Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights From 1890 Notes
Items from The Bath Daily Times dated January 8 1890 recall Gardiner Deering blocking up a keel for a new four master, a gala card party at Sagadahoc, horse shoers bottlenecked by ice, a delayed fire alarm response, a 391 foot coal mine shaft, Y M C A course change for Jan 15, and local marriages, steamer ballast movements, and steamship line talks with New York Bangor and St John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner G. Deering
Hagan Propery
Annual Patten Library Association Meeting Notes
Report notes the Patten Library Association annual meeting set for next Monday in common council rooms. Mentions ongoing library heating project and plastering progress, with temporary delays due to heating arrangements. Also covers local weather, ice conditions, and small incidents around Bath including a fall by Willard Hodgkins and a missing coat from John Humphreys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Library Association
Sleds Glide Through Sleety Morning Amid Harbor Drift Ice
January 13 1890 reports sleet in Brunswick with drift ice in the harbor slowing shipwork The Skinner schooner remains idle at Kelley Spears while carpenters cannot work The Ladies aid at Corliss Street church plans an early month entertainment at City Hall John Burke resumes work after grippe relapse Nanaay of Katahdin commandery plans a sleigh visit to Brunswick A whistle proposal at the electric light station aims to improve early warning of fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
John Burke
Moulton’s
Nanaay
Winter Progress Interrupted by Snow and Rain Delays
January 14 1890 report notes postponed installation of Lincoln lodge IOOF officers due to rain and poor roads. Sled teams delayed, 38 horses awaiting shoeing at Mason’s shop, five Bath clothing stores to close 630 pm for months, oil cloth shipments to Chicago, and progress on Maple Grove cemetery building delayed by weather. Pedestrians face dangerous snow slides, ice from Brewer Ice Co. first cut eight inches thick. Patten Library Association meeting postponed due to bad walking. Maine Central station radiators require pipe work. steam to be turned on next Friday as only two of 16 men on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mason
la Grippe
Maple Grove
Maine Central
Red Cross Elects Executive Committee at Bath Chapter
At the Bath chapter annual meeting the American Red Cross elected an executive committee led by Dr Langdon T. Snipe and Judge John J. Keegan. A nominating panel including Charles C. Low and Mrs J A Redlon was named to report officers for the coming year. Also noted were Kingsley’s resignation as milk inspector and a postponement on appointing a health officer successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Langdon T. Snipe
John J. Keegan
J. A. Redlon
Viola Hogan
Arthur Sewall
Robert B. Hatch
Corrie Varney
Henry W. DeLong
Charles C. Low
Seth S. Mullin
Thomas S. Gibbons
William H. Small
Charles R. Farnham
Ada S. Crockett
Allen Irish
Sarah Coombs
Frank B. Nichols
T. W. Pease
Charles H. Cahill
Frederic H. Low
Edwin D. Hardin
Frederick H. Kimball
Frederick E. Drake
E. M. Fuller
Scott Golder
N. Gratz Jackson
Clinton D. Wilson
W. E. Kershner
Edward W. Hyde
James E. Lockery
Elizabeth Moses
Caroline Moses
Grace P. Dickinson
Lewis F. Gannon
Wiliam S. Newell
Daniel T. Dougherty
William S. Shorey
James B. Lemont
R. Clinton McFadden
Arthur Lemont
William L. Skelton
Daniel Williams
Shaw
Woolwich
William E. Palmer
Chester S. Kingsley
Board of Aldermen
Kingsley
GLES Open Meeting On Old Age Pensions
Bath Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts an open meeting Thursday to discuss old age pensions. J W Brown, Bath native and labor veteran, speaks on pension challenges for the elderly, noting 6,000,000 Americans aged 65 plus and that most nations have pension laws. The event includes dancing afterward for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Serie
Order of Eagles
J. W. Brown
Bath
Brown
United States
China
India
Bath Rotary Listens To City Manager Plan Talk
City Manager J. E. Barlow of Portland discusses the origin and spread of the city manager form of municipal government. He notes about 400 cities now use the plan with an elected board handling legislation and appointing an administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Elwood P. Hodgkins
Portland
Ed Haley
Marblehead
Bath Rotary Club
Vocational Service Committee
J. E. Barlow
Eugene M. Desmond
Galveston
Probate notices detail multiple Sagadahoc cases in Bath
Various petitions and orders from Sagadahoc Probate Court in Bath involve executors and administrators. Annie H Trott seeks letters testamentary from Joseph Trott's estate with heirs Raymond Trott and two Bath daughters. Notices announce hearings February 4 1930 and publish three weeks in Bath Independent. Other filings appoint John P Carey administrator in Ida Hunt estate and Annie Pembroke requests letters testamentary for Leroy Mitchell estate. Additional probate actions name trustees in George Davendale estate and appoint Beal and Reed administractors executors.
Meeting Highlights Include Hat Gift to Searant-At-Arms
The proceedings feature Ralph K. Hall Arthur Sewall and Ernest F Kelley. A notable moment is the presentation of a new hat to the sergeant-at-arms by the losing team with W A Parker as spokesman in the attendance contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K. Hall
Arthur Sewall
Ernest F. Kelley
W. A. Parker
Estate petitions and probate notices in Sagadahoc Maine
Various probate notices from Bath Maine Sagadahoc County detailing estates, wills, and heirs. Filings request letters testamentary or administration and set public hearings in Bath Probate Court with scheduled dates in February 1930.
Bath Probate Court Notice Summary
Catherine R Warren petitions in Bath County for probate actions dated January 7 1930 with order to publish notice to interested parties. The court set a hearing for February 4 1930 at nine o clock to determine if an estate grant should be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF Maine
Bath
Probste Court
Walter 8
Glidden
John WH. Hyde
Maine
Sagadaher
Pathin
Walter
Glinden
William F. Dunham
State OF
Sagene
Ralph O. Dale
Glidues
Yo Pessons
Ae Re
Said
Walter 8. Glidden
G. Havlin
Sapedwikce
Independent
Catherine R. Warren
Sagadshoc
Beth Pendent
Oesaid
Probate Notice and Administrators Named in Bath Estate
On January first in 1920 Effie E Gannon Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis P F Gannon deceased Bath Sagadahoc County presents her account for allowance. A probate court in Bath will hear on the first Tuesday of February at 9 AM to show cause. Henry M Biggins appointed administrator for the estate of James C Pepe deceased Bath and has qualified to accept the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
John H. Hyde
Bath
John S. Hyde
Saradahoc
Sseadahoc
Ernestine S. Hyde
Ernestine S Hyde
Joseph M. Trott
Eleanor B. Hyde
William
Shorer
Ernestine
Ernestine 8. Hyde and Joseph M
A. D
Frank H. Beal
Repens
Fred . York
Phippsburg
Nellie T. Reed
Georgetown
Thomas D. Reid
Nellie T. Reid
Eleanor
Allen Bath
Frank H. Allen
Allen
Annie Conley
Julia Conley
Bartholmew Conley
John Conley
Stephen Conley
Nellie C. Jones
Mary C. McHugh
Amesbury
Mass
Nellie B. Havlin
Winter Hill Station
Boston
Mellen Plummer
Freeport
Alvin Plummer
San Francisco
Cal
Grace Plummer
Grace T. Richardson
Daniel Williams
Ana
Lees
Charles T. Smith
Richmond
Said
Layina D. Smith
George
Ee . Smith
John Smith
Hattie
M._Dickinson
Alice Berlanger
Charles J. Dain
Nina Harrison
Ward
State OF Maine
Ivana Higgins
Pred W. Thomas
Path
Effie E. Gannon
Lewis PF. Gannon
Independent
Henry M. Biggi
James C. Pepe Tote Beth
Henry M. Biggins
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
T. Woodward
Fieming
Massachusetts
Boothbay
North End
Lewiston
Rope Walk
City Hall
Small Point
Tibbetts
Charles R. Higgins
J. C. Higgins & Son Photographers
Rose M. Roberts
Capt. Roberts
Mr. Blaisdell
South End
North Street
Aatet
George Dunning
Hackman
Charles Brooks
Twitchell
K. of P.se
Biddeford
Canton King’s
McKinney
Mr. Perry
D. D
F. M. Stetson
Brunswick
Acadia Lodge
No. 13
K. P
P. C
John Carr
H. B. Johnson
Co. C
James S. Lowell
V. C
Charles T. Jackson
Andrew Angervine
Cyrus W. Longley
Charles Snow
R. P. Ham
Alex J. McQuarrie
I. G
Robert Shea
Carrie A. Lane
H. C. Upton
Thompson Bros
Standish Field
Darien
American Express
Bangor Commercial
New York & Bangor
St. John Line
Philadelphia
Sagadahoc Historical Society
R. D. Bibber
J. G. Richardson
J. L. Douglas
P. M. Reed
George Newman
W. W. Robinson
Pres. Reed
Public Library
Horace Morse
Front
Frank Purington
Charles Litchfield
Sarah
Knox & Lincoln
Wiscasset
Willard Hodgkins
William T. Donnell
John Humphreys
Union
Cottage City
Kelley & Spears
Katahdin Commandery
G. C
Lincoln Lodge
Mason
Chicago
Charles Kelley
Brewer Ice Co
Phippsburg Center
RED Cross
Norway Medicine Co
GLES
Annie H. Trott
Raymond H. Trott
Providence, R. I
Helen H. Trott
Anna M. Trott
Mary
Ealh
William FP
Dunham
Ida A. Hunt
Sumner Brown
Zina Hunt
Alfred Oliver
Rubbe Merry
Sheepscott Bridge
Fred Hunt
Malden
Alice Fuller
Madeline Brown
Isaiah Hunt
Waterville
John P. Carey
Register
Annie V. Pembroke
New London
Conn
Leroy 8. Mitchell
Sagadahoc, Ss
Jerome
Mains
J. Edward Drake
William 8. Shorey
George P. Daven- Belate
Sagadeoc
William FP. Dunham
Register of Protate
Ellen Gertrude Footer
Bath, Me
Arthur Leonard Footer
Edna M. Footer
Agnes B. Footer
Adeline L. Hartnett
Mildred J. Footer
Georgia B. Footer
Georgia
B. Footer
William P. Dunham
Henry R. Drew
William P. Register of
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