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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1918

Page

7

Bath Locals Report New Cars and Liberty Drive

Local notes report new cars ordered by street railway company and praise Bath’s spring roads. Bath and Brunswick residents join Liberty loan efforts with church school bonds and Scouts canvassing. Bath shipyards build ships as Marine activity grows.

Spring Cure Promise with Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron

A Health ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla before meals and Peptiron after meals as a combined spring remedy. It claims to purify impure blood, relieve rheumatism and scrofula, boost appetite and digestion, and restore sleep and energy, noting Hood's Pills support liver and digestion and harmonize with the tonics.

Hood Maselle

Five Islanders social activities fill weekend

Five Islands residents enjoyed a busy weekend with church services Grange activities and social gatherings. Attendees heard a Patriot service address by Theodore Stewart and featured multiple solos and readings. Grange events included a successful Saturday social and a large Tuesday turnout.

Florabelle Moore Grange Georgetown Theodore Stewart France C. A. McMahan Thomas Hanna

Walter Hagan Leaves For New York and Party Honors

Walter Hagan departed for New York after wintering in town. Miles Hagan received a wrist watch at a party held in his honor at Town Hall Saturday night. Hagan travels to Fort Slocum, N Y, to enter military service. The Snipe home is quarantined due to Mina Snipe's diphtheria with Dr. Walker of Bath attending.

Walter Hagan New York Earle Pinkham New Jersey Merritt Pinkham Dublin Point Bath Miles Hagan Town Hall Hagan Fort Slocum N. Y J. Herbert Snipe Miss Mina Dr. Walker

Local notes from Bath area report civic and weather updates

Local notes mention trimming raspberries and currants, haying help questions, and fields not mown last summer. City Clerk Grassy reports death of Fred E. Godfrey in Boston at age 70, born in Bath. Liberty bond campaign ends strongly as Bath shows patriotism. ice on Lake Nequasset has melted after a snowy winter.

Grassy Massachusetts Boston Fred E. Godfrey Bath P. A. Clinto Bath Loan and Building Association E.S. Crosby Co Lake Nequasset Connecticut Edward Cushing New England

Ship Carpenter Wilbert H Sanford 63 Dies at Bath Home

Wilbert H Sanford 63 a well known ship carpenter died Wednesday at his home 444 High street after a long illness. Born in Nova Scotia he came to Bath 35 years ago. He leaves his wife two sons Perry of Bath and Harry Sanford of Portland and two brothers Jerry of Bath and William Sanford of Brunswick. Funeral held Friday at 2 pm at his home.

Wilbert H. Sanford High Street Nova Scotia James Mary Sanford Bath Perry Harry Sanford Portland Jerry William Sanford Brunswick

Bath News Summary of Local Happenings and Changes

Local items report a live rabbit arriving at the Bath post office for J N Tibbetts, improving roads, and rising political talk ahead of June primaries. Notes on tobacco brands growing scarce, poultry advice from a fancier, and promising colts owned by Capt Sonia and Burns brothers. Daylight saving boosts after school yard baseball, Samuel Levin buys the Benjamin Brown house for renovations, and uncertain electric service affects Front and Center street stores. Rising food costs push boarders to quit meals, Cosmopolitan Club closes its winter meal service, and yard and shipyard work at Hyde property expands with new derrick, chips, and extended streetcar tracks.

Bath J. N. Tibbetts Samuel Levin Benjamin Brown North Street Levin Carleton Block Center Street Cosmopolitan Club Charles E. Hyde Washington Street Percy & Small Yard

Waterville unit in France reports no fatalities

A year after guard duty at Bath iron works and New Meadows river bridge, Waterville soldiers are in France and report all present members healthy with no fatalities. The town notes early garden plans, a jitney service between Bath and Brunswick, and the arrival of the lighthouse tender Zizania with buoy repairs needed along the Kennebec.

Waterville Military Company Bath Bath Iron Works New Meadows River Bridge France West Bath John Davis Brunswick Mr. Davis Zizania Portland Kennebec River

OUR OWN PEOPLE NEWS SUMMARY

Charles H. Bracker of 723 Middle street leaves for Boston to enter merchant marine service after time at Bath iron works. Clarence W. Morse makes a one day Bath Lynn Cambridgeport Boston trip, dines with brother John A. Morse, returns home at midnight. Assistant Paymaster John P Reynolds Jr U S N R supply officer at Bath now Boothbay Harbor meets J H Gauger who will succeed him at Boothbay. Edward W Larrabee Thomas S Gibbons and Mark W Sewall attend Mains Coal Dealers meeting in Portland chaired by James C Hamlen discussing winter coal supply. Bradford Martin foreman at L H Shattuck Corp Newington NH returns after Bath visit with family. Bath locals include Harry Parker, Charle Purington, Daniel Marti and others in various departments.

Eee Weenesau Bath G.G. Deering Co Paris People’s Baptist Bible School Brunswick Boy Scouts Oliver Orrin S. Donnell Brunswick Willis B. Donnell Camp Dix N. J Bowdoin College Texas Grassy Boothbay Harbor Squirrel Island Woolwich Amory McLellan Aia High Street Avis Arline Arthur Ansert Jennie Sawyer Augusta Harry B. Sawyer Dummer Street F. B. Nichols Cherryfield Nichols Leora Prentiss Gardiner Arthur P. Sampson Washington Street William A. Fall Percy The American Clothing Co R. L. Percival Kenneth Dougherty’s Drug Stor Harold Kingsbury Glendora Louise Kingsbury Georgetown Frank Flint Sadie Bucknam Portsmouth N. H York Street Edward D. True Fred A. Fuller W. E. Rowe Francis B. Torrey, Jr Owen J. Ledyard Baltiomre Lizzie Osgood Emma Blue Hill Clement Benoit Lowell Mass John J. Desmond Co Clarence M. Fogg Corliss Street Robert B. Hatch Spartansburg S. C Stanley Pierce France Randall Coombs Fred S. Coombs Winnegance San Antonio F. D. Cushing Green Street Eleanor P. Cushing Hanson Garnet U.s.n,r.f Portland Abbie Kelley Green ‘Street Frank Boston Walter E.chase Ensign W. E. Chase Richmountain Robert Waterhouse Elmer Walker Poland Springs Walker Gladysman Waterhouse Morse High School George C. Perkins 14Th Cavalry Fort Sam Houston Snow and Nealley Co Bangor BE. S. J. Nealley Nealley Coal Dealers Matt Florine Eliott Grange Fred O. Robinson Cambridge Church Ladies’ Aid William Chafe Alton Berry Lester Powers Henry Tarbox Alvah Reynolds Camp Devens E. M. Horton New York Ellen E. Hagan Warren Spencer Wiggins Mississippi Sylvia Boucher Grange Hall Vernom Gray Wiwarha Horace Wylie Moses Rowe Fremont Vernon Gray George Hanna Isabelle Rowe Waltham Waltham Watch Factory John Hinckley Wilbur Boucher James Charles McMahan J. G. Stevens Ida H. Rowe Hope B Blaisdell and Rowe Barrows T. W. Blaisdell Charles Oliver C. C. Davis Julia Davis W. H. Holland C. A. McMahan Red Cross Carolyn Stevens Holland Charles H. Bracker Middle Street Merchant Marine Service Mr. Bracker Bath Iron Works Clarence W. Morse Lynn Chelsea Cambridgeport John A. Morse Young’s John P. Reynolds, Jr U.S.N.R Naval Station J. H Gauger Mr. Reynolds Battery Wharf Edward W. Larrabee Thomas S. Gibbons Mark W. Sewal Mains Coal Dealers Association Congress Square Hotel James C. Hamlen Bradford Martin L. H Shattuck Corp Newington Harry Parker Charle Purington Aniel Marti

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Brother West Lara Gray Nellie Rowe Eleanor Rowe Davis Amanda Blaisdell Lila McMahan Azulea Holland Elizabeth Horton Thomas N. Williams Columbia Madeline Berry May Hagan Bertha Scott George West Thomas Blaisdell Lermond Rowe Addie Davis William Cromwell Bolo Flora Moore Onward Christian Soldiers Grange the House of Kuppenheimer John J.desmondco Water Streets Maine Sonia Night Police Isaiah Morrill Ed Custer Dan Q Burns Brothers Waterville Conley’s Specialty Store
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