Maine Central Freight Shed Too Small to Handle Freight
The Maine Central freight shed in the city is inadequate for daily freight. cars are often held for days awaiting unloading. President Edward W. Hyde of the Chambers of Commerce appealed to Maine Central President Morris McDonald, who promised to consider relief, possibly by enlarging the shed or adding a new structure.
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Maine Central
Edward W. Hyde
Chambers of Commerce
Morris McDonald
The
Water street break in case and naturalization docket notes
Proceedings detail Kenneth Witham store break case hearsay. Naturalization cases heard with Herbert Mallard Wilfred Skaling Lugliemo Luti and others, Luti given another chance. Barter vs Crimmins case verdict for plaintiff $37.67. Hyde vs Carlton non suited. Grant vs Jack trespass case discussed with doctor letters and witness testimony. Court to sit into next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Witham
Alonzo Fisher
Water Street
Herbert E. Mallard
St. Owens
Jersey
Channel Island
England
North Street
Bath
Wilfred F. Skaling
Cambridge
N.S
Lord Street
Lugliemo Luti
Fasciandora
Massacarra
Italy
Centre Street
William H. McGinn
Canada
Richmond
Luti
United States
Arthur Caron
Olivia P. Valiere
Fred J. Barter
Dennis Crimmins
First National Bank
Supreme Court
Sprague
Hon. E. W. Hyde
F. W. Carlton
Grant
Jack
Morey
Bowdeinham
Water Tank Explosion Damages Hotel Kitchen
A 60-gallon hot water tank burst at 3 a.m. Tuesday in the Hotel Eagle kitchen at Front and Vine, tearing glass, displacing a stove, overturning a heater, flooding the floor, and sending wash into the dining area. No cause is known though hotel staff say the heater fire was banked after work. Breakfast served at six to 50 lodgers.
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Hotel Eagle
Front
Vine Streets
Marguerite Clark to Star in Uncle Tom's Cabin Film
Famous Players presents Marguerite Clark in a screen version of Uncle Tom's Cabin with Clark in Eva and Topsy roles. Frank Losee stars as Uncle Tom. scenes shot on New Meadows river near New Meadows Inn include Eliza’s ice escape. The film, tied to Paramount, aims for record audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famous Players Film Co
Dainty
Marguerite Clark
Miss Clark
Eva
Topsy
Paramount
Bath
Eliza
New Meadows
New Meadows Inn
Frank Losee
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Brunswick
Magnetic Little
Famous Players Company
New England Farm Outlook Boosts Corn and Beans Demand
The piece notes higher demand and prices for home grown corn and beans in New England. It cites favorable climate and yields of up to 100 bushels per acre, mentions Maine seed beans at $14 a bushel, warns against rushing harvests to prevent spoilage, and reports farmers in Woolwich and Phippsburg planning beans and wheat. It also notes motorboat registration enforcement during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
North
Iowe
George D. Weston
Phippsburg
John Edward McKenney
Woolwich
Woman's nerves made strong by Pinkham remedy
Winona Minn woman reports lasting relief from nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it helped her sleep, feel alert, and perform daily work. The advertisement touts the product as a long standing standard remedy for displacements inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Albert Sultze
Olmstead St
Mortgage Foreclosure Claim on Lewiston Trust Co Property
The document records a real estate mortgage chain from Joh Philbrook of Brunswick, Maine dated September 8 1905 to Lewiston Trust & Safe Deposit Company, now Lewiston Trust Company. It describes a Topsham parcel bounded by the Main Road from Pejepscot to Falls and the Lewiston Brunswick Bath Street Railway right of way. The Lewiston Company asserts a mere mortgage under the conditions. EMWISTON TRUST COMPANY By H E Coolidge Vice President May 11 18 25.
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Joh Philbrook
Brunswick
Cumberland
Maine
Sagadahoc Registry of
Lewiston Trust & Safe Deposit
Lewiston Trust Company
Topsham
Idahoc
Pejepscot
Falls
Lewiston, Brunsick & Bath Street Railway
Lisbon Falls
Lewiston Company
Emwiston Trust Company
H. E. Coolidge
Grange Mourns Death of Georgiana Robinson
Five Islands Grange mourns the death of sister Georgiana Robinson a faithful member. Resolutions extend heartfelt sympathy to her husband and family and vow to publish in The Bath Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Five Islands
Bath
Morse High Log Second Issue Highlights Patriotism
The Morse High School Log includes stories like Their Food Campaign The Call of Duty and A Red Cross Sweater plus a Macbeth take-off by Herbert Douglas 18. The paper features class notes jokes athletics editorials Phi Rho notes and thrift stamp pleas with local store ads. A third issue will appear at graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Mabel Redson
Winifred Wrekking
Mary E. Mussenden
Red Cross
Elizabeth Conley
Phi Rho
Macbeth
Herbert Douglas
Flowers Abundant For Memorial Day Ahead Of Last Year
Memorial Day flower supplies are plentiful this year with an early season. Vendors expect strong sales as last year’s shortages frustrated many customers.
Nine Cent Sugar Rule for Grocers
Food Administrator Scott R. Frye reports that statewide limits cap granulated sugar at nine cents per pound in bulk and evanulated sugar at 91.4 cents per pound in packages, with a five pound limit to city customers. A Portland grocer faced Cumberland County officials for overstepping prices and five pound sales, and received a warning. Bath grocers are urged to comply or face consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott R. Frye
Leon S. Merrill
Orono
Portland
Cumberland County
Frye
Bath
Beaton Announces Democratic Primary Run for Legislature
Ross T. Beaton of Westport announces candidacy for the June Democratic primary for Representative at the Legislature, serving the class towns of Alna Boothbay Edgecomb New Castle Southport and Westport. May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Alna
Boothbay
Edgecomb
New Castle
Southport
Westport
Ross T. Beaton
Injuries After Falling Plate at Local Industry Plant
Milo Noble suffered a fractured skull when a plate fell on his head at a local industrial plant on Monday. He was taken to City hospital where the skull was trephanned. Later, Fred Addition received a severe scalp wound and a deep laceration to the ear after being struck by an iron bar, requiring twenty stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Noble
Industria
Fred Addition
Parish meeting honors treasurer with Hamilton watch
At Corliss Street Church annual meeting Sidney I Eaton was surprised with a Hamilton gold watch after a report showing all bills paid and a healthy treasury. Rev Clarence M Fogg announced the gift and the church voted a salary increase and opening the Deering room for men Sundays in summer. Officers elected include Moderator Rev Fogg, Clerk Mrs Nellie Hunt, Treasurer Sidney L Eaton, Auditor Carroll Deering.
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Corliss Street
Sidney I
Eaton
Hamilton
Clarence M. Fogg
Deering
Mr. Fogg
James W. Coombs
William D. Coombs
Sidney L. Eaton
Chester Plant
E. F. French
Nellie Hunt
Carroll Deering
Sunday Concert Series Begins May 28 in Bath
The first of a series of Sunday afternoon band concerts will be May 26 in the park as Gaudreau's military band performs patriotic airs. The city plans to feature the concerts as part of summer civic life with occasional addresses by prominent speakers on wartime topics. The programs aim to provide recreation for Bath's shipbuilding influx and will include classical compositions.
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Gaudreau
Bath
Red Cross Workers Invite Parade and Gauze Cutter Gift
Red Cross workers are invited to participate in a parade on Tuesday evening May 21 in a large Red Cross formation. A letter was sent to the local rooms with a signing space to gauge volunteers. The group praises an electric gauze cutter donated by Mrs. Henry C. Wright that speeds fabric work.
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Red Cross
Henry C. Wright
Agnes Lowrey
Alice Deering
Vivian Beals
Helen Getchell
Esther Green
Ruth Reed
Frances Carleton Margaret Kelley Mable Wallace
H. P. Drake
Nellie Stolphen
A. E. Briggs
G. P. Cobb
Edith Anderson
Brenda F. Hill
Catherine Dougherty
M. F. Olin
Mabel Underhill
Helen Trott
M. A. Foote
Katherine Day
Charlotte Hall
Pauline atHch
Ruar Ward
Belle Foote
Abbie Starkey
Gladys Black
Ruth Taylor
Charles Harriman
Emma Eames de Gogorza
Carrie Moses
Lillian Tucker
Jennie Jack
Christine Snipe
Frostina Marston
Sarah P. Donnell
Bessie B. Potter
Myra Coombs
Nellie C. Evans
Carolyn Stevens
Carrie A. Hall
Edith Mitchell
Marion Chase
Hazel QC
Littlefield
Lena Addleson
Farm Loans Show Strong First Year Under Federal System
The federal farm loan board reports a successful first year with about 2800 national farm loan associations formed, averaging 20 members each and 56 000 former members eligible for loans. Land banks received 120 000 loan applications totaling 300 million dollars, with 80 000 loans approved surpassing 160 million dollars, though cash disbursements reached 30 000 loans totaling 80 million dollars. The board sees potential for profits from a one half of one percent spread and anticipates wider farming improvements as debts liquidate and loans expand. Stakeholders urged continued thrift stamp purchases.
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Federal Farm Loan System
Federal Farm Loan Board
National Farm Loan Associations
United States
Federal Land Banks
Alonzo B. Crockett Dies at 86 Veteran Mariner
Alonzo B. Crockett 86 a well known retired mariner died Saturday at his home 806 Middle Street after a long illness. He was a Civil War veteran long active in Sedgwick Post G A R and a member of People's Baptist church. He leaves a widow a sister Mrs Rachel Newman two nephews Ralph W Crockett and Winfield B Waldron and a niece Mrs Albion Waldron. Funeral Tuesday at his home with Rev Samuel A Evans officiating. Burial in Oak Grove with Sedgwick Post members in attendance.
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Alonzo B. Crockett
Middle Street
Mr. Crockett
Augusta
Marcus Crockett
Bath
Sedgwick Post
G.A.R
People’s Baptist Church
Rachel Newman
North Augusta
Ralph W. Crockett
Lewiston
Samuel A. Evans
People’s Church
John Shaw
Henry Wilson
Ernest B. Heald
T. W
Mrs Susan Gibbs Admitted To Maine General Hospital
Miss Susan Gibbs of Middle Street was admitted to Maine General hospital in Portland on Wednesday. She was accompanied to Portland by her sister Mrs. W C Oliver and Mr. and Mrs. A G Oliver.
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Susan Gibbs
Middle Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
W. C. Oliver
A. G. Oliver
Probate Court records show busy Sagadahoc May term session
The Sagadahoc County probate court opened a busy May term with numerous administrations granted including Mary E. Crocker as administratrix for Mary B E Merryman and wills admitted for Ellen Connolly. First and final accounts were filed for several Bath and Bathdeinham estates while inventories and inheritance tax petitions were recorded for Flora Hathorne and Frances Newton.
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Sagadahoe County
James 8. Lowell
Mary BE. Merryman
Bowdoin
Mary E. Crocker
Ellen Connolly
Bath
Katherine L. McManus
Benjamin Adams
Abbie D. Niles
Topsham
Edwin A. Sayward
Rachel W. Wilson
Richmond
Mary &. Page
Sarah F. Hathorne
Elizabeth G. Alexander
Dwinal Cornish
Vivian C. Plant
Flora E. Hathorne
George M. Stinson
Frances W. Newton
Bowdoinham
Charles A. Newton
Morse Accepts Lisbon Falls Defi For Decisive Game
Morse High baseball accepts a challenge from Lisbon Falls High for a third decisive game to be played at Brunswick after recent wins by each side. Teams will practice intensely as the season’s warmest contest nears on neutral soil.
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Morse High
Lisbon Falls High
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Morse
Winter Street Ladies' Aid Rummage Nets Fifty Dollars
The rummage sale Tuesday afternoon in the Men's club rooms raised about 50 dollars. The Belgian drive previously reduced clothing contributions, making the result unexpectedly strong. Committee: Miss Rosa Brown chairwoman, Mrs Elmer Hodgkins, Mrs Herbert Hodgkins, Mrs E B Smith, Mrs Arthur Foster, Mrs R Wi Conforth, Mrs N T Palmer, Miss Abbie Carter, Mrs Allan Irish.
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Winter Street
Rosa Brown
Elmer Hodgkins
Herbert Hodgkins
E. B. Smith
Arthur Foster
R. Wi*Conforth
N. T Palmer
Abbie Carter
Allan Irish
Dentists Begin Mondays Off as Holidays Return
Dentists plan to resume taking Mondays off as holidays, mirroring previous practice. The move signals a shift in scheduling, with clinics closed or reduced hours on Mondays to observe holiday breaks.
Anemia Runs in Families Probed by Pink Pills Testimony
A widow and her seventeen-year-old daughter describe their experience using Dr Williams Pink Pills to combat anemia. Mrs Monatesse reports relief after three boxes and her daughter shows immediate improvement in appetite color and energy. The ad promotes the pills as a safe blood tonic and offers free health booklets and mail order details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Monatesse
Porter Street
Haverhill
Mas’s
Miss Antoinette Monatesse
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Gibbons Buys New Buick Car
Thomas S. Gibbons purchased a new Buick car. The transaction signals a local purchase by a longtime resident, reflecting steady auto demand in the area.
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Thomas S. Gibbons
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J. F. Upton
Reaper
Death
Georgiana Robinson
Corliss Street Church
Probate
America
Standard Oil CO
New York
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