New England Road Conditions Report By The Automobile Club
Northern New England and Canadian Maritime roads show in good to excellent gravel surfaces in fall travel. From Wortsmouth to Gorham the east side trunk line remains passable, while Ossipee to Wolfboro suffers poor surfaces due to ongoing construction. Traffic cautions include detours near Belfast and the Penobscot Valley, with scenic links and updated routes to Augusta Rockland and Bar Harbor noted.
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New England
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Automobile Club of America
New Hampshire
Maine
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Wortsmouth
Dixville Notch
Rochester
Ossipee
North Conway
Pinkham Notch
Gorham
Androscoggin Valley
Crawford Notch
Bartlett
Twin Mountain
Franconia Notch
Notch
Boston
Lowell
Nashua
Concord
Franklin
Laconia
Meredith
Plymouth
Wolfboro
Melvin Village
Lake Winnepesaukee
Center Harbor
West Ossipee
Merrimac
Portland
White Mountains
Cumberland Mills
Westbrook
Standish
Steep Falls
West Baldwin
Hirram
East Brownfield
Iryeburg
Conway Center
Redstang
Hiram Town Line
Augusta
Brunswick
Gardiner
Hallowell
Rockland
Togus
South Windsor Corners
Coopers Mills
Jefferson
Winslow Mills
Waldoboro
Camden
Bangor
Penobscot
Bucksport
Ellsworth
Blue Hill
Surrey
Winter Harbor
Hancock
Sullivan
West Gouldsboro
Harbor Birch
Prospect Harbor
Hancock Ferry
Steuben
Millebridge
Harrington
Cherryfield
Hancock-Sullivan
Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Seal Harbor
Bar Harbor
Lafayette National Park
Mt. Desert Island
Pembroke
Calais
Machias
Jacksonville
Cooper
Meddybamps
Baring
Milltown
Houston
St. Croix River
Steamboat fares cut half to extend season
Kennebec Navigation Co Presidency Crosby announces half price passenger rates and lower staterooms for the City of Rockland to sustain steamship service between Kennebec river points and Boston. The company will sail Bath Cedar Grove Gardiner to Boston on set days with season continuation depending on weather and patronage.
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Carl IX. Crosby
Kennebec Navigation Co
Kennebec Valley
Kennebec River
Boston
Crosby
Rockland
City of
Gardiner
Cedar Grove
Bath
Mass
the Independent
City of Rockland
C.K. Crosby
D A Bishop Buys Kennebec Yacht Club Building
Daniel A Bishop has purchased the Kennebec Yacht Club building from Edward W Tryde via Joseph Charles Footer and will move it to the east side of Washington Street opposite Breton's store. Moving starts next Monday to create a recreation building with rental and fair spaces on lower floors and a dance hall on the third floor possibly a roller skating rink. Ex-Commodore Hyde obtained possession August 31 through foreclosure on a chattel mortgage held 20 years.
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Daniel A. Bishop
Kennebec
Bishop
Commodore Hyde
Descheneaux Richards Wed In City Hall Ceremony
In the alderman chamber of City Hall on Saturday evening Charles Ori son Descheneaux of Brunswick and Josephine Richards of Bath were married. Descheneaux, a Brunswick teamster, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Descheneaux. Richards is the daughter of Mrs. Alphonsine Richards. Lawrence J. Colgan, deputy warden of Maine State Prison, visited Bath Monday, greeting friends while en route from Augusta to Thomaston.
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City Hall
Ae J. Grassy
Charles Orison Descheneaux
Brunswick
Josephine Richards
Bath
Joseph Descheneaux
Alphonsine Richards
Lawerence J. Colgan
Maine
Augusta
Thomaston
Bath Board Confirms Haywood Contract At Morse High
The Bath Board of Education confirmed the contract of Raymond V. Haywood to teach English at Morse High and coach all athletics. The special meeting lasted two hours with debate over board vs superintendent nomination and the need for a qualified English teacher.
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Raymond V. Haywood
Wesleyan University
Morse High
Charles Lester Smith
Board of Education
Aldermen's Chamber
City Hall
Charles Fitzgerald
Albion Riew
Lubec
Hor
Clinton D. Wilson
Frederick KE. Drake
Leland R. Mitchell
Bath
Maine
Maize
City of
Georgetown University
Law School
University of Maine
Charles M. Fitzgerald
Cahill
Fitzgerald
Bath Boys
Supt. Smith
Times
Haywood
Westbrook
Connecticut
Air Service
Texas
YMOCA
Boston
Welmore
Morske High
Bath man marks 50 years with Winslow firm
John H. Gage of White Street completes fifty continuous years of service with J. A. Winslow & Sons, Broad Street, Bath. He began Sept 13 at Gerry & Winslow and has worked daily except for vacations and illness. He helped install early plumbing in Bath and now remains active at age 72. Married to Abbie St. Leeman in 1872, the couple’s golden anniversary is anticipated.
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John H. Gage
White Street
J. A. Winslow & Sons
Broad Street
Bath
Mr. Gage
James
Martha Sampson Gage
Gage
A. D. Stetnou
Swanton, Jameson Co
Bath Savings Institution
Elia
Front Streets
Swett
Mederick
W. H. Emimons
Elbridge Wilson
Purington
W. TL. Smith
Charles Philbrick
Watter
Russell
Elm Street
Charles Davenport
Snell
Fred Klippel
Jim Ball
Fisher's Hardware
Johnson Bros
Anderson
Davis Tateh
Mitchell & Low Ship Chandlers
Trowland & Sfayden
Sewnall J. Watson
Gershom Palmer
George Nichols
Percy
J. ©. Shaw
Bonney & Craven
Sagadahock House
Center Street
George Giy
Sdgecomb
Patten
Central House
Winslow Firm
North End
Boston
Bowdoinham
North & Haynes
Gerry & Winslow
J. A. Winslow & Son
William Rogers,ross
Saw
Yer & Packard
Hitchcock & Blair
B. W. & HE Ob. Morse
Chapman & Flint
Abbie St. Leeman
Times
Bath Men Attend Albro E Chase Funeral
Albro E Chase was honored in Bath with a funeral service conducted by Rev. Dr. Henry Bradley and a Masonic service led by Most Worshipful Edward W Wheeler. Attendees included Rev. David J Wilson and Charles HK Curtis with pallbearers from Maine Masonic circles and Sid degrees. Mr and Mrs A G Oliver attended as guests in Portsmouth with Warren D Oliver and George A Cahill returning home.
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Grand Commandery of
Maine
Knights Templar
Charles HK. Curtis
Dunlap
David Curtis
Albro E. Chase
Porthind
Henry Bradley
Edward W Wheeler
Brunswick
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Grand Lodge
Sid
Willig C. Mason
Bangor
Edmund B. Mallet
Freeport
Albert M. Spear
Gardiner
Charles F. Johnson
Harry R. Virgin
Frank C. Aven
Clayton
Barrington
Portland
A. G. Oliver
William M. Temple
Portsmouth
N, IL
Warren
Oliver
George A. Cahill
City Government Votes Money for Highway Repairs
The Bath city government approves a 2500 dollar appropriation to buy two acres of land on the Henderson lot for gravel and road building. A 15000 dollar temporary loan is authorized to fund street and sewer work with emphasis on employing local labor. The meeting, with six of seven aldermen present, also approves a garbage contract and related actions.
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Bath
Henderson
City Treas
Ralph K. Tall
Board of Highways and Sewers
Oon Garbage
Edward J. McKeiver
Mason Wright
Henry R. White
Board of Common Connerl
Charles TH. Looper
Purchase
Font Special
Emery Mountain
Francis Bob Torrey
John Shaw
George J. Goodwin
Parker N. Moulton
Earl B. Levend
David 9. Henderson
Edgerly
Frederick Wright
Shaw
Reading
Common Counsel
Ralph K. Wall
City of Bath
Potter
Board of Common Council
State completes renovation of Bath Naval and Military Orphan Asylum
The Bath Naval and Military Orphan Asylum reopens after extensive improvements. Enhancements include sanitary plumbing, new toilets, rebuilt stairways, upgraded dining rooms, and built in closets. The home houses 47 children and aims to provide a brighter, more homelike environment with safer play areas and improved heating. Meanwhile Milton Co Prott and brother Prott plan to take over the Oscar Tlldway Co grain and wholesale grocery business at Commercial and Broad streets.
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Bath
From
Hlome
Oet. Po
Milton Co Prott
Preeniuain A. Prott
Oscar Tldlway Co
Oscar Toolway Company
Prott
Oscar Hoolway Co
Iy Auburn
Diunllery
Wois
Miltone
Three Constitutional Amendments Defeated in Bath and Sagadahoc County
In a special referendum, all three proposed constitutional amendments failed across Bath and Sagadahoc counties. Voter turnout was light with Ward 1 narrowly supporting amendment 1 by 12 to 11, while amendments 2 and 3 were firmly rejected. West Bath favored bonds for state aid roads, but most towns opposed, and women voters showed little participation overall.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Diath
TSO
TOL
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Richmond
West Bath
Woolwich
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Topsham
LST
ZSS
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D. A. Bishop
CLUB
Descheneaux—Richards
BOARD
John Gage
Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Bath and
Johnson Bros Co
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