City events bustle as clubs host dances and suppers
A busy slate of social gatherings fills the week. The Colonial club committee meets while the Clover club plans a dance. the Ladies’ aid hosts a central church supper. Beacons Street Methodist and other groups hold meetings. A big card party funds the new city hospital, and a large sale at Percy’s store draws crowds.
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Epworth League
Beacon Street
Beacon Stret
Clover Club
John Trainer
Walter Shaughnessey
John Neagle
Henry Biggins
Music Hall
New City Hospital Fund
Adjutant General
Co. C
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Edward W. Hyde
Olive Mead
Peoples’ Church
B. V. Townly
Percy Department Store
Dr. Charles
City
D. T. Percy Son
Percy
Patten Library Trustees Propose Sunday Afternoons
At Patten Free Library association meeting a large turnout heard reports from the librarian and treasurer. Trustees vote to keep Sunday openings for six months with power to rescind. Names of new and returning trustees listed. Salaries raised for librarian and assistant librarian with extra help funds approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library Association
James C. Ledyard
Frederic D. Sewall
Charles H. Greenleaf
S. J. Watson
Edith Howard
Frank A. Small
Frank B. Nichols
Amory M. Houghton
Charles R. Donnell
Galen C. Moses
James S. Lowell
Charles C. Low
Margaret R. Foote
Alice K. Robbins
Annual Meetings of National Banks Endorse New Directors
Banks across the city held annual meetings. Ernest A. Allan joined the Lincoln National board, which reduced from ten to seven directors. Directors named include Galen C. Moses Oliver Moses Charles F. Magoun Augustus Palmer and others with William B. Mussenden chosen president and D Howard Spear as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Allan
Lincoln National
First National
Galen C. Moses
Oliver Moses
Charles F. Magoun
Augustus Palmer
G. G. Deering
Wm. T. Donnell
C. V. Minott, Jr
Joseph M. Trott
Edward W. Hyde
George P. Davenport
John S. Hyde
Jacob R. Andrews
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Edward Drake
Frederic H. Low
Bath National
William W. Sewall
Samuel S. Sewall
Seth T. Snipe
Denny M. Humphreys
Arthur S. Bosworth
Marine National
Bath Trust Company
W. B. Mussenden
D. Howard Spear
S. R. Percy
C. A. Coombs
C. N. Clifford
W. D. Mussenden
R. H. Baxter
E. S. Crosby
T. 5. Gibbons
J. Houghton McLellan
D. T. Dougherty
H. B. Sewyer
B. H. Coughlin
F. A
Morse High Announces Bachelor’s Hall Cast
Principal Cole selects the graduating class cast for the spring play Bachelor’s Hall at Morse High. The lineup includes Geoffrey Myrtleton congressman. Silas Jervis Rambletown resident. Elisha Bessett Rambleton resident. Ensign Jack Meredith under sealed orders. Pinkerton Case amateur detective. Vere Lee actor and author. Jasper the butler. Dunlap Hatch O’Rourke policeman. Betty Varice ward. Polly Reynolds actress. Ethel Hawtey and Charlotte Cook among principals. rehearsals start now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
The
Morse High School
Geoffrey Myrtleton
Eric Haggett
Silas Jervis
Rambletown
Ray Palmer
Elisha Bessett
Rambleton
Donald Sewall
Jack Meredith
Charles Hall Pinkerton Case
Frank Kelley
Vere Lee
Philip Cole Jasper
Bachelor’s Hall
Dunlap Hatch
Early Rural Carriers and Mail Route Oddities
The piece recalls early rural mail service between Bath and Phippsburg Center. Parker Larrabee rode on horseback delivering sealed pouches and left newspapers for locals along the road. John G. Morse notes his father’s family got letters at Bath, while Larrabee once threaded papers through an oak tree ring still visible today with a remaining iron staple.
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Bath
Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
Parker Larrabee
John G. Morse
Winneganee
Larrabee
Healy and Hodgdon Wed in New York City
Harold S. Hodgdon son of Q C and Millie B Hodgdon of Westport Maine and Miss Mary F Healy a prominent young woman were married in New York City on January 4 The bride is an expert stenographer and the groom a long serving Metropolitan Life Insurance Co official Hastily arranged ceremony surprised their friends and both will reside at Derby where Hodgdon has been promoted to head the local office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Hodgdon
Q. C
Millie B. Hodgdon
Westport
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Mary F. Healy
New York City
Miss Healy
Hodgdon
Metropolitan
New England States
Derby
Mae O'Brien
William J. O’brien
Mary Jane Peters widow of Captain Peters dies in North Bath
Mrs. Mary Jane Peters widow of Captain Benjamin Peters died Monday evening at her North Bath home aged seventy seven years seven months after a long decline. She was born in Bowdoinham daughter of Enoch H Hinckley and Elizabeth Small and survived by her son George Peters of North Bath and six sisters. A Universalist she lived many years in North Bath and funeral services will be held at 1 39 this afternoon at the family residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Peters
Benjamin Peters
North Bath
Peters
Bowdeinham
Enoch H. Hinckley
Elizabeth Small
George Peters
Goodwn
Lewiston
Samuel Ward
Rollins
Tuttle
Auburn
Jacques
Tibbetts
Hingham
Mass
Money Back Offer For Electropodes Trial
Scores of people in the county have used them and many left a dollar. Come in and let us talk it over and see if they fit your needs.
Mrs. Sarah J. Seavey Rites In Sherman Mills
Mr and Mrs D A Merry brought the former Sherman Mills resident Mrs Sarah J Seavey to the town on the Pullman for a brief illness death. Interment set in Damariscotta after services in Sherman Mills. Seavey aged seventy seven was born in Dameriscotta daughter of Ahab Whitney. Survived by Brainard A Merry of Sherman Mills and D A Merry of the city, three sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Merry
Pullman
John Merry
Sherman Mills
John Young
Joseph Spiett
Lynn
David Whitney
Alonzo L. Whitney
Albion Whitney
Pigeon Cove
City Notables Visit Boston and Stay Nearby
City Solicitor Arthur H. Stetson and ex mayor D. Howard Spear traveled to Boston for business and related visits. Gardiner G. Deering and others conducted business there this week while locals hosted guests and attended family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Stetson
Boston
D. Howard ‘Spear
Gardiner G. Deering
G. G. Deering Co
Miss Edith Patch Works On Maine Potato Parasite Research
Miss Edith Marion Patch, entomologist at the state experiment station, conducts a Cornell tied study on vegetable parasites for Maine's potato program. Director Woods directs Maine station work toward potato, apple, and poultry lines with Patch aiding in Ithaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Marion Patch
State Experiment Station
Cornell University
Maine Experiment Station
Woods
Maine
Aroostook
Patch
Cornell
Ithaca
Wood
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Central Church Chapel
Edward Little High
Colonial Club
Chester R. Lawrence
Roxbury
Bath Merchant's Association
New Ivon House
Ladies’ Aid
Central Congregational Church
League of Central Congregational Church
W. V. Percy
High Street
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Portland
Western Maine
Harry R. Lewis
Bangor
Ralph E. Bailey
Edward W. Larrabee
Kennebec
George Fuller
Hallowell
Hallowell Register
W. F. Marston
Mr. Marston
New York
Register
Patten Library
O’rouke
Harry Thompson
Betty Varice
Myrtleton’s
Annie Cutting
Polly Reynolds
Ethel Hawtey
van Styne
Charlotte Cook Claire
Cahill
Mabel Benner
Whippsburg Center
Sarah J. Seavey
Annie Mason
Charles Andrews
Oak Street
Henry M. Hartleb
Lincoln
Academy Streets
H. E. Wood
Waterville
Harvey K. Erskine
Dorcas Guild of
Maine Central Hospital
Irene Ingalls
Dorchester
Frank H. Percy
Charles W. Clifford
Harry W. Anderson
Exter
N. H
Mr. Anderson
Samuel Anderson
Washington Street
Lina Andrews
Mary E. Hall
A. R. Jack
Farminton
Mr. Jack
Ira P. Jack
Henry B. Wilson
Chester
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Harry Hall
Bath Iron Works
Naval Service
Edith Patch
Maine’ Experiment Station
Calvin S Lane
Congress Stortland
Tong Ran
Fand Made
Thompson Bros
Bath Business Directory
O.M. Redson
Legard
Vine Street
Washington St
Geo. A. Tenney, Prop
H Pratt
DEWEY
Jo Malo
BON Ton
M E Reid
Loston
John Moody Boot
Cyrus W. Longley
Front St
John R. Knowlton
Centre Street
Embaumer Center
Cals S. Curtis
Ide B. Caprson
Bath, Me
Centre ST
M. H. Loach
Johnson
Anodyne
Johnson’s Liniment
Food and Drugs Act
LS. Jonson & Co
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