Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Seashore Week
A summary of Bath Daily Times items from July 16 to 21 1890. Notes include visits by Tom Lightbody Lillian Oliver and Miss Andrews, naval reviews aboard the Baltimore with Gen Hyde and Admiral Gherardi, a public bath house petition, sea excursions to Bar Harbor and Popham Beach, local clambakes, fires at Blaisdell yard, shipyard labor, and injuries from a carriage accident and a fall on the tug Stella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bar Harbor
Dolphin
Petrel
Kearsage
Baltimore
Bath Shore
Gen. Hyde
Arthur Sewall
John Hyde
Gherardi
Bath Iron Works advances amid fine weather and city pole plans
On July 22, 1899, clear skies spur progress at Bath Iron Works with Granite block extension walls rising rapidly. The Commercial Union Telegraph Co requests city permission to erect lines along Commercial to Front, Bowery, and the Narrows. Herbert Webber becomes driver of No. 3 engine, replacing Flewelling, and serves in the street department. Water service demand rises for the company. Thompson's Brook grows in local favor, and a stone facing is added to Water street extension to protect against Kennebec washout of sandy fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Union Telegraph Co
Bowery
Narrows
Herbert Webber
Flewelling
Mr. Webber
City actions include dog muzzling order and library move
The city faces dog bite fears after a child’s death prompting muzzling of all dogs until October. A special City Council meeting will address the matter. Patten Library on Center street will close after Saturday July 26 for cataloguing before the new building opens. The lot grading progresses under Mr. Ramsey as the town praises the common’s improvement. A nickel cigar case’s quarter inch glass withstood a Sunday smash but proved difficult to break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Board of Health
Patten
Center Street
Ramsey
Obituary of Eliza beth T. Much former Bath resident
The 75 year old widow of Joseph B. Much and Bath native Eliza beth T. Much died last week. Born October 7 1855 in Philadelphia she was the oldest of six children and survived by one brother and two sisters. She lived at 75 Lincoln Street Bath for about 20 years with her husband who worked with the Navy department at Bath Iron Works. After his 1908 death she lived with her son Rupert in Philadelphia. Despite 30 years of rheumatism her mind remained sharp and she cherished her Bath days as home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth T. Much
Joseph B. Much
Bath
Much
Jet Gver Betwarde
Tcrack Ie
Grim Reaper
Faucher
Quincy
Bath Iron Works Corp
Elmhurst
Worcester
Mass
Walter L. Whitney
Harry L. Thompson
Young Lee
W. Percy Marks
Oakhurst Dairy
Lee
Russell Kenney
Earle E. Swett
Bath Brunswick
Ralph O. Dale
Mr. Faucher
Funeral Attended by Family From Across Cities
Mrs. Alice Clouthier, 37, wife of Joseph Clouthier, died after an operation. Her funeral drew relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Footer and others from Lewiston, Bath, Hyde Park, and Hardings. Burial was in Brunswick. She was born in Hardings, survived by husband, parents, an adopted son, four sisters, and seven brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Footer
John McLellan
City
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Edward Footer
Hyde Park
Mass
Joseph Footer
Hardings
Lewiston
Alice Clouthier
Joseph Clouthier
Sisters Hospital
Brunswick
Clouthier
William Powers
Brunswick Road
Madeline Ouillette
Katherine
Louise Footer
Eugene
Bath
Edward
Lewis
Samuel
Florida
George
Henry
William Footer
Committal Service for Mrs Pembroke Held in Bath
Mrs. Cyrus S. Pembroke of Waterford Conn died in a New London hospital. Committal services were held at Bath with Rev G B Wolstenholme officiating. Mr Pembroke and his sister attended, flowers were lavish, and orders from Queen Esther Rebekah lodge to the Eastern Star lodge were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus S. Pembroke
Waterford
Conn
New London
Bath
G. B. Wolstenholme
Pembroke
Beth Munsey
West Somerville
Mass
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Eastern Star Lodge
American Legion Auxiliary
Jennie Pembroke
Social notes from Boothbay Harbor and surrounding towns
Stanley Wallace and Howard Bates attended the Lotus club dance in Boothbay Harbor on Friday evening. Miss Charlotte Z Church left the Cosmopolitan club house for Rockland after a two week stay. Leonard B D Norsworthy of Washington DC arrives for three weeks with Rev O W Folsom in Rockland. Mr Oakleaf and daughters Alma and Maria of Titusville PA toured Mount Washington and Bar Harbor and stay at Ridin Light Lodge. Mrs Mary Terrill hosted a supper and three auction tables with Mrs George A Hunt winning first prize and Miss June Rideout the consolation, Mrs Trowbridge winning a guest prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Wallace
Howard Bates
Boothbay Harbor
Lotus Club
Charlotte Z. Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Rockland
Leonard BD. Norsworthy
Washington, D. C
O. W. Folsom
Washington Street
J. Oakleaf
Alma
Maria Oakleaf
Titusville
Mount Washington
Bar Harbor
Oakleaf
Ridin’ Light Lodge
High Street
Mary Terrill
George A. Hunt
June Rideout
Trowbridge
Drunken driving fines in Woolwich court case
Raymond Welch, 21, of Woolwich, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence and a separate license charge was dropped after fines and costs. He faced 60 days in jail as an alternative. The truck crash near Tuessie hall prompted witnesses and officials to review the incident as his first offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Welch
Wilton
Duncan MacIntosh
Woolwich
MacIntosh
William Wright
Tuessie Hall
Two Fatalities From Auto Collisions Reported
A machine skidded in gravel and tipped, fatally injuring a girl and injuring a man at the car track. The girl died at City hospital from hemorrhages of the lungs. The man Wilson, shaken and hospitalized, was not blamed by state officers. A separate accident killed painter Lewis Faucher after a crossing incident on Vine street near a filling station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Migs Talbot
Wilson
Frederick Humphrey
City Hospital
Langdon T. Syipe
Young Wilson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Clyde Talbot
Helen
Doris
Brunswick
Talbot
Maine Central Railroad
Harpswell Street
Harry L. Thompson
Faucher
Melville Rice
Lewis Faucher
Front Street
Vine Street
United Motor Fuel Station
Edward J. Lee, Jr
Edward J. Lee
Pearl Street
Russell Kenney
Herbert Henderson
Sheriff
Albert Henderson
Hooker
Probate notices and wills in Sagadahoc county 1930
Notices report probate actions in Bath and Sagadahoc 1930. Executors and trustees named include Caroline T Dixon estate in Bath, Susan E Nichols estate in Bath, Clara Head Hadley Kuhn as executors, Eva Wright as executrix Woolwich, Charles L Wright etc. Hearings set for August and August dates. public notices published in Bath Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Eva L. Wright
Charles L. Wright
Woolwich
Bath Independent
A. D
Ashton E. Wardwell
Winnie B. Wardwell
Caroline T. Dixon
Walter 5S
Glidden
State OF
Maine
Sagadaboc
Maud P. Thayer
Georgetown
Independent
Clara E. Head
Hadley H. Kuhn
Charlies L. Wright
Woalswich
Eva L. Aeee
Clara L. Pare
Pee Wee
Appointment of Administrator for Deceased's Estate in Sagadahoc
Petition seeks appointment of an administrator for the estate of the deceased of Georgetown Sagadahoc. The statements assert truth to the best knowledge and belief, dated July 14, 1930, with a true copy issued by Register William F. P. Dunham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. York of
Portland
County of
Cumberland
William F. Dunham
Sagada
Eula L. Spencer
Ida M
Hinckley
Georgetown
Sataen
Seanaunets
New Orleans
Ida M. Hinckley
Lermond H. Rowe
A. D
Totman
Totman, Jr
Sagadahoc
William FP. Dunham
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The
Bath Daily Times
Jnly 16
Tom Lightbody
Lillian Oliver
Five Islands
Mrs. C. W. Morse
New York
Mrs. B. W. Morse
Middle
Petre
Miss Andrews
Brockton, Mass
Jacob Andrews
Raymond Court
Foster’s Point
J. B. Drake
Caterer Robinson
North Street
Elijah Sawyer
Dummer Street
Juno
Harpswell
Ed Blaisdell
Percy V
Popham
City Landing
Lydia Foote
Small Point
Wright’s Bridge
Blaisdell’s Yard
Houghtons
New Meadows
Ene Yard
Acadia Lodge K. of
White Mountains
Kennebec Steamboat Landing
Hne
Popham Beach
Brown
South End
Foster's Point
Wildes
Alameda
Lester Hodedon
Wiwarna
John, Greenleaf
Auburn
Mr. Madgdon
Ned Lowell
Boston
Carrie A. Lane
Depot Wharf
Harrington
Ny ‘Beelson
Mies Foote
Wright's Bridge
Post Sedgwick
Post
Star of the East
Relief Corps
Hiram
Walter Turner
E. H. Turner
Sea View Cottage
Birch Point
SteHn
Moulton’s
Gibbs
Blasters
Aldermen
Chicago
Waltham
Mouse Island
Union
Thompson
Commercial Street
Corliss Street Church
Gahan’s Hall
Blanche Harrington
Cyrus Thompson
Stella
Marine Railway
Mr. Thompson
John Fisher
York Street
Rideout
Southport
Charlies
Morrell
Bath Iron Works
Wescott
Thompson's Brook
Water Side
Water Street
Lincoln Street
Mrs. Pembroke
Freds. Curtis
Mortician
Thomas R. Huston
Mgr
Henry M. York
William F. York
Mary F. York
William W. York
Cundy's Harbor
Abram C. York
South Portland
Albert York
Port Clyde
Tda M. Beals
Chester E. Wallace
Rockport
Raymond 8. Wallace
Edrie Y. Wallace
Madison Ave
New York City
Margaret Wallace
Bernard F. York
Irving York
Virgil C. Wilson
Saradahoc
Beth
Walter S. Glidden
Saraceena
Philip D. Stubbs
Leonard H. Gibson
Frank H. Beal
Pred L. York
Phippsboro
John Southard
Marjorie
Wiscasset
Hortense Blanchard
Hodgdon
Charles Miller
Sumner Sewall
Eula L. Spencer, Ida M. Hinckley
Charles C. Low
Anne
Freeman A. Trott
George M. Stinson
Novella J. Trott
Julia E Decker
George M. M. Stinson
Freeman A
Decca
A.D
Jon E, Conley
Mattie A. Conleyyned
Conan
Susan E. Nichols
Dunham
Bate
Percy Nickerson
Ingal
A. E. Nickerson
W. Tyler
Grace E
William F. Dunean
William FP
Lo San Lewiston
Sagadahere
Sagadaher
Wisetam FO
Dunham Register of Probate
Thomas RB
Huston
Glidder
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