Local Jottings and Bath Notes from Tuesday
Probate Court updates and local remarks recall Wallula and M Ginty. Election day peace draws comment. Mayor-elect John A Small noted as Bath’s second with that surname. Community groups meet in Band Hall and churches as Phi Rho, Dorcas Guild, Ladies Aid plan events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallula
M’ginty
Popham Woods
Phi Rho Minstrels
Bath Gun Club
John A. Small
Bath
Ladies’ Auxiliary
L. L. Hooker
Dorcas Guild
Beacon St
D. A. MacDonald
Washington St
Ladies’ Aid of the Universalist Church
C. A. Harriman
North Street
Phippsburg votes to build a schoolhouse on new lot
Local voters in Phippsburg approve funding for a new school on a fresh parcel. Across town, ice shipments continue from North Boothbay as American Ice Co. stacks houses full. Spring signs appear with a boy’s window mishap and delayed train from Knox and Lincoln division. City politics stir as Democrats celebrate Small’s win and vow reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minott’s Pond
Phippsburg
North Boothbay
American Ice Co
Tug Seguin
Boothbay
Sasanoa
Chestnut St
Farrar
Evening notes on local officials and community events
A survey of routine town business reports slight changes in municipal leadership while committees meet. The Evans mill crew starts work on a new setting at Woodward lot and the Bath Mandolin Club elects H. T. Stevens as director with Clifton Dodge as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Leonard
Evans Portable Mill
Woodward
Colonial Club
New Meadows
Woodward Place
John N. Evans
Bath Mandolin Club
H. T. Stevens
Clifton Dodge
Lowell
Sagadahoc
Rockland
Bath and civic notes from Augusta and Bath area
Representatives Harnden and Corliss return to Augusta. Bath water district and forest bills hearing set for next Tuesday. Municipal Court case ends with defendant discharged. Bath residents plan Boston auto show attendance at Mechanics Hall this Saturday. Evangeline steamship transfers to American registry for New York Bermuda service. Gunner candidate exams yield nine second class and three first class passes. Buick ships 100 freight cars to the Pacific coast. freight charges total 535,980 dollars. Merrill awarded contract to build Cape Elizabeth water supply for Mrs. Lester Williams summer home. artesian well source. Park Bowling League reports high scores and a new season record. Local politics: Harris runs for City Treasurer and Tax Collector. Hall seeks city marshal. debate on mayor serving as city marshal. Reynolds returns from North Monmouth then heads to Windsor Nova Scotia for extended visit after twenty years. Bath visitor notes Los Angeles hotel mind readers anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harnden
Corliss
Augusta
Bath Water District
Bath
Keegan
Whittey
Boston
Mechanics Hall
Evangeline
New York
Bermuda
Steamship Line
Charles W. Morse
Glasgow
4Th Co
Armory
George A. Baker
Myrick Gatchell
Bunicks
Buick Motor Co
Flint
Mich
Pacific Coast
Andrew
Merrill
Cape Elizabeth
Lester Williams
Calvin Stevens
Portland
Eureka
Percy
Annable
Herbert L. Harris
Herbert L. Hall
Small
C. M. Reynolds
North Monmouth
Mr. Reynolds
Windsor
Nova Scotia
Obituary of Ethel Mae Kelley 22 in Rochester
News of the sudden death of Ethel Mae Kelley at Rochester Minnesota on Monday March 1 reached her aunt Mrs Walter A Murtaugh Tuesday night. She was 22, daughter of Rev and Mrs Alvah E Kelley formerly of this city. Survived by parents two aunts Mrs Ethel Murtaugh and Mrs Mae Liberty of Augusta an uncle Charles Snow and grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Snow both of this city. She graduated Brunswick High School class of 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Mae Kelley
Rochester
Minn
Walter A. Murtaugh
Alvah E. Kelley
Ethel Murtaugh
City
Mae Liberty
Augusta
Charles Snow
Elizabeth Snow
Mrs Nancy Lynn Preble Dies at 83 in Oakland
Mrs Nancy Lynn Preble died Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Jetherington in Oakland at age 83. She was born in Windsor and lived much of her life in Bath, later residing in Oakland the past five years. Survived by three sons Samuel L Preble Waterville Ruel Cincinnati Ohio and Frank New York. Funeral held Thursday at Elm Street Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Preble
Waterville
Nancy Lynn Preble
John Jetherington
Oakland
Preble
Charles Preble
Windsor
Bath
Free Will Baptist Church
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
1.C.C.F
Samuel L. Preble
Ruel
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank
New York
Elm Street Baptist Church
John H. Peterson Dies Suddenly in Brunswick
John H. Peterson, longtime Brunswick sewer superintendent, collapsed on Maine Street Monday afternoon. Born in Bowdoinham in 1833, he lived in Brunswick five years and earlier worked as a carpenter and grocer. He served as an assessor for the Brunswick Village Corporation and the First Parish Congregational Church, and was active in loan and building associations. A charter member of the Tribe of Red Men, he is survived by his son Col. William O. Peterson of Portland and his daughter Miss Nellie Peterson of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Ward Two
Richardson
Bath
Boys’ Conference
Andrew Cahill
Ralph Warren
Victor Leask
Kenneth Weeks
W. Bowker
B. Murray
W. Bickle
L. Jackson
H. McLellan
H. Hanson
E. Pomeroy
P. Miller
P. Low
P. Butler
W. Foley
B. Sydleman
Capt
W. R. Kimball
H. A. Corey
John Churchill
W. A. MacCormick
Bowdoinham
Bath Boys
Brunswick
Board of Trustees
First Parish Congregational Church
Tribe of
Red Men
William O. Peterson
Portland
Maine Coast Artillery Reserve
Nellie Peterson
Mrs Sarah Trott Dies at 90 in Maine Woolwich Widow of Josiah Trott
Mrs. Sarah O. Trott widow of Josiah W. Trott of Woolwich died in Monmouth Maine on February 23 at age 90 years 3 months 16 days. Survived by two sons A S Trott of Monmouth and Joseph Trott of Augusta a daughter Mary S Gould of Bath and Mrs A R Shaw of Somerville Mass twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services were held at Monmouth and interment was in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah O. Trott
Josiah W. Trott
Woolwich
Monmouth
Maine
A.S. Trott
Joseph Trott
Augusta
Mary S. Gould
Bath
A. R. Shaw
Somerville
Mass
Steamship Company Officials Visit Port for Boston Trip
YT W Hickey shore steward for the Eastern Steamship Co. visited town on Wednesday. H L Nevens purchasing agent for the same company traveled as a passenger on the morning Rockland to Boston trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hickey
Eastern Steamship Co
H. L. Nevens
Rockland
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holy Name Society
Phi Rho Society
Popham
Parker Head
Virginia
Thomas M. McCormick
Freeport
Knox and
Lincoln Division
North End
Parent Teachers’ Association
Frea Bowies
Drummond St
Dunton
George E. Warren
Savannah
Europe
J. F. Sheffield
G. Allen Howe, Esq
Wheeler and Howe of
Morse High School
Bailey School
Thompson's Brook
Bath Sts
Waldoboro
C. W. Clifford
Randall Coombs
Belfast
Bangor
Winterport
S. S. Corp
Camden
Brown
Crockett
Penobscot
Democratic City Committee
The
Holy Name Minstrels
J. Frates
J. MacKay
C. Robbins
B. Boutin
Eugene Hart
Daniél Doyle
Phi Rlios
Front St
Court House
Hockomock
City Hall
Flaherty-Farrar
University of Maine
Bailey ‘School of Industries
Harry Reid
W. W. Cutter
E. F. Savage
Lincoln Lodge
Abou Ben Adem Lodge
Auburn
Jack Shaw
Capt. Kelley
J. C. Tourtelotte
Combination 1V
Water St
Myron Sprague
Bowdoin
Ella M. Chamberlin
New England
Columbia St
Cambridge
Miss Chamberlin
Grove St
Mr. Squirrel
Herbert E. Cole
Bridgton
John W W. Stacey
George C. Pease
I. W. McIntire
Popham Beach
Kennevee Yacht Club
K.Y.C
Erie Basin
Antoinette
Philadelphia
Newburyport
Helen Neel
United States
Melville
New York Shipbuilding Co
George E. Melville
Adams
U.S.N
Kittery Navy Yard
Washington
Jordan Woodward
Hardings Station
M. J. McCormick
Evans
David Humphrey
Long Wharf
D. Pulsifer and Co
City Wharf
Mark Fisher
John Pack
Los Angeles
John H. Peterson
Maine St
the Times Company
Bath, Maine
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