Bath Daily Times Itemizes 1893 Local Happenings
Forty years ago in Bath the station house housed four tramps and a truancy boy. Bicyclists braved the snow while robins reappeared after yesterday’s storm. Dunlap commandery staged two Red Cross degree candidates and plans installation next Tuesday. McDonald house work continues with extensive plastering repairs. Wilson’s dancing class hosts a Friday sociable at Russell’s hall. A hay load of 2300 pounds came from Snow farm to Shannon & Huse stables drawn by three white horses. Bath Iron Works shipped ship machinery to the Chicago Exposition, including capstans windlasses and steam gear. Gas in water pipes causes pumping woes and waste. The Machias conducts daily trial runs at the wharf to test engines and movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Farm
Shannon & Huse
Bath Iron Works
Chicago
Bath Fire Ravages Block Mentioned In Lewiston Paper
March 30 1893 George Knights of Brunswick in town Harry Field recovering rode downtown A S Winslow opens Front street candy shop Saturday Old Folk's concert April 5 at Corliss Street church amid Bath fire coverage and local insured losses Fire gutted the opera house Revere house and nearby shops with extensive damage and Portland offered help that was declined Local dancing class and Russell’s hall event noted Boothbay boat service mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Knights
Brunswick
Bath
Maine
Lewiston
Portland
Poole
Murray
Front Street
Columbian Hall
Opera House
Revere House
Revere
William H. Smith
D. C. Gould
John F. Clary
W. P. Emery
Bath Worried by Fire Damage and City Repairs
The Bath fire department reports the burned doorway arches broken by heat with large timbers wedged to prevent collapse. Front and Center streets were cleared of mud and ice, easing travel, while other streets remain difficult. The Maine exhibit train to Chicago departed Portland, Bath Iron Works sent a two-car display, and George E. Corliss and wife returned from Boston to take a new position in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earts
Maine
Portland
Chicago
Bath Iron Works
George E. Corliss
Boston
Corliss
American Express
Waterville
City scribbles and sailor tides mark early spring
April 1 1893 reports carpenters facing a busy summer the town set for a lively city council session Kate Mills schooner loads lumber at Winneganee mill for Boston water shut off at Thompson s Brook bring Easter dry Sagadahock Real estate association contemplates an opera house probate court meets next Tuesday Mr Longley notes Mr Baker will attend socially Waterville area operators bustling Marlboro Massachusetts visits quiet April Fool’s Day scenes around Ferry street and No 1 hose cart crew remains cohesive through recent changes
Fine Buckboard for Summer Use Starts Local Trend
April 3 1893 Charles Dunning buys a four seated tan buckboard arranged for three horses. First of its kind here it suits seashore trips and will please young folks. A social at Russell's hall closes a Winter dancing school with Brooks and Graves music. The Flower Guild sells linen at Miss Metcalf's Garden Street. Steamer Nahanada arrives from Boothbay with passengers pleased to be back in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunning
Wilson
Russell's Hall
Brooks and Graves
Flower Guild
Grace Church
Nahanada
G. A. Low
Bath
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Big iron frame for rudder draws city attention in transit
Parts arrive daily by train as Mason's horses and enormous trucks help move a massive steel frame for a rudder through the streets. April 4 1893 notes probate business, local concerts, ship captains visiting, and the Hilton house bargains. The Haydn quartet from Portland performs at the Universalist church while residents host visits in Raymond's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Haydn Quartet
Portland
Universalist Church
City
John H. Raymond
Raymond's Court
History making legislation seen
The article notes legislation on budget measures and executive control over expenditures, the emergency clause rejection, and likely shifts in spending with emphasis on the highway department. It also reports the suicide of George Stearns, former Snell house manager, and a Richmond carrier’s comment on depression. It closes with a Lewiston park memory and night crawler harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Department
Highway Department
Brann
Arik Named Editor of Bates Student Weekly
Isidore Arik a Bates College junior will become managing editor of The Bates Student succeeding Thomas Musgrave who moves to editor in chief. Arik has three years on the staff and is junior manager of baseball. Other staff named include Bond Perry Elizabeth Saunders Nathan Milbury Margaret Hoxie Dorothy Kimball Albert Oliver Harold Smith and Charles Povey. Prices of haircuts in Waterville sparked a local price war with 15 to 50 cent ranges and an armistice talks underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isidore Arik
Bates
Thomas Musgrave
West Medford
Mass
The
Publishing Association
Clive Knowles
College Weekly
Arik
Charles Arik
Laconia
N. H
David S. Cogan
Phil-Hellenic
Asistant
Stephens High School
Rumford
Stephens High
Margaret Hoxie
East Milton
Intercollegate
Dorothy Kimball
Camden
Albert Oliver
Lewiston
Harold Smith
Framingham
Charles Povey
Central Quartet Sings in Bath and Wiscasset Benefit
The Central church quartet performed in Wiscasset for the Bath Women's Club piano fund with members Ernest Wood and John Shaw among the soloists and Mrs. Howard Parks and Mrs. Luther Thompson. A buffet lunch at Rev. Henry W. Webb's home followed, with Bath residents and club members in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church Quartet
Wiscasset
Bath
F. A. Hodgdon
Woolwich
Henry W. Webb
Charles Sewall
Sewall
Webb
Bath Anglers Enjoy Excellent Fishing at Sebago Lake
Six Bathmen led by Sheriff Albert Henderson and Judge John Keegan fished Sebago Lake on a weekend trip hosted by Portland attorney Robert W. De Wolfe. Charles Henderson landed the largest salmon at eight pounds. Sheriff Henderson weighed 6½ pounds, while Dr. Harry F. Morin earned four pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebago Lake
Albert Henderson
Charles Henderson
Harry F. Morin
Ernest Wood
Lewis J. Sanborn
John J. Keegan
Robert W. de Wolfe
Portland
Morin
Keegan
Wood
Insurance company balance sheets reveal total assets near 20 million
The reports list assets for Travelers Indemnity Company and other insurers as of December 31 1932 including mortgage loans stocks and bonds cash in office and bank interest and rents and agents balances. Liabilities include unearned premiums all other liabilities and surplus totaling over 8 million for one firm and over 20 million for all entities combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Casualty Company OF
New York
Genesee St
Utica
New Assets
Brea
Southern Fire Insurance, CO
Y York
United States Casualty Company
Ow York
Workmen's Compensation
Ayr Isa Ce
Fire Association OF Philadelphia
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
THE
Franklin Fire Insurance CO
Ofice and Bank
Ou al
Cras
Firemen's Insurance Company
Newark
Newersey
Util Bank
Travelers Indemnity Company
Hartford
Connecticut
Aoe Ie
Chester Fire Insurance CO
N. Y
Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Company
Beacon Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Mill Owners Mutual Fire Insurance CO
Iowa
Des Moines
Agiterest
Uta
Casitaiene Sine
Mutual
Boston Insurance Company
U S
SUN Insurance Office Ltd
Hqmi Insurance Company
L. S. Crosby Co
Bath Maine
United States
Travelers Fire
British America Assurance CO Company
Toronto
Canada
Lloyds Insurance Company
America
New York, N Y
Travelers Insurance Company
Casualty Dent
Casualty Dept
OLD Colony Insurance Company
Mortgate Loans
Prudential Insurance Ee Company
Atlas Assurance Company America Limited
New Jersey
Western Assurance Company
ACC
Insurance Co
Chicago
WinneswarrdBorr
Enele
Cash
E. S. Crosby C' Bath
Maine
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Bath Daily Times
Robin
Dunlap Commandery
Red Cross
McDonald House
Harry Field
A. S. Winslow
Corliss Street Church
Ladies’ Katahdin Quartet
Philharmonic Orchestra
Russell’s Hall
Scott Andrews
Ledyard’s
Kate
Winneganee Mill
Thompson's Brook
Front
Elm Streets
Sagadahock Real Estate Association
Nevins
Marlboro
Sawtelle
Wheeler Ie Brunswick
Smith
Waite
Hodgkins
Ferry Street
Emery
Clary
John Knowlton
Scott
Knowlton
Levi Turner, Jr
Capt
Miles Standish
George M. Adams
W. G. Hubbard
Grace Bartlett
Delahanty
Samuel Percy
H. P. Mazon
Hattie Ledyard
Belle Carter
Bradford Academy
Maine Central
A. Sewall & Co
George Stearns
Houston
Snell House
Exchange Hotel
Stearns
Orient
Miss McAlister
Aroostook Hotels, Inc
Bangor
Richmond
Gardiner
Kennebec
Lewiston City Park
L. F.” Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
Main Street
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Herbert M. Lermond
Melvina 2
Lermond
Susie F. Oliver
Washington St
Braintree
Percy Lermond
State Hospital
Augusta
Congress St
Sidney B. Lermond
Herbert M. Leamond
John P. Carey
State OF
Bath Independent
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
York
James H. Ames
Agt
Bowdeinham
Central Quartet
Woman’s Club
Sheepscot Town
Reichardt
Hadley
Hoodoo
MerFiggin
Stephen Lenen
Miss Greenblatt
Tate Patri
Huntine
Bolhard
Woodsok
Mr. Shaw
Houptiton
Mrs Greenbutt
Joseph Leopold
Vinalhaven
Massachusetts Accident Company
Adl Banbiiirie
Charles H. Morse
Urance
Brahe
Lucas
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