Changes in Washington After the War Seen in Senate and Society
In the National Capital, editor notes new buildings and unchanged crowds of streetcars while khaki-clad men appear with crutches. Senate galleries draw more spectators than debates shown, and visitors notice relaxed entry rules. Dr Cadman speaks on Reconstruction. Kathleen Burke of Britain reports German brutality in wartime Europe and the resilience of Allied women, especially at home and at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Congress
Senate
Moévie
House of Representatives
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Congregational Club of
Washington
Cadman
Brooklyn
England
Old Country
Queen Victoria
Denmark
Germany
Schleswig+Holstein
Turkey
Disraeli
National Geographical Society
Kathleen Burke
Great Britain
France
Italy
Serbia
Flanders
Valenciennes
Miss Burke
Best Medicine for Women Claims from Portsmouth Reader
Mrs Sara Shaw of Portsmouth Ohio testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her irregularities pains and weakness after four family members and three boarders made life hard The letter promotes the root and herb remedy and urges others to try it with advice to write Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts seeking guidance based on forty years of experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No
Capt W C P Oakes recalls thrilling France experiences
Bath veteran Capt W C P Oakes describes his wartime service from the 27th Division landing at Brest through the Meuse Argonne advances to the armistice. He details crossing the Meuse on a dawn assault, heavy machine gun and artillery fire, and his later wounding and hospital stays in Neuilly and the Argonne. He returned to Bath after sailing from Newport News December 19th.
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Leutenant
Camp Dodge
Maines
Washington
Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
Camp Merritt
N. J
Brest
Chateau de Thierry
Cantigny
Meuse
Oakes
Arizonne
Neuilly
Argonne
United States
Martha Washington
Newport News
Bath
War Hero Captain Oakes Earns Croix de Guerre and Honors
William C. P. Oakes rose from private to captain during the war after a brief prewar service from 1902 to 1904 in the Philippines Honolulu the Boxer Uprising in China and the Cuban occupation. He earned the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor emblem as his 27th division was twice cited for bravery by Foch and Pershing. He attended the Plattsburg training school and was twice wounded by machine gun fire leading to months in hospital.
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Bath
Willian C. P. Oakes
Legion of Honor
Ferdinand Foch
John—.J.pershing
Oakes
Cavalry
Philippines
Honolulu
China
Army of Occupation
Cuba
Second
Plattsburg
Spirit of Women of France and Justice for Germanya
Omar W. Folsom argues that Allied women bore immense wartime burdens and spirit, praising French and Serbian women for bravery and resilience. He condemns German leaders for crimes against humanity and urges exact justice without mercy. He cites devastation in Belgium France and Serbia and condemns leniency toward the Kaiser and his regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Burke
Wilson
Belgium
France
Serbia
Foundling Hospital
Lusitania
Omar W. Folsom
Kilbourne Street
Washington, D. C
Bath man Timothy Wetherbee celebrates 90th birthday at home
Timothy Wetherbee of 10 Drummond Street Bath observed his 90th birthday quietly. A native of Mari michi New Brunswick he arrived in Bath in 1855 and has lived there ever since. He worked as a blacksmith from age 16 and remained a staunch supporter of Beacon Street Methodist church. He now lives with his son W Fred Wetherbee. another son J Frank Wetherbee resides in Bremerton Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Wetherbee
Bath
Drummond Street
Mr. Wetherbee
Marimichi
N. B
John
Elizabeth Wetherbee
Elizabeth McFarland
Ile
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Wetherbee
W. Fred Wetherbee
J. Frank Wetherbee
Bremerton
Wash
Jacob Jacobson Dies After Illness in Bath Home
Jacob Jacobson died at his home 72 Front Street Saturday noon after a long illness following a surgical operation six months earlier. He came to Bath 25 years ago and worked at Bath Iron Works. He belonged to Solar lodge F and A M Montgomery and St Bernard R A C Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar and Mount Vernon council of Brunswick. He leaves his wife formerly Miss Annie Ragon and one niece Miss Josie Jacobson of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Jacobson
Front Street
Mr. Jacobson
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Solar Lodge
Montgomery & St. Bernard R.A.C
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Mount Vernon Council
Brunswick
Jacobson
Annie Ragon
Josie Jacobson
Boston
Death of Alice Fay Frost in Framingham Mass
Hervey Frost returns from Framingham after his wife Alice Fay Frost died of double pneumonia. The couple wed last July and planned to live with Mrs. Harvey K. Erskine on Washington street after completing a house rent. Alice Fay Frost became ill after Christmas and died December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey Frost
Framingham
Mass
Alice Fay Frost
Snow buntings sighting and influenza report
A flock of snow buntings is noted on Bedford Street near Lincoln, a winter bird that may linger a few days. J. M. Loving is confined to his North Bath home with influenza.
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Bedford Street
Lincoln
J. M. Loving
North
Bath
Bath Soldier John J. Flaherty Killed in France
Priv John J Flaherty 22 a Bath native and engineer in the Army is reported killed in a December 24 railroad accident in France. He left a father Michael Flaherty and siblings Lena Margaret Marie and Michael Jr. His friend Mike Lyden had been with him en route to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Flaherty
France
Michael Flaherty
Franklin Street
War Department
Harris
Adjutant General
Flaherty
Bath
Michael, Jr
Lena
Margaret
Marie
Haterhill
Mags
Oliver
Berlin
Mike Lyden
Bath Boy Captains Groton Iron Works Basketball Team
George W. Thistle Jr. of Bath has been elected captain of the Groton Iron Works basketball squad in Groton Connecticut. The team has defeated top local clubs and Thistle is noted for locking down a leading forward, with plans to pursue ship drafting at night school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Groton Iron Works
Groton
Conn
Big Concern
George W. Thistle Jr
Thstle
Capt. Thistle
Winchester Arms
New Haven
American Chain Co
Bridgeport
Blue Ribbon
Hartford
Springfield
Y.M.C.A
Young George
George Fields
George
City forester lauds housing project trees
Harold M. Sewall, city forester, welcomes Leighton and Mitchell Co. promise of many new trees for Lincoln and Academy streets housing project. Contractors pledge to protect standing trees with clear warnings and similar plans for the north end project. Sewall notes shade trees enhance beauty and property value, citing past tree plantings at Washington Park and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Sewall
Mitchell
Leighton & Mitchell Co
Lincoln and
Academy Streets
North End
Voy
L. P. Soule & Son Co
Moses and Henderson Fields
Bet
Orit
Ope
Sewall
Sagadahoc County Praises Senator Baxter’s Stewardship
The Richmond By notes Senator Rupert H. Baxter as a capable judge of senatorial caliber. He is praised for selecting a senate president and for his cautious, decisive approach in advancing Sagadahoc's interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond By
Sagadahoc
Rupert H. Baxter
Senate
Pasteurized cream from local farm hits Bath market
In Androscoggin county milk and cream from a local farmer are now on sale in Bath. The products are pasteurized and have received high praise from initial buyers for quality and freshness.
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Androscoggin County
Bath
Busy Session Marks Start of Saga dahoe Probate Court
Judge James Lowell presided as the Saga dahoe County Probate Court opened for the New Year in Lowell with Register William F. Dunham present. The docket included numerous accounts filed and adjudicated from estates in Bath, Richmond, Bowdoin, Topsham and Gorham along with guardianships and heirs tax matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Lowell
Sagadahoe County
William F. Dunham
Richmond
Wallace N. Price
George W. Alexander
Ellen F. Jones
George FR. King
Bath
Frederick D. Hill
Louise Morse Hill
Jane
Moulton
William
Newell
Fannie
Daniel S. Jaones
Charles ‘H. Doyle
Bowdoin
Winfield’ Scott Cressey
Gertrude A. Meyer
Mary A. Crocker
Mary E. Merryman
Efe
Walter °. Glidden
Susan Gibbs
Walter Morse Hill
Marvin Hill
F. D. Hill
Mark Langdon Hill
John H. Breen
Thomas Connors
Fred Peacock
Mary Starkey
Auguste Poitras
Eva Tardiff
Topsham
Albert L. Strout
Arthur I. Wilson
William H. Newell
Edward Worth Morse
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Mary W. Hatch
Robert K. Hatch
Towdommham
William Ll. Evans
John G. Webster
Gorham
John CG. Marston
N. H
William L. Evans
Caroline A. Jewell
Chauncey F. Curtis
Charles A. Newson
Florence A. Newson
William ‘Henry H. Savage
Woolwich
Rufus M. Savage
Harvey K. Erskine
Florence J. Erskine
Chu Sam Sing
Joseph M. Singleton
Rochelle Centre
N. Y
Hattie T. Small
Elmer F. Brown
Leo Roy Talbot
Leo Roy Brown
Mary Whitmore
Bowdoinham
J. E. Cornish
Inez Estelle Crocker
Annie C. Temple
James Henry Preble
Harry J. Tarr
Mary
Annie
Lizzie
Ella Hudak
Michael Scerbak
Durham
Cornelia May Flagg
John Francis Eaton
Winona Tilton Stinson
Robert Kk. Hatch
John H. Tucker
Frank Brown
Andrew Hudak
Michael Madar
Raymond Genthner
Roscoe P. McFadden
Jacob Merriman
H. Failing Merriman
Emile and
Albert ‘Tardiff
Joseph Lachance
Ruth Arline Bell
Viola, Ventous
Guardian
Wiley R. Dickinson
Phippsburg
Emma Dickinson
Michael Welch
Hannah Gurney
Charles A. Ham
Susan B. Ham
Llorence A. Newson
William Henry Warrison Savage
Joseph M.singleton
Viola A. Voutour
Florence L. Burnham
Gayle C. Burnham
Mark
S. Morse
Sewell P. Morse
Bath Driving Club Supper Postponed At Church Hall
The Bath Driving club will dine Monday at seven in the men’s room of Winter Street Church. Supper was postponed due to a public gatherings pause. Milton Loring, first class machinist’s mate on the USS Nack, has returned to Charleston after furlough at home.
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Bath Driving Club
Winter Street
Milton Loring
Charleston
Bath
Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets Aid Ogdensburg Woman
A Ogdensburg New York resident reports three to four years of nervous sick headaches and dyspepsia eased after using Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets. She says the remedy relieved symptoms on the first day and notes long term benefit, recommending it to friends. Price 50 cents a box or 2.50 for a trial size 25 cents, from Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Ave
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Maine Draft Registration Totals Reported for Sagadahoc County
Final report on Maine registrations under the selective draft notes 158,805 statewide and 4,412 in Sagadahoc County. Counts include June 5 1917 and Aug 25 1918, with 2,764 on Sept 12 1918. Judges Keegan and Smith conferred with the adjutant general on draft record prep for Augusta and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ecards
Augusta
Canada
Central America
South America
China
Korea
Sagadahoe County
Sagadahoc
John J. Keegan
Bath
E. C. Smith
Dover
Adjutant General’s Department
Washington
Dromore Grange Hosts Afternoon Session
Dromore Grange held an afternoon meeting in Dromore hall with Bessie Dickinson leading the lecturer's program. Speakers included S. C. Campbell J. F. Upton Abbie Minott D A Merry Mrs Merry and others. The group marks 30 years since its founding and notes the upcoming 50th wedding anniversary of charter members Scott C Campbell and wife. The Sagadaho county Pomona Grange meeting is planned for January 29 in Dromore hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Phippeburg
Bessie Dickinson
League of Nations
S. C. Campbell
J. F. Upton
Abbie Minott
D.A. Merry
Mrs. Merry
List of Maine Auto Owners Published by Wardwell
A Maine list of automobile registrations including owner names license numbers car styles and maker numbers will be issued monthly in the coming year by Frank W Wardwell printer publisher 11 Exchange street Portland The service aids automobilists dealers and garages and will be limited to subscribers no list was available in 1918
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine
Frank W. Wardwell
Exchange Street
Portland
A Real Iron Tonic Promises Strength and Stamina
An advertisement touts Peptinon as a genuine iron tonic to boost blood iron levels and vigor. It claims benefits like better color and steadier nerves, noting the formula combines iron with wax celery pepsin and other ingredients and is pleasant to take. Available from druggists or I Hood Co Lowell MA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Hood Co
Lowell, Maly
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Bathman
Halls of Congress
la ‘Belle
London
Paris
W.C. P. Oakes
America
William Co
P. Oakes
Mrs. Hervey Frost
John Flaherty
Please Forester
MR. C. E. Beswick
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