Local Jottings From Bath and Nearby Towns
A Bath note list covers a July Fourth holiday, a band concert in the park, a new New Meadows Cafe opening, a Bath Wesley Church visit by Rev. Dr. Frost, and milk bottle seal discussions. It also cites a critical anonymous letter in Damariscotta Herald, weather hindrances to July trips, and New York Express platform inconveniences for passengers in rain.
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Lincoln St
Bath
Salisbury Beach
New Meadows
New Meadows Landing
New Meadows River
Joshua M. Frost
Auburn
D. B. Holt
Wesley Church
Frost
Wesley Levy Church
Eerest Sis
England
Gordon Highlanders
N. Y
Damariscotta Herald
Herald
Worcester
Waldoboro
New York Express
Bath and area notices share a busy week of events
Watermelons go on sale while Tinker mackerel are plentiful and a barge launch takes place at Kelley Spear yard. The Bath Marine Band rehearses, local clubs meet, and a road project compares wear. A traffic collision near Washington and Vine draws many onlookers as residents note labor and travel stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Club
Kelley
Spear Yard
Bath Marine Band
Colonial Club
City Landing
Two Canadian visitors arrive for vacation at Popham Beach
Two Canadian women arrived Thursday to spend a holiday at Popham Beach. The Bath Marine Band performed a Monday park concert with a full program. A variety of local activities including a church service, a marriage intention filing, and a Moose Lodge meeting are noted along with shipping and excursion news.
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Canada
Popham Beach
Winter St
Omar W. Folsom
Charles H. Dwyer
Pearl L. Campbell
Saco
Crocker
Ruth M
Westport
Seguin
Parker’s Flats
Randolph
New York
Alice Wentworth
Plymouth
South Gardiner
John Flaherty
Arthur Footer
Arthur Norton
Rand Nichols
Harold Childs
William Lemont
George Goodwin
Gardiner Rogers
Lemont Cottage
Sebasco
Bath
Frances M
Hagan
Portland
New Orleans
Grand Trunk Railroad
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Boothbay
Islands
City Landing
Bath Marine Band
Old Guard
R. B. Hall
Remick
J. B. Lamp
Adele
Jean Briquet
Globe Dwellers
Rosenkrans
Fred Gilbert
H. M. Gifford
Doan's Kidney Pills Recommend by Bath Resident
A Bath resident James Wright of 55 Shepard St. reports using Doan's Kidney Pills improved his back pain and enabled him to work again. He bought the remedy at Webber's Drug Store and advises others with kidney trouble to use the product. Foster Milburn Co. markets the pills at 50 cents.
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Bright
Dean
Bath
Doan
James Wright
Shepard St
Webber’s
Wright
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pardon Hearing Set for Melvin Bessey in Maine Prison Case
Secretary of State John Bunker has notified that a petition for the pardon of Melvin Bessey, jailed for the murder of Lucretia P. Bessey, is before the Governor and Council. A hearing will be held July 28 at 10 a.m. in Augusta. Bessey killed his wife in Bowdoinham on May 27, 1894, and received a life sentence with ward labor at Thomaston. The murder trial occurred in the August term of the Supreme Judicial Court before Associate Justice Walton. Charles D. Newall was county attorney at the time.
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Otter Cliff House
Five Island
J. A. Arnold
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Yale
Eleanor A. Percy
Ross
Percy & Small
Ellis
Woolwich
Adirondacks
Montsweag
Tall Stove Club
Charles H. Kelsea
Austin L. Kelsea
Austin
Vancouver
Seattle
Portland
Manitoba
Sherbrooke
Toronto
Island Pond
Berlin
N. H
Frank A. Robbins Circus
Kelsea
Bill
Winnegance
Water St
White
Peter
Bath
Winneganee Creek
Randall D. Coombs
John Doyle
Washington and
Vine Sts
Iron Works
Young Coombs
Center St
Washington St
Vine
Doyle
Washington
Coombs
Cahill
E. W. Bridgham
John Bunker
Melvin Bessey
Maine
Lucretia P. Bessey
Augusta
Bessey
Bowdeinham
Auction Notice of Georgetown Property over 265.41
Sagadahoc County Maine on June 15 1915 issued a mortgage foreclosure sale notice. R L Cochran Company sues Mae F Payne alias Mrs Weymouth of Boston for 265.41 debt plus 24.72 costs and will offer on July 24 1915 a Five Islands Georgetown lot description at public auction.
Public Auction Notice in Sagadahoc Maine 1915
State of Maine issues judgment in Sagadahoc County for Plaza Operating Company against Mae Payne for 149 dollars and 90 cents debt plus 24 dollars 72 cents costs. Property at Five Islands Georgetown to be sold July 24 1915 at 11 AM. Describes lot with precise bounds and references attached writ date November 10 1913.
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Sagadahoc
A. D
Supreme Judicial Court
R. L. Cochran Company
New York
Mae F. Payne
Mae F. Brown
E. Weymouth
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Georgetown
Saahoc
Plaza Operating Company
Mae Payne
Madame Jaxye
Sagadahoe
Maine
County of Sagadahoc
Mae F. Weymouth
John A. Norris
M. F
A. DD
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aderton
American Express
Roy McLean
Western Union Telegraph Co
Henry J. Gediman
Mr. Gediman
Front St
Edward Oliver
Johnson Bros
Loyal Order of Moose
J. W. Leicht
Texas
Leicht
Wadsworth
Bath Lodge
Mann
Lei
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Cyrus W. Longley
State OF Maine
Fashon
Gouraud’s
FERD
T. Hopkins & Son
Great Jones St
New York City
Standard Oil Company OF
Albany
Gocony
State ‘of
M. Humphreys
Centre Street
Artis
Bath, Maine
R.E. Smith
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