Kennebec Yachtsmen Plan Active Season and Rail Way
The Kennebec Yacht Club met under Commodore Andrews to outline the coming season. Officers and committees were announced and a marine railway at the dock proposed for boat repairs. A social program includes the opera King Pepper and a winter tournament with the Calumet club featuring billiards, pool, bridge, cribbage, and whist with return dates set for Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
House
Ernest F. Kelley
George A. Ward
Weston L. Bonney
James D. Tabor
Alpheus B. Hervey
Frank M. Powers
Anchorage
Larrabee
King Pepper
Henry W. Owen Jr
Calumet Club
Lewiston
Colonial Club
Somerville Beats Sullivan In Alameda Wrestling Match
Somerville of Bath defeated Jack Sullivan of Lawrence in a three fall mixed style bout at Alameda. The sequence included a 22.5 minute fall in catch-as-catch-can, a 33 minute Greco-R Roman fall for Sullivan, and a 13 minute finish by Somerville with scissors hold and hammerlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sullivan
Lawrence
Mass
Bob Somerville
Alameda
Sullivan
Somerville
Bath’s 1907 celebration plans recall city’s early governance
An August observance marks Bath’s birth centennial and 60th city government anniversary with calls for a mass meeting. The piece notes Bath’s 1750s meeting house, early officials like Mayor David C. Magoun, and a predicted grand celebration featuring naval ships and a street fair, tied to a pivotal political year.
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Bath
Roosevelt
Taft
Naval Academy
David C. Magoun
William Torrey
William Rice
Davis Hatch
William M. Rogers
John Hayden
William M. Reed
John Patten
Charles Davenport
Board of Common Council
Benjamin Randall
Ammi R. Mitchell
Moses Co. Grant
Isaac
Kennebec River
Boston
Miss Josephine Snow Guest of Friends in Rockland
Miss Josephine Snow visits as a guest of friends in Rockland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Snow
Rockland
Bathman in Seattle
In a letter to F Wilbur Browne Samuel Welch Jr who moved to Seattle describes the city and its commerce He notes arrival around November 6 weather since then mild with 40 degree average and a 28 degree cold snap on February 1 Vegetables sold by the pound beans eggs prices and plans for Alaska boats and lumber mills resuming in March point to a rebound in business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Wilbur Browne
Samuel Welch, Jr
Seattle
Wash
Welch
Pacific Coast
Mrs. Welch
Middle West
Alaska
Earn a free I C S course offere by Bath Maine newspaper
The Independent asks Bath Maine readers to report how many youths in the county would take a free International Correspondence Schools course of their choice. Send your preferred course to the Independent, Bath, Maine, today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Scranton
Bath
Maine
Bob Somerville Challenges Any Man at 129 Pounds
Local wrestling favorite Bob Somerville issues a world wide challenge to meet any man at 129 pounds or Tremblay the Canadian champion at 132 pounds. He offers 300 dollars backing and will accept any opponent who can raise the stake. Tremblay would receive 100 dollars if he accepts and loses. Matches will be catch as catch can best two of three falls with pins counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Somerville
Tremblay
Pulpit and Pew at People's Church Celebrate Baptism and Social
Sunday services drew large crowds despite cold. The evening male chorus performed and a baptism occurred. Officers and Chester attendees joined the service. The Boys' Brigade invited by the Junior Sons of Veterans to a social at their hall. The city parks saw heavy sand for sidewalks and interest in Bath celebrating a centennial jubilee with renewed Old Home Week enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
Chester
Boys’ Brigade of
Sons of Veterans
Customs Department
Bath
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People’s Column
J B Neily
Bok
Emma J Small
DAL
Leary
Hillcrest Pontry Farm
Geo D ‘Eston
Treas PO
Small Point Rocks
Joseph A Dunning
Mra Hemnessey's
Montana
N & W C Covel’s
Abbr
John M Clark
Wm. C. Chadbourne
Front St
Sagadahoc Co
Chas. C. Larrabee
Front Street
Rulton
Owith
Mohabe
Fowdeinham
F. P. Sprague
Front Street, Bath, Me
Room
William H. Small
Washington Street
McRrievers
Calvins Lane
Fcriland, Maine
Pei A
Charles A. Harriman
Kennebbec Yachtsmen
Jacob R. Andrews
Edward W. Larrabee
Arthur K. Purington
Fred B. Haggett
Charles R. Higgins
Ernest A. Work
Georgetown
Humphrey Purington
Samuel Brown
Jonathan Philbrook
John Lemont
James Springer
Twenty Cow
Custom House
Post Office Square
Bathman
You
Bob
Portland
David T. Percy& Sons
Davis
Lincoln National Bank
George P Davenport
Fred F Blaisdell
Cashier
Frederic H Low
Johnson Bros
Bath, Me
Donnell’s
Www
R. Donnell
Centre Street
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