Forty Years Ago in Bath July 1888 Highlights
Bath items from August 1 to August 3 1888 show varied local activity. Grocers excursion discussed Frank Luce and family at Five Islands Wiscasset win by Edward Brown Bath Democratic club in Bangor staged travel John Brown Fred Hartnett Sabine etc. K P Acadia lodge officers installed July 1888 and Good Templars to meet. Street life includes lobster close time water wheel construction and a free delivery mail system expanding in Bath. Marine notes include Rose G yacht coal fill and Canniff aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Democratic Club
Bath
Bangor
John Brown
Fred Hartnett
Frank Parks
Association Holds Annual Meeting and Notable Local Events
The August 4 1888 annual association meeting is noted with plans for a Portland excursion on Forest Queen and a cemetery water pipe proposal. Reports mention teachers and families visiting, a light extension on Center street, a yacht trip to Campo Bello, and a wagon accident to Capt John Rich.
Passengers Return From Short Star of the East Cruise
August 7, 1888 report lists John O. Shaw Andrew Percy Fred Parks Frank Wakefield and others who sailed on the Sagamore and returned home content with a brief outing. Also covered are a lodge meeting at Popham No 222 IOGT election of officers and delegates, a new Percy wagon trade mark bee hive, Dr Dike’s historical sociable with European views, and a broken leg incident of ship carpenter Harrison Haggett at the New England yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of the East
John O. Shaw
Andrew Percy
Fred Parks
Frank Wakefield
Charles McLellan
Popham Lodge
West Bath Lodge
Fred Brackley
Templar
George McPhail
George Brackley
Albert Doren
Frank Dow
Herbert Sprague
Sentinel
Hattie Johnson
Edward Dow
Mr. Shea
Lena Hodgkins
D. T. Percy & Son
Bee Hive
Percy
Bath
Dr. Dike
Boston
State Home trustees urge modernization and heating upgrade
In Bath Maine on August 6 1928 President William R Kimball calls for improved health facilities at the Home praising trustee effort while urging a new infirmary and a modern heating plant to cut coal costs and raise sanitary standards. Governor Brewster and legislators are thanked for cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Board of Trustees
William R. Kimball
Bath
Maine
Treasurer's Report for Year Ended June 30 1928
Financial report by Dr. S. S. Mullin shows appropriations for personal services and maintenance with detailed expenditures across categories including food clothing supplies and repairs. The balance carried forward stands at $0.33 with additional appropriations for repairs and equipment totaling $4,884.09 and maintenance $500.09.
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BNO Acs
Omcs Occa Seas Annes
Dishnensarvie
Ceee Ieee
Sasaeanees
Balence A
New Fides Fiepee
Tisuernice
Sourea Nae
Visitors Report on Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Mrs. Elsie M Alexander reports on a Bath Maine orphan asylum visit dated August 1 1928 praising care and cleanliness while urging an infirmary and sanitary toilet improvements. She notes ongoing support by Mrs Stennes and wishes a successful year. Morse 30 is employed as a bellhop at Hollywood Hotel in Long Branch New Jersey for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Vera Gilmore
Davenport Fund
John McInnes
William PD. Hill
Charles Cushine
Bartlett
Lani Williams
White Mountain
E. W. Hyde
Harriet Ledyard
James Bimson
John Shaw
William B. Mussenden
Johnson Bros
W. E. Chase Co
Ruth Robinson
Winslow
Elsie Alexander
Brunswick
Hyde
Lillian Frost
Mildred Palmer
Rachael Hodgdon
Woolwich
Powell
Bath Opera House
Frank A. Hodgdon
Martin Wyman
Small Point
Charles Greenleaf
Maine
Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
Bath
Elsie M. Alexander
John Donnell
Morse
Hollywood Hotel
Long Branch
N. J
Busy first August probate session in Sagadahoc Court
Judge Walter S. Glidden presided over a crowded August term session. Numerous estates and administrations were approved or granted, including wills for Susan Jane Perkins Nellie F Dunton and others, guardianships, inventories, accounts and taxes, with appointments of executors and administrators and distributions approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Walter
Glidden
Susan Jane Perkins
Bath
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Nellie F. Dunton
Alice May P. Young
M. Arthur Wheeler
Troy
N. Y
C. Clark Wheeler
Nellie Gowell
Bowdeinham
Percy G. Gowell
Litchfield
Isabella Stewart
Richmond
Minnie Batchelder
Emmie Jewell
Arabine P
Marshal F. Stevens
Mary A. Eugley
Charles H. Eugley
Clara H. Dunn
John K. Dunn
Alfred J. Desjardins
Virginia Belanger
Topsham
Harry E. Litchfield
Clara A. Percy
John A. Loring
Rachel M. Loring
Nettie L. Teeling
Fred B. Teeling
Caroline A. Evans
Samuel A. Evans
Lillie M. Leonard
William T. Hall
Helen Grant
Harold John Brown
Georgetown
Arthur E. Hodgkins
William T. Hodgkins
Jane Thomas Hodgkins
Bath National Bank
Avis S. Wing
Emery M. Wing
Harriet E. Hopkins
Herbert L. Hopkins
James F. Hall
Edward C. Hall
Arthur J. Dunton
Daniel W. Ridley
Myrtle R. Dunn
Olaf Plummer
Lizzie M. Currier
Bowdoin
Frank M. Currier
Lewis B. Swett, Jr
Lois C. Swett
Harry P. Bridge
Samuel Knight
Samuel Knight Jr
C. T
Five Islands continues with visitors and a funeral note
The column lists numerous visitors staying at Pollyanna Lodge including Miss Alice and Mildred Feanson and guests from Dorchester, Quincy, Winchester, Somerville, and Bath. It reports the funeral of Roger B. Tubbs at Grace Church rectory with Rev. Hayden and Rev. Gildersleeve officiating, pallbearers named, and burial in Winchendon after services in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Stevens
Miss Stevens
Oakland
Waterville
Fitzgerald
Quincy
Salter
Winchester
Pollyanna Lodge
Lucerne-in-Maine
Albert Rasmusson
West Medford
Albert Spaulding
Somerville
Alice and Mildred Feanson
Dorchester
D. Wylie Lemont
Bath
Lucille Wright
Ruby Harris
Roger B. Tubbs
Charles M. Tubbs
Camp Long Pond
Rangeley
Grace Church Rectory
High Street
Ralph Hayden
Camden
N. B. Gildersleeve
Donald Wilson
Harry MacDonald
Frederick Drake
George Field
Cleveland Rowe
Edwin H P. Lowell
Winchendon
Mass
General Federation President to Speak at Belgrade Lakes Banquet
Mrs. John F. Sippel will be the General Federation president guest speaker at a Belgrade lakes banquet on Wednesday night September 19. Maine Federation President Mrs. John T. Skeffield arranged the appearance after their San Antonio biennial contact. Sippel, a Baltimore leader with 20 years in Maryland club work, has held key General Federation roles and served with the Governor's Agricultural Commission. She is also regent of the Baltimore D A R and active in the Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
General Federation
Belgrade Lakes
John T. Skeffield
Maine Federation
John F. Sippel
Sheffield
Sippel
San Antonio
Texas
Baltimore
Maryland Clubwork
Maryland
Governor's Agricultural Commission
Salvation Army Captain Rader Killed by Lightning
Capt Paul C Rader 23 of Maywood New Jersey a Salvation Army worker was killed at Sharon Massachusetts Sunday by a bolt while aiding 350 Wonderland Salvation Army camp bathers on a raft. He was son of Dr and Mrs Lyell Rader of Maywood and nephew of Rev Paul Rader. He leaves a widow and child. He planned to depart for India in September with his wife to do missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul O. Rader
Maywood
N. J
Salvation Army
Sharon Mass
Lake Massapoag
Rader
Wonderland
Wiscasset
Lyell
Corliss Street
Paul Rader
Chic Wo
India
New York
Tennessee
Lord Ledyard Ledyard Wed in Bath Marriage
Frederic H. Lord of West Bath and Harriet C. Ledyard of Bath wed at the bride’s home on High street with Rev. David L. Wilson officiating. They left for an automobile trip and will reside in Bath. She has community service roles and Republican ties. he is the groom’s son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic H. Lord
West Bath
Harriet C. Ledyard
Bath
High Street
David, L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Charles T. Lord
Whiskeay
Lord
James
Funeral for Bath native Sydney J. Meeker held at home
The Bath resident died August 4 after a short illness at Prout's Neck. The service was held at 90 Washington Street with burial in the Houghton family lot at Maple Grove. Survived by sister Charlotte Meeker half siblings Richard C. Meeker Elizabeth Meeker and nieces Mrs. Robert P. Jellett and Mrs. Samuel S. Sewall. He was a longtime shipbuilder with Houghton Brothers and a trustee of Bath Savings Institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney J. Meeker
Bath
Prout's Neck
Washington Street
Mr. Meeker
Cornelius Irving Meeker
Charlotte Reed Houghton
Old
Houghton
Houghton Flac
United States
Europe
South America
West Indies
Bath Savings Institution
Florida
Central Congregational Church
Meeker
Charlotte Meeker
Richard C. Meeker
Elizabeth Meeker
Baltimore
Probate notice and appointment in Sagadahoc Maine
A Maine probate notice from Bath Sagadahoc County dated July 23 1828 orders publication in Rath Independent for interested parties to appear August 14 1928 at nine in the forenoon regarding a petition. It also notes Henry O McCabe of Bath appointed administrator of the estate of Henry R Cahe.
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Soesdahoe
Walter SS Gudden
Eider
State OF Maine
Sagadatioc
Bath
Savadahee
Rath
Walter
Glidden
Penhate
William F. Dinham
Henry O. McCahe
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Bath Daily Times
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Edward Brown
Wiscassets
Will White
Kennebunk
H. E. Smith
Augusta
George S. Delano
Medford
Massachusetts
F. R. Woodman
Maggie
Blanche Harrington
Indian Point
Popham Beach
A. G. Winslow
Kohl-Rabi
Hartnett
Home Sweet Home
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Amet Nae
James Jackson
Nequasset
Bath Canoe Club
Fort Popham
Florence Corliss
Bath Lodge
Good Templars
James Dean
Bath Iron Works
Charles Maines
C. E. Boyd
Boothbay Harbor
John Devine
Center Street
Court House
David Bright
Star
Newburyport
New York City
Duncan & Jackson
Metropolis
Fritz H. Twitchell
The
Seth O Rogers
Moses
J. W. Wakefield
George Moulton
Alice
Marv
Anton
Wal- Aare
George Brown
Palmer
Marine Engine Company
Haley
Rose G
Bar Harbor
Michael F. Canniff
Charles Stevens
William Welch
Sagamore
Portland
Forest Queen
A. J. Curtis
Yarmouth High School
Ira True
Light Fingered Gentry
Worcester
John B. Worth
Fritz Twitchell
James Biggins
John Fitz
William Hogan
Gus Blaisdell
Charles Bates
Juno
Campobello
Amory Houghton
John Jameson
Frank Small
Houghton McLellan
John Rich
Association
Ramsey
Aue
F. Dike
Thomas Perry
William Plummer
Nantasket Beach
Arthur Maroun
Troveller
Seruin
Joseph K. Huse
Savare
John
Shannon & Huse
Sarabahor
Hackmen
E. T. Mitchell
John W. Noeton
Water Street
S. S. Jordan
Joseph Avery
John Stickney
Mouse Island
W. S&s Ruase
Oak Street
Lemuel Cushing
Willie Welch
Harrison Haggett
North Street
New England
Bervista
Iis Payes
Atwoods Medicine
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Paul. C. Rader
Lord Ledyard
Harry W. Dunton
C. A. Weston Co
I. W. Littlefield
Mr. Dunton
Mr. Littlefield
Harry
Bedford Street
Kimball Bros
Motley Portland
Rufus Hl. Motley
William F. Dunstam
Morgan
Fred S
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