Bath items recall local events of 1900
Forty years ago in Bath reports a boy, Lewis A. Jack, shot in the palm by a loaded revolver. Fire crews quell a mill chimney fire with minor damage. Schooner E. P. Avery arrives from Philadelphia with 895 tons of coal. Barnacle squalls rescue a catboat crew near Dix Island. Public kindergarten opens Sept 10 and school board adopts Milne's Arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Jack
William Jack
Bath
Jack
E. P. Avery
Greenleaf Hawley
Philadelphia
Maine Water Co
Avery
Local notices and maritime updates from September 7 1900
Obituary notes J Marshall Jewett 70 died in Lynn after a week illness, born in Bradford England. Shipyard updates report the four masted schooner Medford ready for sea next week and two keels for 3000 ton barges stretched. Personal notices include Miss Farida Drummond and Morris Temple engagement announced, Scott Frye receiving a mounted deer head, E C Plummer speaking at Democratic rallies, and property work by W G Sprague on A H Shaw and Tarbox houses. Fishing haul reports 40 barrels of herring and tinker mackerel off Goose Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Marshall Jewett
Bath
Lynn
Bradford
Eng
Bangor
Medford
Kelley, Spear & Co
Barkentine Elwell to Be Converted to Schooner at Kelley yard
The barkentine James W. Elwell will be rebuilt into a schooner at Kelley Spear Co. yard. Built eight years ago and launched under Capt. Robert Goodman, she was commanded by Capt. Robert Goodman since launch. Built by Capt. John R. Kelley, the managing owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Elwell
Kelley, Spear Co
Elwell
Robert Goodman
John R. Kelley
Pony trots through town as driver steps inside store
A pony hitched to a dog cart driven by Peter Brechin sped from Front street to Center Water and Vine streets before being caught after several futile attempts to slow it. Cannon of manganese bronze are being mass produced by Hyde Windlass Co for government life saving stations with a 2.5 inch bore and two feet length. The torpedo boat Barney built at Bath Iron Works completed a 25 mile trial on the Kennebec River, proving it can exceed 28 knots. Capt. Wylie's four masted schooner J Edward Drake will launch next Tuesday from New England Co. yard. Mr and Mrs Galen C Moses returned from Indian Rock Rangeley Lake after a two week visit. 318 new voters were added this week in the largest registration session to date. Funeral of Mrs Nancy S Quinnan held yesterday with Rev O W Folsom officiating. pallbearers listed. burial at Maple Grove. Gunning at Merrymeeting Bay poor so far. Ridley and Scott noted. Fred Sawyer to wed Isabella Risteen next Wednesday. Wakefield Matheson engagement announced. Telephone office shift extends hours starting Sunday night. George Minard wins Bethlehem golf championship with a silver loving cup.
Democratic rally and music on Front Street in 1900
On Saturday night September 10 1900 Front Street buzzed with music from three piano street organs an Italian orchestra and the Naval Cadet Band. Maine National Democratic committee member George E Hughes was named as successor to the late Arthur Sewall. Dems at Alameda heard C W Larrabee preside with speakers D J McGillicuddy Lewiston and E C Plummer. Charles Kelley was injured when a rocker pin failed and a carriage toppled briefly on Center Street. Henri Crosby clerked at Joseph Nichols Saturdays while Arthur Oliver stayed in Intervale New Hampshire until October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Naval Cadet
George E. Hughes
Arthur Sewall
Maine
National Democratic Committee
Henri Crosby
Joseph Nichols
Arthur Oliver
Intervale
N. H
Alameda
C. W. Larrabee
D. J. McGillicuddy
Lewiston
E. C. Plummer
City
Charles Kelley
Center Street
Maine's Next First Family Sees Ward 7 Polls Departure
Senator Sewall and Mrs Sewall along with children Alexandria David and Nicky left Ward 7 polling place Monday afternoon. The family later hosted neighborhood youngsters for free ice cream at Jimmy Kakos store, sparking talk that Ward 7 juvenile turnout rivals other wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
David
Alexandria
Nicholas
Local election noted as quiet presidential year in Bath
The day’s state election unfolds calmly with voters cautious amid a large turnout effort. Ward counts show moderate early voting while workers report a low enthusiasm. local firms grant midday layovers, and various residents resume or begin activities post-vacation or business travel.
Wiscasset Social Notes Highlight Clam Bake Guests
Wiscasset residents detail weekend visits and gatherings. Lawrence Radley and family joined Getchells near Quincy. A Sept 9 clam and lobster bake at Bailey's Point drew Bath families including Soule Hall Lennox and Bailey households. Tea at Ocean Point hosted by Zehrs of White Plains. Mrs Maass and Patricia Ann Woolwich return from visit while husband serves with 108th Infantry in New York. Sagadahoc Pomona attendees joined Lincoln Pomona at Huntington Hill Grange. Allison Howes and spouse noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence P. Radley
Joan Edith
Percy Hodgdon
Ronald
David
Jessie Quinnam
Newman Getchell
Donnell
Sidney B. Knight
Robert Heald
Curtis Pearson
Harvey T. Bailey
Harold Bailey
Marcia Bailey
Marcia Ellen Bailey
Josephine Foye
Alice Quinnam
Ocean Point
George Zehrung
White Plains
Robert E. Maass, Jr
Patricia Ann
Woolwich
Husbad
108Rd Infantry
New York
Sagadahoc Pomona
Lincoln Pomona
Huntoon Hill Grange
Allison P. Howes
Weekend guest list and local visits noted
Principal speakers and residents frequenting area homes are listed. Mrs. Mattie Chisterson of Malden Mass. visited Mrs. Josephine Foye. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Quinnam and baby Diana of Richmond called on Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quinnam. Har ry Quinnam and Jon Milton of Roslindale visited Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Shea. Mrs. George Sproul returned home after summer stay with Mrs. John Merry. Mrs. Josephine Foye plans a chicken dinner party for 16 or more ladies from Woolwich this Thursday evening. Mrs. Laura Fowle visits daughter Mrs. Asa Tupper at Boothbay Harbor. Mrs. Jennie Gould of Waterville stays with ill Mrs. Hattie Blagdon. Harold Shea and his mother were Bath visitors. Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond and Mrs. Briggs of Freeport visited to attend Lincoln Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Chisterson
Malden
Mass
Josephine Foye
Jackson Quinnam
Baby
Diana
Richmond
Harry Quinnam
Fred Geysler
Jon, Milton
Roslindale
Arthur Rainville
S. S. Shea
Harold Shea
George Sproul
John Merry
Woolwich
Laura Fowle
Asa Tupper
Boothbay Harbor
Jennie Gould
Waterville
Hattie Blagdon
H. S. Shea
Bath
George Hammond
Dromore Grange Hosts Degree Conferrals With Visiting Granges
Thirty nine members attended the Dromore grange meeting with visitors from Dirigo Sagadahoc West Bath and Woolwich to witness the conferring of third and fourth degrees on four candidates by Pomona Deputy Lorenzo Masses assisted by Mrs Alfreda Perkins at the piano A harvest supper followed with baked beans cabbage salad beets rolls brown bread pies and coffee The Penny March prize went to Carl Rideout
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Dirigo
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Woolwich
Pomona
Lorenzo Masses
Alfreda Perkins
Annie Wilson
Eva Sanford
Mabel Ansert
Carl Rideout
Phippsburg Society Notes From Summer Visits And Departures
Phippsburg weeklong social updates list guests and departures at Cox's Head and surrounding areas. Lida Oliver returns to Lynn after summer at Cox's Head. Maurice Avery Jr. leaves for Williston Academy. Prof Maurice Avery plans winter return. The Dickinson sisters visit Portland and Phippsburg home, while families from Brockton and Greenstreet end summer trips, including a World’s Fair visit in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wilbur
Cox's Head
Lida Oliver
Lynn
Mass
Harry Blainaford
Oliver
Ernest Blaisdell
Leland
Olive
Perrys
the Basin
Oaklyn
N.Y
Maurice “Avery, Jr
Williston Academy
Fast Hampton
Maurice Avery
Bess
Grace Dickinson
Phippsburg
Robert Whitehead
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Nancy Whitehead
Sagadahoc Probate Court Transacts Multiple Estates
Sagadahoc Probate Court session handles wills and administrations for Bath Woolwich Richmond and nearby towns. ExecutorsAdministrators appointed inventories filed bonds approved and guardianship actions noted across many estates including Dow McIntire Lefener and Stinson with Bath Trust Co as conservator or trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahoc
Acisa H. Williams
Richmond
Edward H. Kenerson
Winchester
Mass
Shirley Stinson
Woolwich
Robert W. Stinson
William S. Dow
Bath
N. Gratz Jackson
Jane M. McIntire
Grace M. McIntire
Charles F. Lefener
Charles N. Nawfel
Rover Savage
Harriet E. Alpen
Haverhill
George W. Greene
Elica KF. Eamery
Boston
Guardian
George W. Thomson
Bowdoinham
Ann Spotford
Francis D. Walton
Ruth V. Walton
Mary C. O'Hara
Charlotte FE. O'Brien
Nellie M. C. Stilphen
Warren M. Stilphen
James B. Mitchell
Lena P. Mitchell
Inza Soule Gardiner
Edwin B. Dunn
G. B. M. Soule
Harry W. Douglass
Noah Alexander
Bath Trust Co
Mary FE. Barry
William T. Hall
First of Bath Trust Co
Rachael H. Hall
Lillie M. Leonard
Mildred T. Barker
Byron F. Barker
Lillian M. Passmore
C. Louise White
Susan J. Bailey
Annie E. Cox
Fred C. Cox
Milton E. Footer
John Footer
September term probate court session reviewed by judge Dunton
In Sagadahoc probate court on Tuesday September 10 the second session proceeded with more business than usual. Judge Arthur J. Dunton passed upon the following matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Probate Court
Arthur J. Dunton
Wills Named Executors for Bath and Richmond Estates
The Bath and Richmond estates proceed with executors appointed. Jennie Brennan is named executrix for Harry B. Sawyer of Bath and is freed from bond. Ethel Blanche Rowland is named executrix for Sylvester Tt Rowland of Bath without bond. Beatrice W. Page is named executrix for Edward H. Page of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Sawyer
Bath
Jennie Brennan
Sylvester Tt. Rowland
Ethel Blanche Rowland
Edward H. Page
Richmond
Beatrice W. Page
Probate notices for Bath area estates heard September
Probate court in Bath, Sazadaloc County, orders notices for estates including Frima S Morse of Bath and Walter E Chase late of Bath. Executors and administrators ask for final accounts for J E Hughes and Roger Savage estates. A hearing set for October first at ten, to object if needed. publication in Bath Independent for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie FE
Preble
Julia C. Richards
Richmond
W. EF. Chase, Jr
Madelyn C. Jackson
Walter BE. Chase
Bath
Bath National Bank
Hachel — E. Dunning
Gilbert M. Flliott, Jr
Elizabeth A. Small
Wallace— E. Curtis
Lilla J. Curtis
J. F. Hughes
Daniel Th. Dougherty
Fupene Thebeau
J. EB. Hughes
Emma S. Morse
Topsham
Katherine M. Sprague
Atayur
Sazadaloc
Bath Schools Enrollment Surges as 1940-41 Counts Climb
Bath public schools report rising enrollments led by Morse High with 572 students on two days, bringing the high school total to 1,334 and elementary totals higher across the district. Overall Bath enrollment reaches 1,903, up from 1,782 last Fall, Supt. John Parker notes. Frances Lemont hosts a miscellaneous shower for Barbara Hopkins, who departs for the University of Maine in Orono. Guests include Abby McCabe, June Varney, Jeanette Varney, Barbara Trott, Priscilla Trott, Eunice Perkins, Amelise Bourque, Polly Nickerson, and Mildred Cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
John Parker
Frances Lemont
Barbara Hopkins
Frank Lemont
Washington Street
Miss Hopkins
Orono
University of Maine
Abby McCabe
June
Jeanette Varney
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Eunice Perkins
Amelise Bourque
Polly Nickerson
Mildred Cutting
Happiness in Maine as Sumner Sewall wins governor race
The victory parade crowned Sumner Sewall of Bath as Maine’s next governor with a smashing 1928-era plurality. His mother Mrs. William D Seawith and wife Mrs. Sumner Sewall share top happiness, each calling the moment the happiest of their lives.
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Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine
Govenor
Senator Sewall
William D Seawith
York Hall
North Side Oak Street House for Daniel McDougall
The south side of Oak street near Lincoln features a new house for Daniel Mc Dougall of the pipe shop. Bill Harvie of Iron Works machinists, famed for yarns, recalls winters in Nova Scotia when families froze flounders to make shingles for walls and meals from kitchen larder shortages.
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Oak Street
Lincoln
Daniel McDougall
Pipe Shop
Bill Harvie
Iron Works
Bill
Nova Scotia
Home town gives Sewall big vote
Miss Susan Campbell of New York has returned after a visit with the Misses Marion and June Howard at the Anchorage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Susan Campbell
New York
Marion
June Howard
Anchorage
Probate appoints executors and admins in Sagadahoe estates
John L. Jack register of probate certifies that in several Sagadahoe estates persons were named as executors admins and guardians on September 3 1940. Grace Mclntire administratrix of Bath estate Jane M McIntire and Charles N Nanfel administrator of Charles J Lefever etc with bond commitments and attestation by John J Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoe
Jane M. McIntire
Bath
Grace M. Mclntire
Charles J. Lefever
Ete
Charles N. Nanfel
Waterville
William S. Dow
N. Gratz Jackson
Shirley Stinson
Sife
Woolwich
Robert W Stinson
Luella M. Peterson
Georgie B. Footer
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The
Bath Daily Times
Jake Conant
New Meadows
New England Shipbuilding Co
I. L. Doughty
William Palmer
Popham Life Saving
Dan Hart
Dix Island
G. G. Deering
Somerset
A. P. Davis
Henry O. Barrett
Atlantic
David P. Davis
Barrett
M. W. Woodman, Jr
Livermore Falls
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
G. H. Dole
Middle Street
Milne
Harry Cobb
Bertha Soule
Arthur Dunning
Old Orchard
O. S. Staples
Massachusetts
F. Z
Horace Kenniston
Walpole
Llewellyn Rogers, Jr
Charles Owen
Lisbon
Fred C. Scribner
Diamond Mineralpring Water Co
Richard Harnden
Will Harndell
Fred A. Norton
Norton
Leopold Morse
N. T. Palmer
Mabel Palmer
Herbert Harris
White Mountains
Esther Rebekah Lodge
Palace
5S. T. Snipe
Chicago
Detroit
Montreal
Quebec
Henry Worth
Lydia Lord
Farida S. Drummond
Morris D. Temple
Scott R. Frye
M. A. Weston
Monarda
Scott
Vassalboro
Baldwin
Portland
Rock Ledge
Popham
John H. Stacy
W.G. Sprague
A. H. Shaw
Dick Leydon
Goose Rock
Peter Brechin
Center
Vine Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Barney
Bath Iron Works
United States
Kennebec River
Parker Head
Galen C. Moses
Indian Rock
Rangeley Lake
Board of Registration
Board
Nancy S. Quinnan
O. W. Folsom
David T. Percy
S. T. Snipe
Samuel Anderson
Joseph Sprague
Maple Grove Cemetery
Merrymeeting Bay
al Ridley
Ned Scott
West Point
Academy
Fred Sawyer
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Isabella Risteen
Frank S. Wakefield
Sarah A. Matheson
John Matheson
Concord
George Minard
Bethlehem Links
W. M. Brooks
Sarah Brooks
D. M. Humphreys
Ketley, Spear & Co
Mate Seavey
E. F. Kelley
Walter Coombs
Hallet
Ella Stover
Pittston
S. H. Cooley
Wiscasset
Dromore Grange
William Dennison
Alice
Jean
Richard of
Greenstreet
New York City
Scott Lancaster
Bowdeinham
CC. Eugene Ill
Trix
Beatrice E. Sprague
Harold J. Rubin
James Palozzi
Edwin L. Rogers
John J. Fitzpatrick
Edward W. Bridgham
Winifred G. Morse
James L. Morse
Cora F. Burgess
John Burgess
Albert A. Babb
Fulton E. Babb
Lizzie FE. Lombard
Harvey A. Henderson
George F. Young
Jennie S. Brennan
Edward C. Hemke
Helen Sloane Hemke
Gertrude E. Footer
Lottie E. Parson
Lottie E. Wilson
Abner J. Wilson
Benjamin L. Donnell
Flora B. Tollman
Gardiner D. Rogers
Harold C. Hart
J. Emery Footer
Harold FE. Footer
Joseph Charles Footer
Allan Spear
E Tta
Lucy G. Southworth
Robert D. Metcalf
James Coombs
Stilphen
John J. Desmond
Eugene M. Desmond
Madeline B. Shaw
Pearl M. Lemont
Everett G. Lemont
James B. Lemont
Harry W. Lemont
Frank Forrest Jack
James S. Lowell
Horace W. Swett
Lillian A. House
Harriet L. Mitchell
Willace Ro Ham
Roger Savage
Maria Savage
Lines Dillon
Harriet E.i Halpen
William D. Sewall
Dale
Bailey Small
Bailey
Joan I
Jack Register
John J. Jack
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