Forty Years Ago in Bath dispatches spark local life
Forty years ago in Bath dated February 16 1887 reports Frank Tryde securing a fine position in Chicago forthcoming move Mrs Charles Snow welcomed a ten pound daughter Frank Barpee of Bowdoin College attended the Alameda opera Addison Fisher ill with pneumonia Mrs L F Packard of Toston visiting Bath Langdon Snipe recovering Capt P M Whitmore returned from Augusta Carrie Moses visiting Boston T F Craven in Boston Elm Street Baptist society to West Bath for a grange hall meeting Rev T F White to Portland theater cast list for Ticket of Leave Man staged by Olympian club Beulah Lane etc.
City bonds signed by City Clerk Rogers
City Clerk Rogers remained in his office briefly today and affixed his signature to several city bonds. T. Frank Craven returned from a trip to Boston, Lowell and Exeter. Charles E. Hyde of the New England Iron Works, currently in New York on business, is expected home this evening. The Lower Methodist church series continues with a lecture next Monday by Rev. Gerrish of Biddeford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde
New England Tron Works
New York
Tatten Lodge K. of P
Fiest
Biren Ek de
Rogers
T. Frank Craven
Boston
Lowell
Exeter
Charles E. Hyde
New England Iron Works
Newt York
Lower Methodist Church
Gerrish
Biddeford
Local notices and arrivals from February 21 1887
Alderman Shepard ill at home with rheumatism. Capt P M Whitmore and daughter Hattie returned from Boston. T M Humphreys leaves for a week's Boston vacation. Mrs Capt Snow recovering from serious illness. Winslow of Portland visits the city. Otisates a Bath boy at work in New Bedford in town briefly. Belle Hawley of Farmington visiting J K House Center street. May Wolston of Boston, formerly here, teaching dancing at Presque Isle. TY Scott buys R Scott & Co harness business at old stand. Edward Mailer re employed by Warren Hawthorne a Front street tailor after Freeport stint. May Stevens leaves for Massachusetts for Weymouth Straw Factory. Capt S T Woodward ill earlier, out walking. Steamer Winthrop to be launched tomorrow at New England Shipbuilding Co. George W Harrison, formerly Front street restaurant keeper, to reenter the trade.
Local Business Ready to Open Mid March
A new proprietor plans a mid March opening for the shop that formerly housed Preble and Jackson. Separately, Bath Water Works will raise the pumping station chimney to seventy feet, currently twenty feet high and slated for spring completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preble & Jackson
Bath Water Works
Steamer Winthrop Launched From Bath Yard in Maine
A large gathering witnessed the launch of the steamer Winthrop by the New England Shipbuilding Co in Bath Maine. The vessel built for the Portland to New York route will gain speed mainly from cargo capacity with triple expansion engines designed by Charles Ek Hyde and set to operate at ninety RPM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Maine Steamship Company
Portland
New York
New England Shipbuilding Co
Kennebec
Seguin
New England Iron Works
Charles Ek. Hyde
Maine
Hugh BR. Madden
Bath [Ven
Amos RB. Haggett
New England Shipbuilding Company
Elisha Mallett
John Rose
Jon €. Stevens
Albert Tibbetts
John Clifford
A. Morse
Fathers and Sons Assemble Variety Show Recital
The program featured popular songs performed under Mr Plant and with Miss Frances E Dunning accompanying the orchestra. John W Sheldon delivered a toast to Our Dads urging dads to back their sons, citing Hon Frank G Farrington of Augusta and his support for his athletic son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tong
Annie Rooney
John W. Sheldon
Frank G. Farrington
Augusta
Augusta High School
Bowdoin College
Sheldon
Health boosters for busy women and teachers
An advisory piece stresses avoiding colds through strong vitality and herbal tonics. It highlights daily environments like offices and classrooms as settings where germs spread and proposes building health with a herbal tonic to prevent illness and lost days.
Dr Pierce medical discovery advertised for appetite and blood health
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as boosting appetite and enriching the blood. It offers liquid or tablet forms and notes a 65 cent tablet package available via the Dr Pierce Clinic in Buffalo, N Y.
Banquet Toasts Fathers and Sons in Bath
A Bath YMCA Father and Son banquet featured Harold Cutting and George Dow in comic balcony gags, then Judge John J. Keegan reflected on boyhood, work, and education. Rev. George Rk Wolstenholme praised leadership and learning, and State Secretary Arthur A Heald urged fathers to guide sons, stressing family duty, loyalty, and mentorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Cutting
George Dow
Tron
John J. Keegan
Bath Municipal Court
George Rk. Wolstenholme
People’s Foplist Church
Wolstenholme
Keevans
Keegan
Will Heir Named In Maine Probate Request
James T. Morse of Bath petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove and admit the will of Eliza Ann Ha therre, who died February 11 1927, naming Morse as executor and heir. An order requires three weeks of publication in the Bath Independent before a March 8 1927 hearing in Bath to determine the grant of Letters Testamentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Maine
Saeadahoc
James T. Morse
Bath
Eliza Ann Hatherre
A. D
Savadahor
Esther L. Brawn
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Sagadahor
Walter S. Glidden
Harry J. Rich
State OF
William F. Dunham
Louise M. Pratt
John S. Marson
Walter 5S
Glidden
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadatioc
Alice G. Colby
Albert C. Colby
John C. Humphreys
Caroline A. Humphreys
Sagadahoe
Alice B. Fulton
James Dean
Bath court probate notices and wills from Sagadahoc
Adolphine F. Roux of Bath petitions for Letters Testamentary after Achille J. Roux died December 9 1926 leaving a widow and daughter Jeanne A. Roux. Also executor John C. Humphreys asks final account and notices public for March 7 1927 in Bath. William F. Dunham, Register of Probate, 1924 era record.
Promising Evening Sparks Hope for Ties Between Generations
After a most delightful evening in each other's company, participants expressed hope that this was only the start of a closer relationship between the men of today and the men of tomorrow.
Bath shipyard veteran John Minott marks 89th birthday
John C. Minott, longtime Bath yard dubber, recalls 20 years at old New England yard and service as city marshal. He survived minor injuries, enjoys a thriving garden and a new chair caning craft since retirement. He has five daughters and was joined by family for a birthday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trott
Minott
Bath
Old
New England
Tie
Jor
Milton S. Barry
Grove Street
Bowdeinham
Ist
Board of Common Council
Mr. Minott
Charlotte Minott
Sarah Given
Melrose
Mass
Fanny Minott
Flora Randall
Alice Fuller
Norway
Miss Pearl Oliver Birthday Party
Miss Pearl Oliver celebrated her 14th birthday on February 16 at the Oliver family home in 81 Robinson Jane. Guests included Hilda Scott, Mary Cunningham, Mary Kenney, Theresa Dall, Ruth Huston, Olive Rowe, Pape Rowe, Robert Gallagher, and others. Prizes, cakes, ice cream, and gifts marked a festive evening with violette decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killie Boyce
Mary Kenney
Robert Gallagher
Hilda Scott
Mary Cunningham
Theresa Dall
Ruth Huston
Olive Rowe
Young Bibber Wedding Ties Cleveland and Washington
Ernest A L Young of Cleveland Ohio and Vinnie K Bibber of Washington D C were married February 16 in Portland by Rev James W L Vallentyne. The couple will visit Montreal and Quebec before settling on Delaware Drive Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest AL Young
Cleveland
Vinnie K. Bibber
Washington
Porthind
James WL Vallentyne
Youns
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Nisa
New York
Delaware Drive
Probate notices from Sagadahoc Court 1927
The Sagadahoc Court of Probate in Bath issues multiple notices. Executors Valmer Donnell and others demand publication and appearance on March dates 1627 next. inheritance tax petitions and final accounts await review. notices require publication in Bath newspapers and appearances at Probate Court hearings in Bath within March 1927.
Probate notice of Marguerite Haley as administratrix
Hereby given that Marguerite J. Haley of Kittery was appointed Administratrix of the estate of Danford McDonald late of Bath in Sagadahoe County. She accepted the trust on the same date and filed the proper petition for administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Taylor
Sagadahoe County
J. M. Trott
Franklin P. Sprague
Bath
Maine
Sagadahoc
Mary E. Place
John S. Place
William S. Shorey
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
George P. Davenport
Guerite
J. Haley
Kittery
Sagadahoe
Danford McDonald
Marguerite J. Haley
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The
Daily Times
Frank Tryde
Chicago
Charles Snow
Frank Barpee
Alameda
Addison Fisher
Langdon T. Snipe
P.M. Whitmore
Carrie Moses
Elm Street Baptist Society
West Bath
Grange Hall
T. F. White
May Edwards
Lillian Timphreys
Emily St. Evermond
Agnes Timphreys
Mrs. Willoughby
Kate Luce
Tob Brierly
J. Harry McLellan
James Dalton
Downey
the Tiger
Wake
Joseph Torrey
Walter Moss
J. W. Hughes
Green Jones
George W. Brown
Wawkshaw
Charles
Hattie
Popham Lodge Hall
George F. Stacey
Jennie (. McLellan
Miss Morgan
Young Ladies Seminary
Portsmouth
Daisy Drake
Fannie Thompson
Messrs
FE. S. Hyde
D. T. Percy, Jr
Phillips Exeter Academy
CC. W. Larrabee
Middle Street
New Jerusalem Church
Bath High School
Carrie Hodgkins
Bernard Bailey
Hubert McCarty
Lizzie M. Fogg
Jennie Moulton
Mr. McCarty
Coombs
Popham Lodge of Good Templars
Jerry Smith
Universalist Vestry
Young People’s Titerary Society
Jennie Morse
Messrs. Ballou
Hunt
New Taster
Alice Hogan
Addie Reed
Belle Shaw
Grace T Bartlett
Gertie Greenleaf
Josie Ham
May Smith
Annie Hodgdon
Emma Hooper
Nellie Hunt
Harry Foote
Center Street Fire Engine Company
South Street
Seth T. Woodward
Beacon Street
John A. Foote
American Express Co
Annie Tallman
J. C. Tallman
Stackpole
Asa. Bates
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Sagadahee
Canton King
Corliss Street
Dennis Roberts
Guy C. Goss
Louis Bright
American Express Company
Crocker
A Woolward, Esq
Hs Front Street
Acadia Lodge
West
Wakefield
Bath Electric Light and Power Co
T. W. Hyde
W. T. Donnell
Edwin M. Fuller
W. G. Webber
A. H. Shaw
W. E. Hogan
F. H. Twitchell
R. T D. Bibber
F. H W. Percy
Age N. Williams
F. Brown
W. H. Fogg
J. E. Hyde
A. G. Page
J. M
Alderman Shepard
P. M. Whitmore
T. M. Humphreys
Capt. Snow
Hlon. T. A. Winslow
Otisates
New Bedford
Belle Hawley
Farmington
J. K. House
Center Street
May Wolston
Presque Isle
J. TY. Scott
R. Scott & Co
Ada Pee
Edward Mailer
Warren Hawthorne
Front Street
Freeport
May Stevens
Massachusetts
Weymouth Straw Factory
S.T. Woodward
George W. Harrison
A. G. Brown
May P. Welch
Young People’s Literary Society of the Universalist Echuted
Howard Johnson’s
Linden Street
First National Bank
James D. Robinson
Sagadahock House
Columbian Ital
Greyhound Chemical Fire Engine Company
Brooks Sam and Potter
Poate Sen Os
Chester A. Plant
Arthur A. Heald
Waterville
Maine Y.M.C.A
Heald
Morse High Orchestra
Association
William (. Perkins
Springfield
Lord Aberdeen
Britain
England
Ife
Dad
Mr. Heald
Robert H. Carey
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Stanford C. Cameron
Sneadakoc
Pace
Brunswick Loan and Brisdine Association
Brunswick
Cumberland
Joseph Charles Footer
Marvery E. Bailey
Sail Bailey
Footer
Brunswick Thaw and Building Association
A. J
Brunswick .Lo. and Building Association
J. W. Fisher
Lawrence Newall
Bull Rock Pridge
Sewall
Old Meeting House Road
Delano
W. Webster
Bull Rock Bridge Road
Said Newall
Fred H. Sulphen
William G. Sprague
Saradahoc
Adseliam F. Dunham
Egister
Adolphine F. Roux
Achille J. Roux
Adolphine E. Roux
Jeanne A. Roux
Saul
William F. Duntam
John C. Minott
Joseph R. White
J. A. White
Miss Pearl Oliver
Young-Bibber
I. F
Atwood
L. F. Medicine CO
Portland, Maine
Sagadanoc
Ajax
Clara A. Valmer
William R. Donnell
Harry H. Donnell
Walter S
Coffy
Sagadaitioc
James B. Perkins
Eugene A. Pinkham
Walter $. Glidden
State OF Maine -Sagadahoc
LeRoy C. Percy
Hazel EF. Gatcomb
Carrie M. T
Mason
Bath Independent
Sail Bath
Walter S. Glidrpen
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