Boy Scouts to Deliver Wilson Pamphlets Citywide
Government dispatch bears will recruit two Boy Scouts to canvass households and deliver pamphlets prepared by the Committee on Public Information. Each scout pledges to reach at least 15 influential residents, with readers asked to pass the pamphlet to another person, aiming to reach over 8 million people through 285,000 scouts nationwide. The initial pamphlet is a special edition of President Wilson’s Flag Day address from last June.
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Committee On Public Information
Wilson
School Girl Mayor Elected At Junior High
Miss Margaret Cummings won the Junior High School election becoming the second girl mayor in school history. Previously Miss Madelyn Desmond served as mayoress four years ago, and boys held the chair in between. Councilmen winners include Mary Costain Gladys Perkins Donald Small George Moses John McInnes Ruth King George Cahill John Dougherty.
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Margaret Cummings
Madelyn Desmond
Mary Costain
Gladys Perkins
Donald ‘Small
George Moses
John McInnes
Ruth King
George ‘Cahill
John Dougherty
Superintendent Brown Receives $20 Gold Piece Gift
ALWAYSLUCKY reports Chas S Brown, Superintendent of Buildings, has a new treasured pocket piece a $20 gold coin given by his force of employees on New Year’s Day as a token of goodwill toward their supervisor. Hay sells for 13 to 15 dollars a ton locally with ample supply, while a year as a day brings 18 to 20 dollars.
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Chas. S. Brown
Kennebec Ice Bridge Opens Between Bath and Woolwich
For the first time in years teams cross the Kennebec on solid ice averaging one foot thick. Woolwich’s Day’s cove entrance and Bath’s King dock on the Bath shore mark crossing points. Woolwich residents skip the ferry, saving time and expense as ice remains firm and travel is expected for weeks.
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Kennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Day's Cove
Thwing’s
King Dock
Mrs Charles W Brawn obituary and Bath Trust Co clerk election
Mrs Eliza W wife of Charles W Brown died at her Bath home ages 52 years 1 months 21 days born in Maramiche NB daughter of Levi and Esther Parsons lived in Bath 35 years member of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Myrtle Lodge Odd Ladies Methodist Wesley Church survived by husband critically hurt four children and several siblings clerk Eugene Thebeau elected at Bath Trust Co annual meeting succeeding Bartholomew H Coughlin.
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Eliza W
Charles W.brown
Middle St
Maramiche
N. B
Levi
Esther Parsons
Bath
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Wesley Church
City Hospital
Ethel Webster
George L
Emma
Esther Ll. Brown
City
Levi Parsons
Waldoboro
George Parsons
Dorchester
Mass
O. H. Johnson
Jamaica Plain
Blanche Bachelder
North Sydney
Australia
Misher Colleff
Cambridge
Bath District Leads Shipbuilding Records in 1917
Bath district set a 1917 shipbuilding record with 24,968 gross tons across 17 vessels launched, excluding government ships from Bath Iron Works. Yards across the district Ilkley Spear Co Percy Small G G Deering Fields Pendleton and Bath Iron Works plan more builds in 1918 for civilian and government needs. The Knights of Columbus fund benefited from a dance in Armory hall, organized by seven young men, with Bath band to host another fundraiser Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Kelley, Spear Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Percy & Small
G. G. Deering Co
S. Pendleton Yard
F. S. Bowker
Phippsburg
Texas Steamship Co
Imarchant
Bath
Knights of Columbus
Armory Hall
Stevens Orchestra
Henry Biggins
James Greaney
John Kelley
Ernest Couture
E. Babine
George Hart
Wiliam Muir
Bible Class Elects Sterling Officers for 1918
Bible Class of Corliss Street Church elected officers Tuesday at Mrs. Robert Mitchell’s home Weeks Street. New officers include President Mrs John Hunt Vice President Mrs Mitchell Secretary Mrs Gillespie Treasurer Mrs Quick Devotional committee Mrs James Coombs and Mrs Fred Chaney Press committee Mrs Everett Lewis Floral committee Mrs Carroll Deering A Red Cross meeting is planned for Monday at Mrs Richard Quick’s home Weeks Street The article notes a Maine stranger praising Bath girls for not being snobbish and seeing nicely dressed women with working men.
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Sterling Bible Class
Corliss St. Church
Robert Mitchell
Weeks St
John Hunt
S. Robert Mitchell
James Gillespie
Treas
Richard Quick
James Coombs
Fred Chaney
Everett Lewis
Carroll Deering
Red Cross
Shipping records show twenty year totals for schooners and steamers
The Times records list yearly totals of ships and tonnage from 1898 to 1917 covering schooners gas boats steamers and barges. Totals rise and fall by year with a notable peak in some years and low points in others across the 20 year span.
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Lotal
Sedgwick Circle Holds Installation at G A R Hall
Sedgwick Circle of the G A R installed 12 officers led by installing officer Mrs. Elizabeth Haggett at the Sedgwick Hall. Twenty five members attended a supper and a program of readings and music followed.
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G.A.R. Hall
Sedgwick Circle
G.A.R
Elizabeth Pollard
Blanche Kenniston
Elsie Higgins
Clara Troop
Sarah ‘Garcelon
Sarah Cutting
Elizabeth King
Georgina Small
Lena Heal
Emma King
Abbie Perkins
Gertrude Stewart
Lillian King
Elizabeth Haggett
W C T U Session Elects New Officers and Plans Work
The W C T U met at Mrs Lelia Knights home Tuesday afternoon electing Mary Noble as superintendent of systematic giving and Frances McFadden as substitute superintendent of scientific temperance instruction and anti narcotics. The department for foreigners seeks to reach readers with literature in their language and a mothers meeting is planned. Soldiers and sailors division reports comfort bags for sailors at Vineyard Haven and Susan Carey is county superintendent. The society is praised for its good work.
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W.C.T.U
Lelia Knight
Mary Noble
Frances McFadden
Martha Southard
Department For
Department For Soldiers and Sailors
Vineyard Haven
Susan Carey
Fortnightly Triumph Secures Arctic Lectures by MacMillan
Miss Jane Whitmore, president of the Fortnightly Club, booked Arctic traveler Donald MacMillan for an illustrated lecture on Friday February 1. MacMillan, a costly draw for the Fortnightly course, will speak on Four Years in Etah North Greenland before a large audience. Bath attorney rewards court clerks with New Year thrift stamps. Captain William Ward takes command of a new four masted schooner built at Sharpstown Maryland for Baltimore parties.
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Jane Whitmore
Donald MacMillan
Northland
MacMillan
Etah
Greenland
Court House
Bath
William Ward
Frontenac
Sharpstown
Baltimore
Kennebero Navigation Clears Ice Channel At Fiddler's Reach
The lighthouse tender Zizania finished breaking an ice jam in Fiddler's reach, leaving about 5 30 this morning to take on other ice breaking duties. Coal laden barges are said to be on their way and should reach the area without difficulty.
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Zizania
Fiddler's Reach
William E. Corliss longtime Bath resident dies at 85
William E. Corliss aged 85 and a retired blacksmith died Friday at his home 17 York Street after a brief illness. Born June 19, 1823 in Bath he helped build ships in Moses Sewall and other yards and later operated shops on Bread Street and Water Street. He held Bath City Gray and Bath band memberships and served Ward 7 in city government. Survived by son Charles S. Corliss and niece Nellie M. Berry of Brunswick.
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William E. Corliss
Old
Bath City
Washington St
Middle
Russell Sts
Kennebec
Bath
Old Moses Yard
Sewall Yard
H. P.mason & Son
Bath Iron Works
George F. Patten
Corliss
Charles &. Corliss
Nellie M. Berry
Brunswick
New Shrinking Service At Percy Store
D. T. Percy & Sons installs a spotless shrinking machine run by Everett Lord to remove stretching and warping from fabrics after weaving and finishing. The machine, a new service for the store, will restore dresses and other garments that sag or become misshapen after wear and weather.
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PERCY
D. T. Percy & Sons
Everett Lord
Every Customer a Booster for Bath Newsboy
A Bath newsboy began last October selling eight Times nightly at the South End and now hawks 42 copies daily. His enterprise courtesy and promptness earn him every customer, suggesting a promising future in sales if health endures life’s pitfalls.
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Bath
South End
Times
Local Politics and Opinion Mix in Mayoral Race Talk
Democrats court candidates for mayor and ward seats featuring names such as Small Torrey and Thompson. A Republican candidate reputed as a hustler is anticipated. An Oregon professor mocks clams as a food, while regional weather notes and library news frame a busy civic scene.
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Small
Joseph Torrey
Fred i. Thompson
Oregon
Maine
Best Medicine for Women ad in Portsmouth Ohio
A Portsmouth Ohio reader attests Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her irregularities pains and weakness after trying other remedies. She urges other women to seek relief and notes the company offers expert guidance from Lynn Massachusetts after forty years of experience.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No
Mrs Ella M Winslow Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Ella M Winslow widow of Ezekiel Winslow died at her son Edward Winslow’s home at 709 Middle Street after a long illness. She was born in the city 61 years ago to Charles H Sampson and Lydia Sampson and lived here all her life. The funeral was held from the residence Monday at 2 PM. She is survived by her son and other relatives.
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Ella M
Ezekiel Winslow
Edward Winslow
Middle St
Charles H
Lydia Sampson
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Blood Health
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as improving blood quality and quantity, aiding warmth and vitality. It claims the remedy permanently removes blood diseases like scrofula rheumatism and ecatar rh abnormal health issues and offers living strength to the system. The ad urges readers to obtain it today.
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Hood
Executor Notice for Jon Deering of Bath
Executor Bedward Bridgham, of Bath, requests all creditors of Jon Deering deceased to present claims for settlement and summons all to pay debts immediately. Dated December 28 1917. Also Mortgage Foreclosure notice against Bowdoinham land tied to William Bowdoinham and William Wall with Breach of Condition, Bath Maine December 22 1917. Executrix Alvira Carrie Hale, Attorney William U. Sal.
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Jon &. Deering
Bath
Sagualahoc
Joseph N. Hall
Bowdoinham
Lincoln County
Maine
Lincoln Registry
William
Benjamin Randall
Sagna
Registry of Deeds
Charles RB. Randall
Hespattain
William T. Wall
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Alvira Carrie Hale
William T. Tall
William ‘U. Sal
Concrete bridge work continues despite weather in Bath area
Work on the New Meadows River bridge progresses with concrete fill on both sides. west side finished while east side uses planks for gravel hauling. John P. Wisher funeral held in Bath with Rev. Harrison officiating. post members add 281 membership, new officers listed including Sumner Brown as commander.
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New Meadows
John P. Wisher
Medford
Mass
Clara Coomba
Hinckley St
Bath
Fire Department
Engine Root Lone Beach Co
C. Wilson Harrison
Wesley Church
Edward Cook
Edwin P. Hyde
Richard Gackenbach
John Norton
Jariol
Oak Grove Cemetery
Omcors
Sedewick Post
Gar
Werner
Tlartley KK. Dunton
James R. Cressey
Sumner Brown
Cleveland M. Oliver
Kartley K. Dunton
Cyrus W. Longley
George R. Dow
George F. Chandler
Probate Notices for Bath and Topsham Estates
Notice outlines multiple probate actions across Bath Topsham and Richmond Maine including administration filings for Jennie Silsby Rose Hig and others, final accounts, and petitions for inheritance tax and guardianship plus a foreclosure notice regarding Llewellyn R Call and Robert H White involving property in Perkins and Sagadahoc County with the Kennebec River as a geographic reference.
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Beth
Sidney J. Wilfit
Lote
Topsham
Witse
Alowance
Jennie Silsby
Rose M. Higsind
Oon
Iret
Henry ME Pests
Ann St Thompson
Mibowenee
Edward W. Wheeler
Elenry KH. Thompson
Prislia TN Ter
Edoward W. Wheeler
George’ A. Hunter
George AL Ward
Topeham
H. Crookeer
W. Newton
Charles A. Newton
Gilman
Briggs
Bath
Campbell
ANNIE EL L. S@UE
Sidney J. Willis
Mint Stentor
Clare Perkins Hussey
Topstsim
Jennie Silty
Wells Tate
Mma
Theava Hilton
Harriet AL Mowlantd
James FE. Vanmah
Wileltam
Plenty W. Phipewn
Guardiam
Cornisti
of Batth
Vivian Plant
Llewellyn RR
Call
Perkins
Sagadahoe
Maine
Robert HH. Wihite
Richmiend
Theresaid
Folof Green
Kennebec River
Bedford O. Tallman
Wennebec River
White
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BOY Scouts
North End of City
West Woolwich
Charles W. Brawn
Eugene Thebeau
The
Bath Trust Co
Bartholomew Hf. Coughlin
Derfec Olne
Standard Oil CO. OF
New York
Albany
Boston
Texas
Nage
Dance Aids
K. C. Fund
Nome Port
Margaret L. Roberts
Jesterville
Wilmington
Del
Edwin Golding
Trenton
S. Alma R
Ga.s
Ga. S. No
Ga. S
Thuban
Bible Class
Kennebero Navigation
William ER. Corliss
Portland, Ore
N. T. Palmer
Thomas Jefferson
Patten Free Library Association
Mrs
Ella M. Winslow
Bedward T. Bridghiam
Texecutor
Sadie Oliver
This City
Clara Clifford
Somerville
Edward H. Sampson
Attow
Register
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