Bath 1898 social habits and civic notes roundup
Fortnightly Bath items include a humorous note on local drinkers avoiding police, updates on ships like the Payne yacht, Kennebec service changes, a wild cat exhibit, a Bath Iron Works marriage, Christmas events, school closures, weather and ice conditions, and local deaths, marriages, and civic meetings along with numerous residents visiting relatives and returning home for holidays.
City Council Eyes Water Street Discontinuance Tonight
The City Council plans action tonight on discontinuing a portion of Water Street. Harold Goddard of Auburn died Sunday in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Washington
D.C
Water Street
Harold Goddard
Auburn
Bath
Old Bell Telephone Directory From 1883 Noted In Bath
George B Farnham of Woolwich preserves a rare 1883 National Bell Telephone Co directory for Maine. It shows 107 telephones in Bath 56 years ago, with numbers not listed except in Portland, and callers identified by name. The piece also mentions Farnham, later chief engineer, and his death in 1991.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Farnham
Woolwich
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
National Bell Telephone Co
Maine
Bath
Portland
Lewiston
Biddeford
Old Orchard
Saco
Pine Point
Scarboro
Goham
Augusta
Waterville
Gardiner
Lowell
Worcester
Fitchburg
Mass
I.H. Farnham
Mr. Farnham
Boston
B. D. Farnham
George Farnham
Library of the American Tel. & Tel. Co
New York
Tax Sale Notice in Bowdoin Sagadahoc 1939
Unpaid 1938 taxes on Bowdoin lands held by non residents trigger public sale on February 1 1939 at nine in the morning at the Town House. Listings show George D Bangs Clifton Ll and others with acreages values and boundary notes. Probate and bank notices follow in Bath with annual meetings and estate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Maine
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Bowdon
George D. Bangs
Robert McAfee
Bowdeinham Town
Arthur Nelson
Achash Purington
Clifton Ll
Ireie M. Babb
Odillon Bolduc
Olu Furgson
Huff Mills Road
Mary Briery
Huff's Mills
Alec Oid Furgson
Mary Br
Frank Metayer
Third Clear Road
Silas O. Clason
Lincoln Jock
Polly
Topsham Town Line
Merly John Curtis Addie J. Collins
Merly Williams
Williams
Joseph Billodeau
Francois Boucher
Campbell
Caesar's Pond
Forby
W. Wallace Rideout
Thomas Jack
A R. Brierry
Property listings list various acres and values in a town
A long catalog of land parcels with owners, acreage, and assessed values. Bounded by roads, streams, and neighboring properties, many parcels include both land and buildings and note heirs. Values range from small 25 to 1800 dollars, with multiple named owners such as Rideout, Small, Metayer, and Woodrow among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Tarbox
Boston
Jessie Long
St. Angus, de Dundee
P. I
Tarbox
F. & Meacham
Jessie Freeman
W. B. Deering
Austin Corey
H. T. Smail
Joseph Kurieko
Coskery Howard B. Johnson
Southard Cross Road
J. F. Billodeau
W. W. Rideout
Lizzie
Small Cross Road
W. L. Small
Evron Lewis
H. Allen
J. E Wege
Small
Grove
Stephen Litchfield
Lucy M. Baker
A. J. Small
Angeline Cornish Sr
Jacob Booker
J. W. Verreault
Albert
Leo Maheau
J. O. Brown
Adelard Aube
Prank Metayer
Danna G. MacGregor
A. D. Strout
C Boulduc
Bowdoinham
H. J. Whitney
C. E. Meserve Roseline Mester
Jjesenah Small
Everett Small
Hattie I Staples
Hattie
Janles
M. H. Mersha
Lendall Bickford
Frank Metayer
Paul Christien
Gile
Hampson
Delia B
Alice -Arriber
Eby
William E. Snow
H. M. Jones
Florence Miller
R. D. Higgins
Bowdernham
Wm. McIver
Pete We . Erland T. Rideout
Anderson Field
M. F. Anderson
E. I. Rideout
Roland E. Reads
Harry Prout
D. Gustin
Nels Olson
Seweill Meadow
Warren H. West
Ernest Leclerc
L. T. Skelton
Lester Small
W. C. Batchelder
Sam Waise
R. E. Lane
Archie C. Sermins
Burrough Road
E. L. Tarr
Rachel Parker
Alva
Bolduc
W. C. Lane
J. Gareta Mitchell
Cecile R. Spence
Alfred Wenzell
Arthur W. Maxwell
W. W. Rideout and
Johnson
A.G. Baker
Wooudlot
Alfred Wenzel
A. G. Baker
Mary A. Rideout
Jeasje L. Tarr
Bickford Bros
Carrie E. Douglass
J. Billodeau
Angeline Cornish
Sam Watse
W. C. Bachelor
Florence Quintal
C. H. Allen
P. E. Lane
Port Pratt
CH. Allen
Wood School
Cross Road
G.T. Wheeler
John C. Woodrow
Alice Webber
P. FE. Williams
NotableDrug Swindler Pierre Coster Chronology
A timeline charts Frank Donald Coster born 1884 list of crimes and charges from 1909 to 1929. It notes grand larceny convictions, suspensions, perjury charges connected to a Washington Market murder case, and eventual dismissal of indictment. Also provides career details from Heidelberg education to leading positions at Girard & Co McKesson Robbins and professional affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. 18Th St
Brooklyn
United States
Elmira Reformatory
Delehanty
Barnet Baff
Washington Market
Joab Banton
Washington, D.C
Frank Donald
Marie (Girard) Coster
University of Heidelberg
Carol Jenkins Schiefflin
Jamaica
L. I
New York City
Girard & Co.,, Inc
McKesson & Robbins
Bridgeport City Trust Co
Railroad Books Added to Shelves at Patten Free Library
Rail enthusiasts find three new titles at Patten Free Library led by Daniel Willard Rides the Line by Edward Hungerford. Other works include High Tron by Lucius Beebe and The Big Four by Owen Lewis detailing railroading history and key figures while noting recent local shooting scores in a separate sports column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Daniel Willard
Edward Hungerford
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Vermont
Hungerford
Minneapolis, St. Paul
New York
Beebe
United States
Flying Yankee
Kennebec Limited
Boston & Maine-Maine Central
Central Pacific
Sacramento
Promonotory
Utah
Union Pacific
Owen Lewis
Leland Stanford
Collis P. Huntingon
North End Riflemen defeat Richmond in postponed match
The North End Community Club rifle team beat the Richmond Sportsmen by 107 points at the community club range last Wednesday. The Bath team had already secured the first half championship in the Alden Mayton Post Legion league, and the victory reinforced North End’s position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Community Club
Richmond Sportsmen
Bath
Alden Mayton Post Legion
Probate Notices List Executors in Sagadahoc Estates
John L. Jack, Register of Probate, lists appointees for Bath West Bath Brunswick and Salem estates with dates including November and December 1938. Executorships and guardianship appointments are shown with bond status and filing dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Ashton E. Wardwell
Bath
Winnifred B. Wardwell
John Spey E Lat Cemberarles Byle
Probate notices from Bath district delimit December actions
Estates hereinafter named present requests for administration and final accounts in Bath Maine. The notice calls for published hearings on January 3 1939 at ten in the forenoon and lists executors guardians and administrators including Downing Ross Redson Rittall Freeman Sewall Norton Stinson Ripley Cavanaugh Plaisted Lambert and others with probate actions and bond waivers. A true copy of the original order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maria G. Harris
Phippsburg
Harry R. Harris
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath Independent
Fred H. Rittall, Jr
Eugene W. Freeman
Georgetown
Joseph G. Stevens
Sarah K. Campbell
Alice W. Sewall
Bath National Bank
Herbert W. Norton
Charles T. Small, Jr
Edward W. Bridgham
George M. Stinson
Woolwich
Marcia M. Stinson
Charles E. Ripley
Riviey
Georgia Pape Ripley
John Allen Cavanaugh
Herberts. Cavanaugh
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Charles E Plaisted
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Jack
William Higgins
Bangor
James Murphy
George Grant
Grant
Brunswick
Lucy Patten
Mrs
Charles W. Larrabee
Charles Palmer
Bowdeinham
Charles Beals
Walter Kingsbury
Kimball Brothers
State Museum
W. B. Shaw
Greenville
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
A. H. Shaw
Matt Johns
Angle
Bath Iron Works
England
Merrymeeting Park
Wiscasset
Charles Roberts
Morse
J. H. True
Horace Kennerson
James W. Kelley
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Mary A. Beals
Land of the Living
Beals
South End
Alameda
Iron Works
Farmer R. Walker
Gloucester
Seguin
Kennebec
Houghton’s
Lincoln
Joseph C. Wyman
Martha E Bears
Elm Street
W. A. Atchley
Robbins Street
Spindle City
Adelia
Perry
Cox's Head
Fred C. Thistle
Reading
George W. Thistle
Co. A
6Th
Massachusetts Volunteers
Porto Rico
Leo
Miller and Blaisdell
Harrington
John Paulina
Frank Purington
Pamplress
Axdl
Washington Street
Harry Ponce Tims
Charles Cahill
New Meadows Inn
Nat Place
Maine Heavy Artillery
Savannah
Emma Stinson
Bliss Business College
Winter Harbor
Percy
Maine Central
Hercules
Bath and Woolwich
Union
Boothbay
Bath Y.M C.A
Bowdoin College Y.M.C.A
George H. Potter
Kelvin Clark
Gahan's
Armory Hall
Russelle
Prof
Shannon House
E. J. Pask
W. W. Mason
Ira Mason
E. J. Murphy
William J. Curran
U. S
Camp Wetherill
S. C
Bath Soldier Boys
John Gregson, Jr
Bowdoin College
Buzbitz
Supreme Judicial Court
Court House
Health Relief Corps of Gardiner
C. W. Welch
Phoenix
Maine Hotel Men's Association
Gen. T. W. Hyde
Monley Fuller
George Hagan
Five Islands
Theo
Len Fisher
J. C. Ledyard
Daniel C. Gould
Academy Street
Jefferson
Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Arthur Hyde
Mendelssohn Club
Enoch Reid
James T. Fales
Morse and Co
Swant Island
Richmond
James D. Hodgkins
Zina Smith
Milan Street
Walter Smith
William York
Damariscotta Mills
York
Pond Road
Newcastle
Alice Varney
Bradford Academy
Armory
Fogg
Mill Pond
Lucinda Bailey
Middle Street
Samuel J. Welch, Jr
Degeee
J. C. Wyman
Oxford County
Buckfield
Bennett
Aroostook
Stanley
Gerald
Mason
Roland
Paul
Paul Bennett
Jule
B. P. Cheney
Julia Marlowe
Boothbay Harbor
Muscongus Bay
Damariscotta River
Newcastle- Damariscotta Bridge
John I. Jack
First National Bank OF Bath
William S Shorey
Bath. Me
Front Street
City of Bath
F.D. Hill
Cashier
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
L. E. Thebeau
Philip M. Musica
Frank Donald Coster
Patten
North Enders
H. K. Smith
Herby Waldron
McPhee
Hoytween Ketenes
Wing
Hatfield
Sidelin
H. Waldron
EB. Oliver O
H. Dennison
P. Pert
Alexander Recerees
Hanson
Pee
Bishop
A. Goss
Christensen Ss
Ce Marr
Reardon
Hooker
E Petit
Wallace
North End Riflemen