Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights Local Life
Fort Pierce era era. Bath items from March 6 1895 include Universalists of Bowdoinham hiring B D Jameson, J W Hughes as end man, and notes on arrivals from South Africa. Obituaries report Phineas J Austin found dead in West Bath. Knight Templar officers elected. Dunlap commandery to install in April. Local business and society items cover horse purchases, a gray roadster, a water company superintendent who bikes, and a prize egg finding. Community news also notes Melba concert attendees, a Bath man injured at New Meadows bridge, a wedding at Harpswell, and civic notices from Bath and Portland.
Social Evening and Local Events in Phippsburg Area
On March 7 1895 George M Pembroke hosted a whist gathering with friends. Frank E Ham left for Rumford Falls to become foreman in the paint shop. R R Davenport will lecture at the Phippsburg Congregational church. An operetta Singing Flowers was performed by local youths and Mrs Jacobs Hodgkins Hodgdon Norton Dunning Haggett and Mr Small with Mr Jacobs as gardener. A $25 addition boosted the circle fund. G A R Fair tickets go on sale with prizes of gold coins for top sellers. The 1894 City Council year end meeting adjourned amid a hallelujah from a music entertaiment in the hall above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Vestry
State of Maine Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Bangor
Frances Dighton Williams
Hammond Street
Hammond and
High Streets
Union Street
Alcove
Bangor House
Oliver L. Hall of
Hampden
Bath Keeley club alive and Keeley Cure praised
March 9 1895 letter to the Times notes the Bath Keeley club remains active with members and families living sober industrial lives, praising the Keeley Cure. It records Sab bath meetings for singing and mutual encouragement and urges public sympathy. The page also reports Archie Hill destroying canceled Bath National Bank decks, a horse trainer is named for Shaw's string, a two story block planned on Front street for Mrs Wilson, iron frontage and over $1000 cost, work to start Monday, Landlord Priest visiting from Florida, Rambler bicycle on display in Hallets, and Dunning of the New Bedfords winning the race.
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the Times
Bath Keeley Club
Keeley
Archie Hill
Bath National Bank
Unem
Sagadahock Block
E. L. Huse
Front Street
Maine Central Conductor Berry’s Long Freight Record
Conductor Berry, one of the road’s most popular figures, served 23 years with 14 as conductor. His longest run hauled 86 cars from Leeds to Lewiston. Aged citizen BS & Sohn Simon B. Gray died suddenly at 68, leaving a widow and two sons. City council orders $250 for Front street grade damages. Bath delegation attended Brunswick Third Junior Assembly with notable patrons and attendees listing many names. Callahan’s orchestra from Lewiston provided music on the Pullman journey.
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Berry
Maine Central
Leeds
Lewiston Faly ‘Grounds
BS & Ihn
Simon B. Gray
Oak Street
Charles
Harry
Rockland
Vinalhaven
Bath
Brunswick Town Hall
J. B Drake
J. R. Knowlton
William Morse
Nellie Call
Daisy Drake
Jennie Harvey
Louise Hyde
Harriet Johnson
Jessie Moody
Mildred
Mabel Palmer
Bernice
Louise Morse
Carrie
Louise Moses
Nellie
Ruth Turner
Blanche Sewall
Maud
Cynthia Worth
Jennie Whitmore
Lillian Welch
Pullman
Callahan
Lewiston
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Grace L. Parks
Fred L. Parks
L. Parks
Frances Parks Cornish
Lillian G. Parks
A. D
State OF
Maine
Frank J. Glaspapp
Meridan
Connecticut
Daisy B. Wilson
Woolwich
Raymond E. Lewin
Wilson Road
Fall River
Mass
Newhew
William P. Sisson
Grove St
Charles C. Low
Clara A. Abbott
Minnie L. Flanders
Lake St
Auburn
Blackstones Close Gap on Park Bowling Leaders
The Blackstones narrowed the lead of the Totems in the Park bowling circuit after the Totems lost a double header to the J. A's while Blackstones completed a shutout win. Standings show Totems 67 won 33 lost, Blackstones 68 37, with other teams like Peter Schuylers and UA AnGudstone titdets trailing. Individual averages highlight Pete Oliver rising to 96.1 and Dick Frates at 97.1, among a list of top bowlers and seasonal records. The piece also contains unrelated notices and probate court material from Bangor and Bath dated 1935.
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Blackstones
Totems
Park Alley
J. A’s
Bees
Peter Schuylers
UA AnGudstone Titdets
Shels
Boon Ouae Otis
Pipping Sa
Ana Asies
Oliver
Frates
R. Frates
M. Oliver
Senda
H. Huggard
T. Ham
T. Burns
Smcnely
Tees
Sagadahoc Probate Notices Reported In Bath Court
Sagadahoc Maine probate court actions list first and final accounts for estates of Spinney Page and others. Notices require public publication in Bath Independent three weeks and appearances at specified probate sessions in Bath.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Maurice B. Shea
N. Louise Spinney
Arrowsic
Bath Independent
Grace Page Sampson
Mary Abbie Page
Edward W. Bridgham
State OF Maine
Bathin
Anatase
Allan Spear
William W. Robinson
Ann Mary Robinson
Walter
Attestations by attesting officer noted in tre copy
A brief record notes an attestation by the officer labeled Attest JOHN L. J. ter on a tre copy. The line indicates a formal authentication action associated with a document or record.
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Bath Daily Times
B. D. Jameson
Universalists
Bowdeinham
J. W. Hughes
A.ackson O
da Camb
O.K
South Africa
London
Capetown
Phineas J. Austin
West Bath
John
Dummer Street
Mr. Austin
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Charles H. Mason
E.C
Charles W. Clifford
Samuel R. Percy
C.G
John W. Ballou
Louis T. Rounds
S.W
Langdon T. Snipe
J.W. Frank Brown
Charles Emery
Portland
E. M. Fuller
Dr. Kirk
Augustus Huse
Samuel D. Bailey
Susan J. Bailey
H. A. Duncan
Reynolds
Mayour
Lewis Side
Waterville
Ainig
Emma Mayo
M. W. Sewall
Washington Street
Corliss & Howard
Supt. Campbell
Water Company
Electric Company
Belfast
Times
John Sonia
H. W. Ward
Conley & Crosby’s
Massachusetts
George Roderick
Morrison Family Jubilee Singers
J. O. Patten
J. W. Kelley
Roberts
Frank Mason
Jesse Donnell
Noble
N. T. Palmer
Foote
W. W. Pendexter
Higgins
William Ledyard
Susie Ballou
Bessie Gibson
Laura Palmer
Charles F. Magoun
Prof. Sanglier
Ledyard
J. Harry McLellan
E. O. Smith
Frank Palmer
Tukey
Oscar Rogers
J. Houghton McLellan
Minnie White
Hortense Smith
Jessie Owen
Kittie Luce
Willis
Kittridge
People’s Ferry
Daisy Dunning
Prince Pro Tem Opera Co
Pro Tem
Harriman
Pushaw
Boston
A. H. Melcher
Middle Street
Mr. Melcher
George Winslow
Yarmouth
New Meadows
Winslow
Charles R. Higgins
North Street
Fred Stevens
Harry Mank
Frank Lawrence
William Oliver
Pitch Pine Hill
R. D. Perry
Conant’s
Charles E. Trufant
Harpswell
Mary S. Trufant
Fred S. Curtis
Edward B. Curtis
Bath Iron Works
Winter Street
Atkinson's House Furnishing Co
Oscar Charleson
Philadelphia
J. S. Winslow
Capt. Clark
Clara E. Randall
B. F. Savage
Fred McFadden
A. Humphreys
Lincoln Lodge
McKenney and Conant
George H. Duncan
Haverhill
Gertie G. Howe
James C. Howe
Bostons
New Bedford
City Hall
City Messenger Thistle
John E. Potter
City Messenger
Harry Passmore
Electric
Ring
David Holmes
Passmore
Patrick Clancy
Adelbert Ames
Webb
Clancy
James B. Drake
R. W. Soule
Augusta
Mr. Neagle
Sasanoa River
William H. Daley
Parker Head
Wyman's
Oscar W. Ring
Small Point
Anderson Cottage
Reed & Healey
First National Bank
Cahier Mussenden
J. F. Kelley
James E. Hogan
Hoyt’s Express
la Grip
Hattie Dunning
Prince Pro Tem Co
John Biggins
Tofa
New England
Robert Shea
Prank
Moses, Esq
J. W. Tarbox
Topsham
Bath Beef Co
Berlin
Thomas W. Hyde
Ethel Hyde
Copley Square Hotel
Miss Hyde
Mme
Emma Eames-Story
Frank O. Moses
Oliver Moses
Stephen Larrabee
United States Navy
Moses
Arctic Ice Co
Nequasset
Orville D
Lisbon Falls
Emma
Lillian
Wealthie C. Hinds
San Francisco
Annie E. Harris
Harriet S. Knight
Galen C. Moses, Esq
This City
Westport
Melville Brooks Wilmot Greenleaf
Q. C. Hodgdon
Stephen Webber
Barter’s Point
McKenney’s Enerey
Charles E. Patten
Maine Academy of Medicine
George M. Pembroke
Frank E. Ham
Rumford Falls
R. R
George P. Davenport
Phippsburg
John Dustin
Shaw
Priest of
Florida
W. F. Pond
Rambler
Hallet
Dunning
New Bedfords
Elwell P. Swett
Park Bowling League
Pete Oliver
Dick Frates
A. Thayer
Huggard
Grace L.parks
John J. Keegan
Sagee
Said
Glidden
John L. Jack
Wild Bill
Cummings
Indianapolis
Walter S. Glidden
Register
John P. Carey, Jr
Nellie Cavanaugh
Mary Snyder
Cotton Ave
Detroit
Mich
Jane Bordeau
16Th St
Detroit, Mich
Mollie A. Whitman
George O'Hara
Laura Meitmesser
15Th St
Alta McCann
Curry Avenue
Windsor
Canada
Russell Tobin
John Tobin
Roy Tobin
Alter S. Glidden
Edna M. Gins
Lloyd Vestal
Riverside Ave
Pottersville
Harry Baker Ellis
Revere St
Winthrop
J. Glasnapp
Frank J. Glasnapp
Frank A. Barker
Suffolk County
Antoinette F. Barker
A. Barker
Carrie B. Little
Sagadahoc, Ss
Fred H. Thompson
Adahoc
Agnes W. Humphreys
Lillius B. Dunnels
Sagudahne
Archibald M. Main
Aoena M. Court
C. T
Rose E. Johnston
Geoenead
Edna Bins
Aest
James H. Ames
Bowdoinham
Maine Telephone
Abbie T. Cromwell, Topsham, Meine
B. Tate
Topsham, Maine
Nellie E. Tate
William F. Tate
Foster B. Meserve
Alice L. Hathorne
Veazie, Maine
Georgia
Stevens, Harpswell, Maine
Mary L. Sylvester
Phippsburg, Maine
Emma B. Sylvester
Phippsburry, Maine
Charles E. Meserve
Bowdhin, Maine
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James A. Colby
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty CO
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