Forty Years Ago in Bath Sifts from 1894 Files
Read through Bath Daily Times items recounting December 19 and 20, 1894. Notes include court attendance by Leslie C. Cornish of Augusta, a postponed Winnegance dance due to a death, Bragg's finger amputation recovery, and Thomas-ton station agent McCurdy visiting Bath. Ship news covers the schooner William Slater discharging 200 tons coal and Apphia and Amelia loading oak for a new steamer. Local feats include smelt fishing by Harry Savage and Ray Powers.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Patten Lodge to Confer Second Degree at Castle Hall
December 21 1894 Patten Lodge will confer the second degree at Castle hall this evening. The tug boat Adelia passed yesterday morning near Swan Island busily breaking up rough ice. Captain Jonathan Pinkham an old river pilot died this morning at his home on Blond Street funeral Sunday at 12 oclock. Christmas Day dinner for Bath poor children by Thompson Bros at the Y M C A about 100 names on the list. Officer William Crocker night police received two unique horn designs made of buffalo and mountain sheep horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelia
Swan Island
Jonathan Pinkham
Old River Pilots
Blond Street
Bath
Thompson Bros
William Crocker
Night Police
Montana
Seis Bates
Bates
Boy Aw
Local changes and transit mishaps mark December 22, 1894
Mr Cruikshank, former Snow farm proprietor, buys Hunt house in Winnegance and plans to reside. An early morning carriage accident injures nothing serious. An 11 o clock train collision damages cars and platform at the depot. Nequasset water pumping to begin and grout turbulence explained. Miss Johnsons Kindergarten holds a Christmas tree event with gifts and flowers for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cruikshank
Harding's
William Hunt
Winnegance
Skating and community notices from the city scene
Ponds offer excellent skating nearby while the W C T U shifts its meeting to Wednesday. Thompson Brook pumping station’s final coal cargo is shipped. Foote and Sparks install steam pipes in Safe Deposit block. plastering starts Wednesday. Marine National Bank directors elect Joseph M. Hayes as vice president. Grace church choir plans Christmas carols at cashier Hill’s residence with 15 stops and 25 to 30 voices. George Boulanger’s horse and carriage vanish after leaving outside John O Patten’s residence, leading to a perilous encounter with a midnight train.
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Grace Church Choir
Cashier Hill
George Boulanger
John O. Patten
North Street
Hursenail
Door Parade and Bank Renovation Highlight City Scene
A coupe’s starboard door was torn away but the horse calmly proceeded through a closed door. Meanwhile the Marine National bank shows progress with new tiles and carpenters finishing work. Workers set large window frames and will place mahogany counters and fixtures next week.
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Marine Railway
Marine National Bank
Reverend Charles W. Williams Dies at 84 in Georgetown
Funeral services for Rev. Charles W. Williams 84 native of Georgetown and pastor emeritus of Becket Baptist church were held in Georgetown Baptist Church. He died January 17 in Pittsfield Mass after a long illness. Survived by nephews and nieces, wife and daughter predeceased him. He was ordained in 1884 after attending Bates College and Newton Theological Seminary. Burial in Georgetown. He served Becket 14 years and earlier led churches in Middleboro West Townsend and Barnstable.
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Charles W. Williams
Georgetown
Baptist Church of
Walter Schoepfer
Mr. Williams
Becket Baptist Church
Pittsfield
Mass
Becket
Middleboro
West Townsend
Barnstable
Bates College
Newton Theological Seminary
Williams
Ezra F
Margaret Clifford Emmons Williams
Newton Theological School
Bath
Walter E. Taylor
John Williams
John Thibodeau
Verne Denico
South China
Henry Albers
Andover
Funeral for Eugene H. Orne Held in Woolwich
Eugene H. Orne 61 retired Maine Central worker died of a heart attack Thursday morning at his daughter Mrs. Alphonse Cookson’s Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich home. Funeral conducted Saturday at Nequasset Baptist Church with Rev. Walter W. Swank officiating. Burial at Edgecomb. Survived by daughter and a son Merle Orne of Topsham.
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Eugene H. Orne
Maine Central
Alphonse Cookson
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Nequasset Baptist Church
Walter W. Swank
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Edgecomb
Orne
Mr. Orne
Damariscotta
New Road
Merle Orne
Topsham
Margaret Cullinan Dies After Christmas Eve Heart Attack
Mrs. Margaret Manning Sutherland Cullinan, 57, niece of Mrs. John E. Fitzgerald of Bath, died Christmas morning at Augusta General Hospital after a heart attack during a St. Mary’s Catholic church choir service. Survived by husband Michael Cullinan, daughter Mrs. Claude Arata, and sister Mrs. Thomas Coughlin, all of Augusta. Funeral at St. Mary’s Church Thursday at eight, burial in Bath family lot.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Augusta
Margaret Manning Sutherland Cullinan
John E. Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Bath
Augusta General Hospital
William
Katherine Manning Sutherland
Michael Cullinan
Claude Arata
Thomas Coughlin
St. Mary’s Church
Funeral for Joseph Johnson Held at Brunswick Home
The service took place Thursday afternoon at two o clock at the Johnson residence on Brunswick road with Rev. Harley A. Shattuck of Beacon Street church officiating. Bearers were Alfonso Burnham Leroy Burnham Charles Doyle and Osman Higgins. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Miss Mary K Kenney, a Nasson Institute student, is visiting with her parents at 23 Bath street and will return to Nasson January 6. Opening of Swan Island Game Preserve trapping to exterminate vermin runs Dec 22 1934 to Mar 1 1935 with restrictions and required fur records to be filed by April 5 1935.
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Joseph Johnson
Brunswick Road
Harley A. Shattuck
Beacon Street
Alfonso Burnham
Leroy Burnham
Charles Doyle
Osman Higgins
Oak Grove
Mary K. Kenney
Nasson Institute
Springvale
Russell L. Kenney
Bath Street
Nasson
Swan Island
Sagadahoc
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game
Kennebec River
Richmond
A. D
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
West Bath
Department of Anah
Augusta
Maine
Bath
Bath Trust Co
Bath Trust Company
Mas
Despondent farmer George L. Oliver dies after self harm
George L. Oliver 72, of Bath, born in Phippsburg, slit his throat with a razor at his brother Alston E. Oliver's home on Saturday night and died Sunday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital. Deafness and blindness worsened, leading to the act. survived by brother Captain William Oliver and sisters Lillie Leach and Alfie Terrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Oliver
Alston E. Oliver
High Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Alden S
Elizabeth Jane Oliver
Basin Roads
Bath
Capt
William Oliver
Parker Head
Lillie Leach
Alfie Terrill
East Beston
Dorothy L Raynes Dies After Prolonged Illness In Bath
Dorothy L. Raynes aged 24 wife of Andrew D Raynes of 577 Middle Street died Wednesday at her home after several weeks of illness. Born in Bath she was daughter of Forest B. and Elsie M. Potter and had lived in the city. She leaves her husband, her parents, three children Ruth T Paul E and Andrew D Jr all at home, a sister Mrs Alice G Richardson and a brother Edward B Potter of Bath. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street.
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Dorothy L. Raynes
Andrew D. Raynes
Middle Street
Bath
Forest B
Elsie M. Potter
Ruth T
Paul E
Andrew D. Jr
Alice G. Richardson
Edward B. Potter
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Oliver funeral held for George L. Oliver in Augusta
The Christmas afternoon service for George L. Oliver occurred at 130 at 108 High Street with Rev. Charles H. Berry officiating. Bearers were William R. Bowie Alston Lester and Walter Oliver. Burial followed at Hillside cemetery Parker Head. Charles Fullerton of Ward 6 Veterans Administration Home helped provide Christmas cheer for the less fortunate by endorsing a pension check and turning it over to Captain Gilleo of the Salvation Army. An 91-year-old man, unnamed, endorsed a $161.08 State Trust Co. dividend check and gave it to the Augusta Red Cross Chapter. The donor cannot walk but wished to aid others. Agent Howard R. Whitehead of Pepperell Manufacturing Co. announced the plant would close Friday night and reopen Tuesday after New Year’s, granting workers a 10-day vacation. The Saco Lowell Shops will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s week for inventory. A Lewiston youth regretted not learning to ice skate and resolved to prepare for winter walking conditions.
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George L. Oliver
Alston E. Oliver
High Street
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
William R. Bowie
Alston
Lester
Walter Oliver
Hillside Cemetery
Parker Head
Charles Fullerton
Veterans Administration
Augusta
Gilleo
Salvation Army
State Trust Co
Howard R. Whitehead
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Saco- Lowell
Frederick E. Banfield
Probate notices from Sagadahoc Court in Bath 1934 details
In Bath Sagadahoc on December 18 1934 executors Elizabeth Dain Gibbons and Marion Dain filed final account of Charles J Dain estate. Notice ordered three week publication for appearance January 14 1935. Also probate notices show Margaret Holbrook appointed executrix of Charles F Holbrook estate and Charles C Low administrator of Gane Sanatvers estate both in Bath. Additional notice: Charles J Donnell appointed administrator with will annexed of Charles R melt Sisto estate, Bath.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Elizabeth Dain Gibbons
Marion
Dain
Charles J. Dain
Walter 8
Glidden
Margaret M. Holbrook
Charles F. Holbrook
Charles C. Low
Aboc
al Sanat Vers
Dahoc
WC. Low
Charles J. Donnell
Saga- Gane
Charles R. Melt Sisto
Ahoe
Donnel
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Frederic
W. Barron
Savaduhoc
Frank Knight
Cleveland St
Melrose
Mass
Daniel Williams
Acaiphine
A.D
Annie Louise Malcolm
Edward Hughes
Walter S. Glidden
Hazel L. T. Freer
H. Thompson
Independent
John L
Jack
Edward W. Bridgham
Maine
Bernice Frances Achorn
Walter E. Norton
A. Norton
Walter 8S
William W. Robinson
Ann Mary Robinson
Bath National Bank of Bath
Alice W. Sewall
Ivanhoc
Bond
Michele Pecci
Bernice M. Fuller
Emery M. Wing
Topsham
Bernice M. Perce
Annie I. Rea
John Marsh
Delinda E. Marsh
J Marety
Arthur J. Dunton
Christine
Varner
Danby H. Varner
Esth
John H. Blaisdell
John W. Blaisdell
State OF
Bath Trust Company
Mildred T. Barker
Byron F. Barker
Bath Independent
Bridget Reed
Sala
Sagadal
Adahoc
Storm Damage. Bath Motorists Face Icy Hills
Storm causing accidents across Bath area stranded cars on Mill Pond hill and Woolwich routes. Private machines and a truck carrying portable engines overturned, with minor injuries reported. Bath National Bank and Bath Trust Co announce upcoming annual meetings and probate notices are filed for several estates and executors in Sagadahoc County.
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Bath
New England Yel, & Tel, Co
Mill Pond
Vance Bell
Boothbay Harbor
Woolwich
William Hanson
Louis Dodge
Bell
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Leslie C. Cornish
Ruben
Hunt
Fred Bragg
McCurdy
Thomaston
William Slater
Harry Savage
Ray Powers
Winneganee Creek
William Barry
Charlestown
Nequasset
Campbell
E. W. Hyde
Apphia
Amelia
Virginia
New England
International Line
Hyde Light Guards
Ladies of Grace Church
Huse
The
People’s Church
O’brien
American Express
Grant Nichols
New England Dispatch Co
J. Wesley Gilman
Sedgwick Post
Gen. Hyde
R. H. White
Boston
Eleanor
Mr. White
Slater
Iron Works
Sepple Murphy
Strout
Acadia
Patten Lodge
Castle Hall
Arthur Purington
John L. Purington
Front Street
Supt. Campbell
Times
Mr. Campbell
Miss Johnson
Galen Moses
Thompson Brook
Foote & Sparks
Safe Deposit Block
Plasterers
Joseph M. Hayes
C. W. Williams
Margaret Cullinan
Phippaburg
Lewiston
John L. Jack
Register
John
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Nellie Mayo
Winterport
Erwin Sprague
Sherman St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Arlena Powers
Kingston Sta
Kingston County
Nova Scotia
Guy Sprague
Winthrop
Somerville
David Sprague
King St
Auburndale
Harry Williams
Belle Hunt
Oscar A. Knight
Melrose, Mass
Sagadahoe
Hazel L. T. Freer F
Hartford
Connecticut
Mary A. Thompson
Conn
William E. Sturtevant
Beacon Street Church
Brotherhood
Brunswick High School
Philip Garland
Robert Haskett
George LeBourdais
Ralph Chesley
Roland Fortin
Raymond Caouette
Roger Dumais
Wilfred Girard
Ralph Collins
Chester Murray
Edward Parsons
Andre Lebel
Russell French
Charles St. Pierre
Everett Manter
John Ring
Carl Palmer
William Charron
Chandler Bruce
Alexis the
Ralph O. Dale
Annie O. Dale
George R. Dale
Rtland
Ath
Restratrix
Walter
John"l. Jack
Régister of Protate
First National Bank OF the
William 8
Shorey
Bath National Bank
S of the Bath National Bank
Front St
City of Bath
County of Sagadahoc
Bath, Me
F. D. Hill
Cashier
Ann Mery Robinson
Sata
Jane M. Pendexter
St. Petersburg
Florida
Bath, Maine
Eleanor E. Golton
Les
Massachusetts
Jennie May Robinson Smith
Chicago, Il
Mary Elizabeth Robinson
Dunedin
Alice Robinson
Mabel Robinson
Chicago
WM. W. Robinson
ORM Saag
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