West Bath notes on roads ships and local events
Local jottings report excellent roads on the west side of Woolwich. Tug Seguin towed barge 789 with ice from Cedar Grove downriver to the flats. Various civic updates include a bronzed Roberts fountain, time changes on Maine Central trains, a Bath prison case, and a curious eel story from the New Meadows area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
J. E. Stinson
Hockomock
Nequasset
Maine Central Civil Engineers
H. O. Dougherty
Sewal
Texas Oil
F. H. Schofield
Delaware
A. Pownall
Reid
Alwyn
Maine Central
Bath
Lewiston
Portland
Bangor
Brunswick
Eaton
Augusta
Kittredge
State Prison
Old Reservoir Woods
Ferdinando Gorges
Bath Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Hercules
Rockland Courier Gazette
John Kemp
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Cushing
Wadsworth
Kemp
Nevada
Winter Street
Harding’s
New Meadows
Bath Chronicle Highlights Oddities and Local Happenings
Mrs. Herbert Wright visits Foster's Point while Mrs. B L Lombard reports thriving peas on Front Street. L A W car derails on Washington Street as Bath residents report tramp infestation and scouts visit for a game. Rock unloaded for shipment west. rhubarb grows impressively. steamship lists cotton for Rotterdam. A Bath police romance details a jailed lodger with a broken arm from a Portland bridge project. Mayor fund drive under way. court fines for drunkenness. Schooner Maude Palmer returns leaky, awaits repairs. crew saved at sea. Bath Iron Works worker Maurice Snow departs for Rockland. Coastal boat contracts awarded. three Bath eggs draw attention as duck egg lookalikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wright
Bath
Foster's Point
B. L. Lombard
Upper High St
Boothbay Harbor
Corliss Street
Georgetown
M.C.R.R
Charles E. Bachelder
Middle St
William Hodgkins
F. J. Lisman
New York
Rotterdam
Holland
Portland
Oliver
Small
Front St
Harold Kingsbury
House of Correction
Mittimus
Maude Palmer
Norfolk
Maine Central
Para
Cape Henry
Hampton Roads
Maurice Snow
Bath Iron Works
Rockland
Marine Railway and General
Mr. Snow
M. D. Cressy
Arey
Pinklets Laxative Promises Gentle Relief for Constipation
An advertisement touts Pinklets as a dainty sugar coated laxative that eases constipation without stomach upset or griping. It claims old purgatives are harsh and urges readers to request a free sample or buy a 25 cent bottle from a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Local notes span community life and small incidents
Murray Club meeting and Baptist memorial plans share a scene of small town activity. A tramp incident, theatre touring changes, and a Bath resident’s weekly tramp visits color the week, with post office parcel totals and a rescue of the stranded schooner M. D. Cressy highlighting local economy and sea trade.
May Day Observances and Town Happenings Noted
May Day reports. Oaks prepare to leave and strawberry blossoms picked as shad fishing begins on river nights. Bath hosts Sagadhoe County teachers. Bowdoin beats Bates 44 to 2 in Brunswick. Morse High loses to Cony 8 to 2 in Augusta. Steamer Newcastle to overhaul. Universalist Church screens Golden West views. many tramps in town. naval militia cruise plans announced for August.
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Bath
Sagadhoe
Sedgwick
G. A.R
D. J. Howard
Opia
Cook, Titcomb
Rowe
Lord and Martyn
Fpejepscot
New York
Universalist Church
Wallula
Thayer
Morse High School
Augusta
Cony High
Morse
Cony
Capt
Wallace
Brook
Stony Cache
Bangor
J. W. Hathorne
P. Taylor
R. Larrabee
R. Oliver
F Burt
C. Lewis
M. J. Hennessey
Herman Johnson
Silas W
Revival and civic notes spark local scene
H A Huse promotes revival of Are You a Mason. Jitney buses reach Rockland and Bangor while motor yacht Katakoua visits the Landing. Mayor Small returns to Bath Iron Works work. CAC officers meet a new inspector in Portland. Funeral for Henry M Shaw held in Greenville. various church and club activities noted including Sewing Circle meetings and a cantata at Corliss Street Church.
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Rockland
Bangor
Katakoua
Small
Bath Iron Works
C.A.C
Portland
Keut. Niles
Henry M. Shaw
Greenville
Lady Foresters
Walter Choate
South St
Unity Guild
Arthur J. Dunton
Washington St
Tinney
First Baptist Church
E. B. Arnold
High St
Henry W. Howard
Thompson's Brook
Wesley Methodist Choir
Corliss Street
National Cleaners and Dyers Magazine
May
Charles W. Walsh
Maine Association
Blaisdell Bros
R. C. Riley
Tappan
Custom House
Treasury Department
People’s Church
C. Raymond Chappell
Chester
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Des Moines
Guantanam
Mediterranean
North Carolina
Tennessee
Fishermen Report Cusk Hake Haddock Cod and Flounders
Week’s notes mention three fishermen with cusk hake haddock cod and flounders at city landing on Monday. Rain is urged to revive streams into breeding ponds as a tug tows a light barge east of the Philadelphia and Reading line. The six masted schooner Edward B Winslow arrived for repairs after a collision with the Caronia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Clark
Portland
Edward B. Winslow
New York
Clark
Winslow
Committee On Finance
City Landing
Ariel
Philadelphia & Reading
Hodgkins
Virginia
J. =. Winslow Co
Flee
Mercury
Percy & Smalls Yard
Boston
Caronia
Rio Janeiro
Norfolk
Local Classified Ad Fragments Promote Remedies
Fragmented 19th century notices promote Hall's Catarrh Cure Deans Ointment Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil Burdock Blood Bitters and Deans Regulators. claims include loyalty oath by Frank J Cheney 1886 and ads for laxatives and constipation relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mucceass County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
Frank Cheney
W. Gleason
Isats & CO
Sean
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North
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Eugene M. Desmond
Empire Theatre Stock Co
Robert T. Haines
Mrs. Fiske
Viola Allen
Desmond
Maine
Lincoln St
Brook Tramp
Gulfport
Miss
Diamond Shoals
D. N. Luckenbach
Owen
Charles E. Johnson
I. C.C.F
Sovereign Grand Lodge
San Francisco
Alfred S. Shrimball
Norway
Daniels
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Newport
H. A. Huse
Liberty Pole
Werrymeeting Bay
B. P. Browne
Richmond
The
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Barrett Manufacturing Company
Chicagohiladelphia
St. Loui
Cleveland Cincininati
Pittsburgh
Detroit
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Kansas City
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
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Stanton
Central Church League
Warren M. _ Stitphen
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A. D
Dean
Thomas
Shin OF
Beauty
Dr. T. Felix Gouraud
Departwest
Ford
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