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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
3
Robert Fuller celebrated his fourth birthday with a party at his New Meadows home. Guests included Mrs Walter Norton Miss Charlotte Buck and others from Woolwich Bath and Sabino. Local residents attended church gatherings, school teachers' convention, and various visits at Birch Point and Campbell's pond during the weekend.
Henry C. Colby alias Banford Nason of Newburyport arrived with a friend, cashed five $17 checks and attempted a sixth in Bath. He pleaded guilty in municipal court and was held on $1000 bail for the May term. Merchants were repaid except $0. The receipt chain tied him to multiple shops including A Hallet Co and Boston Shoe Store.
The general information test results reveal that Susanne Anthony was a member of the British Parliament. Debs is now secretary of the Navy under President Harding. Other humorous names include Miller, Collins, Mairbanks, Moses, and Bivins cited among top performers. A 4H team will be chosen to compete in the Dee Midward Geodeneugh.
Mr and Mrs Charles Steuart are visiting a daughter in Tatlewell. Samuel Wade is restoring the former mess house built as part of the Northern barracks during the war, which he recently purchased from the Kelley. Spear Court is to be used as volmers at his tete on upper Washington Street.
The excerpt shows a literary scene where a writer, meeting a friend, discusses reception of his latest work. A dialogue reveals the friend’s cautious attitude about repeating any opinions heard, mentioning Poe and Lions and a hesitation to name sources. The fragment hints at themes of reputation and discretion in literary circles.
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript notes a tense insistence over a cut in neckwear. The discussion touches on textural details describing cretonne tritumed fabrics, reflecting a fashion or trade snippet from the era.
Miss Harriet Hathorn and Charles Howard wed at Center Baptist church in Woolwich after morning service with two flower bearers. Rev Millard Webster officiated as Mendelssohn March played. The couple left for Brunswick then on extended wedding trip. Guests and relatives filled the day with receptions and family notices followed by multiple local engagements and condolences in the surrounding towns.
A group of business men heard Edith Allen, soprano, singing via radiophone from Chicago outside R. W. Cenforth Co. on Front Street. Amplified by Ernest Shepard and Eugene Hart, her voice carried through the transom to Thompson's Corner, drawing a sizable crowd.
Friends held a utility shower at Center Baptist hall for Miss Harriet G Tathorn and her fiancé Charles H Howard. Guests included Rev Millard Webster and Mrs Eyoma Hathorn as organizers praised the couple with gifts and stories. Music, cake, tea and toasts followed as the community offered best wishes.
Residents and visitors appear in a sequence of small-town updates. Eugene Coleman and family at Squirrel Point. James C. Perry buys a milking cow at Sebasco. George Sprague visits with his auto truck. Dyer family moves to Parker Head. Arthur Brown to host another Town Hall dance. music by Heayden Conant and Seth Doughty. Morse named municipal surveyor for wood and lumber. Thistle family relocates to Parker Head summer home. Sidney Coffee farms for George C. Pease. Stella Coffin returns from Portland. Moore family moves to Sebasco Estates. Bowker and James Perry do carpentry for Sebasco Estates. Oliver sells logs to Morse & Co. Davis visits Bath. Edith Taylor visits family at Falmouth Fireside. Eastman couple attend George Brigham funeral in Brunswick. Perry of Portland Feldspar Co. plans quarry at the Basin. Cushing and Mereen family arrive for summer at Ashdale. Rodney Wyman and crew work on state road Winneyance to Small Point as the season patrol changes.
An evening musicale featured a two piano work by Dorothy Sheldon and Miss Jackson titled A Tale of the Beautiful Magelone with eight sections. Between numbers Thelma Deering played Gavotte and other solos. Esther Brown sang with accompaniment by Edna Bliss.
The Col Dummer Sewall chapter of the DAR held its annual May meeting at Mrs. Harry C. Webber’s home in Winnegance. Officers were elected: Regent Miss Mary Pelham Hill, vice president Annie Ro Low, recording secretary Mel Ine Pendleton, corresponding secretary Corrie Varney, treasurer Alice G. Shorey, historian Alice M. Minott. Five members attended the continental congress in Washington. delegate Melinda Tarbox Allen sent clippings. The chapter voted to start a fund for a permanent home, closed with a flag salute and social refreshments.
Irenee Savary fell from a staging while painting Rudolph Roy's home at 27 Wesley Street. His left ankle was severely lacerated, one bone severed, and he was taken to City hospital for treatment. Roy, on the staging, escaped injury and later helped secure a ladder. Savary rested comfortably the next morning.
Funeral services were held for Capt George A Fletcher who died suddenly in Elizabeth New Jersey. The Wednesday afternoon ceremony at his home 120 Middle Street included Universalist minister Rev Francis Alonzo Gray and Masonic rites by Solar and Polar Star lodges with officers Ralph Dunton Henry White Chaplain Charles Volz and Philip Roberts. Burial followed at Ouls Grove.
A Saturday gathering at Mrs. WP T Ke hail’s residence saw citizens helped by Percy Hodgdon’s double horse team and Robert Greenleaf’s sawing machine cut and haul about seven cords of stove length wood. Miss Katherine Harriman of Melrose Highlands Mass returned home with her sister Mrs A Cartney and two sons headed to Massachusetts for a visit. Miss Mabel Heal, Center school teacher, attended the Sagadahoe teachers convention in Bath Friday. Archie Higgins builds a Summer cottage at Edwin L Parsons place. Mrs. Mary Dickson occupies her houseboat at Swanton’s landing. Selectman Percy Hodgdon home with his team for a spell. portable mill at Nobleboro idle. Mr A Swanton erects a new boat landing. Mrs Elizabeth Crockett left town for Worth and then New York to visit her daughter Mrs James Doyle.
Announcements report the April 12 marriage of Miss Mattie o S Flopkins to Clinton D P Hagan in Rodeo New Mexico. Clinton, son of Mrs Proctor Hagan of Beth, once lived on a Utah ranch with his brother Adoniram before the war.
Morse High School Glee Club presents College Days a musical comedy to benefit the piano fund. Cast includes William Coles Tubby era Raphael Maley Jack Harris Davy Doyle David Carson and Eleanor Doyle with a 25 member chorus of boys and girls for two performances.
Harry P. Bridge has been chosen to manage the D T L Percy & Sons store, succeeding Henry V P Boudreau who moves to Concord New Hampshire. Bridge began as office manager and has spent five years with the firm, his extensive knowledge of the business expected to ensure success.
A construction crew arrived Wednesday morning for the Oak street bridge rebuilding job by Maine Central. Their car sits on a local freight yard track while another train is placed on the York street siding to lay new steel rails through the city.
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