred Proctor at 1030 High Street next Monday evening due to lack of heat in the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Fred Proctor
High St
Income tax aid visit to Bath offered for 1917 returns
Government tax collectors will tour Bath from January 2 to 12 to help residents file 1917 income tax returns at no cost. Officials warn of penalties for failing to file by March 1 or March 11, depending on status. Taxpayers should prepare estimates of income and expenses now and bring related documents.
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The
Times Today
Internal Revenue
Seth W. Jones
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Collector of
Johnson Bros. Co Christmas Sale on Tools and Accessories
Johnson Bros. Co announces holiday bargains with machinists tool chests boys tool chests snow shovels thermometers pocket knives scissors and shears shaving soap brushes pocket flashlights and more in assorted sizes and prices from 75 cents to 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Bros. Co
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