Lydia Baxter Returns to Deering Yard After Eight Years
The four masted schooner Lydia McLellan Baxter, launched December 1910, returns to Deering’s wharf for required wooden-ship maintenance every eight years. Captain C. L. Hemple and family have sailed with her through storms and rescued Norwegians in Washington. The ship once bore a Swiss flag to assure safe passage through submarine zones while delivering food to wounded in neutral Switzerland.
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Deering Yard
Lydia McLellan Baxter
C. L. Hemple
Deering's Wharf
Treen
Switzerland
Lydia Baxter
South America
Hemple
Selie
God
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington
H. Fick
Fick
Bath City Council Acts on High Cost Living Issue
Bath moves to study local food and fuel prices after Mayor Drake leads a joint meeting. Council approves a committee to tabulate costs, buy surplus government provisions for sale locally, and urges Maine and federal leaders to curb prices. A hydrant move and street light plan adjustments are also approved.
Juno Yacht Sails Its Last Trip After Long Maine Service
The famous steam pleasure yacht Juno, owned by Amory McL. Houghton, has likely entertained its last party and sailed its final voyage. High operating costs, wartime coal shortages, and advancing age drive retirement as repairs loom and the owner, now favoring automobiles, deems it an expensive toy. The Juno hosted Bath and Boothbay Harbor guests, with journeys along the Kennebec and Sasanoa, signaling a nostalgic end to an era on Maine waters.
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Juno
Amory McL. Houghton
Maine
Portland
Bar Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
Arrowsie Bridge
William F. Potter
Arrowsie Bridge Co
Bath
Patti
Wioodbury Potter
Gilbert Trufant
Levi
Houp’son
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Preblée
Arrowsie
Bath Probers Plan Food and Fuel Price Inquiry
A Bath special city council committee agreed to investigate wholesale and retail prices of foodstuffs and fuel. Members will canvass stores to compare costs and selling prices, tabulate results, and report to the council by August 20. The aim is to curb profiteering and to settle rumors through the study. The panel includes Alderman John N. Taylor as chair and councilmen Clarence A. Peaslee, Fred E. Bragg, Elmer Parker, and John Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milliken
Bath
City Treas
Andrew
Merrill
Drake
Edward W. Hyde
Board of Education
James Otis Lincoln
City of
Wilson
House of Representatives
Maine
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Carl EF. Milliken
Frederick Hale
Bert M. Fernald
United States Senate
Wallace H. White, Jr
Louis HB. Goodall
John A. Peters
Ira J. Hersey
John N. Taylor
Clarence A. Peaslee
Fred E. Bragg
Elmer ©. Parker
John Shaw
Charles H. Thistle
United States
Thistle
Pres
Henry R. White
Common Council
Bath Water
Dummer Street
York
Edwards Street
City Park
Bath and
Brunswick
Dolly Madison Named For Newcastle Shipbuilding Vessel
The Newcastle Shipbuilding Co. yard is building a schooner to be named Dolly Madison. The Lincoln County News notes the tradition of naming ships with meaningful historic associations and cites Dolly Madison's role in preserving the Declaration of Independence during a British attack on Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle Shipbuilding Co
Dolly Madison
Virginia Dare
Lincoln County News
Washington
Capitol
Dancing Party at Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Miss Muriel Staples hosted a dancing party for about 30 guests in the Children's room of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum on Thursday evening. The older Home residents enjoyed watching the event while refreshments were served in an adjoining room. Manager Bishop reports the New England Tel. and Tel. Co. business office has been overhauled and the furniture polished and repainted in sea green.
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Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Muriel Staples
Bishop
Jost
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Dr Bonney tours Egypt and returns to Bath visit
Dr Albion T Bonney arrives back in Bath with his wife and child after eight years in Egypt near Luxor Thebes Cairo and Alexandria He recalls Gallipoli and praises his troops and officers He notes Egypts prosperity under Allied occupation prices and wages He describes servant pay the Nile diet and cheap local news and recounts American naval visits to Alexandria and baseball games with U S sailors He hints at a future return to Egypt.
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Egypt
Luxor
Thebes
Albion T. Bonney
Bath
Smppanies T. Bonney
Union Street
Bonney
Gallipoli
Perennees
Tra
Alexandria
Cairo
America
Nile
Allenby
Sorel
H. C
Daily Gazette
Reuter
Gazette
Chester
Quincy
Mass
Call of
Pr. Bonney
Bath Post of American Legion Forms in Bath City
The Bath Post of the American Legion held a large kickoff meeting at G A R hall with strong enthusiasm. John C. Fitzgerald was elected post commander and a slate of officers named, inviting all veterans to join next Friday’s sessions to organize and address allotment and pay issues and insurance troubles.
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Bath
American Legion
G.A.R. Hall
George A. Baker
Legion
America
John C. Fitzgerain
Elliott A. Fuller
Roscoe H. Shaw
Harry D. Hall
James H. West
Johns. Clancy
William R. Wattern
Howard W. Pratt
John J. Crane
Samuel TP. Lakin
Harry L. Jackson
William F. Hussey
Roland J. Haining
William H. Reynolds
Great Army of
United States
St. Louis
Army
Navy
Pulland
Fitzgerald
Bath Organization
Bath Post
Lathers
Destroyer Babbitt Exceeds Contract in Trials at Rockland
The destroyer Babbitt, at Rockland for official tests, exceeded contract speed by nearly a knot and a half before an accident to the low pressure backing turbine forced an abandonment of proceedings. Tests had been delayed by weather but ran under favorable conditions until the turbine issue. The highest speed reached was 36.44 knots with engines delivering about 28,000 horsepower, and the five top speed runs averaged 36.57 knots.
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Babbit
Rockland
Harry Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Babbitt
Joseph Kemp
Quincy
Mass
Mystery of Ancient Taint Of Those Who Once Lived There
A fragment notes a figure predicting a return within a month and hints at a mystery surrounding an ancient taint tied to those who once inhabited the place. The terse passage preserves ambiguity about the origin and nature of the taint and the people involved.
Old Arrowsic Toll Bridge Out Of Commission After Iron Span Falls
After the steel span fell July 31 the Arrowsic toll bridge linking Arrowsic and Georgetown remained unusable. State and local officials debated repairs with engineer Paul E. Sargent and consultant Mr. Jones to seek state aid. Estimates place repair costs around 5000 dollars, far beyond Arrowsic’s means, prompting special town meetings in Georgetown and Arrowsic to decide on funding while the state weighs options.
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Arrowsic
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Arrowsie-Woolwich
Paul E. Sargent
State Highway Commission
Jones
Woolwich
Sargent
Maine Lobster Length Change Petition Seeks Nine Inch Rule
Residents from York Beach Kittery Eliot Kittery and York signed a petition received by the Department of State seeking a constitutional amendment to set the legal lobster length at nine inches instead of ten. The plan relies on initiative and referendum to enact the law, via a statewide vote if needed.
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York Beach
Kittery Depot
Eliot
Kittery
York
Massachusetts
Department of State
Maine
Executive Department
Merchants Plan New Credit Bureau in Bath
Merchants in Bath plan a credit bureau with headquarters in the chamber of commerce rooms. A representative from Merchants' Credit Reporting Co. of Brookline Mass interviews merchants to organize the system. It aims to rate debtors and protect retailers from nonpayers while rewarding timely payers and improving cash flow.
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Bath
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants’ Credit Reporting Co
Brookline
Mass
Dunn and
Bradstreet
Credit Bureau
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Lydia. M. Baxter
Houghton Yacht
Dolly
Dancing
DR. Bonney
Bath Boy
Htzgerald
Mr. Sargent
Mr. Jones
George L. Tarr
W. F. Hagan
W. F. Potter
Axs Rowsic
W. L. Berry
B. C. Cunningham
CL Todd
A. E. Buzzo
William l. Boyd
NEW Credit Bureau
Ated
Johnson Bros Co
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