Forty Years Ago in Bath Opens Ocean Tug Trial
The Charles W Parker Jr tug built for Commercial Towboat Company of Boston, engineered by Bath Iron Works, began a sea trial at 9 a.m. under Capt Frank Dingley with a Bath crew. Nearby, locals critiqued a Bogus platform for Maine Central trains, while Dr Harold T Bibber returns to Hyde Block and plans to practice in Bath after Maine Medical School graduation in 1948.
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Charles W. Parker, Jr
Kellegar Company
Boston
Bath Iron Works
The
Iron Works
Frank Dingley
H. D. Haverfield
Washington Street
Maine Central
Water Street
Harold T. Bibber
R. D. Bibber
Maine General Hospital
Hyde Block
Dr. Bibber
Maine Medical School
Lincoln cent debuts at Philadelphia mint replacing Indian head
The 1909 Lincoln cent designed by Victor Brenner, issued from the Philadelphia mint, replaces the 50 year circulation of the Indian head cent. Reports recount strikes, social events, and maritime chatter including a lobster catch and a yacht trip to Bar Harbor.
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Victor D. Brenner
New York
Philadelphia
Bath car buyer and Maine encampment news from August 1909
August 4 1909 notes Hon A H Shaw returning with a Stevens Duryeau touring car from Chicopee Mass and Bath Automobile & Gas Engine Co. Others include Sheriff Ballou and Bath Iron Works official Hugh Madden heading to Portland for the Grand Army encampment in Salt Lake Aug 9 14. Tax Collector Brown reports $135 000 in discounts this year, plus a total appropriation of $164 046 19 with $29 000 remaining. Grace Potter operated for appendicitis. Sabine near New Meadows is described as a deserted village with no lights at night.
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A. H. Shaw
Chicopee
Mass
Hugh T. Madden
Bath Iron Works
Sedgwick Post
J. C. Varnum
Portland
Maine
Salt Lake
Grand Army
Mr. Madden
Seattle
San Francisco
Alderman Varnum
Brown
Bath Ball Committee Names Floor Director and Assistants
The Bath reception committee chose Edward W. Larrabee as floor director and Phillips Kimball with Robert B. Hatch as assistants for the Naval Practice Squadron event at the Alameda next Thursday evening. A separate incident at the Maine Central grade crossing left 12 year old Sidney Nelson frightened as a freight train pulled away, the crowd noting the moment on August 6, 1909.
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City of
Bath
Alameda
Edward W. Larrabee
Phillips Kimball
Robert B. Hatch
Maine Central
Washington Street
Sidney Nelson
Bath Band Concert Pleases Large Park Crowd
The Bath Band concert in the park last evening drew a large crowd despite damp ground. Acting Conductor H A Huse Jr led a varied program to strong applause. Other items note a bull killed by a train in Woolwich, a brush fire in West Bath, an opening Bath Sagadahoc baseball game tomorrow, and the schooner Florence Howard launched in Stonington for Atlantic Shipping Company.
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Bath
H. A. Huse, Jr
Luzon
Oregon
Brook
Fred Wright
North Bath
Maine Central R. R
Woolwich
Henry Holden
West Bath
Mr. Holden
A. H. Donnell
Florence Howard
Stonington
Conn
W. J. Baker
Atlantic Shipping Company
Florida
Wilson-Irwin Company
Portland
Bath ship William P Frye sails for San Francisco with cargo
August 8 1909 Bath Maine report notes the ship William P Frye captained by Nicker son of Boston sailed from Philadelphia for New York to load general cargo for San Francisco. Also details K K girls club meeting electing 12 honorary members and social guests. local reminiscences of Knox Lincoln Railroad and early Bath transportation. athletic exhibition planned at Alameda next Friday with bouts featuring Bartley Connolly Tom Sawyer and others.
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Bath
William P. Frye
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Nickerson
Boston
Standard Oil
Daylight
Eastern Steamship Company Sale To Boothbay Harbor
On Sunday August 8 the Boothbay Division will run special excursion tickets Bath to Boothbay Harbor and the Islands leaving the wharf foot of Summer street at 9 am. Round trip 50 cents and children 25 cents. The J S Committee on Ordi-
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Eastern Steamship Company
Boothbay Division
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Islands
Summer Street
City Officials Plan Sign Placement Tour Tomorrow
City of Colihéll will meet tomorrow at 7 80 o'clock to review street signage for motorists warning of speed and danger. The inspection will be conducted in Harry Washburn's Locomobile car.
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Nances
Colihéll
Harry Washburn
Portland visitor trains with Connolly for Alameda bout
August 9 1909 Portland visitor Bartley Connolly tours Alameda to train for a match with Tom Sawyer of Rockland next Friday. Connolly to train daily at 3 pm with Billy Clark assisting for the Rockland fight. Also notes Civil War relic, Old Home Week lighting plans, and local quick-change notices on residents and employers.
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Bartley Connolly
Portland
Tom Sawyer
Andy Daly
Rockland
Alameda
Connolly
Billy Clark
Tommy Bergen
Conolly
Ae Merete
Transfer of 500 Dollars from Kimball Field Fund Requested
The council debated moving five hundred dollars from the Kimball Field Fund to the Recreation Commission for immediate use in grading and improving Kimball field. Mc Mann reported playground relocation and extending the field for softball and football to ease Kelley field upkeep. An emergency appropriation order was considered for a future meeting.
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Kimball Field
Recreation Commission
McMann
Kelley Field
H. Joseph Madden
Harvard Heights
Duncan Farrell to attend Red Sox Yankee game in Boston
Duncan Farrell a local representative of Equitable Life Assurance Society with Mrs Farrell and district manager D J Tardif will leave Thursday morning for Boston to attend the Red Sox Yankees game. The trip was won in the company's July campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Farrell
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Smith Tobey Post Junior Legion Captures Maine Title
The Bath based Smith-Tobey Post Junior Legion team defeated Waterville 14-4 at Bates College Lewiston to win the 1949 Maine state championship. Led by Bill Johnson, Sonny Munsey and Dick Larson the squad previously beat Presque Isle 9-2 and Elm City 7-1 as double elimination propelled them to the crown and a regional playoff bid.
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Smith-Tobey Post Junior Legion
Bath
Waterville
Sanford
Presque Isle
Smith-Tobey
Maine
Capitol Park
Augusta
Bath Lads
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
United States
Bay State
Pittsfield
Lewiston
Bill Wing
Wing
Johnson
Bob Larson
Dick Jackson
Larson
Elm City
Violette
Bob Philbrick
Philbrick
Munsey
College Field
Bath Club
Jabar
Johnny Parker
Masse
Dexter
Lessard
Parker
Butler
Bath Boys
Grover
Smith
Henrikson
Plourde
Elm City Crew
Grover Singling
Senith
Philbrook
Rf Johnson
Champeon
Mathieu
Barry
Larson Plourde
Wing powers Bath past Waterville in semifinal clash
In a Saturday semifinal, Bath defeats Waterville as Bill Wing dominates on the mound and at the plate. Wing limits Waterville to three singles, fans twelve, and drives in a run with a triple and two singles, the lone Bath player with more than one hit. The Bath-Waterville winner shapes Sunday title odds with a strong all-around showing.
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Waterville
Morse
Dexter
Mosse
Philbrick
Lessard
Bath
Woolwich
Bath-Waterville
Bill Wing
Wild semi final ball in Saturday game summary
In a tense semi final, Masse and Wing contributed notably in plate action. Munsey delivered at the plate while Jdbar advanced, Wing covering late. A key sixth inning play saw Violet’s line drive mishandled by Wing, Philbrick sprinting from third to snare it with a bare hand and retire Violette at first.
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Philbrick
Bailey
Waterville
Johnson
Noeey
Grover
Jabar
Parker
Bath
Smith
Henrikson
New England
Speed Merchant
Elm City
Sanford
Wing
Ump
Munsey
Unsey
Masse
Dexter
Ayperenne
Champeon
Lessard
Liberty
Mathieu
Keast
Champion
Brother Wing
Short
Tony
Bath Boys
Violette
Dickie Johnson
Clayt Grover
Barry
Vigue
Jdbar
Watervill
Violet
Plourde
Riley
Leighton
Melvin
Bowdoin to Honor Carter and Convene Press Events
Bowdoin College hosts a morning press gathering in the Moulton Union lounge honoring Mr. Carter with discussions featuring Long Bilbo and Rankin. A luncheon on the Moulton Union lawn follows, while the New England Women’s Press Association begins its Summer convention here. Carter rose to prominence in 1934 at the Hammond Courier and won a Pulitzer in 1946 for editorials on racial tolerance. he is married with three children and summers in Rockport. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newman and family in Banor and Winterport visiting Mrs. Newman’s brother, Elston Mitchell.
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Moulton Union
Carter
Long
Bilbo
Rankin
O House
New England Women’s Press Association
Bowdoin
Hammond
Courier
Huey Long
Columbia University School of Journalism
Tulane University
New Orleans
Mr. Carter
Rockport
Probate Notice for Carrie H Trott Estate Bath
Court of Probate at Bath issues order for publication in Bath Independent. Notice to interested parties to appear at the Probate Court on the first Tuesday of September at ten in the forenoon regarding will and petition for probate of Carrie H Trott deceased. Executor J Laurist Trott named. bonds may be waived. Court and register signatures present.
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Bath
Agadahoc
Pepin
Aorsons
J Laurist Trott
Ames
John L. Jack
Sagad
Annie J. Ham
James L. Ham
Quincy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sereas
Auugustus A. Percy
Helen N. Percy
Oneetech
William Potter
Herman A. Spinney
Georgetown
Lila Spinney
Georgectown
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Bath Daily Times
Carrie E. Chaney
Bremen
Frank Chaney
Trevor
Kate McLanathan
Broadway
N. Y
the Phoenix
William H. McLellan
C. M. S. McLellan
Leah Cleshner
Mrs. Fiske
Lillian Russell
Europe
Paris
Columbia Orchestra
Popham Beach
Popham Library Association
Sleeping Palace
Sabine
Samuel Bates
Coffin Brothers
Sagadahoc County
Chester Oliver
Elm Street
Jerry Murphy
Three Island
New Meadows
Holman
F. Day
Jerry M. Harrington
Lee’s Island
Bay Point
Harrington
Grove
Josephine Mary Curry
J. H. Dowell
W. F. Dowell
Annie T. Early
Annie Draghorn
Thomas Alcox
Annie McDonald
Everett
Robert McDonald
Worcester
Bessie Webber
George B. Moody
Eleanor A. Percy
Alice Varney
Beryl Mitchell
Sagadahoc Historical Society
Patten Library
Alice M. Douglas
W. W. Robinson
E. C. Plummer
W. C. Perry
Winneganee
Frances Perry
Gardiner
Ernestine
Marion Spencer
Chicago
Anna Cummings
Myra Merritt
Annie Trask
Frances Parks
Clara Williams
Messrs
Ralph Baker
Revere
Edward Hunt
Frank Perry
Charles Avery
Edgar Williams
Elmer Williams
Samuel McCutcheon
John Evans
Walter Cook
City
Carmen
E. W. Johnson
Archie Barklie
Portsmouth
Bar Harbor
Grace Potter
Kimball Brothers
Bath City Hospital
Sagadahoc
Baths
Fisher c
Kenniston P
Fields
Payne
Cutting Ss
Sound Cf
Stewart
McCabelf
Sagadahoes
St. Claire
Oliver P
Mountford
O’brien
Sullivan
Murphy
Reynolds
Sturtevant
K. K
Charlotte Cook
Fred Chester
Arthur Baum
William Leask
Roland Blair
Robert Haskell
Ray Chapman
Harry and
Perry Thompson
Harry
Allen Cameron
George Stewart
Sam Chapman
Eleanor Duncan
Ethel Baird
Alice Warman
Out of Town
W. W. Perry
Camden
Knox & Lincoln
White
Wiscasset
Dick Garrison
T. Dwyer
Hugo Kelley
Shadow McCormick
J. S. Committee On
Ordi
A. H. Foote
South End
A. Martin
Alabama Volunteers
Army of the Confederate States of America
W. H. Forney
Samuel Mcreen
19Th
Mr. Foote
Small Point
Edward W. Sampson
Newton
Mr. Sampson
Stanley Automobile Works
Charles D. Clarke
Nichols Avenue
City Landing
M. J. McCormick
Brunswick
McCormick
Lewis J. Preney
Phelps Publishing Company
Springfield
the Times
Bates College Field
Doug Champion
Tony Jabar
Sonny” Munsey
Robert Newman
Lambert Park
Bangor
Winterport
Newman
Elston Mitchell
John L. Jac Register
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