Bath Early 1904 News Highlights From Christmas Week
The Bath area reports social events at the Sagadahoc block and Colonial club rooms with banquets and dancing. Santa Claus visits greet hundreds of children as Bath Iron Works staff and city residents deal with holidays and weather, while local business and ships and new construction projects unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houghton
New York
Mr. Houghton
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Thomas W. Marks
Creamer
North End
Frozen New Meadows river and holiday bustle in Bath
The December 26 1904 issue notes a frozen New Meadows river from Pole Point to Dingley Island. The midnight Boston Brunswick train arrived in two sections due to heavy travel. Local workers prepare ice storage, trotters race on Winnegance creek, and a parade of residents travel to visit family and holiday events.
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New Meadows
Pole Point
Dingley’s Islands
Boston
Brunswick
Portland
Winnegance Creek
Bath
Charles Jordan
Five Islands family enjoy wintry charm despite cold winds
Five Islands and two daughters spent Christmas with relatives in Hinckley. Henry Moore recently visited Mac Mahan Island with visitors Emory S. Bradford and Guy Forshue. Despite low temperatures and north winds, they expressed enthusiasm for the wintry island appeal.
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Hinckley
Henry Moore
Mac Mahan Island
Emory S. Bradford
Guy Forbush
Wild cherry danger linked to instant death in animals
The article warns wild cherry patsamung can cause rapid death or severe illness in animals with convulsions and blindness. some recoveries occur with veterinary help, while others die or gain blindness permanently. It also notes step up production from snacks at war plants and cautions snacks may not suit overweight people.
Probate notices from Bath county in Sadalahoc district
Probate records list executors administrators and dates for estates in Bath. The document shows orders for 1944 and 1945, with names Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate, John L. Tack Registrar, Joan F. Jack Probate Register, and mentions of Morrison and Cutter estates with appointment details and final accounting.
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Joan FT. Jack
County of
Saladahoc
Inort
Morrison
Phippoodry
Jehu PF Cree
Bath
M Cutter Tate
Janet Mord
Arthur Jounton
Joan L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Cerptty
Alonso Phayer
William B
Haggett
Eun F Ridley
Kite
Wallace
Heward Stanley Tobey
Bied
Tobey
Eilua “Y ‘Tobey
Bond
Woolweh
Biiza FO Tanner
Woolwich
Tistate Editl
Abbott
Abbott, Ture
Tia No Ramsey
M. Farrel
Edward L. Farrell
Alexandria
Virginia
Witout Bond
Arthur J. Dunton
Rotterdam's Complex Water System Behind City’s Ports
Rotterdam rests behind a network of rivers canals and ship canals. The Maas and Rhine supply waters and feed cross channels that mix names and flows. The New Maas and The New Waterway shape a busy harbor with 14 000 ocean steamers annually before the war. Quays extend for miles and basins inland connect to numerous canals used by many craft.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Maas
France
Belgium
Meuse
Rhine
North Sea
Felt Flandbags Rise in Handbag and Hat Making
Felt Flandbags gain prominence as a material for handbags and hats. Bright felts in envelope and poach styles join newer drawstring and tubular bans, with felt by the yard marketed in stylish departments for skilled sewers to craft their own bags.
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Fabtius
Controlling Worms in Chickens for Flock Health
Worms cause serious losses in flocks before owners notice. Infected growing chickens show stunted growth, weakened digestion, ruffled feathers, and dumpy appearance. Use clean range, separate old and young birds, avoid wet litter, and balanced diets with sunlight. If infestation is suspected, a four week tobacco dust treatment may be added to mash at 938 parts mash to 2 parts dust and repeated as needed.
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Broeder
Sharpen Food Chopper With Sand Soap And Scouring Brick
To restore dull black knives, run sand soap or scouring brick through the chopper as you would a potato. It brightens and sharpens the blades. Wash in boiling water afterward to remove grit and apply a light glycerine lubricant to the moving parts.
Cat Disease Described in Cats Variously Called Nasal Catarrh
The article notes a contagious respiratory disease in cats in the northeastern states lasting about a month. Symptoms include sneezing coughing and mucopurulent eye and nasal discharge. Autopsy reveals reddis hgray lung consolidation and Dr James A Baker of Cornell University identifies a filterable virus as the cause.
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James A. Baker
Cornel University
Ruhr Region Output Highlights Prewar Strength
The Ruhr area boasted Europe's top Rhine port at Duisburg with massive annual tonnage. Its coal mines yielded about three quarters of Germany's total output and held half of continental Europe’s reserves. Coke from five percent of deposits could smelt France’s Lorraine ore. In 1938 Ruhr nearly matched all Europe outside Britain and Russia in rolled steel.
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Ruhr
Rhine
Duisburg
Europe
Germany
France
Lorraine
England
Russia
Probate court orders estate petitions in Bath Sagadahoc
In a December 1944 court of probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders were issued for notice to interested parties about testaments and petitions for probate. Letters testamentary with bond may be issued to executors after hearing, with named applicants including Jeann e Symmons and Bernice Mo etc.
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Sagadahoc County
University of Maine
Elmer G. Rogers
Bundeinhem
George J. Horkins
Bath
Arthur L. Todd
Georgetown
Rupert E. Potter
Saidahor
Bootsje
Uth
Halse
Sbd
Acdhiniustry
Hagitimh M. Currin
Sagadahoc
AL Campo
Jehn Pireto AL Roberts Tate
Batty Wii
Reni H Pee
Rena H Roberts
Petsian
Jeanne
Porco M
Pratt
Vichoun Pond
Jeate Oak Symmons
Petit Ate de Marr
Bernie& Mlate
Bernice
Katherine Gtrnoux
Saathavcomar
IV Naipin
Portpad
State OF Maine
Warren Danforth
Sagadahoe
Josephine Danforth
Bellas
Waldo
Pood Falta
Cate
Tas
Iin
Warsen Danforth
Air Travel War Alters Traffic and Revenue Mix in 1943
The piece notes a sharp shift in air travel patterns during World War II with total 1943 revenues estimated at 125 million dollars. Passenger traffic accounted for about 72 percent, mail 21 percent, and express 7 percent. The text also includes legal notations from a Maine Superior Court proceeding from December 12, 1944, concerning libel and publication notices.
Lye Peeling Sparks Food Innovations and Market Changes
Widespread use of lye peeling for military and civilian foods spurs new medicines, plastics, and valuable oils from peels and seeds. The process enables large scale economical processing of canned and dehydrated foods, lowers prices, and accelerates product development for civilian markets.
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Armed Services
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D. T. Percy & Sons
Charles Iverson
Williamurphy
J. M. Footer
Stacy and
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Mark Chick
Colonial Club
Brook
G. A. Tuttle Co
Santa Claus
Santa
John Leydon
Bowdoin College
F. A. Hersey
Fort Kinley
Diamond Island
Henry Kott
Charles H Greenleaf
Wen E. Rogers
Orge D. Weston
Thomas L. Perkins
Elmer J.ich
Lewiston
City Hall
Grange
Lewiston Board Trade
John J. King
E. C. Plummer
James Gorman
Naval
Gilmore
Bridgeport
Conn
People’s Ice Co
Goddard's Pond
Coombs
Matone
Barbers
Jefferson Club
John O'Brien
May O'Brien
Serena Couture
Jefferson Atre
Frank P. Shepard
Maria Wiggin
Massachusetts
Alderman Crosby
Mary L. Newhall
Philadelphia
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Richmond
William T. Hall
Probate Court
William T. Hall, Jr
Florence
Italy
W. F. Plummer
Charles H. Wolston
Providence
G. F. Bouillard
Elm Street Baptist Church
John Parris
J. Gilmore
P. Savage
F. Merritt
J. McCarthy
George Baker
E. Lemont
L. Thompson
Red Men
Alameda
Beauebuie
Kennebec
W. C. Oliver
Vine and
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William Hill
Phippsburg
Ess
Lisp
Frank Kelzer
Rockland-Lewiston
Maine Central
E. O. Dow
Sanford L. Fogg
Bangor
Grand Council
Royal Arcanum of
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Mr. Fogg
John C. Minott
Mrs. Given
Miss Lottie Minott
F. W. Parris
C. A. Parris
Brockton
Charles P. Wetherbee
Engine Department
John McInnes
Hull
Pany
Highland Street
Houghton Bro
George M. Seiders
Roscoe Higgins
Bath Bottling Co
Gardiner
George B. Morse Cigar and Tobacco Company
Fred H. Thompson
Yale College
S. H. Harding
Portsmouth
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First District
U.S. Life Saving Service
Rockland
George H. Potter
New Gloucester
Straws Orchestra
L. Huse
Howard's
Commercial Street
Mr. Huse
George A. Baker
John W Gilmore
Bowdoin
Charles D. Weeks
Bath Beef Co
L. W. Jewett
Eleanor A Percy
South Portland
Westport
Charles Wolf
Androscoggin
George W. Colby
Eastern Steamship Co
Joseph Higgins
Waterville
Hervey Erskine
Hagzgett
Carstmas
Diamond Spring Ice Co
John Neagle
Stearns
William B. Newton
Quincy
Mark Conley
Mrs. Conley
Groveton, N. H
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L. D. Norseworthy
Golle
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L. C. Cooper
Natick, Mass
Allen M. [Risa
Government Hall
F. B. Lermond
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Walter Oliver
Dorches
Clara Williams
Toe Waltham Watch Factory
TNT
Luch. Oer
Mutzig
U. S. Army
Signal Corps
Nias
Jecai Kittie
Stein
Ibere
Eclece of Agriculture
University of Hinos
Iself
Chry
Step Up Production
Probste Rue
John L. Tack
Jointl
Tack Register
Manila
Olongapo
Subic Bay
San Marcos
Dinalupihan
Hermosa
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MT. Santa Rosa
Bataan Peninsula
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Luzon
Philippines
International
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Jack Register
Jack
First National Bank OF Bath
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Basso
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Daniel Williams
Edaward
Sugadahoc
Ss. Superior Court
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