Forty Years Ago in Bath Bath Daily Times 1899 items
Bath Daily Times 1899 items recount local events such as vestry meetings, excursions to Plessants Point Monhegan and Old Orchard, and notes on camp excursion crowds. It records a fatal incident at sea from a fallen ice run and mentions library trustees meeting and city improvements including street work and a ferry travel uptick. Names include Mrs Samuel Rich visiting North Bath and J Court reorganizing soon.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Eight Tables In Play At Sabino Party
Eight tables were in use at a Sabino Improvement Association card party Thursday night. Mrs Harold M Bates of Trenton New Jersey won a pack of cards. The event was organized by Mrs Arthur G Oliver Mrs John Pooler and Mrs Horace Aitken with prizes donated by committee members including Mrs Everett G Lemont and Mrs Jack Eade.
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Sabino Improvement ‘Association
Harold M. Bates
Trenton
N. J
Arthur G. Oliver
John Pooler
Horace Aitken
Everett G. Lemont
Jack Eade
Hunters Must Obtain New Licenses for Opening Day
City Clerk John Gilmore announces new duck hunting licenses required for Merrymeeting Day the season opener on September 15. Licenses issued before 1930 are invalid and may be checked by wardens, with the new license valid until December 31, 1930, as hunting season approaches in about four weeks.
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Merrymeeting
John Gilmore
Mustard Gas Veteran Gene Hart Seeks Eye Treatment Aid
Eugene G. Hart, a World War I veteran from 16 Chestnut Street, was gassed at Argonne in 1918 while with the 77th Field Artillery. He continues semi monthly visits to the Portland Veterans Board for eye care and lives with extensive hospital treatment. He receives 25 percent compensation now.
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Eugene G. Hart
Chestnut Street
Argonne
77Th Field Artillery
United States Veterans Board
Portland
Germany
Saparape Ee
Saparape Ee Coheed Thenr
Hospital 13
France
United States
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
N. J
U. S. General Hospital
Fort McHenry
Bath Works worker fined for five cent toll evasion
Horace Baker of Woolwich pleaded guilty in municipal court to evading a five cent toll on the Kennebec bridge. Judge John J. Keegan imposed an 18.59 dollar fine and warned others, saying toll evasion is a costly affair to the public. The case was described as the first of its kind, with a stern message to potential repeat offenders.
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Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Horace Baker
Wooolwich
John J. Keegan
Edmund P. Briggs
Mrs Ada Cobb Funeral Held At Front Street Home
The funeral of Mrs. Ada Cobb who died Tuesday evening at City hospital was held Friday at two o clock at her rear Front street home. Rev Kenneth E Morse of Elm Street Baptist church officiated with Rebekah lodge service conducted by Noble Grand Mrs Henry and others. Bearers were Frank Erskine Emery Rideout and Percy Morgan.
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Ada Cobb
City Hospital
Front Street
Kenneth E. Morse
Elm Street Baptist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Noble
Henry
T. B. Leeman
Harriet
Haggard
Emma Tibbetts
Frank Erskine
Emery Rideout
Percy Morgan
Saas
Governors Tour Through Maine Ends With Bar Harbor Pageant
A Maine governor and party traveled through Bath York Portland Augusta Lakewood Bangor and Bar Harbor visiting historic sites. An ex councilor wore ancestral attire and carried an axe once used by forebears. Governor Tobey of New Hampshire received the key at Bangor as snow on distant peaks drew comparisons to Lucerne.
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Dees
de Seelas Sinetis
Chats Tobey
Ait Sn
J. Edward Traying
Maine
Marshall House
York
Joseph Simpson
Republican National
Portland
Allen
Brinkernoff
United States
Frederick Male
Massachusetts
Augusta
William Tudor Gardiner
Lakewood
Governor’s Council of
George Weymouth
Popham
Bath
Bangor
Blanchard
Queen City
Tobey
New Hampshire
Hannibal Hamlin
Lincoln
Crabtree
Ellsworth
U. S
Hamlin
Lucerne
Switzerland
Bar Harbor
Surry
Rain Halts Journey Of Old Folks Club
A cold rain delayed the Bath Three Quarter Century club trip to Waterville. Sheriff Samuel Hendersen coordinated the outing as about twenty seniors, totaling 707 years, gathered at The Bath Times before eight. The oldest was 87 year old Allen A. McDonald. several others aged 73 to 82 were present with spouses.
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Waterville
Albert Henderson
Bath
Bath Times
Allen A. McDonald
Albert Murphy
Henry Potter
Frank Dow
Fred Witham
Old Ladies
High Street
Marcia Warren
Lizzie M. Prench
I. F. Dart
Brunswick Road
Margaret Perry
Pine Street
C. W. Cole
Middle Street
Cole
Committee Forming on Bath City Manager Plan
Judge Walter S. Glidden appointed a committee to study Bath’s city manager form of government. Members include Mayor Harold P. Small, Arthur Sewall, former mayors Jes H. Gratz Jackson and Joseph Torrey, Edward W. Bridgham, George C. Quicksall, Oliver Moses 2d, Frank B. Nichols, and Clinton D. Wilson. The group plans to meet early next week to organize.
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Walter S. Glidden
Bath
Mr. Glidden
Harold P. Small
Arthur Sewall
Jes H. Gratz Jackson
Edward W. Bridgham
George C. Quicksall
Common
Former Bath Newsboy Visits Old Home
Martin A. Stibaiyne Silubenty editor in Bath Friday. Mr Schwalenberg, a former Times newsboy and carrier, lived on Richardson Elm and Middle streets. They left Bath 28 years ago. the elder Schwalenberg is there now. His son works with Bethlehem Corp. for eight and a half years before World War I. He served in a shipbuilding plant during the war. Schwalenberg and his wife, Walter Nelson of Baltimore, toured Canada in an automobile and left Friday noon for home.
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Martin A. Stibaiyne
Bath
Schwalenberg
Times
Old Bar Tron
Richardson
Elm
Middle Streets
Or Altimore
Bethlehem, Corp
Panama Canal
Walter Nelson
Baltimore
Canada
Cromwell Kenney wedding at Nazarene church
Iva Bell Cromwell and Charles Kenney wed in a single ring ceremony at the Nazarene church officiated by Rev. H. P. Jett assisted by Rev. F. W. Hovey. The couple, left for a White Mountains trip and are at home on 22 Goddard Street with out of town guests including Prof. Ernest Marsh and others.
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Nazarene Church
Iva Bell Cromwell
Everett Cromwell
Pine Islands
Charles Kenney
Ralph Kenney
Pleasant Street
H. P. Jett
F. W. Hovey
Georgetown
Alice Cromwell
John Kenney
Bath
Emma Billings
Robinhood
White Mountains
Northwood N.H
Goddard Street
Ernest Marsh
Marsh
City Falls
Ohio
Earl Sti
Cleo
Oil City
Penn
Marion Coxd
Wichita Falls
Miss Margaret Wyman Engaged to Robert Park Hazzard Jr
The engagement of Miss Margaret Ellen Wyman of Augusta to Robert Park Hazzard Jr of Gardiner is announced at a Western avenue home. Both families are prominent in Maine. Mr Wyman heads Central Maine Power Co and Fidelity Trust Co, while Mr Hazzard Sr chairs his family’s shoe plants. The luncheon featured pink and orchid decorations and vanity-favored favors. Out of town guests included Miss Edna Olney and Miss Eleanorins. Wedding date not set.
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Margaret Ellen Wyman
Walter S. Wyman
Augusta
Robert Park Hazzard, Jr
Gardiner
Sarlah
Western Avenue
Wyman
Central Maine Power Co
Fidelity Trust Co
Mr. Hazzard
Mrs. Clara R. Given Funeral Held at Laurel Grove
Mrs. Clara R. Given wife of William O. Given died at 21 W street. Funeral services were held Thursday at Wesley M. E. church with Rev Forrest L Litt lefield officiating. Interment followed in the Jones family lot at Laurel Grove Woolwich. Bearers included Leonard Gowell Charles Colby Mark Jackson N Gratz Jackson. John Footer head clerk at Rull ae store taking his week’s vacation.
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Given
Clara R. Given
William O. Given
Forrest L. Littlefield
Wesley M. E. Church
Jones
Laurel Grove
Woolwich
Leonard Gowell
Charles Colby
Mark Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Tax determination hearing for William F. Simpson estate
In Sagadahoc County Probate Court Bath on September 2, 1930 at nine o clock the court will hear the determination of inheritance tax for the estate of William F. Simpson of Bath. Creditors and interested parties may appear to show cause if any they have. Walter S. Glidden, Judge.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
A. D
Herbert L.,simpson
C.t.a
William F. Simpson
Sud
Andahies
Grecian A. Trott
George M. Stinson
Novella Jt
Woolwich
Walter
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Spa
Ok Pag
Arthur
Totpsburg
Arthur L
Po ‘Otman
Phippsburg
Annie Ee
Staten Island
N. Y
Arthur K. Totman
Dahoc
Kage
Aew
Walter 8S
Kananoes
Lulu D. Aix
Frank Deering
State OF Maine
Hele
Lulu D. Atkins
Ae Atkins
Bald
Basaid
Ana
Sagadah Ss
William
Vadeahoe
Strate
James
Nm Seid
Tone O
Moulton
Satyanahias
Veterans Plan Reunion Gathering for Bath Men
Veterans from Bath plan a reunion with roughly ten attendees. George Webber of Litchfield reports field event activities while listed Bath veterans Ned Rogers Carl Anderson Roscoe Perkins and Morris B participate. others include Dunton Galen Low.
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George Webber
Litchfield
Gram
Bath
Ned Rogers
Carl Anderson
Roscoe Perkins
Weer Dunton
Galen Low
Morris B
Minor accidents at Bath Iron Works prompt probate notices
The Bath Iron Works incidents lead to injuries among workers while a Sagadahoc probate docket details inheritance tax determinations and final accounts. Executors Trott and Stinson seek court action in Woolwich and Bath with notice and publication required for heirs and interested parties.
Superior Court to Hear West Bath Divorce Case
The West Bath divorce case, in which Mrs. Herbert left the Herbert home in late July and moved to Floral Street after leasing a Peru home, will be heard in Superior Court with attorney John P. Carey for the defense. Miss Paine of High Street was in Portland Thursday visiting.
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John P. Carey
Booey Sete
Herbert
Miss Paine
High Street
Portland
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Plessants Point
Old
K. P
Samuel Rich
North
Mr. Rich
Boston
Monhegan Tomorras
Cago
Canton Lucérne
Lynn
Chin
Trustees of Library Association
Tony
Raymont Ane Son
Hany
John H. Brown
Tomorn Ten Glock
Wolen
Grove
Waldoboro
City Hall Square
Ara
C. W. Morse
Independent
Journey OF Old Folks Club
CFFY
Martin A. Schwalenberg
Kenney Cromwell
Margaret Wyman
John Footer
Rullae
Albert M. Pinkham
William W. Foot
John H. Stewart
Charles Stacy
A. Ood
Ora
Ralph ©. Dale
Notary Public
Alteed
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Whliam F. D
Duran
William F. DO
Atleam F. Dunham
Walter S, Oe
William. F. Dombam
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