Bath Shipyard News and Torpedo Boat Trial 1901
Fortnightly Bath notices report the torpedo boat Biddle’s trial trip achieving contract speeds near 28.4 to 28.6 knots, with safety valves active. ships and tugs including the Savage and Maverick are present. The Bath Iron Works banquet honors Biddle’s crew, while other local events cover a wedding at St Marys, a new schooner Inez M Carver launch, and naval band concert. Commander Frederic R. Smith, U.S.N., dies in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddle
Southport
New Meadows Inn
Bath Iron Works
Merrymeeting Car Picnic and July 4 Plans
A July 3, 1901 report details a Lake Grove trolley picnic arranged by Margaret and Marcia Sewall with a large group of Sewall and allied families. It notes future sailing by Hermann Murphy to England for the Royal Cannon Club challenge and a Fourth of July program in Bath, plus a lightning strike damaging a pine on High street.
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Merrymeeting
Lake Grove
Margaret
Marcia Sewall
Sewall
W. D. Sewall
Edward H. Kimball
F. N. Sewall
Kansas City
Ruth Sewall
Madelyn Clifford
Janet Cutler
Carrie Pendexter
Althea Strout
Lucy Hartwell
Louise Dunning
Miriam Kimball
Dorothy
Hermann D. Murphy
Winchester
Mass
Ivernia
England
Royal Canon Club
Langston Harbor
Mr. Murphy
Charles Johnson
Uncle Sam
W. F. Stevens
Sargent Couple Return From Wedding Trip At Bath
Albert E. Sargent, foreman electrician at Bath Iron Works, arrived home yesterday from a wedding trip. He and his wife are staying with Mr and Mrs H T Passmore at 36 Dummer Street. The scene notes a four masted schooner at the Kelley Spear Co yard in build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Sargent
Bath Iron Works
Mrs. Sargent
H. T. Passmore
Dummer Street
Kelley, Spear Co
Veteran Bath shipbuilder George Hawley dies at 74
George Hawley longtime Bath shipbuilder died at 9 45 p m on July 4 at his Washington Street home from diabetes He built many vessels including the schooner Annie F Kimball born April 11 1827 in Port Hood New Jersey He is survived by a widow and six children and funeral services are set for Sunday at his residence The Bath Chronicle notes his prominent career in local shipbuilding and lists surviving relatives.
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George Hawley
Washington Street
Annie F. Kimball
Mr. Hawley
Port Hood
N. J
Joseph Hawley
Bath
Frederick Klippel
City
Charles G. Pratt
Boston
James W
George H
Barnstead
Greenleaf J
Edward P. Avery
John F
Buck to Graduate Harvard Dental School Ensign in Naval Reserve
Leon E Buck completes his third year at Harvard Dental School and serves as an ensign in the naval reserves medical corps. He resides with his parents at 137 Oak Street and will graduate next June with the rank of Lieutenant jg.
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Robert H. Donnell
A. H. Donnell
Court Street
Maine Medical School
Bowdoin College
Leon E. Buck
Harry W. Smith
Oak Street
Harvard Dental School
Naval
Harvard
Old Ship St Paul May Sail Seas Again Says Foss
The St Paul, a 228 foot Bath built windjammer now a Seattle marine museum, may return to service due to war era ship tonnage shortages. Capt. C Arthur Foss reports inquiries and notes the vessel could be re rigged with new masts.
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St. Paul
Bath
Lake Washington Canal Locks
Seattle
Wash
W. G. Bille
Maryland
New England
Chapman & Flint
Isaac F. Chapman
Pacific Packing & Navigation Co
Northwestern Fisheries Co
Booth Fisheries
Alaska
Pacific Coast Cement Co
Foss
Lake Washington Ship Canal
New York
San Francisco
Case Oil
Kobe
Japan
Formosa
Hongkong
China
New Orleans
Newcastle
Manila
Europe
Africa
Far East
Bath Marine Band Opens Summer Concert Series
Cars lined Washington Street and nearby lanes to listen from streets and library driveway as Bath Marine Band played on the park bandstand Tuesday night. The crowd approved an interesting varied program and the concerts honor city funds used for new uniforms.
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Washington Street
Summer Street
Linden
Front Streets
Park
Bath Marine Band
Heart Attack Strikes Local Jailer In Oxford
Alex M. Cutler of Oxford a longtime jailer and proprietor staying at Hotel Sedewick suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning in the office of Stanley FE. Wallace real estate dealer at 93 Front Street. Fred Curtis ambulance arrived but Mr. Cutler refused transport saying he would be all right. Dr. Joseph J. Smith treated him and reported improvement as he left.
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Alex M. Cutler
Oxford
Ohio
Sedewick
Stanley FE. Wallace
Front Street
Fred Curtis
Joseph J. Smith
Mrs. Benjamin F. Savage Confined by Illness on High Street
Mrs. Benjamin F. Savage is confined to her home on High street due to illness.
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Benjamin F. Savage
High Street
Figurehead Belle of Oregon Finds New Home in Newport News
The Belle of Oregon figurehead, once atop the Bath Maine built bark and later at Webb Institute in New York, is now displayed at the Mariners Museum in Newport News Virginia. The vessel launched in 1876, captains included Merriman Matthews and Harding, and she met her end in an Atlantic storm with three crew aboard.
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Newport News
Oregon
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture
New York City
Mariners’ Museum
Webb
Goss & Sawyer
Bath
Maine
William H. Besse
New Bedford
Columbia River
United Kingdom
Cape Horn
Jacob Merriman
Edwin J. Matthews
Matthews
Atlantic
China
San Francisco
W. C. Harding
Fine Menu Promised for Supper Dance at Country Club
Good music and a fine supper menu are planned for the Country club supper dance on Saturday night July 12. Tickets must be purchased by Friday. no tickets sold at the door. Miss Marcia Moulton chairs the event with a committee including Mrs Edwin M Fuller Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Moulton
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Mary Sewall
Francis A. Winchenbach
Ruth Robinson
Richard Hersom
Milton C. Trott
Robert P. Shaw
Fuller
Author to Attend Wiscasset Reception
Edwin Valentine Mitchell the Maine Summer and Anchor to Windward author will attend a Wiscasset reception at St. Philip's parish house Monday evening. Seacoast Mission boat Sunbeam speaker Rev. Neal Bousfield will discuss crew work and coast visits. Ruth R. Lepper will be present to discuss illustrations and sketches used in Maine Seacoast Mission reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Valentine Mitchell
Maine
Windward
Wiscasset
St. Phillip’s
Neal Bousfield
Seacoast
Sunbeam
Mitchell
Ruth R. Lepper
Southport
Maine Seacoast Mission
Carroll T. Berry
Molly Hobson
George Bemis
Joseph Hubbard
Frances Sortwell
Bousfield
Joss Convicted and Sentenced in Murder Trial
Richmond scene remains tense after Dr Joss is found guilty of manslaughter. The trial split the town into factions as Mrs Mackinnon seeks share of the home and families confront the fallout from the verdict and public scrutiny.
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Richmond
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc County
Court of Probate in Bath Maine orders notices for multiple estates. Executors and heirs are urged to appear by the first Tuesday of August with final accounts and requests for letters testamentary. Names include Eldar Markson Georgia Ripley Flora Footer Maude Stuart Harriet Movement Mackaret Conley Mark Hennessy Joel Cushman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Yoland de Markson
Robert T. Markson
Yoland D Markson
Robert T Markson
New Jersey
Georgia FE Ripley
Emma Oseonod Stover
oNatv Markson
Hamel
Emma Osgood Stover
Noty Jackson
Joseph M Footer
Flora Bo Footer
Pheretii
Anthny
Stuart Lar
Wil
Ruth Gabod
Maude
Stuart Botste
Frank Green
Tate
Bafli
Harry J. Day
Harry L. Day
Andrew S Merrill
Jetters
Alice R. Merrill
Alice RO Merrill
Esata Tarriesement
Mackaret
Conley
Mark W. Hennessy
Che Sald Mark
Hennessy
Joel F. Cushman
Ethel M MacDonid
Arthur J. Dunton
Initial Steps Taken by City Prominent Officials Listed
Gediman Ward 4 and Footer Ward 6 sit with Councilmen Bowie and 3 Butcher Ward 6 Hart Ward 4 Newell Ward 7 Small Ward 3 Ta bor Ward 6 Wallace Ward 2. In Newell’s absence from the Board of Common Council W Percy Marks Ward 7 was elected president pro tem. Mr and Mrs Carl Severin of Spring Street are at their cottage at Mecadowbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gediman
Footer
Bowie
Butcher
Hart
Newell
Small
Tabor
Wallace
Pres. Newell
Board of Common Council
W. Percy Marks
Carl Severin
Spring Street
Mecadowbrook
Probate Order Appoints Executor Without Bond
A probate notice notes an executor appointed without bond with a bond date of July 1, 1911, and references estate matters and a true copy of the original order. It lists names and locations in a formal filing, indicating official probate actions for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitader
Yal
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Philip Boudreau
Floral Street
Savage
Consolidation Coal Co
Maine Central
Washington, D. C
Percy & Small
Acine
Sewall Yard
Knickerbocker
Triton
Standard Oil Co
Maverick
St. John
N. B
Frederic R. Smith
U. S.N
Joseph Smith
Bangor
Charles D. Jameson
Binghampton
N. Y
Smith
Jacob Smith
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Rhode Island
Fort Fisher
Inez M. Carver
F. J. Hinkley
Frederick Day
Bristol
Frank Oram
Belle Wooster
St. Mary's Church
Mary Conley
Martin Conley
Thomas McHugh
Amesbury
M. C. McDonough
Annie Conley
Stephen Conley
E. J. Murphy
George Parks
Naval Cadet Band
McCutcheon Farm
John Brown
Corinth
William M. Tibbetts
Nathaniel Tibbetts
Laura Day
Maple Grove Cemetery
Annes
Naval Cadet
Maloney
Charles A. Snow
Damariscotta
Waldoboro
Nobleboro
E. M. Fuller
Popham Beach
D. Howard Spear
Falker
Philadelphia
Charles W. Morse
Saratoga
Catherine Hooper
David Owen
George W. Wells
Percy
Cuba
Staples Ot
Forks
Havana
Mr. Bigelow
J. H. Winchester
Bath Builders
New Meadows
Hardings
Garnet Bridge
William H. Tibbetts
Maple Grove
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Adelaide B. Harvey
Lincoln Street
Charles H. Harvey
Jennie
Yarmouth
Denver
Cleveland
Navy Department
Washington
Alfred W. Butler
Mystic
Conn
Holmes Shipbuilding Co
Lower
O. W. Folsom
Winter Street
William T. Donnell
William Rogers
Seth T. Snipe
John Clifford
Oak Grove Cemetery
M. G. Shaw
F. H. Kimball
Priscilla
Charles R. Donnell
Nellie Shaw
Moosehead
Maine Sportsmen's Association
Rebecca
Kimball
Pauline Bennett
Rutland Street
Arthur Oliver
Bennett
Mary Searles
Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church
H. Warren Foss
Higgins Classical Institute
Charleston
Gertrude Butler
Edmund Searles
Middletown
Irving Heath
South Grammar School
Mattie Hodgkins
Farmington
ST Paul
Belle
Ralph Baker
Texas City
Tex
Alice
Ruth
Lorenzo
Milan Street
Baker
Texas
Marie Merrill
Jason A. Merrill
Staples Pharmacy
Joss
William R. Pattangall
Frank I. Cowan
Dresden
John 1
Jack
Tees Ory
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Full
the Times CO
Tel
Saddahoe
Causig
Sata
Aueus
Colise
Mary Meriter
Phil
Elesery
Bette
Eytatey Fopateck
Pytetawa
Bemle
Cresey Guardsman
Rodney Wilthim
West Ruathy Powein Aires
Charles Reiners Webster
Charles Reiney Whittum
Arthur
Dunton
John
Jaci
Saradatkern
wWerp
Arnie
Meath
Clarence
Ape Bay
Charles
Olviech Princin
Menteur
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