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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1931

Page

8

Forty Years Ago In Bath Highlights 1891 Items

Bath Daily Times notes include the chemical fire extinguisher put in service under foreman Charles McQuarrie, social events at North Street and Beacon Street, school superintendent office hours, and a Knox & Lincoln building purchase by Bath Iron Works. Also covered are police ball games, piano concerts, steamship repairs, electrical work, and the Kennebec towing season nearing end.

Charles McQuarrie Scott Knox & Lincoln Repair Shops Bath Iron Works

Universalists collect near ninety from Labrador lecture

Nov 14 1891 report notes repairs to Campbell mill wharf foundations and a large coal lighter being built at Winneganee for Bath parties. Fitz Brothers buy John T Ward store. Ward continued by Fitz family. G A R mustered recruit, membership 110, Jacob Wilson named. Ferry boat delays due to castings, logs in Kennebec drive, Bath Iron Works accident, Lizzie Snow to winter quarters or Boothbay rail line.

Lizzie Snow Augusta Bath Boothbay Southport

War drama return engagement at Columbian Opera House

The Blue and the Gray company returns to Columbian Opera House for the war drama staged here last week before Post Sedgwick. Seats on sale at Shaw's. The report notes the building will be partly refilled and transported to the Ironworks after, with further arrangements for relief.

Columbian Opera House The Blue and the Gray Company Shaw's

Local Notes and Events from November 17 1891

On November 17 1891 several community items surface. Portland visitors Charlie Fields and Harry Neally attend Grays Business College while Henry M Hartley heads to Maine General hospital for a weeks long operation. Bath Division Uniform Rank holds an evening meeting as the Board of Aldermen plans juror selection for S J Court. Kennebec Engine Co No 3 travels to Brunswick for a Thanksgiving concert and ball. New cider flows on the streets at fifteen cents a gallon as farmers hawk produce. The old ferry C W Chapin sold to New York Central for twenty thousand dollars to haul freight cars. Bowdoin College announces undergrad committee members for Moulton Union including Harold Durand Fred Whittier and Gordon Briggs with faculty oversight.

Harold V. Durand Montclair N. J Fred Whittier Windsor

Guardians Seek Sale of Bath Real Estate for Minors

State of Maine in Sagadahoc County notes that minors Lewis B and Lois C Swett own property at 865 Washington Street Bath. Guardian Harry P Bridge seeks license to sell the real estate to place proceeds in interest and prevent depreciation. Court also schedules inheritance tax proceedings for Agnes H Torre y estate with notice to interested parties.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc Harry P. Bridge Lewis B Lois C. Swett Bath Lois C. Swell Washington Street Summer Street Edward Gove Summer Washington Streets James H. Nichols Lewis B. Swett, JR H. P. Bridge Sagadanoc Walter S. Glidden Sagadahogc First National Bank Allan Spear Agnes H. Torrey Walter Glidden Probte A. D John P. Carey Mary E. Coombs Ime Provate William F. Dunham Maine Henry A. Magoun Said John W. Magoun San Priscilla Magoun Beth Harry N. Day Harry B. Carney Grand Rapids Mich John S. Boyd Haddonfield N. J First National Bank of Bath Daniel Williams Sarah Bagley Wright Charles W. Wright Woolwich Ing State Katherine F Neagle Thomas P. Neagle Katherine F. Neagle John J. Keegan Harry A. Walters Babh Independent Bathia Morris W. Potter Margaret R. Potter Mary B. Norton Vance Cleveland B. Swett Edgecomb Lincoln Dee James Blair Bainsaid Georgianna Blair William S. Blair Lela M. Worry Rockland Robert J. Blair Brooklyn N.Y Addie B. Wing North Bath Cleveland B. Swett Bradford C. Redonnett County of Sagaay William S. Shorey Edward W. Hyde

Tufts Professor Frank E. Seavey Dies From Injuries

Prof. Frank E. Seavey of Tufts Engineering English died after being struck by an automobile at Harvard and Boston avenues Medford Massachusetts. He was 51 and survived by his wife Georgie Mayhew Duncan and four children. He taught at Tufts 23 years and held a Harvard master’s degree.

Frank E. Seavey Tufts College Engineering School Harvard Boston Avenues Medford Mass Georgie Mayhew Duncan Horatio A. Duncan Bath Charlotte Jackson College Duncan Priscilla Medford High School Mayhew Hobbs Seavey Lynn Lynn English High School Bowdoin College Somes School Aurora N. Y Highland Military Academy Worcester Tufts Engineering School Tufts Commission On Extension Hersey Seaver Monument Street West Medford

Sagadahoc Court Deals With Dissolution and Estates

A Sagadahoc Supreme Judicial Court Equity case involves Charles Henry Butler petitioning to dissolve Montsweag Farm Inc of Woolwich, stating no assets or liabilities exist. Notices, probate actions, and executor appointments for Bath and Georgetown estates proceed with orders for publication and appearance dates.

State OF Maine Sagadahoc w'Ty Charles Canoe Butler Montsweag Farm , Inc Charles Henry Butler Woolwich Montsweag Farm, Inc Sagadahoc County Bath Ssaadahoc Ime Edward W. Brindgham Seal Notary Public Edward W. Bridgham Sagadahog Supreme Judicial Court In Equity Montsweag Farm, Incc Augusta Kennebec Lhe Bath Independent W. R. Pattangall Supreme Judicial Court

Family ties boost appeal of study subject

Mrs Arthur E Baum of Portsmouth New Hampshire sister of Mrs Seavey and Silas H Duncan of Los Angeles California and Arthur B Duncan of Portsmouth are her brothers, stories noting social angle that increased popularity of the study.

Casion Arthur E. Baum Portsmouth N. H

Ada F Lane Rites Noted in Poland Community Obituary

Ada F Lane 71 wife of Charles M Lane of Poland and mother of Clarence I Lane of this city died at her Poland home after a brief illness. She was daughter of William Henry and Eliza Whittemore of Oxford. Education came with guardians Seth Whittemore and wife Minot. Married March 12 1881 the couple lived in Poland celebrating their 50th anniversary last March. She belonged to Excelsior Grange and Ladies circle. Survived by husband three children Clarence I Lane Millard F Lane and Mrs Ella Milliken four grandchildren and extended family including an aunt Endana Dyer and uncle David Millett.

Ada F. Lane Charles M. Lane Poland Clarence I. Lane Lane Excelsior Grange Ladies’ Circle Ella A. Milliken Millard F. Lane Clayton Ina Milliken Muriel F. Lane Muriel F. Lane of This City Barbara F. Lane Endana Dyer Portsmouth N. H David Millett Portland Ore

Funeral for Ferdinand Tardif Held in Lewiston

Ferdinand Tardif 77 died at Bath City hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral held Thursday at Holy Family church Lewiston with Rev Chabot officiating. Born in Canada he moved to Bath 25 years ago and resided there. Survived by son Adelard Brazier four brothers and two sisters including Rev Fr Cardiff Nathaniel Laur ent Tele sphere and Rev Sister Marie Nathaniel plus Mrs Joseph Boutin.

Ferdinand Tardif Bath City Hospital Holy Family Church Lewiston Pr. Chabot Mr. Tardif Canada Bath Adelard Brazier Cardiff Palos Park Nathaniel Laurent Bro

New Children's Book Week Marked by Augusta Library

Augusta observes Children's Book Week November 15 to 21 with a new children's book room at Lithgow Public Library readied under librarian Ella L Taylor. Delegations from city schools will visit each day and a reception for teachers and parent teacher associations is set for Wednesday afternoon.

Augusta Lithgow Public Library Ella L. Taylor

Deer Isle Men Helped On Rescue Of Island Castaways

The yacht Camargo owned by Julius Fleischmann of Cincinnati located signs of three men living Robinson Crusoe style on a South Pacific island and coordinated their rescue. Capt. Charles E. Small, former Deer Isle resident, commanded the vessel with Deer Isle men Norman Gray Jasper P Haskell and Martin V Greene Jr among the crew.

Maine South Pacific Hancock County Camargo Julius Fleischmann Cincinnati Charles E. Small Deer Isle Martin V. Greene Norman Gray Jasper P. Haskell Martin V. Greene, Jr

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times North Street Benjamin Simpson Willow Street Epworth League Beacon Street Society Wilson Auburn Columbian Hall the Water Company Alamedas Portlands Pullen Patten Lodge K. of P L. O. Wiley Boston Perry's Hall Winneganee Ed. Trask Haley Davis Hatch Samoset Gan Henry E. Duncan Beacon Street Committee On E. W. Larrabee Water and Water Works Committee Yv.mc.a Trufant Drew Lower Methodist Knickerbocker Co Seneca Hooper Tremont Marine Railway Charles True Officer True C. A. Woodward Eardley Norton London Bagley Brothers Committee On Water and Water Works Thompson's Brook Brock Mary H. Brockaway New London Vinal Haven Pond Island Bar Morses Brockaway Benj. Starks, Jr Universalists Labrador Campbell Mill Adams Bros Fitz Brothers John T. Ward Pearl Street Charles John Fitz Sedgwick No. 4 Jacob Wilson Phippsburg Hallowell Patrick Dingle Fzll Dr. Curtis Donnell Alameda Fairfield Merrymeeting Wiwurna Elm Street Church A. A. Lewis Sewall Collins Daniel E. Pierce M. G. Shaw & Sons Mr. Pierce S. T. Woodward Charlie Fields Harry Neally Grays Business College Board of Aldermen S. J. Court Bath Division Henry M. Hartley Maine General Hospital Esthér D. of R Hercules Kennebec Engine Co Brunswick Union Long Beach Engine Co., No. 2 Firemen’s Relief Association C. W. Chapin Lamoine New York Central Railroad Co New York Morse Dunham Register Tufts College Fred H. Thompson Walter 8. Glidnen Hattie A. Treen Late Grace E. Preble Arrowsic Mary A. Preble Arrowsie Harry G. Preble Mae Belle Morgan Lisbon Percy W. Hart First National Bank of W. S. Shorey Afton Co Cella A. Hatch Mira F. Arnold Celia A. Hatch Benjamin Haggett East Orange B. Hagegett Dorchester Massachusetts Elizabeth A. Haggett Benjamin S. Haggett Fred B. Haggett William A. Todd Georgetown Manfred S. Newdick Attest Alicia B. Crosby Bath National Bank of Bath Loyall F. Sewall Arthur Sewall Camilla A. Sewall Loyall F Sarah J. Hitchcock Sagadah M. i. Bee Adahoc Sarah J. Puroheoo Ada F
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