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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1927

Page

7

Forty Years Ago in Bath Era Highlights and Events

Readable note from The Bath Daily Times dated June 8 1887 recounts local life in Bath Maine. Mentions a strawberry festival at Elm Street Baptist church Premi J M Brown selling Maine Central restaurant to M H Shaw Abbie Brackett on telegraph duty vacation Minnie Kilgore in charge Lewis Side added to night watch street grade raise on Center Street Young People’s Literary society entertaining Phat Rascal Pat Shrewsbury steamer voyage to New York and various town affairs including baseball plans river traffic and local incidents

Young People’s Literary Society of the Universalist Church

Town Notes and Civic Happenings in Portland

On June 10 1887 a promised new brick sidewalk would run from Webbers to the Sagadahock along Front street. Wesley M E church prepares extensive Children's Day decorations for next Sunday. Mayor Wakefield and President Twitchell of the Common Council visited Portland yesterday. A Bath Water Works pipe schooner sailed last Tuesday. Portland Commandery K T with Chandler’s band and about one hundred prominent Portians attended as Coeur DeLion Commandery of Charlestown Mass with Boston Cadet band.

Front Street Webber's Sagadahock Wakefield Twitchell Common Council Portland Portland Commandery K. T Chandler Coeur DeLion Commandery Charlestown Mass Boston

June 13 1887 local items among wedlock and town works

Capt Foster and Miss Nellie Gibbs to wed tomorrow in Rockland.RB Hathorn to build a house on High street next to Crosbys. Timber for the project hauled to the site. The steamer Jessie Ti of the Kennebec and Portland line visited Bath on its first Kennebec run delivering freight for Bath merchants. About 80 tons for upriver towns. John F. Roberts is Bath agent. Wesley church festively decorated for graduation exercises by the High School class and parish members. Sun day school pastor Rev. Hill preached to children and evening exercises by the children. A large crowd filled the church for the tests of faith. The vote on freeing two bridges in Sagadahoe county failed 385 to 388.

Foster Rockland Nellie Gibbs South End Jessie Ti Kennebec Portland City Wharf Bath Bath Landing John F. Roberts Wesley Church Wesley Hill

Temperance Slowdown and Bath Templar Day Plans

June 14 1887 reports temperance interest waning in Bath Lodge of Good Templars but a large meeting kept the club intact and financially sound. Knights Templar Bath prepare for a staged event with Speaker Noyes and Portland guests including J E Sawyer and W E Davis on a special train for the twenty fourth eventful day.

Bath Knights Templar of Noyes Massachusetts Portland J. E. Sawyer W. E. Davis Payson Tucker F. K E. Boothby Yarmouth Junction Here Chandler Band of Boston Cadet Band Dunlap Commandery

Pupil Entertainers Delight Rotarians With Their Program

Ten Bath Center Street sub-primary pupils entertained Bath Rotary Club at Hotel Phoenix with songs, handshakes, and a mini orchestra. Miss Adelaide Boynton led the group, and Harold P. Small performed a Broadway hit on the Brunswick Panatrope. Guests included J. E. Jackson and Mrs. Bradlee.

Center Street Bath Rotary Club Hotel Phoenix Adelaide Boynton Fred D. Hill Rotary Chester A. Plant Harold P. Small Brunswick Panatrope Lucky Lindy Lindbergh Dougherty Rotary Education Fred Full Read Pitman Martha Page Phyllis Darrah Clinton Child Barbara Young Thelma Fogg Margaret Anderson Edward Murchie Ellen Cyr Willard Merrill Miss Boynton Cigers Thomas J. Keene TP. Lorillard Co J. E. Jackson Waterville Mr. Keene Capt William R. Freeman James P. Ledyard City

Massive steel girder lifts bridge height in Kennebec span

A towering steel girder weighing over eighty tons was placed for the Kennebec bridge in Maine on a Monday morning, briefly stayed over the weekend for adjustments. Workers, accustomed to skyscraper work, maneuvered the structure with ease as part of ongoing bridge construction.

Kennebec

Probate petition for admin of Fowler estate in Sagadahoc

Emma J Andrews of Old Orchard Maine petitions the Sagadahoc Probate Court to appoint an administrator for the estate of Frank J Fowler late of Bath who died intestate on April 22 discovering a $20 personal estate. Heirs at law include cousins Emma Andrews George Wildes Nellie Fall and others. hearing set for July 5 1927 in Bath.

Bath Walter S Glidden William F. Dunham State OF Maine Sagadahoc Flora B. Coombs Leighton M. Coombs Irene F. Coombs High Street Mary Low William Weeks R. H. Rich Susan Lincoln D. M. Coombs John W. Weeks Sagadahoc 5S. S James W Coombs Clara W. Cameron Fred M. Coombs Eliza S. Coombs Sagadahve S. S James W . Coombs Frank L. Melaughli Julia P. McLaughlin Sagadahoe S. S. Registry of Deeds George H. Knowles Sagadahoc S. S. Registry of Deeds John T. Palmer James W. Coombs State OF Maine Emma Andrews Old Orchard County of York Frank J. Fowler Sagadahee D. Woz Hkimma J. Andrews George Wildes Nellie Fall Biddeford Fred Winters Sagada Hoe Sai Deceas Eva KE. Morgan Said A. DD Walter S. Glidden Register James Percy North Bergen Hudson New Jersey Martha E. Percy Whippsburg Testate Mark I. Percy August Weider State Sagadahioc Sagadahoe Fridward W. Bridghem Walter H. Melcher Kila E. Sprague Charles H. Melcher Boston W. Bridgham Jyne A. D Edward W. Bridgham Sagedahoe Fred’ N. Lawrence James de Lawrenes Bite Arrawsie Sagadaloe Way Mig Tate Bath Independent Paul County May Sagadahogc Avlelt Henry Nelson Ellen Nelson Insai Sail Jennie M. B. Spinney Clifford Spinney County Charles C. Low Henry Co Standish Sand Walter S. Glidden Ea Eta Rose KB. Leydon Thomas Leydon Fannie PB. Clement of Probate Pears Late Ralph O. Dale Center Street Transat Sidney L. Eaton

Rural Electrification Surges as 2070 Farms Now Serviced

G C Nef, chair of the Rural Electric Service Committee, told the National Electric Light Association in a report on the Million Dollar Pier that 2070 farms in the states received electricity in the past year, with 175 farm uses identified. He noted a near 50 percent three year rise and projected about 1,000,000 farms served by 1938, reaching roughly 50 percent nationwide. Wiring a farmstead averages about 250 dollars.

Nationa Electric Light Association G. Oc Nef United States

Development links agriculture with electric power reform

The report envisions a new era for agriculture and the electric light and power industry. It suggests power tailored for farmers will unlock previously unseen possibilities and become a major factor in future agricultural development, mirroring its rising influence on urban development.

Creditors Meeting Notified for Mugley Bankruptcy

Referee William T. Hall notifies creditors of Alviere J. Mugley of Waldo about a first meeting on July 6 at 1 00 pm in Lincoln county courthouse Wisconsin setting. Creditors may appoint no trustee prove claims examine Mugley and conduct business as needed.

William T. Hall Alviere J. Mugley Waldoboro Lincoln County Court House Wiscasset

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Bath Daily Times Elm Street Baptist Church Premi J. M. Brown Maine Central M. H. Shaw Mr. Brown Abbie Brackett Maine Central Telegraph Office Minnie Kilgore Lewis Side Night Watch Kittridge Marshal Crocker Water Washington Streets Shrewsbury Lowe New York James Lockery Wen Frank Wildes Samoset Broad Street Bath Baseball Association Houghton Water Works Commercial Street William T. Donnell Bath Young Men’s Business Club Pond Island David Wylie West Bath James W. Kelley Eastern Steamboat Co Bath and Boothbay Boothbay Islands Bowdoinham High School Lincoln Street Bath Boys Merrymeeting Arrowsie James Fisk Chappelle Thomas Dillon Rangely Carlton & Gahan Eastern Steamboat Company G. A. Lowe Stedman Fisher Roland Fisher James M. Flannigan Woodward's Wharf Young Fisher Fisher Washington Street Ernest G. Curtis Salem Wesley M. FE. Church Marion Shaw Kennebec Steamboat Co Steadman Fisher Woodward Bath Lodge of Good Templars Lodge North Street Brooks Mark Sewall Poughkeepsie, N. Y Eastman Business College T. W. Hyde G. C. Goss H. W. Swanton A. S. Bosworth J. S. Hyde Gotham Alice M. Minott Phippsbury Center C. V. Minott Eaiots Fese Ee Topsham Wesley M. E Bath’ Water Works RB. W. Hathorn FE. S. Crosbys Tumber Ante Gracea Sagadahoe County Rebekah Gowell Committee On Highways K. of I's Committee On Water Works Mayor ZU A Alia Corliss Street Church Society Popham Hall Frank Patten ID. C. Shaw New Meadows Aelambake City of Shepard Street Miss Adelaide Boynton C. W. Bradlee Providence R. I EF. A. Farrar Bath Street South Portland Eleanor Merrill Bradlee Alice Johnson Raymond Court Boothbay Harbor NEW Gospel Patrol Gospet Arte Mae Bipes New “Gospel Patrol Sapadahoce Maine Central Railroad Company John Shaw Elmer F. Hayes Emma J. Andrews Gadahoc Tarles BR Attes William F. Dunham Frederick J. Hinckley Walter S.lidden William F. Dunstam S Shorey J. Edward Drake Arthur Dlanton Lily George Po Davenport Hite Saul Win S. Shorey J Iwan Drake Arthur J. Dunton William FO Ountlam John Long Woolwich Sagubthoe Thomas Long Woolweh Saggadaloc Sant William FL Dunham Deering Parry G. Deering Saul Willeam FE Dunham Etta M. Gaspey Melrose Sawadahoe Annie M. Rideout Elizabeth G Brown Allan Spear Sagaidahoc Do Ob William Fb. Dunstam Adahoc Angie Clough Morrison Walter Morrison Mlanpshuri Itsail Attes William F. Dunnam Hertha C. Dean George WW. Dean Y Register Harriet A. Grows Brunswick Sacadahoe Alice PL Travis Siuradahoe Harriet al Grows William FO Dunilam Sagadahog John H. Schottler John Hh, Hottler, Jr Miner Saint County Walter St. Gliddi Sidney B. Lermond Enona Ke, Lermond Joseph Bates Swift Suffolk Gertrude M. Swift Ralston Rd Mattapan Hiddeford
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