Moonlight excursions draw crowds to Bath coast
Forty years ago Bath items note a busy summer with moonlight trips aboard the Percy V and the Samoset to Boothbay. The Star of the East publicity, new fire escape rules at Alameda, and preparations for the new passenger depot reflect a growing Bath scene with civic improvements and local business activity.
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Bath
The
Bath Daily Times
James W. Kelley
Bath and Boothbay
Star of the East
Samoset
Boothbay
Islands
Mystery Mark Reappears Shifting City Street Boundary
In New York City a long forgotten old mark near the Custom House reemerges six feet west of the sidewalk boundary. The revelation prompts questions about street encroachment by the nearby Christian Temperance House and the impact on daily cart traffic.
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Custom House
Uncle Sam
Christian Temperance House
Bath Association Holds Annual Meeting and Local Baseball Notes
Edward Brown, the noted Bath pitcher, played in the Thomaston club’s recent game against Warrens at the Bath street house. Thomaston triumphed 29 to 1 as Warrens fans recorded the strikeouts. Bath Iron Works molds a fifth propeller for the steamer Winthrop, highlighting ongoing outlays and incomes on the large vessel.
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Lincoln Street
Bath
Franklin School Club
Topsham
Shipping City Lads
Edward Brown
Thomaston Club
Warrens
Winthrop
Bath Iron Works
Beacon Street Church Drama At Woolwich Grange
The Beacon Street church ladies presented the three act drama The Virginia Heroine at Woolwich Grange last Wednesday to a large pleased audience. A fine supper was served beforehand and dancing followed with music by Mrs. Frank Hodgdon. The event raised a good sum. Mr and Mrs George Pomeroy and son from Waltham Mass visited town and he headed to Douglas Mass for a boys camp season after teaching in Waltham schools.
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Beacon Street
Woolwich Grange
Edward Holbrook
Nellie Darling
Florence Baker
Frank Hodgdon
George Pomeroy
George Jr
Waltham
Mass
William E. Harriman
Court Street
Pomeroy
Douglas
Local Club collects clothing for Eskimos amid Labrador expedition
A club gathered and sent clothing to Eskimos in Labrador during a Cosmopolitan gathering. Speaker Sewall praised explorer MacMillan for his Labrador work and plans to build a school at Nain. Members donated coats, stockings, and floral specimens from his expedition while MacMillan prepares a summer Labrador cruise.
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Labrador
MacMillan
Mr. Sewall
Wiscasset
Nain
Sewall
Bath Probate Notices Highlight Sagadahoc Estates
In Sagadahoc County Bath notices announce probate actions for J Waters estate with executrix Alice Fulton and guardianship matters for Edith Skillings minor Willis Tobey and other heirs. The court orders publication, final accounts, and public sale of real estate to settle estates and taxes.
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OF Maine
Soung
Sazadah
Herbert L. Simpson
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Doster
Maine
Angie Ham
Rolanimpson
Mollie Staples
Prescott French
Herbert French
Roland French
William French
Carlos French
William F. Simpson
West Bath
Sacadahoc
Sagadahoc
Bath
New Meadows
New Meadows Rt
A. B. Higgins
Sarabahoc
Lucy W. Brown
William Simpson
STA Sagadahoc
Sagadahor
Bath Independent
Harry G. Swett
Jennie W. Swett
Walter
Glidden
Fevenath
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Aucusta A. Simson
George L. Palmer
Edward B. Snipe
Arrowsic
State OF
Arthur Lished
Alter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Robert Cochran
Said
State OF Maine
Carlotta F
Kit- Saas
Stone
Annredericksen
Lock
Cael Comers
Cansoree F. Kittridge
Villa A. Buchanan
Springfield
Mass
Carlotta F. Kittridge
Gadahoc
A. D
Charles
Ity
Bate Te Ant
George M. Stinson
Woolwich
Novelie J. Trott
Alice G. Stinson
Julia E. Decker
Edgar P_. Trott
Winchester
H. . Thompson
Walter S. Gliddes
Elizabeth Fulton Coombs, Jr
Sagerahoc
Charlies C. Mayberry
Minnie Mayberry
Decesed
Mar
Amy
Alice B. Pulton
J. Waters
Alice B. Fulton
J. Pred Tobey
Geor
George W. G. C. Tobey
William Aa Sthat
Effie May Tobey
Lucy P. Deee
Poe
Edith F. Skillings
John F
Roger D. Skillings
Ruth Skillings
Saradahoc. Ss
Roger D. Sagadahoc
Degedaher
Tee
Walter S. Glidory
George
L. Tarr
Vin Waka
Morse Senior Class Yearbook Ready for 1929
The Morse high school Class of 1929 yearbook has been printed and distributed. It features the frontispiece portrait of a Morse senior and an image of the former Morse high school building destroyed by fire in March 1928.
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Morse High School
Eighth Grade Graduation Party Noted at Central Grammar
A small celebration with sandwiches cakes cookies and fruit punch honored eighth graders. Attendees included Misses Wina Thornton Marjorie Barbara Norton and Messrs Clarence Reed Richard McElman Harold McElman Leon Buck Joseph Robinsen Ivan Kirkpatrick Hibbert Norton Kenneth Snowdon Carlton Perry Oakley Thibodeau. Miss Atwood graduates this year and will enter a Los Angeles high school this fall.
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Morton
Los Angeles
Calif
William Thompson of 1 cy Mass Reported Overnight Bath Visit
William Putnam Thompson of 1 cy Mass was a recent overnight guest in Bath, according to local notes.
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William Putnam Thompson
1Cy, Mass
Bath
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Popham Beach
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Phippsburg
Shepard Street Fire Engine House
Dunton
Slater
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Marine Railway
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Harry C. Webber
Bath High School
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Gorham Normal School
Mary E. Pratt
STE Res
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William Webster
Scott
Alameda
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Morgan Iron Works
Columbia Hall
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Rangeley Lakes
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Williams
Knox & Lincoln
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North Street Free
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Amos L. Allen
Small Point
George A. McFadden
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Pearl Streets
E. A. Lawrence
Young Mens’ Christian Associations
Y. M. C. A. Hall
Academy
Wilson
Auburn
J. E. Drake
Cinnie Worth
Holly Tree Inn
Aids
W. S. Barry
George M. Reed
Insane Hospital
Y.M.C.A
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Masonic Hall
John S. Hyde
B. W. Thieme
Frank Webster
Percy W
North Street
H. M. Sanford
Plasterers
the New England Co
H. P. Dyer
New York
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Attech
F. Dunham
William FP. Wilham
Carters
New York City
Jarvis Patent Furnace Co
H. B. Ba
Worcester
School of Technology
Sea
the Baths Association
Chaffles
S. Sewall
Cosmopolitan
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Sagadeoc
Katherine Atwood
Lena Atwood
Atwood
Parker Adams
Miss Atwood
J. Fred Tobey
Seton
Walter S. Glindoen
William P. Dunham
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