Pageant of the Immigration Gateway at Wesley Church
The Epworth League presented the Pageant of the Immigration Gateway at Wesley Church on Friday evening. The three scenes featured Columbia with the Indian and Puritans, Ellis Island arrivals, and a final blended nations sequence. Cast members included Miss Edna Bliss Miss Hertha Weeks Miss Pearl Moody Miss Mildred Robbins Miss Marion Robbins Miss M Davis and many others with Horatio A. Duncan as inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Epworth League
T. N. Kewley
Beacon Street
C. Wilson Harrison
United States
New York
Columbia
Ellis Island
America
Hertha Weeks
Miss Bliss
Harry Thompson
Horatio A. Duncan
Robert Gordon
Otis Card
E. A. Farrar
Mary O'Connor
Louise Child
Lena Tresca
Edna Bliss
Pearl Moody
Mildred Robbins
Marion Robbins
M. Davis
Wife 100 Ill to Work
Indianapolis story quotes a woman describing severe illness and weight loss, crediting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and weight from 109 to 133 pounds. The piece promotes the remedy and includes a long list of names and immigration officers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lydia H. Pinkham
WM. Green
S. Addison Street
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Morse Masquerade Preceded by Play at Morse High
A costumed dancing party at Morse High School last Friday featured a musical sketch Seven Hours in New York by the Unrivalled Stock Company with a large cast and beauty chorus. The junior class organized the event to aid senior class expenses, drawing 70 to 80 couples in costume to Assembly Hall and drawing praise from attendees and chaperones alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse
New York
Baron Bonshoestrings
Brim Jewett
Timothy Bellboy
Percy Miller
Lord Helpus
A. Attaya
Billy Hornpipe
Gerald Sullivan
Misses Hall
Gay
Flaherty
Frazier
McAllister
Mann
M. Gordon
M. Holbrook
T. Cummings
Purington
Wayland
Martha Bates
Times
Assembly Hall
Virginia Payne
Mary Baxter
Helen Larrabee
Bath Orchestra
Grace Church wall progress and local notes in brief
The new outer wall of Grace Church boards is nearly finished. Local laborers face challenges with the 54 hour work law. A garage has replaced an old stable on Middle Street. Officer Sears patrolled for youths disturbing peace. Miss Myra Arnold sprained her ankle after a sidewalk fall. Eben Eugene Rexford, author of Silver Threads among the Gold, died at Green Bay at 68. Captain and Mrs Watson marked their 58th wedding anniversary. In Park League Eurekas beat Woodmen by 15 points. high scores posted by Haggard and Olinto. Damaged lawn seats on Nichols Avenue caused a fall risk. State arson investigations show 17 arrests in under two years with several trials and two pending cases.
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Grace Church
Herbert D. Maxwell
Middle St
Fred Sears
Myra A. Arnold
Pearl St
Miss Arnold
D. T. Percy & Sons
Eben Eugene Rexford
Greenbay
Wis
Johnsburgh
N. Y
William H. Watson
State Insurance Department
Erastus J. Carter
Lincoln
Washington
Hancock
Penobscot
York
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
You Should See Jim Eat
An old fashioned stomach remedy by the L. F. Medicine Co of Portland Maine promises to restore appetite and strengthen the gut. Readers are urged to mail their opinion and receive a Needle Book sample with needles for home use.
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Jim
L. F.” Atwood
L. F
L. F.” Medicine Co
Port*ad
Early Morning Fire at Franklin House Causes Minor Damage
A 3:40 a m Saturday fire in a guest room on the third story of the Franklin House on Franklin Street damaged bedding furniture and a window. Over 30 guests escaped without incident. Assistant Chief Jerry Pinkham injured a wrist by a falling shard and will be out several days. Chief Engineer Parks unsure of the fire’s origin.
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Franklin House
Franklin Street
Footer
Jerry Pinkham
Barker
Parks
Morse High class colors contrast with autumn entertainment
Fifteen patients at the City Hospital Friday. Morse High School’s class of ’17 hosts an entertainment with Misses Desmond Goodwin and Atkinson and Herbert Douglas as organizers. A Maine schooner Georgietta, built at Ellsworth 46 years ago, sold for $5000 to New Bedford for trade between that port and the Azores. Gospel Mission meetings led by Charles Bedford drew notable attendance. Mr and Mrs C C Marsh and children left for Rahway New Jersey after summering at Popham Beach amid infantile paralysis fears. The Shawmut Steamship Co. contracts Sun Shipbuilding to build two 19,000 ton freighters for delivery in 19 months, replacing ships sold to the French government. Eels plentiful in Kennebec near the paper mill, Archie Bett catches large eel hauls on Northern avenue. War relief workers prepare comfort bags for soldiers, to be sent with Mademoiselle Miss leading the distribution the first week in November for Christmas gifts.
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City Hospital
Cora Small
Elmhurst
Morse High
Morse High School
Desmond, Goodwin
Atkinson
Herbert Douglas
Maine
Georgietta
Ellsworth
New Bedford
Azores
Gospel Mission
Charles Bedford
Lewiston Mission
Bedford
C. C. Marsh
East Orange
N. J
Popham
Rahway
M. E. Harper
Penobscot
F. J. Lisman
Shawmut Steamship Co
Boston
Sun Shipbuilding Co
Philadelphia
Kennebec
Archie Bett
Northern Avenue
Bondbrook
Kennebec Journal
War Relief
Mademoiselle Miss
Geese Visit Bay as Rail Work Advances
A Friday morning flock of geese visited the Bay while M C R R laid new rails from Winter Street to York for relaying. Rev J E Whitcomb preached at Corliss Street Church. A whist party in Red Men’s hall hosted 15 tables with prizes won by Ansert, Pratt, Mrs Everard, and Miss Smith. Cement foundations for a workshop behind Central Maine Power Co are two feet wide at the bottom and 1 1/2 feet high, brick walls to be built soon.
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M.C.R.R
Winter St
York
J. E. Whitcomb
Corliss Street
Frost St
Bath
Popham
Lothrop
Minott Percy
D. Y. Percy
Kelley
American Ambulance Corps
France
Loyall Sewall
Philadelphia
Red Men's Hall
Ansert
Frank Pratt
American fishing schooner Clark seized by British near Iceland
A London despatch reports the American fishing schooner Richard W. Clark, 503 gross tons, owned by A. A. Corey of New Bedford, was captured near Iceland and taken to Grimsby. Built 1909, the vessel had recently delivered whaling fleet supplies and catch and was sold to New York buyers for 34000 dollars.
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London
Richard W. Clark
Iceland
Grimsby
A. A. Corey
New Bedford
Mass
F. S. Bowker
Clark
Dominique
Las Palmas
Fayal
New York
Norway
Corey
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Wesley
Edward Coombs
Antonio Moretto
Kenneth Weeks
Henri Montant
Maria Stella
Arthur Oliver
Evelyn
Warren Oliver
Miriam Harrison
Helen Child
C. E. Ripley
Department of World Evangelism
Alice Corliss
Margaret Stewart
H. A. Duncan
N. B. Cortell
Gordon
Charles Ingham
Herbert McKinney
Richard K. Marr
Carlton Lowell
Harrison
Earl Whittemore
League
Garabed M. Salatian
Charles Shepard
Annie Trufant Margarita Fabiani
A. Butterfield
E. A. Farrar Port
Ellen Follett
F. D. Armes
E. Colby
Carlos, Margarita
Stanley Robinson
Wilhemina Gackenbach
Helena
Percy Oliver
Luigi
Elsie Wakefield
Karl Schnakenberg
Charles Foster
Martha Brown
Hulda Johannsen
Annie Stewart
John Smith
A. E. Baum
Elizabeth Verga
Barbara
Andrew
Lydia
M Dimiter Kostoff
A. M. Butterfield
Infed
Evelyn Oliver Warren Oliver Firiam Harrison Far Ae Ltn
Anna Kotoff
W.c
Ena Bucknam
Samuel Slavinski
Lloyd Daley
Trish
E. A. Farrallena Tresca
Leo
George Cahill
Stella
Dorothy Welch
Emil Peterson
Carleton Lowell
Lina Peterson
Lilie Cahill
Karl, Rowland Robinson
Minnie Thelma Oliver
Brunswick
Town Hall
Saturday Club
Chandler’s Book Store
Emilio DE Gogorza
Fletcher
Castoria
Phippsburg
L. L. Hooker
Rev
S. A. Evans
R. D. Cummings
Hubert Wf. Feere
Litchfield
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Hester
Chichester
RAND
A. B. Watson
Union Street
Maine Central Railroad
THD Waine Central
Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Cyrus W. Longley
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