Forty Years Ago in Bath July 13 1898
J. B. Jackson Jr. and others are in Boston on business visits. Miss Emma Chestra and many Bath residents are described as visiting, vacationing, or returning from trips to Boston Portland Squirrel Island and Popham Beach. Various sailors, officers, and town officials are listed with short notes on their whereabouts and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Jackson, Jr
Boston
Stanley Patten
Portland
Squirrel Island
Three Men Answer to Plumbing Charges
In municipal court Tuesday James Kennedy Arthur L Berry and Whitman R Mitchell faced charges of installing plumbing without a local permit. Kennedy pled guilty to three counts paying fine and costs, Berry pled nolo contendere with fine and costs, and Mitchell had case not pressed after inspectors said improvements were completed at a local hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kennedy
Arthur L. Berry
Whitman R. Mitchell
Louis P. Eseley
Kennedy
Berry
Nolo Contendre
Arthur J. Dunton
Mitchell
Dunton
Mr. Eseley
Elton L. Markham
State Bureau of Health
Horse Pulling Match At Grangers Party
A lawn party at West Bath Grange featured a horse pulling contest drawing a large crowd. Harold Freeman and his team won first with 603 ft 9 in, James Lemont's team took second at 431 ft 5 in, Dennis Gaudet placed third at 347 ft 2 in, and Herbert Simpson fourth at 285 ft 9 in. Dennis Gaudet's draft horses won first and second in the show class, judged by Harry Peterson and Owen Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
the Grange
Harold Freeman
James Lemont
John Brooks
Dennis Gaudet
Herbert Simpson
Harry Peterson
Owen Rogers
Maine crop prospects rise despite potato cutback
A joint Maine and U S Department report forecasts Maine crop output to be higher than last year excluding potatoes and apples. Potatoes acreage is pegged at 164 000, down 5 000 from 1937. In Aroostook County crop growth is favorable as of July 1, with total expected production about 47.56 million bushels versus 48.50 million in 1937 and 43.82 million as the 1927-1936 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States Departments of Agriculture
Aroostook J County
Duck Season Extended 15 Days This Fall
The Biological Survey announces a 15 day extension to the autumn duck and waterfowl season, creating a 45 day period with higher bag limits and new allowances for canvasback, ruddy, redhead, and bufflehead ducks. Northern and intermediate zones updated dates, and prior restrictions mostly retained. A field at Bath Country Club hosts guest night with 52 golfers and Bears winning on a high turnout.
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Biological Survey
Wallace
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Ira N. Gabrielson
Bears
Bulls
Bath Country Club
Myron Hilton
Wilfrid Girard
Tom Allen
Sagada Rod and Gun Club Moves Meeting Site and Plans
At a special meeting of the Sagada Rod Gun and Skeet Association Inc at president William T. Donnell’s home members voted to hold future meetings at the Winnegance Community Club house. They set Aug 9 for a supper meeting with a public sale and outlined a two day coon hound event Sep 24-25 with rifle pistol and trap shooting as well as wood chopping and log-rolling. A bird dog field trial committee was named led by Wendell B. Heal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
William T. Donnell
High Street
Winneganee
Maine
Wendell B. Heal
Bath
Winnegance Community Club House
Edgar W. Oliver
Edward E. Sonia
Walter J. McElman
William M. Briggs
Edward S. Gediman
George W. Hibbs
Conflicting Captioned Report On Nation Under The New Deal
A Boston Globe captioned piece outlines a bleak view of the United States under the New Deal with population figures and supposed unemployment counts while a separate note recalls a long mailed letter from California to Charlestown about a gold rush death. The letter’s age and travel path via boat around Cape Horn or the Isthmus of Panama are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. E. Hennessy
Boston Globe
United States
R. J. Grant
Kennebunk
California
Amos Sweetser
Charlestown
Mass
Massachusetts
Cape Horn
Panama
Magee to Speak at Bath Country Club Men’s Night
Bowdoin track coach and former Olympic staff member Jack Magee will speak at Bath Country Club on Thursday during Men’s night. A Scotch Poursome golf tournament starts at 5 p m with invites limited to two guests per member, followed by a supper and Magee’s address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Magee
Bowdoin College
Bath Country Club
Jimmy Jones
Magee
U. S
Quail Reported Near Fortunes Rocks By Pool Road Warden
Game Warden Henry H. Gross of the Pool road Biddeford notes quail have taken residence near the old Charles Thomas place at Fortunes Rocks. The birds, likely strays, attract bird lovers as Bob White calls echo daily, though normally they do not venture this far north due to winter survival needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Gross
Pool Road
Biddeford
Charles Thomas
Fortunes Rocks
Bob White
Foreclosure Notice on Maine Mortgage Breach in Sagadahoc County
George D Gott conveyed land in Bowdoinham Sagadahoc to Pauline E Douglas then to Ben Br Douglass. Mortgage recorded 1886 and 1938 with land boundaries on Dingley Road and Millay Brothers parcels. Breach of conditions leads to foreclosure action dated July 14 1938 filed by Ben J Br Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D Gott
Bowdeinham
Sagadahoe
Matti
Pauline E. Douglas
Brunswick
Cumberland
Maine
Bowdoingham
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
B. B Dotklites
John McCarthy
Ernest Silvester
Randall Heirs
Charles Randall
Dingley Road
Millay Brothers
Said Road
Daniel Bo Cornish
Said McCarthy
Pauline BE. Douglas
Ben. BR. Douglass
Jin Sagadahoc
Benj, B
Douglass
Montpelier Reproduction Draws Maine Visitors
Rambles recount Montpelier in Thomaston as a Colonial era treasure. Daughters of the American Revolution preserve the house with original furniture and a crystal chandelier while a gift shop showcases regional crafts and lobster trap models.
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Montpelier
New England
America
France
Marie Antoinette
Edgecomb
Boston
Maine
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Foreclosure Notice on Richmond Property Mortgage
Home Owners Loan Corporation files foreclosure action for a Richmond parcel described as two lots totaling about 35.5 acres with buildings, bounded by Langdon Road Plumamer Road and heirs of B W Stinson and W P Lancaster, and by Homer Mexander and John Loring heirs. Breach of condition dated July 7 1938. Attorney Carl M P Larrabee signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Beals
Richmond
Sagadahoc
Maine
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
United States of America
Washington, DC
Lancaster
Langdon Road
Eusterly
Homer Mexander
Alexander
John Loring
Cari M P Larrabee
Sagadahoe County
Wiscasset
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Family trip to Tripp Lake for weekend and summer
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Bagdikian plus daughter Anita and son Paul Jr. with Mrs. Adolph Ehlers of Oak Street visited Tripp Lake for the weekend. Mrs Bagdikian and children will stay for the summer while Dr. Bagdikian returns weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bagdikian
Anita
Paul, Jr
Bagdikian
Adolph Ehlers
Oak Street
Tripp Lake
Probate Notices List Executors and Administrators
Sapadahoc Register journals probate appointments in July 1938. Viola Florence Nelson of Woolwich named administrator with bond. Mary M. Lynch of Bath named executrix without bond. Elizabeth B. Coombs of Bath named administrator without bond. Willis C. Lake Jr of Bath listed. Charles Eb Stedellinger of Bath noted deceased with Florence Side linger as administratrix with bond. Vionette Snowman of Jerometown listed. Mary E Moore of Hallowell named executrix. Herbert P Maxwell of Bath noted as trustee with Louise H Maxwell of Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Richmond
Bath National Bank
Herbert D. Maxwell
Louise H. Maxwell
Nellie M. Merry
Edwin E. Curtis
George L. Curtis
John Tyler
Mary R. Tyler
Laura Ellen Farnham
Woolwich
George Bradford Farnham
Addie J Downing
William J. Downing
Eugene B Webster
Edward W. Bridgham
Marie Dike
Burlington
Vermont
Anne Kimball
Miriam W. Kimball
Anna Dike Kimball
William A. Cameron
Jaie
Mary A. Cameron
George W. Morse
Jennie M Morse
Ellen Blair
Flora B. Savage
Georgianna K. Blair
Edward W Brideham
Annie T. Shaw
P. Shaw
H. Alvena Oliver
Phippsbore
Maine
Chester B.ver
Calais
Chester B .Oliver
T. John L. Jack
Sapadahoc
Viola Florence Nelson
Wendell Nelson
Mary M. Lynch
Sarah L. Sullivan
Elizabeth B. Coombs
Mattie Jo Crosman
Said Bath
Willis C. Lake JR
W Clrde Lake
Charles EB Stdellinger
Jate
Florence I Sidelinger
Vionette Snowman
Iate
Jeormetown
Mary E Moore
Hallowell
Herbert PD
Maxwell
Math
Louise H Maxwell
Boothbay Harbor
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Bowker
James White
Lewiston
Chickamauga
Massachusetts Regiment
O. W. Folsom
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Joseph Noyes
James Clark
L. P. Hazeltine
Eva A. Mackenzie
Chelsea, Mass
George A. Tuttle
Fred
Kennebec
Robert Scott
William T. Hodgkins
Silas Hart
Wyandotte
Cecil Paine
Bath Iron Works
Clara Capen
Bessie Holmes
Eastport
William Dean
North Street
Jinmie
McMicken
Ora McMicken
Brooklyn
Edith Litchfield
Alvord
Washington Street
Robert B. Goodman
Barkentine
James W. Elwell
Pascagoula
Brunswick Telegraph
Shannon House
Polar Star Lodge
Bath Boys Brigade
A. H. Hoxie
Bangor
P. B. Rolfe
City
Albert G. Parshley
Costello
Rockledge
Mrs. C. C. Preble
Son
S. S. Preble
Water Street
J. C. Ledyard
Popham Beach
Ed Emery
Burt Dyer
E. J. Colbert
George S. Riser
Frank Pratt
Turner
E. R. Wittekind
George W. Kimball, Esq
Rockland
Patrick Devine
Maynard, Mass
John Devine
Frank Holley
Frank Fletcher
Baltimore
J. S. Maxcy
Maine Water Co
William R. Dean
Forest City
George Barton
W. F. Pond
Capt. Gibbons
Charles Chestra
A. B. Magoun
Arthur Brown
Marr
Popham
Bob Donnell
Welch & Co
Center Street
Mrs. C. M. Litchfield
Mrs. Alyard
Mrs. O'Hara
Winthrop, Mass
George A. McFadden
Carrie Davis
Eleanor
Concord, N. H
W. W. Pendexter
H. N. Roydon
Army
T. J. Brown
E. G. Roberts
Red Bank
N. J
John H. Sedgley
D.D.G.C
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Knights of Pythias
Louise Morse
Cox
Gladys
Harry Smith
Waltham, Mass
Chauncey Curtis
George A. Boyd
Dorchester
Higgins
Miss Adams
Marblehead
H. A. Oliver
Saeed
W. W. Mason
Meadowbrook
John A. Small
E. W. Hyde
Fassett of
S. W. Carr
James Campbell
H. L
W. E. Chase
Lou Bates
Waltham
Jennie Coombs
Tess
Boyd
Della Lewis
A. J. Grassy
Squirrel] Island
Lena Robbins
Edward Pepper
Casco Bay
Charles Fields
USS. Wyandotte
Francis Adams, Esq
A. P. Denham
Charles Potter
Jackson's
Green
Elm Street
William T. Hall
Katharine Conley
Aeneta
John Maloney
Fort Popham
Miss Greenleaf
Elmhurst
A. P. Webster
Auburn
Mrs. A. M. Day
Mamie Chick
Mrs. James Taylor of
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Thomas Leigh, Jr
Augusta
Orontie
Hanson
Ethel Post
Jamacia Plain, Mass
William Lake
T. Rogers
Mamie Phillips
Ayer, Mass
Frank O. Moses
aAso al Ral
Agnes Lundrigan
Carrie Stewart
Hartford, Conn
Heald of
Cambridge
Navy
Fef. P. Tuttle
Newton, Mass
Lizzie Rogers
Framingham, Mass
Lucy Brown
Harold Goddard
William F. Warden
Robert Ballard
Capt
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Daisy Farlin
Nome
Charles Litchfield
Mrs. Alvord
John Desmond
Thompson Brothers
Fred Drake
Ted Stanwood
George H. Belknap
Hodgkins
Ramsay
Cora Wiley
John S. Lowell
White Mountains
M. J. Leydon
Somerville
Ithe Oged
Jack Knowlton
Five Islands
Henry Stetson
H. W. Butler
Jennie S. Butler
James Madden
Southport
Frances Moody
Susan Carey
Rangeley
Bessie Roberts
Torrey
Farnham
A. F. Gerald
the Electrics
Arthur B. Duncan
Bridgeport
H. T. Madden
Lynn
J. W. Kelley
Millard P. Hanson
George McMahan
Levi C. Wade
A. B. Hervey
Centre Harbor
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Margaret Burns
Emma Small
Bessie Sprague
Harry Knight
Harriman's Jewelry Store
Foster's Point
Granger
Oe Myron Hilton
Wilfred Girardtober
Thurs- Maine
M. Hilton
C. Sawyer
W. Parrar
E. Pride
W. Girard
W. S. Voorhees
R. Ervine
S. Rogers
L. Woods
Lieut. McCall
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E. Sewall
R. Crean
L. Steeves
D. Hopkins
D. Tardif
J. Conley
Dr. Caverly
L. Price
L. Trott
J. Watson
E. Pierce
J. Grindell
H. Adams
R. Luke
E. Stover
C. Eaton
Psulls T. Allen
D. Brown
W. Stokes
R. Brownell
D. Hill
W. Oliver
R. Crocker
Friedman
R. Small
P. Miller
C. Henderson
D. Perry
R. Stetson
H. Briggs
R. Stodder
ROD and Gun Club
Winnegance
Pene
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Gen. Knox
State Line
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Thomaston
Visi
Henry Knox
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Dorchester Heights
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Boothbay
Harbor
Boothbay Playhouse
Michael and
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