Fire and weddings mark Bath stories from 1899
A Bath column reports a small rooftop fire at the Alameda quelled by firefighters with minimal damage and insurance coverage. It also covers multiple weddings at 472 Middle street and 2 Weeks street, plus local shipping, repairs, and civic notes throughout October 1899.
Honey hunter Hayes returns with bee swarms at town yard
O. E. Hayes rests at Charles work in the machine department at the Navy Yard. He earlier gathered three swarms of bees totaling about 200 pounds of honey during a woods trip. The town notes a dull spell and a local society reports renewed vigor and winter prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Hayes
Charleswork
Navy Yard
Mr. Hayes
Bangor launches as coal carrier in New England yard
On Oct 10 1899 the three masted barge Bangor was launched bow first from the New England Co yard. It will sail for the B Line Transportation Co of New York in the Perth Amboy coal trade with a capacity of about 1700 tons. The Bangor is No 42 in the fleet and is the 283rd vessel built by the yard. A Bath sister ship followed two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodesia
Bates
New Orleans
Hamburg
Lambertis Point
Carrie A. Lane
Gulf Stream
Schofield
Lane
Apalachicola
Noank
Conn
Arthur Sewall Co
Fletcher
Rors Senet
Bangor
New England Co
Addie M. Anderson
B Line Transportation Co
New York
Bath
Perth Amboy
The
Capt Morse becomes Shipping Commissioner at port
Capt Robert Morse assumed duties as U S Shipping Commissioner and opened an office at Commercial and Commerce streets. James Mulligan retired after seven years. Morse will be assisted by his son Silas with a fee cap of 2500 dollars. 8. 8. Andrews inspected the river water main while Tug Ice King heads to New York aboard the Gedgwick loaded for southern ports. Miss Josephine Crosby returned from Bangor last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morse
U. S. Shipping
Commerce
James C. Mulligan
Capt. Morse
Silas
Bath
Ice King
New York
Gardiner
Maine apple growers form state committee to urge FSCC purchases
Apple producers from seven counties meet in Lewiston and appoint a five member Maine State apple committee. They telegraph Washington urging the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation to buy Maine apples to ease high production and low prices. The panel lists McIntosh Wealthy Stark Ben Davis Wolf River R I Greening and Baldwin varieties and names W J Ricker as chairman Norman Donahue secretary Lewis Berry Myron Lord and John E Carroll as members. The group will work with state and federal officials to improve markets while noting export uncertainty as a domestic market pressure. FSCC made limited Maine purchases in 1937 and 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Washington
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Maine
F.S.C. C
McIntosh
Wealthy
Stark
Ben Davis
Wolf River
R. I. Greening
Baldwin
W. J. Ricker
Turner
Norman Donahue
Elfaist
Lewis Berry
Livermore Falls
Myron Lord
Kezar Falls
John E. Carroll
Gardiner
Flanges Prep for Pennant Race in Pipe Shop Bowling
Norton Currier Marr and Kingsbury head a Pipe Shop bowling circuit where the Flanges lead the pennant chase with Preston Farrar a former State champion. The Tin Shop Relief Association has collected 491.70 from 124 members, paid out 235.05, leaving 256.65, with assessments canceled once the fund hits 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Farrar
Tin Shop Relief Association
Montsweag Bay vacationers and shipyard personnel noted
The Pipe Shop relief fund shows a balance of 185.60. Thomas McCabe, South Yard chief, vacations at a Montsweag Bay cottage near former Gov Gardiner's summer home. Earl Pearson returns to work after illness. Charlotte Page tours New York and Philadelphia with her brother Donald Page. Other ex-iron works staff in the Navy Yard include Buckley Rowe Minott and Gaudet with hometowns noted. The plant’s total employees exceed 2,600, reaching 2,623 as new hires include Mingo Farnham Grant Pearson Savne Wylie Lewis Hawkes Wallington Hart McLean Carver Johnson Benson McPhee Graves Browne Small Bryant Benner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Tim” McCabe
South Yard
Montsweag Bay
William Tudor Gardiner
Charlotte Page
Charles Pearce
New York
Philadelphia
Donald Page
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Page
Iron Works
Navy Yard
Quaker City
Wilfred Gaudet
Paul Buckley
Maurice Shaling
Leslie Rowe
Walter Minott
Henry
Ernie Sarkis
Buckley
Portsmouth
N. H
Mr. Rowe
Five Islands
Mr. Minott
Brunswick
Philly
Page Three
Ernest Mingo
Maynard E. Farnham
Theodore F. Grant
Earl R. Pearson
Edward R. Savne
John F. Wylie
Ralph G. Lewis, Jr
Thomas J. Hawkes
Edward Wallington
George L. Hart
George F. McLean
Robert L. Carver
Bath article notes World War I connection and local crew
The piece lists workers from the tin shop and other departments, outlines a Bath 4th Company Maine Coast Artillery reunion plan at Rock Hill Inn, West Bath, and recalls the unit’s WWI service from Fort Baldwin to Havre. It also names many veterans still employed at local plants and mentions vacations and other staff movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Lakin
Chester N. Marr
Howard W. Pratt
Bath
Maine Coast Artillery
Roland Smith
American Legion
Lakin
Marr
Pratt
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Wilson
Virginia
City Landing
Fort Baldwin
Popham
Bath Company
Hardman
Hawley
Fort Levett
Portland Harbor
54Th
U. S. Artillery
France
Havre
Sewall Praises Calvin Coolidge College Movement
Hon Sumner Sewall Maine State Senate president and Maine rep at the Calvin Coolidge College dinner in Boston lauds New England education and Maine support. He cites Bowdoin’s heritage, intercollegiate ties, and calls for Maine and New England to back the college as a memorial to a New England statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Maine State Senate
Maine
Calvin Coolidge College
Boston
New England
Maine College
Bowdoin
Massachusetts
New
Colby College
Miss Bernice M Wyman Becomes a Bride at Woolwich
Miss Bernice M Wyman daughter of Mrs Vivian Gagnon Somerset place united in marriage with Arthur Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs Lester Wheeler at the home of her uncle George F Soule Woolwich The ceremony was by Rev George B Wolstenholme with matron of honor Mrs Myrtle Soule and best man Mr Soule The couple hosted a reception for about 50 guests with Autumn decor and roses and carnations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Josephine Curtis
T. B. Curtis
Warren Breed Call
Boston
Middle Street
Rev
A. Davis
North Street
Anna Palmer
Lydia A. Lord
Eugene L. Curtis
William Robbins
Harry A. Nealley
Nellie Gertrude Hodgkins
John Henry Hunt
Lizzie S. Hodgkins
Weeks Street
W. A. Atchley
Elm Street
Nellie Stevens
Booth
Harriet Carr
Edward Hunt
Brunswick
Hunt
Times Composing Room
Hyde Windlass Co
Bernice M. ‘Wyman
Vivian Gagnon
Somerset Place
Arthur Wheeler
Lester Wheeler
George F. Soule
Woolwich
George B. Wolstenholme
People's Baptist Church
Myrtle Soule
Mr. Soule
Mrs. Wheeler
Wedding Supper in Brunswick for Miss Madeline Soule Relative
Miss Madeline Soule hosted a wedding supper in Brunswick for the bride with her cousin as a relative. The couple received many beautiful gifts and will live in Brunswick where the bridegroom is employed in the garage business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Madeline Soule
Wheeler
Legion Auxiliary installation set for Friday at Library
Bradford Sortwell Wright post officers were elected for the coming year. Fred R. Merry is commander with Ellsworth Holbrook and Norman Sherman as vice presidents. Officers include L Frank Metcalf adjutant Walter Serle chaplain Randall Cummings sergeant at arms Alfred Gorham historian and Fred Merry service. Waldoboro unit guests to attend. Community notes mention guests from Waterville and a birth and a wedding shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright
Waldoboro
Bradford- Sortwell-Wright Post
A. L
Fred R. Merry
Ellsworth Holbrook
Norman Sherman
L. Frank Metcalf
Walter G. Serle
Randall Cummings
Alvin Sherman
Alfred E. Gorham
Arthur Durgan
Waterville
B. F. Blagden
Jane Gould
Albert Seigars
Frederick William
Barbara Dow
Linwood Ames
Arthur Paquet
Huntoon Hill Grange
Haensel and Gretel Gingerbread Stage At Caribou High
Humperdinck’s opera Haensen and Gretel will be performed for Caribou children on Tuesday October 17 at 2 PM in the high school auditorium. Junior Programs Inc presents a professional cast led by Saul Lancourt with Cecile Sherman Marion Selee Mary Bell Alma Milstead Tom Williams who have appeared with major companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haensel
Gretel
Caribou
Humperdinck
Haensen
Lyric Club
Cecile Sherman
Marion Selee
Mary Bell
Alma Milstead
Tom Williams
Saul Lancourt
American Opera Company
The
fench-Italian Opera Company
New York Opera Comique
Atlantic City Steel Pier Co
San Carlo Opera Company
Probate Notices From Sagadahoc Court in Bath 1939
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc posts notices for multiple estates. Hearings set for November first 1939 with accounts and petitions including sale of real estate and appointment of administrators or executors. Names include Marietta Trufant Fannie Mooers Ellen Warren John Hatch Letha Brown Flora Risteen Ada Minott Melinda Allan and others with guardianship and distribution actions. Arthur J. Dunton presiding judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
John E. Hatch
Ellen R. Warren
Woolwich
Margaret M. Carlisle
Ralph E. Carlisle
J. Albert Redlon
Charlotte R. Redlon
Letha E. Brown
Gladys L. Winchenbach
Waldoboro
Flora M. Risteen
Edmund L. Risteen
Ada Catherine Minott
Phippsburg
Rebecca B. Minott
Guardian
Melinda T. Allan
Topsham
Harry R. Tarbox
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
David Pereau
Gardiner R. Deering
Alberta H. Marr
Georgetown
John P. Carey
Supadahor
Procare
Bath i
Sald County
Edgar A. Warren
Sylvia Warren
John W Morse
Nathaniel M. Morse
Martha P. Small
Joseph T. Small
Donald N. Small
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Alameda
Nellie Hodgkins
John H. Hunt
Gardiner B. Reynolds
Marine Railway
D. Howard Spear
Kelley, Spear & Co
Telephone Company
Moulton’s
Moulton
James Bimson
Portland
W. H. Emmons
Old Orchard
Nathaniel Palmer
Somersworth, N. H
Grace Sanborn
J. T. Kelley
Parker Head
W.O.T.U
Cemetery Board
Oak Grove Cemetery
Maine Central
Pearl Street
John Clifford
Percy Hardy
Summer Street
Clifford
Pear Street
Mr. Hardy
Mr. Clifford
Albert G. Page
Moosehead Lake
Fred D. Hi
Susan Ballou
Treas
H. H. McCarty
Bath Iron Works
J. Edward Drake
Eastern Steamboat —Co
Silver Ridge
Cherryfield
Maine Baptist Convention
Sosacarely
Pherson
Mrs. Sidney McPherson
Averne
Donnell
Dunton
James L. McQuarrie
Western Electric Co
Chicago
London
Campania
A. M. Bagley
Damariscotta Mills
H. A. Bates
Webb
Front Street
Washington Street
Edwand
Walupoowean
Josephine Crosby
Brewer
Bucksport
Charlie A. Sproul
Steamboat Wharf
Harry B. Sawyer
Hydefield
Vinal W. Haskell
James Hawley
Knickerbocker
Quinam
Penobscot
Nellie Richardson
South Portland
Charles Curtis
E. F. Kelley
Frank
Snow Orne
Damarin
Eastern Steamboat Co
Camarin
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
C. W. Clifford
Greenville
Frederick Williamson
Edward Sewall
Mr. Williamson
Cyrus ‘Wakefield
Fred Kimball
O. E. Page
Bowker
M. W. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
B. C. Tuthill
the Iron Works
Gordon Preble
Oak Street
Pres. E. W. Hyde
White Street
Union Street
L. B. & B. Street Railway
Lombard
Henry Lermond
Q. W. Folsom
Rockland
N. T. Palmer
T. A. M. Craven
Dahlgren
Southport
Craven
Uncle Sam
Connecticut
John Devine
Patrick Devine
Water Street
H. M. Hartleb
Natick, Mass
Charles D. Emery
Barrow House
J. H. Kimball
High Street
Eben Lancaster
M. O. Glass
Bowdoinham
Rowe
Foster's Point
Edward Duddy & Son
Center Street
Olys Block
Richard J. Duddy
Russell
Herbert C. Mudgett
F. D. Sewall
Gilmore
John S. Deering
Hope Haynes
Deering
Eliza Levensaler
Emma
Briggs
E. B. Drummond & Co
J. S. Maxcy
Maine Water Co
Philhas
Franklin Life
Manila
Susie L. Brooks
Edgar Brooks
William H. Winslow
Fred Dean
Springfield
Mass
George Spear
Dummer Street
Morris Simpson
the Bay
Azalea
Cornfield
Willan H. Dave
Andrews
B.I.W
Mer Norton
John Currier
Ed Marr
Ernie Kingsbury
Earl Pearson
Shipfitter
Merrymeeting Bay
Lawrence A
Dorothy) Lowell
Lowell
Blackwater Cove
Brick Island
Lawrence F. Talbot
Curtis A. Morris
Edward W. Little
Emmette H. Cates
Walter R. Lane
George W. Page
James H. Ramsay
William R. Savoie
George F. Fall
Louis J. Despres
Frank L. Vachon
Ernest O. Trudeau
Franklin Morse
Edward P. Steininger
Memorial Hospital
Arthur Preney
Harold Avery
New York City
Harry Rudell
4Th Company
Damariscotta
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Samuel H. Wakefield
John H. Williams
Eliot A. Fuller
Charles T. Whitehouse
Archibald F. Carey
James H. West
Howard W Pratt
Robert O. McKinney
Edmund J Arsenault
James I. Conboy
Harold C. Hart
Elver A. Stickney
Walter H. Parshley
George G. Chamberlain
Albert J. Galloupe
William G. Hodgkins, Jr
Wilbur H. Crocker
Fred A. Stickney
Irving V. Coombs
Francis W. Holmes
Clyde A. Mains
John P. Crosby
John J. Crane
Raymond H. Coclen
Edward J. Hogan
Raymond Dexter
William H. Butler
Frank H. Conant
Harry E. Farnham
Donald E. Bibber
James R. Chase
Philip Caye
George J. Decato
Edward A. Erskine
Newell H. Foster
Roland J. Haining
Elwood A. Hathorne
Albert N. Ladd
Edwin S. Metcalf
William R. Patten
Oscar C. Smith
Lloyd Adams
Clifford G. Aitken
Ralph M. Atweld
Perley R. Bailey
Alfred Barter
Clarence W. Benway
Joseph Bishop
Edward J. Blake
Herbert A. Brown
Walter B. Burnham
Clarence B. Clark
Fred J. Clark
Albert W. Coffin
Robert R. Coombs
Harold Cressey
Darrell Day
John R Dean
Leroy E. Dickinson
Forrest N. Drake
Charles B. Ferris
John C. Fitzgerald
Clarence Getchell
Arthur W Gove
Maynard M. Gove
Russell M Griffin
Wallace R. Ham
Charles E. Hart
Bernard F. Hennessey
Frank L. Higgins
John W. Higgins
William E. Jones
Lafe L. Lessner
Lawrence F Lewis
John D. Libby
Arthur Macauley
Norman Oo. Meerse
Otis A. Munroe
Stanley H. Murphy
John Norman
Carl M. Pennell
George C. Perkins
Everett Pratt
Leon M. Pratt
Ernest E. Pye
Stephen F. Richards
Elmer E. Robbins
Henry L. Robbins
Percy W. Robbins
Ralph Seigars
Roscoe H. Shaw
Leburton Sheldon
Allen Silby
Harold J. Simpson
Arthur D. Stetson
Frank Wakefield
James W. Watson
Jared S. White
Bertram E. Willis
Harry E. Wilson
Charles N. Worrey
Eugene A. Worrey
Harold L. Young
Augustus Guerrero
Harold H. Haley
Galen E. Ward
University of Maine
Brian
Brian” Jewett
Assembly
Orono
State University
Leon Genthner
William S. Blair
David P. Mullin
Roland F’. Hill
California
Sam Rogers
Harold L Adams
Joseph Madden
Oxford County
Ralph Shirley
Fryeburg
Armour & Co
Glorina Plaisted
Belfast
First National
Sewall
Bernice
Wyman
Uncle
Bath Independent
Frank B. Nichols
the Times Company
Harry C. Webber
Times Company, A Corporation
Barr
Ella D Nichols
Bath, Maine
Dorothy Nichols Niven
Asso
Harry A. Walters
Register
Josephine C. Cunningham
Lona C Trott
William Temple
Elmer J. Estes
John €. Rice
Ralph F. Rice