Bath Scenes and Notices 1885 November Highlights
A Bath paper page notes H Howard injured at a job press, St Mary’s fair and operetta The Twin Sisters, a Thanksgiving ball, and a Knox and Lincoln railroad extension meeting. Reports cover city militia drill at City Hall, Alameda plans, a matron led music project for orphans, and a large Kennebec carnival with 1000 in attendance. A bridge burn and a fire at Russell house near Wesley church are also described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Hall
Bath Social Scene Highlights Thanksgiving Gatherings
November 27 1885 report details Bath residents at home for Thanksgiving including W Fisher Hyde Bosworth Snipe and others, Pilgrims reunion at Smiths restaurant with 14 diners and oysters, a city hall meeting about Knox Lincoln Railroad extension postponed, Rev Foss anniversary surprise supper by Sunday school ladies, and a large Amaranth hall basket hop with sixty couples plus dances and fashionable attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
W. Fisher
J.S. Hyde
A. S. Bosworth
W. S. Nealley
Als
Percy
Snipe
Mr. Foss
Amaranth Hall
Brooks
Votter
Perry
McLellan
Jackson
Bath Boys
Turkey
W. Wisher
Arthur Bosworth
J. S. Hyde
Arthur
Bath
Stephen MP Penney Builds Addition on Washington Street
November 28 1885 Stephen MP Penney plans an addition to his Washington street residence. Walter Dockendorff is visiting in Ayer Massachusetts. Bells tolled one hour at noon for the Vice President funeral. Winter Street sewing circle meets with Mrs J A Thompson on Washington street Wednesday afternoon. Friends of Mrs Edwin Pillsbury rejoice reports of her illness from pneumonia were exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Literary Society
Stephen MP
Penney
Washington Street
Winter Street
J. A. Thompson
Edwin Pillsbury
Susan Stiles
Nathan Stiles
Meeting of accounts committee of Bath city council
On November 30 1885 Bath residents heard of a council accounts committee meeting this evening in the Aldermen's room. Several notices followed including election of Bath Light Infantry officers and a report on the North End fire alarm system progress. The Bath Reform Club event drew guests and temperance speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Accounts
City Council
Aldermen's Room
Bath Light Infantry
Christmas Seals Open Sale Nationwide for Health Fund
Maine launches eighteenth annual Christmas Seals and Health Bonds drive on Thanksgiving Day to fight tuberculosis and promote health. About 3,500 Maine volunteers join efforts with nationwide support totaling over 500,000 this year. Seals cost one cent with Health Bonds at 5 to 25 dollars. design features two Christmas candles and a double barred red cross, bearing the message Merry Christmas and Good Health. Proceeds stay in Maine to back Health Work and reduce the tuberculosis death rate in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Public Health Association
California
Express
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Surprise Party for Miss Bessie Greenblatt Turns Sixteen
A Sunday evening surprise honored Miss Bessie Greenblatt on her 16th birthday hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Greenblatt. About a dozen young ladies attended with music and bridge. Margaret Flaherty won a neckpiece, Beatrice Duprey a pack of cards. Refreshments were served and guests included Rose Weinblatt Ruth Green Beatrice Duprey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Greenblatt
8. Greenblatt
Margaret Flaherty
Beatrice Duprey
Rose Weinblatt
Ruth Green
Mary O’donnell
Minnie Grown
Louise Sprey
Atherine O'Donnell
Lillian Cutler
Evelyn Tetlock
Ethel Huse
Miss Greenblatt
Butler's simple plan kept New Orleans economy alive
Maj. Benjamin Butler's finances are recounted as he restored order in New Orleans after occupation. He used bold measures to monetize Confederate currency, secured gold from banks, paid troops via Adams Express diversions, and kept the city fed and employed. His actions earned praise as cost effective and stabilizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Butler
New Orleans
Butler
Ren” Butler
Uncle Sain
Gen. Butler
Richmond
Red River
United States
North
Washington
Baton Rouge
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Secretary of the Treasury
Free Department
Adams Express Company
New York
Boston
Express Company
the Treasury
Time and Tide Now Doom Noted Bridge
A London readers lament the possible destruction of Waterloo Bridge and the fate of other landmarks. Waterford Bridge arches face removal as experts declare repairs insufficient, with debates over Eros statue and St Pauls home safety amid urban renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nash
Regent Street
Viccadilly Circus
Eros
Waterloo Bridge
Thames
St. Paul's
Piccadily Circus
Gilbert
Circus
Piccadilly
Rennie
Somerset House
Waterloo Station
Grange Leads Record-Breaking Winter Football Tour
Harold Red Grange headlines a pioneering barnstorming tour starting in St. Louis and visiting Philadelphia New York Washington and other cities. The squad plans three Florida games after Chicago and Birmingham stops, then a West Coast run lasting until March 1. Officials project Red Grange may earn up to $100000 from gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold “Red” Grange
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Chicago
Florida
Birmingham
Ala
California
Los Angeles
Red
Final report in Gamage bankruptcy filed and meeting set
Referee in Bankruptcy William T. Hall informs creditors of Charles L. Gamage of South Bristol that trustee George A. Cowan of Damariscotta has filed his final report. Assets total 135 dollars with attorney fees of 40 dollars and expenses of 9.08 dollars requested. Creditors meet in Bath at 10:30 a.m. on December 22 to accept the trustee’s report and consider the first and final dividend. Also mentions Yale football selections with Bunnell, Noble and Allen in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hall
Charles L. Gamage
South Bristol
George A. Cowan
Damariscotta
Cowan
Bath
America Embraces Brighter Color in Street Life
The New York Herald Tribune notes a shift from muted tones to brighter color in taxis fashion and urban decor. It highlights red blue maroon and russet taxis hints of mural decoration for cabs and the impact of dyed fabrics on gowns. It calls for stronger colors to suit sunny urban light and smoky atmospheres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
Library
New York Herald Tribune
Loud Speakers Triumph in Colonial Club Tournament
The Loud Speakers defeated the Bug Chasers in a televised rivalry at the Colonial Club Tuesday night. The event drew a large field with tight matches, and postgame supper at Mayor Cahill's cafe featured a furlined receiving set gift to cap the evening. Capt. Metole accepted the gift. doctor’s exam ruled Maloney OLR after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Detroit unemployment hit new high for tenth straight week
Detroit employment rose to 266,947, marking the tenth consecutive week with the highest level on record. The city continues to add jobs across sectors, signaling a sustained labor market expansion.
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Detroit
Sailing Echoes of World War Remembrance on the Atlantic
The voyage recalls wartime memory as a Parma of Hamburg flies German colors while a later sighting off Newfoundland shows a battered three masted schooner named Edith M Cavell, bearing witness to courage against a gale. The recount notes ships in wartime lanes, the shift to peacetime oceans, and lingering ties to the past.
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Azores
England
Parma
Germany
Tipperary
Hamburg
Newfoundland
Arma
Edith M. Cavell
St. John’s
Gill
Boston Transcript
Bath A. C. Bey to Play Freeport
Bath A. C. Bey opens 1925 26 schedule December 18 at Freeport facing the American Legion outfit led by manager Pat Hartnett. Freeport, notable for last season’s success on its home floor, features 6 foot 4 inch center McLaughlin. Bath, after a month of practice, aims to beat Freeport on its own ground in a decisive season debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath A. C
Freeport
American Legion
Pat"’ Hartnett
McLaughlin
Bath
Bath A.C
A. C
Probate notice in Sagadahoc Maine 1925 detailing estate of Albert J. Grassy
In Sagadahoc on November 14 1925 Fannie R Littlefield executrix of Albert J Grassy late of Bath presents first and final account for allowance and requests inheritance tax determination. An order requires publication in Independent Bath for three weeks and appearance at Bath Probate Court on December 2 1925 at nine o clock to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Also notice of William A Todd of Georgetown appointed administrator of the estate on September 2 1924 and his qualification status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Fannie R. Littlefield
Albert J. Grassy
James S. Lowell
William A. Todd
Georgetown
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The
Bath Daily Times
H. Howard
Platten
Knox & Lincoln
Roghland
Tath Light Infantry
Stetson
Adjutant General
Worth Ang Light Infantry
Alameda
Tlome
Reform Club
Don
T. W. Hyne
Albert Shaw
G. Shaw & Sons
Idaeae Toeen
Hyannis
Star of the East
Kennebec
A Mmsie
Giveen
Land of
Brunswick
H. ©. Eaton
Rockland
I. M. Bos
Augusta
J. M. Skhofield
Frank Merritt
H. 2. Gatehell
Len Brown
William Jewell
Kennebecs
Eaton
Terpsichore
Sk. F. Whitehouse
Land
Sheep‘scott Bridge
Thomas Kennedy
Harry Frye
Hendricks
Wesley Church
Russell
Russell Street
Middle
Samuel Moore
Moore
IL Oclock
Walter Dockendorff
Ayer, Mass
Stiles
Maine Central
Edward J. Pask
Europe
North End
Hampton
Virginia
Hlome
Welch
Hiampton
Queen Esther Lodge
Rebekahs
Ivy Lodge
Porthind
Odd Fellows Hall
Bath Lodge
Pullman
Orphans’ Home
George P. Davenport
McDonald
Starbird
H. Oliver
Ben Butler
Farragut
Waterloo Span
Dad Blugie
Princeton
Yale
Bunnell
Noble
Allen
America
B.C
Whalen
Morrison
Hayward
Gay
Sewall
Dale
Parson
Thompson-Page Tobey
Torrey
Wilson-Linnekin
Hatch
Blakney
Speciit
Rowe
McClure
Haggett
Teeling
Nelson Hall-Freeman
Hawley
Walker
MecCole
Turner
Hoss
Kingsley Merrill-Vowers
Day
Jim Maloney
Sharkey-Maloney
Boxton
Sharkey
Maloney
Olr
Bath A. C. Bey
Portland, Oregon
William F. Duntlam
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