Forty Years Ago in Bath February 9 1887
Fortnightly notes from Bath describe the Polar Star basket hop at Masonic hall tomorrow night and a Young Men's Business club meeting at City hall this evening. Postmaster Nichols travels to Portland as witness in a mail robbery case, with Mrs. James Wiggins and Mrs. Corn FE Jones testing. A Sedgwick relief corps ride to Meadow Brook chapel and a Treason Street course lecture by Rev. T F White are reported. J W Pask and spouse return to Bath from Boston to reside on Center street. Meetings note nominees Gen T W Hyde A S Sewall A H Shaw J S Lowell S S Snipe. News also mentions hotel openings and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James“. Wiggins
Corn FE. Jones
Portland
Apsnered
Patten
T. W. Hyde
Sewall
A. HT. Shaw
Lowell
T. Snipe
Dance at Perry's hall and local notes from Bath
The report covers a Feb 10 1887 dance at Perry's hall Winneganee and local moves. Wilber Cahill left for Montreal to attend an ice carnival while Herbert F. Field heads to Detroit to work as a shipyard joiner. The St. Cloud is being converted to a coal barge at Houghton Brothers wharf. An excursion to the toboggan slide in Portland attracted many, with 29 tickets sold. A photo view of the American Shipping and Industrial League members is displayed in Granite block, Bath. A New Jerusalem Church wedding unites Richard F. Goodwin of Boston and Clara M. Patten of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert F. Field
Detroit
Mich
St. Cloud
The
Morses
Houghton Brothers
Portland
Nathan Covel
J. L. Douglas
J. C. Ledyard
G. A. Cahill
William Trodgdon
D. T. Percy & Son
American Shipping and Industrial League
Bath
Washington
Arthur Sewall
P.M. Whitmore
C. V. Minott
David T. Percy
John McDonald
John ©. Patten
A. 4. Fuller
G. C. Goss
High School Youths Visit Jake's For Clams And Dances
Feb 11 1887 report notes high school youths drive to Jake's for an evening of clams and dances as weather improves. Sonal N Tee river work nearly finished and harvesting costs rise may push prices down. At Morse's yard a large schooner gains a windlass and hoisting engine built at Moulton Iron Works. Mrs William W Carter plans to move to Detroit to join her husband after years of dressmaking on Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake's
Sonal N
Moulton'’s
Iron Works
Morse’s
William W. Carter
Center Street
Detroit
Master Painter Change at Knox & Lincoln Repair Shop
Lemuel Small becomes master painter at Knox & Lincoln repair shop replacing Howard H. Sawyer who moves to Mechanicville. Sawyer previously held the master painter post for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Small
Knox & Lincoln
Howard H. Sawyer
Mechanicville
Mr. Sawyer
Hay Loads Reach High in Winter City Weighing
City weighed forty three loads of hay the largest in Winter. estimate surpasses fifty loads citywide. Last night the Diath Masonic lodge Polar Star hosted a social gathering with a musical program praised for solos and violin pieces by Byron Barker and other local performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diath
Polar Star Lodge
Byron Barker
A J. Fuller
George F. Donean
O. Denham
M. FP. Donean
Pinnac
Fritz T,twitchell
Laura Duncan
M. FF. Duncan
Charles TI. Foster
Dbyron Trarker
Florence Corliss
Laura Dimenn
Busy Bath in 1887 news with sailing and social events
In Bath on February 12 1887 Mrs Captain McLaughlin and Miss Emma Tilly leave for Boston for a week. Sail makers work on sails for four masted schooners at Manchester Haynes shipyard in Wiscasset. The old schooner Fannie Mitchell rests on Hathorn Rocks after drifting ice and tide. Community events include dances, lodge socials, and a matinee at Alameda for orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. McLaughlin
Emma Tilly
Boston
A. M. Caider
Commercial Street
Manchester Ilaynes
Wiscasset
Local Money Order Office Seeks Office Space
The money order office will be housed in the private office of Postmaster Nichols, who plans to fit up the northwest room for his name and use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols
Local notes and events from a Boston harbor city
Feb 15 1887 Mrs John Payne visits then leaves for Tos ton on the 11 05 train Patten lodge K of TP plans its first anniversary March 26 At the Alameda Olympian club and Indy friends stage a Ticket of Some Man Young People’s Literary Society Universalist Church hosts a beng entertainment with burlesque The derelict schooner Fannie Mitchell seen upriver Orphans Home inmates attend Alameda opera Bath Board of Trade Arrowsie delegates to Augusta hearing for bridge and ferry fire at 12 15 noon on Private Way near Front Street injures none. firemen used Chemical Engine and Steamer Three to extinguish it. origin unknown but bedding likely sparked by cinder. losses about 15 to building and 10 to furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Trade and Young Men's Business Club
Augusta
Bay and Arrowsie
Arrowsie
Private Way
Commercial Wharf
Front Street
Rufus Thomas
Williams
Tron
William Rogers
Thomas
Reports No Increase Among the Starlings
Bird lovers note no immediate danger from starling population growth. A Winter street belfry flock is smaller than first reported, with a 25 bird sighting by a South End woman who has not seen them lately. North End sees two eagles near the narrows and a persistent bluejay flock, while Stanton club members log January sightings. Bath observers wonder how many matched local reports. Tech list includes chickadees, crow, gull, goldfinch, pine grosbeak, bluejay, shrike, meadowlark, tree sparrow, starling, woodpeckers, and a fox sparrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
South End
North End
Narrows
Stanton Bird Club
Lewiston
Bath
Tech
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Sagadahoc Registry
Recent two week records show transfers including Rath William FE Sanborn to Philip O Hara Mary FE Dean to Roscoe H Douglass William B Kendall to F S Chaney et al Georgetown Mussenden to Martha Rich Tiowen et al Sheepscot Island Co to William C Allen Phippsburg Mary J Taggett et als to Walter W Libby Black to Walter Libby Topsham Alexis Dufresne to William Pouliot et al Pejepscot Paper Co to Alber I Boucher Woolwich Lothair T Lowell to W H and J J Spinney David W Blair to Napoleon LaBelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe Registry of
Rath
William FE. Sanborn
Philip O'Hara
Mary FE
Dean
Roscoe H. Shaw
Frederick RB. Perey
Elinor B. Percy
Weston IL
Bonney
Tlarry P. Tridge
Lbowdeinham
Mary N. Douglass
Roscoe Hi. Douglass
Sarah S. Small
George A. Brown
William B. Kendall
F. S. Chaney
Georgetown
William TR. Mussenden
Martha Rich
Pythian Extension Program Aims for Growth and Community Service
The Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias endorsed a year long extension plan for Acadia lodge to boost membership by twenty percent and expand social and community service activities. The program highlights include educational funds, homes for aged members, orphans and widows, a strong female auxiliary, and a military training effort for youth. The order reports assets over 30 million and wide scale charitable distributions while planning further lodge owned homes and national reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Acadia Lodge
T Benjamin Oliver
Pythian
Supreme Jodge
Oliver
Toe
United States
Canada
GCAO
Empire Better Homes
Pythian Order
Coueges
Vyrthian Sisters
The
Order i
Tasuranes Department
Ine Dimmapolis
Indiana
War Memorial Plaza
Maine News Notes and Local Oddities
South Paris shows lower unpaid tax totals than recent years. Lewiston police detain a man who sought hospitalization after claiming heavy drinking and “horrors.” Potato growers face a market drop to about 23 a barrel, while Sussex County, North Carolina votes 82 000 for advertising despite protests of undesirables fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sussex County
N. C
Sunday School Pupils Guests Of Teachers At Winter Street Church
Miss Jane Goodman and Miss Grace Dickinson hosted their Sunday school classes in the Winter Street church chapel Friday evening. Assistants included Miss Winnie Durgin and Miss Bess Dickinson. The event featured a heart hunt and games such as Jerusalem and drop the handkerchief, with pupils from both classes names listed among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Goodman
Grace Dickinson
Winter Street
Winnie Durgin
Bess Dickinson
Jerusalem
Elizabeth Colby
Doris Wilson
Virginia Falin
Mary Hodgkins
Marjorie Haskell
Marjorie Trott
Margaret Austin
Dickinson
Ellen Hodgkins
Emmn Colby
Bertha Tord
Ruth Powers
Marjorie — Eleanor Shorey
Geraldine Tott
City Best Field for Gathering Antiques
The article argues city life holds more antiques than rural areas. It notes auctions daily in cities and many shops with antique pieces, suggesting better bargains despite possible imperfect condition. It contrasts 19th and early 20th century urban growth with rural scarcity.
Legislature Bill Hikes Pay With Absence Deductions
A state house correspondent notes that a bill proposing a 1 pay raise also includes a clause deducting 2 from a legislator’s pay for each day absent without leave. The rule dates back about 50 years when session pay was 150. It is claimed no member has ever had a day’s pay deducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Ai Day
Oxford Democrat
Opening of S5-room Jog lodge at Tucerne Club
Board of Governors of Tucerne in Maine Country Club announce formal opening of the great S5-room Jog lodge with events across the town house bridge tournaments dancing and entertainment. Traffic warnings note uneven sidewalks and rising injuries as residents consider trips to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucerne-in- Maine
Maine Probate Notice on Real Estate Sale Petition
Harry J. Rich administrator seeks license to sell West Bath real estate of Lawrence Newall to pay debts and expenses. The court orders three weeks’ notice in Bath Independent for interested parties to appear and contest on March 1, 1927. The document also notes Adolphine E Roux as executrix for Achille Roux's will with request to issue letters testamentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Harry J. Rich
West Bath
Lawrence Newall
Bull Rock Pridge
Sewall
Bath
State OF
Maine
Path
A. D
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoe
Louise M. Pratt
John S. Marson
Walter 5S. Glidden
Adolphine E. Roux
Achille J. Roux
Jeanne A. Roux
Adolphine BR. Roux
Arthur J. Dunton
William F. Dunstam
Sagadatiocyss
Alice G. Colby
Albert C. Colby
John C. Mumphreys
Caroline A. Humplreys
Sagadatioc
Alice B. Fulton
James Dean
Augusta Girls Edge Morse Team In Schoolgirl Clash
Cony High defeated Morse High 21 to 17 in a hard fought game at the Y. Miss Nickless led Cony with 15 points, while Morse guards Deering and Decker contributed strong backcourt play. Aderton and Thompson provided Morse offensive chances but could not overcome Cony’s balanced attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cony High
Morse High
Lassses
Nickless
Cony
Morse
Hind
Miss Aderton
Tommy” Thompson
Miss Cressey
Cressey
Kinsman
Thompson
Cong
Aderton
Rines
Kingman
Aba
Soule
Je Steer
Bailey Nelson
Iriest
Tener Ewes
Wamster
Therne
Teee Thompson
Rf Ly Aderton
Morse Girls Fight Hard but Fall Just Short
Morse leads by a floor goal to reach 17 as Cony struggles to break through with Cressey and Decker tight on defense. Aderton and Thompson endure shooting woes in the final canto while Morse sustains a spirited game from whistle to whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Morse
Cony
Cressey and
Decker
Aderton
Thompson
Potter at old ship yard turns clay into wares in sight
Oscar Ross, owner of a former ship yard once run by Edward O Etrien and others, has begun pottery making from local clay. He assembles bowls, pots, jars and pans, with drying under way. He uses wooden wheels but plans granite ones to grind limerock and granite for power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Oscar Ross
Edward O' Etrien
Two Men Restrain Horse After Ice Break Throw
Two South Freeport residents narrowly escaped as their horse broke through bay ice. The animal kicked them repeatedly leaving cuts and bruises as the men were tossed into the water. The father vanished briefly but kept eyes open under water and spotted a six inch crack in the ice. The son seized his hand and pulled him to safety.
Probate court notices from Sagadahoc March 1927
Two probate notices from Bath Sagadahoc County detail executors and administrators presenting final accounts and inheritance tax petitions. The first, for Clara A. Palmer and William R. Donnell as executors of Mary U1 Donnell, calls for published notice and a March 1 hearing. The second, for James R. Perkins as administrator of Eugene A. Pinkham, requests inheritance tax determination with hearings on March 1 and March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
A. D
James RB. Perkins
Eugene A. Pinkham
Sail County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Masonic Hall
Young Men's Business Club
City Hall
United States Circuit Court
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Meadow Brook Chapel
T. F. White
Elm Street
J. W. Pask
W. S. Twitchel
C. R. Donnell
Col
J. K. Mayden
A. TR. Perkins
Hunnewell’s Point
Lisbon Falls
Tie
Perry's Hall
Winneganee
Wilber Cahill
Montreal
New Jerusalem
Richard FE. Goodwin
Clara M. Patten
Siats
Jessie Owen
Soderman
Owen
Wagner
Tanna- Hauser
Miss Yates
China
Beacon Street Church
Greyhound Chemical Engine Company
Columbian Hall
Committee of Arrangements
Fannie Mitchell
Hathorn’s
Bangor
Calais
Bath Board For Trade
Acndia Lodge
K. of P
Popham Lodge of Good Templars
Managee Clark
Alameda
Dunlap Commandery
Tlome
the Alameda
John Foote
Annie Tallman
Linden Street
Albert Carr
Tukey
Patten Lodge K. of
J. S. Committee On
Rogers
A. S. Farnham
John Payne
Toston
Patten Lodge K
Olympian Club
Somve Man
Young People’s Literary Society
Universalist Ehurch
Pythian Extension Program
Supreme Lodge
Maine News Notes
Aroos
Biddeford
DR. Pierce
Antiquarian Magazine
New York City
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Palmer
Florida
Dunstam, Register
Attes William F. Dunham
Register
Adolphine FE
ROUX
Tam F. Dunham
William F. Dunham
Ion
John S. Slace
Mary F. Place
John S. Place
William F. Dunham, Egister
Bath Girls
Clara A. Palmer
William R. Donnell
Donnell
Hell
Atte William F. Dunham
Sagadahioc
LeRoy, Percy
Hazel EF. Gatcomb
Carrie M. P. Mason
Walter §S
Clidden
Irobate
Willan S. Shorey
J. Edward Drake
William F. Dunilam
Marguerite J. Haley
Kittery
Danford McDonald
Marguerite J. Maley
Wil Foote
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