Wanted to buy a farm and farm equipment
WANTED To buy a farm wood builders only plenty of term telephone amtrapriv on or steam railroads J W Schoolstreet Waterville Me POR SATE Good tay 15 per ton Mrs A T Rea Topsham Me mil-3 ROR SALE Dry stab wood A fitted for stove Address R o T Greenroat RK FP Dh 4 Wiscasset Me f Sand a HOME EMPLOYMENT t Braiding rugs for us is pleasant well paid work for particulars addr Phelps Pinkham inc 300 Anderson St Portland Me 1-11-14tp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Schoolstreet
Waterville
A. T. Rea
Topsham
Greenroat
Wiscasset
Phelps & Pinkham, Inc
Anderson St
Portland
Next Open Forum with Clarence Skinner at Sunday event
Clarence R. Skinner of Tufts college will address the Next Open Forum Sunday afternoon on Revolution or Evolution. He has spoken in Portland Biddeford Lowell and New York and Massachusetts, with a reputation for fluent clear speech and engaging question periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Triangle
Clarence R. Skinner
Tufts College
Skinner
Portland
Biddeford
Lowell
Mass
University Settlement
New York
Massachusetts
Silas M. Oliver Announces City Marshal Candidacy
Silas M. Oliver of Riveriegy Railway Express and son of Ward 5 Councilman-elect William A. Oliver announces his bid for city marshal. He will oppose incumbent Abram C. Oliver, listing Republican loyalty and a public letter urging favorable consideration. He cites character references from American Express Co. officials and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sins M. Oliver
Riveriegy Railway Express
Couneilman
Willian A. Oliver
Ward 5
Abram C. Oliver
Oliver
Othrs
Smallpox case reported in Bath shipyard worker townwide
John Sullivan, a Bath shipyard worker from northern Maine, contracted smallpox and is confined at a North End barracks near Rufus D. Moulton’s home. Resident Sanitarian Kingsley urges a pest house for contagious diseases and may push city council to act, with Emergency Fleet Corporation approval of barracks use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sullivan
Bath
Maine Woods
Rufus D. Moulton
Drummond Street
Poe
Charles Gatehell
Kingsley
United States
Emergency Pleet Corporation
Senator Ricker Proposes Alewife Catching Ban by Narrow Rivers
Senator Willis A. Ricker of Hancock introduces an act forbidding any person to take alewives in rivers, brooks or streams 100 feet or narrower. Dipnets may be used only to remove alewives from weirs in tidal water. Violations carry fines from 10 to 200 dollars per offence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis A. Ricker
Hancove K
Deacon James T. Soule 84 Died At Woolwich Home
Deacon James T. Soule of Woolwich died Wednesday night at his home after eight weeks of failing health. He lived in Woolwich all his life, worked on a farm, and served as a Free Baptist deacon at Montsweag. He opposed liquor and voted prohibition, with several votes in town for the party. Surviving are two daughters from his first marriage and nine children from his second, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral set for Saturday at two at his Woolwich home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Soule
Woolwich
Free Baptist Church
Montsweag
People’s Ferry Co
Deacon Soule
Soule
Meline B. Getchell
Marineze
Lincoln Bailey
Alonzo McNear
Bath
Eva E. Robinson
Wiscasset
Alice Jones
Sarah Higgins
Loring Soule
John Soule
James Soule
George Soule
Charles Soule
Edward Kane
Manchester
N. H
Leslie Soule
Damariscotta Mills
Woolwie
Henna Pana
Augusta
Eben Dana
Wimma J. Hathorne
John Reed
Phippsburg
Georgetown
Morse High
Ross Trailey
Waston
Youngs Hotel
Rodney Tarbox
Weedend
Westport
Clarence Preble
Norfolk
Via
George Carlson
Camp Devens
Boston
Milton ‘Trott
Alton Reed
Florence Carlton
Maude ‘Hayward
Union Bridge
George Perkins
L. A
Methodist Church
Artell tUaywarl
No. 1
Warren, Bailey
Osar
Dresden
Hollis Leeman
Fverson Stinson
Quint
Topshem
Mildred Dow
Rockland
Mas
Pearl Hall
Moses Lord
Si Frank Jones
Dr. Walker
Francis Gilmore
A. M. G. Soule
Sagadahoe Ferry
Frank Carlton
Frank
Lawrence
Annie Cunningham
Lewiston
Thomas Wheeler
Waterville
Everson Stinson
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Bash
Day's Ferry
Edwin Rogers in Germany reports health and furlough hope
Corp Edwin A Rogers of the 56th Pioneer Infantry Band writes from Winningen Germany to Mr and Mrs Charles H Rogers of Whiskeag describing good health amid flu cases in the unit. He notes gauze masks, crowded temporary quarters, company meals, cold weather then warmer, the Mosel thawing, a town crier, a possible Paris furlough, a March 14 six months overseas service stripe, and a planned minstrel and band concert showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Rogers
Whiskeag
Edwin A. Rogers
56Th Pioneer Infantry Band
Army of Occupation
Winningen
Germany
Coblenz
Pennsylvania
Mosel
Times Office
Paris
Palisades
Hoboken
France
Bath Eagles Plan to Erect Monument
Bath aerie PF O E voted to buy a granite shaft for Oak Grove cemetery memorial. Delivery planned in May with dedication by Memorial Day. Funds from a grand Easter Monday at the Armory will finance the monument for members without burial plots or relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie, PF. O. E
Oak Grove Cemetery
the Aerie
Armory
World War I era ships featured by Merchant Marine editor
The Merchan t Marine highlights two vessels from before the Civil War era: a full rigged ship built at Phippsburg Maine in 1893 for James W. Elwell & Co. and a bark built at Bath Maine in 1883 for Charles R. Klint Co. The two ships, Aryan and St James, are cited as notable examples and provide a history of American shipbuilding and notable owners. The St James was wrecked near Pitcairn Island in December 1918 while en route to Vancouver and Durban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Marine
Winifred Chant Marine
Winfield M. Thompson
Phippsburg
James W. Elwell & Co
New York
United States
Chatham Islands
New Zealand
Sanancisco
St. James
Bath
Charles R. Klint &Co
Rolph Navigation Co
San Francisco
Funeral of Mrs Sarah Augusta Litchfield at Oak Grove
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah Augusta Litchfield wife of George E. Litchfield was held at her residence on Built Street with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Bearers were Walter J. Chase Charles I. Corliss Albion II. Corliss and Melvin A. Haggerty. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Sarah Augusta Litchfield
George CE. Litchfield
Wout
Built Street
David L., Wilson
Walter J, Chase
Charles I
Corliss
Albion II
Melvin A. Haggerty
Oaks Grove
Bowdoinham Relief adopts by laws for charity and dances ban
Bowdoinham Relief association adopts by laws to aid sickness and needy, plans an emergency fund and bans dances. The report notes active membership and community potential. locals donate toys to Mrs Beals for the Children’s Heart Work Society in Portland. Various town events, visits, and notices follow including births, meetings, and local appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Relief Association
R. A. Dickinson
G. R. Cutler
Elsie Dickinson
W. W. Brown
Augusta
State House
Augusta House
Richmond
Charles Hackett
Little Son
R. UH
Mary F. Purinton
W. J. Salie
Arabine Hall
C. W. Watson
Brunswick
C. L. Bodge
E. W. Warren
Portland
Andrew Geele
Sagadahoc
Bath
Gretchen Hulse
Richmond High School
R. E. Ferguson
Florence Small
Madelyn Starbird
Fudith Fulton
Edna Graves
Emily Rideout
Arthur
Ernest Carr
Zim
Kennebree Judge
K. of P
Westwoke
Edward W. Wheeler
Charles R. Ber- Lvr
PaOeNearey
Newton
Iw. Sedgley
R. S
Lancaster
Josiah Fulton
C. H. McKaven
W.s UG
Plans for Early Sale of Wartime Worker Homes
Henry G. Hodgdon notes that the Bureau of Labor Real Estate division and 60 real estate boards discussed an early sale of Emergency Fleet Corporation wartime worker houses. Plans call for liberal terms, possibly amortization over 20 years, with modest down payments and monthly installments. Judd suggests meetings to discuss details and an appraisal to set sale prices and rentals, with local agencies supervised by experts to manage the colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Henry G. Hodgdon
Maine
Bureau of Labor
Hodgdon
Edward S. Judd
Washington
Bureau
Chicago
Rock Island
Judd
Housing Bureau
Nichols Fund Proceeds From Bath Will Named For Poor
Probate court approves the Nichols Fund trust under Susan E. C. Nichols will of Bath. Charles C. Low as trustee handles income for the worthy American poor of Bath. The remainder was placed in trust with Frederic H. Low and George E. Hughes to administer funds in Bath memory of George H. Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Low
Susan E. C. Nichols
Bath
Frederic H. Low
George E. Hughes
Nichols
George H. Nichols
David T. Percy & Sons
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Senter
Beaver Board
C.L. Farnham C9. Inc
Elm St
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Jsath
Next Open Forum
Silas M. Oliver
Marshal
Aleweee
Maine Street
Hood
Bath Eagles
Bowdoinham
Local Relief Association
Sebago
C. L. Mosher
Cora Young
Star Aid
Emma Snell
Electa Chapter
O. FE. S
C. O. Purinton
Leona
T. Purinton
A. Getchell
F. K. Jack
J. &. Cornish
Newtonville
F. J. Nichols
R. H. Jack
Helen Townsend
North
C. B. Randall
Allen C. Small
Louis H. Veilleux
Selectmen's Office
Ralph Winslow
Jessie Cromwell
Bath and Brunswick
Helen Gould
Cora Smith
E. M. Goaves
Gladys Rumrill
Hazel Cornish
Alma Cheney
Lisbon Falls
Harold Cheney
Ilda Millay
Bates College
Mary Millay
Methodist Aid
America Purinton
D.T. Percy & Sons
Gwinn’s Mill
Dirigo
Union Grains
Oscar—Holway
City Landing
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