Bowdoinham News of the Week Highlights Local Deaths and Happenings
Mrs. George A. Baker died suddenly of heart failure at 59, with funeral at home on Richmond road conducted by Rev. Miles M. Reed. Burial in the village cemetery. survivors include a daughter Mrs. John Purinton and a son George Furbish. Town notes cover snowbound turnips, spring prep for autos, visitors, diving into local trades, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Baker
Richmond Road
Miles M. Reed
W. H. Gould
A. P. M. Given
Edward Denham
Horace Raymond
Everett Williams
John Purinton
Canada
George Furbish
John Beals
Brunswick
Bay Shows Road
Benjamin Blanchard
Bert Pierce
Louise Haggett
Bath
Town Hall
John C. Rumwell
Irish
Emily Rideout
Vassalboro
W. E. Rideout
J. C. Moore
Dingley Road
Thomas T. Rideout
G.A.R
Vasmus
Charles McEwen
K. of P. Fair
Mac
H. D. Grant
Elliot
Dewey urges four battleships and subs for navy needs
Admiral George Dewey, chairing the General Naval Board, advocates four battleships as immediate naval core, with fifteen submarines and fourteen to sixteen gunboats. He urges wartime crew provisions and two Congress-bound plans to meet manpower shortfall. Secretaries and officials discuss alternatives while weighing two battleships versus more subs and crews. Upstream, river temperatures drop to eight above freezing with blue ice forming between Richmond and Bardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dewey
General Naval Board
Daniels
Admiral Dewey
Congress
United States
Richmond
3Sardiner
Thanksgiving fund drive at Home for Aged Couples and Old Men
Treasurer E. Randall Leonard reports the pound party generated an unusually gratifying success with more provisions and cash donated than in many years, exceeding previous Thanksgiving attempts to aid the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Randall Leonard
United States
Nebraska
Treasury of the Home
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath Company U R E P Hosts Military Concert at Music Hall
The Bath Company members staged a military concert and ball on Wednesday evening at Music Hall. Stevens's Orchestra provided music and the drill squad gave an exhibition drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Company, U.R.E.P
Music Hall
Stevens
Bath Iron Works Electrics Worker Starts Short Leave
George Gauvin of the Bath Iron Works electrical department is on a brief enforced vacation after burning one hand on a live wire several days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gauvin
Bath Iron Works
Morse High and Richmond High adopt interscholastic rules
Morse High School of Bath and Richmond High School are listed among Maine state secondaries adopting eligibility rules for athletics. Rules require current term performance, prior term success, minimum 15 periods weekly, entry windows for new students, a four year representation limit, and that each school principal provide a certified roster to opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
Richmond High School
State Superintendent of Public Schools
Maine Dairymen and Seed Associations Plan Convention
The joint convention opens at Bangor City Hall with Dr. Robert J. Aley delivering the opening address on Vocational Education. Speakers include C. B. Stetson on The Development of Maine Agriculturally and John C. Oreutt on Markets and Marketing.
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Maine Dairsmens Association
Maine Seed Improvement Association
City Hall
Bangor
Robert J. Aley
University of Maine
Stetson
Maine State Grange
Maine
John C. Oreutt
Orentz
Boston Chamber of Commerce
University of Vermont
H. J. Wheeler
Rhode Island
Leon 3S
Merrill
Orono
C. R. Leland
Augusta
Crocker Land Mystery Reappears in Arctic Quest
Donald B. MacMillan, starting from New York in July 1913, reports from Knud Rasmussen that Crocker Land may not exist or has vanished. Initial land sighting proved a mirage, and the expedition crew remains well and content at present as news reaches the American Museum of Natural History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocker
Arctic
Peary
Donald B. MacMillan
New York
MacMillan
American Museum of Natural History
Knud Rasmussen
Bath Bakery Sends Four Dozen Cakes to Newark Customer
The K and G bakery shipped four dozen fancy cakes to a Newark Ohio customer. The order originated from someone who had encountered Bath cakes in Boston at a YMCA supper a year earlier.
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K. and G. Bakery
Newark
Boston
Y.M.C
Many locals travel and visit across Maine and beyond
A long list of residents and visitors are noted: Miss Nancy Edgecomb recovers from illness and Mrs. Cutting weekends in Waterville. Daniel Brierley leaves for Millinocket on business. many travel to Hartford, Chelsea, Bath, Jupiter Fla, Kittery Navy Yard, Biddeford, and Portland. Several locals join crews in ships and lumber camps. others return from visits to Boothbay, South Portland, and Bath as winter plans unfold.
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Charles Pye
Small Point
Nancy Edgecomb
George T. Cutting
Waterville
Daniel Brierley
Millinocket
B. F. Jewett
Westport
Hartford
Henry W. Howard
Patten
Frank H. Whalen
Alice
Portland
W. L. Elkington
Chelsea
George Morgan
Frank Barker
Auburn
Bath
Leona Hutchins
Boothbay
S. C. Shaw
Walter Libbey
Ll. D. Plummer
Biddeford
Opera House
Charles W. Clifford
State Hospital Board
Fred Carlton
Woolwich
Skowhegan
Henderson
W. H. Taylor
Elsie Wickert
Jupiter
Fla
Fred Proctor
F. L. Wright
William FE
Foley
Kittery Navy Yard
Neva Colby
Southport
Frances R. Haley
Western Union Telegraph Office
Partland
Walter Pierce
Cape Newaggen
Howard Blake
Jack McDonald
Daniel King
Dan Martin
Edward Hamilton
Lake Moxie
Harry Robinson
Charles Robinson
Ralph Robinson
Joiners’ Department
James Taylor
Montsweag
Palm Beach
Bernice Hosmer
Hyde Windlass
Butterfield
Cahill
Te. By Glark
J. S. Winslow & Co
Mary E. Palmer
Dudley
Peres ( Smalls Yard
Palsmer
Lewis
Oakes Ames
South Gardiner
New York
John Hogman
E. A. Beverly
Boston
Beverly
Maine
Dixie Land
City of Rockland
Houghton Bros
Bath Iron Works
Houghton
Juno
Hathorn
Bangor
Rocklane
Taylor and Larrabee
Alex Sampson
Foss
John Allen
Daniel Miller
Rockland
New Bath Opera House
Colonial Cafe
James A. Connellan
Connellan Amusement Co
M. Blumenberg
Portland Theatre
Crawford
Playhouse
Atlantic
Louisiana
Bath Opera House
N. Blaisdell & Sons
Florida
C. I. Mille
Mrs. Hill
Reuben Fletcher
Phippsburg
Henry Leeman
Willis Holbrook
Leonard & Mitchell
Susan Barter Thompson
Durance
South End
Street Railway Company
City Hall
Grassy
Ralph Pinkham
Elsie Marriner
Richmond
Hayypy
No. 51
Chestnut St
Amory Houghton
Frank A. Small
Galen Moses
S. 5. Sewall
James A. McLellan
Sidney J. Meeker
Boothbay Harbor
Post Office Department
Local notes on storms ships theatre and clubs
Street Commissioner Williams reports the November storm as one of the costliest and most troublesome in the department history. A series of maritime movements includes tug Seguin delivering the Ella Clifton and moving the Rebecca Douglas, with operations along Gardiner Bay.
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Williams
Seguin
Ella Clifton
South Gardiner
Bowdeinham
Rebecca Douglas
Clifton
Douglas
Ll. Eugene Thebeau
Colonial Club
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Columbia Theatre
Arthur Hagan
William Foss
Elmer Dinsmore
Arthur Lemont
Dunlap Hatch
John Wilson
Harold Thompson
Carl Anderson
Edward Thompson
Prof Sinton
Central Church
Jerusalem
Local Social Notes and Fresh Hustle Across Bath
Sunday reports record club meetings and town affairs from Bath. Pythians and other groups met Monday and Tuesday evenings with community notices, while sports talk includes a Lewiston basketball trip and local hunting wins.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Constitutional Remedy
Claim that catarrh is a constitutional disease now proven. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Circulars and testimonials offered. price 75 cents. sold by local druggists. Also references Geta-It sold in Bath.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Bath
D. T. Dougherty
A. Hallet & Co
Leonard & Mitchell
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