Forty Ago in Bath Coastal Notes and Local Rumors
A Bath coastal roundup recounts summer visitors and maritime activity. Mentioned are the yacht Minnehaha at Island Camp, the Arcede at New Piazza, and marine engineer Horrel Fistes on vacation. Local inns, dining crowds, and summer freight boats Ransom Fuller and Penobscot shifting to Gardiner and Rich draw merchants’ comments.
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Horrell Fistes
Hos
Arcede
New
Ransom Fuller
Penobscot
Bath
Gardiner
Rich
Lawn party fund raises at University home
July 11 1906 ladies of the University host a lawn party at Miss Phyllis Bowie's home, featuring fortune telling, candy booths, a fishing game, and various stalls. Attendees include Bath le and guests from Portland. Dowling of Stimson's takes a short vacation as a news item notes travel by train and Ed E. prepares to sail soon.
Bath Notes Diverse Local Happenings and Visitors
Bath residents enjoy social events, travels, and entertainments as Miss Isabel Kateon reports from Greival on the ship Arabic. Mrs Frank Butler tours New York Maine with Union Metallic Cartridge Co demonstrations. Music hall recital by Allan Peery draws crowds while Miss Oakley plans free exhibitions in Bath's Hyde Light Guards grounds. Local transport and club activities include a Bath Driving Club matinee races and Bath Iron Works vs. Casino Castles ball game preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Butler
Annie Oakley
New York
Maine
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Miss Oakley
Bath
Hyde
Lincoln Street
Bath Driving Club
Veterson
Jones
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Casco Castles
Freeport
Summer visitors and misrouted travelers noted
July 14 1906 Mrs John A Morse and family returned from Cambridge. Miss C J Carter from Honolulu plans a summer at Small Point. George Martin Roland Hill Irish and Henry W Owen hosted a house party with Mrs Catherine Hill Cook and daughters Ellen Ruth Isabel Turner. Eleanor Hyde and Mrs John S Hyde will be at the Small Point club house Sunday. Two women boarded the steamer Wiworna by mistake and reached City Landing after realizing they were bound for Augusta the City of Augusta waited to depart. Mrs 8 S Duncan and daughter Mrs Anna Paul of Lynn were mentioned.
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George Martin
Roland Hill
Henry W. Owen
Seine
Atherine Hill Cook
Isses
Ellen, Ruth and
Isabel Turner
Eleanor Hyde
John S. Hyde
Small Point
Augusta
City Landing
Commercial Street
City of
Pictures Draw 1500 at Merry Meeting Bak Evening
The event drew about 1,500 attendees with the shows described as short. Various local notices report deaths, adoptions of wills, and administrations in Bath and surrounding towns, including estates of Staples Whitre and Nolan, and licenses to sell real estate.
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Merrymeeting Bak
Miss Mildred Nichols Takes Vacation in Boston Area
Miss Mildred Nichols, a clerk at D E Percy & Sons, enjoys a week off in Boston and nearby locales. At Pep copies, Miss Edith Lily sang a solo at church last night with a sweet voice earning many compliments.
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Mildred Nichols
D. £. Percy & Sons
Boston
Edith Lily
Estate accounts filed for Clark and Mustard estates
The estate of Ethel L. Clark of Beth presents her first and final account by administrator John Clark. The estate of Levi Mustard of Bowdeinham presents its first account by executrix Gladys M. Cornish and Mabel B. Merrill as executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Newman
Georgetown
Josephine H. Newman
Eva M. Helah
Charles E. Helah
Bath
Edward C. Stiness
Lucie F. H. Stiness
George C. Pease
Phippsburg
Annie M. Pease
Charles M. Miller
Charles E. Miller
Cora G. Hanna
Ruth M. Watson
George W. Morse
Egenton
N. J
Marion A. Morse
James W. Tibbetts
Ralph O. Dale
Elizabeth E. Thurlow
Fred B. Kittridge
Lydia Brimisine
William S. Shorey
George A. Churchill
Daniel Williams
Elizabeth M. Savage
Warren
Frank H. Savage
John H. Currier
Arrowsic
Celia J. Hutchins
Ethel L. Clark
Beth
John Clark
Levi Mustard
Bowdeinham
Gladys M. Cornish
Frank M. Lamb
Mabel B. Merrill
Real Estate Transfers Across Bath and Nearby Towns
A list of recent property transfers across Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond West Bath Woolwich includes deeds from Seneca H. Conley estate to William B. Temple and others, Martha Crocker to Dorig Rea, Buzzell to Bailey, Silsby to Jones, Jones to Turpie, Richards to Presley, Brown to Lewis, Jordan to Davis, Banson to Beauville, Al ter ton to Bragg, Penkins to Beach, Creshey to Bates, Berg to Cummings, Black to Bridge, Battler to White, Fickett to Thibodeau, Dick to Jones, Belanger to Beaudoin, Babine to Perry, Harrington to Avis, Moore to Greenlaw, and Mank to Woolwich parties among others.
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Bath
Seneca H. Conley
William B. Temple
Union Street
Martha F. Crocker
Dorig L. Rea
Beacon Street
George C. Buzzell
Ernest J. Bailey
Oliver Street
Jennie Gertrude Silsby
Bery
Iley Jones
Reen Street
Beryl Bailey Jones
William Turpie
Green Street
Owen J. Richards
Lennie M. Beach
Georgetown
Bernice G. Cres‘hey
A. Bates
Harriet K. Berg
Edward A. Cummings
Phippsburg
Andrew F. Black
Elwood G. Bridge
Walter A. Coffin
Arthur G. Wallace
Richmond
Evelyn B. Battler
Joseph R. White
Irving
Harold Harrington
Harold E.avis
Lia E. Moore
Florence A. Greenlaw
Woolwich
Chester W. Bailey
Elmer E. Mank, Jr
Percy C. A
Howard A. McNeill
John Phillips
William J. Phillips
Marion Kelley
Otis L. Carver
Charter Revision Committee Plans Report by Oct 1
The committee on revision of the city charter met at City hall for its third meeting. Comprised of city council members and interested citizens, the group focuses on modernizing the 100 year old charter and will report recommendations to the city council by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Frenchman Introduces Coffee to America in 1720
A French planter brought coffee to the American colonies in 1720 by importing a lone plant to Martinique, marking the start of coffee cultivation in the region.
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America
Martinique
Probate notices from Bath estates list for August hearing
Court of probate in Bath issues notices for several estates. It names John J. Nolan William H White Cora G Hanna Edith G Stewart Edmund M Staples Theodore L Maybury and Esther W Perry plus Ruth M Watson Berniece D Staples and Helen Frances Bearce as figures in petitions final accounts and administration whose actions include appointments licenses to sell and final accounts with hearings set for August.
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John J. Nolan
Bath
Jennie M. Nolan
Ellery E. Whitre
Mary E. Itte
Sarah M. Preble
Echmond
Frank Preble
Pile
Morris H. Cohen
H. Doris G. Cohen
Isabel C. Ames
G. Cleveland Mariiher
Annie L. Raymond
Bowdeinham
Horace L. Raymond
Guardian
Edmund M. Staples
Ate
Lernice Dles
Edith G. Stewart
Ina Kenney
Bernice D. Staples
Theodore L. Maybury
Woolwich
Helen F. Bearce
Helen F. Maybury
Laura M. Watt
Lancaster
Penn
John P. Carey
Nanella J. Trott
Freeman A. Trott
Cora G. Hanna
Georgoer
Rutatson
Joseph A. Aldred, Jr
Dorothy P. Aldred
Topsham
Joseph A. Aldred
Jasqueline Saucier
Cecile Saucier
Ofoc
TFS
Bath Independent
Esther W. Perry
Georgetown
Saidorgetown
Ruth M. Watson
Helen Prances Maybury
Ar’ J. Dunton
Probate notices list administrators and guardians in Bath area estates
I John L. Jack Register of Probate certify the following estates and appointees with dates July 2 1946. Mary E Whittemore administratrix without bond estate Ellery F E Whittemore Dora Cohen administratrix with bond estate Morris de Cohen Elmer F Blake executor without bond estate Frances R Blake Elmer F Blake executor without bond estate Jennie Gertrude Silaby Beryl Bailey Jones acton MA appears in order Arthur J Dunton RM true copy November 18 1925
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John L. Jack
Idahoc
Ellery FE
Acton
Arthur J. Dunton
Frances
Eure
C. Pone
Eee
Phtomer Deceasi
Executrix
Eva M. Bom
Pes
Charles Lah
Arthur J Dunton
Popham Beach Visitors and Local Residents Share Summer
A list of summer guests and locals visiting Popham Beach area includes Mrs. David Westall of Lewiston and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Etnier of Gilbert Head, Burt Osgood of Bangor, and many others from Bath Woolwich Waltham and Cape Elizabeth. Several stories note hospital visits, cottage stays, and day visits to friends and relatives in the community.
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Anw
Seguim
David Westall
Lewiston
Peter A. Isaacson
Portland
Cary Etnier
Harpswell
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
Burt Osgood
Bangor
A. Burt Osgood, Jr
South Shore
Arthur Allen
Woolwich
Ernest Oliver
Sidney Hardwick
Maryland
Shirley
David Loon
Leland Oliver
Claremont
N. H
Popham
Ralph Butler
Robert
Waltham
Mass
Ledgewood
Alexander Reed
Leslie Dyer
Winnegance
Moses Chandler
Frederick Thomas
Phippsburg
Earl L. Oliver
Georgetown
Joseph Higgins
Kenneth Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
Herbert Yeaton
West Point
Carl Horne
Testament and Divorce Proceedings from Sagadahoc Court
Maine notices detail executrix appointments and bonds in Bath. Frances Btin named executrix in the 1946 estate. Eva M. Bom and Charles Lah named executors. A Libel for divorce by Carl J Antworth against Blanche M Antworth is ordered for Bath Sagadahoc. residence unknown. a notice must appear before October 3, 1946 with public postings.
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State OF Maine
Suoe
Si Counadahoc
Carl J. Antworth
Bath
Gagadahoc
Blanche M. Antworth
Waterville
Kennebec
George West
Ellice
Maine
Libellant E
A. D
Edward W. Bridghan
Rotary Jane
Sagadahoc
Ss. Superior Court
Independent
Prares
Robert B. Williamson
Esther L. Brawn
Bath are here for two Mr. Preney plans to fill cottage
Bath residents report plans by Mr. Preney to fill a cottage in the pine grove during a vacation period of two weeks. The fragment notes a temporary living arrangement and timing but lacks full context or official details.
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Charles Davenport
Maine Central
North Boothbay
Philadelphia
New York
J. S. Pinkham
Harpswell
Charles Wyman
Phippsburg
Bath
Five Islands guests and visitors during July
Summer visits and walks noted with residents and guests including Miss Helen C Disque of Ling Sue Ogden spending the season at Big Pe Mere. Mr and Mrs McKlean of Braintree, Massachusetts visit Mr and Mrs Harold Myers while Phile de William and Janet Eaver of Pa attend Lodge events in July.
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Ter Tee
Phile de William
Janet Eaver
William H
Lodge
Helen C
Sue Ogden
Ig Pe Mere
McKlean
Braintree
Mass
Harold Myers
Mrs Jo and Daughter Honor Mrs Wagner Jr at Shower
Mrs Robert E Jo Sr and Mrs Ralph Maw er hosted a shower at 623 Wash ington Street on Thursday July 10 in honor of Mrs Ro E Wagner Jr The room featured pink and blue decor A light luncheon followed and Mrs Wagner Jr received many gifts from guests including Zalesha Andrews Viola Hoesnoe Foley Miss Zillian Mrs Blanche Joy and others Additional gifts arrived the next day from the family in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Jo, Sr
Ralph Mawer
Washin Street
Ro E. Wagner
Wagner, Jr
Ee Zalesha Andrews
Viola
Marion Vs. Hoesnoe Foley
Zillivan
Blanche Joy
Madeline Boulay
Doris MacDonald
Alice Struble
Estella Rines
Priscilla Parshley
Helen Black
Elinor
Marjorie Black
Alice Irish
West Virginia
Wollaston Couple At North Edgcomth Cottage
In Wollaston Massachusetts a couple visited at a cottage in North Edgcomth near Mr and Mrs Frank. The brief social item notes a private gathering at the residence.
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Wollaston, Mass
Mrs. Frank
North
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