Bath Wharfs Busy May Day Scene and Local Notes
Local notes report Bath lawns being raked and early spring work across yards and lumber camps. Bath Gun Club shot at Woolwich club. Miss Esther Ross named to christen the Arizona battleship in New York. Noble Maxwell in Bath on business for Moston Sand and Gravel Co., which handles large contracts in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth M
Howard Wharf
Bath Gun Club
Woolwich
Noble Maxwell
Bath
Boston
Broad St
Moston Sand and Gravel Co
Scituate
Senator Maxwell
Massachusetts
New England
Braves
Naumkeag Mills
Richmond
Various Maritime and CommunityNotes From Bath Area
Capt Lewis Oliver caught a handsome chicken halibut off Bay Point and shipped it to Jack. Dances in Dirigo Grange Hall drew Bath dancers Wednesday evening. A Virginia shipment bound for John A Morse’s farm featured brick tile pipe. Capt William Jewett piloted the Emblane to Sag Harbor. Lobsters 32 cents a pound with plenty of alewives and herring, few shad. Dorcas Guild met at Beacon Street Church. officers elected. James Maher, Knights of Columbus director, died in Chicago at 66. A Woolwich boy underwent surgery for a serious infection. postoperative pus noted. A baby girl Jeanette Frances Shackford born. sixth wedding anniversary for the Shackfords. The barge Glendower, tied to a murder case years ago, remains noted. Julia Annable’s funeral held at 1238 High St.. remains interred in Brunswick. Old Folks Concert rehearsal drew 35. coordinator pleased with talent. Lighthouses crews replaced river buoys. Zizania arrived with supplies. Hibiscus sent east. Capt G F Barlow’s 43-year seafaring record marked by a collision with Caronia. no regular command for years. Maine Medical School grads elected officers in Portland. plans for field day and portrait hanging. A Bath teacher helped a lost visiting teacher reach Morse High School after being separated and hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Oliver
Bay Point
Jack
Dirigo Grange Hall
Virginia
John A. Morse
William Jewett
F. J. Lisman
Bliss
Sag Harbor
Zizania
Kennebec
Sasanoa
Diamond Island
Hibiscus
Portland
Mount Desert
G. F. Barlow
Edward B. Winslow
Providence
R. I
Barlow
Boston
New York
Maine Medical School
Allen Woodstock
Bangor
F. S. Echols
C. D. Gray
Madison
Bath
High St
Niobe
Morse High School
Islander
May Ball
Sons of Veterans
Music Hall
Georgetown
Rockland
Sophia
Bay
Aderton
Kennebec Real Estate & Grocery Co
Vanetta
Pinkham
Seguin Grounds
Leavitt
Foster's Point Road
John J. Keegan
Lewiston Knights of Columbus
State Council
Lewiston
Lewiston Knights
Frank A. Small
Board of Highways and Sewers
M. A. Haraden
F. B. Nichols
E. C. Plummer
Augusta
Maine
Park
Clothiers
Plumbers
Bouget
Rat
Phi Rho Minstrels and May dance in Assembly Hall
A busy local report notes Phi Rho Minstrels and May dance in Assembly Hall. Shipping updates include feldspar unloading at M C R R wharf and Glendower adding coal to Lovell's yard.
Bangor area notes: fishing, fires, wrecks and auctions
Horace Mitchell catches six shad on the river Monday night. Plumbers beat Perry's by 1293 in a Park league game. Lincoln Lodge marks its 96th anniversary with sermons at Wesley M E Church. Bath mourns Lydia Edgecomb. Bailey mansion sale auctions old furnishings and colonial wallpaper. Old Bath relics found during gas tank dig include log sewer pipes and granite stones. Capt Stoward eyes Maine yacht Eleanor for summer route. Local tradesmen report deer sightings and grain bags found in a dig near Vine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Horace Mitchell
North Bath
Plumbers
Perry
Lincoln Lodge
1.C.C.F
Wesley M. E
H. A. Corey
City Landing
David Adams
S. L. Baker
Richmond Corner
Vine St
M.C.R.R
Oscar Kingsbury
Silas Hart
B. C. Bailey
Switzerland
Bath
Launching day at the B TAW and town notes
Thursday marked another launching day at the B TAW as town life unfolds downtown. The item covers church service, court action on whiskey seizure, bay birds moving north, fishing boats at City Landing, hay deliveries, a May church breakfast, a Defiance ball team tryout, cargo moves at M C R R wharf, a new Buick purchase, Bangor freight, a family move to Parker Head, double yolk eggs, Pine Tree Seed Co shipments, trout fishing reports, silver spoons sold by a child, and a warning about peddlers buying from children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.taw
C. Raymond Chappell
Keegan
Willis
Front St
Nichols Wharf
Eastern River
Crocker
People’s Church
Music Hall
Kelley Field
R. Chase
F. Billings
Capt. Crocker
Ruth M
M. C.R.R
Wallula
Miles M. Merry
Bath Garage Co
West Side
Steamer Islander Arrives for Inspection and Local News
The Islander arrived Wednesday for inspection and will depart Augusta today for Boothbay on the season’s first voyage. May Ball of the Sons of Veterans is set for Monday at Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islander
Dunton
McPhee
William Shea
John Pinkham
Frank Greenleaf
Stephen Sawyer
Harold Wellman
John Milton
Augusta
Boothbay
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Pejepscot Lodge of Odd Fellows
Brunswick
Sagadahoc
West Woolwich
Arabine A
Charles W. Coulllard
William Coombs
Couillard
Corner Willow Sts
Gackenbach
Mercury
Eastern Steamship Co
William A. Colby
Colby
New Brunswick
State of Maine
Governor Cobb
International Line
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Calvin Austin
Cobb
Key West
Havana
E. L. Clark
Esther Ross
Prescott
Arizona
Governor Hunt
United States
New York Navy Yard
Miss Ross
Hunt
Brooklyn
James Maher
The
Knights of Columbus
Chicago
Illinois
Frank
Charles Sheridan
Stott
Peaslee
City Hospital
Roy F. Shackford
Jeanette Frances
Julia C. Annable
Eugene E. Annable
Culbert McGay
Grace Church
Perkins
Phi Rho
Assembly Hall
King of the Bay
al Ridley
Glendower
Lovell
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sous
Cora F
Cressy
Merry
Santos
Brazil
John Bunny
H. W. Chase
Brockton
Mass
F. L. Francis
Maine Central Ticket Office
Wakefield
Charles W. Bucktey
Buckley
City of
Hawthorne
A. M. Cutler
Commercial St
Mary L. Baxter
H. O. Barrett
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Gilmore
O. K
City Sealer
West
New Jersey
Georgia
California
Stoward
Comet of
Eleanor
Frank Oliver
New Meadows
George A. Sanford
Lydia Edgecomb
North
Maurice J. Duncklee
Winter Street Congregational Church
James S. Lowell
George Ingalls
Owen Rogers
L. T. Snipe
Oak Grove Cemetery
John H. Elliott
Hyde Park
John Webb
Elliott
Webb
Arrowsic Woods
Fred A. Willis
Manager Kimball
Pine Tree Seed Co
New Hampshire
Cuba
Thompson's Brook
Henry W. Howard
Phi Rho Minstrels
Morse Athletic Association
Arrowsic
Yale
Bath Department Store
A. Singer & CO
Centre Street
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