Engineer Peck leads Mengel schooner power plant project
W T Peck of New York City, 43, oversees installation of twin screw engines, oil boilers, distilling plant, and electrical outfit on the Samuel C Mengel schooner built by Percy & Small. The vessel will carry lumber from Africa to American ports with 5000 miles oil range. Peck, veteran engineer with American and English licenses, also served on Vanderbilt yachts and other large ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Peck
New York City
C. C. Mengel & Bros
Samuel C. Mengel
Percy & Small
Africa
Mr. Peck
Atlantic
Vanderbilt
Chief Peck
Mengel
Blaisdell & Leeman
Talbot Boiler Co
Vulcan Iron Works
Jersey City
Riley
Peck
Bath
Jersey
Berkshire
New York
Bermuda
Richard T. Peck
Miserable From Stomach Trouble Relief Promised
Louis Labrie of Montreal reports two years of rheumatism and stomach trouble improved after using Fruit-a-tives. He describes relief after the first box and calls it the only medicine that helped him. Sold at dealers or by Fruit-a-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY at 50c per box, six for 2.50, trial 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuamptar Sr
Montreal
Louis Labrie
Fruitatives Limited
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Templar Observance Honors Local Knights Templar
Nearly 100 members of Dunlap Commandery No 5 K T gather at their asylum for the annual Christmas observance. Clarence A Peaslee presided with prayers and toasts to Maine grand officers and Edward W Wheeler in tribute to service and memory. The program included greetings from other commanderies and a silent toast for deceased members. A buffet lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery No. 5
K. T
Knights Templar
Clarence A. Peaslee
D. L. Wilson
Peaslee
Lewis S. Smith
Edward W. Wheeler
Dunlap
Grand Commandery
Maine
Wheeler
Palestine Commandery
Belfast
Wilson
Albert L. Strout
R. E
John W. Ballou
Bath
Ira P. Booker
Brunswick
Henry B. Dunning
Lexington
Mass
Emil Demuth
Lisbon Falls
Fred S. Page
Providence
R. I
William H. Hodgdon
Boothbay Harbor
Joseph E. Anderson
Bath Maine
Frederick H. Thompson
Walter S. Glidden
Knight L. M. LeMont
Christmas Dinner With Wright Family At Colbys
Mr and Mrs Fred Colby hosted sixteen relatives from the Wright family for a Christmas dinner and gift distribution beside a large Christmas tree. Frederick and Mrs Wright have annual Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings with their children and grandchildren at North Bath or the North End, sharing the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Colby
Upper
Washington St
Wright
Frederick R. Wright
Colby
Harry N. Wright
Sophia
Percy Wright
Dorothy
Evelyn
Harold and
Earl Colby
Frederick Wright
North Bath
North End
Driver Ernest Eaton’s long winter journey to Freeport
Ernest Eaton started for Portland in an automobile but heavy drifts forced him to abandon the car near Freeport after a five hour trip from Bath. He completed the return trip on Tuesday. Miss Ida Voorhees, after graduating from a New York hospital, is spending the holidays with her brother Isaac Voorhees at Bedford Street in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Eaton
Portland
Freeport
Bath
Ida Voorhees
New York
Isaac Voorhees
Bedford St
Jottings From the Bustling Texas Yard
Tex as Steamship Co yard workers receive noon pay to suit Christmas travel plans. Moody homestead demolition advances with fireside mantles destined for New York. New storehouse and office extension proceed. cranes and pilings underway for wharf and berths. Two Tampico service steamers due in April. Portland schooner Jane Palmer freight rate rises to 2 75 per ton for coal to Portland from Newport News. Funeral held for Amelia McGrath. Christmas service at Universalist Church praised. Bathman robbed of $38 at North Station. Local holiday visits noted in Middle Street area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
Moody
Spence
New York
New England
Buffalo
Smith
Carlton
Tampico
Portland
Jane Palmer
Palmer
Newport News
Christmas Party Gladdens St Marys Children in Columbia
St Marys church children enjoyed a Christmas party at Columbia Theatre Sunday afternoon. Alice Whalen recited Santa Claus Is Dead and again, with Wilson O'Brien and Mrs Grace Dowling, performed solos as gifts and candy bags were handed to each child. Santa Claus, played by M A Haraden with Royal Munroe and Charles Fitzgerald, distributed toys and games as Eugene Hartnett led the program. The event closed with Adeste Fideles as all ages shared in the festive mood.
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Columbia Theatre
St. Mary’s Church
Little Alice Whalen
Santa Claus
Alice
Miss Whalen
Wilson O’brien
Grace Dowling
M. A. Haraden
Santa
Royal Munroe
Charles Fitzgerald
Eugene Hartnett
Morse High Opens Season With Win Over Edward Little
Morse High defeated Edward Little 31 to 26 in a fast clean season opener at the Y M C A. Coss led Morse with seven floor goals while Perkins, Holbrook, McMann, Lyden, Talbot, Tribou, Butler, and Speakman added baskets in the small crowd exhibition. Referee MacCormick and timer Weinblatt officiated. two 20 minute halves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Edward Little
Auburn
Y. M.C
Morse Edward Little Coss
Golder McMann
Rf Lg
Watson Holbrook
Rf Perkins
Butler Lyden
Speakman Talbot
Lg Rf
Obituary of Mrs Clara D Peters Peterson in Lewiston
The death of Mrs Clara D Peters Peterson wife of Charles H Peterson occurred at her Lewiston home Friday. She was 63 and had lived in Lewiston 45 years, moving there from Dresden her birthplace. Survived by husband three sons Harry H of Lewiston Ernest L of Gardiner and Arthur C of Portland three sisters Mrs Thomas Hinckley of Richmond Mrs John T Parris of Bath and Lydia M Sampson of Dorchester Mass and one brother Converse Morton who is in Massachusetts.
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Clara D. Peterson
Charles H. Peterson
Lewiston
Pne
Dresden
Bath
Lydia M. Sampson
Dorchester
Mass
Converse Morton
Massachusetts
Mrs Arthur Drouin Dies in Hyde Park at 27
Mrs Arthur Drouin formerly Nellie B Coombs of this city died at her Hyde Park Massachusetts home Thanksgiving night aged 27 years 11 months Burial was in Concord New Hampshire She is survived by her husband an infant daughter Pauline Marie her father and sister Miss Ruth West Bath a sister Miss Nora Coombs Winchendon Mass
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Arthur Drouin
Nellie B. Coombs
Hyde Park
Mass
Concord
N. H
Bath
Pauline Marie
Coombs
Ruth
West Bath
Nora Coombs
Winchendon
Big float launched for New York Shipbuilding Co. Bath Iron Works
The Bath Iron Works launched the large car float for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Saturday at 10 25. The 265 foot long steel hull with 40 foot beam carries 12 cars and features 18 watertight compartments and a wool roofed loading platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
New York
Pinkham
New York Shipbuilding Co
Ellis
Weather and shortages disrupt holiday poultry supply
A heavy storm limited poultry in Maine and Boston, denying many families turkey or goose for Christmas. Farmers sold the last birds at market and scarce shipments from the West to Boston were sent to New York, leaving Boston short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Boston
West
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. C. Mengel
Percy & Small Schooner
Bath City
Brown
Howard Cigar Store
Batfi
North St
Gilbert Perry
Noank
Harry Seymour
Mr. Perry
Morse Shipyard
Allen
Portsmouth
Monay
Hall
F J. Eney
Toledo
Ces of
F. J. Gana & Co
Dean’s
Texas Yard
Front St
Amelia McGrath
Neponset
Eugene Mce-Grath
Thomas N. Kewley
Beacon Street Church
Charles J. Cain
W. C. Oliver
H. T. Pattee
William Thistle
Oak Grove ‘Cemetery
Universalist Church
North
B. A. Fuller
Melrose
M. J. McDonald
Leominster
M. J. Durgan
Middle St
Socony
Standard Oilco
Columbia
Adeste Fideles
Hockomock
George H. W. Barton
Morse High Victor
New York Central
Sheepsecot
John Cowley
Congregational Church
Paul Revere
William H. Clark
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