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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1914

Page

3

Governor Haines visits Phippsburg amid local rally and road work

Gov Haines and party visit the town arriving at the Postoffice in Phippsburg. Frederick Lawrence of Skowhegan and Harold Sewall of Bath spoke on temperance and shipping policy. The group toured Sebasco Estates Clubhouse and nearby points, with community gatherings, road improvements, and a large turnout at multiple stops.

Gov. Haines Lawrence Dr. Williams Harold M. Sewall Mr. Sewall Sewall Parker Head Popham Sebbasco Estates Sebasco Sebasco Estates Haines Erie Storrs

City Council approves new street lighting and hydrant plan

Bath Maine September 1914 council meeting approves Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co to move a street light and install new incandescent lights at Maxwell Palmer and Wesley streets. Also orders hydrants for Deering Washburn and Bath Deer ing streets and notifies wards for September 11 vote on state and county offices and a public utilities commission referendum.

Dunton Small Turner Briggs Ham Rogers Bachelder Rand Barker Rich Stover Bragg Knight King Ferris Webber Adams Wakefield Reed Norton Worrey A. W. H. Rand McGrath Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co School St Manion Franklin and School Sts Alderman Bachelder Lighiing Z Collins Wesley St E. R. Groves Fitts and Tallman St Harry E. Ring Als Huse &St John J. Lee Maxwell and Palmer Sts Washington Joint Standing Committee Alderman Briggs Maine Water Co Deering and Washburn Sts Bath and Deering Sts Standing Committee On Water and Water Works Bath Sagadahoc Congress Public Utilities Commission Bath Box Co W. A. Moore Committee On Bath Industrial Corporation

Various Portland Area Residents and Visitors Noted in Local Gossip

Bernard Sydleman clerks at Bath Hardware. Many residents and guests travel from Portland to nearby towns for visits, work, or rallies. Notables include Mr. Bridgham, Secretary Redfield, and Judge Pierce, with moves to Florida and Maine towns.

Bernard Sydleman Bath M. H. Douglas Portland Bridgham William C. Redfield MacMahon A. H. Shaw Blue Hill Maine F. F. Twomey Mary Mary Clonan Sarah Quinn Edward Pierce Boston Dunham Seguinland Edgar Smith Dorchester Mass Scott Hill High St Charles H. Morse Walter and Otis Litchfield Mr. Morse Alvah Gilbert Standish New Hampshire Pettengills

News of Winnegance

Winnegance notices list residents and visitors from Farming ton Falls Randolph Boston Providence R I Malden Bath Beachmont Cambridge Newton Arrowic Beac hmont and West Bath. Several families return from trips to Parker Head Long Island Gray and Dresden with church and social activities noted. Community updates include cemetery work, mill dam repairs, dances at Society Hall, and local travel to Lynn Beaconsfield vicinity.

Jennie Franks Winne Gance Gray Nannie E. Trask Chester Mass Bath Bessie Hunt Boston Walter Morse Dorothy Walter Morse, Jr Parker Head John McIntire Eugene Spinney Long Island Harry F. Oliver George Dennison Madelaine Freeport George Merritt Alton Oliver Edgar Abe Oliver Marion Bay Point Bernice Clifford Alice Bates Beachmont West Bath Jenks Mitchell Albion K. Mooers Cambridge John G. Morse G. E. McNulty Society Hall Mary Siegars Charlotte Perkins Newton Gardiner M. Huff George Trask Fairview Cemetery Morse Mill

Carbon supply shortage may affect American movie houses

War risks closing many theaters but a one year cushion exists as German carbons, essential for arc lights, are scarce. US wholesalers warn supply will run out in months, though Bath’s Crawford secures a year of carbon. Possible responses include shorter shows or advancing oxo hydrogen lighting. Mrs. Margaret Howe left Fort Popham for Waltham.

America Bath Germany Moving Picture Houses Crawford Bath Opera House

Also Mentioned on This Page

Phippsburg H. M. Sewall Mr. Stevens M. Beaton Grafanola Dromore Henry Minott Margaret Charles L. Ste Ves George Bowker Ann M. Perry George H. Perry Capt Mrs. Hardy Capt. Hardy Little Deer Isle Hardy D. A. MacDonald Charles L. Stevens Stevens Arthur Bowker F. Ss. Bowker Walter Bowker 3. C. Campbell Grand View Cof August Rawsch Wieviniad George Davis Frank Card Raymond Dodge Kieth Frank Cobb Brunswick Warren Ryan Waltham Ina Pease John Pease Tom McCormick West Holiday St James Wright Albert H. Willis Willis Bodwell Grange Hall Daniel Cosgrove Lowell Leon Berry Roxbury Hezekiah Harrington Boothbay Wallace MacDonald Drummond Kelley Lillian Forsena Dunton Edward fHlarrington Hiram Worthley Florence Bangor Sidney Robinson Rall Pany Maxwell and Palmer Sts Hamlin Fire Department Parks Board of Aldermen Turner Briggs Auburn Oak Grove Cemetery Winneyance Herbert Pettengill David G. Standish Court St Bancroft Stoneham Charles H. Oliver Katie Donnell Thomaston Mary Jones Frances Larrabee Westminster Mercy A. Larrabee North St Mabel Wallace Smith Cottage Miss Smith E. C. Plummer Farmington Flora Martha Spinney Lewiston Mrs George Preble Cherry St Erastus Lewis Wiscasset Parker Lewis Carrie Malcolm Malden Charles Williams Miss Malcolm Florida Wauchula Harrington South End Ladies’ Home Journal Axminster James F. Will Co Tuluit New England Augusta South Casco Winnegance Mrs. Lovell Farmington Falls Annie M. Oliver Wellington Preble Randolph Lester Perry Charles H. Williams Howard Hunt Frances Providence R. C Alta Mooers A. D. Adams W. G. Bates Sabine Almon Pickard Basin William F. Willis Arrowsic Leon Pennell N. T. Kewley Beacon Street M. E Charles T. Small Richmond Loring Edwin Small Robert Oliver Frank Knight Westport Eugene Knight Charles Perkins Lynn Merle Huff Dresden Carolyn Bath Picture Houses O. K Margaret Howe Fort Popham
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