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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
8
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Weather across Portland drops to five below zero as steam heaters endure a tough test in the steamer Portland. Donnell schooner sails south for sea fitting ahead of launch while ice gathers in Kennebec. Repairs begin on tug Charlie Lawrence at Moultons. depot tracks and old engine house walls undergo work. Bath High School class of 89 plans reunion. play Comrades postponed with tableau and Red Cross Knights Templar ceremony at Masonic hall followed by banquet.
Dec 7 1889 reports a Happy Nook gathering of Rufus Lombarden and friends from Bath. A five foot plank missing at Cutler's sail loft risks injuries. The schooner George Moulton Jr underwent copper repair on the marine railway, then was lifted and lowered in under overnight. Acadia lodge K of P held a meeting with two candidates new to the second degree and one to the first. a sociable is planned for next Wednesday. Sedgwick Post No 4 G A R elected officers for the year, including Silsby as adjutant and Potter as quartermaster. delegates named. New boiler foundation work at Jackson's with layout changes to furnace position to gain space. work to resume around the 16th.
December 5, 1889. Moulton nears completion of a new coal shed occupying near the same site as the old one. Snowy reminders rise as storm doors go up at the post office while Mrs. Georgiana Ayers and daughters May and Carrie sail from Bath to San Francisco after a week’s visit in Bath and vicinity. The Kennebec makes its final season voyage, returning due to abundant ice, to Boston for winter. Jackson's block gains a new Bath Iron Works boiler, with work to resume next week. Woolwich’s Joseph Hilton honored at David Carter’s gathering, receiving a surprise patent rocker and warm applause before a sociable dinner, music, and games lasting late.
Several new amateur dramatic companies are formed in the city. Prof Brooks opens a private dancing class at Crescent hall Tuesday evening. Canton King resumes Thursday social this week. Long Beach Engine Co No 2 hosts Christmas night reception and dance. The new gymnasium grows its membership daily. Joseph Varney to build a boiler at North Bath replacing the Mary L Varney. Police report three weeks with no arrests. Boothbay Harbor schooners seek shelter from a storm. Long Beach Engine Co invited to Yarmouth on New Year’s Eve. Nahanade finds no ice in Back River Monday. Boothbay Christmas likely via the same line as Fourth of July. Stone crusher to resume Monday for Bath streets, weather mild. Crusher material praised for road cover. Universalist sociable to meet with Mrs Bartlett on Green street to plan the Kalender Kermis fair at Columbian hall on the 19th to 21st.
On December 6 1889 the Shaw mill will close for the winter season with the short side shut down last night. The Orphans Home children began their New Years exhibition. Mystic Quartet elected John Shaw as manager. BHS class of 89 planned a Christmas night reception and ball at Alameda with music. Cant John H Snow left for Philadelphia to join the Samaria for San Francisco voyage.
A two horse power electric motor is installed in this city with water engines steam and electricity cited as power sources. Old engine house pits are filled and rails to be laid after the yard height is raised per the plans. Teamsters pledge a petition to Maine Central over freight with a forecasted spring downturn in horse teams.
Ice loosening and drifting allows the Eastern Steamboat Company to continue operations to the city. A Caulkers Union hall dedication in Ledyard's block on Front Street is reported with a 50 member group enjoying speeches and cigars. A derrick frame at Carlton’s pile driver fell during a morning storm near the People's Ferry dock, narrowly avoiding a collision with the ferry boat. Repairs cost about one hundred dollars. The Maine Central turntable foundations reveal granite foundations totaling 288 tons with an estimated 5,000 cubic feet of stone in the work.
The Bath city council discussed expanding city auditor powers to approve disbursements, while city finances and expenditure summaries were reviewed. Alderman Higgins is set to lead the new administration, and lighting upgrades were approved for Bed ford Street and Corliss Street with 100 candle power lamps. A hydrant on Western Avenue was authorized, and Roll of accounts No 10 totaling 807.76 was paid. The treasurer’s monthly report showed appropriations and balances, with deposits in Bath Trust andBath National and First National Banks. Licenses were granted for a Boxing show at Arcade arena on Dec 12 and for the Bath Athletic Club at the armory on Christmas day.
Cleveland based Wilfred J. Austin, a leading designer of air stations, argues cities will be drawn to airports as aviation grows. He predicts 100 foot wing span planes within five to ten years will demand large hangars and unobstructed floors. He notes safety psychology and city-center feasibility depend on faster flights and integrated transport links from lakefront sites.
Ferdinand Nevermann of San Jose collected eleven new Costa Rican beetle species identified by W. S. Fisher of the bureau of entomology. One species bears the name agrilus nevermanni with metallic colors ranging from bronze to copper and vivid oranges and purples.
Julia Conley widow of Martin Conley died Sunday at her Freemont street home after about three weeks illness. Born in Galway Ireland she came to Bath at 24 and married Martin Conley. Survived by three sons Stephen John Bart and four daughters. Funeral 8:30 Tuesday at St Marys church interment Mt Calvary cemetery. 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Thomas Drummond Reid aged 65 a Georgetown native long a seafarer and storekeeper died Saturday at his Bath home 9 Tarbox Street after a lengthy illness He leaves his wife and daughter Beryl Murray of Bath three brothers William R Reid Walter E Reid and Fred M Reid and a sister Mrs Nellie Lydia Hinds Funeral services were held Monday at Georgetown Center Church with Knights Templar Service by Maine Commandery Gardiner Burial followed in Oak Cemetery Georgetown
Manthano Parshley of Bath died in Portland on December 3 at age 76. Funeral services were held in Portland at Hay & Peabody chapel and later at Fred S. Curtis funeral home in Bath with Rev. George B. Wolstenholme officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove. Parshley, born November 3, 1853 in Bath, worked as an interior decorator and hardwood worker for Smith & Rumery. He leaves a sister in Harvey Illinois, two nephews in Bath and Brunswick, and two nieces in Brunswick and Phippsburg.
Fred L. York aged 56, a prominent Phippsburg fisherman, died suddenly Saturday night after suffering a paralytic stroke earlier in the afternoon at his home. Born in the Sebasco area, he was a son of William and Mary F. York and lived there his whole life. He leaves two sons Irving and James York of Bath, his 68-year-old Bath mother, four brothers William of Cundy's Harbor Albert of Port Clyde Abram and Henry of Portland, and one sister Mrs Frank H. Beal of Bath.
Word came Friday of the sudden death in Worcester Massachusetts of Mrs. Miles Standish wife of a former Bathman now a prominent attorney. Mrs. Standish was active in Worcester civic affairs and worked in the Golden Rule Relief fund. Mr. Standish graduated from Bath high school in 1908 and attended the 25th Bath reunion in 1928.
Miss Harriet A Plummer died Monday morning at the home of her cousin Mrs Frederick F Drake at 1002 Washington Street. Born in Bath she was daughter of Moody Plummer once connected with the Bath hotel. A communicant of the Episcopal church she previously lived in Philadelphia before moving to Bath about ten years ago.
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Blanche Gilman were held at her Sebasco home Tuesday of last week. Rev Carl Raupach of Roxbury Mass led the rites. Pallbearers included Wilbur Wy man J Bradford Sprague Frank Cushing and Harry Huse. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.
Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner oversees eight servants at the Blaine Mansion, a 20 room public private dwelling. Originally built by a sea captain named Hall, the house changed hands before being purchased by Blaine in 1862. Deeds once granted half the privilege of fishing on the Kennebec river.
Mrs George Dennison of Freeport called Friday on her daughter Mrs Norman J McCabe on Summer Street to pay a social visit and share news with the family.
Prof. H. Shipley Fry of the University of Cincinnati chemistry department recalls awe at his old professor’s skill with benzene, inspiring a youthful dream. He devised an electronic benzene formula once deemed radical, later cited by British authorities as foundational, transforming understanding of carbon compounds and reactions.
St Louis reports the Amateur Athletic Union will consider 43 rule changes at its annual convention on November 17 to 19 with aims to broaden amateur competition and tighten safeguards across boxing handball wrestling track swimming and other events. Proposals include open tournaments for boxers in good standing and a novices class as well as restrictions on professional contests around amateur meets requiring permission from local AAU authorities. Changes would take effect January 1.
Norfolk Island enforces a novel prohibition rule where adults deemed ill may obtain one bottle for general health. A two week illness free period permits a certificate for liquor, minors are barred, and beer is limited to those under 30. Officials monitor to avoid excess and sobriety returns quickly when issuance pauses.
Prof Adhemar Taets arrives in the United States on a semi official mission to recruit American educators and students for an international organization. The Belgian effort, backed by Prof M Pirenne and Burgomaster Max, aims to foster global youth unity and broaden view on human problems and international relations.
Howard Gashal, a local fruit grower, bought one colony of honey bees and tripled the Bartlett pear crop this year. The Bartlett bloom lacks self pollen, so the bees cross pollinated using pollen from nearby Clapp Favorites trees to improve yields.
New York reports savings by American Bankers Association division show 4,222,935 school children participated last year, with total deposits surpassing 50,090,000 dollars. The figure highlights a nationwide push to teach youth savings practices through school programs.
A Museum of Fine Arts display shows tungsten jewelry colored by an electric oxide film. Immersed pieces acquire semi transparent color as oxide thickness varies, producing durable hues. Tantalum and chromium offer additional color effects for necklaces and bracelets.
London commentary questions extending embassy staff immunity after an American secretarial worker watered a garden in Surbiton during a drought ban and dodged penalties by claiming immunity. The Star editorial urges overhauling embassy privileges as unfair to taxpayers and stressed accountability for all.
Berlin reports radio photography and an advanced radio position and weather service aim to boost aviation safety. The article notes Lufthansa plans to expand radio guidance for pilots, alongside existing airport to plane communications and weather updates.
Landing conditions were communicated to the aircraft using radiophoto tech. Weather maps aboard the plane showed favorable winds and cloud patterns for the flight. A radiophoto tracked a storm front, while another sketched Tempelhof with a flooded landing section. Special phonograph records aid typing classes at the University of Texas.
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