Christmas Choir Program at St Marys Church
Christmas service program at St Marys Church lists High Mass at 10:30, Mass in E Flat, multiple solos and duets by Henry Biggins Charles Vachon Munroe Royal Andrew Gallant and others. Includes Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Communion, recordings, marches, vespers, recitations, songs, dialogues and a school choir performance.
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St. Mary's Church
W. A. Leonard
Hyme Eleison
Andrew Gallant
Munroe
Gentium
Charles Vachon
Monroe
Ichmund Arsenault
Cheificus
Henry Biggins
James McNeil
Christmas Concert at Corliss Street Church Delights Congregation
Sunday evening program at Corliss Street Church drew a full congregation and praise for a Christmas observance praised as among the best. The event featured recitations, dialogues, duets, drills, and songs performed by members of the Sunday school and church committees led by Mrs. John Plant Missila biehers and Mish Mula Chapman.
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Corliss Street
John Plant
Missila Biehers
Mish Mula Chapman
Lizzie Cressey
Six Vessels Built in Bath District in 1914
Six merchant craft were built and registered in the Bath customs district in 1914, totaling 1187 tons. The Defiance racing yacht figures were released: gross tonnage ST, length 91.8 ft, beam 22.0 ft, depth 22 ft. One schooner, Albert H. Willis, 667 tons, was built by Bowker & Son for Rovers & Webb of Boston. Pocahontas No. 1, a barge, measured 414 gross tons. Three chamber carrying keels completed the year's list. Bath Iron Works nears more work, Percy & Small builds, and a Maine Auto plan hints higher 1915 activity. A 1000 vessel era record exists in 1900, and Maine’s Sweet Lively competition is anticipated next summer with road crews seeking premiums for best results. Burdock Blood Bitters ad appears.
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Bath Tron Works
Sir Thomas Lipton
Albert H. Willis
Frank S. Bowker
Bath Iron Works
Kelley, Spear Co
Percy & Small
Bhilders
New Statistics Link Alcoholism to Shortened Lifespan
An 500,000 saved investigation presented to the Association of Life Insurance Presidents at the Hotel Astor shows alcohol, overuse, and related factors shorten life. Arthur Hunter reports that saloon and hotel workers exhibit higher mortality, while distillery proprietors show normal rates. The study, covering 2,000,000 policyholders over 25 years, estimates over 50 percent excess deaths among heavy drinkers and outlines life expectancy losses from age 45.
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Association of Life Insurance
Hotel Astor
Arthur Hunter
Russia
Hunter
Special Rates Restore Half Fare for Schoolchildren
Superintendent Clarence N Flood reports a notice from D I Fitz of the Lewiston Augusta & Waterville Street Railway that half fare tickets for students will resume starting Monday December 21, 1914. The policy eases burdens on families distant from schools and will allow issuance of certificates enabling student fare.
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Clarence N. Flood
D. I. Fitz
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
Public Utilities Commission
Flood
Mrs Hodge heads to Norfolk after visit with mother
Mrs Frank Hodge and her children left Monday for Norfolk Virginia after an extended visit with her mother. She was formerly Miss Marcia Delaney of this city. Clarence Lane of Bath Brunswick Light Power Co. is congratulated on the arrival of a ten pound daughter at his Bailey Street home Sunday. Miss Madeline Owen left Wednesday for Springfield to spend the winter with her aunt Mrs Charles Adams.
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Frank Hodge
Norfolk
Virginia
Hodge
Marcia Delaney
Clarence Lane
Bath & Brunswick Light & Power Co
Bailey St
Madeline Owen
Springfield
Charles Adams
Dean's Ointment Advertisement Promises Skin Relief
Hives eczema itch or salt rheum set you crazy. Can't bear clothing touch. Dean's Ointment is fine for skin itching. All druggists sell it, 50c a box.
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Dean
Bath School Boy Justice Sheldon Resigns from Massachusetts Supreme Court
Justice Henry R. Sheldon, a Bath High School native who studied at Bowdoin and Harvard, resigns as associate justice after 71 years. A Civil War veteran and former Suffolk County lawyer, he served since 1894. Governor Walsh thanks him for long service and public virtue.
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Henry R. Sheldon
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Waterville
Bath
Bowdoin College
Harvard
North Yarmouth
Mass
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Boston
Suffolk
Judge Sheldon
Clara P
Augustus Morse
Hubbardston
James H. Morse
Sheldon
Walsh
Superior Court
Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Sheriff Ad Warns on Labeled Liquor Shipments in Bath
The Kennebec Journal comments on a Bath Times two inch ad warning that all liquor packages must show street and number or be seized by Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department. It accuses a local liberal newspaper of false charges about beer on draft in Waterville and Gardiner.
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Kennebec Journal
Oliver
Sheriff's Department
Bath Times
Sagadahoc
Kennebec County
Waterville
Gardiner
Getchell
Kennebec
Maine School Year Length Rises Sharply in Seven Years
The 1907 Maine average school year was 130 days, rising to 164 days in 1913 with a further two-day gain last year. Supt. Payson Smith notes the widening gap between towns and urges a 159 day minimum or 30 weeks, as many eastern states already require.
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Maine
Payson Smith
Augusta
Supt. Smith
Maine Almshouses: State Board proposes district inspections
Secretary James F. Bagley reports 134 Maine almshouses and recommends dividing the state into districts with trained local inspectors to conduct annual checks. The city almshouse inspections continue, with part time pay. Named inspectors include Lydia W. Rice, Mary S. Burnham, Ada F. Hunt, and Marion Porter.
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Maine
State Board of Charities and Corrections
James F. Bagley
Lydia W. Rice
Saco
Mary S. Burnham
Portland
Ada F. Hunt
Augusta
Marion Porter
Bangor
Clothiers Hold Lead In Park Bowling League Standings
The Clothiers remain in championship contention with a solid margin in the Park Bowling League. In the second division the Plumbers top the standings. Official standings through Saturday show the Clothiers ahead by a comfortable margin.
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Clothiers
Plumbers
Obituary of Capt Andrew J Pettengill Portland Shipmaster
Capt Andrew J Pettengill a famed retired shipmaster of Portland died December 18 at Chadwick House. Born in 1828 he sailed from Portland early in life commanding vessels for J. S. Winslow Co in West India and South American trades. He later co owned a schooner fleet and mackerel packing business with Abial M. Smith before turning to real estate in Sioux Falls. Survived by second wife Octavia Cheney and five children from first marriage. active Mason and church member.
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Andrew J. Pettengill
Portland
Chadwick House
J. S. Winslow & Co
Eben York
Abial M. Smith
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Portland Lodge of Masons
Mt. Vernon
Portland Commandery
Pine Street
Death of Mrs Martha J Cowen former Bath native
Mrs Martha J Cowen died suddenly December 15 in Denver Colorado She celebrated her eightieth birthday last August at her son Herbert W Cowen s home He is chief engineer for the Colorado and Southern Railway She is a native of China Maine and moved west thirty years ago after living in Wisconsin Survived by her son Herbert W Cowen The Cowens kept a Bath grocery at Center and Washington Streets Her son attended Bath public schools class of 1880 leaving in 1879 to enter Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Denver
Col
Martha J. Cowen
Bath
Herbert W. Cowen
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Center
Washington St
Swett Drug Store
Cowens
Shepherd St
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Mrs George H Sampson Dies in New York City
Mrs Emma Sampson wife of George H Sampson of New York City summer resident of Kennebec Point died in New York City last week. Funeral held there then remains sent to Medford Mass for burial. She left a son by her first husband who resides in Pennsylvania. She was well liked by Kennebec Point summer residents and natives.
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Emma
George H. Sampson
New York City
Kennebec Point
Mrs. Neagle of Bath dies after brief illness
Mrs. Bridget Neagle, aged 75 widow of Thomas Neagle, died Monday at her Washington Street home after a brief illness. Born in Limerick Ireland, she lived in Bath 57 years and leaves ten children, eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Funeral was held Thursday at St Mary's Church at 8:30 a.m.
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Bridget Neagle
Thomas Neagle
Washington St
Limerick
Ireland
Bath
Neagle
Catherine Devine
Michael J. Neagle
Detroit
Mich
Thomas P
David, Richard
George L
Margaret Crocker
Lynn
Mass
St. Mary’s Church
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil Ad Promises Pain Relief
A Hamburg New York reader describes using Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil on a burn to the face neck and chest and claims the pain ceased and the child slept. The ad also promotes Dean’s Regulars laxative with a 25 cent price at stores.
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Thomas
Nancy M. Hanson
Hamburg
N. Y
Dean’s
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