Old Days on the Bath Branch reminiscences on rail runs
Ton Clair and Bob Alden loom large in Bath Maine rail history around 1880 1. The author recalls graduate engine crews and lively rides on trains 44 and 25 with Tom and Bob. He recounts fights with intoxicated passengers and dramatic near collisions on back road runs from Skowhegan to Oakland and Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton Clair
Dillon and
Knapp
Lewiston
Tom
Bob Alden
Bob
Cathance
Bowdoinham
Wood Haskell
Charlie Lowe
Skowhegan
Lilly Underwood
Wood
Frank Gardiner
Bath
Ed Bacon
Donnie Murphy
Bodge
Major Lowe
Cony Malburn
Portland
Waterville
Oakland
Winthrop
Monmouth
Monqweath
Leeds Junction
Leeds
Vi Griffin
No. 12
Charlie
Zaan
Tovp
Grand Trunk
Danville
New Gloucester
Lower Road
Cumberland Junction
Portland & Ogdensburg
Portland Yard
Grand Trunk Fellows
Fairfield
County Teachers Elect Officers at Annual Convention
Sagadahoe County Teachers' Association ended sessions at Morse High with 127 teachers present. John A. Cone and Ellen R. Turner were elected president and secretary treasurer, with a slate including Charles L. Smith and others. Clinton D. Wilson was selected as delegate to the New England Educational Association meeting in Boston. The group endorsed the Towner Sterling educational bill as Bates College President Clifton D. Gray spoke on science and ectoplasm, urging caution about Sherlock Holmes rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cone
Topsham
Charles L. Smith
Bath
Ellen R. Turner
Ethel T. Allen
Evelyn Curtis
Bowdoin
Loretta K. Carlton
Woolwich
Sagadahoe County Teachers’ Association
Morse High
Clinton D. Wilson
Morse High School
New England Educational Association
Boston
Margaret Adams
Towner Sterling
Congress
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Arthur
Mme. Curie
Sir Arthur
Watson
William Jennings Bryan
Thomas A. Holison
Henry Ford
Frank W. Wright
Massachusetts State Department of Education
Ake
Augustus O. Thomas
Maine
Ernest W. Butterfield
New Hampshire
Charles A. Stone
Richmond
Bernice Staples
Turner
Mary L. Hastings
Gorham State Normal School
Butterfield
Harold A. Allen
Room C
J. W. Taylor
State Agent of
Wright
James Bryce
Eleanor Christensen
City Hall Busy Spot On Monday
City hall was one of the busiest spots in town Monday night with five municipal bodies in session the board of aldermen the Board of Highways and Sewers the Board of Education the licensing board and the committee on accounts Appropriation and borrowing plans were discussed including a 40000 temporary loan note and tax projections poll tax payments rose with 175 paying before a 2 percent discount Jurors were drawn and licenses issued for itinerant peddlers venues and various trades with several permits including fireworks and petroleum products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Board of Highways and Sewers
Board of Education
Licensing Board
Committee On Accounts
Finance Committee
United States Trust Co
Portland
First National Bank of Bath
Merchants’ National Bank
Boston
Moseley Co
N. Bond
Old Colony Trust
First National Bank
Ralph Kk. Hall
Lowling Alley
Edward Pepper
Front Street
D. L. Howard
Mikes Psatlof
Water Street
Victualers
Eugene A. Pinkha
Washington Street
Thomas Slavin
Oak Street
Carrie Hall
Brunswick Road
Mike Zoome
Frankfurt
EF. Fitzgerald
Joseph BP
Day
Nathan Vpovich
Willian Mann
William F. Swain
Ralph EF. Legard
William Mann
Texas Co
Monthly report of school nurse shows continued improvement
The March and April reports to Health Officer S. Kingsley show fewer underweight children. Weighing in fall, 60 percent were underweight. after three months 58 percent remained underweight. in April 82 percent are underweight, indicating gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Kingsley
Edna Stevens
Eagle
South St. P.tlal
Red Cross
Bath firm gets a new contract
Hyde Windlass Co has secured an engine work contract, a modest but meaningful win amid keen competition. General business conditions nationwide are improving and Bath, slower to recover, is expected to feel the upturn as larger communities have.
Salmon Topped Lake Catch By Sebago Fisherman
Noon from Sebago Lake brought a six pound salmon hooked by a guest of Joseph Noyes of Bath at his lakeside cottage. The fish is among the largest landed this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebago Lake
Sewall
Joseph Noyes
Bath
Old Ladies' Home elects Sewall president again
William D. Sewall was reelected president of the Old Ladies Home association at the annual meeting held at the Home. Owen J. Ledyard presided in Sewall's absence. New officers include Ledyard as vice president and Rev. David L. Wilson as treasurer, with Christine C. Snipe as secretary. The slate also adds nine new managers and notes the Home's solid finances after a 1920 fundraising drive and a January pound party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sewall
Old Ladies Home Association
Vicw
Owen J. Ledyard
Sewall
Ledyard
David L. Wilson
Christine (. Snipe
Maury Watson
John H. Kimball
Caroline Mo
George W P. Davenport
Charles H. Cahill
Joseph M. Trott
Oliver Moses
Langdon T. Snipe
Wilber G. Cahill
Fred H. Kimball
Davis Hatch
William S. Newell
Charles C. Low
Jane (. Donnell
Galen
Moses
Samuel Sewall
Albert H. Shaw
Denny M. Humphreys
William S. Sewall
Lina Sewall
Jennie Rt. Morse
Lydia Moses
Charlotte Meeker
Harriet Ledyard
Mary Watson
Caroline Moulton
Elizabeth Rt. Moses
Board of Managers
Christine C. Snipe
Pound
Bath
Marr
Benjamin Thomas
Cahill
Julia Barker
Old Ladies Home
City Hall
B. C. Bailey
John Patten & Sons
Rodney Hyde
Thomas Harwood
Thomas M. Reed
Franklin Reed
William V. Moses
Goss & Sawyer
John H. Nimball
Galen C. Moses
High Street
Mary J. Ledyard
Caleb S. Jenks
Boston divorce case captivates Bath connections and social elite
Leon G. Morrill seeks divorce from Florence Morrill on statutory charges in a high profile Boston trial. The Bath native, 36, testified with poise while her husband denied faults as letters from corespondents and medical witnesses surfaced. Custody of the Morrill children is contested amid a society backdrop from Brookline to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Leon G. Morrill
Brookliner
Florence
Morrill
Bath
J. W. Russell
Mary Harding
Fritz Twitchell
Harding
Washington Street
Summer Street
Russell
Brookline
Brookline. Mrs. Morrill
Twitchell
Back Bay
Morrith
Massachusets
Massachusetts
Social Register
New England
Douglas 8. Carter
Seth K. Chase
Chase
Air Service
Mr. Morrill
Postmaster Owen Explains About Handling Mails
Henry W. Owen Jr outlines mail processing from collection to final pouch, stressing proper stamps placement, legible addresses, and return cards. He notes daily segmentation by routes, offices, and trains, and warns illegible or incomplete addresses cause delays and higher costs. Burma has an annual rainfall of 600 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bangor
Rockland
Portland
Henry W. Owen, JR
Burma
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maine Central
Charles
Lewiston Roundhouse
Brunswick
No. 11
Vpage
John A. Cone of
Bath Firm
Florence Morril
England
Rachel Cutting
Congress Square Hotel
Owen
Johnson Bros Co
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