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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1914

Page

9

Doings Down Georgetown Way

Local notes report illness and daily labor across Georgetown including Mrs. Howard M Trafton neuralgia and Elmira Trafton cold. Residents visit farms, quarries, and shops while church and town events set a busy social pace. Go to Church Sunday urged with revival efforts by Rev G H Grey.

Howard M. Trafton Everett Higgins Newdick Place W. C. Todd Indian Point Augusta Todd West Georgetown A. E. P. Oliver J. Everett Jewett Wendell P. Baker Riggsville Ladies’ Aid Society Methodist Church George West Eugene Reynolds

West Bath Touts Merits of Rose Amid Town Notices

Henry Rose declines re election as collector of taxes and town treasurer at the March meeting. West Bath reports a busy week with Grange degrees, ice house work, brown tail moth control, and town finances near balance. Community members attend events, plan legislation, and note improved streetcar service and school holiday observances.

Henry Rose Rose TP. Higgins O. C. Nutting Mill Henry Holdenwood West Bath Joseph White Fred W. Larrabee Brunswick C. M. Bryant Samuel P. Cary East Brunswick New Meadows Fred Ella Cary Herbert Hodgkins Lewiston Sagadahoc Pomona Grange The Grange Everett Lemont Bath New Meadows Boat Club eClub Mugene Brown East 3Trunswheck J. C. Larrabee Lincoln Washington Fred P. Ring

Coal Specimens Exhibited Under Expert Review

The Popham Beach coal discovery prompts expert opinion. Bowdoin scientists will examine blasted rock at Rockledge after jewellers and coal merchants confirm the black substance resembles coal, while a potential main coal body near Phippsburg is discussed and a new bore plan is floated.

Popham Beach Rockledge Kelley Independent Window Kennebec The Times William Gilman Dearborn Daniel Bishop Mr. Lovejoy Capt. Perkins Virginia Henry Howard Messrs Clifford and Page Phippsburg Popham Small Point Bath Bowdoin

Minster Bonds Form In Wake Of Installations And Opera Review

Rev Maurice J Duncklee attended the Waterville installation of Rev C F Robinson who once served in Meriden New Hampshire and Duncklee will preach at his own Winter Street Church installation February 17 in Hav­erhill in a reciprocal ceremony Robinsosn earlier delivered the ordaining prayer in Hav­erhill in 1905 The Bath Opera House hosted Neil OBrien and his troupe who drew high praise for the best minstrel show yet with Eddie Hagen heard singing Good Night White Folks as the curtain finale faded away

William Hennessey Topsham Rosedale New Meadows West Bath Harry Lemont Bath Grange the Independent Fred W. Larrabee Neil O’brien West Bath Grange A. G. Fisher Foster’s Point Ellis Coombs Fisher Maurice J. Duncklee Winter Street Church Waterville C. F. Robinson Meriden N. H Duncklee Haverhill Mr. Duncklee Mr. Robinson Bath Opera House Eddie Hagen

Webber Signs Lewiston Indoor Circus for Hospital Benefit

Harry C. Webber returned from Lewiston after closing a contract with the Hospital Association to stage an Indoor Society Circus in Lewiston City Hall early next month. The event, directed by Webber and H. A. Huse, spans three afternoons and evenings and may include merchants days. Also noted, the ferry Hockomock bucked ice, ran aground briefly, then resumed service without affecting travel.

Harry C. Webber Lewiston The Hospital Association Lewiston City Hall Central Maine General Hospital

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John J. Desmond Water Streets Bath, Maine Davis Hatch Georgetown Way Clayton Rowe Islands Chester MacMahan Cove Elmira Trafton William A. Todd Dyer George Oliver Auburn Collingswood Shea Arrowsic Perry Beals Everett C. Higgins Riggsville Ladies’ Aid Avery Williams Reynolds Cove Charles Mains Place William M. Farnsworth Howard G. Heald John E. Oliver Standard Mineral Co Llewellyn Hinckley, Jr A. K. P. Oliver Harold F. Hunt W. M. Farnsworth L. W. Powers Georgetown Center Rev. G. H. Grey Belle Heald Cornish Laura Oliver the Woods School Georgetown Working League For Election of First Baptist Church Bertha Avery William F. Nutter Lothair Lowell Annie Nutter Charles Mains the Cove Silas Damon Hall’s Bay E. B. Loveitt Addie Loveitt Althea Fred Bubier E. W. Haggett Mr. Haggett Arthur Lemont Frank Groves Wast Brunswick Larrabee Trufant’s Crossing Hockomock
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