City proposes $4000 for permanent stone crusher building
At a special city council meeting the Board of Highways and Sewers discussed erecting a permanent building for the new stone crusher at Rogers field with an estimated cost of about $4,000. Opponents urged using Standish field ledge, and arguments focused on site, park and cemetery plans, and tax concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways and Sewers
Yer Drake
Emery
Oak Grove Avenue
Elwell
Crosby
Drake
Hffrold M. Sewall
Standish
Mr. Crosby
Andrews. Merrill
Bath
Gimore
John N.taylor
Richard K. Marr
Charles FE. Thistle
Arthur H. Price
Albert L. Strout
Fred
Potter
Lewis
Ham
Kingsbury
Bragg
Parker
Totman
White
Blake
Tibbetts
Robinson
Worrey
Harold M. Sewall
Sewall
Board of Highways & Sewers
Whyer
Rogers Field
Central Maine Power Company
Lincoln Street
Huse
Williams
Board of Aldermen
Chamber of Commerce
Patone
Purch Ag
North Street
Brunswick Road
Brunswick
Court
Richardson
Winship Street
High
Pierce
Small
Court Street
Powder House
Grosbytes
Elwell Srosby
Rogers
Park and Cemetery Board
William H. Sewall
Emery's
Cemetery Board
Nybody
Harry M. Huse
John C. Tourtillotte
Board of Highways and Severn
Thig Hill
Board of Highway and Sewers
Ors
Bath Officials Clash Over Emery’s Mountain Rock Quarry
Debates focused on selecting rock for streets and a crusher site at Emery’s mountain. Mayor Drake and ex Mayor Crosby spar over park versus highway needs with Sewall contesting delays and bids. Council members pressed for a quick resolution and attendance by highway board members at a future meeting.
Sheep Industry Revival in New England Promises Profit
The piece argues for expanding sheep ranching in New England to counter crop failures and low land values. It urges independent wool production, better breeding, and humane care, claiming sheep can utilize timberlands for wool and mutton and provide sustained wealth. It extols the sheep and laments reliance on distant wool imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Abraham
Legion
Destroyer Crowninshield Launched at Bath Iron Works
The Bath Iron Works launched the destroyer Crowninshield numbered 164, named for Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield. Miss Crowninshield christened the ship with a champagne bottle as President Cobb witnessed and rewarded her with a jeweled bracelet after the ceremony. Crowninshield served as secretary of the navy from 1814 to 1818 and held multiple political roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Crowninshield
Cobb
Eniai
Whinshield
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield
Madison
Congress
Near miss on Parker Head road ends with car into pond
On Thursday near Parker Head Beatmantar and Mrs. Fred A. Harris escaped serious harm after a rear wheel came off and the car toppled over a 12 foot embankment into a pond. Harrington jumped in to help while Mrs. Harris stayed in the car, both bruised but not seriously hurt. The wreck was to be hauled from the water and towed to James Oliver’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Beatmantar
Fred A. Harris
Bath
Schoolhouse Hill
Mr. Harrington
James Oliver
Grace Lee
Cambridge
Mass
Masgy
Frank Fris- Frank Frisbee
Charles. Totman
Edna
Ashdale
Totman
Elisha Totman
George McLatire
Bath City Hospital
McIntire
New Meadows Inn
Parker Flats
New York
Joseph P Perry
Itton
Portland
Phippsburg
Mary Stuad
Frank Hardy
Bangor
Walter Bowker
Florence Bagley
Brunswick
Nellie Petry
Edward Harrington
Tath
Bath City
Tie
Thippsburg
A. F. Williams
Larrabee Named Manager of Eastern Connecticut Power
Howard D. Larrabee of Montpelier Vermont son of Elmer Larrabee will become general manager of Eastern Connecticut Power Co and Shore Line Electric Co with headquarters in Norwich Connecticut. He studied at MIT 1902 and General Electric training and has led electric plants in Mayaguez P R Jerseyville Pana Columbus DL Montpelier and Barse Light and Power Co since 1911. He will move to Connecticut by August 1 to run a 25000 hp plant and 240 miles of trolley lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Larrabee
Montpelier
Elmer
Larrabee
Bath
Eastern Connecticut Power Co
Shore Line Electric Co
Norwich
Canh
Bennington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Electric Co
Scherectady
N. Y
Mayaguez
P.R
Jersyville
Pana
Columbus
Montpelier and Barse Light and Power Co
Connecticut
Elmer Larrabee
Twin State Gas & Electric Co
Fruit A Tives Liver Tablets Promise Relief From Constipation
A vintage ad touts Fruit-A-Tives as the only medicine made from fruit juices for constipation and related ailments. It lists ingredients from apples oranges figs and prunes with nerve tonics and antiseptics, pricing 50 cents per box or six for $2.50, with a 25 cent trial size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
Bath Woman Sponsors Oil Tank Steamship Baldbutte Launch
Mrs. Blanche H. Stendrup of Bath sponsored the Baldbutte at Quincy mass witnessing by Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Shipping Board officials. She received a silver boudoir clock a christening bottle fragment box and a platinum and diamond bar pin. The 430 foot tanker displaces 13500 tons and carries 3 500 000 gallons of oil between Port Arthur Texas and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche H. Stendrup
Bath
Quincy
Mass
Stendrup
Harry A. Stendrup
Hull
Texas Steamship Co
Edmund Priggs
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
Shipping Board
Stepdrup
James H. ‘Scott
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
United States Shipping Board
Watertown
Fere River
Port Arthur
Texas
Philadelphia
Mrs Conley and companions return from visit at Goodman cottage
Mrs F. H. Conley and Mrs. L. L. Lowell with Mrs. J. B. Lockery and daughter Christine Lockery have returned after a week with Miss Winnie Durgin at the Goodman cottage in Old Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Conley
L. L. Lowell
J. B. Lockery
Christine Lockery
Winnie Durgin
Goodman Cottage Old Orchard
Phiken Family Travel Urged by Illness in Portsmouth
Mrs Kate Dempsey and granddaughter Margaret, relatives of Mr and Mrs James D W Phiken, left Tuesday for Portsmouth Virginia to be with Bohlkens father who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. W. Phiken
Kate Dempsey
Margaret
Portsmouth
Mr. Bohlken
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Larine
Standard Oil Company OF
Seu 1
Gay. Cau ' Cil
Glidden
Ira W. Robinson
Pres. White
Board of Common Council
Hi Hways
Bath Iron Works
Parker Head End
Bath BO
William F. Bonney
City
Jason A. Merrill
High Street
Molly Cole
Buckfield
Bath Woman
Blanche Stendrup
Christens
Baldbutte
L. F.”Atwood
L. I." Medicine Co
Maine
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