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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1916
Page
12
The address list notes C L Farmam Co Inc promoting Beaver Board products at 21 23 Elm Street Bath. The compact item implies a local business listing or advertisement for construction materials.
Captain Woodbury D. Orne and his wife of West Boothbay Harbor Me celebrated their fiftieth marriage anniversary with a gathering of immediate family in Navy 13th. Gifts of gold were presented. They were married November 13 1866 in Bath by Rev Cyrus A King. They have three children and three grandchildren.
The Bath Post Office lists advertised letters on Tuesday November 21. Women include Mrs Jennie Boutilier Mrs Annie Lewis Mrs Lee Merry Mrs R E Smith and Mrs Emma Vigne. Men include W L Adams Stephen Arsenault Alphonso Cookson John Dunkthy Herbert Dalrymple Estivesk Henry Gilbert George Greenleaf Hugh Gallagher P Helms L F Jr Jones Herbert E Merrill George H Moran Robert Myctire J A Malloy R Owens R H Randall H J Strong Ith Dr Thomas J C Tallman James W Varney L N White Howard Williard W Bernard Hoyle. Saturday Kenison's wharf near Thorne's Head reported a 14 inch smelt.
A Salvation Army captain reported a winter hardship case of a worker in a large plant, lacking proper clothing, who was fitted with winter underwear. donors were urged to send clothing to 160 Center St. A city family with seven motherless children received food aid from a Sunday school class after the mother’s burial.
Loy all Farragut Sewall described his front line Ambulance Corps service in vivid detail to a Bath audience. He recounted crossing the water, aiding the wounded, and surviving bombardment, stressing youth’s willingness to share in wartime suffering and aid the afflicted. He also noted his withdrawal upon orders and praised the corps and its books.
Fish Warden Abner C. Johnson seized over 800 shorts in five shipments from Boothbay and Bath bound for Boston and Lewiston. Barrels contained 58 live lobsters and 375 shorts boiled. 114 live shorts and two more barrels of live shorts were seized and released in New Meadows. Markings obscured shipper identity with only a single initial "R" found on a Boston dealer card.
Steamer Virginia took on water and coal at the Flats on Monday afternoon. Morse High opened its basketball season with a practice game at the YMCA. Bath plans improved street lighting. Evangelist Felix Monday spoke at Beacon Street Church with a second night planned on What Bath Needs Most. Maine livestock breeders meet December 4–8 at Augusta City Hall and Maine Seed Improvement Associations join in. Nathaniel Sprague visits from Boston Harbor. John J. Lee leaves Bath Iron Works for a new post in New London. War talk notes from Mr. Sewall and Kreisler reference shell identification and trench experiences.
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