Former Bath Pastor to Lead Greenwood Baptist Church
The Rev. Dr. Francis W. O'Brien, pastor elect of Greenwood Baptist Church, succeeds Rev. William Allan in Boston’s Clarendon Street Baptist Church. O'Brien has pastored Walnut Street Baptist in Somerville for four years, led Boston Baptist circles, chaired the Billy Sunday campaign, and will begin in Brooklyn on Sunday, Nov. 12. He previously served eighteen years with Bath, Maine’s Baptist Church, helping build a large meeting house.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Francis W. O’brien
Greenwood Baptist Church
William Allan
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Boston
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Somerville
Mass
O’brien
Cortland Myers
Tremont Temple
Stony Brook
S. S
Greenwood
Greenwood Church
Baptist Church
Bath
Wesley College
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Brooklyn
Dorcas Guild and church groups report meetings and membership
The Dorcas Guild met the vestry Tuesday evening. The Men's Club has eighty eight members. The Ladies Aid met at the parsonage Friday afternoon. Cottage prayer meeting this week at Mrs Edward Rice 20 Cummings Street. The Question Mark Club postponed its entertainment Leave it to Polly to Monday evening November 13th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas Guild
Ladies’ Aid
Edward Rice
Cummings St
Polly
Nichol(s) and White announce October wedding in Bath
Mr Guy A Nichols and Miss Gertrude E White announce their marriage on Wednesday October 25 1916 in Bath Maine. At home 40 Summer St. Nichols is a chauffeur for Emilio de Gogorz a. The Hohpi Camp Fire Group presented Bath City Hospital with a dozen tray cloths bound with ruckrack and French knots delivered by guardian Mrs Fred Starkey. The gift will be put to immediate practical use.
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Guy A. Nichols
Gertrude E. White
Bath
Maine
Summer St
Nichols
Emilio de Gogorza
Hoh Pi
Bath City Hospital
Guardian
Fred Starkey
Halloween Birthday Party for Rev. Chappell at Elm Street Church
The women of Elm Street Church hosted a Halloween themed birthday party for Rev. C. R. Chappell, with committee duties listed and a program of readings songs and stories. The pastor received a free pass to Billy Sunday meetings, and the evening closed with refreshments and games. Ruth Goodwin covered the event. Separately the Housewives League of New York City urged 70,000 members nationwide to stop buying cold storage eggs until prices drop from 60–75 cents to 35 cents a dozen.
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C. R. Chappell
Elm Street Church
Circle
Shea
Lemont
Miss Varney
Pearl Lemont
Irish
Ethel Lemont
Ernest Eaton
Nellie Wright
Lowell
Eaton
Wright
Larrabee
Pratt
The
Brotherhood
Flood
Hallowe’en
Ruth Goodwin
Louise Irish
E. A. Farrar
Rebecca Bowker
Bowker
H. E. Worrey
Esther White
Worrey
Duncklee
Housewives’ League of
New York City
League
Thea
Obituary of Preston R. Cobb of Mechanic Falls
Preston R. Cobb longtime Mechanic Falls resident died at his Elm Street home Saturday night after years of poor health. He once owned Cobb's Hotel and was active in town affairs. He is survived by his widow two daughters Mrs Maude Mason of Bath Miss Alice Cobb and a son Ralph Cobb living at home.
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Preston R. Cobb
Mechanic Falls
Elm Snt
Cobb's Hotel
Maude Mason
Bath
Alice Cobb
Ralph Cobb
Dallas Munro 23 Dies in West Powell Burial in Friendship
Dallas Munro aged 23 years and 1 month died Saturday in West Pow nal. He was a former resident of this city, son of Ralph A. and the late Lucy J. Munro, and survived by his father, one brother Sidney F. Munro, and a sister Laura A. Munro. Burial was in Friendship.
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Dallas Munro
West Pownal
Ralph A
Lucy J. Munro
Sidney F
Laura A. Munro
Neurasthenia treated with Dr Williams Pink Pills
Worry is a disease and neurasthenia follows nervous shocks such as loss or reverses. Pale complexion and thin blood signal the condition. Rest and a tonic aid recovery with Dr Williams Pink Pills recommended as a non alcoholic option. TheDr Williams Medicine Company offers a free booklet and sells pills at cents per box, six boxes for $2.50.
Local Jottings Cover Busy Week and Harbor News
Community notes recount Busy Bees meeting at Mrs Dowling Shaw Street and Wesley Church Sorority gathering with Mrs Armes. Fishing on the riverfront, Mendelssohn Club rehearsal, baptisms at Winter Street Church, and 32 new voters added to the rolls. Also mentions the R. T. Rundlett lost at sea, local market bulletins, a mouse incident at a restaurant, tug Seguin towing ships, and the torpedo destroyer Davis arriving at Newport for trials.
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Registration Board
Dr. Stott
Sagadahoc Ferry
R. T. Rundlett
New York
Cartagena
Rundlett
Wiscasset
A. T. Rundlett
Lewiston Sun
Bath
Ferry St
Seguin
Lehigh
Augusta
Ellen Clifton
Lawrence Bros
Boston
Henrietta Simmons
St. Croix
Louise Frances
Frances
Boothbay
Tall Stove Club
Horace Putnam
Dewey
Putnam
Roxbury
Mass
Massachusetts General Court
Sampson
S. R. F. Zogbaum, Jr
A. S. Carpenter
R. K. Autrey
J. H. Buchanan
Davis
Winter records and local notes from a Maine paper
The report covers a frozen pond first time this season and social events at the Winter St. Ladies Aid. It notes Rev. Powers of Topsham at Gospel Mission, rising traffic on the M C R R, a gray squirrel killed on Lincoln Street, and economy remarks in Bath. It records Rev. O'Brien closing his pastorate in Somerville and moving to Brooklyn, plus corporate incorporation of Bertha L. Downes in Wilmington for a Bath-built schooner. Abandoned baby found in Portland, license notices for 1917, and ship movements involving North Land and Old Colony with crew details and noted passengers.
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Carter
St. Ladies’ Aid
Marshall Powers
Topsham
Gospel Mission
M.C.R.R
Lincoln
Bathman
Lake Nequasset
Francis W. O’brien
Union Square Baptist Church
Somerville
Brooklyn
Bertha L. Downes
Chief Davis
Automobile Bureau
Registration Bureau
North Land
Portland
New York
Old Colony
Jane Palmer
Norfolk
Wyoming
Newport News
Nauset
Mass
Charles Willard
South Portland
William H. Clifford
France
Boston
James S. Whitney
Moonlit nights and bustling Bath activities observed
Oysters thrive in favored beds while shrubs and bulbs are planted. Real estate transfers stay active. Bath Iron Works resumes Saturday afternoon work. Torrey Bushing Works operates nights. Citizens store potatoes. Manager H C Webber relocates to a new Opera House office. Genesta Chapter Sewing Circle meets Mrs Herbert Hopkins Spring St. A Nov 9 Saturday Club concert in Brunswick features Emilio de Gogorza. A tiger cat returns home from Ogunquit. Dr Eva Adams and Mrs John Purington visit for Red Cross talk. Capt McFadden and Officer Sonia report a drunken disturbance on Water St and Washington St with a man locked up. Freight trains block Center St. trains on MCRR increase traffic through Bath at night.
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Bath Iron Works
Torrey Bushing Works
H. C. Webber
Opera House
Genesta Chapter Sewing Circle
Herbert Hopkins
Spring St
Brunswick
Emilio de Gogorza
Boston Post
Ogunquit
Maine
Swampscott
Eva Adams
John Purington
Red Cross
Marshall
McFadden
Sonia
Water St
Washington St
Center St
Waterville
M.C.R.R
Bath
Washington and Center Sts
November notes and port towns set in Maine
The item recalls November routines with mentions of coal shoveling and Bath yards. It notes Portland’s population and infrastructure, club meetings at 40 York St and Mrs. F W Armes, plus a South End PTA gathering. It references Maine state election fundraising, visits of Miss Margaret Bragg, and Canadian maritime supply practices for the Pejepscot.
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Portland
Murray Club
George Jacobs
York St
M.C.R.R
Bath
Wesley Church
F. W. Armes
Cherry St
South End
Parent-Teacher Association
James E. Lockery
Washington and Corliss Sts
Maine
Margaret Bragg
Bangor
Hale
Washington
William LeClair
Middle St
Canada
Pejepscot
Custom House
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Brooklyn Church
White-Nichols
Ruth Gooodwin
Fletcher
Castoria
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Socony
Kerosene
Standard Oil Company of
N. Y
Congress Street
Ant Bes
S&p
Fidelity Trust Company
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