Forty Years Ago In Bath 1891 Items
Bath Daily Times recaps June 24 1891 notes good mackerel off Horse Island size quality. Bath and Sagadahoc clubs hold sessions. 200 grangers sail to Togus. Sagadahonee Star tested for Kennebec. Washington street cleaned after rain. field day excursion postponed to a new date. Bible Society aiding 50 needy families. Bath High School graduation trip planned. schooner Mary E Olys launched with spars readied for next week.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Horse Island
Sagadahoc
Bath High School
Siete Pier
Mary E. Olys
New England
Commencement dinner and river events in Brunswick
On June 25 1891 Principal H E Cole attended the commencement dinner in Brunswick and a flotilla of fourteen light vessels passed up the river. The Sagadahoc Gun Club sent a delegation to Lewiston for the shoot and Acadia lodge planned an officer election. A Budge club excursion to Popham promised a pleasant evening as dogs and hotels were noted. Benjamin A Van Brunt and others arrived to oversee the launch of the new schooner at Kelley and Spears with Captain Pierce to command.
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H. E. Cole
Brunswick Today
Sagadahoc
Benjamin A. van Brunt
A. P. Cubberly
J. P. Goodruff
E. L. Pierce
New Jersey
Sagada Dock
Kelley & Spear’s
Capt. Pierce
J. Fish
C. B. Furber
A. Hatch
C. B. True
Henry Hartleb
J. C. Higgins
George B. Thompson
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Vessels Up River and Local 1891 Events Report
June 26 1891 report notes twenty two vessels passing upriver with most light. Engineer Pond of the ocean tug C W Morse returns home on vacation. boat in Boston. Canton King presides and barbers plan to close shops for a public Fourth. Brunswick Canton delegates visit Rockland next month with Togus band. Merrymeeting bridge repairs underway by Jordan and Carleton. French plate windows installed in Ledyard Palmer block increasing Front street block appearance.
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Engineer Pond
C. W. Morse
Boston
Canton King
P.M
Brunswick Cantons
Rockland
J. E. Haley
Ledyard and
Palmer
Front Street
Bath area fire and steamboat notices highlight city week
Bath reporters document a busy week with a fire department committee weighing a new hook and ladder truck and a proposed fire alarm system likely to be adopted. Sagadahoc Gun Club members praise Androscoggin shooters, while Hyde Light Guards appoint leaders and plan a musкет. Bath Iron Works teams, steamer Sagadahoc launches, and real estate transfers mark a bustling June 1891 update.
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Committee On Fire Department
Bath
Bath residents join state Relief Corps convention trip
Mrs. John S. Wiggin Mrs. Howse and Miss Winter headed to Brunswick for the State convention of Relief Corps. Miss Jennie Moulton and Miss Lizzie Ham return from Massachusetts with Miss Gertie Greenleaf. May Pratt arrives home from Ludlow Mass on vacation and holds a teaching post. The Irwin Bros circus parade drew crowds praising their horses and ponies. A. W. Rogers returns from Greenport N Y to spend summer in Bath and excels as a teacher. Miss Jonnie Moulton serves as bookkeeper at Percy Mitchells store. North street construction adds a sewer and sluiceway to drain water to the railroad drain improving a long troubled area. Bath petitions push a fire alarm system and a Gamewell display at City Hall impresses Mayor Twitchell Chief Engineer Scott and the Fire Department committee. The Gamewell system already operates in over 400 cities from Halifax to Frisco.
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Bath
City Hall
Twitchell
Scott
Committee On Fire Department
Halifax
Frisco
Ottawa
Galveston
Grandson of Bath Named for MacMillan
The Kennebec Journal reports 12 year old Donald Morse, son of Dr. and Mrs. John H. Morse of Augusta, named for Bowdoin College classmate Donald MacMillan, joined his father and crew aboard the MacMillan schooner from Southport to Gloucester. He sailed despite rough seas, wearing souwester and oil skins and even handled the wheel at times. Master Morse’s interest in sailing mirrors the Arctic explorer Bowdoin’s progress.
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Kennebec
Dr. Morse
E. W. Hyde
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
Donald MacMillan Morse
John H. Morse
Sewall Street
Donald Morse
Bowdoin College
Augusta
Southport
Gloucester
Mass
Two Non Support Cases In Municipal Court
Norman V. Pierce of Bath appeared before Judge Keegan on a non support charge and was ordered to pay 12 dollars weekly for one year plus recognize 500 dollars or face 11 months in jail. Hugh Henry Bath of Rumford must pay 14 dollars weekly for his wife and three children for one year, with 200 dollars recognition. Medora Ingraham pled guilty to passing a stop sign and had sentence suspended. Ralph B. Harnden of Auburn was discharged after comparable charge.
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Norman V. Pierce
Bath
Keegan
Hugh Henry Bath
Rumford
Medora Ingraham
Ralph B. Harnden
Auburn
Three Men Saved From Drowning In New Meadows River
The Abbott cottage rescue involved three men swept from their overturned boat after an hour in the water. They feared a grim fate but were saved as boats failed to reach them. The men started at sunrise, eight miles from Mark Island, for morning fishing, losing a large catch, two life preservers, and a five gallon gasoline keg.
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Abbott Cottage
New Meadows
Mark Island
Bath Boys Golfers in State Championship Standings
Bath schoolboy players Howard Mayo Wesley Marco Vincent Henderson Wilfred Chaney Edward Owen and L Haynes competed in the State schoolboy golf championship Mayo placed 72nd Marco 77th Henderson 83rd others failed to turn in cards Mayo totaled 212 for 36 holes Marco 218 Henderson 237
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Howard Mayo
Wesley Marco
Vincent Henderson
Wilfred Chaney
Edward Owen
L. Haynes
Mayo
Marco
Henderson
National Honor Society Meeting of Morse Graduates
A Morse high school National Honor Society meeting June 18 elected Eugene G. Ingalls president and Hibbert Norton vice president with Roberta Hathorne as secretary treasurer. The chapter, organized 1925, honors students based on character leadership scholarship and service.
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MORSE
Morse High School
National Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
Virginia Rogers
Doris Lawrence
Stephen Marshall
Albert Ingalls
Olive Rowe
Roberta Hathorne
Marjorie Stover
Katharyn Shorey
Edward Morin
Miriam Doble
Priscilla Colby
Eugene G. Ingalls
Hibbert Norton
Roberta B. Hathorne
Warren D. Oliver
Charles F. Cummings
Elizabeth Coombs
Helen Brown
Mary Curran
Vacation Bible School Opens At Corliss Street Church
The Daily Vacation Bible school opened Monday at Corliss Street Baptist church for the fifth consecutive summer with about 100 pupils aged four to 15. Rev. C. H. Berry leads devotional exercises as classes start. Intermediate and junior classes, led by Mrs. Lizzie B. C. Chaney and Hibbert Norton, work on handiwork including Good Citizenship Posters and Noahs Ark projects. Primary department under Mrs. Lois Ames with Edith Wallace and Julia Paisley makes paper baskets and books while primary boys led by Frank Sylvester craft letter boxes. Beginners, taught by Margaret Hill and Edna Hallowell, do color work. Miss Sadie Coombs oversees with enthusiasm noted by teachers.
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Corliss Street Baptist Church
C. H. Berry
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Hibbert Norton
Lois Ames
Edith Wallace
Julia Paisley
Frank Sylvester
Margaret Hill
Edna Hallowell
Sadie Coombs
Higgins engagement and local social notes in Mechanicsburg
Cards received from Mr and Mrs Frederick Higgins announce the marriage on June 17 of their daughter Phyllis Lloyd to William George Ross in Mechanicsburg Pa Higgins is remembered as Jessie Conley of Bath before marriage to Mr Higgins Miss Anne Kimball of Lincoln street leaves Monday for Prout s Neck as a guest of Mrs Samuel S Sewall
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Frederick Higgins
Phyllis Lloyd
William George Ross
Mechanicsburg
Higgins
Jessie Conley
Bathork
Mr. Higgins
Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
Prout’s Neck
Samuel S. Sewall
Independence Voted July 2 1776 Not July Fourth
Nation marks July 2 1776 as the true vote for independence. Congress debated Lee’s resolution on June 7 and adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4 1776 after Jefferson draft. Washington urged break with Britain as Hessian threats and Norfolk burning fueled public demand for full independence.
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Continental Congress
United States
George Washington
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Congress
England
Norfolk
Virginia
Lord Dunmore
Thomas Paine
Philadelphia
Richard Henry Lee
United Colonies
Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Iron Works Week Highlights Bath Vessel History
A Bath Iron Works week profile recalls the steamship City of Lowell built in 1894 and later refitted in Newport. It notes the vessel’s age, service history, and affection from Bath residents, with praise from travelers and local officials visiting the plant during a trial run of the yacht Seapine.
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Lowell
Herbert J. Kellaway
Newton
Mass
Bath
City of Lowell
Providence
Bath Tron Works
Gen. Hyde
New York
New Haven
Hartford
New London
Newport
R. I
New Meadows Inn
Iron Works
Seapine
Corporation
C. Sherman Hoyt
Goodyear Estate
Archibald M. Main
W. Merton Rice
Henry J. Gielow, Inc
H. Fredericks
Cooper-Bessemer Co
Charles A. Reagle
Alexander Chopin
Gielow, Inc
L. Eugene Thebeau
Fred H. Thomason
Pres
William S. Newell
Harold Adams
Harold
Stanley Whitehouse
Morse High
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Stan
Oliver Moses
Rockland
Associated Industries of Maine
Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Moses
Worwmbo Manufacturing Co
Lisbon Falls
Duncan Reid
Globe Indemnity Co
Poland
Sawyer and Tardiff Clash Saturday For Lightweight Crown
Cyclone Sawyer of Bath faces K O Tardiff of Brunswick in the lightweight title bout headlining Promoter Nick Mihalos Fourth of July card at Arcade Arena. The bout draws over 600 local fans with Brunswick supporters traveling to Bath for the clash.
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Cyclone Sawyer
Bath
K. O. Tardiff
Brunswick
Nick Mihalos
Arcade Arena
Cardiff
Maine
Sawyer
Tardiff
Bobby Bell
K. O. Watters
Flint
Mich
Jimmy DeCapua
Young Edmunds
Waterville
Jimmy Walsh
Gold Coast
China
Bob Bell
Young Ordett
Legion Plans for Smoker at Roland Smith Post No 21
The American Legion post holds a July smoker planning gala features and buffet lunch at the Colonial case. They aim to invite the newly elected state commander and initiate candidates during the gathering.
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Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Post
Maine panel births a state parks plan at Lakewood meeting
A Maine Legislative Committee on natural beauty and historic spots met at Lakewood to study establishing a state park system. Senator John W. Leland chaired with Mrs Lena Day and Reps Addison and Briggs. additions include Herbert Swett Clarence Stetson E P Rieker Jr and Rev Carl Garland. They foresee vast state recreation funding and seek citizen counsel, planning a second August meeting and aiming for a tangible program before the next Legislature. Guests at the Rogers cottage in Southport toured the Lakewood grounds and dined with E J Bachelder and family.
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Lakewood
John W. Leland
Lena C. Day
E. Addison
J. L. Briggs
Maine
Herbert L. Swett
Clarence C. Stetson
E. P. Rieker, Jr
Baxter
Mount Katahdin
Edward Bok
Rockport
Leland
Ex-Alderman McCab Visits Gardiner for Conference with Governor
Ex-Alderman Chester H. McCab traveled to Gardiner on Tuesday for a business conference with Governor William Tudor Gardiner at the Gardiner family stone mansion.
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Chester H. McCab
Gardiner
Wm. Tudor Gardiner
Social guests honor at Hyde Park summer home
Miss Gertrude Stewart of Boston visited Mr and Mrs Howard Pratt at their Hyde Park summer home on June 16 1931. Hannah M Curran of Bath acted as curator of the estate of J Curran late of Bath in the county on dates 7 and 25-29.
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Gertrude Stewart
R. N
Boston
Howard Pratt
Hyde Park
Mass
Hannah M. Curran
Bath
J. Curran Late
County of
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Gertie Greenleaf
Jennie Moulton
Lizzie Ham
Good Templars
Bath Lodge
Bath and
Popham
Phippsburg Grangers
Togus
Eastern Steamboat Co
Georgetown
Washington Street
Bible Society
Acadia Lodge
Budge Club
Marshal Minott
Edward H. Hawley
Maine Medical School
H. L
W. E. Chase
Bowdoinham
Isaac Wilson
Harry Hyde
Ocean View
Wednesay
Dunlap Commandery
Smith
Jordan & Carleton
Merrymeeting Bridge
Hyde Light Guards
William R. Kimball
Mr. Beesaw
Henry Hart- Teb
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Patten’s Wharf
Seth O. Rogers
Freeport
Bath Iron Works
Sacarrappa
Bangor
Kennebecs
Islander
C. C. Thompson
James Andrews
Galen C. Moses
Portland
Baker
Stem
Stern
Ira Farnsworth
William Davis
Allen Hodgkins
Charles Stetson
Eugene Stetson
James H. McLellan
George Corbins
van Blen
Sarah Gordon
Ford
J. B. Drake
Miss Stiles
Fred Taylor
Kelley & Spear’s Yard
Samuel Welch, Jr
Music Hall Market
William M. Hoffies
Marriner & Co
George H. Clark
Knox & Lincoln
Cariots
Department
Samuel L. Miller
D. O. Foye & Co
A. J. Brown and Lewis
John S. Wiggin
Howse
Miss Winter
State Convention of Relief Corps
Massachusetts
May Pratt
Ludlow
Irwin Bros
A. W. Rogers
Greenport
N. Y
Jonnie Moulton
Percy & Mitchells
North Street
High
Middle
Middle Street
M’millan
Edith Courser
Anna Arck
Doris Brown
Annie Quinn
Dorothy Sheldon
Mary Appleton
Charles Cummings
Mary Badalee
Dorothy Donnell
Burnham Dunton
Beatrice Jenkins
George Wotton
Omah Trott
Katherine Trott
Louise Holbrook
Luella MacDonald
Ephraim Pooler
Alfred Gannon
Helen Rogers
Mary MacDonald
Mabel Whitten
Beatrice Duprey
Louise Stewart
Helen Hayes
Richard Stinson
Mary O’donnell
Earl Kennerson
Ruth Bryant
Helen Furber
Alice Whalen
Adelaide Campbell
Elsie Trott
Lawrence Specht
Ruth Emerson
Helen Decker
Marjorie Dearborn
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Doris Campbell
Minnie Brown
Catherine O’donnell
Clarabell Quick
Ellen Doloff
Ethel Huse
Delia Cloutier
Isabel M. Burns
Lena E. Oliver
Edward M. Staples
Marjorie P. Troop
Lillian A. Stover
Howard C. Bates
Margaret E., Lord
Carolyn E. Turner
Henry C. de Long
Sophie G. Greenblatt
M. Edna Hallowell
E. Winifred Aterton
Amy A. Irish
Mitdre@ Hooper
Muriel Howe
Marjorie E. Leégard
Elizabeth McGrath
Alice Hovey
Ruth Watson
Nathan Watson
Hazel Feere
Margaret Mackinnon
Stanley Henderson
Eugene Ingalls
Helen Shorey
Edward DeLong
Corliss Street
Ross-Higgins
Reid
Oscar Adams
New Hampshire
Vermont
Harrington
State Department of Public Safety
Safety Committee
Carrol Watson
Fred Chaney
Legion
Smoker
State OF Maine
Annie F. Eaton
Isaiah King
Eliza A. Libby
Wilbur L. King
Annie FP. Eaton
Arthur J. Dunton
Pesce
Bath Independent
Bathitn
Walter 5S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
William S. Shorey
Harriet L. Johnson
Independent
Walter S. Glidden
J William P
Ralph O. Dale
Clara Oe
William P. Dunham
John Leland
Mrs. Day
John Rogers
Mabel
Lincoln
William B. Gifford
Barbara
Medford
Rogers Cottage
E. J. Bachelder
State OF
Nancy P. Richardson
Cumberland County
Mary B. McDonald
Nancy F. Richardson
Edith Pegg
Hackensack
Anna Phillips
N R
Grace Benedict
Brookline
Miece Abbie Needle
Beverly Farms
Charles McDonald
Nancy FP Richardson
A. D
Nancy PF. Richardson
Sagadahoc. Ss
Seseter
Jc. Independent
Sali
Walter S Gliddes
William F Dunham
Mary E. Humphreys
John C. Humphreys
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