Phippsburg Local Notes Highlight Community Life
The column lists town happenings and residents' moves including Kate Dickin son and William Lebright Young engagement news. It notes indig nation over sidewalk removal, hailstones, camp relocations, shipping cranberries to Portland, and social visits in Bath and Small Point with frequent travel to Gardiner and Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Kate Loretta Dickinson
William Lebright
Miss Dickinson
A. P. Dickinson
Oakland
California
Dickinson
Fabriola Hospital
Henry Malmston
Bath
Walter Bowker
Thomas McCormick
Elbow Hill
H. W. Cutting
Bangor
Mr. Harrington
Ruth Blaisdell
William Temple
Hazel Rollins
Dora Christiensen
Chester Wallace
Norfolk
M. D. Cressey
Cressey
Parker Head Village
Galen Daley
Edward Wyman
Jyman Oliver
God's Acre
F. C. Bowker
Harry
Asa Percy
Elijah Morsey
Portland
Mark L. Percy
Herbert Elwell
Port Clyde
Percy Homestead
Cox's Head
Elbridge Morse
Henry Wyman
Virginia
Frank Allegrin
Martha Cutting
Drummond Cutting
William Bowie
Harry Bowie
Gardiner
Lewiston
Fire scare at Five Islands store safe after blaze
Long-time village update reports a fire at the Rowe store of McMahan and Higgins on Sunday. Smoke filled the building, flames were put out quickly, and insurance adjusters later evaluated minor merchandise damage. Nearby residents and travelers, including Bath boat arrivals and local workers, are noted with routine town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowe
McMahan & Higgins
L. H. Rowe
C. A. McMahan
B. W. Hilliard
Haverhill
William Hart
T. A. Huston
Auburn
Ralph Legard
Bath
Edward Hodgdon
Portland
Ira Lewis
Horace Cragin
M. C. Brooks
Westport
O. Larrabee
South Gardiner
T. FE. Cromwell
C. A. Moore
Flora
Alfred McMahan
Boston
Homemade Bread Praised as Nutritious and Economical
The Argus lauds home baked bread as sweeter and more wholesome than store bought. It argues baking saves money even when flour and loaf prices rise and recalls old home traditions of yeast making and fresh loaves. It warns rising prices may spur church fair sales of real bread loaves.
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The
Argus
Bath
New Meadows Inn
Blanche Sweet at Dreamland in The Storm
Blanche Sweet visits Dreamland Monday and Tuesday to star in The Storm a Lasky Paramount drama set in the Maine woods She plays a carefree daughter who falls in love and faces a cloud over her life until the desired man dispels it in an intense tale
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Blanche Sweet
Dreamland
Lasky
Paramount Picture
Maine
Miss Sweet
Bath Opera House Week Offers Vaudeville, Films And Music
Bath patrons can expect three vaudeville acts including Keefe Langdon & White and Lewis Careno with a pantomime juggling act, Madame Timmons vocal soloist, plus Triangle’s The Wild Girl of the Sierras and Fatty Arbuckle Keystone comedy The Waiters Ball. Late week features Harry Morse and a Hawaiian duo, Charles Diamond, and William S. Hart in The Apostle of Vengeance, with matinees at 2:15 and evening shows at 7. Egg plants advised by Bath market with frying method and serving tips.
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Bath
Mae Marsh
Sierras
Triangle
Keystone
Ford Sterling
Harry Morse
Uncle Seth
Mr. Morse
Cohan & Harris
Dockstadter
Charles Diamond
Dancing Harpist
Triangle Company
William S. Hart
Fatty Arbuckle
Classified ads list Jersey bull service and real estate
Notices include a Jersey bull for service at a farm in Erode Me. and a house for sale in Topsham Village Portland Maine. Also a female help wanted ad from Augusta promising steady work and advancement with W H Gannett Pub Inc. Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
P. O. Winnegance
Winterstree
Topsham Village
Ella L. Dunlap
Anderson Street
Portland
Maine
Augusta
W. H. Gannett, Pub. Inc
Dept. Inc
Notice Emma A Purinton Executrix October 1916
Legal notice indicates Emma A Purinton acts as Executrix with dates October 14 21 28 1916 referenced in the filing and related probate action. The notice appears in a public records section seeking claims or involvement by interested parties by the stated dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma A. Purinton
Executrix
North End residents urge action over open sewer dispute
Local residents demand the Board of Health address a long standing open sewer draining into King's Dock. They accuse the Highway and Sewer Commission of creating a nuisance near Western Avenue and Floral Street, endangering health at the City Hospital and nearby schools. They warn of a potential typhoid epidemic if unchecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
King’s Dock
Floral St
Willows
Bath
Our City
City Hospital
Washington Street
Board of Health
Highways & Sewer Commission
Justice Brook Enjoys Bath Session and City Charms
Justice Phil Brook of the Supreme Court praised Bath as courteous and companionable noting a pleasant stay. Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced four new dreadnoughts to be named Colorado Maryland Washington and West Virginia after cities in those states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philbrook
Supreme Court
Bath
Roosevelt
Colorado
Maryland
Washington
West Virginia
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Bath Department Store
Bolivia
Center Street
F. H. Webber
Florence
Mrs. Webber
Martha Percy
Small Point
Harrison McIntyre
Henrietta Webber
Small Pont
New York
Arthur Totman
Elijah Morse
Edgar Barter
Eugene Bradshaw
Jimmy Heald
Parker Head Road
Thomas Oliver
Arthur Maxfield
Stroudwater
William Roberts
Philadelphia
Penn
Ellen Gilman
George Oliver
George Sprague
Frederick
Topsham
Frank Sprague
John Walker
Thomaston
Harry Bowker
Meadowbrook
Timothy Perry
Dora Frisbee
Popham
New England
Ohio
N. J. Horan
Louis
Walsh
St. Luke
Peter MacQueen
Cambridge
Murray Hill
Boothbay
McQueen
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Garage Company
Buick
I. B. Nickerson
Brunswick
Frank DePalma
Samuel H. Dow
Rockland
W. Ames
Lewis Thorpe
Bristol
KE. H. Mallett
William Downs
George Rice
Reuben Brewer
East Boothbay
A. H. Mahaffey
Long Cove
A. C. McLoon
Fred Clark
A. P. Haines
Mr. McLoon
Bath Garage Co
Maine Central Railroad
Thomas P. Shaw
Bath Boy
Seth M. Carter
Kinco Co
R. R. Co
Sandy River
Rangeley Lakes
Bridgton
Saco River
Bridgton Telegraph Co
Ricker Hotel Co
Portland Terminal Co
Grange Social
Clarence White
Seguinland
Connecticut
Ladies’ Aid Society
Elisha Field
Bachelder Cottage
Ball
S. G. Siskell
Grange
Nocton
Stevens
Bodge
Ida Rowe
White Mountains
Public Library
Manfred Newdick
A. I. Bradley
Malden
Sherburn Rowe
Clarence McMahan
Nat Meader
John Hinckley
Arthur Berry
Bath Iron Works
Davis
Harry Daugherty
Texas Oil Co
Texas
C. W. Nocton
Torrey Co
Moses Rowe
Fremont
Walter
Lele Ek
Bath Opera House
Marie Doro
Elizabeth M. Skolfield
Joseph F. Skolfield
Parker Head
Alonzo Purinton
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
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