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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
2
West Bath residents and visitors populate New Meadows area with picnics baptisms and church services. Local families including the Lemonts Whitees and Browns host guests from Bath Kennebunk Watertown and Medford while summer camps Sabine Point and Sabasco see parties and baptisms.
Levi Shattuck, a Maine native born in Westport March 12, died at the National Sailor Home in Wollaston Massachusetts after five years there. Civil War veteran served with Captain John A. Winlow on the Kearsarge. Survived by three nieces and several nephews. widow Elizabeth Rich died earlier.
Mr ami Mrs William Walker Levi tem visit Paradise cottage for two weeks with Mie w Merri Breewerze Arlisnglass. Ma i a guest at Grand View house. Mr ami Mrs Herbert So King and Mr amd Mrs Whilip Beestin were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Charli Tark and View chess.
A quirky Bath item describes a Mosquito excursion from the mill pond to the Chautauqua tent to hear the Great Lakes string quartet. It says the event was the largest of its kind, with tribes competing in relays and dives, many casual injuries, and a large casualty list.
Contractor Andrew S Merrill arrives with the crew to tear up asphalt on the Custom house lot beginning at Vine Street. The team plans to finish by Saturday night with the full contract likely stretching three weeks to two months.
Mr and Mrs Roger and son Liron of St Charles Michigan travel on their first automobile tour of the East visiting Bath and noting poor roads in upper New York State. They trace family roots to Bath and plan to return home after a long trip, with plans to announce their next state visit.
A garbled OCR passage references a person tied to Maine and Gardiner, mentioning a state loyalty theme, a person named Dor or Dries, and a hoped return to a western day. The text is fragmentary but implies a historic or political note about allegiance and a person’s journey back to Maine.
The readable text sketches a gathering with listed attendees and roles such as Stanford Morehedi and Mr. Mitetees. Mentions Providence, Webster, and a Sunday succession with various names, roles, and an evening program. The exact events remain unclear due to missing OCR portions.
The article outlines veal as wholesome and digestible with proper cooking. It advises rare to lightly cooked meat is unappealing, sapping flavor with overcooking. It lists suitable cuts for stews braising roasts and soups and covers sausages, jellied veal, timbales and various preparations with vegetables and herbs.
William Gray of Lewiston consolidates a large theater network under the Gray Circuit and new Jack Chain holdings. The expanded group includes Empire, Music Hall, Strand, and Olympia theatres in Lewiston and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, creating a major regional entertainment entity.
Six days of last week 602 cars passed the Pine Street front of the Maine Publicity Bureau at Longfellow Square. Six out-of-state cars with 207 people were also counted. Officials noted these figures exclude traffic along Congress Street and transits beyond the bureau area.
The census bureau notes daily state representation ranges from a low of 11 to a high of 26 states, showing uneven daily participation in the count.
Smith, superintendent of schools, after a Canada trip and study of Canadian players, announced a plan to teach Raymond V. Hayward Morse High coach new playing methods. Hayward returned from Maine with ideas and nearly challenged Smith. They played. Smith lost five straight sets and then reverted to a U S style of play.
Frank W Breed a ducal painter and paper hanger faced two embezzlement counts in municipal court on Tuesday forenoon. Catherine Ayer alleged misdelivery of wallpaper funds and Plattie Ayer paid him. Breed pleaded guilty and paid fines totaling 220 dollars. He will serve 60 days in jail unless he appeals and posts 500 dollars bail for the case.
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