Years Ago in Bath Delivers Local 1892 Happenings
From the Bath Daily Times dated July 28 1892 a bustling glimpse shows Democrats campaigning in Genado Woh and mass meetings. New stained glass at St Marys and praise for Fr O Briens selection. The steamer Frank Jones engines run well and Charles Farnham plans Opera House improvements by September. Accidents include a severe leg injury to Frank Savage and a brush fire near High Street bridge.
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Charles Farnham
Columbian Opera House
Lodge Officers Installed and Relic to Maine Exhibit
D D G Dudley and Cyrus W Longley led officers with A J McQuarrie as Grand Master at A Cuyler Green and others aiding. Two candidates received the degree. a visiting grand officer praised the work. A relic lock from Gov King’s chamber, now with Landlord Shannon, may go to the World’s Fair Maine exhibit. Police report a cheerful Capitol Island excursion with bathing and fishing. Sidney House hosted them with Landlord Harrington and clerk Thomas Craven.
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Capitol Island
Harrington
Sidney
Dudley
Brunswick
Cyrus W. Longley
G. P
A. J. McQuarrie
G. M
P. C
Sarnel , Jr
A.M. Frattks V. C
William Avery
Will. O Brien
Cuyler Green
I. G
H. A. Donnell
C. G
Midtuarrie
Camp‘bell
Shannon
King
Maine
Sidney House
Thomas Craven
Bath Daily News July 23 1892 Local items and notices
The courier reports strong patronage for violin and harp in the city. Street Department employs 30 men. A sea bird in the Kennebec pilot house is named Jones. Farmers report haying progress with quality better than last year. Republican caucus set for next Tuesday at City Hall to nominate representatives and delegate to August 2 county convention. A new stone crusher arrived from Ansonia Conn. Bath fishermen report blue fish runs. Steamer Lizzie Snow ran aground near Thwing's Point but no injuries. Ward's Hill work completed improving grade and cost efficiency. Front Street paving to begin next Monday for four weeks. G A R post to celebrate with banquet next Tuesday. invited Brunswick posts. Coal mine drillers at Small Point reach 370 feet underground. William Leavitt burned by hot pitch at New England yard. Summer Street rock hauling continued for Front Street. Bert Berry cut finger splitting wood. Corliss Coombs paints Rogers block with plate glass. George W. Fisher to manage Tontine hotel Brunswick. opening in about two weeks. Crystal Spring Bottling Co. worker cut by glass from bottle. Dr. Muller treated. Heat wave continues. Center Street thermometer hits 109 in sun. 121 yesterday. shade 99. No sunstroke reports amid hot weather.
McQuarrie Honors Mark Five Decades in Telecom
Longtime engineer of the Bell system and Western Electric Mr McQuarrie retires after fifty years in communications. He started as a night operator in 1882, helped design the common battery switchboard, and rose to chief engineer and later VP roles. He holds over 100 patents and was awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun in 1920.
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Mré.McQuarrie
Bath
Bell Telephone Company of
Maine
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Western Electric Company
International Western Electric Company
International Western
International Telephone
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
International Standard Electric Corporation
McQuarrie
United States
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Tokyo
Vanderbilt Visits Bath Amid Reno Wealth and Nevada Gambles
The article notes Mr. Vanderbilt residing in Reno after leaving New York and recounts his ties to divorce courts and a clash with Peter Arno. It reports booming Nevada business, legal gambling, and rising ranch ventures near Reno with plans for a fourth Nevada spread near Las Vegas. Also covered is Bowdoin alum Fred Tootell’s appendicitis operation in Palo Alto as he sought Olympic trials.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Reno
Peter Arno
Nevada
Las Vegas
Fred Tootell
Bowdoin College
Johnny Magee
Palo Alto
Calif
Tootell
California
Paris
Rhode Island
Red Schoolhouse Retreat Tied to Highway Improvement
The American Road Builders Union reports data from five states showing rural one room schools shrinking as first class highways expand. North Carolina Indiana Virginia Alabama and South Carolina each cut school numbers while increasing road mileage between 1924 and 1930, signaling ongoing school consolidation driven by better transportation.
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American Road Builders’ Union
North Carolina
Indiana
Middle West
Association
Virginia
Alabama
South Carolina
T. H. Cutler
American Road Builders’ Association
United States
Man Injured in Crash at Bingham
George W. Merrill of 122 Oak Street was cut about the race when his car collided with another at a Bingham main street intersection. He continued home, with injuries from broken glasses striking the windshield. no other injuries reported. He remained confined to his home Monday.
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Mr. Paul
Irwin Circus
Tentipolé
George W. Merrill
Oak Street
Bingham
Mr. Merrill
Merrill
Small Seedling Trees Cut Planting Costs
Article notes very young trees are shipped to keep costs down for transportation and planting. Pines reach 3 to 10 inches by age 2–3. hardwoods 10 to 18 inches. State forestry departments distribute farm planting stock. Federal nurseries focus on national forest reforestation. Also mentions Miss Charlotte King vacationing in Portland.
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State Forestry Department
United States Forest Service
Washington
The
Forest Service
States
William M Garland Led California to the 1932 Olympics
William May Garland of California, a Westport native and longtime civic leader, masterminded the bid for the 1932 Olympic Games in the United States. He championed financing for Olympic facilities, including a stadium seating over 100 000 in Los Angeles and a $250 000 rowing course in Long Beach, coordinating publicity to 13 000 newspapers across five languages.
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William May Garland
California
America
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Westport
Sheepscot River
Garland
Coburn Classical Institute
Waterville
Chicago
California State Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Athletic Club
International Olympic Committee
United States
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Cal
Amsterdam
Maine Girl Sought for 31 Hour Black Hole Trial
Capt Harry C Wooten advertises a public exhibition of the British convict ship Success at State Pier Portland offering 100 to the Maine girl who endures 31 hours in the Black Hole. The test begins with interviews July 28 and the winner would leave the dungeon at 5 PM Saturday.
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Harry C. Wooten
Maine
State Pier
Portland
Boston
Mildred Cheney
Somerville
Black Hole
Edwin P Allen Buys Five Islands Summer Home
Edwin P. Allen of Oakland purchases property at Five Islands from Eula L. Spencer of New Orleans through Fred B. Reed agency in Bath. The deal includes a seven room house and two additional lots. Allen plans to convert the dwelling into a summer home.
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Edwin P. Allen
Oakland
Fred B. Reed
Bath
Eula L. Spencer
New Orleans
Steamboat Landing
Gott’s Cove
Mr. Allen
Bates Petition Seeks Private Sale of West Bath Real Estate
W Thornton Bates administrator of Wilton G Bates estate in Sagadahoc petitions probate court to license private sale of West Bath real estate to raise about 1850 dollars for debts and expenses. The estate includes homestead farm parcels tied to Charles Bates Susan Bates and Alice J Williams deeds dated 1862 and 1877. Public notice to appear August 2, 1932 in Bath Independent.
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State OF Maine
Propate
Sagadahoc
Alfie E. Jacobs
Bath
Charles H. Jordan
Soar
Testate
Gladys M. Palmer
West Roxbury
Mass
State OF
Maine
Dahoc
Edward C. Stiness
Providence
Rhode Island
Byron F. Barker
Mildred T. Barker
Edward C
Ness
Independent
Walter 8
Glidden
Mary
W.thornton Bates
Wilton G. Bates
West Bath
Charles H. Bates
Susan Bates
Sagasehoo
Alice J. Williams
Charlies Bates
N. Thornton Bates
Orcoed
Walter
Martha B. Bridge
Harry P. Bridge
Martha Bridge
Harry P. Britt
Alice M. Hyde
Pais Hyde
Charles Cahill
Daniel Williams
Charles H. Cahill
John H. Hyde
Eleanor B.hyde
Sepiece
Alter
William F. Dunham
Danielliams
Annie H. Hyde
A.D
More
A. D
John J. Keegan
R. H. Baxter
Mary E. Nugent
Walter 8. Glidden
Gertrude G. Thompson
Mary Ella Gilman
Noes
Glinden
Shipyard veteran Alpheus Havener dies at 82 in Phippsburg Center
Alpheus B Havener 82 longtime Bath shipyard worker died Saturday at the home of his daughter Mrs Irving Harrington in Phippsburg Center where he had lived a dozen years. He was born in Whiteboro son of John and Mary Havener and is survived by another daughter Mrs Clarence McCabe North Andover Mass and eight grandchildren
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Alpheus B. Havener
Bath
Irving Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Whiteboro
John
Mary Havener
Harrington
Clarence McCabe
North Andover
Mass
Lang Co. transfers granite polishing mill to Addison New York firm moves western Washington county operations
The Frank T. Lang Co. moves its big granite polishing mill to Addison, New York from western Washington county. Mechanical work is done in Addison while the office and sales force stay in New York. Full transfer will take about a year, with many jobs created year round once machinery operates.
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Washington County
Frank T. Lang Co
New York
Addison
United States
Lang Company
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