Bath Daily Times 1889 Socials and Shipbuilding Notes
Social events in Bath include a St Mary’s Fair dance at 7 PM with Y M C A Glee Club and Joseph Parke, a Thanksgiving social at the Y M C A, and a Knights of Pythias annual ball at Columbian Opera House with Chandler’s Orchestra. Shipbuilding contracts for two New England Co. schooners surface, and local infrastructure works advance amid street and depot adjustments.
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Y.M.C.A. Glee Club
Joseph Parke
Y.M.C.A
Bath
Knights of Pythias
Columbian Opera House
Chandler
Knights
YMCA class moved to tonight for book-keeping session
The book-keeping class at the YMCA rooms will be held this evening instead of Thursday. Street work crews cleared snow and slush, yielding treacherous crossings and deep yard floods as trains and carriages navigated the waterlogged streets. A fire alarm scare at the upper Methodist church caused crowds to rush out, then revealed a faulty alarm wire as the cause.
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Young Men's Christian Association Rooms
Upper Methodist Church
City Hall
Beacon Street Social Opens Evening News
The Beacon street social was held last evening with Mrs. Capt. Eastman aboard on High street for a pleasant evening. About half the Maine Central turntable foundation is completed, granite set deep as a building base. The Kennebec will make one more round trip to lay up for winter in Boston. Thirty eight men work on the Maine Central crossing at Washington street, pushing rapid rail progress. Bath city monthly council meeting is expected to bring important business with large attendance hoped for.
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Centre Street
T. H. Clark
Johnny’s Low’s
Beacon Street
Maine Central
Kennebec
Boston
Washington Street
Bath
Local items and meetings fill December town pages
December 3 1889 notices show Y meeting at 3 pm Elm Street Christian Endeavor rescheduling prayer 7 pm Solar lodge officers elected and city bills session planned Kennebec steamer last run of year Jason Collins visit Gladys Besse returns to New Brunswick after biweekly visits to Brunswick.
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Elm Street Society of Christian Endeavor
Solar Lodge
M.—Bant Hanson
S. W
O. H. Dunning Jr
A. A. Robinson
Treas
H. A. Duncan
J. L. Douglas
S. T. Snipe
Miss Katherine Galvin Returns to West Union after Holidays
Miss Katherine Galvin返回 West Union after spending holidays at Home on High Street.
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Katherine Galvin
West Union
Hie
High Street
Dudley Carollers Complete Service In Winterstreet
The Dudley Radio Carollers concluded their Winterstreet Congregational series with a large audience. Prof. Pletcher led the service with saxophone selections and requests. Sylvester Burleigh of Eus tis delivered the evening message on “The Great Question.” The group then departed for Providence to resume work at the Bible Institute.
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Dudley Radio Carollers
Winterstreet
Bur
Pletcher
Carollers
Burleigh
Sylvester
Eustis
Providence
R. I
Providence Bible Institute
Revue Delights Its Audience At Cabaret Show
The Cabaret scene opened with Pagan Love Song as the company performed. Performers included Blanche Whites with Tip Toe Thru the Tulips, Mary Cunningham and Joe Arsenault tap routines, Genevieve Duprey Moaning Low, and Marion O'Hara leading the dancing chorus. The Breakaway finale featured Marion O'Hara and pony ballet, with Jack Mulcahy as stage manager. Approximately 80 people contributed to the show led by Jack Shaw and Margaret Mackinnon, with an orchestra including Vincent Henderson and Edith Mackinnon.
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Page One
Jack Mulcahy
Blanche Whites
Marion O’hara
Caroline Footer
Mary Kenney
Dorothy Renaud
Edna Gaudet
Joseph Milliken
Mary Cunningham
Joe
John Allen
Joe Arsenault
John
Genevieve Duprey
Pearl Oliver
James Comeau
Andso McDonald
Leonard
Lundrigan
Am I
Blue
Miss Cunningham
Walter Marshall
Y M C A global reach and a Portland Red Cross appeal
The piece notes YMCA presence in Asia Australia Africa Europe South America and North America totaling thousands of members across 51 nations. It also covers a Greek woman seeking help for her missing soldier husband from the Portland Red Cross chapter and details New England Telephone and Telegraph Co funding for central office upgrades including switchboards toll boards and repeaters with completion targeted next July.
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Portland
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Rose
Pearl Danforth
The
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Gardiner
Five Grade Pupil Read Three Books A Week
Betty Sweetser of Cumberland Center a fifth grade pupil read about three books weekly over the past year an unusually high reading rate for a student.
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Betty Sweetser
Cumberland Center
Boxing Show Brims With Action At Arcade Arena
A packed boxing program at Arcade Arena featured three knockouts. Rocky Stone of Biddeford stopped Jack Young of Augusta in round four, Lemieux impressed as the 16 year old from Biddeford outmatched Clukey, and Frankie Russell stopped Young Chisolm after a long local bout.
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Arcade Arena
Rocky Stone
Biddeford
Jack Young
Young
Stone
Bath
Augusta
Rocky
Lemieux
Young Clukey
Clakey
Clukey
Russell
Frankie Russell
Young Chisolm
Rockford
Ill
Chisolm
Tillinois
Busy Baker
Young Brown
Portland
Baker
Brown
Elwell Kayoed
K. O. Elwell
Hyde Windlass
Annette Kellerman
Ernie Kingsbury
Elwell
Peces
Mihalos
Elwell-Kingsbury
Freddie Pecci
Joe Mullaney
Pecci
Lewiston
Mullaney
Eating While Standing Appeals to French Diners
Paris reports a trend of standing meals as French customers abandon armchairs for snack bars. A major food retailer opens a hot table and cold counters in its Madeleine shop, expanding from a pilot to a larger stand-up lunch counter.
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Paris
Madeleine
Imprint of Mastodon Track Found in Flat Nevada
A nearly three foot footprint from a mastodon was discovered in flat Nevada. The report notes the discovery as a notable paleontological find. The accompanying claim about an airplane ambulance bed being perfected as an actual success appears unrelated to the fossil note.
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Nevada
Rum chasers shift to Florida for winter gunnery drills
St. Petersburg Florida reports federal forces rearranging for winter operations as coast guard destroyers move south from New Jersey and Boston. Twenty four ships and about two thousand men will conduct target practice in the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent waters from January through April with Egmont Key serving as the finest coast guard range.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Florida
New Jersey
Washington
Bahamas
Atlantic
Gulf
Uncle Sam
Coast Guard
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Egmont Key
Gulf Waters
Saukee
Boston
Conyngham
Wees Paulding
Burrows
Joviett
Beale
New London
Conn
Shaw
Tucker
Davis Downes
Ericsson
Cummings
MacDougal
Porter
Patterson
Roe
Terry
Ammen
Cassin
Henley
Trippe
McCall
Monaghan
Fanning
Com. C. G. Roemer
American tennis players praised for serve by British star
H W Austin reports from London on his American tour impressions. He lauds the widespread American service as superior to English serving and notes the dense competition at U.S. tournaments. He believes this rivalry fosters higher match-winning strength among American players.
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London
H. W. Austin
Evening News
England
Austin
Wimbledon
America
Court allows wife to testify for husband in federal case
In Memphis Judge H. B. Anderson ruled that women may testify in defense of their husbands, ignoring the long standing rule in federal courts. The decision came during a narcotics case where the wife testified despite government objections, with the judge stating the rule is senseless and barbarous in this district.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
England
H. B. Anderson
West Tennessee
Anderson
Mechanic John Davison’s Play Brings London Drama to Birmingham
A Mexborough engine fitter named John Davison wrote Shadows of Strife about Britain's 1926 general strike. His work debuted at Birmingham Repertory and impressed Sir Barry Jackson, who plans to bring it to London for a metropolitan run. Davison wrote the piece after a coal mine shutdown left him unemployed.
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London
Mexborough
Britain
John Davison
Birmingham Repertory Theater
Barry Jackson
Metro
Davison
Railroad worker writes plays despite demanding schedule
He has written poems novels and short stories yet profits do not let him quit his rail job. A wife and three children rely on him. After a Birmingham debut he wished for another performance but had to return to Mexborough for rail work. Two days leave granted by the railway company has expired.
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Birmingham
Davison
Mexborough
Builders erase scars of historic 1918 fire
Minneapolis notes the 1918 forest fire scars have been erased as carpenters masons and gardeners rebuilt Moose Lake Cloquet and other towns. The blaze on October 12 killed 432 people and caused 30 million dollars in losses. Ten years later Cloquet thrives with new growth on ash enriched soil.
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Minneapolis
Moose Lake
Cloquet
Minnesota
Louisiana Governor Huey P Long Takes Up Baseball Hobby
New Orleans reports Gov Huey P Long has returned to baseball as a hobby joining the Tin Can League a mix of pros and ex players. On Sundays he pitches a few fast ones to help his team win while observers note his mean curve and steam despite never pitching a full game. The article notes Vermont’s mineral wealth in granite and marble quarries as a separate fact.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Huey
Judge Emulates Portia In Boarding House Suit
Bradford England county court sides with Mrs Laura Walker in a boarding house debt case. Mosley loaned $150 to the plaintiff while living with the defendant and her husband. The judge, citing Shakespearian justice, orders the debt and costs to be paid at tuppence per month, giving over 3000 years to liquidate the amount.
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Bradford
England
Laura Wi
Mosley
Cuella
Walker
Maine Probate Notices and Local Court Proceedings
A collection of probate notices from Sagadahoc County Maine includes administrators and executors appointed in Bath and Georgetown. Notices announce inheritance tax determinations, final accounts, and hearings with dates in November and December 1929 and involve individuals such as Arthur J. Snow Edward C. Clarey Effie B Gaeton and others.
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Eea
Edward C. Clarey
Georgetown
Hoc
Joseph Muse
Edward C
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Arthur J. Snow
Caroline F. Snow
Tate
Way
Owen
Walter 8
Glidden
William P. Dunham
Register
A. H. Hooper
B. Hoover
Charles H. _ page
Effle B. Forego
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Theodore Anderson
Vine Street
Sarvae
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Varney’s Mills
North Bath
Roy Southard
Water Street
Relief Corps
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J. W. Kelley
Sioux City
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Jason Collins
Gladys Besse
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RUM Chasers
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