Forty Years Ago in Bath July 7 1903 Highlights
A Bath party tours Casco Castle in South Freeport and praises the view from the castle tower. J A Fuller runs the castle restaurant with Moentley Soule as head waiter. The Bath High School class of 1901 plans a moonlight sail on the New Meadows River. The Colonial Club holds July meetings and plans a moonlight outing. Fire crews respond to two alarms on July 3 and 4, including a kitchen blaze at the Commercial House. The Maine Congregationalists conference is set for Farmington. Other news notes cover local visits, a Bath steam yacht Nourmahal commission, housing and family notices, and civic items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casco Castle
Freeport
J. A. Fuller
Merrymeeting Park
Moentley Soule
Woolwich
Colonial Club
Furber
Walter MacDonald
Lon Fisher
New Meadows
Frank Perkins
Frank Mikelsky
Alvin Gilmore
Commercial House
Fred Trask
Lower High Street
Maine Congregationalists
Maine Missionary Society
Farmington
Old South Church
O. W. Folsom
Winter Street Church
W. H. Fenn
Portland
Candy’s Harbor
Long Island
Sagadahoc Square
Merry trolley ride to Lewiston on parlor car
July 8 1903 Miss Maud Greenleaf and Miss Gertrude Lundrigan managed a 40 person trolley party to Lewiston on the parlor car Merry meeting with refreshments served. Mrs Harry Stuart visits Waldoboro as Addie McFadden discharges pine cargo. An early morning runaway on lower wear involved a horse attached to a fish wagon near Crosman’s and damaged a team near Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Greenleaf
Gertrude Lundrigan
Lewiston
Harry Stuart
Waldoboro
Captain Stuart
Addie McFadden
West Shipyard
Eaton
Small Point
Crosman’s
Washington Street
Baker's
Italians Arrive and Work Crew Delays in Lewiston
A crew of 30 Italians arrived by boat and head to Lewiston to work under contractor James Billings who missed his boat departure and was carried upriver. The group waited on the wharf as Billings arrived five hours later aboard the Gar diner. Rev D B Holt and others attend Epworth League in South Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
James Billings
Gardiner
D. B. Holt
Lissa Hopkins
Louise Fowler
South
Paris
Rogers Yacht Tours Maine Coast With Visiting Party
On July 12 1903 H H Rogers the oil king and copper magnate journeyed up the Kennebeck and along the Maine coast with a party of friends. The craft did not land in the city but moved along the waterfront attracting much attention as it skirted the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Rogers
Oil King
Kennebeck
Rogers
Maine
Largest yacht to visit the river this season announced
The season will see the cruiser Cleveland on the way to Charlestown Navy for bottom cleaning before its official trial trip. Rapid electrical work is underway while a run of incidents and local happenings fill the day, including nurse Miss Redmond aiding patient Moses Black after a runaway accident and expected surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Works
Cleveland
Charlestown Navy
Moses Black
Miss Redmond
Portland
Mr. Black
Mixed 1903 Maine item sheet reports moves and local incidents
Frank H. Shepard returned from Weymouth on the Culdoon with Capt. Turnbull, completing the Kennebec voyage in 37 hours. Mrs. McKeiver injured her hand washing dishes, Dr Snipe attended. Mrs. Sadie Andrews arrives for her father H. T. Pratt’s critical illness. Harry Day works at Andersons. Bernice Merrill finishes quilt squares. John McRea back from Rockland to Bath Iron Works. Lightning struck a tree near the Popham hotel. hail near Pond Island. E. C. Plummer obtains Navigation Laws book from F. T. Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Shepard
Weymouth
N S
Turnbull
Kennebec
John McKeiver
Snipe
Bath youths visit Portland to see Barnum circus
Bath boys Roy Colby H B Andrews William and Frank Powers journeyed to Portland to view Barnum's Circus. F E Emmons and J E Smith spent Sunday at Ocean Point as guests of David Stanwood who runs the local resort store. A baptism occurred at the People's church with Henry M Sanford baptised and a crowded evening service featured two choirs. The day was the hottest of the season with temperatures above eighty and near one hundred, aiding trolley and steamboat travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Colby
H. B. Andrews
William and
Frank Powers
Bath
Portland
Barnum’s Circus
F. E. Emmons
J. E. Smith
Ocean Point
David Stanwood
New Meadows Steamboat Company
The
People’s Church
Henry M Sanford
Parker Head Society Notes Across Bath and Phippsburg
Parker Head notices list visits and guests from Bath, West Point, Popham, and Portland. People include Mertie Shepherd, Jim Haskell, Keith Parkman, Elmer Allard, Burleigh Williams, Leroy Perkins, Walter Cushing, Owen Richardson, Blanche Reno, L Forrest Wyman, William Hemmer, Anne Merrill, Grace Whittemore, Pearl Hathorne, Natalie Hathorne, J Ashton Nickerson, and Rev. A Bernard Webber. The piece mentions vacations, dinners, dedication of an observation post, and family arrivals in Parker Head and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wick
Mertie Shepherd
Jim Haskell
Keith Parkman
Popham
Elmer Allard
Burleigh Williams
Leroy Perkins
Walter Cushing
Owen Richardon
West Point
Parker Heid
Blanche Reno
Bath
L. Forrest Wyman
Wyman
William Hemmer
Navy
Anne Merrill
Old Orchard
Grace Whittemore
Pearl Hathorne
Natalie Hathorne
Parker Head
Phippsburg Center
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Harrington
Boston
Sam Sternberg
Annine Bassett
Herbert Bassett
EM_ Wyman
George Woodward
New Jersey
Anthony Bramam
West Bath
Grace Cusaing
Waiter Cusning
Waiter .McCurty
Frances Robie
F K. Waenan
Ruebert Jowell
Leslie W.lson
Phyllis Young
Eugene Fo Morr
Texas
L.-ter F Morrill
Rev Helen Overman Leaves Rockport For Maine School
Rev Helen Overman of Rockport departs with her hosts Rex and Mrs Charles Sams for North Street parsonage. She goes to Orono to study polynomics at the University of Maine for a week long course aimed at certification. Overman has taught as a substitute in Rockport and may join Thomaston schools this fall. In Bath she led vacation Bible schools at Furst Baptist and Wiregance churches. Mary Furber assisted in the vacation school for three weeks in Sims trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Sins Overman
Rockport
Rex
Charles R. Sams
North Street
Orewe
Polnomics School
University of Maine
Overman
Thomaston
Bath
Furst Baptist Church
Wiregance Church
Mary Furber
Bedford Road
Sims
North End sewer expansion and city car duties debated
City council discusses authorizing up to 2500 to extend the North End sewer to the Kennebec river and assigns patrol responsibility for police cars. Debates over management, potential promotions, and a stop sign on Maple Grove Avenue follow. Petitions on drainage and sidewalk projects referred to boards. other municipal items and arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Kingsbury
Lermond Hunter and Robinson
Henry O. Trowbridge
John P. Carey
Edwin R. Andrews
North End
Kennebec River
Thayer
Rogers
Alderman Thayer
Stoke
Oliver
Waldo Weston
Weston
New
Maple Grove Avenue
Lincoln Street
Vane Street
Ward 1
Goddard’s Pond
Washington Street
McCabes Store
Ernest Wood
Dish
Red Men Beano Permit Discussion Prompts Public Hearing
Alderman Oliver notes opposition to the Red Men beano permit and urges a public hearing before approval. He says several people should have a chance to speak and that the application should wait for the hearing to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redmen
Oliver
Maine Apple Crop Forecast Favors Shorter Yield Than 1942
Maine state horticulturist Stanley P Painter predicts the 1943 apple crop will fall far short of 1942’s 730000 bushels due to winter injuries from severe cold snaps and an off year in bearing. He warns that storage risks rise if harvest comes late and notes the bloom is not as robust as earlier indications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Stanley P Painter
Painter
Flo
Phippsburg Vacation Update Notes Local Visits
PHIPPSBURG children Constance and Richard Staples of Somerville Mass are at the Little cottage for a vacation Miss Grace Dickinson who has been passing three weeks at her old home in Phippsburg has returned to her Bath home much improved in health. Mrs Helen Gagnon accompanied Miss Catherine Berry to Wynburg Friday and assisted her in opening the Berry cottage for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance
Richard Staples
Somerville
Mass
Grace Dickinson
Phippsburg
Helen Gagnon
Catherine Berry
Wynburg
Berry Cottage
Jenkins Visit To Drummond Street Home
Stanley P. Jenkins and daughter Audrey of East Hartford arrive Monday evening for a few days visit with Mrs. Jenkins parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Bowie of Drummond street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo McNear
Damariscotta
Charles H. McNear, Jr
Warren W. McNear
Boston
Stanley P. Jenkins
Audrey
East Hartford
Conn
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc County 1943
Court of Probate in Bath issues notices for multiple estates including Jessie Kelly Loretta K Carlton Ethel B Kershner Warren E Kershner Walter M Potter Sarah E Potter Omar W Folsom Elsie M Folsom Nellie C Marston Bath National Bank M Langdon Hill Lloyd Francis Doyle Scotchy Doyle Ralph K Hall Lillan M Hall and Frederick D Hill. Hearings set for August 1 with notices published in Bath Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ethel B. Kershner
Lath
Warren E. Kershner
Kershner
Walter M. Potter
Sarah E. Potter
Omar W. Folsom
Elsie M. Folsom
E-tate
Nellie C. Marston
Bath National Bank
Lloyd Francis Doyle
Lloyd Francis Boyle
Scotchy Doyle
Ralph K. Hall
Lillan M. Hall
Probate Court Order Notices in Bath and Sagadahoc County
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc issues order for publication for three weeks in the Bath Independent. Interested parties must appear on the first Tuesday of August to contest or object. Names estates of multiple deceased residents and estate actions including executors trustees and conservators listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Margaret Ann Sylvester
Mary Arline McNeill Gay
Charles M. Bigelow
Georgetown
Elizateth Gertrude Horton
Alice Frost
Arthur P. Mayo
Gath Firth
Charles E Cushing
Baih
Harry L. Day
Martin F. Conley
Ace M. Conley
Ad- Iministratrix
Clifford Gb. Wilband
Isabella D Wilband
iTrix Tars
Edwin ©. Chandler
Annie C. Loneley
Tate
Robert Banuney
East Rusetts
Old Trust
Pany
Joan
Webster
West Count
W.ster
Arthur J. Dunton
Estate appointments listed by Sagadahoc Register of Probate
In Sagadahoe County probate records the following estates show appointed executors administrators and conservators with dates around 1943. Names include Hass sate, A Haines, West Boutin, Kathaina L. Ma, Lambert, E Frost, Arthur F Mason, Edward W, Win Elwad Sonia, Chat W Filllerton, Dutar COW, and others noted as executors without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John LO Jack
Sagadahoe
Haines
Bath
Deca West
Boutin
Kathaina L. Ma
Bond
Lambert
Buffalo
Frost
Arthur F
Maso
Presen
Euward W
Elwad Sonia
Sonia
Filllerton
Wardens
Arthur J. Dunton
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Frank Welch
William
U. S. Army
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Blanche Wolston
New York
A. R. Cahills
C. D. Moulton
University of Pennsylvania
Copper Hospital
Cambridge
George Place
Quincy
Fore River
George Brown
Thomas Brown
Mr. Browns
Kerwin Reynolds
Thompson Bros
Burnham
Henry Howard
Howard Coal Co
Rose McKabe
Brunswick
Miss McKabe
John Jacob Astor
Nourmahal
H. C. Farnham
George Wright
North Bath
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Hosea Hewitt
Beacon Street Epworth League
Beacon Street
Freeman Murray
Pine Street
Mr. Murray
J. Fred Tobey
Chestnut Street
Frank Deering
Rumford Falls
Carrie Sears
Ida
Wiscasset
Jack Broadnax
Hatch
Red Cross
Bachelor
New Meadows Inn
E. W. Roberts
Waterville
William Plummer
Harry Plummer
William Dunton
Dunton
Bagley
Elmer Rich
John D. Rogers
Galen Moses Allen
Mary F. Huston
Center Street
Lida Hawthorne
Waltham, Mass
Daniel Nickerson
High Street
Charles E. Hyde
Sabine
M.A. Haggett
C. A. Coombs
Mr. Coombs
E. P. Donnell
Elbridge Wilson
Virginia Ham
Austin D. Miller
William H. Taylor
Exeter
Nebraska
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Joseph Madden
Harvey K. Erskine
Erskine
Wakefield
Hapgett
Hodgkin
Mr Hodgkins Beimg
Goldy Lord
Plymouth
Edwin Pillsbury
Harry McLellan
Randall Johnson
Winter Street
Sherburne
N. H
Mr. McLellan
Minnie White
Rockland
Charles W. Fisher
Mabel Bonney
Lewis Bonney
Winthrop
Sergeant Richardson
Fort Popham
C. T. Jackson
Albert Snow
Albion Parris
Goss
W.H. Field
George Gardiner
Leroy Mitchell
James Wright
H. A. Huse
Fred Sturtevant
Ella Huse
Fred Parks
Lee
Dr. McGillicuddy
William Woodson
Warks
Edward Street
Hern
Gloucester
Boothbay
Sadie
Mr. Hern
Phil Blaisdell
Oea
Dromore
George Weston
Laura Duncan
D. T. Percy
Percy
H. J. Passmore & Co
Whasset & Quebec
Sadie Andrews
Bingham
H. T. Pratt
Harry Day
Andersons Drug Store
Bernice L. Merrill
Merrill
the Water Companis
John McRea
Bath Iron Works
Pond Island
E. C. Plummer
the United States
F. T.chamberlain
Out
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Mary, Annie and
Margaret Biggins
Mrs
Michael Biggins
Parker
Herbert ‘Po Caverly
Corliss Street
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Washington Streets
Tron Works
Alderman Kingsbury
Union Street
Washington
C. L. Hutchins
Kinsburys
Dana W. York
Augusta
Vernon Mocklar
Carlton Bridge
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bowie
Witham
Jones
Emery
Green
Plummer
Stover
Wey Wolonim FL
Wurseh
Church of the New Jerusalem
Washington, D. C
Wunsch
Brook Inn Hesshts
N.Y
Woods
Portsmouth
Warsel
Cambriduve
Winsel
Janice Chesman
Frank Chesman
North Weymouth
Wass
Scott M. Golder
Winship Street
Everett Quum
Farrin Street
Frederick D. Hill
M. Langdon Hill
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