Drummers, Balls, and Snowbound Streets Reported
Drummers bring Spring and Summer wares to town but rooms are scarce for exhibits. Elm Street Baptist Sunday school to host a concert with a fine program led by conductor Baker. Bath Street Railway Co. resumes service as troops end duty. Spinney covers. Bath Letter Carriers plan their third annual Alameda ball with Wilson’s orchestra. Patten Lodge K P notes safety of chatter saved from fire. item moved to Twenty-Five Cent Savings Bank and later to Woodward’s coal yard. Diver N E Gordon fixes New Meadows water pipe. pumps later start to fill stand pipe and city water resumes. Snow heavily blocks streetcar tracks. No. 8 remains stuck. Town considers tying up service until snow recedes. director’s meeting planned. Sedgwick Post’s G A R banquet hall opened. firemen treated to coffee and food for 200+, praised by city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Gordon
Portland
New Meadows
Local society notes and incidents from town, Feb 1 1894
Feb 1 1894 items include John Footer heading to Boston for several days, Will McOwen recovering from a steam planer mishap and slated to resume work within a week, N T Worthley Jr visiting Kents Hill to examine students eyes, and A F Jenness returning to Boston after opening multiple bank vaults and safes. A M Franks hosted K P members and friends after a recent fire, while Fleur de Lys card club members and companions enjoyed an evening of progressive whist with prizes and refreshments. Sheriff’s committee at City Hall investigates the recent fire origin, and a curious runaway occurs before the American Express Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleur de Lys Card Club
Ruth Turner
Middle Street
Mabel Palmer
Delia Low
Marion Palmer
Bernice Morse
Jennie Savage
Emma Owen
Nellie Turner
Harry Mason
Woodbury Nichols
Harold Bibber
Walter Higgins
James Ledyard
Frank Turner
Fast Start Causes One Horse to Bolt in Race
This afternoon one reins of two horses mounted by riders bolted at speed causing the other horse to follow briefly. The horses were stopped by Winfield and Jordan before any damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Jordan
Bargain sales, reopens, and civic updates headlined
Feb 2 reports two transient lodgers at the station house. Lédyard's insurance is settled via J B Drake and Piper store bargain sale resumes. T Percy & Sons gear up, receiving several tons of goods to restart business. W H Shorey buys a full bookbindery outfit in Boston to operate next week above Gannett's. Modockawanda Red Men hold a grand meeting at Grand Army hall with state officers aiding Bath brothers after a fire. Sagadahoc night watchman Si Owen returns to Sagadahoc. Company C inspection at the armory by General Cheat and Col Philbrook. drills proceed, 25 new uniforms and several guns ordered. Water pressure at City Clerk’s office rises after repairs to the New Meadows River break. gauges show 74 pounds as pumps resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modockawanda Tribe of Red Men
Grand Army Hall
Cvshing
Bath Brothers
Company C
Cheat
Col
Philbrook
E. M. Fuller
Iipe
Augusta
New Meadows
Busy week for local people after February 3 1894
Feb 3 1894 notes show Harold Bibber leaving for Boston for a short stay. James J. Brooks at the Phoenix hotel is busy. John B Hoover from Portsmouth visited on business. Mrs. George Dilaway visiting Boothbay Harbor. Draftsman Lewis Rounds from Bath Iron Works travels to Portland. Josiah Dutton leaves for Norway Missouri for a few days. Prof Whittier of Bowdoin College teaches physical training. Ice racing halted by storm at Whiskeay. electric cars may reroute via Washington street. Sheriff’s fire origin inquiry ongoing with new evidence and witness testimony daily. A diver, Samuel Purington, summoned but testimony delayed. Public search among Bricks at Percy's store ruins yields cups, bottles, and salvageable carpeting. plate glass shipment from Boston to Front Street and Center Street will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Purington
Brunswick
Sagadahoc Loan Association Meets This Evening
The Sagadahoc Loan and Building Association holds a special meeting this evening. Harry McLellan left Saturday for New York to join his mother visiting Mrs. Fred Patten. Invitations are out for musicales to be given by Mrs. T. W. Hyde and Miss Hyde on Tuesdays from four to six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sagadahoc Loan and Building Association
Harry McLellan
New York
Fred Patten
T. W. Hyde
Miss Hyde
Bath Root Trade to elect officers at annual meeting
The Bath Root Trade annual meeting is set for tomorrow at the Commission Council rooms to elect officers for the coming year and discuss the free Ship bill. Alderman Palmer is raising a $500 fund for out of town firemen who assisted in the recent blaze, $100 per company. The sheriff's committee adjourned after hearing witnesses, including Samuel Purington, with fire cause ruled accidental. Mrs Hennessey faced stock damage from a burst water pipe flooding her shop and ceiling after dark, affecting hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commdtoh Council
Alderman Palmer
Local meetings and events chronicled in Bath 1894
Feb 6 1894 notes: Brooks Literary society to host Charles Corliss on York street. Winter Street church postpones meetings. Inspector General Choate and Col Philbrick visit for militia matters. Oakdale lodge hosts well attended box sociable. F R Jack named secretary of Bath Civil Service Examining Board. Lee government applicants directed to him for blanks. Icebound Kennebec disrupts ferries as Kate Jones brings Navesink, South Grammar School riders head to Brunswick. Bath Cycle Club minstrel show set for Feb 20 at Alameda for Patten Lodge K of P. Solar lodge visit by District Deputy Randlette. first and second degrees worked then banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Jack
Civil Service Examining Board
Bath
Maine
Lee
Solar Lodge
George W. Randlette
Richmond
Waite
Optimistic Bangor resident signs petitions amid snow
John Flanagan of 34 Pearl Street appears among Bangor’s most optimistic citizens as he signs four petitions at the city clerk’s office. He dated three petitions May 2 and, using ditto marks from a Feb 2 signature by another petitioner, made one signature legal despite the late snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flanagan
Pearl] Street
Bangor
Flanagan
Five prize dogs of Higgins die of distemper
Five valuable dogs owned by Olney L. Higgins of Dover Foxcroft died within the past week from distemper and pneumonia. They were laid in cedar caskets and driven to Dexter for vaulting until spring burial. The dogs were prize winners and heavily insured, and Higgins had planned to take them to a New York dog show next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney L. Higgins
Dover-Foxcroft
Dexter
Mr. Higgins
New York
Maine women remodel coats and dresses in 1933
More than six thousand five hundred garments were made over by Maine women through home demonstration meetings and demonstrations by Extension Service clothing specialists. Renovations ranged from new necklines to complete transformations including darning, staining, and restitching to improve warmth and wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Extension Service
Helen Spaulding
Miss Spaulding
Bath Clowns Cruise Past Bowdoinham Team
In a preliminary game at the Ship builders Adams A.A. event the Bath Clowns defeated Coombs high of Bowdoinham 45 to 21. The Clowns built a 14 to 2 lead in the first period and 33 to 6 at halftime, then coasted through the final two quarters. Wallentine led Bowdoinham with 15 points. Greene, Lewis, and Morse carried the Bath attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams A.A
Y Gymnasium
Bath Clowns
Coombs High
Bowdoinham
Wallentine
Bowdoinham Center
Billy Greene
Rupe Lewis
Peanut Morse
Clowns
Gratitude leads to theft as parole violator is jailed
Sheriff Albert Henderson reports a Bowdoinham case where a young man on probation had his motor truck stuck in snow. John Furbish aided him by towing the vehicle at midnight, and in repayment the youth stole a cord of wood, later admitting the act and returning the wood before being jailed for parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Henderson
City Hall
Bay Road
Bowdoinham
John Furbish
Furbish
Horsee
East Brunswick
Apple Scab Bulletin Valued for Maine Orchards
A new Maine Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin Number 368 reports orchard experiments 1928 to 1982 on lime and sulphur and other fungicides for apple scab control. Lime sulphur often best for McIntosh, with minimal spray injury to yield and growth. Copies available free on request to Maine residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Orono
Edward Grange dies. noted Reuters Canadian chief and editor
Edward Wilkinson Grange 57 longtime Reuters Canada general manager and veteran Ottawa parliamentary press gallery member died suddenly in Ottawa Tuesday night January 30. He worked for Toronto News Toronto Mail and Empire and Toronto Globe before joining Reuters eleven years ago. Survived by wife Marion and two sons Alex and Samuel. brothers and sisters including Mrs. Morin Bath and Napanee relatives. Grange admired by Sir Wilfrid Laurier era press and praised as modest, skilled journalist and loyal, generous colleague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wilkinson Grange
Canada
Reuter's Ltd
Ottawa
Harry F. Morin
Bath
Napanee
Ont
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Grange
Toronto News
Toronto Mail
Empire
Toronto Globe
Reuters
Dominion of Canada
Alex
Samuel
Marion McDougall
J. Lorne McDougall
Morin
O'Lailey
Toronto
Helen
Constance Grange
Mr Grange
Wilfrid Laurier
Edward Grange
Reuter
Frances Delano Weeks dies after long illness at 79
Frances Delano Weeks, 79, widow of Francis W. Weeks, died Monday night at 21 Grove Street after a five week illness with pneumonia. Born in Bath May 5, 1854, she lived in Bath all her life and taught music for many years. Survived by four daughters, one son, four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Delano Weeks
Francis W. Weeks
Grove Street
Winter Street
Percival H. Safford
Rochester
N. H
David L. Black
Bath
Irving C. Trufant
Bangor
Frances O. Weeks
Worcester
Mass
Charles D. Weeks
David
John
Percival Black
Reginald Murphy
Ship carpenter Maxime Gallant found dead at home
Maxime Gallant, 59, a ship carpenter of Quimby Street, was found dead in bed at about seven o'clock Wednesday January 31 by Sheriff Albert Henderson after neighbors noted his 24 hour absence and a dark house. Medical examiner Dr. Harry F. Morin ruled natural causes. Gallant, born in Richmond PEI, leaves a brother Frank in Bath and three sisters in New Brunswick, Chelsea Mass, and one half dozen relatives. He attended St Marys church and belonged to Assumption lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxime Gallant
Quimby Street
Albert Henderson
Mr. Gallant
George Darrah
Henderson
Gallant
Harry F. Morin
Richmond
P. E.I
Philip
Louise Gallant
Frank Gallant
Bath
Stephen Arsenault
New Brunswick
Philip Gallant
Chelsea
Mass
St. Mary’s Church
Assumption Lodge
Mrs Edith Southard 51 Dies After Church Visit
Mrs Edith Southard wife of Elbridge Southard died suddenly Sunday while returning home from Center Methodist church in Malden. She was daughter of the late Hiram Rowe and lived 95 years in Malden. Survived by husband Elbridge, son Elbridge Jr. of Malden, brother Lermond H. Rowe Five Islands, and half sister Mrs Julia Boyd Bath. Funeral held Tuesday at Ward's funeral home Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Southard
Elbridge Southard
Center Methodist Church
Hiram Rowe
Malden
Elbridge Southard, Jr
Lermond H. Rowe
Five Islands
Julia Boyd
Bath
Ward
Maple Street
Blair's Funeral for Mrs Isabelle Weeks Blair
The funeral of Mrs. Isabelle Weeks Blair widow of Capt Blair of Malden Mass took place Tuesday afternoon at two at Maplewood Congregational church Malden Rev Ray Butterfield officiated Barbara West Powell sang In the Garden He Leadeth Me Nearer My God to Thee Bearers were Alfred Beal Edward P Welles Charles S Draper J K Newhall Lincoln Downing and William McKenzie Burial was in Forestdale cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Weeks Blair
Fouath
Rt Blair
Malden
Mass
Jane Haggett
Summer Street
Maplewood Congregational Church
Salem Street
Ray E. Butterfield
Barbara West Powell
Alfred Beal
Edward P. Welles
Charles S. Draper
J. K. Newhall
Lincoln Downing
William McKenzie
Forestdale Cemetery
Funeral service for infant Glennys Ann Pinkham
The funeral for Glennys Ann Pinkham aged 13 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pinkham of Five Islands, was held Saturday at the Five Islands church at two o'clock. The child died Wednesday evening at Bath City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennys Ann Pinkham
Lloyd Pinkham
Five Islands
Bath City
Funeral services for Elizabeth A Mc Hugh
Elizabeth A Mc Hugh 86 of Brunswick sister of William A F211 died Tuesday last week Funeral services held Thursday at Stetson funeral home Brunswick at two oclock Rev Thompson E Ashby officiated Burial in Pine Grove cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth A. McHugh
Brunswick
William A
Miss Pearl Oliver Announces Dance Classes in Bath
Miss Pearl M Oliver recently joined Allied Institute of Dancing as director and teacher in Bath and continues pupil enrollment for classes at her home 31 Robinson Jane. Classes include children and adults under her supervision with Poise Instruct-O-Phone and one pair of shoes free for new enrollees. Lloyd S Hartsock heads district operations with aides Mooney Brown Trull and McGlichy. Oliver’s Bath reputation stems from performances in New York Boston and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl M. Oliver
Allied Institute of Dancing
Robinson Jane
Miss Oliver
Lloyd S. Hartsock
Larry G. Mooney
Russell O. Brown
Norman C. Trull
M. C. McGlichy
Bath
Ned Wayburh
New York
Metropolitan
Boston
Gorham Normal Notes Highlights Student Activities
Miss Hilda Scott of Bath and Miss Audrey Putnam of Gardiner attended a birthday party in East hall last week. The Student Council elected new house committee members to serve until June. Margaret Huse of Bath was chosen as a senior member of the student government committee. Burnette Bailey of Woolwich attended Four Winds Camp Fire Girls meeting discussing chapel programs. Camp Fire Girls plan a Feb 12 party. Dramatic club featured Hilda Scott performing acrobatic dancing between acts. A cantata The Legend of Sleepy Hollow will be performed Feb 16 by Gorham Junior High School at Russell hall with Miriam Andrews in charge and about 100 pupils participating. costumes by Domestic Arts. Junior High orchestra to provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Huse
Bath
Burnette Bailey
Woolwich
Four Winds
Camp Fire Girls
Hilda Scott
Sleepy Hollow
Gorham
Russell Hall
Miriam Andrews
Brunswick
Normal School
Owl pair spotted in Lewiston cornice and tree
Bartlett area Lewiston residents who saw a large gray owl on a cornice two weeks ago reported a second nocturnal bird perched on a nearby tree. The first was killed by snowballing. the second left after two snowballs and a boy climbed the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett Street
Lewiston
Camp in Scarboro earns top New England rating
Mrs. John I. B. Sawyer executive secretary of the comland county council of Girl Scouts spoke at the New England camp conference in Waltham Mass. It was announced the Scarboro Day camp, chaired by Mrs. Sawyer, received the highest rating in New England from national headquarters for meeting the minimum standards set by the Girl Scout national organization. The camp served 17 girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. B. Sawyer
Maurice Puffer Wins Camelot Junior Championship
Maurice D. Puffer won the Camelot tournament in the junior Y. M. C. A. division for grammar school and freshmen, after a final five game series against Henry Gallant that drew a large crowd of boys. Puffer won the decisive fifth game 3-2 to clinch the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice D. Puffer
Henry Gallant
Maurice Puffer
Gallant
Puffer
Harold Burns
Frank Kenyon
John Sprague
Clayton Thibodeau
David Alkazin, Jr
John Preney
Harold Hart
Harold MacMahan
Louis Couture
John Staples
Robert Sutherlaad
William Rogers
John Keegan Jr
John McLaughlin
George Sarkis
Earle W. Brown
Herbert Closson
Russell Young
George Perry
Clifton Nickerson
George Moody
Carleton Stover
Charles Plummer
Manley Ellis
Burns
Sprague
Alkazin
MacMahan
Rogers
Staples
Sarkis
Closson
Perry
Plummer
Moody
McClure Seeks Sagadahoc Probate Office Seat
J Horace McClure announced his candidacy for Sagadahoc register of probate. A Sagadahoc veteran, he rose to prominence as sheriff in 1924 and served on Bath city council. He is active in the American Legion and Forty and Eight groups and chairs local Republican committees. Primary nomination papers are circulating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
The
Republic
Sagadahoc
McClure
Sagadahoc County
Republican City Committee
Roland Smith Post, A. L
Forty and Eight
Bath
Maine Department of Legion
State Forty and Eight
Lemont declares candidacy for Sagadahoc probate post
Herbert R. Lemont of Bath announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for register of probate in Sagadahoc county. A 1918 UMaine graduate and former U S lieutenant, he has served as Bath highways and sewers superintendent and worked in underground construction for Edison Electric in Boston. He later returned to Bath after a stint with Estabrook and Co., investment bankers of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Lemont
Sagadahoc
University of Maine
Lemont
85Th Field Artillery
Roland H. Smith Post
American Legion
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Bath
Edison Electric Illuminating Co
Boston
Estabrook & Co
Beston
Non-Partisan Ticket Inches Toward City Administration
The piece notes a possible continuance of a non partisan municipal administration as Democrats shift their general caucus from Tuesday the 13th to Wednesday the 14th in City Hall auditorium. Republicans fix ward caucuses for Tuesday the 13th and the mayoralty caucus for Thursday the 15th with both parties meeting in the city building on Thursday night in separate rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Dana S Beacham Celebrates 89th Birthday at Portland Home
Dana S Beacham a longtime York county deputy sheriff and Republican leader observed his 89th birthday Thursday at his Pleasant Avenue Portland home. Mrs Beacham hosted a dinner for him. Born in Water Village Ossipee New Hampshire he spent years in Limerick and was prominent in county Republican circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana S. Beacham
York County
Pleasant Avenue
Portland
Probate Notice appoints administrator in Sagadahoc
On January 2 1934 Arth J Dunton of Bath was appointed administrator of the estate of John 8 Place late of Bath Sagadahoc County deceased and qualified for the trust. Also Spewer executrix Marion Wallace of 25-18 yard of Wase Pro bate Court Sagadahoc duly appointed executrix without estate and qualified for trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arth J. Dunton
Bath
Sagadahoc
John 8
Place
Coun
Arthur J. Dunton
Ragadahon
Er P. Ledyard
Mate
Marion Wallace
Sali
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Elm Street Baptist Sunday School
Conduttor Baker
Bath Street Railway Co
Charles Spinney
Bath Letter Cartiers
Alameda
Wilson
Pattenlodge K. of P
Twenty-Five Cent Savings Bank
Woodward's
W. T. Donnell
Street Railway Co
Sedgwick Post
John Footer
Will McOwen
N. T. Worthley, Jr
Kents Hill
Dr. Gallagher
Maine Wesleyan Seminary
A. F. Jenness
Mr. Jenness
A. M. Franks
K. of P
Front Street
Samuel Welch, Jr
A. J. McQuarrie
William Edgett
Edward Hartwell
Frank Wildes
Frank Daley
Messrs. H. W. Swanton
J.H. Ball
Charles E. Patten
American Express
Lédyard
J. B. Drake
Piper
T. Percy & Sons
Shorey
Gannett
Si Owen
Wiscasset
James J. Brooks
Phoenix Hotel
John B. Hoover
Portsmouth
George Dilaway
Mrs. M. D. McKnown
Boothbay Harbor
Lewis Rounds
Bath Iron Works
Josiah Dutton
Norway
Whittier
Bowdoin College
Washington Street
Percy
H. E. Palmer
Cehter Street
Hinitttrst
Sheriffs’ Committee
Shanhon & Huse
Iron Works
Brooks Literary Society
Charles Corliss
York Street
Winter Street Church
D. J. Choate
Col. G. A. Philbrick
Oakdale Lodge
Winnegance
Kate Jones
Drummond’s Wharf
Navesink
Phippsburg Centre
Jones
South Grammar School
Union
Hogan
Kennebec
Bath Cycle Club
Patten Lodge K. of P
W. Greene
Abawdeweseee Morse
TGC Wis
Coen Ahaha
Millett
C Seeeeereee
McCabe
Smith
Eevevetevaeer
Seereee Eas
Ccoooom
Landry
Rf Rogers
Sedgley
Este
Rideout
Seweeewead
Dyer
Burgsn
Ahaa ' Academy
APPLE
Maine Experiment Station
Edward W. Grange
Mrs
Georgetown
Oak Cemetery
Mits
Blair
Glennys
Ann Pinkham
Mrs. McHugh's
Miss Pearl M. Oliver
Allied Institute of Dancing In
Audrey Putnam
Gardiner
Easthall
J. Horace McLure
Register of Probate
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