Forty Years Ago in Bath: Readings from The Bath Daily Times
A page of items from 1894 reports social visits including Miss Louise Hunt of Rockland and Miss Clara McDonald, officials H. B. Tucker of Waterville and J. B. Maxey of Bath Water Co., editor J. O. Patten en route to Cuba, pension board doctors Palmer and Price, and local events. Weather, rail delays, a Danes dance at Gahan's hall, and naval veterans postponements are noted along with a sleigh collision on Front Street.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Bath News Roundup of Events and Accidents
Workmen begin repairs on the Adams block front this week. A minstrel show rehearsal occurs at Bath Cycle club rooms. Patten lodge to meet and work the second degree tomorrow night. Fifteen couples dance at Gahan's hall under Guy Morse and Ed Farrar from eight to twelve. Western Union Telegraph office in Bath refurnished with new table and instruments. H W Howard to relocate to Magoun Block Front street with new machinery. Edward Side of Bangor departs after brief Bath stay. Israel Eastman injured aboard Sewall's iron ship with long recovery ahead. Fleur de Lys card club hosted by Miss Marion Palmer with whist prizes. Valentines exchanged across town for St Valentine day. Miss Kate Pye to wed Oscar Mayo at Small Point, then travel to Bangor. Bath friends to attend.
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Fleur de Lys Card Club
Marion Palmer
High Street
Janie Savage
Walter Higgins
Kate Pye
Small Point
Oscar Mayo
Bangor
Bath
Cycle Club minstrel show rescheduled for tonight
The Cycle Club minstrel show rehearsal, planned for last night, will be held tonight at their rooms. Naval Constructor John B. Hoover of Portsmouth visits the city for Iron Works business. Bath Rowing Association plans reorganization and spring construction. Wind damaged the Savings Bank wall at Winding corner. workers took it down to prevent injuries and will clear ruins after insurance adjustment.
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Bath Cycle Club
Cycle Club
John B. Hoover
Portsmouth
Bath News Highlights and Local Notices 1894
A mixed Bath Maryland page item set reports deck joists arriving for Bath Iron Works, local dances planned by city youths, and multiple city incidents. Notable items include F M Harris leaving for Boston, Bowdoin professor teaching in Bath, a small tea store fire contained by locals, and probate notices naming executors and guardians for Bath residents.
Local street accident and shop reopenings noted
A temporary railing was removed by a street accident injuring no one on Sunday. J L Douglass plans to reopen his Center Street store soon after a recent fire. Clark Nichols will discontinue his business there. Front Street widening plans await Friday morning committee session. Acadia lodge to banquet at G A R hall next Thursday honoring the Father of Our Country.
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Fred Brown
Center Street
M. Lemont
George Smith
M. M. Lemont
Mr. Lemont
Water Street
Melcher's Shoe Store
J. L. Douglass
Clothier
Front Street
Clark Nichols
Acadia Lodge
Country
G. A. R. Hall
Minnie L. Moore 60 Small Point widow of John H. Moore dies
Mrs. Minnie L. Moore of Small Point died at 322 Washington Street after two weeks as a patient. Heart disease cited. she was born in Phippsburg, taught at Pownal and Durham, and leaves a son, three brothers, one sister, and many relatives including the Rogers and Morse families.
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Minnie L. Moore
Small Point
John H. Moore
Clara Darling
Washington Street
Moore
Phippsburg
Arnold C. and
Iantha (Wallace) Morse
Pownal
Durham
Walter, Lloyd
Iva Rogers
Bath
S.die
Verna Fickett
Clara Perry
New Jersey
Ethelind Wilson
Jane Holland
Lettie Thompson
Bell Porter
Beverly
Mass
Mafilla Blaisdell
Atlantic
Maine
Massachusetts
Katherine S. Austin Dies After Illness at Brunswick Hospital
Katherine S. Austin 54 of 37 Bedford Street died Sunday morning at Brunswick Hospital after a two day illness. Born in Portland she worked as a stenographer before marriage to Albert F. Austin in 1905. The family moved to California, then Bath in 1912. Survived by husband, two daughters, one son and four sisters.
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Katherine
Portland
California
Bath
Winter Street Parish
Arthur J. Kavanagh
New Haven
Albert F. Austin, Jr
Charles, H. Mitchell
George J., Elliott
Arthur C. Morrill
Wakefield
Mass
Caroline C. Blanchard
Stamford
Conn
Death of Capt Arthur Curtis in Bath Bath
Captain Arthur Curtis 49 of the collier Ber windglen was found dead in his Brooklyn cabin as the ship docked in Bath. The Norfolk to Kennebec Wharf cargo voyage was in progress and Curtis planned to visit his New Harbor home with his wife driving to Bath to meet him on arrival. He was healthy on the last trip and death was unexpected.
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Bath
Arthur Curtis
Berwindglen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Curtis
Lyn
Norfolk
Kennebec
New Harbor
Capt. Curtis
Mrs Henry C Tarbox Mourned in Topsham
Many persons gathered Monday to mourn Aramede S Tarbox widow of Captain Henry C Tarbox who died early Monday at her Topsham home where she had resided for a number of years.
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Aramede S. Tarbox
Henry C. Tarbox
Topsham
Maine Probate Notices Cover Estate Actions in Sagadahoc
Multiple probate notices in Sagadahoc County outline actions including Mabel H. Moulton as proposed administrator of Alma H. Jackson estate, and various accounts and appointments for John S. Place Ellen S Roche Nina B Harrison William A Jack Horace W Swett Lina G Sewall Gordon Berry and Jose Marr estates with dates and venues in Bath.
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William P. McAuliffe
Bath
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Mabel H. Moulton
Alma H. Jackson
Maine
Brefore
Charles J. Dain
Nina B. Harrison
William B. Mussenden
Charles H. Cahill
Horace W. Swett
Gordon Berry
Worcester
Massachusetts
Lina G. Sewall
Arthur J. Dunton
Kers Maine
Longtime Bath resident passes at 88
Mrs Tarbox, daughter of the late Alfred Lemont of Bath, died Monday morning at about four o'clock after a period of failing health. She had lived with her daughter and husband, Captain Henry C. Tarbox, and for years the family home stood on Washington Street at LeMont Street. She was 88 on Feb 9 and was greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends.
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Ernest A. Allan
Rs. Tarbox
Alfred Lemont
Bath
Henry C. Tarbox
Washington Am
Lemont Street
Chacter
James D Curtis 49 dies after gall stone operation
James D Curtis 49 of West Bath died Thursday at Maine Eye and Ear infirmary Portland after gall stone operation. Born in Boston he was son of the late D James Curtis a longtime Brunswick dentist. He studied in Fryeburg Vassalboro Hebron academy and West Point. He led Boy Scout work and was scoutmaster West Bath troop 990. He served as World War II field clerk in the South and belonged to the Red Men in Norfolk Va and the Brunswick American Legion. He moved to West Bath from Virginia four years ago and is survived by widow Marion G Curtis of Brunswick. Funeral at Laws Brunswick Sunday at two.
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James D. Curtis
West Bath
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Mr. Curtis
Boston
D’. James Curtis
Brunswick
Fryeburg
Vassalboro
Hebron Academy
West Point
Curtis
South
Improved Order of Red Men
Norfolk
American Legion
Virginia
Marion G. Curtis
Laws
Margaret Perry Perry dies at 70 in Phippsburg
Margaret Perry Perry aged 70, wife of James E. Perry, died at her Phippsburg home after a six month illness. Born in Phippsburg to Francis E Johnson and Elizabeth Bowker Johnson, she lived there all her life. She served as a post officer in Dromore grange and belonged to the church at Phippsburg Center. Survived by her husband, a son Omar R. Perry of Bath, and two sisters Mrs Herbert Willis and Mrs Edward F Bolton, Portland.
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Margaret Perry Perry
James E. Perry
Phippsburg
Francis E
Elizabeth Bowker Johnson
Dromore Grange
Omar R. Perry
Bath
Herbert Willis
Edward F. Bolton
Portland
Funeral for Virginia Thompson Held at Mayo Residence
Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church officiated at the funeral Friday morning for Virginia M year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Royal Thompson at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Virginia M
Royal Thompson
Arthur F. Mayo
Oak Grove
Virginia M Thompson Died at Home of Royal and Theo Thompson
Virginia M Thompson aged year old daughter of Royal and Theo Thompson died Thursday at the family home 10 Tented City. She leaves a sister Betty Jane Thompson and her parents.
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Virginia M
Royal and
Theo Thompson
Betty Jane Thompson
Mrs. Alicia Parks Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Alicia L. Parks wife of Fred W. Parks was held Thursday afternoon at two at 666 Middle Street with Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist Church officiating. The body was sent to Rockville Friday for burial in Acorn cemetery family lot.
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Alicia L. Parks
Fred W. Parks
Middle Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Rockville
Acorn Cemetery
Governing Board Sets Banquet Plans and Player List
The governing board discusses selecting players for the banquet and requires a list of those who practiced or played this season. Mothers and fathers are invited to attend the annual YMCA league banquet in the gallery by 6 45 for speeches and entertainment.
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Pinson
Edwin E. Pinson
Clifton W. Tedford
John P. Hayes
Warren McNeil
John Mullaney
W. Dayton Hill
James Jenkins
Frank Harvie
Russell Kenney
Donald Jewett
Harry Haynes
Alfred Neal
William C. Perkins
Brunswick to Welcome Dr Richard P Laney to Practice
Brunswick gains a new physician as Richard P Laney M D settles in town to begin his medical practice. A Skowhegan native, he recently completed a year and a half internship at Memorial hospital Worcester Mass He graduated Bowdoin College in 1928 and studied at Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia He also spent a year at Crozier hospital Chester Pa and worked at Katahdin Camp for Boys Etna Maine in the summer of 1932.
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Brunswick
Richard P. Laney
Laney
Skowhegan
Memorial Hospital
Worcester
Mass
Bowdoin College
Hahnemann Medical College
Philadelphia
Crozier Hospital
Chester
Etna
Maine
Bowdoin Phi Beta Kappa Banquet Honors 1934 Class
The Bowdoin chapter of Phi Beta Kappa held a banquet at Moulton Union last Monday evening. New members elected from the undergraduate class of 1934 include Edward I. Albling of Portland Alfred S. Hayes of Boothbay Harbor Enoch W. Hunt of South Portland M Chandler Redman of Bangor and Bertram H. Silverman of Portland.
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Bowdoin
Phi Beta Kappa
Moulton Union
Edward I. Albling
Portland
Alfred S. Hayes
Boothbay Harbor
Enoch W. Hunt
South Portland
M. Chandler Redman
Bangor
Bertram H. Silverman
Hitch Hiker Creates Delays At Water Street Corner
A well dressed man hitchhiked with about six Gardiner men at Water Street and Brunswick Avenue. He stopped every passing car asking, Going to Brunswick. After twenty minutes with no takers he signaled a car and asked again. The sedan's driver learned the man was heading to Lewiston and agreed to share the ride.
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Brunswick Avenue
Briunswick
Lewiston
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Louise Hunt
Rockland
Clara McDonald
J. 8. Maxey
The
Bath Water Company
H. B. Tucker
Waterville
Charles H. Rogers
Bedford Street
J. O. Patten
Martinique
Cuba
Palmer
Price
Gahan’s
Messrs. Wright, Connant and
Bonney
Kennebec Naval Veterans Association
W. A. Day
Mornday
Silsby
Joseph Varney
Times Office
George McFadden
Mr. Varney
Mr. McFadden
Anderson
Mitchell
Adams Block
Patten Lodge
Gahan
Guy Morse
Ed Farrar
Western Union
H. W. Howard
Magoun Block
Edward Side
Israel S. Eastman
Sewall
E. M. Fuller
Bath Rowing Association
Bath Iron Works
Man
Adams
F. M. Harris
Whittier
Havana
David P. Davis
Supt
A. S. Hall
Bath Water Co
Grip
G. J. Parks
Hunnewell
Harry Swett
William T. Hall
Richmond
North Street
Gramma School
Cyclone Club
Whiskey Creek
the Alameda
Columbus
North End
Moses Field
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick Town Hall
Will Pond
Charles A. Harriman
Columbus Club
Alice Archer
Bert Kingsbury
Edgecomb
Hhey
Sultana Whist Club
Adams Farm
Jake
Walter S. Glidden
Edward W. Bridgham
John L. Jack
Fred C. Scribner
David L. Wilson
Ada Manson
Ath
Walter
Glidden
Peeriare
Josephine H. Wilson de Halloowell
Dahoc
Adm Mirenti
Reoonisime
Wilson
Melcher
Katherine S. Austin
Albert F. Austin
Captain Arthur Curtis
Sagadahoc, Ss
A. D
Charles C. Low
Main
Sagadhoc
Bath Bath
Thind
G den
Register
Aetna Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
State of
W. Ross McCain
Frank G
DEC
Bush
Ash
D. M. Humphreys & CO
Elvira A. Trafton
Everett L. Trafton
Lincoln St
Howard M. Trafton
Bernice Oliver
Grace Mitchell
Roy Trafton
Leslie Bryant
Maud Trafton
Clyde Trafton
Myrtle Sewah
Ssagadahoc
Merton A. Webber
S. Glidden
John S. Place
Testate
Asa Palmer
Johnathan Yde
Hyde
Middle Street Court
Said Court
William Winslow
Winslow
A.D
Sagapte
Walt
Seneca H. Conley
John E. Conley
Ellen S. Roche
Waid
Adahoc
William A. Jack
Bath -Independent
Said County
Seymour A. Hayden
Admr. C.t.a
Almeda S. Hayden
Josene M. Marr
Georgetown
Virginia Thompson
Virginia M. Thompson
Mrs. Parks
Ada
Requisime
Saggadahoc
Alter
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