Social Happenings of the Week in Bath Shipping City
Social items from Bath cover Army ties, engagements, and travels. Notes include Lt. McLellan promotion, Della Frances Merrill engaged to Ezra Reed Randall, and Fred Ripley attending Harry Lauder in Portland. Local sailors, families, a wedding in Winthrop, and community events fill the week.
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George W. Merrill
Della Frances
Ezra Reed Randall
J. N. Randall
Lewiston
Marion A. Dixon
Dorchester
Mass
Ada McCormick
Martha and
Margaret Foote
Harry Lauder
Portland
Eugens Merriweather
Capitol Island
Winles
Maine man returns to Orono. Crosby moves to Bail ey street
Alonzo Harriman of the University of Maine class of 1920 returns to Orono. Crosby relocates into a Tarbox cottage on Bail ey street.
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Alonzo Harriman
University of Maine
Orona
Crosby
Bailey Street
Influenza delays events and loans shade Bath social scenes
The notice lists many Bath residents and visitors tied to influenza impacts. It notes the cantata for Central Sunday School postponed, ticket refunds underway, and a Christmas celebration shifted with limited public access. It also mentions donations to the Orphans Home, influenza recoveries, travel to Florida, and local social visits.
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Central Sunday School
Orphans Home
Byron F. Barker
Local notes on residents and city life in Bath area
Miss Ruth Goodwin visits, Esther White hosts, and various Bath residents travel for work and family. New janitor at Central church. postal and police officials noted. Regional business moves include coal deliveries to Woolwich and rising freight car shifts along the waterfront.
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Ruth Goodwin
Colby
Waterville
Esther J. White
Bedford Street
William Davis
Central Church
Silas Anderson
Year Begins with Restarts and Local Updates in Bath
A Bath representative from the Builders and Contractors' Magazine visited Tuesday. Howard Coal and Ice Co plans ice removal on Lemont's Creek with eight inches of clear ice. The Mid dle Street shirt factory will resume after a two week stocktake. Bath police received gifts of cigars from three donors. One donor presented each officer with a full box of 29. Kimball Bros. Co store gets flour and grain. repairs nearly finished. The counting room improved. Bath has 2700 water takers now, rising with new housing. About 3000 houses in Bath average six occupants. The four o clock train's last car lost a door glass, in a mishap. Agent Walker of the SPC A ordered a lame horse to a stable. the wagon of the Atlantic Express supposedly weighed 80 pounds more than the horse.
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Howard Coal and Ice Co
Lemont’s Creek
Middle Street
Bath
Kimball Bros. Co
Walker
S.P.C.A
Atlantic Express
Bath News Roundup Reflects Local Events and National Tides
City chatter notes smell camps on the ice in Winneyance and a Bath man injured by a billygoat in a box car. Mrs. Stella Robinson’s illness calls Mrs. Matthew Clark to New York as gubernatorial race chatter grows before the session ends. Embargoed shipping lists Bath port vessels, circuses plan routes for next season, and a Bath motorman is shocked by trolley current. The Squaw Man retells a classic in new film releases.
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Matthew Clark
New York
Stella Robinson
Auto makers promise price stability or cuts for spring buyers
Many buyers expect lower car prices in spring. Some makes have already cut prices while others guarantee no change until July 1.
Fisherman loses $2500 in fish after gear damaged by enemy
A Bath Iron Works worker, paid nine dollars a day as a summer fisherman, reported an enemy punched a hole in his fishing gear last summer. The breach let about $2500 worth of fish escape into the sea.
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Bath Iron Works
Drinker Faces Court Over Odd Meal Incident
A man appeared in court after a Sunday drinking episode led to a confrontation with a young woman waiter. He described the waitress as a good dodger and noted he enjoyed watching her dodge. The incident cost him 6 dollars 40 cents.
City patrol wagon finds no home in Bath
The patrol wagon remains an orphan without a home inside doors, living only at the city scales. It once shared space with the hook and ladder house before fire department needs moved it out. A photo in Sheriff Oliver's office at Bath Galvanizing Works shows the old Pask livery stable, once a well known Maine site and staging point for lines.
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City Scales
Fire Department
Wilbur C. Oliver
Bath
John W. Pask
Maine
Deputy Seizes Liquor Hidden in Suitcase at Bath Housing Job
Deputy Sheriff Aderton on a midnight train saw two workers unload a suitcase they were fiddling with. The owner claimed clothes were inside, but later investigation revealed 11 quarts of liquor, which the deputy seized and libelled.
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Aderton
Bath
Grip
New Year Quietly Observed in Town At Midnight
As midnight tolled to mark 1918 the town streets were nearly empty. The Colonial Cafe served one soldier finishing lunch with shades half drawn while the Colonial club and Front street pedestrians marked the moment. Police exchanged New Year wishes as the new year began quietly.
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Colonial Club
Front Street
Bath shipbuilding boom halts with 28 vessels underway
A Bath resident recalls about 30 years ago during a major shipbuilding boom when 28 vessels were on the stocks. Firms active then include BP 8 Crosby, William Rogers, Kelley Spear, New England Co., Sewall frm, Houghton Bros., Morses, Deering yard, Hyde Windlass plant site, Reed yard, Donnell, Percy Small, Har rington, John McDonald, Reuben Hunt, John Morse, Minott, Bowker, all with ships under construction.
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Bath
Crosby
North End
William Rogers
Kelley, Spear
New England Co
Sewall Frm
Houghton Bros
Morses
Charles B. Harrington
John McDonald
Reuben S. Hunt
John G. Morse
Charles V. Minott
Frank S. Bowker
Four Masted Schooner Brina Pendleton Nears Sea
The Brina Pendleton, a four masted schooner, is almost ready for sea while the five masted schooner at G G Deering Co yard is about planked. Streetcars arrival is awaited with riders barred from front platforms. The influenza return suspends basketball, schools and assemblies statewide.
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Brina P.pendleton
G. G. Deering Co
Man Finds Tomcod in Shel Drakes Throat After Shooting
A citizen cleaning a large shel drake on Saturday evening found a tomcod about one foot long lodged in the bird’s throat, apparently swallowed just before the duck was shot, with a large empty smell in the gullet.
Dummer Street Woes After Heavy Truck Traffic
Residents mourn Dummer street condition caused by heavy trucks for the North end housing project. They doubt it will be restored to the prior good state, noting it had been one of the town’s best streets until this season.
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Dummer Street
North End
Pendleton Yard Receives Fir Timber for Four Master
Captain Gray of Pendleton Bros Inc reports several carloads of Oregon fir heavy timber unloaded on the new spur track for construction of another four master. Newly issued 1919 auto numbers appear, admired for neat design and visibility, as the secretary of state receives praise for his selection.
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O. M. Gray
Pendleton Bros., Inc
Liberty Fuel Promised For Public Use In February
Government chemists developed a cheaper automobile fuel, more efficient than gasolene, during four months of work to address wartime supply concerns. The Liberty fuel will be distributed to the public in February.
Ambulance Converted Fire Truck Moves to New Quarters
A former Red Cross ambulance rebuilt as a fire truck was relocated from Water street to Marshall street. The project nearly stalled when officials considered replacing the body with the ambulance top, but a second ambulance was borrowed from Brunswick to complete the transfer.
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Red Cross
Water Street
Marshall Street
Brunswick
Two Crow Types Distinguished by Habits in Bath
A Bath man versed in birds explains two crow species: the wood crow and the fish crow. The wood crow feeds on corn and growing foods, while the fish crow relies on fish and shoreline finds. He notes fish crows stay north in winter, whereas wood crows migrate south with other birds.
Blaze at Captain Small’s new residence smolders chimney
Alarm from the new home of Capt. William G. Small, formerly the George E. Hughes house, called Combination 4 Saturday afternoon. Firemen battled a refractory chimney blaze for three hours. the main chimney, filled with soot, could have endangered the house if not well built. Capt. Small and his family plan to move in this week.
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William G. Small
George E. Hughes
Capt. Small
Hawks Prey On Poultry In Early Season Attack Near Bath
A bold hawk attacked a full grown hen in a farmer's poultry yard near Bath as a seasonal hunger set in. The bird fled when the farmer, armed with a shovel, charged and threatened to strike.
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Bath
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