Forty Years Ago in Bath From The Bath Daily Times
Forties era notes recount a drill by the Bath Light Infantry at their armory and visits by residents from Cambridge Waltham and Boston. Knights of Pythias officers are listed, yacht races near Marblehead are described, and city council water supply plans loom. A Brunswick excursion is planned by Sedgwick Relief Corps. A fire company dispute over city machine attendance at the Augusta celebration is detailed, with Kennebecs backing the north end crew. William W Carter sustains a severe knee injury at New England Shipbuilding Co. yard.
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Trask
Sheppard
Williams
North End
Augusta
Kennebecs
Long Beach
Gardiner
William W. Carter
New England Shipbuilding Co
Bath's Heavytaxpayers July 1 1886 note list and council
A mixed Bath column highlights July 1 1886 items including taxpayers owed city funds, repairs to the city treasurer’s rooms, lodge installations at Pythian Hall, a new Perkins Blaisdell yacht engine arrival, a river-net theft loss of about $25, and a Bath fire department response to a Corliss Street church roof blaze. It also mentions steamer and boat movements, gatherings, plus local social notices and probate matter notes.
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Corliss Street
Babcock
Masonic Memorial plans and early funding details emerge
Masonic Memorial design commission includes Sir Edwin Lutyens and three members chosen by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Plans attract submissions from around the world. Ashley and Newton of London selected. Subscriptions totaling 2,500,000 dollars already raised. building projected to cost 35,000,000. Also includes unrelated probate notices from Maine naming Estelle M. Comeau and other heirs, and probate actions for William F. Richardson and associated administrators.
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Edwin Lutyens
R. A
Royal Institute of British Architects
Great Queen Street
London
Masonic Memorial
Ashley and Newton
Local Notes from July 2 1886 Evening Visits and Events
July 2 1886 reports N W Hamm returning from Phillips Academy Exeter. Charles G Lemont of New York formerly of this city visits. Fred Cobb and family from Brooklyn arrive for a relatives visit. Mrs Daniel Mayers returns from Brooklyn. Irving Matson and others plan to enter the canoe race at Augusta next Monday. Installation of Acadia lodge officers postponed to Thursday evening next week.
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Irving Matson
Augusta
Acadia Lodge
Fireworks Display Lights Gen Hyde Residence Grounds
Citizens staged a spirited fireworks show on their grounds with Gen Hyde’s residence among the prominent locations noted for the display.
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Gen. Hyde
Senator Baxters Win First Prize at Auburn Muster
The Senator Baxter won first prize, $100, at Auburn in a muster event with a throw of 172 feet 38 inches. Second place went to Kennebec of Westbrook, former Bath and Brunswick, with 163 feet 1 inch. Several boats and crews placed, including Sagadahock of Bath and Tiger of Boothbay Harbor, with notable misreads and a second class playoff where the Tiger set 161 feet 11 7/8 inches. The event faced a brisk breeze and saw nine of twelve entered limbs used. some equipment issues were briefly repaired.
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Baxter
Auburn
Kennebec
Westbrook
Bath
Brunswick
Senator Baxter
Massasoit
Damariscotta
Niagara
Obituary of Charlotte Louise Donnell 84
Charlotte Louise Donnell, 84, died Saturday afternoon at City hospital after a six week stay. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Fred S. Curtis Funeral Home. Rev. E D Hardin officiated. Burial in Donnell family lot at Trufant's West Bath. Born in Bath, she was a former school teacher who lived with her mother on Middle Street. She had no near relatives.
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Charlotte Louise Donnell
City Hospital
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
E. D. Hardin
Winter Street
Fred B. Reed
Charles FE. Parks
John Hert
Donnell
Trufant’s
West Bath
Miss Donnell
Noisy Bath Fourth Celebrations Mark Holiday Eruption
The Wis nosily Sakami vicinity marked a crowded Fourth with Saturday to Monday revelry. Fire alarms rang three times, a giant bonfire near the rope walk pond and electric light station lit the area for miles, yet damage remained limited and police reported orderly crowds despite heavy fireworks displays.
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Wis
Great Eare
Church Belle
Federal aid to Maine National Guard sets record
Major E. Decker reports fiscal year disbursements from federal funds total 151 100 05 across 597 vouchers for Maine National Guard. About 80 000 to 90 000 funded training camps and caretakers, with over 33 000 spent on Camp Keyes construction. A request of 113 077 26 is submitted for encampments and ward expenses including 80 410 for Camp Keyes water system.
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Maine
E. Decker
U. S
Maine National Guard
Major Decker
Aroostook County
Camp Keyes
Augusta
Ward
Decker
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Waltham, Mass
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Cambridge, Mass
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Academy Street
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Boston
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Marblehead
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Gar Hall
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Fritz H. Twitchell
Edwin M. Fuller
George W. Hunt
Seth ‘Ty. Snipe
K. W. Riggs
Stet
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Keeper of Records and Seal
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George Moulton, Jr
Roland C. Clapp
Harry FE. Ragan
Worcester
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Bennington
Orphans’ Home
Squirrel Island
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Eb Sd
Perkins & Blaisdell
George H. Walker
New England Tron Works
Henry McCabe
South End
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Boxer
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Board of Aldermen
Eleanor Robinson
Chicago
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John Perkins
Belgrade
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Franklin Street
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Gowell’s Grove
Woolwich
Marion Collins
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Lottie Shaw
Garden Street
John S. Hyde
Bangor
James F. Weight
Court Street
A. A. Reed
Portland
Were & TD. Knights
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Milton Dunning
Ong “Reach Engine Company
Foreman Reed
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New York
Mark Sewall
New Mexico
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Lynn
Frank Packard
North Street
Bar Harbor
American Institute of Instruction
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Kate A. Blethen
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Houghton, Amory M
Houghton, A. M
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Carrie P
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Maria J
Johnson Bros., Co
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Kelley Spear Co
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Crete
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Merrill
Jason A
Merritt
Freeman H
Merry, Miles M
Morse
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Miller
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Moore
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Frederick B
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Perow
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Prank
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Nathan
Amma
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Chester A
Plummer
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Harry A
Lillian’ G
Potter
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Potter, Nerciska
Maurice Wallen
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Prescott Motor Company
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Jennie I. B
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Joseph M
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Ralph FE
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Angie Ely Neilison
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Cumberland Center
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn, N. Me
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