Social Happenings of the Week in the Shipping City Bath
Mrs Francis W OBrien of Brooklyn arrives for Edith Thompsons funeral as Dr OBrien recovers in Atlantic City. Bath hosts numerous visits movers and shakers including Henry Hodgdon GOP primary papers, water fixture census, theatre sales in Portland, and social gatherings at the YWCA conference Lafayette Grill.
Maine Bowdoin graduates mark Sith anniversary of class of 1887
Col. B C Phhimmer of this city, a member of the United States Shipping Board, is listed among the Maine graduates of Bowdoin College class of 1887 observing the anniversary of graduation at the coming commencement. Of 29 graduates, 24 are living. Other Maine members include Harry B. Austin Philips Edward B. Burpee Rockland Freeman D. Dearth Dexter William I. Gahan Brunswick Merton L. Kimball Norway John V. Lane Augusta Dr Henry M. Moulton Cumberland Center Arthur W. Perkins Palmington Francis J. Talbot East Machias.
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Col
B.C Phhimmer
United States Shipping Board
Maine
Bowdoin College
Harry B. Austin
Philips
Edward B. Burpee
Rockland
Freeman D. Dearth
Dexter
William I.* Gahan
Brunswick
Merton L. Kimball
Norway
John V. Lane
Augusta
Bath residents noted at social and business events
Miss Madelyn Davis, Miss Vera Spencer and Miss Winifred Johnson of Bath attended college house parties in Brunswick. Patroness Mrs. Sanford L. Fogg of Augusta visited with Beta Sigma and Lambda, while George E. Thompson moved to a new Hardings farm. Local figures, travel and appointments populate a snapshot of Bath society and commerce.
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Madelyn Davis
Vera Spencer
Winifred Johnson
Bath
Brunswick
Sanford L. Fogg
Augusta
Beta Sigma
Lambda
George E. Thompson
Hardings
Shaw Couple Marks Washington's Birthday in Nequasset
Roscoe Tr. Shaw and Miss Virginia Shaw observed Washington's birthday at Nequasset as guests of Mrs. Frank Hodgdon. Their father Wallace F. Shaw, staying with his sister Mrs. Hodgdon for three weeks, remains critically ill.
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Roscoe Tr. Shaw
Virginia Shaw
Washington
Nequasset
Frank Hodgdon
Wallace FE. Shaw
Mrs. Hodgdon
Bath News Roundup From City Streets To Harbor Plans
Saturday weather hit 12 to 18 below zero with cold snaps. Meeting set for Winter Carnival committee. Bath hosts teachers convention April 21 at Morse High. City notes include hydrant tests, a new 20 000 dollar summer home near Bath, theater plans in Portland, and street crowd activity. Shipping, local business expansions, and engagements also reported along with rail accident delays and post office rate changes.
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John W. Kimball
Times
Sagadahoc County Teachers Convention
Bath
Morse High School
Richard Frates
Portland
California
Legion
Louis A. Jack
Carl K. Crosby
The
Kennebec Navigation Co
City of
Rockland
Kennebec
Personal notes and community mentions from Bath area
Mrs Joseph Sousa returns to New York to join her husband who has taken a job in a large garage after war service in the Texas yard outside machinist department. Daniel Brierley returns from Lincoln where he worked for weeks and will soon go to Bangor. Joseph Brierley, chief yeoman on the ship Hawkeye State, sails from New York to Honolulu. George Dow, Middle street, hosts a surprise party for 15 friends at Wesley church with games and gifts including a silver Eversharp pencil and basketball socks. he also plays for the Wesley basketball team.
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Joseph Sousa
Bath
New York
Sousa
Texas Yard
Daniel Brierley
Lincoln
Bangor
Joseph Brierley
Hawkeye
Shipping Board
Hopolulu
George Dow
Middle Street
Wesley Church
George
Wesley
Bath Teachers Enjoy Sleigh Ride and Dinner
A Bath party of school teachers rode from the Courthouse at five to Meadowbrook Inn for a sleigh ride and seafood and chicken supper. Honoring Miss Ruth Cates of Brockton Massachusetts, guest of Miss Albine Hodgkins, the group included Edna Farrar Helen Knowles Margaret Mulligan Margaret Conley Myra Coombs Eleanor Ferguson Louise Robbins Emma Magoun Winifred Hall George DeWolfe and Mr Perkins.
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Meadowbrook Inn
TFP
Perkins
Ruth Cates
Brockton
Mass
Albine Hodgkins
Miss Cates
Miss Hodgkins
Edna Farrar
Helen Knowles
Margaret Mulligan
Margaret Conley
Myra Coombs
Eleanor Ferguson
Louise Robbins
Emma Magoun
Winifred Hall
George DeWolfe
Mr. Perkins
The Bitter End Meaning in Naval Terms
The phrase bitter end origins lie in ships with two bitts on deck. The cable paid out behind the bitts is the bitter end, and paying it out to the bitter end improves anchorage during storms or poor holding ground.
Boston Transcript Quotation on Loneliness
When a man is lonesome he realizes how poor his company is, reflecting a terse line from the Boston Transcript about solitude and self.
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Boston Transcript
Maine Prison Population and Local Political Moves
Eighty four prisoners are listed at Cumberland county jail the largest in six years under Sheriff Graham. Belfast’s nonpartisan city government led by Mayor Wescott is likely to be renominated by petition for March 15. Maine Central Railroad moves to cut freight rates ten percent on agricultural carloads, with approvals sought from federal and state commissions. Skowhegan preserves Maine Spinning Co stake by tax abatement of up to 15000 for 15 years to support a new mill costing at least 200000, employing 300 people.
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Cumberland County
Graham
Snagadahoe County
Belfast
Clement W. Wescott
Maine Central Railroad
Bridgton and
Saco River
Sandy River and
Rangeley Lakes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission of Maine
Maine
Washington, D. C
Skowhegan
Maine Spinning Co
Massachusetts
Paca
Opera House
The Mosquito Schemes: A Mammy's Tale From New Orleans
An old New Orleans mammy warns that the mosquito is treacherous and predatory. She describes its courtesy as false friendship, then its swift departure after a meal, singing a chilling refrain about kinship.
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New Orleans
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Oyster Cultch for Oyster Grounds Defined
Oyster shells planted on oyster grounds serve as attachment points for spawn and are called cultch. Historically used materials included tin cans crockery and brush, but now cultch is almost exclusively shells, particularly oyster shells.
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Edith Thompson
Luther Thompson
Mrampson
O'Brien
A O'Brien
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Atlantic City
Trooklyn
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Henry G. Hodgdon
M. Evelyn Oliver
Marjorie Griffin
Loyola Largay
Helen Haraden
Linden Street
Alma Sampson
Lewiston Western Union Office
Maud Abbott
Walter F. Abbott
Western Avenue
Clare Varney
City Hospital
S. B. Duprey
Sarah Black
Elizabeth Gray
Kathleen Hunt
William N. Beals
Charles Arik
High Street
Cand
Mr. Arik
Jefferson Theatre
E. M. Fuller
Daughters of Hygeia
Oak Street
Harold M. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Mrs. Sewall
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Willis M. Meserve
Mrs
Bradford Oliver
John L. Purington
Wayne
Arthur K. Purington
Washington Street
Hector Creamer
Alys
Shaw Street
Arthur Ferris
Union
Merle R. Keyes
Morris Huntley
John Crosby
Mr. Crosby
Guy Crosby
Fred F. Oliver
Pearl
Auburn
Prank Brown
Conrad Zeardsley
W. H. Larrabee
Y.wcla
Lafayette Grill
Elizabeth FE. Webber
Northeastern Field Athletic Council
Julia F. Capen
Northeastern
Irene Armes
Boston
Mary Cady
Springfield
Primrose Woolverton
Manchester
A. Louise Brown
Lewiston
Marguerite Schock
Cambridge
F. J. D. Walsh
Wine Tavern
Fr. Horan
Hoth
Rachel Cutting
Miss Cutting
Congress Square Hotel
Roy MedAllister
Toston
United Strtee Shipping Bord
Kathleen McCabe
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Norman J. McCabe
Stedford Street
Prank Parris
Upper Washington Street
Charles Ver
Falmouth
Mrs. Mason Lemont
Sebasco
Evelyn Goff
Joseph Footer
Emily J. Clathorn
A. 8. Macfadden
Fred A. Townsend
C. 11. Guppy & Co
Hilda Purington
Arthur J. Dunton
Evelyn Plummer
L. V. Whitmer
Internal Revenue
TL. H. Veilleux
Damariscotta
Boothbay
Agnes Stumphreys
Wills—Biworth Ballard
Robert Ballard
Anderson Pharmacy
Grace Humphreys
Louise R. Staples
Orphans’ Home
Providence
George Risteen
Edward Risteen
Maine Central
William Schaubel
Mareia Warren
F. W. Cox
Snear Falks
F. L. Sutherland
Arthur Sewall
Chicago
Rev Wallace
Mildred
B.C. Hinkley
Arthur FE. Alton
Wnoinocer
Texas Steamship Co
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Port Arthur
Antwerp
Norfolk
Sath
Farry A. Plimmer
Tacoma Lakes
Charles W. Robinson
Miss Panny Green
Philadelphia
U. S. Karkos
S Teagase of
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A. H. Shaw
Ella Chase
A. E. Desmond
George A. Crockett
Brunswick Legion Minstrels
Town Hall
Crockett
William Merritt
Carrol M. Deering
Tred A. Miller
W. S. Jordan Co
Horatio Hall
Vortland
Frank M. Deering
Ernest Kingsbury
Massachusetts Forestry Department
W. R. Drew
Charles Nechols
Winonah
N. J
Katherine Beckley
Angusta
Beckley
S. A. Evans
Ernest M. Hann
George A. Graffam
Baptist State Association
Helen P. Montgomery
Northern Baptist Convention
John TH. Hyde
Hoblitzell & Hyde
State Street
James M. Reardon
Harold B. Foote
Erma Farrar
Entre Nous Club
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Democratica
Roland S. Beals
George G. Hathorn
Woolwich
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Edmond Gay
Deering Street
Sanford
Fred Garnsey
Gay
William W. Choate
Byron Stevens
Five Islands
Dwight Pierce
N. H
Mr. Pierce
Solada Tea Co
Anna Palmer
Charles A. Palmer
Fegyat
Holy Land
Italy
France
England
Nicholas J. Horan
Frederickton
St. Stephens
St. John
N. P
Adde
Keith Coombs
Francis S. McPherson
Mro
Thomas S. Gibbons
Bermuda
Joseph Lemon of
Wiscasset
Owen McNory
Trutleford
Bath Tran Works
American Lease
Frank A. Anderson
Richmond
FS. Day of
Mot
Blackwell
Show Auto Co
San Francisco
Sureeon
William T. Small
J. S. Nu
Mrs. Smnal
Vopan
Philippines
Proneien
Tackwell
Navy Joenrnal
Sol
Mer Small
Vr Blackwell
New Yor
Mildred Nichols
Mee Feanses McPadden
Eyitica
Will
W. A. Thompson Jr
Texas ‘Steamship Co
Tank Steamers
American Steamship Owners Association
Charles Soner of
Tewiston
Busines
George Lincoln Tr
Ww, & Flrlr
Bath Tron Works
Maurice Avery
Damarixcotta Orchestra
Lincoln Academy Ball
Frank A Small
Tampa
Orinda Staples
Bedford Street
R. P. Ham
Casper Hartleb
Portsmouth
Mr. Hartleb
Celia Abramson
Cleveland
Detroit
Louise McCormick
Pittston
M. J. McCormick
Percy Rolfe
Morris R. Tuntley
Charles and
Morris, Jr
Machias
North Street
Cahill
New Meadows Inn
the Times
Sagadahoe County
Kent
ThRll Seminary
Helen R. Waltman
Bowdoinham
Margaret C. Leydon
Prookline
Katherine McManus
Lincoln Street
Miss Leydon
Stowell’s
Louis Veilleux
Tu. Hi. Veilleux
Farmington
Margaret McFarland
Old Folks Home
Tlome
Robert Shea
Francis TB. Torrey
John Clifford
H. E. Douglas
Dover
Warren Kershner
Green Street
Douglas
Emily Graham
Academy Street
Hancock, Mass
Inlaw
John D. Graham
George T. Cutting
Macy MacDonald
Court Street
Frank H. Perey
Rolfe
TD. T. Perey & Sons
John H. Stacey
Popham
William Mann
Mary Pratt
Miles M. Merry
Dummer Street
Tey
John Ellsworth
Thomas TP. Real
Alden Gross
Waldohora
Frank B. Miller
Winter Street
Walter Rogers
Mrs. Baker
Trott’s Point
Wellington A. Moore
Monday Evening Club
Paul Dresser
Church of the New Terusalem
Leonora
Arthur Wood
John Parris
Upper
Spinney
Ralph O. Dale
Shriners
Edward Bryll
New Bedford, Mass
Rhoda Ruby Mahoney
Alton B. Thwing
Morris Povich
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Tanger
John H. Murphy
Muriel
Lyndon V. Plummer
Frank H. Lamb
Canton
Jason A. Merrill
Clara Barbour
Addie MccFadden
Winthrop
Charlotte T. Meeker
Miami, Fla
Sidney J. Meeker
South
Carrie Fuller
D. T. Percy & Sons
A.fpf
Brehaut
George J. T. Davey
George R. Morris
Mr. Morris
Quincy
Albert Tibbetts
Mr. Tibbetts
Nathan H. F. Schollay
Williamston Sales Co
Chicklet Co
Edward M. Reed
William N. McNamara
American Railway Express,Co
Mr. McNamara
C. M. Harrington
McNimara
Edmond T. Gay
FE. M. Jones
Waterville
Arthur Frantzen
Cambridge, Maas
W. J. O'Brien
Samuel Clancy
Portland Knights of Columbus
Freeman H. Spearin
Gardiner
Maine Life Insurance Underwriters Association
Governor Baxter
Carrol Chaplin
Lillian Gladys Rogers
Rogers
Morse
C. H. Hooper
New England Builders Supply Association
Trotel Somerset
TN. S. Beals
Mathern
Philip 7. Deering
City
Mr. Deering
State Highway Commission
Robert, Sutherland
James
Sutherland
C. C. Low
James S. Lowell
Allan Spear
William S. Newell
Bath Savings Institution
Maine Savings Banks Association
Tle
Strawbridge & Clothier Co
Mike Morrotto
Venice Shop Shining
Front Street
Insurance Department
New Hampshire
Clerks Association of
D. T. Perey & Sons
TL. Perey
Boston & Maine
Newton Junction
Roscoe Crocker
Colic
Owen
Houston
T. K. Haley
Seguin
Bath Iron Works
Emilio de Gogorza
Alice May Douglas
Emma Eames de Gogorza
A. B. Hervey
EK. W. Hyde
Bradstreet S. Rairden
Charles F. Huse
H. C. Rowe
Nice
Flavel R. Jordan, Jr
KE. Methyle
Goodloe FP
Morris
Birmingham
Ala
Foster
Jordan
Toronto
Can
Margaret McMann
Albert Gallant
E. T. Whitehouse
Harold Grover
Perkins Orchestra
Emma
Walter Higgins
Nyack
Marcia Eno Higgins
Merrill Wyman Watson
Miss Higgins
John (. Higgins
Higgins
Charles R. Higgins
Mr. Watson
Carroll Watson
Hood Rubber Co
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