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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
6
A Saturday afternoon reception at the Nauman home in Bath honors the Texas visit with Lt Cmdr William H Nauman and Mrs Nauman hosting. Naval officers and out of town guests mingle amid flowers, salads, cakes, and lemonade despite heat. Other Bath society items note engagements, artists visiting, golf, and a Kentucky shipyard sighting.
The Fe ooner Maude Palmer was christened on Wednesday by Mrs Maud Huber of Taunton Massachusetts. A large bouquet of geraniums phlox and asters from the Kennebec nursery formed the centerpiece as the vessel struck the water and broke the bow, making a picturesque scene. The party then landed thirty three cod.
Tuesday evening a small party invited by Miss Jennie Whitmore dined aboard the Texas battleship. After dinner guests were shown the ship and enjoyed a social evening. The party included Mr and Mrs John Hyde, Miss Blanche Sewall, Miss Mollie Gibbons, and Miss Whitmore.
Years ago a stern disciplinarian teacher ran the North End school for children of the Avenue. She punished a blue-blooded pupil so severely that the child's thumb was broken, prompting her transfer to a South End school where the students were less elite in those days.
A string of society and travel items: Harry B. Sawyer heads to Dover New Hampshire. Mrs Geo Dillaway returns from Boston. Miss Grace Carr returns from Bowdoinham to Bowdoinham. Mrs Charles Morse and Nebraska visitors with A O Morse. F A Owen closes Squirrel Cottage before Bangor opera week. W S Chadbourne visits Roslindale. Thomas Dockrell and relatives guests of Rev F W O'Brien in Dorchester Roxbury. Miss Ellen Manson at Kearsarge New Hampshire. reflections on Collis P Huntington advocating early business training. Miss McGovern visits Rumford Falls beyond Leora M Thurlow. Miss Helen A Walker hosts in Newton. Roscoe Ham Boston Times editor off for two weeks vacation.
In Webber's window two oil paintings depict the old South church and its 1854 mob burning. Mrs. James C. Ledyard recalls the event from near the Owen homestead as the crowd gathered led by Ned Buntline. Other Bath notes mention visits by ex mayor Ledyard, the Brooks family at Kittery, tea for Alden Palmer, visits by Solon Cahill and family, and various local social updates.
A Bath group reports nine hole golf will return next season with the Brunswick links enjoyed by many locals. Frank Torrey departs September first to tour the wild west for the Torrey Works and notes Bath streets look better than Chicago. George Morse, once a Bath broker, now serves at Dayton Soldiers' Home and is married. Grace church rector and Mrs. Stewart are on the Rhine. Miss Chase and Miss Kate Loach visit Unity. Dr. D. O. Dow of Cambridge is guest of Mrs. W. Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur G. Cahill hosted 256 guests for a day ride on the L. B. & B. with basket lunch and shared dinner at the Inn. Mrs. F. B. Nichols and Miss Dorothy visit Mrs. Nichols at Cherry Field. Eleanor Hooper receives a birthday party at the Dike homestead on Lincoln Street with chafing dish spread and Twenty Questions.
A party including Mr and Mrs I P Gammon and son Parker Miss Hattie and Lizzie Brackett of Roxbury Mass Mr and Mrs A G Hall and Frank W Brackett dined at Jake's on Friday August 17.
Miss Viola Rowe of New York visited Miss Margaret Metcalfe on Garden street then left for Old Orchard. Providence guest Stiness week with Mrs. Stiness. Miss Carlotta McDonnough and Miss Emma Small toured the White Mountains. Edward W. Larrabee to spend Sunday in Old Orchard. Dorchester niece Bertha Jones visiting Frank Perkins at D T Percy Sons. Mrs W L Lowell of Newton guest of Mrs G P Addison. Bath girls favor dog collar belts. A Bath party aboard the Texas with Mrs Nauman entertained Saturday evening. Bathites attended the Naval ballet, toured Boothbay, and received a reception on board the Kentucky with Squirrel guests. Deck dancing beneath an awning. ship in holiday dress. refreshments on board. Captain Chester and Captain Train praised.
Mrs EK M Blanchard enjoys a two week vacation in Bath and vicinity. Chas and Samuel Foote return from British Columbia with tales of Pacific coast game and an 85 pound salmon photograph. Clarence Griffin comes home to Winthrop after visiting Edmund Savage. Phil Crooker returns from Hyde Park after visiting relatives in Bath. Miss Jennie Hodgkins takes a vacation from D T Percy Sons. John Scott returns from Indianapolis. Miss Florence Donnell hosts a chafing dish party. Miss Bessie Clifford visits Miss Lu Woodward in Brunswick. Otis McFadden travels from Boston to Five Islands for an outing before returning to the Hub.
Miss Ada Snow of Maiden Massachusetts stays with sister Miss Millie Snow while Miss Nellie Shaw of Creenville arrives for Old Home Week. The Independent notes Bath and Bath people have long upheld a sentiment tied to the Shipping City with memories of a man who once cared little for the town. Domestic troubles may explain the remark, and memories of boyhood return to stir the sense of his better nature after many years away.
Geo F Moulton of Bridgeport Connecticut returned Thursday after a two week vacation at his home in this city. Old Home Week was celebrated with a family reunion in which all the children were at home for the first time in five years.
Mrs. Etta Tucker Whitlock, who has been spending Old Home Week with her sister, Mrs. Frank Brown, has returned to Boston Tuesday night.
A Boothbay New England note describes massed crowds at the harbor near Squirrel Capitol and Southport islands as battleships Massachusetts and Kentucky anchor offshore. The scene features naval vessels, bright searchlights, fireworks on Mouse Island, and bustling steamers and hotels despite early rain and light fog.
The Kennebec Journal notes that Maine cities shine in Old Home week, but true value lies in village reunions and hearthside gatherings. It predicts Maine schools will gain new libraries and endowments and churches will be built, with mortgages on old farms likely paid off as hearts are stirred.
The Prince of Wales appears in a single breasted coat with one row of buttons and silk faced lapels at a royal garden party, signaling a London fashion overhaul. Tailors trumpet three advantages while old double breasted frock coats wane, as London dares the new style despite critics.
The Sasanoa Bluffers hosted a phonograph party with barn dance and modern dances from eight to midnight directed by Warren Woodbridge and Warren Hunt. Guests from Cambridge Dorchester Wakefield Detroit and Somerville attended with Woodbridge and Locke cottages open for tea and hospitality.
Rural free delivery carriers will not bring mail to the post office that they can deliver on their routes. They have been given pocket cancelling stamps to cancel such mail as they go. This system, under Postmaster Townsend, is praised as a major improvement aiding country residents with village-like advantages.
A string of activities and talks fill the week at the Park from a grand concert program with the Alabamsn Troubadours and Madame lower to Rev Elijah Kellogg speaking on The Betrayal of Christ. East Baldwin Biddeford and Waltham muster plans mix with a Niagara Engine Co meeting vote and excursions statewide.
A letter from Benjamin Barele describes visiting dignitaries in Crab Ville including Commo dore Barafool of Brazil and state legislators. The Civic League renovated the city, Major DeKooney's retinue arrives, and praise is given to local reforms. The People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank advertises its vaults.
In the G Deering yard the unoccupied space was used to build and launch the five masted schooner William O Carnegie on Monday afternoon. A 1400 ton four masted schooner for Capt. E D Atkins is under keel laid, with keel planed and frame in the yard for Horatio L Baker.
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