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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1926

Page

4

Mrs Cooke Nominated for President of Cosmopolitan Club

Mrs Francsy G Cooke is named the Cosmopolitan Club president nominee for the ensuing year by the nominating committee chaired by Miss Margaret Foote. Also listed are vice presidents secretaries and treasurer candidates as well as several director nominees and new active members. A caucus discussed joint citizen tickets with Republicans and Democrats and a committee was appointed to pursue a non partisan ticket, with further talks pending.

Franc’sy G. Cooke Cosmopolitan Club Margaret K. Foote iLessie Stunt Orst Marion Durington Lidiam Muler Jeannette Smith Marcia Moulton Mildred Nichols Lilian Frost Ruth Farnham Minnie White Gertrude Greenleaf Harriet Stevens Martha Barker Nellie Goodrich Hazel Hartleb Margaret J. Adams John A. Morse Murelie Lincoln Rachel Hodgdon Harriet Cooke Winifred Johnson John EF. Burkhardt George A. Churchill White Lena Green The Courier Caroline Footer Mary Cunningham Mary Mussenden Frost Honuse Flora Roneaul Alice Ramsey Rachel Nichols Seth S. Mullin Miriam W. Wimball Louise RR. Staples Lilly Dray Edna Wilson William H. Miller George Levyn William Is.Temple Wiliam Shaughnessy Harry W. Thebeau F. A. Hall Winnie Quinn Mary Murphy Edward T. Whitehouse Thomas J. Lynch Arline McNed Charles H. Cahill John Marks Charlotte Grace Amos F. Verry Charles C. Toothaker Rufus A L. Eugene Thebeau Democratic City Committee Citizens Fred W. Quimby Republican Committee Quimby Thebeau Republican City Committee Teket Tiebeau Taza Coe Citizens’ Caucus General Citizens Caucus Hall City Committee Ernest F. Kelley Thompson William Temple G. A. Cahill G. A. Merrill BE. J. Kelley Howard T. Whitehouse John J. Marks

Democratic Nominations for City Ward Officials Listed

The article lists Democratic nominees by ward including ward 1 Glidden ward 2 James W. Moulton ward 4 Archie Carey ward 4 Crane ward 7 Warren Manse for ward seats clerks ward 2 Joseph Clane y ward 3 Lester McNeil ward 4...... Ward 7 William McAuliffe for clerks and constables ward 1 Frank Warren ward 2 Joseph A L Smith ward 3 John S. Phice with names repeated in multiple wards.

Wid D Banerson Glidden James W. Moulton Archie Carey Joseph Po Crane Walter S. Pussett Warren C. Manse Joseph Claney Lester McNeil Uilward Fo Miler John J. Norton William McAucliffe Frank Warren Joseph AL Smith John S. Phice James VP. Ledyard John L. Wilson Walter Russell Thomas L. Morrison James S. Knight Joseph L. Yates Fred L. King George F. Reynolds William W. Wakefield Raymond Haley Rupert Miller

New Commander Elected at Roland H. Smith Post

Gardiner D. Rogers was unanimously chosen commander of Roland H. Smith post AD for the balance of the year. He succeeds Roscoe He Shaw who resigned. Ralph Gay will serve as service officer and both will be installed next Monday night at 7 14 due to an eight o'clock tournament at post headquarters between the Legion and the Winnegance Community club.

Gardiner D. Rogers Roland H. Smith Roscoe He Shaw Ralph Gay Rogers Legion Winnegance

Portland girl Margaret Whalen weekend with parents

Miss Margaret Whalen of Portland spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank H Whalen at Pear Street.

Margaret Whalen Portland Frannk H. Whalen Pear Street

City Council Deliberates Routine Matters and Library Reports

A short city council session approved Roll of Accounts No. 12 totaling 4111.65 and issued warrants for the March 2 city election. The Mayors Irish and Finance chair Oliver presented the trust fund report. City Clerk Gilmore read library and city receipts and disbursements. Absentees were Thurlow and Haskell.

Bagdikian Front Street Irish Oliver Finance Committee Gilmore Harry M. Thurlow John G. Haskell Patten Bath Brooklyn Resi Sebo

Ward Officers and New Republican City Committee Elected

Ward officers and clerks listed by ward with presiding officers named. A new Republican city committee was elected by ward with Quimby as chairman Corliss as vice chair and Kidder secretary, Ledyard treasurer.

Falwin FE. Vinson Chester A. Whint Mabel Harford Lizzie I. Chaney Ellery (. Whittemore Eugene A. Youland Olive A. Corliss Arletta M. Yates Fred W. Quimby William V. Percy Miss Harriot Ledyard Mabel A. Thwing Owen J. Ledyard Fred H. Pratt Sylvanus Penwell Harriet Morse Arthur H. Price Claude J. Fifield Rae A. Thigward Gilmain Seabury Chester H. McCabe Nathan Ki. Coffin Nathan Ik. Coffin Charles H. Kidder Ernest Hs. Heald James A. Bimson Martha DP. Susall Charles TH. Kidder

Funeral of Francis Haskins in Augusta

Francis Haskins died in Augusta on Monday. His funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at two at W OC Chadbourne funeral parlor on Broad Street with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. Burial followed. Haskins, born June 13, 1892 in Massachusetts, long worked for the local street department. No near relatives could be located.

Francis Haskins Augusta W. OC. Chadbourne Broad Street David L. Wilson Mr. Haskins Massachusetts Oeitor Soma Mr. Be B. B. Douglas North House Anna Beals Mailer Robert Temple Henry Hanson and Son W. B. Kendall Kendall I. T. Johnson Methodist Carrie Kendall Gardiner Robinson Coombs High School Portland Blanch Kendrick Lewiston Samuel Rounds Karl D. Hatch Henderson Bath Roy Weston Eva Weston Roscoe Douglass Worth Wilbur Douglas Arabine Hall Margaret McCullan Frances Carr Worcester Mass FL K. Jack Helen Townsend Wportland C. O. Purinton

Centenarian Bowdoinham resident celebrated birthday

Lorenzo Minott of Bowdoinham marked his 90th birthday at home with visitors and a shower of postcards. A ship carpenter by trade, he has lived in the village since marriage to Elizabeth Brown. His wife died last year and his son James passed away last fall, leaving daughter Varina Denham to care for him.

Lorenzo Minott Minott Bowdoin Elizabeth Brown John Brown Union James Varina Denham Marshall Merriman Portland Eastern Star Aatchett Star Aid Electa O.E.S Baptist Vestry Arthur Verrill Baptist Church Methodist Church James Blodgett Richmond Jack Keaton John A. Purington Artemus Meads Scott Brown John Mather Bertha Wilds Frank Heath Charles Fogg Nona Skelton Brunswick A. Small Erland Rogers W. T. Donnell Sagadahoe Fertilizer Co A. Grant Hulse Bowdeinham C. A. Newton Waterville Levi Leathers Pon. Cannon Boston Midvin Denham Sherman Bert Button Bay Road George Adams Reed Watervilhe J. Browne Capte Hall Diriy Wis Fto Sewall Orehare

Turbulent marriage ends in Maine divorce action details

The case outlines a troubled marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Grant from 1905 in New Hampshire to Bowdoinham and Bath Maine with separations in 1924. Mrs. Grant claims coercion to work and abuse while Dr. Grant alleges infidelity, hospital purchases, and costly disputes over care of their two sons Hurley and Russell, with accusations extending to alimony and business costs.

Mrs. Grant New Hampshire Bowdeinham Bath Grant Eally Bowdoinham Hurley Russell Brunswick Montreal Nin Dibelant Ile Nhebe Lizzie Newton Bowdoinuhimm Grange

Visit to Skowhegan and Augusta Noted

A fragment mentions Mrs. ee of Men with Vernon Lowell and children visiting Skowhegan on Saturday to visit her Panter. It also notes George A. Hackett Master of Merry Meeting Grange traveling to Augusta on Wednesday.

Husband and Wife Razeed by Cruelty Findings in Cross Libel Trial

In a Sagadahoc supreme court cross libel case, Dr. Hugh D Grant and Martha W K Grant proved acts of cruelty and abuse by both sides. The jury, however, recommended against granting divorce to either. Key findings list cruel treatment and extreme cruelty as true but state no divorce should be granted.

Grant Russell Portland Martha SK. Grant Sagedahoe Supreme Court William H. White Foreman Drawn William H. “White

Lawsuit Queries Causeing Divorce and Libel Trial Interest

The article raises two questions about a libel case involving Martha IK and Grant Libellee, asking whether the alleged cruel and abusive treatment is true and if the libellant should be granted a divorce. It also notes Leo Thebeau, newly admitted to the Maine bar, traveling for the Department of Justice with the Bureau of Investigation and reporting extreme cold in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Martha IK Grant Libellee William H. White Foreman Drawn Lawrence Bond Richmond Sagadahoe County Salt Lake City Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation Utah Idaho Wyoming Cheyenne

Veteran quilter Mary Hubbard finishes four quilts for granddaughters

The Limestone resident Mary S. Hubbard aged 83 completed four quilts serving as keepsakes of her needlework for her granddaughters.

Mary S. Hubbard Limestone

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