Forty Y ago in Bath items from 1894
A compact review of Bath happenings from July to July 31 1894 notes social visits and local outings. Mentions include Alvert Winslow at Five Islands Masons party McFadden clerk returning from Boston Gowell on duty and various residents traveling to Moosehead Belfast Gardiner and Popham. A whist party at Capt John Lowells and steamer repairs at Bath Iron Works are highlighted.
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Bath Iron Works
Lowell
Bath
Boothbay
Blades Expected to Boost Boat Power and Speed
Cast iron blades ground to a knife edge promise reduced resistance and smoother action enabling higher revolutions for the same power. In Shaw's fixtures, Richardson Tigers and Winneganee boys played to a 40 minute tie amid dark conditions with many spectators. The Katahdin's launch window extends to October due to government armor supply delays, with preliminary trials set for September.
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Shaw
Tigers
Richardson Street
Winneganee Boys
Births and social notes fill Kennebec river news
The piece notes a birth announced by Amory M L Houghton and celebration by the yacht Juno, visits by Miss Katherine Patten and George Owen, a lawn sociable by Corliss Street church, a new house plan at Washington and Bowery, a Naval Cadet Band rehearsal, Spider club’s 25 foot sail boat plans, a career move for Daniel Dougherty at Swett's drug store, steel ceiling work on Percy's store, and embossed Empire plates used in Bangor.
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Daniel T. Dougherty
Kidder’s Drug Store
Swett’s New Drug Store
Centre
Washington Streets
J. Start
Percy
Electrical Exchange
New York City
New City Hall
Bangor
Maine Leaders Rally For National Policy Defense
County leaders gathered to discuss leadership and support for New Deal policy while criticizing press control and constitutional reform. Speakers included Senator Hale and Aldrich urging voter engagement, fiscal caution, and a slogan to Save America as public attention remained high.
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Maine
United States
Tugwell
Brain Trust
Frederick Hale
Aldrich
Party
America
Mrs Martha Campbell Funeral Held In Bath
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Augusta Campbell widow of Asbury R Campbell were held Wednesday at 2 PM at Fred S Curtis funeral home 105 Center St Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated bearers included James Lester Morse William Blaisdell Percy R Low L C Feero Willard Atwood G C Marriner Burial followed at Oak Grove Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Augusta Campbell
Asbury R. Campbell
Phippsburg
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
James Lester Morse
William Blaisdell
Percy R. Low
L. C. Feero
Willard Atwood
G. C. Marriner
Oak Grove
Bath
Mrs G Clifford Madden and Narice Visit Bath Relatives
Mrs G Clifford Madden and her daughter Narice of Emery street Portland are visiting Mrs Madden’s father in Winthrop. They will travel to Bath on Friday to spend a fortnight with Mr and Mrs Charles T Madden of Mechanic street and other Madden relatives.
Two Injured in State Highway Intersection Crash
A New York woman and her nine year old daughter suffered severe cuts when their vehicle collided with a car driven by Fred W. Brown of Brunswick at the New Meadows road intersection with State highway opposite Stepping Stones Inn. Mrs Bartlett and June were treated at Stepping Stones Inn after two stitches were given to June, as Rev. and Mrs. James E. Bartlett and Brown’s party avoided more serious injuries. State officer Crosby and Patrolman Green investigated the crash.
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New York
New Meadows Road
Stepping Stones Inn
Kel Bartlett
June
Fred W. Brown
Brunswick
James E. Bartlett
Newark Valley
N. Y
Bartlett
Bath
Mr. Bartlett
J. T. Haugh
North Ridge
Bar Harbor
Sunbeam
John P. Crosby
Langdon Green
Tax Collections Show Improvement Over Last Year
Real and property tax receipts at the 2 percent July discount totals exceed last year by about $10,000 through July 25, with discounts ending July 31 and August payments accepted. Starting Sept 1 interest at 7 percent accrues on unpaid taxes from July 1. Poll taxes lag behind last year by roughly $300 due to unemployment and ERA hardships.
Rothwell buys Snappy Speed Boat Little Gar Wood runabout
Edmund A. Rothwell of 969 Washington street owns the Little Gar Wood runabout, a solid mahogany 28 foot craft with double planking and an eight cylinder 150 hp Chrysler engine. The boat travels up to 40 mph, carries ten people, and was shipped from Eagles Lake near Port Kent, Maine, arriving in Bath on July 3.
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Kennebec
Gar Wood
Edmund A. Rothwell
Washington Street
Chrysler
Rothwell
Bath
Eagles Lake
Maine
Port Kent
Notice to Eating and Lodging Establishments and Libel for Divorce
Notice warns owners of eating lodging and overnight camps to secure licenses from the State Bureau of Health or face action by county attorneys. The second item is a libel for divorce filed in Sagadahoc Maine by Charles W Muise of Bath against Gladys Forbes Muise alleging cruel and abusive treatment and unknown residence, with a decree sought.
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State Bureau of Health
Superior Court
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Charles W. Muise
Smithfield
Gladys Forbes Muise
Newton
Massachusetts
Dudley
State OF Maine
Wilton
Campbell
Sabattus
Androscoggin
Kate Gibbons
Georgetown
Needa Hoe
Wilton S. Campbell
Rangeley Talk Delights Rotary With Moose Photo Saga
At the Phoenix luncheon the Rangeley trip inspired Albert G. Richards to share photographs of a live bull moose joining a herd near Farmington. He also recounted fishing exploits, including a beaver on a light trout rod. Committees for the new year were announced by President Chester Plant with note of an evening Bath Country Club meeting next week to discuss plans. Rotarian visitor R. Carl Monntser attended from Charleroi. Rev. Wilfred G. Rice returned home after visiting family in Tur ner court and Yonkers.
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Rotary Club
Phoenix
Albert G. Richards
Rangeley
Farmington
Chester Plant
Plant
Owen
Hibbs
Winchenbach
Furber
Page
Passmore
Jackson
Sewall
Nichols
Snipe
Passimore
Kennedy
Kershner
Hill
Conti
Dougherty
Gillies
Bridgham
Desmond
Fuller
Low
Maney
Richards
Bath Country Club
Worthing
R. Carl Monntser
Charleroi
Divorce Libel Granted in Bath Maine Case
Emma Elizabeth Luce of Baltimore seeks a divorce from Braxton Luce of Bath Sagadahoc Maine alleging cruel and abusive treatment after their 1925 Alexandria Virginia marriage. The court orders notice by Bath Independent publication and a hearing on the third Tuesday in October 1934.
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Charles W. Muise
Edward W. Bridgham
State OF Main
Sagadahoc
Ss. Superior Court
A.D
Gladys Forbes Muise
Bath
Y. Manser
Trbel
Superior Court
Skgadahoc
Maine
Emma Elizabeth Luce
Baltimore
Maryland
Alexandria
Virginia
Braxton Luce
State OF Maine
Wilton S. Campbell
Arthur J. Dunton
Glidden
Gordon Berry
State OF
Sagadanc
Reda
Walter 8
John L. Jack
Register
Elizabeth E. Hathorne
Myra G. Thwing
Woolwich
Walter
Marion P. Erswell
Leon L. Spinney
John J. Keegan
James B. York
Mrs Martha A Campbell Dies at 86 in Phippsburg
Mrs Martha Augusta Campbell 86 widow of Asbury R Campbell died Monday at her Morse road home after long illness. Born in Phippsburg she lived there 66 years. Survived by daughters Mrs William B Perry and Miss Cora Campbell both of Phippsburg, granddaughter Mrs Walter J Pierce of Brooklyn, three brothers James E Perry Lester A Perry Walter C Perry, and two sisters Mrs John D Rogers and Mrs Charles A Coombs.
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Martha Augusta Campbell
Asbury R. Campbell
Morse Road
Phippsburg
William Alden Perry
Margaret Clifford Perry
William B. Perry
Cora Campbell
Walter J. Pierce
Brooklyn
N. Y
James E. Perry
Thousands See Dewey Launch At Spectacular Overnight Event
Thousands gathered to view the Dewey launch with crowds and smaller boats adding lively motion. Irving Brown of Portsmouth Virginia and his wife visited Mrs. Melvin Ferris on Park Street to be with Brown's ill mother, Mrs. Irene Brown, while Brown works as a draftsman at Norfolk Navy Yard.
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Irving Brown
Portsmouth
Mr. Brown
Melvin Ferris
Ferris
Park Street
Brown
Norfolk Navy Yard
Lewiston Woman Olivette Sherburne Dies After Illness
Mrs. Olivette M. Sherburne 59 native of Bath died Tuesday at C M G hospital Lewiston after illness. She lived at 122 Campus Ave Lewiston and was active in local groups including Mr David Sisterhood Dames of Harriet Turner Pray Tent D A R and Daughters of Pocahontas. Born Oct 14 1875 in Bath she spent most of life in Lewiston. Survived by Bath relatives. Funeral held at Teague and Stevens Lewiston Thursday at 2 with interment Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Olivette M. Sherburne
Bath
C.M.G. Hospital
Sherburne
Campus Avenue
Lewiston
Lewiston Lodge
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Alvert Winslow
Lewis Berry
Masons
R. P. McFadden
Anderson’s Drug Store
Boston
Wilbur ‘G. Gahill
Moosehead Lake
George W. Gowell
Ferry Boat Union
Charles A. Harriman
Belfast
Swett’s Drug Store
John H. Raymond
Raymond's Court
Grace Church
Squirrel Island
Bee
le Roy Brothers
Congress Athletics
Forest Glen
Harry Newall
P. T. Barnum
the Glen
Postoffice
McMahan's Island
McMahan's
Frances Morse
W. G. Webber
Popham
Mr. Gushee
the Phoenix
Gardiner
J. F. Barker
Miss White
Sadie Watson
Miss Alice Morse
Newry
Miss Ladd
Roscoe Drummond
Rufus Drummond
New Bedford
Mr. Birlingham
J. C. Higgins
Cambridge
Annie
John Lowell
High Street
Jessie and
Nancy Lowell
Marion Chapin
Gertrude Robbins
Charlestown
Mass
Laura B. Palmer
Miss Robbins
Dr. Snipe
Elmer Hayes
Marine Railway
William T. Harding
Swanton & Jameson’s
Bethel
Boothbay System
Patten
Acadia
Barbara Coury
Thomas Quinn
Reva John O’brien
J. W. Lash
Oak Point
Edward Magoun
Savage’s
Centre Street
Magoun
Front Street
Islander
Islands
William
Carrie Moses
Addie Loring
Forest City
Henrietta Campbell
Iss Carrie Page
William Thompson
Portland
Cushing's Island
Arthur
Hyde
Murray Bay
Canada
Colonel
Frank Hawthorne
White Mountains
Captain Johns
A. W. Drew
Newport
Robert Lord
Wrn Ca
George McFadden
Donnell's
Washington
Snow
Boston Custom House
Stone Fort
Eleanor
Charlotte Hartwell
Gertrude Bean
Kelley & Spear’s
Joseph White
West Bath
New England Co
S. H. Conley
Fred Klippell
Charles Whitten
Lynn
Birchwood
Messrs
Charles Hooper
Johnson Rideout
Charles Watson
B. F. Foote
Cox’s Head
Thompson Bros. Harms
Forepaugh’s Circus
Cowan's Field
Washington and Winship Streets
Parker Hooper
Thorn’s Head
Crosby
Walter B. Ramsay
Montreal Y. M. C.A
Co. G. Blanchard
Swett
George H. Shaw
Carleton, McDonough and Knowlton
Carnegie
Fam
Mr. Knowlton
Katherine Patten
Cushings Island
Annie Knight
George Owen
Chicago
David Owen
the Times
Amory McL. Houghton
John Houghton
Juno
Ladies Aid
Corliss Street
M. W. Sewall
Washington and
Bowery Streets
Naval Cadet Band
Spider Club
Mrs. Campbell
L. F.” Atwood
Snappy Speed Boat
Fred H. Thompson
Wilfred G. Rice
Humboldt Park
Carleton L. Rice
Turner Court
Rice
Yonkers
Betty Rice
Thomas Gross
Ethel
Gross
Blanche Smith
Sydney Smith
James A. Broom
Middle Street
Harry Manser
Bertha K. Scott
Stearns W. Scott
Andrews Rd
Bernice Oliver
Lincoln St
Bath, Maine
Grace A. Mitchell
Newtonville, Mass
Bertha K, Scott
Alden G. Smith
Ofadahoc
Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lina G. Sewall
Katherine F. Berry
Helen Berry Holton
Brockton
Lida P. Swazey
Bucksport
Fred Breen
West Somerville
Oak Grove Cemetery
Marion P. Eiswell
Cumberland County
Addie Frances Purington
Miles 8
Purington
Miles
Marion P, Erswell
Brunswick, Maine
Marion P. Brswell
County of
Cumberland
Allan Ear
Pio M. Heald
Phippeburg
Walter 8S. Glidden
Ethel A Burns
Flora A. Bowle
Ethel M. Burns
Hel White
Ethelyn M. Marston
Auburn
Adahoc
Selina A. Trott
Edward F. Johnson
Elden P. Munsey
Wiscasset
Warren M. Coffin
Ron L. Jack
Hazel
Frederick Dillon
Richmond
Patrick M. Dillon
Sreotros
Nereuy
J. Edward Drake
Sete
Eleanor D. Drake
Ot Sagadahoc
Yini
Martha A. Campbell
Asbury R. Cam
Dewey
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