Bath Chronicle highlights and local society notes 1886
Forty years ago in Bath January 13 1886 a man nearly drowned crossing the river near Thorn's Head after breaking through ice. Weather was 20 degrees below zero. Town reports election results for Marine National Lincoln National Sagadahoc National Bath National and First National Banks with lists of officers. Longley celebrated 72nd birthday. Sagadahoc Historical Society held meeting. Various social notices include receptions, employment moves, police details, and lodge installations with Acadia and Sagadahoe encampments reporting new officers and celebratory gatherings. Ice, ships, and local civic events intertwine with church marriages and Knights of Pythias installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorn’s Head
boiler from Portland repairs at New England Iron Works
Jan 15 1886 a large boiler arrived yesterday from Portland for repairs at the New England Iron Works. A Schubert club concert at Amaranth hall drew a large crowd. Delegates from out of town attended the Reform clubs convention held here. Work on the chtoon er at BW and H PF Morse yard progresses with frames up and partly ceiled. Launch expected about March first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
New England Iron Works
Schubert Club
Amaranth Hall
Reform Clubs
BW. & H. PF. Morse
Town meeting adjourned to Monday at City Hall
January 16 1886 notice of adjourned town meeting to be held next Monday evening at City Hall. Also reports on post office lock boxes arriving for replacement and a note that ice blocks access to wharves south of Maine Central wharf. Local social events and a mock trial by Path Literary and Athletic Association conclude with a not guilty verdict and upcoming officers election and banquet plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
TW Hospital Point
The
Path Literary and Athletic Association
John Preston
H. W. Howard
Charles Jackson
State
Hodgdon
Messrs
Andrews Hallett
Low
Jackson
Percy
Thompson
Johnson and
Hallett
Local Notes from Lewiston and Bath Jan 1886
Jan 18 1886 reports include A G Staples of the Lewiston Journal passing Sunday in the city. Reform club room attendance with Capt Goss present. John Daisley arrived Jan 3 at Hampton Reeds. vessel towed from Hagans wharf. keel laid for a 25 ton schooner for Cape Cod fishing. John T Kimball has a Nebraska town namesake. association with Massachusetts cattle interests. Iron cargo from Zina Lewis scow partly recovered by James Norton for J H Allen & Co. ~320 tons of 52 thrown overside, depth about 18 feet, near total salvage expected. Polo match at Alameda between Elys and Lewiston Independents attracts enthusiastic crowd. Flys praised. Sir John Shaw leaves for Bangor on official visit, accompanied by E M Fuller, J W Ballou, W D Mussenden. More updates follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zina Lewis
Sagadahoe Bay
James Norton
Consignees
J. H. Allen & Co
Sir John ©. Shaw
Knights Templar of
Maine
Bangor
St. John Commandery No. 3
E. M. Fuller
J. W. Ballou
W. D. Mussenden
Dunlap Commandery
Knights from Brunswick join Bath delegation for notable Masonic event
The Brunswick knights travel with Bath delegation to the grand Masonic gathering likely the season’s most notable event. Eminent Commander Thomas P. Shaw and a Portland commandery delegation may accompany the Grand Commander. Bath knights return tomorrow afternoon January 19 1886.
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Brunswick
Bath
Thomas P. Shaw
Portland Commandery
Playlet Showcases Maine Development Prospects
A two act comedy titled Jane Returns presents Maine’s farm life near Belfast and the Judson Cole farmhouse. Written by Frances Meserve Cotton, the playlette promotes Maine development themes with characters including Judson and Verity Cole, Jane, Jerry, Nahum Cole, Amarinty Boody and S F Pointer. It debuts at the State House January 28 29 with further performances planned by Gorham and Readfield groups to illustrate opportunities and industries in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brewster
Frances Meserve Cotton
Gorham
Cotton
Merle J. Harrimar
Readfield
Maine Grange
Jane
Belfast
Judson Cole
Verity Cole
Nahum Cole
Jerry
Amarinty Boody
S. F. Pointer
Philip Ricker Shorey
State of Maine Associates
Longfellow Square
Portland
Damages and Real Estate Notes From Across Maine
Supreme Court awards 5000 to L Neil Mills and 5000 to his wife for burns at Somerset hospital in Skowhegan. Real estate transfer nets 50 acre Pleasant Cove Boothbay property to K Weston Farnham and George S Nevens, to be subdivided. Western Union in Portland loses 5000 in fire at 24 Exchange St damaging wires. ten workers evacuated. Charles A Hill of Belgrade Lakes files for State Senate seat in Kennebec County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Louis M. Mills
Portland
L. Neil Mills
Supreme Court
Earl Richardson
Skowhegan
Somerset Hospital
Joseph Blake
Pleasant Cove
Boothbay
K. Weston Farnham
George S. Nevens
Western Union Telegraph Company
Exchange Street
S.4
May Run In 1928 Hoen Farrington Seeks Gubernatorial Spot
Augusta’s Hoen Frank G Farrington writes several prominent Republicans across the state urging restraint on pledges to any 1928 gubernatorial candidate. Observers say he intends to seek the nomination to succeed Governor Brewster after his second term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoen
Frank G. Farrington
Augusta
Farrington
Brewster
Isster
McKeen Elected and Local Political Moves
Harold S. McKeen was re-elected Belfast Chamber of Commerce president for a second term with Lynwood Thompson as vice president and Norman S. Donahue as secretary. A banquet is planned for the 26th with R. P. Hazzard of Gardiner guests. William J. Thompson of South China announces a Republican Senate candidacy for Kennebec County. Mrs. Louise Royal announces renomination for Waldo County register of deeds. A Maine to Southland pilgrimage plans a White House meeting with President Coolidge on Feb. 2. Skowhegan Farm Bureau reports record membership, with active programs for both men and women. Maine Sportsmen and Fish and Game Association discusses regulatory changes at its winter meeting in Augusta. Kennebec National Farm Loan Association votes a dividend.
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Sagadahoc
G. A. Preble
Elijah Upton
T. F. White
William W. Robinson
S. F. Dike
A. G. Page
J. J. Robinson
J. L. Douglas
D. Cibber
George E. Newman
J. M. Trott
P.M. Reed
William J. Thompson
South China
Senate
Kennebec County
Thompson
Maine State Grange
Board of
State Assessors
Louise Royal
Waldo County
Office of Register of Deeds
Royal
Edward Evans
President Coolidge
White House
Maine
Southland
A. L. T. Cummings
Hale
PD. A. Skinner
United States Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Skowhegan Farm Bureau
Memorial Community House
Maine Sportsmen and Fish and Game Association
Augusta
Kennebec County 1925 dividend and local notes
Stockholders as of November 30 1925 receive four and four tenths percent amounting to 307.95 to be distributed among Kennebec County members. Sheriff Cum mins reports no tramp commits in the county jail last year. Rumor says Famous Players Lasky may build a Rockland moving picture theater. Fred King and Cecil Moore claim the mount Hunger red fox measured 62 inches when skinned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec County
Federal Jand. Bank
No “Trump
Henry F. Cummings
Manchester
Board of County Commissioners
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Rockland
Fred King
Wiscasset
Cecil Moore
Mount Hunger
Edgecomb
Miraculous Escape Near Glen Cove After Auto Collision
Mrs. Maurice Gregory of Glen Cove narrowly escaped serious injury when an automobile owned by B. C. Perry Sr of Corkland struck her and dragged her feet along a snow covered road past the Glen Cove post office. She was taken to Knox hospital where Dr. Neil Fogg found only bruises and no serious injuries.
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Maurice Gregory
Glen Cove
B. C. Perry, Sr
Korkland
Gregory
Knox Hospital
Neil Fogg
Governor Brewster to Address Maine Products Campaign Meeting
Governor Ralph O. Brewster will speak at a mass meeting in Voriland City Hall about expanding the sale of Maine products to Maine people. The event is set for this evening in City Hall Auditorium, expected to draw residents from Portland and nearby areas interested in Maine industry and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Brewster
Voriland City Hall
Maine
City Hall
Portland
Henry Ford wealth and counting his fortune in dollars
Henry Ford's estimated wealth exceeds a billion dollars after 20 years in auto making. A mathematician calculates counting all wealth at one dollar per second would take 120 years, implying $1.25 added to Ford's wealth per second of the last 24 hours. The text also notes American World War Veterans now appearing abroad, including San Marino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Henry
Ford
Little Republic of
San Marino
Attest: William F. Dunttam At Four Four
Fragmentary OCR provides a terse attestation line mentioning William F. Dunttam and a time reference of four four. The readable portion suggests a formal acknowledgment or certification, but lacks surrounding context to identify the document type or precise roles.
Quarantine on Corn Borers Expands to New Regions
The Secretary of Agriculture issued an amendment to federal quarantine rules effective January 16, 1926. Additional territory in Maine Rhode Island New York Pennsylvania Michigan and Ohio is added to the quarantine due to local spread of the European corn borer. The pest threatens crops and federal and state agencies under the Federal Horticultural Board regulate shipments to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Maine
Freeport
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Federal Horticultural Board
Poultry Society Formed After Peru Exposition
A national society named Asociacion Peruana de Avicultura has been established in Peru to foster modern methods in poultry raising following the first poultry exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Asociacion Peruana de Avicultura
Collapsible coop by Iowa firm simplifies return shipment
A new collapsible chicken coop folds into compact space for return shipment. The invention is being produced by the Collapsible Poultry Coop Co. of Tloomfield, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collapsible Poultry Coop Co
Tloomfield
Iowa
Rain storage drives Belizean exporters profits report
British Honduras relies on stored rain for water supply as exporters move large quantities of cistern pumps, tanks, and earthenware water coolers. The New York Commercial notes that when the government enters private business, that business tends to fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Honduras
New York
Probate court notice of will in Sagadahoc County Maine
Ashton Wardwell petitions to prove the will of Caroline T. Dison of Bath who died December 19 1925. Ilatel M. Dixon of Rumford is named as daughter and heir along with executor Ashton E Wardwell. Court orders notice for interested parties to appear February 2 1926 at Bath Probate Court. Frances E Sturmer of Arrowsic appointed executrix of Levi P Cole estate January 5 1926.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Minnie, C. Gibson
Bath
John L. Gibson
Willow
Minnie C. Gibson
Gibson
Portland
Ore
Carrie E. Lothrop
Iivadahoc
Sand
A. D
State OF
Maine
Frederick J. Hinckley
Mary Emma Hinckley
Sid
James S. Lowell
Ashton E. Ward
Caroline T. Sixon
Testate
Ilatel M. Dixon
Rumford
Caroline T. Dison
Ashton E. Wardwell
Allan Spear
ATE
Sagadan
Annie F. Lee
Charles W. Lee
West Bath
James S. Well
John C. Humphreys of
Caroline A. Humphreys
Frances E. Sturmer
Arrowsic
Levi~p. Cole
Chester G
King
John H. King
Estelle L. King
Chester G. King
Alice J. Carr
Richmond
May L. Jackman
Brewer
Eleanor C. King
Martha M. King
Wests Bath
Sagadahot
Sawadahoc
W. Bridgham
Sorentine
William F. Dunham
Corliss Street Y P S C E Hosts Evening Banquet
The Corliss Street Y P S C E hosted a supper with baked beans rolls and cake and a toastmaster lead. Respondents at the supper included MelIntire Dr Peterson Clinton D Wilson Deacon James W Coombs Carroll Deering Sidney Eaton Chester Plant Elbridge St Wright Fred Dwyer Mrs John Hunt and others. Benediction by Rev S A Evans closed the event praised by Christian Endeavor members and Daniel F E Hall spent the week at home.
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Irelondy
Sion
MelIntire
Dr. Peterson
Clinton D. Wilson
Deacon James W. Coombs
Carroll Deering
Sidney Eaton
Chester Plant
Elbridge
St. Wright
Fred Dwyer
John Hunt
Tannist
Elvira Coombs
Fred Carty
John Sheldon
Leland Ames
Gladys Legard
Stearns Scott
Velma Cornish
Mildred Hunt
Christian Endeavor
S. A. Evans
Sagadahoc Probate Action Involving Donnell Heir and Executors
The Sagadahoc County Probate Court reviews a 1926 petition by Earle C. Donnell of West Bath for administration of the estate of Alvah H. Downell who died December 30, 1925, naming Belle C. Donnell as heir and listing Farle C. Donnell as son and executor candidates. A second notice concerns Arthur P. Wright of Bath facing foreclosure for a 1924 mortgage assigned to Bath Grain Company, with the loan secured on a Ford Sedan and the mortgage recorded in Bath records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Earle C. Donnell
West Bath
Alvah H. Downell
Wslow
Belle C. Donnell
Farle C. Donnell
A. D
Arthur P. Wright
Bath
State of
Maine
Ath Garage Company
Holmes Note, and Recorded In the City Clerk’s Office
City of
Witt
Bath Grain Company
City of Bath
Sai
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Bath Daily Times
Marine National Bank
S. D. Bailey
EF. (. Hyde
H. W. Field
P. M. Whitmore
J. M. Hayes
H. A. Duncan
Lincoln National
Charles Davenport
J. W. Houghton
T. W. Morse
Charles F. Patten
John 8. Elliot
William R. Shaw
Sagadahock National Bank
Franklin I
Alfred Lemont
Lincoln Webb
William F. Moses
I. F. Morse
Henry Eames
Bath National Bank
Arthur Sewall
J. P. Pelano
R. S. Hunt
T. W. Hyde
Samuel S. Sewall
W. D. Sewall
W. D. Hill
First National Bank
Nathaniel Longley
Fesq
Longley
A. T. Stetson
James Biggins
Boston
Frank Shepard
Sidney Knight
John Foote
John Cullinan
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Robert N. Parke
Grace Church
Jane FE. Drummond
St. Luke's Cathedral
Neely
Nis
People’s Twenty-five Cents Savings Bank
Galen
Moses
Frank W. Weeks
Reuben 8. Hunt
John R. Kelley
J. D. Robinson
Gordon S. Preble
Mr. Weeks
Nathaniel Loneley
Fsq
J. H. Raymond
Mr. Longley
Sagadahoe
Virgil VP. Emery
J. W W. Hanscom
C. P
W. H. Melcher
H. P
Anthony Humphries
S. W
N. W. Hall
J. W
W. C. Hinds
G. C. Greenleaf
Treas
Treas.—Elbridge Soule
Virgil P. Emery
Harry Foote
David Harris
George S. Sawyer
Fred Sawyer
Charles Andrews
Lewis Pepper
James Lockery
M. G. Shaw & Son
George H. Holden
Acadia Lodge No. 13
Knights of Pythias
DD. DG. C
M. F. Litchfield
S. Sawyer
Ww. Marston
J. S. Loerill
J. A. Raymond
John Carr
Grand Lodge
G. H W. Clark
J. S. Lowell
Fort George Lodge
Esquire
Acania Lodge
Elys
Independents
Lewiston
Pelo
Alameda
Nellie
Lorrie Shaw
Neddy Towell
Fred Parks
Fred Whitmore
Charlie Lawrence
S. T. Woodward
Lawrence
Sheepscat
Kennebec
Toothbay
A. G. Staples
Lewiston Journal
Reform Club
Capt. Goss
Tarkentine
John Daisley
Hampton Reeds
Hagan’s Wharf
T. M. Hagan & Co
Cape Cod
John Ti, Kimball
Nebraska
Kimball
Little Western
Massachusetts
Popham Lodge
LO. G. T
Sedgwick Relief Corps
G. A. Field
Parker's Head
Amaranth
Universalist Society
Rebecca
Universalists
Franklin P. Shepard
Sheperd
Joshua I. Derry
Lincot
Charles
Gen. Berry
Georgetown
Hendrick
Sheepscot River
George MM. Linesin
North Street
Playset For
Maine Development
Kennebec National Farm Loan Association
Agadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF Main
Everett H. Davis
Ethel Davis
John P. Carey, Jr
Sagadaboc
Anna Rohinson
John P. Carey
Avilliam F. Dunham
Tee PY
William FL
Dunttam
Poultry Society
Attes William F. Dunham
Charles L. Wright
Ellen .L. Wright
Sagatdahoc
Corliss Street
Y.P.S.C.E
Daniel FE. Hall
Emi
Walter S. Glidden
Mainesagadahoc
Sagadaoc
P. L. Nickerson
Jane Dunton
Woolwich
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