Forty Years Ago in Bath District News
Bath Daily Times items from 1890 recount a regular city council meeting, school changes, injuries, local society events, yacht and shipyard updates, Christmas drives, ice and mine news, and social gatherings. Notable mentions include Kate Huston resigning, Alex Leeman fracturing his leg, Y M C A fair appeals, and the Shenandoah ship schedule shifts.
Entertainments and notices mark a lively local week
The report notes a Sabbath school entertainment at Mrs Creed’s Corliss Street church and a vestry supper to aid the chapel fund. Mrs Mary Gregory will give an illustrated lecture on A Strange People and a Strange Country at Columbian Hall as part of the Y M C A course. Walking medals for a Bay Area race are on display at Hallet’s, with a record entry list. Roads report bare sleighing from Fort Popham to Parker’s Head with occasional ice patches.
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Columbian Hall
Mary Gregory
Alameda
Hallet’s
Fort Popham
Parker’s Head
West Bath Grangers Present Deacon Dubb Play
West Bath Grangers stage three act rural comedy Deacon Dubb at the Grange Hall on Thursday evening December 18. Cast includes Roebert Oliver as Deacon Dubb and Lena Oliver as Rose Raleigh with Bernard Comeau Lee Reed Dave Henderson Bessie Snow and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Dubb
West Bath Grance Hall
Bob” Oliver
Upper High Street
Amos Colemen
Herbert Simpson
Rawden Crawley
Bernard Comeau
Major McNutt
Lee Reed
Deteroonomy Jones
Dave Henderson
Rose Raleigh
Lena Oliver
Philapena Pepover
Hope Ward
Emily Dale
Bessie Snow
Trixy Coleman
Ella Comeau
Yennie Yensen
Sweden
Annie Henderson
Edward W. Haggett
Morse High selects six for varsity Souad squad
Coach Sammy Cutts names six players Harry King Jack Conley John Levy Newell Wilson Richard McEman Elwood Legard for the varsity squad and notes Legard will be barred from Church league play by the constitution. Legard departs Central church while McElman and Wilson leave St Marys and Wesley respectively, all former Church league players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Cutts
Morse High School
Harry King
Jack Conley
John Levy
Newell Wilson
Richard McEman
Elwood Legard
Central Church
Legard
St. Mary’s Church
Richard McElman
Wesley
Abeve
Medical Aid Policy Under Review by Board of Health
The Board of Health is debating whether medical aid for quarantined patients should be funded by families or the city. Secretary Dr. H. B. Duce was authorized to seek legal advice. The board also adopted by laws requiring signed inheritings for complaints and approved two months of bills. Rules governing those under the Board’s jurisdiction will be drafted immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
H. B. Duce
Monthly Meeting of Research Class at Corliss Street Church
The Corliss Street church Research class held its regular monthly business meeting at Mrs. Lizzie Prench’s home with 16 members present. They discussed Bible questions, socialized, and planned for a White Christmas event, drawing names for a Christmas tree. Several members and guests attended, including Mrs. Jeanette Plant, Mrs. Mable Shepard, and Mrs. Harriott Nocton, with refreshments served. Hayden Hawthorne of the Central Fiber Co in New York visited Beebe and Uncle Henry Magoun of Green Street was mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
Lizzie Prench
Washington Street
Jeanette Plant
Mable Shepard
Maud Clark
Anna Allen
Etta Pottle
Nellie Bonney
Minnie McPherson
Jennie Seavey
Annie Chester
Harriet Nocton
Parrish
Fannie Burden
Lida Sampson
Alert Mudge
Perry
Mrs. French
Hayden Hawthorne
New York
Central Fiber Go
South Gardiner
Be Ee bin Uecle
Henry A. Magoun
Green Street
Beacons and churches roster for Winter Street area sports
The list shows Beacon Street church plus Central Corliss Elm Grace St Marys Universalist Wesley Winter Street with members named in each roster. The text mentions Morse leader Stan Whitehouse and a standard strong lineup across all churches, noting a cabinet discussion and a probate notices section following.
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eThe M. C
Morse
Stan Whitehouse
Winter Street
Beacon
Beacon Street
Shorty Parks
Billy, Gove
Vincent Henderson
Stan Henderson
Gordon Garnett
Central Church
Ralph MacDonald
Henry Mank
Archibald Main
Howard Leavitt
Arthur MacDonald
Ellery Legard
Russell W. Kenney
Jamies Miller
Paul Wilson
Duncan Farrell
Lord
Corliss
Foster Prattney
Frederick Wallace
Leroy Stover
Stanley Whitehouse
Lloyd Perry
Merritt Mitchell
Clarence Eaton
Wilfred Chaney
Elm Street
Philip Oliver
Tracy Lewis
Robert Gallagher
Linwood Miller
William Boyce
Orrington Lewis
Willard Oliver
A. McCorrison
Arthur Rideout
Warren Pinkham
Elton Pinkham
Earl W. Burns
Grace Church
Ronald Smith H. Mayo
Nelson Waters
N. T. Lowery
Harold Lyden
John McCarty
Farley Mayo
John Stuart
William Adams
Leon Buck
Albert Douglass
St. Mary’s Church
Fred Gaudet
Mark Hayes
Joe O’brien
Philip Tarditt
Louis Allen
Paul Hayes
Malen Genthner
Ernest Sarkis
Joe Mullaney
Bob Callan
J. Grindell
John Mullaney
Richard McElIman
Harold McElman
Universalist Church
Preddy Gowell
Franklin Morse
B. Williams
C. Pinkham
G. Atwood
Lewis Swett
Stephen Marshall
Wesley Tee William Parks
Charles Mitehill
R. Staples
Frances Rice
Wesley Church
Newell Wilson
Carl Dearborn
Guy Norton
George Littlefield
Stanley Hatch
Robert Hatch
Wilbur Oliver
Paul Stinson
Edwin
Beacon Street Ladies Hold Successful Christmas Sale
The Beacon Street M. E. church Ladies aid held a Christmas sale and supper last Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Adams and Mrs. Fred Richardson led the fancy table. Mrs. George Wallace oversaw dining. other helpers included Mrs. Beatrice Rand and Mrs. Huggard among many.
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Beacon Street
M. E. Church
Henry Adams
Fred Richardson
Charles Henderson
George Wallace
Beatrice Rand
Hattie Huggard
Jessie Pond
Bessie Clark
Bessie Tedford
Georgia Pierce
Frank Daley
Alice MacDonald
Scott Tibbetts
Flossie Sidelinger
Jesse Sanders
Irving Varney
Aid
Doctor Gregware Lectures On Osteopathy To Nursing Class
Dr Paul A Gregware spoke to Bailey Evening School Home Nursing class about osteopathy Its origin methods and nervous system effects He answered questions in an open forum with 58 members present Lectures by local doctors are planned twice monthly next talk by Dr Langdon T Snipe will be held for nursing class members only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Gregware
Bailey
Langdon T. Snipe
Science topic fuels Cosmopolitan Current Events meeting
The Cosmopolitan club Current Events department met Thursday at the club house with Mrs. George A. Churchill presiding in officers' absence. Miss Helen Walker read a paper on the White House Child Health conference prepared by Mrs. Clinton McFadden, who could not attend. An article on Maine delegates was also read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
George A. Churchill
Helen Walker
White House
Clinton McFadden
Maine
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Kate Huston
North Bath School
Alex Leeman
Rogers
Post Sedgwick
William H. Snow
Maggie Crean
Rockland
Anderson
New England
N. A. Burpsee Hose Co
Camden
Brunswick
Niagara Engine Company
Pee Office
John Marsh
E. M. Fuller
Post Sedgwick G. A. R
Cyrus Ward
Ward
Pearl Street
Lawnton & Jameson
Shenandoah
Marcia Rogers
Kennebec
Acadia Lodge
Universalist Circle
John Knowlton
Episcopal Board of Missions
John O. Shaw
William E. Besaw
Jennie B. Roderick
T. F. White
Bath Iron Works
Oak Street Bridge
Si Owen
Boston
Star of the East
Sagadahoc
Lodge of Good Templars
Merrymeeting Lodge
Bowdoinham
Charles Boyd
Boothbay
Long Beach Engine Co. No. 2
Charles Robinson
Bath and Portland Ice Co
Columbian Opera House
Brooks
Big Hyde
Whitefield
Sewall
Fred Coffin
Hanscom
Pittsburgh
Edward Jones
West Bath
Parker
M. M. Lemont
Howard Varney
Morse and Glazier
Charles Cobb
Francis Cobb
Shaw
Chapman
Moosehead Lakes
Joe Parke
Kentucky
Sec. Chadbourne
Lewiston
Hyde Light Guards
Long Beach Engine Co
Red Men's Hall
T. H. Clark
Street
North Street
Mrs. A.ee
West Bath Grangers
Coach Cutts
Church League
State OF
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Louise
Shepard
Said
Fernando A. Shepard
Meleta T. Leavitt
Richmond, Maine
Richmond
Higgins
Aeneer
Louise S. Shepard
Charles C. Low
Thousena
Bath Independent
Walter
Glidden
William P. Ham
State OF Maine
Dahoc
Bernice B Bailey
Woolwich
David W. Blair
Bernice B
Alice L. Galvin
Lillian F. Bailey
Wiscasset
Bernice B. Gailey
Bernice B. Bailey
William F. Dunham
John D .Gowell
Norwalk
Fairfield
Connecticut
Clara T
John D. Gowell
Conn
Leonard Gowell Bath, Marie
Clara Gilber
Portsmouth
N. H
Christina M. Nichols Pitman
N. J
Lillian Louise Pomeroy
Sagadahoc, Ss
Bridgham
John H
Bath National Bank
County of
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Oc Sagadah
Alice
Boehm
New Britain
Hartford
Margaret Pereau
Alice S. Boehm
New Britain, Conn
Laura Harmon
Jennie Ely
Dora Moison
Pittsburg
Penn
Woolwich, Maine
Daisy Hodgdon
David Pereau
Bath, Maine
Harry Pereau
Warren Pereau
Ea Ba
Edward W. Bridgham
William
Ellen F. Smith
Edward B. Smith
Sid
Rupert H. Baxter
John Coughlin
James C. Perry
Phippsburg
William F
Dunham Register
Frank E. Ward
Abbie J. Ward
Seid
Walter S. Glidden
Bate Court
Arthur Temple
Albert Jemmas
Augusta, Maine
Laura Casey
Waltham, Mass
Eliza Jane Sweeney
Eliza Jane Sweeney Eae
William F. D
Jahoc
Maud .C. Belanger
Carrie Belanger
Leon N. Belanger
John C. Belanger
Josephine L. Scott
Delia M. Belan
Maud C. Belanger
Gahoe
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Hiram L. Robinson Suerdian
Arnold E. Robinson
Minor
William PF
Thompson
Rachel A. Getchell
Dunham Register of Probate
Eddie Bernier
Waterville
Witond
Elizabeth Dudvoie
Annie L. Fitzgerald
John E. Fit Late
F. Coffill
Eee
Jennie Coffill
Thomas F. Coffill
DR. Gregware
Brown
Norway Medicine Co
NorwWay, Me
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