Local notices and meetings mark civic spring in Bath
The article lists community gatherings and civic events including a Nahanada arrival at 9 30 Monday, a Ladies Sodality whist party, Sewing Circle session, and a postponed Valentine party at Universalist vestry. It notes calls for Republican Committee meetings, a Kennebec County Teachers Association annual meeting with Henry W Cobb elected president, caucus dates for mayoral nominees, theatre price policies, gospel addresses at First Baptist, a postponed Bourke Cochran lecture, and Bowdoin interscholastic results with Morse and Deering races marred by a foul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Sodality
St. Mary's Church
Knights of Columbus
G.A.R
Universalist Vestry
Bowdeir
Music Hall
C. B. Randall
Sagadahoc
Republican County Committee
Kennebec
Columbia
Harry C. Webber
Bath Opera House
Dreamland Theatre
First Baptist Church
Paul
Portland
Bourke Cochran
Cochran
Portland High
Abraxas
Abraxas Society
Bowdoin College
Memorial Hall
Morse
John O. Pask
Bath
Water St
Bowdoin
Deering High
Deering
Holbrook
Capt. Tilton
Talbot
Pinkham
Capt. Cass
Eat Slow and Grow Strong From Your Stomach to Liver
A vintage health ad urges slow eating to prevent indigestion and lists L. F. Atwood's Medicine as a reliable stomach remedy. It claims the product improves digestion, stomach and liver health, and bowel function, with a 38 cent bottle price and Portland Maine company details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F
Atwood
Lincoln photo and snowstorm amid local society notes
The article records various local items including C. A. Harriman displaying a Lincoln photo from the last Springfield negative, a nearly 19 pound Angora cat owned by Capt. Wallace, a convoy of 40 Camden Rockland and Damariscotta schoolboys to an interscholastic meet, and reports on the Wesley M E church society meetings and a northeast snowstorm leaving about nine inches of snow. It also notes war relief donations, ice car shipments, and upcoming concerts and minstrel shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Wesley Church
Society
C. A. Harriman
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Wallace
Bath
Dow
Camden
Rockland
Damariscotta
Brunswick
W.F.M.S
Wesley M. E
A. A. Morse
China
Merrymeeting
Epworth Leagues
Beacon St
Wesley
Mercury
War Relief Committee
H. H. McCarty
Local Jottings Reflect Quiet Town Life And Ongoing Trades
William Carlton hunted two foxes near Sam Hathorn place while new furniture and repairs appeared in the Palmer building store damaged by fire. Diamond Spring Co to stack ice at Lemont's Creek after filling houses. Page diamond store closed due to illness in the Page brothers’ family. Barge Molino discharged coal at Howard's, bound for the Flats and Philadelphia. Ice harvest at Sewall Mill Pond for M. W. Sewall & Co. Rebecca Palmer reaches Buenos Aires after leaving Newport News Nov 29. Three hay loads arrive by city scales within minutes. Ice pace at Lily Pond track sets winter Boston records. City vital statistics for January: births 23, marriages 9, deaths 16. Cape Ann Light fog signal to switch March 1. D.A.R. State Council to meet March 24 likely in Lewiston with about 100 women expected. Winter Five Men’s Club and Oak St parish events noted with refreshments and music. Funeral of Mary E. Ryan at St Mary’s Church with high mass. interment Oak Grove. Deeds transfer for Long Island, New Meadows River site for Montgomery summer school. Shipbuilder humor about timber and molds, possible future schooner.
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William Carlton
Sam Hathorn Place
Palmer Building
Lemont’s Creek
Diamond Spring Co
Queen Esther
Jolly Thimble Sewing Circle
Perry Colby
Chestnut St
Page Diamond
Albert G
Fred A. Page
Ferry St
Columbia
Molino
Howard’s
Seguin
Flats
Philadelphia
Sewall Mill Pond
M. W. Sewall & Co
Buenos Aires
Rebecca Palmer
Newport News
Lily Pond
Boston
Texas Oil
Augusta
Pejepscot
Harbor
Rockland
Portland
New York
Maine
Mary Dillingham
D.A.R
H. O. Cutler
State Council
Lewiston
Chef Tarbox
Oak St
T. N. Kewley
Beacon St
Mary E. Ryan
Thomas Ryan
St. Mary’s Church
N. J. Horan
Oak Grove Cemetery
Coleman J. Flaherty
John Clancy
M. O’brien
M. Flaherty
Long Island
New Meadows
Montgomery
Henry W. Howard
James C. Mulligan
L. Eugene Thebeau
E. L. Montgomery
Morse High School
Natick, Mass
Frank Stedman
Wallace N. Price
Richmond
Bath
Frank Taylor
Winthrop
Bernard Sydleman
Freeport
Arthur Thistle
John D. Williams and Son
Georgetown
Walter S. Glidden
Auburn
J. J. Dean
Maine Central R.R
Walter Newdick
Co. J. Kenney
W. W. North
C. Douglass
Five Islands
Benjamin Frates
Kittery Navy Yard
William
Frank Beals
Frank W. Perkins
Aroostook County
Camden
Pendleton
Marshall A. Haraden
Delano
Linden St
Winter St
John O. Fiske
Ernest Bragdon
Ernest Marsh
Hudson
Mass
Sheepscot
John Marsh
Lizzie Randlette
Lizzie Carney
Charles Hottes
Annie Shea
King Tavern
Hottes
Chicago
Bowdoinham
Bath area notes include visits, moves and deaths
Weekend visitors and homecomings fill Bath scene from Five Islands to Bowdoinham. Notables include Dr. Price of Richmond and J. J. Dean of Maine Central R.R. Also listed are engagements, Navy Yard layoffs, shipyard staff changes, and the sudden deaths of Capt. Arthur H. Harding and Reuel Dana Small in Portland.
Local Newport News Wedding Blessing at Trinity Lutheran
Miss Elsina Wilhemina Krisch of this city wed James Hope Nicholson of Bath Maine at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev E A Shenk officiated as Lenz sang and Mason played. The bride wore a dark blue travelling suit and roses. sister Eline Grisch served as maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Press
Newport News
Elsina Wilhemina Krisch
James Hope Nicholson
Bath
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
E. A. Shenk
Baltimore
G. F. Lenz
Miss Mason
Lohengrin
Houston Hughes
Eline Grisch
Mrs Hodgdon Celebrates 90th Birthday in Westport
Mrs Susan Hodgdon longtime Westport resident and Baptist worker marked her 90th birthday with a Feb 9 informal reception at her home. In good health she has long been active in church affairs and recently added 800 toward completing a parsonage occupied by Rev Chester P Jameson, after depositing 1000 two years prior for clergy support. She was born in Westport to John and Mary Greenleaf and is the widow of Cyrus Hodgdon, a noted farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hodgdon
Westport
Chester P. Jameson
Hodgdon
John
Mary Greenleaf
Cyrus Hodgdon
Local Jottings February Events and Market Notes
February in this town brings park flag-raising for Lincoln birthday and a street visit by a lone traveler seeking lodging. Reed and Bonney sold two Maxwell touring cars to buyers in Harpswell while a 7000 pound bronze propeller leaves Hyde Windlass Co. for Norfolk via express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Florida
Reed & Bonney
Maxwell
Harpswell
Percy
Winter St. Men’s Club
Bowdoin College
Hyde Windlass Co
Newport News
Express
Ladies’ Aid
Wesley Church
Beacon Street
Allan Clark
High and
Beacon Sts
Herbert L. Hall
Sonia Sunday
Augusta & ,South End
The
State Hospital
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L. F." Medicine Co
Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
Young Men’s Christian Association
Harvard
Yale
Pacific Navigation Co
San Francisco
San Diego
San Pedro
Chapman
Columbia Theatre
Shaw’s
Ethel Leginska
Criterion
Holy Name Minstrels
Alice Whalen
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Pennsylvania R. A
Frank W. Peabody
State Highway Commission
Madam May
Bowen
Henry Krisch
Scott Albee
Nicholson
Bath Iron Works
Frederick William Krisch
Forty-eigth Street
James Nicholson
Greece
Warwick
Clyde Williamson
George Patterson
Thomas Thomas
Claude Price
William Price
A. H. Barnes
Emmet Wingfield
John Regan
Charles Gillett
Errett Bradner
Elliott
Mr. Williamson
Central Church
Bath Friends
A. H. Hanscom
Eastern
S. 8. Corporation
United States S. S. Co
Charles W. Morse
Clarence Hale
United States District Court
Reuel Dana Small
Hale
Capt
Harding
Mr. Small
Mrs. Hodgdon
Westport Lady
Fletcher
Kk Sk
Castoria
Pere Caplin
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