Bath Faces Need for Modern Factory Building
A Bath Chamber of Commerce meeting with local businessmen and directors produced two conclusions: diversify local industry and pursue a modern fireproof factory building to attract major concerns. Plans for an eight story structure rear of Bath Savings would cost 130000 to 150000 dollars and house 1500 to 2000 workers, with leases and bank financing to reassure investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Club
N. Gratz Jackson
Fred B. Teeling
Haverhil
Mass
Haverhill
Bath Savings Institution
Bath
Dr. Kershner
Scott R. Frye
J. Edward Drake
Mr. Teeling
Arthur J. Dunton
D. A. Bishop
KR. H. Dunton
Ruth
Huse
Jackson
Red Cross Bath chapter annual meeting report highlights
Mary L. Turpin summarized Bath Red Cross year showing 786 families aided including 318 ex servicemen and 468 civilians, with 1049.35 relief costs and 902 home visits. Officers were elected, sub committees eliminated, and fund drives plus concerts boosted finances. Roll call reached 802 members in Bath with $28638 pledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bath
Mary L. Turpin
Home Service Department
Earley S. Thompson
H. W. de Long
Jennie Sawyer
Charles C. Low
Mr. Thompson
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Mary McDougall
Near East
William A. Jack
Woolwich
New York
Daily Times
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Miss Rideout
Metropolitan Co
Duchesse of
National League For Women’s Service
EK. W. Wyde
W. M. Adams
South End
Parent Teacher Association
First Big Storm Snarls Trolleys and Streets
A heavy damp snowstorm and northeast gale halted local trolleys for part of the day last week. Several car breakdowns and grounded equipment disrupted service, but crews worked through the night to clear tracks and resume a normal schedule. City street department plows cleared sidewalks and main thoroughfares by daylight, aided by horses and snow scrapers, while Coast Guard watches reported fierce conditions at Popham Beach and a low barometer signaling continued westerly winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival P. Baxter
Augustus C. Thomas
Maine
Bath
Rockland
Woman's Educational Club
Knox County
Thomaston
Rockport
Adjt
John A. Hadley
Arthur L. Thayer
Gilbert R. Chadbourne
State House
Charles 8. Brown
Gertrude Plaisted
Mary Kanaley
Susan N. Ballou
Augusta
Baxter
Maine Central Station
Charles. H._. Cahill
Charles’ Jl.mith
Senator Baxter
Morse High School
Morse High
Clinton D. Wilson
Morse
Wilson
Supt. Thomas
Gen
Hadley
Maj
Thayer
Cahill
Chadbourne
Charles S. Brown
Eleanor Christensen
Warren
Oliver
New England
Augustus Thomas
Broadway
New York City
Thomas
Fred Hayward
Oliver Street
Fred Wilson
Oak
Washington Streets
Winneyance
Petween Chase
South Street
Lewiston
Saga
Brunswick
Parker Lewis
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Lincoln Street
George Colby
South End Men and Boys Build Excellent Slide
People of all ages enjoy a new coastway slide on lower Middle street extending from Hunt street to Black's place. John Perry, Ralph Robinson, Vernal P. Chase and Charles Coombs led preparations with many younger helpers, applying water to freeze for a top coasting run. A late crowd was expected to return for another night of coasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Hills
South End
Middle Street
Hunt Street
Black's Place
John Perry
Ralph Robinson
Vernal P. Chase
Charles Coombs
Fifty Fine Views of Devastated France
Rev John R Browne presented fifty stereopticon views of France showing church ruins and war devastation. He spoke from personal wartime experience to enrich the evening at a Beacon Brotherhood meeting. A feature highlighted Ralph Lovejoy's oration on President Garfield's assassination and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
John R. Browne
Beacon Brotherhood
Browne
Jaman A
Garfield
Ralph Lovejoy
Alleged liquor runners held in municipal court
Harvey Cline of Rockland pleaded not guilty to assault with intent to kill after a takeover near a south end garage by federal agent George L. Aldrich. Cline and Striar faced multiple counts with fines totaling 1100 and six months jail, plus appeals and bonds. Spinney also faced illegal transportation charges with case continued to Jan 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Cline
Rockland
South End
George L. Aldrich
York
John J. Keegan
Ralph ©. Dale
Cline
Sagadahoc Supreme Court
Bath
Aldrich
Striar
United States
M. B. Striar
Bangor
Clige
Cumberland County
Portland
Ralph Spinney
Shipwrecked crew of James M. W. Hall reaches safety in Nassau
Captain W. M. Cole and seven crew members of the Phippsburg schooner James M. W. Hall, after two days lashed to the hatch to survive violent seas and no food or water, were rescued by the steamship West Canon 250 miles southeast of Cape May and taken to New York. The vessel, bound Charleston to Boston with lumber, was abandoned after leaks worsened from gales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Cole
James M. W. Hall
New York
Cape May
N. J
West Canon
Java
Charleston
S. C
Boston
Cole
Brunswick Community Clubhouse Hosts Book Parodies
A literary entertainment at the Brunswick community clubhouse featured living pictures representing eleven modern books. The Saturday afternoon event offered a playful, novel take on literature with performers embodying famous titles in staged scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of Brunswick
Living Pictures
Old Days on the Bath Branch Revives Elisha Newell Rail Saga
Long profile recalls Elisha Newell a famed Bath Branch engine driver who began in 1864 aboard the Reuel Williams and rose to Maine Central leadership. The narrative covers gauge tricks hook motion on early engines, time trials with James G. Blaine, and perilous grades from Bowdoinham to Brunswick. It also recounts Newell’s last Bath trip during Alameda polo days and a crafty plan to avoid stalling on Hardings grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Newell
Maine Central
Bath
Reuel Williams
Frank Small
Newell
Maine Central Railroad
Portland
Augusta
John Jewett
Jewett
Jewett's
Maine
Jewett’s
Bowdoinham
Cathance
Brunswick
Bywdeinham
Formes
Genes
State of
Main Street
Cap” Laselle
Waterville
Elisha
Dad” Newell
Alameda
Gardiner Club
Alamedas
Cushing
Hardings
John Holmes
Warren Wight
Gardiner’ Yard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Assembly Hall
Phippsburg
Charles
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