Bath Daily Times expositions on 1889 tales and plans
Forty years ago Bath notices report a Corliss Street church social at Henry Potter's South End home, local excursions by steamer to Small Point and Boothbay, city projects on Vine street poles and Summer street rock removal, gym plans, and updates on ferry Union overhauls and Bath Iron Works employee trip details.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Corliss Street
Henry Potter
Bath Iron Works
Samoset
Squirrel Island
Spruce Point
Fort Popham
Kennebec
Bath Grows City Utilities and Social Scene in Late July 1889
July 25 1889 notes City Council to meet and improvements at Custom House grounds near completion. Gas main upgraded on Center Street. Lodges hold sociables with Mrs Perkins and Mrs Wright hosting. Toward month end, ferried schooners leave Winneganee mills. Thompson's Brook taps installed in county building. Captain Perkins pilots the Percy V. Bath observes telephones rise from 16 to 125.
Gutter and Water Conductor Measurements On Front Street
On July 26 1889 workers measure for a new gutter and water conductors on Kelleys block Front street an improvement that will be appreciated by residents and businesses alike.
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Kelley's Block
Front Street
Launching ways under Deering schooner soon to launch
July 29 1889 report notes the Deering schooner to be launched in a few days and arrangements by Acadia Lodge K of P for an excursion to Waterville and Readfield next week. Three coal laden schooners with timber and salt keep longshoremen busy for days.
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Deering
Hagan
Acadia Lodge K. of P
Waterville
Readfield
Bath Iron Works Launches Hi-Esmaro Yacht With Speed Trials
The first Bath Iron Works yacht, Hi-Esmaro, sailed down the Kennebec on a full day program to test speed and performance. Notables aboard included Mr. and Mrs. Manville and guests from New York. Capt. Charles A. Blair commanded, and 1500 horsepower diesels and gyro compass gear impressed observers. The vessel features Swedish room décor and will be delivered in about three weeks.
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Kennebec
Manville
Frank H. Romaine
George L. Leith
New York
Federal
Joseph A. MacDonald
H. J. Gielow, Inc
MacDonald
W. Merton Rice
Rice
William Corfield
Maine
Charles A. Blair
Bath Iron Works Corp
Blair
Pond Island
Seguin
Aztec
Eastern Yacht Club
Henry Clay Pierce
Albert C. Burrage
Vanda
Popham Beach
Coast Guard
W. O. White
Seguin Island
Iron Works
Bath Irory Works
William S. Newell
Archibald M. Main
L. Eugene Thebeau
H. O. Trowbridge
Roland F. Hill
George B. Connard
Main
Selwyn Towne
E. King
Scott
Morse
Caulker
Hull
Cooper, Bessemer Co
Grove City
C. C. Richardson
Edward Frederick
Earl Croft
George Broadhurst
Turbine Equipment Co
Boston
T. W. Connors
William Mozart
Submarine Signal Corp
W. H. Prager
Sperry
Mr. Masse
Brunswick, Kroeschell Co
New Brunswick
N. J
Capt. Miller
William Stewart
Portland
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
Charles Raphael
Raphael Studios
Gustav V
Rockland
Edwin R. Andrews
Hyde Windlass Co
Andrew M. Butterfield
Mr. White
Capt. Blair
J. W. Cummings Feldspar Co
Bath Iron Works
Corkum
Alexander C. Corkum
Bath
Legion
O. McLean
Jo Murray
C. Larsen
Ray Engerbretsen
E. Swanson
S.,wentsel
Mr. Vignes
Mr. Ortez
Edmund A. Melanson
Thomas W. Lawson
Mr. Burage
Lawson
Steward Melanson
Billy Duckworth
Liverpool
Berengaria
Aquitania
Caronia
Mauretania
Hardihood
Valley Forge
Georges Banks
Sam-O
Rockland Breakwater
Little Island
Curtis
A. W. Ives
General Electric Co
Preston Keyes
John R. Newell
Phillips Andover Academy
Archie Main
Ray Engerbretsen, Jr
Wiscasset Early Lovers Betsey Tinkham Wood Story
Letters from 1790s New England follow two youth’s romance Betsey Tinkham Wood and Wilkes Wood marry October 18 1798 Betsey dies September 21 1803 a memorial note to a bereaved husband and his motherless children closes the fragmentary report from Middleborough December 30 1807 and references to their origins and kinship remain.
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Betsey
New England
Joseph Tinkham Wood
Wilkes Wood
Betsey Tinkham
General Wood
Middleborough
Abandoned House and Family Worries in Wiscasset Letter
A cousin writes of Aunt Elmes declining health and an abandoned house in poor repair. The letter requests sale or repurposing of the property by spring and mentions family ties, political tensions, and hope for a New Year greeting to Aunt Wood and kin.
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Wiscasset Croud
Bonaparte
France
Napoleonist
A. Elmes
Wood
Probate Court Notice of Final Account in Bath
At a Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County on July 23 1929 Harold W Smith administrator on the estate of Alice Caroline Smith deceased presents his first and final account for allowance. Notice is given to interested persons to appear at the Bath Probate Court on the second Tuesday of August 1929 at nine oclock in the forenoon to show cause why the account should not be allowed.
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Sagadahoc
Bath
Harold W. Smith
Alice Caroline Smith
Ath Independent
State OF Maine
Senerabes
Harriet A. Coombs
Frank G. Coombs
West Bath
Sagadahec
Walter
Glidden
Adahoc
Ida E. McCabe
Henry R. MecCabe
Cates Rose Dale S
Ocradahoc
Charles Jr
Jennie
Rideout
Testate
Charles F. Rideout
Oliver Street
Clapp Farm
Bonney and Sidelinger
Zena McDougal
MAT Sagadahoc
Ane
William F. Dunham
Register
State OF
Maine
Aemederg
Isabel Hyde
Edwin P. Hyde
Said
Hine Ng
Canan
Sagadahoe, Ss
Sagadahoe
Mary E. Gordon
Charles FR. Gordon
Wald
Judge A Wood Wilkes of Middleborough Probate Office
A fragmentary obituary notes Wood A Wood Wilkes of Middleborough served as Wood General or Wood aemis commissioner until appointed judge of probate for Plymouth County in 1821. He held the position until his death in 1843 and was esteemed for his legal knowledge and duties. Continued next week.
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A. Wood Wilkes Wood
Middleborough
Prin County
Joe
Sterling
Show Boat Coming Two Nights Next Week Bath Opera House
Announcement of a two night show boat engagement at the Bath Opera House with matinees and two evening performances each night. The production features songs from Show Boat and a cast led by Laura La Plant, presented with Western Electric Sound equipment. Also notes visit plans of Mr and Mrs William Esmond and local garden interest at Longfellow mansion.
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Bath Opera House
Publix
Independent
Flo Ziegfeld
Lonesome Road
Ziegfeld
New York
Bath
Laura la Plant
Edna Ferber
Western Electric
Maine
William Esmond
Lynn
Masé
Esmond
Thomas ~Witlow- Lundrigan
Street
Mr. Esmond
Gardiner
John J. Keegan, Jr
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Templary
Parti
Mouse Leland
Maine ‘ Central’ Masons
Oak ‘Street Bridge
Western ‘Union
Small Point
Charles T. Hooper
John Best
Denver
Colo
J. K. Huse
Annie Huse
May Huse
Frank Hawthorne
Jacksonville
Fia
Clara Hawthorne
Frank Turner
E. H. Turner
Charles L. Turner
Hiram Turner
Commercial Union Co
Vine Street
Summer Street
Olympian Club
Bath Rowing Association
Amenagorge
Richmond
Frank P. Guthrie
Waltham
Palme Ee
Union
Moulton
Bath and Woolwich
Wilbur Cahill
Percy V
Augusta
Page
Boothbay
Nahanada
Custom House
Center Street
High
Popham Lodge of Good Templars
Margaret Wright
South End
Kittridge
Morrell
Constable Side
Winneganee Mills
Thompson's Brook
Clerk of Courts
Register of Deeds
Register of Probate
Sheriff's
New Water Works Administration
James B. Perkins
Kennebec River
James F. Perkins
Annie
Lizzie Bates
Ruth Tarbox
Annie Litchfield
Charles Litchfield
Isle of Springs
Harry Robinson
Young Men's Christian Association
The
New England Co
Capt
Nelson Hamm
Raymond
Maine Central
North Maine Central
Mary F. Upton
Joshua F. Upton
Norway
Bath Division
W. H. Crockett
Gov. Burleigh
Popham
Col. J. F. Hayden
Pleasant Point
Charles D. Emery
Dr. Bibber
Joseph Varney
Weeks
Sea View
Albert Merry
Gardiner G. Deering
Houghton Bros
Chaney Robbins
Back River
Moulton's
Minnie Kilgore
Union Depot
Hielmaro
Wiscasset
William FP
Dunham
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Mgr. Tel
Funeral Home
Walter 5. Glidden
William FF Dunham
Wilkes
Longfellow
Congress Street
Longfellow Garden Club
Walter Brockway
Ellis Coombs
Foster's Point
Charles Ae Datin
Vison
William
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