Forty Years Ago in Bath 1893 Bath Daily Times Capsule
May 24 1893 notes Captain J R Kelley departs for business in Boston and New York. Bath Cycle Club holds a meeting in new rooms. Bath capitalists visit Popham Beach with surveyor Corliss. Machias arrives at Woodward's wharf to prepare for a trial. Thomas Plant buys the George Tucker house on Center Street. Public petition supports reappointing Capt Kittridge to the Bath police force. North Street in mud improvements. Sagadahock club drain cited as nuisance. Knights of Pythias plans rank work. many new members joining. Boat Machias upgrades spark optimism about Bath gunboat performance. Executive session anticipated regarding electric car matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy V
Popham Beach
Bath
Corliss
Bath Cycle Club
Front Street
Norwich Steamer Nearing Completion At Iron Works
May 25, 1893 report notes the Norwich steamer framing nearly finished at the Iron Works amid rising river traffic thanks to favorable weather. The Spartan undergoes first repairs since launch at Houghton wharf while Sewall's iron framing progresses. Memorial Day events and local society meetings are announced with details on ovation, cemetery services, Elm street church, and Y M C A annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
The
Iron Works
W. E. Hogan
Alameda
Elm Street
T. F. White
Early May 26 1893 Harbor News Weathers and Passages
May 26 1893 and the harbor scene includes Alma Palmer aboard the Kennebec for a short visit to the Hub. The Percy W. to be ready next week may connect with Popham beach daily. The Andrew Adams discharges coal at the Maine Central wharf while the Lawrence Haines does so at the Eastern Steamboat wharf. FE Swett progresses in health but remains sightless. Boothbay boats land at K S B Co wharf as Marshal Minott sails for Boston. Captain Crocker persists in the mix of activity and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Haines
May 27 1893 Updates From Town Headlines
May 27 1893 notices report Miss Kate Thistle visiting from Boston, Miss Jennie Harvey hosting a card party, and local fishing trips by Dr H A Bates and George H York at Sebago Lake. Windy hull chores on Herald of the Morning and Vilora M Hopkins repair at Rogers yard. First National Bank replaces brownstone front. Four master Benjamin Van Brunt to railway next week. Football game Sewall's vs Hyde's on old grounds with small admission for charity. Ladies Relief Corps elect officers. King Philip steamer completed at New England yard, trial run shows one hour ten minutes. Painters finishing touches. launch expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
New England
Cox
Local Maine Rail Work Faces Soft Ground Delays
May 29, 1893 report notes the Maine Central railroad near Wiscasset struggles with soft earth as earth is dumped, with a bottom likely somewhere. Hay shortages persist in Bath while rains spur rapid grass growth promising a large harvest. Woolwich roads yield high prices. In other items, Frank Trask injures his eye at Stetson plate glass work. A. C. Shorey hosts a complimentary supper at hotel Glenwood. Revera Seth Rowe reports improvements in President Davenport of Squirrel Island and his Stockholm-like summer role aboard the steam yacht Carita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Wiscasset
Bath
Woolwich
Seth Rowe
A. H. Davenport
Boston
Boothbay
President Davenport
Squirrel Island
Malden
Mr. Rowe
Three Men Return From Canada Fire Scene Tour
Arthur W. Hall Clifford White and James A Comeau came back Sunday night from a motor trip to Canada.They visited Calais and Ellsworth on the way seeing the fire ruins and arrived in time to witness the Ellsworth fairgrounds fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Hall
Clifford White
James A. Comeau
Canada
Calais
Ellsworth
Ellsworth Fair Grounds
Leadership Conference Shapes Local YMCA Youth
Philip H. Oliver emerged as a standout YMCA leader, directing North Grammar basketball and aiding the Dike-North baseball project. The State YMCA Leadership Conference runs June 24 to July 1, with expectations of about 25 attendees from the town, featuring camp activities, swimming, boating, hiking, and athletics. Harold and Richard McElman, Ernest Sarkis, Elwood Legard, Alfred Parks, and Paul Stinson also contributed to grammar league leadership and YMCA programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Oliver
Y.M.C.A
North Grammar Boys
Dike-North Combine
McElman
Harold
Richard
Ernest Sarkis
Y.M.C.A. Grammar School
Elwood Legard
Afred Parks
Paul Stinson
Miss Shaw Pupil Recital Delights Parents at Home
A Thursday evening recital by Miss Carrie E. Shaw's piano pupils was held at 18 Green Street. The program featured a wide range of pieces including The Cricket and the Bumblebee, Dancing Sprites, The Viking Ship, Hussars duet, Peach Blossom Waltz, March of the Gingerbread Man, Babes in the Woods, Flying Moths, and Vocal Solos among others, with students such as Edward Sewall Jr, Barbara Freeman, Bilbro, Bilbro Shrudgorli, and Mary Bates contributing notable performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie E. Shaw
Miss Shaw
Green Street
Templeton
Chadwick
Edward Sewall, Jr
Barth mVentides
Ralphe
Barbara Freeman
Caen Williams
Nancy Hyde
Hearter
Sherman Leah Merrill
The
Hussars
Ganscals
Patricia
Barbara Trott
Maxim
Engleman
Eleanor Wilson
Yourestep
Williams Birds Cng
Ess Spaulding
Patricia Sewall
Cowles
Mary Hodgkins
Lynes
Naples
Friml
Dorothy White
Biremiés
Grant Shaefer
Carpenter Mary Bates
Borowski
Edith Mackinnon
Robinswreburn
Rye Fisher
Nevin
Elizabeth Butterfield
SWANS
Palmgren
Wood Jane Donnell
Y M C A Camp to Open Despite Funding Cut
The Y M C A Boys camp will open Saturday July 1 with many Bath boys expected. Cuts to annual camp funding halve free admissions, reducing the number of financially assisted youths. Sam Ward loaned a bolt tie for iron rods used to strengthen chairs, and chairs and dishes have been lent to local groups as community service. Leadership Conference plans grow with a likely large turnout, and teams must obtain entrance blanks and league constitutions at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ward
Ters
Isabella
The
Thespians
Salvation Army
New Farm Act Aids Maine Milk Producers
Extension Service director Arthur L. Deering says the agricultural emergency bill mainly affects milk and milk products in Maine. He notes the dairy market chaos near Boston and that Washington seeks a unified procedure under new legislation. A five member state advisory panel is proposed, including the Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Extension Director, Chief Justice, and a farmer. Further details will be shared with Maine citizens as information becomes available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Arthur L. Deering
Extension Service
Roosevelt
Boston
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Commissioner of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Nature Ramble Describes Birds and Blooms at Heald Home
An evening in spring with mackerel sky and peach clouds sets a tranquil scene. Birds such as swallows finches wrens bluebirds and grosbeaks appear around 6 Mechanic Street where Ernest B Heald and family maintain a two apartment bird friendly yard. Lady slippers wild violets and domestic violets brighten trails and gardens as neighbors note ongoing squabbles between competing bird families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Heald
Mechanic Street
Nurses Celebrate Training Completion at Bath City Hospital
Nurses were honored for completing a three year training program at Bath City Hospital. President Thebeaux praised their hard work and urged confidentiality in patient care. Trustees and alumni hosted a reception with staff and relatives present. The piece also notes the Pine Tree academy in South Auburn closing after 11 years with Karl F. Ambs as principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thebeaux
Bath
Thebeau
Byron F. Barker
William S. Newell
J. R. Andrews
Mary F. Gibbons
Auburn
Pine Tree Academy
South Auburn
New England
Karl F. Ambs
Fire at Community Hall in South Gardiner Causes Minor Damage
Early Friday a fire was found at the Community hall in South Gardiner. Henry Jordan, a Maine Central crossing tender, alerted the district department. Chief Earl R. Dutton suspects a smoldering cigarette in sawdust near the hall started the fire. Damage remained small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Gardiner
Henry Jordan
Maine Central Crossing
District Department
Earl R. Dutton
Winnegance Tops South End in Pitcher’s Duel at Morse Field
Winnegance breaks into the win column with a 3 1 victory over South End at Morse’s field. Brewster allows two singles including Sprague’s homer for South End’s lone run. Sprague goes deep for the visitors. Pitching duel ends with Winnegance scoring twice in the sixth to secure the win. A second fable-like tale narrates two ducks Joe and Josephine wandering from a farm to a waterside life with devoted companionship and coastal visitors observing them daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Morse's Field
South End
Brewster
Dave Sprague
Winneyance
Sprague
Joe
Josephine
King's Deck
North End
Old Baseball Adorns Morse High Trophy Cabinet
Morse High School celebrates its first ever victory over Cony as Leon Buck, the pitching ace, struck out the final Cony batter at Augusta. A plain baseball now sits in the trophy display, recording the score and the historic win after more than a quarter century of Morse-Cony meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Leon Buck
Morse
Augusta
Cony
Morse High Track Team Drops Entry to KV League Meet
Morse High School boys will not enter the Kennebec Valley League meet in Waterville next weekend after a short season. The girls may compete and impressed in one meet, routing Rockland. The Twilight league opens with a meeting on Monday June 5 at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Waterville
Morse
Rockland
Lincoln Academy
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Colby
Twilight League
Executrix to file final account in Bath Probate Court
In Sagadahoc county Bath on May seventeenth 1933 Rose F executrix of Edgar Carlton Murphy deceased presents first and final account for allowance. Court orders publication of three week notice in Bath Independent urging interested parties to appear June second 1933 at nine o clock to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Judge Walter S Glidden. Attest Register William F Dunham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Rose—F
Edgar Carlton Murphy
Melville H. Blackwell
Amos K. Butler
Ac Ee
Peris
Said
State OF Maine
A. D
John J. Keegan
Mary A. Woods
Bath Independent
Walter S. Glidden
Harry F. Morse
Charles W. Morse
Havin
D. Wylie Lemont
Sarah E. Lemont
Walter
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Register
William A. Todd
William O. Oliver
Georgetown
Benny Frates Wins Bath Bowling Honors
Richard Benny Frates led the Park Alley League bowlers for the season with a 93.1 average. Ralph Small finished second with 92.5 after joining late, while Melzard earned second honors with a 92.3 average for bowlers who completed the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Benny” Frates
Park Alley
Ralph Small
Melzard
Senator Baxters Cop Honors In Bowling
The Park Alley Bowling League finished its schedule with the Senator Baxters securing the championship in their first year. The margin was one game ahead of the Firemen, who trailed the Willows by a single game. Shamrocks stayed in the first division, three and a half games behind the Willows. Steeves Market led the second division by a comfortable margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Alley
Senator Baxters
Firemen
Willows
Shamrocks
Steeves Market
Will of Martha E. Shaw Presented for Probate in Sagadahoc
Melville H. Blackwell of Brunswick petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to prove and admit the will of Martha E. Shaw who died April 27 1933 at Bath leaving Ida J. Shaw of Oakland California as sole heir and requests Letters Testamentary be issued to him without bond. Notice is ordered by the court to be published in the Bath Independent for three weeks to allow interested parties to appear on June 6 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Melville H. Blackwell
Brunswick
Cumberland County
Martha E. Shaw
Bath
Testate
Ida J. Shaw
Oakland
Calif
Alice L. Morse
Minnie M. Casey
Alice I. Morse
William G. Perow
San Francisco
Benjamin Perow
Brooklyn
N. Y
Augustus Perow
A. D
Military Mock Trial Set for Thursday at G A R Hall
A Military Mock Trial sponsored by the Auxiliary to Frigate Constitution post 2197 V F W will convene Thursday at eight in the G A R hall on Middle street. A small admission will be charged with jurors drawn from the audience. charge concerns a soldier found asleep at his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution Post
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Percy Kingsbury
Christopher J. Cushing
William F. Swain
George Burns
Probate notices from Sagadahoc Court of Probate 1933
Guardians and administrators in Sagadahoc submit first and final accounts for Bath area estates. Orders require publication in the Bath Independent three weeks and a June 6 probate appearance to show cause why accounts should not be allowed. Attest registers, judges, and administrators named.
Probate Notice appoints Viola Fuller executrix in Bath
On May ninth, the Probate Court for Saga County appoints Viola M. Fuller of Bath as Executrix without bond of the estate of N. Augustus Celeste of Bath. Fuller accepts the trust on the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola M. Fuller
Bath
Adahoc
N. Augustus Cellate
Saga
Viola M. Puller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
J. R. Kelley
New York
Nelson Washburn
Carver
Mass
J. G. Washburn
Walter Potter
Machias
Portsmouth
Woodward’s
George Tucker
Center Street
Thomas Plant
Lynn
Plant
Massachusetts
Kittridge
Sagadahock Club
Times
Patten Lodge, K. of P
Order
North Street
High
Middle
Houghton
Sewall's
David O. Foye
Charles Freeman
Washington Street
Mr. Freeman
Center Street Hill
Alma Palmer
Kennebec
Percy W
Andrew Adams
Maine Central Railroad
FE. P. Swett
Marshal Minott
Capt. Crocker
Kate Thistle
Jennie Harvey
Herald of the Morning
M. W. Sewall
H. A. Bates
George H. York
Sebago Lake
George H. Clark
Abbie
Vinalhaven
Vilora M. Hopkins
Rogers’ Yard
Elbridge Soule
First National Bank
Benjamin van Brunt
Sewall’s
Hyde
Ladies Relief Corps
John Wiggin
Frank Eaton
John Potter
E. T. Mitchell
C. B. Parris
Frank Trask
Stetson
A. C. Shorey
Hotel Glenwood
Snider Club
Moody
Louise Calderwood
Mary Bates
Saint Saens
Chopin
Department of Agriculture
Wrens and
Bluebirds
W. Perry
Perkins
J. Wilson
A. Morse
Winnegance Ab
Perry
Abs
Ewer Eee
Williams
Peers
Brewster P Freer
Rogers
Perkins Rf
Burgess Lg
Brown
South End Ab
Hunter
Cena
Boutin Bruce
Donnell
D. Sewart
Chaney
J. Stewart
Moore
Rene
Winnegaunce
M.H.S
Benny Frates
St P.F. Ave
Frates Wwe Eee
Trask Wie Td
T. Burns
Puilia Theme
Eurekas
Wanderers
P.C Baxters
Willows Peet
Shamrocks Tee
Steeves Market Weer
Wanderers Correcttebooes
Walter 5S. Glidden
Dag
William F. Ca
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