Closest Contests Yet This Season Y M C A Edges Waterville 27 24
The YMCA team and Waterville Independents split a tight basketball night with Waterville 24 and YMCA 27. Cartmill Farnham and Lyden led for YMCA while Dunnack and Cartmill paced Waterville. Referee MacCormick and scorer Hunt oversaw 20 minute halves.
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Y.M.C.A
Waterville Independents
Up River
Waterville Ind. Lyden
Fahey Cartmill
Lowery Farnham
Dunnack Hagan
Rg II
D. Smith Foss
Lg If
R. Smith
Cartmill
Farnham
Lyden
D. Smith
Lowery
Dunnack
Fahey
Dunn
Perkins Knight
Lg Rf
Sullivan
Moses
Attaya
Guards
Seconds
Perkins
Talbot
Burns
Knight
Holbrook
Douglass
Submarine Threat Spurs Engineer’s Daring Escape
John O. Ray, chief engineer aboard a US to Europe steamer, swapped ships at Genoa for higher pay. The new vessel carried contraband and was attacked by a German submarine in mid ocean. The sub allowed five minutes to abandon ship before it blew up. Ray and ten Americans were saved and later reached Spain, then returned to New York. Ray soon shipped again for Italy.
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John O. Ray
William Oo. Ray
Murphy's Corner
Woolwich Bay
Mr. Ray
Spain
New York
Italy
Epworth League Meeting Brims with Opera of Brunswick Bath
An Epworth League gathering at Wesley M E Church in Brunswick brings about 150 attendees. The program features a welcome by Rev C Wilson Harrison, music, readings, and talks on social, financial, and spiritual roles of the league. Officers elected include N B Cortell president and Eliot A Fuller secretary treasurer. The night ends with games and songs. Salvation Army mid winter camp meetings draw crowds with James Lawson guiding services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth Leagues
Brunswick
Beacon
Wesley
Bath
Wesley M. E
T. N. Kewley
C. Wilson Harrison
Otis
E. A. Farrar
Epworth League
Milton Douglas
Arthur. E. Baum
Dr. Ackerman
N. B. Cortell
Wesley M. E. Church
Daniel Roper
Eliot A. Fuller
Beacon St
Salvation Army Hall
James Lawson
Haverhill
Mass
Lawson
Salvation Army
Bath Orphan Asylum seeks funds for 1917 18 maintenance and upgrades
Rep E W Larrabee of Bath led the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum budget hearing in Augusta. Treasurer H A Duncan said the asylum requests a larger maintenance appropriation due to rising costs, with food alone near 4000, expected 4500 this year. The facility houses 64 inmates, could take 75, and plans include a new playhouse, painting and floors in dorms, and a new boiler to save coal, as stated by Major William R. Kimball, president of the board.
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E. W. Larrabee
Bath
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Augusta
H. A. Duncan
Board For Trustees
William R. Kimball
Board of Trustees
Local Jottings from Bath and Surrounds
The Bath region sees a busy week with Easter plans by Bath Aerie for Armory Hall concert and ball. Marriage intentions filed for John Karlaski of Bath and Bernila Salyeh of Lewiston. Various local movements include torpedo boat destroyer Allen’s delivery to Charles Town Navy Yard and residents’ travels and professional engagements.
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Percy Bailey
Woolwich
Bath Aerie, F.co.e
Armory Hall
John Karlaski
Bath
Bernila Salyeh
Lewiston
Allen
Charlestown Navy Yard
Otis F. Coffin
Quincy
J. Fred Tobey
Chestnut St
Washington
Supreme Judicial Court
Hywinco
Bickle
Huffman
Hyde Windlass Co
U. S
Clarence C. Robinson
New York
People’s Baptist Church
Maine
Y.M.C.A
William Leask
Wichita
Kansas
Y. M. Co
Texas Social Club
Music Hall
Perkins
Miss Morse Wins in Newark Suit Against Steamship Co
Vice Chancellor Lane ruled Miss Jennie R. Morse sister of Charles W. Morse had proven her charges in a petition against the Metropolitan Steamship Co of New Jersey seeking an accounting and recovery of the former sound steamships Yale and Harvard now on the Pacific coast. Relief to be decided later.
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Newark
N. J
Lane
Jennie R. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Metropolitan Steamship Co
New Jersey
Yale
Harvard
Pacific Coast
Miss Haley Is Smart In Boston Globe Leased Wire
Miss Frances Haley of Rockland logged about 8000 words daily for the Globe during the Small murder trial. Reporter Winfield Thompson praised her grit and efficiency and recalled her earlier stint as Western Union operator in Ossipee New Hampshire and Rockland.
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Frances Haley
Rockland
Boston Globe
Ossipee
N. H
Small
Winfield Thompson
Globe
Haley
Miss Haley
Western Union
Adams to Wed Wellington A Moore in Spring
The upcoming marriage of Miss Adams to Wellington A Moore, Bath Box Co. superintendent, is announced. Miss Adams, a three year stenographer for the company, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Adams and has many friends in the city.
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Miss Adams
Wellington A. Moore
Bath Box Company
Charles A. Adams
Baxter Proposes Maine water power conservation bill
Representative Percival Baxter of Portland introduces a measure to revive state water power conservation and task the Public Utilities Commission with resuming work halted by prior commissions. The article urges public education on Maine’s vast undeveloped hydro resources and notes past political obstacles from private interests. It also mentions related shipping contracts and local visits.
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Portland Press
Percival P. Baxter
Portland
Maine
Bert M. Fernald
Fernald
Water Storage Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Baxter
Union
Wesley Notes and Community Meetings Reported
An Official Board meeting at the parsonage and various church events are described. Topics include a study on unconscious influence, Ladies' Aid business, and student support activities totaling 36 Wesley students. Epworth League session and Student Conference closing followed by a 150-person Merrymeeting Circuit League gathering. Conference Claimants Endowment Fund stands at 281 with hope for 300.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Wesley
Earl W. Bigelow
Kent’s Hill
Albert la Fleur
Waterville
J. C. Worden
Houston
Tucker
Epworth League
People’s Baptist Church
Merrymeeting Circuit League
Hanson
Dorcas ‘Guild
T. N. Kewley
Charles Bachelder
Ladies’ Aid
O. E. Hooper
Epworth Leage
York St
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Unity Guild Meeting and Parish Discussions Report
The Unity Guild met at the parsonage with Mrs. C Raymond Chappell. A church discussion debated What is a Baptist Church while the Amoma Class hosted a social in the vestry. The community teacher training class gathered at the Y M C A rooms. Bangor Commercial notes Capt Ernest Lamb returns to Camden to command the mystery schooner Percy L Pyne II, a newly launched vessel with unclear ownership and destination.
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Unity Guild
C. Raymond Chappell
Amoma
Camden
Bangor Commercial
Ernest Lamb
New York
Lamb
Percy L. Pyne II
Bean
Boothbay Delegation Seeks Wiscas Road Support
About 20 Boothbay Harbor residents traveled to Augusta last Wednesday to advocate for a new road from Wiscas to Boothbay. Chaperons were S. J. Maddocks, P. T. Lewis, Dr. Gregory and Dr. Sprague.
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Boothbay Harbor
Augusta
Wiscasset
Boothbay
S. J.maddocks
P. T. Lewis
Gregory
Sprague
Obituary of Richard Bryant Dole
Richard Bryant Dole son of Dr Daniel D Dole of Portland died in a Washington hospital Sunday after a nervous breakdown that began a month earlier. Born in Maine May 8 1880 he was Bowdoin College class of 1892 graduate who later taught chemistry. He served as Minnesota state chemist in 1894 and joined the U.S. Geological Survey in 1904 becoming a respected chemist in Washington.
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Richard Bryant Dole
Daniel D. Dole
Portland
Washington Hospital
Mr. Dole
Maine
Jackson Grammar School
Bowdoin
Hulda Humphries
Brunswick
Minnesota
St. Paul
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Survey Department
Funeral services for George A. Babb in Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Times reports funeral services for George A. Babb were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Fr. D. Alexander Sullivan presiding. Bearers were Michael Lynch William Lynch Joseph Roy and Charles Shuffleberg. Burial followed in Bath Missouri beside his mother. He was a Bath Iron Works employee and longtime Portsmouth resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Babb
Portsmouth Times
Church of the Immaculate Conception
D. Alexander Sullivan
Michael Lynch
William Lynch
Joseph Roy
Charles Shuffleberg
Bath
Bass
Bath Iron Works
Portsmouth
Miss Julia W. Redfield Dies in Pittsfield Massat
Miss Julia Wallace Redfield sixty eight sister of William C Redfield secretary of commerce died in Pittsfield Massachusetts Saturday She helped organize and served as secretary of the Pittsfield Anti Tuberculosis Association and was an officer in the Berkshire Red Cross She lectured and traveled extensively She leaves four sisters beside her brother and was a summer resident at MacMahan Island where her brother owns a summer home.
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Julia Wallace Redfield
William C. Redfield
Pittsfield
Mass
Advertised Letters Section Notices In Town
John W. Brackett, Judge of Probate of Lincoln County, was a visitor in town Tuesday. The column lists advertised letters for women and men including Bickford Bray Garey Morrison Pinkham Twombley and others.
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Bickford
Harold
Bray
Eugene
Garey
Lester P
Morrison
Nellie
Pinkham
Hilda
Twombley
Adelaid
Mons. Oliva
Pratt
Sherman
Shaw
A. G
Williams
A. W
John W. Brackett
Lncoln County
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Honorable Dealer
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured. It asserts the endorsing party is of good character and financially responsible and recommends reliance on blood health. The text suggests a Toledo Ohio address and Bank of Commerce appears in the sourcing.
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Hall
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Woolwich Boy
Old Wesley
H. D. Maxwell
Mr. Jones
Mr. Thomas
Jones
Charlie
NEW England Telephone
A. E. Bishop
Orphan Asylum
State Budget Committee
Miss Morse
MR. Baxter
Newston
New England Coal and Coke Co
France and Canada Steamhip Co
Boston
St. Nazaire
France
Alfred Trafton
Katherine
Edmund Gay
James E
Will Co
Wesley Notes
First Baptist
Richard B. Dole
Julia W. Redfield
Atoney & CO
Toledo
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