Bath Thirty Years Ago Items From The Bath Times 1889
Fortifications and local items from Bath Maine in 1889 note the Maine Central depot closure, area improvements, a new culvert along the railroad, a move for the North Street Chapel, and plans for a new filtering gallery for Bath Water Supply Co. Also mention weather, city council pay raise for night police, shipyard activity, and various local people and events.
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Bath
The
Bathy Times
Maine Central Railroad
Center Street
Bath Water Supply Co
Bath Bath: Uniform Bank to Escort Memorial Day
May 3 1889 Bath Division Uniform Bank to escort Memorial Day. J C How leaves Bath Water Works after duties as Superintendent. Center Street fire engine company re organs with Fred Ingham foreman and Fred Stilphen second foreman. Edward Morey injured hand at Bath Iron Works.
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Bath Division
Uniform Bank, K. of P
J. C. How
Bath
Boston
Center Street
Fred Ingham
Fred Stilphen
Shepard Street House
Edward S. Morey
Bath Iron Works
William Lynch
Wiscasset in Early Days May 4 1889
Miss Chase visits Worcester with Rev H J White. Popham Lodge officers installed by Mrs M C Shea. A crowded Front street horse incident and a surprise party at Miss Carrie Curtis home. Bath Board of Trade meeting planned and various local construction and transport notes. Remarked progress on lumber yards, canoes and shipyard work.
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Popham Lodge of Good Templars
M. C. Shea
Fred Brackley
Fred Bragg
C. T
Josephine Talbot
V. T
Harry Robinson
Margaret Wright
M. Nettie Parshley
J. T
Annie B. Stilphen
F. S
Leonard Percy
Gilbert Sprague
Edgar O. Dow
Linnie Hodgkins
Nellie Bragg
Fred Johnson
Carrie Curtis
Pleasant Street
Miller Still Holds Lead In Batting
The Morse team star Jimmy Miller leads averages at .429 from 14 at bats with six hits. Don Ring follows at .357 from 14 trips, Stan Henderson at .333, and Trott at .500 in four trips. Other Morse players show lower marks as season hitting progresses.
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Hallowell
Jimmy Miller
Morse
Don Ring
Stan Henderson
Roland
Trott
Ave
IMM
Grace
Scp
Cates
Lincoln Lodge Memorial Memory Service Attended
A sizable gathering of Lincoln Lodge I C C F and Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge members attended the annual memorial sermon. The mobile unit was erected and the address delivered by Rev. Harold J. Merrill of Brunswick.
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Lincoln Lodge
I.C.C.F
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Maurice J. Knight
Mobie
Harold J. Merrill
Brunswick
Maine Central milk train expands to daily Sunday service
Maine becomes a fluid milk producer on a sustained basis as the Maine Central Railroad begins seven day a week milk deliveries from Bangor to Portland. W. G. Hunton notes the move helps meet stricter Massachusetts health standards and boosts Maine dairy prosperity and growth.
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Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Bangor
Portland
Massachusetts
W. G. Hunton
Hunton
Maine Central
Leadership Camp Set to Open June 22
The State Y M C A leadership camp will run the week of June 22 to 29 marking the opening of the season. Regular gym classes pause for summer. open time allows individual work with activities such as handball boxing wrestling golf training tumbling and more. Basketball shooting remains popular as many members practice daily.
Audiometer Tests Yield Low Defect Rate in Schools
Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden, school nurse, reports four weeks of audiometer testing across grade schools. Of 1714 pupils tested, 124 were defective, a small percentage. She will inform parents and offer to explain the defects to parents or doctors and assist with treatment guidance.
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R. Clinton McFadden
McFadden
Must License Dogs During Present Week
Edwin L. Emmons announces that after Thursday the ninth Mayor Cahill will issue papers to dispose of unlicensed dogs or those found without collars bearing the owner’s name. Owners are urged to license dogs and ensure collars display name and address to avoid seizure.
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Dog
Edwin L. Emmons
Cahill
Hand Engine League Meeting Saturday In Westbrook
The Maine State Hand Engine League Inc will hold its annual meeting at the Westbrook Veteran Firemen's home on Mechanic Street next Saturday night at eight D S T. Bath will be represented. Delegates must turn in cards if any changes were made. Frank T Fortier of Bath seeks president. officers to be elected. A six oclock supper will be served. Berlin reports three more killed in communist rioting.
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Richardson
Capt. Tallman
Whittiers
Gundale
Lee
King
General Court
Boston
Mas. Wood
Gridley
State Prison
Lincoln and Kennebeck Bank
Wiscasset
Collector Cook
Maine State Hand Engine League, Inc
Westbrook
Mechanic Street
Bath
John F. Cutter
Newburyport Fire Department
New England League
Frank T. Fortier
Upper
Bath State Ferry
Howard Coal Co
E. A. Curtis
Portland
State of Maine
City of
State of
Maine
George C. Quicksall
Chamber of Commerce
Central Church League closes its season with supper and meeting
The Central Church League finished its first year under President Mrs. William B. Newell with a well attended supper and business meeting. Reports from Secretary Mrs Eva Helah and Treasurer Mrs George W Dean praised activity and finances. Two competition teams led by Miss Martha Foote and Mrs Adolph Ehlers kept interest high. Ehlers' team won membership canvass. A musical program followed with solos from several members and a violin piece. Prizes awarded to top winners. Newell receives booby. Officers will serve another two-year term.
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Central Church League
William 8. Newell
Eva Helah
George W. Dean
Martha Foote
Adolph Ehlers
Ehlers
Miss Foote
William W. Dennison
Clyde Feete
Andrus Coleman
Howard Parks
John A. Legro
Richard Sprague
Ralph W. Bragg
Leonard Lord
Belle Welch
William V. Percy
William S. Newell
Obituary Jessie Whitehouse Tuttle of Brookline Mass
Mrs. Jessie Whitehouse Tuttle died in Brookline Massachusetts on Saturday at about 52 after pernicious anemia intensified. She leaves son Paul W. Tuttle a Tufts Dental College student and her mother Mrs Charles Whitehouse. she was born in Bath and graduated with Bath High School class of 1896. She and her family were long time Bath residents with summers at Quaker Point. She attended Central Church Bath.
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Brookline
Mass
Jessie Whitehouse Tuttle
Beth
Oak Grove Cemetery
Tuttle
Bath
Charles Whitehouse
Old High School
Quaker Point
Paul W. Tuttle
Tufts Dental College
Central Church
Death of Mrs Bartlett. Lewiston connections noted
Mrs Lucy Bartlett widow of Silas E Bartlett, 70, died at the home of her daughter Mrs William F Carrigan, 618 Main Street Lewiston. She leaves two sisters Mrs Frank Gardiner of Lewiston and Mrs Clarence Beedy of Portland and two nephews Congressman Carroll L Beedy of Portland and Howard E Beedy of New York.
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Edward W. Sampson
Dummer Street
Bartlett
William F. Carrigan
Main Street
Lewiston
Silas E. Bartlett
Frank Gardiner
Clarence Beedy
Portland
Carroll L. Beedy
Howard E. Beedy
New York
Five Year Old Viola Carlson Dies After Illness
Viola Madeline Carlson daughter of Albion W and Kath erine J Carlson died Friday at 14 Green Street Bath after a long illness. Born in Caribou she was sent to Presque Isle for burial with funeral held there Monday. Her father a foreman on the new high school project moved to Bath from Presque Isle.
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Viola Madeline Carlson
Albion W
Katherine J. Carlson
Green Street
Caribou
New High School
Bath
Presque Isle
Funeral services for Mrs. America Purington held in Bowdoinham
The Methodist church in Bowdoinham hosted the funeral Friday afternoon at 1 30 conducted by Rev. George G Powers and Rev. J H Palmer with a profusion of flowers. Bearers were Albert Henderson William B Kendall J E Cornish and William S Given. Burial was in Ridge cemetery. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs J Bowdoin Lilly of Boston and Mrs Nelson D Thurlow of Richmond.
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America Purington
Bowdoinham
George G. Powers
J. H. Palmer
Albert Henderson
William B. Kendall
J. E. Cornish
William S. Given
Ridge Cemetery
J. Bowdoin Lilly
Boston
Nelson D. Thurlow
Richmond
Committal Service for Mrs. Jessie Tuttle Held in Bath
Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church led a committal service at Oak Grove cemetery for Mrs Jessie Whitehouse Tuttle formerly of Bath who died suddenly Saturday at her Brookline Massachusetts home. Family and Bath friends attended after a Monday Brookline funeral. Indian Harbor Indiana reports two believed drowned when a plane crashed into Lake Michigan during a storm.
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Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Oal Grove Cemetery
Jessie Whitehouse Tuttle
Bath
Brookline
Mass
Tuttle
Indian Harbor
Ind
Lake Michigan
State Appropriation Totals Given for Evening School
The document lists appropriations including 2125.00 for Domestic Science and 2400.00 for Evening School, detailing budget allocations within a proposed bill. It summarizes line item funding without broader context or dates.
Bath to accept state ferry property for public dock
Bath officials scrutinize the transfer of the Kennebec River ferry slip to the city under House Document 359. Attorney General Robinson and city counsel advise on deed form and liability and outline steps to convey the property while preserving state protections. The matter includes tax commitments and committee reviews on reconversion costs.
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Samuel H. Kirkpatrick
Howard Coal Co
Cahill
Bath State Ferry
Powers
Wright
Pres. Curtis
Kirkpatrick
Edward W. Bridgham
Bridgham
Bath
Maine
City of
Kennebec River
State of Maine
Ood
Oon
Clement F. Robinson
Special Ferry Committee
Venizelos Pledges Municipal Suffrage for Women
Greek Prime Minister Eleutherios Venizelos pledges to introduce municipal suffrage for women, signaling a push for broader political participation amid expanding rights. The vow comes as reform debates intensify in 1910s Greece.
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Eleutherios Venizelos
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J. F. Hayden, Esq
Hot Springs
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John McLellan
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Phoenix
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A. R. Gilmore
Turner
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Front Street
Bath Board of Trade
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Frank Snipe
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Hea
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Foote Bros
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Harry O. Stinson
Star Canoe Club
Sagamore
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Joseph M. Hayes
W. 8. Shorey
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J. S. Winslow
William Rogers
Buenos Ayres
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Thomas Ingraham
Rockland
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Maine Central Milk Train
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T. W. Hyde Camp
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Blaisdell, Leeman & Co
Y'S Place
Commercial Street
Edna M. Wilson
McCabe
Harold W. Child
Child
Seth S. Mullin
Board of Health
Chester S. Kingsley
Horace W. Ward
Cemetery and Park Board
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Funeral Home
Mary L. Sylvester
Phippsburg
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Alvin P. Sylvester
Af Phipps
William F. Dunh