Bath Items From 1886 Observations and Notices
Fortnightly Bath Chronicle notes include Mrs. A Stetson’s two week Mt Washington vacation, Mouse Island Association meeting at Mourne Island, and Juno bound for Mt Desert with Bath party aboard. Niphon sold for 200 dollars after capsizing near Cowes. Bath Fire Engine three trial reveals boiler tube damage. City of Bath to replace. Water Works survey by Shedd and Madge. plan to survey Thompson’s Brook to city. Catholics excursion to Damariscotta Lake. Samoset Island Association dinner at Samoset House. Notables include Eugene Hale and Judge Woodbury. Pendexter family on Squirrel Island. Street improvements on South End. August Bath Board of Trade meeting cancelled due to room repairs. Mrs. William Kelley ill with typhoid in Bath after Savannah stay.
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Samoset Island Association
Samoset House
Mouse Island
George B. Sawyer
Wiscoxxet
Eugene Hale
H. Fisher
Boothbay
Judge Woodbury
Boston
Joseph M. Hayes
Bath
Capt
G. A. Low
Bath and River News In Crisscross 1886 Updates
Aug 5 1886 Rev O W Folsom returns home Frank Parks on weekly vacation at Five Islands Capt A A ReedBath Light Infantry at Cushing Island for days George F Reed of this city employed by Jarvis Furnace Co Boston home briefly Fd Oxford appointed assistant engineer of Long Beach fire engine Sage officers elect of Popham lodge to be installed tomorrow night City Council grants week long vacations to fire engine drivers Constable Vaughn injures leg loading stove on vessel Chief Engineer Williams leaves for Manchester NH River tides low hinder Rockland ferry at Woolwich slip Bath water works to begin next week Thompson Brook survey for main line to stand pipe stand pipe site at highest West Bath route selected Drainage and surveying work to start soon August 6 1886 Miss Hattie Whitmore aboard to the islands Bath maidens picnic at Winneganee grove includes Nellie Robinson Lena Spinney Grace Foote Sloane Farnham and John White visit by Star of the East to Bax tom to watch De TOI Minnie Kilgore to oversee telegraph duties at camp ground Richmond August 9 1886 James M Taylor dies at Farmington John Thurlow Jr shipwreck survivor arrives home Two crew saved Thurlow injured Hospitalized in San Francisco after rescue City Marshal Rocker returns to duty Family notices and social visits plus sailing vessel W F Poole near launch with electric bell system and telegraph office connections featuring noted local names and maritime industry details
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Bath
Shedd
Thompson's Brook
New Meadows
Daniel Webster
West Bath
Westward travelers and local notices from August 1886
Aug 7 1886 reports John O Shaw Dr FE Fuller J W Ballou and wives planning a week trip to Eastport and Cahrais J B Harrington sails to Laconia NH to build a steam yacht hull for Take Winnepesaukee Chief Engineer Williams returns from Manchester NH for Ken neter repairs H A Duncan Marine National bank cashier leaves for Turner with William B Taylor as acting cashier Picnic at Standish grove Squirrel Island cottage plans Officers elect of Popham Lodge of Good Templars installed with Leonard Perey Josephine Talbot Lottie Perey Mary Kimball Lottie Curtis Jerry Smith F B Curtis Thomas Stevens Mary Hansford William Kimball
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Shaw
FE. M. Fuller
J. W.ballou
Eastport
Cahrais
H. A. Duncan
Marine National Bank
Turner
William B. Taylor
Mr. Duncan
Popham Lodge of Good Templars
John McQuarrie
William Kimball
Nellie Murphy
Leonard Perey
Josephine Talbot
R. H
Thomas Stevens
Marshal—E
Curtis, J. G
Mary Hansford
O. G
Local Briefs From Gardiner And Bath Iron Works
Guests of Mrs S Butler and others brief visits noted. Alderman Shepard travels by carriage through Woolwich Wiscasset Anna Whitefield to Augusta. FE B Mallett Jr of Freeport in Bath on engine for his shoe factory with completion by Sept 1. Fire steamer Long Beach tested satisfactorily. Amoskeag Works to repair boiler for Kennebec. two men here, $175 city payment after discount of $100. Crowd on Water Street watches horse rescued from street culvert. Delegates named for Prohibition County Convention at Popham Lodge hall tomorrow. tickets for county nominations likely. Thompson's Brook water works surveying underway. engineers listed.
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Shepard
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Anna and
Whitefield
Augusta
FE. B. Mallett, Jr
Freeport
Bath Iron Works
Amoskeag Works
Manchester
Kennebec
Williams
Water Street
Fred Sanford
Popham Lodge Hall
James
Ledyard
Keuben
Hunt
Thomas L. Nichols
Charles Maxwell
T. I. Wetherbee
James F. Wright
Parker H. Oliver
John McKiever
Thomas Stevens
Peter McDonald
York Publisher Visits Bath in Historic Maritime Ties
Alexander Kt. Smith publisher of the Port of New York and marine historian visited Bath Wednesday, hosted by US Shipping Board Commissioner Edward C. Plummer. Smith began Seaboard in 1888 and sailed as a youth on the John H. Kimball. He recalled Capt D. Mo Humphreys and family connections to Bath shipbuilding and clipper days.
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Alexander Kt. Smith
Port of
New York
Bath
Edward C. Plummer
United States Shipping Board
Mr. Smith
Seaboard
Vlummer
Goss & Sawyer
John H. Kimball
D. Mo Humphreys
Smith
Humphreys
Charles of
Brunswick
Holland
Humpheys
North Sea
Cardiff
Wales
China
Charles E. Hughes
Dromore Scene of Reunion
The article notes a reunion in Dromore with honored older guests who led the event. Two prominent attendees were Cros vy Ointe cuui Evsest Rogers and Je.
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Dromore
Cros’ Vy
Rogers
Old Folks At Home in Whippsburg Torch Ceremony
In Whippsburg near Dromore Bay a gathering recalls elderly residents now at rest and pledges to keep their torch burning. The crowd notes historic local seafaring, shipbuilding, and pine hills, with heirlooms and a silver goblet found since last year. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Deering and Elizabeth Pepper visit Bay Point cottage for a weekend gathering with friends and kin.
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Whippsburg
Dromore Bay
Phippsburg
Dame Hallowell
Carroll Deering
Elizabeth
Washington
Bay Point
Arthur ‘L Pepper
Western Avenue
Probate Court Transacts Business in August Term
Sagadehog County probate court in Bath handles wills filed, administrations granted, bonds filed, inventories and accounts approved, guardianship petitions granted and licenses to sell real estate requested during the second session of the August term. Notable estates include Coombs and Fickett with executors named, Pinkham and Cahill estates with guardians, and several Bath and Bowdoinham decedents.
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James 8
Lowell
Sagadehoe
Mabel B. Coombs
Bath
Harry G. Coom
James Dean
Alice B. Fulton
Curtis A. Fickett
Topeham
Sarah M. Fekett
Janes A. McLellan
J. Houghton McLellan
William (. Pearson
Ethel (. Pearson
Mary
F. Whitlam
Lillie A. Donnell
William FE. Pinkham
Charles H. Cahill
James W. Allen
Bowdoinham
James A. Nelson
Fatate
Frances A. Dunham
Fatward W. Dunham
D. B. Pa
T. A
James W. Alen
William Fef. Pinkham
Alwa F. Pinkham
Ezra Walter Morrison
Phippsburg
Angie J. Morrison
Fannie FE. Marryman
Haverhill
Mass
Maude LD. Page
Anna W. Blanchard
Emma P’. Parinton
Topsham
Walter M. Mallett
Everett D. Brooks
Path
Joseph (. Footer
Clarence E. Tuttle
Readville
Old Colony Trius
Charles F. Tarr
Richmond
Dorothy G. Tarr
Alva F. Pinkham
Als
Probate notices from Sagadahoc Maine shift heirs and executors
A Maine probate notice lists William C Pearson of Bath as heir in an intestate estate with widow Ethel C Pearson and children Hazel Tasker Guy Pearson Roy Pearson Curtis Pearson Cora May Pearson, requesting appointment of administrator. other notices name James Dean estate with executrix Alice B Fulton and Ida E Bagley estate with executor Albion L Corliss and the need to file proofs for inheritance tax. Proceedings set for September 7 1926 and September 1 1926 in Bath.
Lead Thieves Target City Block as Police Tighten Net
Estate Gladya E. and Willard H. Doughty report Lead thefts by youths. The Dunton block at Center and Water streets, opposite police headquarters, is among robbed sites. Thieves struck private homes and business blocks, often on Sundays when families were away. most losses discovered after rain leaks.
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Dunton
Water Streets
Petition for administration of James McLellan estate
The Probate Court in Sagadahoc County Maine grants notice for the estate of James McLellan who died intestate on 27 August 1926 at Bath. J Houghton McLellan, son of deceased, petitions to be appointed administrator and lists heirs at law. A public notice will appear in Bath Independent for three weeks inviting interested parties to appear on September 7, 1926.
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State OF
Maine
Sagada Hoc Ees
C. Pearson
Bath
William C. Pearson
Ethel C. Pearson
Hazel Tasker
Corinna
Guy Pearson
Roy Pearson
Curtis Pearson
Cora May Pearson
Sagadahoe
Belle Petee
Hye Scentstad
A. D
Sagadahoc
Kath
Said
Re . Lowell
Fred H. Thompson
State OF Maine
Bagadahoc
Bath Independent
Said County
Lowell
William F. Dunham
Sagedehes
Ith
John H. Payne
Betsey Ann Payne
Pmc
Albion L. Corliss
Ida E. Bagley
Bat
James
Arthur F. Maxfield
Thomas J. Oliver
Dath
James S. Lowell
Susan L. Reed
Earl Donnell
West Bath
Charlotte L. Donnell
Edward Sewall
Joseph C. Footer
Walter E. Chase
Sarah A. Rogers
Avast
Eva
Drakes Court
Alexander Wilson
Eva Wilson
Mcellen
James McLellany
Wail Eanty
J. Houghton McLellan
Pete
I. T Thompson
Maine Sagadahoc
Ana
Leroy
Percy
Hazel E. Gatcomb
Allan Spear
Sagadan
A. U
Mes S. Lowell
Sagada
Harry F. Morse
Noank
Connecticut
Clemence C. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Mamie B. Long
New York City
N. Y
Walter 5S
Glidden
Otonora
Saghdabee
Harry G
Gardiner Maine
Ma Coombs
Ellis F. Coombs
Irving H. Coombs
Gardiner
Nellie Evans Portland
Charles Turner
Wollaston
Mass
Harry G. Coombs
Esther L. Brawn
Carolyn
Stilphen
Petienes
Edward W. Bridgham
Frank H. Beal
J. Lnetice
Sahoe
Petit
Sawadahoe
Nellie M. Doughty
Everett
Massachusetts
Gladys E. Doughty
Wilbert H. Doughty
Vi ¢ County
Sabino
New Meadows
Frank E. Williams
Wood Road
Queen Ann Street
Charles W. Campbell
Campbell
Charles Bates
Williams
Samfield
Katherine Anson
W. H. Doughty
Fall River
Sepadshoe
B Independent
Court records show Bath man dies leaving estate
The document reports a Bath resident who died on May 10 1914 leaving a personal estate of at least twenty dollars with no widow. Edward W B Mis is named as friend and administrator nominee with petition to appoint ward ridgham or another suitable person to administer the estate in Sagadahoc County Maine. The statement is sworn to on the Bath day of November 11 1914.
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Bath
Testate
Edward W
Decea
Ward Ridgham
Sagadahoc
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Mourne
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Houghton's
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Mt. Desert
Charles Rowell
L. C. Blair
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James McLellan
8. J. Meeker
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City of Bath
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National Water Works Syndicate
J. H. Shedd
Providence
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New England
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Music Hall
Hel. Chase
Pendexter
Squirrel Island
Republican County Committee
Mitchell
South End
Bath Board of Trade
William Kelley
Savannah, Ga
James W. Kelley
Oak Street
O. W. Folsom
Frank Parks
Five Islands
A. A. Reed
The
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Cushing's Island
Harpswell
George F. Reed
Jarvis Furnace Co
Oxford
Long Beach
Sg Sage
Vaughn
Iam
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City of
Rockland
Woolwich Slip
Hattie Whitmore
Islands
Winneganeee Grove
Nellie Robinson
Mixs
Nellie Campbell
Lena Spinney
Alice Upton
Grace Foote
Sloane Farnham
John White
Baxtom
Minnie Kilgore
Maine Central
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James M. Taylor
Farmington
John Thurlow, Jr
Pacific Coast
Young Thurlow
San Francisco
Rocker
Charles Wolston
Lizzie
Blanche
Lara
Richard Wolston
Cobbleskill
FA. Owen
David
Bangor
Ward Wolston
C. A. Parshley
Tibbetts
Tor
United States Shipping
Jarrabee
Front Street
Watch Rowing Association
Honora Clark
T. H.clark
Bill Poster
Frother
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David Brigit
Frank Stevens
Georgetown
Bright
Stevens
Brigit
Pail
W. F. Poole
William Rogers
Poole
Officer Tibbetts
Ter Lottie
Mrs. L. A. Cros
J. B. Harrington
Laconia
Winnepesaukee
Fred Carr
Standish’s Grove
H. A. Gray
Shaw Mill
J. Herbert Shedd
FE. Shedd
George H. Letland
Charles B. Corlins
Thin City
York
Attes William F. Dunham
Mary C. F. Whitlam
North Bath
Harry W. Whittam
Abbie L. Lewis
Boothbay Harbor
Clarence F. Whittam
Kittery
Winnifred Harnish
Southport
Lil
Mary J. Waters
Sarah A. Capen
Mabel II
Dean
Pembroke Maine
Register
Atte William F. Dunham
William F. Dinham
Gladya E. and
Willard H
William F
Dunham
Adelaide Smith
Brooklyn
Eva Poland
Woburn
Blanche Percy
Haze FE Gatcomb
Medford
LeRoy C. Percy
Newton
Carrie M.r. Mason
Hazel FE
Gatcomb
William F. Duntiam
Sogadahoe
Henry G. Hodgdon
William A. McNeal
Annie M. McNeal
Mae S. Covel
Middle St
Lucy A. Mason
Dummer St
Leon Edward Mason
Walter S. Russell
Erwin A. Morse
Washington, D. C
Arry F. Morse
Ohotam F. Dunham
Harry OG
Coombs
Atte William F
Carolyn Patterson Soule Stilphen
Clarence Ernest Stilphen
Dorothy Soule
Dorothy Soule Stilphen
Carol
Terson Soule Stilphen
Carolyn Patterson - Stilphen
William F. Dynan
William F. Aes
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