Forty Years Ago in Bath a Busy Flooded Town
Newspaper column recounts Bath during February 1885 with reports of heavy flooding on the Alamedas and Manchester invasion of Maine by Alameda polo players, local crew selections at Bowdoin, civic notices, a charity flag presentation to Sedgwick Post, and community happenings amid a fierce storm and cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Maine
Smith
Portland
Bath
Roberts
Yaris
Dot
Gloucesters
Alameda Club
Alonzo Nutter
George S. Nutter
West
Boone
Tie
Western Union
Longtime clerks exit Nichols store on February 13 1885
James Biggins 16 years and Ed Biggins 13 years leave George H. Nichols dry goods store. A surprise party honors Miss Mattie Nichols at her parents’ home on South Washington street. A separate gathering at George Weeks’ on Union. A Portland game ends with Alameda defeating Hallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liazzie Fogg
Middle Street
Guimes
Diuneing
James
Fd Biggins
George H. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Mattie Nichols
South Washington Street
Isa A
Cate
George Weeks
Union Street
Bath and Lowell visit noted amid varied local items
The column records Daniel McQuarrie visiting from Lowell, Miss Katie Delehanty to sing at Brunswick, and local stats including telephone counts, baseball standings for the Bay States, and historical notes on Bath’s notable residents and merchants, with club polo and clothing firm histories interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Delehanty
Young Ladies’ Aid Society
Brunswick
Croaking of Citizens Leads In Out of Town League Play
The article notes that Croaking of Citivens has won more league games in away rinks and has more goals for while losing fewer than any club. Portland's gilt edge team sits bottom and has yet to win away from home, returning home three times without scoring, a fact distressing the Portland Argus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda Polo Club
Biddefords
J.d.r.s
Deerings
Ditson’s
Manchesters
Bath Nub
Citivens
Portland
Portland Argus
Take My Advice Well Presented Play Helpers Named
Virgy Manton to Alice Whalen and Marcia Wargrim led the cast, with many helpers including Beatrice Duprey in refreshments and ticket control. Ushers Doris Soule and Gertrude Maxwell assisted, while Stewart McAllister ran stage operations. The cast rehearsed only two weeks to a day, the shortest prep in recent years for a high school play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgy Manton
Alice Whalen
Marcia Wargrim
Mary O'Donnell
Helen Barber
Mary McDonald
Beatrice Duprey
Harvey Martlet
Stewart McAllister
Chavid Mulling
Sidney Cullen
Mark Jackson
Elizabeth Robbins
Alice Trogue
Doris Soule
Gertrude Maxwell
Carolyn Rogers
Leola Ward
Tlelen Tives
Louise Stewart
Mabel Whitten
Helen Rogers
Plano
James Hart
Frank Galloupe
Tlarvey Hartley
David Matlin
Wendell Williams
Stewart McAllis
Argentina Plans Major Oil Field Expansion
The government proposes upgrading state oil wells over four years 1924-1927 to lift production. The plan foresees 4,637,000 cubic meters from existing and new wells, 90,000,000 pesos capital gain, and 65,000,000 pesos profit. It outlines sinking 75 working and six exploration wells at Comodoro Rivadavia and 18 at Plaza Huincul, plus a 2000 ton daily La Plata distillery built by Bethlehem Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Aericulture
Oil-Lands Office
Comodoro Rivadavia
Plaza Huineul
Nenquen
LaTlata
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Hawaiian Militia Plans Repulse of Fleet in Spring Maneuvers
The Hawaii national guard on Oahu will be called to active duty to repulse an American fleet during spring naval maneuvers. The effort hinges on Washington securing about $20,000 for pay and allowances for all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mhawaii National Guard
Oahu Island
Twonoluka
Washington
Bath City Hospital Resolutions On Death Of Harold M Sewall
The Bath City Hospital trustees received a report from Hubert H McCarty Julian A Watson and Frederick Drake detailing memorial resolutions for Harold Marsh Sewall. They praise his generosity to the hospital his noble character and his belief that wealth should be shared with the needy. The resolutions extend sympathy to his family and note the lasting impact of his gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert H. McCarty
Julian A. Watson
Frederick FE. Drake
Bath City Hospital
Harold M. Sewall
Harold Marsh Sewall
Thath City
Past Masters Demonstrate Work in Polar Star Lodge
A Polar Star Judge No. 714 AA M M held a meeting to exemplify the M M degree with past masters leading. Officers listed include WM William A Purhep, Senior Warden Motley Fillep, Junior Warden Delmar J Bates, Secretary Stein LeMont, Treasurer Osmond Hughes, and others. A supper was served by Genesiss chapter and music by Portland Masonic musicians accompanied the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Purhep
Motley Fillep
Plom
Delmar J. Bates
Steins Mo LeMont
Mddvard Hughes
Chester J. Sheperd
WM. Eben O F. Marston
W. M. Oliver Moses 3d
P.M. Walter S. Russell
George Wilson Scudder
Ladies of Genesiss
Portland
Frank F. Thomas
Fener
Joseph W. Whitnes
Teror
Howard R. Stevens
Teliges
Marry BF
Merrill
Welter S. Smith
Bath People Enjoy Organ Selections
Prof. Edward Gould Mead of Take Erie College played three organ selections at the Prelude during an American Guild of Organists meeting in Cleveland. The event was broadcast by WHK. Mead and Mrs. Mead hosted a coffee at his studio with Miss Olive Cory and Lake Erie College faculty and seniors assisting. John Pierce, baritone and director at the Cleveland Institute of Music, performed solos as Mrs. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Quimby attended along with college leaders and the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gould Mead
Take Erie College
Painesville
Ohio
American Guild of Organists
Cleveland
WHK
Mead
Janet Cutler
Bath
Lake Erie College
Olive Cory
Miss Woodson
Mrs Tacitus Douglas Visits Friends Then Heads to Waterville
Mrs Tacitus Douglas of Brunswick spent the weekend with friends in Bath and left Monday for Waterville where she will stay several days with her sister before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacitus Douglas
Brunswick
Bath
Waterville
Reading character from one's headgear and hat styles
The piece reports Dr W. Kimmins telling the London County Council that hat wear reveals character. Hatters corroborate, noting tilt indicates traits from solemnity and thoughtfulness to happiness and social status, while leftward tilts mark rare, unconventional tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kimmins
London County Council
Dr. Kimmins
London
Kershner Addresses Grace Church Men
Dr. Warren E. Kershner addressed the Grace Church Men’s Club on health topics at the parish house on Oak Street. He explained health laws, discussed state measures, and described a Maine bill that failed to pass. President Carroll Watson presided and a luncheon by Russell L. Phinney followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Kershner
Men's Club of Grace
Oak Street
Kershner
Maine
Bershners
Pres
Carroll Watson
Russell L. Phinney
Notable Local Passages And Visits In Bath Port Lands
A series of short notes records moves and events in Bath and nearby towns. Individuals including M. Avel, Charles Emerson, Mrs. Lillian Kingsbury, Mrs. Galloupe, Mrs. Tolnson, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Tall, Mrs. Hall, Hon. Rupert Baxter, Mrs. Newell, Miss Barbara Austin, and Leonard Wetherbee with Miss Goodrich are noted for travel, hospital, or social engagements. A ship captain, Capt. Barnes, recounts a perilous schooner voyage where five crewmen were rescued by Coast Guard before tow to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. (. Avel
Portland
Charles FE. Emerson
Wiscasset
City
Lillian Kingsbury
Edward Street
City Hospital
Foe. Galloupe
Wporthimd
Fred Whimball
Clarence EF. Tolnson
Harry Day
P. Tall
Woolwich
A. W. Hall
Bath
Daniel Millery
Miller
Son Tester
K. WT. Sampson
Washington Street
Capt. Miller
Lenobscot
John Taylor
Arthur Lemont
Arthur Samnson
Frank Lemont
Sarah Levmond
Laotian Faten
Cliss
First Baptist Church
Trene Jenkins
Edward Daly
Alb. Cheney
Trunswick
Brunswick Orchestral Antehoral Society
Walker Arts
Aimone
William W. Sewall
Otis
John Fo Stacey
So W. Barnes
Russell Street
Commack
Sea- Wright N
Hound
New York
Freon
Jacksonville
Tumber
Coast Guard
Tairnes
City Wealth vs Country Character in 1920s Advice
A speech argues city life values money while country life builds lasting character through honest work and community ties. It contrasts city and country success, praising neighbors and friends over dollar wealth, and warns against artificial urban values. Copyright 1924 by Philip R. Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip R. Park
Local Socials and Visits Highlight Busy Week
Mrs. William H. White and her sister Mrs. John Alien traveled from Tedford Street and Harpswell Center to visit their sister Mrs. A A Appleby in Norwood Massachusetts and to see Rev. and Mrs. Raymond Chappell in Middleboro Massachusetts. Albert Thompson and Mrs Thompson returned from Boston area visits with relatives and Mrs Thompson will stay a few days longer. Abbie Snowman went to Portland to consult an eye specialist. Rev Edwin Dodge Hardin attended a Bowdoin College Bowdoin Museum concert at Walker Art Building describing it as one of the season’s best. Mrs George Coombs stays with daughter Mrs Harry Hazel of Dresden and Mrs John Melnnis and Mrs Harry F Morin spent Tuesday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick Post
Sedgwick T Relief Corps
F. T. Mitchell
Relief Corps
George Fields
B. J. Trask
Preble
F. O. Webber
Tattie Reed
Eva Mitchell
Alice Trott
Tizzie Hog
Corns
Sedgewick Post
Charles Naylor
Philadelphia
Grand Army
William H. White
Tedford Street
John Alien
Harpswell Center
A. A. Appleby
Norwood
Mass
White
Raymond Chappell
Middleboro
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Brunswick Orchestral and Choral Society
Walker Art Building
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin Museum of Fine Arts
Probate notices reveal executors and admins in Sagadahoc
Court of Probate in Bath, Sagadahoc, schedules hearings for February 3, 1925, and March 3, 1925, to approve final accounts and confirm executors and administrators for estates of William Jones, Moses C Young, Thomas Morse, Elizabeth Day, Sarah Cutting, and Sarah Given. George R. Perry petitions to prove George H. Perry's will and obtain letters testamentary without bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Thomas F. Jones
William J. Baker
William $. Jones
James S. Lowell
Callie M. Young
Moses
C.’ Young
John Waisdell
Tames L. Morse
Sagadahoe
Tha Tl
Morse
Temes L. Morse
Charles DeLow
Elizabeth A. Day
Woolwich
George Cutting
Sarah T. Cutting
Sagedashoe
George T. Cutting
Bert M. Webber
Channel
Curtis
Sncadahoe
George R. Perry
George H. Perry
Said
Annie M. Perry
Gorge R. Perry
Maine
A.D
Fred H. Thompson
Ore
Mainf
Spradahoe
Bathinete
Inanadabor
Ald
Petitie
Christepher Cushing
Hird R. Pattee
Sail County
Saradahoc
Sagadavpoc
Sawadshoe
Frank Woooly
Helen West
Sapadahor
James S. Lowfli
Todge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Alameda
East Lynne
Madison Square Company
Bowdoin
Boat Association
EE. N. Whittier
F. W. Alexander
IF. T. Brown
FE. W. Dalvis
Nathaniel Longley
George TD. Parks
Weston Thompson
William G. Barrows
Phippsburg
Drummond Pond Co
Drummond
Granite Citys
Alamedas
Farrell
Denning
Patterson
Barnes
T.C. Alamedas
Ks Olsen
Bhoe Syn der
Theck
W. J. Stearns
Bath Tren Works
F. H.cromwell
New Haven
Joseph Green
Aes
Fred Swanton
Charles Hooper
Charles Magown
A. T. Lowell
I. T. Snipe
B. A. Bailey
Irving Mattson
T. Percy, Jr
Bath Athletic Elibe
Highland Light Lodge
John R. Kelley
H. W. Cowan
A. N. Cowan
Worcester School of Technology
Licrose
Wis
Annie Bates
Annie Tarris
Lincoln Street
John Footer
Front Street
William P. Cather
Alexander M. Cutlery
Willis Tabor
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Augusta
Bath Board of Trade
G. . Moses
Common Council
Rogers
Third Board of Trade
TI. W. Wroughton
Mr. Moses
Houghton
Mr. Rogers
Mayden
Charles I. Tryde
W. Scott Shorey
Albert A. Reed
William W. Robinson
Heee
Magley
Alamedans
Hallow
Daniel McQuarrie
Lowell
Bay States
Massachusetts
Paris
Beota Neee
J. J. Douglas
F. H. Low
William J. Kimball
Wellington Sprague
William TI. Farrell
Fred A. Marston
Frank EF. Berry
Charles T. Norton
Lewis H. . Rdes
Augustus Douglass
George F. Jackson
John W. Kimball
W. J. Kimball
Argentina
AOWR
Bath City
DR. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Grace Church
Bradstreet
Albert Thompson
Thompson
Boston
Suburbs
Mrs. Thompson
Abbie Snowman
George Coombs
Harry Hazel
Dresden
John Melnnis
Harry F. Morin
William F. Dunham
William F. Dunstam
William F. Denitam
William TF. Dunham
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