Bath Deaths and Weddings Highlight Local Life
Seemingly random Bath notices recount weddings and social visits, including Miss Gladys Parker visiting relatives and a wedding with a silk gown and shower bouquet. Others include Johnson and Miss Lucinda Tabor assisting, and Marrieds and guests from Detroit and Brockton, with trips to New York and Boston noted along with local civic items.
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Tyard
R. Hildreth
George. W
Banun
Brooklyn
Bristol
Jacobs
N Ae Johnson
Lucinda Tabor
Local Notes and Early Week Recap from Auburn and West Woolwich
Aug 28 1907 city briefs report a light chestnut horse for Baile a den mae with 168 horns and 1120 pounds drawing attention among horse lovers in Auburn Also noted is a 124 pound halibut sold to W A Jhek Mrs Fred C Swett and daughter Mary Lyall of Chicago visiting Mrs W E Whitmore Washington street and a musical program announced at West Woolwich Congregational church featuring Brenda Emery Josephine Snow Eva Corliss and Leslie Bailey plus Henry Ward Seared Thorne’s Head and Eugene Hartnett among attendees
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Acs
Vant
Auburn
Fred C. Swett
Mary Lyall
Chicago
W. E. Whitmore
Washington
Brenda Emery
Iss
S. Brown
Eva M. Corliss
Leslie Bailey
West Woolwich
Miss Marion and Eillestine Spencer Return from Vacation
Misses Marion and Eillestine Spencer of Chicago return home after a summer with Mrs. Lydia Regerts in Inno yance and a Portland trip with Mr. Spencer. The party, in a 40 horsepower Peerless car, reports the state tour went well and shows good road conditions. Upper High street hosts a notable dinner by Mrs. Addie Y with a circle of locals followed by a phonograph concert.
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Marion
Eillestine Spencer
Chicago
Lydia Regerts
Portland
Yesterda
Greemieabe Fatter
Upper High Street
Addie Y
Mies
Marriages and Local Happenings Capture August 31 1907
The city records the weddings of Napoleon Arsenault and Mary Ann Arsenault at City Hall and Walter Irving Norton with Maud Fuller as well as several local visits and social events. Jottings note trips to Boston, visits by Miss Lena Heald and Christina Gowell, and travel plans of Clarence Landsey and Joseph Madden. Train rule updates on Maine Central limit seating and foot placement.
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Walter Irving Norton
Man Maud Fuller
Napoleon Arsenault
Mary Ann Arsenault
City Hall
Navy midshipmen disciplined after Bath cruise incident
September 3, 1907 report notes four midshipmen at Bath were discharged from the Navy after a disorderly frolic during a summer cruise. Superintendent Briger ordered the actions, marking the first time the crew returned to shore without remaining aboard. The duck gunning season was mentioned in passing.
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Bath
Briger
Navy
Richards Richmond Social Notes Delayed Move and Visitors
Rich mond continued column notes several local moves visits and family events. The Baries relocate Reed Fond to Linden Street as Mrs Barieson teaches at Emerson School this year. A farewell to Mr Curran and a home party at Elsey Wright's featured games and dancing with neighbors and relatives.
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Reed
Linden Little House
High Street
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Emerson
Terrance Curran
Elsey Wright
Lester
Esther Savage
John Hawthorn
Stany
Bruce, Joyce
Ida Mill Iiss
Lillian A. Johnson
Ernest Long
Lewis
Auburn
Paula Bouche
Somerville
Mass
David Ames
Barbara Bond
Lawrence Bond
Washington, D. C
Bond
England
Holland
France
Iend
Fred Farley
Front Street
Jerry
Laura Sulphen
Russell Ring
Esther Ring
Russell Ring, Jr
Mildred Morris
Boothbay Playhouse
Lister Umberline, Jr
Lorraine Ellen
Gardiner General Hospital
Umberline
Marion Skinner
Nequasbet Auxiliary Plans Church Fair Cooperative
Nequasset Ladies auxiliary met at the home of Mrs. Wilbur Presby for a social gathering with tea and coffee. Plans were discussed for a joint church fair of the Nequasset Mothers' Club and the Ladies auxiliary to be held September 12 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Iwell with co chairs Mrs. Wilbur Presley and Mrs. Henry Dubar.
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Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Wilbur Presby
Amy Cromwell
Wilbur Presley
Henry Dubar
Cromwell
Guy Cromwell
Lester Holbrook
Per#2
Daley
Henry C. Seegers
Edr Blake
Aorne Piclelan
Henry
Wilbur
Near-Perfect Food But Lacks Some Nutrients
A food item provides all essential nutrients but fails to supply adequate levels of certain vitamins and minerals required for full body needs.
Landlords Refuse Rent To Families In Bath Maine
A veteran writes that landlords in Bath Maine deny rentals to families with children, recounting repeated rejections despite serving country and raising four sons. He asks why children are barred and urges fair housing for parents and children. The letter highlights bias against households with kids and calls for accessible, decent housing.
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Rts
United States
Bath
Maine
Bath Firemen Battle Large Woods Fire In Bath
More than 100 firemen and volunteers fought a woods fire near Bath around two o clock in the afternoon. Ashore from 1500 feet of hose and river relays, the flames threatened Leavitt Harvey Henderson Sr. and Alfred White farms until shifting winds and coordinated efforts halted the spread. Traffic backed up as hundreds of cars crowded the scene until state police redirected vehicles away from the area.
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Bath Fire Department
New Meadows
Brunswick Department
Bath
Leavitt
Harvey Henderson
Alfred White
West Bath
Ramona Council Hosts Fall Meeting Program
The Ramona Council in its first Fall meeting held an 8 p m session featured a program after the business portion. Perkins Spode performed a duet and Sophie McPherson read a poem, with poems by Mrs Alfreda Perkins and song by council members. The next meeting is planned for September.
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Ramona Council
Degree of Pocahontas
Eee Perkins
Forest service fire protection fails to halt timber losses
The United States forest service has improved fire protection yet tree growth lags behind timber losses from fire and other causes.
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United States Forest Service
Lebel Sets 18 Hole Record At Bath Country Club
Lewiston golfer Ray Lebel, a Bath Country Club member, lowered the 18 hole mark with 67 on the par 70 layout to win the Hyde Memorial Trophy for the second straight year. He also claimed the low gross prize and added a nearest the pin award. Frank Gilman and Sau Gerber won the Scotch foursome low gross while Jim Browning and Laur Temminen led the Scotch ball event. Lebel’s round featured six birdies and three bogies with a strong 81 outgoing and 36 back.
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Ray Lebel
Lewiston
Bath Country Club
Ednnesday
Jimmy Jones
Lebel
Jim Jones
Leon Buckeenaah
Adams
Leon Hansberry
Willowdale
Art Flannagan
Knox
S. Hoe Witsridgton
Parker Head Weekend Visitors and Local News
East Boston residents Leslie Logan and family return home from Parker Head after a holiday weekend visited by many neighbors and friends from Bath, Small Point, Wells, and Perkins Island. Local students and families plan or begin the new school year at Fryeburg Academy, North Yarmouth Academy, and Brunswick while others attend camps and clambakes along the coast.
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Leslie Logan
East Boston
Labor Day
Parker Head
H. D. Mank
Donald Logan
Donald
Marlene
New York
Small Point Beach
Archie MacAllister
South Paris
Leslie Darling
Roland MacGowen
Ellsworth
Turner McCarty
Walter McCarty
Bath and Fall River
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lorna and
J. Ashton, Jr
Evelyn Sanders
T Webber Cottage
Mr. Nickerson
Miss Sanders
Boston
Mank
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Earl Hamel
Cyrille Hamel
Wells
Phippsburg
Lloyd D. Lowell
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Karl Lowell
Berl Nisbet
Leeds
Nisbet
Raymond
Fryeburg Academy
Walter Percy
Waban
Leslie Oliver
Galen Hinckley
Connecticut
Sebasco Lodge
Norman Oakes
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Clarence Sheffield
Perkins Island
Thomas Skolfield
Harpswell
William Hibbard
Middletown
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William Oakes
Helen Beauchaine
Washington, D. C
Sam Sterberg
Herbert Bassett
Edwin M. Wyman
W. Rittall
West Dresden
Florence Rollins
Wyman
Walter Mann, Jr
Tommy Sheffield
Ney
Ie Chevrolet
Francis Gray
Barbara Harrington
Laurence
George Are Jr
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Moore
Jocko the Beachcomber Fishes Cape Cod For Bass
Eight years after leaving Worcester for a Cape Cod trip Johnny Sayes meets Jocko the Beachcomber a famed striped bass fisher known for self made lures and nights spent on Buzzards Bay riprap He built a living with bass worth high wholesale prices and popularized new lure styles while guarding his favorite Cape Cod Canal haunts and legends of the sport
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Mass
Johnny
Worcester
Cape Cod
Associated Press
Kosky
New England
Jocko
Cape
Cape Cod Canal
Cape and Islands
Bob Linton
Erraganset
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Charles
Caldera
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Ore
Bea
Johnnny
Bourne N
Nay Kosky
Probate Notice for Bath and Woolwich Estates
Probate filings list Cynthia M. Moses as executrix for the estate of A. Moses of Bath with a petition for probate and letters testamentary. Dorothy G. Norton and others may be named heirs or guardians, with notices to creditors and potential sale of real estate in Bath and Woolwich. A guardian estate, Mary J. Cummings, seeks license to sell. The document records a true copy attested on 21-28-4.
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A. Moses
Bath
Cynthia M. Moses
Nelson
Dorothy G. Norton
Anna E. Butler
Flaherty
Mary J. Cummings
George William Shaw
Woolwich
Ban T. Bath
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