Movie Plays and Players in Bath Spotlight
The Bath Independent highlights Dorothy Dalton’s rising star status with a contract for Aphrodite and notes her stage return hopes. It covers Jekyll and Hyde for Paramount Artcraft with John Barrymore, Pris cilla Dean’s salary battle and contract renewal, and Eminent Authors' Pictures projects Dan gerous Days and Tower of Ivory. Also updates on Hi Somborn and Harry Larson’s Eyes of Youth press tour and the quick telegraph driven motion picture business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi. K. Somborn
Harry “Arson
Los Angeles
New York
Hollywood
Youngest Deep Water Captain Hearts Dutch Hospitality
The article tells of Capt. Griffin, age 35, leading the schooner Iruwa returning from war service to Liverpool and then Bath. His crew receives kind care from Dutch hosts while his wife Mrs. Griffin and daughter Cynthia visit from Everett, Massachusetts. Griffin, born in Millbridge, Maine, envisions future voyages to Italy and a long career at sea before retiring in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia
Everett
Mass
Curtis
Bath
Sweetie
Capt
Mrs
Griffin
Maine
Millbridge
Sai
Italy
Letter praises Dr True elixir as laxative cure
A Boston reader claims Dr True elixir cured long standing ailments including poor appetite headaches and nervous depression. The letter alleges the laxative and worm expeller restored energy allowed homemaking and was given to children. It credits Dr True’s Elixir with widespread positive effects on men women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Dr. F. True & Co
Dr. True
Teplen Woodford
Lamson Ee
Rites
Funeral of Mrs Nathan Covel at Middle Street home
Funeral services for Mrs Nathan F E Covel were held Saturday afternoon at her Middle Street home with Rev Frank H Hall of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Bearers were nephews Fred Hanson and William Hanson of Woolwich and neighbors Frank Parks and G A Cahill. Burial followed at Oak Grove with out of town attendees including N E Covel of Boston Mrs O N McKown of Boothbay Harbor Samuel Lincoln of Portland and the Lincolns and Hansons families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan FE. Covel
Middle Street
Frank H. Hall
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Hanson
William Hanson
Woolwich
Covel
Frank Parks
G. A. Cahill
Oak Grove
N. E. Covel
Boston
O. N. McKown
Hunters Bring Two Deer From Moosehead Region
Harold Minott and Rodney Baxter returned from a Moosehead hunting trip with two deer. Oscar C. Smith reports a 250 pound buck near Waldoboro. Epworth League of Beacon Street Methodist celebrated at O E Hooper’s York Street home. King Albert visit recall at San Bernardino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Minott
Rodney Baxter
Moosehead
Oscar C. Smith
Waldoboro
O. E. Hooper
York Street
Epworth League of Beacon
Street Methodist Episcops
Maine Forms Club to Boost Candidacy of Major General Wood
A Maine branch of the Leonard A. Wood League of America was organized in Augusta with about 75 men from all counties. Harold M. Sewell of Bath was elected Maine league chairman. The group aims to promote General Wood as the Republican presidential candidate, citing national demand and Wood’s business leadership. A resolutions committee drafted a pledge to work for delegates favorable to Wood at the next State Republican convention, praising his role in the Gary steel strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Leonard A. Wood League of America
Senate Chamber
Harold M. Sewell
Bath
League For
Soman
Tee
League
Sewall
Gin. Wood
Con. Wood
Theie
New Hampshire
Kansas
White House
Charles B. Carter
Lewiston
Will
Chasers
B. F. Colcord
Searsport
Capt. Colcord
A. Pr Gardiner
Portland
Wood
Gary
Ind
Markson Brothers Add New Store to Newburyport Chain
Markson Bros of Gath will open a new clothing house in Newburyport Mass marking another link in their growing chain. From a small Portland store the firm now runs eight clothing houses, a Portland wholesale house, and a large manufacturing warehouse supplying up-to-date styles to New England customers. The move aims to meet rising demand with their credit system and value-focused offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markson Bros
Gath
Newburyport
Mess
Portland
Markson Gros
New England
Woman's Auxiliary Missionary Society Reorganized
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Time Missionary Society at Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church reformed last Wednesday with Adelaide Snow of Findley Ohio as guest speaker. She outlined a $2,000,000 national drive for domestic missionary work and new officers were elected: Mrs Ralph Lovejoy president, Mrs Weston Bonney vice president, Mrs Harvey K Erskine secretary, Mrs William Thistle treasurer, and others noted as mite box and post supply secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Time Missionary Society
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Adelaide Snow
Findley
Ralph Lovejoy
Weston Bonney
Harvey K. Erskine
William Thistle
Ford Mite Box
Mrs Nathan E Covel Dies Suddenly at 75
Mrs Nathanovel Covel 75 died Nov 5 at City hospital after four weeks there following a broken hip. Born Woolwich March 4 1844, daughter of Shepard and ______ Hanson. Lived in Woolwich early life, married Nathan FE Covel and moved to Bath where she died. Survived by son Ralph C. Covel former alderman and sister Mrs William Lincoln of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathanovel
City Hospital
Ralph C. Covel
William Lincoln
Woolwich
Two Recruits Accepted for Three-Year Terms
Sergt LaFlamme reports two recruits, Theophelus Thomas enlisting three years in infantry for France and Albert Gagne enlisting three years in ordnance in Honolulu. A Bath fireman recalled pay near 35 to 45 dollars monthly in earlier service, while firemen now receive 90 dollars plus board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. LaFlamme
Army
Theophelus Thomas
France
Albert Gagne
Ordnance Department
Honolulu
Probate Court Grants and Appointments In Bath and Nearby Towns
November session details petitions grants and final accounts in probate matters across Bath Topsham Richmond Phippsburg and Woolwich. Administrators executors and guardians named include Eastman Blake Starkey Williams and Havener with bonds filed and inventories approved. Inheritance tax determinations and adoptions noted along with licenses to sell real estate and guardian petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Hathorne
Richmond
G. Alienne
Thankful B. Blake
Topsham
Dana
Williams
Eerinda Wesgpit
Bowdoin Tel
Sick Tate
Alice Maxwell
Bo Painham
Isabel Starkey
Wm. H. Starkey
Bristol
Willams
Lara M. Skolfield
Phippsburg
Joseph F. Skolfield
Mary EK. Pratt
Maken
Mass
Has. C. Low
Irving
F. Mareen
Herbert O. Morse
Emerie Matthews
Bath
Alice FE
Man
Mary N. Eastman
George A. Hawkes
Sarah L. Bastian
Drummond Kelley
Joseph M. Troté
Angeline Havener
Alphus B. Havener
Lucy W.tratten
Joseph B. Torrey
W. J. Sewall
C . Low
Iney
Thankful BR. Blake
Topshaw
Laurinda Wescott
Towdoin
Olive J. Frost
Woolwich
Bowdoin
Eugene R. Brown
Martha KE. Brown
West Bath
Arthur H. Waldron
Caroline R. Wilson
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles W. Crocker
Fighting Tuberculosis by Selling Seals in London
Father Vaughn urged an aggressive drive against TB at the London tuberculosis congress under the British Anti Tuberculosis Association. He blamed disease on self-inflicted factors and urged broad childbearing and action in poor areas. The National Tuberculosis Association and allied groups plan a $6.5 million drive in the US funded by Red Cross Christmas Seals, December 1 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Father Vaughn
Mayfair
National Tuberculosis Association
United States
Red Cross
Seeks Divorce from Frank L Bryan of Bath City
SEEKING A DIVORCE to a Trryan of Portland is seeking a divorte from Frank L Bryan of Bath whom she married in Bath Feb. 8, 1906. Her allegations include cruel and abusive treatment gross habits of intoxication and non support and she also petitions for alimony. Tim Kerrigan is no longer on the city payroll. He is no more one of the happy family of the House of Correction. The singer of jungle songs and roller of pumpkins has departed for parts unknown presumably Portsmouth but the local authorities will not make application for Tim's return to Bath. Tim was a jovial inebriate. When last taken in the patrol was found rolling a pumpkin on a lawn. On arrival in the police station he said that he never would take another ride in that old cart. I have two Fords he said and yet you are still lugging in drunks in this disreputable junk heap on wheels Tim once remarked that they paid Charley Chaplin big money for his tfieka but that they soaked poor Tim Kerrigan fines for his.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trryan
Portland
Frank L. Bryan
Bath
Tim Kerrigan
House of Correction
Portsmouth
Tim
Charley
Chaplin
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Busy Session With Elections and Plans
Cosmopolitan club members elected Jessie A. Wilson as house mother and named associate members M f Friedricks Higgins Hoyle Sawyer Wade. They approved November 18 use of the clubhouse by Needlework Guild, urged infant wear donations for the Red Cross, and formed Armistice Day parade fronts committees. A Thanksgiving Eve minstrel show and Parish House dance were planned, with January see-saw for a Virginia Courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Armig
Cosmopolitan Club
Sophia Mikelsky
Florida
Jessie A. Wilson
Viola Hagen
Home Service
Red Cross
Alice R. Fuller
Ruth EB. Thompson
Edith Hart- Well
Margaret Wishart
Edina
Maine House acts and local measures on daylight time
The Maine House committees reported on references to the next legislature for daylight saving and standard time, a gun control bill for children, and the Portland State Pier Site District. Other actions included salaries for county officials, jitney regulation, and a higher superintendent of public buildings pay. An act on Sagadahoc county court terms and highway plans was introduced along with a sermon note on thrift and extravagance. The Salvation Army mascot is a white cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Legal Affairs
Maine
Portland State Pier
Committee On Public Utilities
Public Utilities Commission
Stacy
Phippsburg
Supreme Judicial Court
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Stacy of Phippsburg
Hodge and Bennett Win Their Match
Hodge and Bennett secured the victory in a tight two match series with close margins. Hodge posted a series of high scores while Morrison and Thompson trailed, giving Hodge and Bennett the overall championship lead as 1847 to 1519 in the second night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hodge
Sheet Dee
Rigoi
John Mpson
Hodge
Bennett
Morrison
Thompson
T Hodge
Maine Probate Court Schedules Real Estate Sale in Bath
The petition seeks license to sell ward Severine LeBlance’s lands in Bath Sagadahoc to fund support. Notice ordered publication in Bath Independent for three weeks prior to a December 2, 1919 probate hearing. Also announces administrator Ernest Williams of Melville C Williams estate and final account for John L Berry estate in Georgetown Sagadahoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Probaute Court
Sagadahoc
Chanuel
Rachel) LeBlanece
White
Severine B. LeBlance
Bath
Hammett Ledge
Denlow
Higgins
Severine LeBlance
Leblance
Hammett Lelee Road
Chantel
Rachel Leblance
Sazadahoe
Sagmlahec
Seoendahoe
William A. Todd
John L. Berry
Georgetown
Sagadahor
Devine
Rath
Rethin
Forenid
Nath Independent
James
William F. Dunha
Atoo
Bait
Sagadalne
Edward W. Brideham
Charles W. Crookey
Reth
Seid
Sagally
Enid
Ratt
Ant Forth
Sagadmoc
Eugene R. Brown
Morte
Fo Brown
Weert
Enid Enminty
Door
Canning
Lowftte
Beacon Street Church Official Board Meeting Notes
The Beacon Street Church official board held a meeting with routine actions including pensioning a deacon, appointing a committee with full authority, and approving hymnals. Treasurer reported a healthy balance and the outlook seemed promising. chaplain Croft was requested to remain January 2 and deliver his World War lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yong
Croft Retan
William M. Thistle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Independent
Dorothy Dalton
Miss Dalton
Comstock
Gest
Aphrodite
Pictures
Thomas H. Ince
Morris Gest
America
Mary Garden
Famous Players- Lasky
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
Paramount Artcraft
John Barrymore
Clara Beranger
John S. Robertson
Famous Players-Lasky
Cnet
Elinor Fair
Priscilla Dean
Priscilla
Universal City
Universal
Pictures, Inc
Goldwyn ‘Studios
Culver City
Dan‘gerous
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Tower of Ivory
Gertrude Atherton
California
Dorothy Daiton
Liverpool
Iruwas
Sell
Germany
Castle Amerogen
Holland
Capt. Griffin
Schoner
San Bernadino
Calif
Albert of
Belgium
Markson Brothers
Woman's Auxiliary Missionary Society
Nathan E. Covel
Kennebec Steamers
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Salvation Army
Winter Street
Darling
Albert F. Austin
Dorothy Jewett
George McFadden
Delight Edwards
Charles L. Smith
Allen Trish
Arthur Foster
Helen Foster
Choate
Hattie Palmer
Emma Harvey
Harvey
Lucy Southworth
Edwin T. Syde
Sarah Hyde
Henry R. White
Wiliam TH. Hewitt
Anna Morse
Margaret Torrey
Isabel Olm
Louise Hill
Dorothy Higgins
Amy Titcomb
Marion Titcomb
Doris Stetson
Frances Moses
Jennie Harvey
Mesdames Trollis Cooley
Harry Armstrong
Hans Friederichs
Walter Shaughnessey
James S. Lowell
Melville C
Williames
Sagodahioc
Ernest KE Williams
Adrolmiot
William F. Dunham
Register
Beacon Street Church
Nganioe
Walker
Midife Street
Joan M. Ham
Nelmo Ham
Middl
Lyonee
Prem Fees
Permona
Enardianston
Caid Ward
Tierretadell
Miss
JOAN_UAM
Guardia
Dunham
Elyoe
Amaetes Hagener
Alpheus B. Haytner
Aveacntwr
Prommond Kelley
Joseph
Trott
Mary N. Rastman
Sneedahar
Alice FE. Pastman
Snigte
Bret Maitinws
Sn Kdae
Herbert
Moran
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