Local Jottings Highlights From A Busy Bath Week
A Bath column mixes political chatter and small town life. Highlights include hay prices 15 to 16 dollars a ton, a Boston boat crowd in Bath, tug Seguin towing a schooner for repairs, social visits, a river water main check by Scott Tibbetts the diver, and local civic news. Also noted are a rescue on the Kennebec, Capt. Sylvester Hall’s death, a strawberry plant with ripe fruit, ballot mix ups in Bangor, and Boothbay Register ownership change. A Bath resident previews two patents for rail fastening and propeller wheel mounts, proposing a local factory with limited labor.
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City Scales
Boston
Bath
Seguin
Louis H. Goward
Deering Yard
J. T. Swan
Mary Lundrigan
Everett
George Ay Hunt
Waltham
Kech Point
Hyde
Robert Sutherland
Maine Central Park
Maine Central R. A. and Civic Improvement Society
Thorne’s Head
Kennebec
Alton B. Thwing
West Woolwich
Sylvester H. Hall
Rock Jland
St. George
Ada J. Simonton
Jennie S. Hall
Capt
Hall
Mortland D
New Haven
Ralph K
Charles W. Campbell
Campbell’s Pond
Campbell
Otto F. Bullman
Ward Two
Ward Four
Bangor
Benjamin E. Kelley
Boothbay
Boothbay Register
Charles E. Kendrick
Kelley
John E. Kelley
Lincoln County
John P. Kelley
Eastern Steamship Co
Bowdoin College
Greenwich News
Greenwich
Conn
New York
Kendrick
Maine
Bath area notes varied events in busy week
A Bath meeting of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge, numerous shipyard and fishing reports, duck hunts with catches, police actions, and community happenings fill a Bath newspaper page. It notes excursions to the White Mountains, a new Bath Symphony Orchestra plan, a three-masted schooner launch, a dug-out canoe find, a Sagadahoc farm demonstrator appointment, and a Boy Scouts field day on the Juno trip to Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Lowell Woods
White Mountains
M.C.R.R
Grand Trunk Railway
Quebec
St. Anne
Bay
Charles Crocker
Arthur MacCullum
Oliver
Aderton
Commercial St
Bath
Boston
Robert Dunton
Maine
Fred McFadden
Rockland
Bath Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Gaudreau
Price
Richmond
Democracy
Albert H. Willis
F.S. Buwker
Phippsburg
Virginia
E.S.S. Corporation
John D. Eastman
South End
Harold Shaw
Daniel P. Shaw
Sanford
Sagadahoc
Mr. Shaw
Sanford High School
University of Maine
Pond Cove
Scarboro
Snow's Ridge
Shaw
York County
Boy Scouts
A. M. Houghton
W. R. Kimball
E. B. Lermond
David L. Wilson
Juno
Popham Beach
Steward McFadden
Ingraham Field
Reds
Blues
Houghton
Various local updates from Bangor and vicinity on civic, business, and social notes
The city held a special session to tally election returns. The barge George R. Stetson fin ished repairs at Kelley Spear yard and sails to a coal port. Marriage intentions recorded for Marvin Marco and Alberta Plant. Funeral for Frederick Avery conducted from Shepard Street home. Reverend Evans officiated Gaubert funeral in Iceboro. Reverend Willis welcomed as Universalist pastor from West Acton. Farther Lights hosted a Japanese social at Miss Sadie Commbs home with reverse-name register and proceeds of 5.25. World series tentative dates reported by National Commission. State Sunday School Convention planning set for Bangor with Miss Lucy Weir present. Pageant previews four stages of religious education with tableaux and music. Superintendent and teachers meeting set for publicity planning.
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Board of Aldermen
George R. Stetson
Kelley, Spear Co
Marvin J. Marco
Lewiston
Alberta I. Plant
Frederick A. Avery
Shepard St
E. W. Wright
Oak Grove Cemetery
Harry M. Huse
J. A. Redlon
Small Point
George S. Dearborn
William R. Kimball
Pine Tree State Seed Co
Holland
Congress Shirt
Middle St
Price
Islander
City Landing
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Bangor
Lucy Weir
Portland
State Association
New England
Quaker Girl Returns Stir Bath Crowd With Opera House Show
A Bath audience enjoyed The Quaker Girl at the Opera House last Friday. Bernice McCabe impressed as Prudence, Dixie Gerard as Princess Mathilde, and Murray Stephen led the cast.
Vacation Roundup Brightens Bath Social Scene
Samuel Welch takes a two week break in Boston as numerous Bath residents and visitors converge for summer outings. From Gardiner to Portland, families and friends travel to enjoy cottages, performances, and local stays at Pine Point Bay Point and Bay Point with many returning home from visits in Roxbury Lewiston and Cambridge.
Local residents travel and engagements noted in town life
William P. Leydon returns from Pawtucket for a few days while Arthur Ham on two weeks vacation from the Maine Central freight house. William Ellsworth of Cohasset visits town with his brother, noted boat builders. Mrs. William T. Morris and son Valmore arrive from Dorchester after summer with Hinckley family. Mary E. Fawcett leaves for Augusta to teach at Webster School for her second year. A. R. Pratt spends weekend in Portland, first vacation in 31 years after a trout trip with sister in Bingham, Me. Engagement announced between Miss Sue Winchell and Dr. Charles T. Burnett of Bowdoin College. Mrs. Edgar Brooks attends farewell for daughter Leah Winslow at Keith's Theatre before her New York engagement. Willis family arrives from East Acton and rents W. G. Webber residence. Willis begins pastorate at Universalist Church with service at 10:30.
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George T. Cutting
Waterville
Oscar Knodle
Atlantic City
N. J
M. J. Sheridan
Paulina Bergquist
Bergquist
Boston
Roxbury
Ethelyn Beedy
Phillips
George Hunt
Waltham
Birch Point
Emma Hill
Portland
Amanda
Popham
Ina Lougee
F. E. Thompson
Georgetown
Brooklyn
M. J. Hennessey
Augusta
Gardiner
J. N. Lombard
New Gloucester
Danville
Ocea Cahill
Laura Morse
Dorchester
Bay Point
M. E. Stackpole
Farmington
A. F. Smith
Washington St
Lillian Crawley
Frank A. Small
Herbert O. Morse
I. F. Dortch
Cassin
Jowett
Bath
Foreman Williams
Bar Harbor
Sewall's Pond
Fred Dunton
Monmouth
F. M. Harnden
Evs
J. Bennett
Army
Brunswick
Charles Henry Butler
Moatsweag Farm
Woolwich
Washington
Eugene Hart
George H. Coombs
Lucy
Joseph Wexler
William Rich
Carrie Moore
Alfred Bergquist
Mansfield Farm
New Meadows
Herbert Wilson
Millinocket
James P. Webber
Exeter
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Fred Gilbert
Kennebunk Beach
Berkshires
William Harnden
Charles D. Clarke
A. Flamery
Milton
Mass
Goodwin
Oakwood Farm
Swampscott
Rudolph Lewsen
Irving Stuart
Auburn
Mae Coombs
Mattawamkeag
Cherry St
William P. Leydon
Pawtucket
Arthur Ham
Maine Central Freight House
William Ellsworth
Cohasset
Mr. Ellsworth
William T. Morris
Valmore
Mary E. Fawcett
Webster School
A. R. Pratt
Pratt
W. E. Andrews
Bingham
Sue Winchell
J. P. Winchell
Charles T. Burnett
Bowdoin College
B I W Beats Hyde Windlass 9 to 5 in Saturday Baseball
The B I W baseball team defeated Hyde Windlass 9 to 5 in Saturday action with Oliver’s pitching and strong B I W hitting highlighted. Defiance then beat B I W 12 to 8 in the second game. B I W leads the series two games to one in a best of three. Next Saturday features a double header with Defiance vs Hyde Windlass at 1 30 and the B I W facing the winner at 3 p m.
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Hyde Windlass
Oliver
Boardman
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Advertises 100 Reward
A classic testimonial note offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The letter, from F J Cheney Co of Toledo, includes endorsements from the National Bank of Commerce and states the remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims price 76 cents per bottle with testimonials available free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
O. Hall
Notice of Adoption and Support Termination
The writer states Dwight L. Ames is no longer supported or employed by them as he remains a minor. The notice is dated Bowdoinham, Maine September 12, 1914, and declares no payment of bills or collection of wages from that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Ames
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Wallace
City of Bangor
City of
S. A. Evans
Gaubert
George Hawkes
Iceboro
Sidney J. Willis
Universalist Church
Willis
West Acton
Kirby, Vt
William P. Willis
St. Johnsbury Academy
Tufts College
Webber House
Sadie Commbs
Corliss St
Japan
National Commission
Cincinnati
Giants
Braves
Cubs
Athletics
Connie Mack
Fenway Park
McGraw
Polo Grounds
Lowell Temple
Bath City Hospital
E. Motley Fuller
Dover
N. H
Maud H. Dudley
Wilmington
Foster Camp
Sons of Veterans
S. A. Isaacson
Isaacson
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
William Clements
Springdale
Clements
Jesus Christ
Bath Opera House
Bernice McCabe
Prudence
Paris
Julia Sanderson
Dixie Gerard
Mathilde
Murray Stephen
Charles Clear
Tony Chute
Harry McDonough, Jr
Mlle. Perepa
Opera House
Samuel Welch
B. A. Houdlette
Mrs
Laura Black
Maria Groves
Bowdoin
Fletcher
Castoria
Eee
WF Young
Templest
Springfield
Mage
Farrow
Co. C
Yorkshires
Poland
Essex
Chesters
O. T.C
Chinas
New England Live Stock Company
Penard
R. I
M. F. Taylor
W.H.C
Care Bath Times
Hemet Tobacco Co
BR. I. W
Windlass
Defiance
Hyde Windlass Co
Achiece
CNR
Acie
Footer
McNeil
Bragdon
McLean
Flaherty
Murray Club
R. J. Buxton
Spring Street
Tangway
Murry
O'Brien
Ss Kenny
McNeil Morse
W. Ab
Burns
Berry
Chase
Coss
Sullivan
Paul Ames
Bowdoinham, Me
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