Forty Years Ago in Bath Excerpts July 10 1895
A Bath column recalls visits and arrivals including J M Houghton of Portland visiting his father L W Houghton, Mrs C T Corbiere of Worcester visiting Hon J W Wakefield, and Herbert Sprague returning from Lynn. It notes the steamer Wiwurna excursion, the Ammon ram Katahdin work at Bath Iron Works, local picnics, a clock clockmaker Charles Snow, and various Bath residents with family, travel, and summer plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Houghton
Portland
L. W. Houghton
South Street
Charles C. Snow
Union Street
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Iron Works
Carlton
Charles Elms
Chicago
Shannon House
West
Elms & Tibbetts
Crystal Spring Bottling Co
Auburn Skeet Team Wins Sunday's Shoot By 13 Birds
Auburn skeet squad captured Sunday's Bath field shoot with 229 of 250 targets, leading Bath by 13 amid a split field. Co J Chippendale led with 48, narrowly edged by Bath's Eddie Sonia 47. Fred Sturtevant hit 25 perfect then 20. Gatchell 45 Whitney 44 for Auburn. Brunswick trailed Bath by 12. Crowd watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Bath Field
Bath Boys
Brunswick
Bath
Co. J. Chippendale
New England
Eddie Sonia
Fred Sturtevant
Smith
McWilliams
Gatchell
Whitney
C. J. Chippendale
Eee
Ewer
A. Smith Matte
R. J. McWilliams
Tee
R. Small
B. McCausland
W. Woodbury
B. McCausland Cesare
H. Henderson
C. Alexander G. Hibbs
Lee
A. Wing Naess Veel
Belanger
Sturtevant son joins schooner voyage to Norfolk
On July 13 1895 Fred the eldest son of Fred K Sturtevant began a pleasure trip aboard the schooner Augustus Palmer from Portland to Norfolk Va and back to Boston. Among passengers on Wednesday to attend the Christian Endeavor convention in Boston were Miss Margaret Foote Miss Robinson General Secretary Murray and Victor Richardson. Yesterday afternoon the home of Miss Lillian Foye at North and High streets was the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Palmer
N. T. Palmer
Norfolk, Va
Moses
Dunning
White
Mitchell
Wing
McPhail
Biggins
Whitney
Piddock
Powers
McPhee
Sanford
Nichols
Chapman
Footer
Perkins
Wetherbee
Potter
Charles Carr
Bath Iron Works
Woods Hole
Fred
Fred K. Sturtevant
Augustus Palmer
Portland
Norfolk
Boston
Margaret Foote
Robinson
Murray
Victor Richardson
Lillian Foye
North and
High Streets
News and Views on Stamps Highlight Collecting Fact and Fun
A column debunks stamp rumor myths from Washington and notes no new issues planned soon. It highlights plate varieties and off center perforations on San Diego stamps, mentions the migratory bird stamp withdrawal, and praises engravers Benzing Wells and others while touching on coin collecting caution. It lists recent stamp issues from Belgium to Spain and historical anniversaries from July 20 Colombia to Chippewa battle dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Washington, D. C
Clinton B. Eilenberger
San Diego
Theodore Neuman
Elmhurst
L. I
Joachim C. Benzing
Garl TF. Arit
William B. Wells
Connecticut
Belgium
Bulgaria
China
France
Morocco
India
Italy
New Zealand
Paraguay
Poland
Spain
Hubert Lyautey
Marechal de France
Cook Islands
Niue
Samoa
Boone County
Ill
Chippewa
Ticonderoga
Fairfield
Conn
Public Works In Dominican Republic Highlighted By Bridge
Junior's Scrapbook notes President Roosevelt promoting public works in the United States, while Dominican Republic leader Trujillo funds a public works program including the Generalissimo Trujillo Bridge over the Yuna river. A 1 centavo green stamp showcases the bridge. Also mentions Libby family summering at Pemaquid Point with 275 people in the Maine colony and Hattie Vose Hall of Augusta. A Sagadahoc probate notice details Delmar Bates as executor seeking final account with August deadline and court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Roosevelt
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Yuna River
Generalissimo Trujillo
Herbert C. Libby
Waterville
Pemaquid Point
Professor Libby
Maine
Hattie Vose Hall
Augusta
Oliver G. Hall
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
A. D
Delmar E. Bates
Samuel F. Bates
West Bath
Daniel Williams
Elbridge B. Malcolm
Walter 8S. Glidden
Agnes W. Humphreys
Lilius B. Dunnels
Charles V. Minott
Alice M. Minott
Phippsburg
Independent
Chester L. Pascal
Fannie M. Andrews
Sagadahac
Charlies C. Low
Ellen S. Roche
Annual State Day of Maine D.A.R. in Bath in March
The annual state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held in Bath in March. Mrs. Victor A. Binford announced at the Stratton field day that October 3 was set for the Dover-Foxcroft advisory board meeting. The Bath event honors Col. Timothy Bigelow with a tablet presented by Worcester, Mass., chapter. The group named state committee chairs and announced a June 24 wedding in Erie, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Bath
Victor A. Binford
Stratton
Dummer Sewall
Col
Timothy Bigelow
Maine
Worcester
Mass
Clara N. Fogg
Bowdoinham
Col. Dummer Sewall
Lord
Miss Fogg
Tag Day Raises 37 Dollars for Red Cross Effort
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross conducted a tag day Saturday from ten to 430 in support of swimming instruction at Whiskeay Lake. A total of 37.86 was collected. Contributors include Boy Scouts and Dike P T A members and listed volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Whiskeay Lake
Charles C. Low
Arthur
Elizabeth Rice
Dorothy Stevenson
Louise Calderwood
William Hill
Dante Hatch
Harry B. Chellis
Boy Scouts
Cynthia Lemoine
Constance Gilmore
Margaret Strack
Marion Jordan
Louise Carver
Barbara Vigne
Lorraine Mitchell
Geraldine Smith
Emily Furber
Alma Swanton
Betty Swanton
Dike P
Sagadahoc probate notices list multiple estates and dates
The document records probate actions in Sagadahoc including final accountings for Charles V Minott and George A Hunt, notices to interested parties, and court dates in Bath. Executors and executrices such as Carrie E Hathorne, Ellen Roche, and Edward W Bridgham are named with appointment and qualification details for estates in Bath and surrounding areas.
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The
Bath ‘Daily Times
Popham
C. T. Corbiere
J. W. Wakefield
High Street
Herbert Sprague
Thomas Plant & Co
Lynn
Wiwurna
Five Islands
Episcopal Church
Emerson B. Gahan
Middle Street
Happy Nook
Hook
Sebenon
Ellis Bray
Woodside
Winship Street
Small Point
Alice Jewett
Brooklyn
Lizzie and
Josie Ham
Wallace E. Shaw
Samuel Welch Jr
Charles Cahill
Alliquippa House
Theresa Moses
Charles Larrabee
Nellie Call
Newcastle
Bessie Dyer
George W. Lancaster
O. W. Folsom
B. R. Getchell
Public Library
Bedford Street
Eames
F. H. Patten
Charles Webber
E. R. Leonard
Togus
W. C. Besselievre
James Hodgkins
Brother
Charles Hodgkins
City
Jerry Sullivan
George Klippel
F. W. Moody’s
Front Street
William Gibson
Mr. Brown
St. Croix
Frank Pufington
Frank
Martin French
Kennebec
Bluff Head
George Glidden
Randall Homestead
Dole
Miss Kimball
Jessie Owen
Miss Moses
Miss Cutler
Miss Newman
Harry Swanton
Mr. Stearns
Columbia Orchestra
Edward Wennessey
James Webber
Motley Fuller
Popham Beach
George P. Squires
Massachusetts
Kent
Edith Clark
Miller
Irving Lord
Brookfield
Samuel Beals
Arrowsic
Garnet House
Misses Mollie Gibbons
Gertrude Weeks
Louise Bennett
Cynthia Worth
Louise Higgins
Edward Warden
Byron Barker
Fred R. Gibbons
H. H. McCarty
John Thurlow
Miss Faye
Christine Carter
Mollie Gibbons
Belle Carter
Jennie Harvey
Lou Moses
Maud
Fanny Moulton
Ethel Hyde
Susie Ballou
Lillian Welch
Jennie Whitmore
Aramede Lowell
Miss Bennett
Katie Costain
New Brunswick
Florence Forsythe
Clarence Warden
New York
Paris
Willie Hatch
Harold Gould
Freeport
E. L. Emmons
George Thompson
Charlies Boyd
T. W. Ducker
This City
Everett
Neal
Hallet
W. P. Swett
Addie M. Anderson
Lizzie Ham
N. Y
Flora Stoddard
Joseph Greenleaf
Seattle
Joseph Nichols
Frank Dunton
Woolich
Virginia Houghton
W. H. Smith & Sons
Chase
Vinalhaven
Vate
Newark
N. J
Express Company
Bert Walker
Maine Central Yard
Walker
E. M. Puller
Bath Cycle Club
Crystal Spring
North End Grounds
Charles D. Newell
Richmond
George Hatch
Winslow's Rocks
H. W. Swanton
Eastern Steamboat Co
Harvey K. Erskine
M. H. Douglass
Jack, Thistle, Gibson
John Lundrigan
Sells’ Bros. Circus
Portsmouth
Washington Street
James B. Drake
Edward Drake
Warden
Mr. Drake
Cora E. Colby
Mrs. Perry, Colby
Lois Dunning
Harpswell
Ee Ae
A N. Trask
Winnegance
Plymouth Rock Co
Edward Blaisdell
Waltham, Mass
Oeat Gas
Dougal McRae
Rockland
John Bartlett
Campbell
Seneca H. Conley
Mr. Conley
Christian Endeavor Convention
J. M. Jewett
Westport
J. Harry McLellan
Mattie and
Blanche Hodgkins
Arthur H. Stetson
Lawson
Annie Kimball
Myra Abbott
E. Gertrude Merrill
Boothbay Harbor
Fred Sidelinger
West Harwich
Dennisport
Cape Cod
William and
Clarence Kimball
William O. Kimball
Will Kimball
Harvard
Cora A. Wylie
Capt. Lowell
J. C. Minott
James T. Minott
E. H. Given
Wetherbee Cottage
Islands
Supt. Blair
Perry
Indian Point
Seguin
G. J. Mitchell
Squirrel Island
Anda
Charles Lincoln
Frances
Fremont Hogan
Medford
Harry Dunton
Otto V. Hassner
Waldoboro
PWA
Church Nash
Fri
Freeport School
J. Lord Stowell
Colombia
Walter
Glidden
John L. Jack
D.A.R
Thomas F. Stewart
George Stewart
Inez Christensen
Erie
Cleveland
Stewart
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Margaret Benner
Wiscasset
Winfield M. Hagan
Frank H. Whalen
Mary C. Whalen
Vincent Whalen
New York City
Margaret M. Whalen
Alice S. Whalen
Raymond R. Whalen
Frank H. Whalen, Jr
New
W. M. Hagan
Sagadahoc, &S
Ralph O. Dale
Walter S. Glidden
John L. Jacy
Register
RED Cross
Louise Trainor
Vanona MacDonald
Arlene Prency
Elizabeth Lee
Wyman Beach
Walter 8S, Glidden
John L. Jace
George A. Hunt
Carrie E. Hathorne
Emma J. Hathorne
Woolwich
Edward W. Bridgham
Margaret Gay
Edmund T. Gay
Margaret T. Gay
J. Havi
Cou
Annie Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Sheen