Forties Ag o Bath Items From The Bath Daily Times 1890
Forty years ago in Bath items from the Bath Daily Times dated 1890 recount marriage intentions at the city clerk’s office, hotel accommodations, a Golden Cross social, Knights Templar events, road improvements, gifts to Kennebec Engine Co. No. 3, ice loading for New York, a barge shipment, Bottling works note, and a local wedding at Mrs. Skofield’s residence with Rev. A. A. Lewis officiating.
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Bath
Bath Daily
Times
Capt. Anthony
Brewer Ice Co
Ellida
Reed's Wharf
New York
Waodswich
Nequasset Houses
Sewall ship Shenandoah to begin planking next week
June 26 1890 notes ship Shenandoah to start planking on Sewall, sails for schooner Franklin added and nearing service. Repairs and construction progress at local ropewalks, new buildings, and increased capacity expected. Bowdoin graduates include F Dennett of 86 Bath high school. Phi Kappa honors noted.
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Sewall
Bowdoin
F. Dennett
Bath High School
Dennett
Society
Phi Kappa
Star of the East Journey Plans
The Star of the East will depart Bath this week bound for Boston with departure around 50 am and a schedule to reach 40 on the route next Monday night. An excursion from down river is noted.
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Star of the East
Bath
Boston
City Council to resume appropriation fight next week
June 28 1930 report notes regular monthly meeting of the City Council set for next Wednesday evening to resume the appropriation bill debate. Also listed: launching of the schooner Herald of the Morning from Kelley and Spear's next Tuesday with Capt Lewis commanding, and Hyde Light Guards prep for muster by train to Brunswick and on to Augusta.
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Kelley & Spear
Herald
Capt. Lewis
Hyde Light Guards
Brunswick
Augusta
Barber Shop To Open In City And Steamboat Route Planned
Duncan and Billings of Boston will launch a new barber shop in the city and the steamer Winter Harbor is to begin service on the route July 2. The Waltham Watch Factory shuts down tonight at 6 o'clock for changes. Local council holds regular meeting Wednesday evening.
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Duncan, Billings
Boston
Winter Harbor
Waltham Watch
Som e who wish to spend their va ne in Maine can arrive here
In a fragmented notice readers are invited to travel planning details for a Maine destination with unclear dates and incomplete wording outlining a visit or arrival. The readable portion mentions Maine and potential travel or arrival but lacks clear actions or names.
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Maine
Tomor
Bath Atheneum Patten Lodge Elections and Harbor News
July 1 1890 report covers Patten Lodge officer elections and ferry club excursions for the 4th to Port aes Oy Boothbay and Small. keel laid for 11000 ton four masted schooner for Capt H M Randall of Port Jefferson L L. street and store extension work at Percy Sons with 75 tons West Bath granite and 75000 bricks. fall injury to Charles Moxham at Bath Iron Works requiring three months healing. unsigned letter accuses Oliver barn fire of arson. fire damaged cow cradle tools hay. kerosene bottle found near ruins. speculation of incendiary origin remains.
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New England
H. M. Randall
Port Jefferson, L. L
Percy & Sons
Reed & Healey
West Bath
Farnham
The
Times
Oliver
Frank Whittier
Whittier
Willie Savage
Ellen E Hagan 79 beloved Five Islands woman dies
Mrs Ellen E Hagan aged 79 lifelong Five Islands resident dies at home Saturday morning after a three month illness. Born in Georgetown daughter of Joseph and Eleanor Blaisdell she was active in the Baptist church the Ladies aid and Five Islands grange. Widow of Capt David Hagan she leaves two daughters Ida Hinckley Five Islands and Mrs Warren Spencer New Orleans a granddaughter Vesta Hinckley and two brothers and two sisters.
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Ellen E. Hagan
Five Islands
David Hagan
Ker
Ida Hinckley
Warren Spencer
New Orleans
Vesta Hinckley
Joseph Blaisdell
Thomas Blaisdell
Woolwich
Stephen Synnott
Kittery
Elisha Field
Willard M Colby Dies After Illness at 59
Willard M Colby 59 died Monday after three months of illness at his daughter Mrs Nava Hart home 1 Great Island road Brunswick He was a carpenter and had lived in Bath ten years before moving to Brunswick to be with his daughter He leaves his wife three children Earl Colby Willard Colby and Mrs Hart Funeral services Thursday at 2 at E J Demers funeral parlors Brunswick burial in Oak Grove Bath
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Willard M. Colby
Nava Hart
Great Island Road
Brunswick
Bath
Earl Colby
Willard Colby
Hart
E. J. Demers
Cushing Street
Oak Grove
Civil War veteran Justin Leavitt recalls war losses
Justin P. Leavitt, born in Buxton eighty four years ago, lives at Cape Porpoise near Kennebunkport. He asserts more men served in the Civil War than in World War I, and that his regiment suffered heavy losses with 441 killed, 923 wounded, 64 prisoners, 216 died of disease or in rebel prisons.
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Justin P. Leavitt
Buxton
Limington
Kennebunkport
Cape Porpoise
Leavitt
I Ae. Am Wasserv
Hold Everything comes to Bath with Winnie Lightner cast
Warner Brothers adaptation of Hold Everything with Winnie Lightner and Joe E Brown plays Bath Opera House next Wednesday and Thursday July 9 and 10. The Technicolor film features Sally O Neill Georges Carpentier Bert Roach Edmund Breese and Dorothy Revier with Abe Lyman’s orchestra performing new songs and classic numbers. Roy Del Ruth directs the comedy ahead of New York previews.
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Winnie Lightner
Sally
Warner Brothers
New York
Broadway
Opera House
Bath
Joe ©. Brown
Brown
Winnie
Joe E. Brown
Roy del Ruth
Placida Leaves Bath Iron Works for New York
H G Haskell’s yacht Placida exited Bath Iron Works at 10 40 Tuesday morning bound for New York City. Captain Charles A Blair piloted from the river and Captain Hogan took command off Seguin. A crew from the Iron Works sailed aboard to finish work as the vessel heads to Tebo Yacht Basin for outfitting.
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H. G. Haskell
Placida
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York City
Charles A. Blair
Hogan
Seguin
Wilmington
Del
Tebo Yacht Basin
Iron Works Corp
Roland F. Hill
William Smith
Tebo
Alexander Chopin
Henry J. Gielow Inc
Sylvia
Portland
New York
Ie Great Lakes
Logan
G. Thompson
Hamilton, O
Preacher Norman Pratt to Lead Woolwich Summer Services
Norman Pratt son of Rev Frank Pratt recently graduated from Bates College will preach at the Woolwich Center Baptist Church this summer. He will conduct services every Sunday at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm. His father formerly preached in Waldoboro and now serves in Kennebunk.
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Norman Pratt
Bates College
Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Frank Pratt
Bath
Waldoboro
Kennebunk
Annie J Bishop honored after 32 years teaching in Caribou
Miss Annie J Bishop was feted at a dinner by Caribou teachers after completing 32 years in the public schools. A Monticello couple escaped injury when their truck rolled over three times on the way home from Mars Hill. Capt. Robert Morris Hapley of Portland, a long time merchant seaman, died in San Francisco and had planned to retire in Portland. Reverend Lyman E Carter awoke to knocking and witnessed a Rockland couple marry at Lincoln Hall. Lewiston reports 20 diphtheria cases, 19 in the Marcotte Home. the 20th, a young woman, was isolated there. The disease is confined with no expected spread.
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Annie J. Bishop
Caribou
Monticello
Mars Hill
Robert Morris Hapley
Portland
San Francisco
Cal
Merchant Marine
American Merchant Marine
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Lyman E. Carter
Lincoln Hall
Rockland
Joseph A. Kelley
Lukie M. Glidden
Damariscotta
Lewiston
Marcotte
Mrs Akerson Visits Acadia Park From Washington
Mrs. George E. Akerson wife of the president Hoover secretary arrived at Bar Harbor this week by automobile from Washington D C with the special purpose of visiting Acadia National Park. She was accompanied by Mrs Williams of Washington.
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George E. Akerson
Hoover
Bar Harbor
Washington, D. C
Acadia National Park
Williams
Washington
Seven strawberries on one stem draw attention in Maine garden
One of Nature's varied freaks, seven small strawberries on one stem, was found in Thornton Heights, South Portland. Mrs. Halloran, a veteran berry grower, had never seen such an oddity before. The second frame house to be built.
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Thornton Heights
South Portland
Halloran
Turners Rockland area site recalls early settlement and artifacts
The piece notes Newport’s Turner's site near the old first settler homestead, referencing the 1806 Burrill cabin foundation and Nathaniel Burrill’s early land holdings. It also covers local burglaries, eel fishing lore by Richard McDonald, Civil War widows from Westbrook, junking find near Rockland, a golden wedding in Brew er, and various Maine agricultural and local events.
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Newport
Nathaniel Burrill
Pest Invasion Spreads Through Biddeford Neighborhood
Local residents report a new pest problem in Biddeford with a smooth talking individual wearing a permanent wave and knickerbockers visiting homes and offering services. The caller appears to solicit business under questionable pretenses. Authorities urge residents to verify credentials and avoid unmarked offers.
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Biddeford
Old Ironsides to Leave Boston Yard for Tour
The Constitution will depart the Boston navy yard for a voyage to major ports within a year. Children funded the refurbishment turning the frigate into a seaworthy display craft. A naval tug will tow the ship as the crew uses preserved fittings and a skylight is added to the after-cabin.
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Constitution
Boston Navy Yard
John A. Lord
United States Navy
Ironsides
Man nears funding for aviation course with 500 subscribers
A man seeks 500 subscribers at one dollar each to finance his aviation course. He reports being within 35 subscribers of the goal and displays a wad of bills as proof of support, suggesting he can begin flying lessons soon.
Ex-Judge Seen Gliding Through Lewiston Intersections
A Lewiston driver questions how ordinary people can obey stop signs when a former Lewiston municipal court judge is observed slow to a crawl rather than stopping at street intersections. The ex-judge previously enforced traffic laws firmly.
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Lewiston
Large Crawling Animal Trail Found Along Kennebec River
Reports describe a large reptile trail on the East side of the Kennebec River in Showhegan. The marks appeared in garden plots as the creature sought water during last week's drought, prompting farmers nearby to search for and kill the intruder.
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Kennebec
Showhegan
Pennessee steamboat fades from Norway lake memory
The old steamboat Pennessee once the pride of Norway and a summer lake icon is now decayed wood. Built by Capt. Samuel Ames, it thrived before 1895 with moonlight trips to Gib son’s Grove. Its remains lie crumbling by a wharf near Geo Stephenson’s boat shop, cut in halves for canoe shelter.
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Pennessee
Norway
Samuel Ames
Gibson’s Grove
Crockett’s Bridge
Local notes on summer visits and family travels
Miss Alice Hartnett of Lynn arrives to visit her mother Mrs Catherine High street for the summer. Miss Clarabel Quick returns from Portland after throat operation at Maine General hospital. Miss Isabelle Berry of Torrey Roller Bushing Works spends a week in Rochester Massachusetts with relatives. Miss Mae McDonald of 36 Court street travels to Brunswick to visit her sister Mrs William Richardson of Pleasant street. Grant and Ralph Jewett return to Newport Junction after months with their mother Mrs Anna Jewett of lower Middle street in Bath.
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Alice Hartnett
Lynn
Mass
Catherine High Street
Clarabel Quick
Portland
Maine General Hospital
Isabelle Berry
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Rochester
Mae McDonald
Court Street
Brunswick
William Richardson
Pleasant Street
Grant
Ralph Jewett
Newport Junction
Bath
Anna Jewett
Lower Middle Street
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