Forty Years Ago in Bath March 28 1894
The Bath Daily Times item recalls George B. Morse visiting from Boston and Miss Belle Johnson returning home from Lewis ton. The Dirigo begins maiden voyage with the C W Morse and Seguin aiding. Seguin to the river mouth, Morse to Philadelphia for oil. W K Archbold from Westinghouse inspects electrical workings. trains stop at Foley crossing for visiting Grangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Daily Times
George B. Morse
Boston
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
West Bath
Foley’s Crossing
Dirigo
C. W. Morse
Seguin
Morse
Philadelphia
M. W
Frank
Edward
William Sewall
New Smoking Car Sets Off From Station
March 29 1894 report notes a smoking car on train No 58 this morning and a near accident at Front and Center streets as a rock fell from a derrick injuring worker John F Stilphen. Minor injuries with no bones broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tain No. 58
Front
Center Streets
John F. Stilphen
Hallet
Mr. Stitphen
Portland Scene and College Athletics March 30 1894
Charles W. Clifford spent the day in Portland as Bowdoin College athletes prepared for an Alameda appearance. Miss Jennie Harvey leads a Phoenix rehearsal while residents attended the Ladies Relief Corps fair in Brunswick. L M Smith returned to Boston after aiding H Duncan at the fair. Mary Cushing came back from Manchester NH school. Harry Baker of Dorchester Mass. returned home after a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Clifford
Portland
L. M. Smith
Boston
Mary Cushing
Manchester
N. H
Harry Baker
Dorchester
Mass
Shorey sisters visit. Bath schooner Mary Sands sinks
F W and W B Shorey return from Bridgton where sister Miss Sophia Shorey lies critically ill. Miss Taft returns to Bradford Academy. The Bath schooner Mary Sands sank in Massachusetts Bay after leaving Crow Point on a brick cargo run to Cambridgeport. Crew saved some effects, drifted 17 hours before rescue by the Heisler. likely uninsured. Repairs at Sewall yard follow a frozen cylinder head and damaged components from the machine room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W
Shorey
Bridgton
Miss Sophia Shorey
Mary Sands
Massachusetts Bay
Crow Point
Sheepscot
Pinkham
Cambridgeport
Cape Elizabeth
Sewall Yard
Moulton
Local notices and business updates from Bath March 31 1894
Frank Biggins returns from a state trip. John Potter heads to Portland for eye treatment at Maine General hospital. Pattee suffers a thumb injury at New England yard but will recover use of his hand. Winter Harbor to be updated with new tubes before summer service. Depot shellacing and exterior painting underway. Dr. P. W. Roberts from Boston considers practicing in Bath. Schools start April 2 for 11 weeks. high school 12. H. O. Robinson surveys M C R R track aiding sewer project. April term of Supreme Judicial Court opens with Judge Wiswell. expected quiet session. Marble shop owner Mr. Page expands business. praised for fine Maine work. G A R prizes awarded for ticket sales. Creszey wins gold watch. Miss Bertie Wiggin wins ten dollar piece.
Spring term begins as April opens in Bath
The Bath area starts the Spring term on April 2 1894. Moves include ship timber deliveries for Charles Minott and Grace Bartlett returning from Boston cooking school. A street sprinkler is welcomed by merchants amid dust on Front street. Kennebec Naval Veterans set meeting for April 3. W E Tuttle returns to Boston for studies at the Boston Dental College. Local men plan to form a band led by Chas Pery with fifteen to twenty members already joined and rehearsals to begin this week.
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Chas Pery
Bath
River steamship delayed by tides and ide
The Kennebec will not begin trips tomorrow night as planned and will likely wait a week from Tuesday due to low tides and lingering ice. A dancing school hall event at Alameda gathers Bath residents and visitors tonight with an exhibition at 7:30 followed by a dance lasting about two hours.
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Kennebec
the Alameda
Bath
Installation of officers and local notices in Bath area
April 3 1894 events include Dunlap Commandery officer installation Charles Garcelon Lewiston visiting Bath friends. Bath Gun Club annual meeting tomorrow at J C Higgins studio. Miss Pendexter returns to Massachusetts for studies. Judge William T Hall presides Probate Court April session. Mrs Abel E Work and daughter depart for Cambridge Mass Ruth attends school there. Mayor Frank L Noble in city for courthouse business. North Street Social Circle meets Mrs Norton High Street Wednesday. Mr and Mrs G W Brooks travel to Boston. he returns, she stays visiting. streetcar No 6 derailed near Wetherbee’s. No 7 derailed at South End, no damage. Measles waning. school classes thinned. North Grammar school 8–15 of 100 out. John Gilmore William Besselivre go to Freeport for Bath talent minstrel show on 19th.
Easter parade cancelled by weather in Brunswick
Dunlap commandery E T dispensed with the American Legion band Brunswick and shortened parade plans for Easter observance Sunday. Forty five members worshipped at Winter Street church. Rev Joseph O Purdue preached to a sizable gathering. Members marched from Mason Temple to the church and back. Past Commanders ceremony kept for next Tuesday night. chairs to be announced.
Red Men to Sponsor Minstrels and Dance
The Red Men will sponsor a minstrel show and dance at their hall on Front Street Monday evening April 9. A cast of about 15 will perform with Hubert G. Farnsworth as interlocutor and end men John Marks Charles Dorsey Edward Arsenault and Edmund Ford. Soloists include George Wilson Freeman Wilson Arthur Wilson John Marks Jr Charles Ansert Carlton Rideout Ralph Boardman with Miss Lillian Stover as accompanist. Additional features feature Marks and Marks George and Dutch Harmony Boys Quartet and Vermetto impersonator.
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Red Men
Front Street
Hubert G. Farnsworth
John Marks
Charles Dorsey
Edward Arsenault
Edmund Ford
George Wilson
Freeman Wilson
Arthur Wilson
John Marks Jr
Charles Ansert
Carlton Rideout
Ralph Boardman
Lillian Stover
Marks
George
Dutch
Harmony Boys Quartet
Vermetto
Farm and Home Week Sets Attendance Record at Orono
Maine's 28th annual Farm and Home Week drew 1356 official registrations last week at Orono, surpassing all prior events and beating last year by 191. Sagadahoc county registrants included Mrs. Carolyn Wing, Mrs. Bernice Bailey of Woolwich, Miss Emily Rideout of Bowdoinham, and P. E. Libby of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Orono
Sagadahoc County
Carolyn Wing
Bernice Bailey
Woolwich
Emily Rideout
Bowdoinham
P. E. Libby
Richmond
M'Farland and Bennett announce marriage in Woonsocket
Announcement of the Sept 2 1933 marriage at Woonsocket Rhode Island between Dorice Bennett daughter of Myron E Bennett of Sanford Maine and Farland son of Mrs Ethel Blodgett of Berlin New Hampshire. Mr McFarland works at Windlass Co and Mrs McFarland teaches in West Paris Maine.
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Farland
Mechanic Street
Bath
Ethel M. Blodgett
Berlin
N. H
Dorice Bennett
Myron E. Bennett
Sanford
Woonsocket
R. I
William W. Barker
McFarland
Windlass Co
Nat Palmer Recalls Life At Sea And Smuggling Tales
Nat Palmer recounts molasses loading on a bark, the cleaning method using molasses, and a captain hiding gold coins worth 1,840 dollars. He describes smuggling Cuban cigars past customs, a flamingo sighting, aigrettes and Bok’s anti use campaign, plus mangrove oysters along docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One
Nat
Philadelphia
Palmer
Bith
Mr. Palmer
Edward Bok
Ladies Home Journal
Chesapeake Bay
First Boat Navigates Sasanoa River to Bath
The Gov. Douglas oil supply boat became the season’s first craft to reach Arrowsic gut, coming to Bath in the afternoon from Robinhood. Northerly winds may break ice edges, but Back River is clear from Arrowsic bridge to the Camp Ground and the tide runs too swift beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burntjacket
Thorne’s Head
Gov. Douglas
Sasanoa
Arrowsic Gut
Bath
Robinhood
Back
Arrowsic Bridge
Portland Doctor Linn B Marshall Dies at 52
Dr Linn B Marshall a Cambridge native and war veteran died in Portland from heart disease at 52. He ran seven years of school clinics inoculating 12000 children and three free baby clinics weekly. A British Army Medical Corps veteran, he studied at Hebron Academy Bowdoin and Colorado medical schools graduating in 1921 before practicing in Hebron and later Portland. He was a Mason and member of Woodfords Club and Maine Cumberland County Medical associations.
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Linn B. Marshall
Cambridge
Mass
Portland
British Army Medical Corps
Marshall
Hebron Academy
Bowdoin Medical School
University of Colorado
Sing
Hebron
Woodfords Club
Portland Medical Gu
Maine
Cumberland County Medical Associations
Delightful Piano Recital by Miss Dearing Pups
Five pupils of Miss Thelma W Dearing performed at her home 688 Middle Street Friday evening. The program included Capricante Jolly Blacksmith Uncle Remus Wake and other pieces. The students Mary Holbrook Edward Atkinson Merritt Shea Lucille Stinson Thelma Baker received praise for poise and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma W. Dearing
Miss Dearing
Middle Street
Mary Holbrook
Edward Atkinson
Merritt Shea
Lucille Stinson
Woolwich
Pils
Thelma Baker
Toledo Blade
Eee
John P. Scott
Miss Martha Senter Weds Prof David Gilmore at Brunswick Church
Miss Martha Senter daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur F Senter of Brunswick married Prof David T Gilmore of Rutgers University Saturday at First Parish church Brunswick Rev Thompson E Ashby officiated The bride wore her mother's wedding gown William mother of the bride served as escort The groom a Princeton graduate and Rutgers Romance Languages professor succeeds as husband of Maine merchant daughter of Simmons College alumna and Vesper George trained designer couples names and venues appear in the ceremony record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Senter
Wilbur F. Senter
Brunswick
David T. Gilmore
Rutgers University
First Parish Church
Thompson E. Ashby
Margaret Gilchrist
Philadelphia
Marion Copplestone
Brookline
Mass
E. Murray Senter
Wiscasset
Jane Senter
George Howell
New Brunswick
N. J
Charles W. Stevens
Arthur Stratton
Bowdoin College
Murray
John
Alfred Senter
George Gilmore
Brooklyn
Princeton
Doudinot
Carl Schurz
Columbia
Rutgers
Gilmore
Maine
Simmons College School of Domestic Sciences
Vesper George School of Design
Electrical Equipment Display at Topsham
Exhibits of electrical gear to be shown at the Extension and Farm Bureau meeting in Topsham at the grange hall Tuesday. Items include burglar alarms for poultry plants time switches water heaters soil tape and heating devices soil breakers domes fuses motors and outlets. Co N Turner will discuss types costs and installation methods. Dinner served by Farm Bureau women. all welcome.
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Extension
Farm Bureau
Topsham
Grange Hall
Co. N. Turner
Ice Weakening on Kennebec River Near Bath
Kennebec river ice above Bath is weakening with the bar across Lines’ Island giving way on both ends. Shore ice broke away during the ebb tide and moved toward the sea. Observers note that large ice fields typically travel downstream about ten days after the island barrier fails.
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Kennebec River
Bath
Lines
Danby H Varner Dies at 73 in Bath
Danby H Varner 73 retired merchant died Wednesday after a morning stroke at his home 18 Robinson Lane Bath born there to David and Mary Warner he lived here most of his life and worked for Swift & Co and in grocery and tobacco ventures survived by wife two sisters Mrs Spinney and Mrs Ingham three nieces and one nephew Carl E Stinson of Bath among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danby H. Varner
Robinson Lane
Varner
Mr. Varner
Bath
David
Mary Warner
Swift & Co
George Spinney
Mary Ingham
Horace L
Charles W Toothaker Dies. Somerville Dairy Pioneer
Charles W Toothaker, president of Seven Oaks Dairy Co. of Somerville, died suddenly at 342 Broadway after nearly 60 years in Somerville. The 67 year old, born in Brunswick, lived in Charlestown since age 12 and was a life Mason. He is survived by brother Herman A Toothaker, treasurer of the dairy company. Rev Stephen C Lang officiated at Woodlawn Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Toothaker
Seven Oaks Dairy Co
Somerville
Broadway
Woodlawn
Stephen C. Lang
First Congregational Church
Franklin Street
Mr. Toothaker
Brunswick
Charlestown
Toothaker
King Solomon Lodge of Masons of
Herman A. Toothaker
Funeral held for Walter R. Miller in Brunswick
Walter R. Miller aged 55 years 11 months 10 days died after a long illness. The funeral was Monday at Stetson funeral home Brunswick with Rev. Sheldon Christian officiating. Entombment followed at Pine Grove cemetery. He is survived by his wife Ida Stetson Miller a daughter Mrs Elmer Blake Bath two sons Private Ralph W. Miller Fort Amador Panama Canal Zone and Robert S. Miller Brunswick High School, his mother Mrs M Vesta Miller a brother William Miller Bath and two nephews and several cousins all of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Miller
Bath
Brunswick
Stetson Funeral Home
Sheldon Christian
Universalist Church
Pine Grove
Miller
Ida Stetson Miller
Elmer Blake
Ralph W. Miller
Fort Amador
Panama Canal Zone
Robert S. Miller
Brunswick High School
Morse Former Bath Resident Dies In New Jersey
The funeral for Thomas W. Morse, once of Bath, occurred Monday at his Ridgefield Park New Jersey home where he died Saturday. He was the son of Capt Warren Morse born in Bath and educated there. Morse helped build the Alameda site and later supervised a paper mill in Ridgefield Park. He leaves a sister Miss May Morse of Bath and four cousins all of Bath.
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Thomas W. Morse
Bath
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Mr. Morse
Capt
Warren Morse
Alameda
Bath Opera House
May Morse
Harry Foote
Belle
Martha
Margaret Foote
Miss Selina A Trott Dies at 75 in Auburn Visit
Miss Selina A. Trott 75 a life long Woolwich resident died Friday morning at the Auburn home of her niece Miss Ethelyn M. Marston 155 Winter street with whom she had been visiting for about two weeks She was a daughter of John and Mary Eames Trott and a member of the North Woolwich Methodist church She leaves two sisters Mrs D J Hathorne of Woolwich and Mrs Leland Save of Wenham Mass and two brothers Charles J Trott of Wenham Mass and Fred L Trott of West Brookfield Mass.
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Selina A. Trott
Woolwich
Ethelyn M. Marston
Winter Street
Auburn
Miss Trott
John and
Mary Eames Trott
North Woolwich
Varner Funeral Held Sunday Afternoon at Home
The funeral of Danby H. Varner was Sunday at two at his home at 18 Robinson Lane. Rev. Forest H. Littlefield of Wesley Methodist Church officiated. Bearers were Clarence Oliver, Horace Norton, Carl and Paul Stinson, Rudolph and Donald McRae. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danby H. Varner
Robinson Lane
Forest H. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
Clarence Oliver
Horace Norton
Carl
Paul Stinson
Rudolph
Donald McRae
Oak Grove
Miss Selina Trott Funeral at Center Baptist Church
The funeral for Miss Selina A Trott of Woolwich was Sunday at Center Baptist Church at two. Rev. Walter W Swank officiated with Ralph Wright Alvin Hartley and Milton Hathorne as pallbearers. Burial followed at Laurel Grove. J Houghton McLellan Jr returned to Boston after Easter visit with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina A. Trott
Woolwich
Center Baptist Church
Walter W. Swank
Ralph Wright
Alvin, Hartley
Milton Hathorne
Laurel Grove
J. Houghton McLellan Jr
Boston
Mrs
J. Houghton McLellan
Gorham Normal Notes Preview Spring Term and Activities
The Girls Glee club performed at chapel with 30 members led by Marjorie Frost and Nellie V Leeman. Final exams run through April 6, after which spring holiday April 6 to 17 closes the school. New practice teachers arrive next quarter. Nellie King plans to finish teaching. Burnette Bailey to teach in West Gorham nine weeks. Volleyballs start. Dorothy Flint notes strong turnout and continued athletics involvement since 1931. Faculty Study Club banquet highlighted extra curriculars. Miriam Andrews among attendees. Oracle school paper will feature New York Teachers Convention delegates in April.
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Glee Club
Marjorie Frost
Brunswick
Nellie V. Leeman
Bath
Nellie King
Gorham
Burnette Bailey
Woolwich
West Gorham Rural Training School
Dorothy Flint
Bailey
Miss Flint
East Hall
Miriam Andrews
Oracle
New York
Motorists urged to obey stop signs in city drives
Mayor Harold P Small launches a campaign against stop sign violators as City Marshal Walter L Whitney orders officers to patrol for careless drivers at blind corners and on Washington street seen as a race track. Kenneth Jaques, son of Edward and Mrs Jaques, patient at Brunswick hospital after appendicitis operation, is improving and expected home in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Walter L. Whitney
Washington Street
Kenneth Jaques
Edward Jaques
Academy Street
Brunswick Hospital
Sabout A Fortnigni
Portland Rebekahs District Meeting Attended by Notables
Mrs. Leonard Munsey and Mrs. Roger Pierce joined Mrs. Herbert Huggard Mrs. McCabe and Mrs. Eva Atwood at the Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge event in Portland district Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Munsey
Roger Pierce
Herbert Huggard
Herbert McCabe
Eva Atwood
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Portland
Rebekahs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Belle Johnson
Lewis
John B. Hoover
Portsmouth
Ships
Florence Merrill
Mollie Gibbons
Back River
W. K. Archbold
Westinghouse Electrician
Donald Crawford
Sparrows Point
Maryland
Fred Spinney
American Express Co
Grand Orients
Asca Haley
Red Star Line
Jennie Harvey
the Phoenix
Ladies’ Relief Corps
Taft
Christina Carter
Green Street
Bradford Academy
Frank Biggins
John Potter
Maine General Hospital
Charles H. Pattee
New England
Winter Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
P. W. Roberts
H. O. Robinson
Center
Washington Streets
Supreme Judicial Court
Wiswell
Sagadahoc
Page
James Creszey
Bertie Wiggin
F. H. Twitchell
New York City
Charles Minott
Grace Bartlett
Kennebec Naval Veterans Association
W. E. Tuttle
Boston Dental College
Dunlap
Charles Garcelon
Lewiston
The
Bath Gun Club
J.C. Higgins
William T. Hall
Abel E. Work
Ruth
Frank L. Noble
Court House
North Street
G. W. Brooks
Wetherbee's
North Grammer
John Gilmore
William Besseliverre
Freeport
Dunlap Commandery
Winter Street Church
M’farland—Bennett
Nat Palmer
Sasanoa River
Pope Beere Es Sete
Peer
Rene Cans
Somerville, Mass
D. H. Varner
Loyal Protective Insurance CO
Nera Street
Brtea
Margaret Huse
Advent Church
Advent Christian Church
Zephie A. Rice
Mabel Marden
Holy City
Priscilla Warner
Ptaveric
Noice Lee L. Abbot
Alice
Robert Dwyer
Erma Bennett
Phyllis Ervine
Grace Bennett
Pauline
Alice Prest
Aia
Marjorie McNeil
Mighty King
Marion Warner
Lorraine Holmes
School
Pauline Prest
LNCS
Earnest R. Rice
Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance
Washington St
Salem
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