Bath Scraps From 1898 Show Maine Voter Law Hopeful
Forty years ago Maine soldiers could vote at any fall polling place under the Civil War law. The article notes returning officers for ballot counting, potential camp voting, and special messengers if units sail or move. It also covers local maritime trades, ship launches, and social events in Bath with multiple named residents and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Popham
Payne
Baby Carriages Parade Set for Bath Golden Harvest Day
Entries are invited for Bath’s baby carriage and bicycle parade on Thursday August 25 at 9 am. Kids may enter a doll carriage or ride a bicycle. Prizes go to three first place winners. Contact Francis J Gooch manager of Uptown theatre. Parade starts Troops Hardware district to Uptown theatre. rain date same time next day.
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Bath
Francis J. Gooch
Uptown
Troop's Hardware'st
Most Successful Pastime Horse Show At Bath Riding Club
A near 600 spectator turnout highlighted Bath Riding Club’s seventh Pastime Horse Show at Pastime Saddle Farm West Bath. Red Peavine dominated six events under Phil Selberg with Chester Jordan, taking multiple firsts and a second. Conquest and Kentucky Bozo also posted multiple wins as winners across model three and five gaited, horsemanship, and combinations. Judges, sponsors, and a New England qualification note underscored a record day in Maine horse show history.
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Maine
Bath Riding Club
Pastime Saddle Farm
Arthur J. Dunton
West Bath
Red Peavine
Chester Jordan
Portland
Phil Selberg
Capt. Cason
Conquest
L. J. Sheaffer
Augusta
Kentucky
Bozo
L. C. Andrew
Valence
H. Wentworth Files
Cape Elizabeth
Marilyn Court
Deborah Lombard
South Portland
Sheaffer
Black Magic
Lloyd W. Batchelder
Sanford
Caroline
Sam Pitts
Harrison
Court
Reginald T. Lombard
Bath
Elmer N. Blackwell
Southland
Mystic Charm
Enid Dell
Camp Paysock
Winthrop
Camp Passagassy
James A. Gillies, Jr
Maine Horse Association
L. Loring Brooks, Jr
Springfield
Mass
Theodore S. Buell
Hartford
Conn
Frank O. Stephens
Auburn
W. E. Fairbanks
Charles W. Clifford
John H. Hyde
Edwin R. Andrews
Arthur Sewall
Francis A. Winchenbach
N. & R. C. Covel
Nic-Nac
M. W. Sewall Co
A. G. Page & Co
A. Hallet & Letson & Son
Bath Grain Co
Converse Fenn
Elmer Blackwell
W.H
Rami
Sylvia Wiles
Sioux Indian
Joanne Evans
Bridgeport
Marion Lambert
Deacon
Lady Caroline
Norman Stearns
Natalie Blackwell
Margaret Burt
Westbrook
My Beau
Margaret Gardiner
Phipps Point
Brumaine
Peggy Huber
Bobby Morse
Ben
Harry D. Benson
Ann Pate
Flainer Younger
Rex
Philip Marsilius
White Cloud
Felix Blanc
Copper Coin
Lillian Levesque
Jean Campbell
R. C. Johnson
Ray Ross
David Andrew
Billy Bartlett
Brunswick
Sam Pitts, Jr
Miss Flainer Younger
Byron Pride
Little John
Bay
Clarence D. Bartlett
George Newcomb
William Tudor Gardiner
Wonder's First
Pinecrest Stables
Lucy Sprague
Prout
Sylvia Viles
Augusta Idio
Silver Shilling
Probate notices from Bath court August 1938
Notices issued for Hannah J O Loughlin and Mary Alma Palmer estates seeking administrators in Sagadahoc County Maine. Court set September 6 1938 hearing. publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. Executors and guardians appointed. dates August 9 1938 noted for James T MacMahan Annie T Shaw and Fred P Shaw cases.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Scott Mors
Mary Alma Palmer
Edward W Gridgham
Charles T. Small, Jr
Maine
Mabel P. Harris
Grace G. Lennon
Charles T. Small Jr
Edward W. Bridghaim
John L. Jack
James T. Macmahan
Georgetown
Mattie B. Mac- Mahan
Annie T. Shaw
Fred P. Shaw
Said Bath
George B. Wetherbee
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Hepern
Boston
Safe Deposit & Trust CO
Roscoe R. Perry
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Frank T. Ferguson
State of Maine
Walter 5. Glidden
Roy W. Putney
Said Hoy W Putney
Florence L. Dewolf
Florence Ll. DeWolf Sudds
Frank M. Bowker
Beth
Arthur M Bowker
Ida May Stewart
Woolwich
John P. Carey
Henry Long
John
Jack
William J. Perry
Agnes M. Perry
John H. Coffili
Elizabeth M. Cestiillos
H. Alvena Oliver
Phippsburg
Chester B Oliver
Calais
Admr
Military service entrance exam announcements and jail caper
Senator Wallace H White Jr arranged Civil Service exam in Maine for admission to West Point and Naval Academy on Oct 8 at multiple post offices. Eligibility requires Maine residency, early notice, and age limits. Separate story reports John Connelly of Bangor breaking into Penobscot county jail and sentenced to 90 days after theft of pork, with a humorous exchange on sentence.
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Wallace H. White, Jr
Maine
United States Civil Service Commission
U.S. Military Academy
U. S. Naval Academy
Augusta
Bangor
Bath
Calais
Caribou
Fort Kent
Houston
Lewiston
Portland
Rockland
Senator White
Sey
West Point
Military Academy
Naval Academy
Civil Service Commission
John Connelly
Penobscot County
Connelly
Leslie H. Stanley
Edward Stern
Stern
Boston Maritime Heritage From Early Colonial Vessels To Modern Insurance
Boston’s ties to the sea date to the colony’s start with ships like the Blessing of the Bay in 1631. By 1698 Lord Bellomont noted Boston owned 194 ships, expanding trade with the West Indies and Europe. The Boston Marine Insurance Co, later Boston Insurance Co, evolved from marine to fire insurance, becoming a landmark New England firm and pioneering auto insurance.
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Boston
Boston Insurance Co
Winthrop
Mystic
Massachusetts
West Indies
Wine Islands
Africa
Europe
Lord Bellomont
Scotland
Ireland
Boston Marine Insurance Co
New England
Wilfrid Girard Advances to Semi Final at Bath Country Club
Wilfrid Girard reaches the semi finals of the R. Rodger McInnes Trophy and President's Cup at Bath Country Club after beating Charlie Sawyer 10-8 in a quarter final. Weekend play saw Girard defeat Rodney Ross Sr 2 up, with Sawyers, Sewall, Andrews and Liberto among others progressing or defaulting.
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Wilfrid Girard
R. Rodger McInnes
R. Ross, Jr
S. Liberto
Dr. Berry
Lieut. Loeser
C. Sadler
T. Allen
Winchenbach
H. Douglas
Herby Douglas
Girard
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Hema
Bath Daily Times
William Green
Woodward Coal Co
Hyde Windlass Co
T. H. Tarbox
Moody's Studio
Mr. Tarbox
Providence
R. I
Herbert Williams
Charles Clifford
Small Point
Rachel W. Stevens
New England Co
Lucius F. Stevens
Clinton, Conn
Porto Rico
Miles
Island
St. Mary's Church
William E. Palmer
Donnell
Chase
Bay Point
H. M. Hartley
Popham
Agnes
Grace Humphreys
North Conway
N. H
Vine Street
Oak Street
H. D. Maxwell
Charles E. Palmer
Front Street
Clover Club
Five Islands
Chippewa Cottage
Mildred
Helen Nichols
Florence Forsythe
May
Ethel Snow
Cassie McPhail
Etta Gowell
Mark Brown
South Framingham
Harold Goddard
Wood Nichols
Walter Murtaugh
Will Temple
Joseph Delisle
Matilda Dauphin
John O'Brien
Pine Streets
U. S
Enterprise
Halifax
M. W. Sewall
Kennebec
Charles Farrin
Somerville
Joseph Maloney
Thomas Lundrigan
North End
Magoun House
Trussell Brothers
Wiscasset
Center Street
Savage’s Market
Middle
Center Streets
Trussell
Arthur Hyde
Hyde
Harry Hill
Ruth Hayden
Charlotte Richardson
Richards
H. N. Hoyden
Mattocks
Chickamauga
1St
Maine Reg
Iment
United States
McKinley
Wylie Lemont
Joe Noyes
Arene i of
Post Sedgwick
Cincinnati
E. S. Marr
Upper
Washington Street
Fred Mayers
Warren
Longstreet
Capt. Longstreet
T. Lupton
Jenks Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Bath Gun Club
Woolwich Range
Waterville
Bath Club
William H. Melcher
David Neal Hill
Western Avenue
Pembroke
Lincoln Lodge
No. 10
1.C.C.F
Harry
Jesse
Brooklyn
N. Y
Scott
Waltham
Peaslee
John Eagle
Rose Hill
Kobe
Japan
Edward Ellis O’brien
Thomaston
Baring Brothers
Smalley
Jennie Harvey
Alice Greenleaf
B. FE. Sweet
Bustin's Island
Freeport
C. H. Merrill
Iowa
Wallace Hill
Patten Car Works
L., B. and
B. Electric Road
Speed
Erskine M. Phelps
Baltimore
Prudence
Lucy A. Davis
A.S. Winslow
Jack Brown
Elsie Shear
Old Orchard
Peter Lackey
Elizabethport, N. J
C. H. McQuarrie
Cal Bryant
Ed .Billings
Farley
Kelley, Spear & Co
Mary Carey
James R. Danforth
Ohio
Winter Street
Squirrel Island
The
Phoenix
Maine Regiment
Alger
Philippine Islands
Kittridge
Charles A. Eastman
Harold F. Eastman
Argee
C. B. Harrington
Humpburgin
Charles Plympton
Dorchester
A Ee
Armory
George Cooper
Fred Blaisdell
W. D. Green
Rupert Baxter
Messrs. Denham
Meloney
Potter
Cleveland
Charles W. Taylor
New Bedford
Robert Cooper
J. E. Ryan
Harry Mcléllan
New York
Morris Heights
Hobson
Uncle Sam
Jennie Hulbert
Rodick
Philadelphia
Peaks Island
Enoch Foster
Bethel
Jessie Owen
Ella Chase
Unity
Pauline Hall McLellan
Peter Lapointe
Chelsea
T. J. Dillon
Rangeley Lake
Harry Hunt
Rogers Yard
Leah Strout
Washinton Street
Blanche J
Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Sagadahoc Ferry
Milton
Prout's Neck
Anna Rines
Hot Stuff
John , Wiles
Chubby
Barbara Jean Dunton
Marion Stevens
Mrs. Sheaffer
Valence and
Milan
Annapolis
Braintree
Commonwealth of
Katharine B. Wetherbee
George B Wetherbee
Oak St
Register
Charlie Sawyer
McInnes
Cc. Sawyer
Don Small
Ed Sewall
R. Brownell
E. Andrews
W. S. Voorhees
Walter S Gudden
Prolite
Jack Register
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