West Bath News Includes Homes Upgrades and Local Happenings
Captain and Mrs Hiram Brown return from Miami to West Bath as brown tail moth nests are gathered. Local carpenters work on the Hopkins place while residents discuss road work and upcoming Grange anniversary. The New Meadows Boat Club reports strong growth with new members and plans for a busy summer. Weather and travel remain poor with frost retreating as families plan summer moves and funeral services for Rev J H Cox are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bubier
Harry’ Rich
Hopkins Place
Foster’s Point Road
Mr. Merritt
Boston
Eugene Brown
J. C. Larrabee
East Brunswick
New Ivon House
West Bath
George Bridgham
Foster's Point Road
Bath
A. G. Fisher
Corryner of
Oak
Washington Sts
Foster’s Point
Fisher
Fred Ring
Pennell
Fred Brown
J. H. Cox
New Meadows Boat Church
West Bath Orange
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Charles H. Cahill
New Meadows Inn
Alvah Donnell
J. M. Lemont
Harry Lemont
Obituary notices for Conley widow and McCutcheon veteran
Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Eliza Conley of this city aged 14 years 10 months after pneumonia at her son’s home on Court Street. Survived by Cora M. Jones and Seneca H. Conley John E. Conley. funeral held Friday. Also notes on Mr. McCutcheon pioneer shipbuilder, Bath ME native, aged 76, survivors listed. Then a crime note on liquor smugglers intercepted in Bath and Brunswick with 96 pint bottles found. Finally, Northern Pacific or A& W line car repaint update for summer, vermilion accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Eliza Conley
Seneca H. Conley
Court St
John Ek. Conley
John E. Conley
Western Avenue
Brunswick
Bath
Johnson
Cumberland
Bath Market Notes Signal Dry Spring Hopes Amid Sluggish Trade
Market reports from Bath describe unusually moist ground and forecasts of a warm, dry spring. Dealers report quiet trade despite good produce prices, with eggs and potatoes sold in small lots, berries rising then falling, and limited native beef and poultry offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Obituary: Arthur A. McCutcheon Dies in California
Joseph B. McCutcheon of High Street learns of the death of his brother Arthur A. McCutcheon in Santa Rosa California on March 28. A Bath native, he left New England over fifty years ago for Canada and worked as a contractor traveling south for ship timber. He is survived by his mother Mary E. McCutcheon, three brothers Charles H Hillsboro New Hampshire Joseph B and Fred, and two sisters Mary E. Crichton Boston and H W Noye Upton Massachusetts. The Monroe district death occurred Saturday at his Fulton Road home after several days of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. McCutcheon
High St
Arthur A. McCutcheon
Santa Rosa
Cal
Bath
Sewall
Canada
Mary E. McCutcheon
Joseph B. McCut
State Socialist Convention Opens in Music Hall
The State Socialist Convention met in Music Hall choosing H. H. Mayers as chairman and Israel Albert as secretary. Delegates from many towns formed committees on credentials rules platform constitution and resolutions. The platform pledges state control of natural resources workmen's compensation old age and health insurance mother’s law and broader political rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
H. H. Mayers
Hallowell
Israel Albert
Portland
G. G. Richards
Monroe
Clement G. White
Old Orchard
Ralph Day
Bethel
Lamb
Blake
Higgins
Willis FE. Pelsey
Lewiston
D.C
D.C. Richards, Monroe; Eugene M. Lamb, Woodfords
A. L. Young
Lincolnville
Harry N. Blake
M. W. Dennis
Augusta
Samuel Stover
George P. Larrabee
Bath
Madelineg Ty Albert
G Elridge
Rufus C. Barton
East Belfast
Gustave Ey
Lisbon
Peter Henry
Rumford
N. O. Crockett
J. H. Pearden
Camden
Enemark
Whitten
Larrabee
Adams
Evers
Local Notes From Bath Area Weekly Report
Ice going out and more ice cream purchases noted as town activity. Vacant stores dwindling while four wanderers stay at City Lodgings Monday. Ferry slips repaired by Reed and Purser Stinson. Bath oil tank cart from Texas visits West Bath and Phippsburg. 600 gallons aboard. First shad seen in Bath market. roe sold in Boston at a dollar. Several lodge and fraternal events held. weather delays ferry operations. Old relics, ship movements, and local infrastructure items fill the page with scattered notes and upcoming schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase’s Corner
Frank Reed
Purser
Stinson
Bath
West Bath
Phippsburg
Water St
McCormick
Delaware
Solar Lodge
M. M
Charleston
Weweoma
Smokey
Anc Bcs
Domhegan
Brunswick
Red Men's’ Hall
Hockomock
South Portland
Kennebeck
Hy Tnevense
Astern Steamship Corporation
Ransom B. Fuller
Houghtonr’s Wharf
Boston
Portland
New Hampshire
Piscataqua Navigation Co
Sebasco
Joseph FE. Anderson
Maine
Augusta
Hillside
Prank Bodie
Frank Small
Anegusta
Easter week in Bath notes many local events
The Bath area features a busy week with barn refilling at I. M. Melcher’s High Street, Winter Street Church roof work, and a ground leveling project at Winter Street Chapel. Community activities include meetings of Socialists, the Odd Ladies Sewing Circle, and a Wesley Church choir Cantata Easter night. Local markets offer new produce and dairy, while several civic groups report installations and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Melcher
High St
Winter Street
Millard Spinney
Winneganee
Lehigh Valley
Sewall
Winter Street Chapel
Front St
Odd Ladies
Amelia Mitchell
St. Anna Maley
Music Hall
Wesley Church
Anna Stockbridge
Freeport
Winter Street Society
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Cahill
Merritt Place
Aliyah Donnell
Grange
Hiram Brown
Miami Fla
Fred A. Higgins
Ernest B. Purington
John G. Conley
McCutcheon
San Francisco
Shasta County
Sonoma County
Charles FE. McCutcheon
Kennett
Shasta Country
William Benson
Arthur A. McCutchieon
Senate
Supreme Court
Pochasset
Nantucket
New York
James L. Maloy
Maley
Messrs. Guptil
England
Heald and Young
Miss Maley
Kennebee
Ternoon
Alfred M. Oliver
Gladys L. Young
Bath Trust Company
People’s Savings Bank
Bath Fire Department
Combination Four House
David G. Standish
Standish
The
First Baptist Church
Bath Lodge of Elks
C. A. Peaslee
Acadia Lodge
Esquire
Auburn
Clifford Willey
Bar Harbor
Abbott
Westport
Wicheron
Robbins
Otisfield
Swettr
St Marin
FP. A. Swett
Sagadahoe
Noble Maxwell
Richmond
the Times
Rupert H. Baxter
Baxter
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