Bath car driver turns the tables at Topsham fair
Local car drivers foiled a Brunswick man’s bid to haul passengers to the Topsham fair after he could not show a local permit. Officer Egan investigated and, with Officer Thompson in disguise, stopped the Brunswick driver at North and Lincoln streets, forcing him to return home empty. Community members criticize Brunswick and Topsham selectmen for restricting permits to town residents.
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Brunswick
Bath
Topsham
Sagadahoc
Egan
City Hall
North
Lincoln
Thompson
Lincoln Streets
Bath Owned Horses at Topsham Fair
Bath entries dominated Topsham fair with Dan Again winning for trotting bred stallions. Hazel Dawn and Irene May earned blue ribbons in two and three year old classes. Nellie D West and Baron Sidnut also among prize winners. Mention of Marion street boarding house $170 and Auburn jail could relate to local case.
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Topsham Fair
Bath
Lawrence Burns
Dan
Judge Dunton
Hazel Dawn
Napoleon Lemoine
Sheriff Norris
Irene May
Otis L. Pero
Nellie D. West
Marion Street
Thompson
Auburn
Oliver May
Queer coincidence in theatrical life in Bath
Two Bath youths, Eugene Desmond and Leah Winslow, both lead in different productions of She Walks in Her Sleep. Desmond’s company tours Salt Lake City while Winslow’s travels the middle West. Winslow recalls Omaha race riot and a mob outside the theatre with dynamite found under the stage.
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Bath
Eugene Desmond
John J. Desmond
High Street
Leah Winslow
Mr. Desmond
Salt Lake City
Miss Winslow
Middle
Gift of 100 Books to the Grange at Five Island
Gerrude Smith of Dorchester Mass. donates a collection of 100 juvenile books to the Grange library for winter use. Visiting locals include G. Pease Lia Lewis Mrs M M MacMahan Lila MacMahan Alonzo MacMahan and Manfred Newdick. Several others visit, work on the state road, and travel between Bath Lisbon Falls and Westport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrude Smith
Dorchester
Mass
Kola Wita Island
Grange Library
G. ©. Pease
Lia Lewis
M. M. MacMahan
Lila MacMahan
Alonzo MacMahan
Manfred Newdick
Fred Reid
Georgetown
Emily Ladd
Key West
Fla
Five Islands
Drummond Stevens
Bath
W.L. Berry
T. D. Reid
Seguinland
Wiscasset
Charles Knight
Westport
Sarah Stevens
Bell Stevens
Paul
George Hanna
Charles Boucher
G. C. Rowe
I. H. Rowe
J. E. Blaisdell
Bates Cottage
H. W. Howard
Moulton
Bertha Lewis
Ll. H. Rowe
Carolyn
Marion Stevens
Addie Davis
Sylvia Boucher
Lisbon Falls
Norman II
Alfred Rowe
Evelyn
Victor Pinkham
Vernon Grey
Kenneth Pinkham
James Stevens
Norman Harvey
Flora Moore
Mildred Pinkham
Notes of Interest from the YMCA
General Secretary Pinkham stayed home due to illness in his family. The lobby bulletin board draws groups of men and boys. Thrift stamps will be sold in the office. A hot water failure was fixed with a new 300 gallon tank and improved heating. Gym baths lockers and wash-room access is for members only with limited non-member courtesy during readjustment. Hyde Windlass Co shipped a large power cog-wheel by train and express yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkham
Hyde Windlass Co
City hospital fund drive shows strong progress
The hospital fundraising campaign reports good response from teams and generous subscriptions. Organizers expect a public update on total pledges and the remaining target soon as Tag Day preparations proceed. Wealthy Bath residents are pledging substantial sums once a specific goal is reached.
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Bath
Universalists Call Rev Francis A Gray to Stamford Church
Universalist parish members unanimously call Rev Francis A Gray D D of Stamford Conn to their church. Gray currently summering at Dark Harbor will preach at Bath church Sunday before deciding whether to accept. Officers elected for the year include moderator Howard Jolson clerk Andrew Merrill and trustees Sawyer Shorey Hodgdon among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Gray
Stamford
Conn
Universalist Church
Gray
Dark Harbor
Bath
Howard
Jolson
Andrew S. Merrill
George F. Jackson
Ernest A. Johnson
Big Gun Salute Echoes From Fort Levett Fort Williams
Boom of large guns from Fort Levett in Portland harbor was heard in Bath and at Popham Beach. Coast guard stations shook and nearby homes rattled. Residents, unsure if it signaled news about President Wilson, called the Independent for information. Fort Williams fired shots this afternoon.
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Fort Levett
Portland Harbor
Bath
Popham Beach
Coast Guard
Et Popham Bereh
Wilson
Independent
Fort Williams
Pink Pills Restore Color, Energy Says Worcester Woman
Mrs Belva L Holland of Worcester Massachusetts credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring color to her cheeks and lips after illness left her pale and tired. She reports headaches headaches and irritability improved after the second box and recommends the treatment. Pills sold by druggists or directly from the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY at 50 cents per box six for 2 50 postpaid with free booklet Building Up the Blood.
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Williame
Belva L. Holland
Hulmes Avenue
Worcester
Mass
Dr. Williams
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Suffolk Club Rooms Among Best In City Reform Fire-Damaged Home Restored
After the First National Bank block fire damaged the Suffolk club on the third floor, George A. Coombs installed new oak floors, walls, and ceilings, fresh painting, and new lighting. Panels in bristol board and cherry hallways create a homelike lobby, with an olive card room, blue locker room, buff social room, crimson billiard room, and fawn office. Windows rebuilt and glass replaced, the club aims to move in before Thanksgiving.
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Suffolk Club
First National Bank
George A. Coombs
Bristol Board
Coombs
Expect St. Hilaire Recover From Fall
George St. Hilaire a Lewiston steeple jack known as the human spider who climbed the Bath courthouse flagpole and sealed the bounty building wall after a fall from a Augusta church roof is slowly recovering from a near hundred foot plunge his condition improves and a permanent injury seems unlikely though a limp may remain. The crowd in Bath gave roughly 75 dollars as his hat was passed.
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George St. Hilaire
Lewiston
Jack
Court House
Bath
Bounty
Augusta
Obituary of Lizzie E Marr Widow of Capt William Marr
Ward received Thursday from Boothbay Harbor the death at St Andrews hospital of Lizzie E Marr 79 widow of Capt William Marr of Southport a former steamship commander with the Eastern Steamship fleet. Death followed a long illness. She lived in Bath with daughter Mrs Arthur C Willis then returned to Southport and moved to hospital weeks ago leaving one daughter Mrs Willis of Lewiston who was her constant companion.
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Ward
Boothbay Harbor
St. Andrews Hospital
Lizzie E. Marr
William Marr
Southport
Marr
Bath
Arthur C. Willis
Willis
Lewiston
Hutchinson Family Voyage From Matinicus To Bath
Captain Luman Hutchinson and his son Alfred and wife and child endured a rough two sloops voyage from Matinicus to Bath. They left Friday noon and arrived Sunday night after slow progress in bad weather navigating by charts. They paused near Port Clyde and Southport, with vessels 36 and 38 feet long, seaworthy. The Hutchinsons have long been in fishing and lobster work and now work in local shipyards living with Mrs. Frank Beals. Alfred Hutchinson recently returned from France where he served as bugler in the Second Pioneers and later with K Company 802nd Regiment 76th Division during construction near Bordeaux.
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Hutchinson
Hugh
Luman Hutchinson
Alfred
Matinicus
Bath
Port Clyde
Southport
Frank Beals
Washington — Street
North End
France
K Co
802Nd Regiment
76Th Division
Pioneers
Bordeaux
Pushard Perkins marriage in Bath Lovers wed at People church
Jennie G Perkins and Harold L Pushard both of Bath were married Saturday afternoon at 4 30 at People s church parsonage by Rev Samuel A Evans using a two ring service. The couple, attended by Mr and Mrs Charles Whitehouse, will reside in Bath after a short trip to Rangeley Lakes. The bride is daughter of Lemuel Carlton of Dresden and the groom is son of George A Pushard and Mrs Pushard, also of Dresden.
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Jennie G. Perkins
Harold L. Pushard
Bath
People’s Church Parsonage
Samuel A. Evans
Charles Whitehouse
Rangeley Lakes
Georgetown Community Supper Planned by Good Roads Group
Officers of the Good Roads association met at A. B. Buzzo’s home Tuesday to organize a community supper at the First Baptist vestry Friday. The event will serve Five Islands Robinhood and Bay Point with pastry contributions sought. Menu includes baked beans bread but ter cakes pies doughnuts cookies tea and coffee.
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The
Good Roads Association
A. B. Buzzo
First Baptist Vestry
Five Islands
Robinhood
Bay Point
Georgetown
Topsham Fair
George Oliver
Willard Oliver
Harold F. Hunt
Fred Ward
Benjamin H. Woodside
Bertha A. Russell
Marion Buzzo
Ethel B. Todd
Milton Buzzo
William T. Boyd
John D. Williams
Junior Williams
Harold Ward
Leo
Renzetti
Bath
Mabel Dearborn
Mabel Pinkham
James Stuart
Harry Heald
Arthur E. Buzzo
Annie Russell
Madelyn Berry
Fred Reid
Miss Berry
Emma Billings
Howard G. Heald
Charles Mains
Levi Powers
William A. Todd
Eugene Reynolds
William Noble
Indian Point
Working League
First Baptist
Will Rowe
William Delano
Katherine Ward
Quincy
Mass
West Georgetown
Charles Campbell
Frank Ibald
Traverse Jury
Sarah
Pinkham Cottage
Lida Mains
Clarey Farm
Z. Pinkham
Pearl Mains
France
Philadelphia
Gilbert
Charlie Lewis
Ralph Reynolds
Cosy
Strawberry Hill
Parish Notices and Local Updates from Robinhood District
Announcement seeks John FE Gordan of Bath via Rev. John Fiske at Robinhood office for missing person. Charles Mains reports butchering a beef heifer bought from Levi Powers Saturday. Leah Mains aided at W. P. Bakler’s, Avery Williams visited locals. State road work continues in Robinhood district with a sturdy crew. Mrs. Charles Mains recoveries, recently ill with pneumonia, home again. Mains buys steel range now in use.
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John B. Gordan
Bath
Lida’ A. Welch
Westport
John ©. Fiske
John FE. Gordan
Robinhood
Charles Mains
Levi Powers
Leah Mains
W. P. Bakler
Avery Williams
State Road
Jury Disagrees in Conroy Case and Other Trials
A jury in Justice Hanson's court reported a hung verdict in the Conroy liquor nuisance trial after more than four hours of deliberation. Separately, Earl DeWolfe and Herman Wright received one year probation for breaking and entering Scott C. Perry’s Bath store. The grand jury opened Thursday, issuing ten indictments, with one remaining sealed, including further Bath cases.
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Thomas L. Morrison
Justice Hanson
Supreme Court
Charles J. Newell
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
George
McCarty
Lewiston
Meas
John J. Conroy
Edward Murray
Bangor
Conroy
Earl DeWolfe
Herman Wright
Scott C. Perry
Sheriff Oliver
Peter Manty Alias
Gouras
Theodore Gouras
Benjamin L. Berman
Hanson
Texas Steamship Co
Texas
Defendents
S. C. Perry
Legal and naturalization records highlight court actions
The document lists multiple cases in which individuals face charges from liquor nuisance and burglary to assault, theft, and obscene writing. It notes 21 naturalizations granted after cross examination, and two civil suits about automobile damage with mixed outcomes, including Hadakin vs Hunter and related injuries.
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Thompson Brothers
Gertrude Smith
Grange
Bolivia
City Hospital
Universalists
Francis Gray
Suffolk
ST. Hilaire
Pushard—Perkins
Good Roads Agae’n
Daisy Mains
Bath Daily Times
Moses Owen
Carter
Sively
Ladins’ Union
Children's Union
James F. Will Co
Maine
Harrison Adams
Etta Morrison
Thomas Thompson
Michael O’brien
James H. O'Connell
John Donahue
Isaac J. Daker
Abraham Shohet
M. Miles ‘Dodge
United States Naturalization Examiner
Louis G. LeGendre
Frederick H. Haining
Cyrill Vachon
Charles K. Olsen
George W. Wilson
Francis J. Coughran
Louis O. Perry
Rupert Miller
Melvin H. Beerwort
Joseph D. Vachon
George H. Humphrey
Willian H. McMackin
Jacob A. Fancy
Joseph Arsenault
John Hutchinson
John Burgon
Harry M. Ball
Thomas A. McNeill
Solomon Greenblatt
Arthur Jenkins
William MacKinney
Charles F., Hadakin
Laurin T. Hunter
Strong
Hunter
Paris
Charles H. Smith
Hadakin
George W. Heselton
Gardiner
MecGillicuddy & Mrey
Franklin
Smith
Fannie Mathuren
Charles D. Newell
Mathuren
George McCarty
Commercial Street
Isaac J. Baker
O'Connell
Donahue
Michael O'Brien
N.Y. Life Insurance Co
Middle St
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