Bath Items From The Files July 1 1891
Regular Bath City council meeting planned with a petition for a Lemont Washington street drinking fountain. Sedgwick Relief Corps delegation at Brunswick convention. Bath drummers to send two drum corps to Bangor muster with Thomas ton hose company and Kennebec. Juno yacht trip and repaint noted. Joseph Manley returns to Small Point. Hyde Shaw nine tenements near completion with city water piped gas and sanitation features. Katz Lilly schooner remains at channel bottom. Norton’s salvage thwarted by tug damage. Central organ tubes tested. strawberry from Amasa Smith’s Middle Street garden. Capt McClintock injured at Bath Iron Works by falling shore plank.
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Bath
Bangor
Thomaston Hose Company
Kennebec
Bath News Briefs July 2 1891 Local Events And Updates
July 2 1891 notes shipments from an oilcloth factory heading West and visits by gypsies at Witch Spring and Indians at Woolwich to Bath. Several grocers close all day July 4 including Wallace Oliver G F Stacy W F Stevens and W M Potter. Five candidates admitted at Polar Star lodge F and A M. caterer Smith served a banquet. Next Saturday excursion of the steamer Percy V to Fort Popham charges 25 cents round trip with shore dinner at hotels. Bath youths visit Small Point. Knox Lincoln ferry frame set. water works pipe received. trenching to start. Marine National Bank unveils a new check style showing number date amount and signature on one end. Winter Street Christian Endeavor annual excursion to Christmas Cove and Damariscotta River with Central society possibly joining.
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Steaier Percy V
Fort Popham
Marine National Bank
July Fourth Excursions and Local Plans in Bath
On July 3 1891 Bath residents learn of excursions to Boothbay Harbor Five Islands and Fort Popham. Canton King drills then heads to Rockland on the 14th. A 44 gun national salute will be fired from Union wharf at dawn and dusk. Sunrise is at four. The Boston boat crowds Bath for Fourth celebrations. West Bath hosts a grand picnic at Happy Nook with Mr Lombard arranging festivities. Shaw mill workers plan a shutdown to Monday while mill office foundation nears completion and superstructure work begins.
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Boothbay Harbor
Five Islands
Fort Popham
Parshley
Nccon
Union Wharf
West Bath
West Bath Grange
Happy Nook
Mr. Lombard
Shaw Mill
Five oath taken by school committee members on July 6 1891
The liquor agency was robbed between Friday night and this morning. Mr. Rogers discovered the break in and notified the marshal. Entry was through a rear window. burglars possibly used a ladder from a building opposite or entered via the alley. Several bottles were taken. faucets left intact. A mud shower from firecrackers and broken bank window noted. Fire at Thomas Dunning and E. J. Morse residence caused smoke and furniture removal before extinguishment. The Walker home in Woolwich suffered about 400 dollars damage. Thirty one lengths of hose used. fire response included Long Beach and others. Captain Sawyer briefly delayed before responding to a second alarm.
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Rogers
Charles H. Norton
Beacon Street
High Street
Thomas Dunning
E. J. Morse
Long Beach
Beacon
Dummer
Sawyer
City Hall
Mr. Walker
Woolwich
July 7 1891 Local Notices and Proceedings
Sewer repairs progress on upper Washington street and Hallowell piers. Dunlap commandery holds a regular conclave with temple work orders. Acadia lodge K of P to install officers next Thursday with banquet afterward. A Bath youth loses a near $200 pocketbook down river on the 4th and cannot recover it. John H. Fisher of Topsham qualifies as trial justice for Topsham before Clerk Hayes. County commissioners support Atkins Bay bridge project despite opposition possibly seeking higher courts. Janitor Potter finds a prisoner at the station house.
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John H. Fisher, Esq
Topsham
Joseph M. Hayes
Cornish
Bath
Atkins Bay
Phippsburg
White Horse Stays Calm in Lockup Despite Lunch Basket
This morning a large white horse was found in the lockup with Potter's lunch basket hanging from its neck. The animal showed remarkable composure and appeared comfortable as if in its own stall.
Maine Central Starts New Safety Campaign
Maine Central announces a new safety campaign warning passengers and workers of rail dangers. Company officials urge heightened caution to prevent accidents, stressing careful behavior around tracks and at rail stations.
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Maine Central
Crossings PTA cautious campaign on highway safety
Maine Central Railroad with Safety Supervisor M F Dunn and the Maine Automobile Association launch a grade crossing safety drive. The 1930 rail road toll lists 2 020 killed and 5 517 injured nationwide. Dunn urges motorists to slow, listen, look, shift to low gear, not race trains, and be extra careful at night or on unfamiliar roads.
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Maine Central Railroad
M. F. Dunn
Portland
Maine Automobile Association
Mr. Dunn
Dunn
Community Notes From Bath This Week
Personal notes detail visits and travels of Bath residents and visitors. Families such as the Munseys and Olivers are mentioned with relatives in Westport and Topsham, plus trips to Boothbay Harbor and Quebec. Employed visitors include Doris Campbell and Anna Chaney heading to Northeast Harbor for summer work at Kendall House.
New England Granges Unveil Cooperative Exhibit at Eastern States
New England state granges will present an entirely new cooperative exhibit at the 15th annual Eastern States Exposition September 20 to 26. Massachusetts and six-state Grange groups show rural life improvements, aiming to educate the public on Grange work and the 150000 members across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
United States
Henry N. Jenks
Cheshire
Massachusetts State Grange
Ernest H. Gilbert
Stoughton
Massachusetts State
General Grange
Bay State
Grange
Two intoxication cases follow the holiday
Municipal court was quiet after the Fourth as Freeport man received a suspended sentence for intoxication. Alfred Belanger of Brunswick was arraigned on intoxication charges after a Saturday arrest. Katharine Benedetto of Somerville faced a reckless driving charge with bail set in Bath. her case was continued to July 18 in Rockland.
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Freeport
John J. Keegan
Alfred Belanger
Pleasant Street
Brunswick
John P. Crosby
Keegan
Crosby
Katherine B. Benedetto
Somerville
Mass
Toll House
Dr. Moffett
Massachusetts
Camden
Miss Benedetto
Rockland
Benedetto
Bath
Rockland Court
Two Auto Accidents Over the Holiday Weekend
State Highway Officer John P. Crosby reports two automobile accidents near Bath over the holiday weekend. On the Bath Brunswick road near Peterson's hill a collision between George A. Fortin of Portland and William Day of Hudson caused only minor damage. no charges were filed after mutual settlement. In Woolwich Nora C. Callanan of Malden mistook Day's Ferry road for the state highway, striking Richard A. Stinson of Wiscasset. left front wheel ripped from the Stinson vehicle but repairs were agreed.
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Wekend
Bath
John P. Crosby
Bath-Brunswick Road
Peterson’s Hill
George A. Fortin
Congress Street
Portland
William Day
Hudson
Mass
Woolwich
Nora C. Callanan
Newbury Street
Malden
Crosby
Richard A. Stinson
Wiscasset
Stinson
Local residents and visitors noted in Bath society notes
William D. Rich of Lynn Massachusetts spends a few days at his home on lower High street. Mrs Brian Jewett and daughters Alyn and Ann Louise visited relatives in Whitefield. Arthur Sewall 2d returned to New York City after a stay with family at Small Point beach. Mrs Wallace A Price of Augusta visits Bath with her husband the Central Maine Power Co. superintendent. Phillips Kimball returned to New York City after time with his mother. Henry Adams family from Summer street and Winfield and Alice Adams returned from Boston. Macomber cottage at Ocean Point hosts Fred R Lord family for July. John H Hyde entertained Mrs Olive Guild of Boston at dinner with three tables of contract. John McGrath of Boston visiting Anna M Conley on Academy street. Jack, formerly of Bath, receives warm greetings. Arthur Stewart and Gertrude Stewart of North Cambridge Massachusetts leave Bath after two weeks with Seth and Mrs Stewart of Green street. Stewart works for Fisher WallaPper Co.
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Lester G. Munsey
Josephine
Eleanor
Ellery
Boothbay Harbor
Virginia Jewett
Brian Jewett
Washington Street
Westport
Minnie Woodbury
Spencer
Mass
Silas Oliver
North Street
Stewart Cutting
New York
James E. Mitchell
Pearl Dunbar
Bath
Carroll Deering
Bay Point
W. H. Choate
Emily Choate
Frank Pradrazii
Everett
Edward McCabe
Marshall Avenue
Quebec
Doris Campbell
Annah Chaney
Northeast Harbor
Kendall House
Waterville
Adelaide Hutchinson
Pearl Campbell
Donald Wilson
Elizabeth Oliver
High Street
Shirley Shepard
Jessie Colby
Virginia Clark
Elinor Coombs
Phyllis Wright
Olive Hallowell
Isabelle Berry
Muriel Spinney
Flora Morrill
Highland Street
William D. Rich
Lynn
Lower High Street
Alyn
Ann Louise
Whitefield
Arthur Sewall 2d
New York City
Small Point Beach
Wallace A. Price
Augusta
Price
Central Maine Power Co
Phillips Kimball
Edward H. Kimball
Lincoln Street
Henry Adams
Summer Street
Winfield
Alice Adams
Boston
Fred R. Lord
Macomber
Martha
Macomber Cottage
Ocean Point
John H. Hyde
Cambridge
Miss Stewart
Seth Stewart
Green Street
Stewart
Fisher Wall] Paper Co
Dudley Street
Maine Authoress Gains Fame With Her First Volume
Maine author Sarah S. Williamson has sold her debut book The Glacier Mystery to Harcourt Brace. The Tyrolean Alps tale for older children was written in Europe and will appear under the name S. S. Smith. She and Thames Williamson plan further travel and writing in Maine and abroad.
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Maine
Sarah S. Williamson
Rockland Courier-Gazette
Waldoboro
Bristol
Harcourt, Brace and Company of
New York
Glacier
Tyrolean
Alps
Germany
Austria
Williamson
Sarah Storer Smith
Thames Williamson
Cape Elizabeth
America
England
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
France
Wiliamsons
Central America
Mexico
Bath Iron Works ships draw praise at Harvard Yale races
The Bath Iron Works Corp. figures prominently in Great Lakes discussions after Harvard Yale races at New London. The yachts Corsair and Aras, both built by Bath Iron Works, attracted the most attention from advisers to the Times, with Corsair and Aras noted for their scale and debut in January.
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Pether
Detroit
Bath Iron Works Corp
Great Lake
New London
Times
Bath Iron Works
Corsair
Aras
America
Obituary: Winifred Crane 58 Widow of Joseph Crane
Winifred Crane died Monday afternoon at 1 45 at her brother Thomas H Tracey's home 86 Russell Street after a weeklong illness. Born in Yorkshire England she came to Bath 40 years ago. She leaves two sons John Bath and James Portland two brothers Thomas H and John Tracey Bath five sisters Elizabeth Woodward Newton Mass Katherine Tracey Boston Nellie Tracey Mary Lundrigan and Mrs Richard Neagle Bath and four grandchildren.
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Winifred Crane
Joseph J. Crane
Thomas H. Tracey
Russell Street
Yorkshire
Eng
John
Ann Tracey
Bath
St. Mary's Church
James
Portland
Thomas H
John Tracey
Elizabeth Woodward
Newton
Mass
Katherine Tracey
Boston
Nellie Tracey
Mary Lundrigan
Richard Neagle
Mrs Frye Rites Held At Two Saturday Afternoon
Annie C. Frye wife of Michael J. Frye funeral held Saturday afternoon at two at 185 Oak street Rev Charles M Tubbs Grace Episcopal officiated burial in Cake Grove. Mr and Mrs A S Bond Mrs Alice M Woodworth of Braintree Mass and Mr and Mrs Albert Stewart of Pawtucket Rhode Island returned home after visiting with Mr and Mrs Murray Elsinore Avenue.
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Annie C. Frye
Michael J. Frye
Oak Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Cmen -Ciriented
Cake Grove
A. S. Bond
Alice M. Woodworth
Braintree
Mass
Albert Stewart
Pawtucket
R. I
Murray
Elsinore Avenue
Attendance Records Of Bath Pupils Honor Roll Listings
North Primary grade IV pupils who were never absent or tardy include Constance Morin and Viola Rideout with Ellen Cyr Frank Gallagher Helen Joy and others also named. Grades V and VI honor rolls at North Grammar list students with no absences or tardies and several with honors and highest honors.
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North
Catherine Trott
Constance Morin
Viola Rideout
Ellen Cyr
Frank Gallagher
Helen Joy
Louise Norton
Martha Page
Florence Spicer
Shirley Grove
Hazel Bancroft
Esther Hall
Warren Higgins
John Merrill
Charles Robinson
Carl Robinson
Patricia Sewall
John Staples
Francis Sullivan
Margaret Brimigion
Virginia Kingsbury
Peggy Magoun
Katherine Milliken
Clifton Nickerson
Augustus Perow
Ruth Pratt
Beverly Shorey
Phyllis Small
Aldeane Syphers
North Grammar School
Frances Sprague
Howard Holmes
Florence Leeman
Mary Bates
Everett Carlisle
Ralph Dale
Barbara Donnell
Robert Donnell
Genevieve Emery
Barbara Hunter
Kenneth Jaquith
Annie King
Mary McClure
James McQuarrie
George Moody
Ida John
Lauven John
George Rice
Dorothy Wing
North Grammar
Jennie Silsby
Margaret Gallagher
Elizabeth Lee
Beatrice Rideout
Roscoe Woodman
Eleanor Cunningham
Mary Coffill
Madelyn Dunton
Lawrence MacDonald
Frances Miller
Shirley Minott
Barbara Nickerson
Flora Ramsdell
Henry Rideout
Ernestine Spinney
John Wakefield
Ruth Oliver
Francis Stover
Cardif fails to appear as crowded card tops Brunswick show
Promoter Nick Mihalos substituted Gold Coast Premier for the absent Tardiff in a Fourth of July boxing card. Cyclone Sawyer pummeled Premier, forcing the towel in the second round after six knockdowns. Jimmy Walsh stopped Pee Wee Sharkey in two, Edmunds defeated Wallace in three, and Morris halted Young Bob in two as a lively card unfolded despite Cardiffs no show.
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K. O. Tardiff
Brunswick
Nick Mihalos
Gold Coast
China
Cyclone Sawyer
Sawyer
Cardiff
Cyclone
Jimmy Walsh
Peewee Sharkey
Waterville
Walsh
Sharkey
K. O. Edmunds
Young Wallace
Portland
Wallace
Edmund
al Morris
Bob
Lewiston
Harpswell farmer Charles Trufant dies at 91
Charles E. Trufant, 91, longtime Harpswell resident and former legislator, died suddenly of a heart attack at his daughter's home. Born in Harpswell, he served in the Maine Legislature in 1880 81 and held local offices for decades. He was active in Royal Arch, Red Men, and Dirigo Grange. He leaves wife Marietta Doughty, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Charles E. Trufant
Harpswell
Mary Stover Trufant
Trufant
Marietta Doughty
Carl Albee
Christine C. Curtis
Bath
Reginald Murphy
Bangor
Curtis Albee
Eleanor Murphy
Death of Theodora Kakos Passed Away in Brunswick
Theodora Kakos 38 wife of Spilios Kakos and mother of five children aged 14 to five died Saturday at Brunswick hospital after a long illness. Born in Vanvakow Greece she married in Lowell Massachusetts. She belonged to Grace Episcopal church and leaves relatives in Greece and the United States. Funeral prayers were at 2:30 and services at Grace church conducted by a Greek Orthodox priest from Portland. The family lately moved to 244 Center street from 6 Meadowway. Mr Kakos ran a store at 528 Washington street and previously owned Boston Fruit Co.
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Theodora Kakos
Spilios Kakos
Brunswick Hospital
Mrs. Kakos
Vanvakow
Greece
Lowell
Mass
Grace Episcopal Church
Jennie
Aret
John
Bessie
Nick
Arthur F. Mayo
Grace Church
Portland
Bangor
Sanford
Cambridge
New York
Center Street
Meadowway
Kakos
Washington Street
Boston Fruit Co
Annie C Frye Dies at 75 in Bath After Ill Health
Annie C. Frye 75 widow of Michael J. Frye died Thursday after two years of ill health. Born in Zansville Ohio she moved to Pittsburgh with her parents and later came to Bath 30 years ago with her husband founder of Meadowbrook Inn. She leaves son Harry M. Frye of Bath two brothers Charles and Frank Hass of Pittsburgh and two sisters Mrs Caroline Rihm of Pittsburgh and Mrs William Shafe of Newark New Jersey.
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Annie C. Frye
Michael J. Frye
Zanssville
Matthew
Annie Hass
Pittsburgh
Bath
Frye
Meadowbrook Inn
Harry M. Frye
Charles
Frank Hass
Adams Funeral Held for 17 Year Old on Garnet Road
The funeral of William A. Adams, victim of a Garnet road automobile tragedy, was held Saturday at his parents home 46 Western avenue. It drew many young mourners and flowers. Rev. officiated. Bearers included A Farley Mayo Richard Hall Harold and Richard McElman. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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William A. Adams
Garnet Road
William M. Adams
Western Avenue
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
A. Farley Mayo
Richard Hall
Harold
Richard McElman
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Emma J Lewis private at home
The funeral of Mrs Emma J Lewis widow of Henry Lewis was held privately Thursday afternoon at two at her brother Humphrey A Owen's home 100 High street Rev Forest L Littlefield of Wesley church officiated Bearers were Reuben Purington James H Thorpe Elbridge Malcolm and Alston Oliver Burial took place at Oak Grove Mr and Mrs Lewis J Sanborn of Cherry street visited Togus on Sunday
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Emma J. Lewis
Henry Lewis
Humphrey A. Owen
High Street
Forest L. Littlefield
Wesley Church
Reuben Purington
James H. Thorpe
Elbridge Malcolm
Alston Oliver
Oak Grove
Foreclosure of Maine mortgage in Bowdoin land dispute
Lewiston Trust Company files for foreclosure on a distress deed after E F Verney of Bowdoin pledged an undivided half interest in a 100 acre parcel, bounded by Lane Strout Arsenault Mitchell Farnum and Waterman. Mortgage dated December 8, 1926 recorded in Sagadahoc County registry. Dated June 26, 1931, sworn before notary in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Verney
Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Maine
Lewiston Trust Company
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Percy Lane
Abram Strout
Reuben Arsenault
Auburn
Garfield Mitchell
Claire Farnum
Lyman Waterman
Geo. J. Wallingford
Treas
State OF Maine
George J. Wallingford
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