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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1929

Page

8

Bath Daily Times 1889 Forty Years Ago April 17 1889

Langdon T Snipe from Yale returns home for a week of leave. The Kennebec steamer beam and connecting rods are installed. Gas pipes to be laid on Dummer street. Capt Gibbons to be succeeded by Capt Starkey. The South End fish market changes hands. Street work on Union Street progresses. Bath ball grounds season opener planned against Portland Maine League. Union Rank of K of P hosts social at Acadia hall with music and dancing.

Langdon T. Snipe Yale University T. P. Gibbons John R. Kelley William H. Starkey Bath The Baths Portlands Maine League

Postmaster Nichols Heads to Portland by Eleven O'clock Train

The eleven o'clock train to Portland carried Postmaster Nichols today. Large bonfires lit the southern city horizon last night as eggs sold for 12 cents at several retailers. Hens are laying well while law and order seem tight in Bath. Forward blockings of the Morse barge required extensive shoveling to make space.

Nichols Portland

Local Notes From Bath And Vicinity In April 1889

April 20 1889 reports painters changing Page block exterior on Front Street and arrivals aboard the Star including Will Turner of Somerville Mass. Knox Lincoln Railroad directors meet. Varney’s new saw mill will expand Bath North plant lumber capacity. U S buoy boat up river to Maine Central wharf to set down buoys. Bay Bridge spring inspection by Bibber and Purington. Twenty tons pig iron for Bath Iron Works arrives by rail and moves to the works. Supreme Court deems beans vegetables not fruit. Y M C A to meet at 4 30 pm in Winter Street chapel with W R Comer conducting. Captain Collins resigns Star of the East, a gold headed cane shown as tribute. Red Men of Bath hosted in Lewiston, Bath warriors return midnight by special train.

Concert charms Brunswick citizens and fund meeting planned

On April 22 1889 a Brunswick band concert drew many residents. A meeting of Park fountain fund subscribers is set for this evening in the common council room. A 800 ton salt cargo bound for Houghton Bros. arrives at port from Turk Island. A Christian Endeavor union gathering will take place at Winter Street church Tuesday evening. Victor Richardson resumes studies at Gray's Business College in Portland and will spend Sundays in town. Universalist society May Day entertainment at the Alameda promises a good show. Many locals travel to New York for Washington’s inauguration centennial celebration. The park pond frog returns, heard by Sunday wanderers. High school entertainment seats are selling rapidly.

Park Fountain Fund

City Firms Plan Lighting and Public Works

Electrician Larrabee advances wiring for city hall incandescent lighting as arc lights prepare to illuminate the hall. A charity baseball game between Baths and Portlands is set for next Thursday at Lincoln Street grounds to aid local youth. Public buildings committee reviews City Hall renovations with several plans discussed and another meeting planned. A small fire at Dunning’s Center street home was contained by quick action and Luce’s assistance. Night weather turned cold with a NW wind dropping temps to freezing. fruit trees showed early injury from frost.

Larrabee City Hall Baths Portlands Lincoln George A. Dunning Center Street

Smith to share honors with Catholic elect

Alfred E. Smith, Democratic presidential candidate last fall, will receive the Laetare medal from the University of Notre Dame. The award honors a lay Catholic of the United States who has achieved distinction reflecting glory on the Catholic faith. Past recipients include warriors, statesmen, writers, jurists, orators, and actress Margaret Anglin.

South Bend Ind Alfred E. Smith University of Notre Dame United States Margaret Anglin

Study Forestry in West

All Pacific Northwest states provide technical forestry training at state institutions. The schools are well placed for practical work and offer strong facilities for technical instruction.

Pacific Northwest States

New Cruiser to Be Eye of Fleet for Navy

The Navy plans 10,000 ton heavy cruisers as fast long range ships to guard commerce and scout for battleships. Pensacola and Salt Lake City lead, each with ten 8 inch guns in three turrets. Ships will displace about 11,568 tons at sea, speed 32.5 knots, geared turbine power, and light alloy bulkheads to save weight.

Pensacola Salt Lake City Wyoming Washington

Sagadahoc Probate Notices and Estate Filings in Bath

A dense compendium of probate notices from Sagadahoc County Bath detailing executors and trustees for estates including Celia E. Lincoln Henry L Adams and Charles Rideout among others. Appointments and first final accounts are set with court dates in May 1929 and related inheritance tax determinations.

Beal Bath Doe Manly Sur Charles Low

Touring Car Backs Through Show Window at Pluming Shop

A Buick touring car driven by Byron Pottle backed into a vacant Washington street spot and crashed through a large plate glass window and frame post in Harry Huse's plumbing shop while attending a Sunday Opera House show. Car accelerated stuck. window spaces boarded up. glass insured.

Byron Pottle Spring Street Harry Huse Washington Street Pottle Opera House

Great Forests of the Pacific Coast

Coast forests north of San Francisco display unrivaled density and majesty. Mild, humid climate west of the Cascade and Coast Ranges fosters exceptional growth with Sequoias leading, while Douglas firs Sitka spruces and giant arbor vitae follow in size across Oregon and Washington.

San Fransisco Cascade and California

Luther Burbank Improves Gladiolus Varieties in California

The piece notes that gladiolus improvement in America began around 1870 with the first American seedling. After years of work, Luther Burbank introduced a superior strain in 1890, twelve years of experiments yielding larger flowers that endure California sunlight.

Burbank America Luther Burbank California

Will and heirs listed for Maine estate probate hearing

The document outlines an estate matter in Sagadahoc Maine where Herbert L Simpson of Brunswick seeks administration with will annexed for a deceased relative. He lists heirs such as Mollie Staples and Carlos French, notes the executrix is deceased, and requests appointment on May seventh 1929 after notice and publication.

Herbert L. Simpson Brunswick Sagadahoc Augusta A. Simpson West Bath E L. Tarr Arrowsic Leeosa Rufus P. Stinson George L. Tarr Afred L. Stinson Arrowsie Mae Oo Bagadahoc F. Stinson Said Charles_E. Stinson Bath Susan G. Mitchell Sousitt Carrie P Georgetown Jessie F. Eaton George John J. Harris Amelia Ee J Man See Adahoc Amelia Gorman gDrannay Gisbe Moilie Staples Carlos French Stari Ec

Petition Notice and Sworn Statement from 1928 Proceedings

A sworn statement affirms the truth of the petition on file. The order directs publication in an independent newspaper for three weeks. The court sets a May 6, 1929 deadline for interested parties to appear and show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Attested by P. Dunham, deputy.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Bath Nigers Joseph M. Trott Celia E. Lincoln Bathin Sagadghoc State OF Maine Charles J. Dain Jennie Rideout Charles F. Rideout Walter Sagadahogc Edith Lemont Admx Mason M. Lemont Ida F. Lemont Pen M. Leonard William T. Holy William F. Dunham Eset Della T. Adams Henry L. Adams Independent Ivdy Newiananer Man Toner Glidden Adahoc Edward W. BE Baw Independent Sagadahoe Sagacaned Cocenae Bath Independent Walter 8. Glidden Apeltia M. Marshall Jose B. McCu Sagadahoc Ss Lemont Santos M. Lemont Beth Segadanoc Helen G. Morton Walter. A. Borkerae Sayadahoe Havin Lowance Sagadahoqg E. Perkins Charles M Segad Carey Paulie Beal Ofr P. J Fe A.D Petter Attes P. Dunham Tate M . the M. Trott H. J Jose Bald County Unty A. D Ted S. Glinden

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Bath Daily Times Dummer Street Dummer York Street Whitlock Alexander & Dingley Fish Front Street South End Union Street W. N. Streets Shaw Western Union John O. Patten Mr. Goodwin Small Point K. of P Acadia Hall 8.B.C.H James Kelley Alfie Jordan John Shaw Kittie Luce Lottie Nellie Shaw Nelson Hamm Folsom Middle Street Chapel Palmyra Charlie Lawrence Lois Dunning Boston George W. Hunt Randall’s Adams Masonic Edward Trask Mr. Vaughn Madison, Conn Sagadahoc House Phoenix A. P. Hodgkins Bowdoins Delta Brown and Dunning Oliver Cromwell City Oliver Maine Coast Kennebec River C. W. Longley Sagadahoc Grand Lodge of Good Templars R. W. Grand Lodge Lewiston Pullman Olympian Rooms King and Washington. Streets William King Bath Electric Light and Power Company Randall. &. Co Alameda Page Block Will Turner Somerville Mass Knox & Lincoln Railroad Varney North Bath U.S Maine Central Bibber and Purington Bay Bridge Bath Iron Works W. W. Mason Supreme Court of the United States Winter Street W. R. Comer Malden Association Star of the East Collins Praia Houghton Bros Turk’s ‘Island Societies of Christian Endeavor of Winter Street Church Victor Richardson Gray’s Business College Universalist Society the Alameda New York Frog Carter Odd Fellowship Bath Lodge of Good Templars H. W. Howard & Co Luce Kennebec Framing and Lumber Co Fairfield Meonday Glenallon Nantucket West Fred S. Curtis Mortici Thomas R. Huston Mar Tel Funeral Home Navy Great Britain Japan France Italy Westchester Fire Insurance CO York Walter 8S, Glidden William F Dunham, Register William FP Attes William F. Dunham Register Ralph ©. Dale Alonzo R. Donnell Eagadenes Ralph O. Dale Sarah E. Lindsey Orrin &. Sagadahoc Sarah E. Lindsey Sagndah Arthu Dunton J. Edward Drake Wiliam Shorey G P. Davenport Nore Bi É& Guaranty Comany Baltimore Dahoc Frank M. Talbot Bagecahoc Sagadah Esate William Fp, OO Atos William F. Do William F. DU Pacific Herbert Simpson Eer William FP. Dunham Alliam Dunham
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