Vacation Drift at Salty Five Isles Grange Hall Fund Drive
Noted social and civic news from Salty Five Isles highlights a July fund drive for curtains and hall improvements at the Grange Hall. A total fund of 787.21 dollars is reported with donations from nearby Granges and individuals. Long reads on local movements, visits by Boston families, and residents’ health notes accompany the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Cromwell
Barrows
George Blen
Cambridge
Mass
Arthur Berry
Walter S. Rowe
Portland
Edward S. Rowe
Waltham
W. M. Hagan
Bath
Grange
Carrie H. Stevens
Manfred Newdick
Topsham
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Alton Berry
Newdick
Will Berry
Walker and Pratt
Boston
Mildred Dunham
Waterville
Carolyn Stevens
Everett Leonard
C. W. Nocton
Ray Vere
Marcus Beebe
Marcus, Jr
Malden
Malden Island
Miss Rice
Leslie Beebe
Beebe
Nehemiah Boynton
Parson's Paradise
New York
Rev
Russell
Edward Boynton
Sky Pilot
Nettie Snowman
Mary Richardson
Brunswick
Sagadahoc County Cars Registered With Secretary of State
A list of Sagadahoc County automobiles registered at the Maine Department of State over the past week includes W. C. Oliver of Bath with a Ford touring car horsepower 22 W E Gifford of Bowdoinham with an Overland touring car horsepower 29 John H. Hyde of Bath with a Stutz runabout horsepower 31 G W Hildreth of Topsham with a Stanley touring car horsepower 12 and Chester A Staples of Topsham R F D No 1 with a Ford runabout horsepower 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Sagadahoe County
Department of State
W. C. Oliver
Union St
Bath
Ford
E. E. Gifford
Pleasant St
Bowdoinham
Overland
John H. Hyde
High St
G. W. Hildreth
Topsham
Stanley
Chester A. Staples
Maine crops roar ahead as war demands surge 300 percent
Maine researchers report wheat up 300 percent from 1916 aided by a statewide survey. Beans, field corn up about 40 percent, potatoes 27 to 30 percent higher, oats and barley around 20 percent, vegetables 100 percent. Wet June delayed seeding while warnings of late planting persist, yet overall area expansion promises large food supplies and future wheat growth. Secretary E L Newdick notes new milling capacity spurring industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
State Committee On Food Production and Conservation
Mr. Newdick
New England
Sec
E. L. Newdick
Aroostook County
People's Garage Co Incorporation Approved in Bath
Articles of incorporation for the People’s Garage Co organized in Bath July 2 were approved by the attorney general. Capital stock ten thousand dollars, common shares par one hundred. three subscribers including Charles Henderson as president and clerk and John Davis as treasurer, with Amory Percy McLellan also a director. Purposes: general garage business. Approved July 23. The rest of the text mentions social visits and personal notes unrelated to the corporate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Garage Co
Charles Henderson
Bath
John Davis
Amory
Percy McLellan
Many Social Visits Reported Around Winneranee and Bath
Local residents list guests and visitors across Winneranee Bath and surrounding areas. Misses Huff Clough Marion Oliver Lillian Clough travel between Rockport Lewiston and Cambridge while families from Gardiner Belfast and Portland host or visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Williams
Long Island
Gus Small
George Stevens
Cook's Corner
Fred Coombs
George Ingalls
Brunswick
J. A. Duncan
Sabine
Arthur
Portsmouth
Merle Huff
Lillian Clough
Rockport
William FE. Willis
Isle Au Haut
Ebner Lotkin
John Scott
Staten Island
Alice Rich
Marion Oliver
Lewiston
Miss Bates
Winifred Owen
Lillian Cloneh
Cambridge
Mass
Charles Perkins
Sybil Mondlette
Dresden
Winneranee
Phippsburg
Fred Ndeerly
Gardiner
Warrey Oliver
John Clough
Mers
Fred—Hl. Parks
Ernestine Pushard
Tarry Knight
Silas Purington
New York
Walter C. Perry
Joshua Tibbetts
Ralph
Bernice Clifford
Parker Tread
Tibbetts
Elbrige Morse
Lattie Morse
Bazarath
Morse Wulf
Huse
Bath
Capt. Keeman
Salvation Army
Warren Oliver
Ladies' Aid
John Skhofield
Small Point
George Dennison
Madelyn
Freeport
Dennison
George Merritt
Parker Adams
A. D. Adams
Joseph McCutcheon
Eugene Spinney
Harry Oliver
Oscar Gould
Seymour ‘Hayden
Boston
Dunfinger Divorce in Philadelphia Divides Bath Friends
Mrs. Louis L. Dunfinger formerly Victoria Bartlett of Bath secured a divorce from him in Philadelphia on July 2. He once worked at Bath Tron Works and belonged to the Colonial Club. Bath friends of the couple will be interested in the outcome of the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Coward
Marion
Cambridge
Mass
J. W. Blaisdell
George C. Rowe
Charles W. Boucher
Bath
Texas Company
Manfred Miller
Lynn
Bowles
Woolwich
J. B. Horton
Miss Rice
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. H. Davis
Dorothy Palmer
France
J.P. Lewis F
Boston
Gilbert
Chalmers
Ida Hinckley
Will Field
Elfen
Mabel Conners
Gladys
Haines Landing
Louis L. Dunfinger
Dunfinger
Philadelphia
Victoria
Bartlett
Bath Tron Works
Colonial Club
Phippsburg Notes and Town Dwellers Social Roundup
Local column records a flood of weekend visits and gatherings in Phippsburg. Tours include Bath visitors, West Point residents, and gatherings at Minott's landing and the Anchorage. The report notes fishing, strawberry crops, a schooner incident, and town life under wartime draft concerns.
Fruit-a-tives Promises Soothing Fruit Juice Remedy
An advertisement extols Fruit-a-tives as a unique medicine from fresh fruits for stomach liver bowels kidneys and skin. It claims fair trial benefits and lists prices 60c box 2.50 for four boxes plus trial offers. An unrelated travel note hints at car loading and Kennebec Beach visits with blueberries scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frustratives Limited
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Rhode Island Steamship Reaches Bath Iron Works for Boilers
The steamship Rhode Island, launched Saturday by the Texas Steamship Co, was towed to Bath Iron Works to fit three boilers. Each boiler weighs 65 tons and was installed Sunday. A few workers suffered heat exposure during the process before the vessel was towed back to the Texas yard this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Texas Steamship ‘Co
Bath Iron Works
Texas Yard
Colonel frees pastor who volunteered in Roosevelt's army
Rev. David L. Wilson, who served as a volunteer in Roosevelt's army amid talk of a possible transfer to France, has received a note from the Colonel releasing him from his obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Roosevelt
France
Miss Leah Winslow Stars in The 18th Chair at Forty Eighth Street
Miss Leah Winslow of this city acts Rosalie La Grange in the extended New York stage run of The 18th Chair at Forty Eighth Street Theater. The season 1916 17 has shown the production as one of the most successful of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah Winslow
Forty Eighth Street Theater
New York
Rosalie la Grange
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Grange Hall
Messrs
Laurence and Charington
Quimby
Revel. P. Quimby
Bessie
People's Garage CO
Winnegance
William F. Willis
Clarence
Edgar Oliver
Walter Perry
Patch
Belfast
Blackington
Bridge Hall
West Bath
Daniel Deans
U.L.N
A. R. Campbell
Ki. J.blake
Uncle Sam
Henry Minott
J. O. Wyman
Lakeview
Minott
Guy Nickerson
Orville Pinkham
Seymour Pinkham
Butler
Anchorage
Ralph Beaven
Duxbury
Abbie Minott
Bearee
Powder Point
Ada Morton
John Cobb
Lottie Cobb
Bowdeinham
Ann M. Perry
Walter Bowker
Frank M. Bowker
Cape Eliz
Abeth Sanday
Arthur Bowker
Everett Harrington
George Davis
Carl Erikson
Parker Head
Pauline
Anansi
Raymond
Angel
Willard Daley
John Rollins
Somerville
Rollins
Mr. McLanathan
Non
Harold M. Sewall
Bathenster
Stoell Point Beach
Dro
Fred Perey
Brookline
Carl Perey
Percy
Frank Thompson
Eugene Perry
Clara
John Holland
West Point
Mildred Aid
Marion Crocker
Eleanor Starrington
Edward B. Winslow
Winslow
New Meadows Inn
Georgetown
George Popham
Laurel
Purser McNulty
C. V. Minott, Jr
Seniour
Neew Meadows Inn
Wien
Eome
Penham
Jess. J. O. Wymen
F. S. Bowke
J. K. Leach
L. W. Berry
Mary Buchanan
Rebecca Brown
Alice
Boss
Cynxee Dickinson
Golder
Frank Leeach
Corinne Berry
Ridley's
Thesday
Auraist
Fay
Stephen May
Burle- Son
United States Mood Administration
Annie Pease
FE. Motley
Virginia
Syracuse, N. Y
Bowker'’s Beach
Boilers
Rhodes Island
Colonel
Pastor
Socony
Standard Oil Co. of
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
People’s Garage
Reed & Bonney
A. B. Thwing
West Woolwich
Stacy & Stevens
Popham Beach
F. A. Bubier
Foster’s Point
M. M. Daley, Parker Head
New Meadows Garage Co
New Meadows Landing
F. A. Harrington, Parker Head
M. L. Marr
W. Georgetown
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