Bath Notes 1892 From The Beth Daily Times
Items recount Bath Maine happenings forty years ago including polo in Massachusetts league players E F Kelley and G H Nichols for post office, plans for cruisers canvas by Bostonians Wiley and Streeter, Sagadahoc trips, residents moving to Jersey City, water leak hunts, light house deck contract to New England Shipbuilding, a Lisbon Falls skating accident, monuments work, weather turning to mud, tramps at the police station, and a Fort Scammell coal speculation proposal.
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Bath
The
Beth Daily Times
Maine Central Passenger Rates Cut in December 1892
The Maine Central announces fare reductions effective December 1 1892 affecting way stations and certain routes. Bath to Rockland drops to 175 from 200, Bath to Brunswick falls five cents, and all way-station fares shrink to 25 cents as rates aim to equalize costs to about three and a half cents. A January 1 1893 reduction on round trip tickets is noted.
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Maine Central
Bath
Portland
Rockland
Brunswick
Della Collins Steamer To Enter Winter Service
The steamer Della Collins passed downriver and headed to Wiscasset where it will begin winter service. A weekly private assembly at Rius highlighted other local attractions.
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Della Collins
Wiscasset
Rius
Grand Army fair stage entertainment announced for Dec 5 1892
James Hughes to furnish the evening’s entertainment at the Grand Army fair. Bath Division U. R. E. P. holds a special meeting tomorrow evening for announced business. Elm street raised to Front street grade with new sidewalk. residents express appreciation.
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James Hughes
Bath
Elm Street
Front Street
Times pressman loses finger in morning accident
A Times pressman suffered a severe hand injury when his finger was caught in the press this morning. Doctors attended to the wound and warned of possible further complications while he recovers over the winter. The man is to be hauled by rail in a few days for long containment.
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Bath
Times Office
Cuntinsaireeni
Des 6 1898 Morse Bros Knees Planed At Hooker Mills
Morse Bros. had two carloads of knees planed at Hooker mills today. The Post Sedgwick G. A. R. plans to issue season tickets for their grand levy and fair next week. City council regular meeting tomorrow evening. The Hyde Light Guards began drill and bayonet exercise to be held at the G. A. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Mason hosted friends last evening with a musical program and refreshments. The jury list was revised with 106 names for the next council meeting. F. F. Dunton passes out cigars. A 12 pound boy arrived Monday night. Solar lodge officers elected at last night’s meeting. An incident on Washington street as a wagon horse halted near a crossing, driver noting the horse’s reaction. Furnace issue at North Grammar School attributed to new janitor. rooms granted an hour’s vacation and neighboring ponds yielded skating time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Coombs
South End
Susie L. Brooks
Pront Street
Center Street
T. F. White
North Grammar School
Tigers Added to National Zoo
Omar W. Folsom recounts zoo life detailing a mesal alliance between a scarlet fais and a white ibis with a newborn, then describes the parrot room with over fifty varieties, and notes two fur seals from Alaska now at the National Zoo, unique in captivity and as intelligent as dogs.
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Bird House
Zoo Park
Rock Creek
Zoo
Alaska
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
America
Corrected death certificate in Twist case declares accidental shooting
A corrected certificate by Medical Examiner R A Graves reclassifies Freeman A Twist 21 as accidentally shot rather than self-inflicted. Twist’s body was found near Caribou with a chest wound after an intensive probe by Atty J F Burns.
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Freeman A. Twist
R. A. Graves
Young Twist
Caribou
J. F. Burns
Twist
Cold Spring Harbor recalls its whaling days with memorial tablet
Residents gathered at the Public Library on the village green to dedicate a green slate tablet. The monument, designed by John Howard Benson, lists ships such as the Tuscarora, Barclay, Monmouth, N P Talmadge and Huntsville with voyages and tonnage.
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Cold Spring Harbor
L. I
Thhe Public
Joneses
Hewletts
Willets
Bunces
Jennings
de Forests
Stewarts
Fairchilds
Walter B. James
Newport
John Howard Benson
Benson
Carnegie Institution
Public Library
Vermont
Benison
Newport Monument
Cold Springs Harbor
Tuscarora
Barclay
Monmouth
N. P. Talmadge
Richmond
Alice
Huntsville
Splendid
Sheffield
Bath clergyman recalls drowning at Lake Annabessacook
Rev. Forest L. Littlefield of Wesley church witnessed the Saturday drowning of 18-year-old Joseph Carter at Lake Annabessacook in Winthrop. Rescue attempts failed after Carter broke through ice while skating the Narrows. A flat boat and a plank nail helped retrieve his body after local efforts, but resuscitation lasted two hours with no success.
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Forest L. Littlefield
Wesley Church
Joseph Carter
Lake Annabessacook
Winthrop
Littlefield
Ernest Williams
Stanley
Carter
Narrows
Charles Leon i
Bath woman ends life at 45 after long illness
Despondency over more than a year of ill health led Mrs. Clara Dain McGrath 45 wife of ex Alderman Eugene McGrath to hang herself at their Washington street home. The body was found by relatives with the act believed to have occurred after her husband left for work. She was born in Bath July 10 1887 and survived by her husband a daughter Elizabeth D McGrath a Bates college senior and other relatives.
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Clara Dain McGrath
Eugene McGrath
Washington Street
McGrath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Charles J
Mary Dain
Genesta Chapter
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Elizabeth D. McGrath
Morse High
Bates College
Dain
City
Arthur G. Oliver
Marion S. Dain
Warren D
Wilbur C. Oliver 2Nd
Boston
Evelyn Byhouwer
Rotterdam
James H Harrington Dies After Long Illness at 76
James H Harrington, 76, fisherman, died Monday at his Parker Head home after a long illness. Born in Phippsburg, he lived there his whole life. Survived by wife Margaret, daughters Mrs Roy Henderson and Mrs Charles True of Bath, son Lester Harrington of Bath, brother Hezekiah Harrington of Phippsburg Center, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral was Wednesday at 2 PM at his home.
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James H. Harrington
Parker Head
Phippsburg
Hezekiah
Margaret Harrington
Margaret
Roy Henderson
Charles True
Bath
Lester Harrington
Hezekiah Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Valeria E. Kingsbury 76 dies after long illness in city
Valeria E. Kingsbury 76 lifelong city resident died Monday at home 5 Meadow Street after a more than three year illness. widow of Philip Kingsbury she was born in Bowdoin to Samuel and Elizabeth Bubier Blaisdell. Survived by seven children Walter P Arthur 3 Ernest C of this city Ella Clowes Boston Bertha Tyler Bath Lydia Bean Wiscasset Blanche Sanborn Gray nine grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Horace Wilson Brunswick and Mrs Edward Terrill Bath.
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Valeria E. Kingsbury
Meadow Street
Kingsbury
Philip Kingsbury
Bowdoin
Samuel
Elizabeth Bubier Blaisdell
Walter P
Arthur
Ernest C
Ella Clowes
Boston
Bertha Tyler
Bath
Funeral services for E. W. Larrabee
The funeral of ex Mayor Edward W. Larrabee was held Sunday at Grace Episcopal church with many friends and business associates in attendance. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs led the service and the bearers included Fred D. Hill and Charles C. Low among others. A graveside committal followed at Oak Grove. Out-of-town attendees included John Duffie, William Staples, Arthur Braine, and Mrs. J. William Hinckley, among others.
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Edward W. Larrabee
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Mr. Larrabee
Harry L. Day
Warren F. Hawley
Allan Spear
Daniel Williams
Fred D. Hill
George P. Larrabee
Charles C. Low
Henry W. Owen
Cecil E. Paine
Arthur K. Purington
John L. Purington
Carroll Watson
Oak Grove
John Duffie
William Staples
Boston
Arthur Braine
Rockland
James O'Donnell
Portland
J. William Hinckley
Medford
Mass
Howard Bartlett
Helen Bartlett
Winchester
Everett Hill
Muriel Hill
Brunswick
Charles Gross
Lisbon Falls
William H. Metcalf
Marshall Metcalf
Christine Metcalf
Topsham
Mrs Clara D McGrath Funeral Held at Home
Funeral for Mrs Clara D McGrath wife of ex Alderman Eugene McGrath was held Friday at 2 PM at her father Hon Charles J Dain’s home 38 Trufant street Rev Weston P Holman of Beacon Street Methodist Church officiated Bearers were Frank J Clark William J Craft Milton H Douglas and Arthur G Oliver Burial followed at Oak Grove
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Clara D. Mc Grath
Eugene McGrath
Charles J. Dain
Trufant Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street
Maine pageant stars to close Augusta convention
Mrs H Vernon Ayer of Augusta visited Winthrop with Mrs Lottie Edwards Yorke. Both are prominent in the Maine pageant staged last summer at the New England Lecturers conference in Orono and to be repeated at the Maine State Grange meeting on Thursday evening December 8 in Augusta. Yorke is director and Ayer plays a prominent role.
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H. Vernon Ayer
Eastern Avenues
Augusta
Winthrop
Lottie Edwards Yorke
Ayer
Yorke
State of Maine
New England
Orono
Maine
Leap Year Dance Brightens Cony High Gym
Cony high school girls hosted a Leap Year dance on January 2 in a gym crowded and decked in Christmas colors. The event, described as one of the prettiest functions of the fall term, drew many couples into a festive Friday night social.
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Cony High School
Larrabee Estate Goes To Niece And Son By Will
In a brief will drawn Oct 7 1927 Edward W Larra bee left his entire estate to his niece Mrs William By Mussenden and her son William naming Charles C Low executor The will filed Tuesday in Sagadahoc probate court also for Nettie Umberhine widow of Isaac F Umberhine of Richmond who left about 50000 in personal bequests and a Richmond library lot These probate actions include many estates with appointments inventories and accounts filed or approved by Judge Glidden among them Rogers I Moulton Bath and Camilla Sewall Bath in complex listings of guardians executors and administrators.
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Edward W. Larrabee
William
Mussenden
Charles C. Low
Sagadahoc
Nettie .A. Umberhine
Isaac F. Umberhine
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Caleb C. Sedgley
Annie C. Brown
Topsham
Gladys H. Furbish
James C. Rumrill
Iola A. Lombard
Camiila A. Sewall
Bath
Loyall F. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Walter E. Edge
Roger I. Moulton
Parker N. Moulton
Bertha P. Wright
Woolwich
J. Edward Hughes
Edward A. Bond
Jessie Bond Cobb
James S. Lowell
J. Houghton McLellan
Henry Cannon
Frank E. Carver
Doris L. Worden
Harry E. Stetson
Frances A. Williams
Philipsburg
Harry B. Williams
Frederick L. Andrews
Julia F. Andrews
William A. Bibber
Marion E. Bibber
Benjamin H. Stackpole
West Bath
Mildred A. Stackpole
Ella T. Odiorne
Joseph E. Alexander
George T. Cutting
Samuel H. Lancaster
Henry W. Howard
Joseph Charles Foster
Hiram W. Totman
Peter Innes
George D. Innes
Hiram W. Toman
Elenorra H. Totman
Damase Bouchard
Regina Roy
Isaac B. Howard
Surel Howard
Lewall F. Sewall
Camilla A. Sewall
Jennie Varney McClure
Melvina Esther Brasdon
Joseph S. Carter
Angle R. Carter
Bowdoin
Regina Rey
Damasc
Elenora H. Totman
Fred E. Daggett
Ida M. Pierce
Earl K. French
Julia P. French
Ethelyn M. Marston
George W. Marston
Frank H. Head
Clara E. Head
Charles C. Lord
A. Sidney Ashe
Mary B. R. Bowker
Rogers I. Moulton
Ann Mary Robinson
William W. Robinson
Mary
Obituary Mrs Henrietta Lilly Thwing 85 Woolwich
Mrs Henrietta Lilly Thwing widow of John A Thwing of Woolwich dies after illness. Born March 7 1848 in Woolwich she lived at Thwings Point for generations and attended North Methodist church. She leaves daughters Mabel and Mrs Frank L Decker a son Walter N Thwing and several grandchildren and siblings. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the home with burial Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
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Henrietta Lilly Thwing
John A. Thwing
Woolwich
Lincoln Street
Riverside
Thwing
Josiah T
Abigail Lilly
Mr. Thwing
Bath
Mabel A. Thwing
Frank L. Decker
Drexel Hill
Walter N. Thwing
Wayland
N. Y
Malden
Mass
Robert M. Decker
Greenwood
Richard Nathaniel Thwing
Richard G. Hume
Frank.l. Call
Dresden
Charles
Lilly
Weidoboro
Penny Carnival at University of Maine in Alumni hall
The annual Penny Carnival hosted by the University of Maine W A A drew a large crowd in Alumni hall with barnyard decorations and costumes. Also notes a 1931 Cabot mill payroll case prisoner Gregory Griffin underwent appendectomy at Thomaston State prison and is serving 15 to 30 years.
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University of Maine
Alumni Hall
New Orleans
New York
Los Angeles
Gregory Griffin
Cabot Mill
Brunswick
Thomaston
Griffin
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E. F. Kelley
G. H., Nichols
B. D. Wiley
C. R. Streeter
Walter Potter
Jersey City
N. J. Bath
A. F. Varney
Gookins Dry Goods
Webber
Center Street Hill
J. M. Hayes
Lilac
New England Shipbuilding Co
iTihete
Ood
Goyes
Fort Scammell
Portland Harbor
V. P. Emery
H. M. Sanford
Emery
George D. Hodgkins
J. H. Goddard
Sagadahock House
Montreal Veterinary College
Alameda
Universalists
Ernest F.kelley
New Hampshire
Phi Rho
George Bright
Tontine Hotel
Harold Gewall
Astor House
YMCA
Iman
M.C.A
Sominie
Tink
Coor
Taury
Elm
Charles B. Brooks
Russell's Hall
G. G. T. Witton
Auburn
Winneganee
Warden Bailey
Botton
Morse Bros
Hooker Mills
Post Sedgwick G. A.R
City Council
Committee On
Hyde Light
G. A
Charles H. Mason
F. F. Dunton
North End
Solar Lodge F. & A.M
W. Master
T. Snipe
H. L. Grinnell
J. W
Charles Mason
Treas
H. A. Duncan
J. L. Douglas
Trustees
W.G. Webber
G. C. Moses
Center
School
Tigers
National
Omar W. Folsom
Kilbourne Place
Washington, D. C
Long Island
Mémoiies
B. Tappen Fairchild
Cold Spring
Bung Town
Huntington
Thomas Jones
Hunter
N. Y. Sun
Lake At Winthrop
Ttae
E. W. Larrabee
Larrabee
Walter S. Glidden
Henrietta L. Thwing
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
L. E. Thebea
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
First National Bank OF Bath
William S. Shorey
State OF
Spain
Sagada
Said
Rufus D. Moulton
Agra
Ale
A. D
Harry A. Walters
William F. Dunham
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