Local Jottings and Small-Town Happenings
Twenty barrels of clams arrived in Virginia on Wednesday. The Cosmopolitan Girls Minstrels impressed as a top act. K. Y. C. sailors held their monthly meeting at the club house. Universalist Ladies Aid met at Mrs. H. B. Sawyer’s on Friday. Woolwich boys smelt at the dyke to earn spending money. Harry Russell of Small Point began work while his case awaits a ruling. A Topsham farmer warns white hens turn canary if fed corn. The Boston Bird House showcases a six-foot wingspan horned owl from Hollis Bailey. Bath Camp Modern Woodmen began their annual pitch tournament. Tug Pejepsecot with barge 3 reached from the Province with pulpwood for Pejepscot mills. Wallula steamer sale negotiations shift to J. B. Drake & Sons after broker inquiry. Deep Gulley woods cleared last summer harming partridge habitat. North Bath farmers note longer ice cover on Deep Gulley Hill. Georgetown feldspar quarries head John W. Cummings learns Liverpool mill fire destroys 100 jobs and halts spar shipments. future in Liverpool uncertain. A deer hunter in Phippsburg contemplates a shot but buck fever or doubt stops him as a car approaches. Judge Keegan suspends the whiskey case in Bath, leniently handling the Lewiston offender. another man’s case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Cosmopolitan Girls
Ladies’ Aid of Universalist Church
H. B. Sawyer
Dummer St
Woolwich
Harry Russell
Keegan
Topsham
Hollis Bailey
Franklin Park
Boston
Bath Camp
Tug Pejepsecot
Pejepscot Mills
Wallula
Bath
J. B. Drake & Sons
J. Edward Drake
Bath Road
North
John W. Cummings
Georgetown
Liverpool
Ohio
Trenton
N. J
Cummings
Phippsburg
Pattee
Lewiston
al Ridley
Bay
Coleman O’brien
City Hospital
Faith McKay
South Portland
Edward L. Walker
F. A. Fay
Bath Water District
Kimball
Pine Tree
Morse
Emma S
Briggs
Hazel Dell
New York
Dunbar
Cummings St
Raymond M. Haley
Henry G. Hodgdon
Father Horan
Oliver
Buich
Annie L
James Auld
Oak Grove Cemetery
D. L. Wilson
New London
Curtis
John Pease
Portland
Peabody
Mass
Brunswick
Pease
Shaw
Grand Army Hall
Hugh T. Madden
Pennsylvania Avenue
Madden
G.A.R
Washington
Monday
Parker Head
Sonia and
Conley
Aderton
Reynolds
Broad St
Bath Area News Briefs Include Local Visits and Happenings
Local items report Al Ridley shooting two ducks in the bay and Coleman O'Brien returning home from the city hospital. Faith McKay travels to South Portland for a cousin’s wedding. A Bath hen fancier notes a 70 to 80 eggs per year yield. Edward L. Walker surveys Bath Water District for F A Fay of Boston.
Multiple Local Events Highlight Community Life
The item lists diverse happenings from ships and winds to meetings and social events. Notable entries include the Morse Oregon spars launch at M C R R wharf, Tug Seguin activities, a Winneganee Church meeting led by Dr. Benjamin Brown, and a Spanish War Veterans gathering in the Common Council room. Also noted are social gatherings at Ramona Council, a Colonial Club basketball schedule, a canceled Hudson season, soloists for a Central Church Vesper, the fatal hunting accident of John J. Hunt near Augusta, and performances by Mme Elsie Grey. The piece closes with a Research class surprise party for Mrs. James McPherson on her seventy-fifth birthday, including a full program of songs, readings, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Oregon
M.C.R.R
Seguin
Emma
Briggs
Benjamin Brown
Winneganee Church
F. W. Carlton
Harvey Hathorne
William Adams
Arrowsie
Ramona Council
Carrie Adams
Union St
Dayton Hill
Colonial Club
Miah Murray
White Bear
Hudson
Colonials
Central Church
Anne Ffall
William KE. Hill
John Shaw
Dudley Buck
Ice
John J. Hunt
Lawrence House
Augusta
John L. Hunt
Manchester
Hunt
Mme
Elsie Grey
Orchestra of
New York
Bath
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath Opera House
Mme. Grey
Metropolitan Opera House
Henrietta Crosman
Berbohm Tree
Forbes Robson
James McPherson
Washington St
Mathew McPherson
Daniel McNeil
Millie McPherson
Francis McPherson
Charles Hutchins
Maggie
Shannon
James Knight
Caroline Jewell
Josephine Talbot
John Nocton
George Wallace
George Coombs
Anice Smith
William H. Small
Cora Small
Charles Hutchings
Annie Knight
Jennie Davis
Emma Munsey
Benj. Murray
Pottle
Anna B. Allen
Wilkinson
Euella Brown
Josephine Cressey
George T. Cutting
Sidney McPherson
Stewart McPherson
Lelia McPherson
Lawrence McPherson
Hazel McPherson
Bernice McPherson
Isabelle Berry
Marian Small
Christine l Lockery
Portland area social, church, and maritime notes
Wednesday activities in Portland include Henry Howard on business and Mooserelated gatherings. Bath and Elks lodges host weekly socials and initiation sessions. Local painters decorate the New Dreamland Theatre. A whist party planning meeting occurs November 17. Ships and cargo movements along the fore river highlight the week, with a highway opening between Portland and Dunstan and a near miss at Bath Iron Works. The Boston Marine Society marks its 162nd year with officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Howard
Portland
Bath Lodge of Moose
Bath Lodge of Elks
George A. Coombs
New Dreamland Theatre
Odd Ladies’ Sewing Circle
Amelia Mitchell
Pine Tree Circle
Companions of the Forest
Darice
Tugseguin
Emma S. Briggs
Hazel Dell
Ella Clifton
South Gardiner
Boston
Rockland
Grace Church
Wortland
Thoms Dunnins
Wiscasset
Dunning
Hacking
Parker Moulton
University of Maine
Athletic Board
West Point
Boston Marine Society
Peter H. Crowell
Crowell & Thurlow
Osmyn Berry
Nantucket
Merchants & Miners Line
Dunstan
Oakley C. Curtis
Maine State Highway Commission
John E. Bunker
Pillsbury
Pine Point
William R. Staples
Bath Iron Works
W. Wesley Pelton
U. S. S. New Jersey
Uncle Sam
New Jersey
New York
Pelton
Bath
M. T. McDougall
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath
White Farm
Mitchell School Notes and Local Lane Happenings
Community items cover a school rehearsal at The Mitchell School, park cleanup at City Park, home updates on the Lundrigan residence, a Winter Street Church concert with Evelyn Scotney and Howard White, and travel reports from local residents. Also noted are Bath trades, YMCA sports, a Boston trip, a Salem-ward pumpkin boast, a Bath barge wreck with crew saved, and job moves at Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Lundrigan
Willow St
Bath Echoes of Weekend Visitors and Local Notables
A tide of weekend and weekday visitors is noted in Bath and nearby towns. Residents stopping in Portland Boston and Lewiston. reporters list names such as J F Tobey, Mrs F E DeWits, L McRae, C H Hutchins, and city officials including Officer Conley. Local sports figures from Rockland High and Bowdoin connections are mentioned along with travel to Black Brook Camp and a Maine General Hospital patient.
Bath trip by Goff takes party along Kennebec river road
Last Sunday in Portland a party seeking the handsomest section of the state toured Bath and Phippsburg and up the Kennebec on the river road. The trip was led by John Goff, former Bath boy and proprietor of the Forest City Garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Bath
Phippsburg
Kennebec
River Road
John Goff
Forest City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Flora Condon
Governor Cobb
Marine Railway
U. S
Messrs
Thompson and Trevett
Condon
Evelyn Scotney
Howard White
Winter Street
Small Point
Eldon Hanks
Moose
Woodmen
Wilshire
Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
Y.M.C
Annie Greene
Freeport High
Noe
Times
Senor
Emilio de Cogorza
Singer
Sadie C. Sumner
Jacksonville
Sumner
Dustin G. Cressey
Shoals
Cressey
Searsport
Cape Cod
Thomas E. Sullivan
Bangor
Portland Sunday Telegram
Telegram
Maine
Sullivan
Ll. B. Swett
George Gilmore
Weehawken
Massachusetts Bay
Albert J. Stone
Perth Amboy
Minot
Marion
Plymouth
William P. McMillan
Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Co
McMillan
J. W. Haley
Perkins Island
William A. Hill
EK. B. Smith
Bartlett
J. F. Skofield
J. Fred Tobey
Riggsville
Rupert H. Baxter
Bartholomew Coughlin
Mr. Lovejoy
Rockledge
Popham Beach
John. Hayes
Ella M. Hayes
F. C. More
Inez Waters
W. K. Sharpe
Brookline
F. FE. DeWitk
Robert
West Somerville
3. M. Wallace
Walter Spravine
Theos
The
Maine Electrical Co
George C. Erskine
John F. Clary
Chestnut St
AlIna
C. H. Hutchins
Portsmouth
H. T. B. Leeman
Bowdoin
Jessie White
Gladys
L. M. Munsey
High St. L
George Hunt
Waltham
Mae Swan
Everett
O. F. Williams
Lucy
John Peters
Maine General Hospital
D. L. Howard
Pullman
Purser Stinson
Davis
Narcissa Potter
Chester Shephard
Panama
Gertrude Reed
Mechanic St
Charles Doten
Samuel H. Holbrook
Holyoke
Willis Holbrook
Young Sam
Winslow
Courier-Gazette
Philip Howard
M. W. Weymouth
George E. Gay
Rockland-Morse
Kelley Field
Colonial
Bowdoin- William
E. Rowe
Five Islands
Black Brooks Camp
A. K. Wilson
Thomaston
Black Brook
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