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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1935

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath 1895 Highlights

In the Bath Daily Times forty years ago, a ten percent dividend was declared on Sagadahock National Bank capital stock payable after January 2 1895. Social notes include a large Armory ball with prize cane winners Mr and Mrs Jerry Sullivan, a wedding of Frank Delano Pike and Ann May Sanford, and community updates from local clubs churches and streets.

Bath Bath Daily Times Sagadahock National Bank F. I. Jew Armory Hall William W. Spvett Messrs. Dowling Perkins Columbia Orchestra Jerry Sullivan Thompson Bros Clothiers

Electric sleigh crash and local council actions in Bath

At ten fifteen this morning Mr Card of Bowdoinham was thrown from a sleigh that struck the electric road at Washington and Linden, the horse fleeing toward Front street. he escaped with slight bruises as rail collisions alarm the season. The Bubb Comedy Co opens at Columbia theatre next week with Stars and Stripes, and A Kentucky Home will follow. Katherine Patten, victim of Monday's dreadful accident, was buried today in a flower-laden service at 10.30 with Rev. Dole officiating. The city meeting discussed highway injuries, incandescent light pricing, and a plan to protect railroad crossings, including a call to Payson Tucker for safer crossing measures. The mayor proposed raising his salary, and a Home for Aged Couples and Old Men meeting is announced for January 10 at Dr Bibber's residence.

Card Bowdoinham Washington Linden Streets Front Street Katherine Patten Miss Patten George H. Dole New Church Jerusalem Fred E. Drake Harry A. Nealley This City Alfred Mitchell F. B. Smith Bowdoin College Joint Standing Committee R. D. Bibber Washington Street Kings Daughters Kings Sons State House Charles Brown Bath Charlie Federal Relief Administration Sanford L. Fogg Minnie Brown Attorney General's Mary Spear State Assessor's Office Frank H. Holley North Anson Augusta Gladys Koughan State Liquor Commission Senate House Rupert H. Baxter Frank B. Nichols Edward N. Hartnett Capitol Dunnack State Library Henry E. Dunnack Dugnack Maine Edward Arlington Robinson Kenneth L. Roberts Captain Caution Gladys Hasty Carroll Isabel] Hopesvill Carter Mary Peters Mary Ellen Chase Robert Fetes Tristram Colitis Bowdoin Ceip Yea Laura E. Richards Lincoln Colcord Owen Davis Holman F. Day

Ammen defence ram Katahdin heads to Charlestown yard overhaul

The Ammen defence ram Katahdin will depart in about two weeks for the navy yard at Charlestown where she will be placed in a dry dock for a thorough hull overhaul.

Boothbay Harbor Navy Yard Charlestown

Installations and town updates at Bath 1895 meeting

Jan 5 1895 officers of Tahdin commandery U O G C installed by J H Stantial with Clara B Gilmore and Fred S Curtis in attendance. Reports note water shortages, no fire pressure, and hoped repairs next week. Sagadahoc steamer to be electrified for Bath Boston route with 300 lights and 25 HP engine. foundry work on a new vault proceeds. postal carriers urged residents to provide street and number for faster delivery.

Katahdin Commandery John H. Stantial Clara B. Gilmore Fred S. Curtis Grand Herald Augustus R. Gilmore N. C Amanda L. Wright Lucinda Higgins W. P Minnie C. Hathaway Lou T Kennebec Nequasset Lake Thompson's Brook Campbell Moulton Moore Sagadahoc Kennebec Steamboat Company W. H. Hayden Wiscasset Bath Boston

Winter lessons open as the town resumes schooling

January 7 1895 schools opened while Robert Craig returned home with a fine pacer from Lewiston Saturday. The River Belle steamer was removed from winter quarters for diver work on a water pipe break. City Marshal Kittridge received petitions from 14 tramps for lodging. Janitor Thistle allotted space and treated them. several slept on the floor. Some tramps wandered upriver seeking ice-field work but soon returned nearly frozen. This morning

River Belle Kittridge Thistle

Androscoggin Water Sparks City Hall Row in Bath

Citizens protest newspaper coverage of water works and oppose Androscoggin water. Bath City Council votes to sever Bath water main from Brunswick main, despite Mayor Wakefield’s surprise. Also notes Bath Military and Naval Asylum meeting, bank officer changes, ship sale, and lodge installations.

January Cosmos Club session featured songs and piano pieces

The Cosmos Club January meeting continued with performances of Little Dutch Garden and Valse Bluette by Rigo, and Howard White’s The Robin’s Song sung by Miss O’Hara. Mrs. Albee accompanied both numbers. Afterward, the house committee served cocoa with marshmallows, cookies and crackers. Miss Jane Porteous of Portland visited Bath to see friends.

Mr. Sprague R. Drigo Howard White O’hara Albee House Loraine M. Price Anne K. Quinn Lucy W. Coombs

Maine legislature notes and storm travel adventures

The article recounts legislative figures in Augusta during a lingering storm. It mentions Councilor F W Carlton of Woolwich moving to a state post, travel ordeals of Rep Sumner Sewall and Rep Wilbur Oliver, and social scenes at the Blaine House with Governor and Mrs Brann. It also covers library plans, local literary figures, and probate notices involving Sagadahoc residents.

Sewall Augusta Sumner Sewall State House New Meadows River Bridge Topsham Hallowell House Eddie Rickenbacker Pittsburgh Chicago Terra Firma Toledo Ohio

Probate notice of estate in Sagadahoc County Bath

Alston E. Oliver petitions for administration of George L. Oliver estate intestate who died December 22 1934 in Bath Me. He lists heirs at law Alfie J. Terrill Luihe E Leach William A. Oliver Alston E Oliver Florence Bassett Walter Oliver Lester Oliver Ruby Chase. Court orders publication of notice to interested parties for a hearing February 5 1935 at Bath Pro bate Court Judge Walter S Glidden.

Maine Sagadahoc Mathilda Johnson Bath Joseph Johnson Edna M. Higgins West Bath A. D Agnes M. Humphreys State OF Maine Harry F. Farnham Mary M. Farnham Ath Daniel Williams Ella J. Coffin Ella J. Temple Syeem Vail A.D Walter S. Glidden Ruby L. Dunham Kenneth 8. Harrison Walter Glidden Wiliam W. Harrison Waid Miner Insaki Elizabeth Hutchins Henrietta Rebber Senate Elizabeth Hutchins Miles J. Webber Phippsburg Frank Webber New London Elizabeth R. Hutchins H. L Sagadahoe Independent Alter S. Glidden State OF Rose E. Johnson Adowe Inc Rela Mary McQuarrie Sanford Florence Hagan Clara Foote Portland Emma J. Higgins George Rowell Lucian Marguerite Fields Auburn Milton Jordan Buffalo N. Y Florence Jordan Doris Bettef Tor Said Alston E. Oliver George L. Oliver Alfie J. Terrill Boston Mass Luihe E. Leach William A. Oliver Florence Bassett George Oliver Th Independent

Probate Notice appoints executrix for Sagadahoc estate

On January 1, 1935, Susan C. Lemont of West Bath was named executrix without bond of the estate of Charles S. Lemont of Wi Bath by the Sagadahoc County Court. Cc. Lemont qualified for and Attest.

Ralph O Dale Jahoc Annie O Bath Balmaneier Susan C. Lemont West Bath Sagadahoc Charles S. Lemont Wi Bath Cc. Lemont

Also Mentioned on This Page

H. F. Wood Frank Delano Pike Ann May Sanford Charles Berry Ralph Huston Mr. Huston Susie Stinson Arthur Dunton Colby University Edward Ridley Brunswick Frank Turner Percy Barbour Worcester Institute of Technology Charles McDonald Hebron The Academy Jennie Murphy Smith College Arthur S. Myde Harvard University the Times Lilac Iron Works Stan Ter We Goddard's Pond Sagadahoc Club Jake Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias Sagadahock Block Isaac L. Elder Deering Fred M. Robinson William A. Taylor George L. Thompson Wesley G. Smith Charles A. Morse Westbrook Portland Cadets, Co. B. 1St Reg. Inf. N. G. S. M Alameda Robinson Forest City City Hall Sedgwick No. 4 John H. Raymond Roswell C. Harris John Wiggin George W. Luce James B. Wescott George T. Silsby Seth T. Snipe James R. Cressey Charles Burgess Cyrus W. Longley Frank E. Pond Charles Mook Cressey Alice Morse Andover Miles Standish George M. Adams John White Bath Iron Works Mr. Skillings Supt. Phillips Nellie Jair Annie Cox Flora Randall Miss Simpson Springfield Augustus Palmer John McDonald Bubb Comedy Co Columbia Theatre Kentucky Hubert Stevens William Mason Twenty Cent Savings Bank Bath Post Office Robert Craig Lewiston Androscoggin River Fuller Androscoggin Water Bath Military and Naval Asylum Commons Council Rooms S. T. Snipe H. A. Duncan W. H. Watson John O. Shaw A. D. Stetson William B. Palmer David R. Wylie Snipe John M. S. Hunter Farmington Hattie E. P. Keyes Frances A. Packard E. T. Mitchell T. H. Rich Henry Johnson Z. O. Bragg Rockland William H. Watson Maine Water Co Brunswick Main Androscoggin Wakefield David O. Foye Custom House Square Twenty-Five Cent Savings Bank Frank W. Weeks Oscar C. Rogers John R. Kelley David T. Percy Gordon S. Preble Freeman C. Curtis Bath National Bank Arthur Sewall T. W. Hyde W. D. Sewall S. S. Sewall John O. Patten Edwin R. Hunt Lincoln Lodge P. G William E. Harriman N. G Fred L. McFadden V. G George D. McLaughlin R. S Edward B. Smith P. S A. Humphreys Treas Frank Shephard Cosmo Club Jane Porteous Main Carlton Woolwich Wilbur C. Oliver Sagadahoc County House Putnam Mr. Carlton Mr. Oliver Augusta House F. W. Carlton State Highway Commission Grant J. Crosby Hobbs Camden Frank A. Peabody Houston Hobbs Ernest A. Allan Sagadahoc County Frank R. Bailey Bailey Allan Oliver Leon Earle Hagan Georgetown William Dunn Bangor John Bapst High School Rotary Society St. John’s Royden V. Brown John L. Jack Cath Marion P. Erswell Miles“S. Purington Saygadahoc Bathin Gli Register Allan Spear Adahoc John L Jack Jov Cember Agnes W. Humprheys Justice of the Peace Walter Oliver Phippsburg, Me Lester Oliver Ruby Chase Manchester, N. H Sagadahoc, Ss Charles C. Low Notary Public
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