Harbor Ram Katahdin Heads South After Calm Start
Forty years ago in Bath reports detail the Katahdin harbor defense ram leaving Iron Works at 6 30 with tug Seguin to Massachusetts. Guests aboard include Chief Engineer Entwistle and Henry C. Goodspeed’s death in Salt Lake City is noted. Local social events and club activities fill the day with gatherings, lectures, and neighborhood news.
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Weather Bureau
Boston
Massachusetts
Sol
Woolwich
Charlestown
Iron Works
Entwistle
F E. W. Hyde
Bath
Henry C. Goodspeed
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ellen Reed
William M. Reed
New Bath mail box replaces wrecked one at Sagadahoc corner
D C Gould reports Henrietta Campbell engaged to Bemis of Oakland Cal. Katahdin and tug Knickerbocker pass Boston light en route to Charlestown navy yard with crowds watching. Capt Abel E Work dies in Boston after pneumonia, once a Topsham boy. Weather and local incidents fill the Bath paper with small-town notes.
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Sagadahock Corner
D. C Gould
Henrietta Campbell
Oakland
Cal
Bemis
Bath area notes and personal updates across town
Bert Spinney works at Bath Savings Institution. Capt Oliver returned from Charlestown with the ram Ka tahdin to the navy yard. James W. Kelley came back from Lewiston on Monday. Miss Daisy Dunning travels to Portland for Prince Pro Tem theater tonight. Mrs George Lincoln plans an extended visit to her son Charles M. Lincoln of the Philadelphia Press. Mrs Ida M widow of Thomas N Williams died at home in Georgetown at age 37. Bath residents note Mr and Mrs J B Hill have left for Boston. Hyde first officer of the navy will leave many friends in this district. Bath High School welcomes the reception committee for the Bates M. A. Dunning on duty last night and James Jee Sh tt will be in the rooms tonight.
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George Lincoln
Charles M. Lincoln
The
Philadelphia Press
Bath
J. B. Hill
Boston
BO Hill
Hyde "Lig Gude
Bath High School
Bate
Evenig
James Jee
Popham Lodge Good Templars Elect Officers
Popham lodge Good Templars elect officers for the next quarter. C. T. Fred Brackley V. T. Nélise Ansert Secretary W. C. Oliver Chaplain W. H. Gilman Treasurer Harry Maimsten F. 8. C. S. Sprague Mar. Moses Sweet G. G. Varney S. Charles Ansert P. C. T. John Mc Quarrie 5. J. T. Nellie Ansert organist Clara Brackley George Potter named L. D. John Mcc Quarrie C. B. Harrington Thomas Stevens elected trustees Wilbur Oliver William Gilman T. Stevens George Potter as reps and Mrs. Pike Charles Whiting Lucy Brown Charles Harrington Mrs. Wilbur C. Oliver as alternates to District Lodge at West Bath lodge. 25th anniversary Jan 28 at South End hall. A winter sturgeon from Dix Island shown at Savage's market. Harry Mitchell to visit New York City.
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Popham Lodge
Good Templars
C. T
Fred Brackley
V. T
Nélise Ansert
W. C. Oliver
W. H. Gilman
Harry Maimsten
C. S. Sprague
Moses Sweet
G. Varney
Charles Ansert
John McQuarrie
J. T
Nellie Ansert
Clara Brackley
George Potter
L. D
John MccQuarrie
C. B. Harrington
Thomas Stevens
Wilbur Oliver
William Gilman
T. Stevens
Pike
Charles Whiting
Lucy Brown
Charles Harrington
Wilbur C. Oliver
ILL FATED CAPTAIN And stockholders vote on Knickerbocker Morse merger
A Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co stockholders meeting discussed a consolidation with Morse Transportation Co. Directors will bid a stock price and Knickerbocker directors decide whether to accept. Each director has one vote regardless of shares. plus local social notes and Maine literary scene updates.
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Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co
Morse Transportation Co
Snowshoe Union visitors depart Lewiston in frigid sendoff
Special trains pulled out of Lewiston Sunday night in below zero weather bearing 2,200 visiting snowshoers from the Canadian and American Snowshoe Unions after their annual convention closed. The La Coeur Joyeux club of Montreal claimed the La Presse cup for the 12 mile marathon, capping a jolly departure at about eight p.m.
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Lewiston
Grand Trunk
Maine Central
la Coeur Joyeux Club
Montreal
Maine Senate Sets Cutoff for Private Legislation
In January 1935 the State Senate, with House concurrence, ordered that no bill for private or special legislation be received after 4:00 PM on January 31, except by unanimous consent in the body where it is introduced. If not approved, such bills will be referred to the Eighty-eighth Legislature. The rule also states after 3:00 PM February 3 no consent will override this limit.
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State of
Maine
Senate
House
Wey
Billereese
Harnessing Microbes: Invisible Servants in Daily Life
Dr. FE Hitchner of the University of Maine explains microbes as powerful unseen agents. He notes bacteria flavor foods like cheese and butter, yeast in bread, and yeasts shaping wines. Bacteria sustain soil fertility, aid fiber production, and enable solvent creation. Even disease germs are used to combat other germs.
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FE. R. Hitchner
Department of Bacteriology
University of Maine
Hitchner
Fernalds Trip to Bath Delayed by Heavy Storm
Senator Roy Lynce Fernald of Waldo county attempted to reach Bath to address the Rotary club after a luncheon at the Phoenix but was stalled by snow and rain. He left Belfast in time yet icy highways and a Waldoboro detour kept him from Bath, delaying a return to Augusta by 18 hours and forcing him to postpone his Rotary appearance.
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Roy Lynce Fernald
Waldo County
Bath
Rotary Club
Phoenix
Belfast
Waterloo
Waldoboro Hills
Angusta
Augusta
Fernald
Genesta Chapter Holds Installation Ceremony and Reception
Horace W. Ward presided as Genesta Chapter installed Robert Wishart as associate patron at Shelburne Falls. Gifts flowed to Mrs. Rich and Mrs. Walker, with tributes to Miss Fullerton, Tait, Leonard, and Tullerton. Music by McPherson and Trask accompanied dancing, while refreshments by Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Ehlers filled the banquet hall.
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Horace W. Ward
Kenneth Trask
Vincent A. Henderson
Charles E. Helah
George A. Rogers
Adolph H. Ehlers
Bath mayor cites fuel shortages after night storm
The gas pump at the city barn malfunctioned Wednesday night and was repaired Thursday. The mayor called the storm tough and noted residents without fuel, saying Bath could have used several of the newly purchased plows to improve access for relief trucks.
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Bath
Bath Suffers Worst Storm and City Plows
Immediate vicinities near roads opened by plows. drifts four to five feet on Water Street. Engine 4 and plows kept routes open as fire department prepared for any call. 1935 South Portland school budget set at 195800, about 10000 more than 1934, unanimously approved. Budget includes salary revisions and adjustments for teachers and janitors after prior pay cuts.
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Water Street
South Portland
Board of Education
L. C. Day
Industry Turns Schoolmaster Apprentice Revived in US
Arthur G. Oliver reports in The Christian Science Monitor Wesickly Magazine on renewed industry wide use of apprenticeships. Noted leaders such as Gerard Swope and Henry Ford are cited as endorsing the program, with Oliver noting nearly 100 inquiries from youths about the system.
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Christian Science Monitor Wesickly Magazine
United States
Arthur G. Oliver
Bath
Boston
Gerard Swope
General Electric Co
A. N. Diebel
United States Steel Corp
Henry Ford
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Co
R. A. Stranahan
Champion Spark Plug Co
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Oliver
Festival closes Saturday night at Knights of Pythias fair
The event lists booths from No. 3 Knights of Pythias candy to No. 11 Pythian Sisters offering ice cream, candy, shoes, fish pond and more. Attendants include Clyde Robinson, Dr. Arthur Gebhard, Donald Wilson, Mrs. Oscar Thornton, Mrs. Robert Linekin, Ruth Conley and many others with Beano game announcer W. Emery Chase.
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Knights of Pythias
Candy Booth
Clyde Robinson
Arthur Gebhard
Donald Wilson
Fruit Booth
Oscar Thornton
Thornton
Wallace Sheldon
Henry Arsenault
Richard Ashland
Isabella
Robert Linekin
Margaret Allen
Eva Tatro
George Nugent
Corrinne Hayes
Andrew J. Flaherty
Bath Ledge of Elks
Edward N. Hartnett
John Conroy
Harold Fielding
Bath Aerie of
Eagles
Amos Perry
Edward Whitehouse
Roy Donnell
Herbert Norton
Colonial Club
John E. Hayes
Merritt Mitchell
Fish Pond
Ruth Conley
Marguerite Mulcahy
Evelyn Tomlinson
Alice Hogan
Arlene Brackley
Mary Gallant
Madelyn Babine
Ann Helen Cavanaugh
Lida Nadeau
Charles Pearce
Pythian Sisters
E. A. Garcelon
Otis Munroe
Roland Smith Post
W. Emery Chase
Eugene Desmond
Ralph Gay
Oscar Tanguay
Walter Hill
Eugene Hart
Property Auction in Bowdoinham Seeks Debtor Fred Leathers
Public sale of real estate in Bowdoinham Sagadahoc to satisfy court judgment against Fred S Leathers for 71.14 dollars debt plus 9.06 costs. Auction set for March 2, 1935 at 2 PM on Vine Street lot bounded by Coombs Purinton lines. includes building and improvements. Also petition for probate administration of George A Hunt estate filed by Clara M Hunt of Bath with heirs listed.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
A. D
Bath
N. T. Fox Company, Inc
Maine
Brunswick
Cumberland
Fred S. Leathers
Bowdoinham
wWddlnham
Fred
Leathers
Vine Street
State of
Viola V. Coombs
Mary Purinton
Daniel Williams
Elbridge B. Malcolm
William E. Sturtevant
Adahoc
Mary A Thompson
Rotary club runs store room duties at event
Mrs. John P Croztley and Mrs Bertram Willis supervise the scene. The cashiers booth directed by Mrs Ada Crockett sits near the Southeast entrance with Mrs Fierce and Mrs Edwin Lowell on duty. The Rotary club manages merchandise flow while Charles C Low Perry L Thompson A John Conti and Marius H Page staff this department.
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John P. Croztley
Bertram Willis
Ada Crockett
Fierce
Edwin Lowell
Rotary Club
Charles C. Low
Perry L. Thompson
A. John Conti
Marius H. Page
Admiral Coontz Dies at 86 in Naval Career Span
Admiral Coontz born Hannibal Missouri June 11 1864 entered Annapolis 1881. He piloted Alaskan waters later and married Augusta Cohen in Sitka October 31 1890. His career included service aboard the Charleston in 1898 Guam action and command of the Georgia 1913 to 1915 improving gunnery. He also governed Guam in 1912 13 and led a world fleet voyage in 1908.
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Hannibal
Annapolis
Sitka
Augusta Cohen
Plate
Bertha
Benton
Kenneth
Admiral Coontz
Charleston
Guam
Coontz
Philippines
Poston
Nebraska
Naval Academy
Georgia
Washington dinner honors Wallace White with notable guests
Senator and Mrs. Wallace White hosted a Washington dinner for 18 guests. Mrs. White attended a luncheon reentry hosted by former National committeewoman from Kentucky Mrs. Alvin Hert, with wives of Republican members of Congress present. The New England contingent included three others: Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Mrs. Jesse Metcalf, and Mrs. Austin.
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Wallace White, Jr
Augusta
Washington
New Hampshire
Jesse Metcalf
Rhode Island
Austin
Vermont
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Lincoln Lodge
Howard B. Johnson
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John Kelley
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Jennie Morses
Washington Street
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James W. Hughes
W L. Nichols
George Jacobs
Bath Cycle Club
Jakes
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Miss Drake
Miss Moses
Harriet Ledyard
Maud
Cynthia Worth
Louisé Moses
Anna Knight
Harriet Johnson
Eleanor Dunham
Jessié Moody
Ernestine Shannon
Mildred Palmer
Emma Owen
Bernice Morse
Mabel Palmer
Louise Morse
Eveleth Weeks
Ruth
Nellie Turner
Charles Maxwell
Bert Maxwell
Bessie Maxwell
Charles Pettingill
Richmond
Dr. Curtis
E. H. Woodside
William Adams
Oscar Adams
Western Avenue
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Lewiston and Auburn
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John L. Purington
Sliver
Chick
Adore Talbot
Farrin Road
Holy Land
Triman
Panereen
Raritall Lightbody
Shannon House
Charles Footer
Abel E. Work
Parker House
Work
New York
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St. Mark
Capt. Work
Topsham
President Benson
Baltimore
Augusta Fisher
Charles Farnham
Massachussetts
Fred Stickney
South
Lancaster
Mass
Thomas P Flanagan
Bath Iron Works
Bolton
En An
H. F. Wooll
Keéley Bisinih
Lee Baker
Keeley Bes
Skeeley
Fred Foote
Cook
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Biggins
Frates
Anderson
Rich
Everett
Auld
Cushing
Ronitk
Lawnsberry
Love
Coughlin
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McMann
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Summer Street
Thomas Leydon
M. W. Sewall
Cheltra
Jordan
Mc¢Quarrie
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Deacon White
Horace Litchfield
Mr. Litchfield
Box 94
Charles T. Jackson
E. L. Oliver
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Maine Central Railroad
Cahill Bros
Winslow
Hodgdon
School Street
Murphy
Beld
Progres Streendhre
Kate Mussenden
Rupert H. Baxter
Gahan’s Hall
Charles Oliver
Kirvin Park
William Reed
Sagadahoe
Woolwich Woods
S. T. Woodward
Woodward
Mr. Rice
Cambridge
Thomas Woodward
Rice
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Ric
C. W. Larabbee
Brownie Whist Club
Susie Lermond
D. Howard Spear
Front Street
John H. Kimball
W. H. Smith & Son
Kimball
William Bourne
Electric Light Co
Bibber
North
Warren H. Crooker
Bert Spinney
Bath Savings Institution
James W. Kelley
Daisy Dunning
Portland
Prince
Ida M
Thomas N. Williams
Georgetown
Dix Island
Daniel Hart
Savage's
Harry Mitchell
New York City
Gratz Jackson
Hylan Jewett
John W. Campbell
Dugmer Street
Mr. Campbell
G. P. Richardson
Charles R. Farnham
Whiskeay
Wesley M. E. Church
Crosby
High Street
Patten Isdg
Elmer F. Hayes
D. T. Dougherty
James P. Ledyard
Sarah B. Carleton
Winneganee
E. F. Willard
Thomas J. Dillon, Esq
Literary Digest
Rachel Field
Mary Peters
Mary Ellen Chase
Robert P. Tristam Coffin
Isabel Hopestill Carter
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Miss Chase
Mr.Coffin
Miss Carter
Biddeford Street
City Garage
City Square
Joseph E. Wood
Mohawk
Central Press
Genesta
Bath Man
Christian Science Monitor
Frank E. Carver
Sherif
Clara M. Hunt
George A. Hunt
H. Glen Hunt
Newkirk
Okla
Nellie H. Hancock
Clara M, Hunt
Forwig
Walter
Glidden
Jobn L, Jacke
Bath Tron Works
Alonzo T. Hunt
Said
John W. Hunt
Sarah M. McKenney
Jenne M. Todd
Pannie E. Willams
William S. Davis
Hyde Park
Alonzo T, Hunt
WM. A. Todd
Walter S. Glidden
John L. Jack
Register
A.D
Harry C. “Webber
C.t.a
James Plaisted Webber
Phippsburg
Independent
HN L. Jack
William W. Robinson
Ann Mary Robinson
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