City News and Local Happenings in Bath Maine
Weather and market notes. lobster scarcity and blackberry abundance. Colonial club meets Monday. gardens promise corn. Col. Harry A. Nealley passing through Bath en route to MacMahan island with family. Great Overland Shows tour Maine. Edward Brown in Kennebec county towns. Telephone lines repair and cable upgrade awaited. Streetcars run half hourly to Lewiston and Brunswick. City extends water service and hydrants on High and Pine to Weeks. Waldoboro News published by Ernest O. Knight. Temperance address by Rev. Charles H. Young next Monday in Custom House Square. Bath Council pays Bath Stable bill from 1899 funeral. Launch inspections focus on lights and extinguishers. Gasoline launch obstruction incident with Ferndando Gorges. Harold M. Sewall relocates telephone wires at Small Point. Bath Board of Trade meets to form Bath Hotel Company and solicit stock. Walton White’s California trip boy injured in auto crash. hospital good progress. Ring in Garnet House tree amusements discussed. rope wear noted. Resignation of Arvid J. Wahlstrom from Bath public schools accepted. plans Sweden return. He improved Bath Manual Training course. many friends regret departure.
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Harry A. Nealley
Boston
Bath
MacMahan Island
Edward Brown
Maine
Kennebec
Telephone Company
Beacon
Winship Street
Pine Street
Waldoboro
Ernest O. Knight
Winnegance
Bath Times
Charles H. Young
Sagadahoc County
Custom Houg Square
No License League
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Harold M. Sewall
Small Point
Sewall
Bath Board of Trade
Bath Hotel Company
Frederick W. Freeman
Arvid J. Wahlstrom
Wahl- Strom
Qutened
Sweden
Wahlstrom
Woolwich Grange Meeting Focuses on No License Campaign
Woolwich Grange held a regular meeting July 29 with a volunteer program and plans for Aug. 5 featuring singing and readings by members. Town leaders organized a No License movement with James H. Ames of Bowdoinham informing locals of statewide plans while a December-style campaign schedule formed, aiming to boost support and turnout on election day.
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Woolwich Grange
Grange
Mary Plumstead
Evelyn Hodgdon
Towle
Town Officials Draw Jury Panels for August and December
Municipal officers on Wednesday night drew jurors for the upcoming August term and for the December grand jury. August list includes Harry W Dunton Alden Denham Lioyrd Lee Hooker James L Spinter John F Clary Frank D Pike George W Rich Arthur Plant William J Holbrook Edward H H Sampson. December grand jury selections feature John Gott Winfield L Ham Harry W Crossman Harry T Passmore Charles Ridley and George H Potter.
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Harry W Dunton
Alden Denham
Lioyrd Lee Hooker
James L. Spinter
John F. Clary
Frank D. Pike
George W. Rich
Arthur &. Plant
William J. Holbrook
Edward HH. Sampson
John Gott
Winfield L. Ham
Harry W Crossman
Harry T. Passmore
Charles Ridley
George H. Potter
Tramp Threats Prompt Local Police Report Hoboes
A yesterday forenoon tramp begged for food near North street and at Mrs. George Nichs home he was refused then threatened to return. He visited several other houses in the same neighborhood using the same tactic. Police say many hoboes are in the area but stay on town outskirts.
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North Street
George Nich
Susie Trask Weds George Spofford in Baptist Parsonage
In Wednesday afternoon rites at the Baptist parsonage Miss Susie M. Trask daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trask of Winnenganee wed George B. Spofford of Keene New Hampshire. The Rev Co Raymond Thappet officiated. The couple will reside in Keene New Hampshire. The piece also notes O W Haggett of Edgecomb Maine as president of the Haggett Family Association which sponsors an annual Maine reunion with 217 members now. The 12 year plan has annual gatherings at Haggett’s Edgecomb home except one missed year in Boston. The 2024 reunion is set for Tuesday August 22 at Edgecomb with potential postponement to Wednesday if storms.
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Washington
Purington Place
Harold Preble
Edward Carlton
Day's Ferry
Rachel Burchard
Edwin
Washington, D. C
Burchard
Appleton C. Day
Day
Kenneth
Blanche
Somerville
Harold Bruce
Norridgewok
Congregational Church
Milton CC. McAllister
Aaron Neyes
Boston
Carl Gorman
New England Conservators
Munte
Daniel
Ewan
Reginald Savazé
Chelsea
Brown Outlake
John H. Carter Company
Boste
Ellen Brookings
Chicago
Emma Trott
Sarah and
Frances Brookings
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Baptist Parsonage
Susie M. Trask
Charles Trask
Winneganee
George 8. Spofford
Keete
First Baptist Church
Raymond Thappet
Spofford
Keene
Owen W. Hawscett
Edgecomb
Peaks Island
Daniel Haggett
Pummers
O. W. Haggett
Haxsett Family Association
Hagcett
Maine
Mr. Haggett
Lewis Merry
Merry’s Island
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Chai
Colonial Club
Lewiston
Brunswick
Custom House
Walton White
California
Master White
Garnet House
Woolwich Town
Everett Leavitt
C. M. Leavitt
Arthur Brown
Sagadahoc Ferry
James H. Ames
Bowdeinham
State Committee
Portland
G M. Stinson
Lincoln Bailey
George W. Shaw
Folowing
W. G. Brookings
Costello P. Hall
I. J. Brookings
Jesse Munsey
Donnell Thwing
Walace Reed
Albert Hathorne
G. M. Stinson
League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Nequasset
Rachel Gilmore
Herbert W. Brooks
North Church
Albert G Thomson
Isd
Orlando H. Curtis
Murphy's Corner
Campaign For Prohibition
West Paris
Lebenon Hall
Charles Rice
Samuel Hatch
New York
Sebenon Hall
John Long
Tuessie Hall
Texas Oil Company
McDougall Brothers
John A
W. Hanson
Fred Morton
Arrowsie
Dr. Rich
Auburn
B. D. Farnham
Gardiner
Topsham
Winfield G. Brookings
Charles Fullerton
Kay's Ferry
A. B
Tuesare Hall
Homer Lad
Aaron Noyes
F. W. Carlton
Maine Central Railroad
Montaneag
Pramp
TRASK
Thompson Bros
Chambrays
Conley’s Specialty Store
H. D. Maxwell
Madame Fremont
Merrymeeting Park
Middle St
Hath
Yoong
Bath City Hospital
South Beach
Popham
Perey
Swett’s
D. & C. E. Scribner
Cyrus W. Longley
Frost St
Room 2
Bath, ME
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