Local Jottings and Community Happenings In Bath Area
Local notes report Temple Degree staff practice, visits by John L. Wilson Jr in Gardiner, and early closing of businesses due to a storm. Skating on Park pond drew children. lobster stew and dance at Casino Bay Point. Mrs. Horace Jordan dies in Lisbon. Salvation Army services urged and church meetings noted.
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Lowell Temple
John L. Wilson, Jr
Gardiner
Park
Atlantic
Bay Point
Horace Jordan
Lisbon
League of Central Church
D. L. Wilson
Salvation Army
Thompson’s Corner
Seon Morse Bros
Pemaquid Falls
Swett’s Lake
Front St
Elm
Elm Street
Pearl Dunbar
Charles C. Sydleman
Freeport
Willis F. Gross
Mother Church
Boston
Music Hall
McFadden
Bath Police
Ray Higgins
Owl
Augusta
Bath
Navy
Sarah Coombs
People’s Baptist Church
William L. Jack
Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
William Ham
E. T. Whitehouse
T. C. McCabe
E. J. Lee
Fred Glidden
Rockland
Roy Riggins
Supreme Master of the Order of Owls
Higgins
Woolwich
Lincoln Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Lena Frances Spinney
Brookline
Mary Spinney
Joseph Torrey
Oak Grove
L. D. Gilman
Genesta
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Lewiston
Lisbon Falls
Brunswick
Freeport High School
Morse High
Bath Savings Institution
Bath Trust Co
Bath Loan and Building Association
Moonlit Week Ends with Small Town Happenings
Sunday showery and a southwest wind marked the week in Bath and surrounding areas. Highlights include a parish Grace Church meeting, a deer shipment via a Massachusetts party, a Woolwich smelt catch across the river, and local plans for a new railway with ongoing promoter meetings.
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Dromore Grange Hall
Mercury
Grace Church
Massachusetts
Bath
C. W. Walsh
Maine Dyers and Cleaners Association
Lewiston
E. A. Farrar
Chestnut Street
Woolwich
McGillicuddy
Trishon Falls
Androscoggin
Times Windows
Foster's Point Road
Gardens in city glow as flowers still bloom
The city’s gardens show ongoing blooms while local clubs meet, classes gather, and markets note seasonal goods. Community events include the Murray Club with Miss Bessie Hunt, Morse High training sessions, and a Bath market shift toward fresher butter this fall.
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Murray Club
Bessie Hunt
Hunt St
Morse High
Bath
Four more barges carry coal up river on road
Numerous river items note coal barges on the road to the up river. Maritime mentions include the Grace Church door left ajar one night last week and Jennie Maud at Kimball wharf with mixed fish. A gale pushed high tide and torches lit lifeboats during a rescue.
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Grace Church
Jennie Maud
Kimball Wharf
Independent Request Enclosed With Payment
A terse note from a person identifies a payment of $ amount and includes a name and address. The fragment mentions a request directed to the Independent and signs off with a closing phrase Yours truly. Further details are unreadable.
Obituary Mrs Satedle Slavin Aged 65 in Bath
Mrs Satedle Slavin aged 65 long Bath resident native of New Brunswick widow of Michael Slavin died Saturday at the home of her son Thomas on Lincoln street after a long illness. She is survived by four sons Edward Halifax Harry Boston James and Thomas Bath and a daughter Mrs James Haney Old Town. Funeral held Monday at 9 30 from St Marys Church.
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Fannie Thurlow
Highland St
Bob Ott
Rockland
Bath
Augusta
Lewis Spicer
Portland
Brunswick
K.Y.C
F. W. Humphreys
Gardiner Rogers
Boston
Atedle Slavin
Thomas Shlavin
Lincoln St
New Brunswies
Patrick Slavin
Michael Slavin
Edward
Halifax
Harry
James
Thomas
James Haney
Old Town
St. Mary's Church
Real Estate Transfers and Local Social at People's Baptist Church
Real estate transfers were recorded last week across Bowdoinham Woolwich Topsham Arrowsic Bath Richmond and Georgetown with multiple property changes. The Christian Endeavor Society hosted a Heidt Sociable at Amanda MelIntire's home featuring games songs and orchestra selections. officers listed include Raymond Cummings Andrus Coleman William Cummings Amanda MelIntire Emma Blaisdell Frederick Dwrer.
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Registry of Deeds
Robert FE. Patten
Nathan J. Leavitt
Bowdoinham
Asbury
Bath
Cornelia E. Rumrill
E. H. Phinney
Topsham
James F. Gilmore
William H. Spinney
Als
Woolwich
Mehitable P. Knapp
Florence E. Clifford
Annie C. Robinson
Raymond M. Haley
Warren Bailey
Chester Bailey
Frances M. Willard
Dora Austin
Georgia E. Preble
Margaret D. Burns
Thomas Salvin
Lewis M. Fulton
Sarah A. Fulton
Frank M. Patten
Annie E. Hildreth
W. H. Niles Et
Lester T. Niles
Richmond
Christian Endeavor Society of the People’s Baptist Church
Amanda MelIntire
William Cummings
Grace Dickson
Raymond Cummings
Andrus Coleman
Emma Blaisdell
Frederick Dwrer
Mission yacht visit brings new church worker to Landville Island
Rev. Alexander MacDonald of the Sunbeam visited Landville Island to install Miss Douglass as the new church worker who conduct regular services. The island community gave her a reception and pound party. She plans to live in the church vestry while housekeeping is arranged, boarding with Mrs. Thomas Poland. Supreme Representative E. C. Plummer returned from a tour of Knights of Pythias lodges in Franklin County.
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Rockland
Alexander MacDonald
Mission
Sunbeam
Landville Island
Miss Douglass
Island
Thomas Poland
Supreme
E. C. Plummer
Knights of Pythias
Franklin County
The Dress Rehearsal at Winter Street Chapel
The Dress rehearsal an entertainment on November 20 at Winter Street Chapel directed by Mrs. Colteo and Mrs. McFadden features a cast led by Miss Jane and includes Lydia R. Tracy Dorothy A. Jewett and Lillian P. Mason with role assignments for Grove House Academy pupils and assorted helpers.
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Winter Street Chapel
Ralph Colteo
Roscoe Po McFadden
Jane
Grove House Academy
C. L. Smith
Mademoiselle Epinard
Fred K. Sturtevant
Amy Fibbs
Cinderella
Lydia R. Tracy
Clara Wilkins
the Prince
Dorothy A. Jewett
Sarah Anne
Maurice J. Duncklee
Sophonisba Spieries
Arthur K. Purington
Martha Higgins
Carry Jackson
Gladysmae Waterhouse
Marian Brown
Jarver
Alva P. Altekamp
Prudence Pinchbeck
Herbert Hodgkins
Rosa Jennings
Lillian P. Mason
Grove House
Janette Cook
Our Own People notes and local visits in Portland area
Freedom N. and Miss Mary Monroe passed Saturday in Portland. Arthur C. Hodedon considers an offer with a large wholesale grocery house in Indiana. Mrs. Julia Cushing visits her brother William Grady of Joice in Lincoln County. Mrs. W D Oliver left for Natick Mass. James H H Mitchell returns from New York to join Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J R Mitchell. He has been employed with William H Jackson Co New York for six years.
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Freedom N
Mary Monroe
Portland
Arthur C. Hodedon
Indiana
Julia Cushing
William Grady
Joice
Lincoln County
W. D. Oliver
High St
Natick
Mass
James HH. Mitchell
New York
J. R. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
The
William H. Jackson Co
Maine Farmers Rally Against Tariff Across St John River
In Lewiston Maine a French speaking observer notes bitter disaffection over the tariff as Canadian produce undercuts Maine markets. Hay sells cheaper across the line and potato teams stream into Aroostook starch factories. The commentator predicts Democratic shifts in Aroostook and laments tariff burdens on local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Canada
Maine
Aroostook
Alabama
Georgia
Chickahonint
Democrats
Democratic State Committee of
Gravel fill requested for Center Street hollow
The Street Department needs a cartload of gravel or fine crushed rock to fill a hollow near the railroad crossing on Center Street. Left unattended, it fills with water after rain. The fill is urged to prevent standing water and improve the walk.
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Center St
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Charles Gordon
North St
Gordon
Mark Hall
Commercial St
Mark
Colonial
Hill
Colonial Club
Wassitt
Auburn
Dakey
Wassitts
Portland Independents
Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth Girls’ Club
Margaret Goodwin
New World
Universalist Church
Charles A. Adams
Lincoln Street
Helen W. Martin
Aldeburgh
England
William Griffin
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Curtis Undertaking
Phippsburg Center
Winter Street
L. T. Snipe
Maine Conference of Charities and Corrections
Jewiston
John Wilson
Bangor
E. W. Bridgham
Sagagahoc
Corliss Street
S. A. Evans
Conference of United Baptist Churches of
Aderton
Capt
Wallace
Theos Paul Ragon
Ragan
Grace Curch
People's Baptist Church
Bath Iron Works
Ppicure
Foy
Zels Pinkham
H. Oliver
F. A Allen
Philadelphia
Calais
Delaware City
Delaware River
Allen
Kershner
Philippines
U. S. Army
South Street
Minnie Barnes
C. W. Early
U.S.N
Newport News Shipbuilding Co
Pennsylvania
C. W. Campman
L’anther
Early
Newport
Y.M.C.A
Morse High School
Freeport High
Yale
Pacific Navigation
Harvard
San Pedro
Daily Commercial News
San Francisco
R. P. McFadden
Pearl St
George McFadden
John McInnes
North Grammar School
Gen. Grant
Wilkes Booth
Donald
Independent
Sagadahoc
Bureau of Agriculture
Washington
Bath, Maine
Yours Truly
VRS
Michal Slavin
Fletcher
Castoria
Winter St
Lewiston Journal
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