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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1922

Page

5

67 Days Around Cape Horn On Edward Sewall Log

The Bath ship Edward Sewall, owned by the Alaska Packers association, took 67 days to sail from 50 south to 50 west around Cape Horn in 1913 14. Capt. Richard Quick shares the day by day log, noting repeated gales, bowsprit losses, and repairs at Bahia Blanco before completing the passage.

Edward Sewall Texas Steamship Co Alaska Packers’ Association The Horn Cape Horn Cape Times Richard Quick Texaco Star Quick Philadelphia Knight Head Bahia Blanco Argentina Atlantic N.W S.W Cape San Diego le Muire N.E S. W Diego Ramirez Island W.S.W W.N.W N.N.E N. I Mate

Citizens' Ticket Report in Bath City Elections

The joint Republican and Democratic committees in Bath present a non partisan Citizens ticket. A sub committee interviewed candidates and compiled a slate aimed at economy and efficiency, endorsed unanimously by both parties. The ticket lists ward and city positions with named candidates for alderman and councilman across seven wards.

Bath J. Edward Drake Wilbur C. Oliver Ernest F. Kelley James C. Mulligan Var Joseph Torrey Harry W. Crosman Frank (. Warington Edwin

Building Sold for Creamery Move in Bath

J Fred Tobey sold 134 Water Street, last home of his meat market, to Wiseman of Wiseman Farm Creamery Lewiston. A Bath branch of the creamery is planned, Tobey shifting stock to the adjacent remodeled Bath Tron cafe. Wiseman Farmas Creamery ranks as a major milk butter egg distributor in the state.

J. Fred Tobey Water Street

Director May Moving Office to Auburn

The Federal Prohibition office in Bath is being relocated to Auburn. Director May said the new Auburn office would be ready by Monday and noted he enjoyed his Bath tenure and meeting many fine people. Clerks Miss Katherine Torrey will not move. Miss Elizabeth Milton and Miss Sarah Flaherty remain in Auburn.

Federal Prohibition Auburn May Bath Katherine Torrey Elizabeth Milton Sarah Flaherty

Bath Loss of Frank M. Deering Shocks Shipbuilders

Sympathy runs through local shipping circles for Bath as they mourn Frank M. Deering, famed master builder who constructed many vessels for G. G. Deering Co. His work helped Bath earn renown as a shipbuilding center. Roy Lord travels to Portland to spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Parris in Washburn Avenue.

Bath Frank M. Deering G. G. Deering Co Rockland Courier Roy Lord Upper Washington Street Portland A. K. Parris Washburn Avenue

Democrats Call Convention for Augusta April 7

The Democratic state convention is set for Augusta City Hall on Friday April 7 at 10 a.m. It will seat 1205 delegates with James B. Perkins of Boothbay Harbor named temporary chairman. Delegates are allotted by city town and plantation based on votes for the 1920 Maine governor race, with Sagadahoc county listed apportionments for Bath and nearby towns. Women may serve as delegates and on party committees.

Augusta James B. Perkins Boothbay Harbor Maine Plantation

Houdlette pleads guilty to stealing from Morse Farm

Allison B. Houdlette of Phippsburg confessed in municipal court to breaking and entering and larceny at the Summer farm home of the late John A. Morse in Bath. He is bound over for May term of Supreme Court in $800 bail, with part of the stolen goods recovered.

Allison B. Houdlette Phippsburg Summer Farm John A. Morse Bath Supreme Court Houdlette Norris Horace C. Morse Morse Horace Morse Lee Farm Walker Head

No More Army Enlistments For One Year

War Department announces no enlistments in the Army for a one year period and limits future recruiting to three year terms for the Coast Defenses of Portland. Infantry vacancies in the First Corps Area are filled and Portland ranks third in monthly area recruiting. Coast artillery vacancies persist with several local sub stations listed for recruitment in Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and New York.

Army War Department Coast Defenses Porthind Portland Long Island Sound First Corps Boston Coast Artillery Arm Morts Williams and Wreble Maine Werren and Strong Mass. Adams Rhode Island H. G. Wright New York Diddeford Lewiston Bangor Portsmouth N. H

Willing Workers Elect Officers at Corliss Street Class

The Willing Workers class of Corliss Street Sunday school held a business meeting at Trott Marshall avenue and elected Dorothy Donnell as president Katherine Trott as vice president Shirley Mank as secretary and Rosana Bates as treasurer. Refreshments were served.

Corliss Street Abbie McCabe Trott, Marshall Avenue Dorothy Donnell Katherine Trott Shirley Mank Rosana Bates

Delegates Attend Ball of Nations at Morse High Assembly

A junior class armament conference wrap party filled Morse High School’s assembly hall with flags and dignitaries. Ex Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Warren G. Harding led a reception line while delegates from the United States Italy England France Belgium China and Japan danced and heard music from the orchestra.

Morse High Assembly Hall Charles Lester Smith Raymond Y. Hayward Hayward Woodrow Wilson Clinton D. Wilson Harding Charles—L. Smith Marshal Madame Foeh David Alkazin Katherine Mayers Genevieve Duprey Annie Quinn Florence Longley Elizabeth Gray Beatrice Harrington Katherine Harrington Helen Powers Theodore Burns Vearl Spragg Loretta Curran Clifford Madden William Perry Ethel Blake Italy Marchese Della Torreta Fred Irish England Lloyd George Dorothy Sheldon France Aristide Briand Thelma Rich Belgium Baron de Cartier de Marchienne Dorothy Brown China W. W. Yen Warren Oliver Japan Baron Kato Douglas Armes Holland Jonkheer H. A. van Kamerbeek Elizabeth Lowell Evelyn Hussey Christina Curtis Dorothy Stilkey Harriet Dunton Mildred Howe Almena Jacques Earl Bryant James Callan Trish Katherine Vlimmer Katherine Herrington Warren TD. Oliver United States

Old Days on the Bath Branch Remembered by Brunswick Railroad Veterans

The article recalls Thomas Nagle of Brunswick and decades of service on the Portland and Kennebec and Maine Central lines. It traces early switchmen, engineers, conductors, and incidents on the Androscoggin railroad from Brunswick to Crowleys, including the Leopard and Aetna engines, broken rails, fires, and storms. It lists key figures, runs, and hazards, ending with notes on Harding Dunlap and continued history toward Page Seven.

Thomas Nagle Brunswick Androscoggin Tom Brunswick Yard Portland & Kennebec Maine Central Fred Blondell Fred Bath Eagle Hotel Park Trunswick Merrills Crossing Haleys Ledges Topsham Crowleys Hill Bill Wammond Crowleys Bill Aetna Leeds John Coffer Farmington End Arthur Brown Abbott Kelcher Farmington Dana Goff Alonzo Tubbs George Knapp Edward Newell John Keals Crowleys Junction Till Hammond al Fuller Charles Parker Jim Farnham Gen’l Huff David Nutting Everett Foster Simon Smith Henry Autkins Bates Brunswick Roundhouse Levi Garcelon Tubbs Everett Dinsmore Maine Central Railroad Portland Cooks Corner Thompsons Ledges Wortland Augusta Reuel Williams Frank Small Williams Bath Woods Bob Griffin St Litterfield R. D. Rice Brand New John Doherty Charles French Lower Road Oscar Williams John Jewett John Ross Willis Watts Watts John Sinclair John Stuart Tom Nagle Joe Durgin Watt Ted Dolan Tuffy Norman Billy Merrick Corneling Donovan Ross Henry Turner A. Ror Irving Turner Harding Dunlap Bath and Lewiston Portland and Bath Brunswick and Lewiston Skowhegah Charlie Evans John Causland John Dolan Blaze Gamache Brunswick Boys Dunlap Jim Merrill Lisbon Wood Haskell John Haskett Robert Stourgeon Percy Bradsford John Merrill Joseph Lowell Oliver Moses Lyman Nichols

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