Local Jottings Include Valentine Parties and News
The column notes Valentine events at the South End and First Baptist Church in Bath, a Dunlap Commandery visit with Red Cross conferral, prison and maritime notes, and a Bath resident recalling James Creelman. It mentions arrivals in Portland, a near accident on a schooner, and Col. Leighton’s death in Thomaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery
Arthur S. Littlefield
Maine
Order of the Red Cross
Eaton
Thomaston State Prison
Bath
George A. Hubbard
Oakland
I. D. Matthews
Hartland
John Lemanchook
Samuel Dawes
Adam Paul
Thomaston
James Creelman
Berlin
Arthur Sewall
Bryan
Odds and ends from the town and harbor scenes
Oak unloading at York Street from the M C R R for Kelley Spear yard. loafers seek lodgings at the police station last Friday. Diamond Spring fills Beef House ice box with 15 to 16 inch ice. Central Church League meets Miss Lucy Kimball at 684 High Street. Lighter H and G unload timber at M C R R wharf then return for another cargo. Thomas McCormick sells a carload of Freeport hardwood and will send another soon. Bowke schooner frame awaited at Uathb for shipment to Phippsburg. The Boston schooner Frank F Swain, bottom up 75 miles southeast from Cape Henry, picked up by Itasca to Linnhaven Roads. Chapman Ropes opens law office at 74 Broadway New York. Royal Arch Chapter convocation with Patrick Pattee and funeral of Harry Small. A crew repairs the Dorothy Palmer at Peres Small yard. hull and rigging progress. Dr E J Marston attends Cumberland County Medical Society meeting in Portland. officials back a State reformatory for women. new members elected. Lectures by Dr Fred Lund and Dr Hl Roberts. Dutch lunch and music follow. A West Bath farmer invents a rooster muzzle to stop crowing at night. A Bath deputy sheriff endorses the muzzle. Belgian women refugees adapt discarded gloves into waistcoats for soldiers. appeal for material to Mrs Henry L Mason 18 Bay State Road Boston to forward to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York St
M.C.R.R
Kelley, Spear Yard
Diamond Spring
Central Church League
Lucy Kimball
High St
Thomas McCormick
Freeport
Uathb
Phippsburg
Boston
Frank F Swain
Cape Henry
Seminole
Itasca
Linnhaven
Chapman Ropes
A. G Ropes
I. F. Chapman & Co
New York
Broadway
New York City
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
Clifford J. Pattee
Belfast
Royal Arch
Banetet Samuel Holbrook
Ilolyoke
Harry Small
Springfield
Mass
Small
Boston & Albany
Dorothy Palmer
Peres & Small Yard
E. J. Marston
Cumberland County Medical Society
Congress Square Hotel
Portland
Fred Lund
Boston City Hospital
Hl. H. Roberts
Poland
Spring House
West Bath
Henry L. Mason
Bay State Road
London
Local notices and sports mixed in frayed town column
The page records a varied mix of events and incidents. Includes social updates about the Murray Club meeting and Valentine party, a whiskey seizure and confiscation after no claimant appeared, a police report of a man arrested on a complaint, whist party prizes, a league basketball game at Park Allen, and remarks on a public building superintendent nomination and state official visits.
Headache linked to digestion and blood nourishment
Disturbed digestion causes headaches with stomach pain belching vomiting and constipation. Fermentation follows insufficient digestive fluids and weak glands with poor blood nutrition. Dr Williams Pink Pills restore nourishing blood. use with laxative if needed and request diet and laxative guidance from the manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, N.Y
Dr. Williams
Bath area notes on crime ice and local events
Local Bath items report a Granite Street house fire, Mors the eight-time inmate killer to be deported as insane, and community notes on a Minstrels box office, D A R council, rifle club policy, and Bath Company with forty five members planning entertainments.
Rainy wash day and social scenes fill Sunday
Southeaster brings heavy rain while sleighing parties enjoy the mild weekend. Community groups distribute Chapman concert tickets and host sewing circles in various churches. Local officials report on a seized stock shipment destined for import, and Bowdoin seeks to bar older athletes from interscholastic events. Criminal court actions conclude with a 30 day sentence for Philip Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Mendelssohn Club
Corliss St. Christian Endeavor
Vestry
Genesta Chapter Sewing Circle
C. W W. Rogers
Washington St
Bath News in Snowy Thaw and Community Plans
Weather thaw eases sleighing while local groups hold meetings and plans. Elementary events include Baptist Sunday schools party and a Universalist lecture with 100 views. Embargo on livestock shipments and a coin collection highlight the week in Bath and surrounding towns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rockland
Fannie Thurlow
South End
Parent and Teachers’ Association
George Lenox
Middle St
C. Raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Ella M. Willey
Hilton-Dodge Co
Bond
Col
Clarence A. Leighton
Hathaway Shirt Factory
Bath-buunt
Georgia
Tron Works
St. Valentine's Das
Lady Fair
Valentine
P. C
Prom. Cit
Ter
Murray Club
Fred P. Shaw
American Express
John JL. Wilson,Jr
John Goff
Forest City
Aderton
Pattee
T. W. Hyde
W. E. Cressey
Ruth Sylvester
A. J. Gallant
Josie Mulvahill
Plimbers
Scincos
Park
Allex
Mann
Goodwin
Winnesane
Charles Pretio
Valentine Pert
Charles Williems
Eharsze
Fey
Harrie
Prebleesaind
Bies
Oliver
Amersement
Plumer
Curtis
Andrew L
Opimer
Thieason
Luin
Deist
Bath Boys
Lime City Azzrogation
Healey
McCormick
Augusta
Harry Plummer
State Capitol
Granite St
Lowell Temple
Holy Name Minstrels
Opera House
Thebeau
George Gilbert Winslow
George W. Winslow
Normal Training School
Westfield
East Maine
Woolwich
Ralph Burnham
Boothbay
Ralph
Hudson
Kennebec
John A. Morse
Waterville
Col. Dummersewall
William ©. Robinson
North Anon
Robinson
Miers
Tetury
National Rifle Association
Bath Co
U.R E.P
William H. Orsborne
Lewiston
W. W. Miller
F. L. Stover
Frank Young
Realen
D. Watson
Charles F. Brackley
Frank Dingley
Sentinel
F. E. Hoyt
W. E. Riker
Osborne
H. H. Donnell
F. H. Pratt
Bath Company
Herbert Norton
Dummer St
Unity Guild of the First Baptist Church
Clare Varney
Aterton
Bowdoin
Dartmouth College
Harry A. Plummer
Keegan
Philip Wilson
Alfaretta Marr
Wilson
Norfolk
Norton Shoal
Acushnet
Martha’s Vineyard
Gresham
Walter E. Chase, Jr
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Athletic Council
Massachusetts
Athletic Council
Edward J. Lawrence
Jordan’s Reef
Grand Trunk
Nat Gordon
Virginia
John S. Hyde
Maine Central
G.A.R
Dorcas Guild
Beacon Street Church
H. K. Erskine
Diamond Spring Ice Co
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Boyden Bearse
First Baptist Sunday Schools
Nathalie Brown
Frank W. Low
United States
Universalist Church
Germany
Niagara Falls
Colonial
Winneganee
Winter Street Congregational Church
James McConaughy
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