Moonlit Dance Ends With Farewell For Local Musicians
A moonlit dance at Phippsburg town hall hosted by J A Beckhard and R Van Dyck drew guests from Parker Head West Point Sebasco Bath and more. The party featured lively music by Stacy and Stevens, a Portland Fancy, and late-night soda. as the hour neared midnight the joyous mood turned to bittersweet as the hosts prepared to depart. Van Dyck, from Amherst College, is noted as a skilled pianist and singer. Beckhard plans writing careers with stories published in Amherst Monthly.
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J. A. Beckhard
R. van Dyck
Luna
Mistress Moon
Stacy
Stevens
Portland
Parker Head
West Point
Sebasco
Bath
John Williams
Tommy Allegrin
John Davis
Rawdon van Dyck
van Dyck
Alice Sumner
Buffalo
N. Y
Amherst College
Oratorio Society
A. J. Beckhard
Amherst
Mr. Beckhard
Amherst Monthly
Washington Parks New Residential Section Begins
C A Corliss surveys Henderson property for buyers Clough Maxim and Roche of Portland. Three new parallel streets Park Henderson and Prospect plus Harvey St North south will form a park triangle at their junction. First homes fronting the park with cellars dug, 12 houses planned as building progresses. Photographs of Portland houses shown at Wilson's Drug Store. Roche offers easy terms and next year construction.
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C. A. Corliss
Henderson
Clough
Maxim and Roche
Portland
Winship St
Park, Henderson
Prospect Sts
Harvey St
Park St
Washington St
Wilson's Drug Store
J. M. Roche
Washington Park
Bath
Bath public schools set to open September 14
Bath board of education announced the fall term will begin Monday September 14. Resignations were accepted from Miss Richards sixth grade teacher Weeks Street Grammar School Miss Clarice H Kinsman supervisor of penmanship and Miss Marcia M Stinson principal South Street Grammar School. Miss Leah B Farnham supervisor of music resignation noted. Olive Murray moved from Center Street to Weeks Street and Helen V Bagley reassigned within the system.
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Board of Education
Bath
Miss Richards
Weeks Street Grammar School
Clarice H. Kinsman
Marcia M. Stinson
South Street Grammar School
Leah B. Farnham
Olive Murray
Center Street
Weeks Street
Helen V. Bagley
Sheriff Oliver Seizes Whiskey Launch in Bath County
Sheriff W C Oliver halted a cabin launch near Sebasco and seized 16 pints and 4 quarts of whiskey plus the craft. Elisha and Gertrude Johnson were jailed, fined $1900 and $107.94 costs, with bonds set for October term. The operation tied to a wider liquor supply ring from a Massachusetts boat.
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Bath
Sherif W. C. Oliver
Sebase
Elisha
Gertrude Johnson
Mail
Boston
Sazadah
Sebasto
Johnson
Johnsons
Massachusetts
Seruin
Xnelse McKinne
Bath Br Auto
Johnnson
Roeland
Elisa J
Gertrude Jonson
Sherff W. C. Oliver
Sebasco
J. J. Keegan
Portland
Charles McKinne
Bao
Oliver
Lacmch
F. W. Ridley
Ridley
Jadze Keezam
Johansons
Johrsons
Bath Boy Sees Sun Sink at Sea
A Bath correspondent recalls a misty sea view as Donald Wishart writes from France about watching the sun sink westward and home. The letter, dated during wartime service, shares memories of Bath friends and a postal card tribute from home amid the Great War hardships.
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France
Donald Fisher Wishart
John Wishart
Granite St
Don
Shen
No. 7
Canadian General Hospital
Sweeney” Hawthorne
Dalmuir
Hawthorne
Bath
Palmer
Margaret Foote
Martha Foote
A Journey to the Land of Little Rain in a Pullman Car
A travel tale by Jas H Ames recounts Monterey legends involving Lt Sherman and Senorita Bonifacio. The famed rose vow is debunked by Bonifacio’s death, leaving a legend of love as a village memory. The piece recalls the Grand Del Monte Hotel earthquake tale and continues with a Pacific Grove visit.
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Jas. H. Ames
Monterey
Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ele
LT Sears Asu
Sierra
Pacific Grove
Bonifacio
Eer
Angel of Death
General Sherman
San Francisco
del Monte
John M. Clark Residence and Broad Street Businesses
John M. Clark residence listed at 352 Front St with telephone 116-R. Booms and 32 Broad St operate with telephone 116-W.
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Front St
Broad St
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Phippsburg
Chowder Party
Meadowbrook
And
Meadowbrook School
the Bath Trust CO
Centre Street
Bath, ME
City Council
Pays
New City Hall
Gle
Mr. Johnson
Dummer St
J. W. Gilmore
Eugenie Metrath
Hete
Fronton
Messrs
Temple
Cutting
Legard
Ruck
Kelley Hart
Swett
Whit
Mason
Leeman
Merrill
Oak Grove Avenue
Covel
Feaslee
White
Jesus
Board of High- Ways 2Nd Sewers
Board of Highways and Sewers
Charlies A. Corliss
Williams St
Winns
Texas Steamship Co
Fr. Gerrodette
Jon OL. Moulton
W. A. McNeil
A. Lockery
H. B. Sawyer
Jee H. Peterson
Demmer St
Amd
Doemmer St
City of
Beth Said
Board of Highways and Ewers
Committee of Public
Kbath
Sacramento
Placerville
John M. Clark
Marno
Johnson Bros.co
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