Forty Years Ago in Bath Daily Times Highlights
Bath items from November 2 to 8 1898 report Polo League preparations at Alameda and Rockland opening games. theater tragedy and a clown’s family loss. local society visits in Topsham Augusta and Boston. repairs at Bath Iron Works and trolley systems. deer sightings, fishing, and early winter commerce. weddings, births, and obituaries noted amid community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Huse
Joseph K. Huse
Bath Iron Works
Adirondack
Probate Court Passes on Wills and Admin Actions in Sagadahoc
Judge John W. Brackett presided over Sagadahoc Probate Court in November term highs. Wills allowed include Rose McMackin of Tops ham and several estates appointed executors or administratrix without bond. Administrations granted, bonds filed, inventories, and accountings approved for numerous Bath Topsham Woolwich and Richmond estates. Guardian appointments and licenses to sell real estate noted, with list of heirs and conservators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brackett
Lincoln County Probate Court
Sagadahoc Probate Court
Rose McMackin
Topsham
Althea S
Charlotte E. O'Brien
Bath
Mary C. O’hara
William H. Thurlow
Richmond
Eudora E. Thurlow
George B. M. Soule
Inga Gardner
Edwin B. Dunn
Georgianna K. Blair
Elizabeth E. Beals
Louise H. Rogers
Harwich
Mass
W. L. Maloon
Bowdoin
Maud M. Maloon
Annie Wylie Stackpole
West Bath
Mildred Strout
Ashton E. Wardwell
Winnifred B. Wardwell
Edward M. Sprague
William K. Hall
Lillian M. King
Alfred L. King
Lewis E. King
John S. Doyle
Maude L. Doyle
Althea S. Thebarge
Victor J. Rines
Harry W. Douglass
Mary
Ida May Stewart
Woolwich
Thomas Long
John H. Perkins
Doris M. Tracy
Jeremiah Foote
Samuel H. Slosberg
Charlotte I. Putney
Roy W. Putney
William H. Place
Rebecca B. Minott
Ada Catherine Minott
Phippsburg
Samuel B. Ward
William Cushman Ward
Evelyn M. Kateon
Arthur H. Kateon
Ora L. Parks
Charles E. Parks
Hannah A. Thomas
James H. Thomas
Edward W. Bridgham
Wallace T. Pratt
Arthur C. Passmore
Bath Trust Co
Lillian M. Passmore
Scott Morse
Hannah J. O'Laughlin
Fred P. Shaw
Annie T. Shaw
Hiram C. Brown
Lillian M. Brown
Don O. Cate
Annie M. Hunt
Allan Spear
Agnes H. Torrey
Harry R. Harris
Marcia G. Harris
Mary Alma Palmer
John P. Carey
Margaret J. Pease
John H. Pease
Phipps
Mary L. Hopkins
Leon L. Spinney
Ida M. Stewart
Anaschm A. Lauriat
Medford
Anna L. Read
Mary Hopkins
Ancient Augusta romance told in vivid coastal history
A bound copy of Ancient Augusta by Edward C. Plummer, presented to Patten Free Library, recounts 18th century Small Point Harbor settlement origins, Camisard exile, Father Rasle, and English defenses. It traces Popham ventures, fires, migrations, and the region’s fading hamlet as Augusta grows, with vivid frontier portraits and Civiliz ation versus barbarism themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clarence Plummer
United States Shipping Board
Washington, D. C
Small Point
Patten Free Library
Washington
Pejepscot
Small Point Harbor
Ancient
Augusta
England
France
Louis XIV
Boston
New World
Sagadahock
Kennebec
Arnot
Jeannette
Quebec
Sebastian Rasle
Indian Council
Plummer
Father Rasle
Rasle
Auguste
Falmouth
Nere
British Engine Drew First German Train Commemorative Year
A London Observer report notes Brunswick claims to have built the first German state railway with a December inauguration in 1665. The Duke of Brunswick rode the historic train, an English mechanic piloting the locomotive, amid competing claims from Nuremberg Furth Wolfenbuettel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehninies
Germany
Hers
Brunswick
Arenazine
Decem
Heraer
Greece
Nuremberg
Furth
Wolfenbuettel
Observer
London
Nurembero
RBG
Old Germany
Duke of
Enelard
Clubs Exchange Their Programs Play Cast
A continuation lists the cast for an Otre acts play with roles including Walt Hichens as chauffeur and several others: Mrs Julia Tupper Reed Millie Hichens Mrs Grace Tibbits Carlisle Mrs Bulis Wat Mumford Miss Flantvetts Freeman Reed Oliver Tanner Watts and Mrs Berta Groene Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Hichens
Julia Tupper Reed
Millie Hichens
Grace Tibbits Carlisle
Bulis Wat -Mumford
Miss Flantvetts
Freeman Reed Oliver Tanner Watts
Berta Groene
Carlisle
Goodwill Club to Have Home
The Goodwill Club plans a town home and will host social and religious events. Current officers include Mrs Sarah Rice as president, Mrs Pearl E Reed as vice president, Mrs Edith Rice as secretary, and Mrs Maude Orr as treasurer. Mrs Frank W Perkins travels to Portland and will be joined by Mr Perkins later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Lab
Price
Sarah Rice
Pearl E. Reed
Edith Rice
Maude Orr
Frank W. Perkins
High Street
Portland
Harry Starbird
Perkins
New Hampshire
Transforming Arcade Into Bowling Alley
Work began on installing eight bowling alleys at the Arcade hall on Arch Street. The Ideal Equipment Co of Lewiston builds the alleys and aims for a December first opening. Milton J. Sawyer leases the hall from George Poulos and partners with Daniel Economopoulos to run the venture. A Portland crew arrived to install the lanes as a new floor and rock maple alleys are prepared with kiln dried lumber and birch pins. The hall will also receive improved lighting and rest room facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcade Hall
Arch Street
Ideal Equipment Co
Lewiston
Milton J. Sawyer
Columbia Hotel
George Poulos
Daniel Economopoulos
Nashua
N. H
Bowdoin College
Bath
Sawyer
Rhode Island
Portland
Charlie McCarthy and His Many Brothers
A playful feature recalls Charlie McCarthy the ventriloquist dummy and his creator Frank Marshall of Chicago. It notes the doll's rise from apprentice carving to a famed vaudeville presence alongside Ed Var Bergen and Theodore Mack, marking a unique entertainment career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Carr
Mr. Carr
Charlo McCarthy
Edway Bergen
Frank Marshall
Chitago
Tlme
Wenty
Edvar Bergen
Marshall
Theodore Mack
Vaude Ville
Charlie Mac
Charlie McCarthy
Foreclosure Notice on Richmond Maine Mortgage
James C. Seneabaugh and Margaret A Seneabaugh transfer property in Richmond Maine to R A Douglass of Bowdoinham after mortgage breach. The parcel covers Kimball and Southard street lots with described bounds including land formerly of Daniel Lancaster and heirs of William Stuart. Dated Bowdoinham Maine November 1 1938 by Rotheus A Douglass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Seneabaugh
Margaret A Seneabaugh
Richmond
Hoe
Meine
Sagadahoe
Reiheas
A. Douglass
Rowdoeinham
Sugadahoc
State of Maine
Kimball Street
Southard Street
Daniel Lancaster
William ( Stuart
Lancaster
Stuar
Sald Stuart
Stuart
Sngadahor
State of
Maine
Phebe Cotton
Spruce Street
Mery H Harvard
En Tire
Ald Cotton
Northforce Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Dougherty
Alameda
Rockland
Columbia Theatre
Phanto
Philadelphia
New York
C. F. Parsons
W. A. Furber
George A. Tuttle
Pay .Naster
E. C. Plummer
Wyandotte
Block Island
Tri Color Club
Alice Sewall
Sarah Wells
Gorrey
Europe
SS. Eturia
Charles A. Yale
Devil Auction Company
Bath New Church Club
Jessie Owen
Arthur Dunning
William Robbins
Ery Sy A
William T. Donnell
Addie Donnell
Charles E. Palmer
E. M. Fuller
John Godfrey
Fogg
Auburn
Thistle
Woolwich Woods
Ladies of Grace Church
Oak Street
Frank A. Welch
Warren Dain
Lisbon Falls
Union
Bath and
al Ridley
Mr. Ridley
Shawmill
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Arthur Sewall
Marty Gilley
Iron Works
D. A. Merry
Birch Point
Times Office
June
Virginia
William Rogers
Newport News
Charles H. Cahill
8. R. Frye
New Meadows
Ball Iron Works
Water Street
Barnes
G. G. Deeriing
William Cutler
Dick O’brien
Dan Murphy
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Resolute
Popham
Capt. Perkins
Winter Harbor
Isaiah King
Sabine
A. C. Sprague
M. J. Percy
Charles
J. E. Walker
Thomaston
Alice Randall
Beacon Street
Cook's Corner
Owen J. Ledyard
Miss Harriet Ledyard
Charles H. Greenleaf
Miles
Miles Ideal Stock Co
G. A. R. Fair
Armory
Front Street
S. L. Fogg
Herbert Morse
Cecil Payne
Bliss Commercial College
Rogers
Curtis
Davenport
Wiliam T. Donne
Miss Addie
Capt
Mrs. Quick
Motley Fuller
Parish Hall
Nichol
L. B. Swett
Alfred Tarbox
St. John, N. B
Shriners
Blanche Sewall
Birchwood
Washington Street
Charles W. Larrabee, Esq
Wiscasset
W. Carr
Bowdeinham
Nathan Milliken
East Boston
Jack
Charles Preney
Lynn
William Stott
Fred Footer
Harry Lord
Bertha Jeanette Pratt
Arthur Irvin Pepper
This City
H. L. Lord
William Welch
Fort Warren
Cuba
Merrymeeting Park
Merriman
Jennie Lemont
Miss Lemont
Miss Harriot Ledyard
O. C. Oliver
Sagadahoc
William A. Fairburn
Mr. Fairburn
William Hamy
William Perkins
Clara Smith
Hobson
Fred Mayers
Metropolitan
James Harrington
Parker Head
Supt
Andrew Merrill
the Water Company
John B. Coyle
Fsg
New England
Apen
Charles Carr
Elmhurst
Ethel Hyde
Oliver's Market
Swett
Huse
B. A. Leavit
Stee Mees
Ralph Covel
Harry Sawyer
Alfie Jacobs
Emma Lockery
Grace Sederquest
J. W. Brackett
Lincoln County
Rosa McMackin
Lyndon A. McMackin
Mina S. Higgins
William A. Dolloff
Amy C. Dolloff
Arthur D. Dolloff
Pophan
Old Country
Old Georgetown
RED Cross
Willi
Charlie Wcarthy
Bowdoinham, Me
Rotheus A. Douglass
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