Ninety and Nine Graduates From Junior High School
The 99 members of the Junior high school class held graduation exercises at 2:80 Friday afternoon in Columbia Theatre. The program featured essays, violin solos, speeches on Pershing and the Red Cross, a flag salute, and a chorus performance highlighted by patriotic numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
Maine
England
Mary Evelyn Oliver
Tolhurst
Rachel Fannie Webster
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Helene May Stearns
Joseph Rodman Drake
Carolyn Mildred Stackpole
Josie Rich
Red Cross
Lillian Miller
Marcia Moulton
Helene Stearns
Carolyn Stackpole
Hattie Richardson
Margaret Adams
Elsie Lake
Evelyn Oliver
Caroline Stackpole
James Hanson
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
Advertisement states catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, claiming to cure by acting through the blood with a $100 reward for any uncured case. Circulars offered free by Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Th. F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Mail from home and letters keep spirits up in war era
A column continues on readers sending letters to servicemen overseas. Soldiers in France express pride in the United States, eagerness for home news, and requests for family letters, with one sender promising to write nightly and send love home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Elver Stickney reports from France as trainee driver
CORP Elver A. Stickney of the 54th regiment writes from a truck and tractor school in France praising fellow Bath men Chet Marr Bill Jones Bill Ferris Roland Haining and Clyde Mains and Herbert Brown of New Meadows. He savors danger humor and long voyages home while noting daily drills for 6:30 a.m. starts and 3 p.m. bedtimes and mentions a Scotch cap souvenir and hopes for a return with a U.S. license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elver A. Stickney
54Th Regiment
Fred A. Stickney
22 Fitts Street
Chet Marr
Bill Jones
Bill Ferris
Roland Haining
Clyde Mains
Bath
Herbert Brown
New Meadows
France
Local resident reports second aeroplane sighting over Bath area
Mrs Warren C Munsey of 1244 High Street saw a plane over the city Monday around sunset. Isaac W Coombs of Foster's Point Road West Bath plus a household member also observed a low flying aircraft at midnight and noted a red light and audible engine sounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren C. Munsey
High Street
Isaac W. Coombs
Foster’s Point Road
West Bath
Mr. Coombs
Maine
Massachusetts
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Benner
The funeral was Tuesday at 2 o'clock from her Bathstret home conducted by Rev. Frank Hall of Wesley church. Out of town mourners included Dr. J. H. Lombard of Brunswick Dr. G. P. Lombard of Belfast Mrs. J. E. Whittemore of Yarmouthville Mrs. Lena Cobb and Miss Lottie Cobb of Bowdoinham. Pallbearers were John Conley George Sawyer W. S. Nason and Herbert McKenney. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Benner
Bathstret
Frank Hall
Wesley Church
J. H. Lombard
Brunswick
G. P. Lombard
Belfast
J. E. Whittemore
Yarmouthville
Lena Cobb
Lottie Cobb
Bowdeinham
John Conley
George Sawyer
W. S. Nason
Herbert McKenney
Oak Grove
Tragic death of 16 year old at Orphan's Home
Lee Elmer Shorey 16 hanged himself at the Orphan's Home on South Street. He had lived there eight years and was highly regarded for his diligence and kindness. Funeral services were held at Wesley Church with Rev. Frank H. Hall officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Elmer Shorey
Orphan's Home
South Street
Ernest
Horace Ingraham
Fuller, Holloway & Co
Augusta
Dresden
Riden
Wbsley Methodist Church
Frank H. Hall
Wesley Church
Bilious relief and a call to use LF Atwood medicine
Bilious symptoms bring cold, low spirits, and poor appetite. The remedy urged is a teaspoonful of the genuine LF Atwood Medicine Co. product, claimed to improve health from the first dose and restore appetite and bowel action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwood
L.F.” Aty, Wood’s
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland
Freight Cars Smash Teamster in Narrow Escape near Maine Central
Fred Burgess, a veteran teamster, narrowly escaped serious injury when two coal cars rolled toward his wagon at the Maine Central freight house on Commercial street. He leaped clear as the wagon was demolished, the hospital track siding switch left open. Burgess, in business 30 years, resumed work the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burgess
Maine Central
Commercial Street
Burgess
Hospital
John Brown
West Bath Obituary Notices Brown Family Rites
The obituary notes the passing of a West Bath resident with grandchildren Gwendolyn and William R. Brown Jr. and a sister Mrs Aline Perkins of Dresden. Funeral services were held at the daughter’s home with Rev Frank H Hall of Wesley church officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove with bearers William Mample Edward H Cook Willard and Orrin Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn
William R. Brown Jr
Aline Perkins
Dresden
Orren
Boston
W. A. Brown
West Bath
Frank H. Hall
Wesley Church
William Mample
Edward’? H. Cook
Willard
Orrin Perkins
Oak Grove
Probate Court proceedings open Sagadahoc county session
The Sagadahoc probate court's June term hears many matters including administration grants for the estate of Pliny Lyon and final accounts for Martha Small and James Hathorne. Inventories are filed for several estates and a distribution petition is noted in David Gilmore's estate. An inheritance tax is determined for Frank A. Small. A new emergency hospital near The Texas Steamship Co. gatehouse is discussed, directed by Mrs. S. S. Mullin with nurse Amy Titcomb. Foreclosure notices involve Peter Peterson's property in Phippsburg. Continuous bank and insurer financial figures are listed for Continental Casualty Co. The Maine executrix Dora B. Boyd seeks probate for Charles E. Boyd's will. Notices for executrix Katherine L. McManus and various administrator and administratrix appointments follow, with asset and liability summaries for estate handling.
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Sagadahoe County
Lowell
Pliny Lyon
Bath
Earl L. Chaney
Vassalboro
Martha P. Small
Frank A. Small
James A. Hathorne
Mary Eva Hathorne
Richmond
A. M. G. Soule
Sagadahoc
David Gilmore
Auburn
Wash
Martha W. Patten
Topsham
Ralph J. Patten
James H. Ifill
William S. Dow
Anson M. Oliver
Phippsburg
Annie B. Oliver
Charles W. Crocker
Edward W. Bridgham
Freida Mikelsky
Pauline Mikelsky
Frank J. Lawrence
Myrtle E. Wright
Texas Steamship Co
S. S. Mullin
Amy Titcomb
Bath City Hospital
State OF Maine
Dora B. Boyd
Chas. E. Boyd
Nuaumve
Herbert W. Boyd
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Harold W. Boyd
Allie Boyd
Dora Boyd
Charles E. Boyd
Probate Notice for Gilbart Perry Bath Bath County
The probate court orders publication in the Bath Independent for three weeks to notify all interested parties. A final account for Maud C. Seymour executrix of Gilbart Perry deceased is presented. The court will convene July 2, 1918 at Bath, nine o clock in the forenoon to hear any objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A & Wine
Taoe Bath
Bath Independent
Bath
Said
Gilbart Pprry
Maud C. Sey- Smour
Pro bate Court Orders Notices in Sagadahoc County
At a Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County A D 1918 A M G Soule administrator of the estate of David Gilmore requests final account and distribution. Publication ordered in Bath Independent three weeks to show cause why allowance should not be made. James S Lowell Judge. true copy attested by William F Dunam Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora B. Boyd
Sagadahoc
Henry W. Hanson
State OF Maine
Sagadahog
Bath
Sagadahee
A .M .G. Soule
David Gilmore
Auburn
King
James
Lowbell
John M. Purinton
Topsham
James S. Lowell
Grace A. Goodwin. Tate
Rine Bagadahog
Coun
Sagadohoe
Lowell
William 'F Dunham
Register
Executrix Notices for Minott and Kimball Estates
EXECUTRIX NOTICE that she has been duly appointed executrix of the will of James T. Minott late of Bath Sagadahoc County. All persons with claims must present them for settlement and debtors pay promptly. Also mentions Mary E. Kimball as executrix of Frederick H. Kimball late of Bath Sagadahoc County and urges claims and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive J. Frost
Bath
Sagadahoc
Mary K. Mitchell Hate
Sarndinhoc
Elbridge G. Harris
Eee
Plincy Lyon
Sagadahac
Ellen Connolly
Maine
Katherine L. McManus
Thomas Gibbs
Martha A. Perkins
Woolwich
Peter Gaudreau
Sagadahoe
Anson M. Oliver
Phippsburg
James T. Minott
Hattie B. Minott
Frederick H. Kimball
Sugadahoc
Mary E. Kimball
Grace Goodwin seeks sale of minor’s Bath real estate
Grace A Goodwin petitions probate court to license sale of the east half of Lot No 4 and whole Lot No 5 in Bath to benefit a minor. Proceedings note notice and a July hearing, with published order to show cause why sale should not be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Goodwin
A. R. Pratt
Chas, Oliver
Oliver, Couture
Chas. Corliss
Prbiic
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Viola Leavitt
Viola Christine Temple
Clara Temple
Silas Hamilton
John McInnes, Jr
Rachel Webster
Fred Armes, Jr
Charles Lemont
Thelma Kittredge
Ruth Martin
Josephine Freeman
Octave Breton
Cornet
Donald Small
S. J. Wil Iis
The
Josie Estell Rich
Gavotte
John MelInnes, Jr
Woodrow Wilson
Lillian Miler
Minerva
William Green Hill
Elsie Williams’ Lake
Wanderer’s
Rubinstein
God
Beethoven
Gen. Pershing
Pllizabeth Smith Freeman Cornet
Fletcher
Centaur
New York City
Corp Elver Stickney
Coombs Reports
Benner
Joe Coss
Joe Warner
Arthur Bowker
Earl Warren
Gardiner
Warren
Orphans Home
Edward O. Cutler
Groton Iron Works
New London
Conn
Warren Moses
Waterville
Probate Court
Ezra A. Billings
James A Hussey
Peter Peterson
Samuel Knight
Kennebec
Lydia B. Rogers
P. O. Rogers
Joseph Nichols
Morse Road
Nettie M. Harrington
Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Topsham and
Brunswick Twenty
Samuel Knight,Jr
Cumberland
Samuel Knight, Jr
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Tacivisa
Henry G. Hodgdon
George L. Marris
E. L. Chnney
Jaudiluees
C.C. Casvcersr
Continental Casualty CO
Ash Capital
James Ss. Lowell
Wwelleaim F
Dunham
Resister
Wilbur C. Oliver
Charles Herman Perkins
Joseph L. Gaudrbeau
Fire Ins. Co
Harisburg
Illiam F. DU Naam
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