Bailey School of Industries Opens Free Evening Courses
The Bailey School of Industries enters its second year at Morse High School with free public instruction, starting October 5 for 25 weeks. Courses include applied mechanics, mathematics, drawing, shorthand, typing, cooking, sewing, manual training, bookkeeping, penmanship, and grade school work, with flexible scheduling and an attendance certificate.
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Bailey School of Industries
Morse High School
Pitman
Gregg
New York Tenor Harry Coombs Appears in The Quaker Girl
Harry Coombs of New York, cousin of Edward W. Vaughan of this city, sings in The Quaker Girl at Bath Opera House last Friday. He is Vaughan’s guest and a grandson of the late George Vaughan. A former regular army man, he has spent years on the stage with major opera companies and last season with the Aborn Opera Co. He is noted for a fine tenor voice and recently spent several weeks in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Coombs
New York
Edward W. Vaughan
Bath Opera House
Vaughan
George Vaughan
Aborn Opera Co
Bowdoinham Baptist Association Holds Annual Meeting
The 127th Bowdoinham Baptist Association met at First Baptist Church from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday afternoon with speakers including Rev. I B Mower Rev F W Padelford and Rev G H Hamlen. Officers were elected and ministers led devotional and mission talks. A side note mentions travelers to Lewiston Gardiner and Togus and ex-champion Jack McAuliffe visiting town with his new pocketbook idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
I. B. Mower
D. D
Waterville
F. W. Padkeford
Boston
A. A. Anthony
Lewiston
G. H. Hamlen
Bengal-Orissa
India
Fred Kittredge
O. A. Kittredge
E. G. Lemont
Thurlow
Eula Chapman
Leon Brown
Pearl
Thelma Kittredge
Gardiner
Togus
Jack McAuliffe
Local Jottings Highlight Busy Town Activities
The notes cover community life with weather notes from Tuesday to Wednesday, farm and market mentions, political shifts, river and road projects, shipyard activity, a stray dog incident, election day recollections from 1884, and a Bay area gun enthusiast’s gift. Mentions include State Senator Rupert Baxter briefly, the Swan Island channel work, and local clergy scheduling.
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Price
Beacon Street
W. A. MacCormick
Richmond
Wallace
Night Watch
West Side
Times
al. Ridley
Bay
E. O. Cutler
Craig _Shipbuilding Co
Long Beach
Cal
Cutler
Mr. Cutler
California
Campaign ends as voters celebrate across wards
Pigeons, sidewalks, and prosaic town life mix with election revelry and petty incidents. Ward I residents serenaded sheriff Wilbur supporters while Democrats and Republicans held separate celebrations. A railroad death benefit case and a Bath motor boat rescue add local color.
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Wesley M. E. Church
Fred Armes
Cherry St
Ward I
Pine St
Wilbur
Washington St
Union
Mgr. Bowie
Vital Picard
Vital Pickard
Richard JW Leydon
Upper
Hell Gate
Bath
Armstrong Power
Torrowsic Bridge
Stanton
Lincoln Elm
William King Square
Morse High Football Scrimmage Seeks Saturday Game
Eighteen candidates reported for Morse High football with Submaster Parks as coach and Arthur Sprague as captain. A game for Saturday is being sought to arrange. An aged sideboard with panelled back and sliding concealed shelves was among freight to Boston Thursday night.
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Morse High
Boston
Advertisements for health tonics and remedies in Sulphur Springs
An advertisement page lists Dean's Regulars for constipation relief and energy, Burdock Blood Bitters priced at 1.00, Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil for accidents and burns, and Dean's Ointment 50c for skin issues. Multiple drugstore remedies promoted by local grocer E. Davis and druggists.
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Dean
118 Year Old Capt Goddard Diamond Dies in California
Capt. Goddard E. D. Diamond, 118, former Oakland resident, died at the Crocker Old People's Home in San Francisco. Born in 1796 in Plymouth Mass, he served in the Mexican War, aided in Civil War efforts, and later settled in California. He practiced total abstinence and vegetarianism, and his birthday anniversaries drew joy among friends.
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George N. Tate
Oakland
Cal
Tate
Maine
Myrick Nash
Pacific Coast
Oakland Tribune
Goddard E. D. Diamond
Pine and
Pierce Sts
San Francisco
Diamond
Plymouth
Mass
Massachusetts
Portland
Boston
New York
Santa Ana
California
Summer residents depart as town snaps into fall routine
Nearly all summer people have returned to Dresden as schools start with old staff. Threshing is active signaling fall. a 32 foot powerboat burned near the breakwater injuring one man. Residents travel for healthcare and visits, while others host guests and prepare for the season change.
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Charles Seigers
A. J. Tibbetts
Jessie Hoadlett
Ralph Chaney
Henry Groves
Nuddle
H. A. Murray
W. W. Brockman
Gardiner
Herman Lilly
Hattie Stetson
Richmond
Charles Chisam
Damariscotta
Fred Fitch
Lawrence Southard
Bridge Academy
Ella Robins
Boston
Henry Gray
Nellie Hatch
Massachusetts
Mrs. Pollock
Rockland Seaman Reports German Brutality In Cherbourg
Peter Nelson aboard the U S S North Carolina, writing from Falmouth England, notes that 1200 German prisoners were brought into Cherbourg and an officer struck a Sister of Mercy in the camp He recalls brutalities seen in newspapers and mentions a Turkish destination Smyrna after sailing and one death from Brights disease among the crew.
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Peter Nelson
Rockland
U. S. S. North Carolina
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Falmouth
England
Cherbourg
France
Sisters of Mercy
Philippine Islands
Turkey
Smyrna
Bright
Quarry blasting at Coxs Head tested for potential mine
Charles Chestra and two associates blast rock at Coxs Head feldspar quarry to gauge ore deposit viability. A forge was sent from Virginia for the crew, while a merry wedding occurred at Sabino.
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Charles Chestra
Cox's Head
Virginia
Sabino
Woolwich Notes From Lively Village Circles
Woolwich pages report visits and departures among residents including Mrs. Morse from Rockland to see her mother Mrs. Potter in Woolwich, Mrs. Springer from Woodfords returning home, and other local social rounds. An upcoming concert and colonial farmer supper at Tuessie Hall is advertised and a new wooden wharf contract on Squirrel Island is announced. The Woolwich fair features a 20 dollar pickle cup and a baby show as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Morse
Rockland
B. G. Potter
Portland
R. M. Springer
Woodfords
John Sheldon
James Colby
Richmond
Ralph Covel
William Lincoln
William N. Beals
Potter House
Beals
Harriet Jenks
Boston
Tuessie Hall
Frank Whitlam
Squirrel Island
William Carleton
Vera Howe
Bath
John Shaw
Oak St
Winifred Bishop
Everett
Mass
C. C. Bishop
Ladies Aid
North Woolwich
Maud Hayward
Yamouth Academy
Southport
Frank Head
Payson Reed
Congregational Church
Joseph Hilton
Clara Hathorne
Sarah Bagley
Plinette Allen
Charles W. Butler
Montsweag
Page’s Window
Woolwich
Acadia Lodge Benefits From Theatre Night at Columbia
The Columbia theatre and its picture program were rented by Acadia Lodge K of P for a benefit performance. Tickets sold well as the show St Elmo opened at seven. Afterward impersonator Newton Beers presented Damon and Pythias for an hour and a half, boosting lodge treasury for the October district meeting expenses.
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Columbia Theatre
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Cosy Little Theatre
St. Elmo
Newton Beers
Damon
Pythias
Acadia Lodge Treasury
Hawken Builds Barnette for Hay Crop Shelter
On Camden Street, Thomas Hawken acts as architect, chief carpenter and painter while constructing a barnette to shelter his season’s hay. His self designed housing method evokes a quip by P. Maloney about storing hay outdoors and what remains.
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Camden Street
Thomas Hawken
Hawken
P. Maloney
Socialist Ballot Totals in Bath City Contest
The Bath city Socialist ticket shows Morse for governor 43 votes Eumond for State auditor 43 Wright for State senator 45 Dyer for sheriff 34 Roberts for county attorney 53 Bowie for county treasurer 51 Ames for clerk of courts 42 Lowell for judge of probate 43 Crocker for representative 45 Watson 44 in the listed totals.
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Bath
Morse
Eumond
Wright
Dyer
Roberts
Bowie
Ames
Lowell
Crocker
Watson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elm ST
W. R. Pette
Gill
First Church
Pan
Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society
A. B. Upham
H. L. McCready
F. W. Padelford
D.D
W. R
Erb
Wbitten
F. M. Prebl
League
C. E
A. W. Anthony
Jess, Tivic Wen
W. H. Johnson
H. R
Whitelock
F. A. Snow
Miles N. Reed
Bowdoinham
C. Raymond Chappell
E. G. Heath
Auburn
Boston Boats
Kimball Bros
Republican County Committee
Ward One
Capt. Diamond
Dresden
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