Fifty Years Ago Bath Notes From 1892
Fortnightly Bath Bath articles detail a city alive with meetings and plans. Water works committee met last night. Alameda running races planned for next month. Arbor Day set at the High School with essays music and recitations. Center street sidewalk debate continues. A Beacon Street wedding unites William J. Collins and Catherine E. McGregor.
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William J. Collins
Catherine E. McGregor
Bath High School
Living Whist carnival rehearsals and local transfers in town
April 28, 1892 reports busy town scene as Eddie Vaughn begins at Shaw's Book Store while Columbian Opera House ushers prepare for next week's Living Whist carnival. Property trades occur on Russell and Middle streets, and High street. Fire companies organize next Monday with strong crews. Captain Cushing departs for New York & Aspinwall Steamship Co. A 1300 ton coal shipment arrives for Bowdoin paper mill. Carrie A Norton sails to Philadelphia. City eyes retired status for City of Bath No. 1 steamer amid ongoing port activity.
April 29 1892 city notes and sales update
Read Nichols reports 200000 bricks for sale and crew to resume at the yard in about four weeks. Acadia lodge K of P conferred two Pages and one Esquire last evening. Hardware stores extend hours this week. Mayor Twitchell Alderman Donnell and Street Commissioner Williams visit Boston on business. City plans a new stone crusher street sprinkler and street sweeper to improve utilities.
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Acadia Lodge K. of P
Twitchell
Donnell
Williams
Boston
Bathy Men's Club Holds Hebron 6-1
The Bath Y Men's club opened its 1932 season with a 6-1 win over Hebron academy at the Academy diamond. Mark Hayes pitched a strong game with 12 hits allowed total and two walks, while Bath built runs in the eighth inning. Dido Cutting had five catches in left field and contributed to Bath’s defense as Stan Whitehouse, Cutting, Miller, Noonan and Hayes led the offense with key hits.
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Hebron Academy
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Cannonball Oliver
Frankie Sheridan
Mark Hayes
St. Mary’s
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Jimmy Miller
Jimmy Noonan
Bath Club
Stan Whitehoure
Cutting
Miller
Noonan
Hayes
Whiteshouze
Dave Sprague
Lekates
C. A
Abrbh Pone Cutting
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Callan
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Hannigan
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Whitehouse
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Allen
Jeremiah
Flagg
Men's Club
Moore
Bennett
Plagg
Bath Bathing and Marine Work Highlight Local Life Tonight
A Bath firm plans to build a 40 foot schooner yacht for cocoa nut trade and a sloop rigged boat for H P Dyer Co of New York. Kennebec section men renew ties along the line. Engine companies reorganized with new foremen. Logs rafted from Fort Popham to string river booms.
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Maine Central Section
Bath and Brunswick
Cook’s Crossing
Harris Getchell
Chelsea
Kennebec Log’ Driving Co
Fort Popham
Bath Country Club in Fine Condition for Play
A Bath Maine report describes the Bath Country Club course as in fine shape with minor spots and dry conditions likely to improve by Friday if clear weather continues. Superintendent George Grant notes greens being rolled, traps smoothed, and the No. 1 tee praised. improvements to equipment, amenities, and access are highlighted as memberships grow and a May 10 card party is planned to fund kitchen upgrades.
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Representative Wright Describes Yalta and Caucasus Tour
The report details a coastal and inland journey visiting Yalta with its aging convent nearby, Novorossysk as a grain trade hub, and Tuapse Sochi Batum Gagri and Tiflis with famed markets. It notes Yalta’s health resort status for Soviet workers, the Prince Voonstrov chateau, and Baku as a major oil center with modern drilling.
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Bath Physician Dr Byron Barker Dies At City Hospital
Dr Byron F Barker aged 59 a renowned Bath physician died Friday night at City Hospital after an emergency appendicitis operation. A Bath native he practiced 86 years in the city and was a 1896 Jefferson Medical College graduate later named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He served on local government boards and WWI draft exam duties and left a widow Clara Mildred Todd of Bath.
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Mrs Margaret F Whitney widow of Henry Whitney
Mrs Margaret Foster Green Whitney, widow of Boston financier Henry M Whitney and Bath native, died April 28 at 396 Mount Alban Street Cambridge MA at 76. Funeral in King's Chapel Boston conducted by Rev John Carroll Perkins and Rev Howard N Brown. Ashes to Bath, committal in Oak Grove cemetery Bath. Survived by son James S Whitney and daughters Mrs Herbert Lyman and Mrs J Pennington Gardiner and Mrs N Phillips Dodge, with other daughter Mrs Frank Duveneck of Palo Alto.
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Mount Alban Street
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Widow Ada Shorey Dies in Brooklyn N Y
Mrs Ada Shorey widow of Frank W Shorey formerly of Bath died Friday in Brooklyn New York Her nephew William S Shorey of First National Bank notified The couple lived at 100 North Street Bath and later moved to Brunswick where Mr Shorey worked for The Times Co Funeral held in Brooklyn and burial planned in Bridgton Surviving children Archie T and Philip R Shorey
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Brooklyn
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Bath
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Brunswick Telegraph
Brunswick Record
James P. Oliver dies at 75 in Brunswick hospital
James P. Oliver 75 of Phippsburg died Sunday in a Brunswick hospital where he had been a patient ten days. He was born in Phippsburg to Henry and Elizabeth Oliver and resided in West Point. He is survived by his wife, a nephew George Davis of Bath, and three nieces, Mrs. Everett Harrington among them.
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Phippsburg
Brunswick Hospital
Henry
Elizabeth Oliver
West Point
George Davis
Bath
Everett Harrington
Notable Residents Named in Phippsburg Center Obituary Fragment
The fragment lists Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris of Bath and Mrs. Nellie Thorne of Portland among those associated with Phippsburg Center, indicating a local community context or remembrance.
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Elizabeth Ferris
Bath
Nellie Thorne
Portland
Augustus A Seiders Dies After Stroke at City Hospital
Augustus A Seiders aged 68 a janitor at the federal building housing the post office and other departments died after a paralytic stroke Tuesday afternoon and at City hospital. He was born in Newcastle and moved to Bath as a youth working in shipyards before joining federal service. Survived by three daughters Mrs Mildred Warwick Chicago Mrs Annie Cox Braintree Mass and Louise Holgreen Wollaston Assorted biographical details and lodge affiliations noted.
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Newcastle
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Washington Street
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K. of P
Bath Veteran Firemen's Association
Mildred Warwick
Chicago
Annie Cox
Braintree
Mass
Bas Louise Holgreen
Wollaston
Edmund Sadler 83 Brunswick resident dies at home
Edmund Sadler of Georgetown, 83, longtime Brunswick resident, died Monday at 15 Columbia avenue. He spent most of his life in Brunswick with brief years in Massachusetts and Canada. Employed by the State agricultural department in gypsy moth work, he retired at 65. Survived by four daughters Mrs. James Learned, Mrs. Ralph Varney, Mrs. Harold Hendrickson, all of Brunswick, and Mrs. Charles Winston of New Jersey, plus two sons Milton and Charles E. Sadler, both of Brunswick.
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Ralph Varney
Harold Hendrickson
Charles Winston
New Jersey
Milton
Charles E. Sadler
Laura L. Holmes Dies at 80 in Belfast Widow of George O Holmes
Laura L. Holmes 80 widow of George O. Holmes of Belfast died at her home Friday. She leaves five sons Dr. George of Boston Dr. John of Manchester N H Fair and Gay E of Belfast and Clyde B Holmes manager of Gibbons Coal Co in Bath. Funeral services were Sunday at two in the home with Rev. Clifford L. Peaslee of the Baptist church officiating.
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George O. Holmes
Belfast
George
Boston
John
Manchester
N. H
Fair and Gay E
Clyde B. Holmes
Gibbons Coal Co
Bath
Clifford L. Peaslee
the Baptist Church
Funeral for Winifred B. Cool Held at Home
The funeral for Winifred B. Cool wife of Harry W. Cool was Thursday morning at her home 876 High Street Rev Edwin D Hardin officiated Bearers were Ernest R Avery George Wright Farley Mayo and Arthur F Mayo The body was removed to Pittsfield for burial.
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Harry W. Cool
High Street
Edwin D. Hardin
Ernest R. Avery
George Wright
Farley Mayo
Arthur F. Mayo
Pittsfield
Funeral of J P Oliver at Curtis Funeral Home
The funeral for James P. Oliver of Phippsburg was held Wednesday at 2 PM at Curtis Funeral Home on Center Street. Reverend Charles H. Berry of Corlis Street Church officiated. Burial followed at Phippsburg Center Cemetery.
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Phippsburg
Curtis Funeral Home
Center Street
Charles H. Berry
Corlis Srest
Phivpshure Center
Morse Bros. Company dissolved in Maine equity case
Leonice B Morse files in Sagadahoc Superior Court to dissolve Morse Bros Company of Bath claiming no assets remain. Notice ordered by court to be published in Bath Independent for three weeks and served to the defendant by Clerk within thirty days. Hearing set for June at Kennebec County Court House.
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Notary Public
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