Local Jottings of Coastal Life and Storms
Coastal notes detail schooners Perey and Small planked to the bilge, riparian traffic on cord wood and lumber, mixed luck for returning Bay duck-hunters, and smelt catches described as small but fish large. Submarine flotilla moves from Tonopah to Prairie with two more boats. rendezvous at Norfolk on Nov. 1. Social items include Cedar Grove improvements and a police arrest for a furniture-throwing disturbance on Front Street. Municipal debates cover Center Street crossing repairs and a sheep poaching incident east of the Kennebec River.
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Percy
Small
Antoinett
Maud Dudley
Bowdoinham
Hockomock
Carlton
Yates’ Sterling
Tonopah
Prairie
Newport
New York
Norfolk
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Cedar Grove
Front St
Phippsburg Road
Bath area notes and community updates amid autumn onset
Regular Bath Lodge of Elks meets Thursday evening. New catch basin completed at Washington and Center Streets. Fleet events include motor launch Vestal's Popham party and Woolwich Ferry sailing. Five workers on a site. George Elliott reports tame wild geese on the Bay. Acadia Lodge hosts a gala honoring new initiates and a banquet. Byron Clark funeral follows a lumber camp accident in West Falmouth. College of Agriculture Maine uses automobiles for farm extension work to reach farmers statewide. Grand Lodge IOCF reports 26 042 members, 82570.52 relief paid. Maritime logistics shift: North Star moves to Eastern division, Governor Cobb to East Boston repairs, James S Whitney replaces North Star on Portland New York run. St John route to begin one weekly trip by late November with Calvin Austin replacing Bay State on Portland Boston service.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
B. D. Farnham
Sagadahoe Ferry
Vestal
Popham
Washington and
Center Sts
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich Ferry
William Elliott
New Jerusalem
Carrie A. Moulton
Washington St
Joseph McCabe
Sewall
L. D. Eaton
Thomaston
Michael Arsenault
Galen E. Ward
Rocky Hill
Acadia Lodge
Byron Clark
West Falmouth
Curtis Undertaking
Center St
Phippsburg
Front St
Roberts
College of Agriculture
University of Maine
Leon S. Merrill
Extension Service
Charles B. Harrington
N. Blaisdell & Sons
Grand Lodge
I.0.c.f
Portland
Harry W. Reid
Augusta
John E. Bunker
Bar Harbor
Willis E. Parsons
Foxcroft
W. W. Cutter
Westbrook
W. E. Plummer
Ellery Bowden
Winterport
North Star
Portland-New York
International Division
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Governor Cobb
Boston
Key West
Havana
Metropolitan Line
James S. Whitney
New York
St. John
Calvin Austin
Bay State
Seguin
Tohican
Farnsworth
Mary F. Olys
Gardiner
Antoinett
Bowdoinham
W. H. Taylor
Murphy's Corner
Woolwich
Taylor
Ladies of Unity Guild
First Baptist Church
Chase
Bath
James W. Elwell
Newcomb
Mayport
Turks Island
E. C. Jones
J. C. Footer
E. W. Hyde
Footer
Sabine
George P. Larrabee
North St
Richard Addison
Rum did it in Bath as family row erupts over liquor
Shouts and threats filled a Northwest Bath home after a visiting relative drank rum and caused a late night quarrel. Officers calmed the scene with no injuries or violence beyond loud talking. The incident, traced to the bottle, prompted neighbors to fear murder but confirmed no harm occurred.
West Bath Grange to Hold 1916 Fair on Nov 11 12
Local notes report Herbert E. Russell trading a valuable horse for a Reo car. The 18th annual West Bath Grange fair is set for Wednesday and Thursday November 11 and 12. Other items include hunting reports, births, and community events around Bath and nearby towns.
Woolwich Notes From Pae Six
Mrs Blanche Ames guests at VUATyCae Ursh Vee led To Miss Josephine Cookson to Gardiner for the winter. Milton Trott to Augusta to enter business. Mrs Angie Hunnewell visiting Bath yesterday. Mrs George Ames spent yesterday in Bath.
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Blanche Ames
Josephine Cookson
Gardiner
Milton Trott
Augusta
Angie Hunnewell
Bath
George Ames
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Kennebec River
Hebblethwaite
Music Hall
Verlie I
Harry
Susie May
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Woods
People’s Church
Hattie B
Ruth M
Capt. Crocker
Bath Box
Long Cove
Westport
Rook's Cove
Merrymeeting Bay
McFadden
Newcastle
Darby
Simmons
Oscar Snowman
Holy Name Society of
St. Mary’s Church
Jerry Gaudette
J. J. Gallant
Elsie Hogman
E. A. Beverly
Frank McDonald
Department of English
John C. Mellett
Henry W. Butler
Sebasco
Dorothy Perkins
Jack Frost
Sonia
Herbert E. Russell
West Bath Grange
Bernard Pratt
Arrowsiee Woods
Ralph E. Legard
Howard A. Corey
Chaplain Allen
Ernest Mayers
Fred Coombs
Dresden
Orman Fullerton
Edward Lee
Edward Pepper
Morse High School
Paul Fitzgerald
Wendall White
andHieren Childs
Maine Central Railroad Company
Morris McDonald
Charles Blatchford
George S. Hobbs
Sandy River
Rangeley Lakes
Bridgton & Saco River Railroad Co
Thomas P. Shaw
Portland Terminal Co
Samuel Hemingway
New Haven
Conn
Rangeley Lakes and Mevantic Railroad Co
Maine Central Railroad Co
Maine Central
Safe Saving Store
Eureka
Thompson Bros
Conley’s Specialty Store
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