Bath Market News Reports Mixed Prices and Holidays
The Bath Market lists prices for turnips, parsnips, beets, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, asparagus, greens, rhubarb, and more. It notes a rare midweek half holiday for grocers through June to September, and recounts a wagon incident on the Brunswick line as Arthur Couture recovered from a head injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Yarmouth
Arthur Couture
Bath
Freeport
Couture
Local Notes Busy Town Updates and Happenings
Bates to host commencement college circus. Water services renewals around town. Farmers seek rain as soils run dry. Landlord Hamilton paints Riverside at Popham Beach. Woolwich opens new ice cream parlor at the Ferry. Charles Davis clerks in Whitmore drug store at Sagadahoc Ferry. Mrs. James Ryan and son vacationing in Lynn, Massachusetts. Henry Carlton launches a stylish 22 foot yacht. Morse High School captaincy named. next game in Turner. Summer barbers vacation plan begins June 11. State road crew arrival at Montsweag for Sagadahoc Ferry to Wiscasset project. Charles Plaisted starts Bath post office duties replacing Roy Dunning. Civil Service notes demand more male eligibles. monthly exams offered nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
England
Bates
Hamilton
Popham Beach
Woolwich
Ferry
Charles Davis
Whitmore Drug
Sagadahoc Ferry
Joseph Coss
North St
Lincoln Hall
James &. Ryan
Lynn
Mass
Henry Carlton
Sagadahoc
John A. Morse
Summer St
Fred Tobey
Riggsville
Down River
Joseph G. Auban
Annie M. Nutter
the Independent
Ireland
A. H. Durgin
John Seymour
Isaiah Morrill
Brunswick
Marilla Trask
Boston
Obadiah Trask
High St
Winneganee
Arthur Sprague
Morse High
Turner
Leavitt Institute
M. C. Manning
Front St
Portland
W. S. Voorhees
Winter Street Church
Wiscasset
Montsweag
Charles E. Plaisted
Waverly
Bath Pos
Roy C. Dunning
Dunning
Plaisted
Mr. Dunning
Five Islands notes and seaside updates on local events
Large daily fish shipments continue under LL. H. Rowe and Herman McFadden. W. F. Boucher moves to Mont sweag. Capt. Ernest Pinkham and family visit. Maurice’s son hosts him. Saturday dance at Rowe's Hall draws out-of-town youths. Circus posters target Bath on the 16th. St. Croix schooner awaits freight. Summer cottage preparations underway in Woolwich. Folsom cottage guests depart for Augusta. Fourth of July funds grow. contributions welcomed to Rowe brothers. Captain J. M. Harford returns briefly from Nantucket. Boston visitors Mr. and Mrs. McCarty resume summer with Mrs. Hinckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL. H. Rowe
Herman McFadden
W. F. Boucher
Mont
Ernest Pinkham
Maurice
Rowe's Hall
Bath
Everett Leonard
St. Croix
Little Sheepscot
M. E. Bailey
Woolwich
Joseph Dunton
Augusta
Folsom Cottage
Ll. H
G. C. Rowe
J. M. Harford
Nantucket
Pejepscot News Roundup Reports Forest Fires and Local Events
Reports of forest fires near St John spanning about 30 miles along the coast. civic meetings scheduled in City Hall. Hockomock season trips between Woolwich and Bath. electric shower observed near Woolwich hills. Elmhurst grounds improved by landscape artist for J R Andrews. Dr A G Mitchell to open Oakledge cottage on the 20th. various committee meetings and city government sessions listed. shore dinners at New Meadows Inn attract hundreds. J Edward Sullivan of Bangor campaigns for State auditor. Deering High School criticized for missed agreements with Bath in basketball and baseball. A R Mitchell visits Bath to inspect a hydroplane project. Eunice Mae McDougal ill after appendectomy. City of Bangor arrival noted. Wesley Church Mothers and jewels club formed. Capt Crocker hauling sand in Merrymeeting Bay with improved machinery. lumber scow planned for North Bath cargo arriving Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pejepscot
St. John
Republican County Committee
City Hall
Hockomock
Woolwich
Bath
Elmhurst
J. R. Andrews
Washington St
A. G. Mitchell
Boston
Oakledge
Committee On Accounts
J. S. Coms
New Meadows Inn
J. Edward Sullivan
Bangor
Deering High School
A. R. Mitchell
North End
Eunice Mae
M. T. McDougal
Chestnut St
City Hospital
Mothers of Wesley Church
Jewels
Union St
Merrymeeting Bay
Read Nichol’s Wharf
Crocker
North Bath
Bath city council notes and remonstrance on railway work
The Bath city council lists firefighters and officers across several companies, then hears a remonstrance by Alderman Turner. Suburban property owners object to Lewiston Brunswick and Bath Street Railway alteration on Washington Street Phoenix turnout claiming lack of hearing and improper permission. Auctioneers and fireworks permits are approved. a cemetery tile purchase is authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath Street Railway Company
Washington St
Bath
Phoenix
A. K. Parris
John E. Fitzgerald
Charles T. Jackson
William H. Small
E. J. Murphy
William E. Freeman
East Brunswick
Oak Grove
Augusta Hotel Employes Wedding and Memorial Day Events
A wedding in Augusta unites Harry Irving Bridges and Marietta Henrietta Mooney with Rev. Charles G. Mosher officiating. The couple plans a trip and will reside in Jackson New Hampshire where Bridges works as head clerk. The article also notes Bath Memorial Day band performances, parades in Brunswick, and a Bath subscription for band uniforms, along with circus acts and advertising notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Mosher
Penney Memorial Church
Augusta
Harry Irving Bridges
Marietta Henrietta Mooney
Ralph E. Bridges
Elizabeth Sawyer
N. H
Bridges
Augusta House
Probate Court Grants and Files in June Session Highlights
Probate Court at June session transacted grants of administrations for estates including Wood Bath Farnham Bowdoinham, and Wills executed for Soule Hennessey Landers Dickinson. Accounts filed and inventories recorded for multiple estates. Licenses to sell real estate issued for Moore Winslow Riges. James Liteh’s will leaves $600 to four sons from Gardiner Savings, remainder to daughters Zelinda Yeaton and Rose Hodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda A. Wood
Topsham
Edward W. Wheeler
Fremont Farnham
Bath
James K. Farnham
Susan E. Allen
Bowdeinham
Lewis M. Fulton
Marion Thompson Soule
Margaret Hennessey
John Landers
Kare l L. Dickinson
Joseph W. Moore
Georgetown
Agnes Winslow
Richmond
Margaret J. Riges
James Liteh
George H. Liteh
East Cam Britis
Miles Ociteh
East
Arthnur K. Ibiteh
Martin Liteh
Springfield
Mass
Local Crossing Garden Earns Praise From Passersby
Mark Gannon, crossing tender of the MCRR at North Street, has spent spare time landscaping the crossing. He turf ed three large beds plus planted flowers and grasses on both sides, grading and seeding to lawn. The Lansing family from Boston enjoy Bay Point this summer aboard their fast motor launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Gannon
M.C.R.R
North St
Lansing
Bay Point
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
United States
Washington, D. C
Postoffice
Hyde Windlass Baseball Club
Wm. Atwood
R.f
W. Merrill
E. Footer
H. Cutting
W. L. Atwood
J. Knight
W. McNeil
P. Blackwood
RB. Kenney
C.f
W. Lane
J. Murray
P. Flaherty
H. Morse
Goodwin
L.f
Cook
K. Atwood
Maine
Tant
Archie Grant
Edward Clough
Edward F. Miller
Samuel P. Lakin
George Clough
Kennebec Engine Co
John Burgess
Everett Green
Herbert King
James McNeil
Alex Burgess
Gardner Crocker
John Summerton
Vernal Chaney
Frank Higgins
Charles Whitehouse
George Brackley
Battman
Charles King
Hook and Ladder
Andrew Malia
Alfonso Roy
Harry Andros
Joseph Cloutier
Hubert Anderson
John Mosher
Bradford Farnham
Thomas Malia
John J. Lynch
Solon C. Savage
Edward J. Lee
Ernest E. Russell
David Burleigh
Charles Hart
Archie F. Carey
Bernard Clark
Edward Whitehouse
Thomas P. Neagle
Alderman Turner
Board of Aldermen’s Room
City of
Webco
Webber Lumber & Supply CO
Fitchburg, Mass
Mooney
Stanton
Staunton
Sam M. Dawson
la Tenas
Matec
Probate
Lowell
Arthur J. Dunton
Joseph C. Wyman
William W. Robinson
Caroline TD. Robinson
Benjamin H. Woodside
Sumner F. Main
Sibyl TD. Robbins
Alice W Robbins
Isaac B. Ring
Anniette Bateman
William T. Hall, Jr
Cephiza J. Haley
John T. Haley
Rachel J. Rowe
Benjamin Rowe
Arnold C. Morse
Fhippsburg
Tantha A Neorsed
Amm Soramis
Cotae Ae
Martha J. Stantial
Samuel L. Preble
Ozias R. Fletcher
Arrowsiee
Clara D. Fletcher
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