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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1928
Page
7
Items from the Bath Daily Times files recount local events in Bath and nearby areas. The notice covers shipbuilding plans at Kelley & Spear, exhibition news, construction work at the old Vatten property, a marriage at the Bath church, church services, fire department budget talks, and various social events including an Apollo club outing and a Leap Year masquerade.
March 29 1838 notices report social events weather and civic updates. A marriage at Teacon Street Church unites Miss Carrie M Larrabee and Mr Lewis O Wylie with many friends in attendance. Improvements at Maine Central station and river conditions near New Meadows River are noted alongside dock and lock maintenance issues.
March 30 1888 constables searched a house on Oak street without success. A muff and one or two other articles were found in the Alameda and await owner at City Marshal Stinton. Thirty eight gallons of ice cream were sold at the Post Sedgwick fair. A lamp drawn by Mrs M Ss Dunning was presented to the Post by Isaac Atkinson of the Atkinson House Furnishing Company Portland.
Local youths organize a Poverty Ball at the Alameda with proceeds aiding poverty relief. The event features Misses Avery and Vlepper coordinating invitations, a masquerade at Bissell Hall, and a brief list of activities including music by Grimnmer orchestra and a charity drive.
The clipping lists assets liabilities and admitted values for multiple insurance companies including Western Assurance Company Travelers Insurance Prudential Insurance and others as of December 31 1927. It shows real estate mortgage loans stocks and bonds cash balances and unearned premiums among others. A separate note identifies Lochgilphead as a village with seven churches and seven ministers mentioned in a Glasgow sermon.
A compiled ledger of assets and liabilities from multiple insurance companies including Caledonian, Fire Association of Philadelphia, Lloyds Plate Glass, United States Casualty, Old Colony, and U S Branch of the British Assurance Company. Also an 1925 probate notice for Lillie M. Leonard in Bath, Maine, appointing executor for William T. Hall estate.
The document records a Maine Sagadahoc probate petition for Joseph White of West Bath and heirs Lamont and Adam Larrabee, seeking letters testamentary. It includes orders for notice and publication in Bath newspaper, with dates in March and August 142s.
Langdon Snipe Yale Boating Association treasurer predicts a near season with Harvard as both colleges have won seven races in eight cars. The City Council meets tomorrow night to appoint police for the year and appoint a board of fire engineers along with other business.
A Brooklyn teacher completed a long writing task on a postcard for his son to prove can do anything. He copied the Bible onto a postcard, reaching a high word total after 60 days of steady effort. The tale mentions Woodrow Wilken Winn and Moses Gellinan in a historic Brooklyn setting.
The report notes Portugal plans to move Angola's capital from Luanda to Nova Lishou near the highlands. The change aims to spur development, rail links, and new consulities while highlighting Angola's coal, uplands, and potential as a corridor to Katanga copper and Belgian Congo markets.
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