Forty Years Ago in Bath April 21 1886 Highlights
Bath Chronicle excerpt recounts April 1886 events with Miss Sadie Andrews and Miss Alice Jackson’s plans, Star of the East arrival, local projects at Goss Marine Works, Eureka House management, and the burned and repurposed Bath schools. Socials include dances, band rehearsals, and a public banquet invite to Charles Coombs, plus civic notes on baseball, concerts, and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Coombs
Bath
Sagadahock Tlouse
Maine
James W. Wakefield
W. I. White
John O. Shaw
Thomas W. Iyde
S. T. Woodward
Fred HW. Patten
A. TD. Stetson
Charles TH. Greenleaf
Albert H. Shaw
S. DD. Bailey
Jos. M. Hayes
John WH. Raymond
Wm. D. Mussenden
Andrew J. Fuller
John R. Kelley
JT. A. Muse
G. OC. Greenleaf
Fr. T. Purington
W. A. Field
Walter G. Webber
Sam'l S. Sewall
F. IT. Twitchell
Tl. L. Houghton
HW. W. Twoughton
A. G. Page, Jr
Edwin M. Fuller
Arthur Sewall
Frank O. Moses
Albion M. Vatter
John W. Baloun
Charles IT. McTellan
Kervin W. Riggs
William Tf. Watson
W. E. Hogan
John McDonsald
Ir. OD. Torrey
Edward Beaumont
Mechanicsville
N. Y
F. T. Torrey
F. Nf. Low
A. Coombs
Portland News: Labor Pact Dispute and Odd Fellows Parade
The District Board Knights of Labor agreement for coal stevedores remains. signatures refused as stevedores deem it arbitrary. Deadline to sign passes today. Odd Fellows Portland to mark 27th anniversary with a parade, concert, and ball next Tuesday led by Canton Ridgley and Encampments from multiple towns. Also reported: Bath Weigh School Baseball club optimism and theft at Star of the East steamer where $28.75 was stolen from the money drawer during departure preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Odd Fellows of
Portland
Grand Canton Ridgley
Odd Fellows
Saco
Biddeford
Augusta
Richmond
Bath
Springvale
Chandler
Canton Ridgley
Canton
City Tall
Yesterfor Onoon
Granville ¢. Jensenf
Star of the East
Drviner
Lewiston Journalist Heads to Boston for Dry Goods Sales
A. G. Staples of the Lewiston Journal staff passed Fast Day, traveling by boat to Boston where he has accepted a salesman position in a dry goods store. A local party of young ladies and gentlemen visited Pleasant Point for recreation, and Langdon Snipe arrived home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jackson
Waltham
A. G. Staples
Lewiston Journal
Boston
Pleasant Point
San
Local Bath Notices Include Probate Petitions And Estate Actions
A flood of Sagadahoc County probate items details petitions for selling real estate, appointing executors, and distributing estates in Bath. Notices list guardians, heirs, and upcoming court dates with multiple names and addresses as part of 1926 estate proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainf
of Sagedahoc
Bert M. Webber
Chauncey FP. Curtis
Bath
Sarah R. Given
High Street
Huldah Chadbourne
State of
Maine
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Frederick J. Mincklew
Zath
Said
Mark L. Marr
Georgetown
Flora FE
Mary Taylor
Vassabhoro
A. D
Edward W. Bridgham
Archibald J. ‘Trainor
John WI. Carter
Woolwich
David S. Carter
Frank S. Carter
Livermore Falls
Sagadahoe
Grace F. Apel
West Somerville
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Scott Ko Frye
John W. Snow
W. Snow
Willian D. Willes
Popsham
Grace FL Apel
Mass
William D.willes
Mary A. Page
Path
William H. Page
Grace S. Sampson
Joseph L. Kingsbury
Frances D Kingsbury
Sail County
Kengsbury
Whwush
William HW
Kingsbury
Newton
Tihomas
Kainesbury
Portland
Eugene
Manchester
Arthur J. Clinton
Walter FE. Covel
Rath
James S. Lowell
Timothy McAuliffe
Annie S. Mahaney, Lame
Trobate
Henry Nelson
Nunes
Ellen Nelson
Saeradahoe
Neccaaed
Annette M. Bryant
Pike
New Hampshire
Elbertina F. Pennell
Edward W. Wheeler
Ralph A. Dunton
Wartley K. Dunton
Carrie Fy Tuie
Noticf
Pliza Atkin
Drmean Frazier
Alton B.thwine
Saracen
al Leach
Hathorne
Alton B
Uses of Electricity on Farms of Maine
A Maine Extension Service bulletin reports electricity used in 81 farm and home applications. Farm uses center on pumping water and milking machines, while homes rely on washers and heating irons. Radio batteries, lighting, fans, and sewing machines appear among both farm and home uses, with 21 pictures illustrating varied electricity uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Orono
Morse High School seniors certain to graduate listed
Morse High School announces seniors who are certain to graduate if their work continues as it has. the list may not include all graduates and some may fail to finish. The notice notes that some students not listed could still graduate if they maintain effort and avoid setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
RE. C. Allen
Augusta
Arthur Sewall
Washington
Arthur B. Scott
Alice Arsenault
Eleanor Dake
Ruth Bryant
Evelyn Burgess
Adelaide Campbell
Virginia Clark
Lawrence Crocker
Harold Donnell
Beatrix Duprey
Francis Duprey
Marion Fuller
Helen Turber
Kathryn Ialvin
Alfred Gannon
Heatrice Goddard
Ira Hagan
Ilelen Hayes
Priscilla Hodge
Fernanda Hutchins
Farl Kennerson
Florentine Knowlton
Agatha Lennox
Mary MacDonald
Shirley Mank
Gertrude Maxwell
Mary O'Donnell
Mary Taine
Morse High School
Waterville Hosts Meeding for State Chamber Gathering
The State Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural League meets in Waterville on Friday April 20 with host city chambers of commerce from Waterville and Winslow. Industry tours precede a 2 30 p m business session at Ellis Hall followed by an Elmwood hotel dinner and a keynote by Hon William R Wattangall on Industrial Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadatioc
Esther L. Brawn
Justice of the Peace
State OF Maine
Sagadatoc
Bath
Segetarrt
Ee Ice
James S. Lowell
William F. Dunham
State Chamber of Commerce and Agricultural League
Waterville
Watervile and Winslow Chamber of Commerce
Winslow
Keres
Lockwood Mills
Hollingsworth & Whitney
State Chamber
Ellis’ Tall
Springfield
Mass
Leon S. Merrill
College of Agriculture
Elmwood
Willian R. Wattangall
Augusta
Maine
Chambers of Ecommerce
Boards of Trade
Catalogue of plant diseases lists 39 rose troubles
Pathologists at the United States Department of Agriculture publish a 100 page catalogue detailing 39 diseases that affect roses. The work inventories how many diseases afflict major crops like wheat, corn, tomato, oak, and apples, and explains the catalogue’s value for identifying diseases and their distributions on economic plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Partment of Agriculture
Case of Parneitic Diseases and the Common Name of the Divenap
A brief note discusses parneitic diseases and explains the common name of the divenap. The item outlines basic symptoms and references medical terminology of the period without graphic detail.
Careless smoker causes grass fire near homes
A careless smoker started a grass fire that spread across hundreds of square feet of land and endangered Mrs. Harriet F. M. Strout's home on a dry afternoon. Multiple units fought the flames with chemical extinguishers, underscoring warnings to avoid discarding blazing matches in dry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet FE. M. Strout
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Sadie Andrews
Bridgewater
Rogers
Freeport
William Mains
Goss Marine Tren
Eureka House
Port Topham
A. E B. Perkins
Jane
Topsham
Trouswick
Ed Brown
Tred Temple
Bath Tron
Stip
Yale
Elm and Water Streets
Grace Foote
Washington Street
C. Thotwood
Lincoln Lodge of
Riverside Gan Club
Charles T. Greenleaf
JO. S. Alexander
Charles Lincoln
Emma Hayden Eames
Togus Orchestra
Hol. Brown
Fred Temple
Brown
Clair
Temple
Roderick
Will Turner
Somerville
Starr
Waltham Watch
Massachusetts
John Wolston
Iate
J. G. Wilson
Capt. Wolston
Tie
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Alameda
Katonn
Brunswick
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Sarah Burke
Annie Marr
Jordan & Marsh
Jameson and
Traisdell
Mastodon Minstrels
Brunswieck
C. A. Coombs
Boston, Toosne Tunnel
Col. Coombs
Marshal Creeker
Shelburne
N. S
Boothbay
O. T. Smiley
Isa
Capi. Gross
New England Shipbuilding Co
Central America
NSW
Turner
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Rockland
Music Hall
Daniel Sullivan
Jerry Sullivan
Swanton
Potter
Tram
Annie Arnold
Augustus Arnold
Davis Hatch
Dexter
John W. Pask
Mr. Pask
Willie Leydon
Somerville Polo Club
Somervilles
Dunning
Bath Weigh School
Trimphreys
Lowell
Vaughan
McCarty
Cobb
Morse
Magoun
Willis
Stevens
Langdon Snipe
Engineer Williams
Gardiner
Nellie Gibbs
Ernest
William Curtis
J. O. Patten
Boston Post
C. C. Larrabee
Nellie Farnham
Castine
Albion Swett
City
Sedgwick Relief
T. U. Wowse
Oak Street
Walter Potter
South Nd
Foster
Amaranth Hall
Sullivan Brothers
Bert WO
Werber
Chauncey FL
Curtis
Sagadahae
Awtliam F. Dunham
E. W. Randall
Frederick J. Minckley
Esther TL. Brawn
Dente
James S. Lowel
William F. Dunnam
Kewister
Charlotte Fe, O'Brien
Saradahoc
William J O Brien
William F. Dunstam
William FL Dunham
Sagahoc
Frederick J. Hinckley
Eliza F. Marr
Sagadaloc
ALDL
Thompson
Sigadahoe
James 5S
Grace. F. Apel
William F. Duntam
Rainh Kingsbury
Norway
Agnes K. Cook
Cera K. True
Charles C. Low
Dsia
Moulton
Ava R. Low
Percy R. Low
Sagadation
Sagada- Nec
Petitioat Hs
Said County
Jam Ss. Lowell
Udge
Probete
National Fire Ins. CO
Hartford
D. M. Humphreys & Co., Agts
Sagadanoc
Trabtate
Jacob Johnson
Addie McDonald
Uty
Bath Independent
Sal County
Fis
William FP. Dunham
Yyster
William. F. Dunham
Maecen Telegraph
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