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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1918

Page

3

Sugar sales limited to two pounds per customer

Federal Food Administrator Leon S Merrill orders Maine retailers to cap sugar sales to two pounds per customer with a three pound monthly limit per person for home canning. The notice cites submarine threats and shipping losses and requires manufacturers and stores to verify certificates for all sugar purchases.

Maine Leon S. Merrill United States Food Administration Washington Atlantic Merrill Hias Merrill Food Administration

Local residents share news of visits and graduates

Edward Hughes drives Mrs Morse and two others to Freeport on Sunday. Mildred Nichols returns from Norway after her niece Marietta Nichols graduates. Hortense Gould Lambert graduates from Colby College Women division, daughter of J W and Mrs Lambert, once of Bath. Earl S Thompson of High Street to visit family after leading Red Cross disbursements in Washington. Edward Curtis of Portland visits Bath. formerly a prominent North End citizen, now in shipbuilding at Newcastle.

Edward Hughes A. M. Morse John Hughes William Jameson Freeport Mildred Nichols Norway Marietta Nichols Colby College Hortense Gould Lambert J. W. Lambert Kennebunk Edward Curtis Portland Riker-Jones Bath Obadiah Curtis Newcastle North End Curtis Hanson Cora Coombs Alfred L. Coombs Mona Wyse Augusta Fred Larrabee West Bath Grange Hall Darrah F. T. Norton F. L. Norton Norton Cottage Fred Butler Sabine Everett Lemont Fred Kittridge Lemont Cottage Robert Baldwin George Jewett Marguerite, Williams Eleanorates Christine Frye Albion Rogers Lydia Roberta Elizabeth Joring Charles Rogers Farmington Mabel Rogers Farmington Normal School John H. Rogers Dorchester Mass George Rogers Whitten Winthrop Steward W. L. Simpson West Bath Fred Higgins Fred P. Ring Brunswick Littlefield Lowell School Hardings Woods Thirkell John Larrabee Florence ‘Neiley Topsham Littlefield School Mr. Stuart Doris Purington Cramore Ramsey Lynn Red Cross Grange Hall BE. W. Haggett Thompson Fred Wright North Bath Fred Colby and White Mountains Colby Harry N. Wright Ralph Whitehouse Wright G. R. Cutler Albert Henderson R. D. Purinton Gass Mary Lilly Henderson L. P. Temple J. L. Temple F. K Jack Temple Richard Denham George F. Denham Frank Hackett Charlie Berry C. G. Brown Hazel Cornish Certle Brown Earl Brown J. E. Cornish Newtonville Grace Trufant Florence Fogg the Ridge Mary Wilson J. H. Wilson John King The W. B. Darton C. F. Staples C. P. Randall Mildred Given Edith Wood P. C. Nealey

West Bath Wedding Seals Union of Miss Jane Fields and Philip Pinel

Miss Jane Fields of West Bath and Philip John Pinel of Quincy Mass were married Tuesday morning at the home of the bride’s sister in West Bath. Rev. Samuel A. Evans conducted the double ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Quincy after a trip through the White Mountains and stops in Portland New London and New York. The groom works for Fore River Shipbuilding Corp and the bride earlier clerked at Clary’s candy store.

Jane Fields William Fields Brunswick Philip John Pinel Quincy Mass Harold BE. Freeman Samuel A. Evans People’s Baptist Church Bath Harold Freeman White Mountains Portland New London New York Alfred Pinel Fore River Shipbuilding Corp Clary

Bowdoinham Lawn Party Aids Church Flag Fund

Bowdoinham hosts a Tuesday lawn party at the parsonage to raise money for a church flag and service flag. The event features a prominent speaker, community singing, refreshments, and games after exercises. Frost reported Wednesday night damaged crops locally.

Bowdoinham Ridge Society A. C. Carr C. O. Purint Philip Rideout Nellie Eb, Rideout C. B. Randall Portland Pythian Sisters Aid Georgie Berry Frank Card Village Lodge F. & A. M Donald Henderson Arthur H. Waldron Ellen Totman Martha P. A. Cannon Richmond S. F. Williams A. M. Cornish Brunswick Mildred—_Walace Watertown Mass Ames W. E. Blake Coombs Bowdoin John CC Sedgeley Robert Sedgeley G.A.R Augusta Cora Young Old Orchard Electa O.E.S C. QO. Purinton Red Cross Charles Perry Lena Cobb Lotta Carolyn Sparks B. B. Douglass

Deaths and illnesses noted in Lewiston area reports

East Bowdoinham residents Myrick Heath and Bert Wood died this week in Lewiston. Mary Sward died Wednesday at her home. Jane Preble, long ill, is reported better.

Myrick Heath Bert Wood Lewiston Mary Sward Jane Preble

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