Forty Years Ago in Bath Reminiscences and Events
A Bath, Maine chronicle notes Col Frank W Hawthorne arriving from Florida and a false alarm fire response sparked by church bells. It mentions Capt Willis recovering from an abscess, a gas pipe leak mistaken for fire, a Bath hotel reunion, a Roman Catholic wedding at St Mary's Church uniting Martin Rafferty and Mary Burke, a Bath alderman ill with a cold, and local social events including a Canton King Patriarchs Militant sociable with an oyster supper and plans for a uniform dress ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. F. Church
Canton King Patriarchs Militant
Perkins
Alimeda
Local G A R Encampment Return and Town Notices
Jan 27 1887 Gen James Aall attends G A R encampment in the city then leaves on the morning train Mrs Davis Hatch travels to Boston for a two to three week visit Pullman train carries veterans home John Foote American Express driver ill with severe cold George Perrin drives the team Bath lodge Good Templars to meet Jan 28 Sagadahoe Fish and Game Society to elect officers Dr C A Packard Bath hosts meeting Sixteenth anniversary of Popham Lodge Good Templars with speeches music and refreshments Jan 28 Miss Mary Pray home from Colby ferry Union operated by Robert Shea due to illness George Gowell ill Bath Sagadahoe District lodge meeting with Bath lodge Alva Vanderbilt offer refused February 10 wedding planned Richard Emery Goodwin of Boston to Clara Patten of Bath.
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Popham Lodge
Good Templars
Thomas Stevens
Lodge
Stevens
John McQuarrie
Leonard Percy
George PP
Davenport
William H. Bull
Emma E. Dow
George T. Davenport
Richard Emery Goodwin
Boston
Clara Maria Patten
Local Plattsmouth Notes Jan 29 1887 Clam Stew Plans and Rail Excursions
Jan 29 1887 reports visiting dignitaries, a Senators club ride planned to Adams to discuss a clam stew, and Winthrop whistle testing at New England Tree Works. A Lewiston incident has a man run over by a train and a sleigh accident injures Elbridge Cornish. Knox & Lincoln Railroad to designate Saturdays as excursion days, Sagadahoe Fish and Game meeting postponed, hunters report abundant rabbits, and a 12 year old boy counseled by Judge Millay after a hockey scare.
Winter hay weighed records and varied local notices
January 31 1887 notes include a basket sociable at Acndia lodge tomorrow and the largest winter hay load weighed on city scales. Yard work begins on a large schooner for Norman Munro of New York, while a New England yard hull frames the light draught steamer Winthrop for repair. Sagadahoe District Good Templars hold annual session with Bath lodge four lodges represented. officers elected and installed. Bank Examiner Richards and Nellie Gibbs are mentioned among other city items and a regular monthly City meeting is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Good Templars
Center Street
District Lodge
New England Company
Norman Munro
New York
Cutar G Iernace
Bath and area clubs host events and court meets
Tomorrow night Bath hosts a basket sociable and dance at Adcadia lodge hall with K P members. The Probate Court held its February session today with considerable business transacted. Bath Gas Light Co. plans its annual meeting next Saturday afternoon at Charles Davi enport’s office. A dancing school opened last evening in Union hall under Brooks and Savage with about a dozen couples.
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The
Bath Gas Light Co
Charles Davienport
Messrs. Brooks and Savage
Union Hall
Maine Health Chief Praises Red Cross Seals Efforts
Dr Cher ence Kendall Maine state health commissioner cites low tuberculosis deaths in Maine the lowest east of the Mississippi due to Red Cross Christmas Seals. He notes 1925 deaths from heart trouble 1864 and 1041 cancer deaths in age groups past 60 while infant mortality declines and road casualties total two in motorcycle incidents and 70 or so auto crashes.
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Maine
Mississippi River
Cherence FL Kendall
Hearh
Shearday
Kendall
Red Cross
Notte
P Nen- Mwonia
Speaking of Food in Old Expressions Narrates Metaphors
An overview of food based idioms in English from The Mentor. It traces how eat related terms like eat one’s heart out fret gnaw Worry and bite shape phrases from Chaucer Shakespeare and common slang illustrating the enduring appetite metaphor across time. It notes worm fretting garments and remorse from bite origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaucer
Beth
State BPW President Miss Chase Set for Radio Address
Miss Margaret M. Chase of Skowhegan will broadcast from Station WCSH in Congress Square Hotel Portland at 7 40 p m February 7. The 15 minute talk on The Purposes and Ideals of the Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs aims to inform members and nonmembers about BPW activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Chase
Skowhegan
Miss Chase
WCSH
Congress Square Hotel
Portland
Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
BPW
Creditors Meeting Set for Bankrupt Alexander Spear
Referee William T. Hall notifies creditors of Alexander O. Spear of Warrer that he was adjudicated bankrupt. First meeting to be held at Knox county courthouse at 57 o clock to examine Spear prove claims appoint a trustee and transact business.
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William T. Hall
Alexander O. Spear
Warrer
Lee
Knox County Court House
Spear
Comanche the Cavalry Horse Remains at Kansas Museum
The 1868 purchase horse Comanche, a field mount for Captain Myles W. Keogh, survived Custer’s Massacre. Wounded seven times at Little Bighorn, he was nursed to health, honored by General Orders, and later mounted at the University of Kansas Museum where his life-like statue endures.
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St. Louis
United States
Seventh Regiment
Hills
Kansas
Myles W. Keogh
Comanche
Cimarron
Keogh
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Dakota Territory
George AA. Custer
Custer
Big Horn
Little Big Horn
Aolan
Ef. 1
Nowhin
Hack
Herbert E. Smith
United States Army
Commanche
Nowlan
Far West
Bismarck
Garry Owen
Army Veterinary Corps
I Troop
Sturgis
E. H. Garlington
Seventh
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Riley
Oll
Dyehe
University of Kansas At Lawrence
University of Kansas
Nowlin
Kansas University
Dyche
Lawrence
Chicago
KF. Os. Godfrey
Absurd Weather Forecasts and a Maine Insurance Note
The Weather Bureau rejects predictions tying future weather to key dates led by January and March lore. The article notes overlapping periods and perpetual rain risks, citing St. Swithin and Groundhog Day myths, then transitions to a Maine history note about Sir William Phipps life project and a Sagadahoc Mutual Fire Insurance financial statement dated 1926.
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Weather Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Othe
Candlemins
St. Swithins
St. Peter's
St. Medard’s
Nash
Sagadahoc Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Bowdoinham
Maine
Women in Industry as Seen by Survey
The Women’s Bureau reports wage earning Mississippi women vary by industry. Candy factories and five and ten stores show most workers under 30, while mercantile and men’s clothing employ older women. white and Black workers differ in age and marital status. Median weekly earnings favor higher pay in general mercantile and higher hours raise concerns about working conditions and facilities. Nehemiah Poynton will speak at Portland Congregational club in February.
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Women's Bureau
U. 8 Department of Lebor
Mississippi
General Mercantile
Negra
Missiaspi
Sis
Mearty
Duches Stes
Women’s Bureau
Maine Probate Court Appoints Administrator for Miller Estate
Emma A. Miller of Woolwich petitions in Sagadahoc County Probate Court to appoint an administrator for the estate of Herbert T. Miller who died January 2. The widow contends and heirs include Wisley and Shuvsil Miller and Almondell Miller of Malden Massachusetts. The court orders notice and a hearing set for February 8, 1927 in Bath.
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State OF Maine
Sneadahoe
Emma A. Miller
Woolwich
Herbert T. Miller
Ty Wats
Sail
Sagadatioc
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF
Maine
Sagadahioc
Bath
Sandahoc
Earl County
Walter S. Glidden
Mainf Sagadahou
Ss. Atoa
Sagadahoc
Bath Trust Company
Susan J. Bailey
Darth Sater
Sagadaloc
Sagadahoe
Leonard HW. Gibson
Irobate
Walter
Glidden
Shifting Ownership of Land Block to Forestry Gains Note
Col. W. B. Greeley of the Forest Service says changing land ownership patterns hinder forestry but show a trend toward stability. He cites private holdings as the main obstacle and notes progress by states, with New York and Pennsylvania expanding state forests and parks. Public fire prevention cooperation improved amid severe droughts and fires.
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Col
W. B. Greeley
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Shief
United States
Duubertmen
Mr. Greeley
Manymbertioen
Tinker Grange
New York
Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Frank W. Hawthorne
Florida
Capt. Willis
Bath Hotel
William F. Sanford
Washington Street
Lewiston
St. Mary's Church
Mr. O'Brien
Martin W. Rafferty
Providence
R. T
Mary FB. Burke
McEllroy
Sarah Burke
Nuprint Wiss
Willow Street
Rafferty
N. FE. Iron Works
George M. Shepard
Fisq
South Street
Board of Aldermen
Henry Hall
New York Tribune
Sarah V. Ricker
J. W. Houghton
Winthrop
Bath Tron Works
Charles
Harrington
James A. Aall
G.A.R
Iythis City
Davis Hatch
Fred Paine
Facie Iees
John Foote
American Express Company
George Perrin
Mr. Foote
Sagadahoe Association For the Protection of
C. A. Packard
Is&t
Robert Shea
Union
George Gowell
Sagadahoe District
Frank Freeman
Vanderbilt
Alva
Tlewellyn Oliver
Georgetown
Morrell
Adams
New England Tree Works
Thomas Biggins
Western Union
Elbridge Cornish
Auburn
Main Street
the Journal
Cne
Morse Yard
George A. Brown
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Sagadahoe Fish and Game Association
Woolkinch
Phippsburg
James Purington
Officer True
Walter Russell
Marshal Crocker
Judge Millay
Acndia Lodge, SR. of
William Rogers
J. R. Kelley
Howard Spear
Dunlap Commandery
IK. T
Boston Opera Company
Lotus Club
the Alameda
Lodge of Good Templars
Bath Lodge No
Popham
Merrymeeting
Shining Light
D.T
Baker
D.C
J. F. Dow
D.V.T
A. W. Partngton
BE. W. Brand
A. J. Blaisdell
M. C. Shea
Treas
P. K. Oliver
D.M
A. A. McDonald
C. W. Frye
D.G
FE. W. Pyate
John McKiever
C. W. Longley
G.C.T
G.M
Richards
Miss
Nellie “Gibbs
Waltham
Ian A
Council
Accadia Lodge
K. of P
Bath Light Infantry
Mieorge A. Brown
New Jingland Shipbuilding Co
N.C. Gielstrup
John Tallman
J. M. Fuller
Porthind
Aummni of Westbrook Seminary Association
Preble House
Universalist Literary Ab
Francis Adams
Scott Street
Vna
Abe
G. W. Hunt
Horse
E. H. Sturgis
Montana
Maine Histories Society
H.O. Thayer
the Times
Sir William Phipps
Society
Costello P. Hall
Farmington, Conn
Joseph Hecht
Albert Henderson
Nehemiah Poynton
Five Islands
Congregational Club of
Mer
Boynton
World Alline
Emma A, Miller
William F. Dunstam
Sageacahoe
Namuars
Charles J. Brown
Warriett
Sant County
Wirlers
William F. Dunham
William
Dunilam
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