Maine Returns for Federal and State Offices in Post Election Totals
Midnight wire reports show Republicans sweeping the National House seats. W H White Jr leads over D J McGillicuddy by about 4735 in a tight Maine race. Hale defeats Johnson for Senate by about 9500 with Fernald beating Sills for the short term seat. Goodall wins First District, Peters holds Third, Hersey defeats Pierce in Fourth. Statewide counts give Republicans atop Senate 17 to 2 with missing 12, House 99 to 43. several counties report missing sheriffs and a mix of county attorneys.
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House of Representatives
W. H. White, Jr
D. J. McGillicuddy
United States
Charles F. Johnson
Frederick Hale
Senate
Bert M. Fernald
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
I. B. Goodall
Tu. A. Stevens
John A. Peters
John E. Bunker
Ira G. Hersey
Leonard Pierce
House
Reception of Election News in This City
Crowds gathered in front of the Times office as Sagadahoc County reported full returns first to the AP in Portland. Sheriff Oliver and Senator Baxter were cheered for re election while Bath and nearby towns largely supported the Republican sweep. The crowd hailed White's strong lead in the Second District and the Bath Band paraded with banners proclaiming victory.
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Times
Sagadahoc
Associated Press
Portland
Sagadahoe County
Stevens
W. H. White
Lewiston
D. J. McGillicnddy
Doutt
White
McGilliendds
Andrescorgin
Cumberland
Bath
Front
Center Street
Charlie Brown
Baxter
Musters and Engine Contests Highlight Bath Parade Lineup
The Hand Tub muster under President Grant names chief marshal and managers for the Bath parade. Early engines Tiger of Hallowell and Hecla of Randolph prize won in 1909. Ashland Watatie, once Nonantum No. 5, ran in 1849 contests. Largest musters list Lowell 1908 with 63 engines and Worcester 1857 with 58. Providence master plays 150 feet of iron pipe with 25 foot hose ends. Each contestant uses any play pipe and nozzle with 10 minutes per run and a two platform setup for simultaneous actions.
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United States
Grant
Bath
Tiger
Hallowell
Hecla
Randolph
Watatie
Ashby
Mass
Newton
Ashland
Lowell
Worcester
Brockton
Manchester
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Providence Master
Morse High School Board District Action and Staffing
At a special meeting of the Board of Education Kelley Sawyer and Mitchell present. J Clifford Walker of Portland seeks release from Morse High School contract to teach in Portland schools. His request granted with vacancy fill obligation. Morse course updates include adding mechanical drawing. removing General Science and replacing with Correlated Mathematics. Flood cites crowded Mitchell and South Street primary classes. Oct meeting to request another teacher. New seats relieve some overflow.
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Board of Education
Kelley
Sawyer
Mitchell
J. Clifford Walker
Portland
Morse High School
Morse High
Flood
South Street
Rifle Bullet Misses Couple at Whiskeag Creek Dam
Three men in white shirts shoot a rifle from the east shore toward the west shore near Rogers Mill. A shot narrowly misses a man and a woman standing 12 feet apart on opposite sides of a dam, the bullet flying past their heads and into the water nearby. Mrs Marion Moody travels to Gorham Normal School for a two year teaching course.
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Whiskeag Creek
Rogers’ Mill
Court House
Marion Moody
Gorham Normal School
Phippsburg Notes Prompt Local Activity And Travels
Local column highlights residents returning for winter in Bath after summer at Small Point. Voters counted at town hall with Crocker, Storer, Johnson and Heald assisting. Several visits from Auburn, Malden, Sidney residents. Religious meetings at John Holland farm chapel. baptisms performed. School openings noted with 20 pupils at Center School and first bell attendance. Portland visitors and local moves include Bowker family return to Woodford’s after Cousin’s Island summer.
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William Gilman
Irma Gilman
Stanwood Gilman
Bath
Town Hall
Guy Crocker
Albert Storer
A. C. Johnson
Henry Heald
James Blaisdell
Auburn
Ashdale
Little Chapel
John Holland
Lewis Bacheller
Washburn
Amassa Scott
Floyd Wallace
Fred York
Leon Davis
Violet Blaisdell
Ethel Wakefield
Sandy Cove
Allie Wallace
Wellesley College Delays Opening Week
Wellesley College will open a week later than usual. Miss Henrietta Driscoll of Deering Street will begin her studies at the college when it opens. Miss Sarah Nichols plants 25 apple trees on her Stroudwater farm including snow apples and a mix of Ben Davis, quince and cherries. Mr and Mrs William Farr of West Poland, Mrs Ernest Blaisdell and son Ernest Jr were Friday guests of Mrs S F Bowker.
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Wellesley
Mass
Wellesley College
Henrietta Driscoll
Deering St
Sarah Nichols
Stroudwater
Ben Davis
William Farr
West Poland
Ernest Blaisdell
Ernest, Jr
S. F .Bowker
Great Council of the Jolly Red Men plans 1918 meeting place
The Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men voted not to meet next year to allow larger state appropriations. The 1918 gathering will be in Hot Springs Arkansas. W A G Rutherford of Tennessee won the post of great junior sagopore in a tight race, with four rivals. Wilson Brookes of Illinois was re elected great chief of records.
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Great Council of the
United States
Hot Springs
Ark
W. A. G. Rutherford
Tennessee
Sagapore
Wilson Brookes
Illinois
Useful glycerin cited for cleaning and care
The New York Sun notes glycerin has many uses. It cleans cuts and promotes quick healing, softens leather, aids laundry and ironing, preserves fruit, and can improve scrubbing water and wood while benefiting hands.
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New York Sun
Capn Link Jewett Trades Seas for Roads in Novel Pilot Ride
Bath readers learn Captain Lincoln W. Jewett, retired from the sea, now pilots a touring car across Maine roads with Mrs. Jewett and nephew John Ames of Newark. Once famed for fast ocean runs aboard the George P. Notman and the Eleanor A. Percy, he finds similar success landside. An automobile owner reports tires punctured by nails while voters were carried, leaving his front wheels flat during a store errand.
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Lincoln W. Jewett
Bartlett Announces Candidacy for Maine Senate Presidency
Senator Martin F Bartlett of Waterville declared his bid for the Maine Senate presidency for 1917 and 1918. He previously chaired taxation and legal affairs committees in 1915, served as Waterville mayor, was re-elected to the Senate, and has long led Boothby and Bartlett in Waterville since 1886.
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Times
Augusta
Martin F. Bartlett
Waterville
Maine Senate
Bartlett
Senate
Boothby Insurance Office
Boothby and Bartlett
Bartlettt
Central Maine Fair Association
George Freeman Moses dies at 72 in Cambridge Mass
George Freeman Moses aged 72 died in Cambridge Massachusetts on September 9. He was the son of the late William V. Moses and spent his early life in this city before living in Portland and Cambridge and winters in Washington. He is survived by a brother Dr. Thomas Moses of Waltham and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held in Waltham on Monday afternoon.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Freeman Moses
William V. Moses
Portland
Washington
Thomas Moses
Waltham
Trufant and Stover Wed. honeymoon to Portland
Leroy Stover and Lena May Trufant, both of the city, were married Monday evening at Corliss Street Baptist Church by Rev. B. P. Browne. They left on a Pullman for a honeymoon to Portland and will reside at 11 Bath Street upon their return.
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Leroy Stover
Lena May Trufant
Corliss Street Baptist Parsonage
B. P. Browne
Pullman
Portland
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath St
Vera Brown and Louis N Drake Wed at 52 Bowery Street
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Vera Brown and Louis N. Drake were married by Rev. T. N. Kewley at the bride’s home, 52 Bowery Street. The couple departed on the 4:90 train to Lewiston to begin residence.
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Vera Brown
Louis N. Drake
T. N. Kewley
Irving Brown
Bowery St
Lewiston
Popham House Party Highlights Bird House Project
Dr and Mrs E M Fuller and guests spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs F A Fuller at Popham. A dozen bird houses were placed in the city park, bought from the spring bird house contest lads by a local club. The aim is to aid birds and enhance the locality this spring and beyond.
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E. M. Fuller
Edwin
Oliver Moses
F. W. Wetherbee
E. M. Wing
Alice Waters
A. C. Morse
Mildred Daley
Allen Morse
F. A. Fuller
Popham
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