Phippsburg Silver Plated The Morning Of Election Day
Miss Bertha Morse visits at Morse home for two weeks as locals discuss election day duties. Voters from Hughes and Wilson camps throng the town hall amid school events and town news.
11 Nov 1916
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1916
Page
1
Miss Bertha Morse visits at Morse home for two weeks as locals discuss election day duties. Voters from Hughes and Wilson camps throng the town hall amid school events and town news.
Voters in Bath produced a 133 vote Democratic plurality over Republicans for president, with a 60 vote margin over other candidates at the city level. County results favored Republicans by 37, carried by Sagadahoc. Maine results showed Hughes leading. The day was notably peaceful with minimal liquor signs and few arrests, as crowds gathered for returns and news in Bath.
The Winter Street Church Tuesday Evening Club staged a county fair in the chapel with stalls, auctions, a magazine booth, a suffrage booth, and varied acts. Miss Elmira Sturtevant led rapid silhouettes while Miss Beulah Withee ran the magazine booth. The event, featuring colorfully dressed participants and a comic orchestra, raised about thirty dollars for the club treasury.
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce leads a push to relocate Fore River Shipyard Co from Quincy Massachusetts to the Delaware River in Philadelphia. Officials seek Schwab and others interest. company protests tax raise by Quincy assessors and warns of relocation. John Buchanan denies current relocation plans. At the Maine Women's Club in New York, Louise Elizabeth Dutton read from The Wishing Moon.
Joseph LaBelle, engineer at the mill near the McKay camp in Ingall's field, reported sighting a large buck with four prongs in the open. He recalls Lynde's Island having a deer all summer and believes this is the same deer the Times said was killed after open season began.
The Colonial Club met with a large turnout and voted to install a large fireplace and two windows in the south end with Central Maine Power Co. handling the contract. The club planned a reception to rededicate the rooms, voted a liberal extra appropriation, admitted three new members, and approved a larger scale Christmas celebration with donations to the tree fund. A fall play at Columbia Theatre was announced with a complete cast, and a November tournament plan was proposed. A marriage announcement from Newport noted Mary Canfield Bivins to William Clyde Williams.
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