Death of Hon Charles E Hyde Former Bath Mayor and Engine Designer
News from New York confirms the death of Charles E Hyde, longtime Bath engineer and former mayor in 1899 1900. Hyde built the first American triple expansion marine engine while with Goss Marine Works and Bath Iron Works. Survived by five daughters and two sons.
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Bath
Charles E. Hyde
Goss Marine Works
Bath Iron Works
New York
Mr. Hyde
Edward C. Hyde
Worcester, Mass
Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Europe
Portland Machine Shops
Columbian Tron
Baltimore
Cramp’s
Ward, Stanton & Co
Newburg
N. Y
Stanton
Goss Marine Iron Works
Goss Marine
Hyde
Fleen
New York City
Texas Steamship Co Boosts Safety Fund With $1000
The Public Safety finance committee of Sagadahoc County received a $1000 contribution from the Texas Steamship Co as part of a citywide appeal. Other donors include Bath Iron Works $1000 Hyde Windlass Co $500 First National Bank Bath Trust Co Bath Savings and Bath National Bank $200 Kelley Spear Co $100 Golding & Sons $100 and the City of Bath $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Safety Finance Committee
Sagadahoc County
Texas Steamship Co
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
First National Bank
Bath Trust Co
Bath Savings and Bath National Bank
Kelley Spear Co
Phippsburg Happenings and Gossip of the Passing Week
Two Bay Point observers report a submarine off the Kennebec mouth Tuesday morning. Fishermen’s sighting prompted Coast Guard to send from Popham toward Seguin to check for any visitor. Associated dispatch adds color to the report later in the forenoon. Funeral of Drummond Cutting on Saturday large attended. Road crew begins serious work as summer homes open.
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Kennebec
Coast Guard
Poham Beach
Berry
Popham
Seguin
Times
Associated
Maude M Morey launches as Lewiston crowd attends
The four masted schooner Maude M Morey was launched at 10 45 am from G G Deering Co South End with a large crowd and out of town guests including a Boy Scout guard of honor for Hon and Mrs Frank A Morey of Lewiston. Mrs Morey christened the ship scattering roses as it slid down the ways on a bright warm day.
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Maude M. Morey
G. G. Deering Co
Frank A. Morey
Lewiston
First Maine Steamship Maine Launched by Texas Company
The Maine, the first large Texas Steamship Co vessel built at Woolwich on the Kennebec, launched at 3:30 p m with sponsor Miss Helen Drake and a crowd watching from Front and Washington Streets. The ceremony featured a champagne christening, military presence, and a decorated bow flag as the ship slid into the river amid cheers.
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Texas Steamship Co
Maine
Front
Washington Sas
Woolwich
Co. H
The
Texas Co
Helen A. Drake
George B. Drake
Seguin
Ariel
Grili
A Trip Around the World Continues in Cairo
The article tours Cairo’s modern districts and ancient sites from the Gezireh palace area to the Mousky bazaars. It describes mosques, the citadel view, the Sphinx and pyramids, vendors, and notable hotels like Shepherd’s and Mena House. The piece highlights the El Azhar University with 11,000 students and the busy Sharia Kamel street scene.
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Cairo
Kas el-Dowbara
Gezireh
Nile
Sahara Desert
Gazeh
Sakkarah
Sphynx
Mousky
El-Azhar
Shepherd's Hotel
Pyramids
Mena House
Lybian Desert
Scout Garden Plans Highlight Council Meeting
The Scout Council met Monday at the YMCA to discuss garden plots for boys. Offered sites include Mrs. George Moulton’s Washington Street property and Thomas G. Plant’s South End barge field, with plowing and seed costs to be financed by the council. James Edward Drake proposed Birch Point acres to be plowed and funded, with produce for boys. High school boys may join via Principal King.
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Scout Council
Y.M.C.A
George Moulton
Washington St
Thomas G. Plant
James Edward Drake
Birch Point
King
C. C. Low
Moses heads the Bath committee
Oliver Moses is chairman of the Liberty Loan local committee with members R. H Baxter W. D. Sewall John McInnes H. H. McCarty W. S. Shorey Charles V. Minott J. E. Drake and F. B. Nichols The main committee will choose additional citizens for subcommittees to push the loan in Bath and vicinity.
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Oliver Moses
Liberty Loan
R. H H.baxter
W. D. Sewall
John McInnes
H. H. McCarty
W. S. Shorey
Charles V. Minatt
J. E. Drake
F. B. Nichols
Bath
Bath Aerie Votes to Buy Liberty Bonds
At a Bath Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles meeting on Tuesday evening, the group voted to purchase 500 dollars in Liberty Loan bonds, the first organization to make such a purchase. Memorial services are set for Sunday at 2 30 with Rev S A Evans delivering the address.
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Bath Aerie
Order of Eagles
S. A. Evans
People’s Baptist Church
Aerie
Registration Chiefs Named for Sagadahoc County Men
Sheriff Oliver and officials announce June 5 as the registration date for men 21 to 31 in Sagadahoc County. Gov Milliken must approve the ward and town chief registrars and assistants, with Bath and Bowdoinham among the listed towns. The cards to be filled carry standard questions for the registration process and come with official directions.
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W. C. Oliver
F. H. Thompson
B. F. Barker
Sagadahoc
George McL. Press
Augusta
Oliver
Sagadahoc County
Milliken
Woolwich
Asa Hathorne
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Texas
Phippsburg
Seguin Island
Drummond
Ting
Mother Earth
G. G. Deering
Wife
King Tavern
Texas Steamship Company
Helen Drake
CEP
CCEA
N. Gratz Jackson
Chester A. Plant
Sidney L. Eaton
Ward
Frank B. Torrey, Jr
Amos L. Perry
Robert B. Hatch
Sylvester N. Rowland
Charles H. Mason
Albert E. Desmond
Arthur J. Dunton
Hiram T. Stevens
Warry FE. Stetson
Charles C. Tootbaker
William A. Furber
Raymond Powers
John J. Keegan
Edward W. Hyde
Arrowsic
Drake
Helen A
Thomas Spence
Carl Kistler
Carl Albert
J. F. Carvill
Thomas R
Dorothy Boisseau
William D. Sewall
Dorothy
F. W. Carlton
Marion
A. R. Weber
L. B. Jackson
John N. Moore
New
York
Sherwood
H. G. Trout Co
Buffalo
Marine Department of Texas Company
Angus Marshall
Manger
H. Casper Cox
U. S
Canada
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
J. S. Heck
Henry G. Beyer
A. T. Ballinger
Portland
H. Phipps
C. E. Whitehall
Donald Sewall
T. E. Emery
C. E. Clifton
W. H. G. Walker
John H. Hyde
W. S. Newell
Sidney B. Lermond
BY Carolyn Wesson Bongartz
Cairo, the Pyramids and
Port Said
Mohammed Abu
Mohammed Aly
Khodevial Dynasty
Louis Philippe
France
Fruit Market
Darjeelin
India
USA
the Bath Trust CO
Centre Street
Bath, ME
SCOUT
Moses
Lincoln County Trust Co
Wiscasset
Mvc.r.r
Rockland
Bowdoinham
William L. Bonney
Caleb W. Sedgley
George C. Pease
Georgetown
William A. Todd
Richmond
Wallace N. Price
Charles W. Jack
Topsham
William F. Tate
Walter Williams
David W. Scribner
Hatch
West Bath
Isaac Coombs
John M. Clark
WM. C. Chadbourne
Front St. Tel
Broad St
Johnson Brosco
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