Forty Years Ago in Bath July 1902 Highlights
Local Bath items include summer drinks from Chase and Curtis Moore syrups, Portland visitors C H Simmonds and L C Gilson arriving by Oldsmobile in 2 hours 10 minutes, and talk of Bryan's Bangor Augusta itinerary. Biw team to Wiscasset, Supt Donovan praised, river fishery close season begins July 15 with inland rivers restricted until April 1 next year.
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Times
H. L
W. E. Chase
Chase
Curtis Moore
C. H. Simmonds
L. C. Gilson
Portland
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Penobscot
Bath News Roundup of 1902 Local Happenings and Appointments
July 16 1902 reports electric fan delivery from General Electric Co and street sprinkling aiding merchants on Front and Center streets. Post Office shifts begin as Augustus Pease and William Perry take duties. street crews upgrade Winneganee sidewalks. Old Home Week invites extend through Times office. Norumbega trial July 18. President Cortelyou prepares trip and Bath invites visit. Bath delegates to Epworth and Kennebec Journal plans legislative representation. New pier at South Portland for Eastern Steamship Co. and a golden chestnut driving horse shown by Charles W Welch North Anson. Public notices on Maine leaders Shaw and Sewall and local business updates.
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New York Herald
Cortelyou
New White House
Oyster Bay
New England
Rockland
Maine
Nortwest
Hyde
The
Times
Bath
Charles W. Welch
the Phoenix
North Anson
Welch
Bath Daily Notes Moonlit Excursions and Local Happenings
Moonlight excursions are scarce this season with no trips from this city on the current moon. The Kennebec Valley Camp Meeting enters Richmond Aug 8 to 18 drawing Bath attendees. Bath Iron Works plans an out of town game in Wiscasset next Saturday and a moonlight excursion from Boothbay to Wiscasset.
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Kennebec Valley Camp Meeting Association
Richmond
Bath
Nahanda
Boothbay
Arrowsic
Upper Hell Gate
Gardner and McDonald
Bath Iron Works
Wiscasset
Bath Boys
Nahanada
Alameda
John G. Woolley
Chicago
Mr. Woolley
Dunton
Sheriff Pearson
Maine in Washington on fuel crisis and war needs
Maine officials warn of tight fuel supplies with 15 000 barrels daily moving by rail against rising Fall and Winter needs. Secretary Ickes coordinates fuel deliveries while Governor Sewall proposes coast patrols to safeguard shipping and Maine industries face possible shutdowns amid war demand.
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Maine
Portland
Montreal
Ickes
Washington
Sewall
New York City
Lehman
LaGuardia
New York
Rubinoff Concert Date Set for Bath September 28
The Cosmopolitan club of Bath schedules Rubinoff concerts on September 28 with a 3 p.m. matinee for students and an 8 15 p.m. evening show at Morsey High School auditorium Proceeds go to community benefits. Committees met to plan and assign ticket sales duties for both performances.
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James Coombs
Lower High Street
Coombs
Corliss Street
Rubinoff
Cosmopolitan Club of Bath
Morsey High School
Eleanor Danforth
Leonard Wetherbee
Earl Lovell
Carl Kennedy
Margaret Adams
N. Gratz Jackson
Fred Humphreys
Isadore Singer
Joseph I. Smith
Arthur Colby
Alexander MacDonald
Jacob Smith
Herbert Caverly
Raymond Chubbuck
W. Scott Davis
Andrew J
Leslie Wold
Arthur Packard
Henry O. Trowbridge
Stanley Brown
Bernard Knight
Bath Lions Appeal For Furniture For Recreation Hall
Bath Lions Club continues collecting furniture for the Popham soldiers recreation hall. Pianos radios chairs and tables donated. more chairs sofas divans and lights needed. Residents donate attic finds and heed the call to create a home like center for army men.
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Bath
Bath Lions Club
Popham
Arthur L. Pratt
The
Bath Lions
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Sagadahoc County
Multiple transfers documented by Register of Deeds Hiram T. Stevens across Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich and surrounding areas. Listings include various parcels of land and buildings on streets such as Center Washington Middle Oliver Richardson Spring Andrews and others involving numerous buyers and sellers.
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Sagadahoc County
Office of Register of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Bath
Anne Kimball
Luther S. Thompson
Andrews Road
Blanche Wilkin
Elmer J. Stark
Center Street
Emma Spinney
Louis I Stone
Middle Street
Lela B. Worrey
Helen M. Leavitt
Washington Street
People’s Investment Assn
Wilbur A. Casey
Oliver Street
Carl M. Dixon
Joseph T. Beaudoin
Richardson
Walter O. Olsen
Edgar J. Black
Spring Street
Charles E. Robinson
Louise Robinson
Bowdoin
Elwin P. Silver
Orie A. Woods
Henry S Woods
Bowdoinham Emery W. Booker
William G. Hamilton
Ralph A. Purington
Duelmar E. Curtis
Georgetown
Henry A. Tarbox
Albert H Humphreys
Phippsburg
John P. Carey
Clarence Srinney
Abbie J. Purington
Muriel P. Stokes
Richmond
Helen L. Lemont
Charles D. Curtis
Orator W. Douglass
Harold D. Pullen
Dana
Alice Dick
Julius B. Frank
Frank R. Duren
Durand Shoe Co
Ray A. Shepard
Donald A. MacDonald
Land and Buildings
Percy E. Baker
Kenneth Bailey
Topsham Eleanora Hh.yatman
Arthur Bisson
Peter Sheils
George Edward Alexander
Edith W. Colby
Edward G. Bridges
Land
Joseph N. Caron
Robert J. Cloutier
The
American Land Co
Laurel A. Williams
Margaret L. White
West Bath
R. Freland Goddard
Frank Rose
Fred J. Rose
Maynard L. Carleton
Woolwich
Marion H. Kelley
Eleanor M. Presley
John C. Rice
John D. McEachern
Local Residents Enjoy Visits and Travel Updates
Sunday afternoon activities include Sedgwick residents passing part of the week away. Miss Carolyn St Martin of Bath visits grandparents in town. Mrs Dorothy Oliver and companions dine in Auburn after a trip to Portland Springs. Rudolf Trafton returns from Portland to collect his children after a week with grandparents.
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Sedgwick
Carolyn St. Martin
Bath
Dunton
William Todd
Brown
Dana Craney
Hugh
Lawrence Craney
Marie Tinker
Lubec
J. H. Brown
Iis
West Newton
D. L. Pettengill
Herbert Pettengill
Revere
Mass
Camp Pickett
Dorothy Oliver
Roy Newman
Willian Todd
Walter Cummings
Poland Springs
Howard Johnson
Auburn
Marjorie DeLorenzo
Joseph Higgins
Boothbay
Mrs. LaForrest Coombs Card Club Tonight
Mrs LaForrest G Coombs widow of King Point hosts the card club at King's Point Two weeks after her passing attendees include Mrs Frank Bates of Phippsburg formerly of Bath Mrs F Arthur Berry Mrs Steven H Bracey Mrs Kenneth Hunt of Kittery formerly of this city Mrs Earl H Morang and Mrs Foster Pratt.
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LaForrest G. Coombs
King's Point
Frank Bates
Phippsburg
Bath
F Arthur Berry
Steven H Bracey
Kenneth Hunt
Kittery
Earl H. Morang
Foster Pratt
Three Bound Over On Conspiracy Charge
Walter McDonald Walter Armstrong and Wesley Little all of Brunswick and Front street pleaded guilty to intoxication and were bound over on a conspiracy to assault Patrolman Powers. A taxi driver testified they hired his car to reach Powers home to assault the officer. They were held to the October term of Sagadahoc Superior Court with $500 securities each.
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Walter McDonald
Front Street
Walter Armstrong
Brunswick
Wesley Little
Francis Powers
Frank L. Moriarty
Powers
Moriarty
Armstrong
McDonald
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Squirrels Settle In Hood Of Ford In Bath District
A family rents free housing after a nest of six baby squirrels was found under a Ford V-8 at Jenney station in Bath. Mr Pert removed the nest and is trying to rear the young without parents. The quirky find follows debate over Brunswick Airport operations as Airways Inc withdraws and a new manager is sought.
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Thomas Southard
North End
Mr. Southard
Bath
Perliston Port
Jenney
Pert
Mr. Pert
Brunswick Municipal
Airways, Inc
Probate notices for Betites and related estates in Bath
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc hears petitions for estate matters including final accounts by Mary J. Petterill and Julian M Marshall, licenses to sell properties, and notices to creditors. Orders require publication in Bath Independent for three weeks to inform interested parties of hearings on the second Tuesday in Aveller Nes.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Actin Sherpupen
Thomas J Tyne
John Lynch
Annie Bovaird
Mary J. Petterill
Fred Wo McCutcheon
Duilian M Marshall
P Briggs
Roth
Jo Relie Brags
Arthur Jounton
Sagadahoc Probate Notices on Executors and Guardians
John T Jack registers estates in Sagadahoc County listing appointed executors administrators and guardians on July 7 1942 including Daniel A Beltran Harold F Probes Nancy T Russell and Reatha A Russell with bonds referenced and Arthur J Damton judge of probate certifying a true copy of the order
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Arthur J. Dunton
John T Jack
Sagadahoc
Daniel
Beltran
Harold FE ‘Pobes
Soak
Dre-enting Bona
Hercy
Andy
Ridertuld Mack
Frank A Xfmouf
Rideefield Park
Anpentet
Dent Fe
Tie Feyate
Peth
Hatlewell
Zia
Teah
Bath
Nancy T Rusell
Russell
Arthur J. Damton Juidge
Lakewood Theatre to Open August 2 With Claudia
Lakewood Theatre, oldest Summer playhouse, resumes a brief season starting Monday August 2 with Claudia starring Elaine Ellis. The cast includes Grant Mills and Patricia Quinn O'Hara as the leads, six evening shows plus a Saturday matinee priced at 75 cents and 1.10. Local gas limits may constrain trips.
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Lakewood Theatre
Claudia
New York
John Golden
Elaine Ellis
Buffalo
Cleveland
Louisville
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Herbert L. Swett
Lakewood
Rose Franken
Richard Watts
The
Herald-Tribune
Grant Mills
Patricia Quinn O'Hara
Probate Court Orders in Sagadahoc County Maine 1942
Court of Probate in Bath Maine issues notice for first Aug hearing on estates including Mary H Rodick Willard A Oliver Gordon F Clark Carleton W Clark Ralph H Clark Mary E Fitzgerald Nathalie E Daley Stanley LoJack Clifford B Wilband Emma F Hooper and Martha M VanToal executrices guardians and administrators. authenticated Massachusetts will viewed for recording and bond details specified.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Eva L. Bishop
Gordon F. Clark
Phileburg
Preston F. Clark
Carleton W. Clark
Joseph B. Fitzgerald
Nathalie E Daley
John P. Carey
Stanley Lo Jack
Woolwich
M. Mabel T
Ciiford B
Witband
Petit
Isabella D Wilband
Issahella D Wilband
E Hooper
Emma F. Hoopes
Emma Fo Hoover
E Ling H. Barrett
Greenne
Massachusetts
Sid Masachusetts
Ted Wna
Sagadahoe County
Maine
Marior
MW van
Arthur J. Dunton
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Bath Daily Times
Wm. J. Bryan
Bangor
Augusta
BIW
Wiscassets
Harrington
City Landing
John Donovan
South End
John
Custom House
James W. Wakefield
Joh King
Charles Temple
A. Hallett & Co
General Electric Co
Front
Center Streets
Augustus Pease
William Perry
Herbert Haggett
Humphrey Owen
Williams
Winneganee
Times Office
Tom Beachmont
Epworth
Maine Central
Norumbega
Enouth
Kennebec Journal
Messrs. Shaw
E. P. Campbell
Eastern Steamship Co
Southport
Mr. Campbell
E. H. Morse
Morse
Reach
People’s Church
David Sprague
Hyde Light Guards
Ham
Capitol Island
Boston
Marshal Reynolds
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Sagadahock Block
Francis Adams
High Streets
C. D. Prescott
Mary Reed
New Orleans
el Dorado
Erie
el Paso
el Monte
Barney
Bagley
Newport
R. L
West Indian
L. H. Chandler
al Ridley
Osborne Reynolds
Wiggin’s
Ley
Annie Gardiner
Alice McDonald
Nellie Hunt
Ethel Richardson
Ada and
Eva Yeaton
Gardiner
Blackwell
Marshall
Postal Telegraph Cable Co
John W. McKay
London
England
Mackay
Atlantic
Trask
H. T. Passmore
Car Ferry Landing
Farmers’ Almanac
Ralph O. Brewster
Cosmopolitan Club
Lions Club
Citizens Liberal
Reyster
Jack
Sawadake
Fannie Fo Wilson
Bo Wilson
Jack Register
John L. Jack Register
Star4
Baird Foye
Mrs
Elmer Rogers
High Street
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