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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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
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Bridget Neagle
James T. Chatman
Houghton Bros
Salt House
Mabel F. Holman
Providence
William P. Leydon
Cranston, R. I
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Clinton Child
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Holman
Cranston Hotel
David Chasse
E. S. Dunton
C. Elkins
St. Johns
Herbert
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Donnell-Paltier
Friendly Society of Grace Church
Lucillé
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Holosie Fall Electric Road
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Bay State
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G. G. Deering
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Elmore McIntire
Fort Popham
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E. E. Hubbard
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Mill Pond Ice Co
Commercial Street
Bath High School
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John Moulton
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Brunswick
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H. A. Bates
Center Street
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Woolwich
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George FE. Thompson
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Borat
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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
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Caleb Shepard
Eastern Express Co
Sagadahoc
Kennenec
Bath Iron Works
Universalist Church
Messrs. Cobb and Adams
James P. Webber
Katherine Hill
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Rich
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F. E. Pond
Skowhegan
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G. E. Thompson
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West Bath
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Mill Brook
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American Express Co
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Hyde's Brass Foundry
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J. B. Wescott
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George Woodbury
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