Local Jottings From Bath Area News Items
Frosts reported in suburbs. KVC clambake set for Sept 12. Whalen joins hull drafting at B I W. Coast Artillery supply boat Crew arrives from Portland. Temple and Pythian Sisters hold meeting. Barges tow coal to Gardiner. Bath schooner to Norfolk for Brazil coal. Salvation Army and Y M C A speakers visit. John J D Colwell renamed Florence Thurlow on voyage to West Africa. Lisbon Enterprise notes Whittaker's departure. State board of trade appoints irrigation congress delegates. Bath Marine Band moonlight sail to Southport with concert and dance. Labor Day program at Jefferson Theatre features Manchester and other shows. Svea assists wrecked boat near Morse's Eddy. passengers rescued.
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K.V.C
F. J. Whalen
Bridgeport
Hull
U.S
Coast Artillery
Portland
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Elijah
Shiloh
Whittaker
Arthur Chapin
Maine State Board of Trade
California
Silas B. Adams
D. W. Hoegg, Jr
Arthur G. Staples
Lewiston
Frederick E. Boothby
Waterville
John M. Oak
Bangor
Stockton
Fresno
Sacramento
San Francisco
International Irrigation Congress
Bath Marine Band
Southport
Pinson
Esecort
Gifford
Bath Notes: Hockomock Trip Reports 11 Cars and More
News brief lists a Woolwich ferry run bringing 11 automobiles and a return trip with over six cars, along with local social notes. Dr. Thomas Lightbody returns to Florida after visiting Bath with sister Mrs. A M Duncan of Watertown Mass. A Bath hiking plan for Sept 4 5 6 via Tuckerman Gulfside and Valley Way trails is noted, plus Maine Musical Festival postcards featuring Emilio de Gogorza and Prof. Chapman.
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Woolwich
Hockomock
Thomas Lightbody
Florida
Bath
A. M. Duncan
Watertown
Mass
White Mountain
Tuckerman
Gulfside
Valley Way
Lewiston
Maine Musical Festival
Bangor
Portland
Emilio de Gogorza
Prof. Chapman
Bath Opera House
Urban Stock Co
Mary Fuller
Miss Fuller
United States
Department of Commerce
la Follette
Corliss Street Troup
Birch Point
L. R. Mitchell
Jord
Joseph T. Swan
Massachusetts
N. B. Cortell
Mitchell
Boothbay Harbor
Paul Revere
City Hall
Isaiah King
Charles Dunning
Blaisdell & Leeman
Commercial St
King
Bilious tongue may signal liver trouble and laxative aid
A marked white yellow coating on the tongue and foul breath can show biliousness linked to indigestion constipation and headache. Harsh purgatives worsen the cycle. Pinklets pine laxative pills offer gentle regularity without habit forming drugs and can be ordered from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY for 25 cents or booklet.
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Peer
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Potatoes seen at $1.50 a bushel by January says Bowdoin farmer
A Bowdoin farmer forecasts potatoes at 1.50 per bushel by January. The article recounts multiple local items including shipboard passengers, fishing parties, a Republican organized club invitation in Ellsworth, and visits by Seattle residents touring Bath via car and rail.
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Bowdoin
Bath Bathing and Shipping Notes Highlight Holiday Trips
The Bath pier and City of Bangor figure in a busy weekend with Lewiston visitors, a large stateroom waiting list, and two Labor Day steamship sailings to Boston. Local officers warn sidewalk riders, while a Bath flagpole plea edges into political chatter.
Bath Letter: Local Visits and Notables
Miss Ethel Warner dies last week at Bay Point. J T Brooks of the Boston Post visited town. R M Reynolds of Hyde Windlass Co. vacationing in Boston. Fred Hooper of New York City visiting his brother Charles Hooper. Miss Helen Robinson returns from Hallowell relatives. J R Norton vacationed in Portland and Boston. Mrs A F Merrithen and son from Cliftondale hosted by the Jewetts. Cadet Harold S Kelley departs for West Point. The Coffin and Wright families vacation at Cox's Head. Prof J Percival Berkeley preached at Elm Street Baptist. Charles C Williams heads to Kingfield. Thomas Leydon visits from Worcester. Horace Brown returns to Reading. Charles Quimby burned at Bath Iron Works. Charles N Beerwort returns from Clarenceville. Hester Smith returns from Bowker's yard. Government drawing office orders Neptune trial at Rockland. Margaret McDonald returns to Brooklyn. Percy Douglass vacationing in Bath. Frank A Owen seen about town. William Fildes leaves Bath for Winchester Arms Co. J M Williams visits town. Mrs North returns to New Britain. relatives visit. Mrs Fred Stover visits. H C Carpenter now in New Orleans. Charles Curtis visits Bath. eighty-six and travels solo. Read Nichols hosts Curtis. John T Curran suffers injury at Dummer Street Primary School.
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Ethel Warner
Bay Point
J. T. Brooks
Boston Post
R. M. Reynolds
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Boston
Fred Hooper
New York City
Charles Hooper
Helen Robinson
Hallowell
J. R. Norton
Portland
A. F. Merrithen
Cliftondale
James R. Jewett
Shaw St
Havilan Tabor
Waltham
David J. Tabor
High St
Harold S. Kelley
West Point
Military Academy
N. E. Coffin
Harry Wright
Sophia
Cox's Head
J. Percival Berkeley
Theological Institution
Elm Street Baptist Church
A. P. Denham
City of Bangor
Denham
Charles C. Williams
Kingfield
Clarenceville
Quebec
Beerwort
Swift & Co
Hester Smith
George S. Smith
Bowker’s Yard
MacMahan’s Island
George B. Moody
W. R
Bath Iron Works
Rockland
Neptune
Margaret McDonald
Brooklyn
John McDonald
Federal St
Trinity Hospital
Percy Douglass
Bath
Percy
Providence
R. I
William Douglass
Green St
Frank A. Owen
Bangor
William Fildes
Fildes
Winchester Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
J. M. Williams
Lisbon
Williams
Farewell Mills Co
Fire at 801 Washington Street Discovered by Neagle Estate Occupants
Last Friday a small blaze broke out in the upper southeast room of the Neagle residence at 801 Washington St. Capt. Wallace and Officer Conley led a rapid response, with the fire subdued by 12:03 a.m. The fire harmed only the room and walls. the home is insured and Mrs. Kate Devine and her brother David Neagle occupied the space. Margaret and Rachel Devine visited, with Margaret a mother to two children. A Kingsbury boy alerted police after hearing cries, prompting a city hall alarm and swift crew arrival.
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S . Watch
Capt. Wallace
Thomas Neagle
Central Church
Washington St
Combination Four
Kate Devine
David Neagle
City Hall
Conley
Emmons
Eastern Steamship Corp Shows Revenue Gains in Receiver's Report
The receiver Calvin Austin filed a June and six month report in Portland noting reduced running expenses and rising income across Eastern lines Metropolitan line and Maine Portland to New York. June net income across all lines totaled 9270.44 a gain of 43691.19 from 1914.
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Eastern Steamship Corporation
Calvin Austin
United States District Court
Portland
Great Corporation
Austin
Maine
New York
Postmaster Dennett heads to Squirrel Island for Casino readings
Lewiston postmaster Dennett visits town on Friday en route to Squirrel Island to assist at an evening Casino entertainment. He admits friends keep inviting him to give readings despite his wish to retire. The Harvest moon rises on washday, Sept. 9.
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Dennett
Lewiston
Squirrel Island
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Jefferson
Kennebec
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Alexander C. Hagerthy
M. J. McCormick
Knox Farm
Waldoboro
McCormick
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Engineer Department
Quartermaster Corps
U.S.A
C. E. Jellison
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Edward E. Stebbins
James Farnham
Albert Desmond
John W. Gilmore
Joseph MecCole
Secuin
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Johnny Gilmore
Colonial
Scrlv
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Seattle
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Gulf
Marietta
Stibgen
Bath Wharf
City Landing
Edwin L. Emmons
Frank Edgecomb
Kenney Edgecomb
Alaska
Kenney
M. A. Haraden
Tacoma
New Meadows Inn
Morey
McGillicuddy
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Maine House
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Bath Boys
Naskeag
Lincoln Farrar
H. Parks Pinson
Percival Butler
Edward B. Coombs
Reginald Oyler
Bar Harbor
Boothbay
Monhegan
Seal
Northwest
Northaven
Rockland White Head
Stonington
Gov. Cobb
International Division
John North
Idella
Louise
New Britain
Julius Ansert
Fred Stover
Lillian
H. C. Carpenter
New Orleans
Corliss
Buffalo
Chicago
Carpenter
Stella Osgood
Charles Curtis, Esq
Dexter
Mr. Curtis
Read Nichols
John T. Curran
Penney & Nichols
Dummer Street
Ory
Fletcher
Castoria
Neagle House
Eastern S. S. Corp
Miss AB Watsor
Union Street
Brunswick
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