Boston Odd Fellows Enjoy Island Clambake Outing
The City of Rockland hosted two Boston Odd Fellows delegations for a Maine day trip. They boarded the George Popham for breakfast at Otter Cliff House Five Islands sailed Boothbay Harbor and spent time at the harbor before a clam bake and sports at F MecKown's grove Southport. The ball game Yannigans beat the regulars 38 to 13 amid disputed umpiring. They returned to Bath in the evening and cheered the ship crew.
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Rockland
Boston
Maine
Shawmut Lodge
Cc. T. Jackson
George Popham
Otter Cliff House
Five Islands
Boothbay Harbor
F. Mec- Kown
S Grove
Southport
Mc-Kown
Boston Odd Fellows
Yannigans
Doc Funnell
W. T. Jones
G. A. Jones
Bath
Mr. Jackson
James R. Brown
N. G
J. E. Munroe
V. G
Charles H. Bliss
Albert J. Beech
F. M. Peckham
A. H. Stevens
L. M. Sellers
W. G. Funnell
W. M. Foss
H. M. Peterson
R. Ballou
F. C. Breese
C. A. Rockwood
John Fisher
Daniel Gilmore
L. M. Morton
James McBurney
Esther Hildreth Jones Weds Franklin A Shaw in Bath
Esther Hildreth Jones of Bath married Franklin Abed Shaw of Boston on Saturday July 15 at 6 in Bath at her brother James Jones’s home in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Rev L B Brine performed the ceremony with Jones’s father Sergeant James Jones of Bath giving away the bride. Only relatives attended as Miss Mary Noyes of Vinalhaven played the wedding march. The bride wore white georgette crepe with a tulle veil and lilies of the valley and sweet peas, maid of honor Miss Jane Rideout and bridesmaid Miss Jeannet Henderson wore pink silk. Leonard Shaw of Boston attended the groom. Guests gave silver and cut glass. reception followed with ices cakes punch nuts and candy. Gifts included gold brooches and a scarf pin. the groom gave a solid gold bracelet to his bride. The bride, Morse High School Bath class of 1911 and NE Conservatory Music Boston class of 1915, has taught piano in Boston this past year. The groom is a graduate of Orono High School 1910.
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Bath
Esther Hildreth Jones
Franklin Abed Shaw
Boston
James Jones
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
L. B. Brine
Christ Church
Mary Noyes
Vinal Haven
Maine
New England Conservatory
Jane Rideout
Jeannet Henderson
Leonard Shaw
Morse High School
N. E. Conservatory of Music
Shaw
Orono High School
Orono
Poor Appetite and Weak Digestion Remedy Notice
An old family remedy from the Medicine Co Portland offers rest for the stomach and a few days of doctoring with E-F-Atwood’s tome to restore appetite and digestion. A 35c bottle is advertised at local stores with claims of improving bowel and liver function.
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F.” Medicine Co
Portland
Shaw Family Wedding Trip Narrated in Local Notice
Wentworth Institute alumnus now in Troy New Hampshire runs a lumber business. The couple's wedding trip included Boston and a mountains tour. Attendees from Bath include Sergeant James Jones Annie Jones June Rideout Henry Palmer and Portland Maine residents James Cannon Gardiner Maine Tilden Massachusetts A K Henderson Boston L A Shaw and Farrar family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Troy
New Hampshire
Shaw
Bath
James Jones
Annie Jones
June Rideout
Henry Palmer
Portland
James Cannon
Gardiner
L. A. Shaw
Farrar
Obituary: Frank Deojay of Bath Dies in North Easton Mass
Frank Deojay formerly of Bath died Saturday at his home in North Easton Mass from a stroke. He had two prior strokes and had been in poor health for two years. Services were held Monday in North Easton with interment Tuesday at Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by five sons and two daughters, born April 11 1844, age 72 years 3 months 4 days. He lived in Bath most of life, later moving to North Easton to live with daughter Mrs L A Bickford. He worked in the hardware business for years, retired 26 years ago. He was a member of Sedgwick Post G A R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank Deojay
Deojay
North Easton
Mass
Oak Grove
James A. Deojay
Staten Island
New York City
Harry E. Deojay
Gray
Maine
Walter K. Deojay
Lewiston
Ellsworth A. Deojay
Somerville
Raymond If’, Deojay
Plainfield
Conn
L. A. Bickford
John H. Brown
Brockton
Deejay
Sedgwick Post
G.A.R
Levi H Owen Dies After Long Illness at 67
Levi Houghton Owen aged 67 died Sunday night at his brother Silas W. Owen's home after a long illness. Son of Captain Charles Owen, he sailed early with his father and spent years on deep water ships. In recent decades he lived in the city as a painter and worked at Hyde Windlass Co. He is survived by brothers Silas W. Owen and Frank B. Owen. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Silas Owen's home.
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Levi Houghton Owen
Silas W. Owen
Lower Middle Street
Charles Owen
Granite and
High Streets
Hyde Windlass Co
Owen
Kennebec Steamship Co
Frank B. W
Silas
Dancers Shine At Maurice B. Alvns Show In Boston
The event drew a crowded camp with members and friends enjoying lively numbers by Maurice B. Alvns. Back and wing dancing impressed critics and audiences alike as music and laughter filled the evening. Returning Bostonians included John Sinifas Samuel Irving Allman Mr Nelson and Mrs Smarkovitz with plans for a farewell affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice B. Alvns
John Sinifas
Samuel Irving Allman
Nelson
Smarkovitz
Camps Ablaze at New Meadows Montgomry and Stonetype Show
Last week new arrivals at the New Meadows camps included Mary Katzen Annie Rosenberg Elizabeth Witkowsky Ida Witkowsky Isadore Etober and Maurice B Olin. The Friday evening minstrel performance titled Montgomery and Stonetype drew a large crowd with John Channel l rendering music and solos and Samuel Sandler impersonating Winston in clever European dancing. Lillian Canter and Irving Allman gave an artistic dancing exhibition. Interludes featured humor from Isadore Echohier Jack Simmons and Mr Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Mary Katzen
Annie Rosenberg
Elizabeth Witkowsky
Ida Witkowsky
Isadore Etober
Maurice B. Olin
Boston
Montgomery and
Stonetype
John Channell
Channell
Opera
Scotti
Samuel Sandler
Winston
Lillian Canter
Irving Allman
Isadore Echohier
Jack Simmons
Mr. Nelson
All About Ball Opens Kennebec Baseball League Season
The Kennebec Baseball League began play on Kelley Field with an 11 to 8 Y.M.C.A. win over Woolwich and a 3 to 2 victory by the People's Baptist Church over Corliss Street. Umpires Billings and Pomeroy earned praise. highlights included Hunt and Sheridan for the Y.M.C.A. and key plays from McDonald and Baker. The schedule lists July 22 through August 19 matchups among Corliss, Woolwich, Y.M.C.A., and Peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Baseball League
Kelley Field
Y.M.C.A
Woolwich
People’s Baptist Church
Corliss Street
Billings
Pomeroy
Hunt
Sheridan
McDonald
C. Holbrook
Young
M. Holbrook
Butler
Thistle
Savage
Coffin
Holbrook and Crocker
Sheldon
Jackson
Snowdon
Tanguay
Pinkham
Talbot
Bowker
Crocker
Pittman
Burns
Rice
Corliss
Peoples
Y.M.C.A. People’s
People’s
People
S. Y.M.C.A
Cumberland Light & Power Co Settles Portland Strike
The Cumberland Light and Power Co settles its Portland street car strike this morning after a week of conciliation talks. The settlement followed an almost continuous session of a committee of conciliation since Saturday and prompted an impromptu celebration with a possible labor demonstration to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Light & Power Co
Portland
Seventh Maine encampment at Camp Connor Portland
The thirty fifth annual encampment of the 7th Maine Regimental Association will be held at Camp Connor on Long Island in Portland from August 21 to August 26. A business meeting and camp fire are scheduled for August 23, but reduced transportation rates could not be obtained due to Public Utilities Commission rulings.
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7Th Maine Regimental Association
Connor
Long Island
Portland
Public Utilities Commission
Smart Bath Girl Miss Mabel Duncan Visits Family
Miss Mabel Duncan of Brooklyn formerly with D. T. Percy & Sons visits her sisters Mrs. E. W. Appleton and Mrs. R. W. Bragg. She has recently been named secretary of the Maine Woman's Club of New York and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Duncan
Brooklyn, N. Y
D. T. Percy & Sons
E. W. Appleton
R. W. Bragg
Leydon heads summer school in Hanover New Hampshire
Mr and Mrs John Leydon are spending the summer in Hanover New Hampshire where Mr Leydon is head of a summer school of three years tenure. He has a large faculty and students from across the country. His mother Mrs Margaret Leydon and sister Miss Margaret join the summer group. During the year he serves on the faculty at Penn Charter School Philadelphia. A B Coombs visited town Friday and headed back to Boston on the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leydon
Hanover
N. H
Mr. Leydon
Margaret Leydon
Miss Margaret
Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Unidentified man found dead near Portland docks
The body was found in the mud at a dock between Commercial and Long wharves in Portland Sunday morning. He bore two photos but no ID. Possible match with Bath native Patrick Donahue prompted Marshall Wallace to seek Michael Flaherty of Bath, who believes the remains may be his nephew.
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Commercial
Portland
Patrick Donahue
Bath
Marion Street
Marshal Wallace
Michael Flaherty
Mr. Flaherty
Navy Officers Listed for Allen and Davis Destroyers
A Bath Iron Works roster details U S Navy personnel for the torpedo boat destroyers Allen and Davis. It names Lieut. Comdr. Samuel W. Bryant as Allen commander with officers Paul S. Theiss John H. Buchanan Rob ert K. Awtrey F P Conger M L Mayo and enlisted chiefs E J Johanssen A M Bushnell W J Murray J Mack Grover W F Osborne R L Reichert H L Rogers. Lieut. Commander Rufus F Zobwaum arrives to command Davis which is set to launch August 15.
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U. S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Allen
Davis
Samuel W. Bryant
Paul S. Theiss
John H. Buchanan
Robert K. Awtrey
H. L. Rogers
Brunswick
Rufus F. Zogbaum
Maine fairs announced with early dates for summer
The Maine fairs announced include Waldo County Fair in Belfast August 15 to 17, New England Fair in Worcester Massachusetts September 4 to 7, and Somerset Central Fair in Skowhegan September 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Waldo County Fair
Belfast
New England Fair
Worcester
Mass
Somerset ‘Central Fair
Skowhegan
Hughes Itinerary Outlines Early Campaign Tour
Charles E. Hughes will open his campaign with a Detroit speech on August 7 and speak in Chicago around August 8 or 9. He then plans stops in St Paul or Minneapolis and continues to the Pacific coast before returning east for Maine before September’s election. Fred Comier of Newcastle visited for the circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hughes
Detroit
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Hughes
Pacific Coast
Maine
Bath resident praises Doan's Kidney Pills for backache relief
James Wright of 55 Shepard St Bath recounts chronic backache and strain from daily labor and desk work. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills purchased at Webber's Drug Store with significant relief and urges fellow kidney sufferers to use the same remedy from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Dean
James Wright
Shepard St
Doan
Webber
Wright
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
To Eat Dogfish
Luther Maddocks of Boothbay Harbor received a Washington commission to prepare dogfish meat for market. The U S Fisheries Department backs the effort to turn the formerly troublesome fish into marketable food. Maddocks has begun experiments at the Neptune factory, canning the fish in oil and in mustard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Maddocks
Boothbay Harbor
Washington
U.S. Fisheries Department
Mr. Maddocks
Neptune Factory
Captain Skillings Plans Holiday Outing After Record Ulysses Call
Captain John S. Skillings of the Panama Railroad Steamship Co. is home on a three weeks vacation and plans an outing at Penobscot Bay or Monhegan. He commands the Ulysses, flagship of the Panama fleet, which last week brought to New York the port's largest freight ever landed, 20 000 tons of sugar coffee copper and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Skillings
Panama Railroad Steamship Co
Pemaquid
Monhegan
Skillings
Ulysses
Panama
New York
Carmen at Work ends transit strike at Cumberland Light
Portland July 17 conductors motormen and linemen of Cumberland Light and Power Company return to work after settlement of all demands. City had been without street service since Wednesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Cumberland Light & Power Company
Engineers Join Lisman Steamship For Europe Voyage
F G Daley of Phippsburg sails to New York to join the steamship F G Lisman as first engineer. William Hodgkins of Popham becomes second assistant and John Stacy of Phippsburg is third assistant. The American crew will return on a passenger steamer on delivery of the Lisman in Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Daley
Phippsburg
New York
F. G. Lisman
Wiliam Hodgkins
Popham
John Stacy
Havre
Derrick installation at Texas Steamship yard begins
Fullerton and Wade prepare eight big derricks with spars and gafts of Oregon pine for the Texas Steamship Co. yard. Gros 200 feet of steel and wire from 1 1/2 to 2 inches arrive. A crew of riggers heads to Phippsburg to rig a three masted schooner at Bowker's yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton and
Wade
Texas Steamship Co
Wade & Fullerton
Phippsburg
Bowker’s
Local Residents Gather for Summer Socials and Visits
Ralph Warren joins Hallet Drug store clerks for the summer. Mrs. Dunlap summers at Popham and spends the day in town. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Andrews and Master Charles visited Bay Point. Various locals travel to summer homes and attend library events, Bay Point outings, or family visits. Rev. Frank Bristol departs Northboro after visiting Miss Mary R. Hill. Benjamin Gediman returns from a coast trip. Miss Marie Anderson heads to Squirrel Island as guest of Mrs. Alexander Doyle. Mrs. Hubert McDonough and Catherine stay with Mrs. Thomas Reynolds in town. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jewell relocate from Quincy after taking a town position with Texas interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Warren
Hallet
Dunlap
Popham
Fred L. Andrews
Charles
Bay Point
Mr. Pittman
Wakefield
May Gilman
Patten Free Library
May O’brien
Gleason Coggan
Thomastoun
A. C. Colby
Gardiner
Albert W. Colby
E. T. Emerson
Bangor
Oscar Bailey
Woolwich
Etta ® Rookings
Dresden
Totman
Ethel
Virginia
Frank Bristol
Northboro
Mass
Mary R. Hill
Benjamin Gediman
Matinieuas
Crehaven
Marie Anderson
Squirrel ’Island
Alexander Doyle
Hubert McDonough
Catherine
South Boston
Thomas Reynolds
Ella J. Cooper
Lewiston
Christmas Cove
Warren Jewell
Quincy
Town
Jewell
Texas
Marston Couple Marks Sixty Years of Marriage in Sedgwick
Capt and Mrs Ansel G Marston celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at Edward Street home. He is Civil War veteran, charter Sedgwick Post GAR member, born December 31 1832 in North Yarmouth. They have a daughter Mrs Mills and three sons, all named, with church ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel G. Marston
Edward St. Ct
Marston
Sedgwick Post
G.A.R
North Yarmouth
John Marston
Durham
James Gerrish
Cornish
Co. E
9Th
Maine Volunteer Infantry
10Th Corps
Port Royal
8. C
South Carolina
Fort Walker
Hidden Head Island
Mary F. Winslow
William Winslow
Haywood
Cal
William A., Ansel M
Charlestown
Mass
Lincoln W. Marston
City
Thomaston Visitor Miss Alice George Spends Saturday
Miss Alice George, a resident of Thomaston, spent a Saturday visiting the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice George
Thomaston
Town
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Cumberland Company
A. B. Coombs
OUR Navy
Fred Comier
Newcastle
Carmen
France
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Chichester
A. B. Watson
Union Street
el Ele Railroad
Maine Central Railroad
Atom
MAL Central
Industrial Sureay
Portland, Maine
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Telephone Connection
Cyrus W. Longley
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