Forty Years Ago in Bath and Nearby Notes
Bath items report travelers L B Swett and W J O'Brien returning from Bermuda via New York with plans to return home Friday. Bath Whist Club players Phillips and Lander led the club with 9 1 3 kicks and 8 kills, while H W en Jr and E R Wittekindt posted 2 3 and 4 kills. Clarence Hamilton, a roller skater, broke the local mile record in Pittsburgh with a 2 45 4 5 time and plans to race in Reading. Harry Washburn seeks permission to install two 6000 gallon gasoline tanks at Broad street to buy in tank car loads. last year 60,000 gallons sold in seven months. A R Jack returns from Portland after a three week shoe sale. The Frank Jones steamer, long between Ortland and Machias, will run New York and Albany line this summer. Charles Rice returns from Boston with two engines for his launches. Alderman Joseph Wagrnum targets the person who poisoned his St. Ertities Don, who died last Saturday. Capt Amasa Williams travels from Bowdeinham toward Boothbay Harbor to launch the Nellie for the season. Ice on West Harbor pond is gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Walter Nelson
Reading
Ongboat
Dorando
Harry Washburn
Broad Street
Washburn
Frank Jones
Ortland
Machias
New York and
Albany
New York
Board of Aldermen draws jurors for April term
At a special session President Peaslee presided in Mayor Hyde's absence. The full board drew traverse jurors for the April term of the Supreme Judicial Court to convene next Tuesday. Names include Lucius M. Lemont, Fred E. Foote, Hiram Cornish, Percy V. Savage, Maurice McKay, Melvin A. Haggett, Bant Hanson, Arthur I. Pepper, Edwin H. Hartwell, and Albion L. Groves. Kids gather Mayflowers for coins though flowers are scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Peaslee
Hyde
Traverse
Supreme Judicial Court
Alderman Perkins
Lucius M. Lemont
Fred E. Foote
Hiram Cornish
Percy V. Savage
Maurice McKay
Melvin A. Haggett
Bant Hanson
Arthur I. Pepper
Edwin H. Hartwell
Albion L. Groves
Early Spring Planting and Shipyard Sketches in Bath
A March 30 1910 roundup notes D G Standish planting peas and sowing grain amid favorable weather. It also details the Paulding torpedo destroyer launch planned for April 12 at Bath Iron Works with Emma Paulding as sponsor, plus various Bath area items from geese sighting to fires, hotel trips, boxings, and renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Standish
Paulding
Bath Iron Works
Ion Works
Maine farms rise as Bath official survives odd delivery
A Bath Iron Works official, walking to work, picked up a package addressed to a nearby resident. The item mysteriously shifted across the street after a friend asked what day it was, prompting a lighthearted incident. Owen and Powers led Bath Whist Club with top score plus nine and six, followed by McLellan and E F Johnson with seven and nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Owen
Powers
Bath Whist Club
McLellan
E. F. Johnson
Local notices and community updates from Poughkeepsie area
April 3 1910 Miss Farnham returns from a week in the city and teaches science at Poughkeepsie High School. A petition seeks to extend water works pipe from Floral to Court street improving Center and Floral street pressure. Firefighters from Popham aided by life savers. cinephoto moves picture viewing. Bluebells defeat Water Street Juniors 24 3 in seven innings. umpire S Bragdon. Tug Jepposct to load pulp wood for Boothbay and Salmon River after inspection by Pollister Trevett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Farnham
Poughkeepsie
Farnham
Poughkeepsie High School
Floral
Court Street
Center
Floral Streets
Floral Street
Bluebells
Water Street
R. Stearns
H. Kingsbury
Duley
E. Bouget
G. Stearns
Greene
Worrey
Young Daley
S. Kingsbury
T Lyons
H. Thomas
G. Guerero
M. Leydon
C. McLean
J. Crane
W. Holmes
C. Holbrook
A. Holbrook
C. Crane
Kingsbury
Guerero
S. Bragdon
Jolly Nine
S S
U. S
Pollister
Trevett
Boothbay
Salmon River
N. B
Golden Oak Pulpit Rail Dedicated at People's Baptist Church
April 4 1910 dedication of the new oak pulpit rail at People's Baptist Church presented by Coffin Bros mirrors Tremont Temple. New carpet for pulpit and communion space funded by the Ladies' Aid enhances the auditorium appearance. A market display shows two geese. one shot by Joseph Day of Wool-FIREMEN'S. Insurance Company data follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Baptist Church
Coffin Bros
Tremont Temple
Ladies’ Aid
Sanford's Market
Joseph Day
Chappell shoots large duck on Woolwich morning
Last Friday and today in Woolwich a man named Charles Chappell shot two ducks one weighing about ten pounds with a six foot wingspan. John M. Schofield resigns as assistant cashi er at Bath office of Eastern Steamship Co after nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wich
Charles Chappell
Woolwich
Mr. Chappell
John M. Schofield
G. C. Greenleaf
Bath
Eastern Steamship Co
Lamoreau Rites Held After Long Illness
Richmond obituary notes the death of Mr. Lamoreau after a three week illness at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston. Born Smyrna son of Edwin and Margaret Lamoreau, he lived 40 years in the area. Survived by daughters Olive Blanchard Fulton New York Marjorie Curtis Richmond, sons Edwin South Portland Arnold Bowdoinham, siblings and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernoon
Ridge Cemetery
Lamoreau
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Smyrna
Edwin
Margaret Stewart Lamoreau
Olive Blanchard
Fulton
N. Y
Marjorie Curtis
South Portland
Arnold
Bowdeinham
Lincoln Pomona Past Masters Night in Maine
Lincoln Pomona celebrated past masters night with gifts for state officers and Apple Annie. Remarks were offered by Sister Oliver and Brother Leeman of Sagadahoc Pomona, and Frank Flagg. The gathering closed with Home Sweet Home. Rutherford Grange received a rising vote of thanks for hospitality. next meeting with Whitefield Grange on April 8 featuring a day session and fifth degree. Earl S. Grant will be guest speaker on Waterways of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Oliver
Leeman
Sagadahoc Pomona
Frank Flagg
Home Sweet Home
Rutherford Grange
Whitefield Grange
Earl S. Grant
Maine
Parker Head Update and Financial Sheet Snippet
Parker Head notes indicate Carty wintered in Waban Massachusetts with brother Walter and plans to return May 1 with Frank Percy of Brooklyn. Bob Moore’s friends cheer his yard mobility in a wheelchair. Edinburgh Glasgow focus noted for Scottish industry. Commercial Casualty Company assets and liabilities listed with totals and key figures. Melvin Hutchinson Jr Richmond and Charles H Morse Bath named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carty
Waban
Mass
Walter
Parker Head
Frank Percy
Brooklyn
Bob Moore
Melvin Hutchinson, Jr
Richmond
Charles H. Morse
Bath
Republican Convention Holds Strong Delegation Despite Illness
Sagadahoc county delegates faced reduced attendance due to illness yet a solid cross section from the county participated in the Portland state convention. The event ran smoothly with leaders like Payne Hale Nelson Fellows and senators Larrabee and Smith present at the Falmouth hotel as candidates and supporters engaged in a unity-focused two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Portland
Maore
Frederick G. Payne
U. S
Robert Hale
Charles F. Nelson
Frank H. Fellows
L Owen Brewster
Margaret C.smith
Falmouth
Probate Notices and Insurance Company Financials
Probate notices list multiple Bath and Sagadahoc estates with executors and administrators named, dates, bonds, and settlement actions. The second item presents 1949 year end balance sheets for The Travelers Insurance Co United States Fire Insurance Co and related assets and liabilities, including real estate, mortgages, stocks, cash, and reserves with stated totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Moree Bath
Roger D. Skillings Bath
Hiram T. Stevens Ee Bete
AL Ben Franklin Fire Insurance CO
Pittsburgh
Snes
Dwight W. Pierce Bath
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Artford
Connecticut
Ni Ie
the American Insurance CO
Washington St. Newark
New Jersey
the Automobile Insurance Company OF
Hartford
Conn
Calvert Fire Insurance CO
Philadelphia
Penna
Camden Fire Insurance
Camden
N. J
Rous Indemnity CO
California
THE
Travelers Insurance Co
United States Fire Ins. CO
William
New York 7
News
Sivar Secee
William St
New York
N. Y
Basak
Cannon
Abe
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
North River Insurance CO
Standard Fire Insurance Company
Onds & Stocks
the Home Insurance Company
Travelers Fire Insurance Company
Albany Insance Company
New Y. New York
Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Company
Travelers Indemnity Co
U. 8
ATLAS
Beacon St
Beaton 15
Hartford, Connecticut
BTS
Fenn Seeks Republican Nomination for Bath State Legislature
Converse E Fenn of High street announces his bid for one of Bath's two seats in the State Legislature and papers are circulated by friends. He has 11 years in Bath, 5 1 2 years on the Common Council, 26 months in the U S Maritime service, is married with four children, and his entry ensures at least one candidate for each Bath seat with Forrest C Legard already seeking nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Ralph O. Dale
Bath
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Dale
Joseph W. Larrabee
Roy G. Stewart
Woolwich
Larrabee
Fenn
Converse E. Fenn
High Street
United States Maritime Service
Forrest C. Legard
Republi
Maine Democrats publish broad platform at Lewiston convention
The Maine Democratic platform lays out broad goals including economy and fair dealing, support for Quoddy hydro projects, repeal of the Fernald power export ban, more education funding, aid to dependents, and better highways while resisting new major taxes. Leaders and potential candidates like Elizabeth D. Moffatt John Chaney and Roscoe C. McFadden show ongoing political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewiston
Truman
Democrats Push Young Club Amid Tax Clash
Democrats push a Young Democrats club as plans advance for party activity and June primaries. The article notes a statewide revival of Democratic energy and a meeting to discuss candidates. Joe Randlette Randlette, Sagadahoc County commissioner, recovers after major operation. seeking Republican renomination. MIT student David Dearborn visits holidays with his father in Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democra Bath
Thomas Jefferson
Joe Randlette
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Portland
David Dearborn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Douglas Dearborn
Mrs. Dearborn
Washington Street
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Bath Daily Times
L. B. Swett
W. J. O'Brien
Bermuda
York
Will
Phillips Lander
E. M. Fuller, Jr
H. Wen, Jr
E. R. Wittekindt
A. R. Jack
Charles Rice
Joseph Wagrnum
Big St.erties
Don
Amasa Williams
Boothbay Harbor
Nellie
West Harbor
Charles Chappelle
Walter S. Gliden
Washington, D. C
Raleigh
N.C
Washington
Erwin Morse
Yale College
Jennie
Morse
New Haven
Bath Automobile & Gas
In& Ork
Weston Bonney
Frank Skillings
Beacon Street
Maine Central
Water
Washington Streets
Merchants’ Association
Rogers Bros
Maine Street
Rogers
William J. O’brien
Columbia Hotel
Lewis B. Swett
Swett
O’brien
James Proctor
Mr. Proctor
E. W. Hyde
C. S. Brown
C. H. Cahill
Carl Troop
Rev. Culbert McGay
Mr. Hyde
New Meadows River
B. F. Williams
Walter Ross
Bangor
Penobscot
New York Central
Hugh Ross
Charles Baldwin
Ernest Hutchins
George A. Ward
Jackson
North Street
Parris Bros
Gloucester
Tacoma
Wash
Wilbur C. Oliver
Hoom
Capital
Altivaer
Capitan Wells
Mt. Waldo
Soldiers’ Monument
Conress
Mt. Vernon
H. T. Passmore
Crosby
Charles R. Higgins
City
James McCorkle
Higgins Art Co
J. Fred Robinson
South End
Water and
York Street
Pullman
Jamaera Aa
Dayton Hill
Clifton Page
Warren
Howard Hawley
Earle Thompson
Walter Brown
Charles Farnham
Ray Palmer
Ray Trott
Wilson Cottage
Popham
Fred Willis
Merrymeeting Bay
Allan Howard Ramsay
Music Hall
Augusta
Fred E. Sanborn
H. C. Manchester
Oliver Moses
Miss Helen
Waltham
New Church School
Lincoln Pomona
Parker
Edinburgh-Glasgow Area
Cleveland P. Curtis
Tion
Etta Thurlow
Chestnut Street
Arrowsie
George Gates
Russell Sturmer
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Elford A. Stover
Bowdoin
Fred Jack
Bowdoinham
Prince
Georgetown
Roland Peterson
Phippsburg
Mark Harrington
Florence Wheeler
Leonard L. Bishop
Topsham
George Blanchard
West Bath
Maynard Cardon
Anthony S. Dodge
Harold B. Leeman
Philip Oliver
Ann Deering
H. K. Adams
Lois Carr
Branwell Harford
Eugene Winslow
Earle A. McFee
Dorothy T. Scott
John L. Jack
Millward Patten
Joseph H. Larrabee
Donald Leavitt
Sagadahoc Pees
Antoinette L. Teeling
Olive R. Davis
Liberty
New
Anna W. Campbell
William B. Campbell
Lexington
John L. Jack Register
Erate
Grae Ee
Harriet C. Hil
Florence J. Soule
Charles A. Soule
Charles A. Lou Dunton
Seay
Register
John Chaney
Roscoe C. McFadden
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