Locals and Personal Items from Bath Maine
Plums arrive from California and over fifty dogs licensed in Bath this season. Night ferry service may please motorists. Political clubs form in Maine as campaigns loom. Strawberries from southern states down this year. Bath stores hire more female clerks. reviews say they perform well. Sebenon hall at Sagadahoc Ferry hosts dances twice weekly. Summer arrivals grow as hotels fill and cottages book. Remarks on mail dates and letters from Europe. Local incidents include a misrouted key and a faulty latch. Residents travel to Boston and Augusta for business and visits. Promotions of Bath residents to military ranks noted. Various Bath residents return from travels and take up summer posts.
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California
Public Utilities Commission
Maine
Bath
H. T. Stevens
Sebenon Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Pemaquid
France
Germany
Berlin
South End
Combination No. 4
America
Kennebec
Rockland
Grand Trunk
Lewiston
Yarmouth
Ben
Boston
Adot Nini
Winnegance residents plan new cemetery fence expansion
A group of Winnegance landowners with plots in Fairview cemetery discussed building a new fence to include later graves. At least six offered to share costs and a enclosure is expected soon.
Woolwich Notes and Social Happenings Across Town
Mrs Hartley Hathorne and daughter Madeline of Pembroke, Mass visit with D J Hathorne. Carlton, Florence Carlton and Charles Henderson visit Newcastle relatives. Mrs John McKenney visits Richmond. Ward’s Day's Ferry house nears completion while the family stays on a houseboat. Several locals travel for contracts, church meetings, and family visits. Draft registrants include Wright, Shea, and Woods as hay prospects look dim. Moatsweag Farm welcomes Butler for the summer. Houghton returns to Bath from Abbot School summer studies.
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Hartley Hathorne
Madeline
Pembroke
Mass
D. J. Hathorne
Fred Carlton
Florence Carlton
Charles Henderson
Newcastle
John McKenney
Richmond
Thomas I. Reed
Cumberland Center
Harry Allen
Plinette Allen
The
Baptist Church
Center
Bangor
Allen
Mathias
Roger
Omar Cothran
Scribner
Ethel
Waterville
Christine Hathorne
Cushman Ward
Day's Ferry
Portland
Carlton
Portsmouth
Boston
A. A. Stott
Charlestown Navy Yard
France
Sarah P. E
Athorne
Edgar A. Blanche
Sheepscot
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bradeen
Charles Lawrence
Sasanoa Bluffs
Jessie Kelley
Five Islands
H. E. Carlton
Porter
Massachusetts
Mr. Boyd
Georgetown
Nesvasset
Palmer
William T. Wright
Morris Shea
Charles Woods
Wickes First Yankee War Ship To England In 1776
A historical note recounts Captain Lambert Wickes native of New England born 1735 and his 1776 cruise in the Reprisal. He carried Franklin to France, captured several British ships, commanded a small squadron in Biscay and the English Channel, and perished in 1778 with all but one crew lost. Also mentions Cosmopolitan club dining room changes and Bath Rotary trip, plus Freeport strawberries in Bath markets.
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Wickes
England
Lambert Wickes
New England
West Indies
Benjamin Franklin
France
Europe
Frane
Bay of
Bssau
Bay of Biscay
English Channel
Middae
Newfoundland
Cook
Wants Volunteers for Gas Engine Work
No volunteers have appeared for gas engine instruction at the Franklin Union Institute. Acting on orders from the adjutant general the local board will make special efforts to recruit volunteers. Enlistments are open for young men of deferred classification seeking to enter service and learn a trade.
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Franklin Union Institute
Adjutant General
Knights to Host Lawn Party and Patriotic Meeting
The Knights of Columbus plan a grand lawn party and patriotic meeting on July 8 4 on the St Marys church grounds with Judge Riley of Malden and Hon W H OBrien of Boston as speakers. An Emergency Fleet Corporation representative will also speak. W B Berry of Gardiner, former manager of the Augusta Hallowell and Gardiner Steamboat Co, visited Bath Wednesday meeting local businessmen.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Church
Judge Riley
Malden
W. H. O’brien
Boston
Opera House
Emergency Fleet Corporation
W. B. Berry
Gardiner
Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner Steamboat Co
Berry
Bath
Funeral of Mrs John Scott at Winter Street Church
The funeral was held Thursday in the chapel of Winter Street Church with Rev. Omar W. Folsom officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Bearers were Rodney E. Ross Clarence Johnson Daniel Williams and Harry Day. Mrs Scott's body arrived that morning with her daughter Mrs Fred F. Fitch who lived with her. Mrs Hortense Battison of Old Orchard attended.
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John Scott
I Winter Street Church
Omar W. Folsom
Oak Grove
Rodney E. Ross
Clarence Johnson
Daniel Williams
Harry Day
Capt Adelbert Williams Arrives Safe Overseas
Cards reveal Capt Adelbert F Williams M R C reports his safe arrival overseas. He is a well known Bath Center physician who joined service nearly a year ago and has spent most of his time in the South. Bath residents welcome plans for more houses and ships as growth continues. Weekend rain aids gardens and berry crops, with warm sun needed to speed harvests.
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Adelbert F. Williams
Williams
Phippsburg ‘Center
South
Bath
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron Claim Quick Strength Boost
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as boosting strength and endurance quickly, aimed at weak nervous individuals. It recommends taking one before meals and the other after, with Hood's Pills as a gentle laxative option.
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Hood
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Elmer Farrah
Peru
Hyde Windlass Co
H. Conley
Biddeford
C. Wilson Harrison
George L. Farrin
John Donnell
George H
John D. Farrin
Louise Robbins
Hatch’s
Cosmopolitan Club
Melville Smith
Palm Beach
Florida
Paul Ragon
Harry B. Ragon
Winifred Elliott
Bristol
Bristol High School
Lincoln Academy
Damariscotta
Helen Hobson
Son Wilder
Brooklyn
N. Y
Squirrel Island
Hobson
New York
Joel Wilbur
Phillips
Frank H. Wilbur
Minneapolis
Augusta
Fred Kingsbury
Allston
Earl W. Kingsbury
Naval Reserve
Allen Ballard
Oldtown
Texas Steamship Co
Presque Isle House
Charles M. Low
Central Maine Power Co
Stanley Kellogg
Arlington
Harvard
Henry Fawcett
Middle Street
Robinhood Rest
Mary Fawcett
Savannah
Bernice Hosmer
Ellen Corliss
Woodbury Merrill
Jacquith
Quaker Point
Horace Jacquith
Annie Gardiner
Ella Rice
Hilda Jacquith
Donald Avery
Joseph Campbell
Campbell
Arizona
Texas Steamship Company
H. D. Jameson
Annie Torrey
Morse High School
Miss Torrey
Cony High School
Jey
Brunswick High School
Deering High
Fairview Cemetery
Walter Morse
Harold Small
William G. Small
Meadowbrook
Small
Gus Small
Lillian Parks
Edith Clough
Annie Adams
Frank Pero
Ardelle Bates
Stephen Hogan
Fort Baldwin
Jonesport
Wellington Preble House
Thomas L. Perry
Anna Marie
Charles Perkins
George Spofford
Grace Trask
Charles Trask
Maine General Hospital
Harry Oliver
W. A. Downing
L. Bradford Oliver
Phippsburg Center
Bowker
Edgar Williams
Kathryn
Scott Williams
Bradford Oliver
James E. Perry
Alice Benner
Portland High School
Bradford Preble
Wiscasset
St. John's Day
Harpswell
Dunlap Commander
Ladies’ Aid
Emily Cahoun
Lelia Oliver
Oliver Cottage
Bay Point
Captain O'Brien
Salvation Army
Harry C. Williams
Helen Jackson
A. D. Adams
Winfield Morse
Doris
Frank Purington
Tacoma
Frank Trask
North Conway
Charles F. Trask
Louise
Clinton Pratt
Winneganee Creek
Essex
Marshal Oliver
Albert Downing
Winnegance
Winnnegance Bridge
Woolwich
Charles Henry Butler
Waughington, D. C
Moatsweag Farm
Amory Houghton
the Abbot School
Little Blue
Farmington
Lexington
United States
Dolphin
Harold Shaw
Florence Newman
Grand View
New Meadows
Freeport
John J.desmondco
Water Streets
the House of Kuppenheimer
Conney’s Specialty Store
Capt. Williams
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