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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1929

Page

6

Wiscasset Bank History and Charter Details 1812

The article traces the Lincoln and Kennebec Bank and the creation of the Wiscasset Bank in 1812, noting petition signatures, charter terms, double liability for shareholders, state loan provisions, and initial capitalization. It recounts founders like Abiel Wood and Moses Carlton, early stockholders, and the bank’s rapid seizure by wartime losses in 1816 with notes and assets described. It also compares Maine bank growth with Bath Bank and Maine Bank, and includes local property valuations and ship assets in 1801.

Lincoln and Kennebec Bank of Wiscasset William King of Massachusetts Abiel Wood Senate House. of Representatives Commonwealth Ofchusetts General Court County of Lincoln Lincoln and Lincoln Abiel Wood, Jr Moses Carlton, Jr Nathaniel Austin Moses Carlton William Carlton William M. Bord William Bowman Moses Carlton Jr Jonathan Major Wood Major Carlton Henry Wood Mary William M. Boyd Myra Carlton Miles Bath David Payson John Dole Joseph T. Wood Wiscasset Bank Bath Bank William King Joshua Wingate, Jr Jonathan Page Lincoln and Kennebec State Bank Leginslature Commonwealth Maine Henry Robycashier Lincoln and Kennebec Bank Isaac T. Hobson John Greenleaf John Babson John Binney Samuel Cony Edmund Flagg Erastus Foote Silas Lee Thomas McCrate William Stacy & Co Whitney, Sewall & Co Wiscasset Female Asylum President, Directors & Company Perkins Kennebec Maine Bank Portland York Eastport John” Anderson Thomas Two Brothers John Huse Wavenock Dole Hope Stoclke Roby Lee Stetson Birch Point Bradbury Appleton Woodman Wheelwright Bennett House Mount Vernon Belisarius America Milford Apollo Hester

Local arrivals and visits noted around Bath area

Personal notes list Sunday passes in Belfast N H and visits by Mrs. Young Mr. Emmons and daughter Catherine in Bath. Irene Ingalls of New York to visit mother Mrs. Fannie Ingalls on Dike road this summer. Carnegie-Steel family from Newton Mass visited Bath on Saturday. Mrs. Raymond Rogers of New York returned after Capitol Island visit and a weekend on Western Avenue. Frank Arsenault returned to Cambridge after weekend with E J Arsenault family on Washington street.

Fred P. Emmons Catherine Wilhelmina Gackenbach Belfast N. H. Young Bingham Young Washington Street Irene Ingalls New York Fannie D. Ingalls Dike Road Frank Carnegie-Steel Keith Dorothea Newton Mass Bath Raymond Rogers Capitol Island Western Avenue Frank Arsenault Cambridge E. J. Arsenault

Local notices and social happenings in the village

Mrs. Frank and Mrs. Sherman High Street residents visited Beth before Mrs. Oliver’s sister travels to New York to join her husband, Bear Mountain’s chief engineer. Hewitt family weekend trips to Kittery. Capt. Hewitt to stay with them. Lillian Parks home from Lewiston for the weekend. Dances at Bridgehall drew large crowds with a night traffic officer guiding parking. Manson builds a concrete wall, Perry levels land for a lawn, High Street repairs by the city crew, Parker Rogers tours Boston with Burnham. Farmers baying when weather allows. blueberries picked for sale. Morse & Son mill crew rafting logs for processing.

Chins Frank Righ Oliver Sherman Morse New York Bear Mountain Hudson River Charles E. Hewitt Kittery Richmond Lillian Parks Lewiston Fred L. Parks Beulah McIntire John G. Morse Bridgehall William Thomson Monmouth Robert P. Manson Omar R. Perry City Street Parker O. Rogers Boston J. C. Burnham John G. Morse & Son

Doughty Survives Car Crash After Hill Upset

Ernest Doughty of Phippsburg was badly cut when his Ford touring car overturned at a hill’s foot near Leavitt's station. Lloyd Steeves of Bath stopped the bleeding with a tourniquet and aided the pair toward medical help as the 12-year-old relative, Charles Doughty, was trapped beneath. The elder Doughty freed them despite his own injuries.

Ernest Doughty Phippsburg Bath Leavitt Lloyd Steeves Doughty Steeves Charles Doughty Mr. Steeves

Colby Vigue wed in Grace Church ceremony

Frnest Wendell Colby of Wiscasset and Miss Doris Louise Vigue of Hallo well were married at Grace church. Rev. Charles M. Tubs officiated. The altar held syringas. The couple will reside in Wiscasset with family from Wiscasset and Bath in attendance.

Wendell Colby Wiscasset Doris Louise Vigue Hallowell Grace Church Charles M. Tubs Henry v. B. Nash Bath Colby

Potter and Reed Family Visits Highlight Coastal Weekend

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lemont with Mrs. Abbie Potter and Miss Bessie Potter spend several days at the Potter cottage in Southport. Elbridge Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Reed of Robbins Street, leaves Monday for Wiscasset to stay a week with Mr. and Mrs. George Mains.

Frank Lemont Abbie Potter Bessie Potter Potter Cottage Southport Elbridge Reed Clarence E. Reed Robbins Street Wiscasset George Mains

Phippsburg Summer Scene Shows Social Guests and Open Homes

Sebasco hosts a season of visitors and residents as families from Bath Portland and New York greet neighbors. Rev Walker and family arrive, local cottages host guests, revival meetings begin, and roadside stands open near West Point.

Popham Beach Hotel Riverside Welcomes Notable Arrivals

Col. and Mrs. John Morgan and son Junior from Maplewood New Jersey visit the Riverside Hotel along with many others including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garber and other New Jersey New York and Maine guests. A Wednesday dance starts the season and fireworks on the beach mark the Fourth as cottages reopen and Col. Henry W. Owen of Bath joins the Maine National Guard duty at Fort Williams.

Hotel Riverside John Morgan Son Maplewood N. J Col. Morgan Frank Garber E. Long Hillsdale Fred R. Lyons Walton N. Y C. Murray Col Henry W. Owen Bath Fort Williams Maine National Guard

Frank B Totman Dies. Paving Pioneer in Southern California

Frank Blaine Totman 44 a Bath native and asphalt paving expert died June 15 at his Altadena home after a week of illness from blood poisoning. He spent 19 years as a Griffith Company superintendent and invented the Totman portable asphalt mixing plant and the Totman tip over mixer. Survived by wife Alice and family, funeral held in Pasadena with burial in Baillie.

Frank Blaine Totman Bath Charles V. Totman Front Street Santa Rosa Avenue Altadena Calif Pasadena Totman California Griffith Company Los Angeles Frank B. Totman United States John R. Keane Western Asphalt Association New Brunswick Canada Alice M. Totman Blaine Totman Walter Sheehan Emily E.totman Ralph Totman Portland Maine New England Tel. and Tel. Co

Mrs Sarah Dunn Moore Dies After 62 Years of Marriage

Bath Box Co. manager Wellington A Moore returns from Bailie NB after the death of his wife Mrs Sarah Dunn Moore 84. She was born in St James Parish NB and married to Harris E Moore. Survived by husband and daughter Jennie L Moore. One of seven children four survive. A longtime Presbyterian member.

Wellington A. Moore Bath Box Co Baillie N. B Sarah (Dunn) Moore Harris E. Moore St. James Mr. Moore Sarah Harris Alexander Dunn Dennisville Scotland Moore Presbyterian Church Jennie L. Moore

Bath man Joseph Muse dies after short illness

Joseph Muse 78 longtime Bath resident died Sunday in Georgetown after a brief illness. Born in Nova Scotia he was a teamster most of his life. He is survived by two sons Frank Muse Bath and Charles Muse and a daughter Mrs Mary Anderson Bath. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the church in Five Islands.

Baillie Wwelleaiog 2 Moore Bath Frank C. Moore Kiam A. Moore George L. Moore St. Stephens N. B Mary Quaid Clara Palmer Harrison Dunn Fred Dunn Lemoine Station McLellan Scott Armstrong St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church der Joseph Muse Georgetown Nova Scotia Frank Muse Charles Muse Mary Anderson Five Islands

Old Time Schooner On Her Last Voyage

The dismasted schooner near Bishop dock was opposed by Mayor Cahill and city officials who sought her removal for over a year. Legal advice confirmed careful handling before the hulk would rest on Henry Totman’s Robinhood shore, ending a long nuisance to Bath and Southend residents alike.

Pere Cahill Bishop Dock Bishop Whitney Areea Edward W. Bridgham Henry Totman Robinhood Sheepscot Bath Box Co Hyde Windlass Co Southend

Bath Party Guests and Local Visits Noted

Mrs Nat Howe and daughter Miss Jessie Eaton of Georgetown paagie Thursday in Bath. Mr and Mrs Earl B Collins and Bruce of Somerville Mass are two weeks at the Dunnels cottage ham Beach. Miss Florence Gustus of North on is passing two weeks with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Harold Safford Spring street. David Brown who has an executive position with Macy s in New York City is visiting his mother Mrs 114 Brown Pearl street. om ae

F ‘Walker Newbe York City Sebasco Eine York Morace Ue Wenhabe Otto Rutin Harold Cutting Annette Martha Mildred Bath Rose Wyman Pauline Henry Minott Portland Phippsburg Centre Silas Bates Lester Bates Beachmont Mass J. E. Perry Eva Steves Davenport Gordon Berkeley Cal Co. V. Minott Chester Oliver Livermore Falls Oliver Allan Brown Lewiston James Driscoll Brunswick W. R. Bowker K. L. Percival James Harwood Tracy Cottage Meadowbrook Herbert Moores Ruth Skillings Skillings Cottage Holyoke Harold Cushman Lynn Nathan Cushman J. E. Blaisdell J. E. Sawyer Skillings Camp Sevasco Ernest Rogers Benjamin Simpson Frank Leavitt van Zandt Wheeler West Point Wheeler New York City John Wilson Raw J. D. Rogers Gardiner Rogers Ernest Wallace Ellen Victoria Bath City Hospital Mary Sewall Arthur Sewall Haskell Clara Darling Grace Hutchins Hosmer Small Point Nat Howe Jessie Eaton Georgetown Paagie Earl B. Collins and Bruce Somerville Dunnels

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