Allies poised to turn tide as American forces join drive
The Associated Press reports military leaders express confidence the Allies can check the German drive within forty eight hours. Foch strategy aims to hold Germans in check until American troops flood the lines, with caution about a major assault. Submarine activity declines and Allied fleets grow, signaling hopeful times ahead for the war effort.
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Associated Press
Foch
America
Germany
Winnegance Eyes Electric Lighting Across Bridge
Winnegance on the Phippsburg side may gain electric service soon as Bath Brunswick Light and Power Co considers extending lines across the creek. About 18 houses could be served with under a third mile of wire, possibly on telephone poles, pending a customer canvass. Manager Ftumphreys leads the effort with hopes for this season.
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Winnegance
Phippsburg
Bath & Brunswick Light’ and’ Power Co
Bath
Ftumphreys
Red Cross Busy West Bath Session and Local Notices
Fourteen Red Cross members met at Mrs. J Lemont home changing meeting from Thursday for the holiday. Next session set for Wednesday June 5 at Trusants Crossing with Mrs. Walter H Larrabee. Several local residents visited, and town affairs included tax notices and a service flag at Rosedale farm. West Bath band concert raised funds for the Red Cross while the community anticipates Memorial Day activities and local cottage movements.
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Lena Oliver
Fred Oliver
Seymore Hayden
Thomaston
Clinton Littlefield
Ida Hunt House
Nan E. Trask
Ernest C. Knight
Augusta
Knight
Eugene Knight
Phippsburg
Miles Purington
Doris
Portland
Red Cross
Winnefance
John G. Morse, Jr
Walter Morse
Lacey Small
Bath
Elmer Williams
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Alice Williams
Leroy Perkins
Charles Perkins
Charles, Jr
Earl Coombs
Elbridge Morse
Parker Head
Marion Oliver
Walter Williamson
New York
Samuel Burke
Albert Downing
Joyce Butterfield
Ernest Baker
Union
James W. Moulton
The
Cash Market Co
Brigham
George Brigham
Bernice Clifford
Georgetown
Seymour Hayden
Albert Morrison
Grace Reynolds
John Butterfield
Farmington Falls
Edwin F. H. Small
Edwin F. Houdlette
Richmond
Beacon Street Church
Fred. W. Larrabee
Hanson
Larrabee
Maine
Howard Hawley
Mona Wyse
Fred W. Larrabee
Charles Haggett
Dr. Peaslee
Fred Brown
Fred, Jr
Joseph Doucette
Freeport
Stanley Thirkell
Lowell School
Boston
I. A. Jack
L. T. Gerrish
Lisbon Falls
Board of Selectmen
Fred D. White
Henry Rose
Arthur Clowes
Alonzo G. Fisher
Fosster’s Point
Fred Rose
Dauhter
Marion
Revere
Albert Billings
North Berwick
George Rogers
West Bath
Columbian Theatre
Lewiston Brigade
Doris Purington
Sagadahoc
Hoe
George Farr Chase
Robert Putnam Carter
BE. J. Allen
J. C. Larrabee
George Newcomb
Ernest Seabury
Bangor
E. R. Brown
Roscoe Decker
Durham
BE. R. Brown
Decker
Texas Steamship Co
Llewellyn Rogers
South Portland
Henry Brown
Everett Mayo
Herman Woodside
Everett ‘Mayo
L. H. Curtis
A. J. Fisher
Foster’s Point
Plucky Women Make a Risky Bath Run in a Gale
Two Westport women were compelled to travel by motor boat to Bath after leaving Reed's wharf at midnight. The voyage faced a dark, threatening sky and a gale as they aimed for the Sasanoa channel, the night described as perilous for their crossing.
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Charles Morse
Earl Morse
Popham
Captain Small
Harry Elmer Williams
Sagadahoc County
Camp Devens
Winnegance Knitting Society
Williams
Westport
Bath
Reed's Wharf
Sasanoa
Great Tonic for Growing Girls touted by Mrs Wilde
Mrs Otis Wilde of Framingham Massachusetts endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills as a top tonic for growing girls. She credits the pills with restoring her strength after long illness and states the pills help build blood for teen girls. Price is 50 cents per box with six boxes for $2.50, mail order available from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Dr. Williams
Strongest Man Pauses Before Journey as Women Lead Trip
The group faced a tough start but the women showed determination and pluck, making the journey a success with an early morning arrival. A son named Neal Murray Sprague was born Saturday morning to Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Sprague on Edward Street.
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Ida Munt
Newcastle
Clinton ‘Littlefield
Rockland
Ilarlan
Ell
Harry Knight
Bath Iron Works
Charles Perkins
Elbridge Morse
Parker
Joseph Houdlette
Dresden
Venus Marco
Gardiner
Walter Marco
Vena Dobbin
Portland
Rines Brothers
Joel Dobbin
Fair View
8. L. Sprague
Edward Street
Neal Murray Sprague
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Times Company
Front St
Bath, Ma
McAdoo
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Sybil Houdlette
Orman Rogers
Thomas Partridge
Leon Pernell
Pennell
George Dennison
Ladies Aid
Charles Trask
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Parker Morse
Lincoln
Page Wyman
Gertrude Small
Trufant Street
Gus Small
Gus Smet
Derector
Venus Marco of
Lucy Small
W. H. Larrabee
Trufant’s Crossing
Mill Cove
Winneganee
Grange
Brown
Rudolph Trafton
Billy Besaw
Arnold Preney
Parker Reed
Dean Davis
Philip Roberts
Shirley Allen
George Blackwood
Clarence Miler
Bobby Wishart
Ralph Fielding
E. E. Williams
Stanley
Win
Throp
William Bonney
Everett Lemont
John C. Rideout
Park and Cemetery Board
Hardings
Rideout
C.raymond Chappel
First Baptist Church of
Joseph M. Lemont
Everett G. Lemont
James B. Lemont
Joseph W. Larrabee
Socony
Fletcher
Children
Sastoria
Ory
Castoria
Allies
So-Co-Ny
So-Co
Standard Oil CO. OF
Massachusetts
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
A. B. Watson
Brunswick
Union Street
Rul
Central Cpst
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Commonwealth Hotel
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