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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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