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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1931

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Evening Gossip and Notices

A Bath Daily Times retrospective from December 16 1891 notes Patten lodge K of P to confer Page and Esquire degrees this eve with city knights invited. Prof Wilsons orchestra will play for a Columbian hall Christmas dancing party. Grand jury work suggests little liquor business in Bath. Frank Norton returns to Swanton Jamesons. Hayden block snow slide. horses frightened but no damage. Ice storm coats yards making work hard. dangerous frost on stages. Custom house safe lock replaced after failure. old lock removed. J Frank Wetherbee heads to Velasco Texas to start blacksmith business. Frank Morse also in Texas building shop. Bath schooner Henry P Mason first vessel at port. Captain Percy plans to settle there. Sleighing good. milk men arrive on runners. High school dancing class opens under Prof Wilson. Kennebec in Boston. Roller skating opens at Alameda next week. poverty ball planned for Christmas Eve. Mason’s shop shod ninety five horses. forty-five in the morning. Smelt fishermen expect to work soon. Back River ice forming. Kennebec ice operations prepped with Knickerbocker Co moving 40 mules and Great Falls Co 15 horses. early ice 12 inches triggers operations.

J. Frank Wetherbee Velasco Texas Frank Morse Henry P. Mason Percy Capt Kennebec River Knickerbocker Co Great Falls Co

Temperance meeting and festive, late 1891 city notes

December 17 1891 reports a temperance meeting at City Hall eight below zero at sunrise patrols continue no arrests for drunkenness since last week Sagadahoc District lodge Good Templars to meet January 7 1892 topsham horse shearers busy after snow storm sleighing praised J W Wakefield William Rogers and E C Plummer on early train to Augusta dances postponed to Christmas night Patten lodge K of P Page Esquire ranks last evening Acadia lodge to confer Page and Esquire tonight First sleighing of season enjoyed by riders and children at Orphans Home planning New Year entertainment with dress rehearsal Hyde Light Guards visit to Damariscotta with concert drill ball and special Bath train polo opening at Alameda Christmas night Rockland team to play guards drill 18 men expected December 18 1891 window displays holiday dealers festive scenes Mayor Twitchell to Boston Polar Star lodge F and A M special meeting Edwin L Emmons G A R fair in Portland Phippsburg stage driver updates water pipe bursts Sagadahoc three months in Wiscasset tow to wintering port

Hyde Light Toamariscotta Philharmonie Club Bath Damariscotta

Bath notes of December 1891 local events and probate notices

The December 19 1891 column lists Christmas services Acadia lodge K of P balloting on three applications South End debating club eight hour system Peter Coughlin and Emeline Arsenault marriage intention County commissioners deadline December 26 Deering yard bilge streaks clamps flooring schooner to be completed in spring James McGovern leaves for Chicago for shipyard gifts received Christmas trade sluggish sleighing good Bath municipal court judge Nathan Coombs sworn in King Bridge Co contract for Merrymeeting bridge Wells drilled at Thompson Brook Fortnightly Club Greece lecture tickets limited Alameda skating and library holiday closings plus multiple notices of probate and public business including letters testamentary sworn statements and method of notice publication in Bath Independent

State OF Maine Sagadahoc J. Houghton McLellan Bath James S. Lowell Horace W. Swett A. D Arthur J. Dunton State OF Maine Walter S. Glidden Sagadahos Arthur B. Stearns Ednah Maria Stearns Bathnsald Said Bath National Bank of L. Theresa Moses Walter 8S Glidden Harry W. Moulton Bertha E. Moulton Ellie C. Coombs Natic Mass Walter S Edward W. Bridgham Sagadahogc John J. Keegan Bathn Independent Hiram L. Robinson Allen M. Robinson Waid Minor

Alameda Practice Aims To Replicate Famous Battle

Players practice ahead of Christmas night game at the Alameda against Port Lands and intend to elevate the record made famous by the original Alameda team in a lively showdown.

Alameda Portlands Alamedas

Giants Still Top List With the Shamrocks Close at Their Heels

The Giants remain first in last week's bowling standings with the Shamrocks close behind. The Torrey Roller Rushing Works team sits third and near the leaders. Olympias earned their first points, and observers forecast a climb, while the Big Brother movement in Auburn aims to reduce juvenile cases before the municipal court.

Giants Shamrocks Torrey Roller Rushing Olympias Auburn

Morse Minstrels Please Audience at Bath Sagadahoc

The long notice describes a petition by Fred E. Daggett executor of Ida M. Pierce’s estate in Bath seeking license to sell real estate to settle debts and expenses. It lists two Bath lots tied to Swanton deeds, estimates debts, legacies, and sale needs, and notes a $2800 offer. A probate order schedules a public hearing January 5, 1932, in Bath.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Fred E. Daggett Topsham Ida M. Pierce Bath Penn Theresa M. Williams H. W. Swanton John B. Swanton Court Street C. A. Corliss N. W Louisa M Mabel Coombs Court St Coombs Theresa M. W. Hathaway J. B. Swanton City of Corliss

Bath Bowlers Defeat Brunswick By Narrow Margin

Bath team from Park Alley league defeated Brunswick by 99 pins. Myer Canter led with 295 total and Whitey Lothrop added 289. Bath built an early lead, Brunswick narrowed it in second string, but Bath finished strong to win the match.

Local Resident Sells Property in Freeport to Neighbor

Rose F Murphy of this city sold her Freeport property to Lewis M Strout of that town. The transfer follows a private sale recorded in the recent real estate notices.

Rose F. Murphy Freeport Lewis M. Strout

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Patten Lodge K. of P Page Esquire Wilson Columbian Hall Grand Jury Frank Norton Swanton & Jameson's Hayden Block Custom House le Companion Kennebec Boston Messrs. Thompson and Leavitt C.H. Mason Back River Good Templars J. W. Wakefield William Rogers E. C. Plummer Augusta Columbian Prof. Ryser Frank Lightbody Mary A. Blake Patten Lodge K. of P Acadia Lodge Orphans’ Home Rockland Twitchell Polar Star Lodge F A. M Edwin L. Emmons Portland Phippsburg Ragerr Wiscasset Acadia Lodge K. of South End Peter Coughlin Emeline Arsenault Court House Deering James McGovern Chicago Nathan Coombs Francis Adams Joseph M. Hayes N. Cowdrey Wakefield King Bridge Co Cleveland Ohio Merrymeeting Bridge Alice Freeman Palmer Greece T. W. Hyde S. A. Hyde Riggs Malanl Vulour Beoreme William F. Dunham Winfield Joy Thomaston Auasta Edgar OC. Smith J. Ed Stinson Bangor American Express Co Temperance House Marshal Minott George S. Brown & Sons, Cawkers Donnell’s Yard Carrie A. Norton Delahanty New York M.W. Sewall Sapt Newhall Enfield Thompson's Brook Small Bath Lodge Good Templars Charles Perry Williams Bath Lodge John P. Carey of Alfaretta Marr Late John P. Carey Benjamin S Fred B. Haggett East Orange N. J Dorchester Elizabeth A. Haggett Ben, S Fred B. Cone Teddy Ham Park LPC Giants Eee Ee Eee Eens Shamrocks Pee Enter Waene Torreys Setae Eeede Eae Mechanics Ee Eeneee Eurekas Eee Weet Tee Ae Olympias Eee Eee Park Alley Poxe" Farrar Pete Oliver T. Ham Hewes Eae Farrar Saae Oliver Ater Ieee Eaes Sullivan Sete Frates Pulia Wees Philbrick Sean O'Brien MacDonald G. Coffin McDougall Feer Gilchrist F. Ham J. Miller R. Cornish Mullaney Ae Saladahoc Newapevey Rae Bailey Evening School June Rideout Lubee Whiting Cutler Road New Brunswick Nova Scotia New England Louis F. Bushway Bowdeinham Raymond A. Linneken Bushway Rawdoinham Carroll Mahoney John W. Mahoney Biddeford Gulf of Panama Propate Court Charles H. Borchers Salem Rockingham New Hampshire Etta F. Borchers Charlies H. Borchers Annie B. Garvin Epping, New Hampshire State of New Hampshire Attes William F. Dunham Morse Minstrels Roland Isabel Mackinnon Herbie Dido Carol Stevens Hope Rowe Jeannette Shackford Katherine Dinsmore Roberta Gordon Evelyn Trott Mary Kenney Margaret Austin Elizabeth Beth” Trott Miss Trott John H. Grindell Ada Greenblatt Elizabeth Trott Edith Meckinnon James Temple William Levin Cheser Leeman Bath Trust Co Bath Trust Company L. E. Thebeau Bath National Bank Front St City of Bath County of Sagadahoc F. D. Hill Cashier Bath, Me First National Bank OF Bath William S. Shorey Jennie M. B. Spinney J. Clifford Spinney Julia A. Watson Walter. S. Glidden Probte First National Ank of Henry A. Magoun First National Bank Coe John Stephens Woolwich Cora E. Stephens Herbert S. Stephens Marjorie S. Brodis Rockport William F. Duntam Alfred M. G. Soule Frances J. Gilmore Register Harry H. Robbins Ida May Robbins Walter Sidney L. Eaton Fred E. Tardif Mary S. Curtis Charles E. Trufant Grace E. Preble Arrowsic Mary A. Preble William F. Qunham Celia A. Hatch Mira F. Arnold F. Neagle Thomas P. Neagle Katherine F. Neagle Brunswick Brunswick Shorteben Enendseese Quinlan Renee Awe Eens Drapeau Ward Tae Teesas Stewart Bath IC Miller Tee Eennees Coffill Canter Lethrop McMann
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