Submarines Valued but Surface Ships Remain Main Navy Reliance
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt states that while submarines are useful and will evolve, current reports from Europe indicate the main reliance remains on seagoing ships and surface warships. He avoids discussing report specifics but stresses surface ships as the present focus of naval power.
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Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Europe
Great Britain
Mr. Roosevelt
Freshmen Snatch Victory as Sophomores Kidnap Players
Bowdoin College freshmen hunted four teammates Edward Finn, Charles Thomas, John White, and Leon Leighton, believed held at Pleasant Point. Despite their absence, the freshmen beat the sophomores 6 to 5 in a game in which Finn would have played third base and White catcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Edward D. Finn
Lynn
Mass
Charles E. Thomas
Portsmouth
N. H
John C. White
Jonesport
Leon Keighten
Wilson
Pleasant Point
Merymeeting Bay
Thomas
White
Finn
Leighton
Butterfield
Robertson Witt
McPherson
William L. Ripley
Edwin C. Hall
Dorchester
Albert B. Holbrook
Rockland
Hall
Holbrook
Walter King joins British Army as motor boat driver
Walter King 22 son of Isaiah King, a Bath boiler maker, went to England in July as an oiler on a liner and has enlisted as a motor boat driver at Grove Park Camp, Lee, Kent. He mails that he expects to go to the Dardanelles soon and describes an air raid near London. His address is No 120,891 Private Walter King A5C MTC Grove Park Camp. Reading tug Swatara moved two barges off Seguin and returned for orders, likely bringing barges to the Flats to ride out the storm, piloted by Capt. Angon Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Walter King
Iaiah King
Young King
England
George E. Sonia
Times
Dardanelles
Seguin
Angon Oliver
Bath Scene of News and Visitor Moves
A long list of Bath residents and guests reports travels and homecomings including Mr. and Mrs. Harriman in Boston Mrs Emma Cox in Boston Mrs A R Perry from Presque Isle Walter Reid in Bath Miss Sadie Reynolds joins D T Percy art dept Dr A H Sturtevant called to City Hospital Bowdoin Nealley from Bangor arrives with his father Mrs W O Norris and Mrs George McLaughlin return from Quincy and Natick Commo dore Davenport and wife left MacMahan cottage for Washington Miss Edith Howard closes MacMahan cottage and stays at the Dillon house Also noted are Goodyear transfer Arthur Pratt to Erie and local hires illness among J L Jones and Leavitt family gatherings and a G A R visit by Katherine Frates in Washington with Miss Madden and the grand review visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Reid
Portland
Bath
Seguinland
Sadie Reynolds
D. T. Percy & Sons
A. H. Sturtevant
Augusta
City Hospital
Bowdoin Nealley
Bangor
Nealley
W. O. Norris
George G. McLaughlin
Quincy
Natick
Mass
Commodore R. G. Davenport
MacMahan
Edith Howard
MacMahan Island
Dillon House
Washington St
E. D. Pettengill
Elvira Standish
David G. Standish
Arthur Pratt
Goodyear Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Erie
Penn
J. L. Jones
Carlton
Bath City Hospital
Dudley H. Leavitt
South Portland
Mr. Leavitt
Colonial Club
Lorettus Metcalf
Monmouth
Merton Webber
Webber
Herbert Brown
New York
West Point
New Meadows
Lake Champlain
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles S. Brown
Essex Junction
Mr. Baxter
H. F. Perkins
Boston
Rockland
Joseph Mitchell
Mr. Perkins
Back Bay
Madame Nassau
Sebasco
Lady Alaine
Columbia
Betty Nansen
Miss Nansen
Denmark
van Zant Wheeler
Oxnard
Brunswick
Freeport
New Hampshire
Jefferson
Sroom
Bowdoin
Mr. Kimball
Roscoe Perkins
Katherine E. Frates
Washington, D. C
Frates
G.A.R
Genevieve Madden
Lynn
H. T. Madden
Washington
Miss Frates
Republic
Pennsylvania Avenue
Daniel F. Finnegan
Finnegan
Signal Corps
J W Morin Civil War Veteran Dies in North Anson
J W Morin longtime Embden resident and father of County Medical Examiner H F Morin died September 29 at his son Stephen Morin's home in North Anson after a brief illness from acute Brights disease. Born 1849 in Concord he served in Co F 20th Maine and fought at Gettysburg. He held public offices in Embden and served on numerous local groups. Funeral services will be in Skowhegan with burial at Sunset Cemetery.
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J. W. Morin
Concord
North Anson
Stephen Morin
Harry Morin
Bath
Kennison
Madison
Bright
Mr. Morin
John W
Abigail Morin
Celestia E. Redmond
Skowhegan
Mont Morin
Michigan
Nellie Paul
Solon
Abbie Spaulding
Embden
Havingeen
Co. F
20Th Maine Infantry
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
Signal Corps
Board of Selectmen
Pleasant Ridge
Grand Army Post
Somerset Veterans Association
Table Rock Lodge of Odd Fellows
Anson Grange
Morin
Sunset Cemetery
Mrs Emmeline Sprague Dies at 94 in Bedford Street Home
Mrs Emmeline S Sprague aged 94 years 6 months 10 days died Saturday at her Winter Street home after a short illness. Born in Cumberland daughter of Alexander and Betsy Merrill she came here 52 years ago as the widow of Joseph Sprague. She was among Winter Street Congregational Church’s oldest members and is survived by a sister. Funeral held Monday at 2 PM from the residence.
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Emmeline S. Sprague
St. Bedford St
Cumberland
Alexander
Betsy Knight Merrill
Joseph Sprague
Winter Street Congregational Church
Milan H Spinney Dies Former Local Motorman
Milan H Spinney died at his home 52 Union Street at age 49. Funeral services were held at his home and burial followed. He was among the first motormen on the local trolley line and had lived in the city for years. He married Edith Preble and leaves two daughters and a brother Charles of Poland.
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Auburn
Milan H. Spinney
Union St
Edith Preble
Charles
Poland
Nervous disorders aided by Dr Williams Pink Pills
The tonic Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to build up the blood to feed nerves, helping neuralgia sciatica sick headache and other nervous troubles. Advice includes rest sleep vacations outdoor exercise and avoiding excesses. Booklet available free by mail from Schenectady NY and pills sold by druggists at 50 cents a box or 6 for $2.50.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Pretty Wedding Unites Perkins and Oxnard in Bath
Miss Lillian Frances Perkins and Charles Lewis Oxnard wed at 8 pm Friday at the Perkins home 52 Elm Street Bath in a ceremony conducted by Rev. C Raymond Chappell. The affair featured autumn decor, a rustic arbor, local guests from West Medford Merrimac Portland Woodfords Gorham Whitinsville Norway Thompsonville Claremont and gifts including a house lot electric appliances and sterling. The bride, educated and well regarded, taught at the State School for Boys in South Portland. the groom works in the family milk business in West Medford. They will reside in West Medford after a wedding trip.
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William C. Perkins
Elm St
Lillian Frances Perkins
Charles Lewis Oxnard
West Medford
Mass
H. T. Meloon
Woodfords
C. Raymond Chappell
Medford
Frank A
Portland
Charles W. Kimball
Gorham
Stuart F. Brown
Whitinstville
Erlon F. Brown
Norway
Flora Higgins
Thompsonville
Morse High School
State School For
South Portland
Bath
Elswhere
Times plan shop Scribe finds artistically printed music leaflets
The Times Scribe discovers a beautifully colored advertising leaflet printed in a forge book that impresses with New York quality. He notes a Mikelsky music store manager preferred New York printing for fine work and lists De Gogorza and Eames records with numerous operatic and classical titles across Italian French English and Spanish offerings.
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Times
New York City
Mikelsky Music
New York
The
Victor
Eames
de Gogorza
Alvarez
Rossini
Weatherly Tosti
Bizz
Giordani
Paul Rodney
Rolonda Mario
Faust—Seranade
Berlioz
Scuderi
Ben Jonson
Mozart
Mascheroni
God
Father
Christ
Dubois
Massenet
Stephen Adams
Simiane
Proctor Sullivan
Pfiffer
Maschera
Verdi
Nina
Guetary
Nellie I. Freese
Tours
Lark
Parker
di Capua
Leoncavallo
Yradier
Cancion Espanola
Carey Tannhauser
Wagner
Chapi
Til Balen
van Hoose
Martha
Flotow
Hollman
Bech-Gounod
Gretchen
Schubert
Sylvia
Shakespeare
Franz Schubert
Crafix
Faure
Don Giovanni
Veronique
Messager
Yearling Hens or Pallets for Winter Layers in Poultry
A Sagadahoc County extension message explains whether to keep yearling hens or raise pullets for winter laying. It compares costs and yields from November to March, noting molting impact and the value of well bred pullets for winter production, with figures from local records.
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Sagadahoc
H. J. Shaw
A. H. Donnell
West Bath
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W. E. Harriman
Emma N. Cox of
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A. R. Perry
Presque Isle
H. F. Morin
MILAN
H. Spinney
Willis Holbros
John Klinpell
Frank Decker
Charles Faxon
Elmer Rich
Gouraud
PERCT
Hopkins & Son
Jones
Wervine
Mme. Eames
Faust
Duel
Gounod
Goss
Sawyer
Packard
Adv
Fletcher
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