Community club plans fall activities and opening
Members of the Community club meet in October at the new Community Hall to discuss a late October or November card tournament a November game dinner a grading bee and other matters. The club aims for a lively Fall and Winter with the building ready for a formal opening soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Parshley
Gardiner
Elizabeth 8. Morse
Walter Morse
Rumford
Sherman L. Morse
Harry C. Williams
Richmond
Harry F. Oliver
Don F. Cook
Winneganee
Keene, N. H
Mystery Club
Joshua N. Tibbetts
Robert Spencer
Chicago
Llewellyn F. Adams
Fred S. Coombs
Harry W. Moulton
Five Islands
Coombe
Moulton
William Purdy
New York
John King
Albert Wilson
Peabody, Mans
Wiliam PD
Merry
Kares E. Wilson
High Street
Squaw Club
Parker
Rogers
Clifford Road
Harry C. Webber
Moseley’s
Elizabeth S. Morse
Bath Street
Bath
Pitch Pine
Old Pond
Bald Head
Use of Anthracite Explained for Home Heating
Instructions from the Anthracite Bureau of Information to Bath householders describe banking the fire at night with a top dressing of No 1 Buckwheat and how to restart in the morning. Keep egg and pea coal in separate bins, avoid mixing sizes, and maintain a light ash layer for proper draft and efficient combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Anthracite Bureau of Information
Bureau
Maine Game Season Opens Amid Motor Poacher Menace
Deer and bird hunting begins October in Maine with open seasons in Argostask Penobscot Piscataquis Somerset Franklin and Oxford counties. Resident deer season runs Oct 15 to Dec 14 in Banock and Washington. other counties restrict to November. Moose and caribou banned. antlers required for deer in some counties. two deer in northern counties. Wardens to be equipped with motorcycles to curb poaching as hunters arrive and birds are plentiful after a rainy spring.
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Maine
Argostask
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset
Franklin
Oxford
Paving Planned for Center Street West of Maine Central
The Board of Highways and Sewers, led by Alderman Harry W. Crosman, announces Center street from Washington to near the Maine Central tracks will be paved. Granite blocks will be purchased and work starts mid October upon arrival. The project aims to repair a long rough, spring-fed crossing and improve drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Washington Street
Maine Central
Harry W. Crosman
Board of Highways and Sewers
Freshman Reception at Morse High Bright with Talent
Morse High School hosted a crowded freshman reception led by seniors Warren Oliver and James Ledyard. The program featured student performances from Mary McDonald to Clifford Russell and Wilbur Hagan, a three piece orchestra, and a student skit. Red Cross district nurse service expanding to Swan's Island area with Edith M. Spiers assigned. Swan's Island and nearby ports gain nurse support for winter outreach. Warren Conant, a young musician, joins in on a valve trombone, following his father’s band career starting at age ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Warren Oliver
James Ledyard
Marian Morse
Herbert Morse
Clinton D. Wilson
Arthur B. Scott
Ruth Morgan
Miss Littlefield
Mary Conley
Mary McDonald
Louis Gordon
Beatrice Duprey
Shirley Mank
Charles Haggett
Elsie Trott
Susan Quick
Emily White
Gladys Comeau
Mary Paine
Mildred Hope
Madelyn Moore
Clifford Russell
Wilbur Hagan
Miss Trott
Beatrice Harrington
Albert Redlen
Mark Gediman
Dorothy Welch
Thomas Bates
Harriet Dunton
Swan's Island
American Red Cross
Edith M. Spiers
Long Island
Deer Isle
Isle Au Haat
Warren Conant
A. E., Conant
Skowhegan
Basin Quarries Center of Phippsburg Industry Growth
Phippsburg men find daily work at Basin Quarries Inc near Meadow Brook Inn with feldspar ore expected to ship widely. The 75 acre quarry includes a wharf under construction with 14 feet depth at low water and modern machinery. Key figures: Joseph F. Perry of Portland profit holder, Frank L. Marston vice president, William Sherburne treasurer, Philip Edwards engineer. Local social notes list pastors, visits, and events around Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Basin Quarries, Inc
Vphippsburg Basin
Meadowbrook Inn
Joseph F. Perry
Portland
Perry
Frank L. Marston
William ©. Sherburne
Philip Edwards
Joseph Richardson
Pentecostal
Basin
Prince Edward Island
Nelson Heald
Bowdoinham
Mabel Woodman
Chiltonville
Mass
Samuel Nickerson
William R. Bowker
Bath
Minnie Wallace
A. F. Williams
Boston
Mylan Hatch
Wakefield
Henry M. Heald
Damariscotta Mills
William Heald
Town Hall
Pine Tree Club
Frances Bennett
Jane Wyman
Frace MelIntire
Ashdale
John E. Walker
Thomston
Ridge
Nellie Perry
Branswieck
the Basin
Dunlap Receives Souvenir Book At Banquet
At a Dunlap commandery conclave Albert Strout was instructed to thank Omar Tapley of Ellsworth for gifting a leather bound souvenir book from the Boston 1880 triennial. The volume features Henry W. Rugg’s address and portraits of Dunlap leaders, plus a Plaza hotel photo of members and wives. A Bath lecture by Hugh Walpole drew Emma Eames and others. a daughter named Marjorie Louise Felton was born to David and Mrs Felton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Albert L. Strout
Omar W. Tapley
Blanquefort
Ellsworth
Universalist Church
Bath
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
United States of America
Dunlap Commandery
Charles H. Mason
Charles W. Clifford
Samuel R
Cousins Nash Wedding Tuesday in Brunswick
Elizabeth Davis Nash and Sanford Burnham Cousins wed at 2 PM Tuesday in Brunswick in a home ceremony attended by family and close friends. Rev Falgar M Cousins officiated with Bowdoin ties, the couple to reside in Newark after a January 15 honey moon. The wedding party included sister Virginia Nash maid of honor and Ezra I Rounds best man. Names of out of town guests and alumni noted. bride a Simmons College graduate. groom Bowdoin College alumnus and New York Telephone executive.
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Elizabeth Davis Nash
Sanford Burnham Cousins
Brunswick
Falgar M. Cousins
D. DD
Isabell Fairsaith
Virginia Nash
Mary Scrtimer
Topsham
Ezra I
Rounds
Exeter Academy
Bowdoin College
Uriah N. Nash
Snl
Edgar M. Cousins
Brewer
Grant
Robert K. Eaton
Algernon G. Chandler
Thomas Fr. Riley, Jr
Carelina Shorey
Marleen
Mrs. Cousins
Newark
Treme Cousins
Mary Cousins
Edgar F. Cousins
Old Tow
W. Brown
Frank Brown
Milbridge
Alice Sturtevant
Erie
Mary Craig
Plymouth
Mass
Roth Emerson
Milford
Katherine Nash
Bree
Simmons
Dustin S. McPartland
New York
Belliston G. Woodbury
Saen
Robert A Auburn
Albert Sartlett
Norway
Howant Chick
Biddeford
Rowdein
Edward Dennett
Ive Eastman
S Fuller
Portland
Anna Belcher
Charles Bennet
E. FE. Pinkham
Josephine Kelsey
Verde Morten
Leon Trean
Freeport
FE. Mc Davis
Waterville
Maybelle Peach
Sargent School
Boston
Frank TB. Nichols
Bath
Hazel Cornish
Bowdoinham
Brunswick High School
Simmons College
Brewer High School
New York Telephone Co
Bowdoin
Theta Delta Chi
Children Narrow Escape From House Fire Coleman OBrien
Coleman OBrien and his two young children Katherine and Charles were awakened by smoke Friday evening at their home on Wesley Street. He dressed the children and moved them to a neighbor before calling for help as fire spread under the stairway between the kitchen and dining room. The blaze required rapid action by firefighters who battled through an attic to control it, with OBrien and neighbors aiding until the blaze was under control. The house sustained several hundred dollars in damage but the children were saved.
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James N. le Vinge
Rudolph Rey
O'Brien
Prep for Inspection at auxiliary meeting notes
At the auxiliary to T W Tirdle camp a Tuesday night practice began for the inspection on November 20. Nellie Gam age of South Portland will visit Bath with Oakland division president Mrs Mary Hallet. The auxiliary will aid the division fair in Oakland and help T W Hyde camp at Grand Army hall on October 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T W. Tirdle
Nellie Gamage
South Porthand
Bath
Mary Hallet
Oakland
T. W. Hyde
Grand Army Hall
Oet
Needlework Guild Appeals for Early Card Reminders
The Needlework Guild plans to mail cards soon for annual stations and urges members to prepare contributions for loss needs. A Maine resort scene shows a woman swimming despite a 20 degree piazza thermometer, as observers noted a chilly yet enjoyed moment.
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Loese
Questions for the Public on Life Liberty and Law
A lengthy editorial discusses how readers misunderstand political and legal terms. It questions the meaning of life liberty and pursuit of happiness, notes historic examples, and criticizes pedantic use of slogans. The piece lampoons modern government overreach and linguistic confusion.
Ramona Council Hosts Fine Evening Program
Ramona council members hosted a weekly meeting with music by Mabel Derrborn and Gertrude Stewart. Two Indian tableaux looked for rain and red wing, followed by wellness and stunt activities. Carlton Rideout won the balloon contest, Inez Puffer claimed doughnut race prizes, and Marion Wagner won a swinging doughnut catching prize. Committee members were Mrs Sedie Garcelon, Mrs Annie Johnson, and Mrs Rachel Potter. A Portage Lake timberland tale from the Presque Isle Star Herald described Iversen’s long-ago land deal yielding lumber, parcels sold, and eventual five share lots fetching $5000.
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Ramona Conuneil
Miusic
Mabel Derrborn
Gertrude Stewart
Willness
Carlton Rideout
Inez Puffer
Marion Wagner
Sedie Garcelon
Annie Johnson
Rachel Potter
Areosteek
Oscar Iverson
Portage Lake
Presque Isle Star Herald
Augusta
Areostook
Portage
Tversen
M Iversen
Power From the Sun and Wireless Vision of the Future
Guglielmo Marconi predicts direct sun power and wireless as daily life transforms. He envisions airplanes as common as cars, vast future inventions driven by vibrations in nature, and a shift away from coal toward solar and atomic electricity within the coming decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guglielmo Marcon
Aten I. Benson
Hearst
International
Mareen
Marconi
Marconi Told Mr. Benson
America
New York
England
Compel to Work and Earning a Living Debate
A speaker warns that forcing labor risks social decline as people may avoid work if not needed full time. He argues long term dependence could erode character and threaten civilization.
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Flo
Record of Large Meeting at Miss Hill's Topsham Home
The Col. Dummer Sewall chapter held its largest meeting with 45 attendees from Bath Brunswick Topsham Bowdoinham and Phippsburg at Miss Mary Pelham Hill's Topsham home. Guests Mrs Fred F Blaisdell and Mrs William F E Purington visited. four new members were admitted and one application considered. Prof Wilmot B Mitchell of Bowdoin spoke on Benjamin Franklin, followed by a luncheon before the Bath party returned to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel
Col. Dummer Sewall
Mary Pelham Hill
Topsham
Bath
Brunswick
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Fred F. Blaisdell
Orange City
N. J
William FE. Purington
East Orange
Purington
Carrie L. Parks
Winneganee
Benjamin Franklin
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Bowdoin College
Coal bound for Bath on Lehigh loaded at Elizabethport
Gibbons Coal Co reports the barge Canaseeio loading 1500 tons of anthracite at Elizabethport NL, due in Bath in a week to ten days. The Lehigh will be used to serve local customers, with efforts to discharge quickly before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons Coal Co
Canaseeio
Elizabethport
Bath
Lehigh
Thomas S. Gibbons
Montgomery Sues for Money in Cumberland County Suit
Edward I Montgomery of Newton Mass former Morse high principal and summer camp proprietor sues Patrick Ward and Bernard Ward of Yarmouth in Cumberland County Superior Court for 275 dollars claiming he bought horses from the Wards for return at season end and repayment, which was not paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward IL. Montgomery
Newton
Mass
Morse High School
Long Island
New Meadows
Cumberland County Superior Court
Patrick
Bernard M. Ward
Yarmouth
Patrick Ward & Son
Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs Grace Fox in Philadelphia
Mrs Grace Fox has filed a libel for divorce against Dr Horace Fox of Bath alleging cruel and abusive treatment. The libel is returnable at the October term of the Supreme Court and will likely proceed to the January term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Fox
Philadelphia
Siith
Horace Fox
Bath
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Oesos
Morse High
Chester B. Oliver
Basin Quarries Co
Clark
Intervale
Walter Cushing
Springvale
Parker Head
Violet Lufkin
Ina Pease
Harry Shaw
Nabattus
Anson Oliver
Kennebec Valley
Emma Eames
Emilio de Gogorza
Carrie Moses
Frederick E. Drake
Anne Kimball
Jane Murphy
Alfred Tarbox
Hugh Walpole
Eva Goldman
Eva Miller
Saddie Ritterteft Puesdar
Marjorie Louise
City Hospital
David Felton
Nash
C. C. O’brien
Needlework Guild
Wemensat
Maine Neu Tain
Lucian Johnson
Truth
King George
Washington
Jefferson
Congress
Ireland
George
Mount Vernon
Valley Forge
Patrick Henry
Alice In Wonderland
Brillig
Mimsy
Bhorogroves
Alice
United States
Ramona Council
Gugluelmo
D.A.R
Montgomery
Fletcher
Bo Castoria
Centaur Company
New York City
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