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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1918

Page

6

Bath readers urged to fund ferry shed and war relief drives

The committee on Public Safety backs building a coal shed for the ferry, stressing its wartime necessity and urging early preparations for improved service. The piece lauds Bath’s War Loan success, notes national drives starting Nov 11, and praises Lieut Sumner Sewall as a rising ace. It also contrasts Bath with other Maine towns facing losses and emphasizes conservation and food shipments.

Committee On Public Safety Bath Arra War Work Council Knights of Columbus Jewish War Relief American Library Fund Salvation Army Maine

Winnegance Notes and Local Engagements Highlight Community

Priv Elmer Houdlette of Gar diner is reported slightly wounded. Engagement announced between Thatcher Pinkham, navy yard draftsman, Portsmouth NH, and Miss Ethel B. Williams of Bath. Various visits, travels, illnesses, and family updates follow from Winnegance including a flu recovery, pneumonia death of Clarence Jackson, and residents moving or returning to towns in Maine.

Elmer H. Houdlette Gardiner Charles T. Small W. W. Morse Winnegance Thatcher B. Pinkham Navy Yard Portsmouth N. H Ethel B. Williams Harry C. Williams Bridge Street Bath Zina Hunt John King Bowdeinham Seymore Hayden Abram Oliver Ernest Knight Augusta Eugene Knight Edith Perkins Charles Perkins Auburn Ralph Spinney Bay Point Ernestine Spencer L. F. Adams Chicago Philadelphia J. N. Tibbetts Rockport Charles Morse Page Leon Pennell Kingston John Warner Peré ¥ Jackson Zina Eton House Lynn Jackson Ormond Rogers Urann Charles B.williams Phippsburg Frank Pero A. D. Adams Haley Ethel Williams Clarence Jackson Arthur Jackson Bangor Ernest Rogers John ‘Schofield Charles Leavitt, Jr Earl Coombs Parker Head Elbridge Morse Walter Rogers Fred Coombs Ravidall Los Angeles State OF Maine Sagadshoe Winfield Scott Cressey J. J. Myer Francis Joseph P. Myer Bathin Sagadahoe Gertrude A. Myer Sagadahoc Karadahioc Bat James

War and Medicines What Many of the Sick Are Learning Now

Article notes doctors sent to war reducing home services. Blood purifier Peptirog and Hood's Pills are promoted as economical and effective tonics and laxatives. Claims these medicines help with various ailments and are available at all druggists.

America Bath New England Hood

Sept. 12 Draft List With County Registrants

County men registered for the September 12 draft are listed with classification codes and addresses. The sheet shows names such as Wie Blaisdell Rollins Parker Head Phippsburg and many Bowdoinham, Topsham, Bath, Richmond residents. Notable codes include 4-A and 1-G among others, reflecting marital status and dependents.

Awie Blaisdell Rollins Parker Head Phippsburg John Frederick Hinds Pejepscot John William Morse Small Point John Albert Purington Bowdoinham Elbridge Carrier Tregembo Howard Leslie Webber Alfred Thomas Wheeler Sabbatius Jesse Leo Haley Myrtle St Richmond Harry Edwin Green James Bailey Whittem Topsham Chester Tyler Robbins Arrowsic William Henry Bickford Scott Small Robert Wylie Donnell Bath Vasil Ciko Eugene Elliott Ingalls James Wescott Colby John William Sullivan Main St Albert Cox Jenks North Bath Horace Leslie Raymond Winifred Scott Hull North St Henric Beal Carter Woolwich Hollis Merrill Bailey Winthrop Riggs McMann Georgetown George Edward Pratt Ernest Emery Williams Star Route West Bath John Arthur Abramson Charles Asa Rogers Pleasant St. Richmond Albra Joseph Small Frank Benson Card Lisbon Falls Harry A. J. G. Green West Point Arthur Henry Hatch Glenwood Lilly Seigars Clarence Ernest Stilphen John Hervey Grover Wilson Thomas Hunter P. O. No Richard Wellington Tarr Clarence Ira Carlton Elton Harrison Phinney Arrowsie John Whitman Hume Winter St Charles Elbridge Totman Ashdale P. O Willam Edward King Byron Lystin Ludwig Ladno Pasquale Frank Hewett Paine Spring St Oscar Swanson Norman Elbridge Curtis John Benjamin Goodwin North Leeds Walter Roy Morse Winneganee George Washington Go Bradbury Lake R. F George Hamilton Wren Jason Linwood Johnson Lester Palmer Foster Carlton Sylvester Savage Rchmond Arthur Clifford Hall Elm St Edward Danel Baker Winthrop Bunton Hervey Bowdeinham Christian Roy Gray Aaron Stevens Cumberland Mills Herbert Bowden Arey Leon Alton Williams West Georgetown Oscar Melvin Douglass Danelo Vito Maurice John Skelton Chetham Parks Bairy Willard Edgar Elliott John Henry Cayonette Gardiner Charles Amsbury Alexander Front St Redmond George Howard Ordway Alfred Carrier Bridge St William Milliken Meserve Richmond Corner Walter Emery Sedgrey Everett Gipson Maine St Albert Storry Clarence Elwell Baker Ernest Houdlette Card William Wallace Gardner Spruce St Joseph Arthur Woolwich WiWinga Henry Metcalf P.O Topstram John Henry Murphy Sebasco Lithee Allen

Grange Outlook and Farm Conditions in Sagadahoc

The Independent urges Sagadahoc county granges to revive winter meetings and share programs and stories. It notes high wood demand and taxation issues affecting woodlot sales, mentions J. F. Upton’s recovery and local poultry and egg markets, apple crops, beef prices, and wartime labor shifts impacting farms.

Independent Sagadahoc County Old Sagadahoe the Independent J. F. Upton Bath Enterprise Upton Winnegance Enterprise Farm

Woolwich Mystery Hints of Murder Continues in 1918

The Woolwich murder tale links a Norton family in Nequasset and a Pindar marriage to Mrs Margaret Norton of Oxford and Norridgewock Maine. Peter Norton disappeared after visiting Woolwich seeking land, with evidence suggesting foul play and a capital crime rather than suicide.

Norton Kennebec Nequasset Plantation Porter Pindar Pinder Arthur Margaret Norton Massachusetts Oxford Mass Maine Norridgewock Woolwich Nequasset Mr. Pindar Margaret Peter Norton Montsweag Montsweagh

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