Passing Auto Takes a Child in Brunswick Bath Route
Eight year old Marie Alexander of South Portland was picked up by a passing motorist traveling through Brunswick toward Bath and left at Oak and High streets in Bath. She cried and wandered until a Bedford Street woman found her and brought her to Charles Aick’s grocery at 952 High Street. The girl, a second grader at East High Street School, was later identified and reunited with her mother after Mr. Arik confirmed her grandmother’s Bath address. The motorist who gave the ride was not identified.
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Brunswick
Bath
Oak and
High Streets
Marie Alexander
Albert Alexander
Front Street
South Portland
Bedford Street
Charles Aick
High Street
Joseph Groves
Bath Road
Arik
Mrs Myra Miller Snow Dead After Nine Week Illness
Mrs Myra Miller Snow 24 wife of Lyndon V Plummer died Monday at her home 56 Middle Street after a nine week illness due to rheumatic fever She is survived by her husband and two daughters Evelyn and Elizabeth aged four and 17 months She graduated Morse High School in 1918 She would have turned 24 two days after death. Leighton Mitchell Co office staff were given a part holiday to view the Victory Liberty Loan exhibit train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Miller Snow
Lyndon V. Plummer
S56
Middle Street
Evelyn
Elizabeth
Plummer
Morse High School
Leighton & Mitchell Co
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement from Bath Citizens
Bath residents share experiences with Dean's Kidney Pills highlighting relief from kidney trouble and backache. Testimonial from M. B. Doyle of 141 North St. credits the remedy with warding off serious kidney issues. price 59 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y marketed the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Dean
M. B. Doyle
North St
Conan
Poan
Doyle
Foster-Milburn Co
Msgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Bailey School to Close May 9
The Bailey School of Industries will close for the season May 9 after 25 weeks of operation delayed by the influenza epidemic. It will reopen the first Monday in October unless announced otherwise. Students in engineering subjects should use the Patten Free Library for supplemental reading as urged by Principal William E B Ash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey School of Industries
Patten Free Library
William EB. Ash
Sidney Noyes Promoted to VP Roles in NY Banks
Sidney Webb Noyes, son of Portland financier Tate Edward A. Noyes, and husband of Abbie Dewey Clark, has been named vice president of Liberty National Bank of New York and vice president of Liberty Securities Corporation. The couple, with five children, previously lived in Cobb's Ferry New York. Noyes is Bowdoin educated. Liberty Bank president Harvey Gibson is a Bowdoin alumnus who also aided Red Cross efforts in France.
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Maine
Bath
Sidney Webb Noyes
Tate Edward A. Noyes
Portland
Abbie Dewey Clark
George H. Clark
Liberty National Bank of New York
Liberty Securities Corporation
United States
Noyes
Bow
Soldier Colter Wins Bowdoin Speaking Prize
Lloyd Colter of Marinette Wisconsin who served a year in France as an ambulance driver and earned the Croix de Guerre won the class of 1868 prize speaking contest at Bowdoin College Tuesday night. His winning theme was Mons and the First TwENtred Thousand. Judges included John E Chapman of Brunswick Rev David L Wilson of Bath and Superintendent of Schools John A Cone of Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Colter
Marinette
Wis
France
Bowdoin College
Mons
John E. Chapman
Brunswick
David L. Wilson
Bath
John A. Cone
Topsham
Fishermen Sell First Season Herring Catch at Portland
A flotilla of small boatmen moved a school of herring from Small Point to Portland and sold the catch to Portland Cold Storage Co. The baskets clanged as hauls went up and down, and the total catch was seen as a fair start to the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Portland Cold Storage Co
Tree limb causes midnight electric fault on Washington
A tree limb swayed into an electric wire on Washington street near Oliver, triggering sparks at midnight Tuesday. Word was telephoned to Combination and Driver Cloutier with Engineer Cook responding. The troublesome limb was cut down by Mr. Cloutier and no further trouble occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Oliver
Combination
Cloutier
Cook
Texas Steamship Co Expands Civil Shipbuilding Fleet
The Texas Steamship Company reports four vessels in progress at the wharves, bringing total ships under construction in Louisiana today to eight. Additional materials have been ordered for more vessels after the underway crafts are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
FIVE ISLANDS Grange Conferred Degrees and Plans Contest Night
The Five Islands Grange held a large meeting despite a storm, conferring the third and fourth degrees on Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hinkley. Tuesday night is contest night with a social planned for Saturday May 3, and many town residents were noted in attendance and various local activities were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
C. L. Hinkley
Grange Hall
Hermie McFadden
Miss Cook
Joe Greenleaf
Bath
Frank McFadden
Somerville
Charles McMahan
Cambridge
Sylvanus Cromwell
Fairhaven
Mass
Ball
Will Rowe
Capt. Greenleaf
Norman IL
J. G. Stevens
George Rowe
Merton Davis
C. C. Davis
L. H. Rowe
J. K. Blaisdell
Miss Murphy
Walter Reid
Metropolitan Steamship Co
Portland
Sumer
Seguinland
Reid
Georgetown
Victory
J. G. Rowe
Lester Davis
Rittall
Horace Rittall
Ida Rowe
Herbert Richardson
Pownal
Wyoming
Five Islands
Percy McGilvery
Clifford Boucher
Mr. Reed
Ienry Moore
Bailey
Julia Davis
J. T. McMahan
Lila
Fred Reid
W. H. Holland
Ira Lewis
Wath
Clara Reed
Woolwich
Ellen Cromwell
Everett
Will Cromwell
Charles Sheridan
Cromwell
Gilbert
George Gray
Kelson Field
Wiscasset
Vivian Beals
Edgar Drake
Maln
C. W. Nocton
Media Nocton
Amanda Blaisdell
Everett Higgins
Evie Beals
Charles Boucher
Man Laments Glasses Lost Between Cities
A man mourns the loss of gold bowed eyeglasses left on a car seat window ledge during a Portland Boston journey. He and two friends stopped briefly for conversation and later realized the specs were unaccounted for on the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Boston
Mayors Great Speaker Inspires Westward Travel Tale
Former mayor Mr. Davis recounts a cross country trip with Mrs. Davis, highlighting Pacific coast sights and West Coast customs. A chance meeting with Gilbert Cromwell in Omaha unfolds into reunion with a Badger acquaintance and reveals Cromwell’s Wyoming farming stake and family life. Continued plans include a car trip to San Francisco and San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conti
Pacific Coast
Liberty Loan
Cheyenne
Elks Club
Omaha
Davis
Gilbert Cromwell
Georgetown
Knox & Lincoln
Maine Central
Cromwell
Woolwich
William S’. Cromwell
Charles Sheridan
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath
Wyoming
Mr. Davis
Mrs. Davis
San Francisco
San Diego
Pacific
Victory campaign hinges on last-minute Scout drive
The campaign funds plan to mobilize Boy Scouts for seven days of house to house canvassing to invite subscriptions. Scouts will not collect money. first payments go to banks when notes are purchased. Industrial plants report good employee participation with canvassing set to widen outreach. Whippet tanks from Gardiner expected Sunday for weekend displays at North and Lincoln streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Técal Committee
Gardiner
North
Lincoln Streets
Widow Harriet Royal 80 Descendants Dies in Bath
Mrs Harriet Royal wife of Roscoe Royal of Bath died Friday at 301 Center Street after three weeks illness and a paralytic shock. Born Augusta July 20 1830 she lived most of her life in Bath and bore 9 sons and 8 daughters. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Center Street with Rev Lawrence B Greenwood officiating. Greenwood recently returned from Elizabeth New Jersey after YMCA meetings and plans open air talks in Elizabeth. He has been ill with a cold and overwork.
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Harriet
Royal
Roscoe Royal
Center Street
Augusta
Peter Odit
Hampden
Bath
Francis King
King
Robert Hammond
Brunswick
Clara Coleman
Fred Freeman
Peter Pero
John S. King
Fred King
Isaiah King
Alfred King
Charles King
Sol Center Street
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Proctor
Georgetown Fisherman Says He Assaulted Selectman
Stacey Moore of Long Island near Bay Point told Judge John J. Keegan in Bath that he fought Georgetown board of selectmen member J A Steadman near the Buzzo quarry over a school path dispute and that he knocked Steadman out. No action was taken as charges had not been formally filed and Moore declined police custody. Steadman, aged 50 to 60 and in frail health, was treated for pains and bruises but not in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacey Moore
Long Island
Bay Point
Kennebec
John J. Keegan
Bath
J. A. Steadman
Georgetown
Keegan
Moore
Steadman
Buzzo
Georgetown Center
John A. Steadman
Board of Selectmen
Frank GC. Walker
Mr. Steadman
A. E. Buzzo
Myruzzo
Independent
Maud FP. Thayer
Quincy
Mass
Cora Searle
West Georgetown
Byron M. Rowe
Emery Waterhouse Co
Portland
Emma Billings
Robinhood
Working League
Howard Heald
John D. Williams
Benjamin H. Woodside
Bertha A. Russell
Woodside
Trafton Knights
Harry Heald
Fred W. Thomas
Robinhood Cove
Frank Heald
Belle Heald
William T. Boyd
Hope Davis
Eugene Reynolds
Ladies Aid of
Clara Billings
William Noble
Thomas Se
Ana Cushing
And
Man From Pleas Big House Lights Up School Stage
A high school production of The Man From Mexico drawn from H. A. Dusouchet and revived by William Collier delivers balanced performances. The farce evokes steady audience laughter with a well mounted orchestra, a warm theater, and profits from candy sales aiding graduation expenses.
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Jin
Mexico
H. A. Dusouchet
William Collier
New York
John Barrymore
Tidle
Clarence Johnson
Clarence Reed
Casper Hartleb
John Stacey
P. Oh Lennox
Reginald Stacey Viollin
Josephine Crossman
Harding
Forrest Butler
Rudolf Trafton
Bernard Hoyle
James Dunton
Arthur Colby
John McCormick
Benjamin Fitzshew
Roderick Majors
John Conway Loveall
Morton Holbrook von Bulow
Bismark Schmidt
Stranger of mystery stirs quiet town with unconfirmed sightings
In a small town residents report a mysterious man seen near Alfred Trott's and Sagadahoc ferry. Travelers Mr and Mrs Green and Alton B Thwing recall encounters as he claims various identities and war service. Some grass fires spark suspicions as locals doubt his Civil War tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Green
Alfred Trott
River Road
Sagadahoc Ferry
Alton B. Thwing
Sagadahoc County
Day's Ferry
Mr. Thwing
Mr. Hathorn
White
Eastport
New York
France
Samuel
Shipbuilders win ice cream contest at Helion club tournament
Foremen shipbuilders of The Texas Steamship Co meet at Oak Street Community House for an ice cream eating tournament. Sidney B. Lermond narrowly takes the championship over A. R. Weber, with decimals deciding the winner. Medals awarded. event ends with dancing and Auld Lang Syne. Notables from The Babcock and Wilcox Company and local figures attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
Oak Street
Helion Club
A. R. Weber
S. B. Lermond
Arra
Texas, Marine Band
Sidney B. Lermond
Charles W. Laing
Helion ‘Club
G. B. Drake
G. R. Copeland
L. B. Jackson
C. W. Laing
C. Kistler
P. Olinto
M. Heking
I. Mallard
W. L. Blake
A. P. Wymfin
C. A. D'Arcy
J. Laing
G. C. Quicksall
Capt. C. Blair
J. Crawshaw
Mysterious Visitor Spotted at Hathorn Home
A man claiming to be a stranger explained his early morning entry to the Hathorn residence saying rain drove him to hide in a cellar. He asked for warmth at breakfast before leaving. Constable John Gilmore is investigating the incident. In other notes, Miss Mary E. Pratt of Malden Massachusetts is reported seriously ill at the New England Sanitarium Melrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amory MelLellan
France
Tle
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Bath
Mary E. Pratt
Malden
Mass
New England Sanitarium
Melrose
Pratt
Massachusetts
Winthrop
Illness Keeps Officer Sprague Off Duty for Several Days
Officer Harvey Sprague of the night police has been confined by illness for four or five days while Officer Feltis remains on his beat, affecting coverage in the precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Sprague
Feltis
Real iron tonic for health amid epidemics and damp
A vintage advertisement touts Pepticon as a real iron tonic to combat anemia, paleness, dullness, and nerve exhaustion. It claims Peptiron replenishes red blood cells, boosts vigor, and improves mood, urging readers to trust C. J. Wood Co. of Lowell Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Wood CO
Lowell
Mass
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Ole Hanson
Harriet S. Royal
Stacy Moore
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Buswofe Loveitt
Henry Alvah Reynolds
Emma Harrison
Searsmont
William Oliver
E. Harrison
Man
Edward Farrar
Russell Sheridan
Richard Daunton
Robert Shaw
Timothy Cook
Tammany
Ghgeue
Offets
Sutectie
Sester
John Cary
Officer O'Mulling
Arthur Thistle
Rudolph Trafton Louis
Donald Hopkins
Clementina. Fitzshew
Ruth Ward
Sallie Graice
Martha Barker
Nettie Majors
Madelyn Davis
Miranda
Pearl Moody
Spike Finnigan
Almon Pickard
Earl Burgess
Robert Fulton
Sidney B. Lermon
Illinois
Isaiah
R. Morrell
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