Forty Years Ago in Bath Hails Rescue And Summer News
Charles Carr of Bath saved a lady from a near fall into the water when she nearly missed the Popham boat. Hedges at the cemetery look well after trimming by Samuel Whitehouse. A frisky Morrill milk team caused a scare, then a capture near the watering trough by Mr. White. Lloyd Addition shows off a Stef fy motor bicycle at 35 mph. A Bath party heads to Popham for a Society Hall dance. D. H. Chandler, veteran bandmaster, dies in Portland at 84. Governor Hill and Colonel Philbrick dine at Bath’s Inn. Bath Iron Works faces Richmond next Saturday in a hard fought baseball clash. Bath hosts a large post-dance crowd at Popham Beach, mosquitos and all. Wilber G Cahill runs a successful Popham fishing trip. Bowdoin students Charles Donnell and Rupert Much serve as steamship cashiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Richmond
Bath Sports
Popham Beach
Neagel and Gaudreau
Popham
Bath Docks Attend Bryan Maine Tour Stop and Local Events
July 23 1902 reports H A Plummer sailing to Boston with two horses sold to Readville parties. Robert Howland returns from New London after Eastern Shipbuilding Co work and is spirited from his berth by Bath friends. George E Hughes heads to Boston to meet W J Bryan en route to Rockland and Maine next Friday. he chairs Maine state committee and New England association. Bath crowds glimpse Bryan Friday noon on express to Augusta though no reception. Two couples arrive on the Boston boat, hire a Bath hack, and enjoy a night out before depart. Capt Kimball learns Adjt Gen Farnham grants permission for Hyde Light Guards to march from Bath to Augusta muster grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Plummer
Boston
Readville
Robert Howland
New London
Eastern Shipbuilding Co
Bath
Popham
George E. Hughes
W. J. Bryan
Maine
Mr. Hughes
State Democratic Committee
New England Association
Kimball
Adjt
Farnham
Hyde Light Guards
Augusta
Augus
Bath party to voyage to Popham for Rock Ledge supper
A Bath group of about 100 residents plans a special 5 30 pm boat trip to Popham next Tuesday for a complimentary supper at Rock Ledge hosted by Landlord Smith. Other items note Granville Miller’s gradual recovery from lightning injuries, local dog fights, Kennebec wharf freight, and updates on the Portland and Brunswick electric road and Bath water carnival preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Popham
Rockledge
Smith
Granville Miller
Percy & Small’s Yard
Bath notes sport events and river life July 1902
July 25 1902 Bath reports strong interest in Fitzsimmons Jeffries fight set for Friday in San Francisco with wag ered returns. Bath also notes the illuminated water carnival preparations by Vice Commodore Bibber and avenues to recruit more floats from Sunday schools and secret societies. Other items cover a near accident with a delivery horse on Water street, ice shipments, Richmond baseball visit, pulp wood cargo at Maine Central wharf, Tuttle Co clerks outing, fried trout at Pete Huntoon’s Casino, schooner Alice M Davenport maiden voyage to Parrsboro, and the steam launch Never Again overhauled ready for summer use. The Mount Pelee club forms cottages on local land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bibber
River Auge
H. A. Oliver
Maine Central Track
Water Street
Robert Mitchell
Paul Revere
Robert
Captains Carter and the seafaring life of Woolwich
Letters from Rachel Carter Goss recount the careers of Capt. E. L. Carter and Capt. Charles Carter, two Woolwich seafarers who sailed worldwide aboard ships such as the Armenia, Parthia, and North Star. The account highlights long voyages, cargoes, a 84 day voyage from Callao to Foo Chow, a 1862 rescue of the Rosa crew, and a slave incident leading to a captain’s acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Woolwich
E. L. Carter
Carter
Bath
Armenia
Parthia
Houghton Bros
San Francisco
Antwerp
Belgium
Turks Island
Liverpool
China
France
Phila
Callao
Peru
Foo Chow
Honolulu
Rosa
Antonio da Silva
Portugal
Clara Ann
Genoa
Charles Carter
North Star
Wilmington
Southland
Carter House
Westport Club Plans Summer Building on Five Acre Lot
The Westport club will develop its five acre land parcel this summer with George F. Reed, William Elliot, Allie D. Dowling and George Wolf leading the effort. Wolf already has a 15 by 20 feet cottage about halfway finished as part of the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Upper Landing
Geroge F. Reed
William Elliot
Allie D. Dowling
George Wolf
Annie Bates Injured in Sabine Driving Incident
July 28 1902 Miss Annie Bates of Sabine sprained her ankle Sunday afternoon when a horse frightened by ex Mayor Hyde's automobile caused her to jump from the carriage. The only damage was a broken whiffletree. Also noted: gala services at People's church, Allequippa steamer placed in commission, Socialist ticket candidates Hamilton Morse for State Representatives, Edward Gaudreau played at Hotel Rockledge, Nineteenth Maine reunion planned for Rockport August 20, Bath baseball results, and local police liquor search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bates
Sabine
Bath
Noyes Hill
Hyde
People’s Church
Herbert Williams
Weekly Report of State Police
The State Police report for July 12 to 20 records 30 accidents, down one from the prior week, including two fatal, 13 personal injury, and 15 property damage incidents. Most occurred in daylight, rural areas, with speed and wrong side of road as top causes and excessive speed described as a major highway menace.
Hyde Park Terrace items of the week in brief
Hyde Park Terrace hosts an immunization conference with over 30 children attending and a second session planned in about two weeks. Personal items note moves, births, and visits among residents, including a Coast Artillery transfer and a new baby Lorraine Ann Soucie born July 14. Playground activities at Central Grammar School continue with a twice daily lunch gathering. upcoming school grounds equipment will not be cemented this year due to space limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Lewis Lemelin
Drayton Road
Phippsburg
Alfred N. Foyle
Eva
Eldridge Wood
Dorothy
Nancy
Kittery
Mr. Woods
Wood
Patricia A. Hall
Arthur Treat
Sears Roebuck Co
OPA
Delbert H. Hatch
Biscay Pond
David Ring
John Thompson
Wilder Irish
Rangeley Lakes
Don Wilson
Irish
William White
Jay
White
Bangor
Robert Stevens, Jr
Rockland
Cecil P. Young
William Soucie
Bluff Road
Lorraine Ann
Soucie
Baby
Ted Davenport
Noreen
Carrol Ann
Davenport
Rose Davenport
John Martink
W. Edgar Lind
Margaret
R. W. Sturtevant
Wilbur Boyd
Stella Twombly
Belfast
L. G. Boyd
Monroe
Boyd
Harold Burgess
Joan
Blufl Road
Redford Christianson
A. D. Billings
Old Orchard
Cecil Fullerton
Portland
Arthur Mallard
Salem
Mass
J. C. Mallard
Bhuail Road
Central Grammar School
Huse
Tenants club to use Kimball Eld next to school
The Tenants club planned activities in the long room of the Administration building with dances and social events. A meeting was held last week to discuss possibilities, and another gathering is set after the next meeting with all interested urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball ‘Eld
Weeks Street
Paul Marchant
Martha's Vineyard
Albert Veilleux
Drayton Road
George Larrabee
Phippsburg
Bernard Knight
Central Avenue
200Thbay
Boothbay Playhouse
Alfred Austin
Prewer
Dottie Austin
Dottie
Stellman Dyer
Colonial
Keith Blair Hodge
Barbara
Memorial Hospital
Harry L. Jones
Gardiner
Jones
Elizabeth Jones
Melvin H. Snell
Fairfield
Clifton Snell
Center Street
Joseph Teageny
Phyllis
Bath
S. E. Penniman
Damariscotta Mills
Ruby York
Edward Fosset
Pemaquid
Beverly Knight
Carrie Charlesworth
Lisbon Center
H. D. Littlefield
Newport
Littlefield
Thomas Johnston
Ellsworth
John Somers
Lark Street
Dale
John Jr
Earle Johnston
Connecticut
D. R. FitzGerald
D. G. FitzGerald
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway Co
Quincy Mass
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mrs. FitzGerald
Bailey Island
Quincy
Cohen Bound Over By Judge In Sign Case
A judge bound over Cohen after a court hearing. Dale testified that Cohen appeared to lack intent to deliver a sign. Prosecutors noted Cohen repaid $100 yesterday and showed a photo of the sign as part of the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Dale
Probate notices for Sagadahoc estates in Bath July 1942
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc orders notice by publication for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearings set for second Tuesday in July at ten in the forenoon. Estates listed include Lynch Boonaird McCutcheon Briggs with matters of administrator appointment and licenses to sell real estate.
King couple Sunday guests at Brown houseboat
Mr and Mrs Chester King of Phippsburg were Sunday guests at the Brown houseboat in Georgetown continuing a social visit noted on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Chester King of
Phippsburg
Brown
Probate Court Orders in Bath Sagadahoc County July Session
In a Bath Sagadahoc County probate court the first Tuesday in July ordered publication for three weeks in the Bath Independent notifying interested parties to appear on the first Tuesday in August at ten in the forenoon. The orders cover estates of Mary H. Rodick Willard A. Oliver Gordon F. Clark Carlee W. Clark Jane ton F. Clark Ralph H. Clark Mary E. Fitzgerald Nathalie E. Daley Stanley L. Jack Clifford B. Wilband Martha E. Hooper Lina H. Bartlett and others with accounts guardianship petitions and requests for letters testamentary without bond and administrators or executrices to be named including an authenticated will from Massachusetts for Lina H Bartlett and Martorie H. VanTol as executrix. Judge Arthur J. Dunton signs the true copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Mary J. Pettengill
Fred W McCutcheon
Lillian M. Marshall
Edmund P. Briggs
J. Belle Briggs
Arthur J. Dunton
Eva L. Bishop
Gordon F. Clark
Phiburg
Ton F. Clark
Carlee W. Clank Burg
Nathalie E. Daley
John P. Carey
Stanley L. Jack
Woolwich
M. Mabel Jack
Clifford B. Wilband
Isabella D. Wilband
Bella D Wisband
Martha E. Hooper
Emma F. Hooper
Emma F. Hoover
Lina H. Bartlett
Greenfield
Massachusetts
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Martorie HH. VanTol
Martorie H. VanTol
John L. Jack
Sseudahoe
Daniel A. Bishop
Harald E Tobey
Harry G. Swett
William S
Arthur E. Holt
Chtrare
Ory
Cyrus M. Reynolds
Jed F. Hallowell
Zillah A. Reynolds
Nancy I. Russell
Bertha A. Russell
Cane Elizabeth
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The
Bath Daily Times
Charles Carr
Popham Boat Wharf
Carr
Samuel Whitehouse
Charles Morrill
Fred Coombs
Coombs
Morrill
Lloyd Addition
Society Hall
D. H. Chandler
First
Cahill
Governor Hill
Colonel Philbrick
Wilber G. Cahill
Capt. L. Oliver
Carl Percy
Mr. Cartwright
New York
Charles Donnell
Rupert Much
Sagadahoe
Kennebec
Bowdoin College
Edward Emmons
Islands
Samuel Belanger
W. H. Smith & Son
Oak Street
Spedder Shipbuilding Co
Baltimore
Portland and
Gerald
Charles Cahill
Gloversville
N. Y
Mr. Cahill
Tracy
New Meadows
Mayor Hyde
Williams Island
Palinurus
Norumbega
Maine Central Railroad
Kelley, Spear Co
Southport
Maine Central
Bay Point
Nellie G. Charles
Shannon House
John Kranz
Pejepscot
Neville
Kranz
Cape Breton
St. Ann
Millin
G. A. Tuttle Co
Tuttle
Happy Nook
Rufus Lombard
West Bath
Pete Huntoon
Alice M. Davenport
McKown
Parrsboro
N. S
Julia
Boothbay
Nas
New Meadows River
Mount Pelee Club
Captain Carter
Lind
Henry P. Weaver
Maine State Police
New Meadows Steamboat Company
Round Pond
Charles C. Hamilton
Percy F. Morse
A .S
Edward Gaudreau
Silas Adams
Nineteenth Maine Regimental Association
Rockport
Bath Driving Park
Winneganee Baseball Club
Bath High School Nine
Front Street
Colby
John H. Shepard
Vic Pero
Marv of
State Police
Dixon
Brother Dale
John L. Tack Register
St of Sagadahoc
Fannie FP. Wilson
Lewis E. Wilson
Register
Georgetown
John L. Jack Register
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