Bath Memories Highlight Naval Veterans and Local Happenings
The Bath Daily Times notes ships and travel on a warm July evening in 1896. Steamer Nahanada sails to the islands with passengers while the Velox hosted a party from Fivers. Admiral Cyrus Sears visits Bath and plans with the Naval Veterans Association as Red Men prepare material for a Lisbon Falls club house near Garnet bridge. The Bath Iron Works visit includes U.S. gunboat construction and a banquet at Hotel Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Veterans Association
Cyrus Sears
Baltimore
Sears
Bath
Kennebec
Tribe of Red Men
Lisbon Falls
Garnet Bridge
Robert Jordan
Bath Items Highlight Excursions and Local Industry News
July 30 1896 Bath notices report Hyde Windlass Co foundation work progressing and Kennebec steamer service. Pennell's August excursion to Portland Peaks Island and Old Orchard is announced. Local events include wheel rides, nurse duties for Mabel Fletcher, and a drum major’s baton displayed at Swett’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Pennell
Portland
Peaks Island
Old Orchard
Swett's Drug Store
Front Street
George H. Roderick
Bath
Steamer News From Bath Area and Local Happenings
The report covers a Myrtle arrival and a Parker Head ball game with the Winneganee nine, a Welcome Inn dance, a Cotillion hall recital by Ernest Hunter, and a Brunswick band played. It notes a runaway horse incident on Front street, a record steamship run between Popham and Boston, and a new youth militia in the city. Also mentioned are social visits, a shore dinner, and construction at local docks and windlass works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome Inn
St. Johns
Obituary Agnes McIntosh 85 Widow of Neil
Agnes McIntosh aged 85 widow of Neil McIntosh died early Thursday at her son Duncan McIntosh’s home in North Woolwich after a long illness. Born in Paisley Scotland she lived in Woolwich 12 years coming from Richmond. Survived by five sons Duncan Nell Allen John Malcolm and daughter Jean Redstone and sister Elizabeth Given. Body sent to Boston. Visitors from Ardsley on Hudson D Y spent weeks at Bridgton summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes McIntosh
Neil McIntosh
Duncan McIntosh
Woolwich
Malcolm McIntosh
Wellesley
Mass
Jean Redstone
Concord
Elizabeth Given
Boston
Sebasco Estates summer residents and visitors noted
A parade of seasonal guests arrives at Sebasco Estates and nearby towns. Massena, Darien, Bath, and New York visitors share news of cottages and boats, birthdays, hospital stays, renovations, and social events as the season unfolds in Phippsburg.
Berwick Machine Captures First At Granite City Meet
Berwick's Vixen wins class A with 197 ft 2 1 2 in while Senator Baxter of Bath takes second at 195 ft 6 1 2 in. Sagadahock Bath places fifth at 177 ft 11 1 2 in as Androscoggin Topsham tops class B with 180 ft 7 in. Bath Firemen celebrate near-miss but glad for near win and prize money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick
Granite City
Hallowell
Vixen
Senator Baxter
Bath
General Berry
Rockland
Triumph
Androscoggin
Topsham
Hecla
Randolph
Massasoit
Damariscotta
Tiger
Niagara
Saco
Sagadahock
Baxter Boys
Brunswick
James W. Plaisted
Portland
Torrent
Lubec
Sacarappa
Westbrook
Bath Buddies
Firemen’s Association
Baxters
Vacation church school wraps up at Popham Beach
Popham Beach reports the Vacation church school held Friday afternoon with a worship program and a play. Junior and primary pupils produced crafts and handwork while teachers Miss Evelyn Langford and staff were thanked for the first Vacation school at Popham. Local residents and visitors, including families from Bath, Lewiston, and Boston, shared in the event and the annual Popham Beach Improvement Association meeting is set for Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
Carol Drake
Elkanah
Eugene Stover, Jr
Samuel
Kenneth Leonard
Eli
Joseph Stover
Evelyn Langford
Lillian G. Spencer
Eugene Stover
Evadna Drake
Bertha Newdick
Marion Bridges
Carol
David Drake
Popham
Edward Stuart
Theodore
Kennebec Point
Eugene Osgood
Barbara
New Harbor
Fred
Wilmer Voorhees
Bay Point
Alford Graham
Watertown
Mass
Graham
Bion Bowie
Lewiston
Esta Perkins
Perkins
Brunswick
Miss Langford
Raymond Larrabee
Roanoke
Bello Morton
Kennebec River
U.S. Coast Guard Service
Morton
Saco
Clarence Perkins
Norman
Stanley
Virginia
Bath
Christopher H. Marr
Allan Spear
Maine Forest Service
Fort Popham
Fort Baldwin
Sabine Hill
Harry Spencer
Carl Ellingswood
Carl, Jr
Providence
R. I
Burnham Cottage
John H. Beebe
Charles Donnell
Jane
Arthur Sewall
Joseph Higgins
Walter Cummings
Dorothy Oliver
Georgetown
Augusta Todd
Nathaniel Perkins
Perley Chandler
Moses Chandler
Chandler
Sargent Samuel McElroy
Winneganee
Nina Larrabee
Louise Dole
Fryeburg
Fischer Cottage
Page Wyman
Madelyn Bridges
Marion
Arlene Perkins
Ida Schofield
Cox’s Head
Anna Sharp
New
Frank Scott
Worcester
Ethel Osgood
Ethel Luke
Delightful Moonlight Sail Thrills Bath Readers
A large crowd enjoyed a Thursday night moonlight sail aboard the steamer Virginia under Capt. Walter E. Farmer of the Samoset Steamship Co. The voyage from Bath to Sheepscot Bay and along the Kennebec River ended with a return by 11 o'clock. Walter A. Murtaugh of New York, former Bath resident, visits the Sedgwick Hotel and remains active in theatre and polo circles. Mr. and Mrs. William Bennett move into the Wilson apartment on Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islands
John Collier
Boston Globe
David Holmes
Virginia
Walter E. Farmer
Samoset Steamfoot Co
Bath
Basanoa
Sheepscot
Sheepscot Bay
Kennebec River
Griffith’s Head
Black Rocks
Kennebec
Walter A. Murtaugh
New York
Sedgwick
William Bennett
Wilson
Bedford Street
Miscellaneous program at West Bath Grange
A Monday night program at West Bath Grange directed by Mrs. Edgar D Leavitt entertained 70 attendees including 17 visitors. Members resumed activities after a demis with Emma M Cox rejoining. next Friday features a dancing party led by Mrs Fred Sturtevant. The program included readings by Thelma Hutchins and Annie Williams, solos by Bernard Henderson and a harmonica, piano, and dance acts, concluding with a Friendship observance and God Be With You Until We Meet Again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Edgar D. Leavitt
Emma M. Cox
Grange Hall
Fred Sturtevant
the Grange
Charles Henderson
Thelma Hutchins
Bernard Henderson
Sylvia
John Howe
Maggie
Ethel McDonald
Edgar Guest
Annie Williams
George Booker
Harold Peacock
New Jersey
Kid Lennox
Alice Snow
Natalie Hagan
Veteran Locomotive Engineer Samuel H. Lancaster Dies
Samuel H. Lancaster aged 60 a Maine Central locomotive engineer who manned The Flying Yankee and later the steam Yankee died of heart trouble at his Bangor home after his last run on April 29 He was born in Richmond a son of Samuel and Lucy Lancaster and belonged to Masonic bodies up to the 33rd degree He is survived by his wife Miss Alice Cutting of Bath and brothers John of Skowhegan and Uriah of Richmond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Lancaster
Maine Central
Bangor
Mr. Lancaster
Richmond
Samuel
Lucy Thomas Lancaster
Alice Cutting
Bath
John Lancaster
Skowhegan
Uriah Lancaster
McClure Tops Maine Ford Salesmen at Banquet
J Horace McClure of Cummings Motors Inc led Maine Ford salesmen from April 1 to July 1 and ranked third in New England. He received a sizable check from the Ford branch manager at a Portland Eastland hotel banquet for excellent service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ford
Eastland Hotel
Portland
J. Horace McClure
Cummings Motors, Inc
Ford Motor Co
McClure
New England
Greater Boston
Drayton Final Builders Trial Pleases Bath Iron Works Officials
Bath Iron Works tested the USS Drayton, a 1500 ton destroyer, in a final builders trial off the coast Thursday. Officials expressed strong satisfaction with the results as the vessel docked around 3 p.m. The notice also records probate actions in Sagadahoc involving Amasa S. Ellers estate and creditor claims due by September 9, 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Walter 8
Glidden
Amasa S. Ellers
Bath
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Nahanada
Velox
Kelley, Spear &Co
Capt. Besse
New Bedford
Pleasant Point
John A. Morse
George E. Hughes
Democratic State Committee
Augusta
David Chasse
Water Street
Aes
Earth
Hin Hall
John An
Marc Bibber
Bath Iron Works
U.S
Hotel Phoenix
Jake
Mabel Fletcher
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. W. Larrabee
G. E. Newman
Alla Hala A
Nellie McKeiver
Mrs. Andrews
Bingham
William C. Besselievre
Young Men’s Republican Club
Sagadahock, Block
Maynard
Gowell’s Grove
Bath Cycle Club
West Dresden
Supt
C. E. Hyde
Jess
Kennebec Naval Veterans Association
Capi
Myrtle
Parker Head
Ernest Hunter
Cotillion Hall
A. Sewall & Co
American Express Co
Democratic Continental Guards
City Hall
Ernest Heal
Robert Donnell
Fred Kittridge
Albion S. Boyd
Alpha
Winneganee Creek
Frye's
Dennett
Deering
Iron Works
Winterport
Squirrel Island Association
Mystic
Columbia Theatre
Levi Thompson
Thompson Bros
Clothiers
Andrew Webster
Wiwurna
Bart Conley
George Squires
Squires
Conley
Eastern Steamboat Co
Samuel Rogers
Rogers
Henry Lermond
South End
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
T.W. Hyde
England
Morrow
Paris
Plymouth
MacMahan Island
Boothbay
Moses Field
Eastern River
Moulton
Charlie Lawrence
W. Morse
State OF
Bagadahoe
Corrie H. Varney
Julia A. Varney
Clare A. Varney
Alice E. Varney
A. D
Alden G. Smith
Bagadahoc
Walter
John L. Jack
Rodney E. Ross
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Barbara Ross
Charles B. Doyle
James Doyle
Sare
Carroll E. Davis
Jennie A. Davis
Carroll E. Daree Aioe
Arthur C. Shorey
Margaret
Ardsley-on-the- Hudson, N. Y
Bridgton
Phippsburg
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Massena
N.Y
Sebasco Estates
Walker Cottage
Charles Peddle
Darien
Randolf Norwood
Lee
Lima
Ohio
Rock Gardens Inn
Belle Murdock
Donald Bliss
Chicago
Kamp Kebec
Charles L. Stevens
Bliss
Charles Clark
Leslie
Maryland
Wyman
Elms
Peggy-Ann
Lawrence Robinson
Henry Minott
Joseph F. Perry
Alvena Oliver
Basin
Hersham Oliver
Boothbay Harbor
Gardiner D Rogers
Meadowbrook
Harry Goss
Auburn
Walter Libby
Ralph Robinson
Maria
Poulson
Brightwater
New Meadows
William W. Grevers
H. P. Parker
Charles
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emma Perry
Rosebay
Parker Reed
Stonington
New York City
West Point
Jane Quimby
Edward Curtis
Small Point Beach
St. Clair Street
Kansas City
Small Point Club
Manley Breck
Duer D. Breck
Osborne Coates
Irma Gilman
Lillian Spare
Carrie Cutting Little
Somerville
Ray Perry
Hyde Park
Aitken
Sabine
Thomas C. Hughes
Howard Bowker
Wiscasset
Ralph Coombs
Eugene Edward
Adelia Bolton
James E. Perry
Junior Jordan
Brother Dean
Laura Cutting
Welfare Club
Phippsburg Center
Leon W. Berry
Jamaica Plain
N. Copeland
Pratt
Rose Wyman
River View Cottage
Congregational Church
Warren
Nathalie Norton
Allen Hurst
N. J
Alice Hampton Minott
Rebecca Minot
John F. Stacey
Stacy
Linwood C. Feere
Cora Campbell
Charles Murray
Hattie Minott
Gertrude Blaisdell
White Mountains
Williams Cummings
George W. Larrabee
George, Jr
Elmer Blaney
Parker
Kittery
Ernest Rogers
Campbell Farm
Alvena- Oliver
G. C. Marriner
Flora
Hepard
Abner Wilson
Lottie
William Gibbs
Bill
Peter
New Y
Sebasco
Ralph J. Walker
Ralph J. Walker, Jr
Nancy
Harold Battison
Joseph Brazier
Ralph Walker
William Tench
Herbert Moore
David Post
Sebasco Lodge
Hazel Harrison
Cushman
Bodwell Grange Hall
Jean
Baxter
Popham Beach
Clinton Newdick
Helena Oliver
Spruceville
Luke
Weld
Dorothy Moore
Martha Small
Phillip Carruthers
Ston
Robert Cody
Clyde Stone
Cleveland
Yankee
M’clure
Drayton
Elizabeth Dennison
Nettie Gilbert
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