Forty Years Ago in Bath Item Highlights
Bath Times notes from 1884 recount a minstrel show, a medical convention in Waterville, a near accident on Center Street, a church concert, an orchestra formed by Bath High School students, and local social events. The tenor is brisk social update with minor incidents and community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
Willian Murphy
Fred Swanton
Charles TJ
Trooper
Langdon T
Snipe
Andrew
Lowell
Thomas Sinnot
DP Percy
Bath and area notes on events and incidents
January 31 1884 reports builders plan a large Middle street house G A Cahill. Deering and Donnell resume shipyard work after a timber delay. Alameda skaters entertain. Corrin of the South end fired at a would be burglar. Guthrie and Dunning travel to Waldoboro for a roller rink opening. Bath amusements include two skating rinks lectures dances and church events. An Sagadahock Society lecture by Charles J Gilman details early settlements and territorial claims. Two ship carpenters fell ten feet into a vessel hold injuring one seriously. Orphans Home children enjoyed a free sleigh ride courtesy of C W Dunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock
John Sharpe
Baker
Deering & Dowells Yard
Odd 1884 West Side exploits and local notices
A fragment from a Maine newspaper describes a West Side bet on placing a billiard ball in a mouth, a risky medical idea, Gracie Coombs birthday party with 40 guests, Dunning's rink attendance, a horse incident near a band, the City of Baltimore schooner launch, boiler work at Goss Marine Works, Bath Board of Trade meeting, G A R Fair ticket sales, gold engine badge return, Mare Iy Allen cargo discharge, fire alarm debates, reward offer, Cary to sing at G A R hall, and Dr T Bibber relocation.
Grand Army Levee at Alameda Three Night Engagement
The Sedgwick post hosts a three night Grand Army Levee at the Alameda starting tonight with opening remarks by Comrade T. F. White. The Bath Amateur Minstrels repeat their favored overture with Glovers Orchestra, plus a farce and a cast including A. S. Bosworth and Miss Lou T. Planners. The Bath Cadet band attends, Ro Oy Creekett scenery debuts, and entertainment begins at 7 30 sharp with further talks and a Saturday peak at 1 15. A prior false alarm from the lower Methodist church invoked the fire department. penalties may be issued. J O Lincoln to sing Sweet Violets at the Alameda. The schooner Mary L Andersen arrived in Reathhay and sails southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick Post
Alameda
T. 4. White
Bath
Glovers Orchestra
Puddifteot Junior
A. S. Bosworth
Buffles
Wlor
Ballon
Caroline
Lou T
Pieghy
Hattie Morrison
Tillie Ti
Hianphreys
Sirie
Lower Methodist
Washington Street
Plucky Morse School Freshmen Set Virtues Example
Miss Milton Skinner and Miss Ruth Hayward, Morse high school freshmen in North Woolwich seven miles from Sadada hoc ferry, have not missed or been late in 18 weeks. They rise early to catch connections and endure inconveniences to reach school on time, serving as an exemplary model for all pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Skinner
Ruth Hayward
Morse High School
North Woolwich
Sadadahoc Ferry
Minstrel Show Electrifies Colonial Club Night
A large crowd filled the Colonial Club rooms for a Wednesday night minstrel show. Harry Hall served as interlocutor with end men Herbert Douglas Edward Ramsey Edward Rowe and Haviland Torrey. The chorus included Leslie Wold Edward Reed Donald Specht Hiram Tobey Donald Hopkins Gilbert Standish. Highlights were Torrey’s Stinge Stinge and Eddie Cantor inspired steps. Ed Staples refereed a drawn burlesque prize fight Ramsey vs Standish with Specht and Pobey as seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Harry Hall
Herbert Douglas
Edward Ramsey
Edward Rowe
Haviland Torrey
Leslie Wold
Edward Reed
Donald Specht
Hiram ‘Tobey
Donald Hopkins
Cilbert
Standish
Ma Ranesay
Hap” Torrey
Jim
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Rowe
Italy
Hd Ramsey
Gil Standish
Ed Staples
Don Specht
Ramsey
Hiram Pobey
George Pield
Miantrice Deering
Perkins to open new crockery store on Prow street
Frank W. Perkins, with twenty years in crockery and wallpaper duties at Percy & Sons and ten years as a Mitchell Woodbury salesman, plans a new shop on Prow Street after February 15. The store will offer crockery, china, glassware, enamelware, kitchen furnishings and wallpaper. Mrs. Perkins will help in the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Perkins
Businesk
New Donghind
Tat Prow Street
Scott Harness
Perkins
1. TP
Newell urges global body options at club meeting
W S Newell addresses club discussing J Henry Scattergood remarks on a League of Nations style body with Germany. He outlines Bok plan points including U S entry to the Permanent Court, ongoing League cooperation, and Monroe Doctrine safeguards. He cites prisoner remariage and Austrian reconstruction as steps, noting weather hints of early spring.
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Newell
J. Henry Scattergood
Philadelphia
Institute of Politics
Williamstown
Mass
League of Nations
Germany
Bok Phan
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
Ttughes
Tarding
League
Incubator Method in Raising Pheasants
A bulletin from the American Game Protective Association praises incubator techniques to release thousands of pheasants instead of hundreds. It notes challenges in rearing to maturity and avoiding overcrowding, with Massachusetts cited for progress. Methods include brooders without windows and electric lighting to prevent crowding, plus insect-based diets using fresh garden weeds to supply life, reducing dependence on cultivated insect farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Game Protective Association
Massachusetts
Tinfrey T. Rogers
New York State
Rogers
Cornell
Woodrow Wilson A Life Of War And Peace Leader
A biographical sketch tracing Woodrow Wilson from his Virginia birth through Princeton and academia to his rise as New Jersey governor and Democratic president. It covers his family life, key reforms on trusts and currency, Mexico policy, entry into World War I, and pursuit of the League of Nations, ending with reflections on his legacy.
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New Jersey
Democratié
Jersey
Joseph VL Pumulus
Wilson
Seven Sisters
Baltimore
Anere
Clamp Chirk
Spesdher
Ptr
William Jennings Tirvai
Homines
Clark
Sud
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Congress
Percon
Antericuma
Boswells
Steunton
Thomas Wordross Wilson
Princeton
Woodrow Wileam
Joseph Ringeles Wilson
Jessie Woodrow
Augusta
Georgia
Columbia
Thoms Woodrow Wilson
Davidson College
University of Virginia
Johns Tonkins University
Chiark
Ca Vielais
Huenes
Theodore Rouseveltch
Trie
Mr. Wilson
Mesxico
O” Tt
Huerts
Madero
Suarez
Central America
Huerta
Tampico
Vera Cruz
United States
Mexico
Carranza
Hurerta
Selective Service
War Industries Base
War Arbor Board
Tincoln
Con
Maso
Germany
Woodrow Wilsom
Lnter
Europe
Mer
Mr. Wilseems
League of Naviens
Lloyd George
Clemencenue
Orlando
League of Nations
Rome
Exiel
White House
The American chair travels the world in constant motion
A National Trade Council report praises the American chair for its global journey through eighty six building steps and imported components. It notes it rivals ancient thrones and travels from Gardner station to distant ports, highlighting materials from Brazil to Austria and leather from Europe.
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Parerm Trade Council
Gmuseracion
St. Peter's
Rome
Gardner
Mat
United States
Estianeters
Warrels
Tooluuoleo
Cab Gratis
EMS
Tsith
Aviel
Hogan
Russia
Wadigt Peery Poe
Middle West
Tingle
Ventaonr
Afaesaehuserrs
New York
Othe
Cheng
Aden
Shanghai
Turkey
Tolland
Mirape
Cilia
East Indies
Africa
Far East
Europe
Carecee
Revivalist preacher scorches vanity in sermon
The Philadelphia Inquirer recounts a revivalist gathering where a preacher denounced vanity from the pulpit using a mirror example. He targeted a single, plainly dressed woman who rose, provoking a brief moment of collective discomfort as he pressed her to confess.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
HELP WANTED Strikes Factory Bus Change Amid School Walkout
In Reynolds Hill a group of seventeen students from ages six to fifteen refused to return to class until the school committee swapped their transportation, saying the current conveyance was unfit. The walkout involved all district children and followed two days of silence at home as Sandy and Maggie discuss a pattern of days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Maggie
Jeneth
Magegie
Continent
Reynolds Hill
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Waterville
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Mample
G. F. Stacy
South End
Sand
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Cot. Brooks
Hackman
Waldebhorpe
Seth Hobart
Custom House Square
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George Sanford
Era
A. G. Staples
Lewiston
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Galen C. Moses
James Hawley
Nellie T. Morse
City Hall
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Thallnam
Messrs Tallman
Swett
McQuarrie
Breen
Watson
Price
Chick
Sidney B
Clara Charita
Dunning
G. A. Cahill
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T. F E. Corrin
G. I. Streg. Ghards
Frank Guthrie
Wolman Dunning
Waldoboro
Maxwell
Collin’s Hall
Wesley Church
Knights of Pythias
Orphans’ Home
W. Dunning
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A. Coombs
Fred Higgins
City of
Goss, Sawyer & Packard
Goss Marine Tron Works
Coos Bay
Fruiters
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Tarry Foote
Deoree T. WL Barton
Abumeda
Foote
Iy Allen
Board of Aldermen
Knowlston
Marshal Bailey
Times and Post
Traggett
Tord
Manuel
Tie
J. J. Bibber
Dr. T. Bibber
J. OO. Lincoln
Mary TL. Andersen
Reoathhay
Toad
W.S. Newell
Trine
Tnity
Bryn Mawr
Wesleyan
USS
Teaving
Crovnds
Senate
Ma Wilson
Wesleyan University
Timan
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Tulane University
Johns Hawkins
Brown University
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Williams College
Areata College
Kale Amade
Lusitania
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson Heyettheless
Johann von Bernatorf
Mialith Welling Gall
Charles Levine
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Wileen
Dave
California
Cothene
Mie Pughie
WTW
Paris
Huong Nations
National
Por Trade Council
Edward H. Cook
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