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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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the Water Company
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L. O. Wiley
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Haley
Davis Hatch
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Lower Methodist
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London
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New London
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Jacob Wilson
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S. T. Woodward
Charlie Fields
Harry Neally
Grays Business College
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Henry M. Hartley
Maine General Hospital
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Hercules
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C. W. Chapin
Lamoine
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Register
Tufts College
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Hattie A. Treen Late
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Arrowsie
Harry G. Preble
Mae Belle Morgan
Lisbon
Percy W. Hart
First National Bank of
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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
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