Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights and Ship News
Fifty arrivals at the Sagadahock House on Tuesday. The revenue cutter Woodbury, Lieut. Hall commander, arrived and will sail tomorrow. Ice and shipping news dominate with vessels loading at Smithtown and on the river. The Union ferry will operate Bath to Woolwich next Saturday after overhaul. A fourmaster ice carrier struggles downriver and may be lightened. Long Beach Engine Co receives a commemorative war scene in glass. The Post Sedgwick No. 4 G A R Levee and Fair opened with 700 attendees and no lottery prizes amid decorations and flags.
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Woodbury
Hall
Post Sedgwick No. 4
G.A.R
Alameda
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
First National Bank of
Bath
Maine
Allan Spear
Agnes H. Torrey
Edward A. Hall
Bridgeport
Alice H. Bryant
Hilda H. Shaniey
Wm. S. Shorey
Allan Spear Sagadahoe
Missing Man From Bath Iron Works Reported
April 16 1891 Sidney Parker from Hantport Nova Scotia arrived six months ago and worked as a blacksmith at the Bath Iron Works until last week. He vanished Tuesday night after telling his family he would go down street. Police searched the city with no clue. A Water Street sighting and a post office notice in Waltham hint at possible communication. Parker, about 30, left with nine dollars and may have boarded a Portland Pullman.
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Sidney Parker
Hantport
Nova Scotia
Bath Iron Works
Water Street
Portland
Iron Works Launches Fine Yacht Helene
The 143 foot yacht Helene engineered by Iron Works features a steel main deck and teak finish. It includes seven crew cabins, a library with oak paneling and a 80 foot vista along the main deck. The vessel showcases a lavish dining room and a grand living room with walnut and teak detailing.
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Lloyd's
City Receives Evening Entertainment and Fire Updates
A reception and entertainment tonight by the Young Men's Christian Association for iron and brass workers will feature addresses by Miss Blanche Harrington a solo by Miss Alfie Jordan and Swinging by Frank Sylvester. A Tuesday 11 30 fire incident on High street involved No 3 company with 150 dollars damage. The G A R fair executive committee led by Roswell C Harris aided by Edward T Mitchell Franklin P Shepard Sumner Brown and Seth T Snipe faced lower receipts due to season ticket prize absence. An organ recital at Wesley church shifts to Friday evening with soprano Florence G Knight from Portland and tickets stay at twenty five cents.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Iron and Brass Workers
Blanche Harrington
Alfie Jordan
Frank Sylvester
North End
Upper High Street
No. 3 Company
High Street
Benjamin Oliver
Dummer
Beacon Streets
Roswell C. Harris
Edward T. Mitchell
Franklin P. Shepard
Sumner Brown
Seth T. Snipe
Relief Corps
Wesley Church
Duncan
Florence G. Knight
Portland
Henry E. Duncan
Rattlers and Hustlers Meet in Open Polo Night
April 18, 1891 notes a six oclock Kennebec arrival and a polo game where new players debut with plans for an oyster supper if victorious. Public Library seat sales open Monday at 8 am. The comedy A Little Mixed by Boston Comedy Opera Co. is hailed as grand.
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Hustlers
Boston Comedy Opera Co
U S Branch Assets and Liabilities Reported for 1930
The U S Branch North British and Mercantile Ins Co lists Dec 31 1930 assets of 14,442,781.23 in stocks and bonds plus 854,176.87 cash in office and bank and other items. Liabilities include net unpaid losses and unearned premiums with surplus over all liabilities totaling 6,574,146.75, reported by D M Humphreys & Co Bath Maine.
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U. S
North British and Mercantile Ins. Co., Ltd
London
Edinburgh
Kingdom of Great Britain
Helene Yacht Features Rich Teak Interiors and Twin Diesel Power
The Helene yacht showcases teak paneling on deck and in a grand enclosed bridge. It carries a Chris-Craft launch, two power dinghies, four life rafts, and twin 400 hp Bessemer Diesels with Gyro steering. Electric heating, ventilation, wireless gear, and a Garwood boiler support luxury operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry
Helene
Garwood
Yacht Construction Supervisors Named in Dedication Details
The yacht was built under the direct supervision of Captain Lundbloom for the owner, with A. Chopin and W. Cornfield representing H. J. Gielow, Inc. The craft featured slight carved relief work on the bow and stern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundbloom
A. Chopin
W. Cornfield
H. J. Gielow, Inc
Golf Tourney Opens Season at Penobscot Valley
The season opens with the golf tournament at Penobscot Valley Country Club. The nine hole course is praised as one of the finest north of Posisa and easy to navigate for straight drives though slicing or hooking may hinder some players. Stiles and Van Kleek prepare the course for the club.
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Stiles & van Kleek
Posisa
New England
Penobscot Valley
Penobscot Valley Country Club
Bangor Opens Golf Course as Season Starts
Bangor golfers eager to play as the new Milo course, designed by Larry Stanley, opens this week. The Penobscot Valley course, praised as one of Maine’s best, was built under Donald Ross supervision. Boston visitors Walter E. Shaughnessy and Robert Farnham stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred C. Trott on Marshall Avenue.
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Lincoln Street
Brunswicks
Jimmie Stevens
Bath Club
Bath Jrs
McTeer
Jimmie Wright
Fitz
Jrs
Pratt
Haggett
McPherson Brothers
Browns
McPhee
Parks
Mattues
Bangor
Larry Stanley
Milo
Penobscot Valley
Maine
Donald Ross
Walter E. Shaughnessy
Robert Farnham
Boston
Wilfred C. Trott
Marshall Avenue
Eastport man named Asiatic representative to NY bank
Lloyd Gilson of Eastport has been named Asiatic representative of a New York bank and has left for Hong Kong where he will be stationed. He will not return to this country until 1934.
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Lloyd Gilson
Eastport
New York
Hong Kong
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The
Bath Daily Times
Sagadahock House
Thompson’s Brook
H. P. Dunn
Waterville
Knickerbotker Ice Co
Smithtown
Union
Woolwich
George A. McFadden
Long Beach Engine Co
Webber
Acadia Ridge
Knights of Pythias
Joe M. Spiett
Fred Curtis
Percy
Mr. Lord
Atlantic
Star of the East
Small Point
Manhattan
Harriman
Cottage City
Georgetown
People’s Ferry
Dories
George McFadden
Richmond
Clara Clarita
Ajax
Swan—Island
Waldoboro
Kennebec
Ammen
Iron Works
Louise M. Miller
Cranston
Rhode Island
James T. Morse
R. I
Charles W. Morse
A. D
Chas. C. Low
Sagadahog
Alter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Obate
Caroline E. Hodgkins
Setge H. Hodgkins
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Carrie B. Potter
Rachel F. Potter
Percy B. Savage
Alice F. Shackford
Elwood B. Hodgkins
Auburn
Sarah B. Stewart
Brookline
Mass
Carrie E. Hodgkins
Caroline E. Hod Sagadahoc
John P G
GKINS
Walter S. Glidden
Bagadahoc
Louise 8. Shepard
Fernando A. Shepard
Walter
Glidden
John D. Gowell
Norwalk
New London
Connecticut
Clara T. Gowell
Oak Grove
City of
State OF
Sagadahoe
Walter S
William F
Dunham
Allan Spear Guerdian
Alva F. Pinkham
Minor
Mabel A. Harris
Grace B. Lennon
Frank A. Palmer
Shee
Sa- Gadaho
Wilton Thornton Bates
Cumberland
Wilton G. Bates
Bains
Ardelle H. Hogan
Marion C. Adams
County of
Sagadahoe, Ss
Sagadehoe
Edward W. Bridgham
William A. Jack
Frank A. Jack
Sata
Seid
Clidden
Fred E. Hooper
Shenandoah
Penn
Charles H. Hoover
John C. Humphreys
Raymond Richardson
Dorchester
Annie M. Richardson
Phippsburg
F. Raymond Richardson
Henry G. Hodgdon
Said
Dan'l Williams
Sagadehoc
Bath |Independent
Storenoon
Sa- Fee
B. McCarty
Charles W. Triggs
Saradahoc
Frank Wilbur Hagan
Maren
May L. Hagen
Ira Louise Hagan
Wiil
Edward W Bridgham
Edward W. Pridgham
Sagadahoc, Ss
Prederick J. Hincheley
Walter S Glidden
William FP
Ster
Sagaduhes
Sagadahoar
Wilson L. Bailey
J. Gould Bailey
Percy C Bailey
Jesse Bailey
Insaid
Walter SS
Cod
Jaye Inet
Loring R. Bates
George W. Rogers
Charles Lennox
Watertown
Sawadahoc
Catherine Lennox
John P. Carey
Rachel F. Sewall
Sagedahoc
Mark V Sewall
Savadahoc
Rachel FP. Sewall
Attes
William F Dunham
Morris W. Potter
Elizabeth F. Oliver
Sagadnahoc
Frank Herbert Oliver
Rupert H., Baxter
Daniel Dougherty
Mary E. Nugent
Saladahoc
Ct. A
Jennie S. Jack Late
Simnm
William FP. Dunham
Bath High School
Front Street
Ledyard
Dyer
Ed Brown
S. S. Brown
Sedgwick Relief Corps
No. 3
State Relief Corps
Relief Corps of
Rockland
Edwin Libby
Edwin Libby Corps
Swan Island
Clara Goodwin
J. E. Bruce
Ohio
Universalist Church
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Agts
Freds. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Mer
Tel
Funeral Home
Center Street
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