Forty Years Ago in Bath Excerpts July 8 1891
The Bath Daily Times items note the Van Brunt schooner ready for sea at week’s end, W. Sewall’s coal office renovations, weather delays for Beacon Street excursion, late Boston train, Elm street bel fry top nearly finished, and property sales by O. O. Foye & Co. New Chelsea visitors, Hyde Light Guards preparations for Augusta State Master, officer list, rifle range, Boothbay excursion, Squirrel Island church trip, and local patrol schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Brunt
Kelley & Spear
Hyde Light Guards
Augusta
C. F. Nealy
William R. Kimball
H. M. Hartleb
H. W. Witham
Barter
F. S. Wakefield
George E. Davis
F. C. Hill
E. Beesaw
J. M. McKay
C. R. McIntire
Levi H. Runnells
J. J. Smith
Capt. Nealy
Robinson's Field
High Street
Boothbay
Frye Light Guards
Lewiston
Alameda
Kate Lilly wreck work abandoned due to deep water
Divers have halted efforts on the Kate Lilly wreck as waters run deep and tides run strong, preventing safe and effective salvage at present. Local authorities pause operations until conditions improve and safety can be ensured.
Sagadahoc Bank Glass Replaced Removing Relics of Independence
Glaziers replaced the nde glass in the Sagadahoc bank removing relics from the day of Independence. John Brown's horse leaped free from a wagon and dodged a locomotive near the depot, a feat described as remarkable. A special Aldermen meeting granted C. C. Bean Jr. permission to build a paint shop on Washington Street with iron roof and gutters on the southern exposure. The schooner Alice Archer arrived with 1730 tons of ice to Camden, N. Y. A collision at Gardiner bridge damaged stern planks. J. B. Fisher traveled to Boothbay to repair the tug Adelia after a log collision. repairs delayed by local railway work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glagiers
Nde
Sagadahoc Bank
John Brown
Board of Aldermen
C. C. Bean, Jr
Washington Street
Alice Archer
Gibbs
Camden
N. Y
Gardiner Bridge
J. B. Fisher
Boothbay
Adelia
Old Frigate Guest Of Bath Heads For Rockland Harbor
The June 11 1891 update says the Brunswick band will accompany Canton King on its Rockland visit Tuesday. The event features police vacation notices, mackerel sport, and a large Bath welcome to the U S frigate Constitution and the Grebe from Charleston. The voyage includes a near panic and a busy port scene with ships, bells, and crowds as the Old Ironsides docks and opens for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton King P. M
Rockland
Lewiston
Canton
Brunswick Band
J. H. Hubbard
Canton King
Bath Artillery? Bath Iron Works Adds For Steam Tower
July 14 1891 updates from Bath describe additions to in house work at Bath Iron Works. A large riveting tower rises as 100 piles are driven for foundation while boilers will be assembled rapidly. Also note an exhibition football game July 25 between Bath Iron Works and Sacarappas and an excursion to Squirrel Island. A water pipe issue at North and Washington street is fixed. Rev Wood’s cottage serves as headquarters and public lights planning begins. A South End man White capsized a small sprit sail boat and was rescued by George Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Boston
Bath
Popham
Parker Head
Knickerbocker
Della Collins
New England Co’s
Hyde Windlass Co
A. M. Cutler
Charleston
S. C
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Capt
Petrie
Rockwell
Ram Island Ledges
Phippsburg
Sands
Coast Guard
Bath Iron Works
Sacarappas
North Street
Squirrel Island
Mr. Wood
South End
White
George Morse
Regatta Thrills Waterfront Crowd At Constitution Celebration
Over 1,000 spectators watched a rough river as outboard boats raced in the Constitution celebration regatta. George Wells and Boothbay Harbor driver won two races in a Veeplane with a 35 horse engine, while Virgil Jackson took class B aboard Sez-U. Doris Bennett, the lone woman racer, was swamped by a cabin cruiser while leading early. Wells also won the Class C event and the free-for-all, with Mayor Small and Gov Gardiner in pursuit in separate boats. A mystery black speed boat won a special race, and Edwin E. Pinson served as judges chair with J. Haviland Torrey and Thomas Cummings assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wells
St. Joseph
Boothbay Harbor
Virgil Jackson
Winthrop
Doris Bennett
Sanford
Bennett
Johnson
Coast Guard
Jackson
Wells
Young Wells
Bernard McAusland
Bath
W. H. Seiwerts
Boston
Siewerts
McAusland
Seiwerts
Harold P. Small
Lawrence
Young Small
Mayor Small
William Tudor Gardiner
Gov. Gardiner
Edwin E. Pinson
J. Haviland Torrey
Thomas Cummings
Mr. Pinson
Carl
City Landing Boat Fire Sparks Runway Panic
At City landing three o clock a gasoline outboard motorboat from Miss Bennett dropped from exhaust and caught fire from a cig butt. Flames roared as spectators on both floats, filled with men women and children, rushed toward shore. No injuries were reported though a scramble was feared. Engine 4 arrived after the excitement subsided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Landing
Miss Bennett
New Fighter Georgie Paulin Joins West Bath Scene
Georgie Paulin the flyweight champ of New Hampshire and Connecticut moves to West Bath at the Brown farm. Once a Boston Garden amateur title finalist, he has not fought in eight months due to a knuckle injury. Billed among top flyweights, he plans to appear soon at Arcade Arena and bring strong crowds to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Georgie Paulin
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Paulin
Boston Garden
Gene Bianco
Boston
West Bath
Wolgast
Frankie Genaro
Artie Giroux
Maine
Maine Central Agricultural Train To Tour Nine Counties
Maine Central will operate its Fourth Annual Special Agricultural Train from Aug. 3 to Aug. 8 touring nine northern counties. W. G. Hunton says the program, in cooperation with the University of Maine Extension and 4 H clubs, will feature good females, exhibits, and demonstrations from an Observation Car. The seven car train starts Aug. 2 from Orono, with 25 stops including Fort Kent, Arcostock County, and New England’s Spud county, aiming to show free federal and state agricultural assistance to practical farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
W. G. Hunton
Portland
University of Maine
Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Orono
Arcostock County
Fort Kent
College of Agriculture
James B. Drake & Sons Receives Long Service Tribute
Bath Maine insurance agents James B Drake and Sons mark 70 years in business with a satin mahogany eight day clock engraved by Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company. The inscription notes faithful service from 1881 to 1931 and cites long-standing agency for Providence Washington Niagara Fire Hanover United States Fidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Drake & Sons
Bath
Sagadahock Block
Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company, Ltd
James B. Drake
James Edward Drake
Fred E. Drake
Providence Washington Insurance Co
Niagara Fire Insurance Co
Hanover Fire Insurance Co
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Maine
Social notes from Springfield to Bath and area
A long list of visitors and summer gatherings fills local pages. Mr and Mrs Bernard Hoyle and daughter Helen Louiss visit Mr and Mrs William Hoyle in Bedford Street, while Dr and Mrs DeForrest Day tour via Wis casset toward West Falmouth for a week with the Donnells. Several locals plan Boston hospital consultations and cottage stays at Cox Head, Sabine, Foster's Point, and Popham Beach with friends and relatives from Malden Groveland Orono Framingham Cincinnati Portland and Cincinnati. A Maine mortgage foreclosure notice, dated June 26 1931, concerns the Lewiston Trust Company on Bowdoin land in Sagadahoc, with a July 7 probate executrix appointment for Isaiah King estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorthy L. Campbell
Bath
Maine
Mary E. Appleton
New York City
John Sparhawk Appleton
Hollywood
California
A.D
Los Angeles
R. B. Henn
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Walter
Glidden
State OF
William S. Shorey
Joseph E. Sewall
Sonid
Said
Bernard Hoyle
Helen Louiss
Springfield
Mass
Hoyle
William Hoyle
Bedford Street
DeForrest Day
Wiscasset
West Falmouth
Lee Donnell
Rachel Upham
Lower High Street
Upham
Foster’s Point
Racis1 Upham
High Street
Edward Wellington
Ruth
Malden
W. F. Nason
Groveland
Elmer Williams
Dorothy
Jeanette
Orono
George Owen
Framingham, Mass
Susan G. Mitchell
Leland R. Mitchell
Edith M. Fulton
Pinestreet
Portland
Marjorie E. Hopkins
Daniel Williams
Harriet L. Johnson
Howard B. Johnson
Bathinsaid
James D. Crane
Winifred Crane
E. F. Verney
Bowdoin
Lewiston Trust Company
Lewiston
Androscoggin
Percy Lane
Abram Strout
Reuben Arsenault
Auburn
Garfield Mitcha
Claire Farnum
Lyman Waterman
Geo. J. Wallingford
Treas
George J. Wallingford
Aioe
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Susan Jane Perkins
Ordfred
Sagadahboc. Ss
Sag
Naneey F. Richardson
Brunswick
Mary B. McDonald
Nancy F. Richardson
Annie
Isaiah King
Annie F. Eaton
Sabino and Winter Harbor Steamboats Run Full Capacity Trips
Capacity business marked the Sabino as the first excursion steamer to carry passengers from City Landing to the frigate Constitution. The Winter Harbor and Spinney launches joined on Wednesday, with hundreds aboard. Captains Colby and Perkins commanded 100 and 150 passenger ships, respectively, as schedules aligned to clear the drawbridge once for their passage. Visiting hours were posted, with varied start and end times through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino
City
Winter Harbor
Portland
Perry Colby
Robert Perkins
City Landing
Bath Boy Promoted to Naval Position
Edward J. Fitzgerald of Bath rises from lieutenant to lieutenant commander in the U S Navy. He began as a lieutenant (JG) in 1917 18 serving in transport duty and Asiatic cruise then at New London and aboard Utah aiding Hoover mission. He is son of Mrs. John E. Fitzgerald and was a Bath dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Bath
Boston Navy Yard
Admiral Phelps
John E. Fitzgerald
Washington Street
United States
Navy
Dental Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
M. W. Sewall
Beacon Street
Elm Street
O. O. Foye & Co
Water Street
George Ward
J. W. Tarbox
Topsham
H. W. Norton
Charles A. Melcher
Chelsea
Mrs
A. S. Melcher
Middle Street
Mr. Melcher
Johnson Clothing House
Rogers Wharf
Hallett’s
Maggie Delahanty
Capt. Delahanty
Carrie A. Lane
Edward Savage
Cambridge, Mass
Asa P. Hodgkins
Minott
Beacon Street Society
Capt. Kittridge
Percy V
Joeseph McCutcheon
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
G. C
F. M. Robinson
Fort George Lodge
Holly Tree Inn
R. P. Chase
Kennebec Engine Co., No. 3
Bangor
Morse, Williams
O. A. Kittridge
Foote
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Gardiner
Togus
Eastern Steamboat Co
Kennebec Central Railroad
Committee On Public Lights
City Hall
Edwards and
Dummer Street
Small
Nahanada
Islands
Harry Donnell
Pond’s
Kittredge
True
Gaudreau
Poole
Lundrigan
Committee On
Peisoners
Middle
North Streets
Dummer
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Portsmouth
Wentworth
Poole and
Times
Popham Beach
Fitz Bros
Waldoboro
John T. Biggins
King’s Daughters
Pleasant Point
Doubling Point
Long Beach
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
Mr. Berry
Harold W. Child
Paul Revere
Child
Fred Hartnett
North
Newport
Committee On Public Rights
Dummer and
Edward Streets
Atwood
Atwood’s Medicine
la Radahoc
Mary H. P. Appleton
Calif
William F. Dunham
Attes William F. Dunham
Register
M. Langdon Hill
Marion
Hill
French
Barbara
Cincinnati
Ohio
William R. Freeman
William, Jr
Fred D. Hill
Paul Moore
Betty Jean
Clifton Street
Matthew N. Clark
Mary F. Clark
Iate
Roscoe P. McFadden
Addie P McFadden
Sagadaho
Roscoe P. McPadden
William FP. Dunham
U.S.N
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