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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1915

Page

11

Local Jottings Mixes Fishing Feats and Community News

On Arrowshire Friday Al Ridley caught 40 pounds of smelts in two hours. The Murray Club met Monday evening with Mrs. Howard Johnson at 848 Washington St. The Marine Engineers Association held a special meeting Sunday at two in Hyde Block. Jacob Wheeler caught a basket of smells on Whiskeay tce Friday. A snow storm and 20 degree low last night near midnight. The Hagan peat field remains burning beneath snow. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dinsmore entertained friends to ring in the new year with whist and refreshments. T. W. Hyde Camp held a whist party and dance in Foresters Hall with eight tables and prize winners. A Bath citizen dreamt of a Kaiser siege gun from Mount Washington. Coombs won a Ford car in Lewiston, then sold an old racer in Boston. Grace Church Men’s Club resumed weekly suppers at 9:45 p m. Park Bowling League saw the Beacons set a high total, Maine State Poultry Show is dropped this year, next year planned in new Portland exposition building. Dave Mosher moved a playhouse eight miles with eight teams of horses. The revenue cutter Acushnet assisted the stranded steamer Lansing near Bass River, with repairs in New London. Lansing, one of three lake steamers hauled here since 1913, was towed for coastwise service.

Arrowshire al Ridley People’s Ferry Co Murray Club Howard Johnson Washington St Marine Engineers’ Association Hyde Block Jacob Wheeler Charles Dinsmore T. W. Hyde Foresters’ Hall Josie Mulvahill Everett Hopkins Hattie Beals John Warner Prof Stanton Bath Kaiser Mount Washington Young Coombs Winneyance Lewiston Lucky Boy Coombs Boston Grace Church C. H. Cahill Dave Mosher Elmhurst High St Washington Union St Bass River New London Lansing Brunswick Pentecostal Nazarene Church Center St St. Mary's Church Hockomock George H. Davis al. Titcomb Nequasset Bath Socialist Club South End Parent-Teacher Association Kennebec West Bath Grange Hall Ramsdell Bath Shoe Co Lynn Mass Y.M.C.A College Hall Rockefeller Foundation Carnegie Woolwich Cyrus W. Longley James Roderick Tobey Farm Robinhood’s Cove Thomas Moore Murphy's Corner Harvey Hill United Shoe Machinery Company Beverly Wesley M. E Hill Mr. Hill Charles Hill Corliss St Gordon Rachel Sprague O. P._ Gifford Brookline William Small William Trott Chester Plant Kenneth Weeks Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Percy R. Todd Parcel Post Todd First Baptist North St Sidney J. Willis Willis Olivia Maurice J. Duncklee Duncklee Dorothy Richard Duncklee W. A. MacCormick MacCormick C. Raymond Chappell Chappell Raymond Winter St. Parsonage Montsweag Lincoln Lodge C.F Unity Guild Harry Ring Washburn St People's Ferry Beacon Street Ladies’ Auxiliary Gardiner Camp Auiliary Virginia Lower River Riggsville Five Islands Bath Driving Club W. F. Dunham Richmond T. J. Southard Charles B. Day W. K. Baker Travers Supreme Judicial Court R. H. Baxter Raimond B. Wetch I. M. Fuller Charles A. Traftan Sanford Laudies’ Missionary Society Winter St. Church Duickles Harmon Portland Women's Board of Missions United States Bahamas Goodwin Oakwood Farm Phippsburg New England

Ice fills Lemont Creek house and pond work ongoing

A house at Lemont's Creek is filled with ice and a Sewall Pond crew of 40 works on ice thickness at 15 to 16 inches. Community notices include a mass meeting for men at the Opera House Sunday, Colonial Club monthly meeting Monday, and school resumption. Also reports of birds near Fiddler's Reach and a local church supper at Central Church League.

Lemont’s Creek Opera House Colonial Club Sewall Pond Fiddler’s Reach Central Church League

Bath News Highlights From Bath and Vicinity

A mix of local notes including train passengers, church happenings, ice conditions on the Kennebec, fund-raising at Wellesley College, Y M C A basketball, and social events. Notable items include the Hockomock train transfers, revival meetings, a 125 year old clock, and a Bangor and Aroostook dividend cut amid winter schedules.

Smelt News And Public Notices From Bath Area

Monday morning readings report two below zero temperatures and a busy week of local meetings. The Virginia ships 50 passengers and 16 barrels of clams with lobsters and fish from lower river and Five Islands. A two cent postage extension to the Bahamas goes into effect January 1 1915.

Snowy Weather Brings Smelts and Sleighing Joy

Snow freshened the river for smelts and extended sleighing as a Saturday storm delivered just enough snow. Local society notes report lodge meetings, hunts, luncheons, and church events across Bath and nearby towns.

Local news notes on Enfield and surrounding towns

Miss Jessie L. Ferguson returns to Enfield. Numerous residents visit Portland and Boston areas, including Mrs. C Kirkup, Miss Florence Smith, and Miss Ida Tarbox. Sailors and workers like Capt Cass, Hans Henriksen, and Clifford McCollette move between Bath, Popham, Boston, and the Pacific bound ships. Travel and family updates weave through Woolwich, Georgetown, and Bowdoin with hints of legacies and business ties.

Jessie L. Ferguson Enfield C. Kirkup Florence Smith Portland Seth Kellett

Sores Hall's Catarrh Cure claim and offer

Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease. It is taken internally and claimed to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer 100 dollar reward for any case not cured and urge sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists.

Sores Hall Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio Sara Hall Bate Bene Constipaon

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Park Beacons Percy Hyde Windlass Hywinees Sewall Percy Maine Exposition Charlotte May Stinson New York City New York Ethel George Green K. and G., Bakery Swan Island Queen Esther Lodge Sewing Circle Ladies’ Aid of the Universal& Church F. E. Southard Parker Reed Robert Sturtevant William Ferris Cahill City Ritchie Bowdoinham Hazzard Gardiner J. W. Gillies Mr. Gillies The Electric Road A. G. Page Co Washington’s John F. LeClair Joseph Ethel LeClair Clifton St B. P. Browne Corliss Street Church Oak Grove Cemetery Arthur W. Hayden Joe Porter Boston Lodge Dr. Jordan South Portland Order of Moose Institution of Bath Lodge Knights of Pythias Wesley Parish F. W. Armes Cherry St E. E. Whittemore Bath St L. D Maine Osteopathic Association Augusta Carl Breckenridge Mir Ka “Pettamisall Waterville Board of Registration Randall Coombs Donald Duncan C. W. Longley Edward Cook F. P. Bennett Town Mrs. Thomas Wheeler George E. Gove Arrowsie Fred W. Brown Marie Ida Tarbox Parker Spear Warry Oliver Winnegance E. W. Trott Frances Trott Capt Cass Fannie Camack Waverley C. E. Plaisted May Besaw Framingham Sk. H. Hodgkins Eri. H. Eaton Bath Garage Scott R. Frye Bath Automobile and Gas Engine Co Edith Cochran Chatham Stanley Wood Willow St Fred Albee Wiscasset Carlton Harry Richardson J. A. Redlon Richardson Garrett Galvin Frank Bailey Bailey Neck C. T. Henderson Frederick Skowhegan Hans Henricksen Mary E. Palmer Percy & Small Gus Hosmer Lexington Philadelphia Forest Legard Berlin N. H Clifford McCollette Popham Pacific Pacific Coast William F. Carrigan Carrigan Boston American Ball Team William H. Page Dummer St Dora Gordon Samuel Gordon Winter Street Franks. Adams Bowdoin Adams State Board of Agriculture Marguerite Bellevue Mr. Donald M. E. Wishart Montreal Canadian Vickers Co B. L. Rich Fitchburg Georgetown Rich J. C. Hayes Belfast Blanche Pendleton New Orleans South America Panama Canal Galveston British Isles Hayes Dublin Ireland Fletcher Astoria Castoria
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