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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1916

Page

12

Local Jottings and Notes from Bath Area

Mercury at 3 p m Tuesday on the Point stood at 82 degrees. Ice cream sales prevail as freezers empty early evening. New York buyers acquired the schooner Maud Dudley, Capt. Hinckley of Bath in charge. Summer residents and summer resorts feature minstrel shows at Bay Point under William R. Lincoln. Bowdoin College Lieut Frank A. Smith promoted to captain in France. Summer tourists called summercaters by locals. Capt. Lewis of schooner Oakes Ames sails for Gardiner with lumber bound for New York. third Kennebec cargo this season. Elizabeth Davis of Washington elected sponsor of torpedo boat destroyer Davis. Out-of-town guests registered at Cosmopolitan Tea Room. Sieur de Monts National Monument announced as first national park east of the Mississippi, on Mount Desert Island. Deputy Sheriff Welch returns from Corunna after locating owners of a Ford car involved in a hit-and-run two weeks ago. two women not seriously injured. Northeast Lovell correspondent reports five striped squirrels caught, with vivid details on their care and behavior.

New York Maud Dudley Capt. Hinckley Bath Bay Point Capt Lewis Oakes Ames Gardiner Ames Kennebec Elizabeth Davis Washington, D. C Davis Bath Iron Works Charles Henry Davis Monitor Cosmopolitan Tea Room Edward H. Bonelli Brookline Mass Miss Hunt Rufus Woodward Worcester Marjorie Kinnon Aberdeen S. Dakota Emily Ellen Sarah Baxter Brunswick P. P. Whitehead Port Clyde H. I. Gilman Leah A. Spencer Detroit James P. Webber Exeter Mississippi River Mount Desert Island Maine Interior Department Sieur de Monts National Monument Bar Harbor F. H. Welch Co Tinna Penobscot County Corunna Welch Secretary of State’s Office Sherry Welch Northeast Lovell The Norway Advertiser Bath Mercantile Co Boston Boothbay Harbor Popham Beach Western Maine Mount Holyoke John J. Lynch Fred Sears Wallace Front St Court House Hallet's Board of Highways & Sewers Pine St Blind Crossing Henry O. Barrett G. G. Deering Co Portland Seguin F. W. Wyman Providence McLean Rebecca N. Wells Barrett Massachusetts Sagadahoc County Law Court Odd Ladies Effie Parish Shaw St. Bangor Maine State Grange Christian Endeavor of People’s Church S. R. Percy M. W. Sewall D. T. Dougherty Lewiston Cundy’s Farrin Otter Cliff House Five Islands James H. Dorle Isaac Gordon Maine Master Plumbers’ Association Long Island Custom House Wharf F. A. Davis Chris Madsen P. A. Mahoney Hohpi Chauncey Curtis Fred Starkey Marjorie Mitchell Cynthia Crosman Mabel Redlon Thelma Brown Irene Leonard Frances Lord Marion Purington Ardenle Pembroke Birchwood Hanover St Merchants Albany Paul Revere Edward O. Righter New Orleans Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lloyd Maxwell Marshalltown Iowa Order Baltimore Morris O'Dell Camden N. J E. R. Ingersoll Seattle Wash James M. Manley Oakland Cal Fred C. Robinson Dubuque Charles A. White Chicago Oliver Black Oklahoma City Okla George Locke Rogers Ark Fly Red Maine Woods

Local notes reflect steady progress across ports and clubs

Monday reports show 29 cases at City Hospital and a busy harbor with ships San Juan style. The Hyde Windlass Co. shipped two propellers to Portland by express as Maine lists over 23 thousand autos. Kennebec Baseball League forms committee with Allan Spear and Rev Evans. Library concerts planned as Bath Rotary plans eight performances. Captain Crocker takes harbor master role in Portland while Dr William J Young becomes Maine University athletics director. The Kennebec Yacht Club discusses Sebasco Estates cruise and Orphans Home outing plans with a long list of members and residents joining.

City Hyde Windlass Co Express Portland Oregon Maine Bunker Shaw Kennebec Baseball League Allan Spear Rev. S. A. Evans Edward Pomeroy Ws.a. Day Percy & Small C. C. Mengel & Bro. Co Louisville C. C. Mengel Sjr M.C.R.R Bath Bowker Yard Seguin Lehigh Berry Houses Henry O. Barrett Deering Yard Ariel East Boothbay Charles Trickey Kennebec New York South Gardiner Wilbur Oliver Arthur Brown H. M. Gifford Chandler William G. Crocker Crocker William J. Young Dorchester Mass University of Maine Young Y.M. C.A. College of Springfield University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania William and Mary College Williamsburg Grove City College Penn Frank P. Lord William W. Denniee Eeeetreenam Gardiner Rogers Charles A. Adams Theodore Gullicksen George C. Maguire C. F. Flathaway Cambridge Rockland Boston Bean Camden Camden Yacht Bldg. Co Camden Herald Ferdinando Gorges Yale College New Haven Tobyhanna Battery B Milton H. Kimball F. H. Kimball Kyzer Texas Morning Express Sebasco Estates Merritt Mexico E. C. Plummer Indianapolis Ind Board of Control of the Insurance Department Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias Plummer William Mann Fred Fuller Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Tacoma Inn Lewiston Auburn

Bath area headlines and harbor traffic stir Bath news

Bath residents faced price errors at Bath Mercantile Co with potatoes priced 20c per peck instead of 40c. The Boston boat brought crowds of summer visitors to Boothbay Harbor and Popham Beach amid sheriff involvement with line dealers.

Monhegan Island a Quiet Historic Maine Summer Mecca

Monhegan is promoted as a tranquil historic island destination reached by daily boats from Boothbay Harbor. The piece highlights its bold 150 foot cliffs, growing cottage colony, and three hotels including Island Inn with sea view, and notes its renowned seafood and fresh dairy daily from the mainland.

Monhegan Boothbay Harbor North Atlantic Maine Island Inn

Maine town bands and gatherings across Sagadahoc county

Sagadahoc County reports two Law Court cases in Portland as towns host concerts and meetings. Bangor to entertain Maine State Grange December 19 to 21. Various clubs plan outings and clambakes, while a New Orleans visitor tours Bath and a Maine woods bird tale entertains readers.

Cherries ripen and local notes on weather and people

The article notes ripening cherries and wildflowers in the suburbs, a Brunswick fire alarm for Tuesday at 1 45, and a mixed agricultural and city scene with roads, oiling plans, tug traffic, and a mystery about two frozen ten dollar bills between local merchants.

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