Forty Years Ago in Bath's Busy Scene
Readings from Bath dated September 10 1912 recount Miss Nina Sampson visiting Maine then resuming work in Boston with family in attendance. Local items include Rowe Brothers steam lighter Eureka delivering sand, recovery efforts for the Herbert Maxwell, new sidewalks, water main extensions, election results and Times mood on Plaisted and Haines, plus harbor traffic and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina B. Sampson
Gradietts
Hocoltan Nitele Hospital
Ed Barry
Turner
Maine
Boston
Miss Sampson
Albert Sampson
Hazel
Barry
Unclear fragments hint at river dinners and clove aroma
Fragmentary text mentions a river area and personas Fritz Jake Conant and Rhode Island. Suspicion is linked to a clove aroma. the passage hints at ideas originating from Rhode Island and a recipe persona but lacks coherent events or a clear narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newens River
Rhode Island
Fritz
Jake Conant
Vessels sail from port as Bowdoinham marks 150th
On September 13 1912 U S S Commissioner Morse furnished crews for Steamer Pejepscot Barge 4 schooner Margie Ellen and schooner James Maloy bound for Boston Western ports and Eastern ports. Bowdoinham celebrates its 150th birthday amid civic pride while fall hunting season nears and Sunday closings affect shooting. Bath civic note urges calm politics and prosperity through restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. S
George E. Morse
Pejepscot
St. Martins
N. B
Margie Ellen
Boston
James Maloy
Bath yard secures 2500 ton barge order for Penn Gas Coal Co
Septuary 1912 report states Harry B Sawyer of Kel ley Spear Co of this city closed a contract with the Penn Gas Coal Co of Philadelphia for a 2500 ton barge. Material is being ordered and keel planned for December. The Kelley Spear yard now has five large vessels under construction signaling a busy winter and added Bath prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Sawyer
Kelley, Spear Co
Penn Gas Coal Company
Philadelphia
Kelley, Spear Yard
Bath
Little steamer Nellie ready for scallop boat duties
McCormick has pur viewed the little steamer Nellie built about a year for a scallop boat. The boat will be used in towing scows and lumber laden from various camps to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Nellie
Rid Wright
Mar
Hay wagon overturns near Bowdoinham on Water Street
A load of hay owned by F. M. White from Bowdoinham overturned on Water Street near the city scales as horses frightened by an automobile. The transient pin broke and other damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. White
Bowdoinham
Water Street
Bath 1912 deaths show drop in child fatalities since 1862
City Clerk Grassy reviews Bath mortality records noting 203 deaths in 1862 with 100 under ten and 137 deaths in 1911 with 28 under ten. He cites better medical care and parent knowledge as reasons. Local donor urged by some to fund a public golf course for youth outdoor activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Grassy
Bath News of Yard Work and Local Happenings
Reports from Bath detail a lake inside Bath Iron Works yard caused by a plugged sewer. Cod nets near Seguin yielded over 200 pounds for Donnell Harrington and Hopkins. Everett Lord joined J R Libby Co. and received a diamond pin. Partridge season opens as Bath gunners anticipate good bags. Read Nichols brick burning wraps up after ten days. youths dance on the clay floor with dances named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Herman Donnell
Jerry Harrington
Everett Hopkins
Seguin
Read Nichols Co
Court Street
Oliver as Bath judge and local election notes in Bath Maine
Sept 16 1912 Maine Classified Directory lists Arthur G Oliver opposing Mayor Frank A Small in Spring election. Gov Plaisted appoints John J Weseen as Bath municipal judge. Bath news covers local politics racing crowds and social notes with several community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Arthur G. Oliver
Frank A. Small
Clem” Murphy
Plaisted
the Times
the Govrnor
John J. Weseen
Bath Municipal
Keegan
Arthur H. Stetson
George E. Hughes
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath Police Record August Sees High Arrests for Speeding
Bath police logged 115 arrests in August, a record high for a fire period, with speeding the main offense. Chief Frank Moriarty says the department will curb excessive speed on city streets and notes 30 arrests to date in September. Most speeding cases went to Bath Municipal Court for conviction and fines. School zone signs warn motorists to slow to 15 mph and violators will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rergne
Ore Mare
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Sagadahoc Republicans Win Wide Photo Coverage
Sagadahoc County Republicans dominated the Associated Press wire photo, with images of Governor-Elect Burton M Cross and Mrs Cross at Senator Cross’s headquarters near Augusta appearing in Boston and New York papers. Supporters traveled by car from Times office and from Richmond and Bowdoinham, arriving around 2 a.m. to a crowded, festive scene. The piece also notes a uranium hoax involving a local attorney and a feldspar vein discovery in Phipsburg, plus a school bus safety reminder delivered to Morse High School drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Associated Press
Boston
New York
Burton M. Cross
Cross
Senator Cross
Farmingdale
Augusta
Times
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Here
Bankers’ Convention Draws Thousands as Bath Man Heads Court
The Bath area attended the American Bankers’ Convention with nearly five thousand in the audience. Boston will host next year. Wilbur C. Oliver, United States Grand Juryman, leaves for Portland for the U S District Court session, the only local drawn. Charles Crocker reported fifteen ducks in a day of sport. Charles R Higgins escaped serious harm after a night auto crash at North and Lincoln, saving a carriage passersby but smashing his Overland. he favors stricter night lighting for teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank and Wife
Detroit
Boston
United States
Wilbur C. Oliver
Portland
U. S. District Court
Oliver
Bath
Charles R. Higgins
Brunswick
North
Lincoln Streets
North Street
Higgins
L. Eugene Thebeau
First Reland National Bank
Penens
Vanona
A. Thebeau
Dorothy Starr
Eleanor A. Thebeau
Esther G. Oliver
Elnora D. Eteres
Nnie Sargen Hompey
Petit
Gerald P. Hersey
Beth
Mattie K.cheider
Mabe
Grant
Cone Ee
J. Horace Maclure
Register
School Bus Stop Law Card Distribution Policy
Police will distribute cards to motorists in the business district clarifying that vehicles must stop immediately when a school bus stops to load or unload passengers and remain stationary until the bus resumes motion or the driver signals to proceed.
Concrete steps replace worn entrance at church in Bath
At the Church of the New Jerusalem on Middle Street concrete steps have replaced unsafe worn wooden stairs. City Council discussed one way traffic in the business district with several Front to Center street routes tested and study ordered by City Manager Nathan White to assess overall congestion. State action near Front Vine and Carlton bridge may improve safety and appearance by leveling banks and widening streets. Russell Cross, former Bath A E Street Railway motorman, visited town, recalling 20 years ago and noting occasional baseball play in Winneganee and Kelley fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Haines
Plaisted
Church of the New Jerusalem
Middle Street
Front
Bath
Louis O. Couture
Front Street
Center Street
Center Streets
Nathan White
Vine Street
Carlton Bridge
Russell Cross
A. & E. Street Railway
Russ
Morse Field
Winneganee
Kelley Field
Chicago
Monthly Session Probate Court Wills and Estates
Probate court records show multiple wills filed and estates administered in Bath and surrounding towns. Executors guardians administrators and accounts are listed for authorities including Hathorn, Lord, Ledyard, Gallagher, Trott, Rideout, Lerch, Bond, and others with bonds approved for real estate sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
Fred H. Lord
Bath
Harriot
C. Ledyard
Flora A. Hathorn
Woolwich
A. Hathane
Elwood A. Hathorne
Edna L. Johns
da L. Johnson
Harlan P. Phinney
Grace Gower
Harriet C. Ledyard
Edwin F. Pratt
Richmond
Muriel H. Pratt
James S. Lowell
Ralph A. Gallagher
D.b.n
C.ta
Edna May Collidge
Georgetown
Lois H. Birkenwald
Guardian
Louis H. Virgie
Alice Virgie
Marjorie M. Bond
Lawrence A. Bond
Alice Hollister Lerch
Washington, D. C
Lida Adams Robers
Maine
C.t.a
Carrie H. Trott
James L. Trott
Emily M. Rideout
Bowdeinham
Mildred S. Given
Louise
J. Houghton McLellan, Jr
Edith Harris Gralate
Topsham
Chester D. Harris
Joel R. Lilly
Grace A. Whitehouse
Josephine Hart
John P. Carey, Jr
Everett Q. Wilson
Bowdoin
William’ B. Wilson
Raymond K. Cummings
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahec
Emma Leonard
Mary D. Footer
Charles M. Lewis
Ge Georgetown
William . Yy
Aphrodite Reqnosmopaie
Spiros Econeee
Judith Edna Rice
Ralph Rice Appoinsari
Atea Tak
Charles E. Shepard
Charles A. Pointed Eee
Ogee
A. Rogers
Philly
Eva Ers
Ebaie Atrix
Martha E. Bates
West
Delma E. Ba
Arthur J. Dunton LE Ee
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Rowe Bros
Eureka
Newbert
Bodgton
Charles Ewe
Herbert D. Maxwell
Chesapeake Bay
Gloucester
Merchants and Miners Line
Baltimore
Maxwell
New Read Co
J. W. Quilen
West Bath
Phippsburg
Charles Campbell
Campbell’s Pond
Spider Webb Cottage
Clarence Johnson
Furber Cottage
Upper High Street
Alonzo McNeer
Martin V. White
Dexter Ridley
Flora Edgecomb
1St
Maine Regiment
The
Maine Central Yard
Eddie
Rockland
Rocklands
Fritz H. Twitchell
Willis
Donahue
Arrowsic
Winneganee Bridge
Leviathan
Rowe Brothers
Adelaide Dennison
Machiasportre
Kelley & Spear Co
Mollie Palmer
Fitchburg, Mass
Joseph Low
Annie F. Kimball
C. W. Morse
al Ridley
Ward Six
Don Percy
Eee Aa
Percy
Peece
Dents
Cape Small
Mendelsohn Club
Music Hall
E. L. Crawford
Mrs. Chaney
Niare
Auxilia
M. H
Lynn
Massachusetts
Wiscasset
Hodgkins
Bath Bank
Joe Sanford
Billings
Montana
Roosevelt
Teddy
Woolworth
Down River
William Gilman
Irma
Stanwood
Cape Small Point
Charles M. Payne
William E. Payne
Westminster Hotel
Kennebec
East Indies
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
America
L. A. & W. Triangle
Togus
Popham
Frederick E. Drake
Mollie F. Gibbons
Drake
Grove Streets
B. M. Plummer
T. P Gibbons
Arthur M. Gallant
Moulton
Morse High School Athletic Association
Herbert E. Cole
Herbert Lemont
Joseph Brierley
Stony Brook Road
Watson, Frye Foundry
More
Yoo
Evelyn Parker
Sherman Clark
New Meadows Inn
C. A. Peaslee
Charles H. Cahill
Pendexter
Gladys Jordan
Forest Hills
Emerson Hospital
George Jacobs
Ham
Raymond’s Court
S. S. Adams
Woolworth's
Helen Lee
Dorothy Nichols
Denver
San Francisco
James P. Webber
W. G. Webber
England
Phillips Exeter
Webber
Oxford
Stratford-on- Avon
W. F. Dunton
Waterville
Bangor
Presque Isle
Hull and Ee
Bath Iron Orks
Charles R. Foote
New Meadows
Elks
Davenport
Kennebec Co
Bath Iron Works
Everett Lord
D. T. Percy & Sons
J. R. Libby Co
Clerks
Arthur Burgess
Charles McPhee
Charles Crocker
Witch Spring Woods
Frank O. Smith
Dayton Hill
Harry Day
Warren Hawley
Cobbosseecontee Pond
Culbert McGay
Haggett
Kimball
Farnham
Orcutt
Augustus P. Norton
Ivy
Gardiner
Thompson
East Pittston
Virginia
Popham Beach
John A. Morse
Harry C. Webber
E. A. Allen
Anna Palmer
Webber Cottage
H. M. Wright
Mr. Wright
Carol Percy
Frank H. Percy
Pacific Shore
Mt. Ida School
Harry A. Walters
Bath National
Hills
Frank
Morse High School
American Safety League
Edna L. Johnson
Charles T. Small
Vid L. Johnson
Eva Wilson
Y Cau
Om Y
Thin
Serennen
Catapece Solate
Frederick P. Emmons
Arthur J
Ecketa
J, Horace
Clure
Arthur Nto
Kiessling
Newfoundland
Kelley's
J. Horace Mc
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