Forty Years Ago in Bath Items From 1887
From The Bath Daily Times June 29 1887 semi annual election of officers of Acadia lodge tomorrow evening. Ground broken for new house for Bb Hathorn on South Hill. 250 excursionists from up river go to the seashore on the Islander. Elmer T Hodgkins youth in North End greets customers with a smile as a newborn son is noted. Orphans Home children attend Wilsons minstrel at Alameda. Alfred W Rogers returns from Gorham High School principalship 14 graduates. Fred Wright markets first peas of the season at $2.50 a bushel. Patten Lodge K of P elects officers. installation July 22. Durfey says water works crew to rest Monday. streets see piping progress. July 2 1887 James Ledyard family to islands. Street letter boxes going up. John F Schofield returns to duties at Knox Lincoln shops. Moonlight excursion to Fort Popham by Acadia lodge. George F Lincoln of Boston visiting Bath. Bath police note liquor law curbs sales. anglers go to Small Point for mackerel. July 5 1887 Daniel Mayers returns from Brooklyn. Percy in Buffalo. Bath youths camping at Westport. Lewiston celebration tickets sold. fire at Hodgkins barn contained.
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Kittridge
Warriman
Pushaw
Morrell
Maine
Small Point
Bath
Bath Harbor Scenes and Yachts Launch in 1887
The Bath Daily bulletin covers yacht launches by Harrington and Stanfield interests, heat records on Front Street, a notable clay pigeon score by Harold Neally, and local happenings including a horse death and baseball feats. It notes mail carrier routes, mackerel purchases at Small Point, and upcoming games at Boothbay with preparations at Squirrel Island.
Barn Fire Extinguished Before Fire Department Arrives
Neighbors answered quickly with buckets and sail hand pumps to control a blaze at the eastern end of the barn. The flames were stopped before the fire department arrived. loss estimated at $25 and insured.
No Hit No Run Game Pitched By Oliver in Lisbon
Oliver of the Lisbon Falls Lemons hurled a no hit no run game guiding a 4 0 defeat of Brunswick at Worumbo Park in the Bi County league. Bonney of Brunswick pitched seven innings of no hit ball for a weaker team as locals forecast a rare pitchers duel on the Fourth of July between rivals.
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Cannonball
Bill Oliver
Lisbon Falls
Lemons
Morse High
Hall of Fame
Trurling
Worumbo Park
Lisbon
Brunswick
Oliver
AL Bonney
Marge
Cression
Lonney
Tt O
Worumbe Park
Tisbon Falls
Holiday Travel Tide Toward the Coast
The Bath State ferry service reports record holiday traffic over the Fourth with Gov King and Toeekomock in service. The Kennebec crossing carried 1,476 more passengers than the same three days in 1926 and higher car totals, indicating a strong coastward trend. Detailed 1927 versus 1926 comparisons show increased passenger and vehicle counts across Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
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Bath
Gov, King and Toeekomock
Kennebec
Newton and Bath residents visit Bath for weekend
Mr and Mrs Charles M Boyd and Mrs B Guild of NewtonMass plan weekend in Bath with Mr and Mrs John Al Tryde at Elmhurst. Ehmer Hodgkins Bath mail carrier begins 15day vacation. Douglas covers post during absence. Mabel Redlon arrives from Augusta to spend Fourth with her parents. Freeman Trott and Ralph Wright head to Bar Harbor as Maine American Legion delegates. Powers named manager of A P L store in Dover NH. McClure Gile and McMann visit Augusta regarding Battery H encampment at Portland. Mrs Allan and her mother Tarbox vacation at Mere Point. Mr Allan joins weekend.
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Charles M. Boyd
B. Guild
Newton
Mass
Bath
John al. Tryde
Elmhurst
Ehmer Hodgkins
Will Douglas
Hodgkins
Mabel Redlon
Augusta
Central Maine Power Co
J. Albert Redlon
Lemont Street
Freeman Trott
Ralph Wright
Bar Harbor
Maine
American Legion
Reland HH. Smith Post
Martin Powers
Portsmouth
N. HI
Raymond Powers
Cummings Street
Dover
N. WH
Powers
Atlantic Yard
J. Horace McClure
Edward Gile
Edward J. McMann
Battery H
Bort Willams
South Portland
Ernest A. Allan
Henry C. Tarbox
Mere Point
Boston
Mr. Allan
Washingtoniana Clippings Preserved at Public Library
The Washington Star reports a bound eight volume Washingtoniana collection at the Public Library. Miss Katherine Patten organized clippings from The Evening Star over 25 years, preserving historic houses, hotels, monuments, road sketches, and White House life. Plans include a special room for writers and students.
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Washingtonia
Public Library
Evening Star
Katherine Patten
George F. Bowerman
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Bowerman
Robert Fulton
Rock Creek
Jefferson
Philip Spencer
Tie
Canfield Spencer
Dewitt Clinton
Ilixs
Washington Monument
Congress
George Simmons
John F Coyle
Coyle
White House
Maine Opens Doors to Out of State Motorists
Governors office records a flood of praise from mobility groups after Maine’s reciprocity law eliminates registration hurdles for visiting cars. Letters from John T. Bareley of New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club and Paul Hines of the American Automobile Association hail Maine’s open policy as progressive and fair to travelers.
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Maine
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club
Boston Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
John T. Bareley
Montclair
N. J
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Paul Il, Hines
Family arrival as Morton Young joins in Boston trip
Morton Young of Boston arrived Saturday to join his family while Mrs. Alex Coffin and Mr. Young plan to return to Boston after the Fourth. Edward Cummings of West Bath and John Gillespie will substitute for Edward Gile and Edward McMann during their encampment with Battery H at Fort Williams.
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Morton Young
Boston
Will Young
Alex Coffin
Young
Edward Cummings
West Bath
R. F. D. Carrier
John Gillespie
Edward Gile
Edward McMann
Battery H
Fort Williams
Romantic Story of the Alphabet
A historical survey traces the growth of written language from picture writing to runes, the Greek and Phoenician roots, and the rise of the Roman Latin alphabet, detailing pharaohs, stele, Hammurabi, and the development of letters across cultures and eras. The piece notes key scholars and artifacts shaping the understanding of alphabet origins.
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Solon
Italy
Cumae
Sicily
New England Wooden Boxes Worth Over 20 Million
A survey for the New England Council finds the wooden box industry annual revenue exceeds 20 million dollars, with half of plant investment concentrated in Massachusetts. The industry relies on native materials and local labor, and plans a regional meeting to discuss costs, grading, merchandising, and information exchange between manufacturers and lumbermen.
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New England
Massachusetts
H. L. Pease
Atwood & McManus Company
Boston
National Association of Wooden Box Manufacturers
New England Council
Local families visit for weekend and holidays
Mr and Mrs Walter J Brennan of Woodland arrived Saturday to pass the weekend with Mrs Brennan s parents Mr and Mrs Harry Tk Sawyer Dummer street Elwood Toothacher University of Maine 1929 who is employed at the local freight shed of the Maine Central railroad broke a finger recently while engaged in his duties Mrs Daniel Price who has been visiting with her son Lorraine Price 67 Court street left Sunday for Windsor Locke Conn where she will pass several weeks with her son Dorr Price Mrs Warren E Freeman and Miss Grace L Freeman of Biddeford arrived Saturday to pass the holidays with Mrs Frederick W Freeman and the Misses Marion and Helen Freeman 28 York street Mr and Mrs Samuel Estey and Mr and Mrs Harold Cleaves all of Medford Mass passed the weekend and holiday with Mr and Mrs Harold P Small S84 Lincoln street and Mrs William A Small 25 Getchell street
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Walter J. Brennan
Woodland
Dorr Price
Warren E. Freeman
Grace L. Freeman
Biddeford
Frederick W. Freeman
Marion
Helen Freeman
York Street
Samuel Estey
Harold Cleaves
Medford
Mass
Harold P. Small
Lincoln Street
William A. Small
Getchell Street
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