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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1914

Page

10

Local Bath notes and regional updates mingle with notable visits

Sheriff Oliver searched a West Side site Saturday, finding nothing. A Bath native, wife of a well known Bath man, hails from Prussia where Krupp guns are made. A dozen Parker friends visited Bath for Columbia theatre. Maine officials and temple groups attended district events. Red and Blue Airship Contest drew Sunday visitors as ships Comet and Record Breaker traveled toward Jerusalem. Frank Jaques of West Bath injured in Campbell's Pond accident. Morse High plays Rockland at Kelley Field after a 27 to 0 defeat in prior meeting. Nine legislators to occupy Captain Clark house in Augusta this winter, including Clark, Cole, Sanborn, Chaplin, and others. James G Blaine mansion hosts political club activity ahead of sessions.

Oliver Bath Prussia Parker Columbia Theatre Glen Royal Temple Pythian Sisters Marion P. Cobb Maine Ladies Sons of Veterans T. W. Hyde Rufus Moulton Maine Woman Suffrage Association Pine St. M. E. Church Portland Helen N. Bates Mary TI. Wood Portsmouth N. H Central Church Sunday School Reds Blues Jerusalem Canary Islands Gibraltar Rome Wilson Ent Frank Jaques West Bath Bath City Hospital Mr. Jaques Campbell’s Pond Campbell's Pond Hazzard Shoe Co Hazzard Morse High Kelley Field Rockland High Rockland Captain Clark Scott Street Augusta Cecil F. Clark Hollis Aaron B. Cole Elliott Lauren N. Sanborn Joseph F. Chaplin South Portland Homer T. Waterhouse Kennebunk Isaac D. Harper Gorham Joseph H. Littlefield Wells Percy N. H. Lombard Old Orchard Charles KE. Conn Denmark James G. Blaine State Street State House Oakley C South End City Landing Driftwood Club Harris F. Rodick Niagara Falls Chicago Middle St Senier Brunswick Rodick Blanche Coombs Justice Bird S. J Court Yarmouth William Pp. Haley John Patten Harvard Bowdoin Nealley Frederick D. Sewall John Lincoln Patten John Oue Weeks Charles A. Boutelle Woolwich Elias Brookings Augustus Wyman Oliver E. C. Palmer E.C. Plummer Bowdoin Kennebec Georgetown

First snow, prices rise, and local notes brighten Bath

The year opens with snow, potato prices up, and day length shortens. Reports include a new Overland purchase by Marty B Sawyer, 25 women at Baxter box shop on Broad St, surf at Popham and Small Point, and the schooner Maud Dudley expected with phosphate for Bowdoinham. Bath events feature the Bowling Club meeting, a large shoe order for the French army, and social notes from Augusta to Bath.

Marty B. Sawyer Overland Baxter Box Broad St Popham Small Point Maud Dudley Bowdoinham Bath Bowling Club Park Alleys R. P. Hazzard Co Gardiner Bath Portland West Bath Grange Augusta Oscar Snowman Henrietta Simmons Kennebec Journal Oscar Snowman, Jr Thatcher’s Island Boston Kennebec River

Local notes and river traffic in Brunswick and Bath

A see-saw collection of town items reports on shipping, lumber, and local business from Bath and Brunswick. The tug Farnsworth arrives with lumber for sea, schooner Charles H. Trickey towed for loading in Augusta, and a Bowdoin Bates game at Brunswick noted alongside court sessions and tax/pay adjustments. The piece also mentions a candlepin record, parcel post stats, and the Lewiston and Auburn Electric Light Co transfer to Androscoggin Electric Co with new leadership and aims.

Turner Charles H. Trickey Bath Augusta New York Tuy Farnsworth Charles W. Clifford King of the Bay Merrymeeting W. C. Philbrick Waterville Supreme Court Wiscasset Henry Ivers Maine Fred Hooper Portland Lewiston & Auburn Electric Light Co Portland-Lewiston Androscoggin Electric Co William T. Cobb Rockland Julius E. Parkhirst Lewiston F. D. Gordon Auburn Maynard S. Bird Hugh J. Chisholm Harolds. Libbey Alla A. Libbey

Local notes cover clubs, mackerel fishing, and town changes

Community briefs report club meetings at Beacon Street Church and Lowell Chapter, a large mage sale at Winter Street church, and a Lisbon Falls veterans concert. Mackerel in Casco Bay weigh up to 19 pounds and fetch 18 cents a pound in Bath. firewood prices and a Red Cross fund drive are noted. William Hamilton plans hotel upgrades at Popham Beach. contractor Walter M. Potter begins Davenport Building renovations. Western Union space realigned. Local elections result in Russell Sheridan as Mayor and new aldermen. Edward A. Beverly mourns father’s death. Beverly family noted in Saco and Haverhill arts electrical business lineage.

Ray Welch Eass Senore Cirele Thursdey Arermiyama Ilaley Pine St Loreas Quild Beacon St T. N. Knowles Sewing Circle of Lowell Pothian Corliss Street Bus‘ness Hallowe'en R. C. Main American Express American Red Cross Europe Margaret Bakeman Portland Walter M. Potter Davenport Sagadahbor Square Western Union Telegraph Co Blacking Parl Western Union Rus‘sell Sheridan Walter Savage Robert Shaw Duncan McInnes Clarence Prebie Leras Stearns

Meeting led by Captain Snowden at Winthrop

Community events note Captain Snowden presiding at a meeting in Winthrop on Wednesday night. Local notes mention fruit stands, chestnuts, Ladies' Aid meetings, and various social gatherings including whist parties at Foresters' Hall.

Miebetas Ibesthay Asa Aaimuka Epilitt Toetal Capt Snowden Winth Gane Cls von Seme CC Ms Foresters’ Hall State Highway Commission Evreen Wiscasset Bath Woolwich FE. T. Savage Emma F M.C. RR Eastern River

Our Own People Travel and Visit in New England

Local residents are noted traveling on business to Boston and New York with several trips underway. Charles Toothaker returns from Harpswell while Charles H. Jordan and Mrs. George H. Jacobs plan a Boston visit. Other mentions include visits to Windsor Connecticut and Rockland, and a long list of local residents resuming duties after vacations.

Boothbay Harbor Harfingrton Boothbay Portland Frank S New York Boston Charles ©. Toothaker Harpswell Charles H. Jordan George H. Jacobs George R. Ford Windsor State Asylum A. H. Price Rockland Frank Powers Wiscasset George W. Troop Er. E. Winslow Clara Clifford Somerville Mass L. J. Plummer Bath-Lewis

Morse High Football Wrapup Before Rockland Clash

Morse High football prepared for an afternoon game against Rockland after a Thursday practice on Kelley Field. The Tigers squared off against their second team in scrimmage to sharpen offense and defense ahead of the main matchup.

Morse High Kelley Field Rockland

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Liza Virginia Bay Point Farnsworth Augusta Strooer Lizzie J. Call Bowdoin-Bates Bowdoin-Wesleyan Brown C. W. Watson Pond Frank Moses Highland St Benson Beverly Choate Kennebec Towage Co Mulligan’s Wharf Maint St Rockland C.G United States William Hamilton Riverside Popham Beach Pieter Erie Crete Edward A. Beverly Saco Ranenins Haverhill John Wiliam Charleston Magss Edward A Annie Rogers Lowe Conservatory of Music Morse High School Ymsclan Freeport High Evans Lumber Mill Stemling Cympbell Nand Tirer Porthod Ken Heler and Poston Asters Steamhip Corporation Tne Hce Public Health Service Josephus Daniels Navy Foundry Methodist Washington Kenneth & Potter Evans Crew Arnold Morse Morse Percy Richardson William Oliver Mildred Seiders Merrill Seiders Togus George K. Lawton South O. A. Moore Mr. Moore Random BR Fuller Houghton’s Wharf Smiresptel Tate Tip Bei Peisos New England Tebehome Co For Fariers’ Bureau and pExehans Charlottetown Ros KE French Mormie Trend St. Stephen G. P Nicohol Toledo W. .J. Preston Georges Perkins Fort Popham Mondas Preston Massachusetts Mert O’connell O'Connell Eastern Steamship Co Ransom B. Fuller
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