Bath Daily Times 1891 May items reshaping city
Forty years ago Bath residents read of Maine Central plans for a larger coal house after last year’s fire, street crews scraping roadways, and debates over paving costs. Notices cover Bath rowing hopes, a universalist sociable, a fatal fall aboard a ship, relief corps events, barn fire at Winship street, property sales, drills for Memorial day, and city improvements including a tramway at Bath Iron Works and front curb changes on Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Maine Central Yard
Robinson
Pattee
Bar Harbor
Kennebec
Bath
Special meeting and train visit report in 1891
On May 15 1891 Solar lodge held a special meeting and Bath High School prepared new uniforms for an August game. A special train from Portland arrived with M C R R General Manager Payson Tucker and engineers Robinson Allen and Thompson visiting the Tron Works wharves with President Sewall. Hyde Light Guards began drilling platoon movements at their Thursday meeting led by Col E C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Auguste
Portland
Payson Tucker
Robinson, Allen and Thompson
Tron Works
Sewall
Hyde Light Guards
Col
E. C
Bath Notes and Local Happenings in May 1891
In Bath Maine May 16 1891 residents report social visits and local governance. Liquor enforcement continues under City Marshall Minott while Capt Carl Blair of Boston visits and praises local art. The library window decor and prices for art are discussed. Local mill injuries, lodge gatherings, steamer Laurena sale, and spring markets are noted alongside shore excursions to view alewives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David O. Foye
Sidney Hotel
Capitol Island
Jason Collins
Kennebec
Gardiner Colony
Gardiner
First Park Fund Plans and Harbor Sail Chronicle
Plans to the Park fund are reviewed as teams practice for a likely crowded rink. The schooner Abbie Bowker, loaded with coal, sailed into the harbor under Captain Frank Purington without tugs or pilots, echoing bygone harbor days. Epworth League Beacon Street church to host a sociable at the parsonage next Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie Bowker
Frank Purington
Epworth League of
Beacon Street
Christmas Tree Industry Faces Trouble Says Expert
J Herbert Mead, a major distributor, warns of a rough season ahead for Christmas trees unless shipments are cut about half. He cites weak buying power, high losses last year, and possible oversupply, urging voluntary reductions by shippers and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Herbert Mead
Mead
United States
Local Notices From West Bath And Area
Mrs Carl F Pierce returns home after ten day treatment in Boston Deaconess hospital. Wendell Williams visiting from Needham, Mass with parents in West Bath. Melvina Ellen born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Robert King at 423 Washington Street. Mrs Emma Stinson and sister Jessie Jackson return to Wiscasset after visiting brother N Gratz Jackson Pleasant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Pierce
Center Street
Boston
Deaconess Hospital
Wendell Williams
Needham
Mass
Ernest Williams
West Bath
Melvina Ellen
Robert King
Washington Street
Jessie Jackson
Wiscasset
N. Gratz Jackson
Pleasant Street
Probate Notice from Sagadahoc Court Maine 1931
State of Maine notices appoint Caroline Hodgkins to trust the late George Hodgkins estate. Court order issued May 12 1931 at Bath. Public notice three weeks in Bath Independent to appear June 2 1931. Edward W Bridgham named executor without bond. Louise M Miller appointed administratrix of Jane Morse estate. Edward Bridgham named agent.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Caroline E. Hodgkins
Bath
Geore H. Hodgkins
Wstase Cueres
Ulmer D. Hodgkins
Carrie B. Potter
Percy B. Sivage
Alice F. Shackford
Elwood
Hodgkins
Sarah B. Stewart
Caroline FE. Hodgkins
Walter
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Edward W. Bridgham
Louise M. Miller
Cranston
Rhode Island
Jane P. Morse
James T. Morse
First National Bank
Allan Spear
Sagadehoc
Agnes H. Torrey
A. D
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF Maine
Walter 8S. Glidden
Saradahoc
Bradford C. Redonnett
Samawanes
Anothey
Walter S. Glidden
John C. Humphreys
Sagadshoe
Mary Blanche Norton
Frederick L. Norton
A.D
Edward C. Clarey
Joseph Muse
Georgetown
Bathin
Charles Lennox
Catherine Lennox
Bath Independent
Mary E. Santa
Local News: Area Residents Visiting and Traveling
A stream of social notes details Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tobey and others visiting relatives in Augusta, Yarmouth, Portland, West Bowdoin, Wiscasset, Crescent Lake, Worcester, and Bath. Couples and families are shown hosting, traveling to camps, or returning from hospital and visits with relatives across Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Tobey
Augusta
City
William R. Freeman
William
Yarmouth
Freeman A. Trott
Dike Road
Portland
Alonzo Freeman
West Bowdoin
Clarence A. Peaslee
Middle Street
Wiscasset
Mary Hobson
Thurlow Pinkham
Granite Street
Oak Street
Oliver Moses
Crescent Lake
Rangeley
John A. Morse
Summer Street
Graham Blandy
Worester
Mass
Five Islands
Roy Shackford
Turner Court
Everett Quinlan
Anne
Mary Ellen
Brunswick
Probate Notice of Mary E Clark Estate Bath Maine 1931
In Sagadahoc County Maine Matthew N Clark of Bath presents that Mary E Clark died April 15 1931 testate leaving estate to be administered and that Harold Breeze Smith of Niagara Falls is named as heir etc. The executor requests letters testamentary to Matthew N Clark without bond and the court notes appointments of Rupert H Baxter and John J Keegan as executors and Caroline E Hodgkins and James F Cothran as executrix and administrator respectively with dates in May 1931.
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Hackensack
Bergen
New Jersey
Sagadshoe
James C. Dill
Hanover
Oxford
Maine
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
M. S. Powers
Eunice Sheldon
Sheldon
Clark Chaplin Ice Company
State OF
Matthew N. Clark
Bath
Mary E. Clark
Harold Breeze Smith
Niagara Falls
Nass
A. D
State OF Maine
Asbury G. Balley
Woolwich
Ellen F. Balley
Ashury G. Bailey
Asbury G
Asbury G. Bailey
Rupert H—Bexter
Jdohard
Keeran
Barh
Mary E. Nugent
Rupert H. Baxter
John J. Keegan Peewee
James Cothran
Percy W. Cothran
James F. Cothran
Dr Harold T Bibber Dies in Portland Bath Native Physician
The body of Dr Harold T Bibber aged 53 and a Bath native died in Portland after a prolonged illness of bronchial pneumonia. A World War veteran and Bowdoin Medical School graduate, he practiced in Canaan Jonesport and South Orrington before illness forced retirement. He is survived by his wife former Lillian French and a stepdaughter Mrs Jack Futch. His funeral arrangements were not specified.
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Harold T. Bibber
Bath
Medical Corps
U. S. Marine Hospital
Portland
Dr. Bibber
Randall Doyle
Sarah Thornton Bibber
Harvard
Bowdoin Medical School
Fort Leavitt
Portland Harbor
Battle Creek
Mich
Lake City Hospital
Florida
Maywood Hospital
Chicago
Veterans Hospital Inspection Service
Washington, D. C
Munson
New York
South American
Canaan
Jonesport
South Orrington
Bibber
Washington and
Oak Streets
Front Street
Nathan Povich
The
Odd Fellows
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lillian French
West Bath
Jack Futch
Lake City
Fra
City
Flossy Erskine Sideling
Washington Street
Dr Harold T Bibber Funeral Held At Bath
The funeral of Dr Harold T Bibber who died Wednesday night in Portland was at the Arthur F Mayo residence Saturday afternoon with Rev T W Horsfield of the Universalist church officiating. Pallbearers were Robert Haskell Edward Vaughan and Frank French all of Bath and George French of Skowhegan. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Bibber
Portland
Arthur F. Mayo Fua
T. W. Horsfield
Universalist Church
Robert Haskell
Edward Vaughan
Frank French
Bath
George French
Skowhegan
Oak Grove
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah Wy man at Small Point Beach
Mrs. Sarah L. Wyman wife of Martin Wyman of Small Point Beach died recently. Her funeral was Thursday at her home with Rev. Weston P. Helman of Bath officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath. Bearers were William Gilman John Kelley Bradford Sprague and Charles Pye. A Norway boy reportedly caught four fish at once a large pickerel and bass came from its mouth. The bass was released and the pickerel weighed four pounds on an empty stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah L. Wyman
Martin Wyman
Small Point Beach
Weston P. Helman
Beacon Street Church
Bath
William Gilman
John Kelley
Bradford Sprague
Charles Pye
Oak Grove
Norway
Jonah
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Bath Daily Times
Sagadahock House
Rowing Association
Universalist Vestry
Richard Lyons
Minotts Yard
Phippsburg
Prince Edwards Island
Relief Corps
Timothy McAuliffe
Uniform Bank
John W. Pask
Cyrus W. Longley
Dirigo
Katahdin
Blanche Harrington
Winship Street
M. G. Shaw & Sons
Insurance Co
Penn
Farrington
Manhattan
Bath Iron Works
Frank O. Moses
Pearl Street
Capt. Patten
Solar Lodge
Marie Fisher
E. C. Canary
Boothbay
Minott
Carlton Blair
Percy
Newman
John J. Park
Philadelphia
Alice Roberts
That City
Elmer Austin
Shaw's Mill
E. M. Fuller
Lamoine
Popham Lodge Good Templars
Topsham
Richmond
Popham Lodge
William M. Sawyer
Massachusetts
Eastern Steamboat Co
FE. M. Fuller
Popham
J. W. Preston
Cape Small Point
King’s Daughters
Marshal Minott
F. W. Ramsay & Co
Williams
Knox & Lincoln
Damariscotta Mills
Damariscot
Alameda
Custom House
Upper
J. B. Coyle
Bath High School
Cony High School
Mr. Ward
Ict
Morses
J. W. Wakefield
Arthur Gebhard
Bath Savings
Houlton
Houlton Trust Company
Addie P. McFadden
Roberta Irving
R.N
Charles H. Berry
Wollaston
Clarice Berry
Eastern Nazarene College
Harry McIntire
Hope
R. I
Clarence McIntire
McIntire
Mary Newell
Pride's Crossing
Kendall Hall
Margaret Flaherty
John Atwood
Andrews Road
Quincy
New Church
Charles J. Donnell
Michigan
Cumberland
New York City
Donnell
Detroit
Seth S. Mullin
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Little Rock
Arkansas
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mary Gallant
Pearl Barter
Red Men's Hall
Antnbn Fete
Nates
Freds. Curtis
Mortician
Thomas R. Huston
Mer
Ice Company
Susan Crocker
Kilburn Maxwell
James M. Pratt
Charlotte A. Nevers
Quinnan F. Knight
Rose A. Good Edt
August Zeegers
James GC. Dill
MATTHEW_N. CLARK
Ralph T. Parker
Notary Public
Walter S. Gledden
Reister
Harry C. Webber
C. Ta
James Plaisted Webber Late
Wilton Thornton Bates
Wilton G. Bates
Witton Thornton Bates
George H. Hodgkins
Mrs. Wyman
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