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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1938

Page

7

Forty Years Ago in Bath Time Capsule Clippings

Bath Daily Times reads like a snapshot of June 1898 with dozens of names and places. Sewall Percy, D. T. Percy & Son’s clerk, and numerous Bath and Bangor travelers are listed alongside political moves, weddings, and summer plans at Five Islands and Squirrel Island.

Dictator Wins Again in Coounhound Trials at Bridgton and Harrison

Dictator a 14 month old coonhound owned by Fred K. Sturtevant of this city dominated the Bridgton and Harrison events. In Bridgton he won line and tree in Puppy Derby and tree in All Age. In Harrison he repeated as Puppy Derby winner and took line and tree in All Age. Dictator earned a large silver cup as outstanding dog in the trials.

Dictator Fred K. Sturtevant Bridgton Harrison Shipping City Sturtevant Owned Pup Dr. Hinds Green Mountain Kennels Vermont Bath Sportsmen Merrymeeting Park George W. Hibbs New England

Lou Cooper Signed to Fight Wooster in Augusta

Lou Cooper a Bath Iron Works welder and Maine heavyweight champion agreed to meet Butch Wooster in Augusta on Friday July 15 at City Hall auditorium. Jack Dempsey will referee the bout expected to draw over 2 000 fans. Charlie Miller promotes.

Lou Cooper Bath Iron Works Maine Butch Wooster Rockland Augusta Jack Dempsey Augusta City Hall Charlie Miller Bangor Cooper Wooster Miller New York Dempsey Bath Roy Worcester Hope Queen City

Garden Party Invites Woolwich Red Cross at Phips Point

All are invited to a garden party and tea on Wednesday July 13 at historic Phips Point the Summer home of ex Governor and Mrs William Tudor Gardiner. The Woolwich Red Cross branch will host from 3 30 to 5 30 with Mrs Edward V Reed as general chairman and a list of local ladies assisting. Philip S Van Hook has left for Harvard Summer School in Boston after visiting Sebasco.

Wm. Tudor Gardiner Phips Point Woolwich American Red Cross Edward V. Reed Harry Fitch George Farnham Samuel Buck Suze Howard Percy Bailey John Brown Arthur Williams Ossian Dodge Clara Head Carrie Hathorn Wilbur Howe Carolyn Wing Philip S. van Hook Harry B. Briggs, Jr Sebasco Boston Harvard

Bath Transit Adopts Oxford Gray Uniforms For Drivers

Bath city news notes drivers on the Bath bus line wearing oxford gray coats trousers leggings caps and Sam Browne belts. Caps bear a Bath Bus Line badge on the front and breast pocket badges match.

Bath Sam Browne

Probate Court Session in Sagadahoc Opens Under Judge Glidden

Judge Walter S. Glidden returns to Sagadahoc probate court for July term proceedings. The session grants and files wills and administrations for multiple estates across Bath Woolwich Richmond and surrounding towns with inventories accounts petitions and guardian appointments noted.

Walter S. Glidden Sagadahoc Court House

Odd fungus nest and Old Grave Mystery In Maine

Mrs William Ledger of Norway found a nest like white eggs with a pink head fungus growth Mutinus identified by naturalist Freeman Howe. A basket of strawberries raised by Warren W Chadbourne North Bridgton held seven berries on one hull and six on another. A 1937 investigation by Lee Historical Society traced gravestones of Philip Cobb and his wife from 1848 and 1845 to a Lincoln farm after years of local mystery and archival digging in multiple towns. A baby seal named Chubby befriended 16 year old Albert Palmer of South Portland. Arthur R Fairbanks of Presque Isle earned 14 years of Rotary perfect attendance. Town Agent Thorndike announced a $3058 PWA water main project behind Central and Park streets. North Star camp near East Waterboro prepared for opening with new equipment and a five craft fleet. Maine State Grange plans annual meeting in Augusta December 6 to 8 with a city hall reception. Sergeant Harold Stone delayed marriage to Miss Eve lyn Nickerson of Lewiston shoulders post hospital duties. Knox County Legionnaires contributed modestly to State convention parade with commander Hector Staples and vice commander Leslie Dyer.

North Lee Lee Historical Society Philip Cobb Charles H. Cobb Pasadena Cal Lincoln Center Quincy Adams Lincoln Percie E. Lee Society William H. Averill Cobb Mr. Averill Washington D. C Augusta Bangor Houston Fort Kent Peter Marion Crandall Cobb Westbrook Nathan Gould Joseph E. Foxcroft Massachusetts Lincoln Farm Lincoln Village

Don Quixote and Hamlet Parallel Quest to Right a Time

The two celebrated protagonists arise in roughly the same era and share a drive to restore a time that is out of joint. Each hero pursues an ideal of justice through quixotic or tragic means, challenging contemporary norms and questioning authority.

Don Guixote Hamlet Don Quixote Hamlet

Essay on Criticism and Muse Worship at Pieria

The note links Poetry and Knowledge Pieria as early seats of Muses worship. It treats the phrase Essay on Criticism as a reference to poetry or to knowledge in general. The passage hints at the overlap of literary creativity and intellectual inquiry in ancient tradition.

Pieria

Canal survey credited to George Washington long ago

The Chesapeake and Ohio canal, listed as 186 miles long, is said to have been surveyed by George Washington according to historic accounts.

George Washington Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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The Bath Daily Times Sewall Percy D. T. Percy & Son James Winslow Mayor Butler of Annie Maddix Gloucester B. F. Savage Charles H. Cahill J. E. Drake M. W. Sewall Charles Crocker North Bath John Scott Torrey Donnell Edith Flagg Hallowell Ocean Point H. M. Sawyer Worcester, Mass Mrs. Perkins Chestnut Street Mollie Gibbons Miss Morrill Cumberland Street Portland A. Booker Maine Central Kennebec Wendell Hodgkins Conductor Hodgkins K. & L. Branch C. C. Snow Washington Street Charles Boyd Ed Cornish This City Miss Boyd Boyd Five Islands George E. Hughes Hughes James Campbell Cornell University Pennsylvania Arthur G. Oliver Shaw’s Mrs A. P. Denham Richmond Fey William Ledyard City Miss May Lyons Miss Kitty Lyons Dexter W. Ridley Maggie Everard and Son Waterville Herbert Shorey Ruth W. A Southard Sewall B. Lord Durham F. W. Sanford E. B. Southard Stevens Angelo Diversi Henry Poli Concord N. H William T. Merry U. S Managua Nicaragua Miss Chamberlain New York Journal Hallett’s Island Henry E. Duncan Agark H Parshley Tuessic James Murphy Baltimore Read Nichols Eleanor Denham William Warden Chew the Rag McDonald's Rufus Lombard West Bath Charles R. Higgins Dennett Daniel F.pembroke Corrie Clare Varney Haverhill, Mass Nelson Dingley Squirrel Island Will Dean Ben Maggett J. F. Upton the Enterprise Miss Lizzie Fannie Palmer Oscar C. Rogers Margaret Cape Breton Edith Buckminster South Vineland N. J Byron Robbins Stonington John Clifford Jessie M O. B. Bunker That City J. B. Alexander Haywood Wis Eugene Hartnett George Hughes Sagadahoc County Ty Ree Gardiner Hodgkins Keizer Messrs Bates Jones Thompson Lord of Spider's Web W. Gilbert & Son Arthur Percy Emma Chestra Fort Popham James Madden Jake Mulvaney Frank Biggins Nellie Shaw Greenville Sadie Watson Hanscom York Beach George Pottle Lewiston Annie Shea George G. Wing, Jr Isle of Springs Stephen W. Carr Grace Bowdoinham R. D. Bibber Walter Head Charles Brown Motley Fuller Mrs. Warren H. A. Duncan Morse Fairfield C. C. Low George R. Ridley P. O. Vickery Frank Holley Frank Fletcher Russell E. Footman J. T. Crosby Union Street John Gregson Worcester Mass Lorenzo T. Plummer Oliver Moses Charles H. Morse Merrymeeting Bay F. M. Chase George Chase Edgecomb Lila Burns Brooklyn N. Y Fall River J. M. Ham Margaret Eccles Cambridge G. M. Coombs Lewis Annie R. Forbes Anna B. Randall Fryeburg French Colonial Commission Co New York Stock Exchange Thomas Jewell A. Gardiner Opera House Bays of the Bath Brigade Eastern Steamboat Co Boothbay Winter Street Y.P.S.C.E St. Mary's Church Mary Folan James Heaney Katharine Conley Matthew Conley John O'Brien Bridgton and Harrison King Paul A. Gregware Pearl Street Brown Construction Co Donald N. Small Washington and North Streets Charles R. Andrews New Meadows Gardens Houghton Grounds McLellan Maine Bankers Association Poland Spring Charles S. Hichborn Fred D. Hill Front Street A. Hallet & Co Vine Street Carlton Bridge Sophie B. Getchell R.F.D Frank L. Dinsmore Shore Road Cape Elizabeth Getchel Dinsmore Lake Cobbesseecontee Winthrop Birch Point Bath Lodge of Elks Bay Point Arthur H. Sprague Walter L. Whitney Samoset Steamboat Co Virginia City Landing Seguin Walter E. Farmer West Bath Farm Bureau Boothbay Harbor Sedgwick Joseph Charles Footer & Sons Sacred Heart Circle D. of I Popham Beach Vivian Kronstrand D. J. Tardif A. B. Pease Somerville Ford Motor Co Pease Arthur G. Staples Niew Amsterdam mid-Atlantic Canford Chaney Feliks Kuusecks Nieuw Amsterdam Central Press Mary M. Lynch Sarah L. Sullivan Annie L. Hawkes Edwin B. Dunn Viola Florence Nelson Wendell Nelson Florence G. Maxwell Charles M. Vanner Winchester John Dewey Brown Mary Fitzpatrick Viola F. Nelson Anson P. M. Given Bowdeinham Milton Given Arthur J. Ward Bertha Ward James Rupert Wing George J. Hopkins Eugene B. Webster Edward W. Bridgham John P. Carey Maria Grady Bowdoin George B. Farnham Laura E. Farnham Flora B. Savage Ellen Blair Edward W. Bridsham Georgianna K. Blair Jennie M. Morse George W. Morse Edward W Bridgham Lorena Reed Protheroce Mary L. Reed Edwin B. Curtis George L. Curtis Nellie M. Merry 21St of Bath National Bank Rachel E. Dunning Addie J. Langley Netuie E. Poland Topsham Mary R. Tyler John Tyler Mary A. Cameron William A. Cameron Addie J. Downing William J. Downing Nancy Sally Hyde Eleanor B. Hyde Mabel A. Thwing Herbert D. Maxwell Louise H. Maxwell Samuel F. Dike Marie Dike Burlington Fannie E. Minott Flora M. Randall C. Lloyd Hooker Beverly Ann Alton Pinkham Hooker Cottage Sabino William Ledger Norway Freeman Howe Hull Warren W. Chadbourne North Bridgton Albert M. Palmer South Portland Palmer Cottage Freeport Arthur R. Fairbanks Presque Isle Fairbanks Thorndike PWA Central Street Park Street North Star East Waterboro Maine State Grange Harold Stone Evelyn Marie Nickerson Lewiston United Baptist Church Fort Williams Knox County Legionnaires Knox County Hector G. Staples Leslie B. Dyer Vinalhaven Rytex Lake Blue the Times Company Telephone
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