Phippsburg Beach Seawall Vanished By High Tides
Summer visitors find major changes at Popham Beach as the century old sea wall west of Fox Island disappeared after recent high tides. The cranberry beds and marsh have been flooded, the coast guard hut washed away, and Morse's river shifted its bed. Local officials report military moves and note residents’ mixed feelings over the sea wall loss.
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Popham Beach
Fox Island
Marge’s River
Coast Guards
Morse
George Oliver
Portland Harbor
Earle Reed
A. F. Williams
Phippsburg
Newport News
Williams
Limores
France
George Erwin Daley
U.S.N
Parker Head
Bath
Willard H. Daley
Willard H. Daley. Lieut. Daley
United States
Navy
Sudbury
Chester
Lieut
Daley
Watertown
Mass
First Baptist Notes: Armenian Relief Fund Service
Rev Raymond Chappell will preach at Winnegance church Sunday afternoon at 2 30. Sunday school will hold special exercises on Armenia with an offering for relief fund. Men’s choir to sing at Sunday evening service at 7 15.
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Raymond Chappell
Winnegance
Armenia
Reading room to reopen Sunday afternoon at public library
The reading room will be open Sunday from two to nine after a two week closure due to the epidemic. It has become a popular quiet spot for readers with favorite magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmi
Burlet
Y.W.C.A
Red Cross Holds All Day Refugee Garment Meeting
West Bath Red Cross met at the home of Mrs. E. S. Stackpole for an all day session to prepare refugee garments. A large group attended, and a generous dinner was served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Stackpole
Card of Thanks and Peptiron Advertisement Note
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy from friends and neighbors after a bereavement. An advertisement extols Peptiron as a superior iron tonic, claiming benefits for strength and health, and promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills as a triple combination remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
C. I. Hood Co
Priv John Murphy Fights to the Finish
Private John Murphy recounts a day in trench remains and German billets, describing luxurious ruins and evidence of German aim to annex the area. He notes a hearty meal, received mail, a chaplain led services, and expresses gratitude as he reflects on health and impending homecoming.
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John Murphy
Germany
Obituary of Miss Lilian E Oliver 53 at Georgetown home
Miss Lilian E Oliver aged 53 died early Thursday at her parents home in Georgetown after illness from typhoid pneumonia. A longtime English teacher in Bath and Georgetown area she taught at South School Georgetown Center Arrowsic and Chelsea and graduated from State Normal School Farmington. She was a Congregational church member and is survived by her parents and a sister Mrs Lester Pettin gill of Fryeburg who is ill. A funeral will be Saturday.
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Lilian E. Oliver
John E. Oliver
Georgetown
Oliver
Bath
Miss Oliver
South School
Georgetown Center
Arrowsic
Chelsea
State Normal School
Hosiery Sale Highlights Durable Children's and Ladies Stockings
A vintage advertisement showcases a range of hosiery with prices from 28c to 75c. It features children’s stockings including Misses' fine hose and boys' hose, several ribbed and cashmere options, as well as ladies' cotton and cashmere hosiery, with descriptions of durability, warmth, and fit.
Private funeral for daughter to be held at family home
A brief notice states a private funeral will be held for the daughter, to be attended by her parents, with details kept confidential.
William E Hornshaw Dies of Appendicitis in Bath
William E Hornshaw of New Bedford Massachusetts died at City Hospital Bath on Thursday from appendicitis and peritonitis. He had come to Bath eight weeks ago to install sprinklers at Hyde Windlass Co. plant and fell ill four weeks after arrival. Born in England, he lived in New Bedford, with family in Bath and three sisters. The body will be taken to New Bedford for funeral and burial.
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William E. Hornshaw
New Bedford
Mass
City Hospital
Mr. Hornshaw
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Mr. Henshaw
England
Eng
Mrs Paul Shorey mourns death of daughter in Bath
Mrs C P Maley of Rouses Point N Y attended her brother Lieut Irving E Baker’s funeral and was summoned to Berlin N H by the sudden death of her daughter Mrs Paul Shorey. The family, with Miss Adeline Shorey of Berlin, has deep Bath ties and the bereaved mother returned to Bath after the funeral.
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C. P. Maley
Rouses Point
N. Y
Irving E. Baker
Berlin
N. H
Paul Shorey
Shorey
Florence Fiske
Bath
Beacon Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas M. Baker
Adeline Shorey
Maloy
Charles Chick Dies Suddenly at Bath Home
Charles Chick died suddenly Thursday evening at his Bath residence after months of illness on the farm. His passing leaves the rural community mourning a longtime local figure.
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Charles
Chick
Bath
Mr. Chick
Death of Mr Chick Ends Residence at Alden Rogers Farm
Albert Chick formerly of Lewiston died at the Alden Rogers farm after an asthma attack. His son Alton telephoned for a physician to W F Dunton and found his father unable to speak. Chick had lived in Bath for two years and leaves a son Alton and daughters Helen and Ethel Chick.
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Alden Rogers
Alton
W. F. Dunton
Doy
Dunton
Mr. Dunton
Mr. Chick
Bath
Lewiston
Helen Chick
Ethel Chick
Passing of Lumber Business Linked to Spring Railway Line
Report notes a lumber business closure as a railroad track will be laid in spring. The firm will haul poplar and spruce logs for next season. Tide mill John G. Morse & Sons at Winnegance holds logs. Spinney saw mill at Arrowsie will saw for local trade. Also reports the birth of a son to Lieut. William F. Hodgkins and wife Louise Mank of Boston. The Hodgkins family includes three daughters and a long service record in the navy. All sleighs in the area remain in service.
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Kennebec Journal
John G. Morse & Sons
Winnegance
Arrowsie
William F. Hodgkins
Boston
Hodgkins
Naval Reserve
Bath
Popham Beach
Fred Hodgkins
Virginia
Louise Mank
East Boston
Berry Mank
Par
Sevice
Ovas
Ochar
Deughtere
Trier
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Popham
Frank Daley
Chibiabos
U.S. Merchant Marine
George O. Curtis
Curtis
Edwin A. Curtis
Small Point
Kennebec
Percy Johnson
Dromore
Winneganee
G. L. Knight
Squirrel Point Light
Portland
Elizabeth Douglass
William R. Bowie
James Harrington
Eleanor
Helena
Fred Morrison
Morrison
Charles Morrison
A. P. Sylvester
Dr. Walker
Frederick Frisbee
Fred H. ‘Brigham
Meadowbrook
Loring C. Gilman
Ashdale
Drummond Kelley
Sebasco
The
Red Cross
A. C. York
J. D. Rogers
S. C. Campbell
Ernest W. Oliver
Stacet
Stacey
Augusta
Eric Carlson
Parane Head
Thursay
W. E. Bonfartz
West Point
Beverly
Dromore ‘Grange
Dromore Grange Hall
J. F. Upton
Annie Purington
George D. Weston
Fred D. Wyman
Sdn Frank
J. F. MeIntire
Freeman Merritt
Florida
New York
Dan Hart
First Baptist
Arcade
Armory
Combination 4
Water Street
Louise Haggett
Miss Haggett
Maine
Rockland
Bowdeinham
Annapolis
D. H. Warner
H. W. Howard
G. G.deering Co
Howard
Standard Oil Company OF
Ana
West Bath
West Bath Red Cross
Annie Rogers
L. D. Rogers
J. M. Lemont
A. H. Donnell
M. S. Purington
E. W. Haggett
J. B. Lemont
A. S. Plood
Fred Brown
Edna Francis
A. T. Valliere
F. W. Larrabee
Fitchburg
Vivian George
Sanford
Jane Haggett
Samuel Cole, Jr
Harrington
Courson
Brunswick
I. B. Neiley
Potter
Henry Rich
Lincoln
Florence Neiley
Brunewick
Qoscar Smiley
Bat
Nassed Strday
Tistn
Babino
Samuel Cole
Mon. Wyse
School Street
Lloyd Bates
Elizabeth
Afany
Bates
Samuel Bates
Sabine
Johanna Mall
Charles Bates
Cleveland Smith
Mildred
Charlotte Cook
William Brown
May Tole
Oscar Holway Co
Charles Lee
Tole
Campbell's Pond
Margaret
Elizabeth McDonald
Steven Wright
E. J. Allen
Freeport
J. C. Larrabee
Will H. Mitchell
G. Cleveland Smith
Walter Bartlett and
Race'd Neppen
John J. Desmond, Co
Miss Lillyan Oliver
Conley’s Specialty Store
Ternoon
William EF. Hornshaw
Charles Chick
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