Bath news brief highlights social events and incidents
George W Merrill returns from Quincy and Boston as Bath Moose Lodge meets in new hall. A mill worker near Oak Grove Cemetery injures a hand. Bath Aerie hosts weekly whist party with prizes to Mr and Mrs William Shaughnessy. Bath boy Alex Miller returns home on crutches after six months treatment for blood poisoning. Bath Elks elect officers and honor past leader John W Ballou. A staged mugging on Front Street unsettles a stranger. Knights of the Golden Eagle hosts Grand Chief Skillins visit with speeches, banquet, and stereopticon show for Bath, Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Brunswick, and Topsham guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove Cemetery
Hagan Lot
Bath Aerie, I. O.E
William Shaughnessy
C. C. Toothaker
T. Haley
Perkins
Alex Miller
Bath
City Hospital
Bath Lodge of Elks
E.R
William M. Adams
E.S.K
Joseph P. Madden
E.L.K
Fred J. McTeer
L. Eugene Thebeau
J. Edward Hughes
Charles H. Hooper
Tyler
Henry M. Hartleb
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Grand Lodge
William M. Temple
John W. Ballou
Bath Lodge
Front St
Willie
Johnson Bros
Slummer St
Thompson's Corner
Lincoln Castle
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Center St
Grand Chief
Maine
Alexander Skillins
Portland
N.C. E. A. Garland
P.D.G.C. L. M. Lemont
Skillins
C. E. Rideout
Auburn
F. J. McDonald
E. J. Sluro
Topsham
J. H. Briggs
Lewiston
Brunswick
Local items note small town incidents and events
West Woolwich fire alarm ends with no major damage. Henry W. Howard neglects to cut down the Thorne grove. Arthur J. Dunton lectures on Contracts and Commercial Paper at Morse High School. Red Men and Modern Woodmen pitch games begin a marathon series. Bath freight on the American-Hawaiian S S Co wharf shows 36 cars loaded and 151 tons awaiting shipment. Bath Mandolin Club trains under H. T. Stevens aiming for a concert later. Master John Ambrose Jr. finds an early grasshopper, seen as spring omen. Eight lodgers seek work at the Iron Works after an evening at the police station. A cat shipped from Small Point vanishes en route. McNeal continues river dips through winter, defying danger. Fred W. Pond of Wiscasset suffers a paralytic stroke. brother William F. Pond helps. Henry W. Howard displays three big-game heads from Northern Maine. Cahill blacksmith shop sparks cause roof fire. Combination Four battles flames and saves the day with $200 damage to a Water Street boarding house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Woolwich
Henry W. Howard
Thorne
Arthur J. Dunton
Morse High School
Bailey School
Bath
New York City
Hardings
Small
Young McNeil
Farl
MrNeal
McNeal
Maine
Commercial St
Big Woods
Cahill
Combination Four
C. O’brien
Kennebec
Water St
O’brien
T. W. Hyde
Bath iron works builds destroyers and local industry notes
The article notes Bath Iron Works bending plates for two new destroyers and cites Bath Towhboat Co. president Captain William G. Small predicting ice will clear by March 20. It previews local events including a Kennebec Yacht Club spring gathering, a steamer Nahanaue’s first Bath run, and reflections on captains Frye and Kiehne amid ship reports in Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec House
Water St
Bath Chronicle Tells Of Local Winter And Spring Happenings
A century old Bath page reports wind from the north with 19 below zero in March and sleighing good in the city. The Nahanada makes the first Boothbay trip. Haraden cites Legislature plans to adjourn March 27. Fred Ward buys timber on Lines's Island, ship William P Frye destruction stirs Bath, Vital statistics show births marriages deaths. Bliss experiment nears completion with cabin work and launch planned. Gun Club contemplates Woolwich trap shooting but rabbits distract. Veterans enjoy whist. camp ball set for Music Hall. Willi Frye’s name tied to German cruiser incident. Phi Beta Society minstrel at Bath Opera House on St Patrick’s night draws Lent crowds and Morse High students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Nahanada
Haraden
Augusta
Frost St
Fred Ward
Topsham
Ledyard
Lines
Times
William P. Frye
Grassy
Bliss
Emblane Jis
Woolwich
T. WW
Hyde Camp
Sons of Veterans
Foresters
Front St
Willi Po Frye
Germany
Sammon
Phitino Society
St. Patrick’s
Morse High
Our Own People Notes on Local Residents
James H. Scott is seriously ill at his home. Mrs. Edward Jones was taken to Bath Hospital for treatment. Miss Margaret Loach and Miss Ha Chase left for a business trip to New York. Miss Nettie Paul of Camden visited Mrs. Ho T. Stevens and headed to Boston. Mrs. Charles H. Norton went to Portland to visit Mrs. William Litchfield. Edward E. Cook and Arthur McCulom left for Kittery Navy Yard to join boat shop work. Ralph Willis, formerly of Phipps Island, now with M. and H. T. Plumer of Portland, is a salesman. With Miss Hazel Emers, they spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rogers. John W. Farrar of the Census Department in Washington is in town for Bureau of the Census work, aided by Herbert S. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pliner returned from Washington after Congress. Mr. Plummer was Atlantic Carriers’ Association representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Scott
Edward Jones
Bath City
Margaret Loach
Mis Ha Chase
Thursdas
New York
Nettie Paul
Camden
Ho T. Stevens
Boston
Charles H. Norton
Portland
William Litchfield
City
Ralph Willis
Phippsints
H. T. Plumer
Hazel Emers
Walter Rogers
John W. Farrar
Census Department
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Herbert 5S. Morris
J. C. Pliner
Congress
Plummer
Atlantic Carriers’ Association
OUR SUNKEN CLIPPER SHIP
The Prinz Eitel Friedrichs sinking in the South Atlantic hit American shipbuilding and the Bath based Frye name vessel. The William F F Frye, famed square rigger, last voyage near Seattle showed late era Yankee ship design blending wood and steel with Hulls praised as tight and rigid, a successor to historic giants like Flying Cloud and Great Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
South Atlantic
William FF. Frye
Bath
New England
Frye
Seattle
Sewalls
McKays
Boston
Shenandoah
Roanoke
Cape Horn
Dirigo
Society Gossip From Buckfield to Trion and Bath
Miss Irish of Buckfield visited by cousin Allen M. Irish. Mrs. Arthur F. Bishop recovering after a fall on a rolling stone. Mrs. Bishop housed and unable to travel. Miss Alice F. E. Varnes plans May return from Trion North Carolina to home. Mrs. Charles Marnham and family moved from Winchington Street to Bath Street. Rev. Robert Codman hosted Rev. Culbert McGay for a weekend. Mendelssohn group notes and De Govorza named honorary library members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Irish
Buckfield
Allen M. Irish
Arthur F. Bishop
Charles Marnham
Winchington St
Bath St
Robert Codman
Portland
Culbert McGay
Four Masted American Clippers Face Grim Fate in War Narratives
The piece recalls Erskine M Phelps Arthur Sewall Edward Sewall and William P Frye for Arthur Sewall Co and Nome Astral Atlas for Standard Oil as four masted vessels. It praises the William P Frye launched 1901 and Atlas as the largest ships a superb fleet of clippers. It argues these ships represent the peak of American sail shipbuilding and contrast with steam power, recounting the Prinz Eitel Friedrich incident where a grain cargo was partially destroyed and a demand for compensation or reprisal looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine M. Phelps
Arthur Sewall
Edward Sewall
William P. Frye
Arthur Sewall & Co
Nome
Astral
Atlas
Standard Oil Company
Irye
United States
Thunderstorm Strikes Frank M Harnden House in Oak Street
A heavy thunderstorm on March 7, 1910, struck the house of Frank M Harnden on Oak Street. The Boothday boat returned for the summer season the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M
Bath ship Wm. P. Frye praised as dearest sail ship
The Boston Transcript lauds the Wm. P. Frye as the dearest sail ship in the American merchant marine, highlighting its reputed charm and value in the sea service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Wm. P. Frye
Colonials Host Victory Hudsons After Game Music
The Colonials entertained the victorious Hudsons with music in the club rooms after the game illustrating postmatch camaraderie and social revelry.
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George W. Merrill
Quincy
Mass
Bath Lodge of
Moose
Mausic Hall
Fred W. Pond
Wiscasset
William F. Pond
Mr. Pond
Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co
Wiseau
William G. Small
Bath Towhboat Co
Gordon G. Holbrook
Bailey
Orone
Technology Department
University of Maine
Kennebec Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Opera House
K. Y.C
Nahanaue
N. Brewer
Horace Wylie
Zina Orne
Burton Orne
Thomas Brewer
Adzusta
Bath Everwood
Joseph Rewall
William P. Free
Craier
Fies Ee Kiehne
Kienne
Sewall
Williem P. Fryers
Kiehne
If6
Baltimore
Queenstoun
James F. Murphy
Everjet
BARRI
Cleveland
Keness City
T Manufacturing
Detroit
Lake
Louis
Ion
Harold M. Sewall
Ines Balletin
Willian BP
Vliam PP. Bis
Thompson
America
Thompson Bros
One Price Clothiers
Edward E. Cook
Arthur McCulom
Kittery Navy Yard
Mendelssohn and
Emilio de Govorza
Lib
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