Bath News and Events from February 16 1904
James B. Drake travels to Portland for the Eastern Steamship Co annual meeting. The schooner Marguerite built in Bath in 1889 sells to Bowen Coal Co Fall River. Day's Ferry hosts a Kennebec river visitors party with six-team ferry passage. Foresters hall hosts a social dancing party led by Mrs E J Murphy and others. Grace church choir hosts a leap year party with 20 couples and Columbia orchestra. A M Franks installs a pool table in his cigar shop. Bath Business College Co formed in Bath with 10000 capital. Augusts Perow listed as president and treasurer. Berry House Front Street sale to Charles A Hooker. owners plan move to Portland after guests depart. Hooker buys Lowell property next to Berry house, adding four dwellings. State Socialist convention scheduled in Socialist hall Front Street on the 24th to nominate Governor candidate. H H Mayers named local delegate and William Daw as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry House
Front Street
Vince Street
Charles A. Hooker
Berry
Portland
Keystone Dramatic Co
Hooker
Lowell
Socialist Hall
H. H. Mayers
William Daw
Library to be built at Morse High School
The Phi Rho society will own a new library at Morse High School to be installed at once, with books from the old library moved after completion. Bath’s U R E P join Arcadia lodge for a carnival week event featuring M Henry Walsh’s American Crystaplex band and vaudeville acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Phi Rho Society
Morse High School
Bath Company
Arcadia Lodge
Alameda
M. Henry Walsh
American Crystaplex
Phi Rhd society to host dance at Music Hall next Monday
The Phi Rhd society plans a dance in Music Hall next Monday evening and anticipates a large crowd. Patronesses include Mrs. John Shaw Mrs. Wallace E Shaw Miss Jennie Harvie and Miss M H Benner. The Beattie barge at Kelley Spear Co yard for the Baltimore Boston Barge Co is ready for launching and will go overboard once the ice breaks opposite the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Rhd Society
Music Hall
John Shaw
Wallace E. Shaw
Jennie Harvie
M. H. Benner
Beattie
Kelley, Spear Co
Baltimore & Boston Barge Co
Local business sale and coastal wreck reports in February 1904
Fred C. Scribner of the Fashion sells stock to Coffin Bros of Portland and will stay on as part of the re opened store next week. The Bath ship Henry B Hyde is ashore near Dam Neck Virginia with rails under water. Wreckers unload stores as the Phippsburgh schooner Henry Weller arrives at Vineyard Haven frozen by ice. Performers Emmons and others return from Showhegan minstrel show. whistling solos praised. Local socials include a dancing party in Armory hall and bowling matches at Pepper's alleys. the Colonial club pool final set between Fuller and Hatch with second class players to play next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Scribner
The
Coffin Bros
Portland
Scribner
Henry B. Hyde
Dam Neck Station
Virginia Coast
Colonial Club
FE. M. Fuller, Jr
William P. Hatch
Harry Mosher
A. G. Oliver
Walter McDonald
Fred Humphreys
William Temple
Charles Owen
Bath Residents Attend Nordica Concert in Portland
Mrs Henry R White Miss Mary P Hill and Miss Mary A Wiggin were among Bath people at the Nordica concert in Portland last evening. Hyd Co official Harrington visited Beverly Mass on windlasses for the steamer Winifred built by Bath Iron Works and owned by J M Guffey Old Co now. Upper harbor ice near Kelley Spear yard measures ten inches thick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. White
Mary P. Hill
Mary A. Wiggin
Bath
Portland
Charles H. Harrington
Hyde Windlass Co
Beverly
Mass
Winifred
Bath Iron Works
J. M. Guffey Old Co
Texas
Kelley, Spear Yard
Bath News in Brief 1904 February Impressions
Numerous Bath items from February 1904 include class growth in the high school commercial department with 36 pupils, a Front street clerk handling a diphtheria dispatch, ships icy off Nantucket Shoals, and a Bath horse incident near Cedar and Washington streets. Other notes cover police, church services, new telephone line changes, a sailor fined, and upcoming events at Colonial club and Washington birthday preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Vacation Visitors and local weekend trips noted around Bath
A string of short visits and vacations across Bath and nearby towns includes Mrs. Paul Thompson and Five Islands trip with her daughter, Mrs. Rowe shopping in Bath, Mary Louise Pinkham from Yarmouth Academy vacationing with parents, and several military personnel on leave visiting families. Additional weekends feature Charles Gray and Virginia Pinkham families, plus locals from Georgetown and Richmond enjoying time with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thompson
O. F. Rowe
Bath
Mary Louise Pinkham
Yarmouth Academy
Victor Pinkham
Albert Moore
Bath Iron Works
Lester Davis
Vincent
Arthur
Kittery
Eliot
William McGrath
USN
McGrath
Carl Weiting
Weiting
P. B. Savage
Narvie Stevens
Ernest Strout
Livermore Falls
Pvt
Stanley Lewis
Camp Edwards
Mass
Charlotte Gray
Vincent Strout
Georgetown
Alton Reed
Woolwich
Richmond
Maurice
Dorothy Thompson
WISCASSET Briefs Continue From Page Four
A note states an am and infant daughter were in Massachusetts visiting relatives last week, continuing coverage from Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Unclear contest winners and social notes from Chadbourn area
Seven men named on printed ballots were easy winners. Mrs James Ashenden of Wakefield Mass returned home after visiting daughter Mrs Leonard Wetherbee of Western avenue. Miss Flossie M Beals of Pine street was a holiday guest of Miss Florence Carlton at Sagada hoe Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Thompson
George E. Thompson
High Street
Arthur Hutchins
James Ashenden
Wakefield
Mass
Leonard Wetherbee
Western Avenue
Flossie M. Beals
Pine Street
Florence Carlton
Sagadahoe Ferry
Lee's Island history and owners traced from 1776
The article recounts the Cushing deed of Lee's Island opposite Phippsburg with a preserved tomb and a 50 by 30 or 34 foot lot. Henry Wyman owned from 1865 to 1910, built a house, a peg factory, raised sheep and cattle, and used farm and fishing rights. It notes transfers to Annie Doughty of Noank, Conn., and later ownership by Mrs Annis Dowels with few structures remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Cushing
Kennebec River
Phippsburg
Lee's Island
Mr. Tucker
Henry L. Wyman
William Lee, Jr
Dromore
Wyman
Boston
Tie
Cranberry Point Landing
Viola Hodgdon-Bonney
Hubert) Doughty
Noank
Conn
Doughtys
Stoneybrook
Lee
William Leedh
Dromore Bay
Lees Island
Lindenstreet Leaves Bath for New York City Residence
Lindenstreet who has spent several weeks in Bath departed this week for New York City to join Mr Murphy and establish a residence there. Mrs Murphy was welcomed into Bath's social circles including the Rotary Anns, where she has been a member in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindenstreet
Bath
New York City
Central League Members Guests at Winter Street
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Congregational hosted the Central League at the church. Washington birthday decorations framed a lively program featuring a kitchen orchestra, vocal solos, a ventriloquist act, whistling numbers, and a supper with chicken patties and coffee. Committees and tea dates were announced for spring events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Congregational Church
League of Central Congregational Church
Washington
Elizabeth Young
Alice Johnson
Harry Horne
Clifford B. Wild
John Sylvester
Frederick Cullen
Joseph O. Purdue
Henry O. McCabe
Carl Y Kennedy
Betty Anderson
Charlie McCarthy
Henry O McCebe
Ohio
Bernice Sturtevant
Mrs. Kennedy
My Land
Joan Sylvester
Kennedy
Harry L. Horne
George Washington
Ernest Freeman
Walsh
Herbert Anderson
Daniel Matter
Charles Sr
Ralph O. Burden
Joseph Melrose
Raymond Powers
John Atwood
Red Cross pushes relief for American war prisoners
The American Red Cross reports ongoing efforts to secure compliance with the 1929 Prisoners of War Convention and to establish a regular supply route to prisoners and internees in the Far East. A 1943 proposal offered to ship relief via a Japanese handover plan, but Japan did not respond, later hinting at Soviet-supplied deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
State Department
United States
Red Cross
Far
American Red Cross
Bath
International Committee of the Red Cross
Red Cross Societies
Far East
Mid- Pacific
Real Estate Transfers Recorded by Deeds Office
Transfers recorded by Hiram T. Stevens Saga dahoc Register list multiple property moves. Ann Kimball to Mary L. Giv en et al land on Andrews road. John J. Mulcahy Jr to Charles P. Comeauc et al land and buildings on Charles street. Arthur G. Spear to Kenneth E. Caine et al land on Valley road. Howard P. Holmes to Clarice B. Colby et al land and buildings on Wast Siheion street. Charles Talb t to F. Earl Burgess land on HK street. Vernon W. Miller et al to Esther M. Ketchum land in North Linwood. Miller et al to Esther M. Kitchum land in North Alice D. Lancaster to Susan C. Rogers land and buildings on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram T. Stevens
Sagadahoc Register of Deeds
Bath
Ann Kimball
Mary L. Given
Andrews Road
John J. Mulcahy Jr
Charles P. Comeauc
Charles Street
Arthur G. Spear
Kenneth E. Caine
Valley Road
Howard P. Holmes
Clarice B. Colby
Wast Siheion Street
Charles Talb
F. Earl Burgess
HK Street
Vernon W. Miller
Esther M. Ketchum
North Bath
Linwood V. Miller
Esther M. Kitchum
Alice D. Lancaster
Susan C. Rogers
High Street
Probate Notices from Bath Court March Hearings
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc directs notices for estates including James D Clark, Charles M Smith, Richard E Hunnewell, Fred H Rittall Jr, Weston Oliver, Minnie Brieney, Addie Steward, Harris M Meditime, and Arthur J. Dunton. Hearings set for March tenth at ten oclock. administrators or executors named or to be chosen by petitioners. Publication required in Bath Independent for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Kathleen J. Rittall
Wieston
Oliver
Wittie Sintante
Sard
Haris
Probate records list executors and administrators for Bath estates
The document names multiple beneficiaries in Susadahoc County, listing Hard MacE man, Chita VY, and Tadah H Cottie among Bath residents. It notes appointments as administrators or guardians with dates around February 1944 and mentions bond requirements and qualifying processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. John T. Jack
Susadahoc
Bath
Ibeeh
Chita
Tate
Bath woman named administratrix after death of Marie Colby
The probate court records indicate Amtie Mae Shepard was appointed administratrix of the estate of Marie H Colby, late of Bath, on February 8, 1944, after bonds were presented and the appointment was certified by Judge Arthur J Dainton. The order and affidavits are on file with the District Probate Court, with Joan L. Jack Clerk attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtate
Arthur J Dmainton
Arthur Jo Dunton
Arthur J. Dunton
Land transfers list including multiple street parcels and buyers
A sequence of property conveyances shows numerous transfers of land and buildings to various buyers. Names include Galloupe Stevens Skaling Rowe Gackenbach Frates Arsenault Gillis Stewart Deschaine Douglass Sullivan Crowell Morse Wyman Harlow Berry Higgins Hunnewell Sylvester and others. Parcels located on High Shepard North Washington Maple Phippsburg Richmond West Bath Woolwich and Georgetown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Galloupe Jr
Omar C. Stevens
High Street
Annie Skaling
Fremont Rowe
Shepard Street
Merritt C. Gackenbach
Alice G. Frates
North Street
Hubert J. Arsenault
Archie D. Gillis
Maple Street
Marple S. Stewart
Marjorie M. Stewart
Washington Street
Emerson B. Glidden
Glenda E. Deschaine
Bowdeinham
W. Douglass
William J. Sullivan Jr
Phippsburg
Leonice B. Morse
Horace G. Morse
Raymond M. Wyman
Wilbur H. Wyman
Richmond
Edmund Harlow
William G. Berry
West Bath
John W. Higgins
Bowen Torrey
Woolwich
Charles D. Hunnewell
Glendon S. Sylvester
Personal notes from Center street guests and hospital update
Mrs. Joseph St Pierre and cousin Mrs. Joseph Bennett returned from Westbrook where they visited Mr. and Mrs. John Arsenault over the weekend. Mrs. Ethel Blodgett is a Memorial Hospital patient recovering from recent surgery and unavailable for several days. Marilyn Cummings, Lesley School junior in Cambridge, has been named to the Dean's list for the first term and is pursuing a three year teacher training in elementary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph St. Pierre
Joseph Bennett
Center Street
Westbrook
John Arsenault
Ethel Blodgett
Mechanic Street
Memorial Hospital
Cay
Marilyn Cummings
Raymond D. Cummings
Lesley School
Cambridge
Mass
Miss Cummings
Probate Court orders in Sagadahoc County Maine
Court in Bath announces probate actions on multiple estates including Mildred C. Palmer Aline B Cahill Edwin C Dunning Emma E B Walker Jane M Blaisdell Ethel B Kershner Mildred Frances Morse Joanna M Hodgkins executors named, notices published for hearings on March first at ten o clock in the forenoon, guardianship and final accounts filed for several estates in Kennebec and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Horace M. Coombs
Aline B. Cahill
Wilber G. Cahill
Edwin C. Dunning
John P. Carey
Emma EB. Walker
Allan Spear
Alexander A. Burden
Annie M. Fossett
Harlan M. Fossett
Georgetown
Also Mentioned on This Page
James B. Drake
Eastern Steamship Co
Marguerite
New England Co
W. B. Church
Bowen Coal Co
Fall River
Kennebec
Day's Ferry
Foresters’ Hall
E. J. Murphy
Patrick Mullaney
Mary Mullaney
Nana Yolan
Mamie Kane
Gaudreau
Ladies of Grace Church
Columbia Orchestra
A. M. Franks
Augusta
Bath Business College Co
Augustus Perow
Lundrigan
Rudolph Roy J
Seguin
Fred A. Davenport
Rockport
Baltimore
Higgins
Miss Barbour
Mr. Higgins
Maine Central
Donzella
Wweason
George H. Dole
New Jerusalem Church
Eugene O. Smith
Rogers
W. W. Robinson
Noble
Margaret J. Melcher
Helen Delano
Gertrude Chapman
Frank Purington
Addie Robbins
A. M. Robinson
Lydia Folsom
Miss Roby
Miss Willard
FH. Hewitt
J. P. Roberts
G. F. Rouillard
O. W. Folsom
Maccabees
Thomas Slavin
William Chapman
Wallace Shaw
Maine
John Small
Atkins
Brunswick
Merchants’ Association
Hockomock
H. F. Stetson
James FP. Ledyard
Frank H. Percy
C. H. Mason
Charles W. Clifford
England
E. W. Hyde
Scott R. Frye
Independent
Enterprise
Percy Block
Smith
Frye & Shea
Henry Weller, Watts
Vineyard Haven
E. L. Emmons
Showhegan
Knights of Pythias
Kennebec Journal
Walter Murtaugh
Mae Snow
Retta
Willa Smith
Armory Hall
Ramblers
Buzzards
Pepper's Alleys
D. Perkins
Merritt Gachenbach
Farnham
Front
State Board of Health
Gardiner G. Deering
Charles Davenport
Agnes Manning
Nantucket Shoals
Woods Hole
Fred Willis
North Bay
Merrymeeting Bay
Daniel Higgins
Kelley, Spear Company
Cedar
Washington Streets
Augustus Hodgkins
Winter Harbor
Edward McNulty
Popham Beach
Thompson’s Corner
Pleasantville
Judge Fogg
Gulf Stream
Foreman Morrison
New England Telephone Co
Jack
Ferry and
Commercial Streets
Bath Beef Co
Ferry Streets
Central Church
George C. DeMott
Columbia Theatre
Dents of
Popham
Arthur S. Hyde
Emanuel Church
Providence
Floes
S. P. Blackburn
Knickerbocker
Arrowsie Bridge
North End
Sasanoa
Wiscasset
Chadbourn Union
Lee’s Island
Out of State
Richard Foster Gowen
Urban Gower
Arrowsic
Fort Devens
Bath Troh
Hardings
Morse Hwivh
Central League
Winter Street
U.S
Japan
Joun
Joan LL. Jack Rester
T. John L. Jack
Moulton Inti
Bpurker
Georgia M. Gotte
Mary C. Perry
Walter A. Rive
Ann. Rives
Ctlista C. Balfourot Yinkers
New York
Bn Rist
John
Jack Reet
Videlity
Mavrye Ant Thaltimere
oTotstl and
Botso-bo
Voit Ailance
Abinthe
Sur
Ida May Crowell
Virginia
A. Sawyer
Mildred Frances Morse
Scott Morse
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Charlotte C. Owen
John L. Jack
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