From the Bath Notes and City Scenes in Spring
Leaves from the note books recount local activity in Bath and nearby towns. Events include dances, markets, a Bath firemen prize, rail and shipyard work, repairs to Grace church, a Sewall ship launch planned for midsummer, park landscaping, wheelmen rides and gun club practice, and various incidents such as bicycle accidents and a house fire. The Shanon Hotel sale and local social pages also appear amid civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Savage
Sewall
Kennebec Yacht Club
Fireman Association
New Meadows
North Street
Oil Cloth Factory
Lincoln Street
Sagadahoc Gun Club
Woolwich Range
Billy” Wade
Sailship Cactus Brings Coal to City Wharf
Thursday afternoon riverfront observers watched the vessel Cactus approach under full sail and anchor near its berth at the City wharf. The ship, laden with coal for Drummond & Co, appeared well handled. the Scribe noted the starboard anchor was missing as she swung into place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cactus
Drummond & Co
City Wharf
Deer sighting near Phipsburg Centre astonishes resident
Wm. Baton of Small Point reported meeting two hornless deer on the Bath road just below Phipsburg Centre. He said they stood still in the road, sprang away when he approached, and flew over the fence in a startling display. He claimed never to have witnessed such a sight in these parts before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Baton
Small Point
Bath
Phipsburg Centre
Armenian workers head to city sewers on Sagadahoc
A Tuesday scene at the depot showed 78 Armenian men waiting on the platform for a westbound train. They ate bread and cheese for dinner, with beds and bedding and dinner pails nearby. The men had arrived aboard the Sagadahoc and were en route to work on another city’s sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath's Naval Reserve to Receive Uniforms Next Week
The Naval Reserves in Bath will obtain their uniforms from Boston next week. They have been drilled nearly every night by Harry Donnell, alternating between the Armory in the old Hyde foundry and the Alameda. Attendance varied from 12 on Thursday to 30 or 40 earlier, with plans to drill at the Alameda next Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Consolidated Ice Co
Baltimore
Pepper
Mechanic Street
Main Avenue
Mafia Grove Cemetery
Gardiner
O’brien
George E. Hughes
Fred J. Matthews
Vanceboro
James Manion
Naval
Boston
Harry Donnell
Old Hyde Foundry
Alameda
Navy head cites need for arms. Bath reserves shorted
Secretary Long states the Navy Department lacks arms and ammunition for regular and auxiliary forces, leaving Bath Naval Reserves to rely on state equipment. He warns volunteers face hard luck, but says ordinary shotguns and the park’s old cannon will be enough to deter Spaniards if they attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Navy Department
Bath
Bath Man Cyrus B Nichols Died at Togus Home
telegram from Bath reports Cyrus B Nichols died yesterday morning at Togus Home from Brights disease at age 58. son of late James H Nichols former Bath port collector, born in Bath. Navy Ensign after Bath High School, served on gun boat Maumee in the Civil War. survived by brother Joseph Nichols and sister-in-law Mrs Jessup of Baltimore. widow of Rev Edward Jessup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cyrus B. Nichols
Togus
Nichols
James H. Nichols
Bath High School
United States Navy
Maumee
Joseph Nichols
Jessup
Baltimore
Edward Jessup
Kids play store with soap bars in North End
A North End mother finds soap bars vanished from her dining room table. Children, inspired by seeing sellers and agents with similar bars, set up a play store distributing the soap to neighbors. She tracks down most of the bars by afternoon as recipients cheerfully explain the innocent gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Sables
Oases
Robin Hood's Sons Fifth Maine Foresters Banquet Ends Night
The Grand Court of Maine Foresters of America held its fifth annual session with a long banquet in Court Saga dahoc hall. About 200 attendees heard speeches by Townsend, Doolittle, Maher, Plum mer, Cunningham, Murphy, Ragot, and Roberts, praising liberty, unity, and patriotism while noting the group’s charitable and civic work. The event featured toastmasters, recitations, and patriotic tributes, ending with reflections on American strength and regional pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Court of Maine Foresters of America
J. L. Doolittle
Robin Hood
Merrie Men
England
America
Coughlin
Chas. E. Townsend
J. J. Maher
Augusta
Col
E.C. Plummer
J. F. Cunningham
Gardiner
T. J. Murphy
United States
Kennebec
Henry Ragot
Brunswick
Lafayette
Paul Jones
Brittay
France
Grant
Percy W. Roberts
Court Sagadahoc
Walter McIntyre
Biddeford
Montgomery
Masachew
N. W. Hamm
Explosion at Power House Wrecks Fuel Grinder
A shell like blast from a fuel cutting machine at the electric power station injured three men and caused extensive damage. Willis, overseeing the hog grinder, was thrown ten feet. Asa Fowles and Patrick Carroll fell twenty feet from a staging but escaped serious injury. Doctors Treated them as investigators blamed adrift knives in the cylinder. Damage assessed at one hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Asa Fowles
Patrick Carroll
Fowles
Drs. Lincoln
Marston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spain
Violeta
Cotillion Hall
Hardings
Electric
Ohs
E. Hyde
Alfred Tarox
Louise
Alff
Uncle Sam
Col. Payne
Frog Pond
Independent
Park and Cemetery Board
Kins
Columbia
Port
Alice Sewall
Timothy
McAuliffe
K.8.b.co
Tim
Allen McDonald
Blind Crossing
McDonald
Bath’s Naval Reserve
Navy
Togus Soldiers Home
Robin Hood’s Sons
Maine Central
R. R
Cooka
Geo. F. Evans
V.P
Mgr. F. BE
Boothbay
Jen
Colonial Commission CO
Sagadahoc Block
Lm. H. French
Milton H. Douglas
Front St
Eames
N.B
Co. C.’ Medicine CO
Manchester
N. H
Fale
Ledyard
Walter S. Russell
Ladies
Oxfords
Brown
the Shoeman
Front Street
Orrins, Lindsay
Crawford, Prince Crawford and
Crawford Grand Ranges
New England
The
Atlantics
Atlantic
Clifford’s Jewelry Store
Sagadahock Block
N. T. Worthley, JR
Chas. W. Clifford
Rod Re
Sels, Bec Mme
la Cor
Ata
Rey
W. Smith
Priges Low
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