Bath Chronicle 1890 Bath items stray across town
Forty years ago in Bath, April 30 1890, Holman Dunning signs with Brunswick baseball club. Strawberries priced 30 cents a box. K of P candidates, new dwelling on Court Street, Rogers wharf work for government slips, Samoset and Nahanda steamers, annual hackmen ball, Universalist Parish renewed engagement, Bath Iron Works expansion and new steam hammers, shipyard rush to open summer, Hugh Madden returns to oversee work, Kennebec fishing reports, and rapid progress on Bath Iron Works tool house and dock foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Charles Davenport to be launched late next week
May 1 1890 reports the four masted schooner Charles Davenport nearing launch by week’s end. Also notes local pneumonia and typhoid cases, Samoset’s improved bulwarks, a postponed Crescent Hall masquerade, new hires at Bath Iron Works, and various town events.
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Charles Davenport
al Cate
Bath items and industrial notes from May 2 1890
The depot grounds paving work continues. A Brockton, Massachusetts man seeks a lease of the Columbian House. Houghton yard ready for the ship once timber arrives. A Bath Dramatic Company member may join Maine Central Railroad. A Bath Division Uniform Rank K P delegation travels to Portland for a new division ceremony. Cottage City engines are tested to observe the machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Dramatic Company
Maine Central Railroad
Bath Division
K. of P
Portland
Bath Board of Trade Seeks Good Attendance Tonight
May 5 1890 Bath Board of Trade meets rain or shine to discuss shipwreck aid and other town matters. The Bath Iron Works center bearing turntable piles progress new spur track changes and a turret lathe arrives for the Bath Foundry and Trunk Works. Acadia Lodge K of P plans amplified third degree work while Bath Juniors arrange Arbor Day game with barbers and Capt Oliver predicts a large field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Trade
Acadia Lodge K. of P
Bath Iron Works
Water Street
Tobey
Bath Juniors
Barbers
Arbor Day
Capt. Oliver
Tensorial Artists
Mayhew House and Local Maritime Notes Highlight Shore Town
Seem tas Ween sont to College A. Bath Division Uniform Bank meets tonight. Shad fishermen report best haul of season and Jim Parker nets 65. Eleven schooners lie off the city awaiting better weather. Machinists test boiler at Sawyer's ice house. Star of the East improvements underway. Coal drill at Small Point reaches 333 feet. Alvah Kelley’s Sunday school class plans concert and cabbage supper. Two launches slated the Alvah and Lavender schooner. Dr. Savage progresses on double tenement foundations on Silsby place. Morse four master receives large bowsprit cap enclosed in iron band for extra strength.
Retired Locomotive Engineer Dies at North Woolwich Home
Frank Head 70 a retired locomotive engineer died at his North Woolwich home after a sudden heart trouble Sunday afternoon. A Waldoboro native and former Knox and Lincoln railroad worker he later served as baggage master in Rockland and retired three years ago. He was active in local Masonic and O E S groups and leaves a wife Clara Reed and two nieces and a nephew.
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Frank
Head
Woolwich Center
Mr. Head
Waldoboro
Manlius
Sarah Sprague Head
Waldeboro
Knox and Lincoln
Rockland
Reed Estate
Board of
Selectmen
Rockland Lodge of Masons
Goldenrod Chapter
Clara E. Reed
Melvin Head c
Belfast
W. A. Milne
Rochester
N. Y
Death of William O. Blinn in Oakland
William O. Blinn died in Oakland California after a brief illness Monday evening. Funeral services were held Thursday under Masonic auspices. He was 75, born at Murphy's Corner, long employed by Pacific Fruit Co in Idaho, recently retired and moved to Oakland. He leaves wife Sophie Wright of Woolwich, a sister Abbie White of Augusta, and a niece Mrs Edward Shaw of Murphy's Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Oakland
Calif
William O. Blinn
Masonic Order
Murphy’s Corner
Pacific Fruit Co
Idaho
Sophie Wright
Abbie White
Augusta
Edward Shaw
Maine notes on Scotland in Saco and flying boats appeal
Igiesboro residents cling to antipathy for cars yet accept flying boats as a convenient way to reach the mainland. In Saco a district named Bac on's Court reflects a Scots heritage and a pump surrounded by five houses with two tenements each. Francis Chalmers of Mansets left Scotland to work as a seine cutter, visiting his ill mother in Scotland after learning of her condition.
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Igiesboro
Boston
Haverhill
Italy
Saco
Scotland
Francis Chalmers
Man- Set
Gussie Moore
Southwest Harbor
Vinalhaven
Chalmers
Morse Whitewashes Brunswick High in well played contest
Morse high's baseball team tops Brunswick 5-0 at Kelley Field as Ring leads with ten strikeouts and two hits while Miller and Gore add key hits. Racine and Gagnon shine for Brunswick in left field and at first base as Morse moves back into first in the Southern Division of the Kennebec Valley League.
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Morse
Brunswick
Morse High
Bath Schoolboys
Kelley Field
Ring
Miller
Gore
Racine
Gagnon
Hallowell Tops Cong in 10th for Bath Victory
Hallowell clinched a 10 inning win over Cong at Augusta, scoring five runs in the 10th to lift Bath. Morse and Brunswick battled with strong plays, Newell Wilson and Don Ring highlighted Bath defense with a pivotal double play and Ring’s late homer and clutch strikeouts.
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Hallowell
Cong
Augusta
Bath Lads
Sunberth
Capital
Ring
Brunswick
Don Ring
Morse
N. Wilson
Newell Wilson
Bath O
Wally Gagnon
Don
Wilson
Gagnon
Bouchard
V. Henderson
Jimmy Miller
Marriner
Trott
Marshall
Paul Wilson
Gove
Billy Gove
Henderson
Wakely
Tetreault
Messier
Lock Seacee Tat Coe
Achelon
This Week's Fight Card Promises Much Action at Arena
The Arena card features Eddie Gauvin vs Stanley Ketchell plus five bouts. Bangor’s Young Fortier faces Lewiston’s Frankie Nadeau. Bath’s Young Briton meets Lewiston’s Young Harry Wills. Iceberg Kelley of Boothbay Harbor fights Geney Baker of Brunswick. Brunswick’s Young Racine and Wiscasset’s Young Chubuck complete the lineup. Gauvin aims to avenge a prior loss to Ish Patterson.
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Eddie Gauvin
Stanley Ketchell
Bangor
Young Fortier
Cyclone Sawyer
Sanford
Bath
Frankie Nadeau
Lewiston
Briton
Harry Wills
Iceberg Kelley
Boothbay Harbor
Geney Baker
Brunswick
Young Racine
Young Chubuck
Wiscasset
Gauvin
Ish Patterson
Ketchell
Coffin as Umpire Fair in Decisions
Carrol Coffin of Brunswick, once a Brunswick player, umpired the Morse Brunswick game Saturday and called it as he saw it. The Maine Library Bulletin praises his fairness, referencing John Neal of Portland and a suggestion for a fuller biography by Dane Yorke of Biddeford.
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Carrol Coffin
Brunswick
Morse-Brunswick
Morse
Coffin
Maine Library Bulletin
Yorke
Dearborn News Co
McArthur
American Mercury
John Neal
Portland
Yankee Neal
Dane Yorke
Biddeford
Jackson Presidency and Calhoun in Nullification Clash
Omar W. Folsom recounts the Jackson era's tension over nullification. Key figures include Daniel Webster defending the union, John C. Calhoun’s fiery challenge, and President Jackson directing policy amid Congress debates. The piece covers Webster's praise, Hayne's defiance, and Jackson's final years.
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Page
Hermitage
South Carolina
Snehan Hamilton
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
W. Scott
Congress
Castle Pinkney
Calhoun
Jackson
Edward Livingstone
Livingstone
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Washington
Hayne
Webster
Senate
Bath estate sale sought from Rideout trust
Charles J. Demennie Poe Trustees petition the Sagadahoc County Probate Court to license sale of real estate owned by Charles F. Rideout of Bath. The tract along Milan Street is described, seeks private sale proceeds to benefit the estate as of April eighteenth, AD.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc Canee
Charles J. Demennie
Poe
Charles F. Rideout
Bath
Testate
H Ollowe
Milan Street
Charles FP. Hall
Hall
Scott Morse
Morse
P. Rideout
Charles J. Dain
Jennie
Rideout
Hatha
Senda
Young Volunteer Firefighters Help Battle Major Blaze
Everett Staples joins efforts with Harold Pratt and 5S.Dudley to fight a large fire that sent smoke 500 feet high. Students, led by athlete Sta ples, commandeer a motor truck and 100 volunteers, including Grand Trunk Railroad workers, helpContain the flames with shovels and brush. Meanwhile Mrs. Benjamin Pooley recalls a 100 year old silk rug passed through Betsy Clark and George Pooley family lines, notable for its pink rose pattern on gray.
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Everett Staples
Harold Pratt
Dudley
Staples
Grand Trunk Railroad
Benjamin Pooley
Tenants Harbor
Betsy Clark
Pooley
George Pooley
Partridge Seeks Rep. Nomination In Maine Second District
Donald B. Partridge of Norway, clerk of courts for Oxford county, seeks the Republican nomination for Congress in the second district. He was in Bath Tuesday with Elliott A. Puller, a Norway merchant formerly of Bath, who introduced him to many Bath acquaintances.
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Donald B. Partridge
Norway
Oxford County
Representaive
Bath
Elliott A. Puller
Fuller
Mr. Re
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The
Bath Daily Times
Holman Dunning
Atadie Lodge K. of P
Charles Totman
Court Street
William Harriman
John Stantial
Old Rogers Wharf
Deys Ferry Dramatic Company
Turisic Hall
Universalist
I. P. Quimby
Boothbgy
Hackmen
Alameda
Dennis
Hugh Madden
Cottage City
Kelley & Spear
Kennebec
Charles’ Mitchell
Parris
Crescent Hall
John H. Jordan
Maine Central Depot
Charles W. Nocton
New York
Winter Street Society
Misses Simpson
King
Blaisdell
Moulton’s
Brown
Gen. Hyde
Canton
P. M
M. M. Lemont
Canton Brunswick
Holly Tree Inn
William J. Jacobs
Fred Hayes
LM. Grindell
Center Street
Solar Lodge F. .&. A. M
Percy V
Popham Beach
George Grant
A. J. Fuller
Harvey Doughty
Maitland
Harrington
Dr. Bray
Ben Hur
Zaoni An
Brockton, Mass
Houghton
Clara Clarita
Bath Tron
Howard
Ferry Street
Mayhew House
Lot
Seem
Cotege A
Bath Division Uniform Bank
Jim Parker
Sawyer's
Ing
Alvah Kelley
Corliss Street
Sewall's
Kelley & Spear's
North Woolwich
Maine News Notes
Cony
D. Ring
P. Wilson
S. Henderson
Arcade Arena
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas BR. Huston
Mgr
Fice
Nashville
Tennessee
Omar W. Folsom
Kalbourne Place
Washington, D. C
Norway Medicine Co
M. Humphreys & Co
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
State OF Maine
Propate
Albert Craven
Louise E. Tillson
Wood St
Eeiton
Glebe
Lillian * Barbour
Pri.burg
William A. Butler
Prippsby
Perry Urg
Lillian A. Barbour
Lillian. A. Barbour
Sagadahoc
Arthur J. Dunton
Sienna Penta
Enti IV Gy
William P
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