Forty Years Ago in Bath A City Chronicle Roundup
Items from The Bath Daily Times dated July 22 1891 report the Bradley yacht Etta visiting Bath with Five Islands party rail work for Moulton K&L extension ready Fred Davenport to clerk at Hatchs Shoe Co Harry Donnell to launch schooner next Saturday Fred Sewall sails south aboard Carrie A Lane for health improvements sailors from the wrecked Monhegan voyage arrive Three of the Universalist Sunday school singers and local clerks change positions Junior League Wesley church picnic seven Bath boys fish at Birch Point Meonday Lena F Dixon ashore on Monhegan rescued by Knickerbocker at sea Circus band and performers to Boston Gagadahoc Court Foresters excursion Bath Iron Works football vs Westbrook champions of Maine schedule and ticket price 15c Moonlight excursion to Popham on Nahanada 200 attendees dance 75 couples Capt Swains 11 year old son breaks arm additional local notes
Moonlight excursion and social events in Bath
On July 23 1891 a moonlight excursion and dance occur at Popham while coal laden schooners bound for Bath are noted. Local groups plan sociables and temperance meetings with a busy week of church concerts and sporting events.
Fred Butler sells team to Ed Cornish in South End
July 24, 1991 reports Fred Butler selling his team to Ed Cornish in the South End this week. Brooks orchestra played at a moonlight dance in Popham last evening. A Woolwich York child had the end of a finger jammed in a car door this week. Capt Nelson Ham is recovering from a prior shock. L B Swett attended and was elected a member at the Maine Pharmaceutical Association annual meeting in Portland on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Butler
Ed Cornish
South End
Brooks Orchestra
Popham
York
Woolwich
L. B. Swett
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Portland
Bath Juniors and Richmond team play ball at athletic grounds
July 25 1891 reports the Bath Juniors versus Richmond at the athletic grounds this afternoon. Also notes a new saw mill at Bath Iron Works built of corrugated iron to be fire proof and local merchants association activity led by L W Carter of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richmond
Athletic Grounds
Bath Iron Works
Moonlight sail planned by Long Beach Engine Co No 2
July 27 1891 notices report Long Beach Engine Co No 2 plans a moonlight sail and dance at Popham next month. Other items note a Chinese laundrymen reunion with supper, Edison phonograph exhibition at Wesley M E church, a small lumber schooner going ashore then refloating, and local events including organ recital tickets, temperance meetings, and shipbuilding contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach Engine Co. No
Popham
District Convention of Knights of Labor Held Here Today
Scott Gray reports a district convention of the Knights of Labor met in the city at a neat lunch room on Front street while a Universalist excursion to Togus is noted as another item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Gray
Front Street
Knights of Labor
Band Concert Promised For Next Friday By Togus Band
A Togus band will tender a band concert next Friday. A snake was found in a water pipe at a Center street store yesterday. E J Pask traveled to Small Point with a four horse team to meet a Portland party and escort them to Morses Mountain. George Hunt and F P Sprague accompanied the party. The steamer Percy V resumed Bath to Popham service, greeted by the Popham Summer colony. William E Avery returned from Boston and furniture for his barber shop arrives tomorrow as he plans to open next Saturday. Two Raymond Court ladies blueberryed and picked about 20 quarts in three hours. Marine railway work progresses with three tracks added and 40 feet of extension to haul out large vessels. New rail fittings and chains described. William Plummer stopped driving the hack team, noting livery business profits. Charles Kelley drives Norton’s team. Seth W Kellett and Mrs Rachel Mason appear on city clerk’s books for 11 days of registration. The prolonged inactivity suggests young people struggles with record-keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth W. Kellett
Rachel Mason
Fred F. Brackley
Sebasco
Hazel Brand
Evelyn Fraser
Malden
Mass
A. B. Scott
Green Street
Martha
Emma Hooper
Philadelphia
Elwood Hodgkins Jr
Elizabeth Hodgkins
Harold McAfee
Portland
Happy Neck
Ernest Ward
Thomas K. Haley
Colbroad
Trevett
Katheryn Campbell
Marston Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Madeline Bragg
Springfield
Evelyn Redlon
West Bath
Miss Redlon
Anna Wing
Wayne
Earl Wing
North Bath
Everett Wing
Wing
Oaklane
Maurice Roderick
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Carl T. Meister
Park Street
Portsmouth
N. H
H. Stanley Peterson
William J. Campbell
D. D
Atlanta Theological Seminary
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Williston
Rachel Upham
Morris Upham
Weston
Alice Clark
Upham
Paul B. Davis
Freeman A. Trott
Cotteau
Sabine
Thomas J. Cummings
Edwin E. Powers
Carl C. Anderson
Walter Hill
Bath
Paul Bagdikian
Anieta
O. T. Club
Roscoe Higgins
Happy Nook
Burton Fuller
Melrose
Elwood Hodgkins
Ruth
Frank Sparks
Brunswick
Stephen McPhee
Arthur Norton
Ralph Whitehouse
Elmer Sidelinger
Arthur Oliver
Eugene McGrath
Howard C. Larrabee
Howard Larrabee
Baltimore
Kenneth Dodsee
Jay Dodge
Dodge
Gladys Clark
Larrabee
Morse High
Kenneth Dodge
Johns Hopkins University
Betty Robson
William Robson
Cottage Street
Alonzo Parks
James Farnham
Barbara Ring
Lifelong friend recalls John L. Stoddard lectures
A tribute to John L. Stoddard notes his career as an illustrated travel lecturer spanning over twenty years. He visited many cities, produced educational yet entertaining talks, and published volumes of his lectures. He lived with his wife in Villa Stoddard on Lake Como after retiring from the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ative American
Lothrop Stoddard
London Spectator
John Stoddard
Italian Alps
Lake Como
Stoddard
Mussolini
Bath Social Roundup Brims With Guests and Travel
Personal notices from Bath detail visits and trips of residents and visitors. Families like the Brackleys at Sebasco and the Hoopers heading to Philadelphia are noted alongside outings to Augusta and Portsmouth. Several Bath residents host guests and motor to nearby towns while clergy and educators stop by, creating a mosaic of social activity. Little Betty Robson’s fifth birthday is celebrated with a pastel themed party, games, and a doll gift set, highlighting community ties and local hosts.
Comment on Cost and Exile in Omar W. Folsom Letter
In a letter Omar W. Folsom laments inability to find a comfortable home in the United States for himself and his wife as the country remains costly. He imagines an optimist buying his property for far less, and quips about “cranial elephantiasis” as a dig at Mussolini. The note ends with “To be concluded.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Omar W. Folsom
Brunswick Elder Melissa H. Jordan Dies at 93
Melissa H. Jordan 93 born in Bath died Saturday at her Brunswick home on Pleasant Street. She moved to Brunswick 74 years ago and married Barton R. Jordan. Daughter of James G. and Rebekah M. Crawford of Bath with Civil War era roots. Oldest member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Brunswick and charter member of the Saturday Club and the Three Quarter Century Club. Funeral 2.30 Monday at her home with Rev. J Edward Lombard of Iowa officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa H. Jordan
Bath
Pleasant Street
Brunswick
Barton R. Jordan
James G
Rebekah M. Crawford
Thomas Crawford
Methodist Episcopal Church of
J. Edward Lombard
Iowa
John O McBean 67 Dies After Operation at City Hospital
John O McBean 67 resident of this city for 15 years died Friday morning at City Hospital two days after an operation. He worked in Hyde Windlass Co propeller department and was born in Calais to Daniel and Sarah McBean. Survived by wife Isa daughter Eva Antworth of Waterville and five grandchildren Ida Herbert Edna Carl Vinton Antworth, all of Waterville. He was a Mason and Methodist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ©. McBean
City Hospital
Mr. McBean
Hyde Windlass Co
Calais
Daniel
Sarah Collins McBean
Isa
Eva Antworth
Waterville
Ida
Herbert
Edna
Carl
Vinton Antworth
McBean
Methodist Church
Mrs. Annette Rullmann 73 Bath Resident Dies After Illness
Mrs. Annette C. Rullmann 73, wife of Otto F. Rullmann, died Saturday night after a long illness. Born in Bath to Thomas L. Nichols and Marietta Donnell Nichols, she lived in Bath and was active in the First Church of Christ Scientist. Survived by her husband, three daughters, two sisters, and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette C. Rullmann
Otto F. Rullmann
Bath
Thomas L
Marietta Donnell Nichols
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Arthur R. Chadbourne
Fairhaven
Mass
Harod FE
Richards 17 dies at home on McMahon Road
Christy Ann Richards aged 17 died Thursday at her home on the McMahon road in Five Islands. She was born in Lunenburg Nova Scotia, daughter of Nathan and Augusta Hebb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Ann Richards
McMahan Road
Five Islands
Lunenburg
N. S
Nathan and
Augusta Hebb
Chester C. Meuse Funeral Held in Portland
The funeral for Chester C. Meuse who died after injuries from a North Bath woods accident nine weeks earlier was held Monday at 2 30 P M at his parents 53 Chestnut Street. Rev Forest L Littlefield officiated with Mrs Charles R Sims and Miss Helen Sims singing. Bearers included Charles Thing Forest Potter Gustav Meister and Harry Muckle. Burial followed at Oak Grove with out of town relatives William King and Mrs King among those attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester C. Meuse
Portland
North
Bath Woods
Frank Muse
Chestnut Street
Forest L. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
Charles R. Sims
Helen Sims
Charles Thing
Forest Potter
Gustav Meister
Harry Muckler
Oak Grove
Mr. Muse
William King
Mrs. King
Appleton Kin Sues Over Bath Estate Heir List
John Sparhawk Appleton of Hollywood California represents in the Sagadahoc Probate Court that Mary H. P. Appleton died March 20 1931 in Bath Maine testate leaving estate to be administered. She left no widow and heirs include John Sparhawk Appleton son and others listed with residences and relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sarabahor
John Sparhawk Appleton
Hollywood
California
Mary H. P. Appleton
Bath
Dorthy L. Campbell
Mary E. Appleton
New York City
A.D
Los Angeles
R. B. Henn
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Walter S. Glidden
Bowdoinham Names Gobe and Strout Portland Residents
Mabel Gobe and Janice Strout, both of Portland, are named in a local Bowdoinham context. The notice highlights their connection to the town and correspondence with regional records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Mabel Gobe
Janice Strout
Portland
Harmon Pennell, Bath Iron Works worker, dies at 55
Harmon Pennell 55 longtime Bath Iron Works employee died at his North Harpswell home Monday. He was born in Harpswell to David and Ellen Pennell and is survived by wife, twin sons Everett and Elliot, a sister Mrs. Seymour Pinkham of Portland, and relations. He belonged to Fort George Lodge Knights of Pythias First Parish Congregational Brunswick and Central Church Men’s Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Pennell
Bath Iron Works Corp
North Harpswell
Pennell
David
Ellen Rogers Pennell
Harpswell
Everett
New York City
Elliot
Washington, D. C
Seymour Pinkham
Portland
Fort George Lodge
Knights of Pythias
First Parish Congregational Church
Brunswick
Men’s Club of
Central Church
City
Louise Fischbeck 84 dies in Maine summer home
Louise M Fischbeck widow of Herman Fischbeck of Baltimore dies Tuesday morning at her Summer home in Sheepscot Maine. Born Batavia New York daughter of John and Helen Minkle she had been in Maine about two months. Daughter Mrs Helen Guth of Baltimore present. Prayers Wednesday afternoon four body to be sent to Baltimore then to California for burial with husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Fischbeck
Herman Fischbeck
Baltimore
Sheepscot
Batavia
N. Y
John
Helen Minkle
Maine
Helen Guth
California
Service for Mrs. Annette C. Rullmann Held at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Annette C. Rullmann wife of Otto C. Rullmann were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 at her home 625 High Street A Christian Science service was read by Roland J Sawyer of Brunswick A profusion of flowers accompanied bearers Donald Small Arthur R Chadbourne of Fairhaven Mass Shirley Foster of Augusta and Harold F Cutting Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette C. Rullmann
Otto C. Rullmann
625
High Street
Roland J. Sawyer
Brunswick
Donald Small
Arthur R. Chadbourne
Fairhaven
Mass
Shirley Foster
Augusta
Harold EF. Cutting
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Amy Carney in Grand Rapids
The funeral for Amy Carney daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Carney of Grand Rapids Michigan was held Friday at 11 AM at her grandfather Henry A Magoun's Green Street home. Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Church conducted the service and burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Carney
Harry Carney
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry A. Magoun
Green Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Cnured
Oak Groy
J O McBean Rites Held At Home
The funeral for John O. McBean was held Sunday afternoon at two at his home 426 Washington Street with bearers William S. Dow George S Lincoln Charles Sessions and Arthur Buzzell. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. McBean
Washington Street
William S. Dow
George S. Lincoln
Charles Sessions
Arthur Buzzell
Oak Grove
Car oline launch attracts crowds at Iron Works
A formal ceremony at Iron Works previews the Car oline launch with the Old Town reservation chief and two sons in full regalia among hundreds of spectators. Miss Emily Choate of Malden formerly Bath, returns after a week at Sabine and is connected with the Waldorf Restaurant system in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Emily Choate
Malden
Mass
Bath
Thorpe Cottage
Sabine
Choate
Boston
The
Waldorf Restaurant System
Petition for Administration of Leland R. Mitchell Estate
Susan G. Mitchell of Bath Maine petitions Sagadahoc County Court for administration of Leland R. Mitchell who died intestate May 2 1931 in Bath. She lists heirs Edith M. Fulton of Portland and Merjorie E. Hopkins of Bath and asks appointment without bond with assent of interested adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Susan G. Mitchell
Bath
Leland R. Mitchell
Edith M. Fulton
Pinestreet
Portland
Merjorie E. Hopkins
Roscoe P. McFadden
F. Eaton
Isaiah King
Annie F. Eaton
Dedicate Replica of Knox House Honors Revolutionary Service
A newspaper snippet notes a dedicate replica of the Knox House and calls for renewal and permanent retention to honor the deeds and service of a prominent Revolutionary period gentleman. It emphasizes respect and continued remembrance in Montpelier's memory base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox House
Montpelier
Sword donated for Montpelier restoration by Knox Memorial
Governor Gardiner informs Hon. Thurston that a sword found during Montpelier restoration is to be placed in the retired Montpelier. The weapon, kept at Fort William Henry for years, is being entrusted to the Knox Memorial Association for permanent display in Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Raymond E. Thurston
Kxnex Memorial Association
Rockland
Thurston
Montpelier
Charles Robinson
Warren
Maine
Robinson
Knox House
Oklahoma seeks extradition for Stockemer embezzlement case
Henry B Stockemer 29 of Pine Valley Oklahoma official telegram says he is wanted on embezzlement charges and held in Bangor Maine awaiting extradition. He is jailed on drunken driving leaving scene of accident and concealed weapons charges. An 18 year old girl with him is held as material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Stockemer
Pine Valley
Coal and Mumber
Bangor
Oklahoma
Stockener
Pirl
Pine Bluff
Storkener
Camp Azaloa Girls Camp Directors and Leaders Listed
Camp Azaloa for girls linked to Ocean Park School of Methods directed by Rev. Ferdinand F. Peterson of Portland has 99 attendees including 88 girls and 11 councilors from New England. Mrs Mabel Hall Hardy of Waltham Mass is director and Dr Clarence H. Frank of Wolaston, Mass leads the chapel. Girls aged 12 to 15.
Funeral for Private Alfred Gould at Skowhegan church
The funeral for Private Alfred Gould of the 5th Infantry U S A who was killed by a landslide digging a ditch at Fort Williams Portland was held at Notre Dame de Lourdes church Skowhegan with Rev Alban Michaud officiating. Burial followed at Calvary cemetery. Norman E Whitney in his first year as mayor of Bangor will not seek a second term and has no further statements at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gould
5Th Infantry
U.S.A
Fort Williams
Portland
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Skowhegan
Alban Michaud
Calvary Cemetery
Norman E. Whitney
Bangurr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Bradley
Etta
Moulton K. &L
Fred Davenport
Hatch
Harry Donnell
Fred Sewall
Carrie A. Lane
Monhegan
Howard B. Johnson
R. P. Ham
Maria Wiggin
Universalist
Seith Norton
Johnson Bros
Junior League of
Wesley Church
Grove
Birch Point Meonday
Charles Moulton
John Moulton
Walter Higgins
James Clark
Ed Hennessey
Roscoe McFadden
Ralph Mason
Lena F. Dixon
Menhegan
Charles Morse
Harper Bros. European Circus
Kennebec
Misses Kitty“Luce
Hattie Reed
Gagadahoc Court of Foresters
Westbrook
Sacarrappa
Young Men's Christian Association
North and
Lincoln Streets
G. D. Morse
Saco
Biddefords
Biddeford
Nahanada
Capt. Swain
North End
Thorn
Wescott
Curtis
Universalist Church
the Temperance Union
Corliss and
Winter Street
Frank Parks
Squirrel Island
Orphans
Lennox
Julia S. Bailey
J. A. Whitmore
IL A
Harris
Wallace E. Shaw
Holman Dunning
Harry
Randall O Meriden
Pleasant Point
Brown
McTeer
Duncan
Myra Rice
M. F. Duncan
F. H. Twitchell
J. O. Lincoln
Hyde Light Guards
Western Avenue
Nelson Ham
L. W. Carter
Ehawe
Acadia Lodge
Upper Hells Gate
B. T. Newman
Percy & Mitchell
Charles Bowers
Bride
Benjamin Brown
Front Streets
Lena Dixon
Boothbay
Portland Marine Railway
William J. Shaw
Bath Savings Institution
Shaw
Edison
Wesley M. E. Church
Bluff Head
Norris
Jimmy Wright
Harry E. Duncan
Central Quartet
Shaw's
William Liberty
W. M. Lake
Center Street
Winter
Corliss Street
Young People's
Kelley & Spear
Capt. Jacobs
New Jersey
W. W. Pendexter
Kings
Togus
Togus Band
E. J. Pask
Small Point
Morses Mountain
George Hunt
F. P. Sprague
Percy V
Perkins
William E. Avery
Raymond Court
William Plummer
Hacking
Charles Kelley
John Norton
Bost
Washington Evening Star
John L. Stoddard
Alps
Mrs
Annette
Rullmann
Calif
William F. Dunham
Sagadahoc. Ss
Sagadahoe
William S. Shorey
Joseph E. Sewall
Seaid
Walter
Glidden
J. O. M'Bean
Daniel Williams
Harriet L. Johnson
Walter 8S
Liam F. Dunham
James
Winifred Crane
James D. Crane
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Susan Jane Perkinstate
Walter S. Gliddren
Sagadab. Ss
Sagorlishoc
Cora
Corliss
Sagadahor
Matthew N. Clark
Mary F. Clark
Nancy FP. Richardson
Mary B. McDonald
Nancy F. Richardson
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