Costs of living and peace treaty dominate Bath opinion
The piece critiques Wilsons cost cutting record and war policies ahead of the peace treaty vote while noting public doubt about his ability to reduce living costs. It also reports on Bath civic concerns including post office grounds neglect, Masons purchasing the McLellan property for a temple, the death of Harold A. Reed, and an upcoming old fashioned firemen muster in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Europe
Topsham
Bath
Funeral honors for Harold A. Reed in Bath
Large crowd attends the funeral at Central church where Harold A. Reed who died after grappling with a burglar is remembered as brave and popular. Delegations from Colonial club and American Legion attend. burial follows in Riverside Day's Ferry. Police reported the burglar fled after the shooting. Reed died at Akron clinic after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Reed
Bath
Akron
Central Church
Colonial Club
Smith Post
American Legion
David L. Wilson
Harold Reed
William Talmer
Joseph Lausier
Mason M. Lemont
Horace Morse
John L. Wilson
W. Emery Chase
Woolwich
Reed
Riverside
Day's Ferry
Fred B. Reed
Charles P. Wetherbee
Mr. Reed
Harold
City Hospital
Young Reed
Wise Street
Ife
Woolwichcalendar hosts Sagadahoc Pomona gathering
Woolwich Montsweag grange will entertain Sagadahoe Pomona on Wednesday. Many are expected to attend. Numerous local residents and visitors are mentioned visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives, and several community events and school plans are noted.
Phi Rho Society begins season at Morse High
Phi Rho Society at Morse High School held its first meeting of the season Thursday night with strong attendance and a focus on parliamentary procedure. Principal James Putnam King missed the event, and coach Wilson was named faculty member to attend initiations, with seven candidates to be admitted Thursday night. The group closed with a Phi Rho yell and anticipation for upcoming activities. Meanwhile J H Mayhew and Edward Cook sent a giant Bath tomato to the Independent Friday, weighing 1 lb 2 oz, from plants grown at 2 Washington Street without fertilizer. The Mayhews report 30 garden plants, red and yellow, thriving. Reading barge Temple, carrying 1500 tons of lard coal for Howard Coal Co., is en route from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Rho
Morse High School
James Putnam King
Wilson
Bath
J. HL. Mayhew
Edward *. Cook
Washington Street
Mr. Mayhew
California
Mayhew
Reading
Howard Coal Co
New York
Bathman Knows Six Generations of Tallman Family
veteran marble worker Daniel M. Melcher, age 96, met the fifth and sixth Tallman generations in Bath. F. G. Tallman of Du Pont Powder Co. visited with his daughter and grandson, recounting Melcher’s long acquaintance with Peleg Tallman and Judge Tallman, tying six generations of the Tallman line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Melcher
Tallman
F. G. Tallman
DuPont Powder Co
Wilmington
Del
Bath
Peleg Tallman
North Streets
Maple Grove Avenue
Mr. Tallman
One Bath Garage Enlarges Quarters
The Water and Vine corner property owned by Sheriff Wilbur C. Oliver and leased to Eugene McGrath and Amory McLellan of Depot Square Garage has been transformed from a locksmith shop and old stable to a modern showroom for the firm’s cars. The old workshop now features a solid concrete floor and steel walls and ceilings by W O Wagner, with large windows for daylight and incandescents for night. A large office with toilets and lavatories is ready, and the second floor will host a large work area and vulcanizing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water and
Vine Streets
Wilbur C. Oliver
Eugene McGrath
Amory McLellan
Square
W. O. Wagner
Bath Hotel Board Names Directors and Agenda
At a Priy evening session the Bath Hotel Co. board named Oliver Moses Frank B. Nichols Edmund P. Briggs and W F E Kershner to represent the Bath Hotel in local and state affairs. A hospital funds drive will be supported and a cooperating committee appointed. Twelve delegates to the State Board of Trade were chosen for Belfast Sept 23-24 with John A. Peters to speak on Uncle Sam as a Railroad Man. A banquet at the Armory and Joe Mitchell Chapple will deliver the principal address. An auto trip along the Penobscot River follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Priy
Bath Hotel
Oliver Moses
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Times’ Co
Edmund P. Briggs
U. S Shipping Board
W. F E. Kershner
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Bath Hospital
State Board of Trade
Belfast
John A. Peters
Sam
Armory
Joe Mitchell Chapple
The
National Magazine
Penobscot River
Winter schedule for Maine Central railroad changes
The winter timetable takes effect at 12.01 Sunday morning with Bath services reduced. The New York to Rockland 7.54 am train is discontinued and the 6.50 pm return is trimmed. The Gilt Edge express to Boston passes at 12.05 noon, the Boston to Rockland parlor car runs at 4.05 pm, and the last through sleeping cars from Philadelphia and New York to Rockland operate on weekend schedules. A Bath to Boston parlor car on the 10.27 am train ends Saturday morning. A misadventure on Front street features a Ford with out of state plates and cluttered trunks amid amused onlookers.
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Maine Central Railroad
Bath
New York
Rockland
Boston
Philadelphia
Bath Capitalizes on Wind-Up Move for Shoe Plant
Bath atrial Corporation votes to wind up after years in operation. A private sale or public auction of the building on Washington Street near Maine Central is planned with an upset price of 6000 dollars. President Mulligan and Clerk Cahill authorize final dissolution and asset distribution to stockholders. The taxed property value stands at 6500 dollars. 431 shares at 25 dollars each, total investment 10750 dollars.
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Bath Atrial Corporation
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Washington Street
Maine
Columbe Dressing Co
Texas Steamship Co
J. ©. Mulligan
H. Cahill
Bath
Obituary of Col. Joseph Whitman Spaulding 78
Col. Joseph Whitman Spaulding, who commanded the 19th Maine in the Civil War, died at his Melrose Massachusetts home Sunday at 78. A Richmond native and Bowdoin College A M recipient, he served in 20 battles, practiced law in Richmond and Portland, and held Maine Legislature seats. Survived by daughter Mary C. Spaulding. funeral Tuesday, burial in Richmond. He once was Sagadahoc county attorney.
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Joseph Whitman Spaulding
19Th
Maine Infantry
Melrose
Mass
Richmond
Bowdoin College
Portland
Maine
Connor and
Chamberlain
Maine Legion of Honor
Mary C. Spaulding
Col. Spaulding
Sagadahoc
Winter schedule starts on Popham line this week
The winter timetable on the Popham line begins Tuesday with steamer Islesford Ee Bee trips ending Monday. The vessel will depart Popham Beach at 8:00 a.m. and return from Bath at 2:45 p.m. each day through the season.
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Popham
Islesford Ee Bee
Popham Beach
Bath
City Clerk Reports 326 Gunners Licences Issued
City Clerk A. J. Grassy states 326 gunner licences have been issued and applications continue. Not all will hunt here as many plan to use them for occasional day trips in the woods. Workmen have worked past midnight on improvements at Bath Trust Co banking rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Grassy
Bath Trust Co
Fruit-a-tives promise relief for nervous sick headaches
Caroline Ave Ogdensburg resident credits Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets with curing years of nervous sickness and dyspepsia after tried doctors and bran remedies failed. She reports quick relief and plans to spread the word as others in Ogdensburg start using the product. 50c a box six for 2.50 trial size 25c.FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Caroline Ave
Ogdensburg
N.Y
FRU
11-A-Tive6 Limited
Ogdenburg
Plucky Lieutenant Narrow Escape Highlighted
Lieut Ira D Clough of the U S Signal Corps, formerly of Augusta and now in Bath, is in the city after joining the Aerial Topographical Survey. He earned a Medal of Honor for a civilian flight rescue near Pensacola Florida, where he saved a co pilot from a doomed plane as it lurched downward.
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Ira D. Clough
U. S. Signal Corps
Augusta
Bath
Signal Corps
Clough
Pensacola
Fla
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the Times Company
F. B. Nichols, Pres
Treas
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
McLellan
Ohio
Sag
Adahoe County
Pomona Grange
Montsweag Grange
Sagadahoe Pomona
Loring Maybery
Waverly
Edgar Blanch
Mildred Snipe
Vath
Sarah P. EB. Hathorne
Maria Leonard
Lillian Gray
Brunswick
Howard Whittom
Cleveland Trott
Kennebec
Florence Baker
Dexter Baker
Leland Savage
Harriet Halpen
Haverhill
Marcia Stinson
Long Island
N. Y
G. M. Stinson
Milton C. Trott
Marjorie
May Kane
John Reed
Warren Bailey
Ellen Bailey
Joseph Carlton
Dresden
Rodney Tarbox
Westport
Five Islands
Dorothy
Doris Brown
Katherine Hall
W. L. Leeman
James Leonard
W. O. Hunt
F. R. Bailey
Pamelia Wright
George Dodge
Pamelia Trevitt
Annie Dodge
Brother Lewis
Montsweag
Edward V. Thomas
Bath City Hospital
Graham
Carlton Trott Place
Oldtown
Charles Alexander
Adrs
R. J. Gilmore
Albert Wing
Minerva French
Orono
University of Maine
Sunday School Institute
South Methodist Church
A. E. Luce
Chester
PHI Rho Society
C. L. Farnham CO. Inc
Maine Central
Industrial Bureau
Portland, Mairne
L. F.” Atwood
L. F.’’ Medicine Co
Bathman
Bath’s Hotel
Front
Corporation
Col
J. W. Spaulding
G. E. Beswick
So-Co-ny
SoCo-ny
Standard Oil CO. OF
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