Prohibition Backers and Election Mood Highlight Local Notebook
The piece notes anti alien sentiment returning troops bring, calls for deportation, and praises Prohibition as a moral aid. It previews Mayor Drake’s popular administration and urges voter turnout for the Monday election. It mentions Wilson Taft joint appearance in New York over the League of Nations and Frances opposition to sinking German ships. It ends with town meeting fever as candidates campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
Wilson
Taft
New York
League of Nations
City reports on welfare and city home finances
City departments submit annual figures showing 11 inmates at the city farm in February 1918, nine inmates by February 1919, and nine prisoners in the house of correction. Expenditures total 11,521.00 with specifics for salaries, food, clothing, fuel, repairs, livestock, and office costs. balance returned to the city treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
Augusta
House of Correction
State Agent Protection Childvenue Co
City Marshal Reports Arrest Increase and Courteous Traffic Impact
City Marshal Abram C. Oliver reports arrests rose to 379 in the year ending Jan 1 1916 from 153 the prior year. He notes many cases were adjusted with judge cooperation without records or warrants saving city and county funds. He thanks the mayor police committee and city officials, auto owners for following traffic rules, and reports 456 lodgers accommodated down from 482, 107 doors found open up from 111, and 129 lights out up from 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Abram C. Oliver
Oliver
Annual burials report shows pneumonia deaths rise
Horace W. Ward reports 277 total deaths for the year with 157 males and 120 females. Pneumonia and bronchopneumonia drive mortality amid influenza, while 79 died away for burial and 99 died here and were carried away. Total deaths and burials reach 356.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace W. Ward
Fire Department Overdrawn by $1405 Balance $200
The joint standing committee on fire department reports overdrawn accounts totaling 1405 91 with expenditures of 14979 97 against a 15775 90 appropriation leaving a net overdraw of 1204 97 and a remaining balance of 200 94. Fire teams coal for engine houses supplies and repairs show the largest variances with pay of fire men and fire alarm also carrying smaller balances. New fire horses and hauling hooked and ladder costs balanced against the appropriation.
Cemetery and Park Board Receipts and Expenditures
Cahill and Shaw report total cash receipts for cemeteries at 10049.37 dollars including 3000 from city appropriation and 575 from park and soldiers monument funds. Expenditures total 10049.37 for cemeteries and 729.96 for park and monument, overdraft 154.96. Assets total 1245.90 including balance due from 1918 1919 lot sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H.cahill
Albert H. Shaw
Cemetery and Park Board
Park and Soldiers Monument
Park and Soldiers’ Monument
Estimation of Thrift Stamps and Collectibles Value
The document notes amounts totaling 361.90 for funds, thrft stamps totaling 834, and collectible bills estimated at 50 dollars. The figures appear as part of a larger financial listing or inventory with emphasis on collectible items and thrift stamp values.
City board reports finances and road work conditions
The Board of Highways and Gerals reports a balance of 7760.38 with total appropriation 48127.72 and receipts 1381835.13. Overdrafts total 1471 for cinder walks and 30.78 for snow care. The board lists 102 Bermudez road asphalt barrels valued at 2000 and notes labor shortages as a major factor in a harsh year for street rebuilding.
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Board of Highways and Geners
Bermudez
Coombs
Rogers Farm
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fire department annual report details alarms and losses
Chief Engi neer Charles E Parks reports 100 alarms in the year with 47 bell and 45 still. Total fire loss listed at 44 622.67 dollars. The department includes 66 paid and 16 volunteer men. Six new private fire alarm boxes were installed. He urges a fire proof building for delicate general apparatus and proposes locating it at the southeast corner of the Center street school lot to reduce fire risks highlighted by a November incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Parks
Center Street
Fire escape inspectors report certificates issued and held
The board of fire escape inspectors led by Charles E. Parks Weston J. Bonney and Chester H McCabe report 54 inspections resulting in 46 certificates granted while eight remain held up for necessary repairs to present escapes.
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Board of
Charles E. Parks
Weston J. Bonney
Chester H. McCabe
Thompson reports city almoner receipts and balance
George E. Thompson the city almoner reports total receipts of 2544 dollars 60 cents with payments of 1821 dollars 90 cents leaving a cash balance of 522 dollars 70 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Thompson
Foremen Gather for First Smoker Discuss World Peace League
The article reports foremen discussing the desirability of a world peace league and industrial peace. They emphasize the need to spare lives and money spent on war, credit American morale in victory, and address postwar challenges such as reemployment for returning soldiers and women retaining munitions jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League For World Peace
Saunders
America
Tuth
Red Cross
Victoy
Officials Seek Higher Pay For Sagadahoc County Roles
Bath officials push for salary increases during a Sagadahoc county hearing led by Walter Glidden. Sheriff and judge discussions cite duties expanding postwar demand, with clerks and recorders seeking higher weekly pay as court workload rises from 2300 to 400 percent criminal cases and 190 percent civil.
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Walter
Glidden
Bath
Sagadahoc
Segadahope
Wiltur
Oliver
Fleahne
J. S. Lowell
Lowell
Gidden
Sargadahoe County
Treasury
Coud
Grent
Clidaadh
Judge Pushes Higher Penalty For Indecent Exposure
Judge John J. Keegan spoke to the state legislature in support of amending Sec. 5 of Chapter 126 to raise the penalty for indecent exposure. The session also heard debate on Maine registry office hours with Rep Charles A. Corliss proposing uniform hours and opposition from Rep O Leary and Elmer J. Burnham. A motion to reconsider a recent vote moved the bill toward engrossment.
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John J. Keegan
Legislative Committee On Judiciary
State House
Maine
Charles A. Corliss
Bath
Men Shine as Entertainers at Central Church Social
A centrally planned affair at Central church featured a 79 member men’s committee organizing a full evening of decoration, a banquet, and a male only program. The event drew 200 attendees with a 25 student server team and an orchestra, highlighting community support and parish spirit.
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Central Church
Frank B. Nichols
John Humphreys
Arge
William V. Percy
Edmund F. Foote
Artemus Ward
Hill, Thompson
Edward Hawley
William J. Hill
W. S. Newell
Grats Jackson
MsCror
Scarcity of Rich Cheese During War Raises Snacking Woes
Epicures lament the shortage of crumbly cheese as war duties pulled dairy into army rations. The result is young cheese eaten before aging, leaving only older cheeses for Welsh rarebits.
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Times Company
Front St., Bath, Me
United States
Leonard Wood
LaSalle
Chicago
New England
France
Loama Isle
Pete Ny
Fire Department
Public Lighting Report
Committee On
U.S
Lawrence
Seattle
Britain
Dorcas Guild
Queen Esther Society
Bercon Street Church
Milton H. Douglas
Fred A. Bowie
A. W. Hall
Marion Dain
Marion Bowie
Dorothy Crocker
Mabel Swett
Victoria Post
George R. Copeland
Texas
Herbert J. Hooking
Hyde Windlass
F. W. Barker
Bath Iron Works
Douglas Armes
High Street
A. C. Williams
R. C. Hannigan
Allan
Cherry Street
Hannigen
Armes
City Almoner Report
Baker
the House
Vf Ruppesheimer
John J. Desmond
Conley’s Specialty Store
William H. Small
William S. Newell
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