Forty Years Ago in Bath July 1901 News and Events
General Secretary M K Murray of the Bath Y M C A returns from Friendship and Camp Durrell with two Junior department members. He lectured at Friendship on the Passion Play of 1900. A potato famine hits Bath markets with prices rising to 5 a barrel. Burglary damages John B Worth’s store. thieves steal flour. Mrs Marie E Bragg dies after long illness. funeral Thursday. Marine hospital service contracts. Bath patients may be sent to Portland. Mrs Fred Stilphen and Eva visit Gloucester. James A Norton at home with his mother. Many young visitors seen as Bath seeks school superintendent. August 10 Kennebec Yacht Club celebration prep. Merry meeting and Grace Smith visiting Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Murray
Bath
Marie E
Henry R. Bragg
Henry Oliver
Phippsburg
George de Wolfe
Nellie
Fred Bragg
James
Augustus
Parker Head
James Whitlam
Annie B. Oliver
Parker's Head
Richardson Street
Treasury Department
Marine Hospital Service
Maine
Marine Hospital
Portland
Death of Mrs Etta Spaulding former Kennebec agent
A telegram from Everett Massachusetts reports the death of Mrs Etta Spaulding nee Brown a longtime agent for the Kennebec Steamboat Co in Bath She was ill two weeks with throat trouble Funeral plans include attendance by Mr and Mrs Isaiah S Coombs The report also notes yard inactivity at Kelley Spear Co and various shipyard events and social notices from Bath and surrounding towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mass
Etta Spaulding
Brown
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Spaulding
Isaiah S. Coombs
Frederick W. Day
Kelley, Spear Co
Kennebec
Blanche Hinckley
F. J. Hinckley
Pretty home wedding ties Heal and Smith in Bath
A Friday morning ceremony at Mrs. John Marsh’s residence united Miss Harriet Ann Heal and Frank P. Smith of Waltham Massachusetts with a large bridal party. The event featured maid of honor Lena Heal and best man Edward Smith, with a marching procession, Lohengrin song, and Rev. A B Hervey officiating under a floral horseshoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Marsh
Harriet Ann Heal
Frank P. Smith
Waltham
Mass
Lena Heal
Edward Smith
Bessie Gibson
Brenda Emery
Nellie Grinnell
Genie Olys
Lohengrin
Caroline Parris
Arthur Norton
A. B. Hervey
Bees Drive Mailbox Malady Through Bath Streets
August 5 1901 reports a sharp drop in mail collections as a swarm of bees occupies a hollow mailbox at the corner of Dummer and York streets. The mail carrier was stung and several residents were attacked while the bees settled over the box. Bath has built most wooden and iron vessels listed in the blue book and often leads in launching new ship types. Additional vessels are expected to be added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Cleveland
Dummer and
York Streets
Bath
Foresters Urge Fuelwood Cutting in New England
A resolution adopted by the New England section of the Society of American Foresters at its Summer meeting in Durham New Hampshire urges defense councils and state and federal agencies to promote cutting of fuelwood by farmers and woodland owners. It notes fuelwood supplies are well below normal and aims to free coal and oil for industry by increased timber stand improvement and CC C camp program adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Society of American Foresters
Durham
N. H
Defense Councils
Governors Defense Councils
U.S. Forest Service
Lewiston youth signals SOS from stalled boat near Boston Harbor
Fagle Scout Robert Levin of Lewiston and three companions were marooned when their boat motor stalled in Boston Harbor. Levin used his sweater to flash an SOS, drawing the attention of a nearby submarine crew. The sub relayed the distress to a U S Coast Guard patrol boat which assisted and helped repair the vessel to reach shore safely. Levin summers in Winthrop, Mass. The companions studied at the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fagle
Robert Levin
Charles Levin
Lewiston
Woodstead
Boston
Levin
U. S. Coast Guard
Winthrop
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
Smallest Ban Gor suit seeks $1.25 debt
Court records show a minor case for a $1.25 bill. If judgment is entered the debtor would owe court costs totaling $6.36 including $2 for the writ 95 cents for service 50 cents for entry 66 cents for travel and $2 for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Cornelia Otis Skinner Brings One Day Boothbay Engagement
The internationally famed monologist Cornelia Otis Skinner performs a matinee and evening show at Boothbay Playhouse on Monday August 11. This marks her only New England appearances this summer before she heads to Hollywood for a motion picture. She has a large Maine following and reservations are sold out from distant points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Boothbay Playhouse
New England
Miss Skinner
Boothbay
Hollywood
Maine
North Bath Road Receives Approval for Extensions
Mayor Walter C. Rogers announces approval by the State Highway Commission of a continuance of the North Bath highway. The project runs 3.1 miles from near the Harry Plummer farm to the country club road, with a second route 1.0 plus miles near Ernest Ward and Rodney E. Ross. work to start after Park Street surfacing and oil binder are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
North Bath
Harry Plummer
Whiskeay Creek
Lover's Retreat
Country Club
The
Highway Commission
Ernest Ward
North
Bath
Owen Rogers
Rodney E. Ross
Park Street
Playground plans and weekly croquet tournaments outlined
Continued notes describe future playground plans with decorations, plaques, and relief work. Younger children will have an assorted program. This week a croquet tournament will crown winners from each ground, who will then face winners from other grounds. similar tournaments to follow weekly.
Unusual Dig Finds Steel Piece in Gould's Landing Ledge
Nat Dyer uncovered a small steel fragment about the size of a pencil end embedded four feet beneath a blue ledge near Gould's Landing, Pushaw Pond. Found while blasting rock, the steel sits nine feet below ground surface and shows erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Dyer
Gould's Landing
Pushaw Pond
Desfaulted Maine Court Decree Real Estate Auction
Wilfred G. Allard sues for divorce and mentions residence unknown. Public sale ordered of Celena F Cornish property in Bowdoinham Sagadahoc following Kennebec Superior Court judgment. Auction set by Sheriff Charles Messenger for August 1941 in Bath with multiple parcels and private road rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Wilfred G. Allard
Edward W Bridgham
Dromore Cemetery Association Elects New Officers
Miss Bessie E Dickinson of Bath was elected president of the Dromore Buryings Ground association at the annual meeting in Phippsburg. Katherine T Preble of Phippsburg became vice president and Walter C Rogers of Bath treasurer, with Mary Pelham Hill of Topsham as secretary. A group of trustees was named and a committee tasked with grounds upkeep. Eleven selectees and volunteers left for military induction in Portland en route to Fort Devens, led by Robert A Morehead with others from Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie E. Dickinson
Bath
Dromore Buryins Ground Association
Phippsburg
Katherine T. Preble
Walter C. Rogers
Mary Pelham Hill
Topsham
J. Edward Drake
Calvin W. Rogers
Henry W. Butler
Ernest Rogers
Abbie Minott
Bessie Dickinson
Miss Hill
Society
Miss Dickinson
Robert A. Morehead
Selective Service Board
Portland
Fort Devens
Kenneth R. McLaughlin
Joseph O. Purdue
Richard Quick
W. W. Gardner
Richmond
Robert D. Stevens
William D. Levin
Noble J. Wood
Paul A. Nadeau
Fred A. Hamlin, Jr
Joseph R. Tallman
Edward T. Hyatt
Carleton S. Scott
Kenneth R. Gomes
Robert H. Chesley
Chester H. Purington
Bowdoinham
Auction Sale of Real Estate in Bath Sagadahoc County
A public auction will be held September 15 1941 at 10 am in the Sagadahoc County Court House Bath to sell a Bath property tied to a debt of 652.90 plus 12.34 costs in a Cumberland court judgment against Murdock E MacKenzie. The parcel fronts Front Street Linden Street and Lemont land aligns with Tallman and Lemont property lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sagadahoc
Kennebec
National Bank of
Gardiner
United States of America
Kenneter
Celena
Cornish
Bowdeinham
Sagadahoe County
Charlies Wo Messenfer
Sneadstion
Stoadahoe
Banhim
Ton Oelock
Garhi
Anne
Jowddeitdtiam
Sagindahoc
Willan
Willian
Dnd
Bowdoin- Narn Villawe
Sandyhoe
State of Maine
Dorenus
Petts
Seid Curtis
Kerimatue
Sheeron
Richie
Sagada- Wow
Cumberland
Stone
Thoms
C Given
Charles EB
Given
Brunswick
Given Bros
Murdock E. MacKenzie
Brunswieck
Charles W. Messenger
Sherit
Sagadahoe
Sagadahoe County Court House
Bath
Murdock E. MacKensie
Front Street
Linden Street
John C Tallman
George Lemont
Lemont
Sturt
Butler Defers Action on Bath City Marshal Post
Capt. Joseph A. Butler of Battery D, 240th C. A., in Federal service at Fort McKinley, prepared resignation as Bath city marshal. Action was held in abeyance after Butler left for a ten week military instruction course at Fortress Monroe, with city officials deciding to defer final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
240Th C. A
Fort McKinley
Bath
Butler
Fortress Monroe
Woolwich Zoning Hearing Set For September 3 1941
Public notice announces a Woolwich public hearing at the Town House September 3 1941 at seven PM to discuss enacting a zoning ordinance for building erection alteration and premises regulation in specified routes roads and areas including Kennebec River Sasanoa River Route 1 Route 127 and Route 128 with residential zoning focus and sections of the Revised Statutes Maine. Special Zoning Committee members and Woolwich selectmen convene after May 28 1941 town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Nun
Sandard
Maine
Kennebec River
Butlersbridge
Tallman Street
Wiscasset Road
Arrowsie
Dresden
Prescott's Corner
Harry Thompson
Nequasset Road
Barley Neck Road
Ryan’‘s Corner
Murphy's Corner
Moatsweag
Gardiner Estate
Sasanoa River
Clifton Gainsley
Hurfrt
E. Redding
Cuarence Ff
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Bath Daily Times
John B. Worth
Commercial Street
George F. Jackson
Mr. Worth
Fred Stilphen
Eva
Gloucester
James A. Norton
James M. Norton
Dummer Street
Kennebec Yacht Club
Board of Directors
Mrs. Deloche
Mrs. Colby
Grace Smith
Portsmouth
Lucy A. Davis
Davis
Capt. McKown
George W. Wells
Arline
Catherine Powers
Alice Savage
This City
Nonie Dain
Dain Cottage
Sabine
Robert—Howland
Lisbon Falls
Jennie Perkins
Dorchester
Fred N. Newell
Kansas City
Caroline Page Fogg
Middle Street
Edward Hall Page, Jr
Center Street
George Tuttle
William H. Fogg
Lynn
Annie Cobb
Lowena Thomas
Bessie Lombard
Bert Lombard
Rufus Stevens
Arthur Gilmore
Perkins Cottage
Cox's Head
Mrs. Perkins
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Nahanda
Harry S. Lord
Five Islands
Charles Dunning
John McKiever
Marie Wiggin
Annie Mason
Philip Cook
Frank Shepard
Leroy Mitchell
John Deering
Horace Gardiner
Clara Gilmore
Lewis Pepper
Pembroke
Florence Pepper
Charles Andrews
John Hill
Naval Cadet Band
Meloney
Elbridge Oliver
Popham Beach
Oliver
Shannon House
Oram
J. F. Hinckley
New Meadows Inn
Corrie
Clare Varney
Haverhill
Sea Girt
N. J
Santa Ante
Abbie Kimball
Trevet
Harry B Stewart
Mrs
Freemont Kimball
City
New York
Baxter
Cook
Newport
R. I
Ice Trust
A. Sewall & Co
Eleanor A. Percy
Percy and Small
Alice May Douglas
New England Magazine
Harrison Curtis
Kingswear
England
Curtis
Richard Curtis
Nellie Mavis
John Jacob Astor
Fineland
Timothy B. Curtis
Edmund French
Dwinal Cornish
Israel Jowell
Marrareto
Jonnie Goodman
Cart Goodman
Washington
James W. Elwell
Ruth S. Whitney
High Street
M. M. Lemont
Westport
Mamie Bonney
Malden, Mays
Frank Dunton
Freeman Farnham
Sarah
Sadie Farnham
Nan
William Shaughnessey
Dunton Cottage
Montsweag
Philbrook
James F. Murphy
Maria Bragg
F. W. O’brien
George F. Reed
S. H. Sake
Oak Grove Cemetery
John C. Larrabee
Harding’s Station
Joseph Higgins
Jimmy Mace
Charles W. Morse
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Post Office Department
Cordelia F. Hayes
Percy & Small Yard
Peter Hart
Marston
W. A. Southard
Pleasant View Cottage
H. W. Hanson
HH. EF. Bonney
Beacon Street Epworth League
West Bath Methodist Church
George W. Dean
Hyde Windlass Co
Solitaire
Donald Sewall
W. F. Marston
North Bath Road
State OF
Dutier
Mette
Mafun
Detroit
Canada
Cape
Seepetatren
Acre
Wilfred of
Allard
Charles Messenger
Kennebecc
State of Marine
Celena Fo Cornish
Bowdoinhaim
Sagacahoe County
Charles W. Messenrver
Enid
Savadahoer
Savadghoe
Hoevsee
Saeadahoe
Farencon
Abewdoinham
Saradidac
Besoin
William H. Gould
Main Street
Willian RR. Riateout
Bawdhoaham
Sapoudiaehoe
State of Maine. and Hounded Is Follows, Vies On the Fast By Pleasant Street
Charles Tenpte
Torenzo Minott
Bowdergham
Pforesaid
Pashely
Moynine
Cate Road
Iran
Dromore Cemetery Association Meeting
Old Burying
Nations
Devens
Nash Moulton
Wareham
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