Homer Ferguson to Visit Bath for Talk on National Affairs
Bath Chamber of Commerce invites Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and head of Newport News Dry Dock, to speak next month. Ferguson, a former Bath resident and naval constructor, will address commercial groups about national readjustment issues. date to be announced, with broad local turnout expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Homer L. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Ferguson
Newport News Dry Dock’ and Shipbuilding Co
Newport News
Naval Achemy
Mr. Ferguson
Sugar on the Way for Bath Grocers
The sugar famine persists with wholesalers and retailers hoping for relief. Bath stores report no sugar now, customers come asking with anxious looks, but Boston has supply and delivery to Bath should occur by week’s end.
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Here
Boston
Bath
New Heating Plant Replaces Old Steam System
County officials have activated a new steam heating plant in the county building to ensure a warm winter. The project, begun last fall, replaced an aging system with piping completed this summer and a boiler installed last year. the old setup required 15 pounds of boiler pressure, while the new design heats with only one pound of steam.
King Buys Property From Francis King Jr Wins Land Amid Tax Debt
Isaiah King the veteran boilermaker purchased the buildings and land of Francis King Jr through the city treasurer Andrew S. Merrill. The property had been in possession for several years due to non payment of taxes. The price paid was $198.49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah King
Andrew S. Merrill
Francis King, Jr
Alton Jones Builds Frame House On Mill Pond West Shore
Alton Jones is erecting a small residence on the west shore of the mill pond. The structure is in the framing stage, indicating progressing construction.
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Alton Jones
West Bath Grange Plans Soldier Boys Event
West Bath Grange and citizens prepare to entertain soldier boys of the grange and town next week. A dance and program will be held with hall and plans led by the grange and a committee of arrangements named at Monday’s meeting. Also a November fair is planned with an executive committee listed, while the Birch Point corporation bans gunning within its limits to protect game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Grange
Joanna Hodgkins
Lizzie Haggett
Annie Williams
Addie Purington
Gange
Everett Lemont
Owen S
EK. W. Haggett
Harry E. Peterson
Frederick Wright
Joanna’ Hodgkins
Laura Lemont
Margery Ring
Herbert
Kavanaugh
William Fields
Fred Colby
Birch Point
James E. Drake
Elbow Hill
New Meadows
Winneganee Bay
J. M. Lemont
Jh.W. _Haggett
Oakledge
Bath
Herbert Hodgkins
Sabino
Robert Small
Joan Small
Georgena Small
Carl Blaisdell
Daniel Tlaisdell
Lloyd D. Bates
Elizabeth
Albany
N. Y
Bates
Samuel Bates
Harold Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Charles H. Bates
Myra
Gertrude Coombs
Alfred Coombs
John Pooler
Waterville
Sabine
Bath Iron Works
Francis McDonald
James McNeil
Arthur King
Harold Blais
Dell
Roy Stevens
Fred Kittredge
Cooper
Edwin Haggett
Margaret McDonald
Viola O'Hara
Adeline Costain
Harold Downing
Lloyd Smith
Danforth McDonald, Jr
Jesse Gray
George Dubay
Clyde Lougee
Percy Robbins
Foote Grove
Charles Foote
J. Everett Mayo
Portland
Mary Stackpole
Stackpole
Home Missionary Society
Wesley Church
Llewellyn Rogers
Annie Trufant
Joseph White
Tagus
21St Maine Regiment
A. F. Flood
Fred W. Larrabee
Bath Opera House
Has Leg Broken When Car Upsets
Carl Singer of 736 Cambridge, Massachusetts, had his left leg broken when his Ford overturned and rolled into a ditch on the Brunswick road Tuesday. He was treated by City Physician Harry F. Morin in Bath and sent to City hospital after first aid.
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Carl Singer
Cambridge
Mass
Brunswick Road
Bath
BE .L. Mitchell
A. G. Page
Harry F. Morin
Singer
FB. L. Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Ford
Stutebaker
Bsth
Mink Dog of Winnegance Tops Local Notes
William G Bates of Winnegance keeps a plucky fox terrier that hunts minks along the New Meadows. The dog has helped bring in pelts up to 10 in value and once tackled a raccoon his size. The column also notes the death of Mrs Ann M Oliver, a longtime Bath resident, with funeral details, plus a long list of local social updates, visits, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Bates
Winnegance
Mr. Bates
New Meadows
High Street
Bradford H. Pushard
George Pushard
Wiscasset
Oswell Pushard
Bath
Ann M. Oliver
Parker H. Oliver
Samuel A. Evans
Charles Small
Charles Preble
Walter Perry
Reuben Wparington
Fairview Cemetery
Charles S. Morse
Lath Iron Works, Ltd
Oliver Webber
Morses
Mary Spear
Ernest C. Knight
Augusta
Knight
Lydia Holbrook
Albert
Will Holbrook
Freeport
Leon Pennell
Abram Oliver
Oliver
White Mountains
Edward Smith
Lynn
Mass
Mr. Smith
Land
Norman Smith
Ida Hunt
Myra Stice
George Trask
Lelia Oliver
Robert Oliver
Bay Point
Ladies Aid
Nan Oliver
Independent
Ralph M. Merry
D. A. Merry
Mr. Merry
Merry Hen Yard
Ralph
Philip Reynolds
Machias
Irving Wallace
Reynolds
Brunswick
Katherine Reynolds
Myra Rogers
Leavitt
Ford
George Eaton
George Wallace
Lucy Small
Bath Auto Supply Co
Eugene
Spinney
Richmond
Harry Oliver
Walter Morse
Dorothy
Gus Small
Charles B. Williams
Arthur L. Jackson
Bangor
Smma Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Parker Head Pond Birthplace of the American Ice Co
The Parker Head pond, operated by John G. Morse and Alden Morse of Winneganee, is the birthplace of the American Ice Co. It launched fortunes for the Morses as they cut and shipped ice, with Harry F. Morse starting as time keeper and later joining Charles W. Morse in expanding operations that grew huge before later declining.
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Parker Head
American Ice Co
Morses
John G. Morse
Alden Morse
Winneganee
Harry F. Morse
Charles W. Morse
B. W. Morse
Georgetown
Harmon's Harbor
Kennebecon
War reaches florists and farmers amid wartime costs
Cuttings of pinks begin at Kennebec greenhouses as fall blooms approach with mums due in late October. War-driven price hikes press florists who report production costs rising 200 to 250 percent while flower price increases lag. Many out of state shops shutter as European workers return home, yet locals note flowers remain essential for funerals and illness, though social use wanes.
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Kennebec
H.C.L
P. M. Olm
Mr. Olm
North Street
Cement Laden Box Car Wrecks Switch on New York Central Rail
A cement laden New York Central box car numbered 120757 split a switch on the second track south of the depot platform late Monday afternoon. Its end wheels left the rails and dug into the ground, wrecking a switch and damaging track. Locomotives 182 and 382 attempted to realign the car with a large wrecking crew. Jacks were used to lift the car at eight oclock, and the car was restored to the rails later that night with the track returned to normal.
Dougherty Starts Washington Street Road Construction
James T. Dougherty overseeing city road project begins work on the Washington street route from the hill just south of Elm street to Bowery street at the north end. The scarifier operated all day Monday at the southern end, and with favorable weather, Dougherty believes the project could finish before winter.
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James T. Dougherty
Washington Street
Elm Street
Bowery Street
Dougherty
Across Continent in an Automobile From Seattle to Nobleboro
Edward S. Morang of Seattle drove a Ford with his wife and two children from Seattle on August 8, reaching Nobleboro by spring and Boston by September 8. The party endured a tire blowout but reported good roads west of the Mississippi and dry dusty Montana. They camped along the route with a camping outfit as far as Boston, then used hotels east of the river. Morang, a Seattle machinist and Nobleboro native, may return to his former home or head home to the coast in spring, health good, plans unsettled for fall. Seattle's population now exceeds 690,000 and the city was lively during the war. business lightens afterward.
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Seattle
Wash
Nobleboro
Bath
Edward S. Morang
Yellowstone Park
Billings
Mont
Boston
Morang
Mississippi River
Big River
Montana
Yellowstone
Maud H. Dudley Schooner Sinks Near Havana
A Pensacola dispatch reports the three masted schooner Maud H. Dudley bound for Havana foundered about 40 miles from Havana. All hands were saved.
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Pensacola
Maud H. Dudley
Havana
Yacht Colonia Arrives From New York With Dearborn Party
The Colonia yacht reached port Sunday carrying owner Dearborn and guests. They plan to depart the final week of Sunday for the Bay of Fundy and Evange line, with stops at St. John and Digby.
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Colonia
New York
Dearborn
Bay of Fundy
Land of Evangeline
St. John
Digby
St Marys School Opens With Record Pupil Census
St Marys parochial school opened the Fall term with 178 pupils, up 42 from last year, as 12 more pupils may yet return. The school offers all grades to high school except kindergarten due to space. Four well lighted rooms and a 700 volume library support five Sisters of Mercy from Portland.
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St. Mary's
St. Mary’s School
Sisters of Mercy
Portland
Apples Spill On Front Street Triggers Boyish Stampede
A burlap bag of apples fell from a truck on Front Street Monday afternoon prompting a scramble of boys to grab fruit. One boy leapt from a car to scoop apples claiming he would not be seen as stealing. Cayenne pepper in cider is touted as a cure for colds.
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Front Street
Power Life Boat Arrives at Popham Beach Coast Guard Station
Captain Berry and crew celebrate the arrival of an 836 foot power lifeboat at Popham Beach coast guard station from Baltimore. The craft, with a 40 horsepower Wisconsin engine, arrived under its own power after leaving Baltimore Aug 22 with 14 power surf boats in tow. The fleet, commanded by Capt. W. M. Carroll, Capt. R. Sands, and Field Instructor A. W. Schoffield, will deliver to Cross Island and Cranberry Islands stations.
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Berry
Popham Beach
W. M. Carroll
R. Sands
A. W. Schofield
Baltimore
Relics Unearthed From Ancestral Day In Bath Visit
KF G Tallman of Wilmington Delaware spent days in Bath this week. He met 95 year old William Melche, possibly the last person to have conversed with Tallman’s great grandfather Squire Peleg Tallman. Tallman visited the Linden Street Tallman home and saw paintings by John Tallman, plus a grandfather clock by Heardley of Plymouth and a chair bearing Tallman initials. The items once belonged to the Tallman house in Woolwich.
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KF. G. Tallman
Wilmington
Del
Bath
William Melche
G. Tallman
Squire Peleg Tallman
Mr. Tallman
Washington Street roadway project starts south of El Street
Work on the Washington stret roadway has begun under the directio of James T. Dougherty just south of El street. When completed this will be on of the finest roads in the city. Roast duck dinners for Sunday.
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Washington Stret
James T. Dougherty
el Street
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Homer Ferguson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Tain Town
Cummings Wharf
Bailey Street
Carl A. Singer
City Hospital
William G. Bates
Iry_ Oliver
Page Wyman
Lyn Oliver
Lewiston
Marland Beebe
Eldora Rhine
Winfield Groves
Eugene Spinney
Edgar Williams
Edgar Oliver
Ernest M. Holman
People’s Baptist Church
Jewett
Jolly Jazz Orchestra
Bridge Hall
Parker Head Pond
THE
Kenebec
John J. Desmond
Maude Dudley
P.N. Practical Front
Conley’s Specialty Store
Power Life Boat
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