W C T U Rally Draws Small Crowd and Large Hat Collection
A Bath city crowd of fewer than 100 attended a Sagadahoc W C T U meeting at Peoples church. Miss Astraea T Nickerson spoke for Federal prohibition, warning voters against liquor interests. The collection at the event was the largest ever at a public W C T U gathering in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Church
Sagadahoc W.C.T.U
W.C.T.U
Frances McFadden
Lelia Knight
Bath Union
8. A. Evans
People’s Church
Astraea T. Nickerson
Nickerson
Ruth Ward
Andros Coleman
Roscoe Leighton
Eva Dunn
Miss Nickerson
American Medical Association
Dr. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Maine W C T U speaker cites million member drive
Miss Nickerson outlined a plan for a million members and a million dollars to fund Pus poses of the movement. She praised Mrs Lillian M N Stevens and other WCTU workers for Maine's lack of legal saloons. At the end Mr Evans thanked Sheriff Oliver for his work.
Probate Court Docket and Local Maritime News
Second session of the Sagadahoc county July probate court transacts small business. Bonds approved for William R. Fairclough as administrator and executors named in several estates. Wills proved for James H. Day and Maria F. Page. Petition to sell real estate for Charlotte Howard Harding granted. Local river news notes coal transport, fishing catches, mackerel scarcity at Small Point, and a new $48,000 timber bridge with a two-draw span planned over the Sheepscot at Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Lowell
William R. Fairclough
Charles 8. Libby
Richmond
Sydney D. Skelton
Bowdoin
James T. Skelton
Olivia FB. Hunnewell
Woolwich
Angie M. Hunnewell
Lizzie M. Perry
Waltham
Mass
Nathan A. Tufts
Charlotte Howard Harding
Topsham
Oscar Patten
Guardian
James H. Day
Arrowsic
Harry W. Day
Maria F. Page
Bath
Albert G. Page
Fred A. Page
Sheepscot
Newcastle
Rifle Bullets Hit Lunch Cart In Remote Town Shooting
Two men were firing at rats in a pig pen behind Avery livery stable when a 22 caliber rifle fired into a trolley car yard. A bullet shattered a restaurant window and wounded Mr. Horn of Fairfield, while another hit Elbert Bretton of Waterville in the chest. Police detained the shooters. they agreed to pay for the window and refrain from further shooting. A Bath physician urged a city rats crusade to curb epidemics from pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Center Street
Stacy Brothers
Perley
Mr. Stacy
Horn
Fairfield
M. Stacy
Elbert Bretton
Waterville
Bretton
Crowley
Stacy
Young Stacy
Bath
Long Distance Runs End in Bath After 902 Miles
W I Stevens and Mrs Stevens with Stanley B Wallace drove 902 miles on a three and a half day trip from Bath to New York and back. They left Bath July 4 at five, traveled via Lowell Worcester and Bridgeport, reached New York after 393 miles in 19 hours, then proceeded to Albany and back through Keene and Concord before ending in Bath Monday afternoon. They noted good roads and a rainy Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Stevens
Mrs. Stevens
Stanley B. Wallace
New York
Bath
New York City
Lowell
Bridgeport
Albany
Hudson
Beacon
Newburg
North Adams
Greenfield
Keene
Concord
N. H
Portland
Bath Ship Builders Name Barge Winnegance New Meadows
The Kelley, Spear Co yard for the Emergency Fleet Corp names two 2500 ton coal barges Winnegance and New Meadows. The Winnegance will launch late this month and this is the third vessel in the area to bear the name. The piece also notes local social visits and town happenings around Bath and Winneganee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley, Spear Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Winnegance
New Meadows
Richard Morse
Winnegance Bridge
Eugene Knight
Christian Endeavor
Corliss Street Church
Ladies Aid
Charles T. Small
Clarence M. Fogg
Walter C. Derry
Portland
George Charlton
John G. Morse
John Jr
Capitol Island
Morse
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Robert Oliver
D F. Percy
Ray Oliver
Bay Point
Reuben Purington
Marion
Mabel Redlon
Harry Richardson
Birch Point
Alden Richardson
Five Islands
Henry Fosher
Florence
Seymour Hayden
Eleanor King
West Bath
Norman Smith
Boston
Julius Cutler
Rhode Island
Charles Itch
Celia
Alice Smith
Ed Smith
Ellen Murphy
Bath
Forrest Drake
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Louise
Ralph
Cox’s Head
Joshua N .Tibbets
Sedro Wooley
Wash
Northwest Institute
State Institution
Tacoma
Walter C. Perry
Rockland
Perry
William Willis
Isle Au Haut
Cox's Stead
Earl Coombs
Corilla
Clara Coombs
Walter Rogers
Earl Morse
Percy Morse
Clarence Lakin
Lois McKeiver
Harry Knight
Harry Williams
Elmer
Hoboken
Williams
Camp Merritt
Harry Oliver
Portland Hospital
Eugene Spinney
Robert Doten
Elsie
Westport
Grace Reynolds
Old Town
Elbridge Richardson
Reynolds
Winneganee
Rose Marriner
Falmouth
William Holbrook
Freeport
Lydia Holbrook
Lincoln M. Boulds
Lewiston
Perkins Orchestra
Ohio Girls Camp at Kennebec River Trip
Morning train brings 60 plus girls ages eight to nineteen to Camp Merry six miles up the Kennebec. Miss Pearl Cotteral and Mrs A R Webster of Cincinnati oversee bags before the river sail. Camp lies at Trowe's Point Chopps with tents and wood structures. girls from Cincinnati New York and Pennsylvania listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Merry
Kennebec
Pearl Cotteral
A. R. Webster
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Kenebec
Trowe’s Point
The
Chopps
Elizabeth Bartles
Katherine Miller
Gene Wilkinson
Jane
Betty Lipperman
Margaret Camel
Dorothy Herlinger
Laura Weiss
Katherine Streit
Elizabeth MacDonald
Elizabeth Sparrow
Mary Butterfield
Margaret Mitenell
Lillian
Elizabeth Oalhauser
Helen Whitehill
Mary Louise Hommel
Olivia Rickel
Grace
Elizabeth Leyman
Elizabeth Embribrock
Florence Roth
Mary Randolph Mathews
Helen Dulmeier
Mary Schaffner
Phyllis
Marjorie Albert
Recruiting Party Visiting in Bath Seeks Enlistees
Sergt Daniel H Dunbar and Privates Davis and Reardon visit Bath for two days recruiting for all branches of the U S Army. Offices opened in the post office and recruits may choose service in Panama Mexico border Hawaii Philippines China or Siberia within 1000 miles of Portland for previous service, 500 miles for new recruits. Opportunity to attend West Point exists with extra pay, valid until July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel H. Dunbar
Davis
Reardon
Bath
United States Army
Maine
New Hampshire
Col
Powers
United States
Panama
Mexican
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
China
Siberia
Portland
West Point
Enlistment Terms Offer Varied Lengths and Air Service Pay
Enlistments run from one to three years with exceptions for prior service. Veterans may choose one year, new recruits three, and all may enlist for medical or quartermaster duty for one year. Many veterans, especially from the 26th division, reenlist across branches. Air service offers promotion opportunities and pay from $30 to $121.50 monthly, seeking men of all trades. The Bath aviation squadron is highlighted, and Sgt. Dunbar previously recruited 11 men in five days during a Bath tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical
Quartermaster Corps
26Th Division
Air Service
Bath
Sergt
Dunbar
Robison and Duffy Married at St Joseph Gardiner
James A. Robinson of Bath and Lilliam K. Duffy of Gardiner were married Tuesday morning at eight at St Josephs church Gardiner with Rev P H Reardon officiating. After Sept 1 they will reside at 12 Snow Park Bath following an extended wedding trip. The bride wore a dainty gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Robinson
Bath
Lillian K. Duffy
Gardiner
St. Joseph’s Church
P. H. Reardon
Snow Park
Wedding in Portland Highlights Family Ties and Ceremony
A wedding described with the bride’s white Georgette dress and bouquet of white pinks. Attendants include the groom’s parents Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Robinson of Portland and M. Louise Duffy of Gardiner. Miss Kelley played organ music for Lohengrin and Mendelssohn. At the church steps roses and confetti greeted the bride. A separate note mentions Aroostook paper columns on local auto accidents and border rules, and visitor Mark Hayes from Sherbrooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Robinson
Portland
M. Louise Duffy
Gardiner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legro
Panamas
Milans
Joan A. Lecrro
Stevens ‘Dairy
Stevens
Howard Coal Co
Riverside
Small Point
Cape
Bath Grain CO
NAVY
Happy
Bath Ship Builders
Morse’s
Thorne Island
Gus Small
Bluebell
the House of KuppeNheimer
Ruth
Slick Bill
LIVE
Desmonds
Desmond
John J. Desmond
Conley’s Specialty Store
Robinson—Duffy
Gether
L- Farnham CO. Inc
Aroostook
New
Mark Hayes
Sherbrooke, Canada
Brother
John Hayes
Ise
Birt
Maine Central Railroad
T Maine Central
Industrial Bureau
Portland, Maine
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