Phippsburg Braved Severe February Storm
Phippsburg residents endured a harsh February blizzard as roads filled with drifts and mail deliveries faced delays. Local workers from Bath and Sebasco cleared routes, while residents faced power and telephone outages and tense nerves after war news. Inbound sails from Philadelphia arrived, and community updates note hospital cases, travel strides, and weather-imposed hardships.
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Maine
Frank Harris
William Oliver
Bath
Sprague
Gulf Stream
J. Bradford Spargue
Winneganee
Thomas McCormick
Walter Small
Parker Head
Willard Daley
Phippsburg
Seguin
John H. Pease
Waltham
Warren Ryan
Bertha Roderick
Bath City Hospital
Victoria Butler
Lizzie
Oliver
Frank S. Bowker
McCormick
Stoneybrook
Margaret Roberts
Philadelphia
George E. Taulaus
Eugene Perry
John Holland
Lincoln St
F. S. Bowker
John Davies
Islesboro
New York
William Critchett
Venezuela
Walter Bowker
Leslie Rolerson
Annie Jones
Wales
London
Clara Perry
Henry Butler
Barcelona
Spain
Edw
B. Winslow
Ae Cork
Palamos
J. O. Wyman
East Boston
Raymond Wyman
Saratoga St
Rodney Wyman
Edgar Pye
Harry Spinney
Sebasco
War sermon rails at German inhumanity and faith breach
Rev. George C. DeMott, former Central Church pastor, denounces German leadership for rejecting Jesus Christ and war as divine punishment. He praises President Wilson for severing diplomatic ties and says the nation must uphold Christian ethics, national honor, and humanity. The sermon paints Germany as barbaric and warns of consequences for the war party.
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Bathites
George C. DeMott
Central Church
St. Stephens
Portland
Wilson
DeMott
Europe
Jesus Christ
Treitschke
Bernhardt
Son of God
House of Hohenzollern
Germany
Jesus
War Party of
Brunswick Chamber hears $20,000 in sight for box factory
At a Brunswick Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday evening a plan to secure a box factory here was updated with $20,000 of the $30,000 needed now in sight. A committee of twelve was appointed to raise the remaining funds and to organize a stock company to operate the venture.
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Brunswick Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
Edward W. Wheeler
Fred P. Hall
William A. Moody
Gilbert M. Elliott
Harry W. Varney
Harvey J. Given
Thomas H. Riley, Jr
Omer D. Tondreau
Joseph H. Rousseau
Joseph McKeen
William R. Fall
City Council Holds Short Busy February Session
February city council meeting was brief yet active. Reports approved include three Public Lighting petitions for new and relocated street lights, street layout for a Mill Pond crossing, and related expenditures. Aldermen discussed People's Ferry hearing and local licenses. A Bath boy aboard the Jacob Jones recounts naval duty.
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Small
Alder
Menarker
Covel
Morse
Smith
McGrath
Jackson
Hooper
Bruce
Oliver
Lee
Whitehouse
Hosmer
Tobey
Bowie
Mason
Swett
Marr
Leeman
Dunton
Passmore
U. S. Committee On Public Lighting
Bowery
Washington Sts
Texas Steamship Co
Floral St
Center
Varnum’s
J. C. Varnum
School
W. D. Lemont
Bath & Brunswick Light & Power Co
Charles H. Norton
H. T. Wing
Lincoln
Mill Pond Stream
H. T
Municipal Court
Mrs Huntington Wintering in Vineland With Friend
Mrs T N Huntington is spending the winter with a friend in Vineland New Jersey. Her son resides in Philadelphia.
Ferry Hearing at Augusta Examines Bath Woolwich Ferry
A Wednesday hearing before the Ways and Bridges Committee discussed a proposed $50,000 state appropriation to back a Bath to Woolwich ferry with Bath and Woolwich matching funds. Plans for a steel 130 by 128 foot boat include multiple auto lanes and below deck passenger space. cost about $85,000 total with new slips. The committee will draft a new resolve and consult the attorney general, with optimistic views on support and future traffic.
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Committee On Ways and Bridges
Bath
Woolwich
Walter S. Glidden
W.S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Delaware
Chesepeake
Eugene Thebeau
Glidden
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Cee
THE
Bath Trust Company
Bath, Maine
Rev. Demott
God
City Council
John Flaherty
P. T. Flaherty
Jacob Jones
Flaherty
Town
Chester
Charles T. Grilley
John M Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Prout St
Mead &. Tel
Edward W. Haggett
West Baths
Lively Grange
Mr. Haggett
Augusta
H. L. Hopkins
E. E. Stott
E. W. Wheeler
Sea Coast
C. A. Richards
Damariscotta
Kennebec
Johnson Bros. CO
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