Local Bath Items Highlight Weather and Industry
Weekend weather in Bath brings sun and showers while lake ice thaws and arbutus blooms. Community notices include guild, league meetings, and a legible Bath shoe factory initiative praising Kennebec River freighting. A shipyard anecdote recalls Hyde Windlass Works boosting Cramp Shipbuilding with a bold sales stunt.
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J. R. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Works
Bath
Andrews
Windlass Works
Cramp Shipbuilding Co
Cramp
Mr. Cramp
Cramps
Tug Seguin tows Lehigh Valley barge up river
Various Bath area events are listed from Tuesday and Wednesday including tug activity, church and scout meetings, a sand cargo at Nichols wharf, and flags at half-mast for Chief Engineer Gurney. The Governor Brooks schooner arrives from Boston for repairs and is chartered to load oil for South America. A military ball plans and a Bath Opera House drama rehearsal are noted along with officials visiting from Portland and a Sea voyage aboard the Brooks with notable guests.
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Seguin
Lehigh Valley
Hallowell
Wesley Church
N. B. Cortell
Washington St
Corliss Street Scout Baseball Association
Reed’s Wharf
Hattie B
Crocker
Eastern River
Nichols Wharf
Kennebec
Gurney
Ariel
Pres. Small
North End
Florence Hagan
Foster
Brooks
Willard Wade
Boston
Percy & Small
New York
South America
Henry W. Pollard
Winslow
W. S. Heath
Circle Ladies
G.A.R
Hyde Guards
Sth
Coast Artillery Corps
Lewiston
George A. Baker
Harry Sullivan
James M. Royal
Henry M. Biggins
E. J. Fitzgerald
John Mulcahey
John F. Fitzgerald
Peter Labelle
Music Hall
Sagadahoe Council
Knights of Columbus
William O. Peterson
Portland
Coast Artillery Corps of
Maine
William P. Norton
Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Samuel K. Wakefield
Harvey K. Erskine
Col. Peterson
Capt. Norton
King Tavern
Governor Brooks
W. M. Ervin
G. G. Deering Co
Dorothy Barret
T. J. Clifford
Harry Hutchinson
F. B. Perley
Capt. Wade
Fishermen report lobster scarcity and cargo updates
Capt Jewett from Southport secured gasoline on Tuesday while B M Campbell sold fresh alewives from Five Islands. The Phi Rho minstrel show comes to Morse High School on April 29 to benefit the Morse High Athletic Fund. Swarmers at Cobbesseecontee Lake enjoy a busy fishing tide despite low water and ice melt.
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Capt. Jewett
Southport
B. M. Campbell
Portland Council
Knights of Columbus
Sagadahoc Council
E. E. Pinson
South End
Opia
Phi Rho
Morse High School
Morse High Athletic Fund
George Harrison
K. and G
Cobbesseecontee Lake
Independent
W. E. Chase Co
Ward
Mr. Chase
Center St
City Landing
Capt
Driftwood Club
Bath News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Accidents
Gibbons coal yard welcomed Schooner Sunbeam with coke on the tide Tuesday. May 30 events include Knights of Columbus gathering with Gandreau's orchestra at Music Hall. A Woolwich gypsy moth survey reports 31 nests. Woolwich crews haul supplies from Bath. Epworth League reunion at Beacon Street vestry features the Acquaintance March. Kenneth Edgecomb plans to move to Alaska for salmon fishing. Kimball Brothers test seeds and plant oats. 43 of 14 germinated. Miss Mars Owen sets a speed typing record of 132 wpm, Eastern professional champ. Boothbay Harbor residents facing U S District Court conspiracy charges. Peter S McNally noted Maine visitor and swimmer. A tractor incident at Kimball Bros spills load. Cap'n Press stops damage. Lewis's fishing boat idle at low tide. crowd aids heavy truck from dock. no injuries reported.
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Sunbeam
Gibbons Coal Yard
May Hall
Knights of Columbus
Gandreau
Music Hall
Woolwich
Foreman Carr
Cady Brothers and
McKay
Reed and Davis Lumber
Bath
Brunswick, Wesley and
Kenneth Edgecomb
North End
Northwest
Alaska
Kimball Brothers
Mars Owen
Passaic
N. J
Emil A. Trefeger
New York
Estelle M. Cavenor
Margaret N. Cavenor
Grace I. Cavenor
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
Gloucester
Mass
Maine
Boston
Lewiston
Kimball Bros
Cap'n Press
Lewis
Mary E. Baxter
Gibbons Coal Co
Bath Iron Works
Harold Everett Gurney
Parker Head
United States Fish Commission
Morse High School Athletic Association
Roscoe H. Shaw
Chester
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Smyrna
Mediterranean
Harvard
Bowdoin
Crimson
Whitney
Wilcox
Small
Samue Vetch
Hall
City of
Arthur J. Dunton
FE. P. Briggs
C. S. Brown
First National Bank
Park
Beacons
Percy
Hyde Windlass
Williams
Epworth League
Beacon Street
Wesley League
League
Brunswick
Merr
Via
William Thistle
Wesley
Irene Oliver
Frank Garey
M. H. Douglas
Beacon Street League
Hodgdon Place
Upper Landing
Westport
Heald Place
Bath Water
Percy Hodgkins
Glee Club May 14 Event and Local Notes
May 14 has been chosen for the annual Morse High School Glee Club convert. A fire at Hodgkins Upper Mill area caused a brush blaze toward Hodgdon and Heald places. volunteers fought it with minor losses.
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Stanton
M.H.S. Glee Club
Ransom B Fuller sails as Bath lines prepare for season
The Ransom B Fuller cleared for Boston at 5 35 PM with a picked crew as winter quarters end and summer service begins. The City of Bangor schedules its first spring trip from Boston on April 26 under Capt Hawthorn.
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Ransom B. Fuller
Odd Ladies
Blanche Dodge
Middie St
Corliss St
George FE. Lovejoy
Daniel Bishop
Popham Beach
Antoinett
Georgetown
New Jersey
Ariel
Addie P. McFadden
Gardiner
New York
Emma FF
Kimball Bros
Colonial
Senators
Augusta
Richmond
Crawford
Bath Opera House
Western Union Telegraph Co
Opera House
Harry P. Godfrey
Superior Court
Hawthorn
Kennebec Line
Boston
Portland
Fuller
M. A. Haraden
Eastern Steamship Co
Bangor
Postoffice
C. E. Plaisted
I. T. Hodgkins
Gustavus Peas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cobossecontee Lake
St. Mary’s Guild
Robins
Community League
Oak Street
Felix Stinson
K.Y.C
Sedgwick Circle
G.lighter
Gregg
Beacon Street Epworth
Douglas Crosby
Guy Crosby
F. A. Rines
James Young
Governor Cobb
Key West
Havana
Florida
International
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Bath Chamber of Commerce
John Twohy
Philadelphia
Buenos Ayres
Rockland
Helvetia
Jacksonville
Nova Scotia
Islander
Blaisdell & Leeman’s
Ellera Dunton
Yubia McPhee
William Shea
John Pinkham
Harold Wellman
Frank Greenleaf
Frank Reynolds
Cambridge
Litttle
Mr. Reynold
T. F. Reynolds
Frank
Lewiston City Hall
C.A.C
Fort Williams
Lex B. Blake
Frank Lightbody
Columbian Block
Columbia Theatre
Blake
Lynn
Charles H. Bagley
Dean
Bora Brown
Union Street
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