Chautauqua in Bath Prepares for Next Season
Bath patrons sign contracts for another Chautauqua season led by George E. Thompson and Mrs. Bertha Smith Titus. Thompson praises the program while Titus commends the crew for their hard work as children present an "Americans All" pageant celebrating unity and wartime efforts.
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Bath
George E. Thompson
Bertha Smith Titus
George
Elizabeth Roberts
Miss Roberts
Sam
Bath community notes 汇 Ladies' aid fair and local visits
Ladies' aid fair and supper for the church drew strong support with receipts totaling $6. The text then lists numerous visitors and residents in Bath and nearby towns, including families passing through, guests at cottages, and residents visiting relatives in Acton, Nashua, Waterville, and Cambridge. Names include Hall, Holland, Harford, Lewis, Southard, Stevens, Reed, Worrell, Harley, Dunham, Pinkham, Clarkin, Norton, Mains, Harford, Tarr, Oliver, Blake, Coward, Sexton, Rittal, Home, Waldo Lewis, and others with short travel notes and stays at Five Islands and Seguinland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Margaret
Ruth
Medford
Mass
Frank Southard
Bath
Edith Harley
Nashua
N. H
Mrs. Harley
Seguinland
Louise Reed
Harriett Worrell
Ogden
Carolyn Stevens
Frank Brown
Waterville
Ira Lewis
Martha Mains
Waltham
Elbridge Mains
Melvin Harford
Boothbay
Mildred Dunham
Kenneth Pinkham
Charles Pinkham
Alice Clarkin
Miller
Pennsylvania
Charles Nocton
Goodspeed
Randolph
Pierce Cottage
Harry Tarr
Hannah Oliver
T. W. Blaisdell
Richmond
Five Islands
Oliver
Georgetown
Isabel McFadden
North Hampton
Sarah Stevens
Philip Blake
Somerville
Townsend Coward
Cambridge
Charlie Tarr
Sexton
Augusta
Fred Rittal
Mrs. Home
Chester
Waldo Lewis
Angeline Lewis
Harold and
Orville Rowe
Alonzo MacMahan
James T. MacMahan
Leslie Aingley
Charles MacMahan
Edward Faye
Eva Beals
Vivian
Court costs and deputy wages rise under new state law
The Legislature passed measures increasing fees for deputy services in legal matters doubling or more in many cases. Writ attachments, warrants, subpoenas rise from 50 cents to 1 dollar, equity duties from 1 to 3 dollars, and miles driven for deputy travel now 10 cents per mile. Deputy sheriff daily pay rises from 3 to 4 dollars and court messengers earn 4 dollars when courts are in session, with Hancock and Oxford counties excluded.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Hancock
Oxford
Relative of Waterville man found identified among Bald win kin
Sheriff Oliver believes he found a relative of Frank H. Baldwin whose body was found in Waterville Washington on July 18. The embalmed corpse awaits claim while investigators pursue possible family links from Tops ham and Framingham connections. A diamond ring theft at Lewiston linked to jeweler Levy prompts a warrant and search. The Coaldale barge arrives with coal for Giboon's Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur C. Oliver
Frank H. Baldwin
Waterville
Wash
Davis
Mr. Oliver
Fred 4
Witham
Baldwin
Topsham
Oliver
Sanford O. Baldwin
Framingham
Mass
Mr. Owen
Foster's Point
R. C. Barnstone
Lewiston
Il. Levy
Levy
Woman Recovers Strength After Influenza Cure Ad
Mrs Honorius J Laconture of Marlboro Massachusetts details her influenza ordeal. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restored appetite, improved heart action and regained energy after weeks of weakness. The ad promotes 50 cent boxes and six for 2 50 with mail order from Schenectady New York.
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Honorius J. Laconture
No. 76 Broadstreet
Marlboro
Mass
Fish hawk nest disrupts Bath to Boothbay Harbor phone line
Fish hawks built a seven foot diameter nest on a pole near the Sheepscot river bridge disrupting a telephone toll line between Bath and Boothbay Harbor. W. Howard Larrabee Jr. and L. K. Hemore captured three young hawks from the nest and moved them to Bath. The birds, about the size of crows with a two to three foot wingspan, may be sent to Franklin Park Zoo after the ordeal.
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Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Davis Island
Sheepscot River
Wiscasset
Edgecomb
W. Howard Larrabee Jr
Winter
Middle Streets
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Larrabee
L. KE. Hemore
Mr. Larrabee
Obituary Patrick Conley 1882 1920 Bath resident
Patrick Joseph Conley 37 died Sunday after a long illness. Born in Portland March 15 1882 he worked as a boiler maker at Bath Iron Works before leaving to enter Hebron sanitorium for two years. He returned to Bath where health declined and passed away. He is survived by wife Anna two daughters Dorothy and Helen father Stephen Conley Portland sister Mrs W D McGrath Roxbury Mass and brother Edward Conley Portland. Funeral at St Marys Church with Eagles service and burial at Oak Grove marks.
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Patrick Joseph Conley
Mr. Conley
Bath Iron Works
Hebron
Bath
Portland
Stephen and
Ann Gilmartin Conley
Bath Aerie of Eagles
St. Mary’s Church
Conley
Anna Conley
Dorothy
Helen
Steven Conley
W. D. McGrath
Roxbury
Mass
Edward Conley
N. J. Horan
Charles Farrar
William Perkins
Stuart McPherson
O’brien
Eagles
Academy Street
Oak Grove
Georgetown residents recount summer visits and car accident injuries
A Georgetown scene lists guests and locals at cottages in West Georgetown and Marrtown with many seasonal visitors from Boston and New York. A separate incident reports Byron M Rowe's wagon being jolted by a large touring car, Rowe shaken but not seriously hurt as the horse was stopped.
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Byron M. Rowe
Rowe
H. O. Ellis
Denver
Colorado
Elizabeth Howarth
Ellis
Mary Steadman
Georgetown
John B. Stetson Jr
Pennsylvania
EB. A. Carlisle
Kennebec Point
Sewall Oliver
Josephine Oliver
Indian Point
Grace Scott
Bath
George Oliver
John Wilson, Jr
Arthur Lemont
Wilson Cottage
Marrtown
William Thompson
Charles Redd
Whippsburg
Jane Oliver
Frank Oliver
Popham Beach
Georgy Oliver
Alice Frost
Roberta Bailey
Hooper Cottage
Arlington
Mass
Nancy Oliver
Portland
Percival Snyder
Harrison
N. Y
Elodie Rodd
West Georgetown
Earle—Hagan
Howard Trafton
Fred Oliver
Horace Jordan
Ward House
Martha McFadden
Marion Buzzo
Ethel B. Todd
Bertha A. Russell
Arthur Rowe
James Buzzo
Leon Oliver
Myron Buzzo
Joseph Higgins
Bath Opera House
William A. Todd
William T. Boyd
Iva Wilbur
Robinhood
Belle Heald
Elizabeth Nagels
New York
Elizabeth Oliver
Dorothy Oliver
Roxbury
Mill House
Alice Oliver
Waltham
Charles Oliver
Harold F. Hunt
Edgar Hunt
Walter B. Cummings
W. C. Todd
Stearns W. Scott
Arline L. Rowe
Popham Beezh
Myron
Michigan
A.ick. Buzzo
Jack Horne
Frank Thompson
Clayton Howe
Marion Tuzzol
Nancy I. Russell
Benjamin H. Woodside
Eleanor F. Hollis
Mile Beach
Elizabeth Thompson
Elsa Behr
Sea Beach
Ida Williams
Walter Williams
Popham
Harry S. Horne
Chester
Waldoboro
Wendall Todd
Howard G. Heald
Raspberrying trip ends with crate of berries found
Four men in a car went raspberrying over the river Monday and returned at night with a 64 box crate of raspberries strapped on the rack behind. A house boat powered by motor and a coal barge were anchored in the harbor.
Dr Langdon White Returns to Portland After Visit
Dr Langdon Robert White son of Mr and Mrs Robert G White has returned to Portland after a short visit at his home on White street He graduated Bowdoin College in 1916 with a Bachelor of Science then Bowdoin Medical School last month with a Doctor of Medicine degree He is now at Maine General Hospital Portland He is a member of the Delta Psi chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at Bowdoin
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Langdon Robert White
Robert G. White
Portland
White Street
White
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Medical School
Maine General Hospital
Delta Psi Chapter
Signa Nia
Bowdoin
Extra crowds at South Port as summer travel swells
More people than usual visit South Port this summer. Agent M A Hara den notes increased travel to the Isles and Boothbay Harbor compared with wartime levels.
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Southport
M. A. Haraden
Islands
Boothbay Harbor
Oldest Maine Central employee recalls early rail era
Thomas Nagel of Brunswick is identified as the railroad’s oldest in service. He began over sixty years ago as a switchman and held roles as brakeman fireman and gate tender across the Maine Central system. He recalls the once-fragmented line network and the five foot trench built for an air compressing system powering pumps and saws used for locomotives and lumber.
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Thomas Nagel
Brunswick
Maine Central
Nagel
Portland
Bangor
Portland & Kennebec
Androscoggin & Kennebec
Here
Waterville
Penobscot & Kennebec
Leeds Junction
Danville Junction
Grand Trunk
Atlantic & St. Lawrence
M. C
Androscoggin Railroad
Lewiston
Androscoggin
W. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8.
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Fosdick and Gilpatrick Buy Mouse Island in Boothbay Harbor
Dr. Harry B. Fosdick of New York and G Harold Gilpatrick of Putnam Conn purchased Mouse Island from Keyes H Richards of Boothbay Harbor. The 30 acre island includes woodland and open land with a fine southern beach, water system, electric lights, telephones and a wharf. They plan to build homes and sell a few plots while keeping the island sparsely developed.
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Mouse Island
Boothbay Harbor
Harry B. Fosdick
New York
G. Harold Gilpatrick
Putnam, Conn
Keyes
H. "Richards
Samoset
Culbert
Fosdick
Gilpatrick
Connecticut
Juniper Point
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Thompson Bros
Bath’s Store OF Service
Leonard Cooper
Five Islands Ladies’ Aid
Coaldale
The
Giboon’s Coal Co
O'Hara
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Philip George O'Hara
Mary Charlotte O’brien
William J. O’brien
Nicholas J. Horan
Catherine C. Kane
Charlotte O’brien
Charles O'Hara
Daniel Gallagher
Edward O'Hara
John Murphy
Ruth Burke
James O'Hara
Clyde Feere
Columbia
Henry O'Hara
Bangor High School
Texas Yard
Morse High School
Sadie O'Hara
Matthew McCormick
Manchester
Mary O’brien
Albert Sawyer
Idown River
Small Point
Williams
Fish Hawk Nest
Byron Rowe
Mr. Rowe
John C. Wright
Falmouth
Wright
Herman K. Rollins
James F. Will Co
Harry Fosdick
Mouse
Island
Watson, Frye Co
Royal Worcester
Nemo
Bon Ton
Price
Bath Dept Store
Store OF Quality
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