City News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Changes
Winter warmth and postal schedule shifts mark the day as Henry Faucett buys the Robert Craig house for 600 dollars. City arrests total 191 with more assaults. Morse High boys lose 46 to 22 in Portland. Morse girls fall 19 to 6 in Rockland. West Bath grange hosts a poverty social with costumes. Hercules hauled for overhaul. Gen. Knox serves as supply boat. Nine lodgers at police station. condition improving despite past layoffs. Chester set to be hauled out for speed trials under Capt. Blate. Woolwich ferry hall dedication with Hockomock runs 7 to 10 pm. first grand ball set for the 14th. Kennebec Yacht Club plans pool billiards whist cribbage meet with Calumet Lewiston. one pool and one billiards game per night. Sunday blessed by People's church despite chimney collapse and a flooded south section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint
Standing Committee On
McFadden
Morse High
Portland
Portland High
Rockland
West Bath Grange
Grange
Maine Central
Hercules
Gen. Knox
Gilmore
Woolwich Ferry
Hockomock
Bath
Kennebec Yacht Club
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Clarence W. Morse
Owen J. Ledyard
Calumet Club
Lewiston
The Bath Market In Fair Prices Despite Bad Roads
The article reports rough road conditions from recent snow rain and a cold wave but notes fair prices for farm goods at The Bath Market. Eggs fetch 24 to 25 cents a dozen, potatoes 70 cents a bushel, apples about 60 cents a bushel, country butter 25 cents a pound, celery 1.50 per dozen bunches, cabbage beets and turnips one cent per pound, squash 3 to 3 1 2 cents, onions average, Yelloweye beans two fifty a bushel, and veal ten cents a pound with light supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Schedule of Studies Outlined by High School Board
The school board met with Vice Chairman William E. Hogan presiding. Superintendent Freeman presented a proposed high school schedule listing Freshman through Senior year courses, graduation requirements, and elective policies, with notes on diploma standards and class sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hogan
L. T. Moses
E. J. Small
Ernest F. Kelley
N. Gratz Jackson
Harold C.roberts
Charles P. Wetherbee
D. B. Holt
George F. Jackson
Arthur J. Dunton
Frederick W. Freeman
Social notes from Fitchburg and surrounding towns
A long list of local visits and movements includes Miss Dorothy Daley in Fitchburg, Thomas Black returning from Allston, Ex Mayor Torrey on a New York trip, and numerous other residents in towns like Portland Lewiston and Freeport. Community events mention church guilds, weddings, and a fundraiser sale to support a steel ceiling for the Beacon Street Methodist vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Black
Allston
Mass
Joseph Torrey
New York
Henry G. Hodgdon
Portland
New York Life Insurance Co
Dorcas Guild
Beacon Street
Methodist Church
William Thistle
Oliver Street
Edward P. Shaw
Malden
City
Jane
Ellen Shaw
Elm Street
0. M. Redlon
Ambrose
William H. Sparks
Freeport
Frank S. Wakefield
Evening Sewing Club
Universalist Church
Middle Street
Charles F. Magoun
St. Mary's Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Green Street
Alice Skillings
Washington Street
Will Wrestle for Revenge in Lightweight Championship Match
Bob Somerville the local lightweight world champ faces Fred Miller of New York in a high stakes bout arranged by Jack Sullivan of Lawrence. Weigh in at 135 pounds with forfeiture and refunds if the limit is exceeded. Side bets total 200 to 250 dollars. Two amateur matches precede the main event featuring Jack Carkee vs Young Dionne and two bantams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Somerville
Fred Miller
New York
Jack Sullivan
Lawrence
Mass
Somerville
Sullivan
Miller
Jack Carkee
Dionne
Lewiston
Reported murder at Bowdoinham lumber camp investigated
Arthur Sav of Bowdoinham, manager for R S Webb of Yarmouth, sent for Dr I C Irish to visit a Bowdoinham camp where Bert Brown of Brunswick, the cook, was found dead. Sheriff Ballou investigated but Dr Irish ruled death natural. camp lies four miles from Bowdoinham. Monthly city council meeting announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Savage
Bowdoinham
R. S. Webb
Yarmouth
I. C. Irish
Bert Brown
Brunswick
John W. Ballou
Bowdoinham Village
Ballou
Guests at Bridge Whist Party Honor Mrs. Stanley
Mrs Harold M Sewall attended a bridge whist party hosted by Mrs Arthur G Staples in Auburn on Saturday afternoon honoring Mrs F E Stanley of Newton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Sewall
Arthur G. Staples
Auburn
F. E. Stanley
Newton
Mass
Steamboat Service Ends for Winter Amid Record Runs
The steamboat Isl and Belle began service between Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset to dodge an ice jam at Arrowsic Gut. It beat previous Bath Boothbay records by operating through February 3, surpassing January 31, with unlikely chances of a soon equalled feat.
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Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
Bath-Boothbay
Probate Court Records Show Wills and Administrations Filed
A quiet Probate Court session yesterday saw the filing and allowance of wills for Charles H. Mitchell of Bath and Elizabeth Soule of Woolwich. Albert L. Strout appointed administrator of Hannah Ells of Bath. Solvent representation for Arabella Lord estate. accounts filed for George W. Luce of Bath and Sadie A. Smith minor of Woolwich. inventories returned for Luce of Bath and Louise V. Bowker of Phippsburg.
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Charles H. Mitchell
Bath
Elizabeth Soule
Woolwich
Albert L. Strout
Hannah Ells
Arabella Lord
George W. Luce
Sadie A. Smith
Louise V. Bowker
Phippsburg
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Henry Faucett
Robert Craig
Western Avenue
John Fitzgerald
Chester
Iron Works
Charles A. Blate
Bath Market
Dra’ Ung
U. S
Dorothy Daley
Fitchburg, Mass
Mrs. Samuel S. Sewall
George A. Baker
Charles W. Dingley
Hallowell
Ethel Lundrigan
Hannah McCormick
John H. Brown
Edward W. Hyde
Charles S. Brown
Harry Pike
Groton, Conn
Alpheus B. Hervey
Leroy W. Coons
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Florence Helena Harford
South Portland
Levi Andrews
E. O. Dow
Bessie
Mildred Clark
Ramona Council
Daughters of Pochontas
Somerset Place
the Bunch
Blanche Matthews
Shannon House
Music Hall
Soda Fountain
Maine
Webber
Webber's Botanic Dough
Steamer Island Belle
Boothbay-Wiscasset Run
Probate Court
Thompson Bros
David T. Percy
Sons
Lincoln National Bank
George P Davenport
Fred F Blaisdell
Cashier
Frederic H Low
Gaiivier
Sagadahoc
Tribone Farmer
the Bath Independent
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