Notable YMCA Gymnasium Exhibition Draws Large Crowd
Brunswick carries home the cup in a YMCA gym exhibition last Friday night. Brunswick and Bath teams showed strong marching and free hand work with mat routines by Grade School boys. Local boys listed include R. McInnis Small Atwood Sprague Leydon John Moody Jim Moody Hamilton Archie Miller Perry Knights Lord G. Miller Wold Melrose Larsen Burgess J. Burgess G. McMann Spragg Coffin Torrey. Judges were Langley Bowdoin Kimball Spear. Teams meet today in Brunswick for the cup defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Y.M.C.A
Freddi Pecci
Bowdoin College
Anderson
Symnasium
Roland C. Cobb
R. McInnis
Small
Atwood
Sprague
Leydon
John Moody
Jim Moody
Hamilton
Archie Miller
Perry
Knights
Lord
G. Miller
Wold
Melrose
Larsen
Burgess
J. Burgess
G. McMann
Spragg
Coffin
Torrey
Purim Program At Local Jewish School Recited
A Purim program presented by pupils of the local Jewish school featured March class prayers a Purim story and a little scene. Students sung recited and proclaimed Purim with performances by David Brown Jennie Miller Minnie Brown and many others including Esther Miller Jacob Petlock and Morris Miller. Roy McGee of Portland visited the town on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brown
Bessie Arrenstam
Jennie Miller
Minnie Brown
Bessie Greenblatt
Annie Arck
Rosie Weinblatt
Rosie Green
Abraham Gordon
Evelyn Petlock
Ruth Green
Mark Gediman
Morris Miller
Edward Gediman
Esther Miller
Louis Miller
Jacob Petlock
Jacob Arrenstam
Roy McGee
Portland
Dizzy spells tied to weak kidneys sold by Dean's Pills
Bath resident Mrs. J C Footer reports persistent backache and dizzy spells eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Hallet & Co. Drug Store. Adverts cite kidney trouble and offer the 50 cent remedy from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bath
J. C. Footer
Franklin St
Hallet & Co
L F Atwood Medicine Promoted For Sedentary Work Aches
An advertisement touts L F Atwood Medicine as a safe remedy for women and men with sedentary sewing work. It claims to aid digestion, regulate liver and bowels, and relieve headaches and fatigue. Free song collection offered with bottle wrapper and user opinion. Portland Maine firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F
Atwood
Minutes of Bowdoinham Association at Baptist Meeting House 1800
An aged pamphlet copy of Minutes of Bowdoinham Association held at Baptist Meeting House August 27 28 1800 is examined. It notes Elder William Stinson and Elder Thomas Green preached sermons and lists Bowdoinham church members in the first class with names such as Hezekiah Purinton Elihu Hatch Mary Card and Betsey Decker. The pages show writing exercises about Xenophon and include the name Abner Macomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Association
Baptist Meeting House
B. F. Sedgley
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Annie M
Hiram Stinson
William Stinson
Margaret Hatch
William and
Betsey Decker
Hannah Harvard
Hanndh McLellan
Ebenezer Hatch
Sally Dinsmore
Mary Card
Margaret Maxwell
Sally Grant
Caleb Weston
Margaret Richerson
Vinas Getchell
Robert Maxwell
Nancy Riggs
Loyalist Brown
Lettie Brown
Lavina Hatch
Betsy Hatch
Xenophon
Abner Macomber
Local Jottings Reflect Small-Town Happenings
Local notes cover meetings at Society Hall and Pythian Sisters Sewing Circle, a April M H S seniors performance at Columbia Theatre, and club gatherings. Hangers raise prices for cheap and high grade paper. Driftwood Club forms slowly on Kimball Bros. wharf. Mrs. Bert Sears plans Gloucester home. New England Tel Club girls hosted a sewing session with embroidery and refreshments. A marble drop game circulates among youths, and B F Sedgley recalls early work hours with Bill Simpson. William Simpson tells of a Maltese cat guarding the henhouse with hens nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Popham
Pythian Sisters Sewing Circle
M.H.S
Sally Lund
Columbia Theatre
Murray Club
Ernest Johnson
North St
Driftwood Club
Kimball Bros
Bert Sears
Bath St
Joseph Larrabee
West aBth
Gloucester
Mass
Sears
Agnes Finnigan
Margaret Foster
Catherine Kane
New England Tel. and
Tel. Company
the Times
B. F. Sedgley
Richmond
Mr. Simpson
Abuttors Hear and Confirm Wales Walk Assessments
A large crowd gathered at the Common Council room for the February 9 hearing on abuttors’ objections to granolithic sidewalk assessments. City officials, including Mayor, City Attorney, and Board members, explained costing methods and that abatements require executive-board recommendation. Total 97 property owners face 5483.32 in sidewalk charges. Seagoing tug Wyoming arrived with barge 765. Cosmpolitan Club hosted Mme. Eames de Gogorza on women’s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Plummer
Litchfield
Board of Highways and Sewers
Troop
Arthur J. Dunton
Henry W. Howard
H. A. Duncan
Charles T. Jackson
South St. Hill
Jackson
Board of
Capt Swett Returns From Harrington Maine Business Trip
Capt. G. B. Swett arrived back Monday after a business trip to Harrington Maine. He was met by colleagues and discussed agreements and potential partnerships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Swett
Harrington, Me
Local Red Cross Classes Announced With Several Branches
The notice lists hours and places to be announced later for Red Cross classes led by Mrs. Fred D. Hill in first aid Miss Priscilla Kimball in motoring Mrs. Edward Hyde in defense Mrs. Charles Lockery in social service Mrs. Clarence Morse and Mrs. Byron Barker in canteen work Mrs. Seth Mullin in day nursery with Miss Webber handling publicity Details of branches to follow and those found competent will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
Priscilla Kimball
Edward Hyde
Charles Lockery
Clarence Morse
Byron Barker
Seth Mullin
Webber
Sunday School to Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Beacon Lights notes the annual meeting and officer election for the Sunday school on March 25. A nominating committee was appointed: Mrs J E C Sawyer Rev T N Kewley and Elliott Fuller. The Dorcas Guild raised over 30 dollars at a recent farce presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. C. Sawyer
T. N. Kewley
Elliott Fuller
Dorcas Guild
Cuba
Wildo Murray
Ladies’ Aid
Thomas Baker
Trufant St
Epworth League
William Thistle
Unity Guild meets at 823 Washington and church activities noted
The Unity Guild met with Mrs A J Dunton at 823 Washington St. The Agoga Class entertained the Mispaz class for the parsonage at 138 High St. A demonstration of aluminum ware was held in the church kitchen on Wednesday at 2 30 under the Ladies Circle. The Sewing Circle met at 119 Oak St. The Easter sale is set for Friday March 29. The cradle roll and kindergarten party will be held in the vestry from 3 to 5 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Guild
A. J. Dunton
Washington St
High St
Church Kitchen
Treasury of the Circle
H. W. Moulton
Oak St
Engagement announced between Leon W. Babcock and Miss Hagel I Lane
The Lewiston couple, Leon W. Babcock son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Babcock, recently finished Bowdoin College in 3½ years. Miss Hagel I Lane, daughter of W. N. Lane, will graduate from the University of Maine in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon W. Babcock
Hagel I. Lane
Lewiston
Mr. Babcock
P. W. Babcock
Bowdoin College
Miss Lane
W. N. Lane
University of Maine
Saved from Kidney Trouble by Fruit-a-tives Tablet
Henry Dater of Troy New York testifies that Fruit-a-tives relieved his years long kidney trouble and constipation after about a month of use. He praises the fruit juice tablets as the greatest kidney remedy and notes price 50 cents per box six for two fifty with trial size offered by Fruita tives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dater
Dater
Troy
N.Y
Fruita Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
New York
March weather and local notes from Belfast and nearby towns
The Belfast Journal notes March began lambcold with snow on Sunday that largely melted from walks. Eggs arrive plentifully as local markets see price drops. Steamer Islander resumes river service May 15 after repairs. The Richmond Bee covers flourishing Odd Fellows in a small town and obituaries mark Joseph T. Moody’s burial in Winnegance. Beacon Street Church hosts, a birth is reported at Phippsburg home of Page Wyman.
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Belfast Journal
Richmond Bee
Islander
Joseph T. Moody J
Lynn
Fairview
Winnegance
Beacon Street Church
Charles H. Oliver
Mechanic St
Stork
Phippsburg
Page Wyman
Farrar
Chestnut St
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Brunswick Boys
PURIM
Bowdoin Baptist Assn
Wales
League of Woman's
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley
Kimball’s Wharf
Horace Heath
Bowdeinham
Boston
Rockland
Kennebec
Cosmopolitan Club
Mme. Eames de Gogorza
National League For Woman's Service
A. E. Bishop
England
Paris
France
Italy
Messina
Washington
National League For Woman’s Service
Maine
Department of Defense
Hyde Guards
H. O. Stinson
League
New England
America
Mme. Eames
Misses Lilly Pray
Alice Varney
Flora Risteen
Alice Randall
Mme
James de Gogorza
Thhe
Winona Tilton Stinson
Gouraud
First Baptist
The
Winter Street Church
Charles Mason
Charles Low
Troy, N.Y
NEW England Telephone
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