Forty Years Ago in Bath Items From 1889
Bath Daily Times recalls 1889 events with notes on new passenger depot entrance to shield travelers from weather. It mentions K P Belfast excursion August 28 29 and Pullman connection from Brunswick. Repairs to marine railway chain and a damaged city stone crusher are described along with the sale of Harrington house and lot on Front Street to Joseph Spiett for $1300.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Harrington
Front Street
D. O. Foye
Joseph Spiett
Village notes and oddities from Kennebec era Aug 22 1889
Aug 22 1889 reports painters near Ledyard clothier amid boycott rumors, Kennebec steamer protection with brass rods for deck, Maine Central depot expansion and new turntable, a near tragedy at Wiwurna landing as an Italian vendor fell into the Kennebec, salvage of his hat, a brick block for Oliver Moses estate to be a two-storey with a Masonic hall, local officials and staff changes at Maine Central yard, steady fish prices, and Aldermen in session listing Clark Fisher Brown and Litchfield plus a raft of spars noted.
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Watson Brass Foundry
Kennebec
Canton Cantons Visit Charlestown for Bay County Festivities
Canton King arranges events for visiting Cantons from Augusta and Charlestown to meet at the Kennebec steamers wharf. They will be entertained at Sagadahoc with a banquet and a City Hall reception, then parade and athletic sports at Pop ham Beach. A Brunswick Band will provide music.
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Canton
Charlestown
Augusta
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
Popham Beach
Eureka
Boston
Brunswick
Bath Daily News Briefs From August 24 1889
A Bath area farmer reports extensive potato rot and a corn crop likely above average if frost is avoided. Travel to the seashore remains active with large passenger lists on local boats. Moulton's Iron Works repairs a boiler for a Waterville contractor. A Bath party enjoyed a Simpson's Point outing and Blaisdell hosted a good supper. A crowded Kennebec steamer excursion to Portland drew riders from river towns. William Liberty the marble worker returns from Onset Bay blue fishing with fifteen fish. Y M C A rooms will open daily 9 to 9:30 with a first class entertainment course from Boston and New York. gospel service for men at 4:30 Sunday at 46 Front St. Two Bath youths had a buggy accident near the Willows on the Brunswick road injuring one ankle and the horse. William F. Marr and wife of San Francisco visit Bath. they plan seashore time and then return to the Pacific coast.
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North Bath
Popham Beach
Boothbay
Young Men's Christian Association
Boston
New York
Front Street
Aug 26 1889 Bath District Briefs and Local Labor
Four schooners load lumber at Shaw mill wharf for New York and Boston. Foote Brothers secure contract to plumb the new passenger depot. Elmer E. Larrabee wiring Augusta post office for electric lights. Maine Central depot baggage house foundation laid. 20 by 40 feet. Christian Endeavor ride to Pleasant Point for supper at Mrs. Lewis. Front street sidewalk widened. Library foundation walls progress. Ashley work near completion. Five percent tax discount expires next Thursday. Collector Palmer busy gathering collateral. Bath baseball club discussed for possible reorganization. Steamer Kennebec arrives from Portland with excursionists. crowd seasick. eateries serve fed passengers.
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Shaw Mill
New York
Boston
Bootblacks in the City Earn Busy Evening Sums
The August 27 1889 note reports bootblacks thriving with coast to coast footwork as a boy tallies two dollars for a single night’s work while Queen Esther Judge presides over the Daughters of Re-.
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Esther
G R boys to sail for Augusta on steamer Nahanada
A large excursion party of G A R boys from the city plans a steamer trip to Augusta next Thursday. Hydraulics were shipped to Popham Beach to assist afloat attempts to float the schooner William C French ashore on Glover's Rock. Judges visited by traverse jurors received their due.
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G. A. R. Boys
Nahanada
Augusta
Popham Beach
William C. French
Glover's Rock
Daredevil Woods Scales Front of City Hall
Johnnie Woods of New London Conn dazzled about 4000 spectators by scaling the smooth Bath City Hall front blindfolded then performing a series of feats at the Bath Opera House. He climbed the tower and balanced on chairs before a final stage display and then left for Boothbay Harbor.
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Johnnie Woods
Daredevil
New London
Woods
Bath Opera House
Opera House
City Hall
Boothbay Harbor
Troop 2 Boy Scouts Hold Impressive Meeting
An October meeting of Troop 2 Boy Scouts featured Omar King and Robert Bracy winning honors with six present each, King also praised for neatness. The group tied 8 8 in Steal the Bacon, with 16 scouts and 3 cubs in attendance. Assistant Scoutmaster Hagan led the session which ran from 8 04 to 8 50. Edgar H. Wright of Portland stayed overnight with the Wrights of Marshall Avenue. his sister and family from Buffalo accompanied him home Friday.
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Troop 2
Boy Scouts
Omar King
Robert Bracy
King’s
Fred Henderson
Hagan
Edgar H. Wright
Portland
John C. Wright
Marshall Avenue
Walter P. Wass
Edith
Stanley
Buffalo
N. Y
Hywincosted in first contest of three game series
Hywinco drops opener to Brunswick 7 3 as star hurler Oliver injures shoulder ending his season. Bonney relieves and Bath bats face a slow underhand offering, while Brunswick Gagnon leads with four hits. Errors hurt Bath despite late homer by Henry at ninth. fielding missteps by Jerry Gilmore spark dramatic misplays.
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Babh Ne
Brunswick
Greviny Oliver
Oliver
al Bonney
Big Bonney
Freeport
Rummers
Hywinco
Bonney
Wes Browne
Bath
Hywincos
Bath Boys
Henry Hemers
Mr. Henry
New Haven
Conn
Browne
Don Wilson
Jerry Gilmore
Stperb
Henry
Jerry
Jimmy Callan
Bonny
Max Weybrant
Billy Oliver
Weybrant
Gagnon
Home Run, Henry Defeats Gag
The record notes a home run by Henry and a stolen base by Levesque. Bonney, Browne, and Oliver pitched with Oliver taking the loss. Oliver faced 7 hits in 5 innings. Bonney allowed 6 in 4 innings. Umpire Morse officiated.
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Henry
Gagnon
Levesque
Deiver
Oliver
Bonney
Browne
Morse
Lakewood Hamlet opens with big New England debut
The Norman Bel Geddes production of Hamlet opened Monday night in Lakewood for a week with the largest professional company ever seen in New England. A notable delegation from New York and Boston attended, including Morris Gest Clayton Hamilton A E Thomas Albert Sterner Col Frederick Greene Governor Gardiner and Mrs Gardiner. Local residents also appear in brief society notes of travels and visits.
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Lakewood Players
Lakewood and
Sure
Norman Bel Geddes
New Engand
New York
Boston
Morris Gest
Mr. Geddes
America
Clayton Hamilton
A. E. Thomas
Vermont
Albert Sterner
Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Col
Frederick Greene
Public Works
New York State
William Tudor Gardiner
Kyaston Wins Singles at Squirrel Island Tournament
Percy L. Kynaston of the Side Lotatwana district wins the George Walter Suanaienshan Memorial bowl by defeating W. Barry Wood of Milton Mass in three straight sets 6-1 6-3 6-4. He and Anton Von Bernuth also rally to beat Harold C. Torrens and Milton Coggins 6-3 7-5 6-4 after a linesman disruption in the second set.
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Percy L. Kynaston
Lotatwana
George Walter
Kynaston
Anton von Bernuth
Arizona
Harold C. Torren
Tucson
Milton Coggins
Phoenix
von Bernath
Arizonians
New York
Probate Notices and Tennis Results from Bath Area
A compiled report shows probate actions in Sagadahoc with Elizabeth Gibbons named executrix for Thomas S. Gibbons and multiple appointments on August 6 1929 including Harold F Dowling Edith Chase Ledyard and the Lemont executors without bonds. The text also records West Side Tennis Club results Percy L Kynaston and Anton Von Bernuth defeating Harold Torren and Milton Coggins with 6 3 7 5 4 6 6 2 scores and brief social notes from Bath and Popham Beach visitors.
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State OF Maine
Saghda
Elizabeth Dain Gibbons
Bath
Thomas S. Gibbons
Peery Wighcanter
Mary F. Gibbons
Ian
A. D
Percy L. Kynaston
Anton von Bernuth
West Side
Harold F. Dowling
Edith Chase Ledyard
Esth
Sagadahoc
Joseph Chase Ryan
Edith Mel Ledyard
Laura KE. Lemont
James B. Lemont
West Aty Oe
Joseph M. Lemont
West Bath
Laura ©. Lemont
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Belfast
Bay
Pullman
Boothway
Marine Railway
Ledyard the Clothier
Maine Central
Maine Central Yard
Oliver Moses
Kennebec House
W. G. Kidder
A. J. Snow
Dr. E. P. Roche
Bert Robbins
William Hennessey
Board of Aldermen
Thomas H. Clark
Charles A. Fisher
Benjamin F. Brown
Horace Litchfield
Gloucester
John Stetson
Es «Pn
Moulton’s Iron Works
Waterville
Simpson’s Point
Blaisdell
Bath Landing
Forest
William Liberty
Onset Bay
Mass
William Plummer
Willows
Brunswick Road
William F. Marr
San Francisco
William T. Hodgkins
Mrs. Marr
George Clark
Alfie Thomas
Pacific Coast
Foote Brothers
Elmer E. Larrabee
Maine Central Depot
The
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Corliss Street Church
Pleasant Point
Vine Street
Ashley
Palmer
Bath Baseball Club
Seguin
Odd Welloes Hall
See
Traverse
Supreme Judicial Court
U. R. Knights of Pythias
Uniform Bank of Maine
Supreme Court
Shepard Street
Water
Washington, Street
Barron Foundry
Hose Three
Christian Endeavor Society
Johnson
Lewis
Daredevil Woods
Carter
Hywincosted
Cannonball Oliver
State OF
Maine
Saradahoc
Michael J. Hennessey
Agnes Dillon Hennessey
Daniel FE. Hennessey
Victoria D. DeLong
Ellen
Marguerite Hennessey
M. J. Hennessey
Walter
Glidden
Gagadahoe
Bath Independent
Walte Guidden
William Pf, Punram
Bate
Herbert James Leeman
Woolwich
Emma L. Leeman
Lizzie E. Potter
Henry T. B. Leeman
W. L. Leeman
Herbert J. Leeman
John P. CA
Sagadalas
William F. Dunham
Sagadeahoc
Ellen F. Smith
Edward B. Smith
F. Smith
Janette W. Smith
Bertlett O. Smith
Harry A. Walters
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Elizabeth F. Coombs
Jacob L. Coombs
Hame
Walter. S. Glidden
Attes William F. Dunham
Rich Poa Bouchard
Crimmins
Lamarre
Charron
Wilson
Price
Callan
Burns
Lakewood
Bruce White
Topsham
Wapello
Iowa
White
Baxter Bros. Co
Lucy
Bruce, Jr
Mary Elise
W. Kenney
Fitchburg
Arthur Pepper
Squirrel Island
Crete
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Mer
Tel
W. Funeral Home
Center Street
Reaper
Ada
Kimball
Ada L. French
Theerson
Ada May Kimball
Weltes
Said
Walter & Glinden
Elizabeth Davi Gibbons
Reme
Thur J. Dunton
Sagapear
Protete
Batember
Walter 8. Glidden
West Tennis Club
Barry Weed
Milton
Martha A. Seymour
Da’ters
Russell L. Phinney
Florence Seymour
Fred 8. Sawyer
Flora Risteen
Phippsburg
Edward W. Bridgham
Wilfred Trott
Evelyn
Beth
Dorothy Marshall
Marshall Street
Anid
A. Allan
Anaugh
Thomas A. Kavanaugh
Dea
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J. Allan Kavanaugh
Pred
H. Thompson
Walter S. Glidden
William P. Dunham
Thelma D. Kittridge
Andreas F. Frederickson
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Lidden
William
Eeqeeence
William W. Foss
Willie S. Harof
Emma
Bath Independent & Newspaper
F. Dunham
County
Frome
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