Kelley Spear Co launches 184th vessel Larimer in Bath
The Kelley Spear Co launched the three masted barge Larimer for Penn Gas Coal Co of Philadelphia. Larimer, 244.5 by 41.3 by 19.8 feet, weighs 1584 gross tons with 2909 ton carrying capacity and features a Hyde Windlass, steam gypsy, and 80 foot Oregon pine masts. Captain John Olsen from Boston takes command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larimer
Kelley, Spear Co
Penn Gas Coal Co
Philadelphia
Dory
John Olsen
Boston
Charles F. Pritchard
Charles Musser
John Peterson
New England Steamship Co
New York
New York Harbor
Bath
Harry B. Sawyer
Local Notes Highlight Flooding Fox Hunts and Docks
Bay shore resident Young Freeman shoots a fox on Saturday. The Lake steamer Lansing aids tug services as the Wallula sister vessel. Fox hunting yields 15 foxes this fall with skins worth 5 to 7.50 each, though higher New York quotes exist. Bath Iron Works and local sports feature a 13 14 to 12 16 victory for Bath over Moose, with high scores by M. Oliver and Daley. Community events include a Maccabees meeting, whist tournament prizes, and a Banquet of Master Dyers and Cleaners with discussion on the Gasoline Question and dyestuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Freeman
Bay Shore
Lansing
Wallula
Larimer
Kelley Spear Yard
Commercial St
Boothbay
Sewall
William A. Jack
Asa Hodgkins
Washington St
E. E. Morse
Vernon Chase
Sturtevant Brothers
Frank Sewall
D. C
Washington, D. C
Oak Grove Cemetery
New York
Read Nichols Wharf
Hattie B
Ruth M
William O’brien
Dreamland Theatre
Bath
Bath Iron Works Towlers
M. Oliver
Daley
L. B. Swett
Front St
Lewiston Tailoring Co
Bath Aerie
F.O.E
Grover
John J. Finnigan
Frank Danforth
Everett Hopkins
Perkins
The
Maccabees
W. A. McDonald
William H. J. Halling
John A. Fiske
L. E. Wilson
Ralph E. Wright
William F. Nutter
Lincoln Hall
Charles W. Walsh
Lewiston
Hotel Cortland
Knights of Columbus
Red Men
Knights
Capt. Thompson
Powell
Williams
Local Notes From Kimball Wharf To Bath Sportsmen
Local tidbits report Kimball wharf submerged at high tide and War Relief gains a $5 gift and a bale of cotton for bandages. Morse High students send flowers to a city hospital patient. Tug Seguin towed a vessel on Wednesday morning as steamer Walulla moved to winter quarters. Ducks at Back River elude Bath shooters. Fire crew extinguished a chimney fire on Water Street after 9 50 PM with Ned and Tom and Combination Four called to the Mikelsky junk store.
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Kimball
Morse High
City Hospital
Back River
Bath
Wallula
Sewall
Whitmore
War Relief Organization
W. D. Pennell
Hill Mill
Lewiston
Barge and naval activity headline from Kennebec area
Barge Monitor unloads coal at Howard's while Barge John H. Winstead sails for Gardiner with 1500 tons. A fire escape is installed on the Parshley skyscraper north side. The river will close on December 21 per navigation authority. Hubert Feero remains favorable after surgery. The Ladies' Aid met at Central Church with Mrs. Albion S. Smith. Cleansers and Dyers of Maine will hold annual meeting in Bangor January 13. Mrs. Bradbury Todd's remains arrive from Salem to Georgetown Bath.
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Howard’s
Leon Feere
Arrowsic Woods
John H. Winstead
Kennebec
Gardiner
Parshley
Commercial St
Swett
Hubert Feero
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
Albion S. Smith
Washington-St
C. W. Walsh
Cleansers and Dyers of
Maine
Bangor
Bradbury Todd
Salem
Mass
Bath
Georgetown
Virginia
Grange Ice Cream Social Funds New Piano
Five Islands The Grange held a successful ice cream social at Rowe's Hall on Friday evening. L. H. Rowe and C. A. McMahon auctioned leftover cake and candy, raising about twelve dollars after costs. The money funds a new Boston piano to replace the rented Smith instrument. The golden oak piano arrives and will be used at Tuesday meetings with a ten year guarantee. Mrs. Proctor Hagan of Bath visited town this week closing Tuesday.
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The
Grange
Rowe’s Hall
L. H. Rowe
C. A. McMahan
Melville Smith
Augusta
Boston
Smith
Charles Norris
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Carl E. Cressey
Emblane
Wollaston
George S. Smith
Atlantic
Iammer
U. S
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
G. G. Deering Co
Percy & Small
F. S. Bowker & Son
Phippsburg
Morse High School
Percy Miller
J. P. King
Athletic Council
Thomas Lyden
Jerry Sullivan
Morton Young
Alvin Coss
Frank Talbot
Albert Attaya
Thatcher Pinkham
Paul Fitzgerald
Howard Deering
Ralph Warren
Danforth MacDonald
Rutherford White
Maurice Pickard
Leighton Jackston
Percy Low
Sale
Jackson
D. T. Percy’s
Chamber of Commerce
Garters
Uae
Cape Street
T. Jackson
Sath, Maine
Madelyn Berry
Dell Lewis
Ida H. Rowe
Geneva Rowe
Julia Davis
James H. Bodge
Iammar School
Portland
Henry Rowe
Baby
Old Town
Joseph Blaisdell
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