Bath Chronicle of Sept 9 1902 a harbor water main marks
Forty years ago in Bath a water main marker was placed on Woolwich shore. A bag found at Kennebec wharf contained rat remains. Republican victory celebrations, ferry worries, and a bridge cost debate dominate local news. Highlights include the Kennebec bridge plan near Winslow’s, river traffic, and social events at Broad View House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Ath
Customouse Square
Williams
Commit
Nealblock
Themmitteee
Telegraph Line to Connect Bath and Belfast
Sept 12 1902 Fred Scribner foreman of construction starts Saturday to stretch a new wire between Bath and Rockland meeting a Belfast line. Direct service Bath to Belfast by tele phone planned. Two men in town prepping the job. Cable laid across river months ago. Two independent Kennebec cables run Bath to Woolwich owned by the Telephone Co. Al Ridley bagged ten teal and 14 rail in Merrymeeting Bay. Several hundred feet of trolley wire down near Black's store South End. Passengers to Winneganee used the route. A trouble was settled Friday night. Partridge close time expires Monday Sept 15. biddies warned to guard themselves.
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Fred Scribner
New England Telegraph & Telephone Co
Bath
Rockland
Belfast
Kennebec
Woolwich
The
Telephone Co
Black's
Winneganee
Partridge hunting and dances promise local season
Partridges are plentiful in nearby woods and hunters anticipate good sport this fall. Dancing is rising in popularity with two classes planned under different managers as the season nears. Carrie Nation will not lecture in Maine again after a difficult previous visit. Hobart Stearns narrowly avoided a collision when an electric car halted near his wagon of sawdust at Percy Small's shipyard, credited to Motorman Harriman's quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Carrie Nation
the Park
Maine
Carrie
Hobart Stearns
Percy & Small
Stearns
Harriman
Vacation Plans And Local News From Bath
Sept 14 1902 local items note Miss Mabel Sparks leaves for a two week vacation while Miss Flossie French returns to duties after hers. Clarence Johnson and Roy Parris visit Massachusetts. A Bachelors club forms in the city with a booking on marriage fees. High school football setup progresses with returning backs Wildes Kimball Skinner Donnell and linemen Small Fisher Buchanan Lake plus new candidates. A church organ move at Grace church shifts positions. choir seating changes follow. Uncle Terry plays Columbia theatre for the third time here. Sally the river tug returns to port with Nellie B in tow bound for Gardiner to haul sand. Bath Iron Works beats Wiscasset with Libby on the mound and Dennison in the outfield.
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Mabel Sparks
New England
Flossie French
Wildes
Kimball
Skinner
Donnell
Fisher
Buchanan
Lake
Glass
Riggsville
Blair
Capt
Worrell Carter
Addie M Lawrence Named for Ship Under Construction
September 15 1902 reports a big six masted schooner at Percy and Small yard for J S Winslow and Co of Portland to be named Addie M Lawrence after Mr Lawrence Fairfield's leading lumber dealer. The craft won t be ready to launch until December. Phil Blaisdell had an exciting ride Bath where his new launch performed well. He chased D L Howards launch over the trip and reached the wharf a few lengths behind. It was nip and tuck from Five Islands. The Gardiner steamer was to make her last trip of the season Sunday but she went down fall right, broke down and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Oodside
Abacomsday
Fernandina
San
John Gill& Co
Boston
Adams & Hitchcock
Hyde Windlass
Island Belle
Kennebec
Popham
City Landing
Society Hall
Stevens
Percy & Small
J. S. Winslow & Co
Portland
Addie M. Lawrence
Phil Blaisdell
Bath
D. L. Howard
Nip and Tuck
Five Islands
Gardiner
Bath and river life show steady growth and movement
Real estate transfers brighten the New Meadows area with Long Island plots changing hands from Massachusetts to Bath buyers. Bath launches fill the river as Capt Westman operates the Lizzie Bnow between Gardiner Bath with occasional hops to the nds. Morse High School plans progress with a fall foundation and September occupancy. Arthur Dunning departs for Liverpool October 18 to study organ at Berlin Royal Conservatory after years at North Street Free Baptist church.
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Bath
Westman
Lizzie Bnow
Gardiner
Nds
New Meadows
Long Island
Massachusetts
Bear Island
Flag Island
Arthur Dunning
Portland
Boston
Liverpool
Commonwealth
Berlin
Germany
Royal Conservatory of Music
North Street
Free Baptist Church
Topsham Fair to Run This Fall as Usual
Sagadahoc county Agricultural and Horticultural society adopts the regular Topsham Fair dates October 12 to 14 with six days of horse racing and exhibits in cattle swine poultry sheep and farm products. Night vaudeville is planned and staffing includes Fur bish Woodward Williams Given Riley Strout LaRock Skelton Sprague Adams and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Topsham
John M. Furbish
Samuel Woodward
Brunswick
Walter M. Williams
Harvey J. Given
John
Governor Sets New Record in Maine War Vote Race
Maine voters turned out in a wartime election with about 170 000 ballots amid gasoline rationing and wartime interests. Sewall carried 16 counties and most cities, while Brann suffered his fourth defeat since leaving the governorship. Hale praised victory as a sign Maine wants unity to win the war.
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Westbrook
Eastport
White
Sewall
Brann
Brewster
Senate
Hale
Maine
Legion Auxiliary Plans War Bond Purchases and Meetings
The American Legion Auxiliary held its season opener with strong attendance. Officers reported a solid financials and voted to buy two more $100 War Bonds, totaling six. Members agreed to support theatre and Red Cross drives, make surgical dressings, and weekly work at the Elks Home under Mrs Costain. An Oct 21 district meeting will see installations led by Mrs Cummings with Mrs Hill as district VP. Hostesses for Sept 23 are Mrs Gay and Mrs Hill.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Rogers’ Hardware
Red Cross
Elks
John Costain
T. W. Hydecamp
Sons of Union Veterans
Maurice J. Warner
Masonic Temple
Third District
Fannie Cummings
West Paris
Walter M. Hill
Roland Smith
Carl E. Stinson
David McKellar
Charles W. Pratt
Ralph Gay
Popham Beach Life and Summer Gardener Notes
The piece recalls a long time resident who refused to move her cottage despite erosion and storms, choosing to view the river and ocean from her window. It notes an unusually good gardening season with gardeners Marr, Hutchins, Sprague, Isaacson, Perkins, Wallace supplying produce and meat for the community. A two daily mail service to Popham ended on Tuesday, with many residents and visitors listed among weekend activities and travels.
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Popham
Christopher Marr
William Hutchins
Walter Sprague
Peter Isaacson
Clarence Perkins
William Wallace
Capt
Sprague
Daily Mail
Popham Beach
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton Center
Mass
Ida Kellaway
Columbia
University of Missouri
Department of
Home Economics
Kellaway
Stephens College
Cambridge
Fred Spinney
South Portland
Ernest Spinney
Elisha Bridges
Marion Bridges
Bath
E. L. Drake
Allan Spear
Donald
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Probate Court Transacts September Session Business
The final September probate session presided by Judge Arthur J. Dunton processed administrations filed for Edith I. Peary and Walter J. Sly, granted estates for Arline Hemmerling and Andrew Bert Kingsbury, wills filed by Earl L. Oliver, inventories and accounts filed by George J. Goodwin and others, guardian and bonds appointed, licenses to sell real estate filed, and a name change for Leo Frederick Hyland to Heyward Alwyn Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
Edith I. Peary
Ella W. Kimball
Richmond
Walter J. Sly
Myra E. Sly
Waltham
Mass
Arline Hemmerling
Paul Hemmerling
Andrew Bert Kingsbury
Bath
Nora Lynch Kingsbury
Earl L. Oliver
George A. Oliver
Phippsburg
George J. Goodwin
Bion Roach
Beatrice M. Perow
Joseph B. Perow
Guardian
Alfred D. Perow
Milroy Warren
Lucinda E. Pierce
Topsham
Edith W. Colby
Clarence W. Colby
Harry L. Day
Alice N. Magoun
Harvey Henderson
George F. Young
Admr
John F. Young
Georgie M. R. Walker
Clara M. Reed
Woolwich
Mildred E. Greenleaf
Arrowsic
Laura E. Greenleaf
Frank R. Bailey
Ida I. Stephens
Arrowsie
Bina Agnes Marr
Ernest N. Marr
Et Als
Quincy
Leo Frederick Hyland
Heyward Alwyn Newcomb
Ride in Buggy Across Maine Ends in Augusta
Mrs Patten and her husband traveled by buggy through Maine. They paused at farms, slept in barns on rainy nights, and reached Augusta after resupplying a pony with new shoes at Morris farm in Wiscasset. They expect to stay with five sons and a daughter until finding a Bath area home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Patten
Morris
Wiscasset
Air Raid Shelter Request On Front Street In Bath
Bath civilian defense leaders seek quick consent from a Front Street merchant for a shelter during air raids. Sears, Roebuck Co offers its Center Street store for emergency use. Mrs Sophie G Friedman returns to the Times after absence and hospital stay in Portland.
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Bath
Front Street
Center
Arch Streets
Sears, Roebuck Co
Center Street
Sophie G. Friedman
Washington Street
The
Times
Dr. Leighton
Portland
Apples for New England Harvest Drive Urges Help
John E. Rice, chair of the New England Council Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, appeals for able bodied men women and youths to harvest the bumper 1942 apple crop. He urges full day and part time workers, asks them to contact farmers employment offices or extension services, and notes Apple picking supports war time needs and local food supply. Governors join the call to gather apples for New England consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
John E. Rice
New England Council
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Mr. Rice
United States Employment Service
Dissolution suit against Omaha Real Estate Company
Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Equity orders dissolution of the Omaha Real Estate Company of Bath Sagadahoc after stockholders voted August 24 1942 with no assets or liabilities remaining. Notice to file demurrer plea or answer due by late October 1942. publication ordered in Bath Independent. Oliver Moses sworn as treasurer confirms no debts or assets.
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Omaha Real Estate Company
Oliver Moses
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Omaha Real Estate
Sugadahoe
Front Street
State of
Maine
Aaid Corporation
Sagadahoe
Omaha Real Eatate Company
Edward W. Bridgham
Phamtitt
Portland
Cumberland
Ansfer
Bath Independent
Sears I
Oliver Noses
Omaha
Probate Notices From Bath Maine 1942
Court of Probate in Bath Sack County issued notices for multiple estates including Emma M Knowlton Victor Irving Coombs Clara E Hinckley John M Johnson Charles S Dunning Ina B Savage and Mary A Clatenburk. Proceedings seek appointment of administrators executors and distribution details with final accounts and changes of name. Public hearing set for October at ten oclock in the forenoon.
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Bath
Bagadahoc
Beth Independent
Emma M. Knowlton
Frank EB. Harvie
Louise FP. Harvie
Minnie B
Clara E. Hinckley
Georgetown
Andrew E. Reynolds
Belmont
Massachusetts
de Bonis
John M. Johnson
Nellie M. Johnson
Charles 8. Dunning
Nellie C. Dunning
Nellie Co. Dunning
Alice B. Oliver
Waltham
Julia BP. Carey
Katherine Fiske Berry
Lida P. Swaszey
Albert A. Babb
Woolwich
Charles T Small
Arthur J. Dunton
Schools adapt to labor shortage with extended days
Help mate teas et cooperates excusing high school pupils shortening sessions and suspending classes state colleges state agricultural officials farm organization leaders and the federal employment service join in recognizing the need and doing their best to meet it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Organization
Federal Employment Service
West Bath School Attendance and Local Notices
West Bath notes sessions for the Lowell school with 45 attendees and Mrs Myrtle Staples linked to Swan Island. Mrs J Everett Mayo returns from South Bristol visit to Queens Village, Long Island. Mrs Merton Wright visits Bath family. Miss Grace Wessenger moves to North Grammar Bath. John Higgins conducts major repairs at Truants Crossing.
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Lowell School
Myrtle Staples
Swan Island
Staples
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Park Terrace
J. Everett Mayo
South Bristol
J. R. Halmshaw
Queens Village
Long Island
N. Y
Merton Wright
High Street
Bath
Walter H. Larrabee
Pierce G. Clinger
Milton, Pa
Grace Wessenger
North Grammar School
Llewlyn D. Rogers
John Higgins
Trufants Crossing
Loeschner Family Returns From Salem Visit
Mr and Mrs Roy Loeschner and their children Carol and Robin of Meadow Way returned Wednesday of last week from Salem New Hampshire where they had been guests of Mr and Mrs Richard Loeschner and the parents of Mr Loeschner.
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Roy Loeschner
Carol
Robin
Meadow Way
Salem, N. H
Loeschner
Richard Loeschner
Probate Court in Bath Addresses Estate Filings and Hearings
In Sagadahoc County Bath two probate matters are filed with petitions for probate of wills and appointments. Hearings set for the first Tuesday of October for three weeks in Bath at ten o'clock to hear objections. Names include George A Oliver late of Phippsburg Myra F E Sly Walter J Sly and trusts in Georgetown Maine with guardians and final accounts for Alfred D Perow Beatrice M Perow and Joseph B Perow all of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Earl L. Oliver
Myra FE. Sly
Waltham
Massachusetts
Walter J. Sly
Weston
Ernest Nelson Marr
Et Als
Quincy
Georgetown
Maine
Bina Agnes Marr
Alice N. Magoun
Beth
Warry L. Day
Alfred D. Perow
Beatrice M. Perow
Guardian
Joseph B. Perow
Arthur J. Dunton
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Bath Daily
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Russell
Broad View
Gurt
Kenbee
Winslow
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Hill
Hich
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Inday
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Govill
Main
George H. Roderick
Ding
County
Wiscassets
Jane Murphy
H Street
George A. Alden
Waterville
Squirrel Island
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Merrymeetink
Canada
South End
Pine Street
Farnham
Shaw Street
George H. Dole
New Church
Middle Street
J. F. Kelley
G. C. Greenleaf
Kelley
Hoyt's Express
Maine Coast
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Academy Street
Page Lot
al Ridley
Merrymeeting Bay
Clarence Johnson
Roy Parris
Jesse Woodbury
Grace Church
Terry
Columbia Theatre
Sally
Drummond’s
Nellie B
WcDuffie
C. F. Harrington
Westport
Libby
Dennison
Freeport
Toothaker
Bryant
Jason
Webster
S. Stewart
J. Stewart
Richardson
Portland and
Brunswick Road
Bathites
Irving Nash
Nelson
L. H. Brockaway
Morse High School
People’s Bank
Legion Auxiliary
Third District Council
Melvin L. Comeau
Academy Street, l
John L. Jack
Standish
Charles E. Robinson
O. Louise Robinson
Register
Supreme Judicial Court In Equity
Oliver Moses Ve
Supreme Judicial Court
Fred H. Thompson
Saradahoc
Notary Public
John L, Jack
West Bath
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