Bath Iron Works fall injures workman in hold
November 16 1898 Bath Maine a workman at Bath Iron Works fell into the hold of a yacht from a deck beam while handling a large plank. He landed headfirst and bruised his forehead chest back and hands but had no broken bones. He was comfortable by morning and expected to resume work in a few weeks. Other notes mention the Iron Works moving a large building, telephone lines down, Thanksgiving events, births deaths and local societal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bion McLaughlin
Bath Iron Works
Abner C. Johnson
Ashdale
G. A. R. Fair
Johnson
Bath editor Mr Parshley to seek care in Michigan
Mr and Mrs George A Parshley leave tonight for Rattle Creek Michigan where Mr Parshley will undergo medical treatment in a sanitarium. He is a veteran Bath newspaperman and friends hope for his restored health.
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George A. Parshiey
Rattle Creek
Mich
Parshley
Parshiey
Bath
Pennell Tops Eagles Bowling Averages After Week Three
Joe Pennell captain of the Plymouths leads the Eagles Bowling League individual averages after the third night, with Frank Fortier close behind in second. Frank Allegrin jumps from 10th to 3rd after a 301 three-string high, boosting to 90.44, while Ralph Boardman falls to sixth and Clif Jewett rises to fourth.
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Joe Pennell
Plymouths
Eagles
Frank Fortier
Fords
Frank Allegrin
Ralph Boardman
Clif Jewett
Wally Jones
Jewett
Avegate
Arenirel Las Pes
PERSP
Oreieri
Allegritnge
Sonia
Os Jewetteen
Farrell
J. Stewart
J. McCarthy
R. Gilchrist
E. Metcal
Chen Ghons
Rats
Snk
Loved Serene
L. Boardman
W. Wilson
DeCapua
Matt Ihr Es
Iy Malton
Eager Wolas
Les Plant Leads Elks Bowlers In Individual Averages
Les Plant leads the Elks with a 92.1 average after the first week, narrowly ahead of Joe O'Brien. Ted Ham sits just behind at 95.2, with George Boutin at 92, and Joe Grindell and Bobby Footer over 90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Plant
Elks
Joe O'Brien
Ted Ham
O’brien
George Boutin
Joe Grindell
Bobby Footer
L. Plant
Lou Cooper Signs Up To Fight Buckley In Augusta Bout
Lou Cooper a Bath Iron Works welder and state heavyweight champion signs to meet Johnny Buckley of Boston in a 10 round main bout at Augusta City Hall Friday night. The fight marks Cooper’s first ring appearance since last spring when he knocked out Battling Joe Burney in the capital city. Originally slated to meet Butch Wooster, promoter shifts to Buckley after Cooper’s decisive win over Wooster last October. Cooper trains daily preparing for a return to action with Glafiro Castillo as the next scheduled opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Cooper
Bath Iron Works
Johnny Buckley
Boston
Augusta City Hall
Lou
Joe Burney
Augusta
Cooper
Butch Wooster
Rockland
Wooster
Buckley
Glafiro
Castillo
Lynn leases sail loft for skating rink at 107 Commercial
Herbert Young of Lynn Mass has leased the former Cutler sail loft at 107 Commercial Street from Norman W Howard. He plans to open a skating rink there in about a fortnight.
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Herbert Young
Lynn
Mass
Cutler Sail Loft
Commercial Street
Norman W Howard
Young to open Maine rink in Bath with new facilities
Massachusetts operator Mr. Young leased a 110 by 40 foot Bath hall for a year with renewal option. Plans include rock maple floor, expanded south entrance, skate rooms, check room, concession, multiple fire escapes, updated heating. Bath rink to feature roller dancing and hockey. six daily sessions. Young also exploring Gardiner and Waterville rinks and an outdoor winter site. Two Somerville boys, after riding a freight train, were jailed in Alfred after stealing food. judge ordered costs covered by the county and transport home. Woodchoppers in Prospect welcome the cold snap as mosquitoes ease.
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Young
Massachusetts
Maine
Bath
Lynn
Gardiner
Waterville
Alexander M. Cutler
Somerville
North Berwick
Alfred
Superior Court
George L. Emery
Probate notices list executors and guardians for Sagadahoc estates
I John L. Jack Register of Probate records appointments in Sagadahoc County for estates in Bath and Woolwich. Names include Georgianna Blair Elizabeth Beal Charlotte O Bri an Mary O Hora Lewis King Lillian King Walter Glidden Grace Preble and others with dates November 8 and November 15 1938 plus appointment roles such as executrix administrator and guardian.
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Sagadahoc
Georgianna K. Blair
Bath
Elizabeth E Beal
Orono
Maine
Charlotte E. O'Brian
Mary C O Hora
Maine. Executrix
Lewis E. King
Alfred L. King
Bath Maine
Lillian M. King
Walter
Glidden
Maude W Glidden
Said Bath
Preble
Woolwich
Clarence A Preble
Five Guns Recovered After Deering Theft in Woolwich
Five guns stolen from Harold D Deering’s Woolwich home two weeks earlier were recovered in Bath on Tuesday evening by the sheriff’s department and state police. Two guns were found in a Bath home and three in brush near the old Bath city barn. No arrests yet but detentions may follow as investigations continue. The haul included a hand engraved muzzle loader double barrel shotgun and four other firearms: a Remington 12 gauge auto, a 20 gauge double barrel, a Savage .22 sport rifle, and a Savage .250-3000 rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D. Deering
Woolwich
Bath
Sheriff's Department
Deering
Old City
Bath Road
First Baptist Ladies Sale Planned With Nov 30 Dinner
At the last weekly meeting the First Baptist church set Wednesday November 30 for its annual sale and supper. Supper runs 5:30 to 7 with fricasseed beef mashed turnip potato cabbage salad rolls squash and apple pie plus coffee. Committees named include fancy work dolls candy table tickets dining room and kitchen with named organizers.
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First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Helen Hall
Lucy Rogers
Sarah Cooke
Laura Harrington
Florence Martin
Ada Liurrabee
Probate court orders notices for multiple estates in Bath
At a Bath probate court a notice orders publication for three weeks in the Bath Independent. Heirs and interested parties must appear December 1 1936 at ten oclock to contest first and final accounts. Estates include Willis C Lake Jr Anna D Kimball John C Minott and Sarah A Given with administrators executrices and the judge is John W Brackett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
John C Minott
Sarah A
John W. Brackbett
John de Acciator
Bath Bus Holiday Service Schedules Theatre Goers
The Bath Bus line operates Thursday on its Sunday timetable until 1.15 p.m. then switches to the regular daily schedule. Morning departures start at 7 a.m. from each city end on the even hour via Center Lincoln North Middle Oak and Washington. After 1.15 p.m. buses run every half hour including Front Street until 11 p.m.
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Bath
Center
Lincoln
North
Middle
Oak
Washington
Front Street
Local Society Names Decorators and Chair Assignments
The decorations will be handled by Mrs. Mary Sims and Mrs. Lotta Eaton. Mrs. Eaton, president of the society, will serve as general chairman.
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North End
Harry Passmore
Dummer Street
Mary Sims
Lotta Eaton
Society
Maine University Fact Letter Sparks Census Inquiry
The University of Maine, aged 70, with 1850 students, 225 staff, and 60 buildings, received a Census Bureau inquiry from Washington asking whether the university has been discontinued or relocated, reflecting the need for updated information in the Almanac.
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University of Maine
United States
China
France
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Washington
Bureau of Census
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc County Court
Probate notices announce hearings in Bath on December first for licenses to sell real estate in Woolwich and petitions to appoint administrators without bonds. Several estates are listed with executors and heirs, including Wardwell, Harris, Strout, and Shaw, with first and final accounts filed. Judge Brackett and Register Jack oversee the proceedings and service notices are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahor
Annie Wylie Stackpole
West Bath
Mildred Strout
Hannah J. Claughlin
Scott Morse
Agnes H Torrey
Allan Spear
Annie T. Shaw
Fred P. Shaw
Lillian M. Brown
Hiram C. Brown
John W. Brackett
John L. Jack
Register
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Barnes
Harvard Street
William Spiett
Humphreys
Charles Boyd
Joseph Burgess
Academy Street
Charles Burgess
Louise Lamb
Brunswick
George Lamb
Harmon Orr
Thomas J. Brooks
Lon Fisher
Fred Bubier
Foster’s Point
S. S. Andrews
Topsham
Elm Street
All Church
F. L. Edgecomb
Sheepscot
Phippsburg
Messrs. Heald, Footer and Fox
Alexander Mason W
Ellen Oliver
Corliss Street Parsonage
F. W. O'Brien
Mrs. Mason
Fred Drake
Bowdoin College
Wallis H. White
Yale
Ahaane
Stover
Albert Stover
William Foss
Portland
Charles T. Jackson
Albert Lombard
F. B. Nichols
Mabel Bacon
Capt
Amory Houghton
George F. Reed
Healey & Reed
Palmer Block
Center Street
Reed
Lewiston
Frank Fox
Twilight
Dromore
E. P. Donnell
Pearl Stacey
Popham
Mabel Duncan
Frank Gardner
Maine Central Railroad
Oxford County
Jefferson
Libby Glass Co
McKinley
E. D. Libby
Ed Jewett
John G. W. Knowlton
Harvard Medical School
City Hospital
J. T. Crosby
C. F. Parsons
Yarmouthville
Thomas Gibbs
Norfolk
Carrie A. Lane
Quick
Lane
Sewall
Gibbs
Lily Pray
Milo
Old Couples Home
Lewis H. Goward
Lydia M. Deering
Kennebec
Rapahannock River
Gertrude Tuttle
Arthur Sewall
New York
Charles R. Hanscom
Charles E. Hyde
J. R. Andrews
The
Hyde Windlass Co
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Wood Nichols
Boston Dental College
Frances M
Capt. Hagan
Baltimore
New England
Bangor Festival Chorus
Arthur S. Hyde
H. D. Maxwell
Isaac Mikelsky
Maxwell
Mikelsky
Saving Lord
Times
Remington Press
Rupert H. Baxter
North Street
John 8. Hyde
Oliver Moses
Sebenon
Bar Harbor
Mt. Desert
Hancock Point
Edward Conant
John Kimball
7Th Army Corps
William R. Kimball
Arthur
Hyde
Ethel and
Eleanor Hyde
New Haven
Albert Rafnell
Mrs. E. C. Plummer
Vicinity
Long Beach Engine Co
Hallowell
Union Wharf
Frank A. Welch
Fred Brown
Grant Nichols
Russell Street
Polar Star Lodge
F. R. Cahill
W. S. Percy
R. P. Ham
New Meadows
Charles Cahill
Tibbetts
Five Islands
Oak Street
Lambert
Bath High School
John Tarbox
Ines
William Morris, Jr
Alice Hinckley
Motley Fuller
Charles Blair
John S. Jackson, Sr
Denett’s
Watson, Frye & Co
William Duncan
Dr. Wescott
Y.M.C.A
Parish Hall
Ensign Powell
W. C. Stewart
Joseph Trott
Miss Owen
John Cadwallader
M. G. Shaw & Sons
Kingsbury
Castle Island
Woodbury T. Nichols
Joe O’brien
City Hall
Bas Ad
OF Bath
E. C. Plummer
America
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Company
Bath, Maine
Prospect
Harold Deering
First Baptist
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