Forty Years Ago in Bath May 17 1893 News Highlights
Bath items from 1893 note a light hearted start for children due to no school alarm, staffing changes at Houghton & Dutton and Waterville visits by Silas Fuller, a Bath Cycle Club meeting, vacation for Officer Poole, river tides flooding Commercial Street, and weather delaying K of P Brunswick session. May 18 1893 updates cover new block hopes, shipyard activity, summer cottages, Royal Arch gatherings, Samoset movements, and local trades. May 19 1893 reports Kennebec shad on streets, harbor changes, repairs at Sewall’s and Iron Works, and a rising river. May 20 1893 mentions residents visiting Bath, ship operations, and a bicycle crew outing. May 22 1893 notes coal unloading, street sprinkler, a loan association meeting, and harbor activity including George M Adams spar work. The latter portion includes a Maine probate notice for Sydney J Meeker with appointment of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Charlotte JG Meeker
Bath
Sydney J. Meeker
Miami
Dade
Florida
Dade County
William D. Sewall
John R. Houghton
Charlotte I. Meeker
State of
Sydney J.meeker
William S. Shorey
Harry L. Day
A. D
Flower Praise cantata to benefit Universalist Sunday school
A door fell when a stick propping it slipped away, injuring a man whose forefinger was severed and others damaged. Meanwhile the Universalist society plans to present the musical cantata Flower Praise next Wednesday evening, with rehearsals each night, promising a fine performance from the young ladies for Sunday school funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower Praise
The
Universalist Society
Bath Baking Co. Receives Fine New Wagon From The Boat
May 23 1893 report notes a bakery wagon for Bath Baking Co arriving on the Kennebec with a large freight and passenger list. Andrew Percy is bitten by a dog on High Street but expected no serious harm. Andrew Adams schooner from Philadelphia brings coal for the M C R R. cargo initially rumorized on fire but found safe after inspection. Children’s day hosted by Ladies Relief Corps with G A R orphans’ home children enjoying games music and supper. Charles Hooper and worker fall from a roof staging. Hooper injures left arm and ankle and cuts while companion injures right arm and foot. both taken for care. First accident of the season reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Baking Co
Andrew Percy
High Street
Ladies’ Relief Corps
Orphans' Home
Charles H. Hooper
John G. Richardson
Garden Street
Mr. Hooper
Estate sale sought for Merritt property in Phippsburg
Jeannie W Merritt executrix of Freeman H Merritt seeks license to sell extensive real estate in Phippsburg including Camp Edgewood Camp O Dreams Mount Merritt 250 acres Harbor Island 65 acres and assorted parcels to raise about origin debts and administration expenses. Also lists lots in Winnegance near Bath and Price for sale details and boundaries given. Dated April 26 1933 in Phippsburg Sagadahoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Jeannie W. Merritt
Phippsburg
Said
Freeman H. Merritt
Lowell
Cove Road
Shell Road
Camp Edgewood
Camp O'Dreams
Camp Stone Throw
Hilton
Kendall
Sebasco
Basin Road
Wat-tuh Lake
Sebbasco Harbor
Coogan
Williams
Rogers
Gillies
Kenyon
Cushman
Wattuh Lake
Mountain Tract
Mount Merritt
Harbor Island
Sebasco Harbor
Sebasco Estate
Said Plippsburg
Winnegance
Winnegance Pond
Adams
Cone Perry
Iinoyance Mill
Perry
Bath
Sprague
New Meadows River
Gordon Preble
Wallace
York
New Meadows
Weeks
A. D
State OF Maine
Owen A. Richardson
Walter L. Richardson
June Richardson
Nellie L. Cook
Boston
Mass
J Owen A. Richardson
Helen M. Wallace
Thomas L. Totman
Elsworth Darling
Hooper’s Fifty Years in Business Noted
The record notes that Mr Hooper has conducted his business for over fifty years, highlighting his long tenure and sustained activity in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper
Latin Club stages Ulysses in English at high school
The Latin club presented The Adventures of Ulysses in English Friday morning before the school, with Miss Marjorie Dearborn coaching. Cast included Hubert Arsenault as Mercury and Beth Trott as Circe, with a supporting group of students and maidens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Plate
Circe’s
Marjorie Dearborn
Ithaca
Hubert Arsenault
Mercury
Francis Stover
Eurylochus
Warren
Charlotte King
Helen Minott
Margaret Pierce
Louise Briggs
Alice Mulligan
Ruth Brown
Elizabeth Butterfield
Ruth Sprague
Janet Brigham
Only American Made Poppies Sold by Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary insists only American made poppies are sold on Poppy Day. Disabled veterans in America craft about 10 million poppies yearly, earning around 1000000 in total, with sales guiding employment levels for the coming year. Each veteran earns one cent per flower shaped and labeled, with daily limits to spread work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion and Auxiliary
Auxiliary
América
Lfe
Mackerel Season Returns With Vast Atlantic Catches
The annual mackerel season returns as vast catches occur along the North Atlantic shores. Spring finds fish near Cape Virginia, moving northward along the coast to Newfoundland by December. Despite seasonal movement, about 44 million pounds are frozen and shipped fresh across the United States. Bar Harbor’s Congregational church marks its 50th anniversary with May 21 services directed by Rev J Homer Nelson and music by Mrs Ron Buckley. A. L. Higgins, longtime building committee chair, helped organize the events despite eye trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Newfoundland
United States
Bar Harbor
Congregational Church
J. Homer Nelson
Ron Buckley
A. L. Higgins
Sagadahoc County Boys Honored By Cum Laude Society
Philip Angier Stackpole of Kents Hill Seminary was elected honorary member of Cum Laude, joining Bath students George L. Littlefield and Paul B. Wilson in the annual school honor, based on scholarship and all‑around merit. Other faculty and students from four states were named. Stackpole heads mathematics and previously English, and will return home in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Angier Stackpole
Morse
Bates
Kents Hill Seminary
Kents Hill
Cum Laude
Stackpole
Sampson Hall
Mildred A. Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
Bath
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
George L. Littlefield
Union Street
Paul B. Wilson
David L. Wilson
Middle Street
Mary J. Townsend
Readfield
Mary J. Harding
Head Tide
Arthur L. Billings, Jr
Albany
N. Y
Lucian J
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T of the Bath
Jake Powers
Houghton & Dutton
Silas B. Fuller
Waterville
Bath Cycle Club
Swett's Drug Store
Officer Poole
Louis Side
Water Street
Brunswick
Bath Knights
H. B. Johnson
H. M. Ragan
James Lowell
A. M. Franks
Parker's Head Flats
Commercial Street
Venice
Front Street
Will Barry
Boston School of Pharmacy
M. J. Graves
Brunswick Tonight
Jed Prouty
Town Hall
W. H. Smith
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
Portsmouth Navy Yard
N. B. Reed
Augusta
Boston Island
Kennebec
Della Collins
Wither
Sewall's
Iron Works
Epworth League
Beacon Street
Will Campbell
Woodward's Coal Office
Grace Bartlett
Boston Cooking School
Gardiner
Moulton’s Wharf
Patten Lodge, R. of P
Maine Central
Sewall
Norwich
Long Beach
Cahill
L. P. Wright
Alonzo Stevens
Millie
Five Islands
D. M. Humphreys
Grace
Portland
Ralph Parris
George N. Dauphin
Lewiston
Charles Chick
City
Boothbay
Ocean Point
Samoset
Winneganee
Arcola
Alsatian
City Hall
Spartan
Vilora Hopkins
U. S. Shipping
Mulligan
Everett Trott
Woolwich
New York
New Orleans
Stella
Boothbay Harbor
Carrie A. Norton
Drummond’s Wharf
Lida Tarbox
Waltham Watch Factory
Turner McCarty
Frank L. Staples
George M. Adams
Miles Standish
Houghton’s
W. E. Avery
E. 8. Crosby
Low
Nahanada
Echo Lake
Jake
Frank Eaton
Herbert Maxwell
Granite Street
Charlotte
Meeker
Tate
Mane Ren ‘Sagad
Walter
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Andrew Adams
Philadelphia
W. Merritt
STA R Malne
Pacetakeg
Ayl
Supgadahoc
Annie Lucretia Bowker
Freeman C. Bowker
Lestate
Harry P. Bowker
South St
Concord
N.H
Harriet B. Martin
School St
Conn
Allan Spear
Sagadahogc
Walter S. Glidden
Emma M., Footer
Joseph C. Footer
Emma M. Footer
John D. Footer
Fred C. Fortin
Woonsocket
R. I
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagene
Melville H. Blackwell
Amos K. Butter
Albert H. Shaw
Sagadahoc Ss
Annie M. Pease
Bh Independent
Nora C. Fitzgerald
Winchendon
Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Ruth F. Coombs
Pawell
West Bath
Pauline N. Drouin
N. H
Frederick J Hinckley
Walter 8. Glidden
Archie E. Doyle
Harry B. Sawyer
Amos K. Butler
Walter Ss. Glidden
Charles R. Andrews
D. B.n
Frederick L. Andrews
Louise M. Pinkham
WALTER S._ GILIDDEN
Maude A. Avry
Joseph E. Avery
Maude A. Avery
Ethel M. Lockery
Nettie H. Snow
Harry W. Crosman
John L. Baxter
Anita Clark Woodard
Framingham
Marcia D. Richardson
Sagadehor
Bath Trust Company
Harry F. Morse
Noank
Connecticut
Koc
Charles W. Morse
Harry F. M
W. Bridgham
Latin Club
William Deschaine
Bowker Street
Bowcoin Campus
Edwards
Georgia Johnson
South Harpswell
Roben
Johnson i
Sagadahoc County
Cum Laude Society
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