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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1916

Page

5

Exiting Adventure on River Ends with Near Sinking Fire

A Central Maine Power Co employee towing a raft of logs on the Kennebec River fought a night fire when his motor boat sank after a hole burned through the bottom. He cut the logs adrift and swam to shore near safety, then wandered hours before finding his bearings as the logs drifted to shore intact.

Central Maine Power Co Kennebec River R. H. Jack Justice Ames Parent- Teacher Association J. L. Pinkerton M. E. Church Waterville Epworth League W. S. Given Co F. J. Nichols Rangeley Cc. P. Bates James Whittemore Portland Mrs. Hanford George Ferguson

Woolwich News Highlights Local Weddings and Incidents

Woolwich reports the engagement and forthcoming wedding of Miss Jill to Mr. Jack Spratt Jr at Mont sweag Grange Hall with reception plans. Community events include school, church, and charity concerts. notable incidents involve car wrecks, a steer in a wells scene, a fox hound killed, and residents attending regional conventions and visits.

Naomi Rideout Pleasant St A. C. Williams Boothbay Harbor Holbrook Portland Kenneth Sedgeley Philadelphia Connie Mack Philadelphia American Baseball Kenneth Coombs Town Hall Coombs High School Jack Bath H. D. Cornish Jackman Quebec E. W. Warren Boston F. S. Adams Norman Curtis F. K W. B. Williams Mason Seraphonia Brown Woolwich W. B. Kendall R. W. Carr William Bibber Richmond S. A. Getchell F. K. Jack H. E. Cornish Ida Cornish Brunswick J. F. Baker Monmouth Albra Small Bowdoin Center Pomona Grange Merry Meeting Grange Charles Williams Bowdoin Peter Pumpkineater Jill Jack Spratt, Jr Grange Hall Montsweag John Reed Arrowsie Georgetown North Methodist Church Montsweag Hall Milan J. Smith Chopps Gertrude Parker Malden Mass Florence Baker Little Boy Blue Milton Baker Little Diamonds Carrie Norton Will Elliot Walter Brackett Rangeley A. H. Carlton Mr. Smith Zion’s Advocate Lida Hathorne Augusta Harry Huse Fred Humphreys Arthur W. Carlton Sarah P. E. Hathorne Nequasset Edgar Blanch Winnegance Day's Ferry South Methodist Church Will Tibbetts Hodgdon Saco Montsweag Corner Mountain Road William Carlton Boothbay Mr. Carlton Harvey Hathorne Elizabeth Trott Allen Delmar Trott Mr. Kimball Will Hanson Llewellyn Bailey Kimball and Marr District No. 1 Ralph Rice Will Downing D. W. Blair North Woolwich Methodist Church Augustus Lavigne Garfield North Bath Maine Wesleyan Seminary Kent’s Hill H. P. Hathorne Bowdoinham E. B. Shaw Moatsweag Harry Austin Shaw Florence Carlton Lowell's Market Frank Farnham B. D. Farnham Helen Susie Sleeper Thomaston

Local Jottings and Social Notes from Bowker Yard to West Palm Beach

Charles Crosby visits Arrowsie. schooner planking at Bowker yard in Phippsburg Center. Mrs. McFadden stages a Hallo we'en display in Anderson pharmacy window. Lyman and Helen Smith plan winter in West Palm Beach. Peat Farris and rabbit dog Buster bag four rabbits. Suckers in Cathance and Kennebec near extinction from King’s Dock. Bull Frogs club heads to Portsmouth New Hampshire in Cummings car with members Cummings Hyde Shaw Ledyard Purington.

Bowker Yard Phippsburg Center Anderson Cathance Kennebec King’s Dock North End Bull Frogs Portsmouth N. H John W. Cummings Mr. Cummings E. W. Hyde F. P. Shaw Owen Ledyard A. K. Purington

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