Bath Briefs and Local Happenings in August 1915
A Bath dispatch notes unpaid tuition for outside pupils and a plan for granolithic sidewalks. It discusses a Pathe News hydroplane from New York to Albany, a Hyde Windlass vs Brunswick Independents game, and company filings for J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co. in Augusta. Also covered are local visits, hospital staff vacations, and various residents traveling or socializing around Bath, Boothbay Harbor, and Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Biddeford
Pathe
Columbia Tonight
Irwin Morse
New York City
Albany
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Secretary of State
Augusta
John W. Cummings
Walter W. Cummings
Georgetown
Islander Engineer Retires From Service After Illness
William Shea, engineer for the steamer Islander, who retired last month due to appendicitis, appeared in town Tuesday and will not resume duties this season. Percy Miller, City of Rockland watchman, was home Tuesday. Herbert Swett returned to Watertown after a ten day Bath vacation. The Moore family and others visited Orth Edgecomb for the weekend. Clarence Parker, son of Wal ter Parker, plays right field for the St Louis American League team and impressed in Boston and Morse High School days. In the St Louis Red Sox game Parker split time in right field in both games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shea
Islander
Herbert Swett
Watertown
Bath
Clarence Parker
Walter Parker
Boston
Clarence
Morse High School
Ular Fae
Lonestern
Maine
Bangor
Brewer
Eastport
Calais
St. John
Frederickton
St. Louis Red Sox
Parker
Harry Mank
F. J. Lisman
Shawmut Steamship Co
Lisman
London
New York
Mank
Marseilles
Lisbon
Bath Topics From August 13 1915 Local News
Reads list of social events and local happenings in Bath including the nurses home benefit recital at Central Church led by S. D. Cushing and Carol Percy, a busy inn and harbor scene with parties, auctions, river and street events, plus visits by notable locals and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
S. D. Cushing
Bath
West
Carol Percy
Frank H. Percy
Albert H. Shaw
John&. Hyde
Fred H. Kimball
Thomas P. Gibbons
Jessie Donnell
Julia Watson
Charles W. Welch
John A. Morse
Theresa Moses
Priscilla Kimball
Leonice Morse
Bath City Hospital
Arthur J. Dunton
Galen C. Moses
John S. Hyde
Charles W. Clifford
A. H. Shaw
J. Edward Drake
Five inning practice game on Kelley field tonight
Local sports plan a five inning practice game on Kelley field this evening against Windlass if weather allows. A Bathman with dog and gun was seen in marshes above Muddy bridge, New Meadows, shooting out of season. Mrs Thomas P Gibbons handed funds to treasurer Rupert H Baxter for Nurses Home fund totaling $221.50 with receipts expected to reach about $250. fund now exceeds $750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Webber
Webber
Phippsburg
Kelley Field
Muddy Bridge
New Meadows
Thomas P. Gibbons
Nurses’ Home Fund
Rupert H. Baxter
Cabin cruiser Arne arrives at yacht club mooring
Capt Dingley and his wife aboard the cabin cruiser Arne reached the yacht club mooring grounds Friday afternoon after an upstream trip. The Bath Fruit Co unloaded a car of bananas on the Commercial street siding, a quantity the Bath area consumes heavily, with 375 bananas in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Fruit Co
Center Street
Dingley
Yacht Club
Bath Fruit Co
Bath
Carnival at Bath Ends Weekend With Quiet Public Order
August 16 1915 report notes best of order and good humor at the midway with sobriety and a city leaders signed certificate. Moose nets over $200 from 15 percent carnival receipts. Bath lodge members and guests attend Old Orchard excursion. Newport Maine float seen in Los Angeles Elks parade. Bath lodge banner on auto. Sabine road remains poor with buoy marks. summer cottages affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
John S Ballou
Bath Lodge
Hollywood
Calif
Maine
Los Angeles
Brother Ballou
Tides and Currents For Area Boatmen
The article explains differences between tides and currents and how boatmen use tidal currents to navigate upriver. It notes tidal cycles vary with the moon, leeway affects course, and that basic computations are simple with instruction from the United States Power Squadrons. It also promotes free piloting classes and tide current tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Power Squadrons
United States Power
National Headquarters
P. O. Box
Englewood
N. J
Bath residents travel and local notices amid tax debate
The passage notes indignation over taxes on Birch Point road and describing residents traveling and visiting, including Miss Ethel J. Totman and Miss Marion E. Ferguson returning from Pittsfield Summer School, Mrs C. C. Toothaker and Miss Frankie Dinsmore starting an auto trip to Salem, and Elbridge Ro Wright planning a Belfast visit during a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel J. Totman
Marion E. Ferguson
Pittsfield
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bath
C. C. Toothaker
Frankie Dinsmore
Sabattus
Salem
Elbridge Ro Wright
Linotype
the Times
Little Miss Phyllis
Belfast
Mr. Wright
Postmen Adopt Caddy Carts to Ease Mail Duty
In Paducah Kentucky postman J E vro after 36 years as a mail carrier chose a two wheeled caddy cart to tote the heavy bag. Three other carriers followed suit and the post office ordered seven more for the remaining carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah, Ky
J. E Vro
Post Office
How To Correct Compass Errors
Navigation focus on compass accuracy with variation and deviation corrections. USPS offers free piloting courses. charts show magnetic variation and deviation for each area and boat. Safe boating is emphasized, with guidance to USPS units and national headquarters for class information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Power Squadrons
National Headquarters
USPS
P. O. Box
Englewood
N. J
Maine Wing CAP Cadet Summer Encampment Led by Vose
Brothers attending the encampment put aviation fundamentals into practice as cadets train weekly. Senior Maine Wing CAP members and Air Force officers supervise. Lt. Col. Edward H. Vose of Brunswick commands the 12th annual Maine Wing cadet summer encampment, following prior sessions at Dow, Westover and Grenier bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
CAP
Air Force
Edward H. Vose
Brunswick
Dow
Westover
Grenier
Sign Of Trouble In South Charleston
South Charleston West Virginia grocer John Ray a Republican angered by the Democratic city administration uprooted a no parking sign in front of his store and tossed it into an empty lot. Mayor Joseph W Linderee blamed a stenographic error in council minutes for the sign's placement saying that does not justify Ray taking the law into his own hands. Ray claimed no politics were involved and he did not know the man who erected the sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
W. Va
John Ray
GOP
Joseph W. Londeree
Ray
Westport Maine Seeks Tax Lien Auction Bids on Three Lots
Westport selectmen invite sealed bids for tax liens on three described parcels in Westport Maine with a minimum bid of 500000 dollars per lot. Bids due September 5 1955 at the town hall. payment must be cash or certified check within five days. Deed issued is a quitclaim without covenants and title not guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Maine
Tan WA
Robert J. Taylor
Fred H Robinson
H F Knight
Annie Mannine
Alameda Whitten
Back Door
McFarland
McFarland and Whitten
Tieald’s
Tarbox
Weathert
B&o Om
Car
Larrabee Wisrasset Maine
Frank T Grefin
Probate Court Notices for Bath and Nearby Towns
Probate items list estates in Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Woolwich and Bowdoin. Appointments executors administrators and bonds set. inventories and accounts filed. petitions for administration value and deposition of witnesses noted for estates including Nelson Mace Brown Zignego Reed Donnell Bodge Mustard and Cotton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers E. Reed
Woolwich
Susie May Benner Reed
Lena Douglas Donnell
Bath
Harry L. Day
John E. Bodge
Annie L. Bodge
Levi Mustard
Bowdoinham
Gladys M. Cornish
Mustard Cemetery
Milford Elliot
Bowdoin
Charles Zignego
Topsham
Mearl K James
Richard W. Cotton
Ernesting Martha Cotton
Martha Cothon
Language Blend: Mank to Mink Across Cultures
A note on how the Scandinavian maenk evolved into mink in English, while the Choc taw Tachitns name it toni and German speakers call it nerz. This multilingual snippet shows shifting labels for the same animal across cultures.
Probate notices for Sagadahoc estates in Bath
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc announces notices for estates of Edward Brown Florence S Mace Lina Sewall and related matters. Hearings set for September to appoint administrators and approve accounts with bids for bond where required. Trustee Horace E Holton for Katherine Fisk Perry referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Nelson
Bath
Mabel N. Rowe
Florence S. Mace
Bryan J. Mace
Edward Brown
Walter Brown
Amelia Zignego
Topsham
Elvery J. Demers
Milford Elliot
Bowdoin
Clifford H. Rogers
Vincent C. Nichols
Eleanor A. Nichols
Wendell P. Stevens
Leon L. Spinney
John P. Carey
Timothy C. Maney
Alice A. Maney
William H. Maney
Lina G. Sewall
Horace F. Holton
Katherine Fisk Berry
Boating Boom Makes Waves As Popular Family Sport
Boating grows as a home away from home for families with sleep in boats, kit models, and trailers enabling easy launch from garages. Lightweight outboards and shallow draft cruisers attract landlocked suburbanites to weekend lakes and rivers for two full days on the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Better Homes & Gardens
Honey of a Battle Aboard John A. Donald at Fort Eustis
Beekeeper Ackineon suffered facial wounds after a sudden bees attack on the merchant vessel John A. Donald berthed at an army pier near Fort Eustis Virginia. The swarm swarmed for hours before bees were swatted or driven away in a tense melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eustis
Wyman Ackineon
John A. Donald Bertled
Full Page Reading Offer to Rev Ruth Mathias
A solicitation offers five questions for $1.00 with a stamped envelope to REV RUTH MATHIAS, ADVISOR, at 827 Broadway in Everett Massachusetts, promising a full page reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mathias
Broadway
Everett
Mass
Probate court order for August notice and hearings
An order directs notice be published in Bath newspaper for three weeks and that probate hearings occur in Bath on the first Tuesday of September at ten o clock. Estates listed include Joseph S Gallant John A Greene Charles O Nelson and Henry Parshley with executors Helen V Gallant and Mabel Nelson Rowe. A license to sell real estate and other probate actions are noted with Arthur J Dunton as judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Hirvan J Mace
Lina CG Sewatl
Horace E. Holton
Katherine Fisk Perry
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Sugada
Margaret Nelsor
Mabel N Rowe
Arthur J. Dinton
Sneadahoe
Independent
Storenoon
Joseph S Gallant
Helen V. Galhent
John A’ Greene
William F. Greene
William the Greene
Charles O Nelson
Mabel Nelson Rowe
Henry Parshley
Edward F. Miller
Tate
Tie Wold
Pettton
Thelma P. Atkinsen
Jeslie J Wold
Arthur J Dunton
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Hyde Windlass
Independents
Sheriff Ballou
F. B. Nichols
W. H. Paquet
New London
Moosehead Lake
Mr. Paquet
Bath Iron Works
The
Electric Boat Co
C. A. Marshall
Milbridge
E. A. Wilbur
Howard Deering
William Lemont
Lemont Cottage
Sebasco
Gardiner F. Rogers
Harold Child
Austin
Texas
Consolidated Millinery Co
Mr. Child
Henry Seigel Co
Filene’s
Boothbay Harbor
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Water Street
Belle Bacon
Boothbay
Frank Dennett
Milwaukee
John Dennett
Squirrel Island Chapel Association
A. T. Crane
D. D
Lawrence Phelps
S. C. Merrill
Charles E. Meeer
George T. Bufm
Fred Bradeen
Connecticut
High Street
Bradeen
Nellie Shaw
Richard C. Meeker
William
Baltimore
Sidney J. Meeker
White Mountains
William H. Owen
Tomes
Portland
City
A. L. Tarbox
A. F. Work
Southport
William D. Sewall
Percy Miller
Rockland
Simon Moore
Pay
Daniel Isler, Jr
Lester
Orth Edgecomb
City Hospital
Clarence W. Morse
New Meadows Inn
Governor Cobb
James Jewett
Shaw Street
Henry Tremain
Winthrop
Billiken
Fred P. Wright
Charles A. Howard
Arkansas City
Kansas
Charles A. Corliss
Mr. Howard
Phillips
la Ina Peau Launc
Yang In
Front Street
Sagadahoc Square
al Ridley
Big Marsh
Hennessy
Bath and Lewiston
Fisher
Harry E. Thompson
Capitol Island
Mr. Thompson
E. W. Hyde
Mobile
Birmingham
Savannah
Harmon Smith
Fred P. Wilson
Small Point
West Point
Jack’s Market
Robert Howland
Pacific Coast
Henry Wilkinson
Bradford
England
Robert Cochran
Cochran
Wilkinson
St. Louis
R. Passmore
Richmond
Jordan Marsh
Bath Military Band
Isabel Wood
Ruth Crocker
Baby Meyer
William Mann
Billy Hamacher
Cohen Ran
Sunbeam
Carlton
Kimball's Wharf
City Landing
Rosalind
Lila M. Althyne
Safety
Lila
Five Islands
Monhegan
Seguin
Wakeman
Senate
Isabel Woodled
Germany
William P. Frye
Mulligan
Mulligan Wharf
Moose
Old Orchard
Knox & Lincoln
John McGrath
Sabine
Birch Point
Willis Holbrook
Frank Dickson
Frank
Herbert E. Williams
John L. Dowling, Jr
Burlington, VI
Wesley & Bigelow Co
Fred J. Henderson
Lowell, Mass
Victor Richardson
Hinckley's Landing
F. R.E. Dean
U. S
Warsaw
Poland
Brazil
Probate
Liu.lian H. Heal
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