Bath Daily Times Forty Years Ago Items 1888
In Bath on November 14 1888 an adjourned Bath Missionary and Charitable Association meeting was held. Bowdoin students crowded Bath to celebrate Harrison's victory. A sir bouquet was presented to Mr. Riggs by Mrs. Eugene Greenleaf. The big four masted schooner Fannie J Bartlett was launched at Bath by Crosby Co. and will carry ice for Philadelphia. The city noted water pipes 15 miles long, and news arrived of William Schottier’s death in Boston.
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Bath
Bath Daily Times
Bath Missionary and Charitable Association
Common Council Room
Mr. Riggs
Eugene Greenleaf
Fannie JJ. Bartlett
Crosby & Co
Kreger
Philadelphia
The
Fannie J. Bartlett
E. S. Crosby & Co
Bath 1888 items show mayor at Brunswick and rail plans
Nov 15 1888 reports Mayor Wakefield in Brunswick with Thanksgiving school vacation set, Bath Iron Works pig iron hauling, three schooners loading lumber at M G Shaw Son mill wharf, Hogan travels to Providence, Holman Dunning to Meriden club for polo earning 30 a week, Phoenix club plans sociables, gun report from Brunswick, boiler moved to electric light station, boiler room work, food from City Hall collations distributed to about 75 poor families, Portland and Boston steamship Portland to be the largest side wheel boat east of Long Island Sound with 275 ft length and 68 ft beam, engine details, Placed by Portland Works, Misc Bath social events and repairs including Kreposh inn station roof and K P sociable at Acadia hall.
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New England Co
Portland
Boston
Long Island Sound
Portland Works
Miss Pray at Home as Weather and Sails Progress Nearby
November 19 1888 notes Miss Mary E Pray resting at home in the city. Thompson brook water is piped to the city clerk on Washington street. Market men report country roads in terrible condition after recent rain. Sails for the Crosby schooner are being bent. Dr Mallett and family arrived to recuperate from Jacksonville. doctors to resume practice while family stays north. A new stone crossing at Grove and Washington streets is praised as needed. Long Beach Engine Co holds a meeting to plan winter entertainments at Alameda. A complimentary supper for Grange Fair helpers is discussed for the city within weeks. The last Saturday meeting drew few members and progress was limited, with doubts about the group’s future.
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Ritizen:s
Bath Board of Trade Meeting Postponed Again
Adjourned Bath Board of Trade meeting postponed to tomorrow evening due to bad weather. Officials urge large attendance Tuesday night. Other notes include dances at Perry's Hall and upcoming society visits. Several local trades and residents travel, with weather delaying planned gatherings.
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Bath Board of Trade
Church History of Bath List of Village Families
A long listing from Bath details occupants and owners around a church site, naming many residents and tradesmen from No. 33 onward, including ship builders, a governor, and local merchants. The piece notes the First Universalist church stood on Front Street, built in 1839 and torn down in 1862, with a local tale of an angel statue broken during demolition.
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J. Lowell
James S. Lowell
George Jewett
High Street
Beacon
Tibbetts
Morse
Charles W. Morse
James Wakeffield
Bill Wakefield
Bath
Dennison & Brown
P. Rush
Johnson Rideout
North End
Oliver Moses
Benjamin Small
Mr. Moses
William Rouse
Kolster & Rouse
Samuel Haley
Front Street Lane
Ellen Roach
Capt. Williams
D. Gould
W. Robbins
Cyrus Plummer
Benjamin Plummer
London
A. Newcomb
J. Wolston
J. Cotton
Samuel Parker
S. Welch
Smith & West
C. Mitchell
Winter & Turner
Mitchell & Crocker
G. W. Riggs
J. Crawford
W. C. Deonrell
J. Winslow
S. W. Wilson
General King
Maine
First Universalist Church
Front Street
A. G. Raymond
Obituary Victor C. Chase Victorious Bath Native
Victor C. Chase a Bath native died at Chelsea Naval Hospital after a fall at Charlestown Navy Yard. He lived in Bath most of his life born June 24 1899 in Gardiner overseas veteran buried with military honors in Mt Hope Boston. Survived by wife Mildred and daughter Marjorie Mae and his mother Mae E. Chase of Bath.
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Bath
Victor C. Chase
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Chase
Charlestown Navy Yard
Mr. Chase
Gardiner
American Legion
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Boston
Mildred P. Chase
Marjorie Mae
Mae E. Chase
George D Weston 70 Dromore farmer dies after illness
George D Weston 70 a longtime Dromore district resident died after a week long illness. A former bookkeeper who returned to farm duty he had served on the Phippsburg board of selectmen and was active in the Grange. He is survived by a son Harold D Weston of Portland. Funeral from his home Thursday at two.
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George D. Weston
Dromore
Phippsburg
Joseph
Katherine D. Weston
Litchfield Academy
Portland
Grange
Dramore Grange
Sagadahee County
Pomona Grange
Weston
Board of
Selectmen
Harold D. Weston
Emma F Whitten Dies in Bath After Illness at 67
Emma F Whitten 67 wife of Ulysses G Whitten of 602 Middle Street Bath died Tuesday morning at Bath City hospital. Born in Edgecomb daughter of John and unnamed Moore, she lived in Bath nine years. Survived by five sons Robert and Fred Greenleaf of Westport Elmer and Matthew Greenleaf of Sanford Eugene Whitten of Bath and four sisters Jennie Hughes Richmond Caroline Lewis Wiscasset Belle Knight Bath Lena Chapman Lynn Ma s. Funeral Friday at two at the home of son Robert Greenleaf Westport.
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Emma F. Whitten
Ulysses G. Whitten
Middle Street
Bath City Hospital
Edgecomb
John Moore
Bath
Robert Greenleaf
Fred Greenleaf
Westport
Elmer
Matthew Greenleaf
Sanford
Eugene Whitten
Jennie Hughes
Richmond
Caroline Lewis
Wiscasset
Belle Knight
Lena Chapman
Lynn
Mass
Mrs Viola Goddard Dies in Melrose Highlands Mass
News has been received in Bath of the death in Melrose Highlands Massachusetts on Tuesday of Mrs Viola Goddard widow of Isaac Goddard. She had several relatives in this city including Oscar Adams a brother, Mrs Ida Andrews a sister, Mrs William M Adams and Mrs Warren Hawley nieces.
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Bath
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Viola, Goddard
Isaac Goddard
Oscar Adams
Ida Andrews
William M. Adams
Warren Hawley
Personal Notes From Bath and Portland Circles
Mrs E H Hartwell of High street stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs William Foss of Portland Tuesday. Melvin Sprague of Hugenot Park Staten Island visits Bath for a week with his sister. Mrs John A Legro of Snow park. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Marius D Page of 65 Academy street at Bath City hospital Monday named Nellie. Miss Elizabeth Moses of Middle street and cousin Miss Katherine Larrabee of Portland visit Boston. Mrs Narcissa Potter ill at home on Washington street.
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E. H. Hartwell
High Street
William Foss
Portland
Melvin Sprague
Hugenot Park
Staten Island
Bath
John A. Legro
Snow Park
Marius D. Page
Academy Street
Bath City Hospital
Nellie
Elizabeth Moses
Middle Street
Katherine Larrabee
Boston
Narcissa Potter
Washington Street
Death of Mrs Charles Henry Butler in Washington and Yonkers
Ward reports the death of Mrs. Charles Henry Butler at her Washington home on Thursday morning after summers at Moatsweag Farm. Funeral services were held in Washington and Yonkers, NY. She leaves her husband and four children: Dr. Ethan Butler Sayre Pa Charles M Butler South Pasadena Cal Henry F Butler Montsweag and Mrs Edward C Heald Yonkers N Y.
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Yonkers
New York
Charles Henry Butler
Ethan Butler
Sayre
Charles M. Butler
South Pasadena
Cal
Henry F. Butler
Montsweag
Edward C. Heald
N. Y
Julia Stell Tuck Dies in Paris Wife of Edward Tuck
News reached Mrs. Frances D. Lane of the death in Paris France of Mrs. Julia Stell Tuck wife of Edward Tuck a former New Hampshire man and benefactor. She was the daughter of William Shorter Stell of Philadelphia and her father a Manchester England manufacturer. Tuck contributed to Hampton New Hampshire donating its meeting house Green Memorial park and Historical House building and gave the New Hampshire Historical Society its Concord building and the Amos Tuck school at Dartmouth. Mr Tuck was a cousin by marriage to Mrs Lane.
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Frances D. Lane
Paris
France
Julia (Stell) Tuck
Edward Tuck
New Hampshire
Tuck
William Shorter Stell
Philadelphia
Manchester
Eng
Hampton
N. H
Frances Lane
Green Memorial Park
New Hampshire Historical Society
Concord
Amos Tuck
Dartmouth College
Death of Mary E Cornish in Bowdoin Area
Mrs. Mary E Cornish died after injuries from a Wednesday automobile accident at a Biddeford hospital. A Bowdoin lifelong resident, she was active in Sagadahoc Grange for over 20 years, Bowdoin Center Farm Bureau, and East Bowdoin Ladies Aid. Survived by her husband, two sons, and a daughter.
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Mary E. Cornish
Biddeford
Farm Bureau
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid
Death of Mrs Louisa DeLong in Bath obituary
Mrs Louisa DeLong widow of Rev Henry C DeLong of Medford Mass died in Bath. She is survived by daughter Miss Florence DeLong Medford son Harold W DeLong Bath and two grandsons Henry and Edward DeLong of Bath. Funeral services were held in Medford after relatives traveled to Boston for the ceremony.
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Ward
Bath
Louisa DeLong
Henry C. DeLong
Medford
Mass
DeLong
Florence DeLong
Harold W. DeLong
Henry DeLong
Edward DeLong
Mr. DeLong
Boston
Probate notices from Sagadahoc County Maine 1928
A collection of probate notices from Sagadahoc County Maine dated 1928. William W. Foss petitions for administration with will annexed of Charles H. Greenleaf seeking court appointment as executors. Emma C. Greenleaf formerly executrix is deceased. Notices call for interested parties to appear in Bath. Marjorie Mitchell appointed administratrix of Emme E. Mitchell.
Death service held at late home on 1075 High Street
A Thursday afternoon funeral service took place from the deceased's late home at 1075 High Street with Rev Weston P Holman officiating. Bearers included H M Grinnell W B Hodgkins George W Troop and Amasa Ellis. Burial followed in Maple Grove.
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High Street
Weston P. Holman
H. M. Grinnell
W. B. Hodgkins
George W. Troop
Amasa Ellis
Maple Grove
Bath Boy Heads Overseas Homes Inc
Loyall F. Sewall of Washington street announces the opening of Overseas Homes Inc with offices at 578 Madison avenue New York City. Sewall, former tourist business executive with Charles Ashman & Sons, is president. The firm operates representatives in London Paris Cannes Florence Rome and Honolulu with correspondents in major resorts. They offer homes from a Scottish shooting box to a Rome palace with or without servants for any period. All homes are personally inspected by representatives. Overseas Homes Inc is the only business of its type in the United States and aims to meet yearly demand for foreign houses.
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Loyall F. Sewall
Washington Street
Overseas Homes, Inc
Madison Avenue
New York City
Sewall
Charles Ashman & Sons
New York
New Corporation
London
Paris
Cannes
Florence
Rome
Honolulu
Scotland
United States
America
How to mix good putty for wood surfaces
A durable nail hole and crack filler is made by mixing dry white lead powder with high grade linseed oil and whiting putty, adding a touch of japan drier for stiffness. It can be tinted with burnt sienna, vandyke brown, or raw sienna to match mahogany, walnut, or oak. Heads of plants seek nearby workers to avoid slow commutes.
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Japan
Popular Science Monthly
Stover Family Plans Winter Stay in Charlestown Mass
Mr and Mrs Samuel Stover and daughters Rose and Doris depart Thursday morning to reside in Charlestown Massachusetts for the winter, seeking accommodation and seasonal living arrangements.
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Samuel Stover
Rose
Doris
Charlestown
Mass
Probate Notice and Appointment in Bath Maine
Julia Davis of Freeport Maine is granted petition in Saga dahoe County on November 7 1928 with notice to interested parties by publication in Bath Independent. A Probate Court in Bath will hear December 4 1928 at 9:00 AM to show cause why prayer should not be granted. Edward N Hartnett of Bath was appointed administrator of the estate of Fred W DSTA late of Bath and qualified on the same date.
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William W. Foss
John H. Pierce
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Batham
Bath
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Register
John P. Carey
Avila P. Valliere Late
Sagada
Emma M. Duley
Fred S. Duley
Sagadahoc Ss
John J. Keegan
Joseph L. Kingsbury
Mary O'Donnell
Bartholomew O'Donnell
Sagadahor
Samuel Stover
Clara D., Stover
Marjorie Mitchell
Emme E. Mitchell
Supreme Judicial Court
Ella P. McCormick
Richmond
Abe McCormick
Libellee
Eta P. Hussey
Libellant
Sore Iadoe
Nbellee
Henry R. Drew
State OF Mainese
Rr Supreme Judicial Court
Etta M. Gaspey
Annie M. Rideoutnte
Walter
Glidden
Harry W. Thebeau
Mahion Day
Louisa D. Davis
Lisbon Falls
Mary Jane Cox
Topsham
Maine
Clasin
Hattie Stackpole
Auburn
State OF
Sagadahoe
Bath Independent
John W. B. Barbour
Mortie B. Shepard
Mary Ellen Potter
Sagadsahoc
Myrtie B. Shepard
James EB. Mitchell
William F. Mitchell
Sgadahoc
Edward N. Hartnett
Keedulv
Fred W Dsta
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Canton
Cleveland and Thurman
Bath Iron Works
John Patten
Samoset
W. F. Campbell
William Ledyard
Acadia Lodge
A. D. Smith
Portland and
Boston Steam Packet Co
D. T. Percy & Sons
Los Angeles
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Moulton’'s Wharf
Alice Douglass
California Paradise
Gilmore Dental Rooms
Avery
Wakefield
M. G. Shaw & Son
William EF. Hogan
Providence
R. I
Holman Dunning
Connecticut
Meriden Club
Phoenix Club
D. M. Humphreys
Moulton’s
Masons
William T. Hodgkins
William C. Duncan
Edward H. Magoun
Slaters
Kreposh Inn
Electric
Long Beach Fire Engine Company
Abbot Village
Mary E. Pray
Thompson Brook
Crosby
Grove
Washington Streets
Long Beach Engine Company
Alameda
Perry's Hall
Winneganee
George W. Gilchrist
Lemuel Tasker
Gracie Dow
Northwood
J. H. Raymond
Hawley’s Yard
William Olys
William White
Bath Ball Nine
Kennebunk
William Webster
Newcastle
Charles Wolfe
Nellie S. Donnell
Atlanta
Straight University
New Orleans
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Swift & Co
Phippsburge
Mrs. Vigla Goddard
Fred S. Curtis
Thomas R. Huston
Mgr. Funeral Home
Center Street
Julia Stell Tuck
Mrs
Hannah Jane Norton
Cumberland
Emma C. Greenleaf
Charles H. Greenleaf
Walter $ Glidor
Walter S. Glindden
Bath Boy
Quincy
Westerly
North Street
Bath, Maine
Kennebec
W. R. Pattangali
Sup. Jud. Court
Fred H. Thompson
Julia Davis
Freeport, Maine
Wesley Day
Isiah Day
Arizona
Segadahoc
Harry W. Thebac
A. D
William F. Register
Ance Tea Probate
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