Local Jottings and Community Notes From Bath
Local items report coal sheds being reshin gled and festive plans for Belgian relief. Merchants note early Christmas trade as hydrous sea events, ship movements, and a Bangor dairy conference are listed. The Hattie Eliza sought aid off Kennebec. Conondaga and Zizania navigate approaches. bath and river freight prospects loom. Social club scenes close with Young People's Society meeting at Corliss Street Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Dr. Cadman
Sousa
A. E. Desmond
Samuel Belanger
Dresden
Conondaga
Bath area notes social visits and local happenings
Mrs. George G. Hart returns from a two week visit with Mrs. H. G. Carlisle. In West Bath Joseph McCabe and son Thomas and Tom’s beagle Tray bag a coon. A. W. Levine sells timber land in Woolwich to Reed & Davis of Exeter. Bath Iron Works adds a Model C milling machine. Frank H. Taylor named vice president of Maine State Pomological Society. Gray squirrels noted near Court House. Ahern Brothers complete road contracts in Woolwich and Waldoboro. Probate bonds will bear stamps after Dec 1 at about 50 cents each. Memorial Sunday program at Ellis' Memorial in Rockland nearly set. Judge Benedict F. Maher to speak. E. M. Waterhouse and Mrs. W. H. Armstrong named soloists. Mrs. J. H. Raymond of Rockland contributes to Belgian Christmas fund. Maine Theatres Co. leases Augusta Opera House. Fred M. Bugley to manage. Dowling and Leech hunt 11 rabbits and a fox with dogs on Arrowsic trip. Edward Pinson loses lumber in a squall near Hockomock. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keizer of Rockland move to Portland. he seeks state assessor post. Eastern Steamship warns livestock not shipped into Massachusetts. UMaine prof. Russell notes no Maine quarantine. Grand Naval Arch Chapter of Maine holds convocation in Rockland with school of instruction and Royal Arch Masons invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McCabe
Thomas McCabe
Tom
West Bath Woods
A. W. Levine
Woolwich
Reed & Davis Lumber
Exeter
N. H
Bath Iron Works
Becker
Frank H. Taylor
Winthrop
Bath
Maine State Pomological Society
Internal Revenue
Ellis
Rockland
Benedict F. Maher
Augusta
Maine
E. M. Waterhouse
Portland
W. H. Armstrong
J. H. Raymond
Servne
Miss Gibbons
Edward Pinson
Hockomock
Frank Keizer
Lafayette Hotel
Keizer
Railroad Commission
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
University of Maine
Russell
Grand Naval Arch
Wallace SN. Price
Richmond
Frank E. Sleeper
Sabattus
Enoch O. Greenleaf
King Solomon Temple Chapter
Royal Arch
Christmas Shopping and Winter Outlook in Local Scene
Christmas shopping is urged now while Thanksgiving displays decorate shop windows. Maritime notes report butterfish from local pounds, Captain Stinson and Captain Lewis visiting the city with hake, and a busy harbor scene with sails and a large Idlewild. Infrastructure progress includes F W Carlton starting a long bridge between Wiscasset and Edgecomb, while Lincoln lodge hosts a large meeting and a lobster supper. The Kennebec Feldspar Co forms with Georgetown quarry plans, a new steam drill ordered, and spring employment projected. Social events include a well attended St Mary’s Parish House gathering with a candy table and prize awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driftwood Club
Maine
Lincoln Lodge
C.F
Navy Department
C. F. Hughes
Hughes
Bath
John Hughes
Washington St
J. Edward Hughes
Bath Trust Co
Kennebec Feldspar Co
St. Mary’s Parish House
Children of Mary's Society
Teresa Conley
Marguerite Hennessey
Evelyn Shaughnessy
Catherine Callan
MacGregor
Robischaud
Arthur Tracy
Eugene Choate
Leonard
Cummings
Limeaux
Collins
Wild hurricane strikes Seguin Island light station
Last Friday night a fierce storm raged off Seguin Island. Keeper crews tried to return to Popham but turned back. Capt Henry Cushley stayed to tend the light all night. The electric hurricane toppled the keeper’s dwelling, two chimneys, and an outhouse, while waves crashed against the rocks and residents sheltered indoors.
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Seguin
Popham
Pond Island
Henry Cushley
Wild hearted day with cats caravanning across town
Notes record a series of small events from the area including a wild cat biting a house cat head in Phippsburg, a bobcat sighting mistaken for a wild cat near Mareen's Basin, and a Bath deer hunt of five game animals plus a tale of orange-smeared red Bowdoinham apples outselling dusty red apples in a local store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena, Ward
Five Mile Swamp
Mareen’s
Phippsburg
Morse House
Local Notes and Ship News From Bath Area
A roundup of local events includes Morse High basketball training, a sail to Nor fork for the Edwin R. Hunt, a Bath couple reunited by sheriff visits to Portsmouth, and shipments of frozen herring from Boothbay. Hints of shipyard revival, weather effects on ponds, and new tobacco licensing are noted alongside community happenings and vessel movements toward Portland.
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A. M. Cutler
Norfolk
Edwin R. Hunt
Portsmouth
Bath
Boothbay
Partridge
K.Y.C
Owen J. Ledyard
Dennison
Cadman
Phippsburg
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fidelity Temple
Lisbon Falls
Sagadahoc Square
Obituary of Mrs. Sarah A. Cox of Corliss Street
Mrs. Sarah A. Cox aged 1 year and 5 days died suddenly Tuesday night at her daughter's home on Corliss Street. Born in Lisbon, she was daughter of Nathaniel Gilpatrick and Mary Childs Gilpatrick and widow of Alfred Cox. She lived with daughter Mrs. William D. Coombs for 27 years and was active in the Corliss Street Church. Survived by two children, Isaac N. Cox of Manchester and Mrs. Coombs of this city, six grandchildren, and one great grandson Franklin Pierce. Funeral Friday at 9:45 from Corliss Street Church, burial Bowdoin.
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Sarah A. Cox
Wm. D. Coombs
Corliss St
Lisbon
Webster
Nathaniel and
Mary Childs Gilpatrick
Alfred Cox
William D. Coombs
Bath
Corliss Street Church
Coomis
Isaac N. Cox
Manchester
Franklin Pierce
Bowdoin
Banker H A Randall of Brunswick Dies After Ill Health
Humphrey Austin Randall a prominent Brunswick banker died Wednesday after months of poor health. Born in Bowdoinham seventy five years ago, he led Union National Bank as president from 1895 to 1909 and later served as cashier until February 193. He was married to Annie Bates Randall and survived by her. The funeral was held Friday at 2 30 PM.
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Humphrey Austin Randall
Brunswick
Mr. Randall
Bowdoinham
Humphrey
Susan Brown Randall
Franklin Family School
Topsham
Max
Union National Bank
Randall
Annie Bates Randall
Thanksgiving Week News Arising Early Requested
Our correspondents are asked to send news as early as Tuesday due to Thanksgiving next Thursday. The Independent requests early submissions to ensure timely publication.
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Independent
Maine Central Freight Wreck Blocks Main Line Trains
A Maine Central Freight train wreck near Harvard Crossing Bowdoinham Richmond crippled the main line early Tuesday. A wheel break on a Pennsylvania Refrigerator car caused thirty one cars to derail, leaving thirty on the line and nineteen elsewhere. Wreckers from Portland and Waterville cleared the siding by eight.
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Maine Central Railroad
Harvards
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Portland
Waterville
Brunswick
Vessel Tax Situs Question In Navy Case
A Kentucky owned steamboat plying New York to New Orleans and Havana is taxed in Kentucky based on owner domicile, despite enrollment and stern markings. The court rejects owner chosen berth as controlling situs and cites Southern Pacific Co. v Kentucky. Mrs Collins and daughter spent the week in Boston.
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New York
New Orleans
Orleans
Havana
Kentucky
Southern Pacific Co
Canvers
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. Parkes Cadman
E. E. Pinson
Maine Dairymen’s Association
Maine Seed Improvement Association
Bangor
Hattie Eliza
Kennebec
Popham Beach
Sagadahoc Bay
Capes
M. C.R R
Capt. Small
Kennebec Towboat Co
Boston
MA. Haraden
Star of the East
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Corliss Street
Arthur Bowker
Winnie Elliott
Clara Brown
Eula Chapman
Carl Albee
Arletta Gurney
William Tanguay Corilla Coombs
Erma Joyce
Clara Coombs
Stanwood Cutting
Clifford Knights
George G. Hart
H. G. Carlisle
Ahern Brothers
Waldoboro
Maine Theatres Co
Empire
Westbrook
Augusta Opera House
M. A. Brewer
Fred M. Bugley
Dowling Brothers
Thomas Leech
Dowling
Mugegsy
Leech
Arrowsie
Cedars
Thomas Dowling
Jack Frost
Mercury
Morse High
Felix Stinson
Preston Lewis
City Landing
F. W. Carlton
Wiscasset
Edgecomb
Ernest Couture
Idlewild
FE. M. Fuller
Supt. Fuller
L.a.&w. Ry
Kitty Luce
Arthur Orr
Elbridge Morse
Pearson
Sarah Coombs
Marshall St
Pease
Ralph Pinkham
Elsie Marriner
John M. Loring
Upper Washington St
Bruce's Hill
Brownies
Driftwood
Solar Lodge
Music Hall
Belgian Relief Fund
Big Woods
Great Falls
William Shaughnessy
F. H. Altekamp
Oscar H. Smiley
Ernest W. Cripps
Cripps
Bowdeinham
Washington
Churchill
Commissioner Morse
Dr. Hannigen
Dr. Breckenridge
William RB. Missenden
William Mann
Center Street
J. H. Day Co
Chase
Turks Island
Ausista W. Snow
W. H. Shurtleff Co
Union Wharf
Alt May Davenport
San Juan
Porto Rico
Davenport
Lord Bros
H. A. Randall
Long Hines
Union Bank
Maine Central
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