Bath High School Class of 1914 Graduation Highlights
The ceremony featured valedictory by Miss Southard and remarks on Lincoln Grant Washington and Napoleon. Diplomas were presented with a green and white scroll, prize judges praised essays, and honors were awarded for English, Botany, and French. The class thanked Bath Pera House for use of the venue as a gesture of gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmoral
Red Cross
Master Hunt
Washington
Grant
America
Lincoln
Valley Forge
Napoleon
Ceasar
Tannhouser
Miss Southard
Bath High School
Bath
Harold M. Sewall
J. L. P. Burke
H. A. Corey
Frank Edward Whalen
Elnora Eggleston
Elizabeth R. Moses
John A. Totman
Woodrow Wilson
Bathpera House
Iriam Bradford Adams
Grace Elora Eggleston
Pearl Ethel Hall
Nora Marguerite Hennessey
Dorothy Iggins
Evelyn Cecelia Shaughnessy
Jances Mabel Southard
Maurice Wescott Avery
George Melvin Carln
Isaiah Wilde Hunt John
Ann Wethrbee
Esther Lillianawn
Clara Isabel Brown
Jennie Elen Colby
Bessie May Hopkins
Arlotte Mary McCutcheon
Amyvis Titcomb
Maren Thomas Clark
Allace Reed Ham
Otis Lawrence At
Carleton White Lowell
James Iter Morse
Bernard Woodbury
Dleman
Mae Agnes Litting Miller
John Samuel Clancy
Frances Mabel Southard
Morse High School Graduation Salute to Class W114
The salutatory expresses heartfelt thanks to the mayor city council school board superintendent principal teachers and parents. It honors four years of public schooling at Morse High School and wishes graduates enduring gratitude and continued success for undergraduates and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Steam Drives Progress Then and Now Across Industry
An essay explains steam power from locomotives to ships and factories. It credits steam for transportation speed, electricity generation, water supply, Panama Canal work, and industrial growth, noting turbines and condensers as key technologies enabling modern civilization.
Bath Market Vegetables and Prices Report From Local Growers
This week a fair supply of cabbages and other vegetables shown with varied prices. Turnips and parsnips scarce. bunch tests and carrots priced per dozen. Potatoes scarce. old stock paid eight five to ninety per bushel and new at 5.25 a barrel. Sweet potatoes from Tennessee at 2.50 a crate. Celery scarce, lettuce common at 0.75 per bunch. Cucumbers 3.50 to 4.00 a box. Texas onions scarce at 3.75 a crate. Egyptian onions from Portland at 6.50 per bag. Asparagus seen 1.50 to 1.75 a crate. green beans 2.00 a bushel. Beets 0.60, spinach 0.50. Radishes larger and tougher. tomatoes 2.50 a crate. Peppers 4.50 a bushel. Meats: native beef 0.10–0.12 lb. lamb scarce at 0.22–0.25. veal 0.12–0.13. Butter 0.30. creamery 0.32–0.34. Eggs 0.24. Strawberries 0.15 a box. pineapples 2.50–3.00 a crate. melons 2.50–3.00. Oregon apples 3.25 a bushel. red plums 1.75 a crate. grapefruit 4.50 a crate. Wild strawberries near Le mont street provide fresh eating.
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Cosf
Dvillers
Tennessee
Portland
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Lemont Street
Obituary Lena Gaudet dies after brief illness at six
Lena Gaudet six years seven months daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Gaudet of Pleasant Avenue died Tuesday night after a brief illness from appendicitis. She is survived by her parents and three brothers. Funeral held Thursday at St Marys Church. The column also notes a Corliss Street vs St Marys baseball game, highlighting Burke and Foot er as standout hitters.
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Lena Gaudet
Jerry Gaudet
Pleasant Avenue
Local Jottings from Kennebec and Nearby Ports
Rain boosts crop hopes as vessels dock and depart through Kennebec and Bath. Schooners Murphy Hoyt Emma Briggs Esco crew voyage, while rail progress and telephones recover from showers. Community notes include lodge regalia, Phi Rho debates, Boy Scout win, WCTU address, flag pole event, and local sailing delays.
Local Notables and Visitors Fill Summer Scene
A burst of seasonal movement in Bath and nearby towns includes C J Sargent of Boston visiting for lumber business, Fred J Brackley returning from New Bedford, and J W Carleton back from Boston. Various other residents, visitors, and couples arrive at summer homes, cottages, and hotels as the season begins to unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Sargent
Boston
Fred J. Brackley
New Bedford
J. W. Carleton
Bath Brevities and Local Happenings
One week from next Tuesday the double service on the Boston boats begins. Aderton and Mitchell King Thesday afternoon were at Augusia jail. Annie Jones hosted a Girl Scouts camp fire at Grace Church parish house Tuesday evening. Nathaniel Howe of Georgetown was in Bath Tuesday. A $250 offer for a two month old colt was recently refused. Barge East towed by Seguin to Hallowell and the same towed out the barge Sum flats. Brigham brought 385 mackerel from Small Point Tuesday morning sold at 15 cents a pound. Work on the State road in Woolwich progresses faster than the federal road between Portland and Brunswick. In Woolwich a long road section is graded beyond Butler farm west of the Maine Central track.
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City Landing
Robert P. Murphy
Percy
Kennebec
Southport
Ralph Thompson
Bluff Head
Lincoln Lodge
C.F
Phi Rho
Morse High
Boy Scouts
Boothbay
James H. Hoyt
Bath Cooperative Company
Emma
Briggs
Gibbons Coal Co
Coaldale
Augusta
F. R. Boyd
S. W. Jenks
Boston
Lieut
Grady
Gardiner
Jacksonville
Percy & Small
Dunton
Em. Albro E. Chase
Grand Commandery of
Maine
Kk. T
Leander W. Fobes
St. Alban Commandery
Moulton
Washington Street
Portland, Gray & Lewiston
Azalea
Vportland
Lewiston
Popham
Lydia M. Deering
Jack
Robert Murphy
Defiance
G. Reynolds
R. Stover
C. Baker
E. Billings
C. Butler
T. Dukeshire
H. McInnes
Grant
Bath
Aderton
Mitchell King
Nathaniel Howe
Georgetown
Hallowell
Brigham
Small Point
Woolwich
Portland
Brunswick
Butler Farm
Maine Central
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Miriam Bradford Adams
George Melvin Carleton
George Brown Wetherbee
Evelyn Cecilia
Shaughnessy
Isaiah Wilde Hunt
James Lester Morse
Bernard D. Sydleman
John Andrew. Totman
Grace Elnora Eggleston
Bernard Woodbury Sydleman
Edward L. Montgomery
Samuel R. Parks
Viola G. Hogan
Annie Torrey
Alice Magoun
Angie I. Pulsifer
N. B. Corthell
Ruth F. Thompson
Lillian Lowell
Rachel Hall
Marion Keeler
Emma IL. Shorey
Edward W. Hyde
Theorge Brown Wetherber
Twentieth Century Limited
Pegasus
Usia
Robert Fulton
Panama Canal
Corliss Street
St. Mary's
Corliss St
Tanguay
Sullivan
St. Mary’s
Burke
Footer
McDonald
Thebeau
Curran
Renaud
Comeau
Deehan
Crane
Sheldon
Pinkham
Oliver
Albee
Murray
Stacy
Robbins
Times
George Blair
Wis
M. A. Haraden
Muriel Lave Sone
Gebree A. Coomb
West Franklin
Calvin Tarr
Five Islands
Casin
David N. Heard
Shaw St
Stilphen
H. T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Alondas
Leslie Marr
Charles Marr
Boothbus Harbor
Thatcher Pinkham
Capt. Haley
Pine St
Walter BE. Reed
Waterville
New York
Seguinland
Proctor Hazan
Louis
Capt. Hagan
Frances M
Frank Ward
The
American Express Co
Uehara
Ood Gardiner
John W. Cavanaugh
Portsmouth
Riveters’ Department
Wittery Navy Yard
John Curran
Northport
Chicago
William Lambie
Commodore Fred Cook
Bath Iron Works
Annie Lawn
Mechanic Falls
Churchill
Bath City Hospital
Minott
Thomas Percy
D. T. Percy
Auburndale
Mass
Percy Cottage
Popham Beach
S. A. Evans
Northern Baptist Convention
T. B. Holland
East Orange
N. J
Spruce Point House
Arthur
Bride
E. J. Bachelder
Dorchester
Mr. Bachelder
Alderman Bachelder
FE. J. Bachelder
Boston Water Works Repair Shops
H. C. Preble
Merrimac
F. J. Austin
Haverhill
Webb Academy
Mr. Preble
Edward Carleton
E. L. Gaudreau
Music Hall Orchestra
Riverton Park
Music Hall
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