Local Jottings From Bath and Vicinity
Community notes from Bath include social at Wesley Church led by Mrs. Emma Pierce, weather readings on Front Street and at Larrabees, hunting reports with George A. Oliver and William Elliot, a railing project at Phippsburg, a near wreck of the schooner Ella Clifton, Christmas mailing guidance from Postmaster Tyde, a coin find by David Longley in Hallowell, and UMaine football captaincy selections with Ruffner leading a veteran squad after a 6-3 season slate.
Bath Chronicle News Briefs From Thanksgiving Week
Postoffice holiday rules observed with three lodgers at the police station. Drug stores close Thursday noon for the day. Grace Church holds Thanksgiving service at 10 AM. Prolific local notes cover a yacht, schooners, deer hunting, and ship business. Lodging applicants at Bath police station show varied manners and relief practices. some hobos receive meals while others earn a bunk.
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Grace Church
West Bath
Mercury
Frank Montgomery
E.S. Crosby
M. W. Sewall
High St
Popham
Portland
Ice Cream Popular and Town News Roundup
Local items include social meetings at Sedgwick and Universalist churches, the Fortnightly Club in Music Hall, and Rebekahs sewing in Odd Fellows' Hall. Reports note sleighing weather, a Bristol bridge project, and a large thrift fair profit. Maritime collision damages the schooner Sumner. a Bath inventor markets a coal heat booster.
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Noble Maxwell
Boston
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Music Hall
West Bath Grange
Bristol
George Rice
Ladies’ Aid of the Universalist Church
Jennie Morse
Washington St
Local notices recounting meetings and town happenings
A busy rundown of weekly events includes the Hockomock ferrying none, a Ladies Sewing Circle at First Baptist, and a Wesley Church sermon schedule. Other items note a large India mail push, a Thanksgiving football decline, a duck capture story in Woolwich, and social at Peoples Church with fielded readings and refreshments.
Obituary of Dr. L. Houghton Kimball Roxbury Doctor
Levi Houghton Kimball M D of Roxbury Massachusetts died October 21 in his 62nd year Born in Bath Maine he studied at Bowdoin College class of 1874 and Boston University He practiced in Bath until 1885 then moved to Roxbury where he remained active in medicine and community service Survived by his wife Elizabeth Payne and two sons William Otis Kimball and Clarence Houghton Kimball He was a long time member of homoeopathic societies and known for kindness and integrity.
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Eastern Steamship Corporation
North Star
Portland
St. John
N. B
Boston
Burleson
India
Postoffice Department
Wesley M. E. Churchlon
Bible School
Epworth League
Fia
Bert Redlon
Woolwich Woods
Trott Farm
Bath
Ladies’ Aid of People’s Church
A. Evans
Washington St
Mr. Pratt
Levi Houghton Kimball
New England Medical Gazette
L. Houghton’ Kimball
Roxbury
Massachusetts
Kimball
Maine
Bowdoin College
Boston University
New York City
Europe
Park Board
Otis Kimball
Clarissa Ann Houghton
Elizabeth Payne
William E. Payne
William Otis Kimball
Clarence Houghton Kimball
National Obsession Frames American View of War and Germany
A critical essay argues that American self image skews toward bragging and smug peace in World War I era. It examines German propaganda that war is divine will and domination of Europe, citing an interview with a German businessman from September published via Irvin S. Cobb.
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Europe
Germany
Canada
Irvin S. Cobb
Ambition for victory echoes in a boastful wartime polemic
The piece imitates Germanic rhetoric praising American dominance in a future world war. It predicts swift conquests and crushing defeats for France Russia Britain and Japan with promises of large territorial gains and indemnities. The tone is combative and imperial in scope.
President’s Ship Purchase Bill sparks congressional clash
The Alexander Ship Purchase Bill proposes government ownership to expand a U S merchant marine. Supporters expect quick House passage in the short session, but Senate action by March 4 seems unlikely. Rep Frank Mondell calls the plan dangerous and impractical amid current conditions.
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Wilson
Congress
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Senate
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
Bank Examiners to Receive Standardized Federal Salaries
The Federal Reserve Board plans to replace commissions with fixed salaries for about one hundred national bank examiners. Experienced staff in Washington helped set uniform pay, replacing prior earnings as low as 3000 and as high as 18000 yearly. Examinations will be charged to banks by the Controller of the Currency based on assets, and banks will be examined annually. In Park League play, Shamrocks beat Box Factory 756 to 701 after two tied games.
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United States
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Banks
Park Alley
Shamrocks
Box Factory
Randall Will Filed in Probate Court for Brunswick Estate
The will of Humphrey A. Randall of Brunswick dated November 19 was filed in Portland Probate Court on Monday with a petition for administration. The inventory shows an estate worth $40,000 with no public bequests. In the Park League, the Clothiers beat the Hywincos 1295 to 1158, the best score of the season.
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Humphrey A. Randall
Brunswick
Portland
Clothiers
Hywincos
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William Elliot
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Henrys Cunningham
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White
Kennebec
Pophim Beach
Harvey Berry
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Seguin
Tyde
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M. J. McCormick
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Nite Deoley
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Sears
Honest Hinds
Charles Whattmer
Tndiwne
Rutter
Robert J. Aleyo
Erste Te eCueag Elt
Rochelee White
Bangor
W. H. Martin
Carlisle
G. Hf. Bernheisel
New Bloomfield
Pac
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J. J. Fulliver
Auburn
I. M. Kriger
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Norwich
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M. J. McCormack
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Thomas Dowling
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Albert Blaisdell
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Tra B. Elmes
Bowdoinham
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Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Falmouth Howl
Tedas
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Tan
William HH. Stutner
New York
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Vome
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3.C
Sumner
Hockomock
Central League
E. P. Briggs
Center St
Milton Reed
Exeter
N. H
Woolwich
First Baptist Church
A. H. Price
Middle St
Philadelphia & Reading Transportation Line
Germantown
David Mosher
Passmore’s
Westport Lumberman
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