Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights 1895
Recap of Bath happenings from December 4 to 9 1895 includes F J Parks buying a new advertising horse, North Church centennial events, sparring at Gahans hall, obituaries and funerals, local politics at Bath High School and city council actions, street railway plans, and naval and industrial notes. The column name checks and social and civic life of Bath, Maine, are chronicled with names such as Rev O W Folsom Captain Charles G Carter and Mrs Jennie Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.H.S.A.A
Bath High School
James D. ‘Clark
Murphy
Cobb
Gould
John Knowlton
Ma&ary Palmer Cromwell Drummond
Perry
Hyde Park
Mass
Drummond
Falmouth
Bath
E. B. Drummond
Sir William
Old North Church
Boston
Increase Mather
Cotton Mather
Massachusetts Colony
Bath Trust Company
Maine
L. E. Thebeau
State OF
Sagadahoc
Lillian L. Harding
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Frances D. Lane
Herbert Savage
Sharon
Carrie E. Wing
Uxbridge
Rachel M. Wing
Balkan
Mattewean
N. J
Charmith
Wollaston
Arthur Savage
A. D
State OF Maine
Eben Dana
Woolwich
Asia Coun
M. Dana
Omong
Elnaugusta
Mary E. Dana
Teatatrix
Butea
Ted
Centennial events mark Winter Street church celebration
The December 10 1895 Bath Maine item covers the Winter Street church centennial notes with extracts from D D George Magoun Grinnell Iowa praising Rev John Wallace Ellingwood and recalling old North church memories. Also reported are local updates on ice, schooling Walter Higgins at Westbrook Seminary and Bath Iron Works mishap lon Wildes hair loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
North Church
George F. Magoun
D. D
Grinnell
Iowa
Peter H. Green Esq
George Marston
John Wallace Ellingwood
Bath Iron Works
Lon” Wildes
The Advernturer William Phips and Witchcraft Trials
William Phips faced witchcraft accusations that stirred ministers like Increase and Cotton Mather. The piece recalls Mather's writings on evidence, Phips’s rise from poverty, and his controversial governorship, ending with his death in 1695 and a lasting aura of upright private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathers
Increase Mather
Harvard College
New York
Sir William
William
Quebec
England
Phips
Boston
Cotton Mather
New England
Montreal
Christmas Health Seal Sale Supports Public Health Efforts
Sagadahoc county residents boost the sale of Christmas Health Seals to fund tuberculin testing and X ray services at Bath. Maine Public Health Association provided an X ray unit and films, aiding children with health education and defect corrections. County chairmen list shows local committees across Arrowsic Woolwich Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine Public Health Associaion
Bath
Abbie M. Buck
Maine Public Health Association
Phippsburg
Bowdoin
Arrowsic and
Woolwich
John C. Gilmore
Frank B. Nichols
5. S. Mullin
Supt
D. Wilson
Ruth Purington
Adams School
Olga Lem
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The
Bath Daily Times
F. J. Parks
B. Club
J. McIntosh
Army
O. W. Folsom
Columbian Line
Finance
Colon
Charles G. Carter
R. A. Crocker
Parthia
South Pacific
Liverpool
San Francisco
David Jones
Gahan’s Hall
Hunt
Winnegance
Bartlett
South End
Jewell
Burnham
Elwell Dickinson
Advent Church
Mr. Dickinson
Sewall
George
Isaac
Wiscasset
John Skillings
E. C. Hyde
Charles E. Hyde
High Street
John Jameson
Mrs
J. B. Hoover
Elizabethtown
Zina ‘Clifford
Pejepscot
Malaga Island
F. W. O'Brien
Sarah A
George [B. Litchfield
Perry's Hall
H. W. Cobb
Thomas WJ. Brooks
Brooks
Universalist
Alameda
Little Bo-Peep
Jessie Ramsay McGhoole
Lisi Son
Bertha Parks
Tadaca Hossto
Lena Robbins
Mary
Frances Packard
Geosae
Geosae Ae Emoracs
Bessie Hunt Boy
Rita Smith
Sten Bea
Ares
Cetesaties
Villa Smith
Hilver Bell
Ruth Whitney Cockle Shell
Dorothea Stinson
Abbie Clark
Topsham
Auburn
F. A. Twitchell
Bath Street Railway
Twitchell
Ian Welch
P. J. Leary
John Conway
M. PF
Boston Crockery
Munsey's
Emma Eames
Elizabeth
Tannhauser
Downey
London
Worumbo Mfg. Co
Bath Gas and Electric Co
Bank Block
North End
James McFarland
Mr. Hooker
Vine Street
F. W. O’brien
Camarin
Boothbay
Sasanoa River
F.B. Nichols
Rockland
Nichols
Daily Star
Times Co
Anna Randall
Front Street
Bill Connelly
Ferry Boat Union
Della Collins
Union
Horatio Baker
Atkins
G. G. Deering
Philadelphia
Wm. C. Tanner
Providence
Portland
Jennie Murphy
Casco Bay
A. G. Page, Jr
John Morse
Bowdoin College
Fred Whitmore
Charlestown, Mass
Edward W. McLaughlin
Tie City
Sophia A. Hill
David WW TN
O. W. Ring
Nellie May Shaw
D. C. Shaw
Middle Street
Walker
Ec Witham
Reble
Eastern Steamboat Co
Winter Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Nahanada
George Bright
Kennebec
Richmond
Walter Higgins
Westbrook Seminary
W. H. Wheeler
Biddeford
Hattie A. Marsh
Board of Trade
Rogers
Harry E. Stetson
E. C. Plummer
W. E. Chase
John McDonald
F. W. Weeks
G. W. Hunt
S. L. Fogg
J. F. Hayden
J. O. Patten
National Board of Trade
Bath Board
Frank Patten
Gus Sprague
Peleg Sprague
North Vestry
Ellingwood
E.B. Drummond
B. T. Newman
City of
H. A. Hil
William Phips
Adventurer
Mildred Terrill
Mildred Edwards
Marguerite O. Leavitt
West Bath
John Larrabee
Jean Danforth
Bill Nye
Shirley
Moosehead
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sahoc
Bath, Me
F. D. Hill
Cashier
First National Bank OR
First National Bank of Bath
William S. Shorey
Harry J. Rich
Ann Eliza Rich
Joseph Winter
Gregg
New Meadows
Wiliam H. Brown
Nickerson
Reuben Rich
Mayo Wood
Deer Winter
William H. Brown
Mayo
George W. Jewett
Joseph Gallant
Joseph McCutcheon
Walter Kinsbury
Reuben H. Rich
BOROS
A. Wybya
Walter S. Glidden
John L. Jack
Register
Sagadahog
J. Haviland Torrey
Allan Spear
Annie Torrey
Walter
Glidden
Millard E. Trott
Carlton E. Trott
Alice L. Morse
Minnie M. Casey
Lillian T. Hume
John W. Hume
Francis Bowen
Sagadahoc, Ss
ED H. Thompson
Tate
Sagadahoe
Sagaeens
Independent
Maene
J. Arthur Stevens
John H. Stacey
Popham Beach
Hamiston
Parsons
TACO
East Boothbay
Wares
James C. Gilman
Wilora J. Gilman
Joseph D. Clancy
Fort Fairfield
Samuel R. Percy
Eva C. Tatro
Emma M. Footer
Desmond of
Muvec
Spey
Sagadahoc County
the Times CO
Eva Knowles
Eren Dana
Dahoc
Edward W. Bridgham
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