Forty Years Ago in Bath April 28 1902
The new steamer Bombazine by the New Meadows boat Co. was tested on the river in four and a half hours and will run between Meadows Inn and Garnet this summer. Notices of residents' travel, business at Shaw House, barber holiday rules, and various local happenings populate a busy Bath chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Mboat Co
Ell
New Meadows River Yester
Shell
Meadows Inn
Garnet
Henry A. Wilson
J. A. Estabrook
News
Shaw House
Elbridge Wilson
Edward P. Donnell
King's Daughters to Hold May Day Breakfast at Central Chapel
April 29 1903 report notes King's Daughters plan a May Day breakfast from six to nine o'clock at Central Chapel with expected larger attendance. Menu includes rolls donuts coffee fish cakes brown bread and costs 25 cents. Also mentions James D Tabor receiving congratulations on birth of David Donald Tabor at North End. A dance in Armory hall last evening led by Andrew McAllister and Adeline Costain. Mme Emma Eames performed in New York farewell entertainment at the Metropolitan Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Grau
the Herald
New York
Mme
Emma Eames
Mme. Eames
King’s Daughters
Cental Chapel
James D. Tabor
North End
David Donald Tabor
Armory Hall
William T. Starranding
Andrew McAllister
Adeline Costain
Birds
Metropolitan Opera House
April 36 1903 Attended American Hustler delighting Bath crowd
George F Hall and his company presented the new play An American Hustler to a fair Bath audience last evening. The troupe departed by morning train for Togus as E P Work returns from Florida after five months for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hall
Togus
May Ball and Concert at Bath by Colonial Club
May ball and concert in Bath hosted by the Colonial Club drew broad attendance. Columbia Orchestra performed in full dress, with a decorated alcove and Diamond Spring water on display. Patronesses included Mrs. John Shaw and Mrs. Sanford L. Fogg, as officers led by Fred O Scribner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Colonial Club
Bath
Columbia Orchestra
John Shaw
Sanford L. Fogg
Frank L. Staples
Fred O Scribner
Emma Chestra
William A. Furber
May 4 Bath notes travelers and town events
May 4 dispatches from Bath report Capt J Alvin Tobey and wife leaving after a visit and planning to reach home by early next month. Charles Martin and wife pass Bath en route to Lake Maranacook to manage a hotel with G A Low. Harold Sewall heads salmon fishing near Calais. Bart Shaughnessey attends Patrick Guthrie’s funeral. Emma Shorey plans an oratory class in Lisbon Falls. Robert Ramsay returns from Waterville to continue landscaping work. Local Masons attend Grand Lodge in Portland. Charles Kelley goes to Boston with horses sold to Boston parties. L Rogers Jr promotes Oldsmobile agency. Bath’s auto growth continues. Ralph and Frank Totman visit Popham in a launch amid high surf. Harry Kimball join as guest. Dr. Barker buys a horse from G H Fogg of Auburn arriving at Avery’s stable. A six-year-old chestnut horse weighing 1100 pounds draws favorable notes. Columbia Theatre set for May 20 amateur theatricals.
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Dr. Barker
George H. Fogg
Auburn
Avery
Columbia Theatre
Champlain Proposed Over Weymouth for Lambert Park Street
An Independent reader argues Lambert Park streets should honor Champlain rather than Weymouth. The letter cites Champlain’s 1605 voyage to the Sagadahoc region, detailing his exploration via Sheepscot Susana and Kennebec, urging Champlain be recognized on a Bath street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
North End
the Independent
Weymouth Lane
George Weymouth
Samuel de Champlain
Sagadahoc
Henry O. Thayer
Champlain
de Monts
St. Croix
Quinibequy
Merrymeeting Bay
Sheepscot
Susanoa
Marchin
Sasinon
Androscoggin
Sasanow
Kennebec
Kohler praises Red Cross clubs aid and wartime morale
Mrs Kohler describes her Londonary visit and the Londonderry Red Cross aid to Evelyn Stepney after an air raid. William Stevenson organizes Algiers Red Cross operations to boost soldiers morale. Aldcroftts, Bath Iron Works staffer son, and Maine ties underscore wartime American resolve.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Evelyn Stepney
Red Cross Club
Kohler
Algiers
William E. Stevenson
Red Cross
Aldecroftt
New York
John de Rives Aldcroftt
Maine
Bath
Bath Iron Works
America
The Man From Mexico charity play at Grace Church
A comedy titled The Man From Mexico is presented for Grace church choir benefits with a fine cast led by H. A. Huse Jr as Benjamin Fitzhew. Cast includes William Harrington HW Owen Jr Walter Murtaugh Stark Newell Moody Brown Leydon Voorhees Hatch Humphreys and several actresses.
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Mexico
Grace Church Choir
H. A. Huse, Jr
Benjamin Fitzhew
William Harrington
HW. Owen Jr
Walter Murtaugh
W. Stark Newell
George Is Moody
Charles S. Brown
John Leydon
Aubrey Voorhees
Robert Hatch
Fred Humphreys
Harriet Shaw
Eda Moulton
Grace Woodbury
Eugenie Olys
George H. Weeks, Former South Portland Mayor, Dies
George H. Weeks, who served as mayor of South Portland from 1905 to 1909 and earlier worked as a Portland banker, died Sunday. He was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire, 74 years ago and had been connected with Fidelity Trust Co. as vice president and treasurer. The bank did not reopen after the 1933 bank holiday. In recent years he was linked with Nathan C. Fay & Co., a Portland investment firm.
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George H. Weeks
South Portland
Portland
Lancaster
N. H
Weeks
Fidelity Trust Co
Nathan C. Fay & Co
Harvard the Old Pig Iron Frigate of World War I
George F. Baker Jr donated the yacht Harvard then named Wacouta to the U S Government in 1917. Commissioned at Brooklyn Navy Yard, she served as armed patrol vessel P247 later, with crews largely Harvard graduates. She faced bunk er fires, submarine threats, and mine fields while ferrying convoys to Brest, earning fame and memories from crew and Bath Iron Works associations.
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George F. Baker, Jr
New York
United States
James J. Hill
Wacouta
Harvard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fletcher Iron Works
Hoboken
New Jersey
Long Island Sound
Navy Yard
Sperry
Corsair
Aphrodite
Sultana
Vedette
Kanawaha
Norma
Christabel
Sandy Hook
Staten Island
Eleanor
Green
Azores
Land's End
England
Bordeaux
France
Ponta del Gada
U.S.S. Orion
Liverpool
Bath
Brest
Noma
Brest Harbor
Bath Iron Works
Brittany
Scharnhorst
Gneisneau
Riga
Mediterranean
Greece
Italy
Bureau of Ships
New York Yacht Club
Harvard Club
The Prep fre ed Accident Insurance Co of New York Assets and Liabilities
Balance sheet shows assets including real estate 2n.01Kt mortgage 175,145.00 and stocks and bonds 767,445.74. Cash in hand 500? and interest and rents noted. Admitted assets total 30.4? and admitted gross loss reserves 3,292,680.68. Liabilities include net unpaid losses 3,587 A unearned premiums 3,292,680.68 and other liabilities 654,387.07. Cash capital 1,000,000.80 and surplus over liabilities 2,126,780.60. Total liabilities and surplus 10,520,004.78.
Probate Notices from Samudahov County Court Term
Register of Probate certifies executors administrators and conservators appointed in estates of Adelbert F Williams Emma P Williams and Lawson R Armstrong all with bond or without bond dated April 13 1943 Arthur J Dunton Judge of Probate true copy attestations and seals of court notes 22 29 6
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T. John J. Jack
Samudahov
Adelbert FP Williams
Phippsburg
Mariila Vo Willams
Emma P. Williams
Marilian Vo Williams
Arthur J. Dunton
Tea Reception Honors Train Arrival at Oslo Depot
About 100 guests attended a tea hosted by the Ladies Aid to welcome a returning traveler. A woman attempted to bake an American cake but the bread was not to his taste, revealing a contrast between Norwegian ovens and modern U.S. ranges. The host provided encouragement during his school and college years, and she remains living. The tea stands as one of the Ladies Aid’s most successful events.
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Oslo
The
Ladies Aid
Mrs McInnes Here After Winter in Florida
Mrs John McInnes of 1008 Washington street who passed the winter in Clearwater Florida is now in Boston and expects to return to her home on May 15 planning to resume residence here.
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John McInnes
Washington Street
Clearwater, Fla
Boston
Mrs Jayne Visits Mother In Washington Street Home
Mrs John K Jayne of New Canaan Connecticut arrived for a visit with her mother Mrs William D Sewall who lives on Washington street in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Crosby
Saco
Henri
John K. Jayne
New Canaan, Conn
William D. Sewall
Washington Street
Probate Court Orders for Bath Estates Apr 1943
Notice of multiple probate actions at Sagadahoc County Court, Bath. Readers urged to appear May 10 at 10 a.m. to object. Cases include Annie F Card and Denis O Brine estates, appointing administrators or executors, licenses to sell real estate, and final accounts.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Annie F. Card
Frances I Cromwell
John Leslie Card
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Bath Daily Times
Walter E. Tuttle
Barbers
Bagley
Orridays
Arbory
F. L. Carlton
Woolwich
Jack
Kane
William H. Hartell
Id Ladies
Uth
Grace Crockett
Lghter
Land
Calif
Mr. Crockett
William Fields
Worcester
Mass
Annie F. Kimball
Bradford Academy
Frank A. Welch
Lewon
Exchange Hotel
Chapel Street
Mr. Welch
Muir Hall
Anna Gordon
Brunswick
Frederick A. Duggan
New England
Sasanoa Bluffs
William R. Kimball
Augusta
National Guard
Adjutant’s Office
Everett Lord
D. T. Percy
Brookfield
Ralph Sherman
Maine Central Yard
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
A. F. Dunnels
Lincoln County Street Railway
Waterville
Luther Maddocks
Cyrus W. Davis
H. M. Heath
Amos F. Gerald
E. J. Lawrence
S. A. Nye
A. G. Page
Henry M. Soule
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Newcastle
Shenango
David Currier, Jr
J M. Guffey Petroleum Co
Pittsburgh
Arthur Kellar
Rockland
Swanton, Jameson Co
William Small
Keller
Lamson Hardware Co
Richmond
Gardiner
E. P. Work
Florida
Hosea Hewitt
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath Business College
Front Street
Arthur C. Lemont
West Bath
Massachusetts
St. Mary's Society
Treasury
E. J. Murphy
Thomas Dowling
Patrick Mullaney
Mary Nugent
Julia Gibbs
S. P. Clatenburk
W. T. Choate
Nellie Tracey
Mary Gary
Margaret Mahaney
Mamie Preney
Mamie Mullaney
Delia Leavitt
Gertrude Costain
Central
Winter Street
A. Frederick Dunnells
Central Church
R. D. Bibber
Connecticut
Hanscom
Eastern Steambuilding Co
New London
Minnesota
Charles Welch
Phoenix Hotel
S. D. Barrett
King
Sothern
Jefferson
Gaudreau
Bowdoinham
Fred Larrabee
Federal Street
Thomas Larrabee
City Hall
Water Street
James Henry McLellan
W. S. Ames
Bowdoin College
George Tenney
George Dall
F. W. O'Brien
A. Haynes
Arrowsic
Edward F Briry
Newport News
Addie P. McFadden
Boothbay
William F. Palmer
Boothy
William M. Adams
Harold
Oscar P. Adams
Newport
Center Street
David Hatch
Anne Kimball
Eugene Dismond
Howard Webber
Lester Witham
Warry
Earle Thompson
Harry Avery
Donald Duncan
Damariscotta Mills
UCLA
Universalist Church
Ponce de Leon
College Town
J. Alvin Tobey
San Francisco
Medford
Tobey
Charles Martin
Lake Maranacook
Martin
G. A. Low
Eastern Steamship Co
Harold M. Sewall
Washington County
Calais
Bart Shaughnessey
Malden
Patrick Guthrie
Emma L. Shorey
Lisbon Falls
Miss Shorey
Robert Ramsay
Grand Lodge
Charles Kelley
William Plummer
Mr. Kelley
L. Rogers, Jr
C. P. Wetherbee
Dr. Roberts
Bathites
Ralph
Frank Totman
Popham
Harry Kimball
Weymouth
Mrs. Kohler
Thomases
Grose Aarts
John J. Jack
F Tare
John E Hatch
Artland K Rogers
Artland K Ropers
Denis O’brine
Louis Ilishuler
Mary A O'Brine Johnson
Henry Vinal
Lath
Edward W. Bftidgham
Fred S. Curtis and Company
Charles E. Cushing
Harry L. Day
Jane D. Cushing
Mary E. Fitzgerald
Joseph B. Fitzgerald
Edward W. Bridgham
Iardians
Marie Delia Blats
John P Carey
E Tate
Dillian Tvover
Lucien R. Ames
Mary Ariine McNeill Gay
Thomas J. Lynch
John P. Carey
Edmund P. Briggs
J. Belle Briggs
Filward Biggins
Henry M. Biggins
John L, J Re
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