Fortieth Years Ago In Bath 1893 Plentiful Local News
Charles Donnell leaves for New York on business. W J Collins welcomes a newborn son. Lermond and Brewster return from Calais. bath drivers receive brass badges. Lucy Andrews visits Washington and Virginia then New York. One lodger at police station freed. Percy V trips Bath to Popham begin tomorrow with two daily runs. Y M C A readers pressed, secretary Murray seeks more. Melcher praised for Bath ship finish. Gardiner steamer tested after engine install. Harrington to Boston for daughter Blanche’s graduation. she accepts a new post. June 15 1893 Annie Williams home from Waltham for vacation. Hilton House landlord Hubbard in town. I W Percy opens Broad street grocery. Sedgwick Relief Corps picnic planned. Furniture and rowboat shipped to Squirrel and Capitol Islands. J Harry McLellan named assistant inspector at Bath Iron Works. Hyde Light Guards practice at new range. Grounding near Winneganee mills. vessel freed at high tide. Captain Dyer of Lizzie Carter home. ship to be repaired at Bath Iron Works. June 17 1893 Mrs Willis of Augusta visiting Skillings family. Sawyer residence on Dummer street nearing completion. Trott seeks clothing for distribution. Universalist twilight services start 6 15 pm. Partridge nest found with 11 eggs. incubated now ten chicks. Islander at Gardiner for repairs. Owl yacht trial run. Fred Moore stabbed in Bath to Gardiner crossing. in critical condition. Work’s horse frightened by dog fight, bites and runs. New Church group enjoyed ride to Small Point and picnic at Dr Anderson’s. Secretary Murray invited to Springfield Y M C A commencement. Maine has two graduates.
Residents, renovations mark mid June town notes
On June 16 1893 F E Hooper returned from Augusta on a Thursday night Pullman. James Murray of South Gardiner has moved to the city. Patten lodge plans a regular meeting tonight with three degrees to be worked. North Street sidewalk between Willow and Washington is being relaid. A furniture auction is planned tomorrow at the former F E Powers store. Susie Bell resumes duties at Palmer's after several weeks ill. A revolving ad is placed before a Front Street clothing store. Capt Edward Pools new Green Street house is framed and partly boarded. The joint Highways Bridges and Sidewalks committee inspected the Water Street dock yesterday.
Water flow dispute halts earth and stone dumping near Furber’s
A notice orders an end to earth and stone dumping that blocks the water's flow across property owned near C. B. Furber's gun store. Schools except the high school close for summer. High school grads next Friday. Visitation day yesterday showcased student learning. Maine Historical Society meets June 21 in Brunswick with officer elections and business. Sessions run 11–1 and 2–4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Furber
Maine Historical Society
Cleveland Lecture Room
Brunswick
Central Ups Win Grammar School Baseball Title 1933
The Central Ups beat the Central Downs 7-2 at Kelley field to clinch the Y M C A Grammar School Baseball League pennant. Grace pitched strongly, allowing four hits as Norton and Earlbach led the Ups with four of eight team hits. A double play helped quash a Downs rally, and Sutherland struck out eight for the Ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Ups
Central Downs
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Kelley Field
Grammar School
Grace
Champs
Sutherland
Norton
Earlbach
Willow
Eaton
Lee
Lewis
Moody
Farlbach
Lowery
Pierce
Hamblin
Burgon
First Mackerel of Season Reported in Damariscotta
June 20 1893 reports five barrels of mackerel caught at Damariscotta. Trolley wire fixtures are being placed on upper Washington street. Government steamboat inspectors visited the city today for routine inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damariscotta
Upper Washington Street
River Belle steamer to get new boiler for New Meadows service
The River Belle steamer at Moulton’s is receiving a new boiler and repairs and is nearly ready to run on the New Meadows river between Bull Rock bridge and Small Point with Captain Charles Cooke in command. Work on electric railroad foundations continues on Washington street as spikes are driven for the car stables near the electric light station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
James E. Haley
Washington Street
Moulton’s
New Meadows
Bull Rock Bridge
Small Point
Chaptain Charles Cooke
Samuel Wade
New England
Gloucester
Electric
Real estate transfer records from Sagadahoc registry
The Sagadahoc registry lists transfers from Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Prank M Man son Richmond Woolwich and related districts over the past two weeks. Notable changes include Crosman to Crosman and to Coombs, Gallant to Boudreau, Rogers to Rogers, and Kendall estates moving to new owners. A note mentions Joyce Parker arriving from Northampton to prepare Eamlesholm for a July opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Harry W. Crosman
Mattie J Crosman
Maxime Gallant
Phillip Boudreau
Eleanor S. Allen
Susie B. Towne
Jennie McClure
Harry D. Bennett
Charles H. Rogers
Herbert W. Rogers
Charles H. Treen
Clarence C. Seavey
Mattie J. Crosman
Edward V. Coombs
Isabel B
Obituary for Martha J Healey 82 Lifelong New England resident
Martha J Healey widow of Henry P Healey died at 82 Thursday night at her home 12 West Street East Brunswick born March 23 1851 daughter of Levi and Mary Ham raised in foster care by the Sanford family after early widowhood she married Henry P Healey in Lawrence Mass Oct 18 1879 relocating across Maine and Massachusetts later settling in Bath Survivors include husband three grandchildren Charles Henry Jean Wylie Barbara King Betts of Belmont and several nieces and a nephew A devoted Methodist parishioner for nearly 50 years she was known for kindness nursing and prayerful support to the sick and a generous neighbor presence She will be missed by many Funeral details note burial Oak Grove and service officiated by Rev Charles H Berry at 32 Cherry Street with bearers Edward McCabe Herbert McCabe Harry Oliver Arthur Plant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Healey
Henry P. Healey
West Street
East Brunswick
Levi
Mary Ham
Sanford
David R. Wylie
Lawrence
Mass
Bath
Fernando .Pottle
Arthur Hutchins
Cherry Street
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
Edward McCabe
Herbert McCabe
Harry Oliver
Arthur Plant
Oak Grove
Miss Clara Albee 63 Dies After Illness at Bath
Miss Clara W. Albee, 63, died Monday morning at the Bath home of her brother Sidney Lermond after a five week illness. Born in Bath she worked at The Bath Daily Times and Bath Enterprise and served as wartime clerk at Texas Steamship Co. She was a member of Sterling Bible class and leaves two nieces and three nephews as her nearest relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara W. Albee
Sidney B. Lermond
Pine Street
Surry
Ellsworth Hospital
Bath
Miss Albee
Wilmot
Emmeline Curtis Albee
Bath Daily Times
Uptons
Joshua I. Upton
Bath Enterprise
Richmond
Lermond
Texas Steamship Co
Texas
Times Office
Albee
Sterling Bible
Corliss Street Church
Fred May
Middleton, O
Harold C. Roberts
Cherrydale
George P. Albee
Lynn
Mass
Scott H. Albee
Hampton, Va
Carl Albee
Funeral services for James F Blodgett in Richmond
James F Blodgett father of Mrs Fred W Aderton died early Friday morning after long illness and a recent shock. He was born January 7 1849 in Pittston and lived much of his life in Bowdoinham. Interment was in Bowdoinham Ridge Cemetery. He leaves a widow four daughters a son and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Blodgett
Fred W. Aderton
Trufant Street
Lincoln Street
Richmond
Leroy Cleveland
Charles Lamoreau
Lloyd Kelly
Edward White
Lester Williams
Bowdoinham Ridge
Blodgett
Pittston
Joseph
Mary Tyler Blodgett
Bowdoinham
Frank Bishop
Bowdoinham Ridge Baptist Church
Merrymeeting Grange
Helen Bishop
Edith Blodgett
Lula R. Aderton
This City
Elizabeth Eastman
Damariscotta
Forrest Blodgett
Virginia
Ella Aderton
Emily Murphy
Randolph
Rose
S. Marson
Roslindale
Mass
F. P. Morrill
Mrs. Martha J Healey Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Mrs. Martha J Healey wife of Henry P Healey was Sunday at 2 PM at 12 West Street with Rev Forest L Littlefield of Wesley Methodist church officiating. Flowers from friends and relatives stood out and bearers included John Rines Carl Pinson John Conley and John Phillip. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J Healey
Henry P. Healey
West Street
Forest L. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
John Rines
Carl Pinson
John Conley
John Phillip
Oak Grove
Maine Probate Notices Chronicle of Sagadahoc County Events
A dense 1930s Sagadahoc probate record lists multiple estates with hearings set. Mabel A Harris petitions for administration of Henry M Heald's estate in Bath and Phippsburg while Charles Myron Tubbs seeks Letters Testamentary for Georgietta Tubbs. Notices require publication in Bath Independent and court dates in July 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Shea
Bath
Maud Hartleb
Carl Glidden
Woodfords
Mabel A. Harris
Niveu
Grace B. Lennon
Doris D. Humphreys
William Heald
Phippsburg
Nelson Heald
James Heald
Charles Perkins
Massachusetts
Allan Spear
Sagadahoc
State OF Maine
Charles Myron Tubbs
Georgetta Tubbs
Henry Nelson Tubbs
Millbury
Mass
Sarah Elizabeth Schouler
Philadelphia
A. D
Committal Service for Miss Jane M Whitmore Held in Bath
The body of Miss Jane M Whitmore, former Bath resident who died in Floral Park New York, arrived Wednesday of last week. A committal service was held at Maple Grove Cemetery by Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal Church. Henry T Starbird of Bridgeport Connecticut had been visiting Bath and vicinity and left Saturday for Portland to join his brother William for a cruise back to New London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane M. Whitmore
Bath
Floral Park
N. Y
Maple Grove
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Henry T. Starbird
Bridgeport, Conn
Portland
William
New London
Summer meeting of Kora Temple held in Lewiston
The annual Summer meeting of Kora Temple Mystic Shrine convened in Lewiston on Thursday with state wide attendance. A candidate was initiated in the afternoon ceremonial session while ladies of the nobles attended by invitation. An oriental banquet followed by a Kora Temple band concert and dancing capped the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Shrine
Lewiston
Petition to Sell Real Estate for Estate Debts
A Bath Maine probate document from May 26 1933 notes the decedent’s personal estate is insufficient to cover debts and expenses. It seeks license to privately sell the real estate to cover costs with three weeks of notice in The Independent Bath. The register reports the petition and order and that heirs may appear at Bath Probate Court on the stated date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
A. D
Chas. C. Low
State OF Maine
Bath
Walter S. Glidden
Charles Myron Tubbs
Edward W. Bridgham
Archie E. Doyle
Martin B. Doyle
Bathin
Alice L. Morse
Minnie M. Casey
William F. Dunham
Melville H. Blackwell
Brunswick
Maine
Martha E. Shaw
Levi Wyman Steward
Dan'l, Williams
Saga
Lida S. Clark
Dennis D. Clark
Narcissa S. Potter
Pearson H. Stinson
Woolwich
Narcissa S.potter
Albert H. Stinson
Narcissa S. Potoe
Ruth F. Coombs
West Bath
Allan Spear
Marjorie E. Legard
Minor
State OF
Ethel M. Lockery
Nettie H. Snow
Bath Independent
Sagagahoc
Carrie F. Cutting
Frank Wallace Cutting
Phippsburg
Sagaduhoc
Roscoe P. McFadden
Addie P. McFadden
Sagaiduhoc
Harry W. Crosman
John H. Crosman
Walter 8S
Glidden
Independent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles R. Donnell
New York
W. J. Collins
Dummer Street
Messrs. Lermond and
Brewster
Calais
Maine Central Railroad
American Express
Lucy Andrews
Washington
Percy V
Popham
King
Murray
William H. Melcher
Gardiner
Charles Harrington
Augusta
Moulton
C. B. Harrington
Boston
Boston Conservatory of Music
Blanche Harrington
Annie Williams
Waltham
Hubbard
Hilton House
Wiscasset
City
I. W. Percy
Broad Street
Sedgwick Relief Corps
Squirrel Island
Capitol Island
J. Harry McLellan
Cleveland
Bath Tron Works
Hyde
Winneganee
Frederick S. Dyer
Lizzie Carter
Bath Iron Works
Willis
Isaac D. Skillings
E. P. Sawyer
Miss Trott
First Universalist Society
W. A. and
A. M. Potter
The
Owl
Fred Moore
Scribner & Smith's Circus
Gardiner and
A. J. Work
New Church Society
Samuel Anderson
Springfield
Secy. March
Rockland
F. E. Hooper
James Murray
South Gardiner
Patten Lodge
North Street
Willow and
F. E. Powers
Susie Bell
Palmer's
Front Street
Edward Poole
Green Street
Joint
Standing Committee On
Water Street Dock
Yester
Silas Anderson
Messrs
Frank Sylvester
Will Farber
Torrey House
Front
Grove Streets
Committee On
Wesley Lane
Walter Lowell
W. H. Dimock
Metropolitan
Upper Methodist Church
H. L
W. E. Chase
Water Street
Sagadahock
Central Downs Ab
Thayer
Wees
Neas Rideout
Beeees
Farrar
Darling
Iferry
Comeau
Ae. Burns
Han Ait Lewis
Eave Eeeans
Ay Grace
Wwe
Earlbach Heeewes
Stanton
Craige
McQuarrie
Pepee Areca
Nahanada
Jake
Sagada
City Hall
Charles Farnham
Long Beach
Joyce Parker
Northampton
Pittfield
Eamlesholm
Henrietta Pottle
Henry M Heald
Hattie E. Hatch
Melrose Highlands
Ind
Alice M. Bergen
Marjorie Medenwall
Indianapolis
Sapadahoce
John P. Carey
Admr
Melvina P Lermond
Melvina P. Lermond
Middle Street
Sanborn
Armes and Reynolds
Norris
Annie Lucretia Bowker
Freeman C. Bowker
Admi
Arrowsic
Gertrude Willis Steward
Alice M. White
Burlington
P.O. Woburn
Frank W. Willis
Topsham
George F. Willis
Walter
Pine Cone
Girl Scouts
Mechanic Falls
Rollicky Knoll
Lake Anasagunticook
Canton
Iola Chase
Hilda Harwood
Margaret Chase
Doris Stanton
Margaret Weston
Fred O. Robinson
Suffolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Elizabeth C. Cook
Georgetown
Rose Deland
Annie McMahan
Lena Higgins
Brigunello
Fred O. Elson
Tate
Main Sagadahoc
Ss. Ata Rehtace
Dahoe
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