Bath men try to break jail in Brunswick lockup
John Scannell of Bath with Charles Hamilton and Michael Sullivan of Banser attempted to escape Brunswick jail. Scannell had been fined for intoxication and jailed after a second arrest. Hamilton and Sullivan received thirty days each for evading fares. Police later found the tampered lock and moved the trio to Portland jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scannell
Bath
Charles Hamilton
Michael Sullivan
Banser
Brunswick
Scannell
Hamilton
Sullivan
Thompson
Brown Bible Class Second Annual Outing at Happy Nook
The Brown Bible class of People's Baptist Church held its Labor Day outing at Happy Nook with 96 attendees. Activities included sack races, three legged races, dashes, jumps, tug of war, and a ball game won by Rev S A Evans's class. Edward McMann led points with 22. Lunch featured clam chowder and corn, followed by supper and awards a silver cup trophy for the best team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Bible
People’s Baptist Church
Labor Day
Happy Nook
People’s Church
New Meadows Landing
Rev. S. A. Evans
Fred E. Bragg
Frank Dickson
Lee McMann
Leroy Dickerson
Edward McMann
L. I. Sheldon
Edward Higgins
Ror Colby
Fred Bragg
L. L. Sheldon
lLadies
Marion Dickson
Alice Dickson
Fred Bragg Sr
E. A. Southard
A. Evans
Mr. Evans
Durfee and O Hara Married at St Marys Church
Charles Durfee of Boothbay and Delia O Hara of this city were married by Rev. N J Horan of St Marys Church Sunday evening. Durfee is a fisherman and they will reside in Boothbay. Dorothy Burns, guest of Mrs. Simon Wall in Wiscasset, returned home Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Durfee
Boothbay
Delia O'Hara
N. J. Horan
St. Mary’s Church
Mr. Durfee
Dorothy Burns
Simon Wall
Wiscasset
Welcome Home Reception For Rev and Mrs Evans
The Christian Endeavor Society at People's Baptist Church hosted a vestry reception to honor Rev S A Evans and his wife returning from vacation. The event featured fern and flag decor, a musical program, and a bouquet for Mrs Evans who was absent due to fatigue. Ice cream and cake were served as officers recalled a pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of
The
People’s Baptist Church
S. A. Evans
Dew
Foster
Cummings
Dwyer
Beltran Crocker
Arthur Stilphen
Home Sweet Home
Austin Holbrook
Evans
Climb Up Mt Washington Party Returns After Trek
A party led by A. B. Stearns and companions from this city and M. L. Stinson of Lewiston traveled to Mt. Washington, reached Gorham, hiked to Hermit camp and Tuckerman Ravine, then rode the Gulfside and Randolph trails back. They logged about 54 miles round trip and returned the same day with a restful night at Ravine House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stearns
L. P. Webert
H. L. Jackson
B. H. Murray
M. L. Stinson
Lewiston
Mt. Washington
Gorham
N. H
Hermit Camp
Tuckerman Ravine
Mt. Washington House
Gulfside
Randolph
Ravine House
Womans Peace Party of Maine Elects District Chairs
A special meeting at Mrs. Sarah Aderton’s home elected delegates to the State Convention in Skowhegan on Sept. 14. District chairs named include Mrs. George F. French Portland. Mrs. F. R. Catland Lewiston. Mrs. Kate B. Ellis Fairfield. Mrs. Stanley Plummer Dexter. Miss Alice Mar Douglas to lead speaking tour. William Vanscoy returns from Gloucester visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Aderton
Portland
F. R. Catland
Lewiston
Kate B. Ellis
Fairfield
Stanley Plummer
Dexter
Maine
Ellis
Grange
Plummer
Maine Federation of Womens’ Clubs
International Council of Women
Maine Party
Jane Addams
Bar Harbor
Miss Douglas
Probate Court Hears September Term Administrations and Accounts
Probate Court in September term settles administrations, guardianships, wills, and final accounts. Administrations granted include Joel S. Allen Bowdoin to Charles H. Allen and Lelia A. Tucker Bath to John H. Tucker. Guardians named Abbie M. Brown Bath and Daisy R. Bouter Arrowsic. Licenses grant sale of estates for Ainley and Sullivan minors with Georgetown and Bath properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel S. Allen
Bowdoin
Charles H. Allen
Lelia A. Tucker
Bath
John H. Tucker
William H. Stuart
Richmond
Genevieve Stuart
Fannie E. DeMott
Charles Whitehouse
Jessie M. Tuttle
Abbie M. Brown
Thomas H. Brown
Daisy R. Bouter
Helen W. Jones
Minor
Arrowsic
Miranda J. Whitmore
Jane M. Whitmore
Frederick EE
Whitmore
George Lovbe
Topsham
Marie Louise
William T. Hallla
Elvira Carrie Hall
Addie M. Wright
Herbert C. Wright
Charles W. Lee
George H. Lee
West Bath
Charles C. Turner
Ellen L. Turner
Herbert E. Douglass
Myrtie L. Douglass
Flora S. Weymouth
Frank Starbird
Edward H. Carleton
Margaret A. Groves
Woolwich
Joseph M. Trott
MacDonald E. White
Susan J. Bailey
John H. Bryant
William T. Bryant
Anna E. Butler
Fred F. Butler
Catherine Craig
Stephen Killam
John L. Ellis
Daniel S. Jaques
George E. Williams
Boston
Ada M. Williams
Ripley
Maine
William A. Merrill
Walter S. Glidden
Frank B. Townsend
Susie T. Cross
James F. Patten
Bowdoinham
Annie E. Hildreth
Arthur W. Murphy
Harvey, N. B
Edmund S. Murphy
Abbie P. Deering
Abbie S. Starkey
Maxime Dancause
James O. Roberts
Margaret A. Wildes of
Ward
Zina Hunt
Donald J. MacDonald
Marshall A. Haraden
Lydia A. Patterson
John W. Foster
Humphrey Purrington
Harriet A. Purrington
Lucy A. Dennett
John M. Dennett
Edward J. Millay
Edward M. Graves
Martie L. Douglass
I.l
Leslie G. Ainley
George H. Ainley
Marion Ainley
Georgetown
Mary A. Sullivan
Jeremiah F. Sullivan
Annie L. Sullivan
Elizath M. Sullivan
Jeremiah L. Sullivan
Hustreet
Harry J. Cornish
Gardiner of Hyde Park Visits Maine on 34th Summer
George M. Gardiner of Hyde Park arrives on his annual vacation trip. He plans to visit his niece Mrs. Ida Robbins in the city, return to Georgetown, and revisit boyhood scenes in Phippsburg. A Sagadahoc native, he sailed as a young man and later ran a livery stable and contracting business. Now in his eightieth year, he has not missed Maine summers in 34 years. Mrs. Gardiner was formerly Miss Rhoda R. Lucas of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Gardiner
Hide Park
Ida Robbins
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Gardiner
Sagadahoc County
Joseph Thomson
J. R. Kelley
Many Town Residents Travel Over Labor Day Weekend
A burst of weekend trips and visits fills Bath area notes. Portland and Boston residents extend travels to local households while locals vacation at White Mountains Sebasco Estates and Northeast Harbor. Families, workers, and officials mingle during Labor Day, with several returning home from outings and others heading to relatives in Boston, New York, or Jamaica Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fields
Portland
New York
James A. Connellan
Samuel Davis
John Gage
White Mountains
R. Merrithen
William Beckwith
Cliftondale
Mass
James Jewett
Belanger
Boston
Charles E. Tallman
Marion Hersey
Richmond
Ellard A. Marr
Lottie Blanchard
E. H. Given
Harmon
Melrose
J. C. Minott
Margaret Larrabee
Dr. Abbott’s Hospital
Paul Fitzgerald
R. H. Shaw
Langdon Hill
Rufus Motley
Stanley Cromwell
Motley
Middle St
Mary Varney
Mary Ingham
Auburn
D. T. Shaw
Ralph P. Covel
Boothbay Harbor
William J. O’brien
Sebasco Estates
Merritt
Harry Smith
R. Schlenker
F. J.whelan
Hull Draughting Department
New Meadows
G. W. Pembroke
Ardelle
Carl
Brooklyn
J. L. Trott
The
Electric Boat Co
New London
E. A. Garcelon
Labor Day
O. H. Garcelon
Jamaica Plain
F. N. Monroe
Mary
Grace A. Goodwin
Ruth
Carrie Ward
Old Orchard
George A. Crockett
Columbia Theatre
Lawrence
Bath Area Social Notes Highlight Travel and Visitors
Vacation and business travel fill pages with names and towns. Residents like P Carey, Eichels of Newton, Crawford of Brunswick, Thayer of Portland, and Mikelsky visiting Bar Harbor are listed alongside returns from Boston trips. Local hosts welcome guests from Rockland to New York, with weekend rides, Labor Day visits, and Atlantic coast connections noted. Bath and surrounding towns show steady movement and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Carey
Boston
Benford Eichels
Newton
Mass
Bath
E. L. Crawford
Brunswick
Addison Thayer
Portland
Farida Mikelsky
Bar Harbor
John Jane
James McNeil
James H. Cutting of Meadowbrook 65 Dies After Illness
James H. Cutting of Meadowbrook aged 65 years two months and eight days died Wednesday after a long illness. He was a Meadowbrook native and lifelong carpenter with work in this city. Survived by wife four daughters Mrs. Walter Hutchins Brooklyn N Y Mrs Edward Little Mrs Samuel M Jordan and Miss Susan Cutting and brother George Cutting of Meadowbrook. Funeral held Friday at one from the homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Cutting
Meadowbrook
Cutting
John F. Cutting
Walter Hutchins
Brooklyn
N. Y
Edward Little
Samuel M. Jordan
Susan Cutting
Meadodbrook
George ®. Cutting
George ®. Cutting of This City. Mr. Cutting
Mrs Janet Maria Wilson Dies After Brief Illness
The remains of Mrs Janet Maria Wilson wife of Rev Lewis G Wilson secretary of the American Unitarian Association died at Ocean Point after a brief illness with apoplexy. She is survived by her husband and two sons Rev John H Wilson and Everett Wilson with connections to Watertown and Cincinnati. Her marriage occurred Sept 26 1883 with prior name Janet Marie Cook of Southboro. The family home lately was on Palfrey Street Water town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Maria Wilson
Lewis G. Wilson
Boston
American Unitarian Association
Ocean Point
Lewis Gilbert Wilson
Wilson
Janet Marie Cook
Southboro
Leicester
Hopedale
Palfrey St
Watertown
Miss Ada H Snow Dies in Malden at 46
Miss Ada H Snow formerly of this city died suddenly in Malden on Saturday afternoon at age 46 11 months. A Bath native and daughter of the late Jesse Snow she had worked eighteen years as a rubber factory inspector in Malden. She leaves two sisters Mrs George Albee and Mrs Robert C Mitchell of this city. Funeral was held Tuesday from Mrs George Albee's Corliss Street home Rev B P Brown officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada H. Snow
Malden
Bath
Jesse Snow
George Albee
Robert C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Corliss St
B. P. ‘Brown
R. C. Mitchell
Charles W. Brown
Walter McIntire
Haverhill
Mass
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mrs Anne E Merrill Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Anne E Merrill age 81 5 months died Sunday night in this city after a long illness. She lived in Windsor Maine for years and was widow of Anthony C Merrill. Survived by sister Mrs Ella Howard and son Andrew S Merrill. Funeral at 3 PM Tuesday at son’s home 20 Garden St. Burial in Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne BE. Merrill
Steam Escape From 282 Express Halts Bath Street
At 8 15 p m residents heard a loud blast of steam from locomotive 282 of the New York express in the Bath roundhouse. Water was released to cool the engine while repairing leaking tubes after a trip from Rockland, two engines replacing 282 on departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Night
New York Express
Rockland
Th Express
Leavin Bath
Pier repairs after storm collision at Popham port
Contractor Carlton repaired the steamship pier at Popham after a Boston steamer was bumped last week by the swell from a major sea storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton
Popham
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brown Bible Class
Pastor Evans
Emma Blaisdell
R. McCutcheon
Ohatra-Durfee
Endeavorers of People's Church
Amanda McIntire
Arthur Sulphen
Washington
New Hampshire
William Vanscoy
Gloucester
Probate
Lowell
Sam Stark
Ralph H. McCabe
R. L. Scammon
Biddeford
Vivian Colby
Della Young
Parker Head
Rooke Farm
Erma Nash
Howard Nash
Harry Farnham
George Conway
North Bath
Fred Wood
Skowhegan
F. M. Wood
North St
Selwyn Thompson
Belfast
Wood
Thompson Mfg. Co
A. R. Madden
Providence
Alex McCullough
Madden
New England Yard
Alberta Cottage
Foster’s Point
Ada E. McCormick
Northeast Harbor
Somerville
Morse High
Sarah Orr
Leah Green
Harbor
E. J. Allen
Freeport
J. C. Larrabee
George Tobey
Fred Shaw
Alton Maines
Fred Clark
Parris & Marr
A. W. Farrell
Portsmouth Navy Yard
John Farrin
New Tremont
Harry Pendleton
Florence
Camden
William Shea
Beacon St
A. H. Blackington
Leslie Soule
Belmont
J. T. Soule
Soule
Dead Water
E. J. Burns
Theodore
Isabel
E. W. Jackson
Alonzo Hunt
Susie Dort
East Pepperill
Frank Jones
Paul M. Olm
Augusta
Albert
Kittery
Anna McQuarrie
Carrie Moore
Mark Costello
Morrell McKenna
Cora Chapman
H. B. Bow
Damariscotta
Charles F. Gardiner
Rockport
Camden Savings Bank
Arthur R. Chadbourne
Percy
Phippsburg Center
Percy Homestead
Ridge
Esther
Marie King
Laura King
Cumberland Avenue
Portland Argus
Thomas Spence
Small Point
Spence
Fore River Co
Texas Oil Co
Admiral Peary
Monticello Lawn
Mount Jefferson
Apalachian Club
Anne E, Merrill
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