Forty Years Ago in Bath 1897 Highlights and Local Items
A Bath daily page from June 23 1897 reports the death of Mrs Brooks wife of Rev N Brooks former North Street pastor. It notes social events including a surprise party for Capt and Mrs Morse, a fine flower bed at Editor Clarke’s home, Bath Iron Works bids for torpedo boats, hypnotism at the Y M C A and the Gun Club shoot. There are births marriages moves and numerous local society notices with names like Spinney Morse Colby and O’Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
N. Brooks
North Street
Alonzo A. Morse
Vine Street
Mr. Morse
H. A. Duncan
Alice Morse
J. T. Crosby
Wesley M. E. Church
Morse
Moose
Destroyers Edge Lisbon Palls 5 4 In Narrow Win
Nye Destroyers beat Lisbon 5 to 4 at Kel ley field after a seventh inning rally by the home team. The visitors were up 5 1 after six innings, then nine batters came to bat in the seventh before Batchelder struck out to end the threat. The Destroyers had beaten Brunswick Tigers the night before for their second straight win. The Lemons outhit Bath 8 5 but costly errors hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Kelley Field
Destroyers
Nye Destroyers
Brunswick Tigers
College Town
Bobby
Batchelder
Lemons
Bath Boys
Double Main Bouts Placed At Arcade Friday Show
Boxing fans in Bath and vicinity are promised a double main event at the Arcade arena Friday night. Gla firo Castillo of Bath meets Val Nadeau of Dover in the featured bout, while Castillo’s sparring partner Gaby Poulin faces Jackie Ledger, also of Dover. The card includes other preliminaries with Honolulu newcomer Butcher Boy Frenchy facing Young Guy Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arcade Arena
Glafiro
K. O." Castillo
Val Nadeau
Dover
N. H
New England
Gaby Poulin
Castillo
Jackie Ledger
N. H. Castillo
Abe Nathan
Nathan
Portland
Jackie
New Hampshire
Mihalos
Butcher Boy Frenchy
Honolulu
San Francisco
Guy Wright
Lou Cooper
Cannonball Leads Destroyers to 2-0 win at Kelley Field
Big Cannonball Oliver, a noted pitching prospect, hurled a two hit exhibition as the Destroyers beat the Westbrook Knighthawks 2-0 at Kelley Field Sunday afternoon. Oliver worked seven innings with five strikeouts and two hits allowed, while Nepenvin of Westbrook matched him with six hits allowed. In the first inning Bob Footer walked, stole second, and scored on a single by Chaney.
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Cannonball Oliver
Shipping City
Maine
Kelley Field
Destroyers
Westbrook Knighthawks
Paper City
Oliver
Nepenvin
Bob Footer
Will Chaney
Page
Bob Stevens
Skaling
Phn Wealle
Westbrook
Francis Stover
Footer
Aooanss Cs
Chaney
Chick” Meader
Villanova
Yesteryear
Hallowells
Chick
Iron Workers
Johnny Sanborn
M. Hayes
Rupe Lewis
Charlie Dumais
Don Ring
H. Ring
P. Hayes
Hallowen
LeClair
Sanborn
Ring
Meader
Jones
Dumais
Costigan
Ernie Sarkis
Buck
Webb
Sarkis
Keystone
Lewis
Dumuis
Bathites
Hallowell
M. Ballard
Harry Ring
Murphy
Portland
Cheverus
Berrya
Kndt
Ballard
Berryn
D. Ballard
Tron Works
Iron Works
Parks
Tron
Godsend Tonite Prompts Gratitude From Boston Reader
Mrs CE Roberts of 135 West Canton Street Boston thanks the Tonite tonic noting relief from nervousness headaches and appetite loss. The letter praises Tonite as a health builder used for years by doctors and in hospitals with claims of broad restorative effects.
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CE. Roberts
West
Canton Street
Boston
England
Tonto
Mass
Shipbuilders Lose 9-8 To Hallowell In Free Hitters Affair
Bath Iron Works Shipbuilders drop a 9-8 decision to Hallowell A A at the Granite City after a two homer effort by Jap Dumais of Bath Iron Works. Hallowell rallies in the seventh with three doubles off Leon Buck to seize the lead as Don Ring and Dumais contribute key hits. и
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jap" Dumais
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hallowell A. A
Granite City
Leon Buck
Hallowell
Iron Works
Bath Boys
Costigan
Portland
Boothbay Playhouse Opens July 1 with Ah Wilderness
Boothbay Playhouse in Maine opens on July 1 with Eugene O Neill s Ah Wilderness as the premier production. Massachusetts men Sherwood Keith Lacount and Joseph J Cell run the new venue on the Jasper Wyman estate on Boothbay Wiscasset road after planing and building a 35000 plant for a resident Boothbay Players company. The ten week season features Candle Light Paris Bound Death Takes a Holiday The Curtain Rises The Shining Hour The Show Off The Ship If I Were King and Blind Alley with the first show Ah Wilderness set in New England
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Boothbay Playhouse
Boothbay Players
Eugene O'Neill
New England
Grafton
Mass
O'Neill
Playhouse
P. G. Wodeouse
Philip Barry
Justin Huntley McCarthy
James Warwick
Home team bats steady as Murphy’s two doubles fuel win
The home team totaled three hits including a double by Murphy which helped secure the victory. Murphy’s two doubles stood out as the major factor in the win, supporting strong offensive work from the lineup.
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Murphy
Jones and Ross Tie for Gross in Bath Pro-Am
Jimmy Jones of Bath Country Club and amateur Rodney E. Ross Jr. posted a gross 73 to tie for low gross at the Wawenock course event in South Bristol. Joe Pino and Johnny Brown led a 10-team field, while Pete Moran and Clyde Strong won low net with 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Jones
Bath Country Club
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Wawenock Course
South Bristol
Joe Pino
Riverside C. C
Johnny Brown
Portland
Pete Moran
Clyde Strong
Harlan Gilman
Charlie Gale
Waterville
Jim Browning
Charlie Davis
Meadowbrook
Bath
Bath Iron Works loses Winthrop game 8 3
The Bath Iron Works semi pro team falls 8 3 at Winthrop as their defense struggles with six errors, Rupe Lewis pitched well despite five unearned runs in the third and fifth innings. In other chaos, probate notices reveal Flora D Cutler died June 4 1937 leaving Alexander M Cutler as executor with letters testamentary requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Winthrop
Central Maine
Rupe Lewis
Maine
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Alexander M Cutler
Bath
Flora D Cutler
Alexander M . Cutler
A M Cutler
Probate Notices Overview for Walter and Jndee
A probate notice references Walter and Jndee in a dissolved estate matter with an artefact order dated 24 18. Case details are limited due to OCR issues but indicate the filing and validation of probate actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mentoier Stecley
Warwick Rhede
Richard PD Walker
Matern
Baba Ae Mas
Lowsdehoe
Dexter Baker
Warwick Demwased
Tone
Margaret Ro Stevens
Richard J
Summer season opens at MacMahan
Mr and Mrs Harry A Nealley of Cambridge Mass are traveling abroad this summer and will be missed at MacMahan Their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Gage Bailes and daughter Frances will be at the Nealley cottage this summer Motorists seek directions to MacMahan from Bath are advised to take the first right turn beyond the Carlton bridge and follow the signs Capt George Laskey and Ralph Dunton are at Robinhood to provide garage accommodations and ferry service between MacMahan and Robinhood.
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Harry A. Nealley
Cambbridge
Mass
MacMahan
Gage Bailes
Frances
Nealley Cottage
Bath
Carlton Bridge
George Laskey
Ralph Dunton
Robinhood
Summer band concerts planned on Brunswick mall week by week
St. John's band and the American Legion Band will present a July 4 concert and continue every other Sunday evenings until five concerts are held. Route 1’s 12th annual Rockport carnival regatta is set for August 4 5 6 7 on the waterfront donated by Mrs. Mary Louise Bok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Mall
St. John's Band
American Legion
St. John’s
Rockport
Maine
Route 1
Mary Louise Bok
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Philadelphia
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Charles Morse
Charles D. Clarke
High Street
D. T. Percy & Sons
Fred Curtis
Miss Page
Wilhelm Bicycles
Fogg
Bowdoinham
Amesbury
Damariscotta
Boothbay
Nena
Bath Gun Club
Gardiner Club
Navy Department
Washington
United States
Supt
Hanscom
Opera
Knights of
Dunlap Commandery
Vinal Haven
Charles W. Clifford
E. C
Samuel R Percy
George H. Clark
Charles H. Mason
Langdon T. Snipe
Squirrel Island
Boothbay Harbor
Popham Beach
Mary Norton
Anderson Cottage
Small Point
George Wiggin
Brockton
H. E. Cole
Frank Percy
Watson
Frank Small
Emma Small
Jake's
Franklin P. Sprague
Bessie Gibson
Central Church
Lucius LeMont
Kennebec
Spinney’s Mills
Oliver's Fish Market
J. D. Footer
Charles W. Spinney
Riverton Park
Spinney
Bath Street Railway
Annie Hayes
Montreal
James Hogan
Portsmouth
Charles Lockery
Hallet's
Charles O. Colby
Percy's
the Bath High School
George P. Davenport
Bowdoin College
Florence Donnell
Nellie Shaw
Greenville
William R. Robinson
Capt. Lowell
Walker Street
B. F. Tarbox
Ethel M. Bowker
Joseph Varney
Washington Street
Phippsburg
Harry Sawyer
St. Paul
George M. Daley
Powers
George Philbrick
New Bedford
Mrs. H. M. Hartley
Natick
Nettie Jacobs
Hattie Dunning
Ottawa House
Portland Harbor
John A. Stinson
Woolwich
Gov. Powers
Office of Justice of Peace
Quorum
Bessie Lombard
West Bath
Happy Nook
James Farrell
Edward Wright
New York
Herbert Shea
Fred Kingsbury
Fred
Lewis Kingsbury
Andrew Savage
Horse Island
W. T. Libby
Auburn
L. B. Swett’s
Milan Graves
New London
John H. Ramsay
Susan M. Abbot
Front Street
Charles McLellan
Arthur Sewall
Elmer Taylor
Frank Taylor
Grace Wescott
Colby
A. J. McQuarrie
Los Angeles
Cal
Shannon's
Nova Scotia
Center Street
Robert Dunning
Hodgkins
George Baker
Frank A. Welch
F. W. O'Brien
Forward Movement Hall
Frank R. Warren
White Mountains
Mr. Duncan
Sabine
Worcester
A. P. Denham
Winneganee
Simon Pineaugh
Hyde Windlass Co
Millard L. Dunton
Carrie
Rera
St. Mary's
Georgia
Bibber
Honeh
Islander
Islands
James J. Brooks
Harry Ragan
William D Mussenden
James Jones
E. M. Fuller
Henry Hartleb
Parker Whitmore
M. H. Douglas
Forest City
Kitty Luce
Falmouth
Etta Gowell
Genoa
Eugene Franks
Snell
Lillian Leonard
Eastern Steamboat Co
J. Edward Drake
Edna Hunt
Lewiston
J. F. Tobey
Alice M. Douglas
May Passmore
Alice Percy
Massachusetts
Samuel Welch, Jr
Music Hall Market
F. W. Moody
Arthur Nichols
Charley Fields
Arch Street
Edward Hennessey
Jeanette Carroll Lays
Arthur Emory Matson
Hooper
Dike
Lincoln Street
Kate W. Lockett
West Newton
Marjory Carter
Newtonville
David Owen
Bangor
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Shaw
Pain
L. H. Owen
Fred Brown
Lundrigan
Mrs
Mary Conley
G. A. Tuttle
Henry Grant
Sasanoa Bluffs
Mr. Grant
F. W. Smith
Phoenix
Bernice Morse
Liberty
Pauline Golder
Richard Stevens
the Iron Works
Cramp’s
Colin Mann
Rumford Falls
John Conley
Hobart
Judge Fogg
Freeport
Baths
North End Grounds
Libby
Patterson
aNaealee
Juno
Popham
Amory Houghton
James McLellan
Edwin Dunning
Hic
Henry M. Shaw
Lisbon Falls
Nadeau
Paulin
Big Boy
Westbrook Nighthawks
Infield
Short
Econd
Bobby Burgon
Zates
Antfial
Accionmant
DR. Reilly
Herb Tontc
Reil
Lan
Aly Drug Stores
Reilly
Boylston
Chick Meader
Savadahee
William A Needham
Providence
Providines
Rhode Island
Pennsylivantt Petroleum Products Company
Superior Court
Sagadehoe
Sagadahoe
Pennsylvania Service Company
Said
Taine
CHASE
Sherif
Seevadahoe
Tenle TM Pierce
Warwick
Kent
Pennsvis and Petroleum Products Company
Tasued
Iuperior Court
Seavadahoe
Piblic
Saindhoe
Tusday
Insylvania Service Company
Inn
William A. Needham
Chase Messenger
Eugene O'Neil
Madeira
Sherwood Keith Lacount
Somerville
Joseph J. Cell
Stoughton
Leland Powers
Boothbay-Wiscasset
Jasper Wyman
Ross
Wawenock Club
Mary Janet Cutler Mead
Oxford, Ohio
Satadahoc SS
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahoc SS
Beth McAned
Sagada- Neocon
Walter SS Gltdden
John
Robert J Cameron
Jennie Cameron
Charles Rosf
Fred J. Rose
Henry Rose
Alma Florence Shepard
George Neil
George Neil Mc Kellar
Margaret Neth M. Kellar
Adelaide 1
Delano
Arthur So Bosworth
el A
Carleton
Eugene B Webster
Hrath
Walter &It
Protare
Jon
T Tohn
Jack Hetooter
Smeadaboe
Mary M
Barth Des Eisanitis
Wiedsentin
Fline Bond
Martha P, Smatlite
Path
Joseph To Small
Donald N
Small
Bond
M’mahan
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