Forty Years Ago in Bath March 24 1886 Highlights
The Bath column notes George McFadden returns to Hon William Rogers as bookkeeper after years surveying lumber. A J Q C party entertains guests with salt water fare magic and dancing. Dunlap commandery installation at Masonic hall lists officers led by Mussenden with a post-installation banquet and City Hall dance. Postmaster Nichols box exchanges begin. Kate McClintock schooner sold for townage. Patten lodge Knights of Pythias to be instituted with banquet and officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McFadden
William Rogers
McFadden
Dunlap Commandery
Masonic Hall
John O. Shaw
Edwin M. Fuller
William 7. Mussenden
Frank A. Palmer
Fritz HW. Twitchell
William BB. Palmer
Enos F. Whitehouse
George H. Clark
William PD. Hill
Augustus C. Sprague
George M. Shepard
Henry W. Howard
Albert H. Shaw
Seth T. Woodward
Andrew RK. Cahill
George EL Litchfield
John K. Knowlton
City Hall
Howard Eaton
Edmund F. Foote
Augustus (. Sprague
Aids
Local notes from Exeter and Bath on March 25 1886
March 25 1886 reports N W Hamm home from Exeter and business good at city scales. Bath clubs meet with Bath Reform Club officers to be elected next Wednesday. Joseph McCutcheon hauled cord wood to Hospital Point for shipment. Beacon Street Union and Young People’s Literary Society held entertainments. Phi Rho society to celebrate eighteenth anniversary with a dance at Amaranth Hall. Postmaster Nichols issues box rent and key notice. Perkins Blaisdell boatyard builds steam launches for George Walker Supt Hyde and Benjamin Tenney. two more launches expected. Board of Aldermen draws Traverse Jurors for April term Superior Judicial Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins & Blaisdell
George Walker
Boston
Goss Iron Works
Supt. Hyde
Goss Marine Iron Works
Benjamin Tenney
Hallowell
Ras Wa Ae
Local Notes From Amaranth Hall and Nearby Towns
March 26 1886 reports the Phi Rhox celebration at Amaranth Hall and a regular Post Sedgwick G AR meeting. Visitors Miss Florence Page of Wiscasset calls on Miss Neltie Campbell. Sagadahock District lodge meets with Popham lodge next Thursday. Miss Lara Wawthorne heads to Pride's Corner New Hampshire to teach. Fred Blaisdell hosts a surprise party at his father’s Middle Street home. A progressive euchre and high tea event was held at Mrs. ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blaisdell
Middle Street
Pegceet
Jennie Ballard
Lincoln Street
Thomas Percy
Parker
Edgecomb
Woolwich
Bath Yards To Launch Three Vessels Next Week
The Bath yards plan three vessel launches next week two on Monday and one on Tuesday. The John C Whittier will be launched from Deering and Donnell while Planking proceeds on the Dromore lighter built by Perry Brothers at Winneganee. Ballast work continues for Harringtons new yacht and local militia training tightens with upcoming exhibition drills at Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Perry Brothers
Winneganee
Dromore
John C. Whittier
Deering & Donnell
Directors elect White superintendent for Knox & Lincoln railway
March 29 1886 reporting that William N White was unanimously elected superintendent of the Knox & Lincoln Railway to begin duties April 1 He has previously filled the post when needed and will take charge of operations from the retiring Coombs The news also notes the promotion prospects for a former baggage master and a launch of the three masted schooner Anna FE Morse built in Rockland with 1100 ton coal capacity
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox & Lincoln
Kimball and Cobh
Rockland
Frye
Newcastle
Berry
Hyde
William N. White
Anna FE. J. Morse
BW. & WF. Morse
Materis
Maniton
Lansil
Joseph ML Hayes
Israeli Jewell
Crulher
Calvin Clark
Roeland Fisher
Denyiss Barhanan
Parmakers
Coombs & Maxwell
Frank A. Palmer
Faten & Senyer
Wm. MU. Clifford
Schooner Georgie Berry Leaks After Ice Encounter At Sea
The schooner Georgie Berry laden with coal from South Amboy reached port Saturday afternoon under sail. An ice sheet damaged a low port causing a bad leak. Pumps kept her afloat while Ro land Fisher organized coal heavers for unloading. By ten o clock 75 tons had been removed and the vessel partly surfaced, stopping the leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Berry
South Amboy
T. Woodward
Roland Fisher
Bath News round up and local improvements in March
March 30 1886 items include Miss Walker visiting Auburn Mrs Walter Russell departing Bath for Boston New York Bath Reform club supper Winter Street Society supper at chapel Changes at local offices painting at Davis Hatch store James W Kelley resumes post office duties Charles Cushing joins Boston Post Harry McLellan becomes organist at New Church Tenie Mains new manager Bath telephone office School committee advances plan to rebuild North Grammar School needing 3500 to rebuild 150 to furnish and 5404 likely from City Council Jonathan Sawyer three masted ship launched at New England Shipbuilding Company owners Nealley Reynolds Dover NH etc details on dimensions tonnage and builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
Jonathan Sawyer
New England Shipbuilding Company
Tath
Bath Iron Works
Frank Nealley
B. CO. Reynolds
Dover
N.hs
Oreton Pine Ms
Edward S Everett Dies on World Tour in 1916
Edward S Everett a prominent Portland businessman died suddenly in Borneo during a world cruise. Born 1855 in Bath he moved to Portland at 16 and built a long career with Cook Everett Pennell. His son Dr J Harold Everett survivies him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Everett
Portland
Borneo
J. Harold Everett
Mr. Everett
Bath
Timothy
Sarah Hudson Everett
W. F. Phillin, & C c
Cook, Everett & Pennell
Ohio
New York
Mwerber
G. Starr
TW. VY. Randall
F. A. Genthner
Everett
New England
Chestnut Street
M. FE
Portland Club
Portland Cadets
Frank L. Besse Worl Dies in Ontario Calif Owner of Clinton Tannery
Frank L. Besse Worl a Bath figure and Clinton Tannery owner died Saturday in Ontario California. He donated to preparatory schools Colby College and Albion high school. A Maine legislator and 22d degree Mason he aided Senator Rupert H W Laster and backed Bath Woolwich ferry efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worl
Ontario
Calif
Frank L. Bee
Rupert H W. Laster
Vath
Bath-Woolwich
Besse Clinton
Daxter
Funeral for Hazel May Scott Held at Grandmother's Home
The funeral of Hazel May Scott, a well known school girl who died suddenly this week, was held Saturday afternoon at her grandmother Mrs Anna Mayers home 74 Union street. Rev David L Wilson of Central Congregational church officiated. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel May Scott
Anna Mayers
Union Street
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Oak Grove
Grange notes highlight local service and growth in 1926
Wisconsin granges expand practical community work with farm roots and local improvement. Massachusetts leaders include Governor Alvin Fuller and Lt. Gov Frank Allen among long-time grange members. National plans divide counties into regions to boost rural welfare and fund new projects while new grange halls open in Rhode Island and state programs feature Grange Day at agricultural colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Grange
Massachusetts Grange
Alvin T. Fuller
Wpittsfield
Frank G. Allen
Doston
Channing HL. Cox
Samuel W. McCall
Winchester
Iowa
Ohio
Indiana
National Grange
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution seati ng guide
Mrs Blaine S Wiles Maine Daughters of the American Revolution asks members attending the Continental Congress in Washington April 19 25 to send names for seat planning by delegates and members The Maine party departs Portland April 16 at 1215 PM arrives Washington April 17 returns April 24 9 AM arrives Portland April 25 Tickets good until April 30 Reduced rail rates Hotel Hamilton HQ Details from Miss Maude Merrick 252 Main St Waterville Maine Transportation Chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine S. Wiles
Maine
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
National Society
Portland
Hamilton
Foreign Visitors Seek Information on Bugs
Visitors from six foreign countries toured the United States Department of Agriculture during January to study insect pests. They included representatives from South Africa, Sudan, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, and Japan. Highlights covered maize conservation, gypsy moth and boll weevil control, cotton pests, aphids, museum collections, and gall-making aphids studies at national facilities. Numerous foreign experts visited laboratories in Massachusetts and Louisiana and the National Museum under the Bureau of Entomology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Johannesburg
South Africa
Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratory
Khartum
Sudan
Massachusetts
Tallulah
United States
Moscow Tropical Institute of
Russia
Tallulah Laboratory
Wellington
New Zealand
Toronto University
Department of Agriculture
Imperial College of Agriculture and Forestry
Morioka
Japan
National Museum
Letters From Home Reach Independent Readers
Oscar C. Rogers of Bath and San Bernardino sends a renewal to the Independent with thanks for the weekly Home City letter. Charles H. Crocker of Everett renews, saying the Independent feels like a letter from home. South Dresden reports two young women Miss Nellie Lilly and Miss Georgia Barter travel six miles daily to Bridge Academy and care for a horse, with Agnes Lilly improving and hoping to resume studies in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar C. Rogers
Bath
San Bernardino
Cal
The
Independent
Bath Independent
Charles HL Crocker
Everett
Mass
South Dresden
Nellie Lilly
Georgia Barter
Bridge Academy
Agnes Lilly
Maine banjoists Charm Rumford mother with radio signal
Totman and Gallant, longtime banjoists and music teachers, perform several times weekly from Station WGCT. Gallant’s mother, Mrs James Gallant of Rumford, reliably hears her son on the air via a custom receiver built by family. Totman runs a Union City based music school while Gallant operates one in Moloken New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totman
Gallant
WGCT
James Gallant
Rumford
Oan
Union City
Moloken
N. J
John Lyons Finds Lady's Pocketbook
John J. Lyons of S85 Beacon street found a gray leather bag with a tapestry front in front of Bath Motor Mart. He turned it in to the Times office. a store clerk reported the loss, and the bag and its contents were returned to the rightful owner the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Lyons
Beacon Street
Bath Motor Mart
Times Office
Center Street
John
Castle Town Brings 4700 Tons of New River Coal
The freighter Castle Town arrived Friday morning from Norfolk with 4700 tons of New River coal for Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. Captain Anson Oliver of Popham Beach piloted the vessel, which docked at 10 30. Discharging began immediately and is expected to finish by Tuesday. The ship was built at Gloucester City NY in 1915, measuring 321.7 feet and 3328 gross tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate McClintock
Greene's Island
Hagan's
United States Court
Independent Towage Co
Portland
Marshal
Thomas FE. Hagan
T. M. Hagen & Co
Castle Town
Norfolk
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Anson Oliver
Popham Beach
Gloucester City
N.Y
Brunswick Dramatic Club Stages You and I Comedy
The Brunswick Dramatic club presented the comedy You and I at the Cumberland Theatre on Thursday before a large audience. Director Professor Charles H. Gray led the cast featuring Maithiud White Austin H. MacCormick Nancy White and others with stage settings by VanCleve and contributions from Mrs Dewing Mrs Haskell and Mrs Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Dramatic Club
You and I
Cumberland Theatre
Nich
Philip Larry
Charles H. Gray
Alonzo T. Holmes
W. Meserve
the Haylofters
Portland Society of Artists
Thomas ©. VanCleve
Ienry TR. Dewing
Alaric W. Haskell
Maithiud White
Austin H. MacCormick
Nancy White
Daniel C. Stanwood
Roderick White
Edward Fuller
Veronica Duane
Lois Haskell
Geoffrey Nichols
Stanley P. Chase
G.T. Warren
Alonzo TB. Holmes
Etta
Austin IT. MacCormick
Baccalaureate Sermon Set At Maine University
Rev. James F. Albion will deliver the baccalaureate address at the University of Maine 55th commencement on Sunday June 13 announced by Acting Vice President Harold S. Roardman. Albion, Tufts College and Divinity School graduate, long served as pastor in Portland and Brunswick Universalist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Albion
Universalist Church of Brunswick
University of Maine
Harold SS. Roardman
Albion
Tufts College
Tufts Divinity School
Congress Square
Portland
Tanger Sanatorium Adopts First Quartz Window In New England Health Service
The Tanger Sanatorium, a local supported institution for tubercular patients, is installing a quartz window believed to be the first of its kind used in a health facility in New England, according to association officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanger Sanatorium
New England
Probate notices and estate filings in Sagadahoc County Maine
Probate court notices show Edward W. Bridgham as executor for Archibald Trainor of Bath and multiple estate actions in Sagadahoc County. Documents include asset statements from The Insurance Company Hartford and Newark Fire Insurance Company, with orders for letters testamentary, administrator appointments, and published notices in Bath Independent.
Reducing weights may endanger health warning
A Johns Hopkins physician warns that the modern ideal of extreme thinness endangers health and happiness. He cites undernourishment, tuberculosis risk, nervous breakdowns, and the danger to young women aged sixteen to thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Ee
L. F. Barker
Johns Hopkins University
Barker
Snuff Factory Closes Over Cigarette Rise in England
The article notes the closing of a notable snuff factory in England as cigarette use rises, signaling changing tastes. It recalls snuff’s decline from the late nineteenth century and cites The Manchester Guardian warning that cigarettes may become a lasting habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sir Plume
Manchester Guardian
Miami University urges applicants to avoid bringing cars
The Oxford Ohio institution states that student automobile ownership is harmful to scholarship and asks prospective students who feel the need to bring a vehicle to consider other colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Foreclosure Notice on 1915 Georgetown Mortgage
Ralph W. Davis announces foreclosure due to breach of condition on a Georgetown real estate mortgage originally dated June 2 1915 and assigned June 29 1917. property lies along Sagadahoc Harbor shore with described bounds and line with cedar post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Davis
Ralph W. Davis
Linnie FE. Beal
Sagadahoc
Guy H. Crosby
Georgetown
Maine
Rhoda J. McMahan
Alonzo McMahan, Jr
Georgianna Robinson
Susan Rose
Will of late William J O'Brien probate in Sagadahoc
Charlotte F O'Brien executrix petitions for probate of the will of William J O'Brien of Bath who died March 3rd 19% in Sagadahoc County leaving widow and heirs Mary C O'Hoen Portland and Charlotte F O'Brien Bath. Court orders notice by publication April 13 1926Bath county probate hearing set for April 13 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufis D. Moulton
Bath
Savadahoe
Armiday
Moulton
Sagadahoc
Rufve D. Moulton
Walter S Glidden
F Acentor
Augusta M. Dunc Ean
Sagadaline
Welter S. Glidden
Tewiston
Ernest Hulett
Elly J. Wulett
State OF Maine
Sagadahoe
Charlotte O'Brien
William J. O'Brien
Mary C. O'Hoeen
Portland
Charlotte
O'Brien
Charlotte F. O'Brien
Sagadhoc
Walter S. Glidden
James S. Leudge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Jake
Mr. Burgess
Ethel Hyde
May Pratt
Chellie Morrison
Tenie Shannon
Ruth Moulton
Mattie Foote
Sadie HitchWeeck
Fred Hill
F. 8. Hyde
de T. Percy,Jr
Fred Whitmore
Fred Weeks
F. W. Swanton
T. W. Hyde
John R. Knowlton
Nichols
N. W. Hamm
Exeter
City Neigher Longley
City Scales
Ami Bath
Bath Reform Club
Joseph McCutcheon
Beacon Street Union
Young People’s Literary Society
Winter Street
Phi Rho Society
Amaranth
Board of Aldermen
Supreme Judicial Court
William H. Clifford
Warren M. Dain
Charles R. Donnell
George HL. Grant
John F. Roberts
John W. Roberts
Samuel Dain
Phi Rhox
Amaranth Hall
Post Sedgwick
G.ar
Florence Page
Wiscasset
Neltie Campbell
Sagadahock District
Lara Wawthorne
Pride's Corner, N. H
Patten Lodge K. of P
Acadia Lodge
Alonzo Ring
Bedford Street
Path Light Infantry
Vokland Light Infantry
Bath Light Infantry
Alameda
Mample
Harrington
John S. Hyde
Lowell
Path High School
Biccins
Mains
Gardiner
Armory
Walter Russell
Winter Street Society
Davis Hatch
James W. Kelley
Charles Cushing
Boston Post
Itarry McLellan
Mr. Cushing
New Church
Tenie Mains
Jennie Fish
Lewiston
Aee
Frank L. Besse
Rhode Island
Florence Knapp
Kneapp
Colleges of Agriculture
Montana
Order
Department of Education
Michigan
Pauline Cole
Eaton County
Mizpah Grange
Colorado
Kit Carson County Fair
Maryland
D.air. National Convention
John Lyons
Brunswick
Washington Star
Edward W. Rbrideham
Archibald J. Trainor
Ellen T. Trainor
Nersons
Rover J
Trainor
Whitefield
Catherine Mullaney
Mary M. Bloxom
Auburn
Toby F. Trainor
Thomas II
Edward W. Brideham
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadaloc
Rebeca
A.D
Frederick J. “Thinckley
Storary Cluioucs
Les Insurance CO
Hartford
Conn
State OF
Ano
James S. Lowell
D. M. Hemphreys & CO
Bath, Maine
Newark Fire Insurance CO. Newsrh
Esassek
Ofice and Bank
William TF. Dunham
William F. Dunniam
Helmes
Fietd & Cowlfs
Mers
W. S. Rogers
Cathance
William F,. Dunham
William F. Dunham
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