Local 1915 notes include dances corn roasts and school terms
1915 community items report mild dances, corn roasts, huskings, St Mary’s parochial school opening, local boat and yacht activity, court actions, curfew for hats, and civic updates. Notable mentions include Genesta Chapter OES meeting, Recorder Hunt’s 60 day sentence, Kennebec Yacht Club race, and rail and shipping data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parochial School
Hockomock
Dorrithy
Ladies’ Aid
the Universalist Church
J. W. Savage
North St
Rainy horizon as farmers seek relief amid mixed local news
A collage of small-town happenings from the Gardiner region covers weather hopes for rain, a tugboat with boiler plugs, new electric lights at Winter Street Church, a seized contraband box, a stray hen in a cellar, and preparations for the Bowker yard schooner launch. Local politics, elections, and dairy talks also appear alongside travel, arrests, and rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariel
Winter Street
Aderton
High St
Good Acorn Year In Bath Area News
Local notes report fishing, boat activity, and social events in Bath and nearby towns. Mentions Lon Fisher catching items, James Perkins in Boothbay Harbor, hay shipments, quarries in Cox's Head, and a forthcoming K Y C clambake. Also notes a winter harbor hotel booking surge and hopes for a prosperous 1915 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Fisher
James Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
Ninety Boys Transferred From West Roxbury Parental School
The Boston Post reports ninety boys aged ten to fifteen were moved to the Boston school department after the West Roxbury Parental School’s closure. Sup erintendent Dyer and officials spoke about ongoing responsibility, with weekly reports to Superintendent George C. Minard who will remain in town office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
West Roxbury
School Department of
Boston
Dyer
George Brock
Rafter
Local Happenings: Bath Area Residents Visiting, Traveling, and Building
G W Small and sister Mrs M A Trufant of Bowdoin visit their brother and sister Mr and Mrs 5S S Small in Phippsburg. Miss Elvira Standish returns to Portland after a Bath visit. Capt E O Day and family depart Day's Ferry for Flushing L T. John McKean begins cottage work on Squirrel Island near Proctor cottage. Miss Blanche C Gilbert of Gloucester vacations with Councilman Fred Bragg and wife. Mrs Fred Shaw and son Albert head to Portsmouth to join Fred employed in the navy yard. Nathalie Brown leaves Bath for two week vacation at Kent's Hill with her parents. Alpheus Purington, chief engineer of tug Sadie Ross, visits Parker Head for vacation. he previously worked 17 years on tug Farnsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Pattee
Fortland
Portland
Pine St
Democratic State Committee
Hotel North
Aroostook
Frank A. Peabody
Houston
Franklin
Thomas D. Austin
Farmington
Hancock
E. J. Carter
Stonington
Kennebec
Leon O. Tebbetts
Readfield
Knox
William P. Hurley
Rockland
Lincoln
James B. Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
Perobscot
William F. Curran
Bangor
Sagadahoc
Fred W. Hartnett
Bath
Somerset
Albert F
Cape
Bingham
Waldo
Eben F. Littlefield
Belfast
Washington
Edward Chase
Baring
York
Charles T. “Reid
Biddeford
John Clark Seates
Westbrook
William R. Pattangall
Cyrus W. Davis
Waterville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Beacon Street
Sawyer
Washington St
Mitchell
Almshouse
Jim Price
Ariel
Maud H. Dudley
Georgetown
Wilmington
Del
Payson Reed
Woodland Farm
Woolwich
Five Islands
City Landing
Eureka Mining and Implement Co
Cox's Head
Chicago
Round Pond
Arthur Hyde
New York
Colonial Club
F. A. Harrington
Eugene
Seguin
John Roberts
Ward W
Snipe
Virginia
Boston
William Beals
Front St
New Meadows
Lillian B
Lillian Brown
West Bath
Mary A. Gowen
East Woolwich
Dora Austin
Austin
Pawtucket
R. I
K.Y.C
Lines’s Island
Couture
Ana
G. W. Small
M. A. Trufant
Bowdoin
Squirrel Island
Proctor
Blanche C. Gilbert
Gloucester
Mass
Fred Bragg
Richardson St
Fred Shaw
Albert
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Nathalie Brown
Bath Military and Naval Asylum
Kents Hill
Henry Brown
Alpheus Purington
Sadie Ross
Farnsworth
Shaw Lumber Co
Parker Head
Paul P
Prohibition Debate Marks Maine WCTU Convention Opening
The Maine WCTU meets as Prohibition remains undecided after a three cornered race. Mrs. Althea G. Quimby voices resolve to defend the prohibitory liquor law and warns readiness to meet any legislative emergency. A memorial honors Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens. Topsham returns adjust Senator Baxter Price and Commissioner Tong term Stimson Thwing Jack Costello results changing prior standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Althea G. Quimby
North Turner
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Maine
W.C.T.U
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Topsham
Baxter
Price
Tong
Stimson
Jack
Costello
Dr. Price
Oldest Ward II voter still active at 93
Nichols, aged 93, remains able to climb stairs and vote with regularity in Bath. He has never missed a poll since becoming a voter. In Woolwich, the state road work advances from the Dyke crossing toward Sagadahoc Landing with blasting holes bored in rock and the Dyke Crossing to Nequasset road nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read Nichols
Nichols
Bath
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Landing
Nequasset
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Recorder Hunt
James Price
House of Correction
Fall Garden
Nellie Bailey
Granite Hill
State Council
George Leadbetter
Walter S. Russell
Leadbetter
Peters
Atlantic
Charles Hunt & Co
North Atlantic
River Platte
Lewiston
Elmwood
Augusta
Togus
Winthrop
Tidewater
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Erie
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
New York, Ontario and Western
Albert H. Willis
Bowker Yard
Phippsburg Center
Gardiner
Kennebec Journal
M. A. Haraden
Marsh
Southport
Westport
Haines
F. S. Adams
Waterville Dairy Improvement Association
W. S. Stetson
Adams
Piscataquis Pomona Grange
Bowerbank
Jersey Breeders’ Association
Buckfield
Turkey
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Minnetonka
Atlantic Transport Line
London
Day
Germany
Brooklyn Bridge
Kaiser
Chancellor Day
Wesley Church
Winter Harbor
Europe
George C. Minard
Minard
Carlotta. McDonough
THE
Quimby
Eureka
Sterling
America
Thompson Bros
Wooltex
H. Black
Conley’s Specialty Store
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