Seven Days News from this Portion of the Earth
St Marys Fair next week and maples bare. Bath club, cold wave, frost, and ghostly gardens. Monhegan fishermen ship fish at fair prices. Sheriff Despeaux rumored to run Park Casino next year. Various local incidents, fires, sports, and repairs reported with regional names and places.
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Monhegan
Despeaux
Park Casino
Dr. Marston
Drummond House
Middle Street
Front Street
Boston
Neil Burgers
Barney
Sea End
Biscay Pond
Damariscotta Lake
Yacht Club
Messrs. Drake and McCarthy
Monarda
Bangor
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Bath Iron Works
Barney, Bagley
Biddle
Kelley, Spear Co
Percy & Small
H. B. Sawyer
Broad Street
Chas, Gahan
Elwood Clifford
Murray Bros
Lewis
Lewia
Lynn
Henry Bailey
D. W. Alexander
Richmond
A. H. Shaw
Bath's New Store at 6 Centre Street Opens Boldly
The cloak shop at 6 Centre Street gains renown quickly by advertising honestly and meeting every promise. Readers are assured the business appeals to intelligent buyers through straightforward, reliable service.
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Centre Street
Bath
Izetta
Topsham Tavern Bill of Fare From a Day’s Menu
In a tavern at Topsham fair the following was the bill of fare including Wet Weather Stew Matter of Farm Coffee Rawhide Steak Mud Turtle Sow Ino Tea Appleton Cake 3 yr Old pans Good Old Rye N Stove Funnel Pudd Kerosene Case Rabbit Jam pet elo Stew Snakes ind Le Live meee Pickled Eel's Feet Cockroach Pie Frog Skins Sera.
Acadia Knights Home Celebration At Castle Hall
Acadia lodge held a Home Night in Castle Hall Thursday evening with a program of music, an original poem by E. O. Plummer, lodge history by James Lord, an Acadia Homing song, performances by Stetson and Donnell, a banjo quartet, and a “Ten Minutes in Canada” piece by Dr. Ragan. A lively jig prompted Farmer Willis to join the dance with a rapid drumbeat of feet. Acadia lodge lists 242 members with three more awaiting ranks.
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C. E. Dunning
Hubbard
Bath Foresters
Lewiston
Wm. Creesey
L. B. and
Bath High School
Lewiston High School
North End
South End
Acadia Lodge
Castle Hall
E. O. Plummer
Lodge
James Lord
Acadia
Stetson and Donnell
Canada
Dr. Ragan
Farmer Willis
Phi Rho hearing on school lodge location
Wednesday the high school committee heard Phi Rho matter with Donnell Stevens Smith and Much for the society while Principal Cole admitted school books were not injured though tampered with last spring. He said the boys paid for all damage. Duncan proposed renting an off campus room. parents oppose a downtown lodge. After two hours, decision was reserved.
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Phi Rho
Phi Rhos
Woman Finds Stolen Watch From Worrey Case
A warrant led to a search of Worrey's mother's home on Thursday where a woman recovered a gold watch she alleged Worrey stole from her. The watch, reportedly presented to Worrey's mother, was found and returned to the owner.
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Worrey
Townships Bonded for Coal in Maine Woods
James W. Kelley pursues a vast coal discovery in northern Maine as he bonds whole townships for the field. He leaves day to day work to son Walter while plans mature to mine an immense anthracite reserve rumored to lie beneath boulders and forests near Small Point and beyond.
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Maine
James W. Kelley
Walter
Kelley
Thomaston
J A G O F O B J At Cafe Columbia Seizure
A J A G O B J with Jack Gaudreau Lundrigan and Card played Empty In the Cradle after a seizure at the Cafe Columbia. They also performed Hail Columbia, then ransacked the cafe and rooms, seizing 20 bottles of punch whisky and claret. The crowd on the street looked dry and sad. Thursday the case was adjourned to Tuesday with John discharged. People discussed the seizure over drinks at nearby shops.
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Palais
Jack
Gaudreau
Lundrigan
Card
Baby
Columbia
O’brien
Uno
Bath Opens New River Main Tonight
The Bath connection with the new river main will be made today and water turned on tonight. Wednesday’s Woolwich end connection passed a 200 psi pressure test. Diver Falcon praised the result, stating the main will be done right. Earlier water came from Thompson’s brook and tasted earthy and discolored until NeQuasset was used Thursday afternoon.
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Bath
Woolwich
Falcon
Thompson’s Brook
Cigar Cutter Injury in Town Sends Girl to Doctor
A Woolwich girl, while visiting Bath, inserted her finger into a spring cigar cutter. The device activated, injuring her finger and requiring medical dressing by a Bath surgeon.
Bowdoin Freshmen See Bath Prank Reveal
Two blindfolded Bowdoin College freshmen were led by upperclassmen to a Bath room during a Thursday party. They believed they were in Lisbon Falls until unmasked, realizing Bath would have such pretty girls.
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Bowdoin College
Bath
Lisbon Falls
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