Waldoboro Triumph Over Wiscasset In Close Friday Contest
In Red Men's hall Waldoboro edged Wiscasset 27 to 26 in a stirring girls and boys basketball clash. Waldoboro led 27 to 26 as Piper and Lewis led their teams with key baskets while Cushman and Bryant contributed for Wiscasset. The narrative also records a busy social and church calendar including guest night, film shows, Sunday services, and community notices from St. Philip's parish and local clubs.
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Waldoboro High
Wiscasset Academy
Red Men's Hall
Waldoboro
WISCASSET 1908 High notes and local deaths
Wiscasset Echo reports social and church news from January 25 1908. Notables include visits by Annie Sawyer R H Taylor Marion Dodge Ella Baker and others. Death of Dr Leverton at Mount Desert mourned by former M E church friends. Huntoon Hill Grange held meeting installing officers and holding a harvest supper.
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Sheepscct Echo
Annie L. Sawyer
R. H. Taylor
Portland
Harry Berry
the Echo
Marion Dodge
Bath
J. W. Fowles
Richmond
W. S. Damon
Churchill Street
Mary Hilton
John E. Dickinson
Charles S. Sewall
Ella Baker
Belle Small
Lincoln Lodge
J. B. Clark
M. E. Church
Leverton
Mount Desert
Grindle
M. E
Huntoon Hill Grange
Wiscasset
Notable Visits Among Local Residents in Bath and Nearby Towns
From Old Files in the Sheepscot Echo dated January 27 1894 notes Mr Charles Nute was in Bath on Tuesday Miss Abbie Hodge visits Boston for the winter Edward McManus of Brunswick was in town this week Maud Mayo of Waldoboro visits Andrew Lacy Winifred Small calls on friends in Damariscotta Tuesday
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Sheepscot Echo
Charles Nute
Bath
Abbie Hodge
Boston
Edward McManus
Brunswick
Maud Mayo
Waldoboro
Andrew Lacy
Winifred Small
Town News Roundup From Wiscasset Area
Local items report ice smelting outing by W G Hubbard and friends, visits by Mrs Harrington and Misses West and Foye, and a Bangor relatives stay. W & Q A R Co to meet for officer elections, Rev Merrill to preach, and many minor incidents including injuries on railroad and Page's hill. George Crosby returned from illness. old barn removed. oxen on sleigh spotted. Mrs Nancy Gove dies aged 90 in Wiscasset. big Bath fire damages shipbuilding area, Sagadahoc house fire traced to Center Street vicinity.
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W. G. Hubbard
Herbert Harrington
East Edgecomb
Marion Smith
Harold
Bangor
Mr. Merrill
Westport
Maud West
Evie Foye
Llewellyn Bailey
Vincent Cobb
Roscoe Pashard
Page's Hill
George H. Crosby
Middle
Lincoln Streets
Lester Munsey
Nancy Gove
William Gove
Harvey Gove
Wiscasset
M. E. Church
Bath
Sagadahoc House
Anderson's
Center
Wiscassot
Cutting Food Costs From Cereals and Milk
Therese E Wood offers tips for lower cost diets prioritizing grains and milk supplemented by vegetables and fruits. She explains whole grain varieties supply minerals and vitamins but cannot alone meet nourishment. Ready-to-Eat cereals are discouraged for cost. a home made cereal Graviola recipe using oats flour cornmeal and milk is provided.
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Therese E. Wood
Extension Service
Missouri
Freezing Orange Juice Preservation Under Metal Influence
An Industrial and Engineering Chemistry article analyzes juice freezing issues. It notes copper and iron salts cause flavor deterioration even in small amounts. Metals and salts show catalytic or immediate effects, while aluminum, copper-nickel alloys, nickel, stainless steel, tin and tinned copper are under study for their merits.
Acid etched bulbs and coin operated Dutch doorbell
In France a machine etches bulb interiors by squirting hydrofluoric acid through a nozzle. Nozzles wear out quickly, so nickel copper chromium cast iron replacements are used for corrosion resistance. In Holland a coin activated doorbell slows canvassers and peddlers, prompting repayment of the housewife’s time.
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France
Holland
West Bath Social dance brightens Sunnyside Lodge opening
Residents enjoyed a lively opening at Sunnyside Lodge Campbell's Pond with four piece orchestra, intermission refreshments, and favors for guests. Mrs J Edward Drake led hosting duties assisted by Miss Alice F Johnson. future private dances and card parties planned. Obvious flu and grippe illnesses noted among locals as cold, ice thickness, and school activities continued despite epidemic.
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Sunnyside Lodge
Campbell's Pond
J. Edward Drake
Alice F. Johnson
Drake
Scott R. Ward
Hardings
Gordon F. Preble
Lowell
Oak Street
Bath
Loring D. Small
Berry’s Mills
Small
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Fred S. Brown
Freeport
Center Street
Anstress
Larrabee
Estella D. Comeau
Spring Street
Herbert C. White
Albert C. Whorff
John C. Whorff
J. Henry Galt
Charter Committee Reverses Charter Draft Delay
At a Monday night meeting the city charter committee reversed a prior decision to postpone drafting a new charter. A revised plan proposes a mayor and seven councillors elected at large, with nominations by petition. Members present included N Gratz Jackson, Mayor Harold P. Small, Arthur Sewall, and Major Bartlett.
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New City Charter Committee
Small
John J. Keegan
Charles D. Bartlett
N. Gratz Jackson
Harold P. Small
Arthur Sewall
Major Bartlett
Back to Pipes Says Women Lag In Rolling Tobacco
A Louisville Courier-Journal remark suggests men return to pipes because women have not mastered rolling cigarettes from pipe tobacco, highlighting a gendered view on smoking practices and social norms of the period.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
College Debaters Discuss Advertising Debate in Morse High
Nearly 400 gathered at Morse High auditorium for the first college debate in the city. Bates and Tufts argued that advertising affects emotion, mass production, education, standards of living, and fraud risk. No decision was rendered. music by the local high school orchestra accompanied the event.
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Morse ‘High
Bates
Tufts
Langdon T. Snipe
Board of Education
John Skelton
Wesley Marco
Bond Perry
Portland
John J. Maloney, Jr
South Portland
Maloney
Tower Cross
Theta Delta Chi
Wendall May
Wollaston
Mass
May
John BR. Simses
Nashua
N. H
John Pierce
Worcester
Pierce
Middlebury
Bates Chapel
Glee Club
Garlan Morse
Marblehead
Ive
Delta Tau Delta
Horace Herrick
Morse
Batesman
W. Brooks Quimby
Quimby
Lewiston
M. C. Maynard
Somerville
Hotel Phoenix
Medford
Home Guards Meet With Their Leaders
Home Guards of the junior missionary society of Wesley M. E. church gathered at Miss Inez F. Carr’s home at 34 Snow Park. The group opened with singing and scripture, then heard a study on Indians titled Old Indian Ways. Officers elected were Dorothy Wing president, Margaret Cook vice president, Alice Coleman recording secretary, and Ruth Shellenbarger treasurer. Next meeting set for February 5 at Miss Carr’s home.
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Home Guards
Missionary Society of
Wesley M. E. Church
Inez F. Carr
Catherine Shellenbarger
Carr
Snow Park
Miss Carr
Ecclesiastes
Dorothy Wing
Margaret Cook
Alice Coleman
Ruth Shellenbarger
Turkish bombing planes use monel tanks in gas project
The Turkish government chooses monel metal for bomb plane poison gas tanks. A Pittsburgh manufacturer produced the tanks, highlighting industrial ties in a controversial defense initiative.
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Monel Metal
Pittsburgh
Local Brevity Roundup From Woolwich Area
Clarence Gerrish of West Bath made a business visit last week. Various residents report illnesses with flu and colds, and several are homesick. The Nequasset school resumes after a vacation disrupted by widespread colds among children.
Weekend Guests and Birthday at Dresden Mills
Miss Eileene Yarborough of Dresden Mills spent the weekend with Mrs. L. H. Siegars. George Wooley and his brother from Roslindale Mass were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Bates. Miss Margaret Pushard returned home after a sister in Bath died. Sympathy to the family. Jimmy Carr of Dresden Mills stayed with schoolmate Joseph Siegars. Joseph Siegars hosted a birthday party for his 17th birthday with ice cream and cake in attendance.
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Eileene Yarborough
Dresden Mills
L. H. Siegars
George Wooley
Roslindale
Mass
George Bates
Margaret Pushard
Bath
Horace Mitchell
Jimmy Carr
Joseph Siegars
Joseph
Wright Re elected Pastor by Adventists in unanimous vote
E B Wright was unanimously re elected pastor of the Advent Christian church at the annual meeting after the mid week prayer service. Wright chaired the meeting and officers elected for the coming year include Zephie A Rice clerk John Blaisdell deacon Lee Abbott deacon Earnest Rice deaconess Mary Diffin deaconess Mabel Marden deaconess John Blaisdell treasurer Ruth Given organist Zephie Rice assistant organist. The church anticipates “great things” under Wright’s leadership and invites the public to attend his sermons which are described as spiritual sane uplifting.
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G. F.G
Piper le Ieee
ACO
LMS Igc
Femid Lg Em
R. Achorn
Satie Ip
Ete
Lewis
SR Ae
FCG
Eisai
R. Lewis
If . Rere
Bryant
Ffa
U. S
E. G. Spinney
George Main
Mary Marston
Kate Sewall
Beulah Spinney
Grace Sewall
Edna Southard
Cora Bean
Congregational Church
State of Maine
Marvaryy Dickinson
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Louise + Hill
Elizabeth Sewall
Bradford Redennett
Jeanette Hasgett
Dorcas Club
Kelton Southard
Alaska
Roy R. Marston
Ernest G. Spinney
Organ Society
Albert J. Bailey
Montsweag
Vinton Dow
Harris Bakery
Stanley W. Dodge
Hallowell
Albert Galloupe
Wesley C. Day
F. J. Dyer
Auburn
St. Philip's Church
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Nash
Brotherhood
Church School
William George MacPhee, Jr
St. Philip's Parish
Woman's Auxiliary
United
H. v. B. Nash
Charles S. Sewall
Charles E. Cowley
W. S. Warland
D. R. Sortwell
William G. Hubbard
J. P. Tucker
J. E. McKenney
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Nina Lennox
A. H. Lennox
Cowley
E. W. Holbrook
Charles Chase
Boston
Miss Berry
Portland
Carroll Berry
Pleasant Street
Emerson Smith
South America
Susan Smith
Cambridge
George Nevens
St. Philip's Parish House
E. B. Wright
Advent Christian Church
Wright
Zephie A. Rice
John Blaisdell
Lee L. Abbott
Earnest R. Rice
James M. Jewett
Mary Diffin
Mabel Marden
Cyclone Sawyer Wins Lightweight Fight in Portland
Sawyer of Bath won by technical knockout over Mickey Holbrook of Quincy in the Portland Exposition show. The Bath fighter dominated with a series of left jabs and hooks, forcing the towel and claiming the win in a semi final at the Portland ring. He then challenged Paul Junior of Lewiston for a Maine lightweight title, though Junior was reportedly present but did not accept. In a separate incident, Joe Ivey’s car skid caused a crash into a physician’s office window, breaking his arm.
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Cyclone Sawyer
Bath
Mickey Holb
Quincy
Mass
Portland Exposition Building
Holbrook
Tack
Portland
Sawyer
Paul Junior
Lewiston
Maine
Junior
Bath Woman Wounded by a Stray Bullet
Mrs. Francis J. Carroll of Bedford road was struck in the left thigh by a stray .22 bullet while walking with her husband on North street extension. The shot, likely fired by someone shooting rats at Bath’s municipal dump, prompted police to investigate with no identification of the shooter.
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Francis J. Carroll
Bedford Road
North Street
Bath City
E. Motley Puller
Walter L. Whitney
John Alden Foote Dies At 75 In Bath
John Alden Foote age 75, a skilled ship joiner who helped build famous Bath vessels, died after a long illness. A lifelong outdoorsman, he was renowned for rifle marksmanship and hunting fox and duck. Born in East Brunswick, he lived in Bath for 60 years and last worked for The Texas Co. Survived by two daughters, four grandchildren, and widow’s line not listed. He was a West Bath Grange member with strong public interest but no formal office.
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John Alden Foote
Bath
Foote
Samuel
Lucy Foote
Merrymeeting Bay
East Brunswick
John
Brunswick
The
Texas Co
West
Sudden Death of Mrs Mary L Pratt in Bath
Mrs Mary L Pratt widow of John Pratt died suddenly while wintering in Wallaston Massachusetts with her son Charles L Pratt formerly of Bath. Born in New Brunswick she had lived in Bath for about 50 years and owned a home on Elm Street. A brother George Morris, once a local blacksmith, survives as well though his residence is unknown. The body was brought Wednesday and the f-
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Florence M. Knight
Federal Street
Miss Knight
Wiscasset
Charles P. Knight
Saunders School
Portland
Grace L. Knight
First Congregational Church
Miss Knigh
Woman's Club and Country
Bath
Mary L. Pratt
John Pratt
Wallaston
Mass
Charles L. Pratt
New Brunswick
Elm Street
George Morris
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Fred S. Cressey
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Carl Brandt
Kate G. Perkins
Fort Hill Street
Desmond Holdridge
Amazon Jungle
New York
Holdridge
W.B.I
Parker B. Stinson
Fred R. Merry
American Legion
Rockland
Harvey R. Pease
Little Son
Alan
Alice McIntyre
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Helen Huggett
Grace Albee
Anna _ Holbrook
Ellsworth Helbrook
Turner Center
Wiscasset Epworth League
Mary Colby
Athena
Anne Miete
Claudia
Carl Main
Gaius
Paul Miete
Philip of Alexandria
Ruth Nichols
Bernice
Mark Caton
Marcius
Fred
Lilla Rines
Rines
Hannah Grover
Charles E. Titus
Buffalo
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Donald F. Preble
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Steeves
West Bath
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
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Morse High School
Woolwich
Clarence Gerrish
Bessie Small
Small Point
Edward Murphy
Robins
North Woolwich
Sumner Bailey
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J. Winship Reed
Geraldine Stott
Central Maine Institute
Pittsfield
Henry Carlton
Eleanor
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Herbert Munsey
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C. P. Hall
John Duprey
Wendell Leavitt
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