Local notes on city life and civic issues
Miss Marie Heal suffers a lame ankle while George MacFadden forecasts a winter play by his circus troupe. Y M C A letters brightened at Summer Street, new arrivals include the steamer Binghamp ton in Portland. Mayor Mall plans Bath ordinance revisions, autos and gasoline shaping city life. Sheriff Oliver seeks to move the city stables citing nuisance and fires a liquor seizure at Royce’s home, with an intoxicated woman removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Heal
Elsinore Ave
George MacFadden
Y.M.C.A
Portland
Binghampton
Newport News
Charles W. Morse
Mall
Lewiston
Bath
Miss Kimball
Oliver
Sonia and
Conley
Royce
Marion St
Local yard expands as crews near five hundred workers
Texas yard boosts capacity with a 5 foot extension in the plate shop to span the building. About 494 workers are on the check board as Dr Hannigen moves into the former Ragan offices. Capt Weinman arrives to command a new three masted barge for Northern Transportation Co. in Baltimore. A street name from slips drawn by A J Dunton was chosen by the New Streets Committee. Knights of Columbus hall hosts a St Marys card party with whist tables and a follow up recital program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannigen
Ragan
Texas Yard
Texas
United States Post Office
Brunswick
Bath
Fred Weinman
Newark
N. J
Kelley, Spear Co
Northern Transportation Co
Baltimore
Weinman
Plymouth
Snow Homestead
A. J. Dunton
Knights of Columbus
James Royal
J. J. Keegan
John Hart
Haviland Shop
Joseph Boyce
Louise Sullivan
Harry McGlinchy
Miss Whalen
Elizabeth Conley
John Grindell
Eugene Hartnett
Charles Fitzgerald
Catherine Conley
Annie Conley
E. J. Murphy
Andrew Gallant
John Conley
Obituary for Hugh T Madden Of Bath And Lynn
Hugh T Madden died at his Lynn Massachusetts home at 71 after ill health. He served in the Civil War Navy and later became a noted boiler maker with Goss Bath Iron Works and other shipyards. Survived by wife five daughters two sons a brother and a sister he was active in Grand Army and Naval Veteran circles. Funeral held in Lynn with All Saints Day services at Grace Church observed.
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Hugh T. Madden
Lynn
Mass
Madden
Joseph H. Madden
Bath
Mr. Madden
Bangor
Rhode Island Locomotive Works
Providence
Corliss
Philadelphia
Goss Marine Iron Works
Bath Iron Works
Grand Army
Boston
Ohio
Princeton
Hartford
Farragut
Fort Jackson
Ft. Phillips
Mississippi
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Port Hudson
Grand Gulf
Manassas
Army Book of Sedgwick Post
H. H. Bellwith
Custom House
Court House
Edward Sullivan
Elizabeth
Eleanor
Thomas Grimes
Catherine
James H. Madden
James Madden
Beachmont
Abbie Madden
Portsmouth
N. H
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Richmond Builds Concrete Work and Local Happenings
The Richmond Bee reports a busy year with over a mile of concrete work around town. A Pullman Sunday arrival brings two bucks and two does. The tug Ariel delivered the schooner William Booth with 860 tons of coal to the Gas Works. Church pulpit exchanges occurred Sunday morning between Rev. S A Evans and Rev. F A Snow. Improvements on Chestnut Street include electric lights and a new front porch. Funeral services for Bartholomew Malia held at St Mary’s with pallbearers Richard Neagle, Roger Guthrie, Andrew Malia, Richard Nolan. interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
The
Bee
Bartholomew Malia
St. Mary’s Church
N. J. Horan
Richard Neagle
Roger Guthrie
Andrew Malia
Richard Nolan
Oak Grove Cemetery
N.Y.C.R.R
B.I.W
Dresden
Wiscasset
Aroostook
Central
Morse High
Gardiner
Athletic Association
Assembly Hall
King
Bradford and
Brown
Jack Moussier
Texas
Mexico
Carranza
Co. B
Maine
United States
Vera Cruz
U. S
Villa
Columbus
Jack
Local notes on school purchases and community happenings
Organs have been bought for Chopps Point and Montsweag mountain school. Pallbearers at Mrs Briry’s funeral also served Miss Higgins’ service. Haley block work forces demolition of a section of concrete walk. Walter Brown of Morse High School attended Colby Maine game in Waterville. Community discussions include Sea l and Porpoise clubhouse expansion at MacMahan. Farmers cope with cost of living via own production. milk price concerns noted. Steamboat Inspector circular allows reexamination by Public Health Service surgeons for license defects. Nearby Bay history recalls widgeon and other ducks shot for years, with migration patterns described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chopps’ Point
Montsweag
Briry
Miss Higgins
Haley
Walter Brown
Morse High School
Waterville
Colby-Maine
Brown
University of Maine
MacMahan
Maine
Times
Steamboat Inspection Service
Public Health Service
Portland
U. 58. Marine Hospital
Samuel Ward
Charles Ward
William Freeman
Widgeon
State Museum
al Ridley
Great West
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath
Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil Ad Promotes Household Remedy
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for pain burns scalds and bruises with two size options 25c and 50c available at drug stores.
Diet Book Promises Guidance on Eating for Health
An old advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a global popular tonic to build blood and restore vitality. It offers a free diet book What to Eat and How to Eat from Schenectady New York and instructs readers to mail for a copy or pay fifty cents for a full size box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Bath Hunters Bring Seven Woodcock From Crescen Trip
Bath residents report two hunting trips with seven woodcock from Crescen and a partridge taken near junipers. Galen and Horace Ward returned with three rabbits and a 17 pound raccoon. A Bath man pursued a suspected attacker but tripped on a barbed wire fence. National Rexall Druggist straw poll in Bath compares to presidential election forecasts.
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Bath
Crescen
North St
Washington St
Margaret
Minnie Hynes
Quincy
Mass
Hynes
Texas Steamship Co
Galen Ward
Galen
Horace Ward
N. L. Mower
Auburn
Mendelssohn Club
Lewiston
New England Conservatory of Music
Supreme Court
Wiscasset
Morse Bros
Morse Bros. Co
Alna
E. C. Plummer
Morses
George A. Cowan
Cowan
Center St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liecipe
the Centaur Company
New York
SS Sa
Castoria
Standard Oil Company
Congress Street
Grace Church
Fidelity Trust Company
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