Meeting and social notes from Bath in 1903
In Bath on July 28 1903 the Mendelssohn club plans a Y M C A meeting at 7 30 to discuss Prof Chapman concert at Old Orchard in August. West Bath grange enjoyed a candy hunt. Mrs Hodgkins hosts the Merry Workers club. A Bath party visits Popham via Camarin. local residents mingle with Boston visitors. Birch Point cottages flourish. Seaview hosts Malden guests. Roads funds boost several towns. US sailor William Ash held for October grand jury after assault on captain of Bath schooner Augustus Hunt. The Hockomock ferry undergoes repairs. Overcomer launch to assist. Various locals travel, garden frost fears rise, sewer trench work begins on upper Washington street. Bath’s amphitheatre fencing causes discontent over higher admission cost and split ticket boxes. Jennie Thomas to sing at Winter Street church. Bath’s shirt factory set to open Wednesday with L C Cooper guiding new workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelsshon Club
Chapman
Old Orchard
William Ash
Salem
Robert Blair
Bath
Augustus Hunt
U. S
Fiske
Boston
Blair
New England
Ash
Seaview cottage vantage at Pleasant Point noted during visit
July 29 1903 visitors including Mr and Mrs Arthur Brown and others enjoy the Seaview cottage at Pleasant Point observing Morse High School roof work and panoramic city views. Albert Deloche nears completion on lathing while hay crops suffer. Rev W F Sanford of Shiloh attends Barter's Island convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brown
City
Fred Bruce
Malden
Zina Hunt
Boston
Charles Kruger
Everett
Mass
Seaview
Pleasant Point
Morse High School
Perkins Farm
West Bath
Doubling Point
Albert Deloche
FW. Sanford
Shiloh
Barter’s Island
Bath
Isaac McLean
Cambridge
Fred Dean
Russell
Dorchester
D. Howard Spear
Bath Boy’s Rowboat Nears Commission on Kennebec
July 30 1903 Bath notes a Bath boy’s rowboat nearly ready from William Stevens shop on Commercial street and its expected pride of Kennebec river. The same page covers S. A. Neill of Boston visiting Bath, the Peoria’s tendering duties at Bath Iron Works, ice cargo for Baltimore, and local social events including the Odd Ladies gathering at Mrs. Louella Chapman’s Union street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stevens
Commercial Street
Kennebec
New York Canoe Club
Louella Chapman
Union Street
Afternoon Boston train largest on regular schedule arrives
The afternoon eastern bound train from Boston carried ten cars and stretched to Washington Street marking the citys largest on regular service. Two baggage cars three parlor cars and five passenger coaches formed the consist with Hercules ferry needed twice to transfer most travelers east. About three hundred disembarked at Bath depot headed for the Islands. Mr and Mrs Sewall returned from a Pacific trip while Mrs Oliver visited Long Beach Gloucester with sister in law Mrs Marr and her daughter. The Knights of Columbus sail is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Neill
Boston
Shannon
City
Washington Street
Hercules
Bath Depot
Islands
Wilbur C. Oliver
Inlaw
Charles Marr
Long Beach
Gloucester
Mass
Edith Mercer
the Times Composing Force
Massachusetts
Portsmouth
Biddeford
Bath
New Hampshire
Municipal Court Busy Session In Bath August 1903
The Bath Municipal Court saw a full docket with cases ranging from intoxication and non-support to reckless driving. Defendants faced continuances, fines, and bonds while officers prosecuted extensive light violations and a notable non-support case. The report also notes a busy river steamship scene and summer activity at Squirrel Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Gardiner R. Deering
Arthur G. Hurley
Meadow Way
Hurley
Washington Street
Joseph Williams
Maurice W. Norton
West Bath
Deering
Norton
New England Shipbuilding Co
Augusta
Edward W. Bridgham
Bridgham
Topsham
Mrs Arthur Clowes Joins Bath Iron Works Filing Office
Mrs Arthur Clowes of Hyde Park Terrace has entered the employ of Bath Iron Works in the filing office, joining the staff as part of the administrative team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Clowes
Hyde Park Terrace
Bath Iron Works
Maine Coast Moss Industry Grows Postwar Hope
Approximately 1,250,000 pounds of sea moss have been gathered from Caseco Bay shores since April 1. El roy Johnson of Bailey Island told Maine Development Commission officials that Maine can supply most or all moss used in the United States and that industry expansion could create coastal jobs after the war. He notes that dried moss serves as a suspension agent in foods and is used in manufacturing, with new uses continually being developed. Johnson predicts Maine will retain the industry with improved processing despite higher wartime costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caseco Bay
Elroy Johnson
Bailey Island
Maine Development Commission
Johnson
The
Commission
Maine
United States
Beijing
Hyde Park Terrace Items Of The Week
Local notes from Hyde Park Terrace recount visits and gatherings. Seaman Leo Couture of Newport and others frequent family and neighborly visits across Bluff Road Ocean Park and Lark Street, with birthdays and cottage outings at Houston Pond and Ocean Point noted among residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Leo Couture
Newport
R. IL
Charles Benoit
Abram Houel
Bonnie
Bluff Road
Irene Karlovich
Ocean Park
Robert Frizzell
David
Norman Frizzell
R. C. Carls
Walter Kimball
Kennebunk
Zetta McMaster
Waterville
H. L. Carlisle
Etta Tibbetts
West Southport
Robert Pendleton
Nancy
Bobby
Lark Street
Ocean Point
Robert
Leo Boucher
Portland
Stella Sirois
New Jersey
Giroux
Dewey
Joyce
Camp Makaria
Joseph Butler
Joelly
John
Henry
Davis Giroux
Jean Ann
Ronald Lee
John Bard
Foreclosure Auction for West Bath Property in Sagadahoc
The case of Roland Pero of Bath vs Florencer Babine of West Bath culminates in a public sale on September 27 1943 at 10 00 am. The property lies along the southerly side of Atlantic Highway No 1 and is described as a jib shaped parcel near Cummings and Higgins. Debts totaled 4865 with 10 65 costs, plus attached rights as of April 1 1943. Loring Small Deputy Sheriff Sagadahoc County Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Flencer Babine
West Bath
Sagadahoe
State of
Cerigtin
Cummings
Nummings
Cyrenus
P Higgins
Higgins
Loring Small
Sherif County
Speed and recklessness drive weekly Maine police report
For the week of July 19 to 26 Maine State Police logged 11 accidents including three fatalities and four injuries. Daylight and night crashes occurred in rural and urban areas with speed the chief contributing factor. Lieut. George J. Shaw notes drivers exceed safe speed and poor judgment lead to many incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Shaw
Maine
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc Court 1943
Court in Bath Sagadahoc issues probate notices for multiple estates. Readers are instructed to publish orders in The Bath Independent and appear at designated probate dates to contest or confirm appointments including executors administrators and guardians.
Pigeons Save Lives of British Airmen
London reports a RAF practice where carrier pigeons relay SOS messages after raids when radio is disabled. Two birds per plane carry sealed message capsules, aiding crews in ditched or damaged aircraft. Messages reach destinations with high reliability, aiding convoy and coastal command operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Germany
North Sea
RAF
Machine Age Comes to Bermuda Island
Bermuda Assembly ends buggy whip era by 22 to 10 vote removing vehicle restrictions. War era presence sped change as military traffic showed the way, though civilians face a car supply gap. Mrs Stover of Boston visits Harpswell Center then plans sister visits before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
Bermuda Assembly
Christian Science Monitor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
West Bath Grange
Wright
Merry Workers
R. D. Bibber
Jennie Morse
C. R. Hanscom
New London
Camarin
Popham
F. B. Nichols
Amelia Dain
Lisbon Falls
O'Hara
North End
Dora Howard
Florence Blair
Birch Point
Birchwood
Seaview Cottage
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Helen M. Delano
Miss Carey
Julia Jackson
Good Will Farm
Association
Moulton’s Dock
City Landing
Sewall Percy
Freedom
N. H
Goldie Lord of
Lincoln Street
Edna and
Mabel Pilsbury
South Yarmouth
Cape Cod
Maine Central
Bar Harbor
Knox & Lincoln
Rockland
Bangor
Upper
Beacon Street
Drummond Street
Harry Barnes
Webb Academy
Dean Cottage
Bonnie View
Sabine
William Dean
Alice Waters
Miss Dean
Merrymeeting Park
Jennie Thomas
Roxbury
Winter Street
Middle Street
L. C. Cooper
Cooper
Peoria
Illinois
Panther
Philadelphia
W. B. Tardy
Horatio L. Baker
New England Co
Baltimore
Wesley
Fred W. Hartnett
New York
Furniture Association of America
Center
Kennebec River
Henry Sanford
Arthur Chadbourne
William Chadbourne
Bertha Hyde
Brunswick
Lucy Madden
Dummer Street
Brenda Emery
Frank A. Small
Popham Beach
William R. Donnell
Fall River
Queen Esther Lodge
Rebekah
Rockweed Cottage
New Meadows River
W. J. Jacobs
Charles Smart Watson
City Messenger Thistle
Marshal Reynolds
Happy Alley
Watson
Charlie
Angels
Maloney
Center Street
Thistle
Pearl and
Blanche Winslow
Winslow
Revere
Edgecomb
Sheepscot River
Joseph P. T. Day
Castana
Iowa
Mr. Day
Manchester
Hallowell
Cox’ Head
Charles T. Hooper
Hyde Light
McInnes
Hull
Charlestown Navy Yard
Cleveland
A. A. Percy
Marcia
Sparkerane
Furber
Express
Edward True
William Temple
D. L. Black
John E. Ryan
Ralph Whitehouse
Lon Fisher
New Meadows
Garnet
Mrs. S. S. Sewall
Pacific
Knights of
Collumbus
Charles H. Wakefield
Postal Telegraph Co
Emerson Hall
Island Belle
Milton H. Douglas
Sabino
William P. Ledyard
James C. Ledyard
Roland Fisher Esq
New York City
Arthur Glass
John C. Tourillotte
Maxfield
Frank Tourtillotte
Tourtillotte
Dixfield
H. Stover
Pine Street
Dr. Fuller
Supt
Bowie
Squirrel Island
Abroad
Maine Coast
Casco Bay
Ington
Carrie Charlesworth
Lisbon Center
Donnar Littlefield
Gardiner
Bernard Knight
Central Avenue
Clovis Parent
Caribou
Parent
George DuMont
Henry Rogers
Old Orchard Beach
Quaker Point
William Oliver
Howard Hatch
Connecticut
Frank Farr
Lorraine Moore
Gwendolin Moore
Urban Harding
Drayton Road
Niles Perkins
Memorial Hospital
Hugh McNeil
State Police
Sagadahoc
Avrinst
Massachi
Sitka
Ory Enon
Marten
Ed Serpond
Ana Tail Secont
M-Kay Cael Marson McKay Tsri
Arthur J Dunton
Jude
Tyr le
John L. Jack, Roywister
T. John TL
Jack
Supadileas
Cleba Ho Corson Tate
Ubi Rath
Warren & Kirk
Frank Towrat
Chario
Fo Pendle
Jessie Kees
Hurg
Tyvntta
Carlittip
Arthur
Joan LO Jack, Rewister
Snut County
Frederick Foner Chapman
Tate
George Wo Swat
Marcery C. Hakel
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Trul
Ecounse Peate Shaantiah Bo Conresten
Nellie
Darey
Nellie C. D'Arey
Jown L. Jack
Register
Machine Age
Bermuda Island
Assembly
Herman L. Stover
Stover
Harpswell Center
Thomas H. Riley, Jr
John J. Keegan
Grove Street
William Esmond
Willow Street
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