Forty Years Ago in Bath Hall of Hackmen to Be Held
The Bath Daily Times notes events from 1889 including the annual hackmen hall at the Alameda on March 4, Dr C F Rideout rebuilding interior and chimney, Union hall dance with 25 couples, Katahdin commandery Knights of the Golden Cross to dedicate a Hyde’s block hall with supper, Robert Goddard preparing to cut ice at his pond, Sagadahoe Historical Society parlor meeting, aldermen revising jury lists, Winter Street ladies’ entertainment at the Alameda with trades represented, and heavy coasting on Winter and South streets with safeguards for street traffic.
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Hackmen
Alameda
Knights of the Golden Cross
Hyde’s Block
Robert Goddard
High and
Marshall Streets
Winter Street Society
South Street
Winter Street
High Street
Middl
Washington Streets
Acadia lodge K of P sociables and Bath lodge elections
On January 31 1889 Acadia lodge K of P held a sociable with about 30 couples. Bath lodge No 112 Good Templars elected officers for the ensuing quarter to be installed Monday by Allan A. McDonald. Other items note sleigh rides 30 South Grammar scholars, a Bath Shegh School departure for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and 80 applications with 32 passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge K. of P
South Grammar and
Pask
Brunswick
Bath Lodge
Good Templars
Allan A. McDonald
George Miller
Clarence Morse
Bath Shegh School
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bath Lodge Good Templars
Local notes mix illness, visits and meetings in Bath area
Feb 1 1889 reports J Frank Hayden improving after confinement with a cold. Miss Ruth Moulton and Miss Mary Pratt visit from Gorham Normal. Social gathering planned at Hotel Phoenix under Samuel Welch and Fred Moulton. Jury list revision presented to City Council Feb 4. Bath lodge officers to install Monday. Representative Wakefield joins eastern legislators on route to the capital. February county commissioners meet tomorrow. Card party and supper at Samuel Whitehouse on Pine street. Ella M Work returning from Gorham Normal. Mail collector resumes duties after bereavement. Solar lodge F and A M monthly meeting tonight. District Deputy Charles Harding to inspect. Bath backmen selling ball tickets for the fourth.
Preparations for Alaméda fair include new stage acts and a flag drill
The forthcoming fair of the corps at Alaméda will feature new plays scenes and tableaux on stage. A highlight will be a flag drill by 13 young ladies under Miss Mattie Hodgkins with drills led by Edward T. Mitchell. Edward Trask at New England yard loses part of his right third finger while supervising deck beam hauling aboard the Phillips schooner. A Bath shipyard to replace the wrecked H. F. Morse will use much salvaged machinery. the frame should rise in about 35 days. The Bath Iron Works team nears completion of a complex mould for the triple expansion engine for the Portland and New York steamer. William Pattee begins a model cut for a 500 ton centerboard schooner to be built by John G. Morse.
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The
Alaméda
Mattie Hodgkins
Edward T. Mitchell
Edward Trask
New England
Bath
H. F. Morse
Bath Iron Works
Portland
New York
William Pattee
John G. Morse
Winnegance
Bath Board of Trade Banquet Planned at Sagadahock House
Representative Wakefield returns home for Sabbath as Bath hosts annual Bath Board of Trade banquet at Sagadahock House next Wednesday. Williams sprinkles gravel to fix icy walks, Quaco club forms in North End with about 20 members led by president Enoch Giltan. Also, frame for new tug to replace wrecked H. F. Morse is cut at Bar Mills, keel work to start in ten days. Canton Kings hold sociable event with ~50 attendees at their hall. Bath Gas Co declares four percent dividend. Parlor meeting of Savada hoc Historical Society at Reed's features piano solos, papers by William Rogers and Emma Reed. Jumbo planer moved from Bath Tron Works to Southern Division, weighing 30 tons in three pieces moved by W. W. Mason. Mary Jenkins of Woolwich injured wrist in fall on Front Street. Star of the East engine repairs complete, spring work to begin. interior painting underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morses
H. F. Morse
B. C. Jordan
Bar Mills
Savadahoc Historical Society
President Reed
South Street
Robinson
William Rogers
Emma Reed
Portland and Kennebec Steamboat Co. may add Augusta service
March plans mention a possible Portland or Togus orchestra for a dance. Kelley and Spear drilled a 25 foot well under the boiler house to provide steam for a new mill engine. A Portland and Kennebec Co. canvassing brisk business, with a proposed Augusta to Portland boat for summer daily trips. 500 ton vessel chosen and half stock sold.
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Grimmer
Portland
Togus
Kelley & Spear
Portland and Kennebec Steamboat Co
Augusta
Kennebeckers
Sedgwick Relief Corps Activities and Local Commerce
A busy week in Sedgwick with Mrs Brown confined by a severe cold and John H. Kimball traveling to Boston. John O. Pasten expected from Washington. Weekly sociable announced with Mrs J W Johnson. Bath Iron Works cast a six ton Portland New York steamboat cylinder, largest poured there. Wood, hay and produce flow to market as streets bustle. Remonstrance against dumping sawdust into the Kennebec sent to Augusta. Block factory repairs complete and new steam heated building details. Trades Carnival Friday features Bath orchestra under George Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
New York
Bath Iron Works
Almanac Notes February Weather and Dates
The Maine Farmers Almanac notes February weather uncertainty after January, predicting snow on several dates and thaw chances around the 5th and 11th. It mentions famous birthdays in February including Washington, Lincoln, Valentine's Day, Longfellow, Montaigne, and notes February has exactly four weeks and begins on Friday in some years.
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Maine
Almanac
Washington
Mebo
Lincoln
Longfellow
Montaigne
Meb
Colonial CLR Show Nets Treasury One Fifty
The Colonial club earned about 150 dollars from last week’s minstrel show at Bath Theatre. Pres. Chester S. Kingsley praised Bath patrons. Illness limited cast size, yet the Friday performance drew a fine crowd and nearly reached 100 dollars more than the opening night.
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Colonial Club
Chester S. Kingsley
Bath Theatre
Calonnal Club
Fuerenc
Desmond
Bits of News of This Week in New England and Beyond
A Rolodex of brief items spans New England towns and major cities. It notes a Boston Fed review finding improved business conditions, deaths of local figures in Brookline and Nashua, a serious traffic crash in Needham, and a Cape Cod land dispute decision. Other items cover robberies in Beacon Hill, a slaying linked to trials, a flight of arrests and inquiries across several states, and assorted national and international notes from New York to Geneva. The roundup lists incidents, political moves, and notable events with many named people and places.
Universalist Parish Meeting Recaps Annual Session
Attendees filled the Universalist church vestry for the annual meeting led by Rev. Howard Davis Spoers. Officers reelected include Alice K. Robbins clerk Malcolm L. Doble treasurer. The parish expressed gratitude to Mr. W Scott Shorey for devoted service and adjourned at 8 45 pm.
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Universalist Church
Howard Davis Spoers
Alice K. Robbins
Malcolm L. Doble
Ladies’aid Society
Murray Club
Religious Education
Ralph O. Dale
First Universalist Church
Scott Shorey
Shorey
Bath girl wins prize in poetry contest
Sophie G Greenblatt of Bath aged 16 wins a silver medal in the St Nicholas League poetry contest for her poem in the February issue. The Bath girl’s prize is notable as she joins many winners of the monthly competition facing keen counts of contestants and literary merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie G. Greenblatt
Franklin Street
Bath
St. Nicholas
Miss Greenblatt
Grangers Oppose Pasteurized Milk in Local Sessions
The Independent reports West Bath Grange voted 100 percent against pasteurized milk at Monday night’s meeting and Pomona’s session Wednesday echoed opposition. A West Bath committee will go to Augusta to fight the bill, with referendum possible if it passes. Milk dealers canvassed customers and found strong public opposition. David S. Henderson, West Bath.
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the Independent
West Bath Grange
Pomona
Grange Hall
Augusta
David S. Henderson
West Bath
Death of Rev. Joseph A Paquette in West Bowdoin
Community mourns Rev Joseph A Paquette who died at his West Bowdoin home on Tuesday Jan 29 He preached at East Bowdoin chapel since May and led singing at recent Richmond Baptist meetings His wife and daughter survive Burial in Sanford where he previously preached and where his daughter lives Also notes on local visits ice harvesting and upcoming East Bowdoin Ladies Aid meeting Feb 14 plus a fire tragedy in Buckhannon West Virginia with ten family deaths.
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Joseph A. Paquette
West Bowdoin
Paquette
East Bowdoin
the Baptist Church
Richmond
Sanford
Carol Williams
Livermore Falls
Williams
Addie Williams
L. C. Starbird
Charles Babb
Millay Brothers
Er. E. Purinton
Lewiston
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid
Grant Woods
Babb
Frederick F. Dunton 62 longtime Bath grocer and painter
Frederick F. Dunton died Saturday night at his Bath home after erysipelas and lung congestion. A Bath native, he ran the Washington and Mechanic street grocery for years, now owned by Rufus D. Moulton. He is survived by his wife Cora B. Dunton, two daughters Lillian A. Dunton and Harriet M. Smith, two grandchildren Gwendolyn L. Burnham and Geraldine Smith, two brothers Ralph H. Dlinton and F. Ray Dunton, and a sister Mrs. William A Furber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick F. Dunton
Mechanic Street
Bath
Hartley K
Louise Dunton
Washington and
Mechanic Streets
Rufus D. Moulton
Cora B. Dunton
Lillian A. Dun
Veteran Navy Civil War tolls widower dies in Portland home
William H. Call, 8, a Civil War navy veteran who served on the Sacramento, died in Portland last Wednesday at his daughter Mrs. Julia F. Soule’s home at 62 Free Street after a long illness. A Dresden native who spent most of his life in Bowdoinham, he leaves two daughters Mrs. Soule and Mrs. Alice M. Small of Long Beach Calif, and two sons Henry H. Call of Freeport and Frederick Call of Brunswick. Funeral services were held Friday at 62 Free Street Portland with burial planned in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Call
Sacramento
Portland
Julia F. Soule
Free Street
Funeral for Mrs Mary L Cummings at Old Folks Home
The funeral for Mrs Mary L Cummings widow of Charles Cummings was held at ten o'clock Monday at the Old Folks Home with many friends and relatives in attendance. She was noted for unusual character and held in high esteem. Floral tributes were humorous and beautiful. A Christian Science service was led by the First Reader of the Christian Science Church. Pallbearers were George Brown Thomas Houston Wendall Stevens and Edward Parkhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Cummings
Charles Cummings
Funeral service for Mrs Elizabeth K Farnham at Shaw Street home
The funeral for Mrs Elizabeth K Farnham widow of James Oscar Farnham was held Sunday afternoon at her daughter Mrs N Gratz Jacksons home at 1 Shaw Street. Rev F L Littlefield and Rev David L Wilson officiated. Grandsons Harry Laton Jackson Karcher Shaw Jackson Mark Adin Jackson and James Murphy Jackson bore the casket. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Elizabeth K. Farnham
James Oscar Farnham
N. Gratz Jackson
Shaw Street
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Harry Laton Jackson
Karcher Shaw Jackson
Mark Adin Jackson
James Murphy Jackson
Oak Grove
Capt Dingley’s Funeral Held at Old Folks Home
The funeral of Capt. Frank Dingley, veteran Kennebec river pilot, occurred Thursday at 2.30 pm in the Old Folks Home with Rev. David L. Wilson of Central church officiating. Bearers were Acadia lodge members Edward H. Hartwell, Frank Daley, Archie Grant, Edward McLellan, William H. Shea, Charles S. Dunning, and burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Frank Dingley
Kennebec River
Old Folks Home
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Acadia Lodge
K. Ot P
Edward H. Hartwell
Frank Daley
Archie Grant
Edward McLellan
William H. Shea
Charles S. Dunning
Oak Grove
Funeral for Amanda F Rogers at 56 High Street
The funeral for Amanda F Rogers widow of Timothy A Rogers was held Thursday afternoon at two at her home 56 High street Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiated Bearers included Elbridge Malcolm Zina Hunt Reuben Purineton and Frank Allegrin Burial followed at Oak Grove
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Amanda F. Rogers
Timothy A. Rogers
High Street
David L Wilson
Central Church
Elbridge Malcolm
Zina Hunt
Reuben Purineton
Frank Allegrin
Oak Grove
Hunt Funeral For Winnegance Millman Charles A Hunt
The funeral of Charles A Hunt a prominent Winnegance citizen and millman was held Monday afternoon at two at his home 78 High street Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiated Bearers were Elbridge Malcom Reuben Purineton Frank Alleguin and Zina Hunt The body was entombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hunt
Winnegance
Millman
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Elbridge Malcom
Reuben Purineton
Frank Alleguin
Zina Hunt
Funeral service for William L. Lincoln held in Woolwich
The funeral of William L. Lincoln of Woolwich was Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Curtis funeral home. Rev. Oswald H. Rankin of Woolwich officiated. The bearers were William Leeman, Frank Bailey, Cyrus Gilmore and John Carter. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Lincoln
Woolwich
Curtis Funeral Home
Oswald H. Rankin
William Leeman
Frank Bailey
Cyrus Gilmore
John Carter
Riverside Cemetery
Coolidge Leaves Florida After Dedication of Bok Bird Sanctuary
President Calvin Coolidge departs Mountain Lake Florida for Washington after dedicating the Edward W Bok bird sanctuary. The visit marks a ceremonial close to the Florida trip as officials announce the next agenda in national affairs.
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Domestic Mountain Lake
Fla
Coolidge
Capital
Edward W. Bok Bird Sanctuary
Brown shot by wife in court during arraignment
In Washington Charles A Brown was shot by his wife as he waited for arraignment on a charge involving another woman. The incident occurred in a court building, marking a dramatic moment in a high profile case.
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Washington
Charles A. Brown
Funeral service for Manfred T. Stinson at Ayorowsk home
The funeral for Manfred T. Stinson was held Thursday morning at his home in Ayorowsk. Reverend David L. Wilson of Bath officiated with pallbearers George J. Terr Albion J. Corliss William Sturtevant and N. Tl. Howe. Burial followed in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manfred T. Stinson
Ayorowsk
David L. Wilson
Bath
George J. Terr
William Sturtevant
N. Tl. Howe Buriol
Funeral service for George F L Pinkham at Sewall farm
The funeral for George F L Pinkham was held Sunday at 2 PM at his home on Brunswick road Sewall farm. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated with bearers Joel Mains George Ernest and Charles Pinkham. Burial was in Oak Grove.
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George FL Pinkham
Sewall Farm
Brunswick Road
David L. Wilson
Joel Mains
George Ernest
Charles Pinkham
Buriat
Oak Grove
Highway police seek murder clues in Bath visits
State highway police came to Bath on Thursday evening to consult local authorities about clues in the Portland murder of Pauline Buckwald Zimmerman, 41, strangled at the Liverpool Tavern. They pursued relatives of the victim who had moved to Connecticut, finding acquaintances but no interviewees yet.
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Bath
Portland
Pauline Buckwald Zimmerman
Liverpool Tavern
Connecticut
Gold leafing makes progress on city hall dome
The city hall dome silver leafing began Friday and continued Saturday under ideal weather. Workers started atop the dome and moved downward while a breeze kept canvas ready to protect the delicate work. George Moses died Thursday in Port Had with rides and rail aid the auto show.
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City Hall
George Moses
Port
Ule
Probat e Notice for Georgianna Drake Estate
Frederick E F Drooke of Bath appointed administrator of Georgianna I Drake deceased in Sacada hoe county probate court. On same date he qualified and accepted the trust. Attest William F Dunham, Register of Probate.
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Frederick EF. Drooke
Bath
Sacadahoe
Georgianna I. Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Children Temperance Groups Hold Joint Meeting
About five members of the smaller girls temperance legion and the older girls Loyal Temperance Legion met jointly in Corliss street church vestry. The program featured devotions, songs, doll contests, speeches, and music by Shorey and Conley youths. Prizes were awarded for prettiest, best decorated, and funniest dolls. Ice cream and cake followed.
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Temperance Legion
Loyal Temperance Legion
Corliss Street
Adria Bracey
Alice May Douglas
Shorey
Crystal
Durwood
Channing Shorey
Corn
Crystal Shorey
Channine
Durwood Shorey
Beverly
Beverly Shorey
Elizabeth Colby
Allyn Jewett
Ralph Willis
Ruth Emerson
Lyda Nadeau
Virginia Nadeau
Esther Hall
Alto Chellis
Hazel Lancaster
Ruth Conley
Eunice Conley
Shine
George” Patterson
Dummer Street
Beatrice Rand
Anna and
Nellie Perry
Annie West
Dorothy White
Vera Hudson
Edith Barter
Elizabeth Kingsbury
Lorraine Mitchell
Priscilla Blake
Oak Street Loyal Temperance Legion
Bernice MacDonald
Girls Temperance Region
Surprise Packet Company
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Bath Daily Times
C. F. Rideout
Union Hall
Sagadahoe Historical Society
P. M. Reed
Board of Aldermen
South Street Hills
William Liberty
Hallowell
G. Cr. Deering
Arthur Tf. Magoun
D. T. Percy & Sons Crockery
Charles E. Jose & Co
Union
Sedewick Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
J. Frank Hayden
Ruth Moulton
Mary Pratt
Gorham
Samuel Welch
Fred Moulton
Hotel Phoenix
Entvy Council
Wakefield
Samuel Whitehouse
Pine Street
Flla M. Work
Gorham Normal School
Solar Lodge F. & A. M
Charles Harding
Durham
Severs
the Bath
Bath Board of Trade
Sagadahock House
Quaco Club
North End
Enoch Giltan
Canton Kings
Bath Gas Go
Charles Davenport
Bath Tron Works
W. W. Mason
Mis
Mary Jenkins
Massachusetts
Star of the East
John H. Kimball
Boston
John. O. Pasten
Sedpwick Relief Corps
Myre
J. W. Johnson
Mussel Street
Shipliuie
Hunnewell
Bath 9 Orchestra
George Duncan
Federal Reserve Bank Monthly Review
Brookline
Mass
George A. Bruce
Somerville
13Th
New Hampshire Regiment
Needham
William A. Norwood
Worcester
Dorothy A. Wright
Wellesley
Supreme Court
Cape Cod
Old Yarmouth
Anthony Chiampa
Pals
Beacon Hill
John Williams
Wilson
Roxbury
Manchester
N. H
Frank Rokas
Nashua
Adam Goodvitch
Comjiuen
Aft State Hospital
Concord
Providence
William E. Jackson
Willimantic
Conn
Westerly
Paweatuck
Lowell
James J. Bruin
Democratic Committee
Cornelius P. Cronin
Pauline Zimmerman
Ohne Avertertront
Trevert
Rockefeller Sr
Stewart
New Haven
Rockefeller Foundation
Yale Nursing School
Columbus
Ohio
Buckley
Morgantown
W. Va
Eugene Cecil
Lone Key
Hoover
Los Angeles —Sts
University of California
Philadelphia
Father Young
Cablegram
Pennsylvania Railroad
Madrid
Regensburg
Bavaria
Prince Raphael Ranier
Geneva
League of Nations Opium Committee
Basra
Irak
Frontier
Weymouth
Miami, Fla
Christopher E. Cullen
Gloucester
Seimer
Newport
Gordon Ulmer
Brattleboro
Charles Evans Hughes
Brown
Herbert A. Wilson
Boxer
Panester
North Revere
Watertown
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Clement FL Robinson
Hartford
Universalist Society
W. Scott Shore
Grangers
Bowdoin
London
Gen. Booth
Hadley Wood
Buckhannan
William IL
Call
Dingley
C. A. Hunt Funeral
W. J. Lincoln
J. P. Morgan and
Owen JD. Youn
M. L. Stinson Funeral
George BL Pinkham
Attest
William F. Dunham
W. C. T. U. Activities
National Prohibition Guards
Russell Colby
Howard P. Jett
Nazarene Church
J. H. Kelloge
A. B. Bruce
Jett
Andrews Road
Fred S. Curtis
Mortician
Thomas R. Huston
Met
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