Local notes include court rumor and sports updates in Bath
A Bath report covers a Tuesday afternoon court session with a man missing weight and a tooth, a Bath mechanic troubled by fifty boils, and local civic groups like the Eastern Star and D.A.R. The Morse high quintet defends its title with a decisive 35 8 win over Deering at the YMCA gym as Pomological Society eyes Portland for next year’s fruit show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Price
Richmond
Bath Girls
Colonials
Colonial Club
Auburn
Wassitts
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Defense Society
United States
D.A.R
Sturtevant
Carey
Morse High
Y.M.C.A
Deering
Bath
Morse Boys
Deering Boys
Portland
Maine State Pomological Society
G. A. Yeaton
Norway
H. B. Sweetsh
Cumberland Center
E. L. White
Bowdoinham
T. E. Chase
H. L. Keyser
Greene
W. H. Conant
Buckfield
Mark Pendleton
G. A. Fletcher
Mayport
Fla
Fayal
Azores
Norfolk
Fletcher
Jacksonville
Pendleton
Cactus
Cuba
Capt. Fletcher
Illustrated sermon and local notes from Lisbon and Bath
The First Baptist Church hosts an illustrated second Sunday sermon with sixty colored views. Local items note road lobbying from Brunswick to Lewiston and a proposed Bath to Lewiston Federal road. Obituaries and civic notices cover Sheriff Ballou’s death, liquor licenses in Rockland, a religious revival, osteopathic events, a broken arm at Morse High, Ladies’ Aid at Universalist Church, Colonial basketball, Miss Alice McDonald’s death, and Genesta Chapter Eastern Star installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Lisbon
Enterprise
Brunswick
Lewiston
McGillicuddy
Bath
Lisbon Falls
Androscoggin
John W. Ballou
Gourier-Gazette
Portsmouth
Rockland
Uncle Sam
Karl Breckenridge
Maine Os
Morse High
City Hall
Ladies’ Aid of the
Universalist Church
Jennie Morse
Washington St
Treasury
Charles Wetherbee
Frank EB. Southard
C. F. Rideout
Emma Moses
Charles Blair
H. E. Stetson
Charles Harriman
Andrew Merrill
Colonial Boys
Auburn
Local Bath Items Highlight Clubs and Seafaring News
Local notes report Twenty patients at City Hospital and various society gatherings. Bath Aerie officers were installed with a luncheon, while St Marys Guild delayed due to winter weather. Bath schooners Alice May Devenport and Gardiner G Deering sailed or arrived with coal, and regional ships reported distress and quick trips for ballast. Community activities include WCTU, Dorcas Guild, and King’s Daughters events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hospital
League of Central Church
Lucy Kimball
High St
Jolly Thimble Club
John Johnson
Middle St
Dorcas Guild
Beacon Street
William Perry
Crescent St
Bath Aerie
F. C.E
St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
St. Little Girls
George W. Rooke
North Bath
Alice May Devenport
Rio Grand Do Sul
Buenos Ayres
Quebracho
New York
W. C.T.U
Washington St
Beacon St
Harvey K. Erskine
Beacon Street Hill
Queen Esther Sewing Circle
Nahanada
Here
Hell Gate
Colonial Cafe
Dunlap Commandery
Red Cross
Beacon St. Dorcas Guild
William J. Perry
Ladies’ Aid
Fred Willis
Cummings St
King’s Daughters
Rosa Brown
Bath Opera House
B.I.W
Orioles
Park Alleys
Boardman
M. Oliver
Portland
James W. Elwell
Philadelphia
Rosario
San Juan
Porto Rico
Bath
Marie Mayer
Mary Magdalene
Oberammergau
Margaret Foote
Alice Varney
Allen Irish
Webber
Fred Low
Miss Wiggin
Fr. Horan
Cosmopolitan Club
Gardiner G. Deering
Norfolk
Randall & McAllister
Deering
Percy
Chesapeake Bay
Light afternoons bring bustle to Bath area and events
Residents note longer days and a busy new year. Bath groups move the War Relief offices to Church Block. the Bath Industrial Corporation sets its annual meeting January 19. Submarine divers from Bath work in Charleston. a local court fines a young man for drunkenness and assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
North End
First Baptist Church
Fred Coombs
Virginia
Down River
Lily Pond
Ames
French War Relief Committee
Church Block
Front St
Woolworth’s
Bath Industrial Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Y.M.C.A
Waldo Murray
Charleston
S. C
Augusta
M. H. Blackwell
Greenville
Bath
New England
Boston
Sheriff's Department
Sagadahoc
Thompson’s Corner
Webber’s Drug Store
City Hall
Center St
Times
Oklahoma
Owl’s Head
Nevada
McFadden
Sears
Capt. Wallace
George Blodgett
Aderton Farm
Monee Esse
Storm halts afternoon school and city brief items
The city reported no afternoon school due to a storm. Firemen extended 1700 feet after the Aderton fire and pumped two wells dry. Local society events, boat purchases, a bowling contest, and a Freeport basketball change filled the day alongside charity drives, a hurricane tale of schooner Governor Books, and civic notices for the Republican State Committee in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aderton
E. W. Society of the First Baptist Church
Ruth Reed
Court St
Diamond Spring Co
Dave Mosher
James C. Mulligan
Maple St. Court
Front St
Mosher
George J. Murphy
Mobile and Associates
D. J. Sawyer
P. Lopez
Mayaguez
Porto Rico
Murphy
C. W. Mills
Henry Crosby
Park Alley
Hall
Bath Iron Works
Shaw
Morse High
Freeport High
Freeport
Rockland
Governor
New York
Buenos Ayres
Hatteras
Southport
N. C
Rescue
Joseph M. Webber
Winthrop
Mass
Corliss Street Baptist Church
E. P. Browne
E. F. Wright
Charles Trask
John A. Norris
Clarence R. McIntire
Many Towners Travel for Work and Family Visits
A front page list shows Herbert Harris on a business trip to Farmington, Frank Perkins home from Bangor, Alderman Barker visiting Portland, and Mildred Nichols vacationing in Boston. Dozens more residents travel or relocate for work or family, with notes on arrivals, departures, and temporary stays in cities such as Bath Portland and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Ralph Reynolds
Bath
Reynold
Medford
Mass
E. H. Sampson
Boston
William M. McCormick
Woodfords
C. J. Sawyer
Hudson
Charles Fitzgerald
Georgetown University
George Corbin
Bath Iron Works
D. L. Howard
Rockford
Ill
Albert B. Roderick
Camden
Augusta
George W. Tobey
Maine General Hospital
Kittery Navy Yard
John Curran
John Reed
Mec- Isaacs
Curran
Portland
J. S. Jones
U.S. N
James Jones
Ben
Portsmouth
N. H
Industrial Department
U. S
Birmingham
Donkey Prompted Lively Class Joke at London School
In a London school memory, late Professor Key, a genial headmaster, entertained pupils by noting Spanish customs. He explained that a man of eminence is called a don, prompting a student to quip that they would call him Donkey. The class burst into laughter for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Key
London
Spain
Invention of Photography Through Early Experiments
The earliest photo efforts were by Wedgewood and Day, but the first photograph came from Daguerre and a partner around 1839. Draper produced the first portrait in 1840, with progress by Fox Talbot and Scott Archer later, and the gelatine-bromide dry plate was invented by Maddox in 1871 and improved by Bennett in 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedgewood
Day
Daguerre
John W. Draper
Fox Talbot
Scott Archer
Maddox
Bennett
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Thomaston
C. G
Alice Maria McDonald
Mt. Holyoke College
Charles McDonald
Genesta
Order of the Eastern Star
O’brien
Hutchinson
Pine Cone
W.M
Olive Corliss
A.M
Annie Cox
W.P
Elmer Rogers
Ruby Curtis
Annie Bonney
Ada
Eunice Walters
Ruth
P.M
Maria Strout
Esther
Lois McKeiver
Martha
Kate Perkins
Electa
Florence Hagan
Ella Hoyle
Belle Sawyer
Sentinel
Henry Hopkins
Althea Strout
Hather Oliver
Bertha Dean
Woodmen
Knights of Columbus
K. of C
Republican State Committee
Falmouth
Horace Mitchell
Kittery
T. F. Callahan
Frederick Hale
Frank J. Ham