Burford items show town life and contracts in 1891
In the city clerk records Charles Buckley leased the Shannon House for a first class boarding house, with the bargain closed Thursday. Acadia lodge K of P opened two memberships Thursday evening and granted first degree to one. The Ammon ram contract was awarded to T W Hyde of Bath Iron Works with steel orders saved by delivery timing. The Bath firm also bids for bending rolls for the League Island Navy Yard at 18500. Theatre plans, concerts, and local society notices fill the report along with weather and street work updates.
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Charles Buckley
Shannon House
T. W. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Washington
Bath
League Island Navy Yard
Bath 1891 social and industrial notes in brief item
In January 1891 George H. Potter to manage a social dance at Go Man's hall with Teague of Lewiston as first violin. Donnell cordage factory starts, shipyard work delayed by winter, yards snow and ice. Bath Dramatic Company rehearses The Confederate Spy with a strong cast. Rev L L Greene visits from Wakefield. Small Point Coal Co. rep Mr Trask in town. Drill reaches 580 feet in quartzite layer, coal discovery rumored but unconfirmed. Bath stockholders pleased with progress. fish wardens crack down on illegal nets at Winneganee creek. retirees claim fishing adds excitement. Smelters idle, others occupy spare time with fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Potter
Go- Man's Hall
Teague
Lewiston
Trask
Small Point Coal Co
Small Point
High Tribute Paid Late William D. Sewall
Bath Maine January 12 1931 the Patten Free Library corporators paid high tribute to the late William Dunning Sewall a respected corporator and trustee noting his generous civic involvement and lasting impact on the library and community the resolution committee Edwin D Hardin Henry C Wright and Charles C Low expressed sympathy to Mrs Sewall and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sewall
Glidden
Patten Free Library
Edwin D. Hardin
Henry C. Wright
Treas
Charles C. Low
Sewall
Bath
Former shipbuilder speaks on American shipping revival
Henry A. Magoun, longtime vice president of the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, addressed the Winter Street church Men's club Friday night. He retraced the United States rise and decline as a maritime power and outlined efforts to restore its former eminence while noting attitudes toward the navy and trade with other nations. The discussion featured practical shipping men and extended into a broad exchange on policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Henry A. Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Camden
N. J
United States
High Seas
Mr. Magoun
Rubber gloves urged for rabbit hunters to prevent tularemia
The American Game Protective Association warns that rabbit fever aka tularemia is spreading in many areas as rabbit hunting peaks. Use rubber gloves when handling or dressing wild rabbits and avoid contact with dead animals. Do not shoot sluggish rabbits. Cook meat thoroughly. Seek medical care if symptoms appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Game Protective Association
Game Association
Office of the Game Association
Wagner and McCabe Held Under Bonds After Brawl
After a Saturday night brawl at the Bath dance hall Ralph McCabe, witness to Harold O. Wagner's New Year’s Eve shooting, is charged with assault and battery and disturbing the peace. John Wagner, Harold’s brother, is charged with interfering with an officer. McCabe posted 600 bond, Wagner 300, with municipal court appearances set for Thursday. Special Officer Lorenzo Collins said McCabe refused to leave and struck him. Wagner aided in the altercation.
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Ralph McCabe
Harold O. Wagner
Bath
John Wagner
McCabe
Wagner
Lorenzo Collins
Collins
George Wilson
Battery H Praised for Gunnery at Camp Fort Williams
Announcement that Battery H 240th C A won Excellence in Gunnery under Capt J Horace McClure during July at Fort Williams Portland Harbor. Battery F Thomaston and Battery B Sanford also earned the rating. this is Battery Hs second such honor in five camps and follows prior Excellence awards in spring inspections.
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C. A
J. Horace McClure
Fort Williams
Portland Harbor
Thomaston
Sanford
Bath
War Department
Experimental Game Farm in Prospect
A bill to create an experimental game farm in Prospect will be backed by Rep I Harold Angell of Saco and Inland Fisheries and Game commissioner George J Stobie. The 200 acre facility would rear pheasants grouse geese and small deer to restore game for hunters and anglers. Location has not yet been chosen.
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I. Harold Angell
Saco
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game
George J. Stobie
Stobie
Four day old Forest Carlton dies in Woolwich
Forest Stanley Carlton four days old, son of Charles F. and Charlotte Sylvester Carlton, Woolwich, died Wednesday at City hospital. Funeral held Friday at 1 PM at Arthur F. Mayo funeral residence Bath. Rev. David L. Wilson officiated. Burial in Riverside cemetery Woolwich.
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Forest Stanley Carlton
Charles F
Charlotte Sylvester Carlton
Woolwich
City Hospital
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Bath
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Riverside Cemetery
Bath Country Club Stock Subscriptions Rise
The Bath Country Club saw total stock subscriptions reach 22,100 after a Friday meeting and four additional shares were claimed. Dawn of Brunswick has moved to Bath and resides at the Tabor house near the Washington and Trufant streets junction. Mr Pollard is employed by the Central Maine Power Co.
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Bath Country Club
Dawn
Brunswick
Bath
Tabor House
Washington and
Trufant Streets
Pollard
The
Central Maine ,Power Co
Birthday anniversary and public notices from Bath area
A Bath Bath area item covers Mrs. Rachael Gilmore’s 87th birthday surprise with family and local figures listing her community roles. It also notes a Maine Automobile Association and Portland Bangor club proposal for compulsory auto inspections twice yearly and tax changes, plus probate notices for Sagadahoc County including Albion L. Corliss’s will and guardianship actions.
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Rachel Gilmore
Maine Automobile Association
The
Portland and Bangor Auto Club
Aldrich Defends States Rights in Kiwanis Talk
Hon Ellis L Aldrich Sagadahoc State senator addressed Augusta Kiwanis on The Price of Liberty challenging Senate demand for itemized campaign expenditures. He warned against federal overreach and linked liberty to vigilance citing history from the Colonists Civil War and World War I and warned of Mussolini era Italy. Also noted probate matters in Sagadahoc and a Bath estate petition by Nellie Joyce Parker seeking appointment of administrator with bond waiver.
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Sea
State
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Walter S. Glidden
Arthur J. Dunton
Anna H. Ingraham
Phipps
Ec. T. A
Walter
Glidden
State OF Maine
Ahoc
Edward W. Bridgham
Willis Haywood
Phippaburg
A. D
Charles C. Lew
Laura M. Penney
Mary E. Kirkup
John D. Gowell
Norwalk
Conn
Clara T. Gowell
Louise S. Shepard
Fernando A. Shepard
Alice S. Boehm
New Britain
Margaret Pereau
Edward W. Lennon
Ellis L. Aldrich
Topsham
Augusta
Aldrich
John Wilkers
The
Crown
Italy
Soviet
Russia
Mussolini
Caesar
Enator Aldrich
Frederic Mason
Kennebec
State OF
Sagadanoe
Nellie Joyce Parker
Mary M. Parker
Edwin K. Parker
Woodstock
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Bath Daily Times
Polar Star Lodge
Budge Club
Board of Trade
L. B. Swett
Boston
King’s Daughters
Millie Moulton
I. S. Coombs
New England Ship Building Co
New England
Wm. Potter
Bert Hall
Madockawanda Tribe
D.D. H. C. Upton
B. B. Foster
Portland
G. S
S.C
H. CD. Maxwell
P.—George L. Sawyer
S.S
F. J. Parks
H. L. Grinnell
R—G
W. Nichols
W. P. Emery
Fred McFadden
John Parris
W. F. Wetherbee
R. S. Baker
Holly Tree Inn
Smith
Harry Donnell
J. M. Trott
McLellan
Oak and
Middle Streets
Joseph Torrey
Gibbs
Long Beach Engine Company
Lundrigan
Nk Morse
Pres. Fuller
John McDonald
William Rogers
D. O. Foye
Greenleaf
City Hall
Halifax
North Street
William Melcher
Middle Street
W. H. Stockbridge
Universalist Church
Henry E. Duncan
Mr. Duncan
William Couture
John McManus
Abel Lezotte
Mazeloes Brothers
Universalist Social Circle
I. P. Quimby
Green Street
Foresters
Ledyard
Parthia
New York
Hyde Light Guards
Alameda
Leonard V. Bishop
Maud L. Pearsons
Acadia Lodge K. of P
Watson and Frye Brass Foundry
Reed
Grace Foote
Shaw's Bookstore
Nealley
Nealley Rifles
J. Harry McLellan
W. E. Hegan
Dartmouth College
Youngs Hotel
Brunswick Band
Frank Dingley
Baltimore
Salanaz Harbor
A. B
S. P
Senate
Bailey
Georges National Bank
Corliss Street Chapel
Charles Boyd
Jesse Savage
Boyd
Boothbay
Morey
Relief Corps
Corliss Street
H. C. Webber
E. G. Greenleaf
Melrose
Mass
Mr. Webber
Mr. Greenleaf
Williams
Knights of Pythias
Donnell
Bath Dramatic Company
J. E. Quimby
L. L. Greene
Wakefield
R. D. Bibber
Massachusetts
Bates and
Nichols
Winneganee Creek
Pearson
Prospect
Fine Old Lady
Rachael Gilmore
Adelbert W. Hall
Bedford Street
Gilmore
Bath and
Farm Bureau
Golden Red
Eastern Star of
Rockland
Westwich
Mary N. Hall
Annie R. Hall
John C. Gilmore
Cyrus Gilmore
Crosby Reed
Rivera
Cal
Bernice Bailey
M Puta Dubar
Mae Gilmore
Annie Hall
Everson Stinson
Betty McGuiggan
Superintendent of Schools
Clinton D, Wilson
Albion L. Corliss
Bath Insala
Cora A. Corliss
Charlotte Baker Longfellow
Gardiner
Ellen W. Merrill
Esther L. Brawn
William F. Dunham
Rose M. Higgins
Charles R. Higgins
Dorothy Higgins Rand
Portsmouth
N.H
Lucy H. Siiness
Providence
R. I
State of Florida
Polk
G. Hall
Marguerite J. Haley
Danford McDonald
William FP
Dunham
Register
Frank EF. Ward
George R. Ward
Walter. S. Glidden
Gagadahoc
Witour—H-Wymen
George M. Wyman
Phippsburg
Attis William F. Dunham
Cora L. Robinson
Eliza Jane Sweeney
Charles Temple
Bernice B. Bailey
David W. Blair
Sagacahor
Maud C. Belanger
Arrie Belanger
Congress
Rupert H. Baxter
William H. Brown
Hattie E. Brown
Bath Independent
William F
Dunham, Register
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