Forty Years Ago in Bath from The Bath Daily Times 1888
Readable items recount Bath glimpses from April 1888 including arrivals from Massachusetts the marine railway repairs the Varner convention travel by special train and local business notes. Reports mention steamer lines to Boston plans for a daily river steam service and waterfront improvements plus social events at the Sagadahoc Historical Society and Beacon Street church.
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Bath
Gath Daily Times
Boston
Gardiner
Cadwell
Rath
Public notices and local updates from the city
April 30 1288 Cry Marshal Drantem resumes duty Arbor and May Day celebrations extend public school hours Fire department year ends and payoffs due Assistant assessors report 26 000 school children Gen T W Hyde to have electric light Linemen install wires on Washington South High streets Alameda entertainment boosts Bath baseball club fund Cab adds about ten dollars Elm Street water pipe main context unclear.
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T. W. Hyde
Washington Street
South Street
Alameda
Bath
City Hall
City to reorganize fire department next month
Dr Packard returned home last night as preparations begin for reorganizing the city fire force. The city sprinkling cart made its first appearance on the streets today while the Current Event society plans a meeting.
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Drunnelis
Danielis
Dr. Packard
Bath Ball Tossers Rally For Season Opener
The Bath baseball team reports Thursday at five for the first workout of the season as coach Creu plans regular sessions to shape up the squad. Fifteen players will wear uniforms and help open the season against Bowden College in June with several local players plus imports aiming to strengthen the roster.
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Bath
Bill Daley
Dimer Callan
Harold Catting
Cannonball Oliver
DeRoy Lathrop
Giues Meinter
Veany Stover
Arthur MacDonald
Jerry Gilmore
Eddie Burns
Vetodiver
Life at Maine Forestry College Described by Searingly Roving Students
The account details several weeks of student life at the Maine Forestry program, focusing on fieldwork, dorm life, and rough conditions. Students endure heavy labor in the woods, wear worn shoes, and adapt to sparse meals while the experience shapes their skills through surveying, map work, and boundary tasks amid social life at fraternities and campus events.
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Maine
Esmmp Cs
Ocmp
Eopers Seins
Prater
W.ig
Chapman
J. Mteword
Fareeiry
State Forestry Prefour
Sander
Edewace Cheek
Interet
Contades
Ailomehe
Sperry
Tiedis
Ultra violet rays speed bone repairs
New York University College of Dentistry uses ultra violet irradiation to hasten bone repair after tooth extraction. A mercury quartz lamp focuses light on small surfaces to stimulate bone cell deposition, aiding patients with slow natural bone growth due to general illness.
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New York (A
cCmie
New York University College of Dentistry
Tor
Lew Winter
Cbentists
Analytical process for olive oil sought
Washington reports the National Association of Olive Growers of Spain announced an international competition to stimulate research in olive oil analysis. The Spanish embassy offers prizes up to 25,000 pesetas or about 5,000 dollars to develop physico chemical methods to differentiate pure olive oil from blends and determine constituent maturity and amounts.
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Washington
Spain
Housewives Top Patient Group in Hartford Hospitals
Records from Hartford hospitals show 127 more patients treated for injuries and illness who classes themselves as housewives than any other occupation. A sizable portion of patients reported no certain occupation.
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Hartford
Conn
Paris Theatregoers Hit Daily Rush Across City
Government figures show nearly 800 000 Parisians out of three million residents attend theatre or cinema each day, reflecting strong appetite for performing arts and film in the capital.
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Paris
District School Soprano Night Delights Parish House Crowd
Centralville District School staged a charming lighthearted production at Central Church parish house on Monday evening. The old fashioned classroom setting drew many alumni as William J. Small led the cast including Mona Litthe Turners and Letta Statie, with lively scenes, a spelling bee, music parody, and a jovial physical routine drawing waves of laughter from the audience.
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Centralville
Central Church Parish
Dong Frigidaire
Deorethy Brages
Marin Hersel
William J. Small
Mona Dlitthe
Gitte
Chaura Appletont
Sid
Diet Durty
Desephine Freeman
Rhoda Long
Toris Campbell
Penrietta Crabbs
William H. Small
Irma Vamp
Dorothy Ryder
Jona Frigidaire
Dorothy Bragg
Musimeet
Enna Gadder
Harriet Soidh
Renal
Jade Green
Mster Ledyard
A. M. Gadder
Belle Welch
Nen
J. J. Looney
Emma Magoun
Fuller Static
Lotta
Martha Foote
TR. J. Greene
Pearl Wilson
Anita Mullin
Owen J. Ledyard
Ralph W. Bragg
Edmund V. Griggs
Katie
Nanny
Ralph Drage
Wer J. Ledward
Lulu Turner
Leonard Lord
William HE
Willian Vic Percy
Seth S. Mullin
BE. Motley Fuller
Frank Thompson
Robert Bragg
Richard Legere
Norse youths trek to Canada wilderness
Edmonton report notes two young Norwegians Hjalmar Nelsondale and Helge Ingstad attempt to reach the Copper Mine River headwaters after leaving Resolution in July 1927. They aim to return by dog train, with the river first mapped in 1772 and rarely reached by whites in 160 years. Ingstad is an attorney, Johann Johnson of Waterville also mentioned.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hjalmar Nelsondale
Helge Ingstad
Resolution
Man
Ingstad
Norway
Grange Drives Master Farm Home Maker Movement Nationwide
Granges across the Central West boost the Master Farm Home maker program, uniting with boys and girls clubs to advance community welfare. National Music Week will be observed, and California leaders report a busy January with many rallies, radio addresses, and travel. New granges in Michigan and Nebraska show strong female leadership, while experts tout Farm Relief and the Expert Debenture Plan as key to congressional support.
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Central West
Grange Lasteng
California
Orange
Voxother
United States
Washington
Congress
de Lenture Phin
Fred Cox Continues His Description Of Trip Around World
Fred Cox continues his talk at the Lewiston Rotary Club luncheon describing travel from Shanghai to Japan. He highlights Chinese superstition, Beppo in Shanghai, mud baths, a voyage through the Inland Sea, Kobe, Kyoto, Yokohama, and post earthquake rebuilding near Tokyo with the Canadian Pacific liner passengers aboard.
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Fred Cox
Dougherty
Lewiston
Sth Rotary
Vicw
Hardin
Walter Ey
Shanghai
Japan
Beppo
Ote Kobe
Kioto
Yokohama
Tokio
Voyage of the Chamber of Commerce Party Across Pacific
A Chamber of Commerce president led a party visiting sacred temples removing shoes coats and hats then sailed from Yokohama to Honolulu calling the city beautiful and noting Pearl Harbor plantations and volcanic sights. They continued to San Francisco and Balboa while expressing relief to return to New York and the U.S.
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Chamber of Commerce
Yokohama
Honolulu
Cox
Naval
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Balboa
Pongina
Tavana
New York
U.S. N
Ellis W. Nish
Samebh Ktyeskine
B. Conti
Whites Defeat Blues at Cosmopolitan Club Bridge Event
Whites captained by Mrs Daniel C M Deauneherty win over the Blues in a bridge tourney at Cosmopolitan Club. Susan Ballon leads Blues as partners change per table. multiple players listed with scores and pairings. Glee club announced not meeting Wednesday. J Henry Mabelhin to speak with guest policy.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Daniel CM Deauneherty
Susan Ballon i
Minnie White Gilles
Dianiel
Dougherty
Teorg Churchill
Sylvianus Menueth
Clinton Mebaedden
Pinanees Dini
Stern McCuaide Vine
Uaviland ‘Torrey
Charles Parnham
Pbtram
PL Stevens
Rachel Nichols
Annie
Predeviel Freeman
Badia Bliss
Mareia Moulton
Checeoha Farber
Deathes Neves
Arthur Thagan
Pela Thortwell
Dillan Miller
Phelnas Wittridge
Dorothy Welch
Frank Plodsdon
Bessie Mikels
Maes
Tierbest Marie
Bertha Bellrose
Dessie Htunt
Doris Dyer
Glee Club
J. Henry Mebelhin
Bath Baseball Drive Aims To Fund Town Team
Bath launches a Monday drive to raise $1,000 for a high grade baseball team in Shipping City. Enthusiasm is high as large donors contribute and captains plan ten canvassing teams to report daily totals to pressure Alki Spear.
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Bath Baseball Association
SLO
Oon
Bath
Bath Oun
Sevral
Alki
Personal notes and social updates from Bath area visitors
Mrs Clara Barbour of Raaidelph visits friends here and Mrs BF Oh Kimball returns home after a brief visit in Toston. Mrs Carrie Smith sails from New York City with husband Harry Wl oSneoth on Steamship Jefferson. Mrs Fred Temple of Mareia street will stay with son Earl Temple in Portsmouth indefinitely. Memorial hall Tendem college hosts James I Webber of Phillips-Everestademy who gives Macbeth reading to a full Bath audience.
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Clara’ Barbour
Raaidelph
Bath
BF OH. Kimball
High Street
Toston
Carrie Smith
Oak Street
New York City
Harry Wl oSneoth
Jefferson
Fred ‘Temple
Mareia Street
Earl Temple
Portsmouth
Memorial Hall
Tendein College
James I Webber
Phillips -Eveterseademy
Macbeth
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Times
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Saradahoe Historical Society
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Walter Morse
Charles Morse
Haverhill
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University of Maine
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Will Small
Canada
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Cosnialty Insurances
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