Streets and social notes from Bath area events
Reports cover storefronts to be leased on Front Street, a Harlequin party in a church vestry, and the death of Mrs Eliza J Oakes in Athol Mass. Bath plans a gravel extension from High Street to Pine and Getchell Streets, while Bath Industrial Corp. awaits a two thirds stock vote. Other items include the funeral of Mrs Clare M Howell, a candidate for Maine State Association of Letter Carriers, and school and contractor updates plus local crime and fishing reports.
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Mercantile
Athol
Mass
Eliza J. Oakes
Thiseity
Bath
Oak Grove
Clare M. Howell
Edward A. Howell
St. Mary’s Church
F. W. Hartnett
R. C. Hannigen
J. J.keegan
John Mulcahy
Maple Grove
A. J. Pelligrini
Hallowell
Maine State Association of Letter Carriers
Pelligrini
Hallowwell
Weeks St
Larrabee, Eames
Dall, Luce, Farnham
Pepwell,Trott, Jordan
New England Telephone Co
Lewiston
Grand
Army Hall
Sonia
Taylor
Arrowshire
John Davis
Brunswick
F. N. Whittier
Bowdoin College
Hazel Good
Dresden
C. K. Donnell
Docks and Seas Stir Portland News in a Busy Week
Five tramps sought lodgings after a two day lull while a Lewiston barber rested among arrivals. The battleship Pennsylvania plans official trials off the Maine coast in the week of May 20. A near total lunar eclipse occurred early Thursday with limited impact noted. The Wyoming and Jane Palmer coal schooners set brisk upruns from Norfolk with fast speeds and ice conditions. Coast Artillery Reserve officers prepare for gunners exams under Col. Peterson. Funeral services for Miss Lillian May Fiske were held with Rev. Duncklee officiating. Ice harvesting at Mill Pond requires two weeks of work and a new 10 hp motor elevator operates there. Monhegan Island lobster fishing resumes after a six month pause, port workers eye the harvest. Two intoxicated men were jailed after a disturbance in a Front Street barber shop. The Jane Palmer, another coal schooner, achieved 26 miles in two hours under fair wind but heavy seas iced forward. Fred Lemieux of Brunswick faces a four month jail term for common nuisance. several other unlawful possession charges were not pressed.
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Lewiston
Pennsylvania
Maine
Wyoming
Portland
Norfolk
Shoals
Chatham
Mass
Coast Artillery Reserve
William O. Peterson
4Th Co
Baker
Ellis
Wakefield
Erskine
10Th Co
Lillian May
John A. Fiske
Middle St
M. J. Duncklee
Winter Street Congregational Church
Stephen
Roscoe Ambrose
Roy Reed
Wilbur Albrose
Oak Grove
Mill Pond
Monhegan Island
Jane Palmer
Sidney B. Stewart
Palmer
Glaeser
Fred Lemieux
Brunswick
Conolly
Lemieux
Torney Berman
Ice Cutting, Meetings, and Local Activities Highlight Bath News
Ice crews work on Lemont's Creek Goddard's Pond and ponds in West Bath and Phippsburg while communities report black ducks in Hockomock Bay. Local clubs meet at churches and the YMCAs as Morse High faces Edward Little, and Bath Camp No 7407 installs officers with a 120 member roster. PMID
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Arrow
Diamond Ice Co
Lemont’s Creek
Genesta
Montgomery & St. Bernard R.A.C
M.M.M
Hockomock Bay
Palmer
Goddard’s
Campbell and Minott
West Bath
Phippsburg
United States
Fouth Company
C.A.C
N.G.S.M
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
Edward H. Turner
High St
Wesley Church
Emma Pierce
Washington Street
New Church
Alice Sewall
Washington St
Beacon St
Bath Medical Club
Colonial Cafe
Maine
Senate
F. W. Hartnett
Franklin K. Jack
Bowdeinham
Morse High School
Athletic Association
Ladies
Winter St. Church
Elmer Hodgkins
Mary P. Hill
Kennebec
Georgetown
Central Boy Scouts
Auburn
Edward Little High
Assembly
Y.M.C.A
Front St
Keegan
Ralph Fielding
Waterville
Alfred Gange
Fielding
Burns
Moose
Hyde Windlass
Miller
Bath Camp No. 7407
Woodmen of America
John F. Conant
Fred L. Stover
BE. R. Wright
N. L. Stover
C. W. Tedford
W. H. White
C. C. Lhndescott
F. A. Bowls
D. A. Metaarual
Stuart McPherson
Bath Camp
Our Own People and Local Visitors Reported in Exeter
A roundup of residents and visitors with ages and notes include Oliver Moses 34 in Exeter. Blanche Kingsbury in transit to Boston. Walter Burnham confined at home with the grip. Farrar on a Portland business trip. Walter Murtaugh taking a Boston outing. Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. Loring visiting Portland. Lewis E. Wilson returning from Richmond. John F. Clary ill with influenza at home. Gilpatrick of the Ransom B. Fuller leaving for Boston on business. Ralph Mears visiting town. Capt. Dingley and engineers on duty on the City of Bangor. George A. Baker inspecting Freeport company work for weeks. Mrs. Jack and grandson in Lewiston to see The Only Girl. Arthur W. Maling moving from D. H. Powers & Co. to Talbot Clothing Co. in Boston.
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Oliver Moses
Exeter
N. H
Blanche Kingsbury
Boston
Walter Burnham
BE. A. Farrar
Portland
Walter A. Murtaugh
William Armstrong
Lothrop H. Loring
Lewis E. Wilson
Richmond
John F. Clary
U. S. Gilpatrick
Ransom B. Fuller
Ralph Mears
Nickle Plate R.R
Capt
C. W. Dingley
Lewis Marshall Rogers
Si Owen
City of
Bangor
George A. Baker
Maine Water Co
Freeport Company
William A. Jack
William
Lewiston
Frank
New DeWitt House
Arthur W. Maling
D. H. Powers & Co
Talbot Clothing Co
Washington St
Smelt Fishermen Camp On Whiskeag Ice As Babe Camp Numbers Grow
Local jottings note about 25 smelt fishing camps on Whiskeag ice with varying luck. Deep Water yielded pretty good catches Thursday. a brindle cat trails Bath police on a long nightly patrol. Park League features Woodmen beating Epicures in a 1298 to 1197 set.
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Edward Dupissen
Shannon House
Winn
Mattawamkeag
Woodmen
Martin
Toothaker
Summer St. Hill
Y.M.C.A
Bath Aerie
Officer McFadden
Commercial St
Front St
Washington St
South St
Franklyn
Charles A. Corliss
Frank N. Thompson
Charles T. Knight
George W. Dean
Bath
Lewiston
John Whitney
Ellsworth
Arthur Sewall & Co
Texas Co
John A. Small
Supt. Drake
Thomas Spence
The
Winter gloom and town haze amid stormy January days
Thursday night brought cloudy skies and 30 above. February has 29 days this year as January's three weeks pass. There is talk of soon returning robins and a prevalent illness outbreak with many fighting an epidemic. Shoppers stayed off downtown due to the storm and several stores closed early.
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Boston
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Thompson Bros. Bath
Conley’s. Specialty Store
Jefferson Theatre
Lehigh
Sewall
N.E.S.B
Ann M. McLellan
Sagadahoc
Lincoln St
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Rosell Wescott
Brockton
Lurinda Wescott
Bowdoin
Charles B. Wescott
Charles E. Wescott
Oroville
Cal
Harriett Martin
Bowdoinham
Annette Thistle
Reading
Dana
Williams
Androscoggin
Rose L. Wescott
Selumau Notary Bunile
Seiersk
Catrix
Sexton
Ereto
Ayeeseees
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