Forty Years Ago in Bath Nov One launching Walker Armington
The auxiliary steam schooner Walker Arm ington, about 850 gross tons and 250 horsepower, launched this afternoon in Bath with large out of town attendance. Other items note oyster supper fund, Y M C A prayer meetings, Journeymen sailmakers forming a union, cigars sold weekly, schooner L Mallory docking with a broken mainmast head, and a growing marrying fever among Bath youths.
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Walker Armington
Ferry Boat Union
L. Mallory
Bath
Boston
Shicksonville
I. 2D. Robinson
Shipyards Thriving Amid November Bath Happenings
Nov 16 1882 Bath reports strong shipyard activity with many workers employed as boats rise along the waterfront. Temperance promoter E W Dennett of Topsham eyes lodges across Sagadahoc and Cumberland counties, while Bath news notes oddities from a Brunswick visitor to a horse sale to a near collision at Kennebec. A busy social slate includes Wesley church events, police station tramps, and local business shifts at Bath Iron Works and nearby firms.
Maplewood Bethlehem Toy Shop Move Soon
In the White Mountains last summer Maplewood at Bethlehem plans to open a toy shop occupying the former Foot er Bros. store, with J. O. Shaw expected to take over soon.
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Bethlehem
White Mountains
J. O. Shaw
Footer Bros
America Should Keep Hands Off China Says Sun
Dr William Wiram Foulkes, secretary of the Presbyterian New Era Movement, reports from China that Sun Yat Sen urged the West to let China act alone while American aid is valued but should not be exploitative. He quotes Sun on avoiding overt control and critiques on foreign bankers influencing tariffs. The interview covers central government issues in Peking and Japan's post Washington Conference stance.
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William Wiram Foulkes
Presbyterian New Era Movement
New York
Par East
Peking
Linet
China
Sun Yet Sen
Shanghai
America
Dr. Sun
ONG
Cnet
Druliin
Japan
Japan, Dr. Moulkes
Washington
Liver
Carnegie Institute develops cheaper pipe substitute
Industrial Digest reports Carnegie Institute of Technology devises a bituminous pipe substitute for cast iron in sewerage use. A new joining method yields leak-free joints, maintains pipe strength, resists misalignment, and allows quick repairs. Also quotes Countess Helen Gobler on universal brotherhood and social disparity.
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Carnegie Institute of Technology
Universal Brotherhood
Helen Gobler
Alviella
Africa changes under world war mandates reshaping empires
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes vast African lands formerly German are now administered under British French and Belgian mandates after World War I. France controls large swaths surpassing European France, Britain gains much of German East Africa and Togoland, Belgium holds others, with Spain Italy and Portugal also shaping borders and railways expanding across the continent.
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Africa
Europe
National Geographic Society
Germany
Great Britain
France
Belgium
United States
Alaska
Insular
Union of Mith Afries
Egypt
Liberia
Abyssinia
Hargest
Senegal River
Portugal
Lower Guinea
Madagascar
Cape Colory
Douteh
Livingstone
Stanley
Roblfs
du Chailly
Berlin
Bismarck
Allied
Herr Luderitz
Angra Vepuena
Nest
Cape Colony
Luderitz
Togeeland
Cameroons
German East Africa
Union of South Africa
H Isles
Portugals-in
Italy
Spain
Maine Probate Request for Emma Colby Estate Administrator
Emma H Colby petitions Sagadahoc Probate Court Bath seeking appointment of an administrator for the estate of Henry R Colby who died in Bath on September 16 1022. She states the widow Emma B Colby and heirs Jessie K Colby Winsket M Colby and a minor child reside in Bath and requests N Gratz Jackson to be appointed or another suitable administrator. The filing is sworn and dated September 30 1022 with a certified copy.
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Maine
Saguenoe
Everett T. Green
Bath
Thomas F,een
Sarah Thomas
Granite Street
Rockland
Everett T
John Green
Matheon
Edmond Green
Frankfort
Herbert Green
Boston
Daniel Williams
Sagadahoc
Wierein
Everett TO Green
State OF Maine
Emma B. Colle
Henry R. Colby
Said
Witestate
Emma B. Colby
Vine Street
Weido Jessie KE. Colhy
Winsket M. Colby
N. Gratz
Jackson
Della T. Adams
Platine
Albert Adams
Bathim
Della Tibbetts Adams
Sayolahoc
A.D
Myrtle Phippsburg
Saii County
George W. Pye
Phippsburg
Myrtle A. I'ye
Elijah A. Morse
Oil on River May Prevent Pittsburgh Fog
Pittsburgh fog may ease this winter as scientists at the Mellon Institute test an oil spray to lubricate the Monongahela River. Dr H B Meller and War Department and Weather Bureau officials collaborate to curb fog by preventing vapor from warm river water. Initial tests show a spray 125th as thick as mosquito oil film, with costs kept reasonable.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Mellon Institute
H. B. Meller
School of Mines
University of Pittsburgh
War Department
Weather Bureau
Monongahela
Dean Meller
Probate Court Notice for Gladys Nadeau Petition
In Bath, on November seventh, 1922, a Probate Court ordered that notice be given to all interested by publishing this petition and order in the Bath Independent for three weeks. The court set December 2, 1922, as the appearance date in Bath County to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Judge James S. Lowell presiding.
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W. S. Shorey
Maine
Sagadahoc
Barth
Bath
Gard County
Sagadahog
Savadahine
Annie Jo Mefines
John Welmee
Tati
Suvadahoc
Neot
John J. Keegan
Charles D. Clarke
Sagadahioc
Frederick W. Swanton
Josephine Swanton
James S. Lowell
Eleanor T. Vorhees
Sas
Sagadaher
Aly
Virginia
Grace 1
Morse
Swmachine
Mary EK. Coombs
Grace LL. Morse
Ada L. Marston
Charles HE Calile
Sagadahoc. S
Path
Said County
Saids
Sagata Inc
Park Independent
Alice Ho Whitney
Hiram Hopkins
Sevadahac
Charlies P Morrison
Tvismeth
B. Morrison
Pinot -Burg
Sagadzhac
James
Ane
Savadehe
Vecenhe
Barishar
William
Dunham. Register
Sagatetec
James Slowpli
Fred H. Thompson
Saeadahoc
Coed
Bath Im
State OF Maine
Adahoc
Gladys Nadear
Gladys Nadean
Gladys Eaton
Biren
Gladys Nadeau
Saeadakoc
Carsing A Couy
Bath Independent
William F. Dunham
Register
Toote
Sagadaow
Annie H. Hendersom
Blanche F. Ames
Sid
Woolwich
Albert Thomason
Sani Peel
Nereher
Annie W Wenderson
Roth
Rath
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Reform Club
Journeymen Sailmakers
Libby
Woodbury Marston
Sane Jackson
Walter Patterson
J.C. Lane
Porthined
North End Society
E. W. Dennett
Topsham
Tle
Sagadahos
Cumberhind
Fh. Savage
Ian
Sedgwick
Relief Corps
John Avery
Pleasant Street
Wesley Church
City Hall
New Hampshire
Togus
Br.ff. Newman
Broadway
Room 14
J. @. Bowman & Co
Noone
F. OB. Percy
Tolston Homeopathic Journal
Bath Iron Works
Jarvis Patten Furnace Co
Eliphalet Rowe
Kennebec
New Jersey
J. H. Kimball
H. J. Rosenberg
Magnolia House
Clay County
St. John's River
Fla
Old Ladies
Charles Burgess
Edward Turner
Canada
Walker Street Hill
Mr. Burgess
W. Corbin
Clara Lindsay
Mindelia, Minn
O. S. Lindsay's
Sewall Shipyard
Soo.soq
Eugene Southard
Luts
Niagara Falls
Bath Reform Club
Norris JF. Grindell
Als. Ladd
Middle Street
Solar Lodge
Oak Grove Cemetery
Weos. Shorey
Jere Shannon
B. F P. Savage
James M. Brown
Charles H. Mason
Front Street
Mr. Rogers
George Mendden
Scott’s
Western Union Telegraph Office
Chicago
Tie
Fred Swett
Charles Larrabee
Will Torrey
Star of the East
Jason Collins
Toston
Gas Poo
Scott Stevens
Sagadahoe House
Lowell Mass
Valera
Perkins
Ineal Pythians
Boothbay Harbor
Knights of Pythias
John S. Wiggin
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Goss Marine Tron Works
John A. Lord
Mr. Bailey
Goss Marine Works
Sun
W. H. Foulkes
F. Dunstam
Bec
William F. Dunstam
Charles AL Corliss
Sagadahor
Monard Thes
Cortes
Reesster
William FP
Dunefam
William F. Dunefam
F. Dunham
William F. Dionham
Liam T. Boyd
Georgetown
Vre Ie Court
James Ireland
Wm. T. Bord
French West Africa
Libya
Somaliland
Kenya
Emma H. Colby
Sagawlahoc
Saradahoc
Reenectfuny
John Ho Scochhard
Lincals
Webeter Serstiard
Frea Horne
Bart
Maire
Willan Southard
Weeneset
Hartley J Southard
Sanford
Fila Frates
Maes
Keerze
Sertthard
Medele
Ala
Foreman DL
Southarf
Frank B
Daves
Mmeler
Jachkeon
Nok
Seesthard
Wreraeset
Blanche Benjarmen
San Petra
Caliz
Anil Myrtle
Latah
Vetrs
Southard
Batl
Soustahos
Saul
Sagelahe
Washinet Street
Robert S Bewigees
Trevett
Trevette
John Wo Sertthart
Eustatie
Ariel -Fistedas
Ertenes
Beirs
Ehie
Jef Cox
James Slowell
William F. Dinstaw
Fred Hi. Thompson
Sazadatoe
Sagadahee
Attett
Duntiam
Attech
William F. Dinhamw
Lewiston
L. T. Dutent
Banger
Sieihwe
Maelawaska
Joseph DL Cyr
van Buren
Cyr
St. John Valley
Myrtle A. Pye
Canastota
Fruita-tives
Annie Page
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ugdensburg
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