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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1918

Page

6

Society Gossip From Bath and Surroundings News

A Bath area society update notes Mrs. George M. Daley gifting a rubber plant and books from Mrs. Emma Duncan to the Old Folks Home. Various locals attend events, visits, and church activities, with many residents traveling or returning from trips and engagements, including naval and postal connections.

George M. Daley Emma Duncan

Five Islands in the Sea News Roundup

Stormy week brings funeral absences, school shifts, and port delays. Bath residents note illness and travel woes as families adjust to fuel shortages. the Ladies' Aid hosts a meeting and the Grange prepares for officer installation. Mrs Nealley of Bath marks a 91st birthday with family, flowers, and a note on her notable New England lineage.

Epworth League Wesley M. E. Church C. W. Harrison Ladies’ Aid E. A. Farrar Charles Hanna Forest Mark Mr. Hanna Bath T.M. Hagan James T. McMahan Portland C. Bf. Boucher Arthur Brown Woodfords J. K. Blaisdell Jessie Webber Carolyn I. Stevens Morse High School J. G. Stevens Milton Ivan Pinkham L. H. Rowe A. E. Rowe Grange F E. H. Libby Davis Thomas M.hagan Nat Howe Eaton Place Back River Bridge Hagan Little Sheepscot T.w.blaisdell J.G. Stevens Maurice Pinkham Sewall Moore Morse Arthur ‘Berry Alfred McMahan Jerry James McMahan Sarah A. Nealley Sligh St William P. Nealley Bangor Harry A. Nealley Joseph Dixon Crucible Co Boston Nealley Spencer Mass William Pope H Edward Me Sy Nealley Grace Church Old Indies’ Home New England Col Benjamin Hammond Newton Beacon and Hammond Sts Chestnut Hill Ren. Washington Concord Lexington Committee of Safety Benjamin Janklin France Joseph Pope Harvard Hannah Pope Israel Putnam Putnam, Conn

Hood's Sarsaparilla Blood Tonic Claim Sealed

The advertisement emphasizes Hood's Sarsaparilla as an enduring blood purifier and general tonic. It touts three generations of use, purifying blood, expelling humors, restoring appetite, relieving rheumatism, and banishing tiredness. The product, described as originating from a Boston physician, uses roots herbs barks and berries.

Hood Boston

Five Islands Grange Mourns Sister Alice G Boyd

The Five Islands Grange No 523 expresses deep sympathy to Rev W T Boyd and his wife on the death of Sister Alice G Boyd. Resolutions extend bereavement sympathy, request publication in the Bath Independent, and request copies to Georgetown Me. and the Grange records. Signed by W I Berry Sec Amanda Blats Dell Chair Lemmond Hl Roe Steward.

Alice G.boyd Five Islands W. T. Boyd Bath WL. T. Boyd Georgetown

Garfield order unsettles Bath industries and stores

The Fuel Administrator Garfield issued a drastic order received by the Times on Wednesday night. it will affect several Bath industries outside shipyards and most Bath stores except those selling food and drugs starting Monday. No official order has been received yet, and people await guidance from Washington via the State fuel administrator and local fuel committee. Miss Lina B. Riddle attended a Maine State Nurses Association meeting in Lewiston to form a district nurses' association with representatives from six counties. graduate nurses only may join. Snow slides from roofs on Front and Center streets occurred Tuesday night.

Emery C. Pray Freida Wetherbes Shirley Iuey Adelaide Melrose Mass Jed Wetherbee Inlaw Fred W. Prior Walter P. Hilliard Times Company Linotype Boston Composition Company Hilliard Malden Jane Murphy Miriam Kimball Brunswick Elwasl B. Curtis North End Lewiston Riker-Jaynes Portland W. H. Sampson Stockton Springs Stockton Yards, Inc H .M. Jewett Gorton Pew Fisheries Co Gloucester Boston Wilhelmina Ahrnes M. J. Duncklee Garfield The Times Bath Washington State Lina BB. Riddle Maine State Nurses’ Association Youngs Women’s Androscoggin Kennebec Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc Somerset Waldo

Power outage cripples Lewiston trolley lines and area rail yards

A fire at the Lewiston substation destroyed a 200 kilowatt rotor generator, halting trolley service on the Lewiston Augusta Waterville line and the Bath Bruns wick section. Irregular power and snow impede recovery as crews await a new 500 kilowatt rotary unit and track clearing.

Lewiston Augusta Waterville St. Ry Bath Brunswick Crinsals

Free Wireless Work Course at Bowdoin College

A free wireless course begins at Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine under the Federal Board of Vocational Education. It targets Bowdoin Unit ROTC members the Brunswick Company Third Maine Infantry men of draft age in Brunswick and Topsham with Prof Charles C Hutchins and Prof Rhys D Evans leading in the physics laboratory. A drafted man achieving sufficient proficiency may receive a certificate admitting him to the signal corps.

Brunswick Federal Board of Vocational Education Bowdoin College Kenneth CC M. Sills Bowdoin Unit Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Brunswick Company Third Maine Infantry Brenswick Topsham Charles C. Hutchins Rhys D. Evans Bowdoin Signal Corps

Bath Red Cross mobilizes women for large wartime sewing drive

Bath's Red Cross unit reports rapid mobilization of women in clubs and sewing societies to fill a large wartime order. Miss Carolyn Moses toured Boston for sewing needs, urging cooperative labor at Red Cross rooms. A temporary thrift stamp shortage delays school distributions, with new supplies expected soon.

William T. Gobb Bath Iron Works Rockland Jennie Harvey Temple Hall Margaret McLellan D. T. Percy & Sons Chester M. Oliver Elm St Boston Mary McNamara Michael Biggins Chestnut St Carolyn Moses

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