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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1916

Page

7

Local Jottings and Community Notes

Rumford Falls saw When Dreams Come True company visit Saturday morning. Mitchell school wiring for electric lights began under contractor Conforth. Grassy begins ninth term as city clerk after re election. A 10% pound baby boy arrived at Popham Beach home of Mr and Mrs J Arthur Stevens. name not yet chosen. Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co received permit to erect poles on Tarbox Street extension after Aldermen hearing. Two girls at Opera House practiced embroidery during idle moments. Earle H Coyle Bowdoin 1908 and Berkeley trained cavalry lieutenant chasing Villa in Mexico. Dick the eagle of lower Kennebec remains a lone figure after mate shot decades ago. Lakin funeral incident caused minor property damage but no injuries. Brunswick ice race saw Craft Pointer beat Pansy B and a Patchen mare in heats. County and State Sunday School officials in Portland praised Bath Times for local attention to convention reports. Hebrews celebrated Purim with large gatherings and social festivities. John N Thurlow funeral on Highland Street drew wide attendance. services by Rev B P Browne with Odd Fellows burial. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Rumford Falls Conforth Mitchell School Grassy J. Arthur Stevens Popham _ Beach Board of Aldermen Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co Tarbox St Opera House Earle H. Coyle Bowdoin Berkeley, Institute California General Villa Mexico Mr. Coyle Columbus N. M Kennebec Tall Stove Club Small Point Cox's Head Fred Lakin Maple Grove Pote Joseph Avery Brunswick Isaiah Morrell Craft Pointer C. D. Pratt Brunswick Blacksmith Pansy B Joe Johnson Manor King Direct Hal Portland Alice May Douglas Plinette Allen Woolwich Weir State Sunday School Association Times Purim Farge Front St Esther John N. Thurlow Highland St Lincoln Lodge I. C.C.F Bath Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Corliss Street Church Bath Iron Works Machine Department B. P. Browne Odd Fellows N. G. Harvey K. Erskine D.,s. Harris Brown Cros- Man

Bath notes on local events and people

Local jottings report the Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs. Willis and Genesta Chapter Sewing Circle with Mrs. Furber. Harold Hart painted a military window for Thompson Bros. A 72 year old blacksmith Fred W. Coombs is still forging. Baron Rosentwist hosts guests at West Georgetown summer home. Rail freight delays ripple through a Bath industry while a long ship voyage from Barcelona remains unlocated.

Ladies’ Aid The Universalist Church J.willis Garden St Genesta Chapter Charles Furber Deering St Harold C. Hart 4Th Co Thompson Bros Bath Fred W. Coombs Bath City George B. Drake Marine Department of the Texas Co Rice Solar Lodge A. M R. W.D.D.G.M Fred E. Ward Freeport Airdale Frank Skillings Buffalo Portland Boston Baron Rosentwist West George Virginia Henry W. Howard Front Arch Sts Rogers Washington St F. Wilbur Brown Walter T. Brown West Bath University of Maine Waltham Watertown Worcester Providence Charlestown Navy Yard Eula Keiding Morse High School Remington Typewriting Co Fielding Vivian Colby Helen Johnson Edward J. Lawrence Barcelona Iviza New York Lawrence Kreger

Bath society notes and local events in a Bath daily

The page lists Masonic and social meetings, a sewing circle bee, aldermen committee on salaries, aeroplane sightings, farm work across the ferry, a Maine masque club member in a university play, store closings for vacations, and club gatherings at the Lincoln and Entre Nous groups. It also covers Republican convention travel, a Bath man visiting from Revere for his father’s interment, Elm Street Church activities, a meteor sighting at sea, Times Job Department items, and Pine Tree Seed Co. president Kimball’s seed inquiries.

Robins Bath Lodge of Elks Elm Street North End Freeman, Robinson Pinna New York Lan Ella L. Davenport Page Diamond Entre Nous Roy Lord Upper Washington St William Fletcher Portland Brunswick Parkhurst Bangor Harry E. Dunham Revere Mass Bath Andrew B. Dunham Brockton Oak Grove Dupnham Charlestown Navy Yard Elm St. Church High St Times Kimball Pine Tree State Seed Co New England

Augusta News Highlights and Local Events

Deputy Sheriff Carter escorted Percy B. Jordan to Augusta Jail on Tuesday. Coast Guard life boat addition at Popham Beach arrives from Cape Elizabeth. Funeral held for Patrick Mullaney at St Mary’s Church with interment Calvary Cemetery. Republicans win most aldermen in Old Town election. mayoral race totals listed. Augusta hosts Post campaign dinner with both parties present. Foreign missions gifts reach a record $18.8 million in 1915. Kenneth Nason marks eleventh birthday with party at Highland and Corliss Streets.

Carter Percy B. Jordan Augusta Cosmo Girls Eugene Choate B.J.W John A. MacDonald Strong Lizzie Coast Guard Popham Beach Cape Elizabeth Down River Charles Bliss Cherry St Patrick Mullaney St. Mary's Church N. J. Horan E. J. Murphy Michael O'Brien Joseph Crane John Trainor Calvary Cemetery Brunswick Old Town John W. Gold John H. Hickey Hickey George H. Richardson Charles G. Davis America Conference of Foreign Mission Boards Fred P. Hazzard Boston United States Canada Kenneth Nason Highland and Corliss Sts Katherine Harrington Gladys Pottle Albert Redlon Isabelle Berry Katherine Stinson Adelaide Coombs Lelia McPherson Helen Jones Evelyn Moses Christine Curtis Christine Lockery Estelle Reed Dorris Barter Arthur Berry Lawrence McPherson Raymond Williams Frances Bruce Donald Bruce George Moses Howard Elliott Alexander Donnellson

Local notes on river ice and community events in Bath

The column reports the Kennebec above Bath is frozen with twenty to twenty four inches of ice. It notes Preston W Farrar seeks eye and ear infirmary treatment in Portland. It recalls the Y M C A block completed in 1894 and previews steamer work for the summer season.

Odd Ladies Sew Circle Meets. Local Notes Include Birds and Open Water Guess

The Odd Ladies Sewing Circle met Thursday with Emma Knowlton. Mrs. Haynes returned from Gardiner visit with Brad Smith. River authorities predict Kennebec will open to navigation around early April with two forecast dates. A horned lark was spotted on Court Center and Lincoln Streets, a flock of snow buntings near Phippsburg road, and a phoebe seen on Winter Street Tuesday.

Emma Knowlton Middle St Harry L. Haynes Bradley S. Smith Gardiner River Front Kennebec Court Center Lincoln Sts Phippsburg Road Phoebe Winter St

Obituary of Harry Osborn Perkins

Mrs. Herbert Hodgkins mourns the death of her brother-in-law Harry Osborn Perkins who died after pneumonia. A Maine native, 15 years engineer of the Wakefield building in Boston. He leaves wife Charlotte Segers Perkins and siblings Irving N. Perkins Willis B Perkins Mrs. Benjamin Getechall. Funeral held in Malden then Bath for interment at Maple Grove Cemetery with prayers at the tomb.

Herbert Hodgkins Malden Mass Harry Osborn Perkins Perkins Kittery Maine Wakefield Boston Ile Charlotte Segers Perkins Irving N. Perkins Seabrook N. i Willis Be, Perkins Middletown

Funeral service for Margaret A Wildes widow of Isaiah Wildes

Mrs Margaret A Wildes 77 widow of Isaiah Wildes died in Augusta Saturday. Funeral held Tuesday from Middle Street residence Browne of Corliss Street Church with pallbearers Charles Small Hi bridge Wright Frank Purington Levi Spinney. Interment in Fairview Cemetery Winnegance. She was a native of the city, daughter of Joseph O Hunt and Roxanna Hunt, last of six children.

Margaret A Isaiah Wildes Augusta Middle St B. P. Browne Corliss St. Church Charles Small Hibridge Wright Frank Purington Levi Spinney Fairview Cemetery Winnegance Wildes Joseph O Roxanna Hunt

St Patrick’s Day gathering at the Pines in New Meadows

Social event at the Pines, home of Mr and Mrs Robert Murray, featured Irish songs, Peat bog walk blindfolded, donkey cart rides, Kelly lane walk, and a lobster supper. Guests included the Jordans, Jacksons, Randalls, Holbrooks, and others. Also notes Alma Holbrook’s Canton trip and obituary for Mrs Mary E Snow, wife of John Snow, who died after a short illness. Burial at New Meadows Cemetery.

the Pines Robert Murray Tipperary Kelly Lane Harvey Jordan Robert Jordan Forest Jackson John Randall Sidney Holbrook Samuel Holbrook Sybil Holbrook George Staples George Leonard Henry Hunt Thomas MacMann Amy Mildred Hunt Margaret Totman Alma Holbrook Canton Merry Club Mary E. Snow John Snow Mrs. Snow West Bath Mr. Tetley

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Augusta House Wiles Newbert William R. Pattengall Maher Noble John McKeiver Auburn Ruth Rebekah Lodge R. P. Capen Lodge Minnehaha Lisbon Hiawatha Gray Robinson Jacobs McFadden Swood Congdon Richardson Ward Frank Parris Preston W. Farrar Eye & Ear Infirmary Ransom B. Fuller Hyde Elmhurst Annable John Stacy William Small Brunswick Orchestra C. A. Warren Topsham Yarmouth Lewiston Audient M. A. Shareden Eastern Steamshin Corporation Haraden H. J. Thompson Bailey School Harold M. Sewall Sewall New England Co William McGregor McGregor Kids of Bath New Meadows
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