Bath News Roundup of March 23 1915 Highlights
March 23 1915 Bath items include barges Franklin and Neshaminy with coal bound for Gardiner and Augusta, Morse High School party at MacCormicks, a National Banking lecture by Frederick D Hill, and Bath Board of Health organized with Culbert McGay as chairman. Other notes cover ship and crew movements, piano, and local society events, plus plum shipments from Philadelphia coal yard and Miss Moses handling correspondence.
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Seguin
Franklin
Neshaminy
Gardiner
Augusta
Frederick D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Bailey School
Bath Board of Health
Culbert McGay
Elmer W. Rogers
J. F. Butler
Bath News Roundup: Shipyard Work and Local Developments
March 24 1915 Bath Maine reports progress on the Emblane torpedo testing boat and Wadsworth destroyer with oil fuel tests underway. Repairs, new berths, and office leases for boat men appear as spars arrive for Seconnet and F. J. Lisman conversions. Local industry includes a Bath shoe factory shipment surge and a postmaster appointment in Phippsburg. Rural schools plan spring terms and Morse High honors relay team members receive M awards.
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Emblane
The
Iron Works
Wadsworth
Bliss Boat
Kennebec River survey aims for major eastern state development
Green and Wilson of Waterville begin an extensive Kennebec river survey to map the river and tributaries for potential dam plans. The project could last one to two years as mill interests seek water storage for summer power, amid a dry year since 1840.
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Kennebec
Mysterious ore eyed for government assay in Bath
A Bath office scene features a dark chestnut ore specimen hard as flint and weighing a notable amount for its size. It shows iron and copper traces and oxidization on one side. It will be sent to U S Government experts for assay.
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Times
Bath
U. S
Bath man suffers broken leg and surgery after mishap
A man seated on a sport pushed him off causing a fall that broke his leg. He was taken to City hospital Bath where months of recovery followed, then an appendicitis operation. He was later moved by stretcher to Boothbay boat and home to Five Islands. Down river many black ducks head north as a cold snap keeps Bath residents home from the pie social and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Frank Biggins
Claremont
N. H
John W. Butler
Bath
Boothbay
Islands
Frank Beals
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Veterans
Harry Warner
Roland Smith
Lisbon Falls
G. Foster
Fred Stover
Major Foster
Rabbi Cohen to Lead Double Day Services at Petlock Home
Times two days observance led by Rabbi Samuel Cohen will be held at the Petlock residence in the North End. The event calls for community attendance and traditional rites observed in the neighborhood.
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Samuel Cohen
Petlock
North End
Music Hall
Perkins Orchestra
Fall injures Boston deckhand on Henry O Barrett in Portsmouth
Charles Olson a 42 year old Swedish deckhand from Boston aboard the Henry O Barrett fell through a ship hatch in Portsmouth New Hampshire and is hospitalized with a fractured jaw and broken arm. He joined the schooner Thursday morning in the lower harbor and slipped into the hold while at duty.
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Charles Olson
Boston
Henry O. Barrett
Bath
Portsmouth
N. H
Olson
Cooperation in Asia Emphasized by Former Diplomatic Service Member
Harrison Lakin, ex consul to Korea, Japan and Arabia, spoke at Bath Iron Works Recreation Center on cooperation and open trade with Asia. He urged goodwill toward Asiatic nations, supported Voice of America, and warned war risks around Korea and Formosa, noting negotiations as essential for progress.
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Bath Iron Works Recreation Center
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Harrison Lakin
New York City
Washington, D. C
Bar Harbor
Lakin
Sumner Sewall
Korea
Japan
Arabia
Asia
America
Voice of America
Press Club
Free Germany
Eisenhower
Formosa
Red China
Chemists Date Ancient Greek Coins By Chemistry
Dr Earle R Caley and Wallace H Deeble of Ohio State University say chemistry can date Greek bronze coins despite wear or corrosion. Caley has charted changes in lead and tin content, enabling dating with about a 25 year error. He began compiling data while running a lab at the Athens Agora in the late 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Earle R. Caley
Wallace H. Deeble
Ohio State University
Caley
Athens Agora
Maine Legislature Debates Bond Issue and Tax Plans
The Maine Legislature discusses a bond issue on the House floor next Thursday while opinions split over gas taxes. Gov Baxter's gift settles Baxter State Park, and Gov Tice of South Dakota addresses unity against communism during a joint Senate session.
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House
Senate
Baxter Park
State of
Maine
Percival Baxter
Baxter State Park
Mt. Katahdin
Gov. Baxter
Merton D. Tice
South Dakota
Tice
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Great American Indemnity Company 1954 Maine financial figures
Revised asset and liability figures for Great American Indemnity Company as of December 31 1954 filed with Maine Insurance Commissioner. Total admitted assets listed at 68 550 254 94 with net surplus 24 456 568 31. Also notes potential market adjusted totals and additional figures for American Bonding Company of Baltimore.
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Great American Indemnity Company
Liberty Street
New York
N.Y
Insurance Commissioner
State of Maine
Povey Centers
American Bonding Company OF
Baltimore
Maryland
Insurance Department of
New Amsterdam Casualty Company Financial Summary
The document shows assets totaling 111 651 005 30 with stocks loans and real estate plus real estate owned and cash deposits. Liabilities and surplus list reserves for losses unearned premiums and taxes with total liabilities 8 901 428 57 and funds totalling 18 749 576 73. Policyholder surplus amounts to 29 749 576 73 with total policyholder figures 3 427 408 20.
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NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company
John Street
New York
Insurance Commissioner of
State of Maine
Maine opens limited fishing April 1 across ten counties
Maine anglers may fish in limited areas starting April 1 as the season begins in ten counties including Androscoggin Cumberland Hancock Kennebec Knox Lincoln Sagadahoc Waldo Washington and York. Ice-out progresses slowly with Sebago Lake break expected around April 15 while trout ponds stay icy and brook streams vary by mouth access. General fishing starts May 1 in Aroostook with other dates for Piscataquis Franklin Oxford Penobscot and Somerset April 15 and April 25 respectively.
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Augusta
Sebago Lake
Maine
Bangor
Maynard Marsh
Gorham
Sebago
Songo
Jordan Rivers
White's Bridge
Marsh
Jordan River
Raymond
Kittery East
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Waldo
Washington
York
Aroostook
Piscataquis
Franklin
Oxford
Penobscot
Somerset
Hospital TV Boom Sets 60 Sets in 30 Towns
Telecast in Champaign Illinois raises funds for hospital TV sets. Donors of 100 name a hospital for installation. smaller gifts pooled to choose the hospital. Chanute Air Force Base contributes 800 in one day as the drive grows. sixty sets installed across 30 towns in central Illinois and western Indiana.
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Champaign
Ill
Chanute Air Force Base
Chanute
Illinois
Indiana
Swedish Shipyards Launch 67 Vessels in 1954 Record
Swedish shipbuilders completed a record 67 ships in 1954 with a gross tonnage of 550000. The achievement highlights Sweden's prominent role in postwar marine construction and export.
Probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc court 1955 list estates
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc on March 1955 issued orders to notify interested parties for multiple estates. Proceedings include petitions for widow's allowance license to sell real estate probate of wills and appointment of administrators and executors for Randall F Cook Lena Douglas Donnell Ethel Glidden Ada McGilvary Thomas N Williams and Lena D Donnell trust with final accounts and letters testamentary without bond where applicable.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Ath
Randall F_ Cook
Laura Cook
Carl Albee
Ada McGilvary
George M. Carltoy, Jr
George C. West
State of Maine
Nellie D Thompson
Harry L. Day
Lena D Donnell
Thomas N Williams
Georgetown
Frances I Gunnell
Frances I Gunnell Arthur
Dunton
LILLIAN H_ HEAL
Appointments in Sagadahoc Probate Estates
Lillian H Heal Maine register certifies executors administrators and guardians named for estates in Bath West Bath Phippsburg and Sagadahoc County with appointment dates March 1955 March 8 1985 and related notices including without bond appointments and orders.
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Lillian H. Heal
O Sagadahoc
Margaret J Adams
Bath
Pauline H Adams
Christine Cameron
Adelaide Coombs
Solomon K Greenblatt
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Isear W Greenblatt
Owen Lee Greentlatt
Llewellyn D. Rogers
West Bath
Florence H Rogers
Fmil Vo Smith
Phippsburg
Dorothy E., Smith
Harriet M. Watson
Harry L Day
C. Owen Smith
Tillie Wold
Leslie J Wold
Thelma P Atkinson
Arthur J D.N
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Morse High School
W. A. MacCormick
J. W. Harford
Five Islands
Schoomer
Charles H. Trickey
John
Samuel Parks
E. C. Plummer
Maine Academy of Science
Education and Science
American Shipping
Stoney Cache
Frank Smith
U. S.N
Navy
Kittery
Bath Industrial Corporation
C. C. Toothaker
M. H. Blackwell
Frank Whalen
Bailey House
Middle Street
K. P
Pythian Fraternity
Supreme Lodge
Charles H. Smith
Port Orford
Oregon
Colonials
Morse High
Gregg Lumber Co
Betharyes
Philadelphia
Gibbons
A. W. Frost
Cora F. Cressey
Portland
Norfolk
Rio de Janeiro
Edward McLellan
Newport
R. L
Wilcox & Norton, Boat Builders
Norton
Frank McLellan
Ase Heald
Dc. F. Webb
Rogers & Webb
F. S. Bowker
Dupont Powder Co
Westport
Elbow Hill
Bowker Farm
Rockledge
James Wheeler
Young Men’s Christian Association
Jeres
Ottawa House
Cushing’s Island
Canadian Pacific Railway
Popham
Emilio de Gogorza
William R. Chapman
Coss
Epig Ty Gelliven and Gay
Antoinett
John Perry
Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
Haley
George Gagner
Ernestine Pero
William Shaughnessy
Pauline Hatch
Frances Cummings
Brunswick
City Landing
Bath Iron Works
Seconnet
F. J. Lisman
Department of the Times
William R. Kimball
Pine Tree State Seed Co
Carolyn Moses
Pauline Hall
Bertha Galland
Portand Express
L. A. & W. Railway
Gahan’s
Or Ae Os
Annie M. Pease
George C. Pease
Pease
Annie M. Perry
James C. Perry
Charles V. Minott, Jr
John F. Skillings
Panama Railroad Steamship Co
Ulysses
Newport News
Panama Steamship Co
Woodman
Ordway Lewis
Basin
Lewis
Parker Head
Edith Oliver
Stone Schoolhouse
Fox
Wiscasset
Phippsburg Center
Frances Parks
Morse
Capt. Perry
M. Sprague
William Mann
Washington and
Center Streets
Idella Altekamp
Kents Hill
Walter Hill
Frances Mann
Phi Rho Society
Cavanaugh
Minstrels
Roger Skillings
Leon Mason
William Adams
Wendal White
Alonzo Harriman
Bert Wallace
Maude Palmer
Davis
Elm Street Baptist Church
Lester Pratt
Cox
Marion Purington
Sewing Circle
Colby
George McLellan
Ada Larrabee
Winnie Durgin
Jennie Goodwin
William Shea
Fred Temple
Herbert E. Worrey
Clarence N. Flood
McCormick
Wyman
Gayner & Whitten
Arthur Perry
Kelley Spear Yard
Winnegance
Indian Carry
Virginia
Portland Terminal Co
Rockland
Woolwich
Scott Tibbetts
Hazel Dell
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Bath Lodge
Auburn
Fidelity Lodge
Lewiston
al Ridley
Major George A Baker
Addison Baker
Louise
William M. Temple
Purington Brothers Company
YMCA
Bowdoin College Ymca
MacComick
Edgar Gilman
Captain Brown
New Meadows
Miami, Fla
Mrs. Brown
Florida
Helen Follet
Frank E. Seavey
Tufts College
Annie Palmer
North Street
Park and Cemetery Board
Harry W. Crosman
Charles H. Cahill
F. H. Kimball
Frank Jack
William A. Jack
Washington Street
Jack
Copley Plaza
City
Mr. DeGogorza
Pacific Coast
Secretary of State
Russia
Roger M. Luke
Melvin B. Henderson
Edward Kinder
Brian M. Jewett
Douglas Dearborn
Malenfant
Totman
Briggs
Caribou
Natural Resources Committee
Labor Committee
Martin
Varney
Ward
Silsby
Bates
Edmund S. Muskie
Bob Elliot
Iillian H. Heai
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