Fortnight in Bath 1888 items from the Bath Daily Times
A December 1888 Bath Daily Times roundup reports on Bay Bridge pier repairs a turkey raffle at Water Street, Odd Fellows social, Bath Iron Works progress the New York steamer bed castings an electric light install at Andrews Hallet and city hall charity plans. It notes snow and ice impact on Back River fishing and local road work along Brunswick road with gas house progress and public talks at Central church.
Red Sox Lead Park Alley Race as Standings Tighten
The Red Sox top the Park Alley League by one game ahead of the Senators with the Cardinals in third two and a half back. Team records show Reed 80x and others with mixed marks while Les Plant leads individual averages at 97, followed by Oliver and Lothrop at 94.8.
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Red Sox
Senators
Cardinals
Reed
Eeae Es
Beratores Coo Eee
Wankees
Beee
Chiang LE Eens
CUBS
White Sox
Aden A
Braves
Les Plant
Pete Oliver
Whitey Lothrop
Francis Ham
City Service Quintet Triumphs Over Richmond at Wiscasset
City Service Cyclone of Wiscasset defeated Richmond’s Aces 57 to 38 at the Wiscasset hall. Mac McCabe led with 29 points supported by Louis Pooler 13 baskets and Hank Harrington, with strong defense and two guards Young and Melvin for Richmond. It was City Service’s third win in as many starts, with next matchup against Portland Boys' Club or a team led by Del Bissonette.
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Wiscasset
Spider Gerlion
Durand Aces
Wiscasset Hall
Bath A. C
Richmond
Young
Gardiner
Pushard
Melvin
Little Brothers
Bath
Carlton
Perkins
McCabe
Pooler
Harrington
City Service
Portland Boys’ Club
del Bissonette
Brooklyn
National League Baseball Star
Capt Angus McLeod Dies in West Somerville Massachusetts
Cap t Angus McLeod 79 longtime Bath seafaring man and former commander of Bath built schooners died in West Somerville Massachusetts after a long illness. He led vessels including Ellen M Golder Katie J Barrett George P Davenport Alice M Colburn and Wyoming and was friends with Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan. He married Bath native Alice Colburn and had two sisters. He collapsed after a fall while commanding the Wyoming in 1909.
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Angus McLeod
North Atlantic Seaboard
West Somerville
Mass
McLeod
Bath
Alice M. Colburn
Cape Breton
Ellen M. Golder
Adams & Hitchcock
Samuel R. Percy
Katie J. Barrett
William T. Donnell
George P. Davenport
Mr. Donnell
Capt. McLeod
Percy & Small
Governor Brooks
Wyoming
Brooks
Donald B. MacMillan
Maine
MacMillan
Wiscasset
Weathered streets and church sales marked Bath on December 13 1888
On Front Street Hon J H Kimball s horse slipped breaking a carriage bill. Sedgwick Relief Corps held a social with Mrs J W Johnson. Letter carrier Jordan lay ill replaced by Humphrey Owen and Victor Richardson. Workers dug a trench for a service pipe to Joseph Nichols store amid foot-deep frost. Charity sales for Wesley M E church and Grace church raised funds. E A Lawrence left for St Johnsbury VT to attend the New England conference. Public hydrant repair completed for winter. The Sedgwick Relief Corps fair is planned for February at the Alameda. Leonard Hines sprained his wrist after a fall on School Street. The Universalist society met Adams at High and South. The Kennebec ice condition closed for the season.
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Front Street
Joseph Nichols
E. A. Lawrence
St. Johnsbury
New England
Bath
New Petroleum Gas Process Under Test at Resorts
A new petroleum gas method connects resorts to a gas ometer using a compact superheating furnace with thirty two feet of iron tubing and a quarter inch jet feeding crude oil. The system has shown promising results and a larger steel boiler for the Marine Iron Works awaits testing once the frost subsides.
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Marine Iron Works
Cambridge Couple Arrive in Bath for Week with Oliver Family
Mr and Mrs Sidney Hardwick of Cambridge Massachusetts arrived Tuesday to spend a week in Bath with Mrs Hardwicks parents Mr and Mrs Frank S Oliver.
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Sidney Hardwick
Cambridge
Mass
Bath
Rotary Club Presents Substantial Gifts to Salvation Army
Bath Rotary Club at Hotel Phoenix noon meeting collects substantial offerings for Salvation Army Christmas work. A committee monitors the gifts, with Sheriff Henderson and Percy L. Nickerson handling the park Christmas tree report. The club also voted the Thanksgiving fund balance to aid Salvation Army Christmas efforts.
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Bath
Red Cross
Fred Hitt
Wilson
E. D. Hardin
England
Plymouth
Land's End
Seilly Islands
Penzance
St. Ives
Hardin
Leon H. Kelley
Brunswick
Probate Court Notice in Bath 1928 for Jennie Morse Estate
In Sagadahoc County Bath Court of Probate December 11 1928 executor Erwin A Morse presents final account for Jennie R Morse deceased. He must publish this order for three weeks in Bath Independent so interested parties may appear January 7 1929 at nine o clock to show cause why allowance should not be grain.
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State OF
Maine
West Bath
Sagadahoc
Jin Sald Town
A. C. Brown
Winneganee Road
Chas. Lee
J. H. King
Annie Huse
Crosby
Jas. Coombs
F. A
Bubier
Annie Perry
B. D. Sullivan
New Meadows River
FCO Pos ET
Jane Bunker
New Meadows
Jamesee
Sabine
Bath
Erwin A. Morse
Jennie R. Morse
Bath Independent
State OF Maine
Bagadahoc
Jennie Gertrude Silsby
Emma Gertrude Savage
Independent
Walter 8S
Glidden
A. D
Charles C. Low
Mary E. Richardson
Walter
Arthur J. Dunton
Mary E. Tarr
Harry W. Thebeau
Higgins, West Bath farmer, 78, dies after illness
Frederick A. Higgins of West Bath died Wednesday evening after about four weeks of illness with complications. He was born in West Bath to Simeon and Lydia Higgins. Survived by wife, son Osmond J. Higgins of Flint Michigan, daughters Mrs. Fred P. Ring of Topsham and Edna M. Higgins at home, three grandchildren John, David and Daniel Ring of Topsham.
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Frederick A. Higgins
West Bath
Mr. Higgins
Simeon
Lydia Higgins
Osmond J. Higgins
Flint
Mich
Fred P. Ring
Topsham
Edna M. Higgins
John
David
Daniel Ring
Obituary of Miss Elizabeth Packard in Bath and Lewiston
Miss Elizabeth Packard 69, longtime Bath housekeeper for Mrs. Narcissa Potter, died December 12 at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston after several weeks illness. Born in Norway she was daughter of James and Mary Keene Packard and attended Central church with Ladies Aid. Survived by three brothers A H Packard Lisbon Falls C M Packard Lawrence Mass and C M Packard Los Angeles and a cousin George Keene Lisbon.
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Elizabeth Packard
Narcissa Potter
Washington Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Bath
Central Church
Ladies Aid
Miss Packard
Norway
James
Mary Keene Packard
A. H
Fanny E Moulton Dies After Pneumonia in Roxbury
Mrs Fanny E Moulton 65 widow of Byron B Moulton died December 11 at her Carlton Street Roxbury home after a week of pneumonia She was born Fanny Melson of South Carolina and is survived by daughter Jennie Roxbury sons Carlton an artist of Roxbury and Frank of Arlington She was sister in law to Rufus D Moulton of Bath and visited often Carbondale Illinois reports a bloodstained coat found in the home of Victor Hundley tied to a murder investigation of his father and stepmother.
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Fanny E. Moulton
Byron B. Moulton
Carlton Street
Roxbury
Mass
Moulton
Fanny Melson
South Carolina
Jennie Moulton
Carlton
Frank
Arlington
Rufus D. Moulton
Bath
Carbondale
Ill
Victor Hundley
Massachusetts Wages Fall 20.3 Percent in November
State Labor department survey shows wages in Massachusetts dropped 20.3 percent in November from October while the workforce declined 4.4 percent. The report highlights a sharp monthly wage decrease amid broader employment changes.
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Boston
Masachusetts
State Labor Department
Inheritance Tax Hearing for Emma G Savage Estate
A probate court in Sagadahoc orders the executor Jennie Gertrude Silsby to publish notice of inheritance tax determination and a first and final account hearing for the Emma Gertrude Savage estate of Bath. The notice appears in Bath's Independent newspaper, calling interested parties to appear January 1, 1929 at nine o'clock.
Probate Court Notices from Sagadahoc 1928
Court orders in Sagadahoc Maine publish three weeks in Bath Independent. Executors/Lawyers publish notice for final accounts of Mary E Richardson and Mary E Tarr. Court to hear objections at Bath Probate Court on January 1, 1929.
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Odd Fellows
Kelley & Spear's
J. W. Phillips
Taunton
New York
Andrews Hallet
J. F. Hayden
W. H. Emerson
Marcus Houghton
Springfield
Bath Iron Works
Rebekah
Hunnewell'’s Point
John H. Stacey
Frank P. Wildes
City Hall
A. F. Dunnells
Georgetown
Odd Fellows Hall
Canton King
Brook
Portland
Gen. Hyde
Iron Works
Old Ladies
A. G. Page, Jr
Henderson
R. Page Donnell
A. Frederic Dunnells
Sedgwick Relief Corps
C. W. Clifford
Back River
Charles Wolfe
Newcastle
John M. Glidden
Kennebec
Howard Spear
Supreme Judicial Court
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Elm Street
Nellie T. Morse
Hawley's Yard
Brunswick Road
House Highway
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Lincoln Lodge
F. E. Berry
Beverly Farms
J. S. Berry
Charles H. Hooper
Foote Bros
S. S. Pierce & Co
Big Fancy Grocers
Universalist
Joseph M. Hayes
R. D. Bibber
Charles Maxwell
J. W. Savage
Bibber
Charles Hooper
Nathan Stiles
N. W. Ham
Granville C. Greenleaf
Plant
Oliver
Lothrop
First National Bank OF Bath
William S. Shorey
Bath, Mo
Bath, Me
F. D. Hill
Cashier
William W. Poss
Sagadnahoe
William F Dunham
Maryindenherr
Jacon Lindenberg
Sapadahoc
Naan Bare Aueier
William F. Dunham
Mee
Gardner
Rf Young
Jackson
T. Little
P. Little
Scasset
Brewer
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Eel
Stover
Capt
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New York City
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South Street
Jane Killian
Roland F. Hill
Lincoln Street
Belvidere
N. J
J. J. Provencher
Buffalo, N. Y
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Charles F. Rideout Heirs
Milan Street
Coleman Fraser
Alton, Elizabeth
Joseph L. Russell
Kelley
Ray Han Ances
Alton
Arthur E. & Elizabeth
Holbrook
Lozier
Marjorie Bailey
Atkins
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Dinsmore
Western Avenue
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S. D. Thompson
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Chesley Hutchins
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Edna L. Jacques
Pratt Street
Fred L McFadden
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McNeil Or Smith
Abel Allen
Oy Realty Co
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Contemplated Street
Emily J Morse
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John H. Mallett
Sue John J., & Joanna
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Alfie Jacobs
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Napoleon A Save
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Scott R
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Charles H. Oliver
Thomas M. Baker
Haile
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Maude W
Sanford
High Street
Charles A. Corliss
Tarbox Street
Wanee
Etena Yee Hale, Hugh
North Street
Melvina London
McKay Park
Hannigen Nellie
Janet 8Ine
Oak Street
Coombs Harmon
Julia A
Maurice McKay
William E. Webster
Elsinore Real Estate Company
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Elizabeth M
Rideout Heirs
Prospect Street
Maxfield
Pearl E
Belle L. Savage
Nancy E. Hunt
Perry, Oliver
Oliver Eee
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Nathaniel Donnell
Luke Lombard
Reuben Rich
Lilly Pond
Lazarus Farrin
McGovern
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Lot
McGregor
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Fannie M Mooers
Somerset Place
Louise
Puller Moran
Susan A
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Deliste
Orrs Pettengill
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Kimball Bros. Company
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Varney
Rogers
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Jennie Ebber
White
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Vvseerterere True
Norman
Enens Neeens Aa
Pease Ee
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Ward H
G Estate Ded
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Washi Eee
J. H. Kimball
J. W. Johnson
Russell Street
Jordan
Humphrey Owen
Victor Richardson
Wesley M. E. Church
John Gage
Ladies and Society of Grace Church
Lawrence
Middle Street
South and
Russell
Water Works
Alameda
Leonard Hines
School Street
Universalist Society
High and
Rotary Club
Salvation Army
Phoenix
William F. Dunitm
Gliddlin