Hanscom named Bath Iron Works general superintendent
February 28 1900 Charles Hanscom resigns as general superintendent of Bath Iron Works after ten years with the firm. John S Hyde is appointed successor. Hanscom left Bath for New York and had planned other work for some time. The issue notes continued activity at the yard with local trades and related business moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hanscom
Bath Iron Works
Pres. E. W. Hyde
Hanscom
New York
Bath
Iron Works
Gen. Hyde
John S. Hyde
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Record Set By Hand Sled Hauling Pulp Wood In Hancock
Thomas Lunt of Frenchboro Hancock county used a hand sled to haul 109 cords of pulp wood from the clearing to the Madway setting a local record. The maneuver highlights a rare method for moving timber in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frenchboro
Hancock County
Thomas Lunt
Star of Finland's Long Windjammer Tale Ends in Obscurity
A Bath built bark Kaiulani renamed Star of Finland journeys from Alaska voyages to Hollywood film seas. The last of the Star windjammers, she sailed from Sewall yard Bath Maine in 1899 and served until 1930s decline before sale to Portland interests. She later doubled for the William Brown in Souls at Sea and remains a noted relic of the sail era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Tom White
New York Times
Kaiulani
Sewall Yard
Star of Finland
Alaska Packers Association of
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Cielden
Finland
Pacific
Bering Bight
Sewall
Bath
Kalakaua
Hawaii
South Sea
New South Wales
Newcastle
James Drummond
Alaska Packers
Star Sisters
Alaska
San Francisco Bay
Star of
Hollywood Navy
William Brown
Lapland
Shetland
Cape Horn
Philadelphia
Seattle
Falkland
England
Brammere
Market Street
Sia
India
San Diego
Australia
Bath Times and Waterville Sentinel Open Bowling Tournament
Bath Times bowling quintet meets Waterville Sentinel in Bangor in the opening round of a 17-team newspaper bowling tournament. First round pairings list matches and byes with play starting Saturday at 2 PM. The note closes with a random fact about US carriage production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Times
Waterville Sentinel
Bangor
Portland Express
Kennebec Journal
Waterville
Press Herald
Bangor News
Lewiston
Suntel
Commercial
Evening Express A
Drunken Driving Arrests Vary by Age and Region
Aetna Life survey of 41 U.S. cities shows drivers under 25 are not the majority of drunken offenders. The study notes declines in many cities from 1934 to 1939, with western states reporting the largest drops while increases appear in a minority of cases. Enhanced safety education is cited as helping reduce drinking and driving attitudes.
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Safety Education Department
Aetna Life Affiliated
United States
Repor
Sheveged
Tdis
Antonio
Texas
New York
Chicago
Clevelind
Detroit
Four Fights Signed For Friday Night Boxing Card
Promoter Nick Mihalos has signed four of five scheduled bouts for Friday’s show at the Armory hall headlined by Danny Needham of this city facing Julio Silva of Providence R. I. The six round light heavyweight main event and a six round semi-final feature Buck Jordan of Freeport and Jackie Davis of Bath with several local matchups including Guy Wright of Kennebunk. Needham, a rising 21 year old, is drawing local interest after recent tough outings and strong performances against familiar opponents. A Smithsonian certificate at the Kennebunk library notes the town’s support for knowledge diffusion programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Armory Hall
Nick Mihalos
Danny Needham
This City
Julio Silva
Providence
Jackie Davis
Bath
Buck Jordan
Freeport
Charlie Cooney
Bowdeinham
Bill Duffie
Portland
Guy Wright
Jack Thompson
Lowell
Mass
al Simibaldi
Berlin
Lewiston
Fivu
Simbaldi
Sinibaldi
Nine Court
Needhams
Sinibalda
Ton Broward
Sera Silva
Needham
Friday
Manny Almada
Joey Archibald
Almada
Bille Coma
New Amsterdam Casualty Company Balance Sheet 1939
The New Amsterdam Casualty Company reports assets totaling 27 301 456.94 with real estate mortgage loans stocks and bonds cash in office and bank and other assets. Liabilities include net unpaid losses 11 559 765.04 , credited premiums 6 244 634.58 reserve contingencies 1 652 636.06 and other liabilities 1 844 421.46, with a cash capital of 1 000 000.00 and surplus over liabilities of 5 000 000.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Amsterdam Casualty Company
St. Paul Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Real Este
Actual Battles of Marines Rival Those of Movies
Marines' real life engagements in Nicaragua and other settings provided gripping drama that rivaled film thrillers. A small force endured fifteen hours of siege until air support regrouped, with one Marine killed and several wounded, while two aviators rallied bombing planes to rout the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U .S
Victor McLaglen
Edmund Lowe
James Cagney
Richard Dix
Jack Holt
Lawrence Tibbett
Lon Chaney
Marine Corps
Tropics
Hollywood
China
Haiti
South Seas
Nicaragua
Hatfield
Steeves' Marketmen Nearing Tuesday Night Title
Steeves' Market bowlers clinched part of the Tuesday Night League title at Park Alleys by taking 10 points to extend their lead over Plant's Garage to 18. O M Redlon's narrowed the gap to 7 1/2 points as Dick Frates led with 45 59 for five strings while Plant's posted 50 7 and Irving Dailey 491. The text also notes records by Philbrick and Small in strings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slpev GS Mbergls Hyo
Plant
Park
O M. Redlon
Dick Frates
Irving Dailey
Probate Notice for Estate in Bath Saguenhoc County
Court of Probate in Bath Saguanhoc issues notice to interested parties for Mary E Gallant's petition to sell real estate of late Ant Gallant. Publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. Hearing set for the second Tuesday of March 1940 at ten o clock. Arthur J Dunton, Judge of Probate. Attest John I Jack, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Saguanhoc
Probate notices in Bath Sagadahoc Court February 1940
In Bath Sagadahoc County a probate court on February 15 1940 ordered notice to interested parties about estates of Samuel S Sewall and others. Hearings scheduled for March 1940 at ten o'clock for account actions by Chemical Bank & Trust Co and guardianship matters, including license to sell real estate in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath ii
Sagadahoc
Bath
Samuel S Sewall
Chemical Bank & Trust Coty
Marcia Sewall Webb
Samuel S Sewal
Chomnteal Bank & Trust Company
Horace W Swett
Said Hath
William B. Mussenden
Charlies H
High Scorers List From Y M C A Church League
The Y M C A Church Basketball League regular season high scorers are listed led by Leland Fortier of St. Mary's with 199 points. Maurice Puffer trails with 110 and Earl Brown with 108, among 29 top scorers including players from St. Mary's Grace Elm Phalanx and Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M.C. A. Church
Leland Fortier
St. Mary's
Maurice Puffer
Earl Brown
Harry Fullerton
Grace
Stanley Lewis
Elm
Clarence Arsenault
Plulip Oliver
Robert Burgon
Central
Robert Clark
Phalanx
George McKellar
Charles Grace
Beacon
Ety Alee Baka Central
Edward Sewall
Clinton Childs
Phalans
Tepe
Democrats Win Election Monday Ward Races With Several Unopposed
The report lists vote tallies for multiple wards including Ward 1 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 and Ward 7 with candidates Nellie Hunt Philip Tardiff Stanley Wallace Mabel Ansert Bessie Dickinson Marion Stinson Henry Sheffield Inez Rothwell Bertha Dunbar Harry Passmore Elizabeth Deering Edith Abbott Eva Sanford Edith Page Emma Leonard Frances Clerk Antoinette Teeling Edward Brown Edward Clancy Peter McVicar Walter Clark William Wakefield Henry Albert Frank Danforth Duncan McInnes and Francis Lyons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Haskell
Frank O. Dunton
William P Marks
John R. Newell
George Baer Connard
Joseph A. Robinson
Rexford B. Stover
Nellie G. Hunt
Philip L. Tardiff
Stanley FE. Wallace
Mabel E. Ansert
Bessie E. Dickinson
Marion Stinson
Henry W. Sheffield
Inez I. Rothwell
Bertha M. Dunbar
Harry T. Passmore
Elizabeth Deering
Edith E. Abbott
Edith M. Renaud
Eva I. Sanford
Fred H. Lord
Edith H. Page
E. Emma Leonard
Frances M. Clerk
Belle B. Coffin
Antoinette L. Teeling
Edward Brown
Chester C. Varney
Edward Clancy
Frank C. Dingley
Peter O. McVicar
Charles M. King
Walter W. Clark
William W. Wakefield
Henry Albert
Frank A. Danforth
Duncan McInnes
Francis W. Lyons
Pat the catch dog lights up North Monmouth town
Arland J Wing owns Pat a nine year old bull-terrier and Collie who has hunted cattle for six years. Since fall he has caught at least 100 wild heifers and in one day caught ten in two hours. Pat never misses a target once he spots the animal, sometimes outracing handlers to rope them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Arland J. Wing
North Monmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Time
G.H. Grant
New England Yard
H. A. Card
Summer Street Court
Laura V. Card
Harold A. Wood
P. W. Means
Gardiner
William “Gilbert & Son
Robert White
Center Street
Frank Black
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Bath High School
Armory Hall
Jennie Harvey
Armory
Columbia Orchestra
M. W. Sewall
J. O. Lincoln
F. B. Nichols
Charles H. Norton
Lucc.ee
Clark Mitchell
Auburn
John A. Morse
the Kennebec
A. H. Shaw
Board of Registration
Rebekahs
John Sonia
St. Bernard
Dorothy
Tug Seguin
Boston
Barkentine
S. G. Hart
R. H. Baxter
Palace Hotel
A. G. Page, Jr
E. C. Purington
W. H. Field
Dr. P. T. Clifford
Fred Drake
Mendelssohn Club
F. A. Johnson
Fairfield
Lydia M. Deering
Point Lookout
Maine Central Yard
Cath Ge Has
Charles L. Farnham
Sagadahock Block
Connecticut
Cleveland
Fred Brown
Front Street
Main
Andrew Tibbets
Charles H. Hooper
Read Nichols Co
Harold Roberts
Leon Winslow
Clarence Lindsey
Arthur Shorey
Frank Mikelsky
Maurice Owen
Carrie Klippel
Addiella Donnell
Jessie Ramsay
Charlotte Farnham
Lilla Burns
Joel J. Dobbins
Lower
Washington Street
William A. Fairburn
University of Michigan
Fairburn
Western University
Seguin
Colby
North Boothbay
Augustus Hunt
Sasanoa River
Arrowsic Bridge
Adelia
E. M. Fuller
W. G. Webber
Fred Crocker
Popham Beach
Maine
Fuller
A. F. Duniels
Popham
Pitch Pine Hill
Dromore Bridge
Percy Cottage
Arthur S. Hyde
Rivers
A. F. Ropes
Omar E. Chapman
John R. Kelley
Chapman and Co
A. G. Ropes
I. F. Chapman & Co
Marine Beauty
Helen W. Martin
Percy & Small
Gus Huse
Pudd’nhead Wilson Co
Alice McDonald
Foxcroft Academy
E. W. Mower
Augusta
Peter Smith
Elk Garden
Maine Central Railroad
Benavides
New England Co
B Line
Lizzie West
J. C. Higgins
Edward C. Stiness
Pawtucket
North Carolina
S. Augusta
Franklin Reed
Octave DeWolf
Charles DeWolf
Charles
Liberty Street
DeWolf
Georgetown
Jacob Powers
William
Fortress Monroe
John Fitzgerald
Charles E. Hyde
Fernando R. Pottle
Joseph C. Wyman
Pottle
Wyman
Percy Barbour
Town
Julia Watson
New Meadows Inn
W. G. Boothby
F. H. Percy
H. E. Cole
Emma Small
Sarah Watson
North End
Carpenter's Union
John Preney
Tome
City
James A. Winslow
Cyrus Jones
Times Office
Hyde
Percy W. Means
C. M. Drake
J. Albert Redlon
Lemont Street
Gowen W. Brooks
Hull
Kennebec Yacht Club
S. L. Fogg
Lloyd Bankson
John S. Deering
Arthur G. Vose
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Waterville High School
Caribou
Miss
Florida
Cecille Perkins
Miami Beach
Miami
Central Press
Kennebunk Library
Smithsonian Institute
Washington,d. C
Kennebunk Free Library
Smithsonian Scientific
C. G. Abbott
Hollywood Pictures
Steeves
Harrineten
Ip Plant
Tpatidls
Proneworthy
Dolev
Allard
Arthur J Dunton
John I
Jack
Arthur Jo Dunton
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