Bermuda Visit Oceana A Sea Palace
A Bath party led by Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Nichols with Miss Carrie Mourton and Miss Anna Morse sailed from New York on Christmas Day aboard the Oceana, first voyage of the season with 300 passengers. The Bermudian stay featured visits to Devil's Hole and Leamington Cave, hotel accommodations at the Princess, and social events including a New Year’s Eve minstrel show on the return voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon Grennison
Brooklyn
Universalist Church
Bath
Grennison
W. B. Grennison
Charles A. Blair
Hudson Navigation Co
C. W. Morse
New York Harbor
Gulf Stream
Columbia
Banard College
Bermuda
Grassey
Hamilton Harbor
Princess
Hamilton
Irwin Morse
Steamship Company
A. B. Hervey
Princess Hotel
Devil’s Hole
Fish Grotto
Leamington Cave
Cecil Tucker
Sarah Duncan
William C. Duncan
Tucker
New York
North River
Oceana
England
Union Castle Line
Norway
Mediterranean
Jersey
Long Island
Navy Yard
Essex
Royal Canadian Regiment
Forts
Hotel
Petition Urges Reinstating Ferry Schedule Between Bath and Woolwich
A circulated petition from Bath and Woolwich businessmen urges the People's Ferry Company to revert the Hockomock ferry timetable to the former schedule. The signers argue the line exists for better communication, not revenue, and demand the change to restore the prior times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
People’s Ferry Company
Hockomock
Bath
Woolwich
City Council Minutes Highlight Debt Reimbursement and Tax Collections
City Council approves a 2500 loan to reimburse the City Treasurer for matured bonds and to cover temporary loans. Transfer 500 from the contingency fund to school fuel and janitor accounts. Tax collector Brown reports 95.2 percent collection to Jan 1, with 7400 debt remaining, and notes 1914 collections near 1913. Smelt run noted from Montsweag to Getchell's Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Keegan
Municipal Court
Sagadahoc
Arline B. Cahill
Wilbur G. Cahill
Postal Telegraph Cable Co
Lincoln and
Academy Sts
Board of Highways and Sewers
Sonia
George C. Nichols
Board of Aldermen
Albert E. Austin
Orphan Asylum Meeting Elects Bath Members and Trustees
The Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum Association held its annual meeting in the Common Council Room. Major William R. Kimball presided as officers and trustees were elected including William H. Watson Henry A. Duncan and James S. Lowell with Mrs. Ruth H. Eaton and others named as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum Association
William R. Kimball
EL. W. Hyde
Henry.v Hanson
Isaac
L. Spaulding
Mary B. Price
William H. Watson
H. A. Duncan
James
Lowell
Messrs
Duncan
Watson
R. P. Eaton
Brunswick
Ruth H. Eaton
Skowhegan
Myrtle A. Jerkins
Hallowell
Mary P. Price
Richmound
Iattie Ry
Avgant J. Watson
OAL Dinar
I L. T. Snipe
Silas
Meeets Larrabee
James Lowell
Bath
Farahee
Isaac Spaulding
W. R. Kamthall
Cressy Slides Launches New Vessel and Coastal Fleet Details
The Cressy, finished in oak and maple, showcases captain’s rooms and crew comforts with a hot water system. Built by Percy & Small, it is the 30th sailing craft from the yard, joining a fleet including Eleanor A. Percy and Governor Brooks. Norman Merry commands Carle F. Cressy. Maine towns fear liquor policy shifts as governor-elect favors enforcement of prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Scott
Jewett
North Carolina
Cressy
American Bureau of Shipping
Miles M. Merry
L. H. Gibson
John J. Jewett
C. H. Oliver
F. N. Colinetse
F. AL Palmer
James H. Cameron
Percy & Small
Eleanor A. Percy
Wyoming
William H. Clifford
Florence M. Penley
Robert P. Murphy
Dustin G. Cressy
Carle F. Cressy
M. D. Cressy
Helen W. Martin
Martha P. Small
Cora F. Cressy
Maine
Local Jottings From Bath 1911 Road and Weather Notes
Bath notes include a Wednesday City Council meeting, a first load of hay for winter, and the Bay crossing by Bowdoinham sleigh. Coal deliveries, dropping eggs, cold snaps, Admiral Green, births totaling 175 in Bath, a large family with fifteen children, and a record hay haul by Jed Peters. Local Elks tournament plans, store expansion for Thomas Moore, and Maine Central rate changes affect travel for teams. Public scales consideration near Hochomock ferry, and a Park Alleys double header with Clothiers and Beacons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Bath
James Card
Woolwich Ferry
Popham Beach
Jed. Peters
Wiscasset
Hockomock
Peters
Stite
Bath Lodge of Elks
Thomas Moore
Merchant Moore
Co. A
Kimball
Battery B
Cuba
Maine Central
Hochomock
Sagadahoc Ferry
City Hall
Bradford Potter
Woods
Bangor
Bridton
Freeman and Foote Capture Fox on Monday
Harold Freeman and John Foote each captured a fox Monday after a brief chase through fields near the farm. The men reported the fox was wary but eventually trotted into a trapping net they set at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Freeman
John Foote
Bath area notes include farms, meetings and town tales
The Bath area reports cover the Butler estate at Montsweag with three farms and local farm operations. a Ra mona Council D meeting. a lake steamer Wallula being pumped out. a traveling salesman predicting flour at $10 a barrel. and various social events. Maritime and local industry mentions include smelt movements, carousing on Winter Street, and a note on hardware stores adopting Saturday closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Montsweag
Ramona Council D
Wallula
Moose activity and society notes around Bath
Social and civic items from Bath area events list meetings of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary Odd Ladies Sewing Circle and Ladies Aid. Virginia ships 30 barrels of clams to Boston and New York while a dance occurs in Society Hall. Local industry and sports updates include a 23 percent attendance rise at Bailey Manual Training School, a yacht build by Wilbur Howe, and a Colonial basketball victory at the Joveal gym. Shipping interests debate the government ship purchase bill with leaders like George J. Dearborn voicing skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Ladies’ Sewing Circle
Addie Perkins
Pine St
Ladies’ Aid of
Central Church
C.A. Peaslee
Middle St
Virginia
Boston
New York
Society Hall
Popham
Stevens
Bailey Manual Training School
Colonial
Joveal Gym
Westu
Westbrook
George 3. Dearborn
American-Hawaiian Steamship Line
Dearborn
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Morse
Sea Palace
Getchell’s Cove
Orphan Asylum
Nual
The
Association
Oak Hill
Howard's
Hall Boys
Bowdoinham
Chase’s Corner
Greenst
Admiral Green
Brookline
Mass
Ife
Oak Grove Cemetery
Belfast
Park Alleys
Clothiers
Percy
Beacons
Hywincos
Farrar
Stewart
Williams
Frank Snipe
Arrowsie
Daniel Potter
Donnybrook Fair
Winter St. Hill
Washington St
Farnham Place
South End
N. Gratz Jackson
Washington
Shaw
Smelts
Sasanoa
Sie
John Davis
Fred Sturtevant
John Levyn
Frank Rines
Getchell
University of Maine
Atle
Mendelssohn
Butler Estate
Harold Troop
Nutting Place
Tuok
Purington
John Young
Montswear
Isaac Merritt
William Rogers
High St
Samuel Merritt
Oakland
Cal
Summer St
Water Front
Merritt & Robinson
Ning
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Kennebec
Revo Ho A. Corey
Beacon St
Capt. Snowden
Bath Caump
Woodmen
America
Wilbur Howe
Frederick Roessner
Swain
Savana-far-Mar Dee
Philadelphia
Cape Lookout
Thesday
Condonator Stanton
Stanton
Military Fund
Frank Purvis
Florida
Richmond
Edwin R. Hunt
Gilbert
G. G. Deering Co
Portland
Raymond Corey
H. A. Corey
Wesley M. E. Church
Dorothy Palmer
Simon
Cumberland
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