Local Jottings From Kelley to Bath and Lewiston
A scattered local column lists events and notes from Kelley yard to Bath Island. Highlights include Y.M.C.A. directors meeting, coal transport by Tug Seguin from Parker's Flats, Alliquippa steamer shaft break, Bath City Hospital nurses fund progress, and an upcoming Calumet Club outing at Merrymeeting Park with plans by Grant. Also mentions cafe dansant plans, dancing professor Hebblethwaite, Bath residents at Squirrel Island, and Holman Day’s Maine fishing trip and novel wrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Spear’s
Y.M. C.A
New Meadows
Cony Island
Seguin
Parker’s Flats
Eastern
Augusta
Alliquippa
New Meadows Transit Co
Foster’s Point
Calumet Club
Lewiston
Merrymeeting Park
Grant
Bath City Hospital
Boston
Boothbay
Islands
Rockland
Portland
Dlansant
Exposition
Frank M. Hebblethwaite
Dansant
Newngland
Bath
Quirrel Island
Orse High
Oland F. Cony
Squirrel Inn
Missary Tourtillette
Island Spa
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Ocean
Miss Gay
Flaherty
White
Amos Haggett
E. W. Stanwood
Wesley Lane
Theorcester Polytechnical Institute
L.A. & W. Street
Worcester c
New England
D. Stearns
Allen Richardson
Maine
Cumberland Light & Wer Co
Holman Day
Cate
Bath and Lewiston notes mix news and local lore
Local items report a six month bill for Bath Post Office towels. Wires injure Custom House trees. kids imitate Chaplin. ball game bets. fraternal lodge installations. schooner cargo plans. shirt factory hiring. barge Wollaston launch details. a rape case involving an uncle. church spire histories in Bath. contractor Coombs built notable local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Front St
Bath Post Office
Custom House
Hyde
Lombard St
Washington St
Charles Chaplin
Mustache
Derby
Crawford
Bath Opera House
M. J. Sheridan
Court
Local notices cover yachts and civic groups in Bath and Sagadahoc
Marius Page drives an Overland seven seated car. A boy seeks plaster for his father's back at a Front Street pharmacy. Bath Fire Department buys 1000 feet Eureka hose. crowds enjoy Ranch 101 and a Jess Willard boxing ride. Kennebec Yacht Club holds an enthusiastic meeting with Commodore Ledyard and thanks Freeman Merritt for Sebasco Estates visit. Sagadahoc Knights plan a July 20 degree ceremony with 300 Knights. Bath council funds a school lot addition for 300 dollars from contingent funds. Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum reorganizes with Judge Lowell as president and 52 children in residence. Salem and Enare of Beverly arrive after a Maine coast cruise with a Boston start and Boston harbor finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marius Page
Front St
Fire Department
Eureka
Officer Rice
Maine General Hospital
Kennebec
Freeman H. Merritt
Sebasco Estates
Donald E. Sewall
Robert M. Silsby
Chester D. Colby
Charles E. Armstrong
Carl C. Pinkham
W. Clyde Lake
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Hallowell
Gardiner
Portland
Lewiston
J. J. Keegan
Weeks Street
E. S. Crosby
Dummer Street
Board of Trustees
Bath
James S. Lowell
E. W. Larrabee
H. W. Howard
William H. Watson
H. A. Duncan
J. L. Spaulding
Richmond
Duncan
Watson
Salem
Enare
Beverly
Mass
Jubilee Yacht ‘Club
Maine
Boston
Portland Harbor
Harry McFarland
Walter McFarland
John D. Daley
James F. Griffin
General Electric
Raymond Hennessey
Fred J. Plummer
Joseph Forest
Edward Brenced
Bar Harbor
Zip
Hotel Touraine
Moonlit showers usher a Bath town’s quiet, bustling week
The report covers a new house north of Bull Rock on Rocky Hill with blueberries nearby, a failed Sunday drive stalled by mud near Cook’s Corner, and a hare of social outings from the Eagles to Happy Nook. Also noted are nurses collecting funds for a hospital home, a 95th birthday tale, a car accident near Marsh Bridge, a Walter A. Savage funeral, Sarah Bernhardt tours and theatre offers for Edward J. Sullivan, and a morning fire at 792 Washington St. causing extensive damage with possible spontaneous combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wollaston
Staples Transportation Co
Kelley, Spear Co
Commercial
Keegan
Isaiah S. Coombs
Bowdoin
Bath
Washington St. Hill
Music Hall
Coombs
David C. Magoun
High and
Oak Sts
David Harris and
William D. Mussenden
Middle St
Sewall J. Watson
Judge Porter
Charley” Porter
Bull Rock
Rocky Hill
Cook's Corner
Happy Nook
Nook
Center St
City Hall
City Hospital
Augusta
Weever
Ian
George
George Washington Weever
W. Weeger
Mercer, Somerset Co
William H. Roderick
Portland
Brunswick
Roderick
Marsh
Yarmouth
Freeport
Walter A. Savage
David L. Wilson
C. R. Chappell
Central Troop
Citral Sabbath School
Edward J. Sullivan
Washington St
William Mann
Chase
Parks
Mann
Bath area reports storms and social scenes in spring
The Bath Band met for a key business session and rehearsal Tuesday night. The Islander played aboard a steamer that left city landing Monday afternoon. Residents visited Lord's Hill to view storm wreckage. A local youth, Charles Foster, is hailed as Maine's youngest 324 degree Mason. A bunco check scam appears to have moved from Bath to Portland, with names H L Shea and John L Murphy involved. An incident on Oak Street ends with two cars damaged and repairs arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Landing
Lord's Hill
Campbell's Pond
Charles Foster
Maine
Damariscotta Herald
Charles
Damariscotta
Lincoln Academy
Bath Iron Works
William H. Foster
Sewall
Solitaire
Edward Sewall
Hyde Windlass Works
Bunco
Portland
H. L. Shea
John L. Murphy
Shea
John Shea
Murphy
William L. Millay
Harry M. Norman
Brunswick
Ohio
Norman
Oak St
Mr. Evans
Oak
Harry L. Thompson
Milliken, Tomlinson Grocery Concern
Evans
Pattee
Reed & Bonney
Local Happenings Report From Popham Beach and Nearby
A roundup of visits and travels includes George Jacobs at Popham Beach and Harold Crosby with David Conforth in Woolwich. Officials and residents, from the State Treasurer Newbert at Ocean Point to editor W. F. Dunham returning from Boothbay Harbor, populate a busy town scene with travels, illness notices, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Crosby
David Conforth
Boston
Woolwich
Newbert
Ocean Point
James Williamson
Bear Island
New Meadows
W. F. Dunham
Boothbay Harbor
Walter S. Hutchins
Ruth and
Stanley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Samuel Jordan
Helen la Branche
Lewiston
George Barter
Summer St
G. C. Nichols
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
A. L. Strout
Richmond
William T. Hall
Carey
Cambridge Electric Light Co
Rowan
Cambridge
Eleanor A. Percy
Norfolk
Ross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Driftwood Club
Horace Stone
M.C.R.R
Price
Congress Shirt Co
George Jacobs
Popham Beach
Scott W. Tibbetts
Judge Spaulding
H. M. Workman
Navy
Portsmouth
Workman
Catherine Coughlin
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Martin
Mollie Palmer
Miss Coughlin
F. R. Cahill
South St
W. A. MacCormick
Y.M.C.A
Marshall McDonald
Percy Low
Lake Cobbesseecontee
MacCormick
Lunn & Sweet Shoe Co
Auburn
Bay Point
Ethel Colby
Eva Lothrop
Ethel French
Gladys Perrin
Ethel Beaumont
Rose Lalvoise
Cora Jones
Mabel Currier
Hannah Sleeper
Nellie Douglas
Everett
Katherine
Marion Mahr
Mary
Helen Martens
Gertrude Harrington
Mary Toomey
Florence Melvin
Riverside Hotel
New Meadows Inn
Cahill
H. A. Corey
Fred P. Shaw
N. B. Cortell
Birch Point
Birchwood
Williams and Clark
Gould J. Brown
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