Local Jottings From Bath Area News
Citizens weary of shoveling coal long for spring. Lincoln Academy sent 21 students to the Student Conference from Newcastle. Notable notices include Queen Esther Rebekah Sewing Circle meeting, a 6 o'clock supper and evening social, and talk of rising dance-band rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Esther Rebekah
Gilmore
Captain Crocker
Eastern River
Bath
Westport
Wiscasset
C. W. Morse
Wavenock
Washington Street
Milton Reed
Exeter
Morse High
Morse High 2
Bones
Endman
Bath and Portland notes mix weather and commerce
Local tidbits report brisk potato sales in Bath fruit stores and possible price hikes seen in jewelry shops. Northwest gales melt snow on Front Street, while a snow storm affects pedestrians. Texas bonuses total about 17000 with many workers quickly traveling to Boston Quincy Portsmouth and Portland. Kennebec Journal covers Bath boys conference hospitality and ships Lewis H Goward and Abner Coburn near Rockland and San Francisco. Emma K McLellan of Boothbay Harbor dies at 47 after surgery. Bath Bowling League features a Texas office team beating foremen 3 to 0 with high scores by Connor Guerin Nash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. JH. Kimball
Portland
Bath
Front St
Texas
Boston
Quincy
Portsmouth
Bay Life
Kennebec Journal
Lewis H. Goward
Newport News
Kennebec
Deer Isle
Rockland
Abner Coburn
Honolulu
San Francisco
Frisco
Libby & McNeil
William Rogers
Emma K. McLellan
George McLellan
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Sarah Knight
Say
Connor
Guerin
Nash
Various Local Notes and Events From Bangor Area
A report notes a black bass weighing eight pounds caught in a smelt net at Dresden Mills. The Red Men defeated the Woodmen 1376 to 1325. Merton O. Webber is recovering at his pharmacy after a three week illness with weight loss. M H S girls basketball staged Trouble at Satterlies for Athletic Association funds. William P. Dodge of Bath will visit Orono next week. he is a Georgia Shipbuilding foreman. A lecture on Belgium drew a large crowd. next will cover Greater Boston. Louis B. Todd of Brockton, a nephew of John Harkins, was washed overboard from a Belgian Relief steamer on November 16 at age 22. A humorous note about the modern father and a western-done courtship ends in marriage. Willard G. Wyman of Damariscotta, Bowdoin freshman, was named cadet for West Point by Sen. Johnson. Raymond W. Lightbody named alternate and Carroll A. Priest as assistant alternate for Naval Academy nominations. other names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Moon
Dresden Mills
Merton O. Webber
Bath
Belgium
Liege
Ypres
Antwerp
Brussels
Boston
Louis B. Todd
Brockton
Mass
John Harkins
T. E. McCormick
Rath
Willard G. Wyman
Damariscotta
Bowdoin College
West Point
Charles F. Johnson
Raymond W. Lightbody
Waterville
Carroll A. Priest
Johnson
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Edmund C. Mahoney
Biddeford
Edwin R. Andrews
Leon G. Cates
Machiasport
Bath Driving Club conducts races despite cold and sleet
The Bath Driving Club held races at Lily Pond on Saturday with a smaller crowd and two classes, B and BR, while Class C went to Mr. Taylor's Rath by default. Notable horses Dawn Colonial Girl Bandolier Queen Irene and others competed with Bandolier losing a shoe near the finish of the second heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Driving Club
Fasr
Lily Pond
Taylor
Rath
Wheeler
Marie Dillon
Belanger
Jake DeForest
Dr. Powers
Madison Square Sale
New York
Walter Cox
Irene
Topsham Fair
Toddnut
F. W. Carlton
Sidnut Bell
Driving Club
Bessie Hynes
Pres. Dunton
The
William J. Hynes
Bandolier
Whistle of Steamship Heard by Popham Residents in Snow
During a heavy snow storm residents heard a steamship whistle off Seguin as the vessel remained at sea awaiting Portland. In Augusta Fred B. Scott was recorded passing through on business Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Seguin
Portland
Fred B. Scott
Augusta
Local Notices and Coastal Community Highlights
Activities across Bath and Brunswick include Knights of Golden Eagle officers installing, sewing circles meeting, and Aldermen hearing sewer line abutter assessments. Bath representatives push 1917 18 funds for the old folks home. Coastal shipping notes report the M. D. Cressy sailing from Newport News to Portland under Captain Ernest Pierce.
Boston business visitor noted in local society pages
Effie Parrish and Charles W. Fisher were mentioned in a social note. The North End Ladies Club was entertained by Bertha Dunbar in Boston area connections. The report also lists civic and military figures active in town, including Bowdoin students planning a France ambulance fund and Dean Sills agreeing to be treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd
Effie Parrish
Hinckley St
Charles W. Fisher
Boston
North End
Bertha Dunbar
Washington St
Texas Yard
Wellman
Athletics
Morse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Senter
Senter
Brunswick
Maine
L. Farnhamco, Inc
Kim
Chilton Paints
Beaver Board
Elm ST
Dawn
Queen Irene
B.l
Harold Groves Sr
Br.c
Charles H. Jordan
John A. Norris
William V. Percy
James Southard
Rob Roy
Sonia
Levi Bernstein
M. M. Hamilton
Bucksport
F. Getchell
Donna T. Briggs
Cape Elizabeth
Getchell
Thomas Long
Woolwich
Arrowshire
Bath Tallow Co
Lincoln Castle No. 8
Knights of Golden Eagle
Genesta
Arrowshice
Henrietta
Hattie
Red Wing
S.T
O.Q
Sallie
Whatnot
M. D. Cressy
Ernest Pierce
William R. Kimball
Orphans Home
H. A. Duncan
Legislative Committee
E. W. Larrabee
Edward W. Wheeler
F. A. Wheeler
Moore
S. J. Willis
Chester C
Eugene E. Aderton
Robert
George Jack
Bowdoinham
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Emma Lufkin
Isle Au Haut
Willis
Moosehead Lake
Long Lake
Mount Desert Island
Samuel de Champlain
Isle de Monts Deserts
Pemetig
Passamaquoddy
Saco
Burnting Place
St. Croix
de Monts
St. John River
Looshtook
Long River
Bath Steam Dye House
H. E. Douglass
Prop
N. W.brewer
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Ransom B. Fuller
Houghton Bros
T. H. Brewer
S. E. Harraden
City of
Foren
Silas Owen
France
State of Maine
Carleton M. Pike
Bowdoin
Loyall F. Sewall
American Ambulance Corps
Kenneth C. M. Sills
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