Bath Forty Years Ago Items From 1889 Files
Bath Daily Times items note yard work on a fine row boat for Mallet Restless, school closed at noon for Fast Day vacation, ice in the bay opens navigation to Bay bridge, George Shepard sails to Boston for Star of the East role, City Marshal Chinton improving from illness, F L Hogan changing jobs to B C L store, wedding of George Brackley and Harriet Curti, pipe work at Bath Water Works finishes with no further trouble, Nevenger schooner to Dradstreet and river ice conditions, Path Art School opening exhibition attracted many visitors with oil paintings sketches and carvings on Front Street.
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Path Art School
Aarge
Front Street
Bath City Notes April 20 1888 Local Happenings
Mayor Wakefield returns from Bennington on business. Samuel Eames arrives from Taunton and plans a Truth summer stay. Lemuel Traver moves to Barry Mass for farming. Historical Society parlor meeting moved to Friday at William Rogers’ home. J F Gerrity of Bangor Art Gallery visits Bath. Prohibition club formed at state constables and Law and Order League HQs with committee appointed. First baseball game of the season at Trotting Park ends High School 28 Clerks 8. Toffmen steamer takes 20 to Isle of Springs for cottage site scouting and land lots were selected.
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State Constables and Law and Order League
Thomas Stevens
Williiam R. Shaw
Front Street
Chapman
Carr
Smith
Parks
Blaisdell
Drake
High School
Clerks
John Fitzgerald
Bath News Briefs April 21 1888 Local items
Public worship will be supplied tomorrow from the Fast Maine Conference. Charles M Bates of West Trath named fish warden by Gov Markle. Treasurer Twitchell of Bath Electric Light and Power Co returns from Massachusetts. A painting by Mrs S T Woolward decorates Webber's drug store window. A testimonial concert for Bath baseball club set for next Saturday evening with posters at the Times office. Star of the East steamer makes debut trip from Boston arriving at 5 30 last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Shurch
Maine
Charles IT. Bates
West Trath
Gov
Markle
Twitchell
Bath Electric Light and Power Co
Massachusetts
Bath
Times Office
Star of the East
Boston
Alameda decorations and Patten Car Works upgrades described
The report notes Canton Patriarch Militant preparations for an elaborate Alameda reception hall decoration. It details Patten Car Works modernization with burlap cloth stamping, large drying rack additions, and ongoing factory improvements as the plant expands toward full operation.
Local Notes From The City And Bay In 1888
Various items including ice and lumber loading on the river, band rehearsals near engagement readiness, sales at Canton King reception, political caucus at City hall, Capt Hyde's resignation, May 9 Children’s Day in Sedgwick, and local civic updates, plus brief gaps on steamer work and schoolhouse glass repairs. The date references span April to May 1888 with multiple civic and maritime mentions.
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Sedgwick Relief Corps
G. Alor. Hall
City Hall
Behalf of Thath baseball club hosts testimonial night
Manager Shaw of the Western Union says eighty cents on day will be needed as several young men seek pledge commitments. A lively match between two leading local athletes will headline the event alongside an excellent testimonial program next Saturday evening.
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Shaw
Western Union
Beesides
Thath
Diantha Gilbert Bath matriarch dies after long illness
Mrs. Diantha Gilbert widow of William Gilbert longtime Bath resident died Monday at her daughter Mrs. Nellie Coleman’s home 1 Beacon Street after a three month bed illness. A Kenne bunk native descended from Nahum and Caroline Littlefield she lived 45 years in Bath and married Willard Gilbert on Christmas Day 1857. A singer and crafts enthusiast she hosted many birthdays and sought friends with tea and tokens. She belonged to Legean Street Church and is survived by four daughters Mrs. Coleman Mrs. Robert Olivers Mrs. KN Besaw and Mrs. Ethel LeClair 1 grandson and 20 great grandchildren.
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Diantha Gilbert
William Gilbert
Bath
Nellie Coleman
Beacon Street
Gilbert
Kennebunk
Nahum
Caroline Littlefield
Vath
Williard Gilbert
Legean Street
Coleman
Robert Olivers
KN. Besaw
Ethel LeClair
Rangers
Obituary: Orion M. Butler Former Portland Storeowner
Orion M Butler 20 of Woodfords died Sunday at home after a yearlong illness. A salesman for Butler and Littlefield of Portland he owned the Conley Specialty Store on Centre Street and moved stock to 10 Front Street. He also ran a Society store in the Arcade Portland. Survived by wife Dorothy and son Donald, mother Mrs W Sherman of Damariscotta, sisters Miss Carolyn Butler of Portland and Mrs Jates of Newcastle, brother Arthur Butler in California. A member of Masonic bodies and the Commercial Travelers Association.
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Orion M. Butler
Woodfords
Mr. Butler
Ates, Butler & Littlefield
Porthind
Conley
Centre Street
Frank W. Perkins
Butler
Portland
Theo
Bath
Dexter
Dorothy
Donald
W. Sherman
Damariscotia
Carolyn Butler
Torthind
Jates
Newcastle
Arthur Butler
California
Ife
Vorthind
Commercial Travelers Association
Death notes James R. Me Cabe former Bath resident
Word reached in Richmond of the death Sunday of James R. Me Cabe 65 a former resident born here He worked as a teamster at Percy Smill Inc and later ran a small farm in Richmond He is survived by his wife Lisie three brothers Eliakim Henry of Bath Alfred McClube of Jacksonville Fla and two sisters Mrs depriette Plint of Bath and Mel Anie Sylvester of Portsmouth.
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Richmond
James R. MeCabe
Percy & Smill Inc
Lisie
Eliakim
Thenry
Bath
Alfred McClube
Jacksonville
Flac
Depriette Plint
Mel
Anhie Sylvester
Portsmouth
Mrs Lydia H Adams Rites Set After Sudden Death
The body of Mrs Lydia H Adams, 72, born in Bath and wife of James Harvey Adams, died suddenly April 19 in Cambridge Hospital. It arrived Monday for burial in Oak Grove. She leaves her husband Harvey and Harold Adams of Everett, Mass, and a sister, Mrs Emma Jane Bennett Allen.
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Lydia HW. Adams
Bath
James Harvey Adams
Cambridge, Mass
City
Oak Grove
Harvey PL
Harold Adams
Everett
Mass
Emma Jane Bennett Allen
Death of Mrs Helena M Smith of Waldoboro
Bath relatives report the death of Mrs Helena M Smith widow of Fr Hl Smith of Bangor and New York. She leaves a son Harry M Smith of Bangor, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren.
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Bath
Helena M. Smith
Waldoboro
HL. Smith
Bangor
New York
Harry M. Smith
Lewiston Buick Co Builds Growth With New Tire Proof Garage
The Lewiston Buick Co led by L. Curtis has expanded over a decade, opening a modern tire proof garage on Broad and Arch streets, with multiple owned sites in Lewiston and surrounding cities. The firm, begun in 1927 on Park Street, now operates garages in Lewiston Augusta Waterville Farming ton Dover Foxcroft Portland Brunswick Bath and Machias with plans for expansion and emphasis on first class service.
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Lewiston Buick Co
Com Arch
L. Curtis
Curtis
Park Street
Lewiston
Augusta
Waterville
Farmington
Dover-Foxcroft
Portland
Brunswick
Bath
Mocklin
York
Broad Street
Blind Poet to Speak in Bath Friday Night
A lecture titled Democracy at The Bar will be delivered Friday night April 27 at New Jerusalem church Winter and Middle streets by Einers burg the blind poet of Sexton. The Boston and New England audiences have shown wide interest. Friburg, born in Finkind in 101, came to America at age three and, despite blindness and poverty, excelled academically. He finished high school in Water town Mississippi in two years then attended Boston University on merit. He won the Augustus Tlewe Back Scholarship and translated Horace’s Eighteenth Ode into English verse. After graduation he moved to New York, organized a blind employment bureau, and began writing poetry. His work appeared in Boston papers and poetry magazines. A collection Sparks was published by Century Press and praised by critics including George Jean Nathan. Friburg is described as an engaging speaker with strong depictions of modern life.
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New Jerusalem
Middle Streets
Einersburg
Sexton
Boston
New England
Friburg
Finkind
America
Watertown
Miss
Tlewae
Qayene
Boston University
Augustus Tlewe
Luer
Horace
New York
Exisis
Fribourg
Mbo
The
Century Press
Critcs
George Jean Nathan
Mriburg
Homer
Snake and Man A Caution on Killing Snakes
The piece argues that killing harmless snakes harms agriculture by letting pests multiply. It warns of economic losses from increased gophers field mice and rats in western farmlands, which would spread disease if snakes were destroyed. It notes snakes as natural enemies help keep pest populations in check.
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United States
Tea roses prove hardy in certain coastal regions
Tea roses are less hardy and require care, yet flourish in the South Atlantic Gulf Suites and Pacific Coast. Notable varieties include William RL Smith, Mrs Herbert Stevens and Madam Cochet. Mrs Fred W Scott of Waldoboro visits Bath with her son Arthur L B Scott of Green street.
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South Atlantic
Gulf Suites
Pacific Coast
Willian RL Smith
Herbert Stevens
Cochet
Fred W. Scott
Waldoboro
Bath
Arthur LB. Scott
Green Street
Grange Welcomes New Forestry Chief Major Stogri
Grange members express satisfaction that the new U S Forestry Service chief Major Stobert Y Stogri is an active Grange member devoted to conservation. Major Stuart, son of a Pennsylvania farmer, long belonged to a Cumberland county Grange before taking up forestry work in December 1936.
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Grange
United States Forestry Service
Major Stobert Y. Stogri
Stuart
Pennsylvania
On Grange
Cumberland County
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Bath Daily Times
C. B. Warrington
Mallet
Dbay Bridge
George M. Shepard
Steamer Star of the
Easton
Chinton
F. L. Hogan
Blue
B.C. CL
George Brackley
Eden R. Brackley
Harriet H. Curti
Edward F. Curtis
Mr. Remick
GSS Middle Street
Bath Water Works
George
Neovenger
Dradstreet
Gardiner
City of Lynn
Hewitt
Lynn
Wakefield
Bennington, Ve
Samuel Eames
Taunton
Lemuel Traver
Shepard Street
Barry
Hristorical Society
William Rogers
J. F. Gerrity
Bangor Art Gallery
Mr. Gerrity
Toffmen
Isle of Springs
Sheenscat
S. T. Woolward
Webber's
Canton Kis
Alameda
Patten Car Works
Scotland
M. G. Shaw & Sons
Wo. Nealley
Sagadahoc
Ere Jong
John Foote
Merrymeeting Bay
S. Te
High Street
George A. Smith
Canton Kines
Eeables
J. G. Parshley
Canton King
No. 10
J. Tf. Manscom
M. M. Lemont
David GG
King
A. Humphries
W. J. Jacobs
John S. Blyde
Gen. Mitchell
Hyde
Fiis
Canton
Jame
James Trailey
David Burt
Brooklyn
N. Y
R. P. Chase
M. G. Shaw & Son
Dunton
Bath Tron Works
Winneganee
Knight
Hartford
Ana
D. M. Humphreys & Co. Agts
Mainé
State OF Maine
Sagadahoe
Sagedahoe
D. B. Cornish
Bowdoinham
Popham Beach
Phippsburg
Said
Cornish
H. Hf. McCarty
Call Canty Commissioners
Hill
Fred WW. Thompson
Saradahoe
Thomas Dowling
Rath
Devine
Kinsaid
Walter Oglidnen
Atte William F
Dunham
Register
Mrs
James R. McCabe
Lydia H. Adams
Buick
Stanley Hunter
Lewison Station
Cornell University
Ithaca
Srange
Empire State
Savadahoc
John P. Carey
William T. Wall, Jr
Helen Grant
Bath County
Wiliam T. Hall
William T. Hall Jr
Fred Uh, Thompson
Sagcadatioc
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunstan
Byron G. Duimby
Chestnut Street
REED
Cumberland
Ora LE. Reed
Edward W. Wheeler
Eine Friburk
Bar
New Church
Snake
Man
Sneadahoc
Leon J. Billings
Emily Elizabeth Billings
Frederick Billings
Loen
Billings
John Tl. Billings
Harrinstead
J. M
Edward G. Billings
Roxbury
Jennie Danforth
Barth
Keatherine G. Sides
Sand
Leon J. Billines
Adahine
Ape
Poward W
Cal
State
William F. Dunham
State. OF
Sagadatioc. Ss
Callie M. Young
Moses CC. Young
Pxecutrix
West
Atte William F. Dunham
Harry T. Rich
Howard FE
Varney
West Bathin
Walter S. ‘Dumnen
Atte William Fr. Dunham
Granges
Forestry Service
Arietta K. Harford
Georgetown
John M. Harford
Arietta
Afarion
William FP. Dunham
State OF
Lizzie B. Thompson
West Bath
Samuel S. D. ‘Theampson
Jazzie Bo Thompson
Ace
Perry L. Thompson
Edward Ko Thompson
Luther Thompson
Gertrude Lilly
Lizzie Bo Thompsoun
Kaeen
Sagaiahoe
Eldward W. Bridgham
State OF Maint
Sagadahtioc
Jail County
William FL Duntam
Sagadanoc
Sacadaboc
ALD
Charles J. Dain
Jennie S. Rideout
Charles F. Rideout
William F. Dunstam
Ada TE. Deering
Harry . Deering
Sanl
Fred H
Arthur F. Larrabee
Bath Independent
Cai
John W. Blaisdell
Anna T. Deering
Hewer
Allan
Spear of Bath
Admr
Ellen Nelson
Washington Street
Fret Street
Walth
Woas
Allan Suear
Sagadatioc
Sagadahee
Pene —Actack
Stow Caves
Walter
Glidden
Walter S. Glinden
William F. Duntitam
Sagadatiog
Sagadshoe
Fred D. Hill
Cordelia D. Morrison
Sayadaheoe
William F. Duntam
Joseph WW. Larrabee
Savadaloc
Joseph White
Joseph W. Larrabee
William PF
Duntiam
Washington
Potomac Grange
Major Stuarts
Ida A. Jiunt
Alfred S. Oliver
Charles E. McKinney
Rupef M. Merry
Jane McKinney
Enizer MckKinney
Commissioner of Pensions
Ida Allent
Charles F. McKinney
M. Merry
Morgan
North Street
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