West Bath News Defends Sabine Road Work And Local Election
A West Bath reader defends the Sabine Road project against claims of improper county-town cooperation. The letter notes town funds were approved at the March town meeting and that work progressed as planned. Also reported: West Bath Grange installed new officers, and Saturday electric service disruptions affected travel and church attendance.
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Bath
Sabine Road
West Bath
O.K
Sabine
Joseph W. Larrabee
Coal Barge Wiconisco Delivers 1500 Tons to Bath
The barge Wiconisco arrived with 1,500 tons of hard coal for the Howard Coal Co at Bath, after a delay in ice and seas. Henry Howard says he will work to distribute coal to the public, hoping to avert heating shortages in Bath offices and blocks. Carriers report limited supplies and transportation delays, with 1,000 tons awaiting transfer at South Amboy and more expected locally.
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Bath
Wiconisco
Howard Coal Co
Kenne
Kennebec
Philadelphia
Reading
Carlisle
Henry Howard
Chesapeake
Oliver Moses
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Mark W. Sewall
M. W. Sewall & Co
South Amboy
Cahill Retires From Traveling Sales Of New England Store Opens
Wilber G. Cahill of 852 High St. retires from the road and concentrates on his Center St. shop at 14 Center St. started Dec. 11, 1916, stocking women's children's and infants' wear. His career spans H. E. Palmer Co. 1884 56, Shoninger Bros. 1887 1909, Walker Stetson Co. 1909 1918, with Maine New Hampshire and Vermont sales before settling into shop work. He now applies road experience to local retail daily.
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Wilber G. Cahill
High St
New England
Center St
Cahill
H. E. Palmer Co
Shoninger Bros
New York City
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Walker Stetson Co
Boston
Delays Hit Monday Morning Train to Boothbay Harbor
A string of delays disrupted travelers to Boothbay Harbor from a Monday morning service. A twisted rudder forced the car ferry to return with a freight train, the river crossing slowed the 10.38 from here by nearly an hour, Woolwich engine trouble added more stoppage, and Wiscasset detours froze the Winter Harbor boat for a time before the steamer Norman 2d carried passengers onward.
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Bath
Sanford
aBth
New Meadows
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Winter
B. H
Norman
Here
Grocers Struggle With Slush Delays Saturday Afternoon
Grocers who faced late Saturday deliveries due to slush and ice reported a hard time, with those using automobiles and trucks noting delays.
Texas Yacht Club leases building to Texas Steamship Co
At the Kennebec Yacht Club annual meeting in Bath officials announce a two year lease of the club building to The Texas Steamship Co. for employee rooming quarters with renewal option. The club retains use of the veranda and floating stages and has leased the adjoining Potter boathouse for members. New members Arnold C. Preney and Parker M. Reed are admitted. Commodore Moody re-elected.
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Kennebec Yacht Club
Texas Steamship Co
Navy Department
Naval Coast Defense Reserve
Potter
Arnold C. Preney
Parker M. Reed
Bath
Commodore Moody
George B. Moody
Thomas E. Artis
William W. Dennison
Arthur K. Purington
Joseph Charles Footer
Robert Cochran
John L. P. Burke
James P. Ledyard
Ernest F. Kelley
Evening Train Cuts Back Service to Bath and Rockland
The federal takeover of railroads prompts reduced passenger service. Train 59 from Bath to Rockland at 6 35 p m will be discontinued along with Train 50 from Rockland to Brunswick. No through Pullman car or buffet parlor service will operate after this week. Changes take effect 12 01 a m Sunday January 20.
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Bath
Rockland
Boston
Brunswick
Many Workers In Bath Live Outside City
Many Bath workers live outside the city. Some reside in Lisbon Falls and commute daily by electric cars arriving Bath at six, leaving Lewiston at 4 45. Three electrics from Brunswick each morning and evening are crowded. A special workmen train from Brunswick adds baggage and three passenger cars, well filled.
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Bath
Lisbon Falls
Lewiston
Brunswick
Phippsburg Penni ngs Portray Life on Lower Kennebec
Phippsburg notes describe severe weather hindering transport on the Kennebec, drift ice menacing harbors, and a 20 mile stage drive amid high tides and storms. Local residents, including Miss Davies and Mr Morrison, feature in community updates alongside a funeral at Parker Head for George Morrison.
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Virginia
Bath Tesday
Dromore Bay
Jessie Davies
Oxford
Ashdale
Portland
George Turner
Eaton
Sam Day
New Meadows
Flag Island
Ernest ‘Eaton
Dr. Barker
George ‘W. Morrison
Charles True
Parker Head
Carl Witherell
Fort Baldwin
Mr. Morrison
Phippsburs
Center Village
George Oliver
Morrison
Bath
Ed. Wyman
Charles Blaisdell
Edgar Barter
Fred Curtis
James Minott
Katherine Berry
Meadowbrook
Worcester
Mass
Horace Houston
St. Louis
John Berry
Pacific Coast
Japan
Helen Totman
F. S.bowker
Annie Cutting
John 1
Rogers
Woolwich
Nellie Cutting
Lulu Houdlette
Sarah Houdlette
Winter Street minister resigns to join war Y M C A work
Rev Maurice J Duncklee announced his immediate resignation from Winter Street Congregational Church to take war camp work with the Y M C A in the Southern Division. He expressed gratitude for parishioner support and pledged to remain within the Lincoln Association, hoping to return to active ministry later.
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Winter Street Congregational Church
Maurice J. Duncklee
Duncklee
San Antonio
Texas
Charles C. Low
Winter Street
National War Work Council
New York City
Boston
New York
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches
Jesus Christ
Sagadahoc Exemption Board Pays per Registrant
The Sagadahoc exemption board will pay Provost Marshal General Crowder 428.40 dollars for classifying 1428 registrants, at 30 cents per man, excluding clerks and examining physicians. The text notes the pay is not up to government standards given the workload.
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Sagadahoc
Crowder
Tragic Death of Miss Alice Boyd Shocks Georgetown
Miss Alice Boyd daughter of Rev William T Boyd of Georgetown Center died suddenly at 18 from heart failure likely hastened by snowshoeing. Engaged to Ossian Sludson of Tilton, she belonged to local Grange and Pomona groups and attended Lochmere Baptist/Georgetown churches. Funeral at the Georgetown Center church was led by Rev G H Hamlin with hymn solos by Mrs Howard G Heald.
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Georgetown
Alice Boyd
William T. Boyd
Georgetown Center
Miss Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Billings
Dorothy Stuart
Heald
James Stuart
Boyd
Sarah Malem
Sanbornville
N. H
Roland Stuart
Lawrence
Ossian Sludson
Tilton
Grange
Miss ‘Boyd
Lester Ss. Powers
Alon Berry
Earle Pottle
Leon Williams
Howard G. Heald
W. C. Todd
Mr. Hamlin
Knights Columbus drive tops war fund by four hundred
Sagadahoc council in Bath began a Knights of Columbus war fund campaign that surpassed the top by 400 dollars, reaching 1600 by noon Saturday. A Bath opera house concert yielded 372.83, a St Mary’s card party 50.35, and a Tuesday dance 26.70, with numerous named donors from 5 to 100 dollars.
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Knights of Columbus
Sagadahoc Council
Bath
Knights
Bath Opera House
Ladies of
St. Mary's Church
Rupert HW. Baxter
Hl. M. Sewall
A. Hy Shaw
W. ‘Pl Sewall
Eames de Gogorza
Bath Trust Co
Samuel 35
Joseph Torrey
H. H. McCarty
W. J. O’brien
Anna Cassidy
George P. Davenport
D. M.humphreys & Co
Trustees Halt Action On Sunday Library Open
The Patten Library Association held its annual meeting where librarian Miss Margaret R. Foote reported a year of increased activity with 259 additional registration cards and many new volumes added. The group shelved a proposal to open the reading room Sundays from two to nine and re-elected Hon. Harold M. Sewall as president with a seven year trustee term.
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Margaret R. Foote
Patten Library Association
Harold M. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Sewall
Board of Trustees
James S. Sowell
John S. Hyde
Joseph M. Trott
Omar W. Folsom
James S. Lowell
Langdon T. Snipe
Charles R. Donnell
Walter S. Glidden
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New Meadows Inn
L. A
West Bath Grange
Clarence Purington
T Everett Lemont
William Fields
Fred Wright
Grace Freeman
Ceres
Lizzie Haggett
Pomona
Pearl Lemont
Flora
Rupert Wing
Margaret Peterson
Elver Higgins
Lillian Rogers
James Lemont
Ernest B. Purington
Wilson Wright
Dorothy Stilkey
Eugene Brown
Freeport
Littlefield
Annie Trufant
J. Everett Mayo
Mayo
Wyconisco
Howard
W. G. Cahill
Boothbay
K. Y.C
Offi
East
Phippsburg Pennings
Lower
Fuesday
Winter ST
John M. Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Broad St
Ladies’ Aid Meeting
Knights Columbus Fund
Patten Free Library
Johnson Bros. CO
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