Early decision awaited on Bath turnout case
The Bath Box Co and Lewiston Augusta & Waterville line seek to build a turnout on Washington Street to move freight cars between the Maine Central yard and the Bath plant. Petitions challenge council approval and legal authority to move cars through streets. A swift ruling could allow construction before ground freezes, or prompt procedural fixes if favoring petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Phoenix
Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville St. By. Co
Maine Central Yard
Bath Box Co
Bath
Box Company
Trolley
Dunton
Mayr Dunton
Trolley Company
Ity
Maine Naval Militia to Join Panama Canal Fleet Cruise
Three divisions under Lieut. Commander Reuben K. Dyer will sail as crew for a Panama Canal voyage to the San Francisco Exposition. Militia officers and enlisted crews will train aboard and receive pay through Navy Department funding, with recruitment to reach authorized strength for a real sea duty cruise.
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Maine Naval Militia
Reuben K. Dyer
Panama Canal
San Francisco Exposition
New York
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Navy
National Guard
Navy Department
Naval Militia
Militia
San Francisco
Washington
Last Survivor of the Great Eastern Crew
Charles B Cunningham 91 recalls working on the Great Eastern in East Boston shipyards during the 1860s. He says many fellow craftsmen have died and he believes he may be the last or near last survivor, recalling his role shaping the keel and blocks during construction.
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Charles B. Cunningham
New Mills
Gardiner
East Boston
Bath
Pioneer Shipbuilder Cunningham Remembered in Gardiner Obituary
The obituary details the life of Charles B. Cunningham born in East Pittston, a shipbuilder and carpenter who built 11 Augusta vessels and No. 2 cotton mill. He invented a flange cleaner and a turntable for icehouses, served in the Augusta Fire Department, and spent time on the Somerset & Kennebec Railroad. He lived in California seven years and leaves two daughters and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Cunningham
East Pittston
Somerset & Kennebec
Augusta
California
Judson Reynolds
Keene, N. H
Anna F. Tillinghast
Boston
Charles B. Cunningham
Gardiner
Beacons and All Stars Start Bowling Season at Park Alleys
A good turnout last Friday at Park Alleys saw the Beacons and All Stars begin the bowling season with scores recorded for the opening games.
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Beacons and
All Stars
Beacons
Williams
Morrar TS
Miller
Aeler Miller Vo
McLoughlin
Estes
Tedford
Annable
Real estate transfers recorded at the Registries of Deeds
Last week the Registries of Deeds recorded numerous transfers in Bath Georgetown Bowdoinham Topsham Shippsburg Phippsburg Woolwich and other towns. Notable deeds include Cahill to James H. Ott in Bath and Ward to Mabel Marks Bacon in Bath with many more property transfers listed.
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James C. Varinton
George A. Cahill
James H. ‘Ott
Bath
Fred H. Ward
Mabel Marks Bacon
Charles C. Haley
John H. Stacy
Shippsburg
Herietta F. Bartlett
Harold J. Brown
Georgetown
Ellen E. Hagan
Edith H. Rowe
John Dunham
Lillian R. Curtis
Bowdoin
Charles DeWolf, Jr
John W. Summerton
Alfred Ll. Tarbox
Charles C. Toothaker
Eulala Sedgley
George E. Sedgley
Bowdoinham
Sarah E. Snowman
C. A. Bachelder
Ira L. Nevens Et. al
Dezonarde Morin
Topsham
Harry L. Gurney
Elizabeth E. Mount
Thomas Gillispie
George L. Gillispie
George L. Rogers
A. C. Kennett
West Bath
William M W. White
Annie P. White
Joseph L. Dunning
Ulysses G. Gordon
Woowlith
Josephine Walker
Alton B. Thwing
Woolwich
Ann M. Perry
Emma A. Perry
Phippsburg
Real Estate Trust Co
George E. McNulty
Michael Levesque
Fabien Belanger, Jr
Four Shot King of the Bay Ridley Ducks Hunters
Ridley, dubbed King of the Bay, shot two out of state duck hunters last week and they bagged 12 birds on Merrymeeting Bay. The catch included three bluebills, one pintail wr, one canvasback, and two ruddy ducks with the rest black ducks. Elliott claimed two canvasbacks and a blue bill. Mitchell took three whistlers on Thursday.
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King of the Bay
Ridley
Merrymeeting Bay
William Elliott
Four foot shark found alive then killed with clam hoe
A four foot shark separated from its pod wandered along the New Meadows shore near Fred Grown's summer home before being killed with a clam hoe in Mr. Browns hands. The creature had a large mouth capable of swallowing a child and wore two sets of sharp teeth. It drew crowd attention as the neighborhood centerpiece for a time.
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Schos of Sieks
New Meadows
Fred Grown
Mr. Brown
Obituary for Danville Deane Four Years Old
Danville Deane aged four years and ten months died Sunday evening at his home on Richardson Street after a year of declining health. A native of North New Portland he lived in Bath many years and was a well known teamster. He is survived by his widow a brother Melville of Madison a sister Mrs Hilton of North New Portland and two sons in Boston. The funeral was held Wednesday at three o'clock from his late residence 54 Richardson Street.
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Danville Deane
Richardson St
North New Portland
Bath
Melville
Madison
Hilton
Boston
Tragic Sudden Death From Norfolk Beach Area
Saturday a message to Engineer George E. Oliver announced the death of his wife on Popham Beach. She was near the age of 11 next week October 29. The widow leaves husband, seven year old daughter Margaret, a widowed sister Ada Wallace, and three sisters in Tiverton Nova Scotia and Calais Me. Undertaker Curtis will handle arrangements.
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Popham
George E. Oliver
Virginia
Popham Beach
Margaret Oliver
Ada Wallace
Bath
Tiverton
Nova Scotia
Calais
Curtis
Woman's Change of Life Relief Reported by Philadelphia Reader
Mrs Thomson of 649 West Russell Street Philadelphia describes six years of severe monthly pains during change of life. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and urges others to use it. The ad notes the company offers confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts and promises female staff responses.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomson
W. Russell St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Coe
Lynn
Mass
Drowning on-ship death of Oscar Snowman Jr
Captain Oscar Snowman writes of his son Mansfield's tragic death aboard the schooner Henrietta Simmons off Thatcher Island. The body was not recovered after Mansfield was struck by the sailing rigging and fell overboard. Mansfield Snowman Jr. was born in Bath on April 50 1894. The letter details the accident and bereaved father’s heartbreak.
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Oscar M. Snowman
Snowman
Henrietta Simmons
Bath
Annie
Mansfield
Thatcher
Oscar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Turnout Case
Bath Box Shop
Ox Company
Consignees
Impany
Frisco
G. Eastern
George Mitchell
Castoria
Fletcher
Danville
Deane
Mrs. Agnes Outhouse
Oliver
Thu Sue
New
Doe
Bears
the Centaur Company
New York City
Oscar M. Snowman, Jr
Universalist Church
Frances Southard
Pauline Adams
Kenneth Weeks
Carrie Shaw
Helen Powers
A. B. Hervery
Young Ladies
S. J. Willis
Marl
Monument Square
Portland
Exchange Street
Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central
Portland, Maine
M. Humphreys
Bath, Main
New England
Ercantile CO
Federal Trust Co
NEW England Mercantile CO
India Street
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