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Seven Days Doings in Bath and Vicinity
A Bath oriented column reports a busy week with news of shipping traffic, fishermen, local accidents, social events, and local crime. It notes vessels such as Tug Seguin and Barge No. 1, mentions weather fog affecting fishing, waterfront commerce, a Topsham celebration, a police chase involving a tramp, and local social happenings including dances, birthdays, and a Lake Auburn outing for orphans. Includes municipal notes on public works, a whiskey arrest, and a wireless setup by a local youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Swett
Georgetown
Hazen E
Cobbossee Lake
Houghton Bros S
George P. Jones
Cobbosseeontee
Jones
Cobbossee
E. E. Ingalls
North Bath
Boston
James F. Chaney
Topsham
Dorothy Chaney
Raymond E. Knight
Jay
Pejepscot
Swett
Salmon River
Bowdoin Paper Co
Seguin
George W W. Hathaway
Deerings
M.C.R.R
Abenaki
Ariel
New York
Simmons
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Page
Esquire
Lodge
Newton Beers
Damon
Pythias
Castle Hall
Gaeta LeBlanc
Sheriff Oliver
Recorder Hunt
Augusta
LeBlanc
Virginia
Popham
Auburn
L. A
W. Ry
Cay
I. M. Hewison
Alice
Lester A. Davis
Lake Auburn
Paradise
Capt. Hewison
Mr. Davis
Bath
Parker Lewis
Bert Preble
Bowie