Forty Years Ago in Bath May 20 1885
Henry Houghton buys the tee homestead adjoining his lot and the old house is torn down. David Bright trains for a five mile state championship race with Scotty Stevens at Presumpscot Park during the June National Encampment. George Dunning searches Sagadahock corner for work. he shows papers valuable to the Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Houghton
Tee
David Bright
Bath
Scotty Stevens
Bangor
Presumpscot Park
Portland
George Dunning
Sagadahock
Historical Society
Bath Fire Society
Joseph Stockbridge
Beacons Street Social Union forms in town crowd
May 21 1885 notes list Beacon Street Society officers led by Rev H K Foss with Annie K Cox as vice president Lattie Minott as secretary and Ada Brown as treasurer. About 400 members in social club and committees for entertainments formed as plans begin for Memorial Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Society
Beacon Street Social Union
Rev. H. KK. Foss
Annie EK. Cox
Lattie RL Minott
George PR Davenport
Rose HL Douglis
Mary FE. Goss
Fred Cox
Mary R. Tarbox
Committee On Entertainments
Alice M. Doughs
Nellie Blair
Alice Skillings
Bath builders urged for war vessel contracts
In Shaw's bookstore yesterday E T Mitchell and Charles Hayden witnessed a trap door accident injuring Mr Hayden who walked home in a carriage. Dr Bibber treated him and he remains sore. The piece notes eighteen knots as brisk and cites the domed steamer Meteor showing speed in a trial voyage without breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hayden
Shaw
Bath Builders
Meteor
Portland Advertiser
Local notes from the city on May 23 1885
May 23 1885 reports arrivals and hires in the city. John H Kimball and Mrs Kimball came from Boston, John Roberts signs with the Woburns, Chief Engineer Williams makes improvements at Center street fire house, new driver William Downing in first class condition, Fire engine No 3 tested with 100 pound steam pressure. Charles Gahan to leave Nobles grocering, Oak street repairs enhance teamster traffic, Isaac William Downing reassigned to Center street, Peter Pushaw to drive Shepard street horses, Lorenzo Matthews injured in a chimney staging accident. Bath Light Infantry meeting plans Portland trip with thirty two men, officers named. John Corliss of this city sails to Australia to join missionary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Center Street
William Downing
City Landing
Shepard Street
Peter Pushaw
Bath Light Infantry
Charles Holbrook
Ed. S. Sawyer
Ed. Sampson
George Cutting
Portland
Harry Stetson
Henry Howard
Joseph Hennessey
May 25 1885 local notices and town trades update
Exhibits at Page’s jewelry store show three white headed eagles eggs. Warren Hawthorne promotes a Boston tour. Ed Cook reassigned to reserve steamer on Shepard Street. The 1700 ton ship at Sheffield’s yard will launch mid month and pose hauling challenges due to shoal water. George Fisher sells hardware to Johnson Brothers. firm to start June 1. CC A Coombs returns from Moosehead Lake with a 20 pound trout. A runaway wagon incident on Vearl Street injures two horses but no major damage. Fire department changes aim to boost night efficiency with driver duties moved to Center Street station and a gong alert over the horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Transwick
Fire Department
Hic
Trviver
Center Street
Fire apparatus procedure in early 19thcentury wording
The passage describes rapid fire response from an engine house where the driver and crew quickly depart with a steamer and heated boiler to the fire. A four wheel hose carriage with hose is hauled by a horse from the same building, with the driver nearby, ensuring the hose carriage trails the steamer by a short margin.
May 26 1885 Local News Roundup From Woolwich and Nearby
May 26 1885 report highlights John Mains topping shad catches in Woolwich. Notes on A G Browns Indian coat, visits by Mrs Manson and Ellen to New York, Alonzo Ring and Rose Ring’s Boston trip, Levi Oliver returning from Portland, Sea Mrs William H Thomas and Lewiston visits, David Cruikshank leaving for Boston, Alamedas set for Portland visit to Bijues, Morse and Lincoln in the Alamedas, William McKay purchasing shop and tools, Jake Conant entering stock-raising at Adams Farm, a dance by the Brass band at Bowdeinham, Hattaway the Cambridgeport baker’s booming business, parties at Lizzie Kimball and Miss Daisy Owens, Kittie Payne and Lillie Ryder social events, Perkins & Blaisdell boat building activity, keel details for three crafts, boiler/machinery by Goss Marine Iron Works, and Ed Conant of Thomaston visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Perkins & Blaisdell
J. S. Wiggin
Boston
Pleasant Cove
Goss Marine Iron Works
Bowdoin at Bath for engine and wireless work
The 15 foot auxiliary schooner Bowdoin, commanded by Captain Donald B. MacMillan, is at Hyde Windlass Co for engine cylinder addition and wireless plant raditations. Bowdoin, which sailed to Arctic regions, was hauled at Boothbay Harbor for propeller work and reached Bath last week after Winter at Southport. Probate notice names Anna D. Kimball as administratrix of Elizabeth D. Kimball of Bath, Sagadahoc County, appointed May 12, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Bowdoin
Arctic
Donald B. MacMilLan
Hyde Windlass Co
Staunch
Little Bowdoin
Explorer
Wiscasset
Southport
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Cora ’ Corliss
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Fred P. Corliss
Cora A. Corliss
Anna D. Kimball
Bath National Bank of Bath
Llan Spear
State OF Maine
Arthur A. Brown
Harry Brown
James
Lowell
State OF
Maine
Robert M. Dunton
New York City
James F. Dunton
Emma L. Dunton
Florence L. Manier
Hudson
Mass
James W. Dunton
Emma I. Dunton
Arthur J. Dunton
James S. Lowell
James L. Morse
Ida L. Morse
Beatrice E. Rand
Sagadaoc
Lulu D. Atkins
Elisha D. Atkins
Joel 1925
Helen G. Atkins
Wollaston, Mass
Sacadahoc
A. D
Walter
Glidden
Sawadahoc
Charles F. Cushing
Eleanor P. Cushing
Samuel PD. Cushine
Taunton
Tane
Cushine
Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Charles E. Cushing
Frank D. Cushing
Eleanor P. Cushmer
Rath
Savadahoc
Saaadahoc
Anna E. Butler
Fred E. Butler
Percival F. Betler
Cambridge
San Forrest
C. Butler
Porto Rico
W. T
Anna F. Butler
Saradshee
Sacadahoc, Ss
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath Ipenaid
Bee
William D. Sewall
Melville H. Blackwell
Brunswick
Androscoggin
Amos K. Butler
Skowhegan
Somerset
Albert H. Shaw
Testate
Martha E. Shaw
Charles D. Shaw
Greenville
William M. Shaw
Oakland
Calif
Mary FE. Kimball
Nellie A. Bradeen Essex
Ite
William D. Willes
Topsham
John W. Snow
Scott Frye
Sagadahoc, Ss
Barrett Potter
Aaid
William F. Dunitry
George R. Perry
George H. Perry
Sagadahoe
Bat
Believe Sun Rays Cause Woolwich Fire
A Woolwich home fire last week was blamed on sunlit glass concentrating heat near a back door where a goblet rested on a piazza. The blaze, discovered quickly by Mrs. Donnell, was extinguished with minimal loss, and authorities considered no other cause. The incident prompted alarm but resulted in costs of only 15 to 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Donnell
Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Bath Fire Department
Private White House rooms detailed in 1920s feature
A lengthy description surveys the second floor private apartments of the White House used by the Coolidge family. It notes the Oval Room, Blue Room likeness, windowed corridors, secretaries’ desks, a baby grand piano, bird cages, and a mix of period furniture. The piece emphasizes neatness, lived-in character, views of the Potomac, and guest room usage along the corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Roosevelt
United States Treasury
State, War and Navy
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Treasury
Coolidge
Sonar Paper
Boiace Ag Ane
Irs
Tee
United States
White House Gardens
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Pennsylvania Avenue
Juniors Triumph at Morse Interclass Track Meet
Morse high juniors won the interclass meet at Kelley field defeating seniors 64 to 34 with sophomores 6. Reddington Reed and Reed, Harold Hayes, and Howard Bowker showed standout times and throws. Bowker to Bowdoin interscholastics for hammer and discus. Coach David Y. Alkazin presided as clerk of course and scorer as judges from the varsity tennis watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Kelley Field
Reddington
Reed
Howard Bowker
Bowker
Cullen
Bowdoin
Charles Doyle
Reddington Reed
Harold Hayes, Jr
Howard Miller
Norman Norton
Chester Dana
Dana
Harrye Pinson
William Donnell
Harold Hayes
Harry Pinson
Hoarold Hayes
Don Wilson
Donald Wilson, Jr
Harold Armes
Donald Wilson
Ralph Burden
Stephen McPhee
Harry Pins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Daily Times
W. Torrey
Thomas Staats
Mary Lee
Leavitt
Gracie Smith
Small Point
Bheevitt
John Jordan
Theda
Phippsbuurg
George Perecer
FE. S. Stackpele
Thomas Marr
Phippsburg
Arthur Trown
E. Hyde
Goss Marine Tren
Wiwarth
TR A. Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
George N. Nichols
Toston
Tsaneson
Reston
Alamedas
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Gardiner
Thomas A. Rich
William Ti. West
WW. Bradstreet
P. G. Bradstreet
Jason Collins
Cape Biber
Walker Gatehell
Nall
G.alr. Hall
Front Street
I. H. Brown
George Silsby
H. A. Briggs
Committee On Carriages
E. T. Mitchell
John H. Kimball
John Roberts
The
Amaedas
Woburns
Charles Gahan
F. L. Noble
South End
Oak Street
Front
Washington Streets
Izaie
Lorenzo Matthews
Maple
Academy Streets
Academy Street
John Corliss
San Francisco
Australia
Page's
Warren Hawthorne
Harry Obrey
Ed. Cook
City of Bath
Ben
George Fisher
Johnson Brothers
George
Fred
Ernest
CC. A. Coombs
Moosehead Lake
James Holbrook
Vearl Street
Harpswell
Washington Street
Curtis
Dunning
John Mains
A. G. Brown
Alonzo Ring
Miss Rose Ring
Levi Oliver
Cumberland
Sea
William H. Thomas
Lewiston
David Cruikshank
Hardings Station
Morse
Cee
William McKay
J. W. Blaisdell
Jake Conant
Adams’ Farm
T Bowdeinham
Albert Jack
Hattaway
Cambridgeport
Hurge
Peabody
Seg
Lizzie Kimball
L. H. Kimball
Middle Street
Daisy Owen
Joseph Nichols
Kittie Payne
Lillie Ryder
North Street
Ed Conant
Thomaston
M’millan’s
Bell
William F. Dunham
William FP. Dunham
Walter E. Covellate
Army
Navy
Shenandoah
Los Angeles
Sag
Allan Spear
Ida E. Fugley
Ward
Bedford Street
James F. Haley
Said Street
Said Haley
Bedford
Oak Streets
Isaiah Coombs
Coomb
Edward Leonard
John Pratt
Saradahoc
Atte William F
Dunham
Register
Mary D. Yule
William Yule Late
Mary D.rae
Egister
Ate
Edith M. Holmes
Tampa
Fla
Rubina Mitchell
Holbrook
Herbert S. Atkins
Wollaston
Attes William F. Dunham
Fred H. Thompson
Sawadshoe
Beth
Coolidges
Wilson
Washington Post
Popham Beach
Herbert J. Kellerway
Newton
Popham
Sahoc
Etta F. ‘Chers
Mary A. Brown
Etta F. Borchers
William Hilton
Freeport
Everett Hilton
Latham Hilton
Mary Leighton
Yarmouth
A. G. Hilton
Fall River
Estella Hilton
Buffalo
Lydia Huson
Seattle
Wash
Elmer Hilton
Etta P. Borchers
William D. Sew
Akille H. Blackwell
Mos K. Butler
H. A. Walters
Notary Public
Reddington Reed, Jr
Soph
Norman Norton, Sr
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