Fire, crops, and town notes from Bath in 1900
Fire discovered at Center and Middle streets is quickly put out with little damage reported. A leather satchel with kerosene bottles and blasting fuse is found north of Goddard's pond reviving incendiary theories about the July ice house fire. Crop damage includes apples pears and plums from recent gale. Reports include a Bath man killed on a live electric wire in Lewiston and various local notices from street work to education and club gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Middle Streets
Combination 4
John O. Shaw
Messrs
Emery and
Fisher
Street Department
Goddard
Bath
Five year old Lillie Roderick dies after trolley crash
Sept 19 1900 in Bath Maine Lillie Roderick five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Roderick of 185 Water Street died after being struck by a south bound trolley at Hitchcock's hill foot of Washington Street She died 55 minutes later Dr L T Snipe and Dr E T Marston attended Coroner Fred S Curtis empanelled a jury foreman Albert L Strout inquest to be held tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Roderick
Fred Roderick
Water Street
Hitchcock's Hill
Washington Street
L. T. Snipe
E. T. Marston
Fred S. Curtis
Albert L. Strout
Lillian Roderick
Sewall Family Arrives In Town Amid Car Attack
Hon and Mrs Harold M Sewall and son Lewall expected tonight after sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco Sept 5. They traveled from San Francisco where they rode Summer Car No 49 of the L B & B St Ry which drew attention in Bath today. Dill hill near Lewiston last night a man fired on the car breaking windows. no injuries but a Lisbon youth was held. At the Wo annual meeting appoints committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Sewall
Androscoggin
Merrymeeting Park
Alco Vapor
Mr. Sewall
Thomas Dike
Commodore A. A. Percy
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
Boston
Bath
Harold M. Sewall
Lewall
Sewall
Honolulu
San Francisco
Dill Hill
Lewiston
Lisbon
Fire destroys farm buildings on Harpswell Road East Brunswick
A thunderstorm last night destroyed Sumner Holbrook’s farm buildings on Harpswell Road near New Meadows River. The barn held 25 tons of hay and sparked a large blaze visible for miles, prompting a police box alarm from Front Street near Columbia Hotel. Local recovery includes attention to a torpedo boat launch in Bath and ongoing regional notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpswell Road
East Brunswick
Sumner Holbrook
New Meadows
Front Street
Columbia Hotel
High and
Chestnut Streets
Witch Spring
Gardiner Nature Club Hosts Maine Mineral Exhibit at Library
The Gardiner Nature Club sponsors a mineral and gem exhibit at the public library featuring Maine finds from a trip to Opatite Hill Auburn. Loaned specimens include items from Mrs Jure Club and Robert Demers with notable tourmalines from Newry Rumford and a large berg crystal from Albany Maine. The massive crystal is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Nature Club
Maine
Nature Club
Opatite Hill
Auburn
Albany
Metroplitan Museum
New York City
Poultrymen to Hold Field Day at Souther Farm
Poultrymen from Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties are invited to a poultry tour and field day at E. L. Souther’s Livermore Falls farm next Friday, Sept. 27. County Agent C L Eastman and State Poultry Specialist Frank Reed will lead a program from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with 4-H clubs serving a buffet lunch. Souther’s plant features include a larger laying house, a manure pit, a grain combine, attic grain room, sanitation methods, and modern egg handling facilities, reflecting 15 years of progressive upgrades and Extension Service practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
E. L. Souther
Livermore Falls
Souther
Maine
Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Soufher
Twin County Farm Bureau
C L. Eastman
Frank Reed
Maine fair dates for the rest of the season
The remaining Maine fair dates list shows events from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 across counties and towns. Washington County Pomona Grange meets at Bee on Sept. 27-28, World’s Fair Association at North Waterford, Litchfield Farmers' Club at Litchfield Oct. 1-2, West Oxford Agricultural Association at Fryeburg Oct. 1-3, Leeds Agricultural Association at Leeds Center Oct. 3, and Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society at Topsham Oct. 8-10.
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Maine
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Bee
World’s Fair Association
North Waterford
Litchfield Farmers’ Club
Litchfield
West Oxford Agricultural Association
Fryeburg
Leeds Agricultural Association
Leeds Center
Sagadahoe Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Topsham
Bottle note travels from Dark Harbor to Harboursville
A bottle sent by Wardwell from Winthrop W. Aldrich pier reached Harboursville Nova Scotia Bay of Fundy. Phyllis Booder wrote the letter to Wardwell who, with cousin Ruth Mitchell, speculated on the bottle’s ocean journey and nearby resemblance to Dark Harbor with a summer resort flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Dark Harbor
Thomas Wardwell
Harboursville
N.S
Bay of Fundy
Phyllis Booder
Young Wardwell
Wardwell
Raymond Wardwell
Ruth
Brewster cites Maine results predicting national GOP win
Senator elect Ralph O. Brewster Republican of Maine replies to Washington Post columnist Ernest K. Lindley critiquing Bean formula. He argues Maine results forecast a Republican victory in November with 58.31 percent for him and 64.49 for Congress, noting bad weather skewed turnout and contrasting past elections. The letter also mentions duck shooting film plans at Merrymeeting Bay with Governor-elect Sumner Sewall.
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Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
Washington Post
Ernest K. Lindley
Washington
Louis H. Bean
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Mr. Bean
Mr. Lindley
Bean
Lindley
al Roosevelt
Louis J. Brann
Roosevelt
Brann
Wendell Willkie
McNary
United States
Tuam
Merrymeeting Bay
Paramount News
Sumner Sewall
Sewall
Chicago
Bath
Kenney Edgecomb
al Ridley
Merrymeeting Bay Guides
Mitchell
Harold
Ben” Sonia
Sagadahoc
American Legion
Boston
United Airlines, Inc
Richmond Social Notes and Visits Across Maine
Richmond and nearby towns share a busy social scene with visits to Portland Boston and Gardiner. Notables include Miss Minie Pert Miss Celia Swain and Charles Hopkins of Portland. Miss Marjorie Kennedy in illness. Genevieve Stuart guest of Miss Jane Harvard. and a large family reunion at the Groves home on River road with many Richmond and Winthrop relatives.
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Dunklee
Minnie Pert
Celia Swain
R. N
Alfred Swain
Boston
Betty Wilson
Falmouth
Charles Hopkins
Minerva Pope
Portland
C. Blair Kennedy
Marjorie Kennedy
Genevieve Stuart
Boothbay Harbor
Jane Harvard
Alice Hovey
Amy Hovey
Gardiner
Grace Hovey
Frank
Stanley Guiou
Percy Lloyd
Presque Isle
Edward Parkhurst
Marion Dickey
Richmond
Howard Dickey
Ruby Nichols
Middleton
N. Y
Fred S. Groves
River Road
Ernest P. Hewett
Wilfred Swenson
Harry H. Cushman
Winthrop
Roy W. Stinson
Henry A. Groves
Ralph Groves
Frederick Groves
Harry Cushman
James O. Carter
Roy A. Goss
Augusta
Pert Family Returns From Tenants Harbor Visit
Mr and Mrs Victor Pert and daughter Andria returned Sunday to their home on High Street from Tenants Harbor where they had stayed a week as guests of Mrs Pert's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pert
Andria
High Street
Tenants Harbor
Mrs. Pert
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Charles Toward
Brunswick
Charles P. Notman
Klondike
James Sutherland
Dix Island
Charles Kingsbury
Ed McKiever
Old Home Week
Treas
Fred D. Hill
Kennebec Yacht Club
Edward W. Larrabee
Grace Cotton
South Street Grammar School
Ned Carter
Bert Grinnell
James B. Perkins
Arthur C. Shorey
Frank Mikelsky
Bowdoin College
Edward Drake
Levi Wiley
Baltimore
H. T. Passmore & Co
Bath Savings Institution
Marshall Street
Maine Central
H. W. Latham
Marine Railway
The
New England Co
Police Department
Worcester
Mass
Herbert M. Sawyer
Telegram
Bath Times
New England
Percy & Small
Craven
Portsmouth
N. H
John R. Edie
J. E. Simms
East Boston
White Wings
Charles S. Colby
G. G. Deering
Fred
Don
New Meadows Inn
Charles H. Cahill
Nahanda
Pemaquid
Sts
Lucius M. LeMont
Sagadahoc Lodge of Orangemen
Good Templars Hall
Jumbo Manufacturing Co
Galen C. Moses
Oliver Moses
John R. Kelley
J. W. Danielson
Frank Guttman
Seth M. Milliken
Benjamin F. Harris
Bath Hose Co., No. 1
Hyde
Board of Fire Engineers
Committee On Fire Department
Republican City Committee
C. H. Cahill
Barney
Kennebec River
Bath Iron Works
Phippsburg Center
Deering Yard
Trask
Maine Water Co
Commercial
Lombard Streets
Acadia Lodge
Henderson
Hon
Arthur Sewall
Lon Fisher
Colorado
Big
Charles H. Harrington
Milford
Del
Y.M.C.A
Albert L. Lombard
Harry W. Dunton
William Armes
Roy Wildes
Philip Sturtevant
E. N. Nelson
Llewellyn Rogers
Arthur B. Stearns
Charles H. Hughes
L. T. Holmes
William R. Chapman
Harry W. Tucker
William S. Dobson
William S. Shorey
Henri Crosby
Fred W. Armes
James Gorman
Leonard Fowle
Charles E. Patten
James W. Wakefield
James C. Ledyard
James B. Drake
Charles Davenport
Albert H. Shaw
Henry W. Swanton
Samuel D. Bailey
Lucinda Bailey
W. L. Hill
Lowell
Hotel Phoenix
Sylvanus Davis
Bruce's Hill
North End
Frank Davis
Davis
Mr. Davis
Small Point Club
Herbert
Sturgis
Glover
J. N. Meloney
Gaudreau
Meloney
Enoch Reed
Maine Central Railroad
Gen. Knox
Bath-Woolwich
Hercules
Steward Begin
New Meadows Innis
Charles E. Vanderkleed
Lafayette
Ind
Mr. Vanderkleed
MacMahan Island
Sylvester
Popham Beach
Snow Flake
Glenny Burke
Reynolds
Burke
William M. Temple
Hallet’s
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Brewster
Elizabeth Deering
Lillian Marshall
Nova Scotia
John IL
Jack
June Mc MeIntire
Grace M. McIntire
Charles J Letever
Charles N. Nanfel
Waterville
Graty Jackson
Shirley Stinson
Woolwich
Robert W. Stinson
Arthur J. Dunton
John L
Jack, Register
Bathim
Walter F. Chise
W. E Chase Jr
Madelyn
Jackon
Wallace R. Ham
Roger Savage
Marin Savage
James Dunton
Harriet EB. Halpen
Haverhill
John
Jack, Reyluber
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