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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1939

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Coasting Vessels Prospects Bright

Items from The Bath Daily Times dated March 1 1899 report a strong outlook for Bath vicinity coasting vessels with numerous schooners likely to find steady business. Also noted are civic meetings naval appointments weather river navigation and local social events across Bath and West Bath.

The Bath Daily Times Bath

New Books Added to the Shelves at the Library

Patten Free Library lists February acquisitions across Autobiography and Biography Fiction and General, featuring Dunant the story of the Red Cross and Samuel Pepys, the Saviour of the Navy, Young Longfellow, and J. S. Martin's General Manpower, plus multiple novels by Sassoon, Bottome, Douglas, Ayres, Towne, and Stefansson among others.

Patten Free Library Dunant Red Cross Martin Gumpert Henry Dunant Edna Ferber Samuel Pepys Arthur Bryant Pepys Longfellow Lawrence Thompson Juliana von Stockhausen Austria Phyllis Bottome Lloyd C. Douglas Dr. Norton Mildred Walker Zane Gray Harald Tandrup Bess Streeter Aldrich Towa Anita Boutell Elizabeth Bowen Paris Ruby M. Ayres Charles Hanson Towne New York Rosabelle Shaw D. E. Stevenson Scotland Rafael Sabatini Sabatini

Captain Gregory Doughnut Hole Invention Honored

The National Doughnut committee nominated late Capt. Hanson Gregory of Camden for the hall of fame. The citation credits him with discovering and perfecting the hole in the doughnut while a sea cook, detailing his rise from cabin boy to master mariner and his ring-shaped doughnuts that replaced square pieces. The piece also recounts the Weeks house demolition on Highland street, Rockland, tied to Ebeneezer Otis and later Leander Weeks amid historic land and insurance losses.

Hanson Gregory Camden National Doughnut Committee Gregory Cook Gregory Weeks Highland Street Rockland Tolman Ebeneezer Otis St. George Otis Iman Burt Leander Weeks

Oil treatment curbs coal dust nuisance at Bath plant

City hearings into coal dust complaints highlighted oil and water spraying plans at Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. officials said January cargo was treated with oil, with additional water spray during loading to reduce nuisance. The council left the issue in abeyance pending trial of the treatment while approving other budget and infrastructure measures.

Toading John J. Keegan Adams Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co Alderman Burgess Keegan Small Harold P. Small Highway Department E. Bernard McCausland City of Bath Highway Board Savings Banks of Common Council McCausland M.causland John W. Gilmore Mitchell Donald D. Young Drake Finance Committee Powers Alderman Robson Morse Robbins Committee On Conference Poor Department Central Maine Power Co Gardiner R. Deering Frances A. Boucher Water Street Earle P. Morse Men Whittemore Bragg City Council C. Leroy Hutchins Ellery E. Whittemore Washington Street Blair, Hart Elmer W. Rogers

Waldoboro ice cream shop charts flavor fame and tastes

Clint Stahl of Stahl's Tavern in Waldoboro makes ice cream by the cart load and tracks public preference. Vanilla leads in summer, but a recent party of 32 showed 23 chocolate, five vanilla, four strawberry. The piece notes local appetite for chocolate as endorsed by a Rockland attorney. Ash Cove near South Harpswell hosts novelist Percy Noel, a globe traveler who has lived in Paris, London, Geneva, Tokyo, Peking, St. Louis, Chicago and New York.

Clint” Stahl Stahl Waldoboro Rockland Ash Cove South Harpswell Elmers Kennebec Percy Noel Paris London Geneva Tokyo Peking St. Louis Chicago New York

Insurance Ledger Shows Liabilities And Surplus Totals

Admitted assets reflect total liabilities and surplus of 22 755 338.36 with net unpaid losses 5 654 981.00 and unearned premiums 6 640 153.38. All other liabilities stand at 1 310 774.04 while cash capital equals 2 000 000.00 and surplus over all liabilities 7 147 428.95. Agent Stanley E. Wallace lists address 23-2 993 Front Street Bath.

Stanley E. Wallace Front Street Bath Front St American Automobile Fire Insurance CO St. Louis Caah

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Benevolent Union F. H. Percy Boston John H. Kimball High Street Woodward Coal Co Aphrodite Arthur Page South America Warren Adams Percy Yara Arthur Sewall Small Point Maine Woolwich W. Barker & Co William T. Hall Sasanoa Arrowsic Arrowsie Everett G. Haymaker John A. Lord U. S B.I W Navy Department Washington, D. C John S. Ames G. G. Deering Galveston San Francisco No. 2 Engine Co Augusta Capitol Hose Co Marjorie Moses Portland Bride Elect Sanford Block Front Elm Streets Woman's Exchange Fred McFadden Jonas Edwards Auburn Bath Temperance Ladies Bibber Board of Health Times Rogers Perkins Lombard Harris Humphreys Owen Olaf Shorey Gackenbach Hall Mikelsky John Desmond Joseph White West Bath Elm Street Church Central Church J. H. Kimball Messrs. Norton and Shea Biwisdell Merry Meeting Park L. B George Brown Gardiner Ae Ngea Board of Registration W. K. Stiles Bath Iron Works South Street I. A F. W. Plaisted the New Age Beacon Street Fred E. Hooper Shaw Gerald L. E. & B. Electric Road Barnes Ledyard Iron Works Fred H. Kimball Charles Shaw Greenville Moosehead Lake William D. Mussenden S. E Mat Johns Thomas Lynch South End Kennebec Yacht Club David P. Davis Boothbay J. F. Murphy Murphy Sewall William Merrow Sanford Vi Malia Mr. McMann Payne Emily Cahoon Mme Emma Eames Elwood Burton Hodgkins and Soule St. John N. B Newport United States David R. Wylie Orphans’ Home Wylie Sagadahoc County William Kittridge Winter Harbor Ocean Cahill Bay Point Sveiliam Carleton Pernambuco Brazil Buenos Aires James H. Hanlon South American Natal Capt. Oakes Dudley C Sarah H. Oakes Brewer Lundrigan Harry Passmore O. W. Ring & Co Commercial Street Mr Ring Argics Dallas Winnevance Vineyard Haven Henry Grant Mr. Grant Grant W. A. Weymouth Florence Forsyth Harry L. Lewis Thompson Bros Lawrence Thomas W. Hyde Washington California Cal. Smith J. W. Savage Bath High School Athletic Association Alameda Alice Carr North End Frank Low Robins Alex Burgess Engine Co. No. 3 Thomas Bowser Phippsburg Savannah Emma Chestra Neuschafer Natick Mass Clifford Spinney Anna Palmer Percy W. Means Harry Peterson Richardson Street Peterson Simpson Rafnell Robert Craig Jean Morse and Co Perry Fred Walker Lewiston Southport Elbridge Malcolm Ernest Heald New York Times Siegfried Sassoon Archibald MacLeish Logan Pearsall Smith America Whitman Berenson William and Henry James Whistler Edith Wharton Santayana Venus Naomi Royde Smith Frances Frost Bertrand Russell Hamilton Fish Armstroke Foreign Affairs Arctic Vilhjalmur Stefansson Levanevsky Moscow North Pole Crusoe Caribbean Heath Bowman Jefferson Bowman Isle of Tobago Equator David Fairchild Blair Niles Virginia Northeastern H. P. Brown Edward Brown Winter Morton Holbrook Y. M. C. A. Church Morton Holrook Clyde Stilphen Y.M.C.A Prs Brown Holbrook Wesley C. Stilphen Elma M Puffer MacFadden Boa Arsenault St. M E Nickerson C Thibodeau Cen Gowrn Grace L Stover Flm Erlebach Winter McQuarrie St M Ig McKellar Central Closson Elin Cc Sullivan H Grace Fullerton R Carey R Gasser K. Plummer Beacon Young Bernice M. Drake Sagadahoc Winnegance Campbell’ S Pond Hanna A Frisbee Bertha R. C. Tibbetts Thomas Small Warrenty Reed Joshua N. Tibbetts Bath Savings Institution Charles C. Low American Automobile Insurance CO
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