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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1922

Page

3

Social Happenings of Bath and Nearby Towns

Dr G H Coombs of Waldoboro toured Bath sharing social hygiene lectures with lumbermen in North Maine camps. Bath residents and visitors from Georgetown Boothbay Harbor Portland and Lewiston appear in a long weekly social notes roundup noting travels jobs, illnesses, events and engagements.

G. H. Coombs Waldoboro Bath North Maine Social Hygiene Bureau Cook Bee J.coombs F. B. Somers Georgetown C. IR. Pettengill Boothbay Harbor

Corliss Street Baptist delegates attend Portland convention

Mr and Mrs Chester Plant Mrs Pearly Trott Vivian Cornish and Lewis Moody traveled to Portland Friday through Sunday as representatives from Corliss Street Baptist church for the Christian Endeavor Convention.

Chester Plant Pearly Trott Vivian Cornish Lewis Moody Portland Christian Endeavor Convention Corliss Street

Bath News Roundup of Local Deaths and Travel

Mrs. Papiiver mourns father John Orr Porter died Tuesday in North Bath with burial at Westwood. Bath residents Wilbur Crocker returns from Port Arthur Texas aboard the Texas Steamship New Jersey. Several area residents travel for business, health and family, including Orren Frye, John Quin, Frederick Hinckley, and others visiting Portland, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, and Bangor.

Wilbur Crocker Texas Steamship New Jersey Texas Ec Co Bath Port Arthur Texan

Death as a Great Adventure and the Sixth Sense

The Civatanatl Post discusses dying as a sensory loss sequence with smell failing first, then taste sight touch and hearing. It notes some doctors believe consciousness may persist up to twenty minutes after death and mentions near death visions of angels and light. The piece concludes life is a journey and death a change, urging acceptance like the ancients.

Civatanatl Post

Cattle Dealer Sends Telegram Eight Strokes Home

A cattle dealer submits a telegram with a clearly written address and eight strokes after it. The puzzled clerk asks if the strokes are figures. The man says they spell the time and that his wife, who cannot read, can count and will know to expect him home at eight.

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Legion notes on American Legion actions and events

The report details Legion activities including protests over World War service star symbolism in San Francisco, recruitment of Chinese ex-soldiers in New York to track down alleged slackers, and lists notable signatories in 1922 such as Jack London and George Washington. It also covers adjusted compensation drives, government benefits outreach, veteran care plans, elections in Ohio and Kansas, and preparations for the 1922 New Orleans convention with Canal Zone and Canadian relief notes.

American Légion San Francisco American Legion New York Chinatown Jack London Andrew Carnegie George Washington John Philip Sousa A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr Frederick Wilhelm A. Kaiser Rupert Hughes King Alfred Belgium

Local Notices Tell of Visits, Moves, and Illnesses

Mrs. Fred S. Curtis died Thursday in Portland. William Esmond of Gardiner visited Bath recently. Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. E. Bowie died Thursday in Portland. A. Lightbody visits Portland with his brother Earl. Joseph T. Hynes of Bath transferred to the U S S Florida. Cecil F. E. Paine of Hyde Windlass Co. on business in Boston. Mrs. James McLaughlin and daughter Emma visiting Portland. Mrs. Debra Cotton returned Thursday from Wisconsin relatives. Orin Lutz of Oliver street to Rumford for work. Lutz family remains. Arthur Chapman, former McFadden’s clerk, moved to Portland for a job. Walter S. Russell, overseer chairman, went to Augusta on department business. Wellington Moore, confined by illness, progresses toward recovery. Mrs. King Dunton ill on Mechanic street with suspected pneumonia. Friends hope for swift recovery.

Fred S. Curtis Portland William Esmond Gardiner Bath Harry FE. Bowie A. Lightbody Earl Joseph T. Hynes U.S.S Florida Cecil FE. Paine The Hyde Windlass Co Boston James McLaughlin Emma Debra Cotton Wiscasset Orin Lutz Oliver Street Rumford Lutz Arthur Chapman McFadden Walter S. Russell Augusta Wellington Moore H.T. Stevens Register of Deeds Charles W. Clifford Lincoln Avery's Orchestra of Havener’s Hall Rockland American Legion Auxiliary of Kingfield Orphans Home New York Central Palace H. M. Jewett Jewett Westport Oliver Cumberland County Barker Washington Street Maine Central Pittsburgh William T. Hardie Bowdeinham Bagley Bros Howard Nash Cherry Street Malden Mass Nash Texas Yard Sterling Bible Corliss Street Maine Society of New York City Delmonico Phoebe Crosby Maine Gaudreau Brunswick Cumberland Theatre Miriam Andrews James Farnham Belfast Farnham Harry Hayes Gus Carmody Mill Pond Rochester N. H Bertha Williams Edwin Parris Upper Washington Street Mr. Parris Parris John Frank Parris C. W. Parris Brockton Theodore Clark Swift Co Town Groton Springfield G. G. Spring Co Massachusetts State House New Hampshire Qaniee Poe Meadowbrook Hall Robin Tug Seguin Bath Iron Works Arthur Hagan Arthur Hagan Entertained the Members of the Monday Evening Club Academy Street Della M. Gaudette Lynn South Washington Streets Jacob Goldstein Charles J. Cain State Department EB. I. Smith Moosehead Lake Opera House Court Street Joseph Charles Footer Martha T. Benner Gus Huse Lower Middle Street Somerset England Francis A. Gray Nashua Switzerland Gray Clinton Thompson Lincoln Laing Texas Steamship Co New Jersey Antwerp Belgium Christian Endeavor Society of People’s Church Margaret Reed Delphine Howard West Bath T. F. Perkins William Mann William Weed Orange N. J Sasanoa Tribe Helen Drinkwater George Bourget Margaret McGlinchy Charles Green Peter Gaudet Bert Cousens Alexander W. Robinson William Hodgdon Perkins Ford Hall Fred K. Sturtevant Lillian Wood Stertevant West

Bath items detail politics art and local events

City officials confirm H T Stevens nominates as Republican candidate for Bath register of deeds. A Bath resident exhibits a Lincoln portrait for Lincoln birthday while Avery's Bath orchestra books for Havener's hall. Legion Auxiliary pledges support for Bath orphans home. Bath residents file taxes, discuss government revenue, and local transport and social events fill the week.

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Harry Fitch Dereival P. Barr Mullin David Oldtown Alfred R. Pratt Dporthind Charles Soper Dorothy Livermore Louise Robbins Gorham Normal School Arthur J. Dunton HW. DP Harley George Thibodeau Clara Hunt Ethel Carlton Park Street Auburn Albert FE Desmond Bessie Moores Lisbon Falls Horace W. Ward Harold Garnett Publishing Co H. A. Beals Waterville Skowhegan and Vicinity Berry Paper Co Lewiston Sid Dorfman Dougherty’s Drug Store Dr. Donnell Sid Willard W. Lehr the Phoenix Carl Stevens Taunton George W. Jewett Wilbur C. Oliver Lincoln Club Charles P. Wetherbee Bath Iron Works, Ltd Fred FP. Oliver Pearl Elsie St. Barnabas Hospital Raymond Tarrabee Popham Beach Machiasport Mr. Larrabee Ernest F. Cooper Arthur Romford Cooper Jack Shaw Edward W. Appleton Bennswick Transwick Sam Shamban Max Cohen Biddeford Eugene Desmond Freeman A. Trott Ralph OQ Keith's J. T. Bettomles Proston Leon Kelley Belgrade Lakes E Ernest F. W. Carlton Arline Smith Townston Kate Smith North Street AW. Scott Shorey Alice G. Shorey William S. Shorey Bridgton Shorey H. A. Shorey Mrs. Shorey Sedgwick Ida D. Currier Bath High School Elbridge Coombs Bernice Hosmer Auburn Business College William J. O'Brien Daniel T. Dougherty Bangor Fred F. Allen Vickery Hill Publishing Office Pearl Hall Tri National Bank Orono Loyal Sewall Arthur Sewall Philadelphia Poland Springs BE. I. Wright John Sampson Jack Yaskell Rumford Falls Elsie Wakefield Chicago Stock Co Frank Tl. Edney Frederick Edney Times Print Shop Chicago LaSalle Public Certified Accountant J. (. Mooney Orrin F . Frye Millinoocket Herman Crocker High Street Standard Bearers Organization T Beacon Street Church Jane Moulton East Orange Charles TD. Moulton Bath Trust Co Philip Marshal W. C. Webster Karl Webster William TD. Preble Chelsea Alten Wright Providence Mr. Wright North Buick Co George Hathorpe Woolwich Worthind Maine General Hospital Central Maine Power Co Norridgewock Lydia Baxter Choate School Brookline Margaret Price Nashville Tenn Fred Bowie Reading Everett Bowie Maud L. Pingree Hartford Conn Charles R. Keith William Thistle Capt. Haley 2. A. H. Hogan PorMan William W. Weed Thorndike Josephine G. Fraser Catherine Reynolds John L. Wilson Jr Bred W. Oliver Charles Downing M. L. Harris Maine Central Trailroad Taura Hull Victor Bowman Eleanor King Brewer Anno M. Jackman William R. Staples John Jaquith Harry Cohen Edith Luther Thompson Stephen Crosby Robert Burbank Center Street M. A. Haraden Bucksport George McLellan Drummond Street Muriel Shea Arrowsie Harold Walker Russell Street Bliss Business Colleges Jesse Tarr Beatrice of Perkins John H. King King George Loos Orlando Fla Oliver Moses National Woolen Association Algonquin Club Lawrence J. Colgan Thomaston Prison Thomaston Jennie Harvey Yarmouth Frank S. Bowker Walter Cummings Anna EF. Gibson Willow Street George K. Nichols Mr. Nichols Tle Shipping Board Baltimore Roscoe Perkins James B. Perkins Joseph F. McCole Herbert Worrey New Baptist Church Bates and Main Streets William H. Hennessey Mark S. T. Conley Llewelyn Rogers West Bish Percy Allen Trish Mathew Clark Middle Street Charlottte Meeker Emma J. Houghton Porth Charles E. Gordon, Jr Victor R. Carey David Scribner Topsham Charles W. Morse Tennie R.morse Rome J. Rupert Wine Nancy Elizabeth Wing Paul T. Wing Worcester Wing Worcester Pressed Steel Co OM. McDucken Mrs. Friedrichs Oak Street Jack Spell Rna Ictal Salem C. Attaya Roxbury George W. Bright Orren FP Frye of Watson, Frye Co Middle West John Quinm Quincy Fore River Pierce Telephone Girls Club Viola. O Frederick W. Hinckley South Portland Hineckely John Kennedy Medford Wilson Pitman Dorchester Eli King Mary Taylor Roger Holt Esther Kennedy Mary J. Pitman Everett Brooks Clarence FE. Reed Charles E. Sidelinger William FE. McLaughlin Mark W. Sewall J. W. Laughlin Newcastle Annie Mikelsky K. VY. Briggs Royal Matthews Russell Carl Fischer New State Pier Portland Pier Ernest Pinkham Cherryfield Mary Brown Marion Small Frank K. Jack Sidney TB. Lermond Samuel R. Hinckley George A. Cowan Damariscotta Lincoln County George R. Pottle Fore River Shipbuilding Co Eden Park Cincinnati Ohio River F. W. Galbraith American Forces National Organization Washington, D. C W. N. Williams S. FY. Tillman Veterans Bureau Ohio American Federation of Labor Daniel J. Tobin Kansas Sheppard N. Y South Bend Ind Hanford MacNider Louisiana American Legion Employment Bureau Canal Zone Republic of Panama Dominion New Orleans
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