Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights Local Life
Read about deer taken by Capt. Robert Westman near Boothbay Harbor and the Lizzie Snow, a gas worker overcoming coco pee gas in Bath, the Union ferry guard, and a launch ferrying passengers during river work. Also notes on a sparring match, yacht club plans, new shipbuilding, weddings, local visits, and a large Bath registration push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Westman
Boothbay Harbor
Lizzie Snow
Moosehead
Union
Charles Dennett
Local court orders destruction of maimed horse
On October 31 1900 Recorder Glidden ordered the destruction of a horse owned by John and Alexander Johnson after testimony by I H Purington state SPCA agent and Sumner Brown. The court found the animal maimed disabled beyond care and unable to eat hay. The horse's value was assessed as nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Purington
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Glidden
John and
Alexander Johnson
Launch of big four masted schooner Louise B Crary at New Eas ter
The Louise B Crary, a about 2000 ton four masted schooner from New York, is to be launched Tuesday November 20 at the New Eas ter yard under Capt Kelsey. She will go overboard the last of December as Martin Carroll begins duties as night watchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monitor No. 8
Bath Iron Works
Congressman Boutelle
Miss Grace
Bangor
Connecticut
United States Navy
D. T. Percy & Sons
Galen C. Moses
Capt. Hawley
Houghton
Louise B. Crary
New York
Kelsey
Libel Filed Over Steamer Hector Collision Damages
The Metropolitan Coal Co owner of the steamer Hector filed a libel in Bath district court seeking 15000 dollars for damages to the steamer and detention after a collision with the Bath schooner Joseph W. Hawthorn near Vineyard. The report also notes a new four masted schooner to be named May V Neville and other local items including fraternal meetings and shipyard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hector
Bath
Joseph W. Hawthorn
Vineyard
Metropolitan Coal Co
U.S. District Court
Fear Unseen Death Sharpens Italian Desert Vendetta
A Sunday Times correspondent reports rising vendettas in the Libyan Egyptian desert as yataghan and stiletto duels erupt among Bedouin Berber groups and Italian patrols. Fear of unseen death triggers nerves and roundups of alleged saboteurs as authorities try to quell the vendettas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
London
Asiatic Tribe Linked to American Indians Amid Arctic Expedition
An expedition by Moscow scientists found a Mansi man on the Vishera River whose features, dress, and reindeer livelihood echo those of American Indians. The find supports long-suspected kinship, with the Mansi living in northwestern Asia and adopting deerskin moccasinlike footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Moscow
Vishera
Savva Bakhtiarov
Popham-Small Point
Everett Harrington
Stanley Hyde
Raymond Maclntire
George C. Pease
Hunt-Jones Place
Bodwell Grange Hall
MaclIntire
Highway Safety Report Shows October 1940 Fatalities Down
Maine's Highway Safety Division reports October 1940 ended with 20 fatalities, down 13 percent from October 1939. Pedestrians accounted for 11 deaths, drivers six, passengers three. alcohol involvement appeared in two cases. Knox, Piscataquis, and Waldo counties had no fatalities to date. school zone safety and hit and run cases receive emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George I. Shaw
Highway Safety Division
Maine State Police
Knox
Piscataquis
Waldo
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Lincoln
York
Hancock
Kennebec
Oxford
Penobscot
Sagadahoe
Somerset
Washington
Maine
Phippsburg A Flood Damages Roads and Local Happenings
Heavy rain caused widespread damage to cross roads in Phippsburg, washing Meadowbrook road to cobbles and stranding vehicles. Coast Guard trucks and a mail truck navigated overflowed marshes as locals report arrests on bridges, new property trades, and a WPA road project vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbrook
Popham
Coast Guard
Small Point
Pushard’s Hill
Simion Moore
Beth
Arnold-Payne
Dearborn Road
Marshall Sewall
Epelana
Bertha Shea
Walter Small
Stoneybrook
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Cannonball from 1814 British raid found in Georgetown
A battered 1814 British raid tale recalls HMS Bailfinch off Seguin and a volley at Mile Beach Georgetown. A cannonball lodged in a sand-dune and resurfaced years later. today Edward C. Clary keeper of the relic attracts visitors who glimpse a symbol of national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Seguin
Georgetown
Mile Beach
HMS
Sheepscot Bay
Richard Hagan
Cox's Head
Soldier’s Point
Sassanoa
Long Reach
Bath
Edward C. Clary
Tin Hat Now Weapon for British Soldiers
British soldiers are trained to use their tin hats as offensive weapons and shields. They practice head jerks to deliver knockout blows and convert the hat into a lethal weapon or shield against bayonets or missiles. Unarmed combat blending jujitsu is taught to self defend in any circumstance.
Phippsburg Center Hosts Halloween Party for Students
Ghosts and goblins filled the little schoolhouse for a school event organized by teacher Mrs. Lyman Barbour. Children and friends enjoyed games, stunts, and riddles with cake, cookies, fudge, peanuts, and hot chocolate. Prizes for costumes went to Eugene Perkins and Rico Zorrilla. Mary Putney travels to Portland for work while Langdon N. Thistle misses days at Bath Iron Works due to eye inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Schoolhouse
Lyman Barbour
Eugene Perkins
Rico Zorrilla
Mary Putney
Langdon N. Thistle
Portland
Bath Iron Works
Federal alien registration suspended due to illness of staff
Registration of aliens at the post office is halted until Friday because fingerprint experts Andrew aner and TTT are ill at home with colds. Officials will resume by appointment only on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Aner
TTT
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The
Bath Daily Times
George Wakefield
Gas Company
Rent Street
Boothbay
Dennis Moore
Soldiers Island
North End
T. F. Gurnsey
Boston
F. K. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Gurnsey
Eleanor A. Percy
Kennebec Yacht Club
R. D. Bibber
A. B. Hervey
E. J. Lantier
Harry B. Sawyer
James T. Madden
Alfred P. Webster
Preston Farrar
Lulu Edgecomb
Emery Edgecomb
Upper
Washington Street
Sadie Wade
Bertha Paris
Mrs. Thomas Gibbons
Charles Patten
Farida S. Drummond
Morris D. Temple
Chicago
Melinda Tarbox
Alice Varney
Beatrice Weeks
Nellie Grinnell
Eveleth Weeks
Marion White
Helen Johnson
Grace Hodgkins
Theo Fisher
Colorado Springs
Fred L. Dunton
James D. Clark
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
Harry L. Langdon
Fred C. Scribner
Clifford Spinney
James P. Webber
William Wolfe
Josh Weatherby
Philadelphia
Ladies of
Wesley Church
Samuel Rogers
Western Avenue
F. H. Patten
North Street
Guy Sprague
Weston L. Bonney
Massachusetts
Board of Registration
City Hall
Lon Fisher
New Meadows
Bert Bubier
Williams Island
E. W. Hyde
Oxalis
Union Wharf
Everett W. Neal
George A. Tuttle
Center Street
Gertrude May
John H. Millin
Carrie Millin
Providence
R. I
Fred W. Tuttle
Robert Hatch
Leonard & Mitchell's
Front Street
Center Street Hill
A. D. Stetson & Son
Maine Central
R. C. Harris
Center
Middle Streets
J.C. Hague
Webber's
Card
City Landing
Standard Oil Co
Maverick
Iron Works
Children of the Orphans Home
Sagadahoc
Mary Ann Agrey
Thomas Agrey
Jefferson
E. J. Marston
Middle Street
Clifford N. Carver
New England Co
John Cadwallader
Barter
Shaw’s Mill
Hercules
Knox & Lincoln
Barney
J. M. Nash
Theodore Olsen
Pendleton’s Yard
Belfast
Nash
Olsen
Joseph W. Winter
West Bath
Knickerbocker
Dingley
Ice King
Brown
Eastport
Annie Ainsley
Carver's Harbor
Bucksport
E. J. Stotesberry
D. Howard Spear
Mrs. Louis Hart
Miss Millie Hart
Bath Business College
Thomas P. Gibbons
Clare
Wesley Parsonage
J. T. Crosby
Ernest B. Hinckley
Lottie M. Swain
Alameda
Sarah A. Leonard
F. W. O'Brien
Charles B. Harrington
Henry McIntire
Isaiah Wildes
Melvin Williams
Maple Grove
F. W
G. H. Leonard
Parker Flats
Lewiston Athletics
Spindle City
Nancy Hanks
Armory
Republican City Committee
Democratic City Committee
Columbia Theatre
Bowdoin
Colby
Brunswick
John McInnes
Arthur Sewall
Mary Payne
Lydia Edgecomb
North Bath
Denver
Col
William Kendall
Payne
F. W. Carlton
H. P. Hathorne
George Rice
Woolwich
James B. Keene
Harriette L. Westman
J. L. Quimby
L. L. Hooker
Zope
Joseph Winter
Freeman
Kenneth Murray
McPhee
Boulanger
Buff
Kill
Old Winter Street
Martin Carroll
Houghton’s
May V. Neville
M. K. Neville
West Bath Grange
Lisbon Grange
Fred Wright
George F. Wright
Central Church Chapel
Juno
Capt. Houghton
James McLellan
George E. Hughes
Charles W. Larrabee
Dr. Rice
Sydney L. Meeker
Capt. Kimball
Annie F. Kimball
Hallowell
Hyde Windlass Co
Frye’s
William R. Donnell
Brockton, Mass
Malcolm McDonald
William B. Palmer
Cape Breton
Sinaia
Hattie Sanford
Howard B. Johnson
Bowdeinham
Arthur J. Dunton
Carroll Deering
Libya
Northwest Asia
Marjorie Louise Fraser
William Fraser
Chestnut Street
Colleen Moore
Effie Heal
Georgetown Center
Phippsburg
Phippshore
Parker Head
William Wilnes
Reed
W. C. Reed Wes
Raymond
Wilbur Wyman
George Wyman
Veterans’ Hospital
Medford
Mass
Howard Scott
Campbell’s Island
Morses River
Webster Getchell
George Davis
Getchells
Harvey Getchell
Davis
John H. Pease
Elizabeth Brooks
Harold M. Smell
Vita Li
Wiman
Earl
Philip Wallace
William Gilmen
Litchfield
Raymond Macintire
Mattawamkeay
Maurice Pye
Kokadjo
Ada Catherine Minott
Roxbury
Abbie Minott
Howard Bowker
Henry M. Minott
Haskell
High Street
Phippsburg Center