Local Notes From Rockland And Vicinity
Snow still covers woods as hunters observe winter. Lincoln Lodge holds third degree. Eugene delivers groceries to Harringtons. Lizzie Snow tows a snowdrift down Back River. Haraden of Eastern Steamship Co. visits Boothbay Harbor. Band rehearses at new HQ. Ice brings first skating parties on Mill Pond. City of Rockland wintering at port. Klark-Urban Stock Co. to perform in New Bath. Nat Meader and Nettie Shipman to Bath. Seguin moves Shipman to Boothbay. Fortuna barge brought down river for winter, sans spars. Four trainmen and a passenger injured in Bangor & Aroostook crash near Patten. Wild cat sighted on Morse's River island. Hallowell House to change hands December 1. 1851 Bath ice and river conditions noted. Woolwich reports 21 deer shot. one buck named Greased Lightning swims to Day's Island. Bathpole baseball shines in Lewiston debut 5–4. Dredging bids for Portland Harbor opened. Eastern Dredging Co. lowest at 11.88 cents/yd. Colonial Club basketball team to face Rexfords of Portland next Friday at YMC A. Blaisdell’s cow-shooting bull roams Parker Head. Belgian battlefield death of Henry Micolen reported. Jeydon guards eight tramp cats on Commercial Street. cat on fence amused observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge
1.C.C.F
Eugene
Silas Owen
City of
Rockland
Klark-Urban Stock Co
Lewiston
New Bath Opera House
Nat Meader
Nettie Shipman
Bath
Seguin
Boothbay
Fortuna
Bangor & Aroostook
Crystal Station
Patten
Stevens
Morse’s River
Fred Humphreys
I. T. Stevens
Hallowell House
Merchant
Remick
Riverside Hotel
Waterville
Kenneth
Bath Mirror
Galen Ward
Woolwich
Bathpole
Portland Harbor
Portland
Maj
F. A. Pope
Corps of Engineers
Eastern Dredging Co
Boston
Mass
Colonial
Rexfords
Kimball
Maine
Albert Blaisdell
Parker Tread
Parker Head
Belgium
Henry F. Micolen
Micolen
Brown University
Thomas Jeydon
Commercial St
Bath News Roundup and Local Notices
A Bath meeting news brief notes the K Y C gathering next Monday evening and a Bath lawyer's interest in writing a local history. Snow, ice, and warm weather mix, with skating on the Kennebec above the dam and game along Merrymeeting Bay reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Y C
Bath
Kennebec
Augusta
Winter Bay notes and river activity reported
Full moon Wednesday night with ice on the Bay and coves. Barge 767 of the Lehigh line arrived at Bath Monday with coal for Sewall. The Winter St Sewing Club met with Mrs. Low. Hundreds of whistlers and a flock of 50 sheldrake observed. Missionary Society met at Mrs. Sewall’s home. Tides unusually low and forecast extremely high tides at month end. About 40 men visited Georgetown quarries after Thanksgiving. A Brunswick hunter and dog found coons. the hunter killed them. Maine Federation mid winter meeting date set for Jan 1 in Augusta. prison fire at Bath covered. inmate moved after incident. Lake-built steamer Lansing, owned by Morse, arrived in Boston for delivery to Boston Shipbrokerage Co and will operate in pulpwood trade with drydock in New London planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Line
Bath
Sewall
Winter St
Georgetown
Pierre
Brunswick
Peterson Place
Brunswick Road
New Meadows
No Fear of Meat Says Agriculture Experts
Department of Agriculture specialists stress cooked meat is safe during foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks. Milk from diseased cows may transmit disease but pasteurization neutralizes the risk. Humans usually gain infection only through direct contact with animals. strict hygiene and cooking meat render risks minimal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
U. S
New Church Movements in Maine Chronicle
A Portland Sunday Press piece traces the Maine New Church from Bath in 1805 with Dr. William Jenks to Gardiner and Portland growth. It notes 1851 organization, 1837 dedication at Congress Street, and later relocation to Stevens Avenue with Rev. Herbert C. Small as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland Sunday Press
Bath
William Jenks
Boston
Gardiner
John L. Megreuire
New Gloucester
Portland
Timothy Little
Albus Rea
Oliver Gerrish
Little
Portland Society of the New Jerusalem
Chestnut St
Thomas Worcester
Congress St
Locust
Joseph Pettee
Henry A. Worcester
Deering
Stevens Avenue
Herbert C. Small
Bath boy savior earns hero notices in Winnipeg theatre tale
E J Sullivan Orpheum manager gains hero status after leaping onto a runaway sleigh to stop a drag and steer the team clear of a street car on Broadway near Main. He returns the team to a patrolman, while a driver later thanks him. A separate report notes L I Lowell attracting crowds as he transports a 650 pound pig and two calves with oxen to Brighton in a box car from Woolwich. the elderly pig raiser and wife are in their eighties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Sullivan
The
Orpheum
Sullivan
Fort Garry
Broadway
Brighton
Woolwich
Ile
Wiscasset
Bradford Clark
Many Thanksgiving visits and arrivals noted in Bath
Local society notes recount Thanksgiving guests and returns across Bath and nearby towns. Mentions include Elizabeth A. Allen in Bowdoinham, Capt Felix Stinson in Arrowsic, and Capt A E Robinson of Portland in Bath for a weekend visit. Several families travel between Lewiston Augusta Wiscasset and Portland.
Obituary Daniel A. McDonald of Phippsburg Center
Daniel A. McDonald of Phippsburg Center died after a long illness at 49. A native of Prince Edward Island he moved to Danforth Maine then to Phippsburg fifteen years ago. He ran W. A. McDonald & Co. General Store for eleven years and was a respected businessman and citizen. He leaves a widow and four children William Alvin of Bath D Wallace Arthur N and Margaret B of Phippsburg Center plus several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. McDonald
Phippsburg Center
Frince Edward Island
Phippsburg
Danforth
W. A. McDonald & Co
William Alvin
Bath
D. Wallace
Arthur N
Margaret B
Henry O. Austin Dies After Six Weeks Illness
Henry O. Austin aged 80 years and 4 months died Saturday at Cox's Head home of his daughter Mrs. J Frank Skoffield after a six week illness. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Skoffield and Mrs. Ida McVicker of Boston. Funeral held in Somerville and burial in Kingston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Austin
J. Frank Skoffield
Cox's Head
Skofield
Ida McVicker
Boston
Somerville
Kingston
Mass
Mrs. Ida M Walton Dies Suddenly in Farmingdale
Mrs Ida M Walton widow of William Walton of South Gardiner died suddenly Friday night at her grandmother Mrs Charles Stewart’s home on Main Avenue Farmingdale. She is survived by her father Charles Mayhew of Bath. Funeral was held at 2 PM Monday from the South Gardiner Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. Allen
Bowdoinham
Seth Stewart
A. A. Percy
Middle St
F. W. Gould
Woolwich
Augusta
A. M. G. Soule
Felix Stinson
K.Y.C
Arrowsic
Mert O'Connell
Lewiston
Frank Stedman
Boston
J. H. Mayhew
South Gardiner
William J. Walton
Carl Liberty
Walter Murtaugh
Bertha Jones
Wiscasset
A. E. Robinson
Portland
Holman Day
Davy Jones II
Bath
Ida M. Walton
William Walton
Charles Stewart
Main Avenue
Farmingdale
Charles Mayhew
South Gardiner Congregational Church
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, promises to affect blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for cures it cannot achieve, and lists Bath vendors for related products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Bath
D. T. Dougherty
A. Hallet & Co
Leonard & Pye
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merrymeeting Bay
Frank Wormwood
Kelley-Spear Yard
HH. D. Bacon
Marine Construction Co
Percy & Small's
Henry William Small
Clothiers
Eurekas
Clothjiers
John B. T. Weatherbee
Eastern Promenade
Arthur S. Robbins
Arthur Ss. Robbins
12Th Cavalry
Mercedes
Tex
Vine Street
Grace Oliver
Reece
United States Army
Congress
United States
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Place Augusta
Maine Federation
Falmouth
House of Correction
F. S. Curtis
Centre Street
Bath, Maine
Addie Sullivan
Winnepeg
Winnepeg Free Press
A. J. Blaisdell
Judkins
Westport
Hazel Redlon
Samuel B. Furbish
F. M. Wood
North St
Fred
Quincy
Peleg Sprague
Hartland
Herman Lt. Stover
Robert
Thomas J. Lundrigan
Willow St
William Mann
Frances
Reuben
James Pratt
Mann
Helen Robinson
George Gow
Florence Robinson
Charles I. Pratt
Wollaston
John L. Pratt
Fred Billings
George Whitehead
Alfred Parks
Lansing
Providence
James F. Dunton
Ella L. Davenport
Henry W. Howard
William F. Plummer
New York
Daisy Farlin
San Domingo
William Couch
Riggsville
Ned Williams
Southport
H. H. Robbins
Cumberland County Light & Power Co
Llewellyn Oliver
Popham
Byron W. Gray
Melrose
Oak Grove Cemetery
Oliver
Mrs. Gray
Fletcher
Castortita
Astoria
Chichester
Henry
Austin
Mrs
Ida M! Walton
Sagadahoe
Supreme Judicial Court
Sarah J. Harney
Sagadahoc
Gilbert Ll. Warney
Sarah I. Small
Gilbert TL. Harney
New York City
B. 83
Tyler
Pennsylvania
Libellee
Gilbert I. Harney
Sarah KE. Harney
Sugadahoc
Medward W. Bridgham
Gilbert Hirney
Baid Independent
Leslie C. Cornish
Fried WT. Thompson
R. I
Hannah Howard
Winthrop
Chase Brothers Company
Rochester Nurseries
Rochester
Salih
J. I. Quint
Topsham
Cyrus W. Longley
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