Forty Years Ago In Bath Items From The Files
A scan of Bath Daily Times fragments from June 22 1898 to June 28 1898 lists visits by N Gratz Jackson in Wiscasset and Dr William P Melcher in Bath, travel notes to Bowdoin and Brunswick, summer absences, civic events, yacht movements and weddings, with many local residents and visitors named across Bath and surrounding towns.
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The
Bath Daily Times
N. Gratz Jackson
Wiscasset
William P. Melcher
Mount Holly
N. J
William H. Melcher
Melcher
Bowdoin College
Medical University of Pennsylvania
Sinan
Word Spider and the Ritzy Misconception
A London Tit-Bits Magazine essay explains the garden spider’s web as a wheel like structure with 20 to 30 radial spokes and concentric sticky lines. It notes the spider’s center line to sun itself and its web as a telephone like vibration detector. An authority rebukes the popular notion that ritzy means aloof or high hat.
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Oliver G. Pike
London
Tit-Bits
Aztec Indians Play Stick Game Resembling Hockey
A historical note describes a stick game played by the Aztec Indians that resembles hockey in form and play, using sticks to strike a ball or similar object across a field or court.
Psychic system by Benjamin Franklin to break bad habits
Benjamin Franklin is credited with a psychic style method for breaking bad habits. The approach emphasizes self discipline and practical steps to curb impulse behaviors. Franklin’s concept blends observation and deliberate practice to replace undesired actions with healthier routines.
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Benjamin Franklin
Water supply boosts duck numbers for sportsmen
New York reports abundant water across breeding grounds which could raise duck and goose populations if drought does not return. William Vogt of the Audubon Societies notes ongoing restoration in Canadian prairies and government funds for refuges, urging continued closed seasons and restricted hunting until populations recover.
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New York
Canadian Prairie Provinces
William Vogt
National Association of Audubon Societies
Vogt
Big Time Fighters Clash Friday In Bath Arena
Harry Alexanian, Boston born Armenian, meets Gla firo Castillo in an eight round main event at the Arcade arena Friday evening. Castillo seeks a win to solidify his Portland engagement and knock out Alexanian who has faced top New England rivals. A Dixie Kid and Labbe semi final adds further boxing drama to the Shipping City card.
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Harry Alexanian
Glafiro
K.O." Castillo
Arcade Arena
Nick Miinalos
Alexanian
Barney Ross
Bath
Castillo
San Antonio
Abe Nathan
Portland
Pete Tarpley
Athens
Val Nadeau
Dover
N. H
South
Texas
Mexico
Eddie McGeever
New York City
Dixie Kid
Shipping City
Bath Fans Cheer Aggressive Club Fighter Labbe
The piece highlights Labbe as a compact, tough opponent admired by Bath supporters, describing him as one of the aggressive, two-fisted fighters who win fan regard.
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Bath
Labbe
Silk Monopoly Held by Ancient Chinese Silk Trade
Harold W. Jacobson of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago spoke at the Middle West branch of the American Oriental Society session at the University of Chicago. He described Chinese efforts to prevent silk exports until about 400 A D, the Khotan marriage gateway for silk, and the spread of Chinese silk to Rome and India with later disputes over luxury and fashion.
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Rome
India
Harold W. Jacobson
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Middle West
American Oriental Society
University of Chicago
Mr. Jacobson
Khotan
China
Pliny
Arabia
Storm cripples Houston gardens and power, belated repairs
A severe electrical and wind storm on Thursday wrecked trees, damaged farms, and disrupted telephone and electrical service across Houston. Many potato fields and gardens were destroyed while pole wires snapped and large trees were uprooted. Superintendent Norman Mullen of the Houston Water Company helped prevent a long blackout.
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Houston
Norman Mullen
Houston Water Company
Notable Maine Bible, House Return, and Long Living Local Figures
A Maine community recounts the Durrell Bible story from Kennebunk. local history notes a 130 year old Weston house near Waterville with a large cellar. Wendell Stickney graduates Brownville High School after 30 years of attendance. Roosevelt Maine visit plans waver amid Brann campaign ties. A 102 year old resident of Black's Harbor recalls 85 years boat work and a pigeon tale from Isleboro with Pete calmly perched on a car axle.
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Ernest W. Dunbar
Skowhegan
Weston
Waterville Road
George Weston
Mr. Dunbar
William Weston
Ubal Hebert
Wendell H. Stickney
Brownville
Wendell
Black’s Harbor
Quoddy Bay
James Phillips
Buck’s Harbor
Jim
Probate notices list Bath area executors and guardians named
John L Jack Register reports on estates in Bath with executors administrators and guardians appointed June 7 1938. Names include Martha P Small James A Landers Joseph T Small Frank O Dunton Eunice M Lothrop Susan C Lemont Chauncey W Fifield Ladie C Fifield Jennie M Morse Charles M Fitzgerald all appointed without bond.
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T. John I. Jack
Saladahoe
Martha P. Small
Bath
Joseph T Small
Donald N. Small
James A. Landers
James J. Landers
Wellington F. Dunton
Frank O. Dunton
Michael McDougall
Eunice M. Lothrop
Susan C. Lemont
Topsham
Chauncey W. Fifield
Ladie C. Fifield
Said Bath
George W. Morse
Jennie M. Morse
Annie I. Fitzgerald
Charles M. Fitzgerald
John L. Jack
Register
Geese raiser Fay Jacques expands enterprise in Manchester
Fay Jacques of Manchester earns prominence as New England's top goose raiser at 12. She owns 500 plus geese with her own gear, hires help seasonally, handles purchasing and cash, and tends flocks by day and night while studying industry trends. An unrelated note covers Machias Bay lobster ban and a Bangor 1939 American Legion convention, with details on delegates.
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Fay Jacques
Manchester
New England
E. C. Jacques
The
American Legion
Bangor
James W. Williams
Waterville
James H. Smith
Raymond Torrey
Charles B. Johnson
Louis W. Cohen
Louis F. Fleming
Smith
Johnson
Ernest R. Thurston
Francis E. MacNamara
Harold A
Probate Court notices in Bath Sagadahoc 1938
Court of Probate Bath Sagadahoc issues three week notice for multiple estates. Hearings set for July first 1938 at ten in the forenoon. Executors administrators and guardians named seek accounts bonds and licenses to sell real estate as listed in the order.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
D.b.n. Emma S. Rand
Fierener L. Calderwood
John H. Coffill
Elizabeth M. Coffill
Elmira E. Stinson
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Mary Nealley
George E. Hughes
Iinet
Bradley C. Newell
Rowe, Mass
Shannon House
Jennie Harvey
Gardiner
Corrie
Clare Varney
Haverhill, Mass
Mrs
Harry Duncan
J. W. Lambert
M. G. Shaw
Board of Trustees of
Maine University
Portsmouth
Officer Card
Baxter
Neckan
Brunswick
Bowdoin
U.S
Bath Iron Works
Chesapeake
Robert Donnell
West Point
Pete Thimbde
People’s Church
Opera House
William H. Winslow
Charles McQuarrie
Ella Longley
Massachusetts
William Smith
Hattie Ledyard
Fanny Moulton
8. R. Percy
George Jacobs
Emma Jordan
Walter Wiggin
Somerville, Mass
John N. Woodworth
Bowdoinham
Simon Smith
J. S. Winslow
Deering
Aoeewan Ia
John 8. Lowell
Mabel and
Edna Pillsbury
Charlestown
Mass
Dr. E. E. Barry
H. E. Cole
E. C. Plummer
George Davenport
Ice King
Brown
Bath High School
the Alameda
Ed Norton
Kennebec
Healey
St. Mary’s Church
Hampton Roads
F. M. Eldridge
Edward Murphy
Vella Howard
Shaw’s
Marguerite Hennessey
Mrs. A. A. Morse
Lisbon
J. L. Douglas
R. P. Blackburn
A. B. Hervey
O. W. Folsom
Bow
Mrs. A. Stowall
Pasadena, Cal
Emma Alvord
Frank H. Hagan
Francis M
William S. DeCoste
Robert Scott
Washington and Shepard Streets
Old Couples Home
A. I. Davis
J. B. Drake
William DeWitt Hyde
William R. Kimball
Hyde Light Guards
1St Maine Battery
Popham
Freeman Spinney
A. P. McDonald
Waterford
Maine
George A. Parshley
Maine General Hospital
Charles Crocker
North Bath
Charles Mosley
Edward Douglas
Joseph Douglas
Ben
Dunlap
W. 8. Higgins of
Frank A. Small
Angelo Diversi
Concord, N. H
His Sister
Henry Poli
Herbert L. Grinnell
Shaw's Market
Ferry Street
Beecae
Lena P. Robbins
Charles E. Hyde
Squirrel Island
Griffith
Erie, Penn
Popham Beach
Charles Foster
Max
Brookline
James L. Doolittle
Gene
Ray Powers
Scott Golder
Lewiston
Daniel Palmer
Brooklyn, N. Y
Oscar C. Rogers
Dennis Soule
Freeport
Lewis Williams
Bridgton
Wilber G. Cahill
Sans Souci
Louise Higgins
Jennie Murphy
Northampton
Smith's
Harry B. Sawyer
St. Paul
Mr. Sawyer
H. B. Johnson
Fred Harris
Boothbay House
Miss Smith
Ees
Jennie
George Hagan
Five Islands
Nis City
Nellie Hodgkins
Boothbay
Winnie Whitehead
Lexington
William Snowman
Islands
Hattie Carr
Florence Patten
Milan Graves
New London
William Douglas
Canton
N. Y
St. Lawrence University
Parces
J. H. Blaisdell
C. W. Morse
Blanche Harrington
Nashua, N. H
Alice and
Helen Cobb
Saugus, Mass
Ellen Rice
Alice Erskine
Rockland
MacMahan’'s Island
Dare A
O. M. Thompson
Levi C. Wade
South Shore
Davis Hatch
William Collins
John Maddocks of
Fuller
City
J. Harry McLellan
Yarmouth
Chapman
Phoenix
Pinkham
Boothbay Harbor
Helen Johnson
E. A. Tibbetts
Damariscotta
William T. Donnell
Lincoln
Louis Koch
Matt McCurdy
William Briry
Melrose
Briry-Campbell
Torrey
George B. Gould
Jack Gregson
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the Times Company
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Kennebunk Landing
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Brann
Tis
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Franzel Boardman
Pete
Isleboro
Machias Bay
Machiasport
Commissioner of Fisheries
Arthur R. Greenleaf
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Brooks W. Grindle
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