Forty Years Ago in Bath June 25 1884
Bath items recount events from mid 1884 including A T Shaw taking Woodward villa next month and a charity Fantasies event. Dr and Mrs Berry return from Japan with fine wares. A childic fall at Star of the Fast wharf saved by Alderman Greenleaf. Local visits, hockey cross game with Alameda and praise for Bath hospitality and sportsmanship.
Bath Newsin Briefs on Promotions and Local Tales
Charles Cunningham promoted to assistant engineer on the tug Knickerbocker. Edwin Cook promoted to engineer on City of Bath No. 1. A Crescent street carriage was struck by rocks from youths. hole in the buggy top observed. Sagadahock encampment election results list officers elected and some members conferred second and third degrees. Residents visiting Bath include Mrs. J. Morse, Miss Goodwin, and T. J. Southard. A surprise party at Mrs. A. K. Parris’ residence featured various silver and gold gifts. Local shipping news notes a new mammoth ship keel being stretched. Several dignitaries and visitors arrive in Bath amid town skating events at Fort Popham with a Percy V steamer excursion.
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H. E. Palmer
Crescent Street
Fort Popham
Fort
Eureka House
J. A. Fairbanks
Augusta
A. B. Perkins
Household Gift Auction List Notable Dishes and Vases
A catalog lists many items donated by local residents including glass berry dishes, a glass cake plate, assorted vases, a card receiver, a mustache cup and salt shaker, a paper cutter, majolica fruit dish, an ink stand, towels, and a majolica pitcher. Donors include Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parris, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shepard, Mrs. George Hodgkins and Linie Talphy, Samuel Dane, Mr. and Mrs. George Wooding, Mr. and Mrs. William Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sawyer, Mrs. M. G. Staples, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flint, Mrs. Clark and Frank Clifford, Mrs. William Parris, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Matson, and Mrs. Andrew McFadden.
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Frank Parris
James T. Smith
Alton Hastings
Frank Shepard
George Hodgkins
Linie Talphy
Samuel Dane
George Wooding
William Sawyer
Edward Sawyer
M. G. Staples
Charles Flint
Clark
Frank Clifford
William Parris
Henry Matson
Andrew McFadden
Local Notes From Bath and Kennebec on June 27 1884
June 27 1884 reports John Kelley selling 1680 cabbage heads from his Academy Street garden with a total 5000 head crop. Other items note rheumatic illness of Joseph Kelley, a rigger, and partial recoveries. Several visitors and residents are mentioned along with Fourth of July preparations including engine companies, fireworks contracts, and new city marshal Wakefield.
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John Kelley
Academy Street
Kennebec 3
John Webster
George AL Parsley
Joseph Avery
Thomaston
W. W. Rice Company
Rice
Bath
City of Gardiner
Gardiner
Massasoits
Damariscotta
Taniscot
Newecastle
TR. Taylor
Wiscasset
Knox & Lincoln
Rdmund S. Hunt
Weymouth
Mass
J. S. Lowell
J. H. Raymond
Boston
Trunt
Gen
T. W. Hyde
J. W. Wakefield
Crescent baseball club forms in Bath with named players
A Crescent baseball club is formed at the north end of Bath. Players include George Cutting catcher Dan Fulton pitcher Hiram Wattee 1st base Richard Stevens 2nd base Will Percy 3rd base Mike Neagle shortstop and manager Thomas Verry right field Herbert Stevens center field George Conway and left field. The club has challenged the Phi Rios and will accept other clubs' challenges.
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Crescent
North End
George Cutting
Dan Fulton
Hiram Wattee
Richard Stevens
Will Percy
Mike Neagle
Thomas Verry
Herbert Stevens
George Conway
Phi Rlios
Adder Fatality and Local Sporting Results Highlight Maine Notice
The Brunswick road saw a man kill an adder three and a half feet long last week. Phi Rhos defeated the Wiscasset nine at Wiscasset by 290 to 20 with O. Lincoln umpiring. Scott Gray sold his organ and horse during a single day. Goss Marine Tron Works stockholders met in the Domineon Connell room but adjourned to Monday. Fire alarm and brush fire near Wish Street. water scarce, engines used long hose runs. Tug Knickerbocker arrives New York with Commodore T. F. Allen. record towing 45 hours Boston to Boston with logs, best previous 48 hours.
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Goss Marine Tron Works
Hell
Domineon Connell Room
CL Goss
J. FL
Thomas W. Hyde
John RR. Welles
George Moulton
Charles Davenport
Tbo Welock
Dennis Coombs
Wish Street
Long Beach
Nichols Wis
Boston
Severe injuries after rope coil strikes carpenter at shipyard
July 1 1884 in Bath Maine Charles Preble a carpenter in the New England Shipbuilding yard had a near fatal accident while helping install a center board on the schooner Charles A White. A rope coil struck him and he fell about eighty feet suffering serious cuts to the face head and hip and a broken arm. He was taken home and treated by Dr E M Fuller.
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Gibson
G. C. Greenleaf
Charles Preble
New England
Tie
Charles A. White
Preble
E. M. Fuller
Mr. Preble
Appointed Assistant Marshals for the Fourth of July
The following gentlemen were appointed assistant marshals for the Fourth of July and assigned to duties across the procession. Right of the procession Seth O Rogers First Division John P Wiggin Second Division Joseph Varney Third Division John O Patten Fourth Division George FP Stacy Fifty Division William E Rice Sixth Division William Duncan Seventh Division John H Brown Eighth Division Jasper H Biggins Orderlies Holman Dunning Fred Cahill
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Seth O. Rogers
John P. Wiggin
Joseph Varney
John O. Patten
George FP. Stacy
William E. Rice
William ©. Duncan
John H. Brown
Jasper H. Biggins
Holman Dunning
Fred Cahill
First July Session of Probate Court in Sogadahoe County
The July term probate court in Sogadahoe County opened Tuesday with Judge Daniel So Lowell. Executors named and estates probated include Pannie EL Bond of Woolwich, Lizzie I. Little of Holyoke, Melville Wright of Bath, Mary Alice Graves of Bowdoin, and others. Petitions for administration filed and inventories approved. numerous estates proceed with executors named and inheritance taxes determined.
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Sogadahoe County
Daniel So Lowell
Pannie EL Bond
Woolwich
Edward A. Bond
Lizzie I. Little
Holyoke
Mass
William Good
Massachusetts
Melville Oo
Wright
Bath
Lillian M. Wright
Marggie A. Small
Mary Alice Graves
Bowdoin
William J. Graves
Ochainisteater
Jol Tlenry Milligan
James C. Mulligan
Gebninicnentos
Portland Yacht Club Cruise Opens With Large Fleet
The Portland Yacht club launches its three day cruise starting Thursday with at least eight sailing yachts and ten power boats. The fleet will head to Mackeral Cove and Bailey's Toll, with courses decided nightly on the flagship. Commodore Vernon West leads the crew as preparations include potential races and a visit from the Boston Yacht club contingent.
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Portland Yacht Club
Boston Yacht Club
Porth Yacht Club
Boothbay Tlarbor
Portland
Tierman Burgi
Maine fairs dates announced by Department of Agriculture
The Maine Department of Agriculture released fair dates across the state with each fair listing its town, organizer and secretary. Events span Bridgton Belfast Cornish Pittsfield Caribou Waterville Clinton Ellsworth Anson Madison Gardiner Lewiston and many more with openings in August September and October.
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Department of Agriculture
Maine
Bridgton Agricultural
Bridgton
Fred S. Transen
Aue
Phincock
Ellsworth
Bov
Dlnetith
Pg Et A
North Penobscot
Springfield
Summer travel and visits noted in local society items
Miss Glennee Blair and Miss Viola Preble left Monday for Squirrel Island for the summer. Arthur Trodgdon of Providence employed with Liggett Myers Tobacco Co. is home for a few days vacation. Horan and Philip Dubay of St Marys church will go to Whinoe for the annual retreat. Mr. and Mrs Albert M Towne of Waltham Mass and daughters Marguerite and Janice arrived at their cottage at Popham Beach. Mr. and Mrs Harry Thayer of Wollaston Mass arrived at Parker Tread with their two children and opened the Hunt cottage for two months. Mr Horatio N Douglas of Dummer Street entertained their daughter Mrs Winfield Rowe and Mr Rowe at their home.
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Glennee Blair
Viola Preble
Squirrel Island
Arthur Trodgdon
Providence, Co
Liggett, Myers Tobacco Co
Towa
Horan
Philip Dubay
St. Mary's
Ehorcl
Whineo
Trieste
Maine
Albert M. Towne
Waltham
Mass
Marguerite
Janice
Teach Boys to Swim as Safety Measure and Lincoln Guard Story
An article urges teaching boys to swim to prevent drownings and cites drowning as a leading cause of accidental death for children. It warns of hazards near unsupervised bath sites and highlights the need for safe, known venues with lifeguards and supervision.
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Sumner
Cntire
United States
Elilden
Poe
Mhgny
Ceoupse
Devon
Osafery
Allas
Gus
ATL
On Toy
Negehes
Painters Wage Doubled Amid Reconstruction Strain
Report from Pekiea notes painters working overtime and near double pay during the reconstruction period. The event drew attention as workers gathered near homes and on street fronts. Local residents Mrs Moulton and guests attended a talk by Frank Pretird of Ghirtland.
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Gerit
Maine divorce case filed in Bath court against Eva May Lake
The Birghton and Sagadation court in Vacation proceedings orders notice to Eva May Lake for appearance in Bath before the Supreme Judicial Court on the third Tuesday of October ALD M24. The petition seeks divorce on grounds of desertion since December 6, 1912, with the husband Harry Clare as petitioner.
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Whelet
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AL Dy
Seal
Tibet
Supreme Judicial Court
Sarada
Hhel
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