Forty Years Ago in Bath Attendance at Baby Show Prompts School Closure
Items from the Bath Daily Times dated October 24 1888 note public schools closing in Bath for an afternoon to allow children to visit the Alameda baby show. Other items include a lecture offer for Yarmouth High School library fund, a Boston to Bath train arrival, brisk trade tied to the Grange Fair, a parade by Harrison and Morton groups, a burglary at C B Furber gun shop with eighteen revolvers stolen, and upcoming North End parade plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Daily Times
The
Alameda
George P. Davenport
High School of
Yarmouth
Thirty Nine States Change Color Of License Plates
Thirty nine states will change license plate colors in 1929 with 23 motifs. The shift favors darker schemes, with six states using yellow on black and several adopting other bold contrasts. The report lists each state's 1929 colors and notes a trend toward varied, subtler combinations across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Motorist
American Automobile Association
District of Columbia
A.A.A
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Bath built vessels make their mark in United States Navy
Two former Bath Iron Works gunboats the Vicksburg and Newport built in 1896 by Bath Iron Works trained American crews. Vicksburg served in Spanish American and World Wars, helped capture Aguinaldo, and later trained Washington Naval Militia and Coast Guard cadets as Alexander Hamilton CG. Newport served on Cuban Blockade, patrolled Atlantic, and for 20 years trained New York maritime officers. Both ships exemplified Bath craftsmanship and long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bath
Alexander Hamilton
Newport
U. S. Coast Guard
New York Marine School
U. S
Vicksburg
Bath Iron Works
Annapolis
Princeton
United States
Havana
Conde de Venadito
Neuva Espana
Aguinaldo
Frederick Funston
Kasiguran Bay
Luzon
Funston
Barty
Chemelpo
Korea
Varing
Korietz
Retribution
Psyche
Washington Naval Militia
Pacific Fleet
Alexander Hamilton CG
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
New York
St. Mary's
Bath Shipbuilders
Mayor Wakefield Leaves for Boston on Business Trip
October 30 1888 reports Mayor Wakefield has departed for a business trip to Boston. The Olympian club plans to start its Fall and Winter meetings the first of next month.
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Wakefield
Boston
The
Olympian Club
Short Haired Furs Dominate Paris Winter Styles
Paris fashion notes emphasize shorthaired furs for winter including ermine lamb broadtail caracal and beaver with wide collars cuffs and reversible lame linings. Muffs remain popular as wide cuffs shape sleeves and handbags feature fur, while dyed mole skin coats in green and wine red lead new looks. mink sable and chinchilla maintain luxury status. Taft’s land drainage and farm business ventures detailed long ago.
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Hazel Reavis
Associated Press
Paris
Taft Pioneer Farm Changes Ownership
Charles P Taft former owner of the Taft Pioneer Farm in South Texas sold the pioneer cotton operation noted for high yields. The farm used subsoil irrigation and long rooted cotton to thrive under dry Texas conditions. The sale marks a change in ownership of a historically influential agricultural site in Taft and Gregory.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Pioneer Scientific Farm
South Texas
Gregory
Studies on offsetting erosion featured at Atlantic coast meet
The American Shore and Beach Association gathers in Wilmington November 26-27 to survey anti-erosion work along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. About 200 engineers and businessmen from major seaports are expected, the group tracing its origins to a 1926 Ashbury Park founding.
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Wilmington
N. C
American Shore and Beach Association
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Asbury Park
N. J
Hooper Family Returns to Bath After West Newton Visit
Mr and Mrs Samuel D Hooper have returned to Bath after a five week stay in West Newton Massachusetts with Mr Hoopers sister Mrs Walter B Warren Frederick J Warren and Mortimer Ray accompanied them and returned Wednesday night
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Samuel D. Hooper
Bath
West Newton
Mass
Mr. Hooper
Walter B. Warren
Frederick J. Warren
Mortimer Ray
Petition to Sell Real Estate for Estate Settlement
Annie B. Cutting seeks license to sell all real estate of the deceased to pay debts and expenses. The petition notes insufficient personal estate and need to raise 2991.24 with possible partial real estate sale. A public notice will be published in Bath to permit interested parties to appear November 1928 at Bath to show cause.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
John P. Carey
Bath
Avila P. Valliere
Leo Pife
Leominster
Mass
A. D
Fred H. Thompson
Walter 8. Glidden
Myrtie B. Shepard
Mary Ellen Potter
Alfred S. Potter
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF
Maine
Victoria Waterman
Stukely E. Waterman
Georgetown
James W. Waterman
Boston
Edna Waterman
Pawtucket
R. L
Amy Steer
R. I
Scat Waterman
Frederick J. Hinckley
James E. Mitchell
William F. Mitchell
West Bath
Said
James F. Mitchell
William H. Mitchell
Brunswick
John J. Keegan
E.t.a
Coleman Flaherty
Anothey
Annie B. Cul
Phippsburg
Admx
Herbert W. Cutting
Alfred W. Butler
Henry Iit Ting
Henry
Elizabeth Butler
Jas. J. Spinney
Sewall Bowker
John F Cut Ting
John F. One
Moses Jewell
Thomas Butler
Butler
Israel Jewell
Isaac Holbrook
Holbrook
Whaleboat Hill
Joseph Weston
Thomas B. Cutting
T. B. Cutting & Co
Dromore Bay
John S. Wilson
Sewall
Bowker
Meadowbrook Road
Josiah D. Frisbee
New Meadowbrook Road
John L. Wallace
Matilda Young
Keys
Preble
Dromore
Neney
More Mill Road
Kennebec River
Annie B. Cutting
Sagne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Wakefield
Worcester
Star of the East
Bath Landing
Harrison and Morton
John F. King
Center Street
C. B. Furber
Water Street
Furber
Harrison and Morton Guards
Harrison and Morton League
Harrison and Morton Volunteers
Ward Seven
Harrison and Morton Club
G. O. P. Guards
Gilbert
City Hall
the Alameda
J. S. Jackson & Son
Samuel Strout
Dummer Street
Moulton’s
Bath Electric Light and Power Co
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Gardiner
Kennebec
Thomas A. Rich
John E. Vannevar
E. C. Allen
Augusta
William W. Bradstreet
P. G. Bradstreet
Capt
Jason Collins
J. F. Bodwell
Hallowell
J. B. Drake
City
Queen Esther Lodge D. of R
Grange Fair
Fred Larrabee
Mr. Blaisdell
Corliss Street
Parsonfield
Bates College
Mary Lucas
Green Street
Mr. Farber
J. L. Douglas
W. J. Shields
Shields
Times
G. E. Currier
Portland
J. T. Donnell & Co
Mample’s Foundry
Moulton’s Iron Works
Portland and
Marion
Kennebec Steamship Co
New England Co
New England Company
Quintard Iron Works
New England
Rollins
Collins
Clerk Shepard
Steamer
Mrs. R. S. Baker
Rockland
Portland Business College
Waters Street
South Street
Union Wharf
John Patten
Front Street
Bowdoinham
J. H. Aljlen & Co
Morse
Commercial Street
North End
Beacon Street
Court ‘House
Center
Middle Streets
Kelley & Spear
Wales
School
Washington Streets
Jackson & Son
Philadelphia
H. F. Morse
A. K. Gilmore
Annie S. Conant
Scott Hill
David Hill
Western Avenue
Richmond
Richmond Lodge
James L. McQuarrie
Cushing's Fish Market
Frank P. Wildes
Ulysses G. Coombs
Marine Railway
Lizzie Dennison
William Dennison
Middle Street
York
Bath Built
United States Navy
Shipping City Mechanics
F. D. Hill
William F. Dunham
Tually
Taft Pioneer Farm
Gwendolyn Redson
Walter
Gliddin
Dobate
Walter S. Glidolin
Walter Seet Judy
William F. Dunstam
Quincy
Westerly
Orville
North Street
Bath, Maine
William FP
Dunham, Register
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