Bath Exhibit Showcases Early American Rooms
The new wing of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts features a premier American rooms sequence tracing 17th to early 19th century interiors. Highlights include a Bath room circa 1803 with landscape paper from Capt. Hall and a Boxford room showing adze and broad-axe woodwork, plus four French interiors from the Louis XV and XVI eras. The galleries also host textiles and a Maine bridge toll report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Bath
Maine
Elisha D. Atkins
Washington Street
Capt. Hall
America
Boxford
Mass
Samuel McIntire
Salem
Somersetshire
England
Hamilton Palace
Glasgow
Scotland
Woodcote Park
Epson
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Chateau de la Muette
Passy
France
Europe
Bath City Hall Bonds Bring Good Figure
Graham, Parsons & Co., brokers with offices in Portland, Boston and New York, won the 155000 dollar Bath City Hall bond issue at 97.65 with accrued interest. Five other bids ranged from 96.39 to 97.597. bonds dated February 1 1928 mature February 1 1930 to 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawmut Corp
E. H. Rawlins & Son
National City Co
Easterbrook & Co
R. L. Day & Co
Arthur Allen Bath Trust Co Eyes Tested Glasses Fitted
Local note notes services offered by Arthur Allen Bath Trust Company including eye testing and glasses fitting. Patient care emphasis and available appointments implied in brief card style item.
Former Bath Pastor Honored by Greenwood Church
Greenwood Baptist church of Brooklyn honors Rev. Francis W. O'Brien marking thirteen years as pastor. In ten years the church gave $65,700 to benevolent work and $260,000 to church building and improvements. A Friday reception featured addresses by church leaders and guests. Mrs. O'Brien received a silver salver and Dr. O'Brien a purse of gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Baptist Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Francis W. O’brien
People’s Baptist Church
Bath
Greenwood Church
Howard EE. Black
Charles T. Snow
Jane Miller
Central Methodist Church
Brooklyn Federation of Churches
Charles F. McKay
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Mark Wayne Williams
Hanson Place Baptist Church
John H. Brooks
Minerva Lodge
Dr. O'Brien
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club hears Bridgham on Maine Sportsmen plans
A well attended Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club meeting featured Attorney Edward W. Bridgham outlining the Federation of Maine Sportsmen's legislative plans for winter. His discussion engaged members and drew approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nop and Gun Club
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club
Edward W. Bridgham
Federation of Maine Sportsmen
Volunteer Fire Laddies Share Old Town Fire Pride
Harold C. Roberts of Cherry Dale Virginia, formerly of Bath, writes to Hose company 1 clerk Ernest L. Stinson praising Bath’s South End volunteers. He recalls the long history of volunteer fire departments, Virginia’s push for compensation for injured or deceased members, and the state association efforts led by Virginia firefighters. He notes Cherry Dale’s own growth, equipment, and member activity, including a 500 gallon pumper and a county water system.
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Harold C. Roberts
Cherrydale
Bath
Ernest L. Stinson
Hose Company 1
Marshall Street
Roberts
Mr. Stinson
The
Independent
Hose 1
South End
Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department Inc
Arlington County
Co. Ho
Virginia
George Washington
Alexandria
Friendship Company
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Association
For Sale Or To Let Modern Homes In Sunset Park
For sale or to let five and six room homes with bath in Sunset Park. Visit Mr Eseley at corner High and Oliver Streets Sunset Park Bath Maine for details and viewing.
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Bath
Sunset Park
Eseley
Corner High
Oliver Streets
Maine
Federal aid halts Brunswick road work plans
A Brunswick council letter explains that federal aid was refused for a road project extending from Brunswick to Bath and beyond the Woolwich bridge. The commission will proceed with available funds if aid cannot be obtained, promising to add this season’s money to next year’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
North
Lincoln
Woolwich
Clyde H. Smith
J. Edward Drake
Brunswick
Bath
Wiscasset
Free Vaccination Offered in Bath
Bath health officer Chester S. Kingsley announces free vaccination for those who cannot pay. Despite no smallpox in Bath, Brunswick’s outbreak prompts inoculation. Vaccination does not grant lifelong immunity. some need boosters every few years. Brunswick closes churches theaters and social venues for two weeks. Rotary and fraternal meetings halted. Quarantine covers more than 20 families. a farm on the Durham road houses patients needing care. Schools remain open with restrictions for recently vaccinated individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chester S. Kingsley
Brunswick
Bathites
Kingsley
Cooks Corner
Topsham
State Board of Health
Elbridge G. A. Stetson
E. H. Andrews
Brunswick Club
Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows Club
Farm Bureau Formed by Montsweag People
Charles Eastman, county agent for Twin County, organized a Farm Bureau for Montsweag men with Alton Berry as chairman Fred Soule crops Wilson Bailey farm management Harry Bradford forestry Bernard Bailey poultry and George Stickney. Planning meeting set for December 10 at the grange hall all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eastman
Twin County
Montsweag
Alton Berry
Fred Soule
Wilson Bailey
Harry Bradford
Bernard Bailey
George Stickney
Grange Hall
Bath church history on Front Street and its pews
Nearly a century ago Bath families funded the First Universalist church on Front street atop a 15 foot ledge. Builders Anthony G. Raymond and 70 locals financed pews from 2.40 to 14.40 totaling 596.36. The article recalls prominent names, the church layout, a flying angel weather vane, and the social ties of congregants now noted in local memory.
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Bath
Universalist
Front Street
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
E. S. Crosby Co
Governor King
Oliver Moses
James Wakefield
John Elliot
Davis Hatch
First Universalist Church
Thompson's Corner
Vine Street
New Bridge
Bill” Wakefield
Thomas Haley
Ellen Roach
Bath High School
General King
Maine
Anthony G. Raymond
First National’ Bank
Raymond
Benjamin Small
William Rouse
William J. Rouse
Sam
Harbor View
Hatch
Marr
John Marr
R. P. Morse
J. Sylvester
S. Larrabee
Richard R. Smith
Elm Street
Farnham
J. S. Donnell
Capt. Marshall
N. Swasey
Clifford & Donnell
E. Smith
D. L. Kendall
A. G. Raymond
Joseph Ingalls
Ingalls
Torrey
Joshua
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Kennebec
Maine Central
Maine Central Railroad Co
Bath City Hall
Graham, Parsons & Co
Margaret Coombs
Portland
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Bath Trust Co
Phone
Brunswick Road
Farm Bureau
Bath Church
Universalists
Mr. Collins
Minnie McGown
Nancy Hogan
J. Couillard
B. F. Emery
Nathaniel Longley
Gen. King
Paul Revere
Mussenden
William B. Mussenden
J. Roberts
J. Fogg
J. E. Brown
Donnell & Banks
Eliot House
Oregon
D. Curtis
Gen. McCobb
Lee Hooker
C. Hartwell
Nelson Ham
Roscoe P. Ham
the Times
G. Bicknell
Old Church
Good Housekeeping
Johnson
Brosco
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