Cranberry crop and local notices in Dromore Bay region
Local items report industrial and weather news from Dromore Bay Maine including iron shipments, feldspar arrivals, a Riverside House closure, a jail transfer, a lost ten dollar bill found by a young man, and holiday travel. Cranberry yields suffer due to summer weather with prices rising. Police report a hardware store break in in Portland with armed suspects. An artesian well progresses at 95 feet and sugar prices drop due to a telegram error. Postal time changes and anti tuberculosis campaign plans are noted along with a prize offer for essays on preparedness for war and new customs declarations for shippers in export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
Hallett’s
Walter Shaugh- Messy
Boston
Popham Meadows
Portland
Andrew S. Merrill
John S. Hyde
Sewall’s
Dummer St
Ewellyn Holbrook
Young Holbrook
Slton H. Douglas
Gustavus Pease
A. J. Torsleff
Zor
Torslef
National Security League
Jules S. Bache
Willis T. Emms
Treasury Department
Himzton
McAdoo
Bath News In Brief: Local Projects And School Sports
A new plate glass front is to be installed at the Center St. front of the New Method laundry under Music Hall. Diver Tibbetts investigates water mains on the riverbank for winter readiness. Charles D. Newell is named band leader, replacing Peter J. Beaton, as the Richmond band unveils a new uniform. William Cutler’s health declines. he once ran a sailmaking business across Bath and Maryland and is with his daughter Mrs. Charles Wilson in Rockland. William O’Brien plans hotel decisions after rebuilding Dreamland Theatre for winter cinema. Walter Newdick mourns the loss of his pointer Dick killed by electricity. he heads to Georgetown with his farm in mind. A cow calved in a west end pasture. it is not owned by former officer Edgett. Hartnett’s furniture window displays a dining room scene hosting a curious mouse. Woolwich Town Fair posters announce Oct 6–7 in Tuessie Hall with livestock, poultry, canning, a baby show, and State Board of Agriculture talks. a Bath launch serves Bath patrons. Rev J. W. Gillies leaves Bath to attend the Pentecostal Nazarene General Assembly in Kansas City. A baby boy arrives Sept 27, 1915 to Bernard L Tarbox and wife, with a blue-edged card. Bath Ninth Grade football defeats Brunswick 30–0. Holbrook scores thrice as Curran, Deering, and Thistle drive the Ship time attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
Rockland
William O’brien
Hotel
Columbia
Walter Newdick
Newdick
Georgetown
Rice
West End
Edgett
Mr. Edgett
West Side
Hartnett
Woolwich
Tuessie Hall
State Board of Agriculture
Bath
J. W. Gillies
General Assembly of the Pentecostal- Nazarene Churches
Kansas City
New England
General Assembly
United States
Canada
B. L. Tarbox
Bernard Lemont Tarbox
Henry Tarbox
Longview
South End
Louise
Boston
Dorchester
Brunswick
Thistle
Local Jottings Touches Roads Rail and Ships
Local notes report cleanup on High Street for sand and asphalt. Capt Hinckley of the Clara A Donnell returns to New York discharging railroad ties. Surf the yacht leaves Perkins Island after ashore incident. Pleasant Universalist talks begin and Anna Rayden to chef New Seminole Hotel in Florida. The Mich igan leads Navy battle efficiency. Meadows Inn closes 1915 season amid storm. Maine Central fall schedule begins with multiple daily trains among Bath Rockland Woolwich and Brunswick connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High St
Hinckley
Clara A. Donnell
New York
Driver Norton
No. 2
Universalist Church
Anna Rayden
New Meadows Inn
Boston
Rayden
Winter Park
Fla
Bath Men to Attend World Series in Boston
About a dozen Bath men will attend the World Series in Boston. Other items note a Victrola funded by North Grammar School pupils, a farewell lecture by Adjutant H. Abrams, and a special Aldermen meeting to approve street use for building purposes.
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Bath
Boston
North Grammar School
Adjutant H. Abrams
Salvation Army Hall
Board of Aldermen
Center
Front
Commerce Sts
Virginia Down River
Time for parlor stores to be set up in town
A mix of local items notes parlor stores planned, a lodging request at the station, football at Kelley Field between Morse High and Gardiner High, and various social and civic activities across Bath and nearby towns. The report mentions travel delays, a funeral, theater and club events, factory progress, liquor seizures, and a murder in Portland with details about the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Gardiner High
Kelley Field
Wiscasset
Opera House
Mason M. Lemont
Medford
Mass
Tufts College Dental School
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Boston
Harriet Magoun
Grace Church
Bath
Damariscotta Fair Attendance and Harbor News
Several citizens visited the Damariscotta Fair on Wednesday. Town events include: the City of Bangor towed for repairs, steamer crews moving vessels between Bath and Gardiner, and local social activities such as a pie social by Lincoln Castle No. 8 and meetings of Pine Tree Circle No. 827. A Bangor to Rockland service occurred on the Kennebec run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Juno
Washington
Odd Ladies Sewing Circle
Fannie Thurlow
Highland St
Pine Tree Circle No. 827
Foresters' Hall
Bangor
Gardiner
Bath
Iron Works
City of Bangor
Boston
City of Rockland
Kennebec
Rockland
South Gardiner
New York
Ariel
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Phi Rho
John Davis
Dromore Bay
Riverside House
Popham Beach
Hamilton
Virginia
Conley
Ouillet
Augusta
S. J
Front St
Hallet
New Method Laundry
Surf
John H. Hanan
Perkins Island
Kennebec River
Frank Dingley
Richard
George R. Elliott
Bowdoin College
Michigan
Navy Department
Texas
Georgia
Patterson
McDougal
Fanning
Wyoming
Dorothy Palmer
Grand Trunk
Custom House
Mikelsky
Emilio de Gogorza
Senor de Gogorza
Torrey Bushing
House of Combination Four
Frank Ramsey
Harry Sullivan
Frank S. Wakefield
William J. Perry
Pease
Washington, D. C
G.A.R
Edward W. Hinstgett
Waterville
Boston & Maine R. R
Portland Terminal
North Terminal
Washington St
Phoenix
Fitzgerald
Pearl Dunbar
Harpswell
Mendelssohn Club
Oak St
H. T. Stevens
John F. Stacy
Day’s Ferry
Frank Gould
E. W. Hyde
George E. Thompson
Sheriff's Department
Boothbay Harbor
Wilson Pharmacy
Seguin
Hazel Dell
Hazel
Howard
Bristol
Mary E. Olys
Levi T. Thompson
Bath Bowling League
Park
William Mann
Clifton W. Tedford
Redmen
Moose
Times
Knights of Columbus
Eagles
Hyde Windlass
William E. St. John
Edwards & Walker Co
Monument Square
St. John
Congress St
Lincoln Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
King Alcohol
Lewiston
Lott
Sydney O. Nelson
Hintkley St
M. J. Duncklee
Winter Street
Elmer Robbins
Leberton Sheldon
Ernest Shepard
Earle Knight
Oak Grove
Alice May Douglas
Miss Douglas
Woman's Peace Party
Maine
American School Peace League
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
Lake Mohawk
Langdon T. Snipe
Morin
Hanson
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