Bath Daily Times 1894 items mix local events and accidents
Bath readers learn of A C Lermond to open shop over Webber’s drug store. A. H. Brown and wedding at West Bath. hand injury to Willard Delano. street improvements and sewer work. South Street sewer plans. a Raymond reception. a carriage accident at Bert & Harris. Suffolk Club moving to Front and Center. naval style uniforms for city shipping image. Small’s Washington Street improvements. Argonaut Club moonlight sail to Popham on the Damarin.
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The
Argonaut Club
Popham
Damarin
Local Happenings Mix of Repairs Fire Drill and Parties
June 7 1894 reports Farnham works on Houghton house and Sewall street road repair. Spider group paints cottage at Carrying Place. Harry Robbins finger injury update from Iron Works. Express Co leases 13 carrier pigeons bound for Tenant Harbor with arrival uncertain. Birthday party for John K Neagie and Sadie on Front street. Smoke scare at Randall house sheds Excelsior fire narrowly contained. Millard Dunton’s team hauls stone. wagon brakes fail near Centre Street as driver seeks Chase driveway. Neda latina Sescemmeit mentioned.
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North End
Millard L. Dunton
Randall House
Front Street
Geo. Dunton
Samuel Rogers
Centre Street
W. E. Chase
Bath Street Railway Expands Car Service. Willow Street Sewer Reported
The Bath Street Railway ran four cars today to ease extra travel. For ten days workers have been used on the Willow Street sewer project, which was completed yesterday. The sewer runs from the street end.
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Sume
Bath Street Railway
Willow Street
Bath Cycle Club to Run to Freeport Tomorrow
The Bath Cycle Club plans a run to Freeport tomorrow led by organizer Miles Merry with William Rogers laying the keel for the Winslow schooner. Edward Stickney departs next week for Wiscasset to work on the railroad with his horses.
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Bath Cycle Club
Freeport
William Rogers
Miles Merry
Edward Stickney
Wiscasset
Wiscasset and
Quebec
Bath items and probate notices span Sagadahoc court actions
The Bath region details probate matters including executors and administrators for Ida M Eastman Ruth F Coombs and Marcia D Richardson. Notices call for appearances in July 1934 and describe bond details and guardianship steps. Also mentions a Bath High School baccalaureate in Bath Universalist church and Local civic hearings.
Notable arrivals and local notices in Bath city
Dr. P W Roberts arrives in the city and will stay at the Phoenix with his wife and two children moving into a house on South street when ready. Miss Louise Hyde leaves for Salem to be bridesmaid in a cousin's wedding then visit friends in Boston. Bath High School graduation site undecided between opera house at $15 or Central church at $25. The four masted schooner Mabel Bancroft undergoes hull repairs at New England yard after a mishap near Knickerbocker Ice Houses. Many people toured the new Young Men's Christian Association building with an estimated thousand visitors between four and ten thirty. janitor Brooks lit halls and reception committee greeted guests.
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Henry C. Brown
West Bath
Katie B. Brown
John H. McNary
Foxboro
Mass
Annie Wylie
H. S. Lord
N. H. Washburn
P. W. Roberts
the Phoenix
South Street
Louise Hyde
Salem
Boston
Mabel Bancroft
New England
S. J. Macy
Knickerbocker
North Boothbay
Greenleaf
Young Men's Christian Association
Brooks
J F. Stacy
Harry E. Dunton
H. E. Dingley
William Small
Ernest Eagan
Harry Melcher
William McPhail
First Reception Delights Guests in Local Assembly
Alvin Gilmore and Charles Robie officiated in the coat room as decorations donated by churches and the GadA arcans were arranged by the Ladies Auxiliary. A 620 pm concert featured Miss Adams John F. Stacy Miss Harrington and others, with Miss Harrington praised for her reading. Guests toured the junior department where cake coffee and cocoa were served amid flowers and evergreen accents. Secretary Murray received many congratulations on the quarters and success of the event.
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Alvin Gilmore
Charles Robie
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Wat 620
Miss Adams
John F. Stacy
Miss Harrington
Wilson Reelected Head of Bath School Union
Clinton D. Wilson was reelected superintendent of the Bath and West Bath School Union at the annual meeting in Bath Monday night. William L. Skelton was reelected chairman and Mrs. Loring D. Small secretary. The Bath Board of Education also met and elected Eleanor P. Danforth as a teacher. Wilson to pursue instrumental music course. Miss Shaw to lead vocal music. Rev. Wolstenholme to supervise public speaking. Account No. 4 for 535.15 was approved for payment.
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Clinton D. Wilson
Bath and West Bath
Bath
William L. Skelton
Loring D. ‘Small
West Bath
Wilson
Bath Board of Education
Eleanor P. Danforth
Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Morse High School
Farmington Normal
John Grindell
Morse High
Carrie Shaw
George B. Wolstenholme
Woolwich Approves Settlement Plan
Woolwich votes to approve a settlement plan guiding bond issues with a balance near $1,200. Judge Dunton outlines the arrangement involving an uncle of Mr. Blanch, Alfred Ro Ames, linked to a farm at Day's.
Town expects cash from Thwing property and assets sale
The sale of the ferry for 2500 to Ernest Hathorn and the transfer of Weal property and other assets by Mrs. Laura Blanch and Mr. Blanch are aimed at covering a deficit. Carlton Day Reed says about 5000 dollars in cash is expected soon with the remainder from future realizations as the Thwing property, cars and motorboat enter the market. Bondsmen include George M. Stinson Eben Dana Ernest Samuel Albert Hathorn Mrs Laura Blanch John C Preble Cyrus and John Gilmore.
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Ernest Hathorn
Laura Blanch
Carlton Day Reed
Board of Selectmen
Blanch
George M. Stinson
Eben Dana
Ernest
Samuel
Albert Hathorn
John C. Preble
Cyrus
John Gilmore
Nebraska People Visit This Section
West describes drought relief after East arrival and reports improved business in his region with more work and confidence. He notes hog processing tax supports farmers, his bank preserved deposits, and a Maine trip with his daughter who visited Omaha and Cleveland. Greenleaf has read Bath Independent for 49 years.
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West
Bathman invents spark plug substitute and plans Bath plant
Bruce O. Lemoine of 44 Floral street has patent recorded for a thermostatically controlled spark plug unit. The device uses expansion and contraction to maintain a closed gap at start and widen as the engine warms, promising faster speed and lower gas use. Lemoine has orders for thousands and expects Bath manufacturing. Arthur B. Scott of Morse High School reports tests show improved performance over 2,000 miles. Bryce Frye and Harriet Cox plan to run Small Point Beach club house this summer.
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Bruce O. Lemoine
Floral Street
Lemoine
Washington, D. C
Arthur B. Scott
Morse High School
Scott
Bryce Frye
New York
Small Point Beach
Frye
Harriet Cox
Two Farm Bureaus Meet at Montsweag
Nequasset Farm Bureau met with Wiscasset Farm Bureau guests at Montsweag grange hall drawing about 60 members. Barbara Flynt of Augusta demonstrated home electrical appliance use and cooking, with a lunch and a post lunch product distribution due to a late electronics mishap. No business session occurred. Next meeting is a July 11 picnic with date to be announced.
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Nequasset Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Wiscasset Farm Bureau
Barbara Flynt
Augusta
Home Service Department
Central Maine Power Co
Maurice T. Hathorne
Percy Bailey
John Brown
Carolyn D. Wing
Flynt
Loring K. Soule
L. E. Ryan
Guardian of Emma Hathorne Granted Final Account
In Sagadahoc County Court of Probate on June 1934 J Edward Hughes guardian of Emma J Hathorne of Woolwich presented his first and final account for guardianship. An order directs notice to interested parties by publication in the county on the first Tuesday of July at nine o clock in the forenoon to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Walter S Glidden attests this true copy.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Charles C. Low
Susan E. Nichols
State OF Maine
A. D
Teath
Tient
Sagadahoc S.s
Edward W. Bridgham
Ruth F. Coombs
West Bath
Globe Indemnity Company of
New York
Sagaaeees
Walter
Glidden
Winifred J. Bradeen
Edward F. Johnson
Nime
Eaward W. Bridgham
Seendanee
Independent
John L. Baxter
Anita Clark Woodard
Marcia D. Richardson
L. Skelton
Iaid
Ofapa - OB
Winslow Rouse
D.b.n
Elvira Athern
J. Edward Hughes
Emma J. Hathorne
Woolwich
Seguinland Realty Company to Sell Georgetown Property at Public Auction
A 1934 Maine foreclosure sale order directs Seguinland Realty Company to auction extensive Georgetown real estate for debt and costs totaling 160 dollars and 15 cents. The public sale, scheduled June 29, 1934 at 2 PM, will feature multiple parcels including dwelling houses, barns, pastures, and Great Pond property along Harmon's Harbor with detailed bounds and plan references.
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A. D
Sagadahoc
Georgetown
Coenen Corporation
Seguinsand Realty Company
Waterville
Kennebec
Maine
Bhoc
Seguinland Realty Company
J. Blaisdell
L. G. Harber
E. Fields
W. Davis
P. Cromwell
C. W. Lewis
A. Campbell
A. Cromwell
A. K. P. Oliver
Great Pond
W. Lewis
Plan Seguinland Realty Company
Harmon's
Harmon's Harbor
Stephen S. Campbell
Charles W. Lewis
Prudence Cromwell
Robert Lewis
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Sadie
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Gulley Hill
Roger
Ingall
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Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
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Charles P. Hughes
Caroline R. Hughes
Chevy Chase
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Walter S. Glidden
Mary E. W. Safford
Rochester
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Gardiner R
L. Jack
Shacetes
Beatate
Opera House
Bath and West Bath Union
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Montsweag
Milford Oliver
Wiscasset ‘S
David N. Heald
County
Prudence D. Cromwell
Alice M. Campbell
Said Campbell
Mountain Rock
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Harmon’s Harbor
Morse’s Pond
George Harford
Maines
Ebenezer Moore
Wellings
Isaac C. Boynington
Joseph Blaisdell
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Stone School
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John Hinck
Sheepscotver
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William H. Davis
Murphy
Field Et Als
Holland
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J. H. Burleigh
C. E
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Dunham
Burleigh
Alice Campbell
Town Road
Florence Elliot
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Breson
Brook
Rupert Lewis
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Seguinland Hotel
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