Forty Years Ago in Bath March 30 1909
Bath items recount a car load of E M F touring cars arriving from Detroit and court notices for the April term with Associate Justice Arno W King presiding in Bath Maine. Local officials attend the funeral of Capt Frank H Purington and plans for alms house improvements, ferry slips, and theater growth are noted.
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Bath Automobile & Gas Engine Co
Detroit
Supreme Judicial Court
Arno W. King
Ellsworth
Justice King
K. T
Maine
Ruth E Merrill sails record Portland to Baltimore in 10 ½ days
Bath built six masted schooner Ruth E Merrill arrived in Portland breaking sailing records to Baltimore. George Wallace of South Portland commands the vessel as it cuts travel time to about 10 and a half days, well ahead of the usual two weeks to 20 days. Farmers sell hay at 20 dollars a ton in City Hall Square amid rough roads from frost. Brown-tail moth nest collection tops one thousand dollars with 28 thousand nests delivered by boys led by Robert Ramsay. Charles Hodgkins leaves drug clerking for Bijou Pharmacy at Center and Washington streets.
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Maine Central
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Carleton
City Hall Square
Ruth E. Merrill
Portland
Baltimore
George Wallace
South Portland
Merrill
Robert Ramsay
City Acts to Halt Scarlet Fever Spread and Other Local News
Mayor and Board of Health order theater closures and cancellations of Alameda entertainments to curb scarlet fever. Edison area notes include Italian workers buying Horse Island property, outfitting 115 acres for bungalow development and grounds beautification. Volunteers and officials update on City Council appointments, fire alarm at Gimlet club, and a 1909 sprinkler debut on Front and Center streets.
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Hyde
Board of Health
Dreamland Theater
Erskine
Hyde Light Guards
Alameda
Professor Testa Academy
Anniversary Memory Of Blizzard Train Rescue Near Brunswick
On April 2 1909 Walter Smith drove Hon A H Shaw’s Stevens Duryea from Brunswick where it had wintered. Bath residents recall twenty two years ago when a Pullman train returning from Portland stalled in snow near Hillside two miles west of Brunswick. Two engines and a plough with 150 men labored to free the train after a blizzard, a stark contrast to today’s weather.
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Walter Smith
A. H. Shaw
Brunswick
Shaw
Bath
Portland
Hillside
Bath Placed Under Ban On Entertainments For Scarlet Fever
April 4 1909 Bath faces restrictions as the Board of Health discourages public gatherings due to scarlet fever. A party at Miss Madelyn Clifford’s on Chestnut Street honored Miss Daphne Crane of Worcester while guests enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. Miss Crane remains in Bath as a guest until after Easter.
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Board of Health
Madelyn Clifford
Chestnut Street
Daphne Crane
Worcester
Mass
Miss Crane
Massachusetts
Miss Clifford
Mt. Ida
Shipping
Post Office
Snipe
Marshal Small
Bath Office
Post Office Department
Emery Thompson
Southport
Horatio Hall
Bath
Boston
Local optician opens office in new city location
Abit Lewis J. Sawyer, a Bangor optician, has moved his family to the city and opened a practice at 679 Carlton block on Washington street after seven years in Bangor. The text also notes a local hoax affecting several sportsmen, with one man “holding the line” for ten minutes.
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Lewis J. Sawyer
Bangor
Carlton Block
Washington Street
First Veteran Firemen Association in Bath 1866 Found
Old record book reveals the likely first Bath veteran firemen group begun Oct 23 1866 by clerk James Ham as Ex 3 Firemen’s Association. Sixty five members listed many Civil War veterans. finances show $1 initiation, 50 cent quarterly dues, hall rent, stove, gas, and a Thanksgiving ball netting $60.81. The accounts close September 1867.
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Henry W. Owen, Jr
William A. Armstrong
James Ham
Ex-3 Firemen’s Association
Samuel L. Allen
Horace
James Babb
George W. Barton
John Berry
Charles H. Brown
John Carr
James H. Coombs
Hiram Cornish
James
Robert
William Craig
Charles W. Crocker
Frank Eaton
Lewis B. Fogg
James Frank
Daniel Frasier
Richard Gibbs
James M. Goddard
Henry Granville
John Guthrie
Charles A
R. J. Hinckley
Charles T. Hooper
Henry H. Howes
Augustus Huse
Herman Johnson
James Ketley
James Knights
John Know
William Sawyer
Bartlett Shaunnessey
Solomon E. Thompson
Edward H
Henry
Simeon Turner
James W. Wakefield
Charles G. White
Ezekiel Winslow
William Wormwood
Old Deluge No. 3 Engine Company
Treasury
Grassey
Stinson
Marshall & Co
Measles Send Patty Conley to Memorial Hospital
Patty Conley, young daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Conley Jr of Dummerstreet, is a Memorial hospital patient after severe measles complications requiring concentrated treatment. Mrs Edward F Newton Jr and daughters Catherine and Geraldine returned home to Gardiner after a weekend visit with Mrs Newtons grandmother Mrs Mary Chase and her sister Mrs F R Hallowell of Court Street.
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Patty Conley
John M. Conley
Dummerstreet
Memorial Hospital
Edward F. Newton, Jr
Catherine
Geraldine
Gardiner
Mrs. Newton
Mary Chase
F. R. Hallowell
Court Street
Pardon Petition for Otis L Pushard Before Governor and Council
State of Maine notice announces a petition for the pardon of Otis L Pushard, a convict in Maine State Prison for Carnal Knowledge, pending before the Governor and Council. A hearing is set for Wednesday May 4, 1949, at 10:00 am in the Council Chamber, Augusta.
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State OF Maine
Augusta
Otis L Pushard
Maine
Probate Notices from Bath Court March 1949
Public notice for two estates in Sagadahoc County. Alfred E Trott late Woolwich seeks probate with will and letters testamentary to executors Milton C Trott and Freeman A Trott. Ann A Wallace of Phippsburg seeks appointment of Arthur F Wallace as administrator. Probate judge Arthur J Dunton signs.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Alfred E Trott
Woolwich
Milton C. Trott
Freeman A
Freeman A_ Trott
Ann A Wallace
Phippsburg
Arthur F_ Wallace
Arthur F. Wallace
Arthur J. Dunton
Young basketeers guest at dinner given by P T A
The Bath area grammar school boys basketball teams from North and Central Grammar schools and Central 8th grade were honored at a North Center P T A dinner at Grace Church parish house. Coaches and players received certificates and letters. gifts and trophies were presented by team members.
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North and Central Grammar Schools
Central Grammar School
Western Maine
YMCA
North Center P.T.A
Grace Church Parish House
John Parker
North Center
P.T.A
George Nugent
Reuben Ryder
Jerry Doyle
Jesse Allen
Robert McRae
John Chaney
Donald Cromwell
Charles B. Doyle
North Grammar
Robert Champagne
Carl Norton
Norman
Gerry Parker
Harry Musk
Paul Bourget
Bruce Harrison
Donald House
Stuart Cousins
John Flaherty
Norman Morse
Dick Lemoine
Robert Henderson
Ralph Brewer
Charles Bartlett
James Callan
Warren Munsey
Ralph _Warren
George Musk
Charles F. Cummings
Edward Lemoine
William Oliver
Hollis Garey
Foreclosure Notice Involving Spinney Mortgage In Sagadahoc Maine
William H Wallace and Althea M Wallace mortgage to Herman A Spinney of Georgetown dated November 1 1946 is in default. The property at Popham Beach Phippsburg Sagadahoc includes parcels described by ancient deeds and water rights and is foreclosed as of March 22 1949 in Bath Maine per the stated breach of condition.
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William H. Wallace
Althea M. Wallace
Phippsburg
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Herman A. Spinney
Georgetown
Popham Beach
Maine
Allen
James E Perkins
George A. Oliver
Lyman Oliver
Ferev
Phippsbore
M G Shaw
F S Oliver
Sprague
Eva M Stacey
John H. Stacey
Real Estate Trust of
Massachusetts
Bath
Local Social Circle Names Ten Hosts
The report lists Ton, Mrs. Talbot, Mrs. Stover, Mrs. Wakefield, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Nugent, Mrs. Final, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Chaney, Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Burns as members of a neighborhood hosting group, detailing their roles and associations within the community event.
Birth of Bruce Wayne Oliver in Bermuda
Mrs. Vivian Oliver owner of the Kiddie Shop learns of the birth on Thursday in Bermuda of a son named Bruce Wayne to her son and daughter in law, Sgt. and Mrs Walter Oliver. Mrs. Oliver is formerly Leone McEachern of this city.
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Bermuda
Bruce Wayne
Sgt
Walter Oliver
Oliver
Leone McEachern
Fred R. Lord Visits Bath As Retired Gannett Executive
Fred R. Lord, a retired executive of Gannett publications from Augusta, made a business visit to Bath on Tuesday.
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Fred R. Lord
Augusta
Gannett Publications
Bath
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