Barge tow and local life capture Bath and Portland notes
Barge Summit Hill was towed by the Ariel and Seguin to Augusta Monday. A Bath box factory and ice houses fire destroys a third of coal and ice with losses around 75000 dollars. A three year old buck swam to shore after being chased by Capt. Riley near Small Point. Automobiles flood Maine as tourists count over 130 in two hours on the Portland to York Beach route. A collision between the Rossano and the Cora F. Cressy causes hull damage but no leak. Local film reel theft at the Columbia is later recovered. two probation youths face a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Hill
Ariel
Seguin
Augusta
High Street
Fred D. Hill
H. F. Holbrook
Stirling
Corliss Street
Dunton
Grassy
E. C. Plummer
Capt. S. R. Percy
H. A. Duncan
W. A. Moore
Portland
Washington St
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway
Bath Box Factory
American Ice Co
New York
Independent Ice Co
Pleasantdale
Riley
Buck
Ramesdell
Bath Shoe Manufactory
Lynn
Maine
Portsmouth
York Beach
Vineyard Sound
Rossano
Boston
Astoria
N. Y
Cora F. Cressy
Norfolk
Quick's Hole
O’brien
Cressy
Percy & Small
The
Columbia
Times
Water St
Marshal Pattee
Keegan
Summer crowds and seaside notes from Bath region
A lively roundup of seaside events and local happenings. Crowds gather for fairs and dances at Boothbay and Southport, ships bring cargoes to Bath and Small Point, hake and cod appear in markets, and civic notices include military night planning and church staffing for August.
Bath News Roundup Reports Tax Day, Trade and Tides
Nearly 100 citizens paid their taxes on Saturday with most paying poll tax. Capt Alvah Wallace brought 2000 pounds hake from Seguin fishing grounds to Bath. Lighters North Star and Yankee Star delivered 75000 feet of pine for carriages from Alna and traveled via Wiscasset and the Sheepscot. A Bath resident credits milk and water as a cure for a weak stomach. A Philadelphia bound cyclist on a bet displays travel pennants and four self repaired punctures. A Crosby farm dairy incident spills thirteen quarts of cream when a horse bolts, causing a wreck. Holy Name Society minstrels host St Mary’s parish for a shore supper at the Inn with notable locals and a plan for a fall show. The tow boat Helen B meets delay and drifts past city landing, while the schooner Samuel W Hathaway assists, and the Dolphin suffers a similar peril last Saturday.
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Alvah Wallace
Seguin
Bath
Lake View Farm
North Star
Yankee Star
Joseph Jones
Alna
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Philadelphia
Camden
Frank Montgomery
Crosby Farm
Fuller
Washington St
Washington St. Hill
Vine St
Front St
Holy Name Society Minstrels
St. Mary’s Parish
Charles
John Fitzgerald
Sheriff
Clarence Johnson
Francis McDonald
Danny Doyle
Charlie Fitzgerald
J. M. Royal
Jerry Hassett
Jackshaw
Father O'Brien
Lewiston
Edmund Arsenault
Andrew Gallant
Helen B
Reed Nichols Wharf
City Landing
Samuel W. Hathaway
Bath and regional notices mix of shipping and events
Local items report Perry and Small schooner timbering activity while Diamond Spring lee Company secures beef supplies. William Hamacher leads a Winneganee Church meeting. Bath fishermen ship eels to Boston. Captain Levi Totman arrives with butterfish. Roy McLean appeals in a film case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Diamond Spring Lee Company
Beef Company
William Hamacher
Winneganee Church
Boston
Bath
Poland Springs
Levi Totman
Robin Hood's Cove
Roy McLean
Seguin
Barbershop planned for Center street growth and local notes
Architect Stevens visits town while Dr. Nichols shop closes for repairs through Aug. 4. Five Sundays expected in August for clergy. T. A. and Swiss track updated. A porter reports hauling 10900 quarts of blue berries by day. A one man band plays on Front Street as weather delays a church lawn party. Topsham to mark 150th anniversary on Aug. 12 with parade and pageant. Local notices include park improvements, Nut Shell expansion, and Labor Day planning at Lake Grove. Charles B. Haskell, former postmaster, dies aged years. family details given. Bath shopper loses money then retrieves it at Woolworth store.
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Center Street
Stevens
Portland
G. C. Nichols
Front
Front St
People’s Baptist Church
Lisbon Falls
Lewiston Journal
Bird
Washington St
Topsham
Walker's Corner
Town Hall
David W. Scribner
Walter Williams
Charles D. Giveen
Fr. W. Moddell
South St
Lucy E. Moddell
New York
Connecticut
New York City
Bridgeport
Boston
Quaincy
Moddell
F. W. Moddell
Charles 8. Haskell
Pittsfield
U. S. Marshal
Charles B., Jr
Bowdoin
Central Maine Institute
Orin S
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Edith
Elsie
Capt
Louis O
Pittsfield Company
T. N. Drake
A. M. Landers
Bath Canvesser
Shaw's
Peres's
Woolworth
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Juno
Launch Vestal
Marshall Pattee
John Leydon
Independent
New Meadows
Lowell Temple
Pythian
New Meadows Landing
Bath Aerie
F.O.E
Casco Aerie
Odd Fellows’ Park
Wallace
Night Watch
Lundrigan
Union St
Hotel de Wallace
Middlesex
Coastwise Transportation Co
George P. Hudson
United States District Court
John H. Thomas
Hudson
Russell Coal Co
Taukaniter Club
Arnold Cottage
Jane Murphy
Joseph Sewall
John Houghton
Raymond Trott
Elizabeth Houghton
Carol Percy
Priscilla Kimball
Dorothy Sewall
Leonice Morse
G. A. Low
Boothbay
Commodore Low
Spray
W. W. Mason
William H. McLellan
Charles M. S. McLellan
France
C. B. Coombs
Acushnet
Arrowsic
Mr. Morse
Alden Morse
Coombs
Popham Beach
Howe
London Circus
Rockland
Hattie B
Bay
Read Nichols
Helen A
Cedar Grove
Tuessic
Carlton
Laura H
Oliver
Parker Head
Small Point
Southport
Brewer
Crawford
Bath Opera House
Coast Artillery Corps
Greenleaf
Sonny Jim
R. J. Davis
Yarmouth
Elm Street Baptist Church
C. R. Chappell
New London
Hibbert Lockhart
North Street Church
Kelley Field
Central Scouts
St. Mary's
Centrals
Mclain
Holbrook P
D. Avery
M. Holbrook
W. Belanger
J. Belanger
Gediman Ls
Lermondes
Stearns
St. Mary’s
McDonald Ec
Hart
Tanguay
Thebeau
E. Footer
Sullivan
Burke
Conway
Curran
Sagadahoe Progressives
Colonial Cafe
C. A. Peaslee
H. E. Dunnack
J. A. Pulsifer
Auburn
Ramsdell
Bath Factory
Howes Circus
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Page
Esquire
Leander Swace
Woolwich
Carlton Farm
Hockomock
Bath Iron Works
Cora F. Cressey
Virneyard Sound
Vineyard Haven
Cressey
Varsto
Oal
North St
Howe Circus
Gloucester
C. F E. Trott
Virginia
Fred Hodgkins
Phippsburz Center
Lake Grove
Central Labor Union
Norman Howard
Christopher Murphy
Edward Love
Ernest Jackson
Lake Auburn
Prowamy Jackson
Bumblebee
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