Bath Y M C A drive seeks 3500 in Bath city fund
The Bath Y M C A annual fund drive began Monday led by Roger Skillings seeking 3500 to cover operating costs and support youth programs. The article urges contributions from all residents, noting the center’s role as a civic hub and a safe, beneficial place for boys and young men under secretary William C Perkins.
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Bath Y. MC. A
Roger Skillings
Bath
Bip
Mirty
Buth Y.mc.a
Y.M.C.A
William C. Perkins
New Route to Quebec Arnold Trail Open to Traffic Before Winter
A new Maine to Quebec highway named the Arnold trail will connect Portland Lewiston Rangeley Lakes and Three Rivers via Eustis and Victoriaville linking with Canada. Only 2.5 miles remain on the Canadian side and 22.5 miles on the American side. Graf Zeppelin arrives at Lakehurst after a record long flight of 111 hours marking a boost for aeronautics.
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Quebec
Maine
Benedict Arnold
Canada
Portland
Lewiston
Rangeley Lakes
Webbs Pond
Richardson Lake
Spicer Lake
Eustis
St. Augustin de Woburn
Victoriaville
Three Rivers
Germany
Lakehurst
Poison liquor deaths sweep Los Angeles and New York
Reports show multiple deaths from poisoned liquor in Los Angeles with earlier widespread fatalities in New York. Authorities investigate to identify the supply source as inquiries continue.
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Los Angeles
New York
Poisonous liquors and winter weather reach far West Maine
The article warns that many so called whiskey substitutes are poison and risk death. It notes western states facing heavy snows and blizzards while Maine rarely encounters such weather before or after Christmas and hopes for a late season.
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Maine
Appreciative Audience Attends Concert at Wesley Church
A small but appreciative audience heard George Hernandez the Negro tenor at Wesley church Friday evening. Accompanist Miss Thelma Dearing and reader Mrs. E. A. Farrar supported the program with Negro Folk Songs Irish Ballads and spirituals. Hernandez delivered a moving performance ending with He Never Said a Word.
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Wesley Church
George Hernandez
Thelma Dearing
E. A. Farrar
Hernandez
Miss Dearing
Mr. Hernandez
Farrar
Grant Shaffer
Avery Robinson
Fisher the Little Angel Band
Shaffer
Annual Roll Call at Corliss Street Church
The Corliss Street church held its annual supper and roll call in the vestry with 40 members answering names and verses read for the absent. Harvest supper included baked beans rolls cabbage salad doughnuts and pies. Reports of clerk Abbie McCabe treasurer Grace Watson and parish clerk Nellie Hunt were read. Rev R H Carey presided as B H Stackpole and Richard Seavey were elected deacons and welcomed. Three members died five moved away and three new members joined. Communion followed.
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Corliss Street
Abbie McCabe
Grace Watson
Nellie Hunt
R. H. Carey
Deering Room
B. H. Stackpole
Richard Seavey
Miss Hester Rose Spends Weekend at Brooks Home
Miss Hester Rose of Washington Street visited her Brooks residence to spend the weekend at family friends and relax away from the city.
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Hester Rose
Washington Street
Brooks
Ownership statement for Bath Independent 1928
Notarized statement by Frank B. Nichols as business manager detailing owners and affiliations of The Bath Independent published in Bath Maine. Lists publisher editor managing editor and business manager, names of stockholders and principals, and notes no bondholders or security holders owning 1 percent or more. Includes witness notary seal and commission dates.
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Congress
Bath Independent
Bath
Maine
State of Maine
Sagadahoc
B. Nichols
the Times Company
Harry C. Webber
Bath, Maine
Frank B. Nichols
North Street
Ella
Nichols
Dorothy Nichols Niven
Colonial Terrace
Belmont Mass
Barrett C. Nichols
Milk Street
Boston
Mass
F. B. Nichols
H. A. Walters
Seal Notary
Lydon Sentenced in Liquor Cases
Bath man Michael Lydon pleaded guilty to single sale of liquor and was fined 200 dollars plus costs with four months in Kennebec county jail and six months more for nonpayment. Other defendants faced assorted pleas and sentences as the Maine Supreme Judicial Court adjourned with juries discharged.
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Michael Lydon
Bath
Albert M. Spear
Sagadahoc
Spear
Raymond Simmons
Rockland
Mass
Fred Merrifield
Bowdoinham
Emile R. Turcott
Newmarket
N. H
Ernest Spinney
Bay Point
Justice Spear
Supreme Court
Ralph O. Dale
Harry E. Stetson
Frank B. Chellis
Joseph L. Foster
William A. Foster
Topsham
Leighton FE. Gardiner
Richmond
Frank H. Haggett
Charles H. James
Hubert H. McCarty
James S. McFarland
Arrowsic
J. Parker Morse
Phippsburg
Edward J. Murphy
John C. Preble
Woolwich
Alton P. Reed
Georgetown
Walter E. Rowe
Alvarnie Small
Bowdoin
Frank L. Webber
William E. Webster
West Bath
Harry E. Whitehouse
Traverse
Arrowsie
W. F. Hagan
William M. Adams
John F. Conant
John M. Conley
George E. Crocker
Herbert E. Grindell
Perry L. Thompson
William F. Cornish
Bowdoinham—Fe
S. Blodgett
Charles E. Hill
William L. Berry
Winfield W. Morse
Edwin Ames
L. M. Alexander
C. H. Cobb
George E. Groves
Claud Strout
Charles Wakely
G. C. Smith
Elmer E. Mank
Massachusetts boys fined for driving complaint
Robert B. Gilchrist of Winchendon with two other Massachusetts lads sought work in Rockland and cut in on a truck driven by Ralph Higgins of Brunswick west of Blind Crossing. Merle Cole, substituting for Officer Jewett, arrested them. Judge Keegan fined them $20 and costs $8.75 but remitted the fine on payment of costs and cautioned against reckless driving.
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Robert B. Gilchrist
Winchendon
Mass
Massachusetts
Rockland
Ralph Higgins
Brunswick
Blind Crossing
Merle Cole
State Highway Investigating Department
Jewett
Keegan
Drive For Funds For YMCA Drive Continues On
A community fundraising effort for the YMCA continues with a list of contributors including Thomas R. Huston Co. M. Lincoln M. W. Sewall & Co. Johnson Brothers Co. Wilson's Drug Store Hatch's Shoe Store and numerous individuals such as Charles A. Harriman Harry D. Hall Gardiner D. Rogers W. H. Smith & Sons and C. E. Helah. Fred D. Hill and others.
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Thomas R. Huston Co
M. Lincoln
M. W. Sewall & Co
Johnson Brothers Co
Wilson's
Hatch's Shoe Store
Charles A. Harriman
Harry D. Hall Gardiner D. Rogers
W. H. Smith & Sons
C. E. Helah
Fred D. Hill
Charles C. Low D. M
Higgins Hosts Friends at Five Islands Lodge
Mr and Mrs Edward Higgins of West Medford Mass entertained friends at their lodge at Five Islands over the weekend. The Higginss guests included Mrs D Wylie Lemont sister of Mrs Higgins of 00 street. Charles J Donnell of Tientsin China visiting Popham Beach and Bath returned Saturday morning from a brief business trip to New York.
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Edward Higgins
West Medford
Mass
Five Islands
Higgins
Higging
D. Wylie Lemont
Charles J. Donnell
Tientsin
China
Popham Beach
Bath
New York
Marine paintings for Davenport memorial city hall debated
Art lovers urge a maritime collection in the Davenport memorial city hall to honor Bath's shipbuilding legacy. They note the city hall’s fireproof design as an ideal housing for portraits and ship models, preserving Bath’s historic sea heritage for future generations.
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New Davenport Memorial City Hall
Bath
New City Hall
Old City Hall
George P. Davenport
Charles Davenport
Bath House
America
Virginia
Georgia
Salem
Osterberg Claims Wife Throws Things In Divorce Case
Eugene M. Osterberg and Lulubelle Robinson were married April 30, 1921 in Portland. In a Portland court October 10 Osterberg charged his wife with throwing items at him including a coffee pot, electric iron, and hot potatoes as they seek a divorce and custody of their child. Judge Chapman reserved decision.
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Eugene M. Osterberg
Portland
Lulubelle Robinson
Charles
Cora Wright Robinson
Bath
J. Harrison Thompson
Osterberg
Chapman
Dike School Pupils Lead City Donor Drive
Pupils at Dike Street School organized a strong response to Bath City Hospital’s Donation Week. Under principal Bernice Staples the week-long drive gathered fresh and canned produce, jams, jellies, pickles, and more, with a student delivering the donations Friday afternoon.
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Dike Street
City Hospital
Bernice Staples
Bath
Young Man Placed In Lockup After Altercation At Police Station
A young man, an employee on Center street for New England Tel Tel Co, resisted being taken to the police station by City Marshal Walter L Whitney. A brief struggle followed before an auto curbside escape chance saved him from flight. He was lodged in the cell then released after cooling off. The marshal, in civilian clothes, warned him for exhaling on the sidewalk and for using unbecoming language during the hours in the lockup. The incident ended without injury. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Kenneth S MacIntire of Montsweag were guests of Mrs Rupert H Baxter on Washington street.
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Center Street
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Walter L. Whitney
Bath Trust Co
Marshal Whitney
Cross-Word Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
Puzzle lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical grids with hints on prefixes Latin roots and common terms. Entries cover geography, language, botany, measurements, and historical references.
Myrtle Lodge Serves Cafeteria Supper At Odd Fellows Hall
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies hosted a chafing dish cafeteria supper at Odd Fellows hall. Guests included two brides Mrs Lillian Passmore and Mrs Fanny Burden with Mrs Mary Curtis and Mrs Gertrude Stewart attending. gifts exchanged amid white daffodils. A 35 member turnout enjoyed rare bit crab peas cake and coffee. Plans set for a public installation Oct 26. committee led by Mrs Eva Atwood and others.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Lillian Passmore
Lillian Wright
Fanny Burden
Fanny Thurlow
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Bath Water District Trustees Organize for Year
The Bath Water District trustees organized for the year with William S. Newell as president William A. Furber as treasurer Mrs Casper Hartleb as assistant treasurer Walter S Glidden as counsel and Walter F Abbott as superintendent. The biennial report was approved and ordered printed for public distribution.
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Bath Water District
William S. Newell
William A. Furber
Casper Hartleb
Walter S. Glidden
Walter F. Abbott
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O'Hara
Hunchback
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Burleigh
Dvorak
Yale
Manney
Lydon
Y.M.C. A
Legion Auxiliary
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
New Memorial Building
Paul Olm
Williams Whitney
Frances Dunning
N. Grata Jackson
Allan Spear
Cleora Coombs
Carl C. Anderson
Roscoe H. Shaw
Karcher Jackson
Eugene M. Desmond
Guy Crosby
John C. Fitgerald
Gardner Rogers
Freeman Trott
William T. Powell
Piccadilly
West
Broadway New Yorn
BricHt Smitt
D. Sofield
Manacine
Dike School
Kenneth S. Maciintire
Montsweag
Rupert H. Baxter
King
Sweden
Finland
Turkey
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The
Royal Society
Colleg
Fis
the International Syndicate
Bers
Eva Atwood
Effie Parrish
Annie Lemont
Margaret Nelson
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