Forty Years Ago in Bath: August 2 1893 Local Notes
Regular meeting of the city government. Fred Witham leaves for a week in Massachusetts. Gowell's Grove opens under W H Crockett with ice cream and lunches. Y M C A secretary Murray returns from North Lubec and resumes duties. Court street sidewalk advances. Street music on Front Street impresses listeners. Spider club hires street musicians for excursion and Five Islands dance. Orville Todd returns from hospital improved. A P Denham and Harry Mason plan coast resorts trip. Water waste cautions amid dry spell. Foresters excursion to Five Islands aboard Islander.
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Front Street
Cycle Club
Spider Club
Five Islands
Bath People and Visitors in Aug 1893 Ca. 1893
Aug 3 1893 notices report Capt Morse and family back from Cox's Head voyage. Marshal Minott and wife at Capitol Island guests of Harrington. M B McGrath of Worcester Construction Co. away a few days. Mrs Cunningham and party from Haverhill at Rivulet cottage enjoy a fine time. Bath youths charter steamer Blonde for river trips. Emma R Sanford visiting Florence Donnell at Sandhurst Popham Beach. Samuel D Bailey elected director of Eastern Maine Railway Co. Bath motor men return from Waterville & Fairfield road. Passmore and Baker to ride conductors’ duties. Golden Cross hosts garden party at C F Holbrook residence with music and refreshments. Curiosity grows about Bath’s house of correction. lockup temporary, alms house the real house of correction run by Isaac Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gahan
Frank Lewiston
Bath
Waterville & Fairfield
H. T. Passmore
George Baker
August 4 1893 local notices and travel updates
August 4 1893 notices report Mrs. Frank Linslow visiting in Boston while Samuel Bailey spends August in Bethlehem New Hampshire. Boston-area families stay at Birch Point and Topsfield. Lizzie M Snow resumes trips after repairs. Schooner Yale discharges coal at Maine Central wharf and carries an eight oared shell pennant. Letter carriers face substitute shortages after failed exams. Cyclists and trips near Portland and Lynn noted with travelers from New York cycling to Portland and back.
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Yale
Maine Central
August 5 1893 notes from Portland's region and sea
George H W Barton enjoys a voyage to Philadelphia aboard the schooner Aloah. Mrs James H Tobin of Portland returns home after a city visit. Frank Dennett returns from three weeks at home to Washington. T F Perkins of West Bath to prepare the clambake for the Knights of Pythias at Popham Beach next Thursday. F B Torrey Jr sails to Squirrel Island for the German at the Casino this evening. The Dresden band charters the steamer Wiwarna for an Aug 19 excursion to Isle of Springs and Boothbay. Kennebec Naval Veterans meet weekly with new Brunswick member. A large sea crowd arrives at Kennebec, many heading to seaside resorts. the boat reached its wharf about four o'clock. Maine Central railroad sees a boom in freight and travel after a slow spell. Circuses travel the state boosting profits. Tuesday trips to the World's Fair are popular. Bath residents visit Woolwich shores daily for blueberries, prices high due to chipped berries.
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Maine Central Railroad
Aug 7 1893 Town News Highlights at Small Point and More
Aug 7 1893 reports Misses Fisher at Sea Wall Cottage Small Point J W Kelley and D E Pierce with families at Squirrel Island Miss Jane Shaw resumes W A Telegraph Co duties Mrs Edward W Randall to Cambridge Mass Mrs Arthur Forbes and daughter visit Front street Lewiston lightning rod promoter Lew Keyes visits town Narrow escape at Small Point as carriage nearly capsizes in rising Spragues river Hartleb Chestra plan to enlarge Broad street factory and lay single floor for heavy work Washington street crossing completed engine for power station arrives signaling electric road soon in service
Community notes from August 1893 events and meetings
Harriet West returns from Wiscasset visit. Uniform Rank K of P members to escort visiting Knights at 8 AM. Wiscasset Cornet band to Fort Popham by steamer Wiwurna, returning via Kennebec and Sheepscot. Brunswick fire muster Aug 17 enacts steam restrictions. Bath adopts similar rules for Kennebec No. 3. Seventh Day Adventists hold fall camp meeting Sept 1 to 10 with notable speakers.
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K. of P
Wiscasset
Brunswick
Bath Committee On Fire Department
Kennebec No. 3
New Artesian Well Drilling Machine Attracts Attention
A novel friction powered drilling machine for artesian wells passed through the city to Shute & Briggs. It is to drill at the north end soon, amid expectations the event will draw a large crowd. W. P. Shafter of Philadelphia rode from Bath to Rockland and may ride to Bar Harbor if roads allow. He criticizes Maine roads for cycling.
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Murray
Y.M.C.A
North Lubec
New England
Shute & Briggs
Rockland
W. P. Shafter
Philadelphia
Bath
Bar Harbor
Maine
Twin County Grangers Field Day Tour Planned
Twin County Farm Bureau members and friends gather at 514 Court Street Auburn for an annual tour beginning 9 a.m. Wednesday April 23 visiting H D Hatch on poultry operations and pasture work then Harold S White on Jersey cattle milk plant and lime effects. A clambake by Alfalfa Joe Larrabee and a short talk by Frank P Washburn follow at Fish Hatchery before tours to Lake Auburn shore and West Auburn farms with a women’s program and open invitation to all grangers.
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Twin County Farm Bureau
Court Street
Auburn
H. D. Hatch
Farm Bureau
Hatch
Harold S. White
Turner Road
Jersey
White
Joe
Larrabee
West Bath
Frank P. Washburn
Augusta
Lake Auburn
West Auburn
Bath to Host New England Firemen’s Muster on Labor Day
Bath veterans weigh staging a firemen’s muster for handtubs from New England on Labor Day. They estimate $900 needed for prizes and hundreds of visiting firemen, with plans for two classes and prizes totaling about $675. Organizers seek Bath Board of Trade help to attract engines from as far as Massachusetts and possibly host a warship event and local festivities.
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New England
Bath
Levi T. Thompson
Massachusetts
Bath-Veteran_Firemen's—Association
Bath Board of Trade
Firemen’s Association
Thousands Parade Bath Iron Works Backed by City Leaders
The Bath procession honored Bath Iron Works with nearly 7,000 spectators. Notables included Archibald M. Main and L. Eugene Thebeau, plus Navy officers, politicians, and local business leaders. Iron Works workers marched with signs praising Newell and Bath’s shipbuilding, followed by fire brigades, veterans, and a large commercial trucks contingent. An airplane showered confetti as the parade wound twice through the city streets.
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Iron Works
Pete
Newell
Main
Beau
Bath
Moran
White
Union Street
B. I. W. Corp
Bath Iron Works
Roland Smith Post
A.L
American Legion Corps
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Salvation Army
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Eack
Oakhurst Dairy
Swift & Co
M. W. Sewall Co
Sagadahoce Fruit Co
Seekins
Chase's Grocery
Bullman’s Market
Barstow's
Howard Coal Co
Shell Oil
C. W. Rogers Hardware
Bath Welding
Johnson Bros
Crosman's
Liberty Bottling Co
George Emero
Bridges Market
Oakhurst Trucks
Roy's Market
Steeves Market
Bath Laundry
Bath Dye Works
Wiseman Farms
Stone House Farm
Railroad Square
Water Street
Vine
Washington
Front Street
Oak Street
Library
Frank Simpson
East Brunswick
Farley Mayo
Crosby
High Street
Oak
Times Office
Bath Iron Works Boss Praises Craft At Public Park Event
William S. Newell, president of Bath Iron Works Corp., addressed plant workers in Bath praising their role as the Navy recognizes the value of Bath built destroyers. He urged employees to apply brains and skill to meet high standards set by past achievements amid a civic celebration for two ship orders.
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Bath Iron Works
Navy Department
Bath
Navy
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
The
Shipbuilding Corporation
Newell
F. W. Carlton
Woolwich
Pres. Newell
Mr. Carlton
Iron Works
Gen. Hyde
Lord
Maine
Congress
James G. Blaine
the Plumed Knight
William P. Frye
Boutelle
Dingley
Moran
Roosevelt
Bath honors Newell and Bath Iron Works with parade program
A Bath assembly marked by a band stand program and a sunlit gathering of 3,000 attendees. Mayor John A. Lord presided as speeches praised William S. Newell and Bath Iron Works for securing naval contracts and boosting employment under the National Recovery Act.
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Washington
Summer Street
John A. Lord
Brunswick Band
America
Bath
William Jennings Bryan
Lord
Newell
William S. Newell
Edward W. Bridgham
Bridgham
Bath Iron Works
Thomas W. Hyde
United States Shipbuilding Co
Johan S. Hyde
New York
Mr. Bridgham
Walter S Wyman
Maine
Charles H. Cahill
Mr. Newell
Robert Haskell
Iron Works
Thebeau
Main
Union high school gains band funds from Henry’s Wedding
The Union American Legion and Auxiliary present $50 to the band treasurer for use by members and director as part of proceeds from Henry’s Wedding. Also noted are local notes on hay harvesting antics, Dover-Foxcroft natives in the railway mail service, a car accident near Lakewood road injuring Irene Carey, and probate notices for Ada Manson and Clara W Albee in Sagadahoc County.
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Union High School
Union American Legion and Auxiliary
Waterville Sentinel
Irene Carey
Waterville
Lawrence Livingstone
William Livingstone
Skowhegan
Clough Garage
Lakewood Road
Kennebec
David L. Wilson
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ada Manson
Sidney B. Lermond
Clara W. Albee
Henry P. Healey
Unlucky Travel to Moxie Ends in Fog Weather Incident
A couple on the way to Moxie for a day of fishing met a damp road and fog linked crash. Sheriff Gallant notes the road’s dampness contributed to the mishap as unusual Maine lightning flashes caused property damage in New Sweden. A stone marker from the Boston Post Road was found near Freeport with more markers known along the old routes.
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Maine
New Sweden
Freeport
Boston
Ernest Marstaller
Portland
Falmouth
Calais Man Finds Bottle Full of Dead Ants Near Anthill
A Calais man reports leaving an open bottle of 3.2 beer by an anthill. Next morning the bottle contains dead ants and the hill is depopulated. It is unclear if the ants died from drinking or were trampled in a rush for the beverage.
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Calais
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Bath Daily Times
Fred Witham
Conant
Gowell’s Grove
W. H. Crockett
Orville Todd
Maine General Hospital
A. P. Denham
Jackson's
Harry Mason
Harpswell
Peaks Island
Old Orchard
Boothbay Harbor
Rangeley Lakes
Bath Foresters
Charles H. Morse
Cox’s Head
Marshal Minott
Capitol Island
Harrington
Sapt
M. B. McGrath
Worcester Construction Co
FE. A. Cunningham and Son
Jennie Hodgkins
Haverhill
Rivulet Cottage
Down River
Emma R. Sanford
Florence Donnell
Sandhurst
Popham Beach
Samuel D. Bailey
Eastern Maine Railway Co
Golden Cross
C. F. Holbrook
Chestnut Street
House of Correction
Isaac Curtis
Frank L. Linslow
Topsfield Mass
Dr. Graves
Beacon Street
Turner Flouse
Bethlehem
N. H
Walter Foye
Athol, Mass
Strout Cottage
Birch Point
Lizzie M. Snow
City
Lynn Cycle Club
Lynn
George H. W. Barton
James H. Tobin
Frank Dennett
T. F. Perkins
F. B. Torrey, Jr
Squirrel Island
Dresden
Isle of Springs
Boothbay
Kennebec Naval Veterans Association
Woolwich Shores
Messrs
J. W. Kelley
D. E. Pierce
Jane Shaw
W. A. Telegraph Co
Edward W. Randall
Cambridge
Mass
Arthur Forbes
Peeton
Randall Homestead
Lew Keyes
Lewiston
Keyes
Spragues River
Hartleb & Chestra
Broad Street
Charles E. Taylor
Washington Street
Harriet West
Fiemen
Labor Day
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Wrsroe
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Plymouth
Thomas McLaughlin
Bath Maine
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Frank Wilbur Hagan
Clarence Libby Blackman
Kennebec County
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Nellie M. Stearns
Charlestown
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Sagadahogc
Fred H. Thompson
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