Forty Years Ago in Bath Items from the Bath Times
The Bath Times column recounts events from 1884 including I Houghton McLellan’s twenty first birthday gift of a gold watch, a dog fight incident, a severe blood poisoning case of Joseph Green, and an auction on Chestnut Street with furniture sells. It notes the Knox & Lincoln Railroad directors and officers, Bath and Maine coastal happenings, a Powell Street sale, a charity fair with booths, bouquets, and a fortune teller wigwam, a polo match between Bath teams, a Lemont Hall race results, shipyard work on the Cumberland, and visits by Lewiston firefighters and Boston-bound officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Street
Rufus Lombard
West Bath
John TH. Schottler
Elm Street Society Holds Annual Fair and Levee
December 1 1884 Elm Street Society joined church groups in hosting a well attended annual fair and levee. Tables run by local ladies offered dining fruit candy corn balls and fancy goods with substantial volunteer help from Rev. T P White Mrs Augusta Arnold and others. Also notes of a Universalist dance organizers and a Nova Scotia visitor seeking his long‑lost father.
Universalists Open Annual Fair at City Hall
On December 12 1884 the Universalist annual fair opened at City Hall after clearing weather. Grace Bartlett and Annie Harris held the book and 500 names were sought at ten cents a chance, most of them already taken. Mrs L L Greene Mrs Howard Spear Miss Emma Moses and Belle Shaw supervised tables and a smaller table stood at the hall’s lower end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Harris
Tenie Shannon
Katie Frazier
Lillie Welch
Miss Coombs
Nettie Lilly
Tallie Hoffman
Lulu Higgins
Margie Adams
May Smith
Lena Paris
Minnie Millay
Clara Adams
Cadie Trill
Trith Moulton
Grace Bartlett
Madge Fogg
Josie Ham
Lizzie Ham
Annie Given
Gertie Greenleaf
Lada Preull
Hl. TL. Trowse
A. G. Brown
William A. Pield
William A. Field
Nathan Stiles
John H. Wisgin
Frank Eaton
Thomas McFadden
Frank Haton
John Bartlett
Chance
May Thunt
Mina Hooper
J. A. Andrews
Myra Spear
Hattie Reed
R. O D. Bibber
Clc
Greene Teaf
May Field
Universalists
City Hall
L. L. Greene
Howard Spear
Emma Moses
Belle Shaw
Universalist Pair draws crowds with prizes at Dec 13 event
December 13 1884 attendance high at Universalist Pair with prize drawings led by G C Greenleaf and John R Knowlton. Quilts rugs and a large doll given away, floor cleared for dancing, and local residents involved in organizing contests and later plans for a new hall at Day's Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
Messrs
G. C. Greenleaf
John RR. Knowlton
Lewiston club loses to home team in tight polo rink contest
A December 15, 1884 crowd watched the Lewiston W. H. Tvs fall 3 to 0 in a 24 minute league game at the rink. Lewiston players Stevens Murch Bates Furbish Durgin Winship contributed, with Durgin the one armed player, Guthrie and Will Leydon among features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Tvs
Lewiston
Lewistons
Stevens
Murch
Bates
Furbish
Durgin
Winship
Alamedas
Guthrie
Will Leydon
Sedgwick Post G A R Opens Annual Fair at Alameda
The Sedgwick Post G A R opened its annual fair at the Alameda with clear weather and large attendance. Tables lined the rear and front of the rink hosting candy, fancy, cake and dining items presided by numerous local women. A guess cake weighed 3 pounds 13 ounces and was split among Turner family members. A pole height contest and chance draws added amusements. One year ago the Emmet Literary Association formed and presented Colleen Bawn to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick Post G. A. R
Alameda
G. A. Field
Hiram Turner
EB. O T. Turner
Turner
Emmet Literary Association
Colleen Bawn
Ireland
Bath National Bank Stockholders Meeting Notice
The Bath National Bank will hold its annual stockholders meeting at 40 Front St Bath Maine on Tuesday January 13 1925 at 2 PM. Directors for the ensuing year will be elected and other legal business may be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sacadahoc
State of Maine
First National Bank
First National Bank of
Bath
Maine
William S, Shorey
Sagadahoc
Saradahoc
Cora A. Corliss
Ida E. Fugley
James S. Lowell
Bath Theatre Cast Stars In Second Reading Of Play
A Bath audience enjoyed a second presentation of a staged drama with a large cast led by Mr. Hughes the comedian whose brogue and makeup drew praise. The production included Hardress Cregan Kyrle Daly Lowry Looney and others with Miss M McManius Miss Kate Delahanty and Ann Chute among the performers. In the interval the play The Christening was highlighted by the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Mud
Bath
Hardress Cregan
C.K. Higgins
Danny Maron
T. HH. Clark
Mr. Daly
Nugent Kyrle Daly
J. J. VY. Burket
Hector Creagh
Neagle
Lowry Looney Ceoese
J. W. Hughes
Mihit O'Connor
KE. Callaghan
Phil Naughton
J. Sullivan
Wila Mulligan
Ann Chute
Kate Delahanty
Molly Naughton
M. Mahany
Hughes
Animal life on moon hints at seasonal changes observations
Harvard expert Professor W Ote Vickering from Paevard discusses ideas that the moon may host life and even seasonal changes. He notes rapid growth of markings on the lunar surface and compares apparent weather to internal moisture, with vegetation development believed to vary by lunar regions and illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ote Vickering
Paevard
Tropics
Nile Vidley
Moon
Miburs
Noah Webster letter reveals plans to revise dictionary in England
A hitherto unpublished 1823 letter attributed to Noah Webster discusses his long effort to compile a complete American dictionary and his plan to travel to England next summer to revise and complete the work, noting limited finances and other related writings.
Webster seeks dictionary pricing and repayment plan
In a personal note, Noah Webster contemplates selling his dictionary in bound volumes for 1.2 dollars or in sheets for 80 cents per sheet. He states twenty six years of labor and costs around 380000 dollars and hopes to reimburse himself and honor advances from friends, else face subsistence in old age. He asks readers to convey regards to Mrs. W. and friends.
Middle aged women vanish from stage and fiction
A London Mail essay argues middle aged women are disappearing from society and art as fashion and culture favor youth. It notes declines of the traditional dowager and aging heroines, with references to Whistler and Manet and calls for women to retain vitality while balancing expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzroy Stewart
London Mail
Tuis
Whistler
Manet
Ted
Dalzac
Pomme de ‘Trente Ams
Gue Peeress
Mir
Maine Below Quota in Near East Relief
Maine residents donated to Golden Rule Sunday for Near East Relief with wide town participation but State Director William Mort Jessup says the total falls far short of Maine’s winter quota. He urges continued support as the relief work centers on helping children and asks donors to maintain involvement beyond Golden Rule Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
William Mort Jessup
Thas
Jessup
Golden Rule Sunday Aims to Boost Maine Fund Drive
The article notes famine in Maine and the need for more money through the Winter. It anticipates that interest in Golden Rule Sunday will trigger generous contributions to the headquarters office in the next two weeks, helping Maine reach its target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Wind tunnel aids aircraft in compressed air tests
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics prepares to use a new variable density wind tunnel at Langley Field Virginia to study aerodynamics. The 35 by 15 foot chamber can reach 20 times atmospheric pressure and records data on wing lift and overall resistance to improve airplane controls and reduce accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aero- Amilities
Langley Field
Qdeehire
Aephine
Men Seek Work Replace Harvest Hands in West Fields
In the West harvest season, many former harvest hands travel by various autos seeking actual work. A shift has occurred as men desiring real labor move into harvesting areas while others pretend to work.
Seed scatterers sow perennial greens along roadside
An old naturalist carried acorns and planted them, inspiring a modern seed scattering society. Members pledge to plant perennial seeds yearly to enrich roadside flora and naturalize wild woods. Also note Sunday Island in the Pacific is described as the tallest mountain rising DAW feet from water, nearly 30 000 feet to the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Island
Pacific
Maine Probate Notice of Mary E Jewett Estate Real Estate
Eleanor M. Haeggett Admx of Mary E Jewett's Bath estate seeks probate for multiple Bath parcels Lot 2 Lot 1 Lot 3 and Lot 21 Homestead Park with paths and stakes described by John A Jones Plans and Sagadahoe Registry deeds. Debts estimated at 250.07 dollars plus administration costs and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Saccadahoc
Eleanor M. Haegett
Boothbay Harbor
Mary FE. Jewett
Bath
Mary EF. Jewett
Homestead Park
John A. Jones
C. E
Sagedahee
C. F
C. T
Savadakoc
John A. Tones
Stoadahoe
Boolef
Lemont Street
Rath
Path
Near East Relief appeal funds urged in Maine drive
Maine donors urged to back Near East Relief to fund three million meals for orphan children before Christmas. The drive seeks guarantees for meals and pledges to cover November shortfalls after a $100000 borrowing to sustain relief work from Smyrna disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Near Mast
Smyrna
Yousand
Iso
Sileaidaamrters
Alderman M Cabe Becomes a Detective in State Appointment
The article notes Alderman M Cab e named detective by the governor and council. Sheriff candidate McCuire is displaced, with Hew appointed to succeed Sheriff Wilbur, and Deputy Sheriff Chestert Arderton to fill the vacancy as terms expire in Die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ato
Chester TL
Bath
Sceer
Tories
McCuire
Sherif Wilbur
Chesterl Aderton
Fire crews quell alarm at Maine machine shop blaze
Driver Everett Green and Combination No. 2 tackled a five alarm blaze on Thursday morning at a machine shop on Beacon Street. General Albert Greenkin notes Maine National Guard officers and 2500 enlisted men as best equipped in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Green
Combination No. 2
Beacon Street
Albert Greenkin
Maine
National Guard
Mien Ois
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The
Bath Times
Houghton McLellan
Augurus Percy
Joseph Green
J. G. Richardson
Senate
KE. T. Willis
Porgie
Falcon
Phippsburg
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
John T. Berry
Edmund Wilson
FL T Low
Cy A. Coombs
Wittn
Ludwig
William A. Tield
Charles L. Turner
Rockland
Francis Cobb
Roekland
George W. Kimball
K. O'Brien
Thomaston
Edwin O. Clark
Waldobore
WL Chapman
Damariscotta
Addie Harvey
Hortense Ominons
May Silsby
Alamedias
Wtlts
Altimedas
Vaughn
Perry
Eddie Vaughn
Frank Haggett
W.H.T
W. H. Thomas
Neal
KF. H. Kimball
J. S. Ballou
Ala
Médas
Lemont Hall
Brunswick
John Norris
Jesse Savage
Frank Green
Jed Smith
Norris
Green
Moody
Cumberland
New England Ship Building Cows Yard
Porthimd
HT. J. Estes
Fred Tarr
HW. Ee. Stetson
Boston
Pullman
Stamford
Salem
J. . Hewey
York County
Mareia
Tod Dunning
Ween
John Leydon
Frank Guthrie
Elm Street Society
Minnie Preble
Fannie Grassey
Winnie Durgin
Alice
Annie Tunham
Estelle Coombs
Eliza Perry
T. .E. Brown
Jennie Purington
Belle Curtis
Jennie Haggett
William T. Donnell
Purington
Gussie Donnell
Carrie Haggett
Gertrude Soule
Josie Dunton
Hattie Mayers
Nan Coombs
T. PF. White
Augusta Arnold
J. TF. Dunham
Martha Smith
T. FE. Brown
John McDonald
Harry Purington
J. J. Purington
Harry Stetson
T. W. Howard
Oliver Moses
TL. Barton, Esq
Bath High School
William Tanzell
Nova Scotia
Edward Street
Charles McLellan
G. H. Dodgkins
Th. Maxwell
Wiliam SL. Page's
W. W. Mason
William Crockett
Bertie S. Tharris
Jennie May Whitmore
Lizzie Cavandough
John H. Raymond
Lizzie Webster
Walter Turner
Messrs Brooks
Channell
H.W. Howard
Warry Stetson
George Thistle
Dunning
Willie Leydon
Times Office
Charlestown
Mass
George Farrin
California
Toston
AL Thwing
Frank Whittum
Ellen Hlathorne
Lauran Palmer
Alice Jackson
Alice Upton
Millie Moulton
Margie Foote
Enma Parner
Water and May Frazier
Jennie Silsby
Josie Thi
Madge Reed
Lizzie Stover
Rath Terbox
Alfie Jordan
Leapence Lion Hoffman
Abbie Maton
Jennie Macullion
Mrs. Dunning
Pond
Mrs. Howse
A. C. Stacy
A. S. Parris
Frank Shepard
Brown
Walker Getchell
Ida Shaw
Annie Getchell
Eva Bloom
Lulu Trull
Lertie Wiggin
Fred Reed
Bath, Me
F. D. Hilt
Cashier
Arthur HH
Anna B. Kateon
Arthur H. Kateon
William PF. Dunstam
Animal Life ON Moon
Harvard
Prof
Pickering
Noah Webster
United States
Paghand
John Stuart Thompson
Jers City
Charles R. Webster
Noah
Mer. ‘Thomson
New Bina
New Thiven
Engeland
Albany
Webster
Skinner
Isabel B. Wiley
Sagadehoe
Levi S. Wiley Late
Poth
Sapahee
Isabel Bo Wooley
William PL Dunitam
Arthur FL
Maxfield
Savadahoe
Thomas J. Oliver
Arthur Pb. Maxfield
Wheledam FL
Dunham
Dilis
Sia Ong
Trobate
William F. Dunstam
Ruth P. W. Tarbox
Augusta Fisher Work
Iayvine
Sail
ES S. Lowell
Attes William F. Dunham
Sail County
WILLIAM _F. DUNHAM
Marion
Elizabeth M. Luce
Shte
Flfanor M. Waggett
A. D
Udge
F. Dunham
Sagadahoe
Fannie R. Turtlefield
Fitchburg
Massachusetts
Albert T. Grasso
Fannie R. Littlefield
Fitchburg, Mass
Therin
Annie
Em. Hogan
Justice At the Peace
Pez
Said
William F. Dunham
Atte William F. Dunham
Register
Near East Relief
M’cabe
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
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