Forty Years Ago in Bath August 2 1899 Turbulent town notes
A Bath news page recalls a busy era with a funeral at St Marys church conducted by Rev McGrath, repairs at Morse yard and firm, local arrests for drunkenness, accidents on Center Street, shipyard labor, and civic actions. It lists deaths such as Edward Marston and Harrison Haggett, plus visits, baptisms, and maritime business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suen
Oma Sores
Tracy
Areneon Mary's Church
Pr.McGrath
Richard Neagle
Andrew Malia
Harrison Haggett
Upper Middle Street
Bath
Edgecomb
North Street Baptist Church
Eight Striper Leads Maine Wentworth Trophy Contender
Philip Sirois of Bath caught an eight pound striped bass Sunday at Morse's Cove below the Range Lights in the Kennebec River. Dick Reed reports the fish the season’s largest striper in Maine waters and a likely winner for the Wentworth Trophy. Sirois sent an affidavit to Maine Development Commission to enter the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse's Cove
Kennebec River
Philip Sirois
Middle Street
Maine
Dick Reed
Maine Development Commission
Senator Wentworthy
Bath Woman Captures Large Striped Bass
Mrs E Bernard Mc Causland of 210 Oak Street Bath caught a seven and a half pound striped bass from the Sasanoa river near Tell's Gate while fishing with her husband the known Sippin City sportsman. The couple also reeled in two more stripers weighing six pounds and five and a half pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Bernard McCausland
Oak Street
McCausland
City
Tell’s Gate
Sasanoa River
Coast Guard Crew Tops Inter-Community League Standings
The Coast Guard crew of Popham led the Inter-Community League after a 14 4 victory over the Winnegance Skibos. Pine Street won both games against Woolwich 19 2 and 7 4, narrowing the gap. North End forfeit to Winnegance A C as players failed to appear at Kelley Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Community League
Coast Guard
Pine Street
Winnegance A.C
Woolwich
North End
Winnegance Skibos
Winnegance A. C
Popham
Pine Streeters
Kelley Field
Stop Sign Violators, A Larceny Charge In Municipal Court
Three stop sign violators pleaded guilty and paid fines in municipal court Judge Gardiner R. Deering presiding. Joseph Ritchie of Bath faced a larceny charge for a melon stolen from an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. outlet on Front street, with the case set for next Monday at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Joseph Ritchie
Bath
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Front Street
Dean R. Bonney
Francis E. McLaughlin
This City
Thomas G. Swain
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Leslie E. Maass
Woolwich
Personal Notes From A Local Newspaper Clippings
Mrs Elmer C Lufkin confined to her home 70 High street can now see callers. Puncan McInnes spent weekend in Stroudwater as guest of brother John McInnes and family. Mrs Fred B Read visiting Squirrel Island with niece Mrs Samuel H Mildram. Edith Landers Harvard street returned from visit with niece Mrs Audrey Crocker in Portland. Mrs Anne Perry regent Sacred Heart Circle D of L attends National convention in Providence RI. Herbert Lermond returned from Boston with wife visiting Mr and Mrs John Malcolm of Wollaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Lufkin
High Street
Puncan McInnes
Stroudwater
John McIinnes
Fred B. Read
Squirrel Island
Samuel H. Mildram
Edith Landers
Harvard Street
Audrey Crocker
Portland
Anne Perry
Sacred Heart Circle
D. of L
Providence
R. I. Herbert Lermond
Boston
Lermond
John Malcolm
Wollaston
Popham Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Beach Meeting
Popham Notes lists Mrs Freeman Oliver and Mr Charles Clark among visitors from Woolwich and Harding's Brunswick, with Bath and Brunswick residents visiting or hosting. Dwellings Forest Lodge and Pine Lodge are mentioned as August stays. A Beach Improvement Association meeting at the Library Saturday at 2 30 p m will discuss reports, secretary election, nine directors, dues of 1 and related business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Oliver
Woolwich
Popham
Charles Clark
Harding’s
Brunswick
William Hutchins
Clark
Walter Oliver
Bath
D. T. Percy
Forest Lodge
George Percy
Salem
Pinelodge
Moses Chandler
Stanley Hyde
George Ordway
Capt
W. E. Sprague
Guy Crowns
Bath Friay
Kenneth Jaquith
Beach Improvement Association
Thursday Through Friday Meals and Recipes In A Household Menu
A detailed, from scratch menu outlines breakfast lunch and dinner for Thursday and Friday. It includes prunes corn meal mush French toast, potato salad with eggs, steamed baked apples, lamb stew with dumplings, tomato jelly salad, cabbage, bread pudding, and desserts. It provides step by step preparation notes, ingredients and cooking times for dishes like dumplings, tomato jelly salad, baked apples, and mackerel with butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldenrod Eyes
Prunecot Shortcake and Savory Potatoes with Spinach
Instructions describe preparing a prunecot shortcake with layers of buttered bread and stewed prunes and apricots, then a savory potato and spinach dish. Potatoes are boiled with milk and parsley, then drained and shaken to a mealy texture, while spinach is cooked with salt pepper butter onion juice and lemon juice. Shortcake dough uses flour baking powder salt and shortening with milk, kneaded briefly, formed into two large biscuits and baked at 245 degrees F for twelve minutes.
Atwood Wins World Fair Trip in Bath Drawing
Mrs. Eola B. Atwood of 1328 Washington Street won a free trip to the New York World's Fair through Senter's Inc. ticket stub mixer. The prize covers railroad fare, taxi transfers, three days two nights at a hotel, meals excluded, two fair admissions, a sight seeing bus tour, and a Rockefeller Center or NBC studios visit. Howard Leavitt and son visited Bath on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eola EB. Atwood
John E. Atwoods
Washington Street
Senter's Inc
Bath Opera House
Wilfred Guerin
The
Times Co
Frank B. Nichols
New York
Rockefeller Center
National Broadcasting Co
Libel for Divorce Citation Notice in Strafford Court
The court orders Thelma Waughty Doughty v Walter A Doughty published as a notice of libel for divorce seeking custody relief. Libelant must publish in Bath Independent three weeks and mail copies by registered mail to the libelee at last known address Woolwich Maine, with a return date of the second Tuesday in September 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Strafford
Thelma W.ughty
Walter A. Doughty
Dover
Bath
Bath, State of Maine
Woolwich
Maine
Everett J. Galloway
N. H
William H. Roberts
Sea
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Maine Property Interest
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation claims foreclosure on the LEO J GAUVIN property in Bath Sagadahoc Maine due to breach of mortgage dated March 21, 1934. Attorney Carl M. P. Larrabee, acting for HOLC, records August 3 1939 filing and directs proceedings at Wiscasset Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J Gauvin
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
High Street
Oliver Street
Valley Road
Said Valley Road
Leo J. Gauvin
People's Investment Association of Portland
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Sagadahoc County
Buck Captures Tournament With 5 3 Victory Over Girard
Leon Buck defeated Wilfrid Girard 5 3 to win the tournament in a 96 hole battle. Buck started strong with a four up lead and finished with steady golf aided by handicap strokes on holes 3 6 and 8. He earned the McInnes Memorial Trophy and etched his name on the memorial and President's Cup shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Buck
Wilfrid Girard
Buck
Girard
Phace
Bob Brownell
F. A. Winchenbach
Dick Hersom
Ed Sewall
Jimmy Duncan
E. M. Puller, Jr
R. Rodger McInnes
McInnes
First Round in Governors' Cup Sees Winners Open Tourney
Wilfrid Girard defending champ along with Rodney Ross Jr and Howard Mayo survive the Bath Country Club opening round of the Governors' Cup. Results: Girard over Joe Fullmer 5 4 Ross over Bob Brownell 6 5 Mayo over Dick Hersom 4 3. Next round pairings set for Sunday night include Buck vs Toothaker Leiser vs Ross Jr Winchenbach vs Mayo Girard vs Fuller Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Girard
Rodney Ross, Jr
Howard Mayo
Bath Country Club
Girard
Joe Fullmer
Ross
Bob Brownell
Mayo
Dick Hersom
Leon Buck
Elwood Toothaker
Roy Leiser
Rodney Ross
J. A. Winchenbach
E. M. Fuller
Whittier Hall and Bailey to Wed in City Match
Arthur W Hall son of Mr and Mrs Willis B Hall 277 Middle Street and Alice E Bailey daughter of Mr and Mrs David E Bailey West Auburn filed marriage intentions Miss Ina Smith Brookline Mass daughter of Attorney David Smith law partner of Lieut Governor Horace T Cahill Massachusetts returned home Monday after two weeks in this city with her aunt Mrs Louis M Silverman 4 Elm Street court Her mother formerly Miss Freida Mikels of this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Whittier Hall
Willis B. Hall
Middle Street
Alice Eleanor Bailey
Washington Street
David E. Bailey
West Auburn
Ina Smith
Brookline
Mass
David Smith
Horace T. Cahill
Massachusetts
Louis M. Silverman
Elm Street Court
Miss Smith
Freida Mikels
Probat e Notices From Bath Sagadahoc August 1939
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc issues notices for multiple estates. Filings include licenses to sell real estate in Bath executors and administrators named, first and final accounts, probate of wills, and removals of executors. Hearings set for September 1939.
Probate records appoint executors and guardians in Sagadahoc
I John L. Jack Register of Probate certify that in stated estates the listed individuals were appointed Executors Administrators Conservators or Guardians on the indicated dates. Flora B Totman of Bath deceased August 1 1939 Benjamin L Donnell of Portland executor appointed without bond Charles C Low of Bath deceased August 1 1939 Annie R Low of Bath executrix appointed without bond Daniel H Munro of Bath deceased August 1 1939 Laura M Brown of Concord NH executrix appointed without bond she named Charles A Monro as her Maine agent John W Brac Judge of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Byron Hallowell
Richmond
Robert E. Hallowell
Marie N. Jack
Fred B. Jack
Adelia E. Saunders
Marion A. Rafnell
Joseph Migneault
Helenda Migneault
Pannie M. Mooers
John E. Hatch
Willie L. Leeman
Woolwich
Harold B. Leeman
Rockland
Katherine M. Loach
Annie R. Low
Charles C. Low
Alice T. Alexander
Boston
Massachusetts
Maine
Philip S Dexter
Mass
Kay A. Lindemann
West New York
New Jersey
John W. Morse
Phippsburg
Nathaniel Morse
Fred H. Thompson
Alberta H. Marr
Georgetown
Evangeline O'Connor
Boylston
Arthur F. Mayo
Ath
John L. Jack
Flora B Totman
Benjamin L. Donnell
Portland
Daniel H. Munro
Laura M. Brown
Concord
New Hampshire
Charles A. Monro
John W. Brac
Jude
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C. W. Morse
Morse and Company
Charles Lothrop
Harpswell
William Temple
A. Hallet & Co
Ers
Ess
H. A. Spofford
Boothbay
Charles
Reynolds
Commercial Street
Spofford
Bragg
Commerce and
Commercial Streets
Gordon Preble
Edward T. Marston
Mr. Marston
Durham
Frances J. Allen
Pownal
Edward B
Lynn
Oben J
Ella P
Elijah FP
Pree Will Baptist Church
E. H. Wright
Bath Iron Works
Charles Moody
Prank Sprague
William Sprague
Center Street
Sprague
Watson
L. B. & B. Railway
Dwyer
Bath Savings Institution
M. 8. Barry
O. E. Page
Leonard Percy
Weeks Street
Elizabeth M
Herman F. Rawlins
Arthur Norton
William Mussenden
Oscar Rogers
Frank Small
A. McLeod
Margaret Burns
E. J. Small
Rosa Brown
Arthur Brown
Matilda Hagan
Ellen MacKinley
Diamond Cottage
Royal. Point. Ay
Marc Connely
Visi
Groveton, N.H
Sre Conney
Charles EB
Arthur Sewall & Co
Sheriff
Stephen Conley
Starnebee
Conley
Frank E. Southard
Florence Donnell
Eeeaa Apolis
Arthur Ge & Co
Edward Sewall
A. Sewall
Bath High School
P. W. Carlton
Damariscove
Charles E. Balch
Bertha Walker
John M. Clark
Broad Street
Mr. Clark
Ella Longley
Gardiner
F. W. O'Brien
Kennebec
First Free Baptist Church
Cambridge
B. M. Osgood
Amos Perry
Thompson Bros
Lincoln
Wiscasset
Jennie C. May
N. E. Co
Henry Butler
Fred E. Hooper
Burditt
7. S
William McHenry
Salvation Army
Canada
John B. Prescott
Baltimore
Oliver H. Payne
the Aphrodite
Pergen
Norway
Percy Colby
S. J. Macy
W. J. Peere
Glendike
Copper River
Old Orchard
Randolph
Eugene H. Wildes
Philip H. Wildes
William H. Small
York Harbor
Dr. M. S. Barry
William B. Mains
Michael J. Tracy
M. W. Sewall
J. L. P. Burke
Iron Works
E. R. Balch
Manchester
Nahum Brooks
Fremont Kimball
Annie F. Kimball
Cactus
Wiley
Philadelphia
Solon S. Andrews
Saco
Bradbury Dam
Saco Water Power Co
Antonio Poli
Henry Poli
Given
Warren Adams
Florida
Georges Island
Mary E. Morse
John D. Footer
H. A. Beedle
Congregational Church of
Dresden
Lee
Merrymeeting Park
William T. Donnell
James Bolton
Thomas Scanlon
James A. McClellan
Bolton
Scanlon
Edwin W. Johnson
Lilac
Jo Die de
Haven Fernald
Gilbert
Water Street
Louise
Alfred Tarbox
Weston Elliott
Nelson Crane
Rockland Harbor
Augusta
F. D. Sewall
M. G. Shaw
William B. Palmer
Bangor
Harry Burditt
I. B&b; Hl
Harriman
Wentworth
Bath Woman
Harold J. Rubin
Peneus
Stion O
Eola B. Atwood
Senter’s, Inc
Howard Leavitt
Howard Edward
State OF New Hample
Governors’ Cup
John W. Brackett
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