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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1915

Page

13

Change of time on Maine Central last Monday

The article lists a chain of local notices from 1915 including train schedule shifts on the Maine Central, a tug arrival and departure with barges, a dog fight delaying traffic near the YMCA block, and lobster fashion notes tied to Bath and Kennebec Journal pages. It also mentions political primaries in Lisbon Falls, real estate transfers in Cumberland County, and Coast Guard Ossipee trials, plus obituaries and Harvard Yale game ticket rules.

Maine Central Popham J. S Rogers Pejepscot Swett Salmon River Front St Y.M.C.A Bath Times Kennebec Journal Democrats Lisbon Falls Democratic Town Committee Cumberland County Frank H. Purington Bath Benjamin K. Jeffrey Everett Mass Charles A. Randall Brunswick Great Island Harpswell

Local Happenings Across Bath and Vicinity

Morse High seniors plan a spring Washington trip while the Athletic Council tackles a $40 debt. Dreamland Theatre repair work begins under Martin Gauvin as William J. O’Brien prepares to run it as a vaudeville venue. The Maine Central ferry slip is fixed and noon express resumes crossings after clearing a car backlog.

Bath area clubs and coastguard tale fill town news

Sedgwick Circle and Unity Guild hold meetings at local homes. A tree fell on a power line near Dr. Marston’s tenement disrupting service. The Metropolitan line shifts from passenger trains to four freight boats Boston to New York. Local athletes played college football and civic athletic council members were chosen at Morse High School. A four masted schooner Edwin R Hunt in distress was towed to Hampton Roads with damage. A Columbus Day banquet in Portland will feature notable speakers. Epilogue notes harpist Kathleen Kla wah ya and Cosmo Club outreach at the Old Couples Home.

Sedgwick Circle G.A.R Henry G. Hodgdon Albion Marr Pine St Albert Mudge First Baptist Church Annie Jones High St Unity Guild of the A. J. Dunton Washington St Boston New York Bath Parker Moulton Maine Yale New Haven Charlie Fitzgerald Georgetown Princeton Morse High School George Pomeroy Howard Deering C C. Low Harold Thompson Citizens James F. King Edwin R. Hunt Gilbert Pensacola Fla Virginia Internal Revenue Conelius F. Horrigan Biddeford Louis S. Walsh Curtis Ingraham Portland Kathleen Kla-wah-ya Bath Opera House Kla-wah-ya Columbia River Oregon Cosmopolitan Club North End Helen Crosby Mi‘Kado Dorothy Welch Charlotte Cook Mikelsky Victor Records Flora Risteen Ruth Thompson Flavel Pierce Eva Pratt Bessie Hunt Alice Norris

Meetings and local notes from Bath area activities

The Finance Committee meets in the Aldermanic chamber Friday evening. Cedar Grove iethouses receive shingling and repairs. Reed of Arrowsic refused a good offer for the pet seal he captured. the seal later died. An elm on Oak Street was wrecked by a Sunday gale. L A W Street Ry traffic was blocked briefly. Ken Edgecomb reports plentiful game in California mountains and shot wild turkeys and deer. First Baptist Church held a large meeting planning winter work. Phil Day of Arrowsic captured a large turtle on Reed's Island Sasanoa. mate reportedly captured years ago. Sidney Rowe returns to Boston after a Bath visit. Captain John Denyen, keeper of Half-Way Rock light, visiting. Nurse Miss Dickey leaves Bath for vacation in St Johns. Portland Express notes Topsham Fair may break records if weather cooperates. new State road Portland-Brunswick boosts automobile parties. Oxford Androscoggin Advent Christian Conference held sessions in Bath with a full program Sunday. Kenneth Edgecomb’s California trip yields $240 gold but illness costs two months in hospital from poison oak. returns via Seattle and Pacific coast salmon fishery shows unremunerative work. Advent Christian Sunday School Association in Bath held Sept 24 convention with nine schools represented. program included two papers on visitors in Sunday school and a focus on Adventist education.

Coast Guard Ossipee Rockland Courier- Gazette Maine Anchorage Ridgeley Woodbury A. Potter Potter Washington St D. L. Wilson Central Congregational Church William E. Hogan Harry B. Sawyer Frank A. Small Charles Totman Oak Grove Cemetery Harvard Harvard Athletic Association Joseph P. Bass Bangor Commercial Bass Bar Harbor Edgar W. Bass New York City J. H. Hewson Washington, D. C Frank Otis New York Bath Mansfield W. O’toole Knox Hospital Standard Oil Co Petrolia III Boothbay Harbor San Francisco International Engineering Congress John H. Freeman Providence R. I American Society of Mechanical Engineers Eastport St. Augustine Fla Seattle San Diego Morse High Athletic Council Islander Bath Lodge of Elks Happy Nook Rufus Lombard Bangor Boston Ingalls Governor Cobb Wentworth Kennebec Dreamland Theatre Martin Gauvin Dreamland William J. O’brien Archie Grant Somerset Place S. A. Evans People’s’ Baptist Church Fraser Mintoin Burleigh Carter Elsie Erhardt Easton Joseph Wexler Goddard St Maine Central Ferdinando Gorges Woolwich Bath Aerie Order of Eagles Norfolk Aerie W. C. Ferguson Navy Ferguson Chicago Columbia F. W. Carlton Finance Committee Aldermanic Chamber Cedar Grove Myers Reed Arrowsic Oak St Unity Guild First Baptist Church A. J. Dunton Kenney Edgecomb California C. N. Flood Phil Day Arrowsie Reed's Island Sasanoa Sidney Rowe Richmond John Denyen Half-Way Rock Miss Dickey City Hospital St. Johns Portland Express Portland Brunswick Oxford-Androscoggin Advent Christian Church Advent Church Middle St Eld John F. Clothey Auburn Europe Kenneth Edgecomb North End Siskiyou Mountains Edgecomb Pacific Coast Kenneth Oxford and Androscoggin Advent Christian Sunday School Association Rheta Glover Mechanic Falls W.—M.snow the Adyventist Jesus Christ Satan

Wind topples Washington St billboard and harbor news

The Sunday high wind toppled a Washington St billboard near the Bath Opera House. The gale damaged fruit on local orchards and delayed boating events as the Maine coaster hove into Portland harbor, revived interest in old pinkie ships, and new rules from the Commerce Department affected ship operations.

Bath and area news notes from Oct 1907 era

Bath items include the Murray Club meeting with Mrs H S Carlisle at 32 Oak Street, a Bath to Rockland excursion, and a Tall Stove Club session noting a vessel sale for 7000 dollars and a charter at 40000. Nance O Neil appeared locally in The Kreutzer Sonata and later in Bath in 1907. The Ninth Grade beat Brunswick 30 to 0 at Kelley Field. A large crate of Stockholm matches arrived for the American market. Beanoon Windlass team banquet closed season. Two Loosetown liquor arrests sparked police praised discipline. Phil Nichols resigns from Times to join American Locomotive Works in Schenectady. Times presents fountain pen and best wishes.

Elmhurst Murray Club H. S. Carlisle Oak St Bath Rockland Thomaston Tall Stove Club Nance O'Neil Bath Opera House Kreutzer Sonata Columbia Theatre Magda Brunswick Bath State Road New Meadows Inn the Times Seguin Boothbay James Young Hammond Young Kelley Spear Yard State Hospital Beacon St. Sunday School Kelley Field Howard Cigar Store Stockholm Portland Hyde Windlass New Ivon House M. Dingley J. McSwain R. Oliver E. Burns B. McNeil R. Boardman J. Sullivan A. Sprague J. O'Brien J. Goodwin J. Footer R. Stover M. McNeil E. Kennison M. Oliver J. Coss H. Miller HH. .Cutting S. 3Ragdon J. Knight E. Billings F. Talbot M. Young P. Miller Powell Sonia Center St Phil Nichols Times American Locomotive Co Schenectady N. Y Bristol High School Nichols American Locomotive Works Times Force Phil

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