Forty Years Ago in Bath 1897 Local Notices April 14
A Bath column reports on road funding and local repairs at homes of Sewall, Kimball, Bean and others. Obituaries note the death of John C. Brackley aged 79 and 11 months. a mix of social visits, business trips, and a DAR recruitment call. Navy and G A R affairs, ship cargoes, and a Sparring exhibition are also listed along with weathered local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Brackley
Center Street
Freeman
Maine
Moulton’s
Eben
Oliver
William H. Bull
E. A. Brackley
New York
North End Rifle Club Beats Lewiston Team
North End Rifle Club defeated the Lewiston team led by Bob Sturtevant with a 160 point margin at the club range. Sturtevant posted 82 offhand and 97 prone, while Rollins led Lewiston with 152 total. The report also notes other local activities and returns from recent trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Rifle Club
Lewiston
Bob Sturtevant
North End
Tifle
Gayton
American Legion Riflemen
Sturtevant
Rollins
North End Community Club
Crocker
Blake
Gess
Gayton Post
A. L
Tainter
Gerhagin Boardway
Stevens
Maine Fishing Continued In Salmon Style Mackerel Troll
Maine fishing notes detail mackerel methods using chop chum or sardine oil, with a 12 foot line and loaded jig. Bluefish, fierce and prevalent in western waters, offer exciting runs. The column praises saltwater trips for visitors and hints at growing summer interest in the sport.
Must Keep Busy Book Learnin Says Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben cautions that book learning alone does not grant entitlement to idle behavior. He argues men should avoid arrogance and avoid relying on clever jook terms.
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Eben
Parthenon Awe Inspires Passenger’s Greek Tour
The writer describes arrival at Piraeus and a guided excursion to the Acropolis highlighting the Parthenon’s flawless design. He notes its Doric Propylaea and Caryatides, later visits the Temple of Zeus and the National Museum, and recalls past travels and future plans to Naples and Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS. Exochorda
the Independent
Piraeus
Athens
Alexandria
Beirut
Mount
Pentelicus
Hymettus
Acropolis
Parthenon
Swinton
Erechtheum
Lord Elgin
British Museum
Propylaea
Diognsus
Greece
Hotel Grand Bret
National Muse
Cairo
Agamemnon—goeld
Phidias
Agamemnon
Clytemnestra
Asclepius
Epidaurus
Argolis
Tirons
Themistocles
Naples
Satine
Leghorn
Florence
J. Henry M.lellan
Spring Timetable Changes Highlight Maine Central and Boston & Maine Railroads
The spring timetable effective Sunday introduces major changes across the Maine Central and Boston & Maine systems. The Mate resumes Portland Brunswick routes via Waterville with summer service June 21 to Sept 25, a new lounge restaurant and parlor car on The Gulf between Portland and Boston, and the Flying Yankee route reconfigured with time shifts for daylight saving. The Pine Tree Limited and Minute Man continue, with notable stops and connections, including Bangor and Newport Junction adjustments.
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Portland
Brunswick
Gardiner
Augusta
Waterville
Gulf
Boston
Maine Central Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Old Orchard Beach
Secarboro Beach
Lynn
Salem
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Biddeford
Bangor
Lewiston
Winthrop
Pittsfield
Newport Junction
Points West
Northern Maine Junction
Aroostook
Winthrop and
Poins West
Dover
Pine Tree Limited
Pittsigdd
Burnham Junction
Hallowell
South Gardiner
Richmond
Bowdoinham
Freeport
Cleveland
Chicago
West
North Station
Americans urged to save popular sport of duck hunting
A Collier's report warns the United States must act to protect wild fowling as Canada supplies 85 percent of ducks. Surveys show 31.5 million breeding birds in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta, with 80 percent of southern nesting grounds dried up leaving only 0.5 million ducks there. Ray Benson advocates preserving northern Canadian waterfowl habitats and US sportsmen funding production and protection.
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Americas
Canada
Collier's
U.S Bureau of Biological Survey
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ray Benson
United States
Elks Bowling League closes season with banquet
The Bath Lodge of Elks Bowling League wrapped up its third season with a Thursday banquet at Home on Lombard Street. About 40 players and guests enjoyed a New York Cafe turkey dinner, awards for season champions and records, and after-dinner entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Lombard Street
New York
Stanley M. Brown
Elks
Roy Richter
George Arata
John Crosby
Walter Whitney
Frank Sheridan
Albert Thayer
Frank Talbot
Harold Fielding
Frank Perper
Areh Darling
Park Allevs
Pepper
Orventines
Waitney
Edward N. Hartnett
Harold V. Fielding
Plant
Mr. Shaw Olfield
Train schedule changes for Boston Portland Bangor service
A new timetable updates eastbound departures from Boston to Portland and Bangor with non stop runs via Augusta and Waterville, and a revised Gull night train schedule from Boston. The Van Buren sleeping car shifts to The Gull at 9 30 p m with Saturday exceptions and a 6 p m Boston departure on non operating days. Parlor restaurant lounge service added between Boston and Portland for daytime light meals and beverages on The Gulf.
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Bangor
Boston
Portland
Gulf
Birth Month Change After Julius Caesar Died
The Romans named the month Quintilis before his death and renamed it July in honor of Julius Caesar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Marvels Capture Colonial League Bowling Title in Dramatic Finish
In a tense final at Upstair Park Alleys on Thursday Dave Mullin’s Marvels edged Arthur Pratt’s Fatimas 9-6 to claim the 1937 Colonial Club Bowling league title. Mullin led with 403, Don Jewett 394, while Eddie Ramsay of the Fatimas earned match honors with 415. Dud Leavitt added 398 for the Fatimas in defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upstair Park
Dave Malin
Marvels
Colonial Club
Arthur Pratt
Fatimas
Maples
Capt. Mullin
Cap
Don Jewett
Harry McDonald
Dave
Mr. Mullin
Eddie Ramsay
Eddie
Dud Leavitt
Times
Pythons Grow To Impressive Size In Wild
The reticulated python or rice snake of the East reaches very large sizes and has tough long wearing skin. The great water python of South America, called the anaconda, is the largest snake in the world and can grow sixty feet or more.
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East
South America
First Book on New York and Insurance Company Assets
The note mentions Daniel Denton's 1670 English description of New York and lists New Amsterdam Casualty Company's 1936 balance sheet totals. Assets total 23,382,009.82 with real estate and mortgage holdings, while liabilities show net unpaid losses and unearned premiums. The document names Harry E. Litchfield as agent in Bath Maine.
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New York
Province of
Daniel Denton
NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company
St. Paul St
Baltimore
Maryland
Harry E. Litchfield
Bath
Maine
Foreclosure Notice In Bath Maine By Home Owners Loan Corp
L E O J Gauvin of Bath defaulted on a mortgage from 1934 to the Home Owners Loan Corporation. The property at 149.3 feet from a curve on High Street and lots 1193 1187 Valley Road etc is described with fixtures. Attorney Carl M Plarrabee signed the notice dated April 7 1975 and notes foreclosure proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Gauvin
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
High Street
Oliver Street
Valley Road
Valles Road
Len J Gauvin
Trnvestment Association of Portland
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Sagadahoc County
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Bath Daily Times
the Times
Bowdoin
Phippsburg
R. H. Dunning
William D. Sewall
John H. Kimball
Charles A. Bean
Middle Street Court
Nina E. Conley
G. A. Tuttle
City Nail
A. S. Winslow
Jain
Harriet Ledyard
Fanny Moulton
F. E. Hand
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Emma Harward
Harward
Henry M. Sanford
Mrs. Sanford
Verg the
James Farnham
James Bartlett
Neil Stewart
Iron Works
Japral
National Society of “Daughters of the American Revolution
Nora G. Rice
H. E. Palmer & Co
George F. Wright
Katahdin Commandery
Golden Cross
Wright
William Collins
Southport
Charles Whitehouse
Mrs
Walter Tuttle
Cambridge
Mass
William Heald
Charles Chelira
Dick O'Brien
the Alameda
Luther Manuel
Sparrer
Conants
Charles E. Bakh
Cox's Head
Fire
Naval
Arthur, Brown
Will
Post Sedgwick
Adjutant General
Virginia
C. J. An
Martinsburg
W. Va
E. M. Williams, Co
Maine Volunteers
Elm Street Baptist Church
William A. Fairburn
Scotland
Fairburn
W. A. Atchley
Clara McDonald
J. Pask
Jennie Pashard
Wiscasset
Miss Matson
Grace Duncan
Worcester
Edward H. Biggins
Middle Street
Charles H. Greenleaf
Mystic Shrine
Ella Stover
Sumner Brown
George W. Luce
H. G. Rowe
Five Islands
George
Winter Harbor
W. F Marr
Neer
William Perkins
Sorne
Kennebec Yacht Club
Palmers
Oday
Sabine
Murray
Tennessee
North Carolina
Washington
S. H. Brooks
Woolwich
Water Company
Walter Higgins
Ethel Parms
Joseph Torrey
Moses’ Field
Donald McPhail
Augustus Seiders
Booth
Frank E. Pond
Orrington Center
H. A. Masoni
Winnie Durgin
Roxbury
William Spiett
J. Houghton McLellan
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Roland Fisher
Roscoe S. Fisher
Fred Pooter
Alton Oliver
Winneyanee
Catherine J
Joan Sizsworth
John H. Levyn
Sloan S. Farnham
Washington Street
Alden B. Farnham
Charles L. Farnham
A. B. Farnham
Milwaukee
R.S. Porter
Hyde Park
Nequasset
Dennis
Ernest R. Hunter
Gov_ Powers
Executive Council
Walter S. Glidden
Bath Municipal
Col. L. D. Carver
Rockland
W. S. Chadbourne
Reoslindale
William C. Chadbourne
Edward Sewall
Miss Blanche
Bermuda
Raymond McDonough
Will Nichols
Arthur Matson
Gayten
A. A. Percy
Califormia
John S. Wiggin
Jenn H Raymond
R C. Harris
Hyde Light Guards
Frank Lorning
John Gowen
C A Fogg
Hayes
Daniel Mayers
H. H. Churchill
Middle Street Church
Henry Worth
Rich Harrington
Dennells Sail Loft
Kennebec Canoe Club
Kennebec
Lines Island
Hamm
I. Tt
Ballou
Mycenae
Lion Gates
Elks’ Bowling League
Fatimas Pratt
Leavitt
Ramsay
Turner
Marvels Mullin
MacDonald
Jewett
Stinson
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