Forty Years Ago in Bath Chronicle of 1905 Bath notices
Items from the Bath Daily Times pages dated April 4 to 6 1905 cover personnel changes at Bath Iron Works visitor procedures post office dog licenses and civic notes. Mentions John Snow Roberta CK Goode Wainwright families Captain Greenleaf pilots Bath Industries and local events including billiards prizes and a charity supper. Also reports on a number of residents traveling or relocating and early spring conditions on the Kennebec River with river ice and health notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn Snow
Bath Iron Works
Miss Robertack
Class Motto Committee Appointed At Local School
A committee was appointed to select a class motto while Henry R White of the Drummond Coal Co attended a Maine coal dealers gathering in Waterville. Archie Shorey, Bowdoin class of 05, is substituting as Richmond High principal during H D Stewarts illness with typhoid fever. Former Mayor E W Hyde J M Trott H H McCarty and Charles F Magoun left yesterday for New York on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. White
Drummond Coal Co
Waterville
Maine
Archie Shorey
Frank Shorey
Bowdoin
Richmond High School
H. D. Stewart
E. W. Hyde
J. M. Trott
H. H. McCarty
Charles F. Magoun
New York
Bath Reports Busy Spring Season And Coastal Travel News
April 9 1905 Bath notes painters at work in town busy season long ahead and river ice clearing. Baseball season starts at Dead Horse with fields in good condition. Rangeley Lake House opens May 1 and Kennebec steamer sails to Boston for drydock. Local residents travel to New York Lowell and Genoa with varied dates and events. Panoramic river photograph planned by New Meadows property owners. Constable Edward Turner qualified and Peter Macqueen to lecture on Russia and Japan. Maine Methodist conference to be held at Gardiner this week. Colonial club planning May ball activities.
PUPILS SCORE HIT OPENING NIGHT
A Bath Maine clipping recounts a school event with Miss Upperplate, toastmaster James Bonney, and an 18 piece program. It highlights student performances including a Morse High band display, vocal solos, dances, a dancing horse act, and a grand finale as part of a school night program. The text also contains a probate court notice listing estates and appointments in Sagadahoc County, Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heeza Soandso
Harold Armes
Smitey
Flirt Edward Footer Knott
Bright George Heath Hawkins Pitt Walter Hill
Corny Likkher
Russell Bradford Stakey
Hipns Hilton Libby
Miss Upperplate
James Bonney
Morse High
Torrey Pines
Arthur Berry
Philip Ames
William Poveroy
Reese Cameron
Barter
Hagan
Flip
Fiop
Vivian White
Beverly Curran
Claire Martin
Betty Anderson
Easter Palace
Nellie Page
Marion Corliss
Edna Oliver
Barbara Burnham
Anita Bagdikian
Bath
Barbara Dunton
Joan Shaw
Miss Shaw
Aris
Richard Dauphin
Carroll Hatch
Virginia Andre
Financials and probate notices from December 31 1944
American Bonding Company of Baltimore assets and liabilities total 2 435 673 98 with admitted assets and probate notices listing executors and administrators for estates in Sagadahoc County Maine including Hall Huston Hatch Rogers and Dearborn appointments dated April 3 1945 and March 20 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore
Maryland
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Costello P Hail
Woolwich
Mary N. Hall
Woolwicc
Thomas Russell Huston
Bath
Florence E. Huston
Delbert H Hatch
William M. Rogers
Carl R. Dearborn
Ella Frances Herlyck
Edward W. Bridgham
Aiank
Admiral Leahy Launches Turner Ship Named for Daniel Turner
At Bath Iron Works Maine Admiral Leahy dedicates the USS Turner named for Capt. Daniel Turner born 1794 in New York and died 1850 in Philadelphia. The article covers Turner’s early career, actions in Lake Erie, service with Commodore Perry, and honors. It traces the two Turner destroyers built in 1919 and 1943 and notes the 1944 sinking near Sandy Hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Perry
Mediterranean
U.S
Turner
Roices
Great Lakes
Congress
Quincy, Mass
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Navy
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Kearny
N. J
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
USN
Sandy Hook
New York
Recruits Sought for Company E at Wiscasset Drill
Company E seeks former service members with honorable discharges to join. The unit, an outgrowth of Bath, urges all ex captains to attend this evening's drill in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Bath Company
Engineers Recruit d Men for Military Training and Service
Engineers will draft men with any trade and train them in military duties. They will instruct rifle and machine gun practice and handling. Enlistment lasts three years or for the duration, with company drills one night each week.
Crosby Receives Regular Patrolman Appointment in Brunswick
Crosby, longtime Bath police officer and fingerprint expert, is named regular patrolman for Brunswick by the Board of Selectmen as announced by Chief Warren A. Purington. He will join the day shift and continues to reside in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Crosby
Bath
Brunswick
Warren A. Purington
College Town
Board of Selectmen
Crosby
Insurance Companies Real Estate Assets and Liabilities Summary
Selected financials for several insurers including New Atlantic Firemen’s Insurance of New Jersey, Old Colony Insurance Company, Westchester Fire Insurance Company and related assets. Figures show assets, receivables, premiums, losses, and surpluses as of Dec 31 1944 with total liabilities and surplus ranging up to about 34.44 million dollars. Notes indicate admitted assets and potential increase in admitted assets by 545,704.44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Fire Insurance Company OF
Hartford
OLD Colony Insurance Company
Boston
Massachusetts
THE
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Nurse Fanny Gass Returns to Old Folks Home
Mrs. Fanny Gass, nurse at the Old Folks Home, returns from South Portland where she convalesced with her daughter for three weeks. She is much improved and resumes duties. During her absence Harriet Otis, former nurse, filled the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Gass
Old Folks Home
South Portland
James Henderson
Harriet Otis
Newark Insurance Assets and Liabilities Dec 1944 Snapshot
A historical balance sheet lists assets totaling 6.869 billion with admitted assets 6.857 billion and liabilities plus surplus at 6.857 billion. Notable figures include mortgage loans 1.081 billion, cash 27.6 million, stocks and bonds 4.248 billion, and net unpaid losses 44.4 million with unearned premiums 30.89 million and surplus 83.74 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Liberty Insurance Company OF America
New York
N. Y
Travelers Fire Ins
Itford
Connecticut
DBC
Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Company
Beacon Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Mts
Calvert Fire Insurance CO
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Agntx
Travelers Indemnity CO
Hartford
Sa Ee
Preferred Accident Insurance CO
United States Casualty CO
New Y Assets
Betn Real Estate
Newark
Ote Neal
Missouri
Life Department
Accident & Liability Dept
Life Department AY
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Lonzo G. Fisher
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George Py Larra
City
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Providence
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Orenthal Greenleaf
Kenne Division
Eastern Airship Co
Portland
Martin
William Purington
S. McFarland
Mercial Street
Boothbay Harbor
J. Footer, Jr
Kennebecht Club
Hockomock
Harles H. Stinson
Rockd
Annie L. Vansciver
Maine Central
Arthur
Josephenault
Isra
Erbert L. Cutting
Drore
Charles Hunt
Dromore
Nnegance
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Kennebec
Long Dam
Igiey
Irs
S. T. Woodward
D. T. Percy
George A. Tuttle Co
H. F. Frederick
Warner 8. Lewis
Dummer Street
John Iudge
Farnham
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People’s Savings Bank l and Safe Deposit Co
Bath Colts
Yarmouth
Pepper's Alleys
Harold M. Sewall
Republic
Genoa
James B. Drake
A. Oliver
State Conventio Rew Land Order of Protection
Maine Lodge
Frank M. Dunton
Harold Roscoe
Ralph Dunton
East Pepperell
Mass
George Corliss
Morse High School
Phi Rho Society
H. T. Passamore & Co
Topsham
W. D. Willis
Willis
Sagadahoc House
Bath Lodge of
Ellis
Bath Stevedores
Annie F. Kimball
Augusta
William D. Sewall
Washington Street
A. R. Savage
State Bank
F. E. Timberlake
W. Scott Tibbetts
Bangor
Penobscot
L. P. Barnes
Quincy
Fore River Ship & Engine Co
Capt. Spinney
Life Savin Bath
Ira Robinson
Florence L. Rand
Lulu B. Larrabee
Odist
Leland Hodgkins
Front Street
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Rangeley Lake House
Rangeleys
New Meadows Inn
Osman
Westhampton
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Arrowsic Bridge
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Merrymeeting Bay
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Lewiston
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Daniel Brierley
Foreman Brierley
Georgia
Joseph
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Lowell
Brierly
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George E. Scholfield
John A. Morse
James C. Mulligan
Margaret Foley
J Hannah O'Connell
Dr. Roberts
M. E. B. Hagan
B. A. Bailey
New York City
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Margery Bailey
George H. W Barton
Rockland
Bell
F. L. Staples
Harry Brown
A. S. Percy
P. A. Tarbox
West Somerville
Ruth Turner
Roscoe P. McFadden
Master R. Clinton
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S. H. Duncan
Rich Mountain
Sarah Smith
Charles True
Strong
Mrs. True
Edward H. Turner
Longley
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Peter Macqueen
Russia
Japan
Keizer
Knox & Lincoln Branch
Gardiner
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Colonial Club
Ella V. Jaquith
Robert Higgie
Bath Trust Company
Altha N. White
West Bath
Albert W White
Albert W. White
Sarah E. Potter
John P Carey i
Harry W. Crosman
E-tate Howard Parker
Elinor Kinney
Walter M. Potter
John P. Carey
Lizzie B. Chaney
John D Thompson
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Thomas A Love
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Minnie M. Love
W.dow
William P. Morrison
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Georgie M R. Walker
Edward Lo Reed
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R. Percy
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Arthur J. Dunton
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Via
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Concord
New Hampshire
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Charles H. Morse
Roger D. Skillings
Etnen Sergi
Boston Insurance Company
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