Fortieth Anniversary Notices From Bath 1887
Fortnightly Bath Chronicle itemizes social events and incidents on March 16 1887. Highlights include Knights of Labor oyster supper progress at Russell hall the Universalist circle at Mrs J S Harris and the Montgomery St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter officer elections. Also reports on a bath injury of James Taigh a rapid Bath Light Infantry commission and local club activities plus plans for George W Tarrison opening a restaurant on Front Street and a Jolly Fives dance at Columbian hall.
St Patrick’s Day Observed Quietly In City
March 17 1887 reports a quiet observance of St Patrick’s Day by local residents. A large four masted schooner at Morse yard is set for launch next week and town committees close the year’s business. A firelamp explosion at the Bath Hotel portico shocks nearby workers who assist with quick action and snow dousing.
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Crre
Morse
James T. Morse
Bath
Sagadahoc
Eliza Ann Hathorne
Sail Trust
Edward W. Larrabee
Saradahoc
Blanche L. Metcalf
William J. Perry
Adolphine Fe, Roux
Achille J. Roux
Adolphine EF
Roux
Installation of Dunlap commandery officers announced
March 8 1887 report states Dunlap commandery KX.T. will install officers on April 1. Acadia lodge K. of P. performed Orion Degree on three candidates. Edwin Emmons, city 'erier', began a new job today announcing an auction. Nathan Stiles hosted a small gathering and supper after cards. Steam launches may dominate local cruising this season as Bath residents already own several.
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Knights of Labor
Knights
Carr
Edwin Emmons
Dunlap Commandery
Kx.t
City Erier
Social and transport notes from March 31 1887
Miss Grace Blaisdell visits Brunswick as steam drills loom in the streets. The Winter street society plans an entertainment at the chapel next Wednesday. Mrs. Sewall leaves for New York to join Capt. Sewall aboard the El Capitan. The Universalist Literary Society meets at Andrew Jackson’s home. Fred Coombs returns from Mechanicsville NY as an expert on the typewriter. the Coombs family plans relocation. High school class hosts a social dance with ten dances and four extras, piano by Mrs. Slyde, prompter Prof. Brooks, refreshments at intermission. A Maine Central landslide near Sewall farm delays the line, with two large boulders uncovered. track cleared after hours.
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Fred. Coombs
Mechanicsville
N. Y
Hoosac Tunnel
Coombs
T. W. Slyde
Brooks
Hyde
Maine Central
Sewall Farm
New Cemetery
Leydon
New Bath Schooner T. A. Lambert Launched At Kennebec Yard
Bath marks a historic launch as the schooner T. A. Lambert slides down the ways from the Houghton Brothers yard into the Kennebec. At 277 feet long and 46 feet beam, the vessel features four 112 foot lower masts, a 2600 ton coal capacity, first class fastenings, and modern improvements. Capt. Renhenker to command. construction supervised by Israel Jewell with Bath investors owning major portions.
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Bath
Tr. Av
HL. F. Morse
Kennebec
T. A. Lambert
Lambert
Custom House
George Moulton, Jr
Morses
Renhenker
Augustus Hunt
Israel Jewell
George Brown
Atholomew Oshaughness
Maine farmers urged to sell high quality hay for profit
Agricultural Agent W G Hunton of Portland argues Maine farmers should sell only high quality green cured hay at times. He says feeding hay to dairy stock yields about 30 dollars per ton, while market prices may not cover costs. He stresses farm condition and soil buildup from long term hay feeding.
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W. G. Hunton
Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Maine
Hunton
Taunton
Carolinas
Purchase of Primeval Spruce for National Forests Urged
A New England delegation urged the National Forest Reservation commission to buy the Waterville tract of virgin spruce in New Hampshire for inclusion in the White Mountain National Forest. The deal hinges on an appraisal and terms, with preservation of Mad River Notch and Greeley Ponds, while opponents fear heavy government costs and logging threats.
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New England
National Forest Reservation Commission
White Mountain National Forest
New Hampshire
State of
Waterville Tract
Merrimac River
Forest Service
White Mountains
Mad River
Pemigiwasset River
Greeley Ponds
Waterville
Commission
Davis
Work
Jardine
Keyes
Overman
Phimley
McReynolds
Washington
New Enghind
The
Notch
Netch
Greeley
Allen P Tollis
Phillip W. Ayres
Society For the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Harvey N. Shepard
Harris A. Reynolds
Massachusetts Forestry Association
W. S. Rossiter
New England Council
J. Randolph Coolidge
W. R. Brown
Allen Chamberlain
James Nowell
Poston Chamber of Commerce
Henry ©. Fabyan
Waterville Association
David Austin
J. H. Foster
FE. C. Hirst
George A. Wood
Hugh Rangin
Mr. Whittesely
Potato stock estimates show March 1 US holdings
The Crop Reporting Board puts US potato stocks on March 1 at 44.8 million bushels including seed and foundation stocks, up 27 percent from last year but 44 percent below two years ago. Shipments to March 5 are 7 percent higher than last year, with total disappearance six percent above last year. Production is up 10.6 percent over a short crop but 19.5 percent below the bumper crop of 1924.
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The
Crop Reporting Board
United States
New England Crop Reporting Service
Canada
New York
Boston
New England Council Sets Boston Quarterly Meeting
The New England Council will hold its regular quarterly meeting at the Bratler Hotel in Boston on Friday. It is the first in Massachusetts since the council formed at the Worcester conference in November 1995. Governor Fuller will attend and 12 Massachusetts members host Cornel guests from other states at a luncheon.
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New England
Bratler
Boston
Massachusetts
Worcester
Fuller
Cummings Heads to Pennsylvania on Business Trip
Thomas Cummings left Saturday for a business trip to Pennsylvania. He was accompanied to Dartsmouth by Mrs. Cummings who will visit her brother, Martin Powers.
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Thomas Cummings
Pennsylvania
Dartsmouth
Mrs. Cummings
Martin Powers
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F. A. Owen
Bangor
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Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
George W. Tarrison
Preble & Jackson
Front Street
Sele
Fromie
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James Taigh
Eughand Tron Works
Winthreap
Tle
Godfrey
Haigh
Ilis
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Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co
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Resolute
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James W. Kelley
Sam
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Charles Snow
Kelley
Rendon
Olympian Club
Montgomery & St. Bernard Royal Arch
Turner McCarty
Oscar F. Williams
Walter S. Russell
Fred W. Rideout
Tf. S
W. S&s. Shorey
William H. Swett
Frank W. Weeks
Tf. FE. Stetson
Annie EF. Osear
Maplewood, Mass
Frank FE. Pond
Henry Tall
TL. W. Houghton
Central Church
Olympian
Times
Jeremiah Lancaster
Walker Street
Dr. Thibber
Columbian Hall
T. Frank Craven
Ralph Houston
Charles Sampson
Milton Dunning
William Fish
Ham
FE. W. Winckley
Morse Yard
Knickerhbocker Towage Co
New England Iron Works
Winthrop
Meen
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Foreman Whitehouse
Orville Thad
Crescent Street
Acadia Lodge K. of P
Nathan Stiles
Grace Blaisdell
Brunswick
Winter Street Society
Joseph Sewall
Sewall
el Capitan
Universalist Literary Society
Edwina Jones
Andrew Jackson
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Gardiner Deering
Houghton Brothers
EMS Og Ie
U. S
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Limitel
London
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Holyoke Mutual Fi
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P. O. Ee
Forestry Department
William A. Todd
Georgetown
Edgar B. Hunt
William F. Dunham
William F. Dunham, Egister
William FL
Dunham
Egister
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Sagadahoe
Emily Graham Pennell
Emily W. Graham
Walter & Glidden
Gadahogo
A. D
William 5. Shorey
William P. Lincoln
Saul County
Saul
Walter SS. Glidden
William FF
Dunilam
Khnore Lesden Mildram
Margaret EK. Leyden
Moe
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunstam
Harry G. Coombs
Mebel B. Coombs
Iam
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Horace B. Woodman
Frederick C. Woodman
Beatrice Woodman
Florida
Daur'ier
Horace B. Woran
Horace H. Woodman
Artitor J. Clinton
Walter
Gitdden
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Fred F. Tardiff
Sidney L. Eaton
Harriet G. Bonney
Walter 5. Glidden
Harold T. James
Tath
Helden Hospital
Palden
Mass
John G. Morse
Pluppsburg
Elizabeth S Morse
Whippsburgeh
Oosal
Weit
Winfield
Whippsburg
Frances M. Webber
Shippsburg
Phippsburg
Caul
Mareh
Ald
Joan G. Morse
Sagadahoec
William Fpf
Dunstam
Register
Sagadatioc
Lucinda T. Sprague
Evelyn K. Tabor
Sail County
Tam F. Dunham,egister
B. H. Woodside
J. Ig. Stevens
John A. Thibodeau
Said
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George Town
John N. Rattleff
Ida Gerrish
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Uuishe
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William F. Duntiam
George J. Hart
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Joan J. Keegan
Saeadahoc
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Jane M. Wyman
Phippshire
Athaw
Cora Lennon
Frances Bennett
East Springfield
Sadie Barnes
Charlestown
Maryland
Hiram B. Malcolm
James Malcolm
Jackson Malcolm
Archie Malcolm
Magrolia
Miryland
Samadahoe
Justia Oceason
Sagadatioc. Ss
Peron
Sawadahoc
Benjamin L. Cressey
Pamelia B. Cressey
Xame
George VF. Cressey
Leonard W. Cressey
Bridgewater
Mase
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Fred Cressey
Mary
Rumford
Malet Johnson
L. Cressey
Samadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
James B. Perkins
Eugene A. Pinkham
Emma A. Miller
Woolwich
Herbert T. Miller
Edith FE. Smith
W. Howard Larrabee
Edith E. Smith
W. Howard Larrabee, Jr
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