Peculiar Contagious Disease Breaks Out Among Maine Cattle
A Maine cattle outbreak involves parasitic pneumonia or verminous pneumonia with no known cure. Nathan Ash of Bar Harbor owns affected cows coughing and losing flesh. State and federal veterinarians, including Boyden Bearce, conduct post mortems on four cattle from Auburn, finding white worm clusters in lungs. Quarantine imposed on remaining seven Ash cows. A separate case in South Bancroft’s Fitzgerald herd is identified as black leg, with 31 local cattle inoculated to halt spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Boyden Bearce
Hivestock
Nathan Ash
Bar Harbor
Bearce
Fitzgerald
Bancroft
E. P.henderson
Houston
L. Blakely
Augusta
Washington
Card of Thanks for Wesley B. Williams
The speaker thanks friends for kindness shown during the illness and death of wife Wesley B. Williams. Bowdoinham Maine. The State Board of Assessors will hold a session for Lincoln county town assessors in Wiscasset on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley B. Williams
Bowdoinham
State Board of Assessors
Lincoln County
Wiscasset
Canoe Upset Drowns Woman in Lake Nequasset
Mrs Florence Blood 24 of Center Street Bath fell into Lake Nequasset while paddling a canoe with three companions. The craft overturned about 50 feet from shore and her body was not recovered. Blood, daughter of Mrs Blanche Pooler, had come to Bath two months earlier and did not live with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Nequasset
Florence, Blood
Center
Blood
Nequasset
Everett
Grace Sibley
Ralph
Center Street
Gunss
Blanche Pooler
Worcester State Hospital
Worcester
Mass
Bath
Second Session Probate Court Opens in Sagadahoc County
At the July term second session of Sagadahoc county probate court Judge James S. Low ell ruled on accounts filed and allowed across multiple estates. Final and first accounts for Perkins Rogers Hathorne Tucker Dunton Heselton Howard Mallet Foster Patterson and others were approved along with inventories, wills, and a petition for distribution in Emma Coombs estate. Inheritance tax was determined for Emma Coombs with Dunton as executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
James S. Lowell
Charles H. Perkins
Martha A. Perkins
Woolwich
Gladys Rogers
F. Leslie Young
Richmond
James A. Hathorne
Mary Eva Hathorne
N.¢C.m
Lillian J
Ella A. Brown
Perkins
John W. Foster
Lydia A. Patterson
Fred H. Richards
Joseph M. Trott
Samuel FE. Batchelder
Leon E. Batchelder
Emma ‘Coombs
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Emma Coombs
Street Railway Gains Fleet Help for Big Improvements
Public Utilities Commissioners approve plans with Fleet Corporation to build new cars for the Lewiston Bath line and release rolling stock for other routes. Fleet to secure war priority orders, aim four months delivery, with depreciation fund and limited fare increase. Fire alarm boxes near Moulton’s store and Washington streets slated for repair. chiefs advise alarm response by proximity and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Utilities Commissioners
Sweeney
Fleet Corporation
Lewiston-Bath
Brunswick
Bath
Letter Home From Abroad Describes Travel and Training
The writer recounts travels through brick towns with vines, a hike to a Roman wall, an old college, and a slave market. He imagines possible France training, notes May in Europe, and hopes the war ends soon. He describes Camp Gordon life, censorship, and starts numbering letters to track delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritzie
Old College
France
Europe
Camp Gordon
States
Henry G Gray 81 longtime Dresden farmer dies at daughter's home
Henry G Gray, 81, a lifelong Dresden farmer, died Tuesday night after years of illness at the home of his daughter Mrs Frank G Reed on Mechanic Street where he had been visiting. He was born in Dresden to Amos and Mary Gray, one of 18 children, active in town affairs, a Methodist church member, and survived by his wife, son William H Gray of Charlestown navy yard, daughters Mrs Edward Crocker of Woolwich and Mrs Roscso Savage and Mrs Frank G Reed of Bath, plus brother Con verse R Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Gray
Dreden
Frank G. Reed
Mechanic Street
Mr. Gray
Dresden
Amos and
Mary Gray
South Dresden
William H.gray
Charlestown Navy Yard
Edward Crocker
Woolwich
Roscoe Savage
Bath
Converse R. Gray
Want New Pastor at Unitarian Universalist Parish Vestry Meeting
Parish meeting expresses desire to invite Rev. J Ay Knickerbocker back for a Sunday evening service. Knickerbocker, from Pennsylvania, has led the parish in Paris, Maine for two months before returning to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Church
J Ay Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Pennsylvania
Hadia
Paris
Maine
Islander Steamboat Rivalry On River Speeds Debated
A Bath riverboat inquiry recalls the Islander and rival vessels Wiwurna and Nahanada. Engineers and observers debate her speed, with figures ranging from 11 to 16 knots, and notes on hull, boiler, and designer Libert Harrington. The piece hints at a possible transfer of the Islander to the district.
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Raditor the Independent
Bath
Harrington
Libby & Harrington
Nefie and Levy
Philadelphia
America
Wiwurna
Nahanada
Joseph Yates
Thompson
Fidelity Building
Portland
Boothbay
A. E. Rowe
Dogfish Head
Mr. Thompson
Boston Boat Wharf
Telegraph Point
Indian Point
Pophati Beach
Squirrel Island
Cape Neweagen
Islander steamer's race claims spark deep interest
An observer recounts the Salacia and Islander rivalry, detailing speed claims of 17 knots to beat rivals like the Nahanada and Camarin. He recalls engagements near Squirrel Island, Lower Westport, and Providence, noting the Islander’s prowess and invites further corroboration from Captain Thompson and engineers.
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Salacia
Nahanda
Capt. Westman
Islander
Squirrel Island
Capt
Oliver
Five Island
Boothbay
Riggsville
Lower Westport
Lower Hell Gate
Read Bath endorsement on kidney relief from Doan's Pills
Retired shipbuilder M. B. Doyle of 141 North Street testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble and back ache during frequent secretions. He first used them in 1911 and confirms their efficacy today. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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M. B. Doyle
North Street
Doan
Dean
Doyle
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfers
Buffalo
N. Y
Sakonnet Transportation Co Reader From Providence RI
A reader notes the Sakonnet Transportation Company based in Providence Rhode Island. The brief item highlights the company's regional role in transportation services and potential public interest. No further details are provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sakonnet Transportation Co., of
Providence
R. I
Perry Gove Weds Besie Gove In Quiet Bath Ceremony
Thomas L. Perry of Phippsburg and Bes sie E Gove of Bath married in Portsmouth by Rev William P Stanley. The couple were joined in a small home affair in the presence of close relatives. Perry has long served Bath as a merchant and town official. Mrs Perry, formerly Miss Bessie E Gove, is a Morse School graduate and former cashier for Perry Brothers. Also noted is a brief mention of Mr and Mrs Orrin Frye’s return from Saratoga Springs and a tour of Ausable Chasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Perry
Phippsburg
Perry Brothers& Co., Grocers
Waller Street
Bath
James E. Hogan
Portsmouth
William P. Stanley
Middlestreet Baptist Church
Bessie BE. Gove
Hogan
Berry
Harrison Haggett
Thomas Is Perry
William Alden Perry
Winne‘gance
Dromore Grange
Bessie E. Gove
Alpheus
Probate Notices and Admin Actions in Sagadahoc Court
Probate records from Bath Sagadahoc in 1918 list notices for license to sell real estate for Severine LeBlanc ward and final accounts for Arabella Reed and Grant Gifford estates. Administrators Scott Morse and Charles H Perkins announce debts, settlements, and August hearings in Bath.
Thursday Concert Raises Funds for Yarn Fund
A Central church Thursday afternoon concert by Samuel Day ton Cushing and Allan Ramsey cleared over $100 for the yarn fund of the National League for Women’s Service. The well attended event featured Cushing on organ and Ramsey with two songs, plus encores. Ushers were Miss Millicent Clifford and others from Washington, D. C. The concert organizers stressed gratitude for the performers’ generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Samuel Dayton Cushing
Allan Ramsey
Yarn Fund
National League For Women’s Service
Mr. Cushing
Mr.msey
Mr. Ramsey
Millicent Clifford
Isabelle Oli
Anna Morse
Louisa Hayes
Washington, D. C
Mrs. T A Hagan and Caro Lyn Stevens Visit Five Islands
Mrs. T A Hagan and Miss Caro Lyn Stevens travel from Five Islands on Monday. Mrs. Hagan spends the summer at her cottage after returning from Boston where she was a guest of her son Mark, an engineer yeoman aboard the St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Hagan
Carolyn Stevens
Islands
Mrs. Hagan
Boston
Mark
Engineer Yeoman
St. Louis
Best Medicine for Women Ad Seen in Portsmouth Ad
A Portsmouth Ohio advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy for women's ailments. It features a testimonial from Mrs Sara Shaw praising improved health after using the root and herb product and invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for specialized advice.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E
Sara Shaw
No.1
Shaw
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Probate notice in Sagadahoc Bath June 1918
In Vacation a Probate Court at Bath Sagadahoc on June 11 1918 ordered notice to interested parties. A copy of the order is to be published for three weeks in Bath and a hearing set for July 9 1918 at 9 00 AM regarding inheritance tax on the estate of HMMA COOMBS late of Bath deceased and petitions for distribution and allowance filed by executors Arthur J Denton and Arthur J Dunton and widow Annie B Oliver. Witness James S Lowell Judge. Bath June 20 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Severine LeBlanc
Maine
Chantal LeBlanc
Jamess. Lowell
William F. Dunhiam
Register
Wm. T. Hall
Arabella ‘Reed
Woowich
James
Lowell
Henry E. Coolidge
Grant Gifford
Charles H. Perkins
Martha A. Perkins
Woolwich
Jiamies
Jair
Arthur J. Denton
Hmma Coombs
Arthur J. Dunton
M. Oliver
Phippsburg
Annie B. Oliver
James S. Lowell
William F. Dunham
Executors Seek Claims In Sagadahoc Probate
In Sagadahoc County Bath a Court of Probate set June and July deadlines for the estate of John Trainer late of West Bath. Executors George W Heselton of Gardiner and Henry W Howard of Bath must publish notice and show cause why the final account should not be settled. Martha W. ____ administrator of Sagadahoc estate asks creditors to present demands and settle promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morse
Bath
Sagada
Scott Morse
Sagadahoc
George W. Heselton
Gardiner
Henry W. Howard
Maine
John Trainer
West Bath
Thair
Said
Hownane
Jent
James. S. le
Martha W
Sean
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L. F
Atwood
Ll.f
L. F. Medicine Co
R. D. Moulton
Bowery Stret
Parks
Winship
Washington Streets
Texas Yard
Henry G,. Gray
Steamboat Man
Narraganset Bay
Warwick
Star
Perry Gove
Orrin Frye
Saratoga Springs
John
W. Geary
Ausable Chasm
Adirondacks
Atte
William Ie Dunham
James S
Wni Lltan F. Dunham
F. Dunfam
Chase
Iliam F
Ralph J
Pat Ve
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