Forty years ago in Bath in 1902 local notes
Fortyeight years ago in Bath column recounts events from November 23 1902. Ernest and Herbert King shoot an owl at sixty yards. Charles A Harriman picks a rose on High street. an electric light is installed in a dark alley behind City Hall. Hiram Cornish builds a large piazza at Pleasant Farm North Bath. Miss Ethel Hitchcock hosts a whist party on Green street. George H Ragan and Leonard Pye build a smelt hedge in Winnegance creek with large smelts reported. a son named Roland Bertram is born to Mr and Mrs Alexander Robinson on Washington street. rabbit hunt yields seven. William Martin visits from Charles Town. scow Emma C driven ashore at Pond's Point. open house at Colonial clubrooms. Thanksgiving with sister Rose Hill.
Thanksgiving notes and local business updates from Bath
Local items report turkey raffles and brisk sales with birds at 25 cents per pound. Bath Trust Company announces Dec 1 opening. Mussenden and aides transition from First National Bank. Hyde Light Guards host sixth annual Food Fair at Alameda Exhibit Building. Winnepeg bass season cited. Several residents travel to Charleston and New Orleans for events. a Knights of Columbus dance draws a crowd. Weather dull with rain and snow. many stores close at noon.
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Hyde Light Guards
Alameda Exposition
Merrymeeting Bay Bvidee
Bath
Sailors race to New York as three schooners depart
Nov 30 1902 Bath items note the schooners Mabel Hall H N Berry and Leora Thurlow sailing from New York with captains eager to finish first The Bath real estate transfers include Martha E Harmon to George Temple and Edmund M Warren to Thomas Tarbox The Lygonia captain Tibbetts visits town to load lumber in Bowdoinham A L Dennison of Bowdoin College chosen principal of the ninth grade with Potter resigning to become cashier at First National Bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Hall
H. N. Berry
Leora Thurlow
New York
Bath
Martha E. Harmon
George Temple
Court Street
Edmund M. Warren
Thomas Tarbox
Cottage Park
Horatio Duncan
Charles A. Davenport
Washington Street
Catherine M. Loach
Tibbetts
Bowdoinham
A. L. Dennison
Bowdoin College
Pripcipal
Charles H. Potter
Bashier
First National Bank
Miss Adams
Grinnell
Dennison
City Receives Gun Carriage Ruling and Clergy Pulpit Exchange
Mayor Hyde reports Senator Frye reply regarding gun carriage for two War Department guns. A Bureau of Ordnance chief suggests mounting the guns on granite blocks. Rev. Merrill and Rev. Yale exchanged pulpits Sunday as the Kennebec steamer is prepared for winter at the wharf and Captain McLoud returns home from Boston with coal cargo aboard the Alice M. Colburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
Senator Frye
War Department
Bureau of Ordnance
Captain McLoud
Alice M. Colburn
Boston
Bath Trust Co opens in Conley Cros by block
Bath city history marks a grand start as Bath Trust Co opened at nine with deposits poured in by Treasurer William D Mussenden and assistants William B Mussen den and William S Shorey. Local items note hunting trips by Charles Robinson and Vernal Chase, Bath High School football season ending with a strong record, home improvements on High Street, a speedy Summer residence project at Small Point, several ship launches, a dancing class, and Colonial Club meetings with officer appointments.
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City of
Bath
Bath Trust Co
Conley & Crosby
William D. Mussenden
William B. Mussenden
William S. Shorey
Maine Deer Season Ranks Among Best In Years
Maine reports a highly successful hunting season with abundant deer and fewer fatal accidents. Hunters used ammunition sparingly due to shortages, reflecting careful shooting and safer outings. Some out of state vehicles carried deer on return trips from the hunting area.
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Maine
Edward Hudon
Lewiston
Maine State Liquor Commission
Schubert Club Meets at Miss Ben ef Rev McInnes Home
Members of the Schubert club of Kennebunk gathered at Miss Mary Ben ef Rev. William McInnes of Kennebunkport. McInnes, a phonograph record collector with about 1700 to 1800 discs, selected highlights for the group and contrasted early 1900s records with modern ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schubert Club
Kennebunk
Mary Benef
William McInnes
Kennebunkport
McInnes
Bath memories of old time markets and winter life
The column recalls Bath’s past meat and hay markets, wood and coal trades, and horse drawn life. It notes wartime fuel limits, tin drives, and the Red Cross sending messages, with reflections on clothing, shoes, milk delivery, and everyday goods from earlier days.
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Bath
New England
Water Street
Elm Street
Old City Hall
Grant Store
Oakhurst
Sagadahoc Agricultural and Hor Society Meeting Notice
The Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society holds its annual meeting in the Brunswick Municipal Court Room on December 7 1942 at 9 30 a m for electing officers and any other lawful business. Secretary Samuel Woodward Brunswick Me November 23 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Agricultural and Hor_ Society
Brunswick
Samuel Woodward
Marine writes from Guadalcanal about prayers keeping him safe
Pte Lionel G Morin of the United States Marine Corps sends a letter to his brother Eddie Morin in Augusta describing how he has escaped death repeatedly on Guadalcanal. He says nightly prayers help him endure and stay alive amid constant danger.
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Lionel G. Morin
United States Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Eddie Morin
Augusta
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc County 1942
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc County orders publication of notices for multiple estates. Names include Caroline Baker Quinby Rebecca Minott Earnest Smith Ada Catherine Minott Martha Hooper Sydney Meeker Victor Pollard Horace Murray Enna Knowiton and others with executors guardians and administrators listed. Proceedings cover petitions letters testamentary change of name and final accounts with hearings set for December.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Caroline Baker Quinby
Shrewsbury
Massachusetts
Maine
Caroline Baker Anderson
Charles V. Minott
Phippsburg
Rebecca B. Minott
Earnest Smith
Earnest Walls
Grace M. Trask
Martha E. Hooper
Emma FP. Hoopiy
Ada Catherine Minott
Guardian
Sydney J. Meeker
Wilrm S. Shorer
Harry L. Day
Charlotte I. Meeker
Dee Tees
Victor C. Pollard
Florence
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Herbert King
Herbert
Charles A. Harriman
High Street
Hiram Cornish
Pleasant Farm
J. W. Coombs
Ethel Hitchcock
Green Street
Miss Hitchcock
George H. Ragan
Leonard Pye
Winnegance
Winnegance Creek
Alexander Robinson
Roland Bertram
Rollin Stevens
Fred Footer
John D. Footer, Jr
Irving Trufant
Mr. Lemont
West Bath Woods
Roland Stevens
William Martin
Charlestown
F. J. Parks
University Press
Harvard Square
Emma C
Pottle
Pond’s Point
Sagadahoc Bay
M. G. Shaw
Fred Witham
Murphy
WwWndlass Co
Washington Gilbert
Upper High Street
Harry Hill
Miss Rose Hill
Mussenden
Trust Co. J
Consley and Crosby
Bath Trust Company
Winneanee Creek
Walter Morse
George Stetson
Samuel Stetson
Auburn
Jancis Murphy
Leasant
A. R. Ratt
Sidney B. Knights
Saac Doughty
Mouldinglass Co
Mrs. Murphy
Ratt
Mr. Murphy
M. M. Lemont
James Farrell
A. E. Purington
B. Marble
Charleston
Nevada
Grace C. Baker
Dummers Street
Harriet J. Mitchell
Baker
James Perkins
New Orleans
Kappa Sigma Society
Knights of Columbus Hall
Eagle’s
Charles Fitzgerald
John Doyle
Francis O'Donnell
Landlord McCormick
Pittston
McCormick
Gardiner
Seguin
Phippsburg Center
Wilbur McCarthy
George Buchanan
McCarthy
Jane Moulton
New Jersey
Colonial Club
Frank Perkins
William Temple
A. W. Chesterton
Cumberland
Fall River
William P. Merrill
Beacon Street Church
D. L. Yale
Central Congregational Church
Kennebec
Charles Robinson
Vernal Chase
Georgetown
Hayden
Smith
Capt. Skinner
Hartwell
Small Point
Alice Sewall
Percy & Smalls
Kelley, Spear Co
Fred Campbell
Bernard Wood
Armory Hall
William Furber
John E. Ryan
A. P. Denham
Thomas Black
Henri Crosby
Front Street
Vine Street
Elm
Front Streets
George Farrin
City Park
City Street
Red Cross
Philippines
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
Lewiston Board of Public Works
Spain
Charles Davenport
Augustus Palmer
Bill'’ Wakefield
John O. Fiske
Winter Street
Fiske
James W. Wakefield
Bill
Sagadahoe County
Wakefield
Bill” Wakefield
Hiram A. Huse
Gus
Santa Claus
J. P. Welch
R. H. Byram
Frank Brown
Sam” Melcher
Milady
First Baptist Church
Washington Streets
Moxley
Ino
Sagadahock House
G. White
E. Warden
Edwin Putnam
H. W. Owen, Jr
H. W. Swanton
A. F. Colby
G. E. Newman
Congress
U. S. Treasury
U. S. Mint
John Q. Citizen
John L. Jack
Frank A. Hoon
Woolwich
Arriette Ann Gearing Hodgdon
Harry
W Mromston
Ellie G. Coombs
West Bath
Mary B Page
Frank A. Page
John C. Tourtillotte
Annie B. Tourtillotte
Arthur J. Dunton
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