Local Jottings and Coastal Happenings This Week
Shad catches tally 15 on river drift. Hyde Windlass meets Lewiston Volunteers this Saturday at Kelley Field. Barge Saucon with 1550 tons of coal arrives from Philadelphia for unloading. Ferdinando Gorges steamer heads to Boston for hull cleaning. Genesta Chapter holds meeting with initiation. Commuter and civic notes include invitations for Gilmore to New York conventions and Davenport's visit at King Tavern. Upcoming Bath Opera House engagement and riverfront tent orders fill local calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem Oliver
Hyde Windlass
Lewiston Volunteers
Kelley Field
Saucon
E. W. Larrabee
Philadelphia
Maine Central
Ferdinando Gorges
Charles W. Dingley
Boston
Hull
Genesta
Lewiston
City Sealer
Gilmore
New York Association
New York City
Hotel McAlpin
Gotham
Washington
Richard G. Davenport
U.S. Navy
King Tavern
MacMahon Island
Rangeley Lakes
J. W. Gorman
Billy Carleton
Crawford
Bath Opera House
Parris & Marr
Riverton Park
Cumberland Light & Power Co
Haverhill Y. M. C. A
Arrowsic
Oliver
Georgetown
Almon L. Marr
Marr
Dedimus
F. H. Thompson
Lincoln
Wiscasset
Moses
Polly Dodge
Elisha Lincoln
Congregational Church
Charles S
Seattle
Wash
George S. Lincoln
Bath
Harriet B. Merrill
al Dingley
George Merrill
F. H. Gowell
Charles H. Stinson
J. T. Mains
A. F. Butler
Bath-Woolwich
Bath events and civic notes mix social, safety and camp plans
Bath contains a roundup of local happenings from a whist party to a big pump arrival for the Wallula project. The Old Folks Concert tickets go fast for the Ladies' Aid fundraiser, while a Turkish seller is jailed after an uninvited approach. Engagement news, an heirloom coat story, YMCA leaders conference, and city firemen election rulings fill the page with Bath society and governance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Aerie
Wallula
People’s Baptist Church
Maine Court
Foresters of America
Portland
Portland Foresters
West Street
Georgiette Bayles
Fred Cornish
Middle St
Fred Dwyer
Ray Cummings
Miss Bayles
Rouse
Hathorne
Pepper
Y.M.C.A
Augusta
W. A. MacCormick
Bath Y.M.C.A
Fishermen bring in five hundred pounds from Five Islands
Venetta hauled 500 pounds of fish from Five Islands on Thursday. A Bath dance will kick off the summer series at Popham Beach next week. J G Reed of West Woolwich caught 15 shad and left them at Jack's market. Grand juror for June term named for Bangor court. Warnings on street loafers amid rising pedestrians. Beacons swept by Plumbers 1318 to 1258. Bouget topped with 289. Windlass repairs and wharf trades continue. whist and dance social yields prizes. Humane Sunday plans and trap shoot at Bath Woolwich club noted. Bath Turk Abdel Ganei faces assault case. Marian Treacy wins Colgate ad contest prize in Youth's Companion submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venetta
Popham Beach
J. G. Reed
West Woolwich
Jack's Market
Bath
George A. Coombs
U. S. District Court
Bangor
Kyde Windlass Works
Queen Esther
Suji Pers
al Garo
Wiman
Andrigan and Wheaton
K. West
Johno J. Desmond
Hyde Windlass B.B
Windlass Boys
Wadsworth
Aderton
Beacons
Plumbers
Chase
Knowles
Bouget
Elsie A. Bayles
Hyde Windlass
Thayer
Long Cove
New York City
Kennebec
Eagle’s Hall
W. F. Ham
F. B. Adams
Martin
F. A. Danforth
Perkins
Alice May Douglas
Bath State
Humane
Augusta
American Humane Association
Bath Gun Club
Woolwich
H. H. McCarty
William Furber
Charles Henderson
Harold Adams
Merton Webber
Abdel Ganei
S. J
Sarah Jane Swett
West St
Colgate & Co
Marian Treacy
Russell St
Morse High
Obituary for George H. Small 65 on shipyard death
George H. Small aged 65 died suddenly at work on a barge deck at Kelley, Spear Co yard while boring a pipe hole. He was a ship carpenter and died of heart disease after collapsing at the scene. Survived by sons William H. Small and Harold S. Small, brother Stillman D. Small, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Small
Kelley, Spear Co
Mr. Small
William H. Small
Clifton St
Small
Phippsburg
Harrison
Margaret Butler Small
Harold S. Small
Boston
Stillman D. Small
Kingston
Mass
Raymond and
William H., Jr
This City
Funeral notices and local recollections from Bucksport area
Miss Harriet M. Tewksbury travels to Bucksport for her mother Mrs. Maria Tewksbury's funeral. Mrs. Tewksbury, wife of Asa Tewksbury, died at 75 after a brief illness, leaving five children. Alf Perkins, 60, recalls his Popham Beach birth and long career, now in Hallowell. Lillie Alice schooner arrives at Harpswell to load sand for New Meadows private parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet M. Tewksbury
Bucksport
Maria Tewksbury
Asa Tewksbury
B. Perkins
Alf
Popham Beach
Perkins
Eureki House
Riverside
P. O Vickory
Augusta
Vickory
Popham
Capitol
Hallowell
Lillie Alice
Harpswell
Nichols Wharf
New Meadows
Bath Democrats to Let Voters Decide Postmaster Choice
Congressman J. S. McGillicuddy of Bath District leaves selection of the next postmaster to Bath Democratic voters. Candidates George E. Hughes and Fred W. Hartnell have strong endorsements and will seek public expression. Democratic City Committee to arrange details with no delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.r J. McGillicuddy
Bath
George E. Hughes
Fred W. Hartnell
Democratic City Committee
Lusitania Sunk in Irish Waters With 1255 Aboard
The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off Kinsale Ireland in a major European war event. Among the 1255 passengers were prominent Americans including Alfred G Vanderbilt Elbert Hubbard and Charles Frohman. Early reports claimed all saved but later warned of substantial loss of life. Washington called the news the war's most serious development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Kinsale
Ireland
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Elbert Hubbard
Charles Frohman
Washington
One Man's Brass Violin May Change the Trade
Joseph Proulx of Biddeford Maine a chinist with Pepperell Co Laconia division and former band leader has built a brass fiddle believed unique worldwide. The instrument blends novelty with solid tone and playability and reflects his skill in wood and brass craftsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Proulx
Biddeford
Laconia
Pepperell Co
Proulx Builds Violin at 120 Alfred Street
Mr Proulx began last fall making a violin as a test. He worked spare evenings at his home on Alfred street and finished the instrument recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proulx
Alfred Street
Portland Doctors Inspect Bowdoinham Dairy for Direct-Mity Milk
Dr. Frank E. Carmichael of the Board of Health and Dr. Charles A. Eaton, Portland bacteriologist, visited a Bowdoinham dairy on invitation of its owner. They examined the facility as part of plans to bottle milk at the dairy and ship it to Portland for delivery by the owner's teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Carmichael
Board of Health
Charles A. Eaton
Portland
Bowdoinham
Piano recital by Mr Edson at Universalist Church
Mr Edson performed a piano recital for the Men's Club of the Universalist Church on Friday evening at 7 45 PM. The event highlighted a community gathering with music as the main feature.
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. C. Plummer
City Ordnances
Sterling
Thompson Bros. Bath
ONE Price Clothiers
Mrs
Bath Democrats
Lusitania
Jos. Prouls
Havana
Cizar
Front St., Bath, Me
Sagadahock Block
Front Street
Bath, Maine
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