Bath Shipbuilding Records Mark 1918 Year in Bath District
Bath customs district documents 13 vessels totaling 21 970 98 gross tons for 1918. Excludes the Dirigo and Brina P Pendleton. including them would lift to 15 vessels and over 30 000 tons. 1917 had 16 vessels and 24 742 tons. Major yards and builders in Bath are busy with tankers, barges, and schooners, signaling higher 1919 tonnage ahead.
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Bath Customs District
Dirigo
Texas Steamship Co
Brina P. Pendleton
Pendleton Bros., Inc
Customs House
Kelley, Spear Co
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Bath Iron Works,td
Kelley, Spear. Co
Staples Coal Co
G. G. Deering Co
Percy & Small, Inc
Thuban
New York
Harry G. Deering
Bath
Port Arthur
Osceola Philadelphia
New York Kelley, Spear Co
St. Johns
Percy & Small
Sagadahoc
Jacob. W
Weber
Svete
Hes
Aden
Phippsburg Storm Spurs Snow for Farmers Plans
Heavy Kennebec surf and noise from Seguin whistle warned mariners as a winter storm dropped snow aiding sleighing. Farmers plan lumbering with timber and horses. local reports mention a possible new hotel on the Rockledge site and state help for Popham road repairs. Local residents undertake business, farming, and public duties as influenza cases appear in Small Point. Supreme court for Sagadahoc county convenes in Bath January 28.
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Kennebec
George Rogers
Frank Rogers
Elijah Morse
Small Point
Rockledge
Phippsburg
Popham Road
John W. Morse
John F. McIntire
Martin Wyman
W. E. Bongartz
Bath
Islesford
Popham Beach
Torrey Cottage
James W. Harrington
Parker Head
Washington Street
Frank W. Card
Thomaston
Supreme Court For
Sagadahoc County
Shortage of teachers hits town schools hard
The town struggles to fill vacancies across three schools amid a fall term start loss of instruction due to influenza. Teachers departed or moved, replacements arrived late, and some classes remained empty at Campbell's Pond as efforts to locate staff continue.
Bath Boy Recalls Loud Barrage and Prisoner Take
A reader recounts a wartime barrage beginning at 1 am with guns ranging from 1 inch to 20, amid claims the bombardment was exceptional. He notes minimal enemy resistance and the capture of many prisoners, including officers whose dugout he sketched for a home.
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Tre Boche
New Grain Store Open for Business
Oscar Holway Co. opens a new grain and sugar flour store in the city with two carloads of flour and grain unloaded daily. L. L. Lowell of Woolwich made the first purchase a week ago. Milton C. Trott manages the branch with staff including Thomas Schotlier F D Thornton and Edward Thomas. The firm operates wholesale and retail, leveraging a riverfront location once owned by McLellan & Moses and linked to early Boothbay Bath trade ventures.
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Lowell
Carrie Perry
Littlefield
Mabel Rogers
Campbell's Pond
Viola With
Hippe Sturtevant
Center Street
Bath
Dummer Street
Miss Staples
Stuart
Ernest E. Williams
Oscar Holway Co
Kimball Brothers Co
Path
Williams
Bath Grain Co
Wrest Bath
Lewis H. Curtis
Curtis
West Bath
Edward Thomas
Phippsburg
Dorothy Stilkey
C. H. Bates
H. R. Rich
Elmer Craig
Craig
Joseph Giroves
East Brunswick
I. B. Neiley
Dr. Peaslee
Harry ‘Lemont
Mr. Lemont
J. M. Lemont
A. Wi. White
L. L. Lowell
Woolwich
Big Auburn
Miss Tole
Auburn
Campbell
Pond
Milton C. Trott
Thomas Schotlier
F. D. Thurston
Trott
McLellan & Moses
William H. McLellan
Galen ‘C. Moses
McLellan
C. M
Gunners Hunt Yields Skunk and Fox Near Blackwater Cove
Edward Savage shot a skunk Wednesday evening and expects six dollars for the skin. Hunters plan trapping a red fox near Merrymeting bay shore by Blackwater Cove. Will Brown Alten King and Marshall Brown returned New Year’s night with two rabbits and praised their sport dog for its faithful work.
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Edward Savage
Merrymeting Bay
Blackwater Cova
Frank King
Will Brown
Alten King
Marshall Brown
Tiny
Lyi
Pt Ge
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Custom House
Vivian Hallett
Edwin S. Sawyer
Swampscott
Mass
George Weston
Dromore
Charles Perkins
Winneganee
Elbridge Morse
John Reet
Ralph Wallace
West Point
Charles Morton
James Oliver
N. W. Eaton
Ashdale
J. H.stacey
Augusta
Minnie Wallace
Gray
Levi Wallace, Jr
Edward Chaplin
Kelley
George Curtis
Boston
Susie E. Fletcher
Perfection
Hardware and General Stores
Standard Oil Company OF
OIL
Asstiiin
Standard OU
COSNY
Lloyd Bates
Samuel Bates
C. W. Lee
West
Bath Grange
Joseph Larrabee
Cummings Construction Co
Florence Neiley
Portland
Neiley
Topsham
Verdun
Chaufford
Liffol le Grande
Liffol
France
Ernest Bonney
Liffel
Liffel le Grande
Neufchateau
States
Maine
Smiley Ant
Coolbroth
Thompson
England
Bath Boy
The
House of Oppenheimer
John J. Desmond
Petticoat
Conley’s Specialty Store
Mark Down
Standard Cloak and Dry Goods
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