January Records and Town Happenings in Bath
City beat its own record for January with the longest caucus time and the financial year closing next Friday. Sagadahoc Pomona and Merry meeting granges meet today in Bowdoinham. Hay markets slim with $16 paid for recent arrivals. Ex Mayor Hyde invites Maine Press to a clam bake on his island. Local notes cover model ship Rochester, Lt Erskine exam, Acadia lodge knight ceremony, sleighing widespread, no snow yet, White named secretary, Bath steamboat ties, Fortnightly club talk by Rabbi Fleischer, Tug Pejepscot wreck rumors proven false, Bath fire aiding Portland’s second blaze of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Edward W. Hyde
Maine Press Association
New Meadows
Elmer F. Campbell
Rochester
Houghtons
Bath
Harvey K. Erskine
Hyde Light Guards
Augusta
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Boston
New York
Maine
Republican City Committee
Henry R. White
Lewis B. Swett
Bath ship Eclipse founders after collision voyage
The American ship Eclipse laden with coal foundered January 11 at 36 N 155 W while en route from Newcastle Australia to San Francisco. Three crew died. Captain Larsen, the mate and eleven men landed at Hana Maul. The Eclipse, once a celebrated Bath clipper, carried 2000 tons and served Pacific trades for years.
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Eclipse
C. B
Larsen
Newcastle
Australia
San Francisco
Long
Hana Maul
Bath
D. M. Humphreys
John H. Kimball
Wiscasset
Madras
Calcutta
Humphreys
Emma Eames
Harry Ragan
Fhillber
Dresden Minstrels raise funds for West Dresden Ladies Society
The Dresden Minstrels performed before a full Pownalboro hall audience last Tuesday to benefit the West Dresden Ladies Society. Led by Mrs. Burton Reed with pianist Mrs. J. A. Houdlette, the show featured bright jokes, songs by Mabel Robinson and Hazel Hall, a humorous stump speech by G T Cotton, a tambourine drill by twelve girls, and a dance by Lee's orchestra. Proceeds beer estimated over fifty dollars after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Pownalboro Hall
Ladies Society
West Dresden
Burton Reed
J. A. Houdlette
Warren Houdlette
B. Hall
O. L. Ham
F. A. Robinson
G. T. Cotton
W. R. Houdlette
Mabel Robinson
Red Wing
Hazel Hall
R. Chaney
Carolyn E. Sheldon
S. Johnson
Rena Green
Mabel
Grace Getchell
Ray Goud
Ruth Goud
W. Goud
Wm. Choate
Ralph Chenley
Marion Houdlette
Carolyn Sheldon
Sarah Foss
Hazel Goud
Lee
Augusta
Ice on Kennebec River Thawed by Southeast Storm
A southeast rain and gale battered the Kennebec ice late Sunday into Monday, worsening thin ice and opening water along Gardiner to Richmond. Ice houses at Nahumkeag show sliver openings, Lovejoy’s Narrows and Iceboro report small patches, while cold pockets retreat southward and New York runs warmer.
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Kennebec River
Gardiner
Richmond
Nahumkeag
Iceboro
Lovejoy’s Narrows
Swan Island
Hartford
Connecticut River
Coller
New York State
Maine
Mercury
New York
Personalities Visit Portland and Nearby Cities
A parade of visitors and residents frequent Portland on Monday and Sunday with business trips to Boston Auburn and Waterville. Notables include ex mayor Joseph Torrey and Samuel Percy along with Frank H Percy Allan Ramsay and Rev Paul Sperry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Scribner
Portland
E. Sayward
City
William T. Donnell
Boston
Joseph Torrey
John W. Burrill
Auburn
Frank H. Percy
California
F. J. Pettingill
Augustus A. Percy
Sewall W. Percy
Paul Sperry
New Church Temple
Waterville
E. D. Jameson
Keith Theatre
Albert H. Shaw
Rabbi Fleischer
Music Hall
Allan Ramsay
Samuel R. Percy
Board of Common Council
Frank A. Small
Castner
West End
Big Money Shipment Not Two Million Sent From Bath
A rumor spread that two million dollars moved on the Flying Yankee from Bath to Boston. The actual shipment totaled forty eight thousand dollars from the American Express Office, with a larger transfer planned to Portland and then Boston totaling two hundred fifty thousand dollars, guarded by Romeo Mains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Boston and Maine Railroad
American Express
Boston
Portsmouth Chronicle
Biddeford
American Express Company
Sydleman
Romeo Mains
Portland
Mains
Bath painter falls from church spire in dangerous work
Joseph Everard, a Bath artist known for the Winter Street Congregational church vane task, fell about 27 feet while at work on the spire. He suffered a concussion and facial injuries but is expected to recover, per Dr. Robert H. Donnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Everard
Bath
Winter Street Congregational Church
Robert H. Donnell
Everard
Phippsburg Social Notes Highlight Local Events and Visits
In Phippsburg on Thursday Mrs Pearl Williams hosted the B Society with sewing and refreshments. Attendees included Agnes Cutting Martha Cutting Ethel Cushman Bessie Grace Dickinson Georgia Leach Edith Bowker Abbie Minott Rebecca Bowker. Plans for the upcoming annual fair were set with committees formed. Other items log neighborhood visits school closure and Christian Endeavor activity with Rev Charles Stevens. Various residents reported health and family notices along with minor incidents and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Williams
B. B. Society
Grippe
Timothy Small
Charles Stevens
S. H. Bowker
Bath
J. F. Leach
Frank
Walter McCourt
Matthews
Williams
Frank M. Bowker
Boston
H. W. Cutting
Henry Heald
Winneganee
Timothy Burgess
Harry Plummer
Maggie McDonald
Walace McDonald
CC. W. Locke
C. W. Locke
Tax Collector Brown Nears Delinquent Tax Total
Tax Collector Charles 3 Brown has exceeded annual appropriation collections this year and is now finalizing delinquent taxes. The city fiscal year ends Friday night and unpaid accounts will appear in the city report next spring under the new enforcement law. Brown's diligence aims to keep unpaid taxes to a minimum by Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 3. Brown
Brown
Collenor Brown
Bath Market Report Shows Steady Prices Amid Light Supply
Market notes in Bath report only modest activity as roads slowed deliveries after a rough start. Eggs bring 25 cents a dozen and butter 24 cents a pound with apples at 75 cents a bushel and potatoes 70 to 75 cents a bushel. Local staples include cabbage and turns at 1 cent a pound, celery at $1.50 a dozen bunches, squash five cents a pound, and meats ranging from veal ten cents to lamb fourteen cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
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January
Small Point
Pejepscot
Sagadahoc Towage Company
Thatcher's
Brunswick
Bath Ship Founders
Minstrels
Sewal
Percy
Robert Hatch
Frank Morse
R. D. Bibber
Walter S. Glidden
B. F. Sedgeley
Frank Osgood
League of Central Church
Ernest A. Alan
A. M. Robinson
Missionary Society of Central Church
Washington Street
Central Church
C. A. Peasley
Middle Street
Winter Street
Phippsburg
Webber
Bath Market
Thompson Bros
Bath Business Directory
Irkrerenn Aes
O.m.redolon Plumbing
Front St
Legard’s Livery Stabie
Vine Street
Ane Rerererecegeg
Washington St
Geo. A. Tenney, Prop
FH Pratt
DEWEY
JO Malo
THE
BON Ton
ME Reid
John Moody
Cyrus W. Longley
Bath, ME
John R. Knowlton
Centre Street
Center St
S. Curtis
Ida B. Carllson
M.H. Loach
Liniment
Johnson
Ee Food and Drugs
J. S. Johnson & CO
Boston, Mass
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