Forty Years Ago in Bath 1889 Harvest and Local News
Bath Daily Times items recall a public meeting at ham lodge and a new addition to G C Moses’ stable for a string of horses. Corliss Street church ladies host a harvest supper in Wright’s hall while Bohemian Glass Blowers entertain at City Hall. Foundry workers at Bath Iron Works number about thirty-five in the foundry. Drainage work extends across Front street to New England yard. Y M C A hosts supper and social for officers and committees with attendees from Bowdoin College and Rockland associations. Fox hunts near North Bath yield two chases. Clough brings in a Reynard as foxes abound this season. Dr C H Shepard opens new dental parlors in Ledyard’s block, Harvard-trained with top instruments. Eugene Greenleaf of Bath Board of Trade selected to lead Bath exhibit at the Maritime Exhibition opening Nov 4 in Boston. he'll likely be away from duties. Notices note office changes and staffing with Mr Hogan taking charge. Steam heating pipes laid to connect roundhouse and depot. tube design protects against condensation. Halloween night sees boys stealing cabbages and visiting gardens.
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C. H. Shepard
Ledyard
Front Street
Harvard Dental College
Eugene Greenleaf
Bath Board of Trade
Bath
Boston
Bath News Almanac for Oct 31 1889 Events
The Jennie C. May launched at New England Co wharf. Local social events include Katahdin Commandery Knights of the Golden Cross meeting and Swedish Ladies Quartette. Coal found at Small Point prompts drilling. Park avenue naming underway. Nov 1 notes water on Union and Liberty streets and a post office handover to W E Hogan. Authorities plan autumn dances and maritime exhibition openings.
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Jennie C. May
New England Co
Winter Street church chorus leader resigns amid town notes
Local items report Mrs Ramsey resigning as chorus leader at Winter Street Church. Bath Iron Works sees five carloads of pig iron arrive signaling busy shipyard activity. Awnings at Randall's wharf removed. tug Marion arrives from Richmond for jetty work below Richmond. Next spring holds word on some projects. Miss Sarah Springer retires from Winnegance school. Miss Hunt named replacement. A library worker narrowly avoids fall during construction. Skunk hunts yield five captures in five weeks. exterminate bounty noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Capt. Crocker
Richmond
Foreman Blaisdell Unable to Attend on Nov 5 1889
Foreman Blaisdell cannot be present on November 5 1889 due to unspecified reasons leaving duties unfulfilled at the job site. The notice records his absence and signals schedule adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman Blaisdell
Local progress notes on town projects and repairs
The article details ongoing work in Winnegance including hall dances for young people, partial framing of the public library roof, Center street improvements with crushed stone, a nearing completion culvert near the New England Co yard, and rapid progress on Bath roads and the Maine Central depot area. It notes the new freight house dimensions, revised car access, and an iron safe moved from Morse office to the tow boat office with heavy lifting equipment used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Co
Bath
Morse
Front Street
Tow Boat
Armistice Day Program Planned at Morse High
Plans are nearly complete for the Armistice day exercises by Roland Smith post of the American Legion at Morse high school auditorium on Monday Nov 11 at 2 pm. Governor William Tudor Gardiner will be guest of honor and principal speaker. The 30 piece Morse High School orchestra will provide music under John Grindell. Miss Doris Povich will read a poem by Bath native Thomas Grindell. A large reception committee includes Mayor Cahill Senator Carlton and Rep N Gratz Jackson among others. Doors open 1 30 pm with no reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Morse High School
William Tudor Gardiner
Bath
Milliken Regiment
Legion
John Grindell
Fred D. Hill
Thomas Grindell
Doris Povich
Emerson School of Oratory
Charles H. Cahill
Carlton
N. Gratz Jackson
Henry W. Butler
Henry C. Wright
Eugene M. Desmond
Carl C. Anderson
Edward Sewall
James L. Morse
Charles Lyde
The
William R. Kimball
Forrest Legard
Sons of Veterans
Joseph Day
Somerville residents attend Appleton Pentecostal services
Mrs. Susan E. Bragg, 89, and Joseph Kinney, 79, travel each Sunday with about 25 residents from Somerville, 18 miles away, to attend services at the Pentecostal church in Appleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan E. Bragg
Joseph Kinney
Somerville
Appleton
Farragut's Mississippi Fleet Led by Cayuga at New Orleans
The Cayuga commanded by Lt. Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison, lead Farragut’s squadron up the Mississippi on April 24 1862. She fought off three Confederate gunboats and supported her companions until forts Jackson and St Philip fell and New Orleans surrendered. The vessel later served as patrol and escort before being sold in 1865.
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U. S
St Cayuga
Portland
Mississippi
Farragut
Jackson
St. Philip
New Orleans
Cayuga
Gildersleeve & Son
Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison
Pensacola
Oneida
Varuna
Katahdin
Kineo
Wissahickon
Van
Theodorus Bailey
Moore
Chalmette Regiment
Chalmette
McGehee
Hartford
Brooklyn
Iroquois
Lower
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Rams
Essex
Galveston
Hatteras
New London
Sciota
U.S
Alabama
Sebine Pass
Tex
D. A. McDermut
McDermut
Jesse J. Cox
Winter Street church ladies aid holds all day meeting
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church held an all day meeting on Friday. A pre luncheon was served by the October committee to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Winter Street
Park Alley Standings Show Red Sox Move to Second
Margin shift in Park Alley league with Red Sox climbing to second, replacing Giants while Athletics remain atop. White Sox set two season records including high team total 952 and high single 214 as White Sox lead individual and team marks. Whitey Lothrop maintains 99.6 average with Pete Oliver at 95.6, Farrar rising to fourth and Robinson slipping to fifth.
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Red Sox
Giants
Athletics
White Sox
Theankees
Braves
Prruoe
Robinson
Lothrop
Whitey Lothrop
Park Alley
Pete Oliver
Peke Farrar
Traffic Officer with Baritone Voice Gains National Audition
Lauren P. Wilson of Angels Camp, a California state traffic officer, won the Third National Radio Audition for young singers in Stockton district. He, 25, and Miss Winifred May Fisher of Sacramento, will advance to the area tests for the western states broadcast on KPO in San Francisco on November 18. The Atwater Kent Foundation offers 25000 in prizes and ten scholarships.
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Calaveras
California
Lauren P. Wilson
Angels Camp
Stockton
Atwater Kent Foundation
Wilson
KPO
San Francisco
Winifred May Fisher
Sacramento
Blind student sets journalistic dream at Louisiana university
An 18 year old blind student named Shirley Delesdernier has joined about 2000 university students in Baton Rouge. She aims for journalism, saying blindness does not block writing or reporting. Her talent for humor and insight is noted by friends as she studies at the university with Pilot Town roots and family ties to state representative George W. Delesdernier. Hankow Kuominchan scores a civil war victory over the Nationalist army.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana University
Shirley Delesdernier
George W. Delesdernier
Plaquemines Parish
Pilot Town
Louisiana
Funeral for J A Lundrigan in Bath
J A Lundrigan longtime Bath resident and boat builder is buried at Oak Grove after a funeral in Bath. He was born in Bowdoinham to John and Mary Lundrigan and lived 65 years in Bath. He ran a tot shop on Oak Street, a boating rendezvous, and built many crafts. Survived by sister Mrs Mary Nugent. out of town relatives attended.
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J. Lundrigan
Thomas Malisipane Fitzgerald
Oakrove
Mr. Coughlin
Bowdoingham
John
Mary Alin
Bath
Oak Street
M. W. Sewall , Co
Bartholomew H. Coughlin
Mary Nugent
John Daley
Elizabeth
Kelley
Richmond
Henry Deehan
Boston
Mary
John Roche
Lewiston
Charles William Conant Dead at 64 in Portland
Charles William Conant 64 formerly of Phippsburg died October 29 in Portland. His body was brought home for burial at Oak Grove. Born in New London he moved to Phippsburg as a child and later lived in Portland for seven years. He was blind since infancy but a cheerful musician who played violin at many dances. He worked in chair caning and was skilled at that craft. He leaves brothers Harry of Oakdale Massachusetts and Albert of Mount Pleasant Michigan and sister Josephine in New London.
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Charles William Conant
Phippsburg
Portland
Oak Grove
Charles
Mary Jane Conant
New London
Harry
Oakdale
Mass
Albert
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Josephine
Myrtilla Libbey Lake dies after three weeks illness in Bath
Myrtilla Libbey Lake of Bath aged 72 widow of Willis M. Lake died Thursday afternoon after a three week illness. Funeral will be Saturday at 2 30 p m at the home of her son W Clyde Lake 12 Andrews Road. She was born in Brunswick daughter of David B and Lydia P Libbey and lived in Bath 50 years. She leaves two sons Vernon B and W Clyde Lake both of Bath a daughter Miss Mabel I Lake of Bath two grandchildren Mrs Carl H Pinson Detroit Mich and Willis C Lake Jr Bath two brothers Ernest D Libbey Haverhill Mass and Arthur W Libbey Portland and two sisters Mrs C A Pettengill Auburn and Mrs R W Howe Pasadena Calif.
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Myrtilla Libbey Lake
Willis M. Lake
W. Clyde Lake
Andrews Toad
Lake
Brunswick
David B
Lydia Pendexter Libbey
Bath
First Baptist Church
Vernon B
Mabel I. Lake
Carl H. Pin
Detroit
Mich
Willis C. Lake, Jr
Ernest D.libbey
Haverhill
Mass
Arthur
W. Libbey
Portland
C. A. Pettengill
Auburn
R. W. Howe
Pasadena
Calif
Death of Lizzie M. Pomeroy at 80 in Bath home
Lizzie M. Pomeroy 80 widow of Rev Gideon Pomeroy of Burnham died late Saturday at the Bath home of her daughter Mrs Stephen Conley 106 Lincoln street where she had lived since March. Survived by daughters Mrs Hattie Terrill Richmond and Mrs Addie P Rhodine Portland and son Wallace L Pomeroy Benton along with two brothers William Wood Weeks Mills and Edward Wood Hermon eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was born in Burnham in 1849 and was a member of the Burnham Baptist church and Benton grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie M. Pomeroy
Gideon Pomeroy
Burnham
Stephen Conley
Lincoln Street
Bath
James
Dolly Wood
Benton Grange
Conley
Hattie Terrill
Richmond
Addie P. Rhodine
Portland
Wallace L. Pomeroy
Benton
William Wood
Weeks Mills
Edward Wood
Hermon
Funeral for Mrs Myrtilla Libbey Lake Held at Home
The funeral of Mrs Myrtilla Libbey Lake widow of Willis M Lake was held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of her son W Clyde Lake 12 Andrews road with Rev Kenneth E Morse officiating in Bath Maine.
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Myrtilla Libbey Lake
Willis M. Lake
W. Clyde Lake
Andrews Road
Kenneth E. Morse
Family ties noted in burial notice
A grandson Willis C. Lake Jr and a brother in law Carroll Pettengill of Auburn, a nephew Clifford Pettengill, and another brother in law W H H Gammon of Lewiston are mentioned in the obituary with burial planned at Osk Grove.
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W. Clyde
Willis C. Lake Jr
Carroll Pettengill
Auburn
Clifford Pettengill
W. HH. Gammon
Lewiston
Osk Grove
Monthly Colonial Club Meeting Details Basketball Plans
The Colonial club held its monthly meeting with Y M C A officials regarding entering the Industrial League in winter. A Christmas tree committee was appointed with Vice-President J Haviland Torrey as chairman and ten other members. The Basketball committee is chaired by Elford A Stover with two assistants.
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Y.M.C.A
J. Haviland Torrey
Edwin Lowell
Edwin FP. Ramsay
W. J. Voorhees
C. J. Cutts
Ralph Small
Fred Higgins
Marius Page
Leigh Reed
Elford A. Stover
John E. Pitzgerald
Dudley Leavitt
Change in Court System Planned
The article describes a planned shift to speed up trials in lower courts and yield earlier Law Court decisions. It notes an exception for equity work on remand, injunctions, and mandamus, ensuring more judges handle cases and accelerate procedure.
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Law Court
Supreme Court
Wilson
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Bath Daily Times
Ham Lodge
Hartwell& Son
G. C. Moses
the Ladies of the Corliss
Wright's Hall
Messrs
Duncan
Brooks
Perry
City Hall
Bath Iron, Pied and
New England Yard
Bowdoin College
Rockland
A. H. Magoun
George Clough
Joseph Smith
North Bath
Clough
Nichols
Hogan
Charles Stetson
Katahdin Commandery
Knights of the Golden Cross
Universalist Church
Ladies Aid of
Corliss Street Church
Mrs
George Dillaway
Washington Street
Edwin L. Emmons
Meadow Brook Hall
Frank Williams
Small Point Beach
Morse’s River
Charles H. Greenleaf
Small Point
Mr. Greenleaf
Moses Avenue
Putnam Avenue
Winter
Lynden
Front Streets
Magoun Avenue
Summer and
Band Stand Square
Union
Liberty Streets
T. W. Hyde
Columbian Opera House
Arthur Hyde
Charles F. Rideout
Libby
Chicago
W. E. Hogan
Long Beach Engine Company
Parker Rogers
Meadowbrook
Winneganee
J. G. Morse
R. S. Hunt
Bath National
Sagadahoe National Bank
First National
David Owen
Miss Daisy
Bangor
Beacon Street
Dean and Holbrook
Soule, Dillingham & Co
Depot Square
Bath Iron Works
Randall’s Wharf
Mason
Young Men's Christian Association
Galen C. Moses
L. H. Andrews
Blackmer
School Street
Franklin Street
H. E. Cole
Bath High School
Mr. Cole
Sarah Springer
Winnegance
Winnegance School
Miss Hunt
Miss Springer
Public
Ely
Perry's Hall
Center Street
Maine Central
A. B. Fralinger
Fulton
Robert Fulton
Livingston
America
New York
Albany
Fred S Curtis G. Thomas R. Huston
R. Bath
Maine
Hankow
Carter
John J. Coughlin
Myrtilla
Libbey Lake
State OF Maine
Clara
Creton
Clara FE. Farrin
Sagadahoc
Pes
A. D
William F. Dunham
Ww. Batley
Mt. Vernon
Annie M
Ausee
Bal” Donnell
West
Prank H. Nowell
Penn Ave
Collingswood
Adelbert W. Bailey
Savadahoc
Arthur J
Ates
Walter
Glidden
Bertana
Comen of
Cumberland
Irene
McCabe
Colonial Club
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