Bath Daily Times 1893 Items From Bath and Vicinity
A Bath page item mix notes construction work by Harry Poste on Squirrel Island for the Water works to finish this week, a 120 pound sturgeon shown near Nickerson's fish market caught in the river, Joseph Avery opening a stable at Beach with two horses and more planned for summer, Iron Works alarm box moved to brass foundry entrance, Miss Sadie Adams returning from Topsham where she taught school, electric road progress on Washington Street with paving blocks removal on Center and Front streets likely last, many picnics to Gowell's Grove via steamer Union, Islander to run Bath to Boothbay tomorrow under Capt Sprague.
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Washington Street
Lemont Street
Winnegance
Corliss
Center Street
Front Street
Construction Progress and Accidents in Bath June 29 1893
June 29 1893 reports rapid bricklayer progress on Elm Street block with James E Haley planning work start within two weeks. Electric railroad wiring advances beyond Beacon Street while Kennebec carries 32 foreign workers to Washington Street. Bath Iron Works ledge blasting eases, YMCA block foundation nears completion, and a five year old boy suffers hand injuries in a hay cutter. June 30 1893 notes low hay arrivals, $14 per ton, engine cylinder cast at Bath Iron Works, Hodgkins buildings raised, Washington Street ledge removal widening road, stone crusher operation, wharf repairs, and electric road status.
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Kennebec
Washington Street
Center
Joseph Russell
Oak Street
Curtis
Paving Disrupts Traffic as Mill Burns Ruins To Be Rebuilt
Washington street and Center street traffic halts as paving resumes on the mapped route. A near collision occurred when two teams met in the narrowed passage. The burned mill at the New England yard awaits a settlement before cleanup, with a new mill likely planned soon.
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New England
Squirrel Island visitors and river steamers bustle in 1893
July 1 1893 notes rusticating Mrs E C Hyde and grandchildren at Squirrel Island. Patten recovering from illness. Iron Works Box 94 tested. Eastern Steamboat Co runs special to Boothbay and islands. Bath Cycle Club plans Harpswell run. Madden to spend Fourth in Lynn. Maccarda from Wiscasset in city. Kennebec carries many summer visitors from Massachusetts. Samoset carries Malden party to Five Islands causing delays. Wiwurna carries many passengers. Patten lodge reports a large meeting with second degree work and semi annual officer election, Torrey Hayden Daley Passmore elected.
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Kennebec
Massachusetts
Malden
Samoset
Patten Lodge
Front Street
F. B. Torrey, Jr
C. C
William H. Hayden
W. C
George Daley
P. H. T. Passmore
Summer Courses in New England on Many Subjects
New England offers extensive summer study options with courses across arts sciences and education. Sixteen institutions report summer offerings including engineering business and social work, plus art music and theater colonies in Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire and Vermont.
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New England
New England Council
MacDowell Colony
Peterborough
N. H
Eastern Music
Lake Messalonskee
Maine
Gordon Musical Foundation
Litchfield Hills
Connecticut
South Mountain
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Mass
Institute of International Relations
Northfield
Cape Cod
Latin America Population Surges Far Faster Than United States
Population trends show Latin America growing at a much higher rate than the United States, signaling shifting demographic dynamics across the Western Hemisphere.
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Latin America
United States
Ragweed Eradication Aimed at Reducing Autumn Hay Fever
U S Department of Agriculture leaflet 95 L urges campaigns to remove ragweed from towns and rural areas to cut airborne pollen. Public Health Service notes 65 percent of autumn hay fever cases occur in fall and 90 percent of eastern cases are ragweed related. Goldenrod is blamed less. Eradication by civic groups can lessen severity. cut ragweed twice yearly before flowering and again on regrowth.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Public Health Service
Mississippi River
Goldenrod
Brunswick tree surgeon earns state license No. 1
Orrin Benson of Brunswick holds state license No. 1 for Cavity and Tree Work after passing the Augusta examination. He studied at the Bartlett School of Tree Surgery and spent time with the Lucas Tree Experts of Portland, then spent two years working on Brunswick shade trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin Benson
Brunswick
Benson
Augusta
Bartlett School of Tree Surgery
Lucas Tree Experts
Portland
White Child Adopted by Indians Becomes Wife of Chief
Frances Slocum, born in Pennsylvania and known as the White Rose of the Miamis, was kidnapped as a child and later found in Indiana as the widow of a Miami chief. Her story, retold from John Bartlett Meserve, details decades of search, capture, adoption, and reunion with surviving relatives, including a scar on her hand proving her identity. The narrative portrays her as a respected, stoic figure among the Miami people.
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Little Frances Slocum
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Frances Slocum
John Bartlett Meserve
the National Republic
Little Frances
Col
George W. Ewing
Indian Service
Peru
Susquehanna
Ewing
Lancaster
Wyoming
Art Johnson Heads List Second Time in Maine Golf
Morse high and Bath Schoolboys shared a strong showing at the Maine State Interscholastic tournament at Portland Country Club. Arthur Johnson of Edward Little won his second straight schoolboy title, with Edmund Abbott guiding him to the championship. Johnson shot 154 for 36 holes, Abbott 159, as Portland and Morse players filled the top ranks among 23 schools.
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Morse High
Portland
Leon Buck
Bath
Joseph Malia
Portland High
Edward Little
Arthur Johnson
Edmund I. Abbott
Johnson
Abbott
Cliff Greenleaf
Matt Warren
South Portland
Buck
Malia
Wilfred Chaney
Morse
Stephen Peabody
Kennebunk
John Howard
Cheverus
Wilfred Girard
Brunswick
Page West
Deering
Eddie Owen
Rodney E. Ross Jr
Herbert Goldstein
Wesley Marco
Pat Fasulo
Bath Lads
Philippine Manufacturers and Mills Listed
Philippine islands host numerous sugar and rice mills with many manufactur ing sectors. The industry includes candles embroideries pearl buttons fiber textiles cotton textiles tailoring luri mats and related crafts.
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Philippine Islands
Maine farmers pursue improved marketing methods
Maine farmers implement a plan to cut costs and speed deliveries of fresh Maine eggs to New England markets. Producers will assemble eggs twice weekly, grade at shipping points, and ship to Portland or Boston via group or direct routes. Maine Central Railroad offers commodity-rate service delivering eggs within 15 hours. Roadside market signs identify fresh local products to boost direct producer consumer sales.
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C. M. White
Division of Markets
Maine
New England
Hhennery
Portland
Boston
Maine Central Railroad
Distributoe
College of Agriculture
Maine Department of Agriculture
W. G. Hunton
Departments of
Agriculture
New England Council
Department of Agriculture
Cotton Bags Move Potatoes From Farm to Home
More than ten million cotton sacks were used this season to package potatoes, driven by Maine growers and shippers since 1930. Bags let potatoes breathe and stay sound, boost display appeal, and carry brand identity for repeat purchases. Consumers value the bags as versatile refrigerator bags and housekeeping helpers, labeling quality and grower trust.
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Cotton Textile Institute
Maine
Institute
Three youths injured when car hits hole at West Falmouth bridge
Three youths Harry W. Ball Jr of Northumberland New Hampshire Adelard Martin of Rumford and Harvey Gauthier of Rumford were seriously hurt Sunday noon when a Ford coupe fell into a hole and overturned against a bridge pier at West Falmouth. They were rushed by ambulance to St Barnabas Hospital Portland for treatment by Dr. Theodore C. Bramhall.
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West Falmouth
Harry W. Ball Jr
Northumberland
N. H
Adelard Martin
Maple Street
Rumford
Harvey Gauthier
York Street
St. Barnabas Hospital
Portland
Theodore C. Bramhall
Public Works Bill Aims to Stimulate Multiple Industries
The public works bill seeks to create jobs and boost purchasing power by spending up to 3.3 billion dollars under a Federal Administrator of Public Works. It would fund highways, buildings, housing, and military and industrial projects, with grants to states and up to 400 million for highway building, potentially employing 1 million per extra billion spent. The plan expects a two to three year rollout, financed by bonds and a pay as you go approach, while avoiding waste and graft under President Roosevelt.
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United States
Roosevelt
Great Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus to Visit Lewiston
The Great Hagenbech-Wallace Circus, second in size in America, comes to Lewiston for two performances on Friday July 7. Headlined by Clyde Beatty and a vast ensemble, the show promises thrilling acts from the Hanneford family Picchiani troupe Canestrelly Billetti and more with a mammoth double-menagerie and hundreds of animals and performers. Cleopatra pageantry opens the show at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Lewiston
Hagenbech-Wallace
America
Clyde Beatty
Hanneford
Picchiani
Canestrelly
India
Billetti
Cleopatra
Egypt
Robertson Ayer Robertson Wedding at Grace Episcopal
Miss Emma Louise Ayer daughter of Mr and Mrs William W Ayer and Alex M Robertson of Brunswick were married Friday evening at Grace Episcopal church Rev Charles Myron Tubbs officiated using the double ring service Attendants included Miss Natalia Kidder and Philip Theberge The bride wore white silk crepe with orange blossom veil The couple will reside at 52 Winship street with Miss Ayer employed by New England Tel and Tel Co Mr Robertson an electrician with Central Maine Power Co Both are well known in their communities and planned a wedding trip after the ceremony.
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Emma Louise Ayer
William W. Ayer
Winship Street
Alex M. Robertson
Brunswick
Duncan Robertson
Canada
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Myron Tubbs
Natalia G. J. Kidder
Philip Theberge
Margaret J. Melcher
Helen E. Hartwell
Mendelsohn
Miss Kidder
Ayer
New England Tel. and
Tel. Co
Morse High School
Telephone Company
Thompson Bros
Robertson
School Street
Central Maine Power Co
Miss Ayer
Mr. Robertson
Foreclosure Notice and Probate Appointment in Sagadahoc
Notice documents a mortgage foreclosure for Maurice E Skillin of Woolwich on a 1926 deed in Sagadahoc County with bounds along Nequasset Road and neighboring lands. It also records probate court appointment of Owen A Richardson as administrator for Walter L Richardson of Phippsburg on June 13, 1933.
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Maurice E. Skillin
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Maine
Nequasset Road
Worrall Reed
Percy C. Bailey
Bath Water District
Morton Baker
Owen A. Richardson
Phippsburg
Walter L. Richardson
Sagaduahoc
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The
Bath Daily Times
Pune
Harry Poste
Squirrel Island
Nickerson
Joseph Avery
Iron Works
Sadie Adams
Topsham
Gowell’s Prove
Union
Gowell’s Grove
Gardiner
Boothbay
Capt. Sprague
Elm Street
James E. Haley
Beacon Street
U. S. Coast Survey
Enterprise
Sewall Iron Shipbuilding Plant
Front and Commerce Streets
Andrews Hallett
Waltham
Summer Street
Bath Iron Works
Hodgkins
Ferry Street
Lower
E. C. Hyde
W. A. Patten
Eastern Steamboat Co
Islands
Bath Cycle Club
Harpswell
Hugh T. Madden
Lynn
Charles Maccarda
Wiscasset
Western Union
Charles H. Hooper
Popham Beach
Mr. Hooper
Popham
Westbrook
Lincoln Street
Fred Johnson
Barry
Wheel Club
E. C. Farrar
Will Furber
John Gilmore
Merricomeag
Jake’s
Bates
Alden Woodworth
Washburn
Woodworth
Bates Summer School
the White Rose
Miamis
Art Johnson
Philippine
Treasury
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