Bath News Briefs Highlight Local Events And Plans
Bath reports a diphtheria tag for a house, a Bingville concert at the Universalist vestry, and the Suffolk Club’s annual reunion. Bath soldiers eye Mexico service, and a Bath driving club track event is planned. Merchants prep spring goods as caucus nears for Mayor Small’s renomination. The steamer Virginia faces ice but stays on schedule. Washington’s Birthday holiday effects students. Charles Major dies at Shelbyville Indiana. Lily Pond matinee trotting draws crowds. track praised. Cash Market and Hatch shoe sales boast big results. State hearing for Bath and Woolwich ferry appropriation set in Augusta. Bath Elks inspected. Bath band reorganizes for summer. Prison inspector appointment for Bowdoinham’s Randall noted. Commodore Ledyard backs hall use for ladies. Parcels post duties begin. Erskine’s delivery runs twice daily. Lewiston trip by Henderson and Washburn in an Elmore car. Large hake price hits seven dollars per hundred in Portland. Brunswick buys a 60 hp automobile firefighting wagon with $2500 cost.
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Cash Market Company
Hatch Shoe
Bath and Woolwich Ferry
Augusta
Bath Lodge of Elks
D. G. George McCarty
Lewiston
Columbia Orchestra
Roland Smith
Phippsburg
Bath City Hospital
Alameda
Independent
Bath
North End
Progressives
Sagadahoc Hearing Pushes Sagadahoc Bay Bridge Funding
At a Ways and Bridges hearing Sagadahoc County urged $40,000 state aid to rebuild Merrymeeting Bay Bridge the project costing $80,000 with towns and county contributing $40,000. Proponents cited reduced travel to Bath Bowdoinham and Richmond and relief from unreliable ferries and poor roads.
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Sagadahoc County
Committee On Ways and Bridges
Merrymeeting Bay
Sanford Ll. Foge
Hallowell
Bath
Savadahoc
Fog
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Maine
Edward W. Bridgham
Lewis M. Fulton
Bowdeinham
Fulton
Sagadahoc
Aroostook
Augustus A. Percy
Franks. Adams
Adams
Topsham
Board of County Commissioners
George Fr. Jackson
George Thompson
Cumberland County
J. P. Carr
Oliver Platform Promises Rigorous Law Enforcement
Wilbur Oliver, former mayoral candidate and longtime Republican chair, states in a yesterday letter he will not seek the nomination this year but would enforce all laws if nominated and elected. He notes Bath is widely considered “wide open,” pledges to drive law breakers from the city and offers a $1000 bond to guarantee platform execution. He asks fellow Republicans to stand by his strict enforcement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur
Oliver
Republican City Committee
Bath
Concert and Ball at Alameda by Bath Company
A February 26 event at the Alameda features a concert by Hobbs band Lewiston, a drill by Damon company Lewiston, and dancing under Bath Company U R P E. This will be among the last entertainments before the Alameda is torn down in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Bath Company
Hobb
Lewiston
Damon Company
UL R. E. PL
Funeral for Geneva Hodgkins in Portland and Popham Beach
Miss Geneva Hodgkins daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Hodgkins of Portland was laid to rest at Oak Grove Cemetery after a service at Popham Beach attended by Rev Chester Oliver and a large family gathering. Bearers included George and Lyman Oliver Nathaniel Perkins and Edward McNulty. A steamer Virginia brought the casket Monday. A large amount of ice is being cut and will be stacked at the Sewall mill pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
A. H. Hodgkins
Portland
Popham Beach
Chester Oliver
George and
Lyman Oliver
Nathaniel Perkins
Edward McNulty
Virginia
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sewall Mill Pond
Edgecomb Quarterly Meeting at Corliss Street Church
Freewill Baptist quarterly gathering opened at Corliss Street church with Rev. C. C. Crockett delivering the opening sermon. Today features Rev. J. B. Coy speaking, and Mrs. J. B. Coy preaching this evening. Mrs Coy pastors a Harrison church and delegates from nearby towns attend the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgecomb
Freewill Baptist Churches
Corliss Street
C. C. Crockett
J. B. Coy
A. C. Becker
Coy
Harrison
Merchants Association Meeting Postponed to Next Week
The Bath Merchants Association postpones its regular meeting from next Monday night. Members will instead attend a Grace Church Men's Club event that evening, then gather one week later for a supper at the Colonial Cafe hosted by new Association president Scott R. Frye after the business session.
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Bath Merchants’ Association
Grace Church Men's Club
Scott R. Frye
Colonial Cafe
Will of Long Branch Resident William G Hall Listed
Copies of the will of the late William G Hall of Long Branch New Jersey received here. Bequests include 500 dollars to Corliss Street Baptist Church in memory of his mother Joanna Hall and 500 dollars to Elm Street Baptist Church in memory of his father Isaac Hall. A Hall fund of 1000 dollars is noted among others. Hall was born here and died two years ago after serving as Civil War recruiting officer and later appointed a lieutenant.
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Willam G. Hall
Long Branch
N. J
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Mr. Hall
Joanna Hall
Elm Street Baptist Church
Isaac Hall
William G. Hall
Train strike injures Wiscasset section hand in Bath incident
Thomas Rankins of Wiscasset, riding a bicycle hand car, was struck when a Bath morning train hit his carriage. He suffered a scalp wound and contusions and was sent to Bath City Hospital for treatment. In Bath, a polo game between the Baths and All Maine is set for tonight at Alameda with Higgins of Providence expected to play.
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Thomas Rankins
Wiscasset
Bath
Ranking
Dr. Day of
Bath City Hospital
IM. Futer
BE. F. Futter, Jr
The
Alameda
Baths
All Maine
Higgins
Providence
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Universalist Vestry
Suffolk Club
Mexico
Bath Driving Club
Small
Washington
Charles Major
Shelbyville
Ind
the Golden Eagles
Charles B. Randall
Haines
Commodore Ledyard
Harvey K. Erskine
Charles Henderson
Harry Washburn
Wade & Dunton Establishment
Elmore
Brunswick
W.S. Rogers
James Millay
Ter
Chairman Conant
Millay
Work
Maxwell
Skelton
Frank S. Adams
Charles l. Farnham
Swett
Board of State Assessors
Bridgham
Cumberland
Will
Merchants’ Meeting
Valentines
Fat Man
Swetts Drug Stores
Gost
Thompson Bros
Dollar House
Conley’s Specialty Store
Walter O.parker CO
Walter O. Parker
Centre St
Huphemia
James C. Stewart
Thattle Ta
Tezekiah Pharrington
Leo W
George
Mary Geroward
Clyde
Charles Wi
Currie Pye
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
Eastern Steamship Co
Winter Harbor
Boothbay
Kennebec Ice Fields
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