Local notices and social notes from Bath area
Bob Ott and his company finish two weeks at the Jefferson in Portland and come to the Bath Opera House for the week of Oct 18. Angelo Tito escapes from the workhouse and reportedly goes to Italy to join the army. Bath teachers receive their first pay of the school year. Eagles fraternal events resume with Perkins providing music and a 63 game crib and cribbage planned. The Boston lightship was rammed by the Quantico causing minor damage. Quantico continues to Philadelphia. Mrs. Scott Morse hosts a card night for Miss Thelma Wold with prizes awarded to Grace Varnum and Eugene Choate. The Bangor Line schedule expands to four weekly trips starting Oct 4. Belfast and Camden operate as usual with connections to Blue Hill and Bar Harbor. William Mann relocates to the Commercial House front rooms. Capt. Jameson, veteran Bath schooner skipper, returns to Boston after inquiry into the lost Florence M. Penley. Niles L. Perkins named quartermaster at Togus National Home for Soldiers. Judge Dunton starts Snow farm reclamation for a planned Snow Park with new homes. Apple harvest from the Snow estate draws “big boys and small ones” to gather fruit. Senor de Gogorza reports no news of furniture shipment from Paris. Drome lacks wireless. Insurance protects against total loss, but some items may not be replaced if the steamer fails to arrive. Paris contract delays furnishers’ goods for Mme and Senor De Gogorza in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ott
the Jefferson
Portland
Bath Opera House
Angelo Tito
Italy
Bath
Order of Eagles
Perkins
Boston
Quantico
Philadelphia
Scott Morse
Dummer St
Thelma Wold
Grace Varnum
Eugene Choate
Glenwood Ayer
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Bangor
Belfast
Camden
Rockland
Blue Hill
Bar Harbor
William Mann
Court St
Commercial House
Capt. Jameson
New London
Florence M. Penley
Jameson
Penley
S. P. Blackburn
Niles L. Perkins
Augusta
National Home For
Togus
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Wendall P. McKnown
New York City
Blaine S. Wiles
Wiles & Perkins
Judge
Senor de Gogorza
Paris
Mme-Eames
de Gogorzas
Senor
Mme. de Gogorza
Harvest supper and local notices from Bath area
Bath items report Ladies' Auxiliary supper in Lincoln Hall and Wednesday meeting at Winnegance Church led by Capt Harold Snowdon. Bangor paddle wheel break delays Boston boat. Bath work injury at Tron Works. public mischief ideas on prisoners to Portland. Founders' Day events at Phillips Academy Andover highlight Bartlet Hall rededication with Bartlet family address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. of W
Lincoln Hall
Harold Snowdon
Winnegance Church
Hogan
Ariel
Bangor
Gardiner
Boston
Bath
John Peters
Bath Tron Works
Peters
Fuller
Cumberland
Portland
Kennebec
Augusta
Tall Stove Club
Morse High School Athletic Council
North Bath
Bath lists more funerals than births this year
Local Bath column reports demographic shift with more funerals than births. Gales drove pounds and lobster pots ashore at Small Point beach. The Hercules' car ferry towed to Boston for repairs. Church notices, road rock blasting warnings, and Maine Baptist conventions are noted along with regional sports and Bowdoin campus activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Small Point Beach
Boston
Portland
S. A. Evans
People’s Church
Whiter Street Chapel
Sewall Pond
Blind Crossing
C. Raymond Chappell
First Baptist Church
Maine
Young People’s Convention
Baptists and
Free Baptists of
Waterville
Bay
King of the
Henry Buckley
Lewiston
Jack Cameron
Cameron
Gardiner
Augusta
Rockland
Alameda
Bowdoin
Bailey School Announces Evening Classes Schedule
The Bailey School opens its Evening School on October 1 with sessions from 7 15 to 9 15 p m No holidays listed Fred W Armes teaches machine design in room F on Tuesdays and Fridays Ralph W Bragg offers algebra in room I Mondays and 7 15s and shop arithmetic same room Wednesdays Mary H Conley leads first grade in room C Mondays and Thursdays N B Cortell manual training in north basement Tuesdays and Thursdays Mrs W R Donnell runs advanced sewing Mondays and Thursdays in room I Gordon G Holbrook mechanics in room B Mondays and Thursdays Walter R Many ship drafting in rooms F and E Wednesdays and Fridays Principal James P King media jch class in room F Mondays and Thursdays Second grade taught by Miss Nellie R Turner in room E Mondays and Thursdays Nellie M Conley initiates sewing in room H Tuesdays and Thursdays Bookkeeping by Charles C Toothaker in room G Tuesdays and Fridays Emma F Walton Gregg stenography in room A Mondays Esther J White first cooking class Mondays in south basement and Tuesdays advanced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saile
Fred W. Armes
Ralph W. Bragg
Mary H. Conley
N. B. Cortell
W. R. Donnell
Gordon G. Holbrook
Walter R. Many
James P. King
Nellie R. Turner
Nellie M. Conley
Charles C. Toothaker
Emma F. Walton
Esther J. White
Numerous Maine residents on summer and business trips
Local notes list John J. Desmond passing in Portland and Mrs. Edwin Trott visiting relatives in Topsham. Others include Raymonds and Richards on trips to New York, Boston, or Revere, with several returning from Chicago or Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Desmond
Portland
Edwin Trott
Topsham
Christine Cutting
New York
Arthur Saul
Boston
Bath
C. E. Paine
Hyde Windlass Company
Elver Stickney
Morse High
Independent Force
Richard Webber
Arielas
Wiwarna
H. C. Kingsley
Doris
James Cutting
Phippsburg
Joseph Webber
Revere
Mass
Charles Brown
Williams Pupils to Fill Room P on Mondays and Thursdays
Herbert E. Williams will have eighty three typewriter pupils in room P on Mondays and Thursdays. Margaret Black will teach penmanship Mondays in room G. If the navigation course is offered it will be in room D on Mondays with Capt. Joseph E. Sewall invited to teach and hoped to accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Williams
Margaret Black
Joseph E. Sewall
Farmer Harvey Henderson Salvages Most of Second Crop Hay
Harvey Henderson moved six tons of a second crop hay into his barn after some trouble. A gale before he finished blew two tons away and scattered the rest across fields and into the Kennebec River, making the rest a tall sprint to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Henderson
Kennebec
Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies and Enriches Blood
Pure rich blood is linked to disease prevention and overall health. The ad claims impure blood causes many ailments from catarrh to rheumatism, and touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the greatest purifier and enricher, said to remove humors and boost red blood cells.
Sagadahoc Livestock Valuations by Town and County
The Board of State assessors reports Sagadahoc County horse valuations at 185 844 dollars, cows at 66 594 dollars, and oxen at 7 405 dollars. Richmond leads horses, Bowdoinham leads cows, Topsham leads oxen. Bath city failed to submit oxen valuations. The report lists Bath and Sagadahoc towns' detailed livestock valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Board of State Assessors
Richmond
Bath
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Dead to the World poll tax notice humor in Boothbay Harbor
A man dodging a poll tax payment cites a U S court ruling that he is legally dead. He signs as living at 36 Court Street Augusta Maine dated September 17, 1915, noting no poll tax has ever been collected from a dead man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Street
Augusta
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
United States
Lewiston Defeats Morse High on Late Scores
Lewiston right end Mathews sparked a 13 point comeback by recovering a Morse fumble and intercepting a pass. Breen connected for a score after Daly reception, and Mathews added another defensive return. Morse stood firm late, with Bath officials noting the game as a closely played affair despite Lewiston’s late surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Lewiston
Morse
Bath
Young
Breen
Daly
McSherry
Talbot
Fitzgerald Roads
Rele
Lyden
Talbot Daly
Stover
Lebel
Hyde Windlass Team Plans Winter Club After Banquet
Hyde Windlass players praised Manager Desjardins after a shore dinner at the Ivon House. They discuss forming a baseball club with offices to organize a strong 1916 season and entering a league to face top state teams. Managers Atwood and Boardman will arrange offices downtown for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass
Ivon House
Desjardins
Windlass
Iven House
W. Atwood
Ralph Boardman
Jack Murray
Frank Talbot
Wilfred Roy
James Knight
Walter Dingley
Jack McSwain
Brent McNeil
Edward G. Billings
Rexford Stover
Joe Coss
S. Bragdon
E. Kenniston
M. Oliver
George Coffin
Jerry Sullivan
R. Oliver
Harry Miller
H. G. Atwood
M. A. McNeal
Wallace Atwood
Harold Cutting
Kenneth Atwood
Edward Burns
Bath Ferry Delayed When Hockomock Steering Fails
Bath residents faced a over hour delay Tuesday as the Hockomock ferry suffered steering gear failure near Woolwich. Repairs finished and Bath bound boat left at 8 23 PM. A falling stanchion knocked no one. Clear Tuesday with 64 degrees.
YMCA Gymnasium Preparations Advance for Opening
The YMCA reports 72 total members including 35 sustaining 53 juniors and 4 seniors. Since last Monday the lobby and game rooms have been open and tables in near constant use. A new cue rogue table for the boys room is en route and will be installed soon. Locker rooms receive final white paint and steel lockers arrive for setup. Showers fixtures are nearly ready and a full winter program is planned with a nine day opening week to let city men and boys try the association. Gymnasium classes are expected to begin October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Gymnasium
Whittey Plans New Dreamland Theatre Opening
John E. Whittey returns from Boston and New York with plans for high class motion pictures at the New Dreamland Theatre to open early in November. He is a leading motion picture operator, holding a Massachusetts license and renewing it annually. He is recognized as an expert operator and a top electrician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Whittey
Boston
New Yor
Dreamland Theatre
Mr. Whittey
Massachusetts
United States
Intelligent cat feeds on peanut candy during popcorn snack
A notable black cat, once seen turning on a water fall for a drink, was observed Tuesday evening by the Scribe eating a hand of popcorn from Clary's. The owner offered peanut cat candy, which the feline seized, abandoning popcorn and consuming the junk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clary
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Bath Trust Co
Mussenden
Combination Four
Edward Brown
Phillips Academy
Andover
Bartlet Hall
Claude M. Fuess
Bartlet
William Bartlet
Newburyport
Andover Theological Seminary
Elijah Kellogg
William G. Schauffler
Daniel Bliss
Samuel Munson
Daniel Crosby Greene
Joseph Neesima
Cambridge
the Bailey School
A. H. Blackington
Albert D. Cutting
Samuel Lancaster
F. E. Dodge
West Medford
J. H. Blaisdell
R. C. Macomber
Robert Gordon
South St
Morrisville
Col
Blaine Owen
Fred B. Hill
E. S. Redman
Leonard & Mitchell Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Department
University of Maine
Michael Dodd
Whitefield
Leslie Boynton
Coopers Mills
Lincoln County
Bath Garage Co
Charles T. Clarke
Georgetown
Bellows Falls
Forest Rogers
John Germaine
Norman Howard
Phi Rho
Sagadahoc Livestock
Arrowsie
Georgetown Perkins
West Bath
Boothbay Register
Lewiston High
le Re
Sullivan
Lyden Lonergan
It Rt
Attaya Scott
Howard
Lg Rg
Weinblatt Miller
C Ce
Pickard
Albee
Fitzgerald Singer
Haswell
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