Bath headlines relay a day of work and tragedy
A Bath paper recounts a fatal accident when a warped pattern fragment struck Le Mont in a shop, plus multiple local updates. It notes a drowning of Edwin Crummett after falling from the Hercules ferry ladder, shipyard activity at the Iron Works, new vessels launched, residents traveling to Boston, and community notices including deaths and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Maine Central R. R. Yard
Edwin Crummett
Crummett
Briggs Car Works
Amesbury
Mass
Lewiston, Brunswick and Bath Street Railway
Narrow Escape for Two Year Old in Oak Street Kitchen
May 9 1899 a near fatal incident at Amos Lord’s Oak Street home reports Raymond Lord aged two fell into a tub of soap and water remaining submerged for three minutes before rescue. He was unconscious but survived thanks to prompt aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Higgins Coombs
Foster's Point
Alvah Higgins
Francis Wildes
Samuel Wildes
Lord Cornwallis
Sophia
Anthony Plant
Joseph L. Kingsbury
Center Street
Montreal
Raymond Lord
Amos Lord
Oak Street
District meeting of Rebekah lodges in Richmond
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge members attend the District No. 10 gathering in Richmond with officers from Vesper Round Pond and Beulah Richmond. Guests include Martha Libby and Albert Libby. Lula Herbert earns a perfection certificate as Evening Star Brunswick directs the Rebekah degree. Augusta invites Queen Esther to confer the degree on a class. date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esher Rebekah Lodge
District No. 10
Richmond
Istrict Department
Hazel Gifford
Vesper Lodge
Round Pond
Pauline Gilpatrick
Noble Grand
Beulah Lodge
Melissa Brackett
Assembly
Martha E. Libby
Rebekah Asembly of
Maine
Albert Libby
Grand Lodge
Bath
Harold J. Carter
Otis N. Card
Addie M. Vickery
Edward V. Reed
Costello P. Hail
Sarah Rice
John Morse
Horace W. Ward
John W. Gillespie
Rose Jean
Henry T. B. Leeman
Carlton Andrews
A. H. Thomson
Lena C. Shepard
Ethel Blake
Roger Pierce
Frank J. Farrin
Wallace Atwood
Victor Pinkham
Leonard M. Munsey
Joseph Yates
Margaret Yates
Yates
R. B. Capenlodge
Augusta
Queen Esther
Morse Golfers Edge Edward Little In Sudden Death
Morse golfers defeated Edward Little of Auburn 5-4 in a sudden death best ball playoff at the local Country Club. The match was tied 4-4 after the final foursome, with Maurice Puffer winning 4-3 and Dave Alkazin also losing 4-3. Frankie Gallagher and Bob Perry swept their foursome, securing three points, as Perry stretched to the 19th hole.
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Green
Morse High
Edward Little
Auburn
Maurice Puffer
A. Caldwell
Eddies
Dave Alkazin
Fraser
Episcopal churches in Maine hold special children's services
Maine Episcopal churches held Sunday children's services at district centers with Grace Church reporting over 1200 dollars in Lenten offerings. Attendees at St Luke's Cathedral Portland included Rev Charles M Tubbs Barbara Tubbs Marjorie Sewall Loraine Holmes and others while reporters from Grace Church school presented the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Maine
Grace Church
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Portland
Charles M. Tubbs
Barbara H .Tubbs
Marjorie Sewall
Loraine Holmes
Preston S. Farrar
Jr. Crucsier
Harry Fullerton
Kenneth Hill
Grace Church School
Harold Sewall
Walter M. Hill, Jr
Union Pacific film at Opera House features famed cast
The Opera House screens Union Pacific this week with Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck in the Civil War era railroad epic. Boston screenings drew Frank Vennett and guests including Sally Clark descendant George Z. McLanahan, while McLanahan honeymooned in Hawaii and met Hal Roach's daughter Miss Roach in Hollywood. The Cecil B. DeMille production follows seven turbulent years from 1862 to 1869 as the Union Pacific railroad is built from Omaha westward opening a new empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
America
Opera House
Frank Vennett
Ing
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Edmund M. Staples
Front Street
Mr. Vennett
Paramount
George Z. McLanahan
Sally Clark
Nahant
Boston
Anne M. Clark
John
Roosevelt
Mrs. McLanahan
Hawaii
Hollywood
Margaret Roach
Hal Roach
Miss Roach
Frank A. Vennett
South Station
Ritz-Carlton
Bath Theatre
Sally (Clark) McLanahan
Lynne Overman
McLanahan
Patricia Morison
Glass and antiques topic at Cosmpolitan club talk
Clarence N. Flood spoke at the Cosmpolitan club on antiques and old glass highlighting hobby values and famous collections. He traced glass history from six New England factories to current cheap Middle Western production, noting the rarity and value of fine pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence N. Flood
Cosmpolitan Club
Flood
Mr. Flood
Skillings
Freeport
New England
Cambridge
Mass
Sandwich
Stoddard
N. H
Keene
Portland
Union
Somerville
Middle West
Miriam W. Kimball
Natchez
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Stephen Foster
Herbert R. Lemont
Amy A. Irish
Lorraine M. Price
Stanley M. Brown
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Addie Palmer
H. Jacob Smith
Rupert M. Irvine
E. M. Fuller, Jr
Roscoe P. MacFadden
Mildred G. Nichols
Marguerite Hennessy
Thelma W. Deering
William L. Skelton
Rachel F. Nichols
Bessie M. Hunt
Frank L. Staples
Mrs Babine Returns Home From Memorial Hospital
Miss Helen Babine returns to 516 Middle Street after four weeks in Memorial hospital. Mrs William S Newell hosted her contract club for a Monday noon luncheon at her Washington Street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Bird
Parker Head
8S. C. Tryon
Helen Babine
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Williams. Newell
Washington Street
Woman and Child Rescued as Bowdeinham House Burns
Mrs Hattie Heath 80, crippled and deaf, and two year old Gerald Jewett escape a blaze that destroyed the 1 1/2 story dwelling believed oldest in Bowdeinham. Norris Cunningham of Bath saves them after observing the fire. loss estimated 1500 with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Heath
Bowdeinham
Heath
Gerald
Leland Jewett
Norris Cunningham
Bath
Cunningham
Hyde Windlass Co
Charles Blair
Jewett
Richmond
Jewett Boy
Gretchen Blais
Earl Brown
Bowdoinham
Norris
Irving
Horace
Moonshiner's Daughter thrills Bath audience at Central Church
A crowd of about 200 enjoyed Central Church Men's club presentation of A Moonshiner's Daughter in Mason ic temple. Written by Bob Oliver, the play follows a man leaving his illegal trade to win his daughter's love amid murders and federal men. The program featured musical numbers by a local quartet and guitar duets, with cast including Nancy, Tige Taylor, Betty Taylor, and Sambo Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Central Church Men's Club
Masonic Temple
Bob Oliver
Sambo Lee
Nancy
Tige Taylor
Eee Nee Karcher Jackson
Betty Taylor
Tige
Weston Village Scene Names Absent Figures and Neighbors
In the small mountain village of Weston a tangle of local names appears including Dee Miss Isabelle King David Taylor, Tige’s nephew Nancy’s sweetheart, Raymond Barter Pure Fea, Harold Cutting Mandy Lee the colored cook, Judge Weston, Alex McDonald Grace Rober Dick’s sister, Wolf Ske otok the outlaw, and Leonard Wetherbee with Mrs. Leonard Weherbee Sam Piper. The passage centers on village residents and their relations in a local setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Isabelle King
David Taylor
Tige
Nancy
Raymond Barter
Fea Plese
Harold Cutting
Mandy Lee
Judge Weston
Alex McDonald
Grace Rober
Wolf Ske Otok
Hori Eety
Leonard Wetherbee
Weston
Wees
Leonard Weherbee
Sam Piper
Haggett
Annual Police Ball Draws 500 Plus Dancers At Columbian Hall
The second annual Policemen's Ball is set for Friday evening at Columbian Hall with over 500 advance tickets sold. Mayor and Mrs. Sewall will lead the grand march, followed by ex Mayor and Mrs. Donald N Small, Alderman and Mrs. Merritt A Mitchell, and City Marshal and Mrs. Joseph A Butler. Music by Ernie George and his Arsadians will accompany dancing from 8 30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Both day and night police forces will attend, with night duties handled by a special Legion group from Roland Smith Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Hall
Arthur Sewall
Donald N. Small
Merritt A. Mitchell
Joseph A. Butler
Mitchell
Ernie George
Arsadians
Pottee Department
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Cooper and Wooster to Fight on May 16
Iron Works welder Lou Cooper and Rockland's Butch Wooster are signed for a 10 round bout at Augusta City hall on May 16 with Cooper's state heavyweight title on the line. Both posted 100 forfeiture money for May 15 appearance in the Capital City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Cooper
Iron Works
Welder
Butch Wooster
Rockland
Moet
Augusta City Hall
Capital City
Cooper
Federal Union Insurance Company Assets December 31 1938
Balance sheet shows admitted assets of 2,873,873.42 with gross assets 3,078,534.14 and liabilities. unearned premiums 738,844.08, cash capital 1,000,000.00, surplus 977,234.03. Market Upside would lift admitted assets to 2,964,430.21 and surplus to 1,067,790.92 with license applied for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Union Insurance Company
Cash Inn
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Carton
Woolwich
Charlotetown
Frank Wildes
Water Street
United States
Geranium
Back River
D. Nickerson
Morse's Mountain
J. C. Ledyard
New Meadows Inn
Frank Wyman
Read Nichols Co
Connecticut
Cactus
Wiley
Hiram Cornish
North Bath
Massachusetts
Henry C. Tarbox
Lower
Charles DeWolfe
West Bath
Miles Purington
Andrews
Kennebec River
Ruth May Gallant
William H. Gallant
W. W. Pendexter
Carrie
Harriet Ledyard
A. H. Shaw
New York
F. W. O'Brien
Ladies of Peoples’ Church
H. Duncan
Torrey
Kennebec
11. A. Muse
Gawyer
White Head
Miss Jane Shaw
The
Postal Telegraph
George A. Deehan
W. R. Deehan
Deehan
Aphrodite
Young Deehan
Charles Purington
Bernard Tarbox
Purington
O. E. Page
Miss Lotta Carr
Are Gene
Granville T. Lemont
Moulton
John J. Desmond
Thompson Bros
James E. Er Alfred
Port of Portland
Andy Daly
Lewiston
Mike Gears
Sears
Rosenberg
George Oliver
Popham
Cox's Head
Thomas Perkins
G&chooner
New England Railway
Norfolk
Bermuda
John O. Shaw
Sss
Ab Redson
Portsmouth
Addie Charleston
Roderick
Maine Central
Hyde
Carlton
Grace Pollard
Brunswick
Arthur Hodgkins
Universalist
O.W. Ring
Andrew Percy
William Summer
Gilbert's
Desper Oliver
George Schoppe
Front
Commerce Streets
E. Ss. B. Co
Robert Houlback
Commercial Street
Emery Edgecomb
L., B. and B. RR
A. Coffin
Clara E. Comee
A. H. Ee
Harry Ring
Bos
Henry FE. Hayes
Trask
Customs House
Bangor
Harry Burdett
George D. Hodgkins
Charles Chestra
Maine General Hospital
Edith Rice
Box 65
Whitskeag
Kennebec No. 3
Lew Hopkins
Union Street
Arthur Hyde
Lincoln
Rs Ikl Tee
Daniel Mayers
School Street
Dresden
Elm Street Baptist Church
John H. Payne
Orrie Preble
California
Armory
Bria” Jewett
Knickerbocker
Grand Trunk
Joseph Luther
Sewall Yard
Henry O. Berrett
Calvin Cromwell
Mr. Cromwell
Lydia
Charles Sampson
Yenys
Henry O. Barrett
G. G. Deering
Deering
Frank McLellan
Pine Islands
Down River
City Landing
Small Point
Bar Harbor
Fred Footer
Philadelphia
Garnet
Shepard
South Street
Tom Wilson
Miss Foster
Center Streets
Eran
George—Hagan
M. D. Cressey
Dennett
Rebekah
Queen Esther of
Bat
Morse
Church Schools Report
Leonardo C. Buck
Harvard Dental School
Harry W. Smith
Bathman
Cosmopolitan Club
Bowdeinham House
Central Church
Legion
Cooper and Wooster
Olic Payne
Dixfield
Lula Herbert
High Street
North Street
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