Bath 1905 Thanksgiving Week Notes and Local News
In Bath and surrounding areas the week of November 1905 brings a mix of harbor trade, deer season chatter, railway and telegraph updates, church and club activities, and weather forecasts. Residents hear of shipyard plans, gunners awaiting snow, and a new weather forecast service for farmers via the New England Tel and Tel Co. system.
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New England Tel. and Tel. Co
Bath
United States
Boston Observatory
Girl From Frisco at Columbia Theatre Tonight
Nov 26 1905 marks the Marks Dramatic Company with The Girl From Frisco at Columbia Theatre this evening. Also notes Lincoln of the Maine Polo League paid a visit and reports the league in prosperous condition. Hyde Windlass Co shipped a large windlass to Philadelphia for the battleship Iowa, requiring two flat cars. Sasanoa Red Men plan a Thanksgiving smoke talk and pilgrimage to Damariscotta next Thursday. The Marks company performed At the Point of the Sword last night and A Woman's Sacrifice this afternoon. The engagement ends with The Girl from Frisco tonight.
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Marks Bros. Dramatic Company
Frisco
Columbia Theatre
Lincoln
Maine Polo League
Hyde Windlass Co
Philadelphia
Iowa
Sasanoa Tribe
Damariscotta
Sasanoa
Pemaquid
The
Marks Dramatic Company
Nov 27 1905 local notes from Boothbay and Bethel
Dr E M Fuller answered a summons to Boothbay Harbor for a surgical case. Frank M Dunton shipped 70 barrels of herring to Boston by the 4 pm freight. Edwin L Emmons went to Bethel to appear before the Golden Cross society. Leonard Gowell beat Walter A Murtaugh 100 to 9 in a Colonial Club billiard match. William M Temple at Hallet's I shows flashlight samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Gowell
Walter A. Murtaugh
William F. Pond
R. H. Donnell
Meader-Bears
E. M. Fuller
Boothbay Harbor
Frank M. Dunton
Boston
Kennebec River
Edwin L. Emmons
Bethel
Golden Cross Society
Colonial Club
Maine Outdoors Reports Big Bucks And Rich Bear Season
Maine hunters pursue large bucks as cold weather drives movement. A 310 pound buck tops early reports, with season aims near the 1943 record. Bobcat spares buck during shot, beaver and fishery notes, abundant inland bear harvest, mink prices up to 30, and landlocked salmon growth due to continued stocking.
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Maine
Woodlands
Aroostook County
Fish River
Maine Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Fixed Stars Lead Elks Bowling Standings Tighten
The Fixed Stars retain first place in the Elks Bowling League after a Park alleys victory. Craige led the Stars with 269 as they captured leading strings and totals to stay three points ahead of Lecturers. King and Jewett topped Guards and Antlers in individual games. H McElman led Lecturers with 271 for second in first two frames.
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Guards
Royal Purples
Eee
H. McElman
Hogan
Fixed Stars
Antlers
Jewett
King
Local meeting notes invite broader participation for future programs
The article describes ongoing meetings of an organizations group focusing on young married and unmarried couples. A December 10 program will feature films by Eugene Rice from Sagadahoc Ferry, a veteran returning from Italy, with color slides of Italy, Colorado, the White Mountains, and Maine’s coast. A recent Monday gathering raised funds via a box lunch auction run by the ladies, boosting the treasury.
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Eugene Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Italy
Colorado
White Mountains
Maine
Maine Bond Sales See Strong Victory Loan Progress
Portland reports Victory Loan progress with Maine series E bond sales totaling 3.2 million dollars by November 27, reaching 37.6 percent of the quota. Total bond sales to individuals hit 10.5 million dollars or 61.5 percent of quota. An excellent supper was held at Pie AnSevSEAT Legion. Twenty two new chapter initiates joined the Legion, with the Alden M. Gayton post from Auburn guiding the initiation.
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Portland
Maine
Pie Ansevseat Legion
Chianiteks
Alden M. Gayton Post
Auburn
Williams Family Guests in Winthrop Visit
Mr and Mrs Robert Williams and their son Richard were hosted by Mr and Mrs J L Andrews of Winthrop on Sunday in a local social notice reflecting hospitality and neighborly visit.
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Robert Williams
Richard
J. L. Andrews
Winthrop
Hyde Park Terrace Dance Again This Week
The Community hall hosted a well attended dance on Wednesday evening with hot dogs and coffee at intermission. A four piece orchestra will play next Wednesday at eight o'clock run by the Ladies Auxiliary with chicken salad sandwiches and coffee at intermission. Sunshine Sunday school met 11 to 12:30 with 23 members as plans for a Christmas program are made. Mr and Mrs George Young of Drayton road hosted dinner guests Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Edmund St Pierre and Mr and Mrs Bernard Knight.
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Sunshine Sunday School
Marshall
Caden
George Young
Drayton Road
Edmund St. Pierre
Bernard Knight
Thanksgiving Guests Share Meals Across Town Families
Thanksgiving gatherings filled homes across Waterville and nearby towns. Families hosted relatives from Bath, Brunswick, Bangor, Groton, and Portland, with notes of birthdays and hunting trips. Guests included the St. Pierre, Tipsword, Billington, Main, Hadley, Witham, Blackington, Johnston, Lait, Brewster, Fish, Lund, Chase, Knight, and Young households, among others. The report details multiple visits, celebrations, and leisure plans threaded through the holiday period.
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Edmund St. Pierre
Drayton Road
Claude Tipsword
Tippie
Bath
Joseph St. Peter
Jean
June
Waterville
Richard Billington
Meriden
Conn
Esther Billington
Bluff Road
Gerard Billington
Lark Street
Robert
Bangor
Billington
Jean Hartnett
Charlie Holmes
Tommy Larkin
C. R. Hadley
Augusta
Reuben Pendexter
Annette
Witham
Morton
Laura LaBrie
Ryan
Portland
Moosehead Lake
Mr. York
Ralph Blackington
William MacFarland
Union
E. H. Blackington
Rockland
Earle Johnston
Myron
Spectator Pond
Roberta Lait
Norman Elvin
Laurada Kaler
Lewiston
Alice Brewster
George Brewster
Swift Company
Harold Fish
Memorial Hospital
Foreclosure Notice for Topsham Mortgage 1945
Charles L. Strout and Lilla L. Strout declare a foreclosure on the November 7 1944 mortgage to us for property in Topsham Sagadahoc County. The parcel on Elm Street includes rights of way and a life water use by Lucy Quint, with a breach of condition triggering foreclosure on November 19 1945. The document is sworn by Justice of the Peace Wilfred A. Duquette.
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Carroll Smith
Topsham
Sagadahoc
Elm Street
Curtis
William Barron
Barron
Addie Berry
Berry
Elm
Winter Streets
Winter Street
Lucy Quint
Land Garage
Lucy F. Quint
Charles L. Strout
Lilla L. Strout
State of Maine
Cumberland
Charles L. Stout
Wilfred A. Duquette
Justice of the
Hunting Trip Yields Big Buck and Fox in Tarratine
Paul Smith and another hunter returned from Marrs Camps in Tarratine with a 10 point buck and a fox. Paul Smith also shot a doe. Reported good hunting and some snow in the area.
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Paul Smith
Lark Street
Marr
Tarratine
George
Paul
Frank Wright O Topsham
R. L. Reeder
Drayton Road
Philip Willette
Herbert Foster
Charlene Cogswell
Center Street
Hatch
Harry Hatch
Keene
N. H
Europe
Norma Jones
Belfast
W. A. Gower
Pat Fitzgerald
Albert Dubois
Boston Harbor
Pvt. Dubois
Fitzgerald
Charles Harvey
Portland
Claire Willette
Memorial Hospital
Probate Court Tuesday Session Records Wills and Guardians
Probate Court session records show wills filed and allowed for Nellie S. Savage Grace P. Sampson and others. Accounts and inventories were filed for Clara Hawthorne Harry McIntire Marilyn King Ethel Ralston Elizabeth Small and William Whitney Dow Guardianship for Mary J. Whitney appointed in Bath.
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Grace P. Sampson
Bath
Edward W. Sampson
Marilyn J. King
Minnie Lane
Guardian
Ethel A. Ralston
Homer M. Potter
Elizabeth A. Small
Richmond
Virginia N. Elliott
William Whitney
Marion Bowie
Maynard W. Dow
Bowdoin
Caroline H. Dow
Mary J. Whitney
Auburn
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc Court Bath November 1945
In Sagadahoc County probate at Bath the court orders notice to heirs for estates of Nellie S. Savage of Woolwich Clara A. Hawthorne of Woolwich and Harry M. McIntire of Bath. Executors and Administrators present petitions and accounts with hearings set for December. Orders require publication in Bath Independent for three weeks.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Raymond H. Trott
Jennie B. Thompson
L. Thompson
Harry L. Thompson
George H. Kenyon
Roscoe P. Higgins
Guardian
Arthur J. Dunton
Bae
Bath Independent
Probate records note executors and administrators named
Sagadahoc County probate notice lists estates including Martha A. Foote Ida C. Purington Harvey P Hathorne Ethel L. Clark and Erwin F Wharff. Appointments span November 6 1945 with several administrators appointed without bond and one guardian or conservator noted. Names include Harry L Day Edward W Bridgham Waldo Hathorne John Clark and Virginia Whartt.
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John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Martha A. Foote
Bath
Harry L. Day
Ida C. Purington
Edward W. Bridgham Ap
Lee
Harvey P. Hathorne
Woolwich
Waldo L. Hathorne
Ethel L. Clark
John Clark
Grace P. Sampson
Edward W. Sampson
Arthur J. Dunton
Recent Transfers of Real Estate in Sagadahoc Registry
A list of recent transfers recorded at the Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds shows numerous property sales across Bath Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich and other towns. Transactions note land and buildings or land only with buyers and sellers including Bailey Gates Webber Jenkins Stewart Lord Anliker Crocker Cun ningham Reynolds Klein Walsh Kingsbury Winchenbaugh Thomas Poulos Economopoulos Field Barter Breed Emero Lechner Fossett Allen Core Jones Percy Smith Roberts Gauthier Anderson Moore Robichaud Hamilton Beebe Temple Flewell ing and Saucier among others. Also notes that pastures are generally poor due to acidity and require liming to improve pasture legumes or grasses.
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Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Arrowsie
Percy C. Bailey
George E. Gates
William E. Cotton
Ray S. Brown
Bath
Harold V. Webber
Richard H. Jenkins
Hinckley Street
Marjorie M. Stewart
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Washington Street
Elizabeth Anliker
Raymond C. Crocker
Hannah A. Thomas
Green Street
Daniel Poulos
Diamante Economopoulos
High Street
Eva J. Lemont
Julia C. Field
Franklin Street
Harmon O. Barter
Austin W. Miller
Dike Road
Emra C. Breed
Warren A. Roderick
Floral Street
Paul L. Boudreau
Donald J. Emero
Andrews Road
Bowdoinham
William L. Lechner
Lloyd A. Walker
Ira D. Allen
Albert M. Fossett
Georgetown
Harold F. Hunt
Reginald L. Core
Ada McGilvary
William E. Jones
Phippsburg
Nathaniel Percy
Leon B. Smith
Richmond
Charles E. Core
James L. Roberts
Topsham
George J. Gauthier
Delphorse M. Anderson
Raymond A. King
Clarence A. Moore
West Bath
Harry J. Robichaud
Bridget Robichaud
Millicent Hamilton
Charles E. Miller
Woolwich
Stanley L. Flewelling
Reginald J. Saucier
Mildred G. Ryan
William L. Cates
Katherine M. Beebe
Florence E. Temple
Scabies Described As Skin Disease From Animal Parasite
The itch causing skin condition is defined as a disease arising from an animal parasite that burrows under the outer skin layer affecting any body part.
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Ethel
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