Boy Scout Council Elects Officers and Plans Summer Camp
The Bath Council of the Boy Scouts of America held an adjourned meeting at the YMCA last Friday with strong turnout. New officers include President N Gratz Jackson and Vice President C N Flood. Plans cover camp dates, boat purchases, camp leadership by Rev Gould J Brown and Mrs Brown, and open camp use for Camp Fire Girls after the boys season ends. Subscriptions total 269 with many scouts among contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Council
Boy Scouts of America
N. Gratz Jackson
I W. S. Newell
Y.M.C.A
Clarence N. Flood
R. P. Ham
N Gratz Jackson
C. N. Flood
W. A. MacCormick
H. A. Walters
F. P. Shaw
Rev. Gould J. Brown
R. H. Baxter
J. Edward Drake
C. C. Lowe
John McInnes
A. K. Purington
B. P. Browne
H. W. Crosman
M. J. Duncklee
Elliott Fuller
Frank B. Nichols
W. C. Oliver
E. W. Hyde
J. A. Morse
John N. Taylor
J. Albert Redlon
J. Gould Brown
Mr. Brown
Williams and Campbell wed in West Bath home ceremony
Lincoln Williams of West Bath and Annie Dean Campbell of this city were married Saturday evening at 8 30 at the bride's home 21 North Street. Rev T N Kew Tey of Beacon Street church performed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Williams
West Bath
Annie Dean Campbell
North St
T. N. Kew- Tey
Beacon Street
Morrison Home on Furlough from Togus National Soldiers Home
Timothy B. Morrison returns home on a furlough from the National Soldiers' Home in Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy B. Morrison
National Soldiers
Togus
Young Women Told to Seek Relief From Monthly Pains
Buffalo mother credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing her daughter's monthly back and side pains. The ad urges young women with painful or irregular periods to try the remedy and contact the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N.Y
Lydia Babe
Matilda Kurtzweg
High St
Buffalo
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Topaz VI Launched At Wis casset For Charles W Clifford Jr
The sixty five foot cabin cruiser Topaz VI built for Charles W Clifford Jr of this city was launched Saturday in Wiscasset by F F Pendleton. Miss Millicent Clifford christened the vessel with champagne. Out of town guests included Charles W Clifford Jr and Mrs A J Dunton of this city and Mr and Mrs Loring of Portland. Topaz VI is the sixth cruiser for Mr Clifford bearing the name and each prior is larger and costlier. The boat has a six cylinder Holmes engine. Harry S Houpt of New York, manager of Hudson Motor Car Co, will own the craft and it will be ready for commission next month. Houpton recently visited Wis casset and presented the builder a gold watch and chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
Wiscasset
F. F. Pendleton
Millicent Clifford
A. J. Dunton
Loring
Houpton
Otter Cliff House to Open at Five Islands
John D. Farrin plans to open the Otter Cliff House at Five Islands on June 1 after a two week Boston business trip. He has hired Leon Mulligan of Bath as clerk and brought in a Boston chef and staff for an up to date operation. Alfred McNaughton, guest of Farrin, is vice president of the Boston Bell Boys' Association with 275 members and a candidate for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Farrin
Boston
Otter Cliff House
Five Islands
Leon Mulligan
Hollis Hotel
Farrin
Alfred McNaughton
Boston Bell Boys’ Association
McNaughton
Cabots Beat Bath In Close Brunswick Baseball Game
In Brunswick on Saturday the Cabots defeated Bath 6 to 5 in a tight contest. Batting totals: Cabots seven hits, Bath eight. errors four each. Batteries were Parement and B Charron for Cabots and Racing and Capullette for Bath. Also noted are local business visit and coal barges moving to Augusta and Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Cabots of
Bath Club
Cabots
Bath
Parement
B. Charron
Capulette
McNeil
Cutting
Kenniston
St. Clair
Driftwood Club Delays Day with Odd Weather Report and Banter
At an adjourned Driftwood club meeting the weather committee blames the weather man and a Bath Bum Political Union for wind and dust. Officers warn the weather man to stay nonpartisan. Other reports cover railroad progress, boat name change to George Popham, a short weighing rumor, and a push to invite Sheriff Oliver and three candidates as honorary members, which fails. The twelve o'clock whistle ends the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Club
Bath Bum Political Union
Wisenheimers
Emmons
Committee On Labor
Texas Yard
Shaw
Popham Beach Steamboat Co
George Popham
Committee On
Sheriff Oliver
Tobey, Welch
Fitzgerald
Committee On Credentials
Palmer Method Awards Recognize Washington Street Pupils
Washington Street Grammar pupils Thomas Morse Deletra Rodgerson Mary Costain Bertha Brown Annie Shepherd Mae Witter Hazel Jones Mary Higgins Evelyn L Goff Daniel Tabor Dorothy Furber Bernard Plummer win Palmer Method buttons for proficiency in writing. Lena Green of Center Grammar is the first to win a Progress Pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street Grammar
Thomas Morse
Deletra Rodgerson
Mary Costain
Bertha Brown
Annie Shepherd
Mae Witter
Hazel Jones
Mary Higgins
Evelyn L. Goff
Daniel Tabor
Dorothy Furber
Bernard Plummer
A. N. Palmer Co
P. M
Lena Green
The
Center Grammar School
Palmer Company
Real Estate Deals Mark Bath's Revival With Eight New Rooms
Daniel Bishop sells the Franklin House on Franklin Street to A J Show of Boston. The new owner plans extensive upgrades to reach 30 modern rooms. Show also buys M J McCormick estate properties in Hyde Park Dorchester and Melrose via Bath National Bank and trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin House
Franklin St
Daniel Bishop
A. J. Show
Boston
Shon
M. J. McCormick
Hyde Park
Dorchester
Melrose
Bath National Bank and Trustees
Bath
Two-Cent Encouragement Improves Cream Quality
A Marin County California cooperative creamery paid two cents more for first class cream than for cream with foreign flavors. In chasing the extra two cents the members improved the cream enough to earn four to six cents a pound more for butter than creameries without graded cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marin County
California
Wiley Recalls Long Voyage On Alice May Davenport
Capt L S Wiley recounts the 98 day passage from Buenos Aires to New York on the four mast schooner Alice May Davenport. The crew endured light winds, long stationary periods, and calm seas with good weather on the return voyage. A parrot learned English while a Portuguese speaking captive marmoset caused a bite incident onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Wiley
New York
Alice May Davenport
Buenos Aires
Wiley
Norfolk
Frisco
Capt. Wiley
Buenos Ayres
Davenport
Obituary for Mrs. Philena A Preble of Bath
Mrs. Philena A Preble widow of Oliver A Preble died at 80 years and 7 months after a long illness at her son Willard H Oliver’s Crescent Street home Bath. A Georgetown native daughter of the late Turner Oliver she lived in Bath fifty years and leaves daughter Mrs Lena Genthner of Braintree Mass a brother David E Oliver and four grandchildren. She attended the Baptist Church and was noted for kindness and love of flowers. Funeral Tuesday at 1 30 p m from her son’s Crescent Street home with interment in Georgetown family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philena A
Oliver A. Preble
Willard H. Oliver
Crescent St. Ct
Preble
Georgetown
Turner Oliver
Bath
Baptist Church
Lena Genthner
Braintree
Mass
David E. Oliver
St Mary's Events Postponed Until After Memorial Day
St Mary's two evening entertainments scheduled in Music Hall are postponed to a date after Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Music Hall
Death of Mrs Mary Leary Wife of Patrick J Leary
Mrs Mary Leary wife of Patrick J Leary died Friday afternoon in Boston. Born in London she lived in Bath as a child and moved to Boston thirty five years ago where Leary worked with the Boston Institute of Technology. Survived by husband two sons John and James of Boston and a brother John Conway of this city. Conway to attend funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Conway
York St
Boston
Mary Leary
Patrick J. Leary
Leary
John Conway
London
Bath
Boston Institute of Technology
John
James Leary
Mr. Conway
Emerson Named Boston Herald Managing Editor
Walter C. Emerson of Portland has been promoted from night editor to managing editor of the Boston Herald in a well deserved move. The torpedo boat destroyer McDougal built at Bath Iron Works is announced as the Atlantic torpedo flotilla’s smokeless champion after tests at Newport. Commanded by Lieut. Commander Arthur P. Fairchild, the ship launched April 22, 1914, reached 30 knots with no smoke for four hours and higher speeds with stealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Emerson
Portland
The
Boston Herald
Emerson
Herald
McDougal
Bath Iron Works
Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla
Newport
Arthur P. Fairchild
Brunswick Baseball Associa tion schedule announced
Rene St Pierre assistant manager of the Brunswick Baseball Association lists upcoming games. July 4 Maine Centrals at Brunswick 8 Pilgrims at Lewiston 11 Oxfords at Rumford 12 Lisbon Falls at Brunswick 15 Bath at Brunswick 19 South Portland at Brunswick 22 East Deering at Brunswick 26 Fort Williams at Brunswick August 3 Sanford at Sanford 9 Pilgrims at Brunswick 12 Presumpscots at Brunswick 19 Lisbon Falls at Lisbon Falls 26 Maine Centrals at Brunswick
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Rene St. Pierre
Brunswick Baseball Association
Maine Centrals
Brunswick
Pilgrims
Lewiston
Oxfords
Rumford
Lisbon Falls
Bath
South Portland
East Deering
Fort Williams
Sanford
Presumpscots
Deafness Cure Promoted By Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for a cure, with circulars and a druggist sale in Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hare Family Pills for emancipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Var& CO
Toledo
Ohio
Long Thompson case brief at Times Printshop tops state
Attorneys Hazleton and Glidden filed a 468 page brief in the Thompson automobile case printed last week at the Times Printshop. It is described as one of the longest ever produced in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton & Glidden
Thompson Automobile
Times
Self Sucking Cows and Remedies for Heavy Milkers
The article explains why a cow may self suck, noting heavy milkers often begin licking or sucking at their udders after milk flow between milking. It suggests a nose ring with attached smaller rings as a preventive measure to stop self sucking.
Early Morning Fatigue and Neurasthenia Tonic Claim
The article describes morning fatigue as a sign of neurasthenia from nerve run-down. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a nerve building tonic that replenishes blood with essential nerve elements and claims effectiveness when other methods fail. Pills priced 50 cents a box, six for $2.50, from Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
Attorney General Rules Savings Banks May Insure via Trustee
Hon. William R. Pattangall of Augusta, the attorney general, rules it legal for a savings bank to insure its property through a trustee or employ a trustee as an attorney. The matter was referred to Hon. Irving E. Vernon of Portland, State bank commissioner, who sent it to the attorney general's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Pattangall
Augusta
Irving E. Vernon
Portland
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BOY Scout Council
Jackson
Newell
McCormick
Cleveland
Campbell-Williams
Mrs. Kurtzweg
TOPAZ
Clifford Yacht
Supt
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Seguin
Ariel
Pocono
Purinton Bros
Bethayres
Gardiner Coal and Supply Co
Gardiner
Palmer Method Awards
Boston Boat Wharf
Archie Douglas
Oscar Douglas
Richmond
Mrs
Fletcher
Castoria
Children Cry Force 1
Cfildren
Cry For
M. Humphreys
Sagadahock Brock, Bath, Maine
AB Watson
Maine
Union Street
Maine Central Railroad
THD
Maine Central
Chichester
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
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