Germany's Fate and Wilson Terms Foretold in War Outlook
The article argues Germany and the Kaiser will yield to President Wilson's terms, despite public denials. It predicts Allied advances toward Berlin, French and Polish territorial changes, and eventual German surrender after intensified air and ground operations. America will sustain troop deployments and the Liberty bond drive as peace remains distant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Kaiser
Wilson
Berlin
Alsace-Lorraine
France
Poland
Baltic
Dantzig
Rhine
America
Liberty
Boston visit ends with a sneeze and a vow to Bath
Captain Tobias Ezra Tomkins of Woolwich Maine visits Boston and finds the city closed for flu winter, noting hotels theaters and crowds are sparse. He jokes that Bath across the river has more social life and resolves to return to Woolwich, Bath, or Millinocket, reflecting post epidemic mood and travel hesitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston American
Woolwich
Boston
Tobias Ezra Tomkins
Canal Street
Bath
Front Street
Trumpet Fever
Chicago
Hum
Local Notes From Winnegance and Nearby Towns
Ill at home Miss Francis Parks of Winnegance. visits by Mrs Seth Houdlette of Dresden and trip to Dresden by Winfield Morse and Edwin Small. Bath boy Roland Smith killed in France. influenza hits City Marshal Abram C. Oliver. Community sympathy for the Smith family. Many locals ill or absent, including Grace Track and Perry family. Morse mill to supply lumber for a bungalow on Floral street for B. A. Shallenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Parks
Telephone Company
Winnegance
Seth Houdlette
Dresden
Winfield W. Morse
Winfield, Morse
Edwin Small
Morse
Abram C. Oliver
Marshal Oliver
Norman Smith
Roland Smith
Bath
France
Stephen Marshall
George Faton
Percy Morse
Charles Perkins
Samuel Burk
W. A. Downing
Wiscasset
Ida Hunt
Robert Manson
Albert Downing
Mr. Downing
Frank Deering
Chester Leavitt
Ralph Merry
Charles Small, Jr
Owen Wallace
Edgar Oliver
Ruth Williams
Ellen Williams
Marion Bates
Doris Morse
Leona Hoyt
Dorothy Morse
Ruth Merry
Marion Morse
Levi Dow
Bangor
Seymore Hayden
Ladies' Aid
Ann M. Oliver
Ernest Knight
Augusta
Ralph Trask
Barker
Ernest Merrill
Jennie
Warren Pashard
Charles Williams
Jones E. Perry
Harold McCutcheon, Jr
Portsmouth
Clinton Littlefield
George Murphy
Boothbay
Morse Mill
Floral Street
B. A. Shallenbarger
The
Leighton-Mitchell Co
Mrs Elsie A Perkins Dies After Illness in Bath
Mrs Elsie A Perkins died at the Elks hospital on October 3 after a brief influenza illness. Born in South Dresden, she was 26 and longtime Bath resident, daughter of Gustav S Perkins of Burlington Vermont. She leaves husband, two children Harold and Mary Elizabeth, nine brothers and sisters and extended family including Willis, Gustave, Alfred Perkins, Mrs Mary J Carlton, Ornie, Frank, Clarence, Ernest, and George Perkins. Mr and Mrs Thomas Slavin and their son are visiting in Boston.
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Elsiw A. Perkins
Elsie A. Perkins
Elks Hospital
Bath
South Dresden
Gustav S. Perkins
Burlington, Vt
Harold
Mary Elizabeth
Willis Perkins
Gustave Perkins
Alfred Perkins
Mary J. Carlton
Woolwich
Ornie Perkins
Frank Perkins
Clarence Perkins
Millinocket
Ernest Perkins
Winchester
Mass
George Perkins
54Th Artillery
France
Real Iron Tonic Promises Strength and Vitality
Advertisement for Peptiron real iron tonic by C. I. Hood Co. Lowell Mass. Claims to boost iron in blood, vigor, color, nerves and endurance with iron, wax, celery and other ingredients in chocolate coated pills. Available from druggists or by mail order.
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C. I. Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
First Bath Boy to Die in France Listed as Private Roland Smith
Roland Smith son of Norman and Alice Smith of Winnegance Bath was killed in action in France on September 23 while serving with Battery D 44th Artillery. A former Times composing room employee he enlisted after the Lusitania sinking and married three weeks before going overseas. He left a wife Ruby Hearn and several siblings, with Bath mourning the first locally reported battlefield death in the war.
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Roland Smith
Norman Smith
Williamcourt
Winnegance
The
Times Composing Room
France
Old Hyde Guards
Bath
Smith
Bowdoinham
Jan
Norman
Alice Calle Smith
the Times
D. T. Percy & Sons
Bath Iron Works
H. W. Owen
Moose Hall
Bath Company
Fort Baldwin
Fort Levett
Portland Harbor
44Th Artillery
Ruby Hearn
Saco
War Department
Parker
Portland
Ralph
Edward
Quincy
Mass
Alice C
Agnes B
Privy Smith
Lieut Sidney Orne dies of influenza in New York
Lieut Sidney Baxter Orne died October 2 1918 at St Vincent's Hospital New York City of influenza followed by pneumonia after eight days illness. He was born March 24 1886 in Southport Maine a Boothbay Harbor High School graduate and U Maine alumnus. He served in the U S Revenue Cutter Service and U S Navy rising to executive officer aboard the Petrel before falling ill near Brooklyn Navy Yard. He married Charlotte Greene ONeill in 1916 and is survived by wife parents Zina and Mrs Orne sister Mrs Perkins and brother Percy Freeman Orne. Funeral services were held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard chapel with naval honors.
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Sidney Baxter Orne
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York City
Lieut
Orne
Southport
Boothbay Harbor High School
University of Maine
School of Instruction
Arundel Cove
Savannah
Charlestown Navy Yard
U. S. S. Petrel
Zina Orne
Middle Street
James B. Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
New York
Brooklyn ‘Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
E. V. Allen
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlotte Orne
Percy Freeman Orne
U. S. Navy
Wilmington
Waldoboro Yards to Start Building Shipyard Plans
Permits granted and charter issued for Madomak Shipbuilding Co at Waldoboro on the Madomak river. Capt Milard F Wade president and a Lynn Quincy roster lead a $200000 venture backed by Emergency Fleet Corporation and Capital Issues Committee. Yard hires 200 men and four schooner contracts secured.
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Lynn
Waldoboro
Madomak Shipbuilding Co
Madomak River
Palmer
Ames
A. R. Reed
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Capital Issues Committee
Millard F. Wade
U. S. S. Conway
Arthur E. Lord
Josiah Grosman
John E. Poland
Quincy
John H. Shanahan
Olinto Crosby wedding delayed by sudden plan change
Friends of Miss Helen Crosby and Peter Olinto reported surprise when the couple altered their plans on a Saturday. They had intended to marry September 30, but acted earlier, surprising their circle with the impromptu ceremony.
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Helen Crosby
Peter Olinto
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Margaret E
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Margaret
Mrs. Thomas Slavin and Son
P. Duprey
Spring Street
Metropolitan
Thelma Norcross
Augusta T
Army and Navy Club
Country Club
American Society of Enginers
St. Mary's
Crosby
Clinto
White Mountains
Hon
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Sagudahoc
Bath Independent 4
Susan Gibbs
Walter
Glidden
Gayle C. Burnham
Florence L. Burnham
James 8. Lowell
William FL Dunham
A. True Corp
William K. Dunham
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Winfield Scott Cressey
Gertrude A. Myer
Jett
le Joseph Myer
Marie L. J. Myer
Tarbox St
Francis Joseph PP Myer
Tarbox
St. A
Sagadaelioc
Edward W. Bridgham
Dunham
Stigradahoc
Wiliam A. Furber
Charles EB. Purber
Radd
Jenny H. Furber
Emma F. Gleddell
Lewiston
C. Rudolph Furber
William A. Furber
William A. T Furber
Charles B. Furber
W. Dayton Hill
Batham
James
F. Dunham
Register
Jude
Prosbate
Sugadahioc
Francis Joseph P. Myer
Sagadahibe
Scott Cressey
Maine Sagadahoc
Rte
Alice Varney
Elsie Folsom
Brunswick
Robert A. Toothaker
State OF
Hannah Pa
Michael Welch
Newagh
Omate
Alen Arrell
Green St
Arthur J. Dunton
Sugudkiuvoc
Bath Independent
Said
Sagvukihoc
James T. Bonney
Sarath E. Bonney
Couny
Jows
Wiz
Union St. Court
Sam EK
Bonney
Sarah EK
Ames T
Ale L
Sagadmhec
Lowell Sue
William
Justine B. Scott
Sagadaroc
Bernandine Scott Fitch
Pithin
Charles A. Corltas
Della M
Saaloe
Leeased
Wid
Bath /Independent
James 3. Lowell
William F. Dunham
Taih
Charles A. Corliss
D.b. V.c-La
Miranda D. Corlis
James S. Lowell
Coalleam F. Dunham
Ives
Cynthia J. Adams
Suffolk
Jonathan
Charles
Waldoboro Yards
Olanto
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