Death recalls old days at Center in reader's reminiscence
A letter recalls Wiley Dickinson and childhood in a village in the 1860s. It paints schools, teachers, home life, a mill, and neighbors including Drummond, Morse, Rogers, and Drake. The writer recalls mischief, a cat fight, and family sorrow, ending with a note on his own family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Dickinson
Wiley R. Dickinson
Higgins
Wiley
Miss Higgins
Mr. Drake
Capt
James Drummond
Capt. Drummond
Sumner Heal
William H. Morse
William R. Morse
Sumner
John Rogers
Will Morse
George Smith
Hiram Morse
Jacob
Joseph
Joe
Capt. Mletcher
Boston
Joe Morse
Elijah Fletcher
Lieut Sumner Sewall Wins Legion of Honor for Valor
Bath Maine celebrates Lieut Sumner Sewall A V A as the first American aviator in the Verdun front incident to have his burning craft survive. The Legion of Honor award, France's highest honor, is given to meritorious military conduct. Sewall joins a roster including Bert Atkinson Lewis Berereton Douglass Campbell Edward Buford and John MacArthur among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sumner Sewall
William D. Sewall
Lorraine
Sewall
Verdun
International News Service
France
Legion of Honor
Chateau Thierry
Bert Atkinson
Georgia
Lewis H. Berereton
Mannapolis
Douglass Campbell
San Francisco
Edward Buford
Nashville
Tenn
Maine
Edward Rickebacker
Columbus
Ohio
John MacArthur
Buffalo
N. Y
Quentin Roosevelt
Capt
Philip Roosevelt
Pershing
Napoleon
Republique Francaise
Mayor Drake Farms Big Variety At Birch Point Garden
Mayor J Edward Drake operates a large farm at Birch Point West Bath with cows horses poultry and a growing mix of vegetables and fruit. A market basket of lettuce potatoes beets carrots turnips tomatoes corn beans apples and more showcased his bounty in Bath. Mrs William Campbell and husband expect to move to Portland in October from Waterville, she is formerly Miss Mary Lincoln sister of Dr James O Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
Birch Point
West Bath
Bath
Willian R. Campbell
Portland
Waterville
Campbell
Mary Lincoln
James O. Lincoln
Front Street
Traffic Cops Aid War Effort Amid Influenza Closures
The article notes traffic officers aiding troop movement on French roads and describes US government and Bath city actions to curb influenza. It reports school closures and public gathering bans by Mayor Drake after emergency health directives, plus hospital readiness and library closures as part of wartime health measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rtskdy
France
Bettle
Paris
Health Department
Fimergency Fleet Corporation
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Drake
Minnor Drake
Kingsley
Private Green Describes Training At Camp Devens
Private Joseph Arthur Green of the 28th Company 7th Battalion recounts his Camp Devens arrival after passing the physical exam. He details quarantine measures vaccination meals at base hospital and daily drills and recreation as he adapts to camp life while noting his prior career as a school superintendent in Durham and Bates College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Arthur Green
28Th Co
Camp Devens
Green
Durham
Bates College
C. H. Green
Bath
Sagadahoe County
Clement
Shiloh
Veteran Postman Ramsey Leaves Bath Service
Frank W. Ramsey longtime Bath letter carrier resigns to join Hyde Windlass Co. plant. Edward Perry to take over his route. Mrs. William B. Smith of New York urges Bath support for a Community War Service Camp to aid soldiers, with rest room plans. Mrs. Jasper Mains returns to Portland to teach in Falmouth schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Ramsey
Bath
Edward Biggins
Bartholomew HH. Coughlin
Hyde Windlass Co
Ramsey
Edward Perry
William 8. Smith
New York City
Alice Smith
Day Dies in Electric Substation Accident
William A. Day twenty of Freeport was killed at 3 15 pm at the Lewiston and Augusta Waterville street railway substation when full voltage passed through him. Conductor Charles Dick and barn man Frank Erskine moved him to the doorway but he had no pulse. Medical examiner Snipe did not call for an inquest. Day, a Brunswick caller, had worked at the sub station for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kath
Drake
Bath
Massachusetts
Hmergency Health Board
New England
Kingsley
Faroas
William A. Day
Lewiston, Aungusta & Waterville Street Railway
North Street
Charles Dick
Frank Erskine
Day
Erskine
Brunswick
Snipe
Cass
Freeport
William Dey
Theis
Claims of Short Weight Vegetables Stir Town
Beachvord Martin complains after buying a bushel of potatoes that weighed 51 pounds instead of 66. He notes this isn’t the first time produce is short weight and accuses wagon vendors of cheating customers, contrasting with trusted storekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beachvord Martin
Bath boys in France eager to reach front line
Private Chester Marr reports from the Bath unit in France that the regiment is rapidly forging to the front. In a letter to his sister Mrs. John L. Wilson Jr., he notes all the Bath boys are well and anxious to enter battle with the Huns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Marr
Bath
France
John Ll. Wilson
Morse High Principal Seeks Grip Reports From Students
James P M Kaine Morse High principal asks students to report any grip cases to him. Reports will be kept confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James PM. Kaine
Morse High
Mayor Drake Orders All Public Dances Prohibited Citywide
The mayor’s order shuts dances and similar amusements in all public venues. Building owners hosting such events will be barred from opening their facilities. Nearby towns may see stalled dance venues as the measure spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
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Wiley Dickinson
Carlo
Lieut. Sewall
Legion of Honor Cross
Independent
War Industries Board
the Times Company
Bath, Maine
Kennebec Mills
Traffc
Wayh
Pettiebeenie
Americia
Germany
Jocal Limber
B. Os
Dlaudlaworth & Whitney
Big Timbers Land
M. G. Shaw
Stutt
Quiwilwew von
Private Green
John McLark
Jasper Mains
Woolwich
Falmouth
Mains
Ruth Sheldon
Washington Park
Johnson Bros. Company
Chandiery
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