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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1935

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Items from the Bath Daily Times

Reader's column recalls 1895 Bath items. Mrs Clarence Lermond hosts P Club. Ed McKinnon runs Stewart Hotel barber shop in Thomasville Florida. Duchess the mare dominates Whiskeay ice show. Schooner Roger Williams sale to Charles Bartlett Jr for West Indies cargo. Captain McDuffie to command. Writ issued in Hatch estate case over Eastern Steamboat Co. fault. $5,000 suit. William S Collins dies, aged 35, ex-grocery worker. City council bicker over mayor’s salary. varied offers and board arbitration. Miss Mamie Neagle dies at 22. James T Chatman, 15, dies after long illness. Leydon-Holman wedding. Chasse traps rats. mishmash of local notes and oddities. Yacht Lucille to undergo winter repairs near Bowdoinham. Orbital visitor noted. George Spinney home from Holsto Fall electric road.

Narrow escape as horse spooks streetcar in Bath

Feb 14 1895 Charles V Minott of Phippsburg narrowly escaped injury when his spirited horse reared at a passing electric car on Washington Street. Motorman Fred Sawyer kept control. Minott lay on the tracks eight inches from the fender as the car halted. Also noted were Master Mason degrees conferred by Polar Star lodge, a Bath Steamship Bay State cover project, a Woman's Suffrage petition drive, Ed Huse's departure, and an auction sale of the dismasted schooner B R Woodside.

Charles V. Minott Phippsburg Washington Street Russell Street Mr. Minott Polar Star Lodge W. M George H. Clark John W. Ballou William B.palmer F. A. Palmer W. B. Dockendorff George M. Lincoln Joseph Anderson Mr. Clark

Marriage of Clara Augusta Donnell to William Edwin Palmer

An elaborate Bath wedding recounted on Feb 15 1895 at William T Donnell's Washington street home joined Clara Augusta Donnell to William Edwin Palmer in a quiet ceremony officiated by Rev S T Westhafer. The groom, best man Arthur Harris and ushers Frank B Torrey Jr and Charles Lockery led the party, with a cream satin gown worn by the bride and Miss Carrie Chase of West Dennis as bridesmaid. Palmer, long employed at A G Page jewelry, has many Bath friends. guests included local residents and society figures at a refined, intimate event.

William T. Donnell Washington Street Clara Augusta Donnell William Edwin Palmer Frank B. Torrey, Jr Charles Lockery Arthur E. Harris Carrie Chase West Dennis S. T. Westhafer Wesley Methodist Church Palmer Gasténa Harris Dover A. G. Page Bath

Local notices and city updates from the era

Grant H Nichols drives for American Express Co. Steve Conley joins Hyde's Brass Foundry. William Lancaster awarded pension raise. Dr J B Wescott performed eye surgeries on Mrs George F Terrell. Supt Day wires power to Times office. Woodbury false claim debunked. Snow plow arrives for winter sidewalk clearing. Cranberry year yields five barrels. one year profit above expenses reported.

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Clarence Lermond Middle Street Ed McKinnon Stewart Hotel Thomasville, Fla George A. Brown Tommy Roger Williams Boothbay Charles Bartlett, Jr Portland West Indies McDuffie Eva Mae George E. Hatch Eastern Steamboat Co William S. Collins William H. Collins Dummer Street Board of Aldermen Mamie Neagle Bridget Neagle James T. Chatman Houghton Bros Salt House Mabel F. Holman Providence William P. Leydon Cranston, R. I Ellen Leydon Clinton Child Leydon Holman Cranston Hotel David Chasse E. S. Dunton C. Elkins St. Johns Herbert Schoorte Donnell-Paltier Friendly Society of Grace Church Lucillé George Spinney Holosie Fall Electric Road H. F. Lord John Edwards Bay State Ades A. Huse B. R. Woodside G. G. Deering Will Nichols Keene, N. H Webber E. S. ‘Marr, Esq Elmore McIntire Fort Popham Mr. Marr Robert Toothaker E. E. Hubbard Brunswick High School Maine Central Pees Ira Mason Mill Pond Ice Co Commercial Street Bath High School Bowdoin Athletic Association John Moulton Walter Kelley Brunswick Bath Gun Club H. A. Bates Center Street Mill Pond Woolwich C. A. Packard George FE. Thompson A. A. Percy Dr. Packard William Ledyard A. S. Merrill Abe C. R. Robinson Fife Borat Srmond Beach Fla Robinson M. G. Shaw Gowen W. Brooks Bath Tron Works Columbus Card Club Inke A. J. Snowards Charles T. Jackson Ella Stover Frank Welch Charles Welch Pullman George M. Shepard Shepard Caleb Shepard Eastern Express Co Sagadahoc Kennenec Bath Iron Works Universalist Church Messrs. Cobb and Adams James P. Webber Katherine Hill Bessie Gibson Rich Lillian Farrell F. E. Pond Skowhegan G. AR William Gibson Thompson, Huston Co Lynn City Mr. W. Sewall Boston Annie Bunker Florida Charles H. McQuarrie New York Kate Loach Samuel Sault the Times Harry E. Stetson Susquehana Hong Kong Hatteras Joseph Sewall Charles Norton Lisbon Mrs. Snowman Lewiston Charles Wallace Small Point Little Boston Fred Brigham W. H. Hayden Emma Coombs Laget George A. McFadden Nantucket Morse ‘Company Vineyard Haven Joseph Elwell Philadelphia William Rogers Sadie Clark George Clark Moody Bros Thomaston J. L. Purington KH. L W. E. Chase Richard Garrison East Brunswick Emery J. Hersey New England Times Board of Trade Galen C. Moses C. H. McLellan F. H. Twitchell H. BE. Stetson J. W. Larrabee D. O. Foye George E. Thompson W. D .Sewall H. E. Stetson G. E. Thompson J. O. Patten E. F Kelley State Board of Trade Tacoma Manila Gulf Stream Cape Cod Maine Mt. Desert Rock Montray Dennett Jumbo Charles Kelley Front Street Page Seven State OF Maine Louise Curtis Littlefeld Albany Lydia Littlefeld Galt West Bath William B. Mussenden Kate M. Baxter Louise T. McLellan Jane R. Thornton Louise Curtis Littlefield A. D Alfred I. Schimpf Walter Glidden John L. Jack Register Charles J. Donnell Charles R. Donnell Inez Ingal Rothwell Georgie McHeffey Said Shaw's Mill Alon T. Hunt Getown Fred J. Fisher Aranda C. Fisher Mand Pleasant Pond Pleasant Richmond Ira Dodge W. W. Toothaker William Cutts Brunswick Road Post Road Grace E. van Sickle Frederick J. Fisher Frederick J His Franklin Miranda C. Fisher Corinne D. Gould Delmar E. Bates Samuel F. Bates Martha E. Bates Artha E. Bates Lloyd D. Bates N. Y Florence F. Foster Topsham Margaret L. Duren A. Augusta Freeman M. Eleanor Bates Henry G. Hodgdon Walter S. Glidden Melville H. Blackwell Amos K. Butler Albert H. Shaw Margaret M. Holbrook Charles F. Holbrook Bat Melville H., Blackwell Martha E. Shaw Independent Alston E. Oliver Saetemne George L. Oliver E. Oliver Eas Trust Peg Burs Annie Oliver Stacey Ee Ventas John R. Stacey Westport J. Arthur Stevens East Nhbay Lincoln William W. R Jeannie W. Merritt Freeman H. Merritt Ister Sagadahgq Florence Larrabee Sprague Inez Crocker Larrace Ellen Blair Charles A. Blair Bath Independent George M. Stinson Freeman A. Trott Novella J. Trott Sagadahode Edward W. Bridgham Della W. Lampson State OF Rupert H. Baxter Oliver Moses Bansaid Walter 6 Coe John Commonwealth of Massach Ckley Charles F. Lewis Five Islands Gilbert Lewis Georgetown Ada Mc Ilvary Jacob P. Lewis Watertown Mass County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Eva M. McNeill Gerald Pearl Whittier Gerald Pearl McNeill Howard A. McNeill Uary Hazel V. Sheldon Seloun F. Williams Woollwich County of Sagadahoc School House Road Middle Road Iving E. Trott Thomas E. Savage Bowdoinham Lorenzo Minott Mill Brook Peta Hazel Sheldon Nellie S. Stover Mary A. Goodwin Daniel Williams Senne the Co Son Bagadahos John L. Ji Grant H. Nichols American Express Co Steve Conley Hyde's Brass Foundry William Lancaster J. B. Wescott George F. Terrell George Woodbury Popham
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