Bath Man Collects Coins Stamps and Historic Papers
Alfred A Staples of Bath preserves a diverse trove including ancient coins found during city sidewalk work on Franklin Street. The collection features a 1782 Spanish silver piece, a 1797 Carolus IV coin, and a 1807 U S penny unearthed two feet underground. It also holds papers such as a 1860 land grant signed by James Buchanan and a pre Revolutionary order from Exeter merchants linked to Bath families.
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Bath
Alfred A. Staples
William A. Staples
Washington Street
Franklin Street
United States
Carolus
U. S
Staples
James Buchanan
Elias Goddard
St. Peters
Minn
Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Goddard
Henry Lemont
Lemont
Charles H. Greenle
Wabasha County
Register of Deeds Office
Mr. Greenleaf
Messrs. Gregory, Jackson & Company
Exeter
Joshua Moore
Nathaniel Sparhaw
John Appelton
Appelton
Harrison & Ainsley
For Sale at Come and See Shop Popham Beach
Intriguing gifts from Poland Russia Italy and America for bridge parties birthdays and showers at Bess Webber's shop located in a canary yellow Riverside cottage on Route 209.
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Poland
Russia
Italy
America
Bess Webber
Popham Beach
Canary Yellow Cottage
Payment Order Issued in 1780 for 225 Mexican Dollars
An order dated July 12 1780 payable to Mr Appelton by Nathaniel Appelton then Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office Massachusetts calls for payment by the United States minister in Madrid. Endorsements show the order was cashed and cleared by Joseph Garcoqui & Sons of Madrid.
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Appelton
Nathaniel Appelton
Continental Loan Office
State of Massachusetts Bay
United States of North America
Court of
Madrid
Messrs
Joseph Garcoqui & Sons
Abramson Meltszer Nuptials In Auburn Home Ceremony
Miss Ada Meltzer daughter of Mr and Mrs Solomon Meltzer and John Abramson son of Mr and Mrs Louis Abramson were wed Sunday at the bride’s Auburn home. Rabbi Abraham Miller officiated with Sarah Meltzer as maid of honor and Edward Winner as best man. Decor lines and dinner followed as both families hosted a reception. The couple will reside in Auburn after a wedding trip.
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Ada Meltzer
Solomon Meltzer
John Abromsom
Louis Abromsom
Pine Street
Lewiston
Bath
Laurel Avenue
Auburn
Abraham Miller
Portland
Sarah Meltzer
Edward Winner
Mark N. Meltzer
Benjamin Isaacson
Dorine Meltzer
Stanley J. Miller
Roak
Abramsom
Edward Little High School
Portland School of Arts
Lewiston High School
Boston University
Madden Family Visit Ends With Homecoming Guests
Mrs. G. Clifford Madden and her daughter Narice of Emery Street Portland returned Sunday after two weeks with Mrs. Madden's aunt Mrs. Nathan E. Coffin of Park street. They were accompanied home by cousin N Elwood Coffin Jr who will pass a week with Mr and Mrs Madden. Mrs Madden and daughter were weekend guests of grandmother Mrs Ida M Beals of Sagadahoc Ferry.
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G. Clifford Madden
Narice
Emery Street
Portland
Eastern Star
Abbie Graves
Norman Cook
St. Albans
Frank Siegars
Margery Sedgley
Bath
Olive Blanchard
Wayne
Erland Curtis
Phillip Nealey
William Given
Henry Butler
Hulse
Emma McCausland
Hallowell
Charles Ewing
Montclair
N. J
Forest Hayward
Mary Temple
Carroll Ames
California
Frances Cook
Russell Given
Auburn
Joseph Cote
Powers
Hazel Carr
Beverly
Mass
George Brown
Linden Little
Greenfield
Charles Hackett
Frances Sedgley
Harold Carr
Richmond
Harold Adams
Springfield
Adams
Ella Adams
Mamie Doggett
Faustina
Newtonville
Edith Wood
Hattie Andros
Clifford Gray
Phillip Rideout
Percy Rideout
Erland Rogers
Frye
Edgar Chandler
Jamaica Plain
Edith Woods
Barbara
Mosley
Highland Lake
Robert Gardiner
Karl Hatch
Ocean Park
South Orrington
Florence Rogers
J. Edward Cornish
Clara Fogg
Pleasant Pond
Louise Clark
Haverhill
Ivan Lang
J. E. Brown
West Medford
Martha Richardson
Newburyport
Charles Fogg
S. W. Putman
Bay Shore
R. D. Purington
Charles Browne
J. B. Lilly
Mary Lily
Republican Rally Planned at City Hall Auditorium
Sagadahoc Women's Republican club announces a Thursday night rally at City Hall auditorium at eight. Principal speaker Gail Laughlin of Portland will address after ex-Senator Ellis L. Aldrich of Topsham and Robert Hale of Portland, with Mrs. Butler presiding and Rev. Horace S. Holton giving the benediction. The meeting ends with America.
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City Hall
Sagadahoc Women's Republican Club
Henry W. Butler
Gail Laughlin
Portland
Maine
Ellis L. Aldrich
Topsham
Robert Hale
Butler
Horace S. Holton
Brockton
Mass
America
Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange meets after summer break
Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange held its first post summer meeting on Saturday Aug 18 with strong attendance and a short program. Pomona Grange will visit on Wednesday Aug 29 and the Ladies Auxiliary meets at Bowdoin Center hall. East Bowdoin chapel saw services with Eugene Ashton as speaker.
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Sagadahoc Grange
Pomona Grange
Bowdoin Center
East Bowdoin Chapel
Eugene Ashton
Ashton
Bates College
Percy Vernon
Clara Williams
West Bowdoin
M. E. Smith
Addie Williams
East Bowdoin
Gereldine
Carl Enman
Upton
Fern Lane
Emma Green
Charles Babb
Revere
Mass
L. C. Starbird
Central Maine General Hospital
Bowdoinham
Eva Weston
Hiram Powers
Frank Heath
Tennis Tournaments at MacMahan Island Feature Week
The annual MacMahan Island tennis events concluded with a women’s singles win by Mrs. Herbert J. Painter over Mrs. Gage Bailey 8-6 2-6 6-2 who received a namesake cup for ’31 and ’32. In the men’s final Herbert Painter lost to Bob Pinkham 6-4 8-6 5-7 6-4.
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Herbert J. Painter
Gage Bailey
Herbert Painter
Allenook
Pinkham
Athletic Association
Vrooman
James S. Rogers
MacMahan
Helen Vrooman
George K. Rogers
Frances Allen
Eleanor Chapman
Gideon Winkley
Gordon Scott
Fox
Bowdoin Greggson
Bailey
Harry A. Nealley
Mary C. Scales
Bath
Ma Scales
Brunswick
Bartlett
Lee Hazen
Sue Ward
Jim MacKaye
John Zimmer
David Peake
Seal and Porpoise
Georgetown
Westport
Fred Carr
MaccMahan
George
Katherine Craig
Bradford Craig
Margaret Wheeler
Poultry School Draws 200 Maine Poultrymen at University
Over 200 Maine poultrymen attended the Fourth Annual Poultry School at the University of Maine last week. The program focused on current industry problems and emphasized insulation and ventilation of poultry houses in light of extreme cold last winter.
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Maine
University of Maine
Relief Canning Center Opens in Bath During ERA Relief Drive
A relief canning center opened Monday in Bath in the summer street school building under Mrs. Helen C. Richan of Auburn. Miss Marguerite Hanscom will supervise the Bath center with centers planned in Lewiston and Rockland. The center accepts surplus garden produce from ERA gardens for canning with no cash payment, and workers are paid in canned goods. The schedule lists towns and days from Arrowsic to Edgecomb, with equipment including two pressure cookers and a hand sealer.
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Summer Street
Marguerite Hanscom
Nassan Institute
Elizabeth High School
Helen C. Richan
Auburn
Lewiston
Rockland
M. E. R. A. Canning Center
Mera Canning Center
Old Dummer Street School
Arrowsic
Wiscasset
Georgetown
Bath
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Bath Canning Center
Andrew Bremner
ERA
Miss Hanscom
Chapman Day Observed At Eastern Music Camp
Chapman's Day will be observed on Sunday August 26 at Eastern Music Camp. John Shaw invites Mendelssohn club members to attend and assist. A picnic lunch precedes a rehearsal before the concert with a program including scenes from Carmen and the Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah. A Wednesday rehearsal at 7 30 in Central church parish house plans transportation and concert arrangements.
Dennis Swett to Mark 85th Birthday Saturday
Dennis B. Swett, a veteran fish and game warden from Weld, will turn 85 on Saturday. He is one of 11 children born to the late Benjamin and Elmira Masterman Swett. all siblings are deceased except Swett and his sister Hattie Dunning of Brunswick.
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Dennis B. Swett
Weld
Mr. Swett
Benjamin and
Elmira Masterman Swett
Hattie Dunning
Brunswick
West Bowdoin Church Holds Centenary Sunday Observance
At the old Free Baptist church in West Bowdoin Old Home day was observed with speakers from Auburn and Topsham. The service featured devotional period, organ music, and a roll call of long-time members. The church, over 100 years old, has kept Sunday services and hosted noon picnic lunches with corn donated by Ray Purington.
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Old Free Baptist Church
West Bowdoin
Edward Babkcock
Court Street United Baptist Church
Auburn
Marshall Aers
Topsham
Helen Keay Anderson
East Auburn
Powers
Carmen Appleby
Lisbon Falls
Alfred Sturgis
Galilee
Babcock
Abigail Rosilla Jacques
James Grady
A. P. Small
Arizona
Carrie Sally Purington
New Hampshire
Nellie Whittemore
Portland
Benjamin Beal
Lowell
Willis York
Iowa
E. C. Harmon
Gorham
Edward Curtis
Helen Anderson
Florence Starbird
Ray Purington
Ladies’ Aid
William L Sprague veteran shipsmith dies after illness
William L. Sprague 75 a Bath veteran shipsmith died Monday night in Memorial hospital after two weeks of illness. Born in Small Point Phippsburg he learned blacksmithing at the anchor works on Commercial street and worked at several wooden yards. He served in marine blacksmithing including the Texas plant and Bath Iron Works. Survived by son Arthur Sprague of Bath three daughters Mrs Haskell Auburn Mrs Summerton Bath Mrs Chaney Bath three brothers George Charles Sprague of Washington and J Bradford Sprague Small Point and sister Mrs Annie Bowker Meadowbrook. Funeral Thursday at 2 PM at his home 52 Richardson Street.
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William L. Sprague
Memorial Hospital
Robert Lilly
Commercial Street
Bob Lilly
Young Sprague
Texas
Bath Iron Works Ltd
Mr. Sprague
Small Point
Phippsburg
William
Mary Jane (Morrison) Sprague
Bath
Hose ‘Co. No. 3
Sagadahock House
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Adelaide Bailey
Wiscasset
Arthur Sprague
William F. Haskell
Auburn
John W. Summerton
Vernal P. Chaney
George and
Charles Sp
Judge Freeman D. Dearth wills five thousand to Bowdoin College
The probate records in Penobscot County show Judge Freeman D. Dearth of Dexter bequeathing five thousand dollars to Bowdoin College. The income only is to be used and may be expended by the college’s governing body at their discretion.
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Bowdoin College
Freeman D. Dearth
Dexter
Penobscot County
Manly Boy Caddies For Camp Fund At Bath Country Club
A Bath boy earns $1.60 caddying at the Bath Country Club and plans to use the money for new clothes and a two week camp. Bill Partington, club manager and Fun Fest chair, credits the youngster with inspiring him to agree to lead the Lawn Party August 30 to September 1. The club, seen as a local industry and summer attraction, draws visitors and supports Bath’s economy and civic pride.
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Bath
Bill” Partington
Bath Country Club
Bill
Maine
Dynamite blasts to check fire on Westport Island
Firefighters and volunteers battle a Westport Island blaze with dynamite as the Island faces days of danger. Fire officials led by Neil C. Violette and State Forestry's George Gruhn conducted aerial surveys while CCC workers dampen surrounding fields. A massive spruce near Greenlaw Mountain, felled in Maine, yielded five cords of wood and will be shown at the Northern Maine Fair.
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Neil C. Violette
George Gruhn
State Forestry Department
State Forestry
Gruhn
Mr. Violette
Phippsburg
Westport
Edward P. Adams
Woodbury Siwertz
Boston
Back River
CCC
Maine
Greenlaw Mountain
Ashland
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