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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1915

Page

12

Rain aids smelt fishing and coastal wildlife news

Local notes report rain helping smelt fisheries and wild ducks mating off the Kennebec. A new eastern Maine scallop bed is found, Bath ships ice cream to Five Islands, and Virginia loads 80 barrels plus eleven bales of hay. City Council delays salary resolution for County Commissioners as travel expenses are discussed.

Maine Bath Virginia State Grange Portland Martha P. Small New York Rio Janeiro Edwin R. Hunt Gilbert Seguin Philadelphia Porto Rico Hunt G. G. Deering Co Clothiers Smith Samuel Harris Gould New England Providence Machiasport Cape Horn Morse High School Athletic Association Ralph Gay Harold Ward Elizabeth Hayes Mollie Tourtillotte Alvin Coss Roscoe Shaw Greely Institute Lincoln Academy Young Men's Christian Association Church Boys’ Clubs of Young Men’s Christian Association Sagadahoe County Bowdeinham Topsham Richmond Alton Rowe Charles Thing South Berwick Jewett’s West Bath Kennebunk Woodford John S. Hodgson British Imperial Relief Fund of James W. Skillen Skillen Water St Norway Scotland Ireland China France South Australia

Springtime in Maine and Ferry News

Rain drenches streets as Bath and Portland towns report daily life. Ministers meet at Grace Church parish house. ten patients at City Hospital recover well. Rumors of new rail and ship timber movements, a springtime duck shoot discussion, and a proposed Townsend Gut steel bridge receive attention as Boothbay Harbor and Southport rally for funding.

Grace Church City Hospital Holy Name _ Society Sewall’s Wharf Boston Portland Peak's Island Kelley Spear Yard York St Maine Bowker Phippsburg M.C.R.R Kelley, Spear Co F. S. Bowker Maine Woods Bath Lewiston Ladies’ Aid South Woolwich M. E. Church Willis Terre Haute Ind Merrymeeting Bay Kennebec Journal Thomas A. James State Museum Lincoln St Catawissa Reading Line Pickering Philadelphia Anson Oliver Popham Beach Georges Creek Howard Coal Co Newport Ferdinando Gorges Hockomock U. S Thompson and Trevett Charles Haley Thurlow Pinkham E. D. Brooks Del Boothbay Harbor Southport Augusta Townsend Gut John A. Thompson

Minstrels, marches, and market notes in Bath area

The itemized column covers events in Bath including minstrel performances, Washington's Birthday celebrations, a Nativity of community suppers on Elm Street and Unity Guild, a Morse High School visit by Bo land and others, and a Bath concert by Nina Morgana and Valor tina Crespi. It notes Bath and surrounding towns hosting gatherings, sports results, and local reports on shipping policy and seaweed industry prospects.

Washington Ramona Council Morse High Ee. N. Boland Morse Music Hall Elm St Unity Guild Pyster Beacon Bath Montreal Prof. Cahpman Nina Morgana Valentina Crespi Charles Floyd F. W. O'Brien D.D Union Square Baptist Church Somerville Mass Margaret N. Dinman Lincoln Academy Rockland High School Rockland Oak Island Sasanoa River Montsweag Corliss St

February Moments Fog and Festivities Across Town

February events fill the scene with services at Grace Church and a minstrel show at the Opera House. Ward’s bread cartons head to Sservice farms while a portable mill outfit moves to Rogers lot near Oak Grove Cemetery and a cabinet tray table by Ernest L. Shepherd gains notice.

Grace Church Opera House St. Bernard Ward

Morse High basketball shines amid local changes

Morse High faces coaching and schedule shifts as turnover hits staff and students. A strong team led by Coss and Attaya battles through injuries while fans wonder about upcoming home games and funds.

Arthur R. Chadbourne Brockton Mass Woolworth Maine Bernard C. Morgan Newton Junction N. H Samuel J. Parks Bailey Flood Ellen R. Turner J. Parks Morse High Coss Gay A. Attawa Fitzgerald Weinblatt C. Attaya White Ward Portland Deering Edward Jittle The Athletic Association

Community Notes Of Local Residents And Visitors

Local residents and visitors are listed in a notes column with names tied to towns such as Boston Portland Bath West Bath Phippsburg and Brunswick. Highlights include vacations to Boston and Newfoundland port stops, attendance at events, and minor business visits. The column mentions Earl J. Gaudreau touring with the Strand Theatre orchestra and Capt J O Hall returning from Portsmouth with coal at Kittery Navy Yard.

T. W. Hyde Camp Sons of Veterans Ladies’ Auxiliary Brunswick Appomattox Camp Plummer Jowell Louise Haggett Lowell Elliott Bowdoin College Boston Berlin Wilson Great Britain Jacob M. Haskell Norfolk Pernambuco Portland Mary E. Palmer Portsmouth Hampton Roads Rio Janeiro Charles I. Barchelder Montsweag Virginia Shaw New Meadows Ruth Ward Irvine Wallace Small Point Alice Ross Waterville Eva Wallace John Kelley Phippsburg Er. J. Gaudreau Strand Theatre Orchestra Porthind Fred Curtis Abner Johnson Bristol Rupert J. Wing Jett Rockland Camden Edgar H. Wright The James Batley Co FE. R. Wright Charles Pye Charles, Jr Bath J. Fred Tobey Diamond Dick Robert Connell West Bath James A. Connellan Samuel Davis Town Harry P. Bassett George C. Woods Bangor Adeline Costain Shelburne N. H Telephone Co Lester G. Campbell New York Oceana Bermuda James Brewster New London Rath Iron Works Morris Snow Washington Joseph Mooter

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