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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1917

Page

7

Old Woolwich Enjoys Labor Day Reunion

The Main family held their annual Labor Day reunion at North Woolwich with a bountiful dinner and roll call. Attendees included E Reed Main, Gorham Farwell, L A Bailey, T C Main, and many others. Local gatherings, church meetings, and social visits fill the town schedule through autumn.

E. Reed Main Mr. Main North Woolwich L. A. Hailey TE. Reed Strout Main Gorham Farwell Cumberland Center L. A. Bailey June Dresden Mills Thomas Elizabeth Jessie Main Carrie Alton Strout Norris Reed Bailey T. C. Main Farwell Boston Dolloff Clarallathorne Place Sarah Bagley Kent's Hill Miss Bagley Emma Barnes J. F. Savage Augusta Edgar Bailey Caribou Blackstone Clarence Baker Lynn Mass Clara Hathorne Machias Plinette Allen

Bath Theatres Acquired by Bath Theatres Inc

John A. Black of New York and Alfred S. Black of Rockland with associates buy controlling interest in Bath Opera House and the Columbia and Dreamland theatres from Abrams Amusement Company. The Bath Theatres Inc will affiliate with Maine Theatres Inc led by Alfred S. Black.

Rockland John A. Black New York Alfred S. Black Rockland, and Associates Bath Theatres, Inc Abrams Amusement Company Bath Opera House Columbia Dreamland Theatres Maine Theatres, Inc New Hampshire Massachusetts

Delta and Farnsworth Go To New York

Delta and Farnsworth travel to New York on separate business trips while Westinghouse buyers of Weehawken Dry Dock Co. report orders and shipments.

Weehawken Dry Dock Co Buys Kennebec Towboat Tugs Delta Farnsworth

Weehawken Dry Dock Co of New York buys the river tugs Delta and Farnsworth from the Kennebec Towboat Co. Capt William J Murray arrives in Bath to command one tug for the trip to New York Harbor. Captain Small has refused to sell the remaining Kennebec tug as he serves local rivermen.

William G. Small Kennebec Towboat Co Richard B. Rodermond Weehawken Dry Dock Co New York Bath Maine Delta Farnsworth State St Boston New Yorker William J. Murray New York Harbor Murray Farnstworth Weehawken Dry Dock Great Lakes New England Dry Dock Company Capt. Small Capt. Murray King Tavern Capt Small

MacMahan Island Summer Aflame with Activity and War Efforts

The MacMahan Island season is bustling with guests and sport while volunteers support Red Cross, US Navy, and French Wounded relief. Dozens of local residents and visitors engage in dressings, knitting, first aid classes, and charitable fundraisers as letters from the front reach the community. Notable names include Captain Turney’s family, Yale pitcher Clement Gile, and many cottagers from Maine, New York, and beyond.

MacMattan Island Anny and Navy Red Cross Boothbay Margaret Dexter William Stroud American Fund France Belgium New York United States Navy League LeRoy KE. Parkins Island MacMahan Richard Gile West Clement Gile Yale Pitcher Naval Newport Harold Gile Aviation Corps James Henry Devereu, Jr Madam Bates Olive Allen Stanton Allison Ernest Wood Worcester E. &. Bates Portland Josephine R. Wales Wilmington Del Elizabeth G. Wales Howard S. Osgood Cambridge Mass Henry L. B. Wills Rochester N Y Margaret Cushing Wills N. Y P. C. F. de Angelis Utica Paul I. Hoffman Elizabeth N. J C. E. Upjohn Germantown Upjohn John Borland Joseph Wodill Boston L. E. Pervis James 5

Frank H Hammond Returns from Vacation in Worcester

William Hammond’s son Frank H Hammond arrives back in Worcester after a two week visit with friends and relatives. He leads Worcester Gas Light Company collection work and is an active musician, singing tenor at St Johns Church and serving as precentor. He also plays piano and organ and belonged to the Worcester Oratorical Society for 15 years. He is the son of the late William Hammond, longtime M C R R engineer.

Lida Slathorne Augusta C. P. Hall Phyllis JL. W. Maker South Portland Sagadahoc #efry Potter Marcia M. Stinson New York Teachers’ ‘College Columbia University Alexander Robertson John Manchester-by-the-Sea Kennebec A. W. Lavigne Bath Woodlawn View Farm Alton Thwing Wood Blanche S. G. M. Stinson Thomas Reed Brown Irene Dorchester Mass J. B. Swift Waldo Hathorne Stonington Wilbur Howe Labor Day Vera Popham Cape Newagon Frank Walker Gertrude Savitt Doris Stacy Mabel Day Irene ‘Brown Nathalie Tracy Isabel McDonald Frank H. Hammond Worcester Hammond Worcester Gas Light Company Grace Church St. Johns ‘Episcopal Church Worcester Oratorical Society William Hammond

Boy Shot Recovers In City Hospital As Auto Victim Discharged

Alfred McNeil who was accidentally shot in the abdomen is off the dangerous list and improving at City hospital. Joseph Couture, run down by a car nine weeks ago, was discharged Wednesday. Fred Beaureis a Texas Steamship Co foreman leaving for New London Ct was given a royal send off with a diamond ring presented by Rollins Stevens and coworkers. Brunswick highway from the college town to Peterson's now open.

Shepard St Bath Winneganee New England Duffy Alfred McNeil Joseph Couture Fred Beaueris Texas Steamship Co New London Mr. Beaureis Rollins Stevens

Dean's Ointment Adverts For Skin Ailments

For any itching skin trouble, piles, leczema, salt rheum, hives, iteh, scald head, herpes, scabies. Dean's Ointment is highly recommended. 60¢ a box at all stores.

Crisis of Woman's Life Lydia Pinkham's Remedy Praised

Wagoner Oklahoma reader Mrs Viola Finical credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with lifting her from a two year bedridden crisis and two operations. The ad lists warning menopausal symptoms urging midlife women to seek the remedy.

Wagoner Okla Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia EK Pinkham Viola Finical

Burdock Blood Bitters Advertisement Claim

An old advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters claiming the tonic purifies blood and aids digestion. It asserts thin blood causes weakness and pale, sickly appearance and offers the product at $1.25 in all stores.

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OLD Woolwich Mary Charlotte Emma Stinson James Austin Pamelia Shaw Murphy's Corner Blanche Davis Grace Davis Dorothy Wright Gowen William Crooker H. W. Crooker Lillian Day William Ralph Wright Howard Ralph Whittum Chester Robbins Axsford ‘Buck Carlton Reed Robert Swift Clyde Baker Ray Kehoe Carl Webster Miss Oursen David Booth_bay Merrymeeting Woolwich Vermont Mr. Webster Milton Carlton Wilbur Howes Ib. R. Main Josephine Walker Ruth White Frank Call Dresden A. B. Thwing Miss White North Methodist Sunday School Malden Allen Swain Albert Wing Poland Springs Neva Allen John Carter Lisbon Falls J. W. Reed Flushing West Boothbay George Crocker Tewiston W. L. Crocker David G. Reed Tuessie Hall Howard Whittum Ethelwold Carter Mabel ‘Day Frank Carter Woodfords Axford Buck Agony Sam Ward Worrall Prescott Philip Hathorne Will Wright Bleike Reed Perkins Orchestra of West Bath Lees Tuessic Miss Prescott Bath Theatres LL. F Cone L. F.” Medicine Co N.Y Weehawken Dry Geo. W. Duncan H. A. Duncan Leslie & Co Newburyport George W. Duncan Grammar School South &J King's Bridge Combination 4 Lombard St Dean M’mahan Turney Arras Gerran Gardiner G. Deering William H. Foye Stephen B. Penney John Hilling John N. Blaisdell Timothy Wetherbee Silas S. Trufant Andrew R. Cahill Fire Department Nichols Solomon Reed William C. Duncan Thomas F. Craven John T. Cook Messrs. Morse Winnegance Richmond William E. Olys A. H. Shaw Greenville Shaw Brothers Willie Grandma Bowdoin Nealley Gregson Co. R Engineering Corps Ayer Charles L. Whittemore Naval Cadet School Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rev George St. John Rathbun Marshall de Angelis Watertown Arsenal Franklin H. Stafford Philadelphia Fort Oglethorpe Humphrey Redfield U. S. Navy George Wrenn Harvard Regiment Lieut. R. M. Eliot Bath Iron Works Zogbaum Davis Ovrean St. Cuthberts St. Cuthberts Episcopal Church George S. Pine Providence Arthur N. Taft Colorado Orings T. B. Reazer D. D West Orange Allan Johnson Yale University America Yale University Press Jefferson Geo. St. John Rathbun Hoosick School Waterbury J. P. Chapin Howard Giles Jessie Wilcox Smith Scott White van Aust C. T. Whittemore John M. Briscoe State Forestry Department F. L. Ryder Louisa Wood Syms Wood Austin Wood Margaret Nall Briarcliff Wyman Kissel Gilpin Helen Gilpin C. & Holmes New York City Margaret White Elizabeth G. White Albert B. Potter Penelope Fotter A. N. Taft Colorado Springs Col Frederick Taft Alexander Taft R. M. Munger New Haven Conn Haverford L. (. Roberts L. J. Levick C. &. Stafford Ernest K. Halback Misa Mabel Forest N. L C.S. Simpson N.J William Anderson North East Pa A. Cory B. B. Dearborn Isabella Sharpe Ilaverford Mary M. Rogers Bryn Mawr Marguerite Allison Stanton T. Allison Baas Allen Johnson A. M. Thomson Dobbs Perry C. Scott White Lucy M. Kennedy Lucy M. Potter J. Harry McLellan Belmont G. S. Pine Lillian Curtis Marlborough K. B. Pine Southboro William Day D. M. Bates Lewiston F. B. Reazor Margaret Reazor Gertrude Reazor WM. Hammond City Hospital Brunswick College Town Peterson
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