Old Days on the Bath Branch Details and Tales
The article recounts early Bath Branch railroading memories from Brunswick to Bowdoin, naming engineers and conductors, incidents with a rear caboose, and winter operations. It notes student pranks by Bowdoin scholars, low bridges, tall wood burners, and a dramatic smoke incident involving Joe Ellis on the Brunswick dummy with humor from Charlie Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Brunswick Yard
Charlie
Bath
Harding Dunlap
Charlie Berry
Hi Griffen
Frank Morton
George Thompson
Kennebec & Portland
Maine
Bowdoin College
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Winter Street
Hallowell
Joe Ellis
Augusta
Joe
Gardiner
Charlie Evans
Giant squash weighs in as local record at Popham Beach
Hiram Stevens of Popham Beach sent his daughter Mrs. George Tobey a squash weighing 48 percent pounds, the largest raised locally. Stevens cultivates a renowned garden at the Beach and on Oct. 11 harvested peas. Lighthouse tenders at Portland haul coal and supplies to Maine and New Hampshire coast stations. Zizania returned to Portland from an eastern trip, Shrub departed westward, and Hibiscus left with 150 tons of bagged coal for Mt Dessert stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram, Stevens
Popham Beach
George Tobey
Western Avenue
Portland
Maine
New Hampshire
Mt. Dessert
I Eat Everything That Comes Along Diet Ad From 1900s
A Nutley New Jersey resident praises Dr True's Elixir claiming it cured years of constipation and indigestion. The ad emphasizes the remedy as easy to take mild and free of harm and promises lasting health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. True
October term bound over list reveals wide range of local crimes
The sheriff and police report months of joint work ending in numerous bound over cases for breaking and entering and larceny. Names include John Kosta, Harold Beacher, Wallace Chaplin, Harvey Kingsbury, Theodore Arsenault, Raymond Arsenault, Albert Downing and many more tied to Grand View Hotel and various stores. Sagadahoe county judge Justice Albert M. Spear heads an October term with a likely rapid docket, jury reports Thursday and naturalization hearings underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
John Kosta
Cathance
Bill Kosta
Harold Beacher
Wallace Chaplin
Henry C. Rowe
Thorne's Head
Horace Morse
Charles L. Anderson
James Doyle
John A. Foote
Chaplin
Beacher
Haro F. Rounds
Harvey Kingsbury
Herbert Goodwin
William Hodgkins
Oscar Holway Co
Willian M. Bailey
Grand View Hotel
George Richards
Scott R. Perry
Albert Downing
Tlerbert R. Lemont
Edward Syde
True McLaughlin
Ernest Pye
Herbert R. Lemont
Lewis Casey
Lloyd F. Green
John Place
Edward Hall
Edna Roberts
Ellen McDonald
Mary Belcher
Lizzie Yattan
Fred Larrabee
Peter Boudrean
William Russell
Frank Studley
W. M. Hagan
Frank Doyle
Hquor
John C. Gowen
Kennebec Navigation Co
Fred H. Spinney
Bay Point
Paul Arsenault
Owen
Armstrong
Meyer Small
Chestnut Street
Alfred M. Oliver
George W. York
Sagadahoe County Supreme Judicial Court
Albert M. Spear
Justice Spear
Frank H. Mallett
Great Britain
Bertha FE
Hall
Beatrice FE. Crane
Camille Bernier
Sunday School Institute to Meet at Yarmouthville
Sunday schools from Bath to Chebeagne join the Methodist Episcopal Church Board event at Yarmouthville next Monday. The program runs 2:30 PM to evening with speakers including Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes and Rev. John M. Arters, among others, plus leadership training and round table discussions.
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Beacon Street
Wesley
Bath
West Bath
Brunswick
Yarmouthville
Cumberland
West Cumberland
Falmouth
Orr’s Island
Bailey's Island
Chebeagne
Board of Sunday Schools
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin Holt Hughes
John M. Arters
T. Basil Young
Boston
Buffalo
Young
Union Church of
New York City
France
Warren T. Powell
Young People's Department
E. H. Brewster
Maine State Sunday School Association
John Roy Browne
Beacon Street Church
Woodbury P. Merrill
Falmouth Church
Dist
Arters
John R. Browne
BE. H. Brewster
Knight petition for administration of Frank Knight estate
Lucy S. Knight of Bath Maine petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to appoint administrator for the estate of Frank Knight who died in Bath October 5 1921 intestate leaving at least twenty dollars in personal estate and a widow Lucy S. Knight named as heir at law and next of kin. The court orders notice to interested parties to appear November 8 1921 in Bath to show cause why the prayer should not be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Lucy S. Knight
Bath
Maine
Frank Knight
A. D
Lucy S. Knight Sagadahoc
Fred H. Thompson
State OF
James E. Hughes
Bertha W. Wright
Thelma C. Wright
Woolwich
Charles Chappell
Myron Bailey
Charles Chappel
John B. Potter
James Leeman
William Leeman
Herbert Leemant
James M. Tibbetts
W. Scott Tibbetts
Sasanoa
Lewis FE. Wright
Thomas Tibbetts
J. Edward Hughes
Guardian
Trobate Court
Sagadahoe
Wilmer L Voorhees
Julia Augusta Foote
Julie Augusta Foote
West Bath
Brunswick
Turner Dunton
Minnie Highs
Sawadahoe
Francis Huston
Bay Bridge Road
Wilmer ST. Vooritees
Said
Arthur J. Dunton
Annie S. Frye
James S. Lowell
William F. Dunham
Register
Gertrude
Chins
Auburn
Androscosmgin
Frank IL Ruigh
Harold F. Knight
Harold FP. Knight
Court Street
Dana S. Williams
Lewiston
Androscogrin
Gertrude C. Hutchins
Gradahoe Oss
N. Gratz Jackson
James Jefferson Victory
Sagadatioc. Ss
Savadahoe
Tilian T. Tucker
John W. Roberts
Willtam. T.otnlt
Said County
Saradshoe
Tlannah A. Rogers
M. Rogers
Nannah A. Bowers
Thurston S. Burns
Westbrook
Frank FE. Parrington
John HH. Rogers
A.D
William FE. Twogan
Saradahoe
Hell
Nath
Canary
Sxeadtahoe
Cotl
Sasidades
Cretedaer
Havin
Beth
Saul
Ain
Newerndee
William F. Neva M
Las Reepectiniv
Anos
Stickney
Lady Stickney
Sari KE
Harlow
Sand
Lada Stickney
Sail Ward
George AJ Coombs
Poth
Fred. Stickney
Seeestyhaes
Terhin
Cansine
Rathin
Bowdoinham Trespass Case Over Wood Line Dispute
In Bowdoinham a trespass action pits Sarah A. Salie against Samuel W. Fitts over a disputed woodlot line. The Fitts lot was cut last year and Salie alleges about 182 trees belonging to her were cut. Jury included Charles Oliver replacing George M. Thompson. Heselton appeared for the plaintiff, Wheeler and Howe for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert K. Witliey
John W. Bottyne
Thomas Hopper Moody
Great Britain
Alex Cath
Naman Abraham
Sarah A. Salie
Bowdeinham
Samuel W.fitts
Freeport
Charles Oliver
George M. Thompson
Bowdoinham
Heselton
Wheeler and
Howe
Commissioner Plummer in Bath Discuss Shipping Board Goals
Commissioner Edward C. Plummer of the United States Shipping Board visited Bath for a few hours. He spoke of ongoing shipping challenges and expressed confidence the American merchant marine will lead globally. The visit followed a Bangor trip due to illness in the Plummers’ family. hearings on rail rates were upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Plummer
United States Shipping Board
Bath
Washington
Plummer
Shipping Board
Bangor
Wilfard Fiske
New York
Warren G. Harding
White House
Work Begins Tuesday on State Aid Highway Project
The Bath area reports construction starting Tuesday on a state aid highway stretch from the State road to the Bath state ferry. A large crew digs by hand under the supervision of State Highway Commission inspector W. T. Allen to push progress this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Street
Bath State Ferry
WT. Allen
State Highway Commission
Probate notices and wills from Sagadahoc County 1921
A sequence of probate petitions from Bath Maine outlines wills and executors for Frances Higgins and George Rogers estates. It includes requests to prove wills, issue letters testamentary to named executors, and bond waivers, with notices to interested parties to appear in Bath Probate Court on specified dates in October and November 1921.
Aces Football Triumph and Local Probate Notices
Aces win again in a late afternoon game in Lewiston as McCabe Arenstraw and others contribute. The issue includes probate notices from Bath and Sagadahoc County detailing executors named for Winslow and Till estates and appointments by the Bath Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aces
Lewiston Salladbiy
Frye Gyaneie
DPR
Ledivaan
Isd
Tetmeldown Amd
Prippy Orteht
McCabe
Arenstraw
S. Wingham
Fae
Phebe Croxby Sails Break Up Near Georgetown
The four masted schooner Phebe Croxby is breaking up on the Georgetown jetty 8 S. C. with heavy pounding debris. Captain W. S. Small of Islesboro reports two crewmen aboard and no loss of life. Elwell S. Crosby received the telegram and with his wife planned a Georgetown visit for captain Small and wreck business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Croxby
Georgetown
S. C
Elwell S. Crosby
W. S. Small
Islesboro
Small
Crosby
Capt. Small
Cosmo Club Dressmaking Class Opens Friday Night
The Cosmo Club hosts the first dressmaking session Friday at seven in the club house. Mrs. David Heald leads, with Miss Anne Kimball giving a Liberty dress form demonstration fashioned from gymimed paper. Attendees may request a form and bring materials to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
David Heald
Anne Kimball
Department of Agriculture
W.G. Cahill
Miss Kimball
Kennebec Freight Steamer Held Up by a Gale
A northeast gale shut down Boston shipping Monday night delaying the Kennebec Navigation Co freight steamer bound for Boston Kennebec river ports. Weather permitting the vessel will sail Wednesday night and return Thursday from Bath. The Mary Langdon discharged 100 tons of coke at the Central Maine Power Co plant before sailing again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Bay
Kennebec Navigation Co
Boston
Kennebec
Bath
Mary Langdon
Rebekah Lodges State Assembly Opens Sessions
Noble Grand Lillias Larrabee and officers travel to Worthind for the State Assembly of Rebekah lodges. Lucy A. Burton becomes president, replacing Eva Fassett. A rebukah degree demonstration and the Decoration of Chivalry ceremony for 50 members, led by Brig Gen John W. Gorman, mark the week. No grand ball will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand
Lillias Larrabee
Lois McKeiver
Nellie Wright
Hattie Bunker
Jennie Farrin
Kimina Jaccobs
Leonard Lord
Lois Knight
Queen Esther Rebekah
Worthind
State Assembly of Rebekah
Lucy A. Burton
Pittsfield
Eva Fassett
City Hall
Martha Washington Lodge
Dexter
John W. Gorman
Bangor
Rotarians Tour Local Telephone Exchange Visit
Bath Rotary club members attended a weekly session at King Tavern with Pres. William Ell and Sec. Harry Passmore. They toured Rotarian Arthur Bo Dishop’s telephone exchange and met guests including Associate Justice Albert McSpear, Willis Conferth, Capt. Henry Butler, Rev. David Wilson, and Joah Crowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mc Spear
Supreme Court of Maine
Willis TL Conferth
Cairdiner
Justice Spear
Capt
Tfenry TE Butler
Phippsbureg
David I. Wilson
Joah Crowley
Clarence Lant
Beverly, Mass
New Club Organized Among Morse High Girls
Morse High girls form the Jimie Club to study literature. Club colors are tan and green. Weekly meetings will elect a chairman to plan the next program. Officers listed as Velma Cornish president Harriet Morse vice president Estella Higgins secretary. Ida Taylor named next week's program chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Velma Cornish
Tlarriet Morse
Estella Higgins
Ida Taylor
Six Men Move British Private Telephone in Wasteful Wreck
In Parliament a complaint cited a motorcyclist disconnecting a telephone and days later five men in a truck lifting the phone into a machine, leaving miles of derelict wire. The incident, used to illustrate waste by Post Office monopoly operators, drew criticism over service quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
England
Post Office
Man Nearly Struck By Lightning At Turner's Home
Arthur W. Rand of Turner court narrowly escaped injury when a bolt struck near the Varney house on Washington and York streets last week. He paused to put on rubbers, returned to the sink, and felt the electric shock as the lightning seized a water pipe and shot off his hand and vanished, leaving him momentarily stunned but uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. T. Rand
Turner Court
Joseph BK. Varney
Washington
York Streets
Varney House
Mr. Rand
Morse Juniors Plan an Autumn Dance
The Morse High School junior class met forenoon Friday with Warren DL Oliver presiding. The social committee was chosen to run the Oct 26 dance for the Senior Class fundraiser, with Telen Powers as chair and others named. A refreshment committee for the junior year was elected including Theodore Burns and Flora Fraser among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Warren DL Oliver
Telen Powers
John Odinte
Piariion Smith
Pauline Kingsbury
Diarethy Brown
Theodore Burns
Flora Fraser
Edith Conurser
James Callan
Chester Lewvitt
Madeira luncheon cloth given to Miss Hlowey at Lincoln Street
Miss Alice Hlowey of Lincoln Street received a Madeira luncheon cloth on Tuesday afternoon. A rummage sale is planned at the club house on Saturday afternoon at seven oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Hlowey
Lincoln Street
Fruit-a-tives Credited With Paralyzed Side Recovery
An elderly man reports paralysis on the entire right side since April 80th improving after using Fruit-a-tives. He states he would not be without the remedy and recommends it to others. The testimonial notes a claimed weight change and mentions related iron products and a trial size price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Burrato
Ostrander
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supreme Court
Sunday School Institute
Bishop Hughes
Methodist Church
Edwin H. Hughes
Fred Grover
Tratfield
Wiseasset
Fred DB. Reed Agency
Fred G. Grover
Wisenasset
Mr. Grover
Walter S. Glidden
Porthnd
William F. Dunstam
James S. Lowful
Tudee
Merrill—Durgin
Clarence A. Merrill
Marie Durgin
Airriel
Francis Alonzo Gray
D. D
Merrill
Soniof
George W. Merril
Mir
Williaan H. Durgin
Tilesboro
National Humane Review
Simong
Governor Baxter
Rufus
Jim
Saperaitioe
Edward Cl. Stiness
Providence
Rhode
Islind
Charles R Higgins
Frances Higgins
Testate
Charles R. Higgins
Lucie Frances Siiness
Rice Island
Marcia Eno Higgins
Nyack
N. Y
Edward C. Stiness
Charles Raymond Higgins
Edward Clstiness
Charles Ro
Uhicg Sagadahoc
A. Rogers
Frye Grammar School
Walbree Th White, Jr
Trewston
Derest
Menmuider Dennett
Ralph Those
Hyon
Stockton Springs
Belfast
Alok. Chaney
Albert Ward
Noblehore
Alg Creamer
William
Dunieam
Mary W. McDonald
Saenhihoe
Albert Go Winslow
Marc BL McDonald
William FL
Dunham
Bat
Saeadahae
Thich
Salahoe
Tames S. Towett
Tuder
Adrye Ons
Eee
Rewister
Wilbur Brown
Toseah Mo Trett
Sawadahne
Elizabeth Thwine
Sacadahoe
South Carolina
Cosmo Club
State Assembly OF
Rebekah
Lodges
Queen Or Lodge
MORSE
A-Tives Linn Dd
OG Duns Ruerg
N.Y
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