Old Commander Captain William H. Starkey Dies at 79
Captain William H. Starkey, long prominent Bath sea captain, died Tuesday at his home on Washington Street after a brief illness. Born in Woolwich, he began as an able seaman at 15 and rose to master mariner commanding the Rhine and twelve other vessels. He retired in 1899 after 42 years at sea and never lost a man or ship. He was 79 and a Universalist Church member. He married Aphia Jane Purington in 1841. she died in 1905. He is survived by a sister and a niece.
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William HH. S Starkey
Washington Street
Woolwich
Henrys Starkey
Genoa
John R. Kelley
New Orleans
Jennie Eastman
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
James FF. Murphy
Starkey
Universalist Church
Aphia Jane Purington
West Bath
Sarah Forrest
Lillian Wood
Milford
Mass
Bath Postmaster Injured Falling From Car to Sabine Cottage
Charles M. Snow Bath post office money order clerk and his son were thrown from a carriage en route to their Sabine summer cottage when a bicycle rider spooked the horse. Snow suffered spinal injuries and paralysis on his right side with multiple broken ribs. He is in Bath City Hospital. Dr Abbott of Portland was summoned. Snow is improving slowly though seriously hurt.
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Charles M. Snow
Bath
Sabine
Mr. Snow
Ile
Bath City
Dre Abbott
Portland
Milton Tt
Dowelas
Monmdias
Snow
Monmes
Othe
Phenmetis
Thompson Brothers
Mr. Siow
Bath Merchants plan 50 page vacation guide for Bath area
The Bath Merchants association will issue a 50 page magazine on July 1 showcasing Bath and nearby resorts. Five thousand copies will be printed with a handsome cover and halftone views edited by Harry C. Webber of the Independent. The Times Company prints it. the effort aims to be the region’s most complete guide. The Colonial Club prepares for its annual banquet at New Meadows Inn, opening the next day.
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Bath Merchants’ Association
Bath
Harry C. Webber
The
Independent
Merchants’ Journal
the Times Company
Colonial Club Committee
New Meadows Inn
Ihatioicel
Resudar Pomona
Civic Improvement Bath Clean Up Week a Great Success
Bath’s Civic Improvement Association reports a busy Clean Up Bath week with hundreds of rubbish loads carted away. Work likely extends into next week as the teams move from district one to two, aided by Mayor Larrabee and local coal firms.
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Civic Improvement Association
Sewall Percy
Harvard
North St
Neaardy
Eleaurites
Flere
Bath Civic Improvement Association selects Stinson as field secretary
The Bath Civic Improvement Association names Mrs. Stinson as field secretary for civic efforts in Bath. Her background includes Boston civic work and roles with the Fortnightly Club, D A R, and Wellesley Alumnae, with plans for ongoing projects and wider engagement in coming weeks.
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Bath
Stinson
Coriedet
National Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Wellesley Alumnae Association
Fortnightly Club of
Col. Dummer Sewall
Waterville Man Named Temporary Y M C A Secretary
Laurence E P Hawes of Waterville arrives in Bath to serve as interim secretary of the local Y M C A at the invitation of State Secretary Jefferson C Smith. Hawes, born June 60 in Readfield to Carrie Hawes, is a Kent’s Hill alumnus of 1907 and has worked in insurance in Waterville.
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Hawes
Bath
State Sec
Jefferson C. Smith
William A. Guild
Guild
Mr. Hawes
Readfield
Pasy
Carrie Hawes
Kents Hill
Waterville
Popham Landing Sparks Community Push on Steamship Service
Residents seek reliable Kennebec and Boston division steamship service at Popham Beach after last year cut disrupted summer landings. Local merchants and port groups press President Niistimn to restore schedule, hoping landings reappear on company timetables this season.
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Kenneber
Boston
Popham Beach
Commuing
Popham
de Wiart
Simmer
Com
Bedford Street Civic Improvement Association Forms
Residents on Bedford Street organize a civic improvement group with officers elected and plans to improve conditions. They urge other city localities to join the movement and form similar associations and ask which locality will be next.
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Bedford Street
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