Local Jottings From Bath Area Date
Bath notes report Sunday visits by Dan Bishop and D D Clarke at Popham and Birch Point spooky weather with fog and rain. A four-masted schooner at Percy and Small yard is to be launched August 3. The Stevens orchestra adds drums for the Popham dance. Local church services unite morning and evening at Winter Street and First Baptist. The Bath Boston boat carries weekend travelers returning to the Hub. Eugene Desmond plans a Washington season while continuing stock acting. Local Y M C A officials visited Popham and conducted a service aboard the Virginia. Locomotive 289 blew a cylinder head near Woolwich and was repaired. Captain Nickerson of Brunswick shifts 500 tons of coal for Petepsoit Paper Co. Postoffice clerks begin 15 days vacations August 1. Board of Registration adds two new voters, a small count. Granolithic walk bids planned. 3 1/2 miles to be let August 1 with work starting late August. A drowning incident near Shark attack recalled for W Stanley Fisher of Matawan on July 12 1916. Bath agent Hyde touts disability policy from London Lancashire. Bath Aerie whist party honored at New Ivon House with a banquet and dancing. September whist resumes planned.
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Dan Bishop
Popham
D. D. Clarke
Birch Point
Percy & Small Yard
C. C. Mengel, Jr
Stevens Ocestra
Winter Street
First Baptist Church
Boston
Bath
Eugene Desmond
Washington
Webber
Stage and Screen
Liberty Theatre
Nanamie
British Columbia
Sec. MacCormick
N. B. Cortell
Y.M.C.A
Virginia
Woolwich
Round House
Nickerson
Brunswick
Edward B
Ted Patten
North End
Petepsoit Paper Co
Postoffice
Board of Highways and Sewers
W. Stanley Fisher
Matawan
N. J
Fisher
London & Lancashire Indemnity Company of America
E. W. Hyde
Bath Aerie
New Ivon House
The
Aerie
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Internal Cure
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that cures catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes a physician endorsement, non quack status, and a 75 cent price, plus a note on Dean's Ointment for eczema and itching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Ke Hall
Dean
Treatment for Declining Child Health Warns of Pink Pills
A old newspaper health notice advises worried families to treat weak children with orange juice before breakfast and Dr Williams Pink Pills after meals, noting weight gain as proof of progress. It urges sending to Dr Williams Medicine Co for a diet book and pamphlet Building Up the Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Batata
Dr. Williams
Storm disrupts lines while ships, parties, and reunions proceed
The storm outage affected many telephone lines though ships and ferries continued. The Virginia reported a solid passenger list despite weather. Community items note Wesley Church meeting, a garage project, and several social gatherings, with ship traffic at Popham hampered by heavy surf and a Portland excursion drawing six cars. A Boston lumber dealer was burgled. a 200-foot schooner plan was announced. the Cyprus voyage and yacht talks continued. the First Maine Heavy Artillery Association schedules its Hampden reunion for August 22 1916 with rail options and dinner plans.
Bath Area News Highlights Local Business and Community Updates
Frank Whalen buys the 21 foot speed boat from Harry Smith. Bath Iron Works hosts Curtis and 19 Camp Elliot boys viewing ships on stocks. Crowds attend Boothbay Island trips despite stormy weather. Bath Garage sells several cars, Wallula ship to Woolwich, and M W Sewall Co tests a new oil truck. George M Baker Funeral held in Brunswick with service by Rev S A Evans. W S Newell moves to new Bath office quarters. Oriental ship destroyed in Oakland estuary after years laid up. Leonard Marks returns from Brooklyn for two weeks of singing and Cosmpolitan Club plans. Henry C Rowe elected secretary of northern oyster exchange. Exchange capital estimated at 12 to 15 million dollars. officers listed.
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Frank Whalen
Hull Drafting Room
B.I.W
Harry Smith
Hobbs
Water St
Curtis
Camp Elliot
Arrowsic
Bath Iron Works
Boothbay
Islands
Bath Garage Company
Buick
Miles M. Merry
Ford Cars
McLaughlin and Campbell
D. M. Patt
Brunswick
Studebaker
Charles Preble
Wallula
Whitmore
Woolwich Wharf
M.C.R.R
Worrell Reed
Woolwich
Eben Dana
Board of Selectmen
Reed
James Tibbetts
M. W. Sewall Co
Small Point
Oliver
George M. Baker
Lewis Baker
Maine Central
R.R. Dock
W. S. Newell
C. P. Wetherbee
Bath Ship Oriental
E. & A. Sewall Co
Oakland
Albert C. Otis
San Francisco
Leonard Marks
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Marks
Henry C. Rowe
Groton
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
New Haven
Franklin L. Holman
A. L. Smith
Bridgeport
G. Clifford Foote
H. J. Lewis
Alexander Frazer
Obituary for Elizabeth Mooers 88 at her daughter's home
Elizabeth Mooers age 88 years 5 months died Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs Charles A Blair home She was widow of Captain Reuben Mooers and survived by one son and four daughters Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 pm from the Blair residence 691 High Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Mooers
Charles A. Blair
Reuben Mooers
High St
Infant son of Lowe dies of pneumonia at 2 months
Arthur W. Lowe Jr. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Lowe died Sunday of pneumonia at the family home 13 Chestnut Street Court. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery on Monday.
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Arthur W. Lowe, Jr
Arthur W. Lowe
Chestnut St. Court
Calvary Cemetery
MacMahon Island summer resort bustling with guests and improvements
MacMahon Island at MacMahon hosts a thriving season with the Seal and Porpoise Club filled, a new annex of 14 bedrooms and enhanced club facilities, plus expanded post office and staff quarters. Notable guests include Mrs. Montgomery H. Johnson and many Dower Brookline and New York residents. St Cuthbert's Church features memorial wood panels by J Kirchmayer and Edmund Q Sylvester.
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L. P. Chapin
Boston Woman’s City Club
Benjamin W. Rand
MacMahan Fleet
Seal and Porpoise Club
Montgomery H. Johnson
Utica
N. Y
Helen C. Pray
Margaret Dexter
Alice H. Shaw
George B. Dexter
Pauline Dexter
Brookline
Mass
A. J. Cumming
Albert Potter
Boston
William Stroud
Stroud
Thomas A. Jaggar
New York
William D. Nichols
Helen Nichols
Helen Smith
Briarcliff Manor
C. L. Johnson
Moorehouse L. Johnson
Paris
France
Elizabeth Gibbons White
Mary M. Rogers
Margaret White
Philadelphia
Henry Hague
Worcester
Katherine Cocroft
Providence
Charlotte Baldwin
John Dennison Baldwin
Dennison Baldwin
William J. Calder
Ethel Calder
William Calder
Harrisburg
Calder
Cornell
John Edwin Smith
Eugenia Smith
Newton Center
Alice C. George
Thomaston
Elizabeth L. Horsfall
Newton
Thomas Verner Long
Pittsburg
United States
Florence
Venice
Italy
St. Cuthbert’s Church
MacMahan
Edmund Q. Sylvester
J. Kirchmayer
Ober Ammergau
Cambridge
St. Margaret
Scotland
Susan Margaret Hughes
Bath
St. Agnes
Mary Liscomb Nealley
Harry A. Nealley
St. Francis of Assisi
John Gregson
St. Cuthbert
Harriet Brown
Dobbs Ferry
Bishop Codman
George E.hughes
William Read Howe
Orange
N. J
L. B. Masters
Hudson
H. A. Nealley
Newton, Mass
Roberts
Bryn Mawr
Allen Johnson
New Haven
Edith Howard
E. S. Allen
Allen
West Orange
Arthur N. Taft
Colorado Springs
W. O. Jones
Brooklyn
Allen Whittemore
Charles Whittemore
Philip Little
Salem
Commodore
R. G. Davenport
Washington, D. C
G. S. Pine
R. I
Pine
St. Marks School
Southborough
D.-M-Bates
Ted Bates
Bates
Lewiston
M. C. Gile
Ruth
J. Harry McLellan
Belmont
Caroline S. Simpson
Elizabeth, N. J
Harold B. Smith
Fairchild
New
Talking Machine World notes at Atlantic City banquet
The July issue features a photo of robbers at the National Association of Talking Machines banquet in Atlantic City at the Hotel Traymore. Mr and Mrs E H Lansing from Kennebec Point and Boston residents attend with Emilio de Gogorza praised for his recital and as a Victor artist.
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The
Talking Machine World
National Association of Talking Machines
Atlantic City
Hotel Traymore
E. H. Lansing
Kennebec Point
Boston
Emilio de Gogorza
Victor Artists
Rose Hall
Bath
Lahore
Victor
Eastern Talking Machine Company
Maine
Emma Eames
Bath shipyards praised by Judge Putnam in 1916 letter
Judge W L Putnam of Portland thanks Bath Independent for its July 8 issue. He cites Bath’s Long Reach as a premier wooden shipbuilding city and notes Johnson Rideout’s significant keel work. He sends regards to Bath’s distinguished native son and editor of the Times.
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Bath
Johnson Rideout
W. S. Putnam
the Independent
The
Independent
Times
Bay Point Residents Return From Visits
Master Joseph Given of Gardiner returned home after a week as guest of Master John Eaton at Gray Rocks. Mrs. William Adame of Brooklyn left Saturday after visiting her sister Mrs. Henry Keen. Mrs. Wilbur and her children, from Wal tham, vacated the Coughey cottage and returned home this week. Read Independent advertisements.
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Joseph Given of
Gardiner
John Eaton
Gray Rocks
William Adame
Brooklyn
Henry Keen
Visitors and Local Guests Span City and Surroundings
A roundup of residents and visitors including Harold and Mrs Small driving in Portland, William Elkinson in Chelsea visiting Trask family, Harriet Morrison on vacation from D. T. Percy, Donald Avery visiting Edgecomb, and Miss Hillman from Bath Iron Works staying in Portland. Other entries note Fran ces Merla birth name, Blewett sisters from Brookline visiting Collins, Dorchester guest Finnberg, Webber and Rollins’ Boston return, Marston and son Raymond in town from Augusta, William P. Hill taking a two week escape, outing at Capitol Island, Freeman Butler visiting Magoun family, and Dingley family in Boston with Paoli crew aboard. Also mention Malzard guests from Audubon and Mrs Grover’s Philadelphia return. Grover serves aboard torpedo boat destroyer Allen.
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Harold Small
Portland
William Elkinson
Chelsea
T. J. Trask
Harriet Morrison
D. T. Percy
Donald Avery
Edgecomb
Albert Haggett
Miss Hillman
Bath Iron Works
Frank Montgomery
Frances Merla
Edyth
Bertha Blewett
Brookline
Mass
J. W. Collins
Washington Street
Finnberg
Harold
Dorchester
George Gediman
Webber
Charles Rollins
Boston
Phippsburg
Tech
Charles W. Dingley
Albert F
William
Herbert Malzard
Audubon
N. J
Pearl St
Camp dates changed for Portland coast defense drills
The Coast Artillery Corps N.G.S.M. shifts joint coast defense exercises from July 12–21 to Sept 14–23 at Portland fortifications. Money delays prompted the informal rescheduling urged by Adjutant General Presson and Inspector Niles. officers Gatchell and Peterson approve. Awaiting official orders, but dates are set and anticipated to be formalized soon.
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Coast Artillery Corps
N.G.S.M
Portland
Division of Militia Affairs
Washington
George McL. Presson
Ellery C. Niles
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