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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1930

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath from The Bath Daily Times

A Bath Daily Times excerpt recalls December 24 1889 events including Harry Donnell building a schooner next spring, large turkeys sold for New Year, coal boring at Small Point, ice jams and tow boats, Christmas trees for Bath lodges, a local parade of items, and Caribou head and rug exhibited by Frank Hooper. local officials elected in Sagadahoc encampment of Odd Fellows and other small town notes.

Bath Bath Daily Times Frank Hooper Moose River Hallett Skowhegan Hooper

Amherst Glee Club to Sing in Columbia Hall Jan 3

The Amherst Glee Club is the next attraction in the city’s amusement program, performing at Columbia Hall on January 3. The article also lists Bath residents home for Christmas and notes several local social events and marriages, including Cyrus L. Oliver and Julia M. Bates.

Amherst Glee Club Columbia Hall

City notes and events from December 1889

Regular monthly city council meeting scheduled for next Wednesday evening December 28 1889. The Rappahannock to be launched a week after next Saturday. New Year’s Eve grand public ball planned at the Columbian Opera House. Long Beach engine company to visit Yarmouth next Tuesday. Station Agent Stiles sick at home with rheumatism. Frank Wildes building mover has two jobs underway. Acadia lodge No 13 K P elected officers and two Grand Lodge representatives. Lida Coombs and Dennis Clark wedding held at home with gifts. couple to Portland and then Boston. December 30 1889 Ramsay ill, John Lowell acting. Elm Street Baptist sewing circle to meet at Mrs Stanley. Lime and sand delivered to Sewall’s bridge storehouse. Phoenix hotel guests presented Clerk Brooks with a diamond pin. Schooner Mary L Allen arrived in the river.

Acadia Lodge Co. C James S. Lowell Charles T. Jackson Andrew Augevine Cyrus W. Longley R. P. Ham Charles E. Snow A. J. McQuarrie Grand Lodge Frank R. Mason George M. Lincoln

Collector's Notice of Sale Bowdoin and Bath Tax Deadlines

Unpaid 1929 taxes on Bowdoin Sagadahoc land and Bath properties may be sold at public auction on the first Monday in February 1930 at 9 a.m. unless paid. The notices itemize owners, boundaries, acreage, and assessed values, with public sale to satisfy taxes interest and charges. Also includes probate notices appointing administrators in Sagadahoc and related actions dated December 1929.

Bowdoin Sagadahoc Brilliant Alfred Joseph Cornish Ralph Williams Carr James P William Gile Bowdeinham W. B. Kendall Ida M. Nelson Cheney Harold E Lincoln C Wheeler Buler Footman James Everett W Dead River W. W. Stewart W. F. Johnson W. E. Johnson Kingsbury Earle W Alcide Couture Joseph R. Hatch Cyrille Couture Frank B. Card LaJoie Paul William C. Batchelder John O. Brown Geo. L. Allen L. N. Williams Priscos Icien Wise Seavey Fred Flora Cheney P. E. Williams C. Wheeler Stewart W. W William M. Brown Geo City OF State OF Maine West Bath A. C. Brown Winnegance Road Charles Lee J. H. King New Meadows State OF Maine Edward Biggins Bath James ©. Liggins Henry M. Biggins A. D Charles C. Low Walter S. Glidden William F. Dunham Frederick E. Drake Georgianna L. Drake Nellie T. Reid Geotathen Thomas D. Reid Beryl E. Murray Tudee Bathin Glidden Roscoe E. Perkins Ish Hospital No Rf N. Y Perry Point Guardian Bath Independent Edward W. Hyde Williams. Shorey Annie H. Hyde Walter 8. Glidden Walter L. Elliott Bagadahoc Fred A. Richardson Rupert H. Baxter John Coughlin Arthur J. Dunton Emily W. Thomas Georgetown

Lumber ship passage to New England and big coppering batch

The Charles town passage crew completed seven days at sea and a cargo of lumber for George Hawley and New England. The Big Sewall ship received its copper coat rapidly, with George Brown's 45 men nailing 4,784 sheets of English copper in four days and a quarter, the largest coppering job on a wooden vessel to date. W F Trask at Small Point coal mine reports 3 to 4 hundred feet depth and new machinery, with coal searchants optimistic. George W Luce sold his confectionery and cigar store on Centre street to Charles H Norton, who recently lost an arm at Sewall's yard. the store is closed for now.

Ernoon Charlestown George Hawley New England George Brown W. F. Trask Small Point George W. Luce Centre Street Charles H. Norton Norton Sewall’s Mr. Norton

Woman's Crusade anniversary observed at three

Sunday brought varying weather while the W C T U marked the Woman's Crusade anniversary at three. Members were urged to bring a friend and the Y's were invited.

Entertaining juvenile show at Orphans' Home tomorrow evening

The Orphans' Home hosts a lively juvenile entertainment with sixty children performing. Gen T W Hyde aims to organize an independent fire company at Northern Bath Iron Works modeled after the Southern Division to aid in fires near the foundry. Bath Light Infantry seeks reorganization with veterans attending a common council meeting. The Gamewell Fire Alarm system demonstration impressed City Hall observers as a preferred Maine-wide system, and the council is expected to vote on its adoption tomorrow night.

T. W. Hyde Bath Iron Works Bath Light Infantry Committee On Fire Department Scott City Hall Gamewell Fire Alarm and Telegraph Co Boston Maine Bangor Lewiston Portland Rockland Auburn Biddeford

Labor Not Everything

A Boston Herald comment notes that quotes from Bismarck about work are overused. It argues work alone does not define value, as excessive labor can still leave a person useless to civilization. The piece reflects on balance between effort and life beyond labor.

Bismarck Boston Herald

Endeavorers Conduct Watch Night Service at First Baptist

The Christian Endeavor society held a watch night service in the vestry of First Baptist church. Harold Carter directed games with Ruby Fullerton and Norman Norton aiding. Alfred Roberts ran a Stereopticon life of Christ show, 23 slides, with Rev. Kenneth E. Morse explaining. About 50 youths attended. snacks were served by several volunteers. The event closed with a verse of Blessed Be The Tie That Binds and was praised as one of the most successful in recent years.

Christian Endeavor Society of the First Baptist Church Harold Carter Ruby Fullerton Norman Norton Olive Rowe Hope Rowe Elsie Moody Albert Austin Laura Harrington Life Christ Alfred Roberts Kenneth E. Morse Boston University

Tiny almanacs in travel case charm readers in 19th century Europe

The piece notes vast sales of miniature almanacs in England France and Germany from 1835 to 1850. Packed with a magnifying glass, these tiny books fit in a purse. Highlights include the English Bijou Almanac by A Schloss and the London Almanac by the Society of Stationers.

England France Germany A. Schloss London Society of Stationers

Money, Character, and Equality in Howe's Monthly

The text argues money as a universal motive, rejecting aristocratic birth as unfair. It claims pain is not the universal goal and that money comes from character, honesty, and industry. It asserts equal opportunity, noting lineage proves nothing and fortune rests on fair effort.

K. W. Howe Monthly

Carp a Public Enemy in Inland Waters

A local editorial laments the carp as a public enemy for inland waters. It cites widespread damage from rooting in lake bottoms, mudiness, destruction of vegetation, and loss of habitat for small fish and wild fowl.

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Harry Donnell William T. Donnell Bath Division Uniform Bank George Smith Nahanada McKown of Boothy Morse Bros.’ Yard T. Woodward Bath and Popham Good Templars Winnegance Harry Tallman Mr. Biggins Tie Morse South Gardiner Gardiner I. O O. F C. P James Purington H. P Joseph Remick W.—Chas, Garcelon J. W A. E. Douglass G. C. Greenleaf Sec Treas Virgil P. Emery A. S. Bosworth Fred Hill Joan Guthrie A. A. Magoun Fred Shaw Harry Kimball James H. Biggins Messrs. Bates Waltham Andrew Ned Lowell William W. Crocker Washington Street Cyrus L. Oliver Julia M. Bates Crocker T. F. White Mr. Oliver Phivvusburg Massachusetts Elm Street Baptist Sunday School Santa Clause Santa J. Larrabee Purington James E. Dunton Schoo McCullouch H. S. Dunning Granite Street Annie J. Dunning Richard W. Stearns Brunswick Crescent Club Crescent Hall al Flagg William McKay Arthur Brown Low Boothbay A. M. Franks Alex McQuarrie Columbian Opera House Long Beach Engine Company Yarmouth Yarmouth Company Stiles Frank Wildes Gahan Montgomery Good Templars Hall Ramsay John Lowell Elm Street Baptist Sewing Circle Sociable Mrs. Stanley Court Street Sewall’s Bridge Mill Pond Phoenix Hotel Brooks Mary L. Allen Gould Meadow Way Valley Road Dummer Street Elsinore Real Estate Company Abid, A Washington Park Charles F. Rideout Heirs Milan of Way Middle Street Russell Street Arthur J. Duntonshall City of Bath Esseeeteeeees Bloom, Adde Mary J. Bramhall Henry M. Sanford Cavanaugh John J Joanna Homestead Douglass Charles L Black Hattie A. Treen Hinckley Street Park Street Asin Cee Weensnes Spring Street Ledyard Hinckley Plummer le Ia Ieee Nes Freenier, Rosa, Reel Estate Napoleon Frye Scott R Bant Hanson Heirs Drummond Street Charles Preboge Cesseee Peneererenes Ham Fawcett Herlihy Elizabeth M Washington Prd Sitges Eta Os Dummer Street Court Frank H. Haggett Clare Einals Academy Street Carl Martin Benway Center Street Kenney Homer Anna W Ram Island Edgecomb Arthur G. Spear Afthun Hayes Benjamin C. Calderwood Eecesesesters Jordan, Flave R Palmer Rellisse Fates Ore Ese Luke Lombard Saat Tvr DS OM Sherriery Corenpes Dike Street Lillian P. R.peoples Investment Association Fletcher, Crocker Henderson Hersom Merry Parker Oliver Tedford Grover Savage Madden Dunton Pratt Dean Milan Street Oliver Street One Moores Billings Munsey Annabel Frederickson Robinson Hoppe Reynolds Red Silsby Fuller Freeman Brimstein McFarland Pattee Lyons Texas Steamship Com- Grinnell Ralston Moulton Thibodeau High Street New Debsaows West Thompson Lizzie B Margaret Temple Emerson Irish Moses Rowe Paris North Street Henry Bickle J. Edward Drake Coleman Fraser Eeee Sree Eereee Adams Bert T Righ Andrews Realty Company Percy and Small Mar Thomas Edna L. Jaques Pratt Street Fred L. McFadden Briggs Clarence E Contemplated Street Emily J. Morse Cottage Park Avenue Jane Martin John H. Mallett Carleton Frank W D. E. Pierce Casco Realty Improvement Company Academy Street Charles E. Brackley Petia Ree Oey Colby Wealthy Flood Maude S Bath Street Kimball Bros. Co Frank R. Pear A. Lemoine Charles Street H. Oliver Thomas M. Baker Aest Frye Ida M. Pierce Mabel Coombs Haggett Ida Clarence A. Reed A. Corliss Tarbox Street Melvina London McKay Hannigen Robert C Prurrmmtonshenth Puto Cottage Park Alice L Minnie M. Casey Morsewand Morse and Casey South O’hara James R Heirs Dain Heirs George Rogers Kelley Spear Company Thomas F. Reynolds O'Hara West Pease Gustavus Palmer Alfie Br Rich Coi Oremederance Ery Apts One Hagan Sidelinger Thibo- McDougal Seymour Williams Young Man Marcia Street High Grinnell Redman Young Gannon City of Bathpany Frank W. Liagan Pettengill, Ellen A. Bishop Trading Company Humphreys Dillaway Lees Eed Grace L. Donnell Ingalls, Purington Ernest B Rice Myra F OP Pmimer Amanda Rogers Jennie Webber J. Arthur White Woodside Edward H George H.bangs Ralph K. Hall Jane Mother Brown Norway Medicine Co Bath National Bank Front St County of Sagadahoc Ee Dae Alas Bath, Me First National Bank OF Bath Arters Dr. Carter Carter Walter Register Herbert J. Leeman Woolwich William ‘Dunham American Express Co A. B. Fralinger Miniature Fort Dearborn Chicago John Kinzie Fred S Curtis &Funeral Service Thomas R. Huston R. Bath Carp Mrs. Hoover
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