Bath Market Brief Invites Holiday Trade and Crop Outlook
Rains improved soil and crops in Bath area, with prices listed for vegetables fruits and dairy. Cabbages $1.50 to $2.00 per crate, potatoes $1.10 to $1.20 per bushel Old and new, berries 17 cents a box, lemons $6.75 a box, Valencia oranges $3.00 to $3.50 a box, beef up to 12 cents a pound, butter 25 to 30 cents, eggs 4 to 25 cents, and Fourth of July trade expected to rise as stores stay open for holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Valencia
Summer Visitors at Bays Point Cottage Gatherings
Bay Point hosts a steady stream of summer residents and guests. J A Owen of Lackawanna Coal Co arrives from Morristown with family, son Mark to enter Cornell in fall. Miss Ethel Richardson is visiting. B F Keiver and family with relatives occupy Ride-a-wee. several families from Bath Waltham and Auburn join cottages such as Norton and Gray Rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Owen
Lackawanna Coal Co
Morristown
N. J
Mark
Cornell
Ethel Richardson
B. F. Keiver
Camp Growl
Harold McCarthy
Bath
Percy Cottage
A. S. Mandell
State School For
Portland
Stinsons
Gray Rocks
Andrew Percy
Lelia Oliver
Hervey Fogg
Hallowell
Sanford
Sumner Tucker
Henry Keen
Longley
William Lincoln
Alga Webber
iCushing Academy
Ashburnham
Fitchburg High School
Evergreen Lodge
Louise M. Norton
Bath Opera House
J. A. Connellan
Connellan & Connellan
B. G. Gillette
Haverhill
F. B. Reed
Arrowsie
Charles D. Roberts
Squirrel Island
Bowker Family Return to Old Phippsburg Home
George M. Bowker of Mt. Vernon Washington visits his old home in Phippsburg with wife Olive A Spinney and recounts long business ties in Grant County leading to substantial land holdings. Brothers George and Charles Sprague also emerged as major landowners with ranches and fruit farming profits. Nearby updates note L A W track turnout work and Alfred R Pratt’s ripe strawberries on Bedford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Bowker
Mt. Vernon
Washington
Phippsburg
Grant County
Bowker
Olive A. Spinney
James A. Wright
Wrights
Wright
Leland
Celia Wright
George Sprague
Charles
Alfred R. Pratt
Bedford St
Quietude and activity mark Bath scene with blooms and trade
Local notes report Bath men seeking tulip trees in a busy market while gardens flash with currants mountain laurel and peonies. Dances in Montcalm Hall Brunswick, boat club invitations, and a Portland musical entertainment reflect community activity amid seasonal farming and shipping remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. XN
Kewley
Winneganee
Montcalm Hall
Brunswick
Bath Chronicle Notes Bright Local Happenings
The town reports busy sights and people from Salmon fishing and peaches at 49 cents a dozen to carpenters planning to Salem for rebuilding efforts. Sturgeon caught with roe, new power boat Bull Moose ordered for lumber tow, and Bath factory prep on two floors. Public notices include road work, camp plans, and the New Meadows Boat Club hiring Stanton's Mil itary Band for July Fourth entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mitchell
Allen Clark
Beacon
High Sts
Clark
Woolwich
Montsweag
Nequasset
Carter Place
Kennebec
New York
Hudson River
J. E. Morris
Barber Asphalt & Paving Co
Philadelphia
Board of Highways and Sewers
Mill Pond
New Meadows Boat Club
Stanton
Portland Yacht Club
Bath
Sam
Samuel Hathorne
Frank Head
Percy Low
Ralph Warren
Earl Warren
Victor Leask
John Blaisdell
Wesley Troop
Boy Scouts
W. A. McCormick
Y.M. C.A
Seguinland Camps
Five Islands
Seguinland
Center Methodist Church of
Malden
Charles W. Bradlee, Jr
Ida M. Swett
Ralph W. Channell
Boston
Massachusetts
Bradlee
Rev
C. W. Bradlee
Local Residents and Visitors Arrive as Summer Draws Near
A schedule of residents and visitors in Bath highlights M. A. Haraden Roscoe H. Shaw and Allan Spear passing away in Boston Rockland and Augusta. Notables include President Morris McDonald of the Maine Central and Captain George A Merrill guests in town. Also noted are Misses Marcia Paine Elvira Owen and Mary Doucette with travel plans and summer arrangements at camps and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Perkins
Allan Spear
Augusta
John A. Morse
Boston
Blanche Marston
Bath
Henry Howard
Portland
Dennett
Lewiston
Charles Chestra
Popham
Marcia
Caroline Paine
Richmond
L. D. Crowley
Morris McDonald
Maine Central
Elvira Owen
Blodgett Farm
Bowdvinham
Messer
William Blanchard
Charles Dickinson
Everett Hopkins
M. Durgan
Allen Morse
Rockland
Honehton Owen
Bones
Torus
Mary Doucette
Prince Edward Island
Edgar Gilman
Portsmouth
N. H
Philip Duffy
F. D. Cahan
Commercial Towboat Co
Kelley, Spear Co
Catherine
Grace Sullivan
Lucienne Gervais
Mary Agnes
Gertrude Mara
Sarah Waters
Mary Murphy
Kathryn
Dorothy Gale
Worcester
Squirrel Island
Local residents and visitors make summer plans across Maine
Loring Graves of Topsham visits relatives in town as Mrs. Cutting and Miss Landers plan trips to Waterville Lewiston. Boston guests stay with local families while others attend the Maine Pharmaceutical Association in Bangor. Local weddings, vacations, and layoffs fill news as residents travel by boat and auto to resorts and camps along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Graves
Topsham
George T. Cutting
Waterville
J. Scott Rogers
Boston
Kathleen Landers
Lewiston
Robert Cochran
Quincy
Mass
F.C. Cox
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Bangor
Rev
S. A. Evans
Cedar Grove
Glenwood Ayer
Popham
Riverside
Frank F. Jack
W. F. Jack
Washington St
Frank Gallison
Perkins & Co
Portland
Drus
Anna Rawden
New Meadows Inn
Massachusetts
Daniel T. Dougherty
Nonzherty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington and Vine Sts
Lincoln Lodge
Center Street
Moulton’s
Ariel
Emma S. Briggs
Boothbay
Newport
R. I
American Fisheries Co
City Landing
Captain Small
James Lander
Edwards and
Dummer Street
William Simpson
West Bath
Purser
Stinson
Sheepscot
Hendrick
Catholic Institute
St. Mary's
Tabor
P. M. Olm
North St
Kennebec Yacht Club
Red Men's Hall
Providence Academy of Music
Utterback
D. T. Dougherty
Marshall White
Henry R. White
Whalen
Linden St
Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island
Congress
Stevens
Salem
Anna
Park Cliff
Webb Place
Munrphy
Miss Hunt
M. A. Haraden
Roscoe H. Shaw
F. P. Tarbox
Madeline Priest
F. H. McFadden
Roland Perry
George A. Merrill
Alice Jones
Lake Keezar
Elwell Pinkham
Abraham Attaya
Roslindale
Joseph
C. Mink
Laura Mink
Newark
W. R. Many
Edward 3
Sawyer
Swampscott
Cox’s Head
Irving Pettengill
Arthur E. Bishop
New England Telephone Co
Ella McDonald
Mary Felix
St. Joseph's Academy
Walter
Cummings
Charlestown Navy Yard
Coyle
M. F. O'Brien
Providence
J. P. O’brien
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s
Samuel Welch
Camp Keaton
B. M. Dyer
Edward L. Gaudreau
Riverton Park
John A. Norris
Walter Norris
Fayetteville
N. Y
L. V. Plummer
Old Orchard
H. A. Huse
Opera House
Peleg Sprague
Hartland
Harriet Johnson
Colby College
Cox
Humphrey A. Owen
Sabine
Clarence Lightbody
Alex M. Caine
Mrs. Cole
Elizabeth Cole
Thomas Arnold
Pleasant Farm
North Bath
Maine
William Hazlett
Fred L. Brackley
Hazlett
No. 5
Brackley
New Bedford
Edwin Murphy
Walter Brown
Harry Melcher Bryan
Jeannette Souie Allen
Freeport
Edmund J. Allen
Bryan
Bustin Island
George H. Lancaster
Gladys
Lancaster
B. A. Drew & Co
Charles W. Jack
Dedimus
Fred A. Thompson
Board of County Commissioners
Morrell McKenney
Jack
Haines
Herbert G. Swett
Swett
Waltham Watch Co
Hood Rubber Co
East Watertown
Hood Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!