Local Jottings and Town Notes from Central Church and Town
Community notices describe Ladies' Aid meetings at Central Church and Winter Street Church, a property showing near Front St., storm impact on driving, a church mission society gathering, a Suffolk Club shore dinner, a Masonic lamb roast, wholesale prices for lobsters and bake eggs, local official calls, a regulatory ruling on fish preservation, a blizzard anecdote at a concert, excerpts from Punta Gorda Herald about Hathaways and local lore, and a Dewey restaurant remodel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Isaiah Coombs
Oak St
Winter Street Church
Charles W. Clifford
Edward B. Smith
Front St
King Tavern
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Wesley Church
Home Missionary Society
F. W. Armes
Cherry St
Suffolk Club
Dewey
Montgomery and
March Hill Nears Summit As Bath News Takes Shape
Local notes report March Hill nearly one third climbed amid a dry moon sign for Wednesday. Bath and Auburn events include high school basketball, theater plans, ship launches, and municipal discussions. Notables: Edward Little beat Deering 24 12. John Graham of New York arranging Creatore concert in April. Bath Opera House booking March 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March Hill
Maccabees
Samuel Dillaway
Moving Pictures
Green Cloak
Mayc.r.r
Bath
Raymond Stuart
Farmington High
Morse High
Farmington
Kelley Spear Yard
Elm Street
Fred Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
West Bath
Kelley-Spear Co
New England Steamship Co
New York
O. F. Williams
John Graham
Creatore
Graham
Sousa
Columbia Theatre
American
Boston
C. A. Blair
Hudson River
Hudson
Albany
Bath area notes and local society items
Local items report the Beacon Street Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Perry’s home, Morse High School appoints Charles L. Smith as headmaster candidate for Saugus, Texas Co. execs visit town for shipyard work, and a pension bill for life savers is discussed in Congress. Also noted are Commodore Tucker relics, Portland Power Boat Club elections, a court case dismissing two Boothbay men on liquor transport charges, a dog case, Central Church Lenten series, and ship rumors about the steamer Frederick with unverified arrivals at distant harbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Ladies’ Aid
William Perry
Crescent St
Charles L. Smith
Morse High School
Saugus
Mass
George B. Drake
New York
Texas Co
Arthur Sewall & Co
Joseph Carvill
Thomas Spence
Coast Guard
Commodore Tucker
Mary Hinds Thompson
Round Pond
Adams
President Adams
Commodore
Tucker
Molly Tucker
Hinds
Portland Power Boat Club
Holyoke’s Wharf
Ervin A. Clark
Frank W. Minot
E. E. Crocker
Clifford S. Winslow
C. E. Burton
H. S. Merrill
H. D. Loring
C. H. Weston
C. H. Trigg
M. M. Dyer
Boothbay
Keegan
Youland
W. J. Rouse
Chef Tarbox
Federal Square
Central Church
Jesus Christ
Central
Brunswick Concert Snowstorm Dims Night of Festivities
A Brunswick party by electric line attended the Leginska concert with many taking steam cars. Snow ploughs cleared tracks and helped pedestrians as drifts reached ten feet near New Meadows. By 1 am the blizzard intensified with northeast winds, closing streets and freezing the night as the most disagreeable storm of the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Leginska
Colonial Cafe
Little Village
Harpswell St
New Meadows
Independent
Pansy B wins Class A pace at Oaks Speedway
Pansy B driven by Johnson defeats Don Cecilian and May Day to claim the Class A pace at Oaks Speedway in Portland. May Day takes the first heat, Don Cecilian the second and Pansy B the final three heats, with the Bath mare finally pulling ahead in the decisive stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Powers
Pansy B
Portland
the Oaks Speedway
Portland Times
Don Cecilian
May Day
Bath
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Crosman
Pace Pansy B
Hall
Crosman
Nahanada Faces Ice Obstacles on River Run
The steamer Nahanada struggled through ice between Artowsic bridge and the Kennebec, backing several times to clear a new track after a night-shifted path. Daniel E. Dickey, Rockland sales man, died in Knox County General Hospital Rockland from poison taken during personal crisis in tent. Dickey left a wife and five children in Portland. The La Follette Seamen's Law took full effect Saturday, restricting advance wages for foreign vessels and setting port wage rights and crew qualification rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nahanada
Artowsic Bridge
Kennebec
Daniel E. Dickey
Rockland
Knox County General Hospital
G. L. Crockett
Dickey
Portland
la Follette
United States
Local Visitors and Town Notes Highlight Bath Area
Postmaster Morrell McKenney of Richmond visited Tuesday. Survey work took place on Front street from Federal Square to the depot between Bath National Bank and the Rouse property. L. Houghton Owen moves from city hospital to his brother Silas Owen’s home. Ida and Leora Thurlow return home due to brother John N. Thurlow’s illness. Rev. M. G. Plummer now pastors in North Conway, son of Mellen G. Plummer of South Freeport. Mrs. M. J. McCormick attends to her late husband’s estate in E Pittston. Mrs. A. C. Colby returns to Bath from Plummer St. Gardiner Journal notes Colby also in town over weekend. Herbert L. Hall, Board of Poor chair, recovers from illness. initial abscess rumor corrected to grippe with others treating him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Baker
C.A.C
Bath
Adjutant General’s Office
Harry A. Plummer
Kennebec Journal
Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
New England
Grammy
Columbia
Punta Gorda
Johnny
Rhines Hill
Augusta
Dewey
Morrell McKenney
Richmond
Front Street
Federal Square
Bath National Bank
Rouse
L. Houghton Owen
City Hospital
Silas Owen
Ida Thurlow
Wollaston
Mass
Leora M. Thurlow
Haverhill
John N. Thurlow
M. G. Plummer
Methodist
North Conway
Mellen G. Plummer
Freeport
M. J. McCormick
E. Pittston
A. C. Colby
Albert W. Colby
Plummer St
Colby
Gardiner Journal
Herbert L. Hall
Board of Poor
Genesta Sewing Circle meets at Mrs Coffin home
Genesta Sewing Circle gathered Wednesday afternoon at Mrs O P Coffin's Middle Street home. The item notes local social activity and a community group meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Webber
Bath Opera House
Chicago
Philadelphia
Empire
Lewiston
Dr. Peaslee
Linden Street
Charles E. Gordon
Gordon
Peaslee
Frederick
St. Vincent
Cape de Verde Islands
Archangel
England
Vance
Thompson Bros
Bath’s Largest Clothiers
Percase
Conley’s Specialty Store
Jerome Jones
G. G. Deering Co
E. L. Nash
William Brennan
Curtis
County of
Knox
Dedimus
Levi E. Weymouth
Board of Education
Cumberland County
James C. Mulligan
Henry W. Howard
L. Eugene Thebeau
Mabel L. Montgomery
Natick
Harpswell
State
Industrial Accident Commission
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