Local Jottings and Community Notes from Bath Area
Local items report a Kentucky car through Bath on Friday, a Murray Club meeting at Mrs Alfie Jacobs on York Street, a Ford truck damaged on North Bath road, and Rockland’s arrival from Boston. Juries named for Richmond October session include Lester Umberhind and N H Skelton. Frank Libby, Charles Hewitt, James Ross and William Dingley serve as traverse jurors.
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Kentucky
Bath
Murray Club
Alfie Jacobs
York St
Bath Road
Dunton Farm
Rockland
Boston
Kennebec
Richmond
Supreme Judicial Court
Lester E. Umberhind
N. H. Skelton
Traverse
Frank J. Libby
Charles E. Hewitt
James L. Ross
William M. Dingley
City
North End
Hattie Jordan
Lewiston
Times
Maine News Roundup of Public Events and Local Anecdotes
A Maine city reports on diverse items including the Odd Ladies of Maine trustees in Auburn, the Brunswick Old Folks Home offer, a Greek Pageant in Cumberland Foreside drawing 2000 spectators, and an oxen visit to the metropolis. Court actions involve Louis Dickinson in Topsham and Walter Cripps’ 22 year-old suit ending for 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Bath
Cumberland
Maine
Westport
The
Times
Louis Dickinson
West Virginia
Ohio
Louis
Old Folks Home Association
Brunswick
Byron Stevens
Stevens
Harpswell St
Portland
Atkinson
Topsham
South
New England
Canada
Bangor
Norridgewock
Walter A. Cripps
A. W. Jones
Milton
N. H
Cripps
Jones
Islander Steamer Schedules Updated and City Events Noted
Manager Koughan of the New Meadows Steamboat Co. arranged a Sunday service. The Islander changed its schedule to leave Boothbay at 1 p.m., Bath 2 45, Richmond 3 45, thirty minutes earlier. Community meetings at the Y M C A and a State Sunday School Convention planning session were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koughan
New Meadows Steamboat Co
Bath
Duncan McInnes
Roger McInness
Amory M. Houghton
Barrett Nichols
Douglas Bacon
Nichols
Y.M.C.A
Wesley J. Weir
State Sunday School Association
Michael Owens
Gilbert Atwood
Upper
Washington St
Culbert McGay
Grace Church
John
Wallace
Clarence
William Atwood
Ludwig Lindenmeyer
New York
Matilde Margaret L. Lindenmeyr
Rudolph Duryea Moffett
Church of the Holy Trinity
Morse High
R. H. Shaw
Capt
Fitzgerald
Bishop Block
Middle St
Bishop
Merrymeeting Park
Caleb Haskell
George S&s. Smith
Bowker’s Yard
Phippsburg
Charlestown
J. E
H. Price Webber
New England
Canadian
Boston
Augusta
Webber
Edwina Grey
James
The
State Museum
Kennebec Journal
Maine
Jones
City election list grows as registration adds four names
The Board of Registration added four new names to the election list for Monday's vote. Bathites attend Keen & Shippy show in Brunswick. Andrew Hornick, an Austrian, given 30 days in the workhouse. The Kennebec Yacht Club meeting postponed to next Monday. Hyde Windlass and Bath clash on Kelley Field in a city championship game. Fire destroys Frank McFarland’s dining annex at Christmas Cove, loss estimated at 5500. Federal road work near Brunswick progresses to Freeport with near term opening. The Windlass beat Bath 8 to 2 in the third game of the local series. A large Panama Canal chain described as 900 feet long and 12 1 2 tons was noted as an odd item from the Boston Globe.
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Partridge
Dr. Snipe
Woods
Arrowsie
Board of Registration
Maine
Frank McFarland
Christmas Cove
New Federal Road
Harold M. Ward
Topsham
Deep Cut
Ward
New Meadows Inn
Bangor
Cahill
New Meadows
Lisbon
Brunswick
Freeport
Hillside
Hudson
Topsham Fair
Windlass
Bath
P. McNeil
Ralph Boardman
Atwood
Harold Cutting
Wind
Panama Canal Locks
Boston Globe
Iron Works
K.Y.C
B.I.W
Weekend Auctions And Naval Movements In Maine
The report covers the F Wilbur Brown store sale won by Henry W Howard on Washington Street and maritime notes. The Islander will run a final Sunday trip to Boothbay harbors. Hercules to Boston for hull overhaul. Minnesota and Columbia leave Philadelphia for trials and Newport respectively. Eleanor A Percy rescued after heavy seas. Police note anonymous letters to Sheriff Oliver. Gordon the horseowner loses a horse to pneumonia. Hyde Guards enlistment trips to Auburn for state small arms. bank checks stolen from Mrs. Choate. a minor wharf fire near Houghton wharf. Kennebec Boothbay Lines schedule changes with City of Rockland ending season. City of Bangor to cover remaining trips. cotton waste fire near a garage prompts a precautionary fire alarm.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Minnesota
Columbia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Maine
Newport
R. I
Eleanor A. Percy
Ross
Norfolk
Boston
Shoals
W. H. Yerkes
Percy
Oliver
Gordon
Bedford St
High
Ox Butler
P. E. Barbour
Cpl
Marr
Tanguay
Pyts
Pinkham
Pratt
Preney
Auburn
Hyde Guards
Tyro
Dean
Nelson
Haley
Pvt
Chamberlain
Barbour
Augusta Trust Co
Orrin B. Choate
State St
Kennebec
Boothbay
Eastern Steamship Corporation
City of Rockland
City of
Bangor
Bath
Bath Opera House to Host Oct 18 Week with Portland Cast
Arts note: Bath Opera House secures booking of Bob Ott and his company for the week of Oct 18 at the Jefferson Theatre in Portland. Local painter work starts soon on interior, deer spotted near Bowker farmhouse, and steamboat service praised as a summer highlight. Rally Day planned at Beacon Street Sunday school with special services following.
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Bath Opera House
William Bowker
Stony Brook Road
Sedgwick Circle
G. A.R
Beacon Street
Epworth League
Parsonage
Henry E. Preble
Togus
Eugene Preble
Brick Island
Butler’s Point
Bob Ott
Jefferson Theatre
Portland
Bath
New Meadows
North End
Beacon Street Vestry
Sawyer
Grassy
Everett Hutchins
Kittery
Gertrude K. Knight
Winfield Skillings
Scarboro Beach
Ellen C. Ham
Phippsburg
Small Point
Abner Johnson
Andrew Hornik
Johnson
Hornik
Boston
Last Services Mark End of MacMahan Season
The season at MacMahan Island closed with final services at St. Cuthbert Church conducted by Rev. F B Reazer of West Orange New Jersey. Fifty cottagers attended as cottages remain open and new homes are planned for next season.
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St. Cuthbert
MacMahan Island
F. B. Reazer
West Orange
N. J
MacMahan
Phillip Little
T. H. Searles
Edith Howard
Robert
Edgecomb to Host Partial Agricultural Survey by UMaine
Arrangements with the University of Maine Extension Division bring a two day survey to Edgecomb and nearby areas on Sept 17 and 18. Focused on animal husbandry, the program ends with a Sept 18 evening lecture at Edgecomb Grange Hall and a partial report with dairy recommendations. Ralph W. Redman leads the survey in cooperation with Edgecomb Grange master Frank M. Dodge.
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Extension Division
University of Maine
Edgecomb
Edgecomb Grange Hall
Ralph W. Redman
Extension Service
Orono
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Leosaidow
Democratic Party
James H. Fulton
Bowdoinham
Museum of Curiosities
Fulton
Sanford Market
Verne Mitchell
Thomaston
F. H. Webster
Duck Hunter McCullum
Willis’s Cove
Blind Crossing
McCullum
United States
New Orleans
Galveston
Europe
M.C.R.R
Foresters’ Hall
Odd Ladies of
Mary Curtis
Myrtle Lodge
Morse
Frances M
Philadelphia
Kay Francis
Cuba
A. A. Percy
Middle
R. R
Agricultural Survey
8. E. Tucker
South Paris
Bay Point
S. L. Fogg
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