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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1916

Page

13

Local Social and Travel Notes Fill a Maine Town Page

Sheriff Oliver dies in Richmond while several residents depart for Bradford Conn and Portland on business visits. Community members attend meetings in Augusta and host relatives in town. Weekend travelers include Mrs McClintock and Mr Seavey as well as a Boston-bound baby born to the Barter family.

Sheriff Oliver Richmond Margaret Black Bradford Conn E. C. Plummer Harry E. Mason Portland Horace Norton Lizzie M. McClintock Boothbay Harbor E. J. Fitzgerald Latue R. Ts. Baxter Republican State Committee Augusta Herbert Wallace Wallace Leroy Mitchell West Point Catherine Meliver Helen Boston Mann Knight Templar Mae O'Brien Katherine Edgecomb Ll. H. Rowe Five Islands W. A. Downing and Martin Powers U.S.S. Birmingham Annie M. Snelgrove Euphemia Speer Moncton N. B Cornish North Bath Joseph Lemont Ernest W. Cox Portheid Lemont Jane Lemont West Bath William A. Small W. G. Small Kennebec Towboat Co William Chesborough New York City Pacific Boothbay Donald Northrop Brookline Mass Kennebec

Bath notes on local events and people in brief

Bath residents attend Bowdoin commencement and a Beacon Street Club meeting. Local farming, hunting and fishing updates include Sagadahoc hay hopes and sturgeon catches. A man fell into the river. a woman rescued him. Community notices cover politics, charity shipments, rhubarb spectacle, and multiple family graduations and outings around Bath.

Initiation and civic notices in Bath and vicinity

Initiation at Bath Camp and Sagadahoc County WCTU convention at People's Baptist Church highlight a busy Bath area week. News covers elections in Lincoln County, shipyard awning contracts, trolley league baseball, Bath parlor car service to Boston, a damaged sea steamer Seaconner in the North Sea, and a large Beacon Street Sunday School lawn party with proceeds aiding church expenses.

Bath Camp M. W Sagadahoc W.C Pratt St Wiscasset Genesta Chapter O.E.S Steven Rafferty Oregon Rafferty South Grammar School Bath Massachusetts Tech Col. Plummer Soldiers’ and Aldermini Board Thomas B. McLaughlin A. A. Morse Vine and Water Sts C. D. Martin Charles H. Oliver Hyde Block Middle Sts McNeil Lewiston Augusta Mains Kennebec Journal Boston Portsmouth Portland M. C Seaconner Shawmut Steamship Co North Sea Archangel Russia London Bull Yarmouth New York Great Lakes Harry Gurney Phippsburg Beacon Street Church Lawn Gifford Bath Band William Thistle Wade

Summer opens as street rail extension work begins

The article notes the Longest day of the year as summer opens and describes the new street railway extension to the Kelley Spear yard under construction since Tuesday. It covers local happenings from police, elections, racing, and harbor news including shipbuilding, steamer duties, and naval activity in Bath and nearby towns.

Kelley Spear Yard Birmingham Hyde Windlass Works C. C. Mengel, Jr Percy & Small C. C. Mengel Co Louisville Sonia Bowdoin New York New York State Cavalry Kimball Bros George Percy Harvard Frank H A. A. Percy Yale New Haven Bath Biddeford York County Wilson Henry E. Price Boston W. J. Murray New Meadows Price N.Y N.H H.R.R Murray B.I.W Allan Joseph Beck Augusta Eastern Steamship Corporation Bath and Boothbay Beck Southport Westport Kennebec Journal Duncan Wiscasset Brunswick Gould J. Brown Birchwood Camp Boy Scouts Rev D. L. Wilson Central Troop Mikelsky Music Store Corliss Street Jane Palmer Portland Norfolk International Paper Co Florida Henry O. Barrett Maine Central Wilson Lumber Co

Long Days and Local Doings Across Bath Area

Reports from Bath and surroundings highlight naval and club activities, street scenes, and election day notes. The torpedo boat Duncan sails for Rockland while the Bull Frog Club tours aboard Truant II. Bath Water District provides a Ford for Supt. Abbott. Domestic anecdotes include Officer Rice’s family birthday cake and a horse in need of care. Secretaries, a Larkin Soap Co. employee, and election chatter fill a day of community life with brief, vivid incidents.

Duncan Rockland Solar Lodge Bull Frog Club J. Owen Ledyard J. W. Cummings E. W., Hyde A. K. Purington Owen J. Ledyard Bath Water District Abbott Charles Thistle Rosebank Long Island Officer Rice Hosmer J. F. Butler Dan H. Warner Larkin Soap Co Buffalo Albany Niagara Falls Lst Times Office Arthur H. Durgan West Bath Sagadahoe County Henry Galt

Bath News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings and Maritime Moves

Bath Republicans honor Councillor Wheeler as outfits and ships move through. The Westport steamer new to Boothbay division. Ellen Little to earn 15.50 per ton for coal to Canary Isles. Peregrine and other vessels shift to new trades. Local clergy, fires, weather lore, and Bowdoin College obituaries feature alongside port tonnage, ship sales, and roadwork progress.

Bath Councillor Wheeler L. A Auburn Westport Boothbay Odd Ladies’ Circle Walter Kingsbury Richardson St. C Rogers Chops Point Ellen Little Norfolk Canary Isles King Tavern Oak St Texas Yard Times Mexico Red Cross Frederick Portland Kola Bay Russia New York Boston Post R. H. White Peregrine Millard F. Mitchell Damietta Joanna Boston Martin Bailey Machias Maine Ariel Tuesday Wiscasset Seguin Tobyhannah Iron Works Maud Dudley Percy & Small’s Nat Meader Randolph Anent the Cat Foster Weather Bureau Bowdoin College Frank Sewall Washington D. C George Evans Hughes Mass Mary E. Palmer J. S. Winslow & Co Buenos Ayres City of Hathorn Kennebec Rockland Bangor Schénecott

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