Alumni Banquet Adds Niagara Falls Picture to Hall of Memory
February 5 1904 report notes the class of 77 marked the 25th anniversary of graduation by presenting B H S with a Niagara Falls picture at the alumni banquet, presented by Edmund N Wellington of Malden. Harriet Carr retires after ten years as a Times compositor. Colonial club meets with Fred C Scribner presiding and votes funds for ladies night on February 11 at the club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Edmund N. Wellington
Malden
Colonial Club
Fred C. Scribner
Miss Arnold Heads Local Voting Contest In Boston
February 4 1904 Miss Mira F Arnold clerk at D T Percy Sons store leads Bath in a Boston Herald free ten days trip vote contest with 288 credits. Women's Missionary Society of Corliss Street church elects officers J P Roberts president J L Perkins vice president W A Oliver secretary treasurer Merritt Lermond helper agent meets tomorrow at Mrs Fred B Scott's home. Lent begins February 17 with Ash Wednesday observed in churches. Alvah McLena and Clinton Sproul of Portland found unconscious in a gasoline dory off Seguin badly frostbitten after a night in the storm aboard the Monhegan. They had little food water. Social hop planned in Music hall next Monday by Misses Laura Duncan Helen Nichols. Dr George C Nichols dentist of Times block ill at home cancels engagements. Last year IT H Purinton state agent of the So-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira F. Arnold
D. T. Percy & Sons
Boston Herald
St. Louis
Bath
Women’s Missionary Society of
Corliss Street
J. P. Roberts
J. L. Perkins
W. A. Oliver
Merritt Lermond
Fred B. Scott
Washington Street
Alvah McLena
Clinton Sproul
Portland
Seguin
Monhegan
Pemaquid
Small Point
Fortnightly club Arts exhibition draws large crowd
The Arts and Crafts exhibition at Music hall run by the Fortnightly club attracted a large audience yesterday afternoon and evening. Mrs J O Lincoln Miss Coombs and Miss Heald directed the photograph display while Mrs M W Sewall and Miss Grace Coombs led the embroidery booth and Deerfield pieces. A Sunday school festival at People's church saw 100 children enjoy games and a banquet. Forty Colonial club members plan to attend the Aerial club minstrel show in Lewiston tomorrow night after Bath hosts them at the club rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
J. O. Lincoln
Sun Day School of People’s Church
Colonial Club
Lewiston
Aerial Club
New Empire Theatre
Bath
Columbia Theatre
New Meadows Inn
Arline Powers
Bessie Gibson
Louise Malley
Benjamin Mikels
John Shaw
Local Ice Crossing Through Kennebec Spurs Farm Trade
Feb 5 1801 report notes seventeen tons of hay near city hall selling at 11.50 a ton. North Woolwich farmers cross thick Kennebec ice from Narrows to Winslow Ledges using Bath shore routes to move hay and farm goods. Ice 20 feet thick. strong currents split ice above Narrows creating a solid mass expected to move with spring thaw.
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City Hall
North
Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Bath Shore
North Woolwich
Kennebec River
Winslow's Ledges
Bath
Maine papers urged to publish witness statement
Mr Hatch cites a named witness and asserts both men are truthful, expressing no hesitation in publishing the statement. Other Maine papers are asked to take notice and reprint the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins
Hatch
Maine
Robins Mistaken for Pine Birds Reported in Times
February 8 1904 Times notes robin stories remarking that birds taken for robins may be pine or another species. Male has a red spot near the beak. Birds arrive from farther north driven south due to food scarcity. One bird found dead on Hori A W Shaw’s piazza. Lumbermen wait for rain to ease snow in woods and feed mills. Freshet expected in spring. last real one was 1896.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Baty
A.W. Shaw
Miss Totman Demonstrates for Stamp Firm in Portland
Miss Alice Totman, now employed as a demonstrator for a stamp company in Portland, visited her city home one day this week. At the Sagadakoc county teachers convention in this city on February 19 at Morse High School, Miss Emily McFadden of Richmond will deliver an address on Geography Teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Leydon
Bathboy
East Boothbay Harbor
Alice Totman
Portland
Sagadakoc County
Morse High School
Emily McFadden
Richmond
Rent Director Keegan Hails War Time Rent Control
Judge John J. Keegan, Rent Director of the Bath Defense Area covering Sagadahoe and Lincoln counties, announces a full check up of all properties to identify unregistered rentals. He notes about 7000 rental units and praises cooperation from landlords and tenants, stressing enforcement against wilful violators and the aim to stabilize rents during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
Bath Defense Area
Sagadahoe
Lincoln
Keegan
Bette
Soverimninat
Ilo
Avi
Bath
OPA
Mr. Keegan
Sec
Emergency Court of Appeals
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Reegan
Bath News Briefs and Rumors From the Coast
A Bath community notes a proposed Get Fat Society to boost Miuna sales and mentions a rumored Eastern Steamship Co. 20 knot boat for the Augusta Bath run with Capt Ross Carlton in command. Local updates include Mr Day’s 33 years at Arrow drawbridge, John W. Gilmore joining A M Frank Co., and social events with Mrs L.F. ex of Eating Miss of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Steamship Co
Augusta- Bath Rowbard
Ross Carlton
Knickerbocker Towage Co
Mr. Day
Arrowsie Drawbridge
Bath
Mr Day
Bath Memorial hospital patient and local visits noted
Sunday callers visited Bath residents including Mr and Mrs Parker and Mrs Fork Wranian. Robert Arodt returned from a business trip to New York City Read Bank. L Forrest Wyman and daughter hosted Sunday dinner for Rosale Richards. Miss Vereimia Jewett attended a home economics meeting in Portland and stayed with friends in Saco and Hebron.
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Fork Wranian
Rosale Richards
Nat Percy
Vereimia Dewett
Morse High
Columbia Hotel
Portland
Jewett
Saco
Hebron
Greene Hyde wedding in Brunswick church Saturday afternoon
Miss Helen Hyde of Topsham became the bride of William J Greene at St Charles church Brunswick in a single ring ceremony performed by Rev J L Doherty. Attending were Miss Jeanette Hyde and John A Greene Jr. The couple's families and local friends gathered for a reception. Greene is stationed at Camp Peary Va and a Morse High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hyde
Topsham
William J. Greene
Seabees
St Charles Church
Brunswick
J. L. Doherty
Jeanette Hyde
John A. Greene, Jr
Bath
Rey Hyde
Prvewing
Bath Tron Works
Brunswick High School
Greene
John A. Greene
Leonard Court
Camn Peary
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Mm Topsham
Barbara Bale
Joanvise Pade
John A Greene
Helen Greene
Barbara Greene
Clnton Owen
James L. Hyde, Jr
S. 3-c
Car Collision Injures Several on Witch Spring Hill
Two drivers from Brunswick and Ash Point were hospitalized after a head on crash on ice coated Witch Spring hill Sunday at about 2:30 am. Howard L Williams 21 and Coast Guardsman Elmer Small 21 were treated at Memorial Hospital Monadnock. others received care and were discharged. State Trooper Powers and Sheriff Messenger investigated. Mrs Williams and others were named in brief society notes following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Witch Spring Hill
Howard L Williams
Brunswick
Coast
Williams
Monadias Aes Whrtisons
Qiverni
Reones
Stumdiny
Powers
Unclear OCR financial item with scattered figures
Fragmented text appears to describe unpaid liabilities, cash figures, and a series of monetary amounts including 20 to 4 2,010 and 7,257.75. Names and precise context are obscured by OCR errors, yielding a garbled financial record with no clear entities or dates.
Masquerade Dance Planned for Teens in USC Hall
Bath Youth Recreation Council announces a teen masquerade dance on opening night of the spring vacation, Tuesday Feb 22 from 8 to 1130 pm in USC hall. Admission 25 cents. prizes for best costumes. Vic music. Event limited to teens. committee to plan further details.
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Bath
Usc Hall
Morse High School
Huse School
Youth Recreation Council
Esther Jakesy
Maine Federation of Churches
FE. H. Robinson
USC
Robert Dolan
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc County 1944
Court of Probate Bath Maine prescribes notice for estates listed with executors Coombs Cahill Spear Burden and others. Publish three consecutive Bath Independent notices to inform heirs and interested parties of hearings and letters testamentary without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
C. Palmer
Horace M. Coombs
John P. Carey
Emma E. Walker
Allan Spear
Alexander
Ann Spear
Alexander A. Burden
Annie M. Fossett
Harlon Isett
Georgetown
Cwase
Randolph
Kennebec
Maine
Mary C. Fossett
J. Trott
Wool- Wests
Julia FE
Decker
Fretman A Trott
Phippst Me
Sarah P. Hilton
Ethel Bo Kershoer
Wateen E
Keeshner
Bsate Muileheai
Morse
Scott Meirse
Hetate Josand
Hodekins
Charlotte C Owen
Jack Rexzister
Kotte Boser
St Ely
Geonin
Bannie Weiler A Keyes
Phippbury
Annie P. Keyes
Cilista
Ballou
York- N York
John J. Rustop
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The
Bath Daily Times
George E. Thompson
Thompson Bros
John Webster
Charles W. Clifford
Boston
Providence
Mrs. Clifford
Massachusetts
James Jackson
Gardiner
Frtte
High Street
Young Sidney
George Phalen
Arthur Pushard
Winnegance
Marshall Street
Pushard
Longview
Tarbox
Hercules
Hockomock
Capt
Chaney
F. W. Carlton
Read Nichols
Commercial Street
Drummond Coal
Emma Small
Arden W. Coombs
Albert Desmond
Daniel T. Dougherty
Washington, D. C
EF. A. Farrer
Roderick
St. Mary’s Guild of
Grace Church
John L. Sullivan
Salem
Mr. Sullivan
Thomas Bowser
Shaw Street
Harriet Carr
Laura Duncan
Helen Nichols
George C. Nichols
IT. H. Purinton
Ciety of
Farr
Westinghouse
New Meadows Inn Company
Lake Auburn
R. D. Sbibber
Groton
Harry G. Deering
Deering Street
John C. Hindebrand
New York
George AL Tutth Co
Sherman
Moving Pictures
Lairies
Davis Hatch
Angus McLeod
Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine
MacLeod
George M. Skillings
Walsh
Crystalplex Carnival Co
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Alameda
Benden
N.G.S. M
Augasta
Bigelow
Naval Reserve
Co. C
Kimbell
Beacon Street
QO. E. Page
Edward Street
Frederick Hale
State Street
Arthur Losworth
Miss Seeall
Watertown
N. J
Miss Hyde
Elizabeth Cahill
Middle Street
Miss Cahill
Vicana
James J Landers
Tarbox Street
Mildred Nichols
Annie McGovern
Miss Crosby
A. Hallett & Co
John W. Gilmore
A.M. Frank 3
Ciaca
Mr. Gilmore
Elizabeth Pu L
Bon Falls
Se Peare Chiboon Tiursaay Evernine
F L. Ex
Miss of
Bes
Maud Perkins
Bates Cullese
Sarah
Donboy Point
Posham
Steeday
Ty Sea
Dollehto
Parker
Binky
George A Baker
Ho D Maxwell
Miss Grise Maxwell
Travner
Chrets
Bath Man
Witch Spring
Christopher Boyle
Orono
John Harris
Harris
San John. Jr
Little Davishter
Jean Hivabeth
Philadelphia
Pal
Mel Boxte
Norman Marriner
Philp
Bride Street
Marriners
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Grouss
Woolwich Mutual Fire Insuranche
Woolwich, Marne
Plortity and Deposet Company OF Maryland
Paltimore Maryland
U.S.O. Hall
Franklin W. Johnson
Colby College
Waterville
Committee For Economic Development
John L. Baxter
Arthur J Dunton
Arist
John L. Jack
Register
Arthur J. Dunton
Joan le Jack Register
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