Bath Dispatch Highlights 1900 Fatalities and Shipyard News
Obituary notes Albert Stover aged 82 dies at Front Street Bath residence after moving from Harpswell. Civil service exams underway. shipyard talks on torpedo boats Barney Bagley and Biddle. Charles Freeman injured by 500 volt trolley wire. Bath schooner 8. P. Hitchcock towed to New York for repairs. multiple local movers and deaths in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Stover
Bath
Front Street
Harpswell
Central Church
Barzilla Lombard
Charles T. Jackson
Ella Stover
Jennie Stark
Brooklyn
Mae Morse
Miriam Jackson
Albert Lombard
Charles Freeman
Bath Iron Works
Tron Works
Barney
Bagley
Biddle
Craven
Jahlgren
Five Masted Schooner Mary W Bowen Launched At Bath
First addition to the merchant marine for 1909 launched at the New England Co yards. The five masted schooner Mary W Bowen measures 246.1 feet long 46.5 feet broad and 21.9 feet deep with 2153.30 gross tons and about 3500 tons capacity. She is rated A1 by the American Shipmasters association and fitted with Hyde windlass hoisting engine and wrecking pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant Marine
New England Co
Mary W. Bowen
Kennebec
Bowen i
American Shipmasters Association
Bell Tongue Fails City Hall Bell Repaired
The City Hall bell tongue fell out yesterday due to worn fastening while City Messenger Thistle rang for sunset. Cast in 1802 by Paul Revere & Son Co. of Boston the bell weighs 889 pounds. Tongue fixed this forenoon and the bell rang at noon as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
City Messenger
Paul Revere & Son Co
Boston
Drama critics of old mock celebrites
Professor Odell notes vitriolic dramatic criticism from 1875 in Annals of the New York Stage. Quoted Times critique of Clara Morris calls her art unadvanced and crudely finished. Maurice Barrymore’s Laertes earns a grudging “tolerably commendable” remark amid harsh assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. D. Odell
Annals of
New York Stage
Columbia University Press
Odell
Miss Morris
Cora
Alice
Maurice Barrymore
Laertes
Tobacco shaping Yorktown history and town layout
Tobacco dominated Yorktown's early history and fostered a thriving Virginia industry. York River port facilities dated to the first settlement with land surveyed in 1691 into a gridiron shire town, with half acre lots sold for tobacco and house-building deadlines. Cornwallis surrender and Civil War fighting nearby mark later events. U.S. investment in the Dutch East Indies totals about 190 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Old Dominion
York
York River
Jamestown
James River
Gloucester Point
Cornwallis
Washington and Rochambeau
Sagadahoc sports club boosts wildlife work despite small roster
Local Sagadahoc Rod Gun Skeet Association members number about 59 yet have achieved strong gains in pheasant and trout propagation, rabbit releases, and dog trials. The Bath group lobbies against burdensome regulations, recalling the Merrymeeting Bay scare and noting notable support from statewide sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
Merrymeeting Bay
Washington
Bureau of Biological Survey
Atlantic
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Sedgrwick
will _culline
Sagadahoc
Richmond Club
Foreclosure Notice and Probate Notices From Maine Record
The notice outlines a mortgage foreclosure by Home Owners Loan Corporation on property in Sagadahoc County with grantor Howard L. Carr and attor ney Carl M. P. Larrabee, dated 1959, plus probate notices appointing executors and guardians in The County of Sagadahoc. The document includes specific parcel descriptions and references to deeds and records, and lists executors and guardians with appointment dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Carr
Tupshum
Sagadahoc
Tome Owners Loan Corporation
United States of America
Washington
Sturaeswhee
Mane
Dattle Rives
Zina H
William S. Noyes
Hattie M. Hennessay
Ehor County Registry of
Carl M. P. Larrabef
Sagadahoc County
Carl M. P. Larrabfe
Tts
Wiscasset
Maine
George A. BI Gdgett
Ruth W Blodghey
Ohice
Prine
Washington, D. C
Ereleany
Marie Perhat
Lennon
Falius Bastia
OAN Corporation
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Sacadahor County
Said Morris
Joan Corporation
M.P .Larrabes
Wierasser
Maine Hunters and Fishermen Pay 333713 in 1939 Licenses
Hunters and fishermen bought 202155 licenses paying 333713 to the Department of Toland Fisheries and Came in 1939. Resident licenses division totals show 155499 residents and 172229.51 paid, non residents 161483.49. Commissioner Stobie notes the money funds conservation and predicts rising non resident activity and economic impact from guides and camps. Deer kills totaled 19187, with 2900+ bears believed killed and ten year peak bird shooting. fishing started slow but improved in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Toland Fisheries
George J Stobie
Stobie
Maine
Mihalos Elected President of Bath Rod and Gun Club
Nicholas Mihalos, a Bath veteran and shoe dealer for 23 years, was elected president of Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Sheet Association Inc at the annual meeting in Central Church parish house. Officers include Edward Sonia as 1st VP and William Donnell as 2nd VP and secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Mihalos
Bath
Sagadahoe Rod, Gun & Sheet Association, Inc
Central Church Parish House
Edward E. Sonia
William T. Donnell
William M. Bricgs
Walter L. Liliett
Hagar W. Oliver
Daniel FE. Hall
H. Edward Jaquith
Frank J. Farrey
Redford Christiansen
Walter J. McElman
Wiliam T. Donnell
Association
Federated Sportsmens Clubs of
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Sewall
Arthur A. Gilley
F. Hayden Conant
Ponnell
Sonia
Sagadahoc
Armand Petit Leads North End Riflemen
Armand Petit was elected president of the Rifle division of the North End Community club at the annual meeting held Wednesday last at the club house. Almon L. Goss is vice president and others named include C. Lloyd Hooker secretary Perleston L. Pert treasurer and Edgar W. Oliver executive officer. A new scoring system will be tested in future matches to allow shooters to par against each other. The team’s next match in Lewiston’s Alden M. Gayton Post Legion League is set for mid January, as the second half schedule begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Petit
North End Community Club
Almon L. Goss
C. Lloyd Hooker
Perleston L. Pert
Edgar W. Oliver
Alden M. Gayton Post Legion League
Lewiston
Old Papers Tell Story of Fort Laramie's Men
Fort Laramie National Monument custodian uncovers from old filing boxes at the fort many financial records of garrisoned soldiers during the Indian wars. Applications show names of future Wyoming citizens and a large $153 order to a savings bank. Subscriptions to major newspapers and magazines reveal mail order activity with firms from New York Chicago Philadelphia and St Louis supporting Fort Laramie patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Laramie National Monument
Wyoming Army Post
Wyoming
Happy Anderson
Company F
7Th Infantry
Morey
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Fort Laramie
Probate Court Orders in Bath Maine 1926
Publication records list multiple petitions and appointments in Bath Maine probate court. The docket includes wills, executors, administrators, and guardians with names such as Mary Reed, Jennie Foster, Victor Reed, John Carey, and Alice Weinschenk. Court orders set hearings and probate letters, with dates in February and references to banks and estates.
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Adam Storer
Jennie Fo Parriy
Mary FO Reed
Path
John Po
Rysh
C Tite
Gibbors Con Companys, Inc
Frank S Hear Dats Et Won-wieh
Clara E. Hert
Afvin Sroemp
Nestif
Marston
Bath
Nate
Bank
Beth
Maine
Kathryn Thompson Smith
2Nd Path Nations’ Bank
Justin Wheinschenk
Schenk
Tustin Wayne
Gat
Tustin Weinechenk
Alice Weinschenk
Keth
Pet'tion
Alice Weinechenk
Atre Wave
Alice Weinsen
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Bath Daily Time
Harvey Erskine
Gustavus Pease
Phi Rho Society
Armory
N. T. Palmer
W. S. Glidden
Edith Ledyard
William FE. Palmer
Columbia
Arthur Shorey
Clarence Lindsay
Harold Gould
Frank Minelsky
Arthur Purington
McDonald Yard
Percy and
Small
Mitchell Reed
George E. Walcott
Nathanial T. Palmer
Reed
Thomas Nathaniel Purington
Maple Grove
Lila Burns
Phippsburg Center
Edea
Woodbury Nichols
Tufts Dental College
Higgins Dental Parlor
Jessie Owen
Emma Owen
Evelyn Weeks
Portland
Paderewski
W. J. Higgins
William Dean
University of Maine
William T. Hall, Jr
Charles Pike
South Street
Middle Street
Mary E. Lynch
Woodward's
Oscar Snowman
Daniel Dole
Granite Street
Charles Webber
Herbert W. Fullerton
Woolwich
8. P. Hitchcock
Long Island
Percy & Small
McDonald's Yard
J. T. Crosby
F. S. Moody
S. P. Cary
D. L. Yale
C. H. Greenleaf
George S. Brown
M. B. Hodgdon
John B. Worth
Oak Grove
John Thompson
Colonia
Lincoln
Jacksonville
George Jacobs
Emma Jordan
Hyde
Marshal Kittridge
Pierce Pushard
Woodbury Potter
Pushard
Connecticut
Samuel Anderson
Union Street
George Johnson
Ridley
Arthur E. Dunning
North Street
Times Newsboy
E. P. Edgecomb
North End
Bruce's Hill
Day's Ferry
Iron Works
George K. Newbury
Ferdinand Gatchell
Brunswick
Gatchell
Bart Conley
Charlestown
Mass
The
Crosby Steam Valve Co
Henry Poli
Tony
Angel Guardians
Clifton O. Page
Cameriscotta
Susan Ballou
H. W. Stafford
Annie
John McPhee
Center Street
Duncan
Charles H. Potter
Tarbox Field
W. G. Webber
Oliver Moses
Columbia Theatre
Roland Weymouth
Oak Street
Freeman Curtis House
Customs House
William Temple
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
James C. Ledward
W.H. Brown
West Bath
Addie Donnell
Capt. Goodman
James W. Elwell
Waverly Whist Club
Harry T. Passmore
Louise Soule
Bath Business School
Williams Whitney
Bijou Pharmacy
William Donnell
Bath Tron Works
Marine National Bank
H. A. Duncan
J. M. Hayes
G. H. Duncan
R. D. Bibber
C. C. Crosby
C. E. Hyde
Edward W. Hyde
Bath National Bank
Arthur Sewall
S. S. Sewall
William D. Sewall
Seth T
M. G. Shaw
Augustus Palmer
E. W. Hyde
Charles Maxwell
C. V. Minott
Mabel R. Guy
Lena H
Winslow Bowers
EF. M. Fuller
Maine Academy of Medicine and Science
Gielstrup
Charles Hirt
Central Maine General Hospital
Union
Galen C. Moses
Patten Library
James S. Lowell
Fred H. Low
Joseph M. Trott
Margaret Foote
Nantucket South Shoals
Arthur
Fred Drake
Sarah C. Ropes
Chester A. Wallace
Baltimore
George A. McFadden
Mary Ann Curtis
John Longley
High Street
David P. Davis
Portmouth
Alesander McMullen
A. Sewall & Co
Court House
S. R. Percy
S. P. Hitchcock
Sorenson
Meriches
C. P. Wetherbee
Sasanoa Bluffs
Columbia University
East Indies
United States
Dutch East Indies
Ted
Marcellus W ! Burg
Carren
James L. Dort
Anna Larraber Selts
Grace P. Cobl
Chiverts Auubert
Ehusetts
Hoe County
Plummer
Amaerick E. Drake
Fieslonick E. Drake
Margaret Ann Maine Firat Aceon
Aritne McNeill Gay
Aren
Yosee Cruse
J'hiy
Adams
Woolchen
Alton CC. Berry
Newton
Massa
Tate
Segadu
Wietam Nore
Penh
Fredath
Masue
Sylvester
Mary
Thur
Dunton
John L Jack
Register
John L. Jack
Alice M Young
Donald D. Young
Margaret Bord
James L Lord
M. Berry
Irving I
Chance
Lily Sawyer Pray
Robert D
Sarah A. Rogers
Madelyn C Jackson
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack Register
I. Field
Elib
Enowed
Crgatniza
Patten
van Campen Heilner
Alberta
Mexico
Balkans
Hungary
England
Scotland
Scandinavia
California
John I Jacker
John Jack
Nick Mihalos
Baths Rod and Gun Club
Junge
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