Coast Guard crew rescues Vigilant crew in rough seas near Seguin
Capt Berry and the Pop ham Coast Guard Station tested a new 25 foot self bailing powerboat when the six ton Vigilant sent distress signals 11 miles leeward of Seguin near the Kennebec. Three men Maurice Hodgdon Herbert Duggan and William Bennett were rescued after a long, exhausting night adrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Popham Coast Guard
Portland
Boothbay Warrior
Bald Head
Small Point
Ossipee
Popham Beach
Vigilant
District Sept. Sands
Portsmouth
Popham
Bant Hanson Dies After Illness at 66 in Bath
Bant Hanson aged 66 years 8 months 6 days died Wednesday midnight at his Drum mond Street home after a period of poor health. A native of Arendal Norway he came to Bath from Sherman Maine in 1871 and shaped Bath shipbuilding as leading draughtsman and marine architect. Survived by wife four sons Henry W. Hanson Millard P. Hanson Ole Hanson Bant J Rogers daughter Christine Rogers seven grandchildren and two sisters. He was a prominent Mason Beacon Street Methodist Church and two years in the Common Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bant Hanson
Drummond St
Mr. Hanson
Arendal
Norway
Bath
Sherman, Me
William Pattee
Goss & Sawyer
New England Co
Bath Iron Works
Solar Lodge
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Common Council
Hanson
Henry W. Hanson
Bath Savings Institution
Millard P. Hanson
Hockwood
Maine
Ole Hanson
Erie Canal
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Bant, J
Portland
Funeral held this afternoon at Drummond Street residence
Enos H. Stevens of Auburn and Mrs. Alfred H. Spooner of Sherman Mills Me. The funeral will be held this afternoon at two o clock from the late residence 18 Drummond St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos H. Stevens
Auburn
Alfred H. Spooner
Sherman Mills
Drummond St
Edwin R Hunt Dies After Brief Illness At 65
Edwin R Hunt of Phippsburg died Thursday night after a brief illness. He was 65 and a native of Benton, Me. Survived by his wife and a sister Miss Dora Hunt of Benton Falls, he had lived on the Kelley farm in Phippsburg for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Hunt
Phippsburg
Benton, Me
Mr. Hunt
Dora Hunt
Benton Falls
Kelley Farm
Garrison Hill O E S Members Attend Dresden Mills Event
Last Wednesday evening many Garrison Hill Chapter O E S members joined Lily of the Valley Chapter Dresden Mills with Associate Grand Matron Mrs Dickens of Camden in attendance to inspect the chapter. Also noted were departures and visits by local members and a death in the community with funeral services held at the Congregational Church. A special meeting to inspect work by Grand Conductress Mrs Elizabeth Libby of Bangor is planned for November 20 with call for full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Lily of the Valley
Dresden Mills
Dickens
Camden
Edith McTeer
Roy Marston
Francena White
Flattie Merrill
French
Inez French
Kate Sewall
Esther Rhines
Hannah Grover
Fanny Merchant
Della MacClaren
Mary Cowley
Ruby Doushard
Elizabeth Lecey
Congregational Church
Peardon
Elizabeth Libby
Bangor
Miss Lillian Savage Visits Sebasco Amid Local Notices
Community column notes Sebasco visits by Miss Lillian Savage of Bath and by Mr. Bertie Alexander of East Harpswell. It reports the death of 14 year old Sadie Dunning in Sebasco with funeral details at the church on the hill and burial at Great Island. It also mentions revival meetings by Evangelist Dearn, residents traveling to Boston, and a Public Utilities hearing set for November 18 on Bath and Brunswick Light & Power Co. potential capital stock acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Savage
Bath
Sebasco
Sadie Dunning
Mr. House
Evangelist Dearn
Great Island
Andrew Dunning
Bertie Alexander
East Harpswell
S. P. Richardson
Boston
Cecil Wallace
Bert Coffin
Lewis Darling
Cundy’s Harbor
Portland
F. W. Ridley
W. S. Wyman
Central Maine Light & Power Co
Wyman
Kennabec
Bath & Brunswick Light & Power Co
Kennebec
Farmingdale Crossing
West Woolwich
Thorne’s Head
Brunswick
Augusta
City Hall
Public Utilities Commission
Largest straw load ferried across the river by Daniel Henderson
The Hockomock boat carried 2 1/2 tons of straw on Thursday. The immense load blocked the deck as Daniel Henderson led his team across the river. After arrival the boat was covered in straw and the crew have spent days sweeping up the residual hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Henderson
Dan
Thanksgiving notes and local happenings roll through Bath area
Local jottings cover a mix of events from a Thanksgiving week, including a 125 pound deer shot near Murphy's Corner Woolwich, a Society Hall dance with 25 couples at Popham Beach, a torpedo boat destroyer Wadsworth visiting Bath Iron Works for minor work, a Sunday union service at Peoples Baptist Church, and various community curiosities from milks cream content to rescue at Squirrel Point Light and Sheriff Oliver's acquisition of the Alvord House with its contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Popham Beach
John McDonald
Murphy's Corner
Woolwich
North Grammar
Miss Turner
Victrola Fund
Arthur Brown
Combination 4
Wadsworth
Bath Iron Works
Union
Peoples’ Baptist Church
M. J. Duncklee
Winter St
Winnie Dodge
North End
W. J. Holbrook
H. M. Sewall
Bath Chronicle Notes Far Flung Local Happenings
Remnants report diverse town news from Bath including legal bans on partridge snares and $20 per ton hay price. It mentions the Hercules shipyard repair, moths, social dances at Sagadahoc Ferry, and early signs of cold weather. Community events include rummage sales, church meetings, forester tree plantings, and a Studebaker Six reliability run covering 1075 miles in four days with multiple observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc Ferry
Carlton
Woolwich
Winter Street
Central Church
George Moulton
Washington St
Josph Cressey
Tarbox St
Orioles
Knights of Columins
Park Pond
Lloyd Startzell
Pennsylvania
Lincoln, High and
North Sts
Scott R. Frye
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
Studebaker
Ossipee
Rochester
Portsmouth
John Freeman
IM. Page
Charles Rice
Boston
R. P. Ham
Laura Dalton
Brunswick
Bangor
F. B. Nichols
C. W. Rogers
Seth Stewart
Sanford
North Conway
F. P. Shaw
Ray Welch
A. C. Staples
Fred Rich
Frye
Rich
Petition for probate tax assessment in Sagadahoc county
Harriet A. Purinton petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to determine the actual market value of Humphrey Purinton's estate and the tax due under Chapter 8. The order requires publication in Bath Independent for three weeks and a December 7, 1915 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Harriet A. Purinton
Topsham
Humphrey Purinton
State OF Maine
Edward W. Wheeler
Bath
James S. Lowell
Cyrus W. Longley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Popham Coast Guardsmen
Wiscasset
George Plumstead
Harriet McKenney
Larkin Club
F. H. Thompson
D. L. Wilson
F. S. Curtis
A. L. Strout
Arthur Larrabee
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
James Harry Fiske
Mr. Fiske
Blue Lodge
Chauncey Goodrich
First
Tall Stove Club
Squirrel Point
George Matthews
Charles H. Bates
Revere
Mass
John C. Flanders
Court House
Birch Point
Samuel Lombard
Sarah Ann
James Flanders
Registry of Deeds
Lincoln County
Alvord
Polar Star Lodge
Daniel S. Brierley
William Mann
Frances Mann
Louise Lemont
Flora C. Smith
Jessie Mayers
Minnie Roderick
Emlie Henderson
Law
Rockland
Hercules
Eureka
Thompson Bros
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