Bath Daily Times Forty Years Ago Item Summary
Bath residents recall May 23 1804 news from The Bath Daily Times noting Memorial Day races at the trotting park, a corner stone ceremony on Front street with Ex Mayor Shaw’s 1004 coin, sewer trenching on Dummer Street, and plans for openings at Forest Glen. Local society sociables, band concerts, and inspections of the new N T Palmer house renovations are described, with a Flower festival postponed due to weather and a lawn party planned June 15 at the Aged Couples’ Home site on Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Sagadahock Corner
Shaw
Percy
Ian
King's Daughters
Rodney Hyde
Weeks Street
High
Mothers Dine With Daughters at Bath 1894
Activities from Bath, Maine dated May 24 1894 note events including the Tirzah boiler work, Forest Glen opening with band and fireworks, Bath Cycle Club rides, and local civic updates. Mentions Marine figures, steamer routes, and public notices among social gatherings and infrastructure plans.
Tall Heights of Danish Values Shared at Banquet
Miss Thayer spoke on American ideals and Denmark, urging families to stand tall like the two nations. She contrasted royal family limits with American freedoms and cited royalty authored books as memory anchors. Applause lingered as she bowed and Mrs. Wilson thanked committees before a group sang Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
United States
Bath physician elected Maine Medical Association president
Dr. Kershner, a Bath physician, traveled over 6,000 miles in Maine visiting county medical organizations and attending meetings as guest speaker. He is the second Bath doctor to become president, following Dr. Langdon T. Snipe, with the custom of delaying active duties until one year after election. After next week’s Bangor sessions, he will be succeeded by Dr. Gehring of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kershner
Bath
Maine Medical Association
Langdon T. Snipe
Bangor
Dr. Gehring
Portland
Bath hosts medical sessions with speakers from across region
Dr. eee departs Sunday to lead sessions in Bath where physicians from Sagadahoc County meet. Dr. B. P. Pratt of Richmond attends as Sagadahoc Medical Association delegate. Dr. William E. Freeman of Yarmouth will lecture on Evolution of the Medical Profession and present day problems. A banquet Tuesday evening features Dr. Kershner and Dr. Dean Lewis of Baltimore, president of the American Medical Association, as principal speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
B. P. Pratt
Richmond
Sagadahoc County Medical Association
William E. Freeman
Yarmouth
Bath
Patrons Day Observed At Garden Show In Maine
Patrons day will be observed Sunday June 3 at the state garden exhibit and Spring flower show at the Danish Village May 30 to June 4. Cosmopolitan Garden Club patrons include Mayor and Mrs Harold P Small and other couples. Lectures include a four o clock illustrated talk on Roadside Beautification by Mrs W L Lawton national chairman of roadside beautification.
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State of Maine
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Harold P. Small
Sumner Sewall
Frank B. Nichols
John H. Hyde
Paul M. Olm
John C. Fitzgerald
Ralph G. Stetson
Edmund A. Rothwell
Williams. Newell
Charles R. Farnham
W. L. Lawton
Lecture on Upene din to feature German photos and film
An evening lecture at eight by Mr and Mrs of Lewiston promotes a program titled Up ene din illustrated with German Agfa photographs and moving pictures showing climbers. A Danish costume doll will be exhibited at Senter's Inc courtesy of Roy W Putney. Carrie Hall made the costumes for the Danish day committee on June 4 and for seven Cosmopolitan Garden club girls in the Wild Roses pageant on June 2. L S Gurewitz and daughter Celia visited Auburn Mon day.
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Directure
Ene
Lewiston
Senter’s Inc
Roy W. Putney
Carrie Hall
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Probate Court Order in Sagadahoc upholding estate accounts
In Bath Sagadahoc May Ninth 1934 the executor Frank A French administrator of James E French estate was ordered to publish notice for claimants. The notice states a probate court will meet June First 1934 at nine oclock to show cause why final account should not be allowed. Sumner Sewall of Bath named administrator of Emma D Sewall estate qualified May Eighth 1934. Fred L Williams of Portland named administrator of Lincoln Williams estate qualified May First 1934.
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Sumner Sewall
Bath
Fred L. Williams
Portland
Maine
Will of Bath resident seeks letters testamentary
Petition by George H Jacobs and Annette B Pinkham, executors named in the will, asks for probate of the estate of the deceased resident of Bath Me and for Letters Testamentary to be issued to them without bond. The document is sworn May 2 1934 before notary Chas Co Low.
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Maine
George H. Cobs
Annette B. Pinkham
Bath
B. Pinkham
Dange H. Jacobs
George H . Jacobs
Annette. B.” Pinkham
Bagadahoc
A. D
Chas. Co. Low
Probate Court Order in Sagadahoc County
In Bath Sagadahoc County on May 10 1934 John L Baxter and Anita Clark Woodard Executors of Marcia D Richardson late of Bath presented final account for allowance. The court orders notice by publication in Bath Independent three weeks to invite interested parties to appear June 5 1934 at 9 AM to show cause why the account should not be allowed.
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State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Owen A. Richardson
Walter L. Richardson
Phippsburg
West Point
Casco Bay
H. C. Smith
Owen Richardson
Richard Nugent
Fish House Cove
Inez Smith
Sanford Piven
Ernest Wallace
Orlando Wallaces
H. Brown
W. E. Richardson
H. P. Brown
Anne A. Wallace
Bath
Sagseen
Ath Independent
Fhey
Alter
Glidden
John L. Jack
Register
State OF Maine
Martha B. Bridge
Harry P. Bridge, Jr
Washington and
Beacon Streets
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Sagadaroc
Winifred J. Bradeen
A. D
W. L. Skelton
Walter S. Glidden
Ethelyn M. Marston
Auburn
Androscoggin
Selina A. Trott
Woolwich
Sarah E. Hathorne
Meaister
Arqguerite L. O'Roak
Sagadahoe
Saabnc
Walter 5S
John L. Baxter
Anita Clark Woodard
Marcia D. Richardson
Raahes
Vast Seizure Sale of Seguinland Realty in Georgetown Maine
Sheriff Bert Henderson announces a public auction of extensive Georgetown real estate held by Seguinland Realty Company. The sale follows a 1934 Superior Court judgment for the Inhabitants of Georgetown, covering multiple parcels including Great Pond and Harmon's Harbor lands, with details of bounds and owners. The auction is set for June 29, 1934 at 2 PM at the Georgetown Town Hall.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
A. D
Georgetown
Seguinland Realty Company
Waterville
Kennebec
Maine
SagadanCe
Town Hall
J. Blaisdell
P. Cromwell
C. W. Lewis
A. Campbell
A. Cromwell
A. K. P. Oliver
Great Pond
W. Lewis
Plan Seguinland Realty Company
Great
Harmon's Harbor
Stephen S. Campbell
Charles W. Lewis
Prudence Cromwell
Robert Lewis
Prudence D. Cromwell
Alice M. Campbell
Campbell
Mountain Rock
John Maines
George
Saaterly
Ebenezer Moore
Wellings
Isaac C. Boynington
Joseph Blaisdell
C. B
W. L
Eben Moore
Stone School
B. C
John Hinckley
Sheepscot River
Sheepscot Bay
William H. Davis
Murphy and Field
Holland
Blaisdell
J. H. Burleigh
C. E
H. R. Dunham
Dunham
Buckman
Burleigh
Alice Campbell
Town Road
Florence Elliot
James Breson
James Br
Lewis
Alice C - Bell
Walter B. Reid
Seguinland
William Cromwell
Cromwell
Walter E
Bown
The
Seguinland Cottage Company
PRU
Bivmageens
Bert Henderson
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Trotting Park Memorial Y
Elm Street Society
Boston
Iron Works
Ao Hanes
Ee Trotting Park
Nequasset
John B. Coyle
New England
Bath Cycle B
Damariscotta Mills
Forest Glen
North End
Grove
Bath Brass Band
George Daley
Dummer Street
Hatch
John W. Campbell
Mosquito Valley Brook
Harvard
Prises
Jackson
Amos. F. Gerald
Bath Street Railway
Fairfet
N. T. Palmer
Jeanette Berry
A. G. Page
Grange Hall
West Bath
Barre
E. K. Hodgkins
Tirzah
Moulton
F. A. Welch
Bath Cycle Club
Willow Street
Sewer Committee
George W. Peck
City of
Lowell
Thistle
Jake
W. B. Parris
B. R. Woodside
Cuba
the Glen
William Gibson
E. J. Hartnett
Charles Ridley
Andrew Webber
Washburn
Deering
Litchfield Band
William E. Dennison
Frank Jones
Nathan Stiles
Wife
New Hampshire
the Park
George H. Jacobs
W. Howard
Opan
Democratic Caucus
Percy V
Popham
William
Barry
Massachusetts State Board of Pharmacy
Joseph S. Smith
Revere House
C. R. Donnell
Popham Beach
Republican City Committee
E. P. Donnell
John C. Higgins
Harry C. Webber
City Hall
Gahan's Hall
Jake Conant
Adams House
Ndelson Club
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Meservey
Quintet of
Rockland
Shorey
Argonauts
H. W. Owen, Jr
Walter L. Johnson
W. F. Stevens
William Small
M. H. Douglass
H. W. Dunton
Oon
Corliss and Richardson
Gaudreau
Military and Naval Children's Home
George Davenport
Angelo Patri
Girl Scout
Girout
Herhhildren
Wilson
Maude P. Thayer
Westbrook Junior College
Thayer
Miss Thayer
Longfellow
Wtland
General Peleg
Lafayette
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Bowdoin
Isagadahoc
Adahoc
Nellie Destament
Charles A. Harman
Sore Sagadahoc
Hay
Walter
Judas of
Cobaie
Regis
Westmount
Quebec
Edward F. Johnson
Said
Lucille K. Johnson
Minor
Alden G. Smith
Raee
Fannie E. Savage
Augusta, Me
Fred L. Trott
West Brookfield
Mass
Charles J. Trott
Wenham
Warren Trott
Canada St
Santa Barbara
Calif
Sgimne
Elizabeth E Hatherne
Iwieh
Myra Ra G. Walate
Wilton S.cam Oeick Oeer
Cou Lounty
David R. Gibvolte
Geeresen
Adehoc
Gus Jten
Ceenpeed
John S. Jack
L. S. Gurewitz
Celia Gurewitz
City
Frank A. French
James E. Prench
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