Violet Bloom Sparks Quiet Reflection in Bath
In Bath, E Randall Leonard finds a violet blooming amid melting snow. The piece reflects on fortune and perception, tying a simple flower to a larger moral about purpose and resilience.
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1915
Page
4
Washington Birthday party and Bath honors noted
Col Dummer Sewall Chapter DAR hosted a Washington's Birthday party at Music Hall with fourteen tables in a progressive auction won by John Morse of Winnegance and Mrs Frank Hodgdon. Beavreau's orchestra provided dancing until midnight. Bath friends celebrate Russell Dean's election as colonel for the Evacuation Day parade in South Boston March 17. The Rev Peter MacQueen wed Blanche Lincoln in New York and plans a two month wartime honeymoon. J Owen Ledyard hosted a card group. Madame Eames de Gogorza to begin interior work at her North Street mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sans Souci
Charles A. Harriman
Donald Spear
Bath
Rockland
Edith B. McTeer
Wiscasset
Edith I. McTeer
J. O Lincoln
China
New Haven
Beryl Mitchell
Hollywood
Cal
Miss Mitchell
The
North Primary
Pacific Coast
Santa Barbara University
Allen M. Irish
Washington Day
Jrish
Buckfield
Annie Torrey
Awayzust
Esther Tabor Fox
Sargentville
Cosmopolitan Club
Mary Antin
John Morse
Chapman
Morgana
Ingana
Valentina Crespi
Col. Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Music Hall
Winnegance
Frank Hodgdon
Bcards
Beavreau
Russell Dean
Fred R. E. Dean
Dorchester
Dorchester High School
South Boston
Russell
Peter MacQueen
Somerville
Blanche Gertrude Lincoln
Perkins Institute For the Blind
New York
William C. Carter
Fifth Avenue
MacQueen
Boothbay Harbor
Poland
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
Owen J. Ledyard
John A. Morse
Harry W. Tucker
Washington
Bath City Hospital
Death of Father of Miss Katherine Littlefield
Miss Louise M. Hill learns by telegram of the death of Miss Littlefield's father of Melrose Highlands Massachusetts. He had long been connected with the Old Colony Trust Co of Boston and had been in poor health for some time. Miss Littlefield was a former guest of Miss Hill here three years ago and has many friends in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Hill
F. D. Hill
Katherine Littlefield
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Miss Littlefield
Miss Hill
Old Colony Trust Co
Boston
Pendexters Relocate and Expand Business Ventures
Miss Fannie Pendexter of Conway New Hampshire is spending a month elsewhere. North William Pendexter of Attleboro Massachusetts has recently bought a grocery store in that town. Pendexter formerly lived in Bath. Miss Harriet Pendexter, his daughter, is a successful teacher in Attleboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Pendexter
Conway
N. H
William W. Pendexter
Attleboro
Mass
Pendexter
Bath
Harriet
John Gallagher Sidelined by Severe Ton Silitis
Bath Opera House stage manager John Gallagher is confined at home due to a severe attack of ton silitis, prompting a pause in performances and a hope for a swift recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gallagher
Bath Opera House
Winter St social entertains large audience at chapel event
A diverse program at Winter Street Chapel Wednesday drew a large crowd with several tableaux praised for their quality under committee leaders Mrs. R. P. McFadden and Miss Carrie Hall. Hostess Mrs. Owen J. Ledyard hosted Supper Club with top scores by Mrs. John A. Morse and Harry W. Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Owen Ledyard
Oak St
Winter Street Chapel
R. P. McFadden
Carrie Hall
Injured Auburn Woman Falls Down Stairs
Mrs. J. True Crosby of Auburn suffers serious injuries after a Wednesday fall on the stairs. She weakened in a knee, fell headlong, breaking an arm below the elbow and spraining the other, with facial cuts from broken glasses. She remains under nurse care as doctors fear possible internal injuries but hope they are not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. True Crosby
Auburn
Westport notes on mills stores and town life
The Dupont Co. ends portable mill work on James Tarbox lot and shifts to Sebago Lake while two mills at McCarty and Fowle lots boost local employment with twenty choppers and a dozen mill crew plus six to eight teamsters. A new parsonage plan is delayed and townspeople discuss purchasing affordable land for a preacher’s home with a garden and livestock. Mrs Inez Gove reports Bangor conference success. Roscoe Beaton mourns the death of Mrs William Beaton. a Brittmey Williams store near Riggsville prepares to open with strict discipline and staple goods. Parkman F Jewett noted in business circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarty
Inez Gove
Westport Grange
Bangor
William Beaton
Roscoe Beaton
Riggsville
Brittmey and Williams
Parkman F. Jewett
Lewiston weekend visitors and local moves noted
A string of social mentions records visitors in Lewiston over the weekend and arrivals at cottages and homes. Residents and relatives travel to attend funerals, meet kin, or relocate houses, boats, and workers to local sites and mills.
Winnegance Social Notes and Local Updates
Miss Eleanor Morse visits Arrowsic guest of Mrs M F Drummond. Ralph Trask returns to Iron Works after illness. Joshua F Upton recovers from hip injury after fall from hayload. Caroline McCutcheon resumes Bath Opera House box office duties. Desper Oliver visits sister Beulah McIntire. Salvation Army Captain Snowden leads weekly church meeting. Morse Brothers mill reports oak timber orders. Evening Workers hold charity program with aprons foods jellies and ices sale. Letter for Mr H E Crosby advertised at Winnegance Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Morse
Arrowsic
M. EF. Drummond
Ralph Trask
Iron Works
George Ragan
Providence
R. I
Harry Williams
Engine House
John A. Small
Charlotte McCutcheon
Bath Opera House
Joshua F
Upton
City Hospital
Bath
John Richardson
Myra Merritt
George Dennison
Freeport
Susan Kenney
Portland
Almon Perry
Sewing Club
Desper Oliver
Beulah McIntire
Capt. Snowden
Salvation Army
Merle Huff
Swastika Exchange
Center Street
Elmer Williams
Washington
Charles Preble
George Henry Lee
West Bath
Alfred Trask
Harry Deering
Morse Brothers
Treasury
H. E. Crosby
Winnegance
Local Movers and Visitors Reported Across Towns
Miss Helen Follett spent Thursday in Portland. John A. Morse made a business trip to Augusta this week. M. J. McCormick was a business visitor in Gardiner Thursday. Frank A. Manion returned to work in the Kittery Navy Yard. Mr and Mrs Lendall Chadbourne of Ripley have moved to the city to reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Follett
Portland
John A. Morse
Augusta
M. J. McCormick
Gardiner
Frank A. Manion
Kittery Navy Yard
Lendall Chadbourne
Ripley
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Independent
E. Randall Leonard
Times
Flora
Mer Osottt Ape
Ms Heart
Charles D. Clarke
Central Church
Arthur Sullivan
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Pelegius
Christ
Elizabeth Prentise
Queen Victoria
Ord
Miss Hall
Mr. Shaw
Gunod
Wilson
E. W. Hyde
Howard Hawley
Dayton Hill
Charles Hall
Dunlap Hatch
Herbert E. Williams
Mr. Blackwood
Williams Island
New Meadows
Columbia Theatre
H. A. Huse
Emilio
Mme. James de Gogorza
Mayor Dunton
Louise Twitchell
Fork Avenue
Geneva Morrison
Theodore Murphy
Bessie Atwood
Jennie Harvey
Thomaston
Della Merrill
Dorothy Nichols
Doris Stetson
Louise Hargett
Madeline Kingsbury
Louise Hill
Brunswick
James F. Murphy
Jane Murphy
New York City
van Wie
John F. Little
E. Marie Little
Daisy Vance
King Tavern
J. H. Little
Charles P. Johnson
Gussie Larrabee
Middle St
Central Parish
Johnson
New York Custom House
Parent and Teachers’ Association of the
South End
Harry W. Crosman
Marion Purinton
N. Gratz Jackson
Sidney Eaton
Bessie Hunt
Sprague
Milton Douglas
Libbey
Bliss
Cook
Opera House
Exeter
Phillips Exeter Academy
Henry the Fifth
James P. Webber
Iimilio de Gogorza
Montreal
John B. Barry
Malden
Oliver Moses
Phillips-Exeter
Fred E. Hooper
Hermitage Hotel
Central
S. S
Ina Wishart
Gladys Connors
Helene Stearns
Maurice Avery
Margaret Hanson
Humphrey
W. R. Kimball
Madelyn Chase
Blues
Joseph Sewall
Worcester Academy
Co. W. Early
U.S.N
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
John S. Hyde
A.S. Nye
Eastern Dredging Co
Gussie Stevens
Lewiston
Clarence N. Flood
Carl C. Troop
Marjorie
H. P. Caddy
Elizabeth Webber
Marcia Stinson
Day's Ferry
James Brewster
Susan Ballou
Mildred Nichols
Arthur Rand
Ethel Cochran
Edith Hartwell
Madame Eames de Gogorza
North St
Winter St. Social
Charles M. Lincoln
Royal Geographic Society of Great Britain
F.R.G.S
Lincoln
New York World
Ida Vose Woodbury
Charles R. Farnham
Haskell
Arthur Baum
South Grammar School
Westport
Dupont Co
James Tarbox
Sebago Lake
Grant Jewett
Marraie McMahan
R. R. Hodgdon
Boothbay
Frank Knight
Smellville
Hum Son
M. P. Knight
Sarah Dodge
Newcastle
Beaton
Betty Dodge
Waldoboro
William Harrington
Dresden
A. M. Beaton
R. T. Beaton
Massachusetts
Dr. Leathers
Millie Hodgdon
Elmer Greenleaf
Horace Lewis
Little Violet Greenleaf
Charles Colby
G. G. Judkins
Mr. Eaton
Shea
North End
Leavitt
R. T
Winnegance News
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