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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1914

Page

4

Phippsburg News Letter Breezy Item Highlights

Local notes from Phippsburg cover breeding Plymouth Rocks by Chester B Oliver of the Basin and sale success, church services with Rev House, town road work on Meadowbrook and Sebasco areas, repairs and home improvements, weather-driven cottage openings at West Point, and assorted local residents’ activities and travel.

Chester B. Oliver Plymouth Rocks Pittsfield Nat’ Morse Ustal Mars WaskiIl Maggie MacDonald Bath Sane Meadowbrook Road All Divine Meadowbroa Pophim Charles Cutting Meadowbrook

Local notices and social calls headlined in town column

Miss Susie Cutting leaves for Boothbay Harbor to assume chief toll operator duties. Various residents host guests, make trips to Bath, Richmond, Gardiner, and Parker Head. Memorial Day services noted with Rev. Monroe delivering a memory eve sermon. New stock for Pease's store arrives from Portland. Dinar's auto track and steamer Virginia deliveries noted.

Susie Cutting Boothbay Harbor C. H. Varney M. D Frank Alesrn Madelyn Kingsbury Bath George Rogers George L. Cutting George C. Pease Bess Grace Dickinson CC. V. Minott Vine Hill Ruth Heald Hattie Rogers William G. Small Parker Head Thomas Oliver Sexton Henrys Woatman Frances Semmet Boston Monroe Sun Point Church Prank Bowker Rs Dow Janet Dow Biah Th Basin Candy ’S Harbor George Oliver Waterville George Pease’s Portland PLFE Dinar Virginia

Retired sea captain Captain George W Tucker dies

Capt George W Tucker a retired merchant vessel commander and longtime Maritime Society secretary in New York died Monday at 485 Putnam Avenue Brooklyn of heart disease. Born Bath 1844 he sailed as a captain from age 24 later ran merchant ventures. Survived by wife and four children. body moved to New York and interred at Oak Grove Cemetery after a Solar Lodge F and AM service.

George W. Tucker Putnam Avenue Brooklyn N. Y Bath New York Marine Society of Oak Grove Cemetery Solar Lodge

Remains of Ralph Parris Arrive for Interment

The remains of Ralph Parris arrived Wednesday from Whitnic City for burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. He died in Atlantic City last Friday from pneumonia while working rigging in Philadelphia. A native of the city, he was a son of the late Captain William J. Parris and left behind a brother Rovi Parris a draughtsman at Charlestown Navy Yard and a sister Mrs. William H. Crocker of North Bath. The Independent notes Joseph White of Wet Bath sent four duck eggs from his flock with measurements and weights as display pieces in the Natural History office museum drawing much interest from farmers and residents.

Atlantic City Philadelphia William J. Paris Rovi Parris Charlestown Navy Yard North Bath The Independent Joseph White Wet Bath

Odd Ladies Sewing Circle Meeting Report

The Odd Ladies' Sewing Circle met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Mank on Washington Street.

Odd Ladies’ Sewing Circle Mary Mank Washington St

Bath Market Grapples With Spring Prices And Shortages

The Bath market reports groceries like eggs potatoes onions and radishes at fluctuating prices as warm weather returns. Tom Perkins of West Bath supplies many merchants while clerks seek a Thursday half holiday this June through August. Memorial Day closings affected today’s trade as stores stayed open late yesterday.

Tom Perkins West Bath Ben Davis Baldwins Bath Portland Bath Grocers

Double funeral marks New Meadows tragedy at Groves home

In New Meadows a rare double funeral followed the deaths of Mrs Powers and Frank Groves after a week with pneumonia. Frank Groves leaves son Bert at home. Burial was at Pumping Station cemetery. Invitations go out for Florence Jordan and Forest Jackson’s wedding reception at Garnett House next Tuesday. A Memorial Night dance is planned at Fairview Casino.

Frank Groves Powers Frank Mr. Groves Bert Pumping Station Florence Jordan Forest Jackson Garnett House Fairview Casino

Special Officer Lundrigan Farms Cucumbers From California Seed

Special Officer Lundrigan, a night watchman with farming interests, plans to plant cucumbers from seed sent by a relative in California among other vegetables. On Wednesday evening, residents observed smoke from a large fire on the east side of the Kennebec.

Lundrigan The Night Watch California Kennebec Citi‘lens

Winnegance Happenings Patch Weekly in Maine Village

Names and small events fill the week in Winnegance Maine with visits illnesses recoveries and social gatherings. Residents from Auburn Bath Arrowsic and Westport attend church visits cottages and beaches while local workers report minor injuries and new employments.

Harpswell Man Delivers Hay From Phippsburg Trip

Robert McIntyre of Harpswell drove to Bath and Phippsburg Tuesday to buy a handsome pair of horses and load a hay load. He returned home via Bath exchanging his cart in Phippsburg after the long hay run.

Robert McIntyre Harpswell Bath Phippsburg

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Drummond Kelley Bert Storer Freeman HH. Merritt Harper Mill George CC. Pease Sebasco Mr. House Alice Minott George Morrison Mirrt Mr. Wilson Deacon Bowker Mr. Bowker Charles Lee Foote Cross Roads Vrorerks Walter Bowker Eugene Perry Basin Wall Ocrusio Hall Charles Morrison i Rogers Rebeca Dowher Albert Storer M. #. McCormick Timothy Perry Walter Sherman Morse Winne Gance Carl Glidden Edwin Matilda Perns Ordlnniec Henry Heald Gardiner Mr. Glidden Maine Eleanor Harrington Elsie Allestin D. A. MacDonald Kelley Frank Allegrin Brunswick Fairfield Dow Norfolk Savannah Camden Gunhill Charles Stevens Everett Warrington Harrington Susie Davis Dora Frisbee Sunshine Hill Farm Roscoe Stacy Popham Beach A.bh. Williams Reuben Fletcher Auxilary Silowan Mr. Witherbee Port Henry Lake Chatplain Harry Roderick Arthur Hodgkins Mises Laura Matthews Squirrel Point Campbell Frank Frisbee Clinton Beals Merrimeeting Bay Read Nichols Co Essephena Kelley Ralph Paris Ralph Parris Whintic City Oal Grove New Meadows Will’s Jack & Jill Copenhagen James F. Will Co Christian Science Virgil O. Stuckler C.S., of New York, N. Y Mr. Stuckler Mother Church First Church of Christ, Scientist Mass Winnegance Charles Banks Auburn Alfred Oliver Eben Farrington Bath City Hospital Winneganee Sewing Circle Anne M. Oliver William Hamacher John M. Skhofield Frank Knight Westport Eugene Knight Charles Perkins J. Parker Morse William F. Wills Arrowsic Sherman L. Morse Herbert W. Cutting Reuben Mrs Annie Purington Purington Quaker Point Billa Merrifield Seymour Hayden Alton Oliver Edward Abram Oliver Marion Winfield Groves May Ida Hunt Small Point Zina Eaton Hyde Windlass Bath Iron Works P. Parker Morse Mary Seigers Malden Charlotte Perkins Eleanor Morse Frances Parks Arrowsi Gardiner M. Hough George Trask
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