Colonial Club to Host Governors Night Banquet at Inn
The Colonial Club plans its annual feast at New Meadows Inn on June 70 designated Governors night in honor of Maine Governor Percival Baxter. Ex-President Carl C Troop chairs with a large committee for music by Gaudreau’s band and a brief speaking program, expecting several state dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
New Meadows Inn
Percival
Baxter
Maine
Allan M. Spear
Carl Co Troon
Fred EB. Teeling
Fred A. Fuller
Arthur I. Pepper
John A. Legre
Chesters. Kingsley
Peter A. Olinto
Cedric A. Marrtin
W. Dayton T
Frank Bothalen
Elliott A. Fuller
Ralph Gay
Robert Wishart
Carl Anderson
Gacy
William T. Cobb
Rupert TH. Daxter
Harold Mc Sewall
Charles Th. Cahill
Rodney BH. Ross
Arthur K. Purington
Gaudreau
Bert M
Carl C. Troop
Fred TD. Teeling
Mnot
A. Puller
Chester S. Kingsley
Charles H. Cahill
Cedric A. Martin
NO ENDORSEMENT OF BOARD ACTION
There is confusion over a city order that set aside part of the general school fund to guarantee teachers' salaries. Alderman Francis B. Torrey Jr. says the move was to secure salaries from the general appropriation and does not indicate any endorsement of salary raises. Damariscotta residents discuss a Fourth of July horse trot and other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D Board of Education
Francis IB. Torrey, Jr
Order
Boy Dies After Fall From Wharf Near Gas House Dock
Alexander Arausky aged three and a half, son of Mr and Mrs John Arausky, fell from the Front street wharf into the dock and was pulled from the water by Richard Phillips. He died Saturday afternoon at Dr Hugh D Grants private hospital after unsuccessful resuscitation and an attempted lung motor adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Arausky
John Arausky
Front Street
Hugh D. Grant
High
Vine Streets
Gas House
Richard Phillips
Tony
Schoolteacher Miss Hunt Loses Valued Gold Watch
A gold Elgin watch and its case were stolen Thursday from Miss Bes sie Hunt, a respected schoolteacher living at 66 High Street. The loss was discovered when she checked her winding stand after dinner, with the front and screen doors left ajar during the meal. The timepiece, given four years ago by her great aunt Mrs. Charles Bearce of Portsmouth NH, remains unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Iunt
High Street
Miss Hunt
Zina Hunt
Charles Bearce
Portsmouth, Nel
Diptheria Claims Deaths Of Two Richmond Children
Mrs John Parris learned of the deaths of Horace 16 and Cecelia 14, children of Mr and Mrs Arthur Douglas of Richmond. The siblings, pupils at the junior high, fell ill after severe colds and sore throats that developed into diphtheria. The house is quarantined. a neighbor, Mrs Mary Bean, is also confined. All town amusements churches and schools are closed until further notice.
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John Parris
Upper Washington Street
Horace
Cecelia
Arthur Douglas
Richmond
James Neville
Douglas
Mary Bean
Petrified Tree Samples Bring Home by Local Repairman
Thomas E. Conley, soon to repair at Anchor Light Garage on Vine Street, returns from a California trip with petrified wood souvenirs from the Rainbow Petrified Forest. He explains the forest’s Rainbow section yielded large petrified remains and notes visitors remove chunks along the National Highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Conley
Anchor Light
Vine Street
Legard Garage
California
Mrs. Conley
Petrified Forest
Dueifie
Conley
City to Reuse Hidden Garbage Cans and Street Oil Plan
Secretary Carl C. announces disposal reuse of many galvanized garbage cans bought by a prior administration. Cans will be placed in the business district and across the city to collect waste, with police enforcing proper disposal. City receives 3000 gallons of road oil 65 percent asphalt for Bath streets and Center street hill to preserve the surface.
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Carl C
Board of Highways and Sewers
Bath
Center Street
Bath Chamber of Commerce Visits Bowdoinham Grange Hall
Bath Chamber of Commerce will visit Bowdoinham for a meeting at the grange hall with speakers and social plans. Committees are listed for reception entertainment supper and decorations as residents prepare for the event.
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Bath Chamber of Commerce
Grange Hall
Maine
T ‘Jx
W. L. Bonney
C. L. Browne
James H. Millay
Albert Henderson
F. K
Jack
Nealey
Horatio Hall
W. W. Browne
Emily Rideout
George Ferguson
C. A. Newton
W. H. Gould
I. A. Cannon
Helen Gould
FE. P. Kendall
Roo. Purinton
Denham
Purinton
Brownville
TV. Fogg and Daughter
HW. D. Cornish
Sarah Elliott
South Parpswell
Reed
Seraphena Brown
Brown's Point
Nellie Kurtz
Randall
Portland
W. TL. Gould
Wollaston
Mass
Edith Wood
Fletcher White
Richmond- Bowdeinham and
Ridge
Eveyone
Emma Snell
Riverside
Roland Small
Beverly
F. A. Small
Gil Browne
Bath Businessmen Plan Bowdoinham Visit
Bath business men will visit Bowdoinham for a friendly trip hosted by Merrymeeting Grange. The group will depart from Bath at six, share a grange dinner, enjoy Bowdoinham entertainment, and dance with an orchestra. Reservations are urged via Bath Chamber of Commerce.
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Bath
Bowdoinham
Merrymeeting Grange
W. H. Gould
The
Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Tiath
State Road
Bowdeinham
Maine Farm Notes and Local Happenings in 1887
Local farmer notes report hay yields and acreages, shad prices in Boston, and New York salmon catches. Town meetings invite free bridge votes, and a May June program for Merrymeeting Grange covers readings, lectures, bees, crops, and horse discussions with multiple named members.
Kennebec Navigation announces Boston service start
The Kennebec Navigation Co announces a June 16 start for a Boston boat with landings at Bath and Foster's wharf Boston. Schedules run on daylight saving time and recruitment for steward positions is ongoing. publicity materials detail sailings and fares from Bath offices and island steamer routes.
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Rockland
Kennebec Valley
Boston
Bath
Kennebec Navigation Co
Foster's Wharf
Busy year ends with election at South End PTA
The South End Parent-Teacher Association held its final meeting of the year at Washington Street School, reporting wide activity including 100 garments for overseas children and milk programs improving pupil health. Officers for the new year were elected and committees named, with a note that Mrs. Jennie M. Sawyer plans a Mount Holyoke class reunion at commencement.
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South End
Parent-Teacher Association
Washington Street
Association
William H. Small
Carroll A. Deering
W. Fred Stevens
Augusta
William D. Rich
Rich
N. Gratz Jackson
Chester A. Plant
Richard Quick
John Hunt
Guy Sprague
Leland R. Mitchell
Harry W. Crosman
James I. Lockery
James Gillespie
J. Albert Redlon
Mary Conley
Effie Wright
Orvis Gray
Robert C. Mitchell
Charles Stinson
Sydney Lermond
Charles Hewitt
Charles Lester Smith
Leland J. Mitchell
Jennie M. Sawyer
Dummer Street
Mount Holysake
Bath State Ferry hearing set to reexamine rates
The Bath Chamber of Commerce has secured signatures urging a Public Utilities Commission hearing in Augusta on June 18 at 10 a.m. to review Bath State Ferry rates. Merchants urge rate modification and offer car pooling. F J McArdle will observe traffic and meet with the chamber committee to gather suggestions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Public Utilities Commission
Bath State
Augusta
Stengthy
F. J. McArdle
Commission
Bath
Reverend Edwin Dodge Hardin Heads to Popham Beach
Rev and Mrs Edwin Dodge Hardin depart Wednesday for Popham Beach to spend most of June at the Clifton cottage on the south shore. Mr Hardin will visit Bath weekly and preach every Sunday at Winter Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Popham Beach
Clifford Cottage
South Shore
Get a Good Grip on Health: Hood's Sarsaparilla Side Effects
An old newspaper health ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla to boost strength and blood health, claiming it restores red corpuscles and nourishes organs. It also promotes Hood's Pills as a cathartic and Bliss Native Herbs for digestion and rheumatic relief, inviting agents with profit and offering free health books.
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Hood
Bliss
Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co
Washington, D. C
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D.T. Percy & Sons
H. P. Boudreau
Governor Baxter
Damariscetta
Bath Opera House
Paramount
Gaudreau’s
Sympany Orchestra
Liberty Theatre
Paramount Pictures
Youngster
C. A. Peaslee
Sagadahock
Harpswell Neck
Fred So Purington
North Eharpeswell
C. L. Hackett
Frances Wilson
Miss Rideout
Bleeta Chapter
O.E.S
Philip Rideout
Methodist Parsonage
W. S. Given Co
Carr
Main Street
C. V. Bates
I. BB
Douglass
Independent
L. I. Temple
Day
Davis
Nollis Fogg
Peaks Island
T. W. Fogg
Clara
I.T. Johnson, Jr
Pennsylvania
Johnson
America Purinton
Methodist Aid
Addie Jordan
Massachusetts
Harold Webber
Litchfield
Charles Jack
Coombs High School
Gilbert Gowell
Thomas Whitmore
Stinson
Cornish's Hill
John H. Morse
North Bath
New York
Willie Sampson
Fred Cheney
James Flynn
Frank Tibbetts
Jimmie
James Reed
Blodgett
Whitmore
Hinkley
Brother Brown
Tiaac Wilson
the Grange
Sister Cobb
Brann
J. P. Cobb
Brother Fisher
F. S. Adams
Wparington
F. I. Elliott
Hulse
Brother Williams
J. E. Elliott
WL W B. Kendall
Brother Given
Brunswick
Senter
Date
Bath Department Store
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