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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1929

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Reminiscences and Notices

Readable items from the Bath Daily Times 1889 February column recount local happenings. Relief Corps fair tickets near a thousand sold. Bath Iron Works foreman Percy Douglass. Herbert Shea traveling to Boston to set up a holster on a barge. invitations issued for Acadia lodge entertainment at Alameda. trains late due to a derailed freight near Portland. Morse boree frame timber arriving. various local residents and businesses described, including Bath Water Supply Co pumping station upgrades, relief corps events, and community lectures.

Herbert Shea Moulton Iron Works Boston Tougley

Public schools close at noon for two weeks

The article notes schools will close at noon tomorrow for a two week period. It mentions entertainment at Universalist chapel and upcoming meetings and preparations for a steam boat project. It also reports on the arrival of William A. Melcher to oversee upper works for a Portland and New York line steamer and notes Walker Gatch’s many friends.

Ecitt William al. Melcher Encfanel Portland New York Camden N. J

Ward Seven club files campaign copy. child injured by sled

Wednesday afternoon Mr Higgins seized a Ward Seven juvenile campaign club phonograph. Gen Harrison may receive a copy. Friday noon Daisy Gilbert ten, of 711 Middle street, was knocked down by a sled on South street. she was hurled and fell head first onto frozen snow. She was carried to James McPherson’s house. no bones broken but injuries feared. A Bath party at Adams flow Briomewick featured Conants Supper and a dance with local guests. The Brunswick Fur club helped entertain investors with a minstrel ep.

Higgins Ward Seven Gen. Harrison Daisy Gilbert Dempnter William Gilbert Middle Street South Street James McPherson Adams Fiow Briomewick Conant F. H. Twitchell A. Hf. Shaw W. G. Webber E. M. Fuller Oth Brunswick Fur Club Corelliamnent

Improvement in a Gentleman's Health Condition Report

A gentleman previously very ill with stomach trouble has improved and recovered enough to sit up. The report notes a marked improvement in his condition and urges continued care.

Feb 19 1889 Local Briefs From Augusta City News

Caterer Smith to furnish a turkey supper for Dunlap Commandery banquet. Water pipe leak under the New Meadows river noted. Warrants for municipal election to be posted at polling places by City Constable Longley. Mrs. Corey recovering from broken wrist on Oak Street. Odd Fellows to sleigh ride to Lewistown Irvin House for supper next week. Twenty seven business men attended a State capitol hearing in Augusta. A special train was sent from Brunswick to Clinton Sedgwick for a Commandery event. Co H Wakefield invites to a camp fire in Bennington Vermont next Saturday. River ferries report nearly clear water. Knights of Pythias near 100 year milestone with Acadia Lodge staging entertainment in Alameda. Address with music to start the evening social dance. Universalist parish meeting notes on church subscriptions and expenses. Ladies Social Circle to sleigh ride to North Bath next Friday. Mr and Mrs Francis E Webster leaving for Cambridge Massachusetts. Mrs Webster employed by Jervis Furniture Company of Boston.

State Augusta Ray Brunswick

Paris Plans Subways and Pedestrian Tunnels to Ease Traffic

Paris considers a comprehensive plan to bury traffic with three miles of tunnels and arcade sidewalks under the city. The proposal, led by Mmile Massard, envisions north south subways connecting three points to relieve a congested central district at an estimated cost of thirty to forty million dollars over seven to eight years.

Paris Maus Cauneil Mmile Massard Special Commission Mussard

Birthday for 92 year old Minott celebrated at home

Taha GCG Minott marked his 92nd birthday Wednesday at 17 Beacon Street with family guests arriving from Melrose Nor way and Auburn. Daughters Mrs Edwin Given and Mrs Eliot Fuller joined, while Miss Flora Randall and her daughter stayed as visitors. The elder Minott appeared in good health and welcomed relatives during the day.

Minelt Beacon Street Wis Danole Edwin WW Melrose Mass Eliot A. Fuller Nor- Way T. Minett Auburn Wes Minett Flora Randall Mr. Minott Berch Fred Medias

Canton Promotes Exploration for Mineral Deposits in Kwantung

The provincial government of South China promotes exploration of coal peat gold limestone bismuth and granite in Kwantung with shown deposits of molybdenum manganese and rare metals. Heavy taxation by military leaders hampered mining profitability. Professor Bridgman of Harvard notes artificial pressure of six hundred thousand pounds per square inch on steel markets and rubber hardening.

Canton South China Kwanthane Bridgman Harvard University

Bath Horses Contest At Damariscotta Races

Representatives from Bath Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta Driving clubs attended the Damariscotta Mills event. Copper Baron from Bath won a Class C heat and placed second in another, while Kentucky Princess battled Great Silver in Class B with a sharp cut on the quarter in the third. Pomner Wood of Boothbay Harbor, driven by Dodee, defeated Peter Brooks in a special match race, and many locals observed a stronger showing from Pomner Wood than a week earlier.

Bath Beathhay Harbor Damariscotta Damariscotta Mills George Jewett Kentucky Princess Copper Baron Kentucky Prine Great Silver Pojney Wood Boothbay Harbor Dodee Peter Brooks Pomner Wood Barney Deheht Boothbay Kentucky Joe Hal Ance Marvel Todd Don Q

Central League Hosts Busy Church Meeting and Auction

Central church bagie members met at the Patisa house on Monday night hosted by Mrs. William Dennison, Mrs. Allan Spear, and Mrs. Olive Sprave. Miss Margaret Foote announced a parish house auction on Wednesday February 27 at 2 20 p. m. chaired by Charles T. Jackson. Tea was served as members worked on patchwork and celebrated Mrs. Harriet Small's 25th wedding anniversary with gifts from the League.

William Dennison Allan Spear Olive Sprave Patisa House Margaret Foote League Charles T. Jackson Harriet Small

Austrian Jews sue the Imperial Widow over land promise

Budapest reports that Promontor Jews sue Zita of Austria before the civil court in December. They seek fulfillment of a pledge by Emperor Francis Joseph for land to build a synagogue. Repeated promises failed as plots were allocated to others or leased to industrials before World War I.

Budapest Fmpress Zita Austria Promontor Francis Joseph Chaimberlain Austria-Hungary Hungary

Probate notices and property sales in Sagadahoc County Maine

Court notices in Bath Sagadahoc detail probate actions for multiple estates filed February 1929. Included are bids for private sale of realty in Bath to satisfy debts. appointments of executors administrators guardians and administratrices. and notices to interested parties with dates for hearings in March 1929. Names include Isabel Hyde Edwin P Hyde Amy E Perry Walter S Glidden Fred H Thompson and others.

State OF Maine Saeadance Isabel Hyde Bath Edwin P. Hyde Sarah A. Hyde A. D Sagadhoc Fred H. Thompson Tate Maine Sagadahoc Sud Sagadahor Sapartahoe Walter H. Bowker Frank S. Bowker Phippsburg M. Boweker Sarah HW. Percy ALLAN Notancy Wath Independent Protete Sata Walter Gliddin Amy E. Perry Saradanhoee A. RP Tae State OF A. Parsons Oswald G. Wood Madison Somerset Thomas H. Wood Dswald G. Wood Oswald G. Wood Minor Forth County Walter 5 Glidden Della T Adems Henry TI. Adams Sepgadahoc Della T. Adams Mara C. Geary Sagadahoer Guiv Michael J. Geary Beth Macvy CC Gomy Frederic H. Low Arthur F. Larrabee Sagadahogc Charles S. Lemont Margeret G. Lemont West Bath Bald County Walter S. Gliddieen William F. Duniliam Charles R. Farnham Helen A Potter Wis Sugadahoe Henrietta T. Eaton Helen M. Potter

Legislative action on petitions for publication in state papers

In the Senate Peds 17 199 order concurrence for House actions on petitions. resolves to facilitate legislative business. Clerk to publish acts in all state newspapers with February 28 1929 date. Senate February 12 1929 read and passed. Clyde R Chapman, Clerk. A true copy.

Maine Senate House Duthy J. Senate Royden V. Brown House of Representatives Clyde R Chapman Clyde R. Chapman

Right to Buy Airports Sought by Kansas Cities

Wichita led effort by Kansas cities to urge the legislature to grant municipalities the right to buy or lease land outside city limits for airports. A broad revision of aeronautics law is proposed, including revise limits on low flights to allow commercial photography and agricultural spraying. The 1921 law, unused due to funding, would be updated to empower a three member board to test planes and issue pilots licenses.

Wichita Kansas Cities Adjutant General of the Test

Market Victims and the Market Observers

New York reports a turbulent stock market with many observers among its casualties. Analysts note predictions failed to align with actual movements and that certain writers have not been pressed to justify opinions as market trends diverge from traditional expectations.

New York Hull

Havana Girls Launch Their First Society

Havana girls aged 12 to 14 form a Girl Reserve movement led with the YWCA in New York due to no local branch. The group meets Fridays to study literature art and domestic science marking a historic self education effort for Cuban women.

Havana Cuba Young Women's Christian Association New York

Long Drive Elects Royal St Andrews Golf Captain

Angus Hambro becomes captain of the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews in a traditional ceremony at the famed links. The captain drives from the first tee and a caddie who retrieves the ball wins a golden sovereign. Hambro’s long drive helped secure him the honor as the Terrace gun fired.

Angus Hambro Royal and Ancient Club St. Andrews Scotland Hambro James McCarthy

Valentine events join Loyal Temperance group across town

W C T U notes a Thursday party at George Patterson's Andrews road for 40 Loyal Temperance members with choruses and an object talk. The Willard meeting at the Y M C A features devotion by Mrs Ada Priest and a Boston missionary report by George Patterson. Other groups held gatherings at Corliss street and Oak street with games, valentines exchanges, and prizes for donkey and bean contests.

George Patterson Andrews Road Loyal Temperance Legion Ruth Emerson Willard W.C. T.U Y.M.C.A Ada A. Priest Yarmouth Maes Boston William Fletcher Temperance Legion of Oak Street Bernice MacDonald Everett Sullivan Richard Cimissines Crystal Sherey Alma Allen Ralph Willett

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Percy Douglass Bath Iron Works Acadia Lodge The Alameda FE. M. Fuller Jason Collins Robert Crise Albert Pattee Back River Edward Fuller John Fisher Moulton Tron Works Bath Water Supply Co Uniform Bank No. 5. E. of P William WH. Crockett Charles, H. Mason George W. Luce William J. A. Shaw Charles WT. Jackson Joseph Nichols Fran Brown Moniswear Savage's Market New Ewland William Plummer Breweries Co Phippsbury Center Sedenwick New England Co W.H J. L. Spinney Arrowsic Helen Alexander Lake City Minnesota D. C. Shaw Fort Popham Anael Champien Relief Corps Isir Lucy Griffin Miss Griffin Corps Bath Electric Light and Power Co Andrews Hallet Merrymnectin Bay Silas G Wrevant P. Woodward Woodward President Fuller Bath Board of Trade Dave App Benton Harbor Mich Board of Trade Dunlap Commandery Frank Hayden Jane Sedewick Relief Corps John Merrill Relief? Corps of Richmond Samuel Dilleway Mechanic Street Herbert Maxwell Frederick Southworth Massachusetts Charles Bachelder High Street J. H. Kimball Joseph Avery Mr. Kimball A. N. Williams J. F. Hayden Singer Sewing Machine Co Brience North Street Chapel Joh O. Patten Cnvred Pephem Arthur Major Percy & Sons Thorounghiv Flora Wibbotts Montswear Sunries Wethrook Vercolist Ohteek Adamys Taryineton John T Horace Morse Maine Central Hawkey’s Bath Y. M. Cc. A Winter Street Ibs I. C. Wilson Auburn Yuiv.c.a Committee Beacon Street Hill Hae Auet Bee Walker Gatch Smith New Meadows River Longley Irvin Lew Meadows Commandery Clinton Sedgwick West Nas Co. H. Wakefield G. A. Custer Pest Bennington Cicy Alnoest Perleethy Aneher Casey Uy May Order of the Knights of Pythias Acadia Lodee Universalist Church G. C. Greemeat Beacon Street Church North Bath Francis IE. Webster Cambridge Minatt Chenese Damariscotta Mills Pond Graatay Rowe Jewett Wallaces Baron Wewalt Tomlinson Fay Dan Qi Jone Leon Ciurpe Jewety Charles Jordan Jaward Drake Roland Beal Seth Stewart Leon Belanger Marty Thompson Rupert Wing Roy Tuttle John Belanger Fred Cullen Irving Barter Fred Mart Albert Ane Clarence Peeci John Osborne Central League Poiling the Coir Sneacahoe Supreme Judicial Court Sagadahoe F. Morin Supadahoe Anniveos Aenist George Pratt George Pratthaus Sagadahoe County Chestnut Street Lincol Street W.O. van Whener E. A. Farrar S. S. Mitchell Mitchell Swift Edes Lincoln Street Ivy Nenderson Sherif Isa Sik Transportation Cenweny Theo Harriconbure Daniel Boone Akter Reiton William FP Diinham Walter UW Vowner William F. Dunham Nancy E. Hunt Bagndalene Wilton Bates Scott Re Frye Cole Alfred S. Oliver Charles A. Hunt Annie Reuben Purington Kennebec River Walter S. Glidden William I. Dunham William F Dunham W.C.T.U H. P. Jett Nazarene Church Loyal Temperance Lemon Youngrer Corliss Street Astate of Fred S. Curtis Thomas R. Huston Mer Funeral Home Center Street
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