Water Carnival Lights Kennebec in Old Home Week
Spectacular water carnival closes Old Home Week with miles of light and a fireworks pageant. Commodore Percy and Commodore Lemont lead Kennebec Yacht Club crews in a chase of illuminated floats from Island Belle to Bath and Woolwich shores, with the moon, searchlights, and music shaping a grand harbor spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Woolwich
Texas
Yacht Club
Belle
Sona and Daughters
Island Belle
Erudition
Bath
Asit
Commodore Lemont
Kennebec Yacht Club
Commodore A. A. Percy
Club
Carnival Fleet
Wm. P. Hill
Hill
Marica
James Bimson
Fagship Island Belle
Percy
Hagship Nomad
M W Sewall
Hutchins
Marguerite
Meda
Dr Roberts
Ortega
L W Lemont
Louise
L Tarbox
Phil Blaisdell
Charles Harrington
Dewey
Harrington
Charles E Hyde
Hecla
Camarin
Columbia
Cook
Squirrel Island
White Wings
Vega
Geo B Sarbell
Fireworks Display Delights Bathites On Riverfront
The Bath fireworks show, praised as the largest in the area, ran from 8 40 to after a continuous exhibit. Paine Co. produced the display with McDuffue of Boston directing and Al Carr assisting. The wrecking sloop Stephen Orr, owned by Knickerbocker Towage Co, anchored opposite the Park served as the platform. Several times the vessel caught fire despite deck sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freworks
Paine
John O. Shaw
Bath
Stephen Orr
Knickerbocker Towage Company
Sons and Daughters
McDuffue
Boston
Pain Co
al Carr
Erudition Schoolhouse Narrowly Rescued at River Carnival
During the river carnival a tug dropped a heavy float carrying singers near a large schooner. Capt. Jack Shaw, Chas Magoun, and Ensign Scott Percy steadied the craft using chairs as poles and fenders to prevent a wreck and save lives as the illuminated scene drifted toward the bow. A chorus girl cried out in fear at the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yacht Club
Jack Shaw
Chas
Magoun
Scott Percy
Jack
A Lively Sabbath in Shipping City Draws 3000 Visitors
A Sunday in Shipping City drew thousands via steam cars electrics and steamboats for a Texas craft ship event. About 3000 people visited the ship with hours 10 to 11 30 a m and 1 30 to five p m Captain Mackenzie and the crew organized a smooth crowd with Lieut Com W E Chamber as deck officer ensuring order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mackensie
Com. W. £. Chamber
Doctor Ragan Delights Texas Parade Crew
Dr HM Ragan of the Naval Veterans drew hearty applause during a water parade aboard the steamer Leo as it passed the U S Texas. He recited The Tars of the Lost Merrimac and sang Bailora See the Army, entertaining the Texas crew with the megaphone act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM Ragan
Naval Veterans
U. S.8
Texas
Leo
Bath chartered palace car tour ends with shore dinner
The Merrymeeting palace car was chartered Sunday by Mra. 8S T. Woodward of Natict, who entertained forty friends on a tour along the L. B. and B. road to Lewiston concluding with a shore dinner at New Meadows Inn. The car arrived in Bath last evening at 10.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
T. Woodward
Natict
L. B. and
Lewiston
New Meadows Inn
Bath
Great launch as Carnegie slides ahead of schedule
Bath celebrated the launching of the five masted schooner William Carnegie at Percy and Small's yard. Crowds of 300 on board and 10,000 nearby watched the ship slip into the water at 1:30 pm after a champagne christening by Elizabeth Winslow. J S Winslow & Co of Portland owned the vessel. Miles Merry oversaw the launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wm. O. Carnegie
South End
Erst and
West
Brunswick
Winslow & Co
Portland
E. W. Clark
J. 8. Winslow & Co
Knickerbocker
Naval Cadet
Texas
Carnegie
Grace Winslow
Winslow
M A Farnsworth
J . Winslow
L B Clark
Charleson
H Bg Dewey
Misses Ricker
Mre Cobb
Mina Cobb
J. W. Parker
Charles B. Deering
H. F. Merrill
W.L. Blake
Randall L. McAllister
W R Kruger
FO Winter
Benj. Thompson
J W Parker
O D Barrows
SR Small
Bosworth
M R Goding
T J Laithwaite
ER Norton
Nathan Dyer
Fred Palmer
W L Blake
J York
A B
Hall
Gousina
Glidden
Mr. Hay
EL Foas
OL Foss
Miss Pierce
New Haven
R B Low
Deer Island
Andrew Adams
Chas
Reed
Boothbay
Sprague
Liverpool
Dunn & Elliott
Washburn Bros
Thomaston
J W Haskell
Boston
D W Hoeg
Deering
Mr. Twohy
Norfolk
Dr. Pierce
Providence
James Woodel
Clayton
Baltimore
L W Jewett
Hodgdon
Percy and
Small’s Yard
Sidney Hopper
John Adame
Henry J. Smith
Elmer Rosas
Lizzie E. Dennison
Blair
W Blanc
Mabel Jordan
Williams
J. 8. Winslow
Misa Elizabeth Winslow
M. E. Bolster
E W. Clark
Ralph Norton
D. Leighton
Mary Pierce
Willard A. Hodgkins
Miles M. Merry
Elizabeth Winslow
J. &. Winslow
Misa Winslow
William C. Carnegie
Percy & Small
M E Hodgdon
Oakley U Curtis
Randall and McAllister
John R Kelley
GG Deering
T Donnell
F Sawyer
Ulara
Judge Fogg Assembles Court For Intoxication Pleas And Pickpocket Case
In municipal court Judge Fogg presided from 9:30 to 10, aided by Marshal Reynolds and Officer Gaudreau. Ten appeared. nine pled guilty to intoxication, eight paid fines and costs totaling 56.87, and two were jailed in Auburn for 30 and 60 days. Chas Freeman of Boston, accused of attempting to steal from an unknown person, pled guilty. Freeman, captured after a suspect observation, had a small change and a rubber ring, claimed to be selling it. he was ordered to recognize at August term with $500 bond. Authorities suspect he is part of a local gang of pickpockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fogg
Marshal Reynolds
Gaudreau
Auburn
Chas, Freeman
Boston
Freeman
Capt
Merrill
Card
Bath Appeal Dismissed In City Tax Case
The Law Court handed down a rescript in Sagadahoc County denying the Bath city appeal against Catherine Haggetts and others. The decree below is affirmed with costs of appeal to the defendants. EB Plum mer and Foster defended the city with Cornish of Augusta for the defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Court
Sagadahoc
City of Bath
Catherine Haggetts
EB. O. Plummer and Foster
Cornish of
Augusta
Local Bank Treasurer Takes Two-Week Bay Point Trip
Treasurer Oscar C. Rogers of the People's Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and his family are rusticating for two weeks at Bay Point. H. B Johnson acts as treasurer during his absence. The town sees brisk fakir sales on Saturday evening. At Percy & Small's yard a man sold eighteen dollars' worth of root beer in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar C. Rogers
The
People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Bay Point
H. B Johnson
Percy & Small’s
Ice cart delivers fourteen tons in residential district
On Saturday an ice cart delivered fourteen tons of ice in the residential district. Mason operated seven teams. Hartleb and Chestra showcased one of the town’s most attractive exterior decorations during Old Home Week. Jake Conant has been rushing business at his inn in New Meadows for the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Hartleb & Chestra
Jake Conant
New Meadows
Banquet A Success for Bath Yacht Club Officials
The Bath banquet at the Casino drew about 125 guests from Kentucky Massachusetts and Texas. Commodore Percy H E Stetson and F F Blaisdell led the arrangements with Judge Fogg as toastmaster. Captains Chester Train and officers from the Texas line attended along with Senator Frye and Bath officials. The feast featured terrapin fried crabs lobster salad and multiple desserts with an Island Belle escort bringing guests to the parlor car Merrymeeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Kennebec Yacht Club
Percy
H. E. Stetson
F. F. Blaisdell
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Bath
Judge
L. Fogg
Commodore Percy
Squirrel
Chester
Train
President Drake
Eastern Steamboat Co
Frye
Fuller
Bath home crash after bed collapses during guest visit
A midnight crash in a Bath residence woke the household Saturday as extreme heat and the weight of a guest caused a bed to collapse, sending him to the floor. No further injuries are reported.
Dr H A Bates Returns to Center Street Practice
Dr H A Bates resumes professional duties at his Center street office after completing a special course in crown and bridge work in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A Bates
Boston
Center Street
Keeley Cure to Run While Drunkards Need Reclaiming
The Keeley Cure will continue to run as long as there are drunkards to reclaim. This formula is known to the members of the parens Company but to none others. Write to Portland Keeley Cure for information about the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeley
Te Parens Company
Portland Keeley Cure
Pain Killer Ad Promises Cure For Various Ailments
An old advertisement touts Perr Davis Pain Killer as a universal remedy for illnesses like dysentery diarrhea cholera and other seasonal ailments. It warns to trust no other remedy and notes the price as 266 and 50c. The copy reflects period marketing with exhortations to use this specific product during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perr Davis
Hichin
Pockets Picked From Sailmaker in Streetcar Loss
W H Clifford the sailmaker lost a pocketbook containing about 75 dollars in cash and notes worth several thousand on a crowded Point streetcar to the South End. The theft occurred on the car near the Phoenix corner, with the driver of a suburban stage nearby finding his own money missing as well, half exposed when the thief withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Clifford
Mr. Clifford
South End
Phoenix
Ovarian Troubles Cured by Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
Two letters from women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian and abdominal pain. Mary Sutras of Arlington Iowa describes swelling and pain easing after one bottle and full recovery following treatment. Mrs. Deas Mus. Povenam of Otisville Michigan recounts two years of womb falling and bladder inflammation relieved after six bottles and declares herself well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Prixzam
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mary Sutras
Arlington, Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Sowach
Ostetter
Garnegie
Allen
Addrega, Allen
Olmed
LeLoy
N.Y
Merrymeeting
Moat
Capt. Chester
H. C. Hyde
Wm. P. Frye
F. O. Whitehouse
David City
Neb
Genesee Pure Food Co
LeRoy
Lillie Soohor
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Randolph
Oxcor
Washington St
R. R. Depot
Friend ST
Bia
A.m.tod
Chase, Ellis & CO
Fropi
W. H. Clifford
Jonas Edwards Auburn
P.S. I
All Druggiste
Bow
Celery Cracker Medicine Co
Manchester
B. H
C. T. Fisane
Main Streit
V. 3
Mill Pond
Oak St
Commercial St
Mill Pond Ice Co
Ira Mason
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