November City News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
New Meadows Inn closes Monday. Roy Sylvester on a Maine gun trip reports a moose sighting. Bowdoin Colby football game draws big crowds from the city. The Bath Y M C A receives a $1 000 bequest from Rev John O Fiske via his will. Torpedo boat destroyer Drayton heads to government service. beaver city briefs note court and election talk. Captain Walls Holliswood wreck towed to Galveston. Municipal court judge vacancy eyed. Deputy Atkinson reports short weight cases. Rev Aura L Gerrish resigns after four years at Oakland church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons Coal Company
Philadelphia
Beacon Street
Colby
Brunswick
Seguin
Bath District
William E
Frank 8. Bowker & Son
Phippsburg
John W. Gilmore
Dunton
John O. Fiske
Bath Y. M. C. A
Fred W. Atkinson
Topsham
Merrymeeting Bay
Walls
Hallowell
Holliswood
Galveston
Parkwood
Edwin M. Jones
Panama
William E. Purington
Cristobal
Aura L. Gerrish
Eastern Steamship Co. plans not to run Portland Bath service
John F. Liscomb of Portland, agent for the Eastern Steamship Co., denies any plan to establish a Portland Bath steamboat route. He says current operations use the Monhegan to Boothbay Harbor and two new vessels, 129 feet long, would not suit a Portland Bath service. The Bath originator of the tale is questioned, recalling a past failure of such a service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Liscomb
Portland
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath
Pomona Grange October meeting at Montsweag
Sagadahoc Pomona met with Woolwich Grange at Montsweag drawing 99 members and 13 visitors. The master H M Whitney of Topsham presided with pro tem appointments, debated agricultural exhibit at Augusta, and heard reports on the Pomona Year Book and fifth degree petitions. Exhibits and speeches highlighted corn, potatoes, bread making, and farming methods with first honors awarded to C R Bailey. The meeting closed with thanks to Woolwich Grange and notice of the next session in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Woolwich Grange
Montsweag
Bodwell Grange
Dromore
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Sagadahoc
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
H. M. Whitney
I. J. Brookings
E. C. Patten
B. D. Farnham
Fred J. Brookings
State Grange
Augusta
Frank W. Gould
Whitney
Daniel Brown
Martha L. Tarr
Kennebec
Rosa M. Davis
Hattie M. Garland
Lizzie A. Turner
Lizzie E. Hathorne
Georgie M Bailey
Mellie M. Bailey
J. G. Bailey
Julia B. Cunningham
Mrs
Georgie Troop
Asa C. Hathorne
Alice IM. Stinson
Scott W. Turner
Oscar N. Bailey
Lester B. Ray
Morris T.hathorne
J. Edward Hunnewell
Alex G. Grover
Elva F. Bailey
Myra E. Hunnewell
Chas. H. Hunnewell
Cora G. Bailey
Chester W. Baker
S. E. Gatchell
A. M. Soule
F. R. Hodgdon
Morton Soule
C. R. Bailey
James T. Soule
Fred Soule
Frank R. Hodgdon
Henry Skelton
Enterprise Grange
Chas. Nason
Wells Drying Up Prompting Call for Heavy Rain
Farmers in the region fear a severe water shortage as extended dry weather continues. Ground remains dry despite surface moisture and wells at low levels across depths. Recent rains offered little relief, forcing farmers to haul water and drive cattle long distances.
Escaped Lunatic Re-captured in Brunswick Police Action
R Cc Day an escaped patient from McLane hospital Waverly Massachusetts broke from two nurses in Brunswick and attempted to flee. Chief Colby and former Deputy Sheriff John Leonard intervened aiding recapture and Day was put in irons as authorities prepared to take him to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Cc. Day
McLane Hospital
Waverly
Mass
Brunswick
W. H. Wright
G. B. Wheeler
Day
Colby
Chief Colby
John Leonard
Irons
Boston
White-Ballou and White Married at Parish Church
Deputy Sheriff John S Ballou and Mary E White united in marriage at People's Baptist Church with Rev Francis W O'Brien officiating. The groom serves on the city council from ward five and is son of Sheriff John W Ballou. The bride formerly worked at the Times office and as bookkeeper for Bath Enterprise, later assisting City Treasurer Oscar C. Rogers. They plan to live at 29 School Street after November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Baptist Church
John S. Ballou
Mary E. White
Francis W. O'Brien
School Street
John W. Ballon
Times Office
Bath Enterprise
Oscar C. Rogers
Carriage Painting Business Change Notice
After 28 years of association, Frank Wormwood announces purchase of William Passmore’s carriage painting business and pledges to continue with the same quality, using only the best materials and seeking continued patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Passmore
Frank Wormwoo
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Meadows Inn
South End
State Road
High Street
Roy Sylvester
Maine Woods
Henry C. Upton
Frank E. Roberts
Judge Roberts
Drayton
Pomona Grange
Flora D. Leavitt
Lizzie Turner
Florence Hathorne
Wilson Bailey
Georgie Bailey
Ethel Bailey
Ruby Nason
Gladys Nason
Ida Gatchell
Sumner Baller
Geo. McKinney
Flora Leavitt
Lillian Rogers
West Bath Grange
Ceres
Milward Patten
Stinson
Doyle
Greig
State of Maine
Bros
Frank Gould
Nutting, Grover, Bailey
TF. Perkins
Sister Patten
Bro. Patten
Leavitt
Topsham Grange
Bowdoin
Walter Brown
Whittier
Albion K. Mooers
Carney Hospital
Welles
Brunswick Station
Ballou
Florence L. Rand
West Somerville
Hawley H. Crippen
London
Belle Elmore
Clara Ethel Leneve
Swett’s
Scribner's
Scribner’s
Walter S. Russell
Centre Street
Peerless Casualty Co
H.T. Stevens
Manaerr
Bath Trust Co
Arthur Sewall
Washington St
Maine
F B Nichols
North Street
Stowell
Evergreen and Country Gentleman
JF Upton
Winnegance
Hilt
Fok
RD Spear
Bowdoinham
TS White
JS Upton
Winneyance
Young Men’s
Thompson
Walter O.parker
Hercules Hose
Walter O.parker Co
Centre St
Sath
Gonley’s Specialty Store
E. Briry
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