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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1917

Page

3

Quiet wedding among Georgetown week activities

A quiet home wedding took place on Tuesday afternoon February 6 when Mrs. Jennie Dearbin married Fred M. Reid in the presence of relatives. Rev. Boyd officiated. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens and two young girls. The newlyweds plan to occupy Reid’s old fashioned house on the corner.

Popham Beach Steamboat Co West Georgetown Landing Jennie Dearbin Fred M. Reid T. Boyd Joseph Stevens Marion Stevens Bessie Dougherty Wm. Holland Marion Harry Dougherty Bessie Joseph Harford Byron Rowe Clifton Matthews Frank Moore Boston Bath John Williams Richmond J. W. Cummings B. H. Woodside Portland Trafton Knight Rowe Charles Golding Golding Sons, Co Trenton N. J Grange Southport Grange Bertha Avery Amanda Blaisdell James M. Stevens L. H. Rowe Holland James Stevens Jennie Dearborn Fred Reid Georgetown Center William Boyd Worthy Master Stevens A. E. Holland Corrine Dougherty Bessie Mae Eliza Dearborn Boothbay Harbor A. P. Greenleaf Wiscasset J. G. Stevens Earl Hagan Forest Hanna Lewiston T. W. Blaisdell Leona Pinkham Wallace Pierce Albion Field Brother Will Elisha Field Howard Heald Harry Frank Heald Hodgdon Thompson Hale Thomas Hanna George Tarbox Priscillas Florence Rowe Syd

Five Islands Grange Meeting and Local News

The Grange held a well attended meeting with two visitors from Southport. A wedding of Sister Jennie Dearborn and Brother Fred Reid occurred at Georgetown Center. Budgets include a pie social at Nocton Hall and upcoming Lincoln and Washington sketches. Various community notes cover aid meetings, business changes, bird feeding efforts, and winter travel challenges.

Chauncey D. Lewis Five Islands al Davis

Dreamland crowds and wintry scenes fill local pages

Local jottings report a big Dreamland crowd Wednesday and good turnout Tuesday for various entertainments. Center Street post holes for the bunch light poles are being dug from the Point. James McGrath returns from Portland after a four hour electric ride, noting Arctic ice conditions in port. Roof workers are in demand to clear snow, with heavy snowfall hindering wood cutting. A 15 year old boy survived being buried in a lake snow drift. Coast Guard member Samuel Alexander returns to duty from furlough. Texas uses a snow train to move snow to the river. Augusta hosts Inland Fish and Game hearings with debate on a proposed resident license. Dynamoes for the four masted schooner Sam C Mengel arrive from New York, delayed previously in port.

Dreamland Center St Lowell Temple Front St James M’grath Portland Committee On Accounts City Hall Charles Mason Lake Sebago Samuel Alexander Cape Elizabeth Virginia Coast Guard Popham Texas Sagadahoc County Augusta Inland Fish and Game Committee George E. Thompson Sam C. Mengel New York

Phippsburg Notes On Weather People And Local Life

Phippsburg progresses through a harsh week of cold and drifting snow as residents report scarce travel, school attendance, and road conditions. Miss Alice Campbell's students miss limited days while Grace Dickinson stays home due to a severe cold amid icy seas and wind. Local families report visits, marriages, and community events including Laura Matthews and Harold Pyle’s marriage and various social visits in Bath Portland and Waterville.

Ray Harris Etta Bartlett Alice Campbell Grace Dickinson Ham's Hill C. V. Minott, Jr Philadelphia New York William Butler Lizzie Oliver Bath Henry Butler Newport News Maine Merton Wallace George Sprague Sebasco Mail Ashdale Frank Frisbee Thomas Oliver Arthur Maxfield Portland Waltham Evening News Laura Millissa Matthews Harold Leslie Pyle Miss Matthews Massachusetts Mr. Pyle Matthews Walter Bowker Rebecca Bowker Adalbert Williams Abbie Minott Wade Hannah Pashard Harriet Chas True Fred Wyman James Christensen Cummings McCormick Willard Daley Mitchell Dustin George McIntyre Thomas McCormick Long Hill Basin Road Sam Day Pt. Road William R. Campbell Waterville Phippsburg Scott C. Campbell

Private Sale of 100 Rejected War Horses

Notice of private sale offering 100 head of rejected war horses weighing 1000 to 1400 pounds each. Acclimated, broke and ready for immediate use. Horses and prices to suit everybody. Apply to Patrick Ward, Manager, Stock for Yarmouth Junction, c. 127-41.

Patrick Ward Yarmouth Junction

Bath City News Briefs Include Health Update and Birth

Mrs. Leon Eaton progresses at Bath City Hospital. A mistaken report claimed Wilbur Wyman had appendix surgery. A daughter named Katherine Barbara Emerald Andross arrived in Glendale California to Mr. and Mrs Cellan Emerald Andross formerly Miss Jennie Hansen. A gift from J O Wyman featured a grand piano. A thaw on Thursday improved roads. Mrs Rebecca Bowker visits Bowdoin friends.

Leon Eaton Bath City Hospital Wilbur Wyman Cellan Emerald Andross Glendale Cal Katherine Barbara Andross Jennie Hansen J. O. Wyman Rebecca Bowker Bowdoin

Winnegance Community Notices Reach Local Highlights

Charles Perkins of the Ransom B Fuller family dies at home in town. Olney Perry and many others are listed as sick. Local clergy and residents attend meetings and entertainments. School rehearsals plan a Feb 22 event to raise funds for Victrola records. City Clerk Grassy prepares ward voting lists for election day.

Charles Perkins Ransom B. Fuller Olney Perry Byron F. Barker T. N. Kewley Beacon Street Eugene Spinney Ethel Trask Auburn Alfred Trask Madelyn Dennison Freeport Myra’ Merritt Walter Perry Gardiner Lester Perry Randolph Thomas Perry Addie Burgess Phippsburg Tyleston Oliver Winneganee School Eleanor Ferguson Earl Perry Charles Preble

Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Strength

Five hundred muscles rely on pure blood for energy and labor. Impure blood weakens the body, reduces elasticity, and impairs work. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised as cleansing blood, balancing humors, and strengthening the whole system. Use only Hood's Sarsaparilla. no substitute matches it.

Hood

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Georgetown Five Islands Grange B. M. Rowe the Cove Flora Moore Avery Everett Higgins Earl Pottle West Georgetown Henry Todd Marrtown The Cove Ed McNutty W. S. Todd George Oliver Madelyn Berry H. J. Hunt Victor Richardson W. T. Boyd Everett Jewett Thomas Philipps W. P. Cromwell Noyes Sagadahoc Bay George Smith Howard Trafton Elmira Trafton Boyd Augusta Rowe Mercury Ida Higgins Grangers Nocton Hall Geneva Ida Rowe Lincoln Washington Ladies’ Aid Society May Hagan Cora Hanna George Rowe Aid William Holland Charles A. McMahan McMahan J. J. Gibson Springvale Annie Mason W. S. Boucher Joseph Muse Frank McMahan Somerville Mass Sylvia Boucher Bath Opera House Harry C. Webber George F. Harris Charles Williams New York Winter Garden Sir Henry Beerbohm Tree Lumberlands Keystone Dr. Norton D.D.S Winnegance News Grassy Maine Coast Artillery, National Guard Armory Sagadaheck
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