What Georgetown People Have Been Doing During an Arctic Week
Georgetown residents report a week of social visits and travel. Mrs G H Grey stayed in town while others from Bath returned home. several families moved, visited, or cared for ill relatives as town activities continued despite harsh weather. Community notes include school attendance praise for Woods school and local charity efforts by the Working League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
G. H. Grey
Bath
Mrs. Grey
Bertha Avery
Joseph Harford
Little River
J. Everett Jewett
George Oliver
Auburn
Belle Heald
Cornish
Fred Files
Miss Heald
Howard G. Heald
Nannie Russell
Portland
Frank Hollis
A. M. Jones
E. C. Dunning
Boston
Roscoe R. Todd
Roxbury
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First
Second Baptist
United States Congress
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Eula Grey
Grey
Martha Hinckley
Lewiston
Clayton Rowe
Five Islands
the Cove
Stott
Cove
E. M. Cunningham
A. E. P. Oliver
Mary A. Oliver
Cora Meyers
H. A. Jordan
West Georgetown
Jordan
Martin ‘Trafton
Arthur Berry
W. H. Dearborn
Eva Beals
Howard M. Trafton
N. S. Todd
Allie Hinckley
Will E. Rowe
William H. Dearborn
Georgetown Center
Benjamin H. Woodside
Prince Bayard
Agnes Jones
W._C. Todd
William A. Todd
Roland Harford
Rudolf Trafton
Charles Mains
Avery Williams
Record Cold Snap Drops into Deep Subzero Readings
A belated cold snap arrives with frigid readings across towns. Temperatures fall well below zero from dusk to morning, with centers like Center St hill and North End reporting 22 to 28 below. Lisbon Falls reaches 30 to 35 below, while Brunswick and Woolwich show 26 to 30 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrabee’s
Center St. Hill
Albert S. Strout
Woolwich
Wm. Simpson
West Bath
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Center St
Court House
Ice Blocked Way Steamer Virginia Reaches City
Captain James Perkins of the Virginia navigated through packed ice in the Kennebec River to bring his vessel to the city after two hours delay. He cleared miles of ice at Phippsburg and Georgetown and landed passengers bound for the 10:20 train at Morse's Cove, arriving in time by trolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Perkins
Virginia
Popham Line
Kennebec River
Phippsburg
Georgetown
Morse’s Cove
County Republicans Schedule Meeting in Sagadahoc
Henry White secretary of the Republican Sagadahoc County Committee has issued notices for a meeting Thursday February 19 at 2 pm in the Common Council room. An invitation has been extended to Republican town committees to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry White
Sagadahoc
Merchants Meet to Choose Delegates for Maine Development
The Bath Merchants' Association will hold its February meeting at the association rooms next Monday evening. Agenda includes selecting delegates for the State-Wide Development of Maine movement to be held at the Augusta House on Friday February 27 at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Merchants’ Association
Association
Maine
Augusta House
Jessie C. Howe
Sanford
Oak Grove
Tacoma
Wash
Morse Bros
Percy & Small’s
Portland
Jane Palmer
Frontenac
West Side
Phippsburg
Bath
Charles E. Trufant
Harpswell
Trufant
I. S. Curtis
Irving Trufant
Skowhegan
Corliss Street Baptist
Wesley M. E. Church
Charles E. Holbrook
Pine St
Annie K. Holbrook
Jamada Plains
Mass
Holbrook
Brown Bible Class of
The
People’s Church
L. L. Hooker
Washington St
State Progressive Convention Call Issued for Bangor Near March 24
Irving E. Vernon calls a state convention in Bangor on Tuesday March 24 to nominate candidates for Governor and State auditor adopt a platform and select a state committee Sagadahoc County is allotted 25 delegates with Arrowsit listed among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving E. Vernon
Mairman
State Progressive Committee
Bangor
Sagadahoc County
Lewis-Lease nuptials at Grace Church rectory
Henry J. Leask and Miss Gladys Lewis were married Saturday evening at Grace Church rectory by Rev. Cul bert McGay. The groom is a Bath Iron Works shipfitter, corporal, and Hyde Guards member. the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lewis. They reside on Dummer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Leask
Gladys Lewis
Grace Church
Culbert McGay
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Guards
Dennis Lewis
Dummer St
Card of Thanks from Eliza Bradshaw and Family
The Bradshaws thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during bereavement. Mrs. Eliza Bradshaw and Family express appreciation from Phippsburg Maine dated February 9, 1914. Additionally a note lauds an excellent Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Bradshaw
Phippsburg, Me
Bath Notes On Local Happenings And Notable Events
Bath residents discuss a proposed hotel or apartment house. Earthquake memories from 1913 recur as remains of Mrs. Jessie C Howe are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Lumber, shipbuilding, and mill activity fill the pages with bids, birthdays, church events, and school plays in a busy local scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Warmth for Cold Weather Told by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
A man jokes February meaning Freeze every body while shivering in his ulster. The ad extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla for lasting warmth through invigorated blood, claiming it fits men women and children to enjoy cold weather and resist disease.
Thanks for support in time of sorrow
Mrs. Mary F. Cary and family thank relatives and neighbors for help and for floral offerings in their time of sorrow Bath Maine February 138 1914
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Cary
Bath
Final account of Melville Hedge estate proceedings
In Sagadahoc County Probate Bath on the second Tuesday of February 1914 David I Hathorne and Horace H Hawthorne as administrators of Melville Hedge late of Woolwich deceased present their second and final account for allowance. The court orders notice by publication in the Bath Independent for three weeks to inform all interested parties to appear on the first Tuesday of March at nine oclock in the forenoon to show cause why the account should not be allowed. James S Lowell Judge. W Longley Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
David I. Hathorne
Horace H. Hawthorne
Melville Hedge
Woolwich
James S. Lowell
W. Longley
Register
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Bradbury P. Todd
Harold Hunt
Trafton Knight
Howard Trafton
Charles Webber
Riggsville
Charles Buckley
Lidia Mains
Woods
Levi Totman
Burnside Powers
L. W. Powers
Natt Howe
Reynolds Cove
Five Island Grammar School
Center
John FE. Oliver
First Baptist Church
F. J. Hinckley
Mr. Hinckley
Guy
Charles Crosby
Arrowsic
Mr. Prince
George Smith
Robin Hood's Cove
Wendell P. Baker
Ida Williams
Nannie Rowe
Sewall P. Oliver
Ice
Merchants’ Meeting
Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham
Perkins Phippsburg
Richmond Topsham
Lewis-Lease
Both As All
the House of Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
John J. Desmond
Water Streets
Bath, Maine
Harvey
Augusta
Montgomery
Morse High School
Columbia Theatre
Holy Name Society
Munroe Royal
Henry M. Biggins
E. J. Fitzgerald
F. McDonald
Edgar C. Smith
Foxcroft
New Hampshire
Feero Las
Morgan J. Flaherty
Detroit
Mich
Waterbury
Conn
Flaherty
Boy Scouts
Central Church
D. l L. Wilson
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