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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1925

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath July 29 1885

Bath items note J L Perkins recovering from a fall from a cherry tree with back pain and uncertain injuries. A Bath talent concert at Boothbay promises a rich program of sixteen vocal and instrumental numbers. An excursion to Boothbay is planned for attendees. C A Coombs and wife visited Squirrel Island admiring scenery. Listings mention Bath residents at Rock Cove Cottage and other island stays. Skowhegan reports a jam blow off the falls and Kennebec River logs totaling 80,000,000 for the summer.

J. L. Perkins Bath Boothbay Skowhegan Log Drivers’ Company Kennebeck River

July 30 1885 Notices and Local Updates

Short ad rent listing for Capt Tucker tenement. Wanted labor to stitch 75 000 thin ceats and vests. For sale horse and phaeton. Four arrests by police, two for drunkenness. Ship repairs on the British brig Hotspur at the marine railway. Goss Marine Iron Works to host first annual excursion to Fort Popham on Percy V with athletic events. Notables visiting or returning include Miss Nason from Augusta and Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Whitney at Stoddard House. Goss works reports strong fall outlook. pattern department busy. July 31 highlights South Hill construction and Masonic hall preparations. Schubert club concert at Boothbay praised. large crowd from the city attended with 60 steamers. Program featured multiple instrumental and vocal numbers.

Excrositonists Arrive Amid Fog Delays at Southport

A concert scene is recalled as an excorsionista named G. H. Duncan performed with violin obligato. The performer arrived home early this morning around six o'clock, while a dense fog held the steamer at Southport until five in the morning.

Ean G. H. Duncan Excorsionista P Southport

Steamer Star of the East runs ashore near river mouth

Word reached this city on August first that the Star of the East struck the western river bank near Parker's Head in dense fog. Tug Stella aided two hours later as passengers were sent to Bath and Fort Wopham via multiple vessels. The incident is expected to end with no hull damage at high water. Also reported: lightning damaged the schooner Frank O Pane but no crew injuries. A child named Edward Saunders barely survived a horse kick in Crocker's pasture. Willie Leydon, Alameda polo center, visits Boston and may join a top team next winter.

Star of the East Wall Cox Stella Parker's Head Bath Wiwurna Greenleaf Della Collins Percy V Fort Wopham Frank O. Pane Boston Adelina Lovejoy's Narrows Swan Island

Excursion by Goss Works workers to Fort Popham

August 3 1885 the employer of Goss Marine Iron Works organized an excursion to Fort Popham aboard the Percy W. A large party ventured despite poor weather. Boilermakers and Machinists clubs played ball and competed in drills fishing and tug of war. Dances meals and boat rides followed with a supper at Ocean View House before returning to Bath.

Goss Marine Iron Works Fort Popham Percy W Boilermakers Duggan Kane Higgins Sullivan Dupar Wolf Thayer Vieper Perkins Oliver Garcelon Dunham Hawkes Collins Tarbox Mains Ocean View House Farr Craven Capt. Dupar Jerry Sullivan Haley Spinney Bath

Aug 4 1885 Stetson visits Mere Point and Grant memorial plans

Capt H E Stetson visits his grandfather's cottage at Mere Point Brunswick for a week while Bath Light Infantry is invited to Grant memorial exercises the committees of Dunlap commandery prepare for Palestine commandery's visit next week. The Meteor steamer theft plan ends with it reaching Goss Marine Iron Works and creditors in Bath awaiting settlement.

H. E. Stetson Mere Point Brunswick Dunlap Commandery E. T Palestine Commandery

Weekend visitors and travels in Woolwich and nearby towns

The記 notes list weekend and weeklong visits by residents and visitors to Wells Beach Boothbay Harbor Bath Woolwich Port land and surrounding areas. It covers Mr and Mrs Charles D Perry Mrs Samuel Stover Elford Gardiner Nellie Higgins Joseph Wiley Frank Chellis and others visiting family camps churches and regional destinations with travel from Providence Boston and Maine communities.

Charles D. Perry Wells Beach Samuel Stover Son Elford Boothbay Harbor Nellie Higgins Gardiner Bath Joseph Wiley St. John N. B Frank Chellis Highland Street John KR. Barry Malden Maxs A. EB. Wardwell Woolwich Eulah Gladys Mitchell Portland Goldie Sheridan Helen Follett Union Street Arthur B. Duncan Portsmouth N. H Henry W. Owen, Jr Carolyn Turner Popham Bead Richard Small Daniel Providence R. J Sagadahoe Merry Lester Witham Wilfred Idelle Ralph Rowe Ralph Lynn Mass Bay Point Margaret Koch South Windham People’s Baptist Church George Y. Wolsten Fall River M. FE. Kateen Howarth Wrentham Webern Duck Inn Robert Gray Evelyn Fred A. Parker Eleanor Brown Carolyn Sarah Oliver Shepard Galen Low Boston

Neurologists Link Salt Balance to Madness in Cells

A Philadelphia Psychiatry Society paper by Dr. Ludlum and Dr. McDonald argues that cellular salt imbalance alters electrical currents, affecting the vegetative nervous system and causing mental disturbances. X rays show salt-induced changes in stomach and intestinal muscles, linking emotion and insanity to electrolyte shifts.

Philadelphia Psychiatric Society 8. D. Ludlum Ellice McDonald Graduate School University of Pennsylvania Drs. Ludlum McDonald Smith Fly Jelliffe George H. Kirby Ward's Island

Turks May Close Mission Colleges in Near East

American missionary colleges in the Near East face possible extinction, says Dr. W. M. Post, a veteran medical missionary. He cites Turkish government hostility under Mustafa Kemal, closures of Armenian school Kinney, and demands that Turks teach at key institutions.

Near East W. M. Post Constantinople Post Robert College Smyrna Dr. Post Standard Oil American Express American Tobacco Company Mustapha Kemal Angora Turkey Bristel Miss Kinney Skutari Entouge East Kemal Old Union and Progress Party Enver Talaat Raouf Bey Chamber of Deputies Lasaunne Woman's College Arnauthney Beirut Stamboul Mark Twain Simon

Pickett family returns as shop manager quirk ends

Mrs A W Pickett and son Albert return to Portland after visiting here with Mr Pickett who has been substituting as manager of the Spear candy shop during Roy F Shackford’s absence due to injuries from an automobile accident. Shackford to be discharged from City hospital soon. Mrs Frank Chellis and family also back from three weeks in Lynn Mass visiting Mr and Mrs Joseph Sewall and Mrs William Sewall who returned Bath for a visit with them.

A. W. Pickett Albert Portland Mr. Pickett Spear Roy F. Shackford Shackford City Hospital Frank Chellis Lynn Mass Joseph Sewall William Sewall Bath Mr. Sewall Anne Kimball Birch Point Frederick E. Drake Maxwell Powers Ruth Hatch Camp Popham Beach Abner Johnson Fanny Thurlow Johnson West Point Plummer Albee Trigh Street Jerome Travers Governor Dingley Herman Jolson North Street W. P. Currie Lorraine Joyce Edward Sewall Carl Stevens Susan Stevens Springfield Maine Winifred Johnson Charles Bradeen Elizabeth Brown Stansbury Hagar Marjorie Thomas Sebasco Daisy Harrison John A. Morse Graham Blandy Leonice Barbara Morse Camp Wepham Beach Theodore Kendall Roslindale William Kendall North Bath Reginald Lombard Deborah South Portland Hlm J. Edward Drake Wendall Stevens Flossie Beals Westport Junction Stevens Anna Jewett Frank PB. Kelley Hennessey Cottage Winchester Basin Inn Elbridge Wright Pearl E. Dunbar W. A. Moore Shirley Frank Norton Walter Highland Street Milton Trett Florence Carlton Henry P. Caddy Arline Cambridge Frank Powers Middle Street St. George Mr. Caddy Billy List Peterson New Orleans U.S. S Denver Charleston Navy Yard Moore Wellington A. Moore Washington Street Panama

West Port Hosts Visiting Relatives From Across States

Mrs George F Ingalls and daughter Irene visit West Port with Mrs John McHeffey of Belmont Massachusetts and niece Miss Margaret Burk hardt of New York. Mr and Mrs Russell Stodder and daughter Jacqueline of Boston are spending a few days there.

George F. Ingalls Irene John McHeffey Belmont Mass Margaret Burkhardt New York Russell Stodder Jacqueline Boston Westport

Descendants organize fund drive for Old Ironsides

Sete Arthur Bain bridge Hoff retired U S N leads efforts to raise 12000 toward a 500000 restoration fund for the USS Constitution. He seeks descendants of officers and crew from 1797 to 1882 and asks them to contact him at Third Naval District Headquarters New York City to form a society and register lineage for the exhibit.

Boston Navy Yard Sete Arthur Bainbridge Hoff William Bainbridge South America Tisane Hull Stephen Decatur Edward Preble Charles Stewart Third Naval District Headane Whitehall Streets New York City Commaander Hoff

Bath Social Weekenders Highlight Summer Guests

A long list of Bath area residents and visitors recount weekend and weeklong stays at cottages and homes around Popham Beach, Birch Point, West Point, and Bath. Guests include families from Maine and Massachusetts, plus naval personnel aboard the Denver near Charleston, with plans to ship out to Panama for winter service.

August Forecast Promises Sunny, Changeable Weather

Lewiston weather expert Sam Merrill predicts August will be the best month of the year with less rain and more sun than July. He notes two warmest days on the 5th and 23rd, two storm periods from the 9th to 15th and 20th to 26th, and a cool spell with several thunder showers at month’s end. A partial lunar eclipse on August 4 is also noted as visible across the United States.

Sam Merrill Lewiston Weatherer Sam Morrill United States

Kentucky family visits Bath on coast-to-coast trip

Rev and Mrs R. 8. Wilson and their three children from Flemingsburg Kentucky stopped in Bath Friday for breakfast while driving to Port Williams Nova Scotia. They traveled by Ford touring car 109935 with banner From Old Kentucky. They reported good weather except rain in Boston and plan more camping on their vacation trip spanning Michigan Niagara Falls and the lake region previously. Their home lies near Lexington and close to the Ohio river. Mrs Wilson, Nova Scotia native, looks forward to salt water fish on this trip.

Wilson Marion Jack Vere Flemingsburg Bath Port Williams N. Ss Boston Cleveland Buffalo Albany Mohawk Trail Old Kentucky Michigan Lake Region Niagara Falls Lexington Ohio River Nova Scotia

Final dividend declared in Ellis bankruptcy case

In the Wilfred A. Ellis matter, at the final meeting of creditors before Referee William T. Hall, a first and final dividend of 7.9 percent was declared and will be disbursed by trustee Harvey R. Pease of Wiscasset.

Wilfred A. Ellis Coopers Mills William T. Hall Harvey R. Pease Wiscasset Sarah Smith Drake Georgetown

Business conditions showing improvement in northeastern Maine

Edmund P. Briggs reports a healthier tone in Maine business after visiting Millinocket Lincoln and Mattawamkeag. Farmers look for higher crops with contracts at 2.50 a barrel. canning and a heavy blueberry crop at Columbus Falls. Several large paper mills run full time and optimism widespread. Charles P. Wetherbee departs for Great Barrington for an uncle’s illness.

Maine Edmund P. Briggs Millinocket Lincoln Mattawamkeag Briget Columbus Falls Briggs

Probate appoints Milton S Kimball estate administrator

On the seventh day of July in Sagadahoe County probate court appointed Milton S Kimball of Augusta as administrator de bonis non of the estate of John H Kimball late of Bath, with qualification and acceptance of the trust noted, in a Sagadahoe County record.

James R. O'Hara Irmingham Alabama Sagadoo A. O'Hara Ernest M. White Ten Kimball Augusta Sagadahoe John H. Kimball Bath Milton S. Kimball

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times C. A. Coombs Knox & Lincoln Railroad Squirrel Island Mr. Coombs E. W. Randall Mary Tarbox Frank Randall Rock Cove Cottage George W. Tucker Center Street Joseph M. Hayes Court House Dillaway A. Merrill High Street Hotspur Marine Railway Keelson Keel Miss Nason F. M. Hyde James H. MacTellan Mount Desert G. Fred Mitchell C. 8. Whitney Stoddard House Farmington Goss Marine Works New England Shipbuilding O.’S Yard Supt Hyde Pattern Department South Hill Masonic Hall Belfast Commandery Schubert Club Wolfhart M. F. Duncan Fred Swanton Nathan Coombs Miss Tuece Messrs Sturtevant Hunt King Pirates Retin Eah Siesta Sabes W. Ballou Mr. and Mrs. Jones Miss Luce Mr. Sturtevant Miss Lizzie Low M. F. Lincoln Mr. Lincoln Butterfly Mee TV Kollow F. Sturtevant Tiizzie Low M. F. Puncan Messrs. Sturtevant Jackson Ballou Hunt J. O. Lincoln Attilla M. F. Dun Edward Saunders John Saunders Richardson Street Saunders FE. M. Fuller Ann Willie Leydon Alameda Poloce Mt. Desert George E. Wiggin Will Ledyard Henry W. Howard John Bath Light Infantry Goss Marine Tran .Works Homme Fine WV. D. Mitchell East Boston K. S. Chappelle Kennebec East Boston Watchman Kentucky Charles P. Wetherbee Great Barrington Charles I, Wetherbee L.F Atwood Polione L. F. Medicine Co William F Dunham
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