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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1916

Page

9

Mothers Day and early season activity noted locally

Local notes report Mothers Day observances, the first clip of the year on City Park lawn, and favorable moonlight for shad fishing on the river. The Universalist Church and the Maine Conservation and Reclamation League held services and meetings, while building work on the Shaw building advances with crushed rock and blasting.

City Park Lawn A. B. Hervey Universalist Church S. J. Willis Murray Club Maine Conservation and Reclamation League Y.M.C.A Shaw Front St Sheepsecot Sheepsecot Echo: Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Houpt of New York Motored To Wiscasset Charles Clifford Bath Pendleton New York Ted Snowden Boston Portland Studebaker Snowden Mary E. H. G. Dow Fayal Norfolk Navy Frails Point Cuba Paducah Nelson Water St

Moonlit notes and city events report from Maine

Full of the moon Wednesday night. Harry A. Plummer is visiting from Augusta. The City Hall office is being renovated. Lumber lighter Ariel reports rough weather on a long tow to Millbridge. Edward E. Cook visits Portland and his wife at Maine General. Claire Cote seeks photo play offers in New York. Charles W. Clifford Jr. shows six Topaz yachts from I to VI, lengths up to 65 ft. A delirium tremens patient sought lodgings at the police station. University of Maine defeated Bowdoin 13 to 2 in a seven inning game with pitching by Driscoll.

Harry A. Plummer State House Augusta City Hall Hattie B Capt. Crocker Kimball Bros Eastern River Tug Ariel Millbridge Edward E. Cook Portland Cook Maine General William Mample Gardiner Claire Cote New York Charles W. Clifford Jr University of Maine Bowdoin Driscoll Butterfield White Hight Woodman Donnell

Five Day Sagada Court Term Ends This May

Local notes cover Sagada hoc term ending, social club meetings, and church events. A Bowdoin League loss for Morse High, a Kennebec ferries run to Nequasset, and cargo delivery by tug Seguin are described along with a Bath schooner transfer and a Weymouth collision. The Lansing steamer rises with coal cargo, alewives surge in Nequasset, and voter enrollment trends hint at primary race dynamics.

Morse High School Bowdoin Dora Austin Torrey Roller Berry’s Mills Five Mile Winneganee Kennebec Massachusetts Nequasset Woolwich Lansing United States Steamship Co New York Harbor Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Co Bath Wallula Grassy Oliver John E. Fitzgerald Samuel Welch

Beacon Street Church men form a new social club

A group of Beacon Street Church attendants plan to start a men’s club in Texas yard work near the water. The Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge held a meeting on Tuesday and conferred a degree. The Ladies’ Aid quilting party met Friday afternoon with a baked bean supper in the evening.

Beacon St. Church Texas Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Leonard & Mitchell Sherman Tabor Beacon Street Church Hockomock Kennebec River Woolwich Bath Spence The Texas Co Small Point Capt Lewis South Gardiner Oakes Ames South Gardiner Lumber Co New York Ames Coxsacie Hyde Windlass Co

Deafness Cure Promoted by Catarrh Cure Claim

An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and promises $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Catarrh Cure. It urges sending for circulars and mentions F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and Hall's Family Pills for ear varnish.

F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio Hall

Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil ad promotes household remedy

A vintage advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for pain burns scars and bruises with two sizes 25c and 50c available at all drug stores.

Beacon Street Church Board Entertained at Thistle Home

Clarence W Morse residence is being painted. Beacon Street Church officials and their wives were entertained Monday at William Thistle's Oliver Street home. Bertha Green described as a cheerful loser by police. She traveled to Thomaston to ask Sheriff Oliver to handle a business matter. Polygora and wild columbine bloom. lilacs and horse chestnuts bud. Mayflowers prime with maying parties bringing clusters home Sunday.

Clarence W. Morse Beacon Street Church William Thistle Oliver St Bertha Green Thomaston Oliver Polygora

Bath Team Edges Pilgrims In Lewiston Narrow Defeat

The Bath ball team played in Lewiston on Saturday against the Pilgrims. Bath scored one run to Pilgrims zero as Marty Joyce made a clutch foul catch near third base. Ed Kenniston led Bath with the team’s lone run while McNeil held Bath to two hits. Bragdon and Kenniston also contributed strong plays for Bath.

Bath Lewiston Pilgrims Lewiston Sun Marty Joyce Hammond Eddie Kenniston McNeil Bragdon Kenniston

Mothers Day Observed at People's Church Program

Mothers Day was observed at People's Church with 205 in Bible School. Officers teachers and junior choir and aged mothers received pinks or roses. The session featured calls to order by L L Hooker prayers, solos by Ruth Crocker Adeline Day and others, recitations by several students, quotations on Mothers Day, and a benediction. Mrs Freida Leighton received a gold piece in appreciation of her Bible school and church work.

Bible School L. L. Hooker Dunn Leighton Fred Dwyer Responsive Reading Ruth Crocker Charlotte Varney Adeline Day Margaret Reed Ray Cummings Thelma Wold W. W. Walling Beltram Crocker Emma Blaisdell Margaret Darrah Amanda McIntire Nellie Green Adelaide White Ruth Darrah Freida Lefghton

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