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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1919

Page

8

Parish Meeting of Winter Street Congregationalists

Two hundred attended the Tarisa supper and meeting at Winter Street Congregational church. The church finished the year with a small treasury balance and will fund the coming year by voluntary subscriptions. A 6 50 supper preceded the meeting with Henry R White reading the call. Dr Langdon T Snipe elected moderator and Miss Jennie G Silsby read the treasurer's report. The assembly elected officers and committees for the year. Prices for eggs and butter fell, with butter at 60 cents a pound and eggs at 60 cents a dozen.

Winter Street Congregational Church Prudential Committee Henry R. White Langdon T. Snipe Jennie G. Silsby Snipe J. Edward Drake Prudential James B. Drake Galen C. Moses Charles W. Clifford Treas Clarence W. Morse Omar W. Folsom Ralph H. Dunton David L. Black Edwin Dodge Hardin Francis W. Weeks Edward B. Smith A. EK. Wardwell William Schaubel Charles Chester Oliver Charles M. Webber Allen M. Irish Irving C. Trufant Arthur Foster Rosa Brown William Donnell

January Session of Sagadahoc Probate Court Summarized

The January to February Sagadahoc Probate Court session, led by Judge James S. Lowell and Register William Dunham, granted administrations for multiple Bath Bowdoin and Topsham estates, allowed wills, approved several accounts and inventories, filed bonds, and granted licenses to sell real estate including estates of Koughan Small Dukeshire Ham Hatch and Jewell with various executors administrators and trustees.

Sagadahoc County James S. Lowell William Dunham Lowell John S. Koughan Bath Harry A. Koughan Hattie T. Small Bowdoin Frank E. Small Martha Dukeshire Stillman F. Dukeshire Lillian Thebeau Eugene Thebeau Henry M. Cunningham Woolwich Annie B. Cunningham Charles A. Ham Susan Br. Ham Alvenia Grace Plummer Benjamin M. Plummer F. F. Fish Charles A. Corliss James EF. Fish Fred D. Hill Louise Morse Hill Mark Langdon Hill Mary M. Hatch Robert K. ‘Hatch Bowdeinham John H. Schottler Mary J. C. Schottler Adelia KF. (Piper) Haskell Daniel A. Hall Topsham Justus A. B. Cowles George F. Reed Harvey K. Erskine Florence G. Erskine Alice S. Dain Charles J. Dain Caroline A. Jewell Chauncey F Curtis P John C. Whittier James C. Purinton John A. Knowlton Emma A. Knowlton Nellie M. Card Frank W. Card Lewis M. King Henrietta M. King Frank KE. Small Hattie E. Small Mary A. Koughan John Seymour Koughan Eee Ae Sank W. Card Ath Wares J. Nutter Et Als Chauncey F. Curtis

Smelt Run Boosts New York Shipments From Local Creek

Good ice fishing yields several hundred pounds of smelts shipped in one lot to New York this week. Community notes include church activities, sick lists, visits, and local visits from Bath to Freeport with numerous residents listed.

New York E. Hilton Post Beacon Street Charles T. Small Ray Campbell Dromore George Eaton Lydia Holrock Freeport Will ‘Holbrook William Willis Portland Herbert Willis Billa Watts John King West Bath Wilton Bates Fred Dwyer People’s Church Fred Coombs William D. Perry Doris Perry South Carolina Boston Robert Manson Winfield Groves Harry F. Oliver Alton Oliver George Dennison Abram C. Oliver Leon Pewnell Earl Coombs Parker Head Charles Merry Charles Rogers Small Point Arnold Morse al Goodwin New London Goodwin Fred Urvan Phippsburg Bath Urran Millbridge Hyde Windlass Co Cora Campbell Charles Preble Walter Morse Howard Spinney Brunswick Seymour Hayden

Fourth Quarterly Conference At Wesley

At Wesley Methodist Church the fourth quarterly conference reviewed hospital funds records and auditing. Officials named include Miss Sadie Black and A. M. Butterfield with H. L. Hopkins and H. A. Duncan overseeing parsonage furniture, ministerial support, and examination of local preachers.

Wesley Sadie Black Freedman’s” Aid S. G. A. Cahill H. L. Hop A. M. Buttereld H. A. Walters John Gage H. W. Sampson A. A. Morse E. E B. Whittemore W. A. Lowell A. EK. Baum Trier of Appeals A. M.butterfield Finance H. A. Duncan A. M. Butterfield F. W. Armes H. L. Hopkins

Death of Mrs Mehitable Knapp in Bridgeport Conn

Mrs Mehitable Knapp formerly of Woolwich died in Bridgeport Conn on Tuesday Feb 4 at age 9 years six months. She lived with her brother Aaron Velano at Days Ferry before moving to Bridgeport. Her brother and other relatives are limited to three cousins Mrs L M Hughes and Tibbetts of Woolwich. The body will be brought to Bath for entombment and in spring to Woolwich for burial in the family lot.

Mehitable Knapp Woolwich Bridgeport Conn

Musical Program Delights Bath YMCA Audience

Entertainers Miss Carleton and Mrs. Gatchell performed for a Bath crowd before basketball games. They had traveled New England camps and forts and learned Fort Baldwin troops were nearly ready to move. The program included vocal and violin solos with piano accompaniment and applause.

Carleton Gatchell New England Fort Baldwin Popham Portland Bath Georgia War Council

Retires From Stable Business After Humane Endings

Local report recalls Charlie Jordan's stable care philosophy as five horses faced auction risk last week. He had three euthanized and two donated to owners promising humane treatment and painless end. The horses Kiko Black Diamond and Maud McCarty are named in the account, with Maud McCarty noted dead from heart failure. Jordan is described as devoted to his animals and luck with them.

Kiko John May Boston Black Diamond Maud McCarty Charlie Jordan

Phi Rho Society Holds Thursday Meeting at Morse High

The Phi Rho society met Thursday night in Morse high school hall with a smaller attendance due to other entertainments. Several arguments and suggestions aimed at improving the society were discussed and members were urged to attend the next important meeting.

Phi Rho Society Morse High School

Vitality Boost Uproar Promoted By Local Drugstore Claim

An advertisement by C. L. Wood Co of Lewell promotes vitality tonics and nerve aids claiming to restore color, digestion, and strength. The copy reads like a health cure pitch urging readers to try the product for improved vigor and life satisfaction.

Pha Wood Coy Lewell

Corporal Crocker Returns After 18 Months of War Service

Morse High School service flag near display hall honors Corporal Deltram Crocker of the 103d Infantry and Headquarters Company 26th Division. He survived Chateau Thierry St Mihiel Ravailles Cantons and Soissons, fought in many engagements, bayoneted an enemy, and endured shell bombardment and gas canisters. He recounts cooties and a gas boat explosion as hazards, and his unit arrived overseas with General Pershing.

CORP Beltram Crocker Vranes Deltram Crocker Ae Middle Street Fas Chateau Thierry the Warne St. Mihiel Ravelia Forest of the Arvenne Chemin Des Dames Soissons Tonl Crocker Co. A Maine Infantry 103D Infantry Frank Jhiume 2D Maine Gen. Pershing Morse High School James P. King King Carl Anderson 3Th Pioneer Infantry Gerald Atkinson 96Th William Ballou 56Th Pioneer Infantry Thornton Bates 35D Artillery Harold Battison 821St Field Artillery Samuel Bickle U.S.N John Brown Liootenain Walter Brown Leutenant Tank Corps Co. E Edwin Erskine C.A.C Lincoln Farrar Charles Fitzgerald U.S.S Edward Vitagerald John Fitzgerald Infantry Paul Fitzgerald Elliott Fuller Headquarters Army Artillery First Army Ralph Gay Co. 1 L2ng Joseph Gaudreau Coast Artillery Band Maurice Green 36Th Artillery Mark Hagan Harold Haggett Charles Hall 303D Field Artillery Wallace Ham First Regiment Coast Artillery Harold Hanson Eugene Hart Lawrence Hart U.S. N Langdon Hill Ensign John Houghton Charles I. Hughes Otis Hunt 30Nd Heavy Field Artillery Clarence C. Huse Arthur Hyde Lawrence Kane 11Th Engineers Harold Kelley Paul Koughan Forrest Legard

Youth’s varied wartime experiences after enlistment

A 22 year old describes diverse wartime life including making smoke from snow and ice dried over a candle, using German helmets as wash basins, eating corned Willie and hard tack, and counting 1¢ rounds. He notes his experiences are varied and more than the average youth endures.

Doctor Urged an Operation in Baltimore Woman Credits Remedy

Nellie Bristinguam of Baltimore Maryland says after months of bed rest and nerve head ache treatments her doctor urged surgery. She took five bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and was cured enabling her to return to work.

Lydia E. Pinkham Baltimore Nellie B Calverton Rd Lydia E

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Bath Opera House King Musical Revue Evelyn Nesbit Russell Thaw Woman Who Mable Normandy Liberty Theatre Photoplay Geraldine Farrar Dorothy Gish Hope Chest Dorothy Philips Emmy Wehlen Sylvia Winter Street Congregationalists Karl Morse Walter Rogers Zina Eaton Bridgehall Bath Deptmn T Store Rhos Huns Sam Galen M. Low Michael Leyden 301St Engineers Frederick Magoun U.S.N. A Percy Marks Boatswain's Ma Lawrence Martin 13Th Balloon Company Warren Mayers Benjamin M. Mikels Medical Corps Lee M. Mikels Roy Miller Motor Transportation Corps Jorace Morse Parker Moulton B. Hargraves Murray Amory McLellan Heavy Field Artillery Houghton McLellan Harry W. Owen, Jr Coast Defense William Palmer Roy Percy Ninth Regiment Roscoe Perkins John Perry 74Th Infantry Stanley Pierce U.S N Harold Reed Co. C 212Th Field Signal Battalion Edwin Rogers 56Th Infantry Gardiner Rogers Donald Sewall French Army Motor Corps Edward Sewall Charles Shaw Roscoe Shaw 29Th Artillery Leburton Sheldon Lowell Smith Joseph Small Ralph Stetson Perry Thompson Army of Occupation Harold Thompson R. Freeman Trott Harold Ward Earl Warren Kenneth Weeks Frank Whalen Paul Wing 1101St Field Artillery Eugene Worrey 53D Heavy Field Artillery Irving S. Baker Machine Gun Central Officers Training School John J. Flaherty Leonard Gibson Camp Devent Roland Smith 44Th Regiment Roland Weeks U.S.N. Red Cross Charlotte Farnham Faxon Jane Rideout Dorothy Tarbox Earl Thompson
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