Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Local Notice Roundup
Forties era items from Bath dated February 2 to 8 1887 note a dancing school opening at Union Hall a flower painting exhibition by Lois Dunning and a petition for William Taylor as county treasurer. Also planned are Bath Board of Trade elections Salvation Army meeting and local court and guild notices with civic and social events across Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Th. Taylor
Sanford High School
Mustfield
Hrand Sarkissian
Near East Relief
Polygon
Hrand
Akhorik
Van
Nova Gayazet
Tirand
Fort George lodge celebrates fourth anniversary with fraternal visit
About 70 Patten and Acadia lodge members departed on the 6.05 train for a Brunswick Knightly celebration at Fort George lodge. Speeches and Page and Esquire work preceded a banquet for 125, followed by Orient instruction. Bath brothers returned home at 1.30. Center street scene later sparked rumors of a bank robbery, later debunked as a chasing incident between teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia
Fort George Lodge
Brunswick
Brunswick Knights
Patten
Fort George
Fort George Lode
Bath Brothers
New England Telephone Reports Small Profit on 1926 Year
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co reports a 1926 surplus of about 335,400 with net earnings of 5.58 percent on a 225,776,000 book value of plant and equipment. President Matt TI Jones cites a rate cut by American Telephone and Telegraph as key to the margin and calls for a full trial of current rates. The firm added 21,386 phones and lost 174,787, net gain 44,149, with 27,086,761 spent on construction and 20,000,000 planned for 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Matt TI. Jones
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Jones
New England Co
Savings Bank
Judge Glidden Decides Probate Matters in Sagadahoc
Judge Walter S. Glidden ruled on probate matters at the Sagadahoc county court session. Executors appointed included George P. Davenport estate and others. petitions for probate and administration were filed and granted for several Bowdoin Bath Richmond and Bath estates with trustees and administratrices named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoe County
George P. Davenport
Vath
Arthur J. Dungan
J. Edward Drake
William S. Shorey
Lavina
Coombs
Bowdoin
Jacob F. Coombs
Susan H. Turner
Bowdorpham
Arthur H. Turner
Herbert S. Miller
Woolwich
Emma A. Miller
Danford McDonald
Bath
Marguerite J. Haley
Alphonso Faulkner
Richmond
Joseph V. Faulkner
Piemnor-falimar
Eliza A. Conden
Arthur J. Dunton
J. Edward Drike
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Sagadahoe
Bath Trust Company
Leonard H. Gibson
Walter
Glidden
Louise M. Pratt
John S. Marson
Walter 5S. Glidden
A. D
John C. Humphreys
Caroline A. Lumphreys
Sagadahioc
Clara A. Palmer
William R. Donnell
Hiarry H. Donnell
LeRoy C. Percy
Hazel E. Gatcomb
Carrie M. P. Mason
Fasting Women Bring Sorrow to Bakeries
A fragmented 1927 newspaper page notes dieters in Vienna reducing bread and pastry, prompting bakery closures and a quarter million women avoiding baked goods. It also lists probate court notices from Sagadahoc Maine, including guardianship, estate administration, and will matters with dates in January and March 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Vienna
Estate inventories and accounts filed in multiple probate matters
Executors and administrators named for several estates including Susan H. Turner Mary Place Edna B. Stetson and James Dean with inventories filed and allowed. Accounts filed or first and final settlements noted for Cora M. Smith Eva Knight Eva Knight James Perkins and others. Inheritance tax petitions and licenses to sell real estate mentioned with estates linked to Bath Richmond Newton Mass and Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Shorey
Susan H. Turner
Bowdeinham
Arthur H. Turner
Mary
Bath
John 8. Place
Edna Bi. Stetson
Richmond
Eva M. Knight
Lewis Totman
John J. Keegan
Cora M. Smith
Henry F. Smith
Fdna BR
Carrie M. P. Mason
Esite
Eugene A. Pinkham
James TR. Perkins
Mary EF. Campbell
Newton
Mass
Warren Tl, Gearse
Hyman Davis
Long Horn Cattle Saved For Study In Oklahoma Forest
The Forest Service plans to maintain a small herd of long horned cattle on Wiel National Forest in Oklahoma after a January 17 appropriation bill. Col WL Otley announced the effort aims to preserve the breed for future generations, with experts selecting the herd and grazing near the existing buffalo herd on the forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
United States Department of Azure
Wiel National Forest
Oklahoma
WL Otley
Coolidge
Southwest
Colonel Greeley
Wichita National Forest
Indian Territory
Texas
The Paragon Town Bum of Highwood
Albert, the famed town loafer of Highwood, has loitered on its sunny corners for nearly seventy years. A self styled philosopher of loafers, he embodies honesty and satire, remaining unmoved by time or change while the town both resents and honors his paradoxical code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Babb
Bath
Wyandotte, Mich
Hel
Centra| Street
Long Beach
Albert
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Vagriney
Highwood
New England
Ife
America
Albert Albert
Tighwood
Ivery
Many Are Interested in Monhegan Island History Purchase
Court notices from Sagadahoc detail probate actions in Bath and West Bath. Administrators seek sale of land to pay debts, while heirs seek letters testamentary and inheritance tax determinations. The Monhegan Island interest centers on a state purchase of 75 copies of Charles E. Long’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monhegan Island
Monhegan
Charles E. Long
Henry B. Dunnack
Maine
Rawley
St. George
Wno
Island
Transition of village into city signpost marker
A signpost on a smooth paved avenue marks the border where the village becomes a neighboring city, warning pedestrians and visitors they are leaving one area and entering another.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union Hall
Lois Dunning
Granite Block
D. T. Percy, & Sons
Bath Board of Trade
Common Council
the Universalist Church
Young People’s Literary Society
Salvation Army
Capt. Whitmore
Tosgrd
Thay Bridge
George KE. Trughes
Wakefield
Sagadahoe Real Estate Association
John 8. Elliot
Charles Davenport
Levi W. Houghton
Charles O Patten
Knights of Labor
Bath Light Infantry
atPhippsburg Center
Tlayes
Trask
Shepard
Bath Lodge
Good Templars
Ralph S. Baker
V.T
Alice J. Blaisdell Lee
Frank S. Wakefield
Treas
James I. Wright
F.S
Allan McDonald
M.T. White
Charles Stevens
Allen Murphy
O.G
John McKiever
Cleet
D. C. Shaw
W. A. Telegraph Office
Portland
A. F. Stevens
Shaw
Popham Lodge of Good Templars
Albert Bugley
Middle Street
Nan Small
Bowdoinham
Waltham
Arthur ‘Pribou
Bangor
The
Bath Iron Works
Sebenon
Eugene Searles
Mellen Plummer
Capt
EF. H. Willis
New Church Society
Thomas W. Nyde
High Street
Bath Hotel
Willis
Lath Light Infantry
Fred D. Till
Eastman Business College
Taylor
Phoenix Club
Alameda
Dunlap
Lofton Opera Company
Lotus Glee Club
Bath Gas Light Company
Galen C. Moses
Charles H. McLellan
R. B. Weeks
Charles KE. Patten
John S. Elliot
Popham Lodge No
James F. Wright
John Mcchiever
John McQuarrie
CC. T
Frank Dow
V. T
Emma F. Dow
Nedd
Isaace Doughty
Jere Smith
Nellie FE. Smith
Leonard Percy
Dow
Mary A. Bull
J. G.—Florence Hammond, O. G
Thomas Stevens
Bristol Mills
Polar Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
Small Point
John J. Rogers
Stoughton
Harry M. Rogers
Dedham
S. O. Rogers
Frank Wright
James Wright
South Street
Hiram Cornish
Bay Bridge
George FE. Hughes
Mr. Cornish
Young Men's Business Club
City Hall
A. J. Fuller
FE. Emmons
J. G. Washburn
Center Street
S. F. Williams
Jed
Old Ladies’ Home
Lord's Store
Telephone Company
Dr. Douglas
University of Chicago
Washington's
Charles D. Brown
Harriett E. M. Strout
William F. Dunham
Register
Susan J. Bailey
Attes William F. Dunham
Theodore Roosevelt
Tedskins
Dlinchy
Nesarchy
Abei
Tie
Sery
War Department
Sal
Harry J. Rich
West Bath
Lawrence Newall
Bull Rock Pridge
Sewall
State OF
Attew i. i
F. Dunham
Egister
Adolphine FE. Roux
Achille J. Rous
Adolphine EK. Roux
ADOL
Phine E. Roux
Sncadahoe
Sagadatoe
Alice G. Colby
Albert C. Colby
Tate
Gorderer
William F. Duntam
John S. Hace
Mary FE. Place
John S. Place
New York City
Fryeburg
New England Sportsmen
New York
Thibet
Atte William F. Dunham
James B. Perkins
Alice B. Fulton
James Dean
William F. Dunstam
Kittery
Batenan Teperhaben
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