War Speech and Registration Notes From Bath Chronicle
The Bath article covers Secretary Lane's wartime speech defending U S entry, calls America a living spirit, and cites registration totals and patrol maintenance praise. It notes 1052 Bath registrations, plus residents abroad or in other precincts, and praises the Secret Service’s efficiency and a Crockerland Arctic expedition update.
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Lane Covently
Washington
Belgium
United States
Liege
America
Germany
Lincoln
SSB
Clerk of Courts
Thompson
Bathites
Bath
Elswhere
National Guard
Regular Army
Navy
Officers’ Training Corps
National Army
The
Times
Campaign in France Opens with Officer Arrivals
The army’s campaign in France begins as officers arrive to organize the passes. This marks the start of organizational steps for frontline operations and logistics.
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France
Small Morse High class shows growth over 25 years
The Morse High graduating class this year is small by recent standards but large compared with a quarter century ago. Twenty five years ago the class had 16 members and the largest year had 33. The average was in the twenties, illustrating the school’s growing usefulness.
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Morse High
Sagadahoc County Registers First in State Again
Sagadahoc led off by submitting complete registration returns becoming the first Maine county to do so this year. Congratulations go to Sheriff Oliver Clerk Thompson and Dr. Barker and the entire local registration staff.
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Sagadahocas
Maine
County Registration Board
Oliver
Thompson
Barker
Ypres Rhyme Echoes In A Fine Graduation Sermon
A brief feature notes how the town’s rhyme for Ypres echoes in a 1917 graduation sermon by M. H. S. The piece underscores memory and ceremony within a veterans era context.
Morse High Class Makes Final Bow
Morse High concludes its commencement with a large processional at Peoples Church led by Percy Miller. The ceremony features a long program, patriotic decorations, a notable speech on Liberty Bonds by Edward Plummer, and diploma ceremonies for the 1917 class led by Head Master King.
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Morse High Class
Peoples Church
Percy Miller
Alta
Edward C. Plummer
Leah Green
King
Favor Small
Assembly Hall
Gaudreau
Daniel Percy Miller
Norman Wheeler Howard
Bessie Rose Brown
Anna McCobb Trott
Ruth Bartlett Fox
Mildred Trufant Curtis
Margaret Evangeline Hanson
Louise Vivian Burgess
Marion Viola Colby
Marion Evelyn Ferguson
Helen Catharine Johnson
Helen Leota Jacobson
Mary Elizabeth Loring
Edna Francis Pepper
Sanford M. Pinkham
Forrest Halie Rovers
Florence Aradell Stevens
Ruth Fisher Skillings Mryle Evelyn Strong
Ethel Jane Totman
Robert Earl Wagner
Abdou Narsiff Attaya
Charles Benedict Attaya
Emma _ France
Blaisdell
Georgie Evelyn Colby
Vivian Marguerite Colby
Randal Fairbairn Cooke
Howard Alfred Deering
Marguerite Mary Footer
Leah Marion Green
Thomas James Lyden
Clarence E. Miller
Ruth Priscilla Mikelsky
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Lucille Page Fraulein
Georgie Quimby
Marion Carlton Redson
Doris Elizabeth Shepherd
Vaughn Tozier Smiley
John Arthur Tracey
Samuel B. Ward
Margaret Louise Wade
James I’. King
Carl B Timberlake
Viola G. Hogan
Alice M. Magoun
Marion E Brown
Alzie E. Lane
Vera Bradford
Beulah E. Withee
Myra <A. Jones
Lena A. Addleson
Napoleon B. Corthel
Walter T. Brown
Esther J. White
Hazel O. Littlefield
Piles Advertised Cure Promoted at Drug Stores
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a remedy for itching bleeding or protruding piles priced at 50 cents at any drug store.
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Dean
Morse High Graduation Highlights Inspiring Sermon
Bowdoin College medical student Mr. Hill sang Open the Gates of the Temple as the Morse High class of 1917 graduated. The service honored 41 graduates with Rev. Wilson delivering a message on essential qualifications for a successful life from 3 Tim 2:15.
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Hill
Temple
Bowdoin College
Central Church
Central
Bath
M.H.S
D. Percy Miller
Morse High School
Mr. Wilson
Life lessons and Paris sights from a long journey
The writer reflects on education and life choices at the end of high school, urging character, truth, and service. He recalls Paris landmarks including Concorde, Notre Dame, Pantheon, and Boulogne, then sails home aboard Hamburg America ships feeling nostalgia and homeward pride. A final note announces a Fourth Maine reunion at Oakland Park.
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Congingerie
Marie Antoinette
Charlotte Conday
Marat
Robespierre
Place de la Concorde
Louis XIV
Charlotte Corday
Duke of Orleans
Pantheon
Europe
Palais de Justice
France
Boulogne
Boulognes
Louis Napoleon
Henry VIII
Old Fourth Maine
Oakland Park
Paris Nearly All Shops On Ground Floor And Grand Sights
The article notes curbings around a street light in Paris with frequent carriages and cars. It highlights shops on ground floors and landmarks like the Louvre, Champs Elysees, Bois de Boulogne, Luxemburg Gallery, and Napoleon I’s tomb at Invalides. It praises Parisian museums, churches, and sacred music, especially during Passion Week.
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Paris
Louve
Raphael
Correggio
Titian
Murillo
van Dyck
Rembrandt
Holbein
Church of the Madeleine
St. Mary Magdalen
Mary Magdalen
Woman Regains Strength After Pinkham's Remedy
Mrs. M. O. Johnston of Richmond Indiana details a two year illness that left her unable to climb stairs. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered strength and resumed work building raising poultry and managing a new home.
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Richmond
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. O. Johnston
Route D
Box 190
Red Cross Campaign Calls for National Sacrifice
A national appeal urges the United States to give generously in a spirit of patriotic sacrifice to support the Red Cross work. President Woodrow Wilson backs the drive as a key measure for national need.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Lights After July 7 law requires vehicle lamps
The legislature passed a law taking effect July 7 mandating that every wheeled vehicle display lights visible from front and rear one hour after sunset and before sunrise. Exemptions cover hay wood lumber and stone transports. Penalties include arrest and fine for driving without lights.
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