Bath 1899 Marine and town notes feature launching delays
In Bath Maine 1899 reports detail the progress and delays of launching the 30 percent knot torpedo boat Dahlgren at Bath Iron Works with the twin T A M Craven awaiting later launch. Nearby craft including schooner Myra W Spear sloop and the Meda launch enter commission plans as river life continues with thefts, accidents, and civic events across Bath.
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Dahlgren
Bath Iron Works
Kennebec
Charles R. Hanscom
The
Iron Works
Times
T. A. M. Craven
Percy W. Roberts
Portland
John Stevens
New York
Improvements Planned for Scader High Street House
Extensive alterations will be made to the Scader High street property owned by W Pendexter, formerly run by Mrs Weaver. A larger ell will be added to the house and a bath installed. John J Hyde has returned from...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Rideout
Frank McLellan
Scader High Street
W. Pendexter
Rangeley fishing pairs with city projects and shipyard work
The item notes fishing near Rangeley Lakes and a shipyard bustle with the Ches apeake at the Works. It mentions Read Nichols' Washington street house improvements, concrete work by Nelson Howard on old street for an electric road, and a refreshed walk since the railroad. It also covers a tug of ice cargo, a seven o'clock boat race, Sewall ship framing, city officials at Gardiner, and ferry Union boiler inspections and repairs.
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Read Nichols
Washington Street
Nelson Howard
Lewiston
Hi Old Street
Sagadahoc WCTU Holds 50th County Convention
The Sagadahoc WCTU held its 50th annual convention in West Bowdoin at the Baptist church. President Mrs. Mary Pratt led sessions with devotions by Mrs. Luella Williams and remarks by Miss Lily Grace Matheson on Frances Willard’s educational program. The event honored 95 year old Abigail Jacques and concluded with reelection of officers and a donation to the educational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc W. C. T. U
Baptist Church
West Bowdoin
Mary Pratt
Bath
Luella Williams
Sarah Potter
Mabel Paquet
Allegra Bickford
Lisbon Falls
West Bowdoin Union
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Ruth E. Walsh
Allagash
Maine
New York
Nella Stover
Sagadahoc
Bickford
Lily Grace Matheson
Wisconsin
Ona
Frances Willard
Alice May Douglas
Douglas
Mr. March
Vacant Lots
Beulah
Florence Starbird
Bowdoin
Matheson
Pratt
James A. Cony
Friends Churches of
New England
Maine Highway Commission
Marjorie Stover
Abigail Jacques
Bowdoin Union
Beacon Street Folks Present Play It's Hard to Keep a Secret
The Epworth League of Beacon Street church presents tonight and Friday at 7 30 in the vestry a new play It s Hard to Keep a Secret directed by Carl P Meister who also wrote it The double plot follows a big sister s romance and a small boy with a big voice whose futures hinge on each other The piece promises moments of breathtaking drama and a hopeful ending
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Epworth League of
Beacon Street
Carl P. Meister
Mr. Meister
Brainfever Academy
Family drama at the Millers stage in two acts
A local theater piece portrays the Millers with Paul Legard as Mr Miller and Geraldine Smith as Mrs Miller. Richard Smail, Deity, Dotty and Bobby feature in a two act family psychology play. The cast includes Stanley Harvey Carl P Meitzer and others. The work centers on domestic tensions and sibling romance.
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Millers
Mr. Miller
Paul Legard
Mrs. Miller
Geraldine Smith
Deity
Richard
Wilfred Chaney Captures Gross Honors in Weekend Tourney
In the season's first weekend nine hole handicap tournament at the local Country Club Wilfred Chaney won gross honors. Sam Rogers took the top net with 28 on a 44 and 16 handicap while Wes Marco and Clarence Eaton also posted notable scores. Other players included John McCole Eddie Bridgham Jr Maurice Puffer Bob Brownell and more with varied totals.
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Wilfred Chaney
Sam Rogers
Wes Marco
Chaney
Clarence Eaton
Rogers
John McCole
Eddie Bridgham, Jr
Maurice Puffer
Bob Brownell
C. Eaton
J. McCole
E. W. Bridgham, Jr
W. Chaney
J. Duncan
D. Perry
M. Puffer
W. Marco
Miss E. Fuller
E. W. Bridgham, Sr
D. Henderson
R. Brownell
A. Parks
E. Rothwell
H. Ring
Daughters of Isabella Hold Maine State Convention
The event featured Rev. Timo thy C Maney and Mayor Arthur Sewall as speakers. Daughters from Maine Circles elected officers, announced 259 new members this year, and planned next year’s convention in Van Buren with social events and a Sunday Holy Communion service.
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Timothy C.maney
Sacred Heart Circle
St. Mary's Church
Arthur Sewall
Annie L. Perry
Margaret C. Flaherty
Molly Barron
Portland
National Outer Guard
Edna Gaffney
National Council of ‘Catholic Women
Florence Latne
Oki Town
O'Brien
Roy
Brunswick Circle
David P. Suddette
Londonderry Air
Grace Cunningham
Mother Macree
Gladys St. Louis
Old Town
Florence Latno
Maine
John H., Grindell
Walter Ey
Reginald Stacy
Memorial Hospital
City Hall
Madelyn McFarland
Waterville
Regent
Josephine Murphy
Lewiston
Lillian Hiartley
Sanford
Julia Boutin
Fairfield
Annie Quirk
Bangor
Lucienne Bouregard
Brunswick
Clara Hennessey
Greenville
McCluskey
Daughters of Isabella
van Buren
Hotel Sedgwick
D. of S. Hall
Union Woman's Club at Rockland Elects Rich for 19th Season
The Educational Club of Rockland in Maine announces Mrs. Mary Perry Rich as president for its 19th season. It reports 22 life members, 90 new members last season, average attendance 40 in afternoon sessions and 100 in the evening, 49 guest speakers and 12 picnics.
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Uhion Woman's Club
Maine
Rockland
Mary Perry Rich
Moth Eradication Project Near Close
The WPA brown tail and gypsy moth eradication drive, active in nine counties under the State Agriculture department, winds down after seven months with millions of egg clusters destroyed and hundreds of thousands of webs cut. Relief workers and funds details are provided, along with praise from E. L. Newdick and plans to spray badly infested areas using remaining sponsor and plant industry funds.
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State Agriculture Department
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Franklin
Kennebec
Knox
Oxford
Sagadahoc
Waldo
York
WPA
E. L. Newdick
Division of Plant Industry
John C. Fitzgerald
Newdick
Bath Rotarians Heading to Quebec Event
Large delegations signed up from Maine towns Port land Biddeford Saco Kennebunk South Berwick Westbrook Rumford and from Portsmouth Dover New Hampshire for a regional rotary conference in Quebec. Rev. Percy L. Vernon of Lewiston leads the Maine district and will preside over sessions.
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Portland
Biddeford-Saco
Kennebunk
South Berwick
Westbrook
Rumford
Maine
Portsmouth
Dover
New Hampshire
Augusta
Bangor
Bath
Belfast
Brunswick
Camden
Damariscotta-Newcastle
Faramington
Gardiner
Lewiston-Auburn
Newburyport
Oldtown
Sanford- Springvale
Rockland
Skowhegan
Waterville
Percy L. Vernon
Lewiston
Poppy Day Appeals Help Disabled Veterans and Families
Saturday is Poppy Day as contributions go to aid disabled veterans and families of the fallen. Mrs. E. D. Leavitt, Poppy chairman for the Roland Smith Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, notes all money supports rehabilitation and welfare funds. Mrs. Harry O. Richardson of Melrose visits Mrs. Edgar C. Murphy at 625 Washington Street.
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E. D. Leavitt
Roland Smith
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Harry O. Richardson
Melrose, Mass
Edgar C. Murphy
Washington Street
Unusual 1657 Land Lease in Knox Papers Highlight
The Calendar of the General Henry Knox Papers notes a deed dated August 10 1657 in Casco Bay Maine. George Cleeve deeded 100 acres to John Phillips millwright for 50 shillings and a yearly rent of twelve pence and one day’s work per man per year. The calendar covers 1643 to 1827 and sheds light on Maine Massachusetts history and Knox’s career.
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Massachusetts Colony
Works Progress Administration
Henry Knox
Chamberlain
Boston Public Library
George Cleeve
John Phillips
Casco
Massachusetts
Casco Bay
Pesumsen
Pesumscott
Maine
Seven Pupils Injured In School Truck Accident
Wreck details a school truck carrying seven pupils that ran off the road near the John Gould farm below Lisbon Ridge schoolhouse. The vehicle overturned at least twice, tossing students into a field while John Gould, a witness from his home, described the truck lifting and careening into the ditch.
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John Gould
Lisbon Ridge
Probate Notice Bath Sagadahoc May 1939
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County on May 16 1939 orders notice by publication for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearing at Bath Probate Court on first Tuesday of June 1939 at ten o clock a m regarding Mary A Bagley estate and probate of will with letters of administration cta issued to George T Murphy executor who declined. Judge Arthur J Dunton. Register John L Jack.
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Scott Hanscom
Payne
Aphrodite
New York
George Deehan
Hanscom
New Hampshire
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath National Bank
John H. Coffill
Elizabeth M. Coffill
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Mary T. Royal
James M. Royal
Elia A. Chase
Gleness F. Ware
Unity
Walter E. Chase
Walter E. Chase, Jr
Augusta
Madelyn C. Jackson
Katherine M. Loach
Charles C. Low
Adelia E. Saunders
Marion A. Rafnell
Ee Ae
George T. Murphy
Maine
Ates
Edna C. Henshaw
Salem
Mass
J. Houghton McLellan
Konstantine Gurgiotis
Edward W. Brideham
A, Smith
G. Ronald Smith
Mary G. Metcalf
Haven Metcalf
Washington, D. C
Clifford E. McGlauflin
Charlotte Street Gorpif
Said Bath
Samuel Dike Hooper
Adelaide Sargent Hoover
Edgar A. Warren
Georgetown
Sylvia Warren
Otto F. Rullmann
Donald N. Small Filine Bond
John Klippel
Sarah F. Klippel
Ne.t.a
Bond
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Block Island
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William M. Sparks
Boston
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Fred H. Kimball
Nellie Shaw
Florence Donnell
Jennie Harvey
Percy & Small
M. D. Cressey
Baltimore
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Daniel Miller
Union
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Leo
James B. Drake
James O
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Maine Central Railroad
Center Street
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Willie
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J. Fred Tobey
Mr. Tobey
Eureka
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Hagan
Tobey
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Front Street
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Maine Cenbata Si
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Maine Central Hospital
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B. Randall Leonard
Boy Weighing
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Supt. Sagoes
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Natick
James Bailey
Togis
Reynolds
Ed Bowker
Read Nichols Co
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Hyde
Belle O’neil
Drummond's
Maine Central
Naval Cadet Band
H. T. Passmore & Co
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Henry O. Barrett
Irs
Woolwich
A. P. Davis
B.H. 8. Athletic Association
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O. W. Ring
Charles Wolfe
Manter
M. Steinert & Sons, Co
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Fogg
New Meadows Inn
Rice
Oscar Rogers
W. B. Mussenden
William Robinson
Colgrove
Minnesota
Daniel Landsburg
committee on fire_department
Water Street
Hose Co. No. 1
Edward W. Larrabee
New York City
Henry M. Hartleb
Natick, Mass
Phil Crooker
Hyde Park
Warren Crooker
North
Charles Gage
Boothbay
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Old Ladies Home
Reuben and
Sophia Berry
Jeanette Berry
West Bath
High Street
Louise
Alfred Tarbox
Charles Emery
Vine Street
C. P. Ring, Esq
Cyrus W. Longley
Kelley Spear and Co
Lord's Sail Loft
Palace Car
Lewiston Genntlemen
Harry Murch
Exchange Hotel
M. M. Lemont
Pront Street
Kennebec Yacht Club
E. 8
Hutchins
Andrew Daly
Tom Wilson
Daly
Billy Gardiner
Lowell
Wilson
William F. Higgins
Elsie Vanskey
Trufant Street
W. A. Atchley
Fred Bragg
Della Bulphen
Raymond
Annuals of Congress
Public Library
Bert Robbins
Moulton’s
John
Rangeley Lakes
Chesapeake
Galen C. Moses
Lydia C
Emma P. Moses
Kendrick
Indian Rock
W. Harding
M. D. Cheeneh
Thorn
Beltimore
Sewall
Jack, Parker and
Lundrigan
White Ribboners’ County
Epworth League
W.P.A. Crew
Quebec
Re de Dunton
John L, Jack
Register
Gen. Knox
Arthur J. Clinton
Jude
Probate
Joan L. Jack
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