Local notes record the Hyde Windlass payroll peak and town events
Hyde Windlass Co. employed over 400 workers the most in its history. Lowell Temple YW held its first meeting of the season. No bids came for the Muddy River bridge project in Augusta and the state may handle it. Bath statistics show August 13 deaths 12 marriages 15 births. Gardiner Justice Spear heard a case, Oliver vs Morse. George Page of 391 Washington Street was knocked down near NH Howard cigar store, sustaining facial injuries. A pony crate shipped from Squirrel Island to Lexington, Massachusetts bore a plea for oats and water at noon and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Lowell Temple
Ythian Sisters
Augusta
Muddy River
Grassy
Bath
Justice Spear of
Gardiner
Maine Supreme Bench
Harry F. Oliver
Elizabeth Morse
American Express
Maine Central Sta
Squirrel Island
Lexington
Mass
Hollis Webster
Five Island Grangers Picnic At Little River
The Five Island Grange held a picnic at Little River with 62 members attending and 22 riders on a hayrack. Supplies included clams and corn baked in heat rocks, followed by games, swimming, and a beach photo. Next Tuesday marks the Grange’s 100th meeting and second birthday with a first degree, cake, coffee, and music planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Little River
Everett Higgins Hayrack
Chase’s Hill
Five Islands
Wood Brothers
Grange Orchestra
Manfred Newdick
The
Amanda Blaisdell
Grang
J. T. Hinckley
Bath
East Bath social notes and local visits feature Lobster feast
Mrs. Horace Heath visits East Boston then returns home to East Bath. Visitors include Bert Wood Ira Allen and families with plans for Bath gunners opening Oct 1. A Temple party enjoyed a grand Casco Bay dinner with lobsters and clams. Albert and Minnie Pollard head to Waterville for fair and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Heath
East Boston
Myrick Heath
Annie Wood
Richmond
Bert Wood
Earl Brown
Bath
Ira Allen
Ralph Cunningham
Hoover
T. P. Temple
Tretchen Hulse
Bertha Hackett
L. P. Temple
W. Hackett
G. Wilse
Dr .R. Berry
Summer traffic grows as Edward Thomas ferries vacationers
Edward Thomas keeps busy transporting summer vacationists to boats and trains with five passengers on Wednesday night. Kenneth Wyman works for W R Dickinson this week. Social notes mention Mrs Henry Minott at Small Point Beach and Bath shoppers Christine Cutting and Frances Bishop. Dromore Grange meets Tuesday night with refreshments and requests to bring them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thomas
Kenneth Wyman
W. R. Dickinson
Henry Minott
Ernest Rogers
Small Point Beach
Christine Cutting
Frances Bishop
Bath
John Walker
Charles Percy
Percy Cobbs
Under-The-Lee W
Dromore Grange
Shipping board debate over coastwise trade opens at Congress
E C Plummer returns from Washington as testimony unfolds before the Merchant Marine committee. He criticizes proposals to open coastwise shipping to foreign vessels, arguing policy has long benefited from U S control and warning of risks to American crews and fleets.
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E. C. Plummer
Washington
Atlantic
Committee of Merchant Marine
Congress
Congressman White
Plummer
Shipping Board
Secetary of Commerce
Boston
Norfolk
United States
Canada
Great Lake
Great Lakes
Capada
Plumauer
Pacific
Plumner
Pliumier
Death of Charles Snowlten Brother of C Krank Snowlten
Charles Snowlten, 56 years, died in Rockland Monday and was a Camden native. Remaining siblings include C Frenk, Harry of this city, Lewis of Vinal Haven, Ernest of Augusta, and Mrs. Blanche Andrews of Vinal Haven. The body lies in state Tuesday with funeral plans to be announced. He was a skilled machinist who worked in Camden for years.
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C. Krank Snowlten
Rockland
Charles Snowlten
Eceased
Camden
C. Frenk
Harry
Lewis
Vinal Haven
Ernest
Augusta
Blanche Andrews
Fred P. Rounds
Brunswick Road
Bath
Harold i
Margaret B
Fishermen Reaping a Golden Harvest in Casco Bay
Portland fishing industry surges as ground fish prices hit record highs. Casco Bay boats report hake haddock and pollock catches yielding $2 to $8 per small fish and up to $87.60 for a single haul, with crews and owners benefiting from scarce supply and strong outside demand.
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Portland Express
Aroostook
Tuber
Casco Bay
New York
Philadelphia
Hampton
Portland
Lochinvar
Boston
Georges Banks
Eleanor
Morris Lubee
Georges
Lubee
Hardy Boys
Albert W. Black
Granville Johnson
The
Black
Granville
South Sea
Gloucester
Westport Grange Harvests New Members With Appeal
A Westport Grange dance drew a small crowd but good humor as members were urged to harvest new recruits. A regular Grange meeting was planned with calls to attend and notes on church attendance and supportive community activities. Several local residents and travelers were mentioned, along with a discussion of sea harvests and lobster market demand amid wartime effects.
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Ladies’ Aid
New Grange Hall
Sylvia Boucher
South Bristol
Boston
Sarah Stevens
RB. F. Perry
Pittsburg
Sth
Kola Vita
Westport Appeal
James Hodgdon
Somerville
Mass
Mary L. Jewett
Lincoln W. Jewett
Portland
Parkman F. Jewett
Ruth Brown
Ruth
Waltham
Lewistown
James Knight
Westfield
Byron
Monhegan Island
Johnny
Harmony
New York
West Bath Grange meets for Sept meeting and supper
The West Bath Grange holds a meeting next Monday evening, September 10, asking members to bring pies cakes or sandwiches. Also noted are local soldiers on leave from Fort Baldwin and updates on Bath Iron Works and typhoid recovery for Ralph Blagdon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Improvements On Brunswick Road Near Muddy Bridge
A Times reporter notes major progress on finishing the Bath Brunswick highway’s last link. Detours via Ham's Corner route drivers through North Bath past Green's dairy and New Meadows marsh, with warnings for safety on sharp hills and blind curves until completion before snow.
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Brunswick
Bath
Muddy Bridge
Maine Highway Commission
Boston
Bar Harbor
Timesman
Tarvia Binder
New England
Bath-Brunswick
Slam’s Corner
Ham's Hill
Ham’s Brook
Ham’s Corner
Horse Puller In Bath Collision Hits Auto Mudguard
A horse driven by Arthur Hagan became frightened somewhere in Bath and the wagon it hauled collided with the rear mudguard of a C. P. Wetherbee auto parked in front of Clifford's jewelry store. The wagon stopped and caused the mudguard to bend. no other damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hagan
Bath
C. P. Wetherbee Auto
Clifford
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Maine
L. Farnhamco. Inc
Elm St
Everybody's Column
M. F. Taylor
Doy
Care Times Co
Bowdoin College
Brunsweek
Ray Varinton
West Bowdoin
AL Seavey
Robinhood Me
Carberry Mottage
New House Boat
Burrough
Shaw Business College
Bangor
F. L. Shaw
George Page
Washington St
Howard Cigar Store
Front S
Jackson
Five Island Grangers
J. G. Rowe
Roxbury
Bert Lewis
W. R. Lewis
W. T. Marr
Boothbay Harbor
Charles W. Boucher
Malden Island
Lewiston
Quimby
Newell Cooper
Dogfish Head
Southport
C. A. McMahan
Ida Hinckley
Vesta
Ellen E. Hagan
South Portland
Lester Lewis
Arabine Gray
Marjorie Gray
Dresser
Martha McFadden
Georgetown
Gordon Lewis
Ernest Harford
T. W. Blaisdell
Harry Tarr
Rangeley Lakes
Charles E. Boucher
Summitt House
Bristol
Lulu M. Rowe
Maurice Pinkham
Doinham
Albert E. Pollard
Waterville
Phippsburg
BOARD
Bathman
Charles Knowlton
Fred
Capt. Jewett
Ralph W. Blagdon
Champion
Alberta
Canadian Northwest
Y.M.C.A
McFadden
Mary Fullerton
Woolwich
Alice May Douglas
Sarah Aderton
Calais
W. C. Oliver
Clara Davis
Canationals
Chicago Americans
Red Sox
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