Forty Years Ago In Bath June 22 1887 Items From The Files
Milton Dunning of Boston Highlands formerly of Bath arrived for a few weeks visit. Knights Templar from Hudson, Massachusetts, arrived by steamer Star of the East for Gardiner and Augusta. Fires, digs, and street work noted along Front Street. Funeral of Henry P. Mason described with Odd Fellows and local bands. Bath baseball club selection and upcoming Boath Island celebration details. Excursions, steamship news, and local social events summarized with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Dunning
Boston Highlands
Hudson Commandery
Hudson
Mass
Star of the East
Boston
Gardiner
Maine Commandery
Augusta
Trinity Commandery
Tagus
Maine coast port sees busy shipyard and rail yard activity
June 23 1887 reports sailors in demand at the port with pay, coal unloads totaling over 15000 tons in recent weeks, and repairs at Maine Central wharf. Dock work by Carlton Gahan nears completion on coal shed foundation while Deering and Bath works push vessels toward water. Excursions planned for Boothbay and Mouse Island with games featuring Brunswicks and Bath clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central North Wharf
Maine Central
Bath Base Ball Club to Represent City on Diamond
On June 24, 1887 George H W Barton with drum and Benjamin Savage with fife supplied music for Dunlap Commandery. The Bath Base Ball Association club, selected by Manager McDonald, features leading city players. G A R hopes rain ends for sunshine before next Tuesday and their excursion to Inner Heron island. Footer Brothers secured contracts to install service pipes for water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P's
Peaks Island
McDonald
Holman Dunning
Edward Brown
William White
John Fitz
Charles Lincoln
William Leydon
Sloan Farnham
John Lundrigan
John Skofield
Fitz
Farnham
Lincoln
Scofield
George H. W. Barton
Benjamin Savage
Dunlap Commandery
Bath Baseball Association
Inner Heron Island
Footer Brothers
Wat
Steamers and builders mark busy local scene
The Sasanon carried a large passenger list on today’s up trip from South Bay. Workers at Thompson’s Brook push a dam project at the pond’s southern end. A Deering schooner holster was completed at Bath Iron Works. A new RB Hathorn house will replace the old South Church site with C H Hartwell as contractor. The fragrant pond lily appears on the street after a boy plucks and pockets it for a Fourth racket. Winter Street and Central Sunday schools plan a seashore trip next Wednesday aboard an Eastern Steamboat Co. vessel, and Alameda will host Orphans' Home children free of charge tomorrow night. The Thompson’s Brook pumping station chimney rises rapidly, bricks reaching 40 feet from the foundation and aimed for 55 feet top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. W. Hathorn
South Hill
C. H. Hartwell
Winter Street
Central Sunday
Eastern Steamboat Co
Brunswicks to Meet Baths at Tincoln Street Grounds
Manager McDonald has arranged a ball game between the Brunswicks and Baths at the Tincoln Street grounds next Wednesday with a 3 PM start. Free grand stand admission for Indies. Sagadahoe Gun Club members report good scores at their range near Mill Pond and plan a Fourth of July shoot with Mouse Island or Fort Popham as possible venues. Horace Morse posted the high score in a recent club shoot, marking him a leading Kennebec marksman. A small fire occurred Saturday afternoon when a lighted match or cigar ignited loose hay in banana box piles near Washburn's store on Commercial Street, quickly spreading to the boxes before being extinguished by water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Boothbay
Squirrel Island
Brown
Bath
Sagadahoe Fish and Game Association
Fastern Steamboat Co
Mouse Island
Boothbay Rink
Brunswicks
Baths
McDonald
Tincoln Street
Sagadahoe Gar Club
Mill Pond
Thoothbay
Fort Popham
Horace Morse
Kennebec
Washburn
Commercial Street
Maine House Names Kennebec Bridge at Bath Dedication
A 1927 Maine legislative order directs a joint committee to arrange an appropriate dedication for the Kennebec Bridge at Bath upon its opening. The order implies the bridge’s official name is Kennebec Bridge, with the dedication funded by designated Governor and Council funds. Senators Drake Smith and Sagadahoc’s Senator appointed, and Bath’s Baker along with Boothbay Harbor Bishop and Thomaston’s Gilchrest named to House side.
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Senate of
State of Maine
Kennebec Bridge
Kennebeck Bridge
Thath
Maine
Raymond Fellows
Fellows
Senate
House
Bath
Govvernor
Sagadahoc
Drake
Somerset
Smith
Messrs. Baker
Boothbay Harbor
Gilchrest
Thomaston
West Bath Red Cross All Day Session
West Bath Red Cross met June 22 at the grange hall and the usual sewing was done. A fine dinner of salads frankfurts rolls cake strawberries and cream was served by the dinner committee Mrs. Charles Batchelder Mrs. Georgie Glass and Miss Annie Truant. The next meeting time and place were left to a committee of four Mrs. Carrie Hodgkins Mrs. Joanna Hodgkins Hope Ward and Miss Annie Truant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bath's bid to lure industry and tourists with bridge plan
The editorial from June 18 argues Bath Maine should invest 2500 in advertising its opportunities as the Kennebec city seeks new industry after shipbuilding decline. It compares Bath to New Bedford, notes planned bridge funding, and envisions Bath as a regional trading and tourist stop. Also mentions Mrs. John Geiger of Chicago visiting with two children and Aunt Miss Jennie Morse as guests at a Summer home in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Maine
Bathleon Works
Iron Works
New England
Hwe
New Bedford
New Baghind
Boston
Thomas W. Tyde
John (. Geiger
Chienago
Anita Celine
John Culvon Geiger
Cgeiger
Jennie R. Morse
Fred RR. Ih. Dean
Dummer Street
Probate Notice Appoints Horace K Allen as Administrator
Horace K. Allen of Woolwich was appointed administrator of the estate of James R. Allen of Woolwich by the Sagadahoc Probate Court on June 14, 1627. Allen qualified for and accepted the trust on the same date. Attest: 23-30-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace K. Allen
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
James R. Allen
Horace W. Allen
Shorey
J. Edward Drake
Arthur Is Dunton
George P. Davenport
Bath
Wm. S. Shorey
Arthur J. Dunne
Eva E. Morgan
State OF
Maine
I’robate
Walter
Idden
Awwilliam F. Dunstam
John Long
Thomas Long
Ada E. Deering
Larry G. Deering
Etta M. Gaspey
Melrose
Mass
Trobate Court
Allan Spear
Ellen Nelson
Sagadailoc
Henry Nelson
Gadahoc
Sail
Walter S. Glidden
Harriet A. Grows
Brunswick
Alice Travis
Charles C. Low
Henry CC. Standish
William F. Dunham
Register
Rose E., Leydon
Thomas Leydon
Sai
New England Health Advantage Highlighted by Tuberculosis Study
The New England Conference on Tuberculosis reports New England as the nation’s healthiest region with an average life span of 48 years and a tuberculosis death rate of 107.8 per 100 000 in 1920, down to 90.6 later, surpassing the U S rate and promising ongoing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
United States
Frank Kiernan
Massachusetts
New England Conference
Maine Probate Petitions Seek Admin Of Two Estates
In Sagadahoc and York counties petitioners request probate and administration of estates. James Perey of New Jersey seeks to prove a will and obtain administration for Martha Perey formerly of Phippsburg. Emma J. Andrews of Old Orchard requests appointment of Fred Winters of Bath as administrator for Frank J. Fowler of Bath who died intestate.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
James FE. Perey
North Bergen
Studsen
New Jersey
Martha FE. Perey
Phippsburg
Percy
Isome
Mark
Emma J. Andrews
Old Orchard
Saul
Fimoma J. Andrews
Ol Orchard
George Wildes
Nellie Fall
Biddeford
Fred Winters
Bath
Sawadahoe
Conference Aims to Boost Health in New England
The Conference seeks to further improve the region's health status by expanding initiatives and partnerships across hospitals, clinics, and community programs to address chronic disease and wellness. It outlines plans for broader access, education, and preventive care to benefit residents.
Cannonball Oliver to pitch for Lisbon Falls team
Bath based schoolboy hurler Cannonball Bill Oliver, renowned statewide, leaves Bath to join Lisbon Falls Lemons of the Little Androscoggin league for the summer. The move places him with Lisbon Falls in a league also featuring Brunswick and Bath’s Twilight League.
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Bath
Times
Cannonball
Bill Oliver
Lisbon Falls
Lemons
Falls
Brunswick
Times Twilight League Loses Hurling Ace Oliver
Yarmouth and the Bathman look to combine talents after Oliver departs, a blow to baseball as Oliver was a real pitcher and hard hitter. The Times twilight league outfit loses its ace, while Brad Belanger and Spider Carleton must lead the Printers to stay competitive in the race.
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Yarmouth
Bathman
Oliver
Asx
Times
Brad Belanger
Spider Carleton
League Teaders
Barber Ronney Changes Shop To Front Street Location
Ronney the barber will relocate from the Brien block to the former Kwality bakery at 132 Front Street, marking a steady move to a new storefront and preserving his client base in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronney
Brien Block
Kwality Bakery
Front Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
Harry Foye
Athol
Knights Templar
Augata
Faye
Athol Commandery
Daniel Mayers
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. S. Melcher
Franklin Street
Fr. O. Moses
H. Nichols
Bodwell Cottage
Oliver Moses
J. W. Thalloy
W. DD. Mussenden
FP. A. Palmer
J. Turner
Knights of Dunlap
Templar
May Field
Mildred Moulton
W. D. Hill
Fred Hill
Trounswick
Town Hall
Salem
Kelly's Block
Granite Block
Goddard
Henry P. Mason
Wesley Court
J. J. Hill
Wesley Church
Lincoln Lodge
Odd Fellows
Sagadahoek
Canton ‘King
Maple Grove Cemetery
Brunswick Band
Scott
D. (. Gould
Harvard
Islands
Cox
William Hennessey
Hammond
Portland
Elisha Mann
Gilman Sprague
Bibber
Indiana
Weeks
The
Traths Light Co
Rank Morse
Toe
Prank Ramsay
Custom Trouse
B.D. Mallett
Restless
DB. Trarrington
Sedewick Post
Wiwarna
Tnnerfleron Island
Arthur Sewall
W. Larrabee
Lm. Whitmore
William Pattee
William Sk. Field
Winthrop
Maine Steamship Co
Porth
Nichols
Edward H. Biggins
Frank W. Ramsay
Bartholomew O'Coughlin
Bowdoinham
Father High School
Lincoln — Street
Cathanee Boys
Rea
Samuel Anderson
Houghton Yard
Carlton & Gahan
Eastern Steamboat Company
Sasanon
Southbay
Thompson's Brook
Bath Iron Works
Clark
Alameda
West Bath Red Cross
Boston Pranscript
Moyland Spirit
Mainf
Plura B. Coombs
Leighton M. Coombs
Irene F. Coombs
Mary Low
William Weeks
R. H H. Rich
Susan Lincoln
D. M. Coombs
John W. Weeks
Sawadahoe S. S. Registry of
James W Coombs
Fred M. Coombs
Frank L. McLaughlin
Julia P. McLaughlin
George H. Knowles
Sagadahoe
John T. Palmer
Sagadahoe S. S. Registry of
James W. Coombs
Flora R. Coombs
Atte
Tam F. Dunham
Sagadaitioc
John H. Hyde
Joseph M. ‘Trott
Ton S. Hyde
Tames FE. Percy
County of
August Weber
Seal
Edward W. Bridehem
Walter Hl. Melcher
Spraine
Charles H. Melcher
Edward W. Brideham
EDWARD W_. BRIDGIAM
Sagadatioc, Ss
Frederick J. Hinckley
Snid
Tuly
William F. Ditnham
Fred L. Lawrence
James D. Lawrence
Arrowsic
William F. Dunstam
Emma J. Andrews Sagadahoc
Leforeime
William F. Deeegister
Angie Clough Morrison
Ezra Walter Morrison
Jennie M. B. Spinney
J. Clifford Spinney
Jeremias Cotton
Sepadahoe
Tarbux
Maine Central Railroad Company
Saulh Tarbox
Washington Street
John Shaw
Elmer F. Hayes
William F. Duntiam
Bertha C. Dean
George W. Dean
Egister
Cot F. Dunham
John H. Schottler
Attes William F. Dunham
Sidney Q. Lermond
Emma E. Lermond
Bill
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