Reception for Universalist pastor marks city welcome
The Universalist church vestry hosted a Wednesday reception for Rev. Allen Brown with Mrs. Sawyer assisting. Guests from various denominations attended, and light refreshments were served. Local clergy joined in giving Brown a cordial welcome to Bath.
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the Universalist Church
Allen Brown
Brown
Harry B. Sawyer
Voung
Universalist
Frank Southard
Jennie Rideout
Gertrude Greenleaf
Social Notes From Lisbon Falls and Nearby Towns
Miss Elizabeth E Webber spent Saturday in Lisbon Falls. Hon and Mrs Albert H Shaw began a three week stay at Pinehurst North Carolina guests of Mr and Mrs Harry W Priest they will visit Bermuda. Joseph Torrey elected director Maine Insurance Company meeting in Portland. Miss Alice Barbour visiting Winthrop. Mrs Oscar C Rogers hosted Central Church League with twenty five members and lunch. League to meet Monday with Mrs Albion F Smith 725 Washington. Mrs Abbie T Guild arrived Milford NH to visit son Secretary William A Guild. Miss Marcia Sewall wintering in California with E Houghton Sewall enjoying Redlands plans to return next summer. Junior Auxiliary of Grace church entertained by Mrs Frank Hodgdon Front Street.
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Elizabeth E. Webber
Lisbon Falls
Albert H. Shaw
Pinehurst
N. C
Harry W. Priest
Bermuda
Joseph Torrey
Maine Insurance Company
Portland
Exchange Street
Alice Barbour
Middle Street
Winthrop
Oscar C. Rogers
Central Church League
Albion F. Smith
Washington Street
Abbie T. Guild
Milford
N. H
William A. Guild
Marcia Sewall
California
E. Houghton Sewall
Redlands
Grace Church
Frank Hodgdon
Front Street
Nurse Marie Anderson Excels In New Emerson Hospital Work
Miss Marie Anderson, recently trained since early fall, has been enthusiastic about her nurse duties at Emerson Hospital. She recently completed two private cases with unusually high satisfaction, signaling strong early performance. A group of young women forms a circulating book club buying, trading, and eventually owning each book read.
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Marie Anderson
Emerson Hospital
Engagement of Elbridge R. Wright and Florence E. Bruce Vows Public Shower
Percy's store lists extra clerks including Mrs Howe Flint Fowles Potter Havener Mudge Coombs McMann Black Chadbourne Percy. Wright and Bruce plan a Nor ridgewock marriage with a tin shower held during a visit by Bruce to Wright family friends. St Mary’s Guild met at Grace Church, others travel to Boston and Portland for events.
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Percy
John Howe
Mrs. Flint
Nina Fowles
Bernice Potter
Nina Havener
Beatrice Mudge
Julia Coombs
Alberta McMann
Messrs
Howard Black
Arthur Chadbourne
Andrew Percy
Plays at Empire Theatre Canceled Dates
The dates for The Gentleman from Mississippi and The Love Cure at the Empire Theatre Lewiston were cancelled. Maude Adams is booked for February twenty eighth.
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Mississippi
Empire Theatre
Lewiston
Maude Adams
Boothbay Board Aims Trolley Line to Wiscasset by July
Boothbay Harbor’s board of trade seeks an electric line to Wiscasset or South Newcastle to run trolley cars by July 1. Amos F. Gerald, famed street railway promoter, urged support this week. Proposed cost is about $125,000.
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Boothbay Harbor
Board of Trade
Wiscasset
Newcastle
Amos F. Gerald
Boothbay
Navy Recruit Louis Haas Joins Bath Iron Works Unit
Louis Haas, carpenter and U S N sailor, arrived at Bath Iron Works for duty. He came from Norfolk Navy Yard, formerly served on the Louisiana, and is a Maryland native. He succeeds Carpenter William Powell who has been ordered to Norfolk after a health related leave.
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Louis Haas
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Haas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Louisiana
Maryland
Carpenter William P. Powell
Norfolk
Powell
City Mayor and Mrs Hyde to sail abroad this spring
Mayor John S. Hyde and Mrs Hyde will travel as foreign visitors this summer. Mayor Hyde plans a three month voyage to the continent beginning in April aboard a visiting ship scheduled for departure.
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John S. Hyde
Mayor Hyde
Bath Boy Promoted and Mezzo-Soprano Concert Coming
Charles J. Donnell, long stationed at Manila with International Banking company, is promoted to Cebu in the Philippines. On March second Director William R. Chapman brings Mme Langendorf to Bath, a renowned mezzo-soprano of the Royal Opera Berlin, in a major musical event for the Shipping City.
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Charles J. Donnell
Manila
International Banking Company
Cebu
Philippines
Donnell
William R. Chapman
Mme. Langendorf
Chapman
Royal Opera Company
Berlin
Bath
D A R Card Party Set For Monday Afternoon
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R members host a card party next Monday afternoon at Mrs. B W Hathorne home on High street. Mrs Ernest A Allan returns Monday from a trip to Boston.
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Colonel Dummer Sewall
B. W. Hathorne
High Street
Ernest A. Allan
Boston
Bath Medical Club Dinner at the Colonial Hosts Dr Fuller
Dr Edwin M Fuller hosted a Bath Medical Club dinner on Wednesday evening at the Colonial. Allen Ramsay visited Bath in Augusta. The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid society plans a box supper during its fortnightly session in the chapel next Thursday. Miss Alice Skillings visited Portland on Wednesday.
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Edwin M. Fuller
Bath Medical Club
Colonial
Allen Ramsay
Bath
Augusta
Ladies’ Aid Society
Winter Street Congregational Church
Alice Skillings
Portland
Phillips Family Sails to England for Brother’s Wedding
Dr. and Mrs. John C. Phillips Jr of Wenham Massachusetts sailed from New York on the Lusitania to attend the wedding of Dr Phillips’ brother William Phillips to Miss Caroline Astor Drayton. Mr Phillips, now secretary of the American embassy in London, will be presented to King Edward at the first levee of the year. Dr. Phillips will serve as best man. Mrs Phillips was Miss Eleanor H Hyde formerly of the city. Also noted: Miss Persis Preble visiting Portland and Rev Allen Brown’s visit to Haverhill and Mrs Emma S Lowell’s Bath trip.
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John C. Phillips, Jr
Wenham
Mass
New York
England
Phillip
William Phillips
Caroline Astor Drayton
Miss Drayton
J. Coleman Drayton
Mr. Phillips
Boston
London
King Edward
Dr. Phillips
Phillips
Eleanor H. Hyde
Persis Preble
Green Street
Portland
Allen Brown
The
Universalist Church
Haverhill
Emma S. Lowell
Bath
Lewiston
Annual Parish Meeting at Church of the New Jerusalem
The annual parish meeting was held Monday evening with reports showing strong finances. Congregants praise their new pastor Rev William F Wunseh and expect a successful church year. Officers chosen include moderator William D Sewall and clerk Edward W Larrabee with treasurer Arthur B Stearns and several parish committee members.
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Church of the New Jerusalem
William F. Wunseh
William D. Sewall
Edward W. Larrabee
Arthur B. Stearns
John H. Kimball
Davis Hatch
Charles H. Morse
Caroline Moulton
Orrin S. Lindsay
Robert Gilker
Spades Royal described for bridge players on the Shipping City
An article explains Spades Royal in bridge whist, detailing its rules and strategic value. It notes it is a spade make yielding extra tricks, often stronger than no trump, aiding both dealer and dummy with powerful spade hands.
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New York
Boston
Two-Act Comedy Attracts Big Brunswick Crowd
The annual class play to defray graduation expenses, The Wrong Mr. Brown, will fill Assembly Hall on February 21 with a two act farce directed by Miss Emma L. Shorer. Cast includes Miss Rebecca Luke and Rebecca’s relatives plus lawyers and clerks in a village setting.
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Brown
Emma L. Shorer
Rebecca Luke
Ethelyn Marston
Katherine Rogers
Louise Childs
Marion Bryant
Katherine
Ida Kimball
Patty
Rebecca
Gertrude Dillon
Jenkins
Miss Rebecca
Paul Wing
Philip Rayson
Robert Haskell
Robert Brown
Benson and Benson
Harold Battison
Mrs Larrabee Hosts Informal Shower for Bath Bride
Mrs Arthur Larrabee hosted a Wednesday afternoon gathering at her Washington Street home in honor of Bath's new bride Mrs Thomas Black. About six intimate friends enjoyed sewing, dining room luncheon with chicken salad rolls coffee frappe cake and bonbons.
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Arthur Larrabee
Washington Street
Bath
Thomas Black
Shipping City
Bath Boy Soloist at Upcoming Fortnightly Concert
The Bath club anticipates a splendid session with Allan Ramsay, a Bath boy soloist, and Miss French, a Boston harpist of high repute. The program is set for next Wednesday afternoon, subject to a possible change announced in the Times.
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Ladies’ Aid of
Grace Church
Jane Murphy
High Street
Bath
Gertrude French
Allan Ramsay
French
Boston
Mendel solm Club rehearsal in Bath precedes March concert
Professor Chapman conducted a satisfactory rehearsal in Bath on Tuesday as anticipation builds for a grand concert set for March second. The Fortnightly club session next week will welcome members and invited school children for the usual fee. Miss Bella Foote hosted cards at her Washington Street home with three bridge tables and light refreshments. Mrs Ernest A Allan has been visiting Bath from Boston this week. Miss Margaret Laughlin of Portland arrives to visit her niece Miss Elizabeth P Dean and will stay a week on Pearl Street.
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Eugene Desmond
Portland
High Street
Gertrude Greenleaf
Washington Street
Edmund P. Briggs
Lewiston
Harry Langdon
Boston
Sidney J. Meeker
Montreal
Shipping City
Margaret II. Wilson
Brunswick
Chapman
Maine
Helene Gertrude Moody
Park Street
St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
Fred Hill
Jacob R. Andrews
Lida Fisher
Milton Douglas
Bath
Chapman-Alexander
Young Ladies Bridge Club
Alfred Tarbox
Mark W. Sewall
Sarah Sawyer
Trust
Biddeford
Charles L. Farnham
Mendelsolm Club
Bella Foote
Ernest A. Allan
Margaret Laughlin
Elizabeth P. Dean
Miss Laughlin
Pearl Street
Alice Varney
Carrie King
Boston University
Miss Ring
Oxford University
Newton
The
States
Julia C. Ring
Local notes from North Street Primary to Bowdoin Press Club
The article lists everyday community items: North Street Primary School dismissed for gas, Mrs. Edmund P. Briggs returning from Boston, Miss Winnie Whitehead visiting Portland, Bowdoin Press Club formed with Lee Mikelsky as a member, Mrs. Charles Knight hosting the Ladies Aid at Beacon Street church, M H S Alumni basketball win, Canon Ogden at Grace church, Mrs. Wilbur Cahull’s five week New York visit and Lee, Mass. trip to visit her brother George Colton.
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North Street
Edmund P. Briggs
Boston
Winnie Whitehead
Portland
Bowdoin
Lee Mikelsky
Charles Knight
Ladies’ Aid Society
Beacon Street
Brunswick High School
Canon Ogden
Grace Church
Culbert McGay
Wilbur G. Cahull
High Street
New York
Charles Wolston
Lee
Mass
George Colton
Bridgton
Essay Contest Opens for Grammar Pupils with Prizes
Colonel Dum mer Sewall Chapter D A R announces a new essay contest for grammar school and Ninth Grade pupils with prizes of ten and five dollars for the best Revolutionary subject essays. Essays are due to Superintendent Freeman on February tenth. Miss Alice Varney visited Portland Wednesday and Miss Carrie King departs for Boston University.
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Colonel Dummer Sewall
Freeman
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Percy and Sons
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George W. Hunt
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George T. Little
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Norridgewock
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