Box Cars Run Away With Motor Car In Street Blockade
Two heavy box cars loaded with shocks broke away from the Bath Box Co line on a Washington street grade. The motor car failed to hold them near Chase's corner, jackknifed, and derailed. A Maine Central switching locomotive helped return the cars after about three hours of effort. no injuries occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
Maine Central
Vine Street
Phoenix
Kilwood Edgecomb
Chase's Corner
Oliver
Frank Freeman
Billie Bourgie
Mrs. Pease Named Music Teacher for Public Schools
Mrs. C. V. Pease, formerly with Smith College violin department, is hired by Supt. Charles L. Smith to lead the public schools music program. A seasoned violinist and singer, she studied with Jaques Hoffman of the Boston Symphony and a noted Russian teacher, and has taught at the Bridgewater State Normal School. She plans thorough training, concert support, and orchestral work to elevate local musical offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Pease
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Charles L. Smith
Pease
Jaques Hoffman
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New York
Portland
Rossini Club
Smith
Supt. Smith
Motorman Injured Turning Over Ankle At L A W Car
Frank Erskine, a motorman on the local division of the L A W St Ry, suffered a painful injury to his right leg this afternoon when he turned over his ankle while letting down a life net. He reached Sagadahock square Monday after he fell over his car near Hind er Street in an automobile. Mrs Carl Liberty of Portland is visiting her sister, Mrs Walter Murtangli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Erskine
Sagadahock Square
Hinderstreet
Plans for Kennebec Bridge Talk At Maine Auto Club
The Maine Automobile Association directors in Portland heard a plan to form a Kennebec River bridge committee in Bath. Five committees were named including a bridge study and renaming the group to Maine Good Roads. The annual meeting is set for Bangor, with reports praising road signs for tourists statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath
Maine Automobile Association
Portland
Hiram W. Ricker
Poland Spring
Theodore Roosevelt Association
Maine
Fryeburg
Maine Good Roads Association
Kennebec River
Bangor
Islander Steamboat Line Delivers Long Record of Dividends
Augusta, Gardiner and Boothbay stockholders report steady returns from the Islander after twelve seasons. Original $100 shares yielded about $150 with regular dividends from 1908 to 1916, plus a 1914 surplus. Despite 1917 repairs, 1918 and the latest season produced $11 and $15 respectively. The Islander serves a thriving, unchallenged route under reputedly solid management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta, Gardiner and Boothbay Steamboat Co
Bath
Deer Abundance Reported Across Sagadahoc County
Deer are plentiful in Sagadahoc County with sightings near Bath and Pippsburg Center. A Connecticut car party glimpsed a buck a doe and two fawns near New Meadows Inn before the herd vanished into the woods. Earlier, Sani tarian Chester S Kingsley Fred P Shaw and Robert A Toothaker saw a fawn and two does on the highway. Hunting licenses near five hundred are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Connecticut
New Meadows Inn
Witch Spring
Kingsley
Fred P. Shaw
Robert A. Toothaker
Pippsburg Center
Welcome Home West Bath Service Men Celebrate Return
A West Bath gathering at the grange hall welcomed fourteen servicemen from the town and grange. Speakers praised duty and courage, with Rev. Stackpole urging character change and national unity. A program of solos, readings, a tableaux, and a community meal ended with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
Grange
Everett Lemont
Crockett
Navy
Eiverett G. Lemont
Mrs. Lemont
Lester H. Crocker
Ernest E. Rose
Harold M. Bates
Oscar F. Wright
Arthur Percy Wright
Richard Hastings
William Libby
Frank Rose
Stanley L. Leavitt
Kenneth L. Patterson
Edward T. Lemo
Everett S. Stackpole
New England
League of Nations
Stackpole
Henry Rose
Fosters Point
Rose
Stanley Leavitt
Leavitt
Ruth Ward
Margaret Peterson
Marion Purington
Hope Ward
Uncle Sam
James Lemont
Dorothy Crooker
Red Cross
Alzira Wing
Salvation Army
Pearl Kittredge
Lester Crooker
Percy Wright
James Hanson
Ethel Lemont
Columbia
Lemont
West Bath
Grangers
Divorce Decree Issued in Knox County Court
Justice Charles J. Dunn in Rockland grants divorce to Carrie G Hadley of Rockland from Walter L Hadley of Bath on grounds of desertion following proceedings concluded Saturday in Knox County Supreme Court.
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Knox County Supreme Court
Rockland
Charles J. Dunn
Carrie G. Hadley
Walter L. Hadley
Bath
Miriam Landis Four Masted Schooner Launched at Percy & Small
The four masted Miriam Landis schooner was launched Friday at Percy and Small yard. Miss Hna Buckfam of Bath sponsored. Captain Proctor Hagan to command. Built for Landie Navigation Corp New York, first voyage Norfolk Puerto Rico Gulf of Mexico to Lisbon.
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Miriam Landis
Percy & Small Yard
Hna Buckfam
Bath
Kenesaw Landis
Chicago
Landie Navigation Corporation of
New York
Puerto Rico
Norfolk
Gulf of Mexico
Lisbon
Portugal
Proctor Hagan
Frances M
Phippsburg
Spain
Hagan
Nortol
Percy
Crops that pay the best discussed at Sagadahoc Pomona
Sagadahoc Pomona met in Woolwich to consider why certain crops yield best profits. L. W. Staples of Progressive grange Richmond led the talk, with others noting apples corn for silos sweet corn and dry beans as top local choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Woolwich
L. W. Staples
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Fred Soule
Woolwich Grange
Julia Jackson
Bouwell
B. A. Bailey
Asbury Bailey
Levi Staples
Jewett
Lincoln County
Pomona
Ella Shaw
Ames
Ella Wright
Edward An
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Shoet Arrested After Discovery Of Stolen Goods
Abraham Shoet aged 17 was arrested by Officer George Allan on larceny charges after police found goods valued at 3819.61 stolen from Bath Department Store. Items were hidden near the A and P store and in a locker at L A W Ry waiting room and a lunch cart near Maine Central crossing. Samuel Levine identified the goods as from his store and a search warrant was issued for Shoet’s Chestnut and Maple street room.
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Abraham Shoet
George Allan
Bath Department
Bath Department Store
George Bright
Bath
Bright
Samuel Levine
Levine
Oliver
Allan
Sheet
Witham
Young Sheet
Mr. Levine
On to Augusta Slogan Energizes Bath Rotary Luncheon
Bath Rotary Club highlights the On to Augusta slogan at King Tavern luncheon as members plan attendance at the New England conclave in Augusta. Aimed to unite delegates from Massachusetts and New England clubs with special badges for Bath women and a display of the new Bath banner.
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Augusta
Bath Rotary Club
King Tavern
New England
Bath
Jack Phillips
Boston Club
Massachusetts
Fred I. Shaw
Harry T. Passamore
Lynn
Salem
Haverhill
Harry M. Huse
Portland
Falmouth
Read
Bath Club
Walter BE. Chase
Fred. D. Hill
London
Rotary Club
Paris
Nehemiah Boynton
Five Islands
M. N. Beerwort
South Sebee
Bath Rotarians
Mooney
Augusta Club
City Hall
New England Committee
Imnagor
Wiles
Bertha Motor Boat Sold by Frank Decker to John Hinkley
Frank Decker sold his motor boat Bertha to John Hinkley this week. The boat previously changed hands this summer and sold for $135 at a sale last spring. The Bertha is described as a good strong sea boat with a solid model and engine in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Decker
Bertha
John Hinkley
Street Railway Passes Into New Hands In Maine
A bondholders committee takes control of the Lewiston Augusta and Waterville street railway at midnight after a public auction in Auburn. Alfred Sweeney named general manager amid a plan to operate remaining lines with same staff and schedules. Turner line to be discontinued and a Turner town meeting will seek legislative relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville Street Railway
Auburn
Portland
Verrill
East Auburn
Turner
Sweeney
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beatrix Post
Hattie Hussey
Dorothy Higgins
Anna Morse
Dorothy Nichols
Frances Moses
Frances Southard
Chase
Carl Liberty of
Walter Murtangli
Kennebec Bridge
West Bath Grange
Percy & Small’s Yard
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
John F. Daily
George B. Donnelly
Gardiner
Lewiston
Cortland
Brunswick
Sagadalec Council
John McDougall
Richard E. Harvey
Fourth Degree
Stephen J. Kelley
Frank E. Powers
George Feeney
Thomas Fowler
Eugene J. Hartnett
J. M. Royal
Edward J. Murphy
M. C. Fitzgerald
Frank McDonald
Frank Hughes
Joseph McCormack
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Paine
Hunter's Lodge
Center
Middle Streets
Shoet
Capital
Street Railway Company
Androscoggin & Kennebec
Center Streets
Ga. Peters
Ajax and
Romax
Johnson Bros Co
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