Bath 1882 A look at Sunday closing and town life
Forty years ago in Bath a November column notes Front Street dealers pushing Sunday closing, a horse causing chaos on Center Street, and local social events. It mentions shipyard activity, measles at the Orphans Home, a court session, a Mephistophelian mix of illness and luck, new vessels on the wharves, and plans for a claw mill in Woolwich. The town’s bustle includes ice ponds, rail alignment, and civic notices as well as Christmas tree trade and a baby clinic initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sunda
New Books Added at the Library
A long list of new titles and gifts appears, featuring works for children and general readers. Notable names include Lucy Fitch Perkins, William Hegslider, William Tregliger, Harry Castleman, Lela Horn Richards, and S. Louise Patterson. Several titles reference adventures, biographies, and school literature, with multiple gifts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Patriot
Ellis
N. B. Doubleday
Cave
Lucy Fitch Perkins
Don Strong
Wolf Patrol
William Hegsliger
William Tregliger
William T. Adams
Helen-over-the-Wall
Bath
Bradford Gilchrist
Hancock
Old Philadelphia
Alice Turner Curtis
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Hamlin Garland
R. H. Barbour
H. I. Holt
Tommy Tad
Poly Wog
Edgar Trick
Marey
Harry Castleman
Peggy Owens
Lucy Foster Madison
Rodney
Tarry Castleman
Vartisian
Spartan Twins
Sue Orcutt
Charlotte M. Vaile
Stories
Pennsylvania
Walton & Brinobsugh
Caroline
Lela Horn Richards
Iris
Harry Castlewon
Tommy
Emily H. Miller
Union
Wm. T. Adams
Switzerland
S. Louise Patterson
Late Arthur Sewall dies. Bath shipbuilder and politician
The 90th birthday of Arthur Sewall was noted. Born November 25 1835 in Bath, he co founded HW and A Sewall then Arthur Sewall & Company steering wooden ships to steel vessels. He led Maine Central Railroad and Bath National Bank, served as diplomat’s representative for Samoa and Hawaii, and was Bryan’s 1896 VP nominee. He died September 6 1900 at Small Point, Maine.
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Arthur Sewell
Elis
Bath
Arthur
Prince Edward Island
HW & A Sewall
Arthur Sewall & Company
Maine Central Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Boston and Maine
Mexican Central
Bath National Bank
Maine
William J. Bryan
Harold M. Sewall
Samoa
Hawaii
Arthur Sewall
Small Point
Saunterer
Portland
Sunday Telegram
Siberian taigas seen as world’s largest forest belt
A forestry meeting debates the world’s largest forests with candidates from North America and the Amazon, but a speaker highlights Siberia’s vast taiga from the Obi to the Indigirka. The conifer-dominated belt spans about 1700 miles wide and 4600 miles long, with dense trees hindering travel and erasing sense of direction.
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Organization For the Advancement of Science
St. Lawrence River
Qnebee
Ontario
Hudson Bay
Labrador
Washington
British Columbia
Alaska
North America
Amazon
Brazil
Peru
Ibolivia
Beuader
Colombia
Guineas
Central Africa
Congo
Nile
Zambesi
Siberia
Obi River
Indighirka
Yenesei Olenek Lena
Yana
Yenesei
Taigas
Lena
Olenek
Sable
Helium offered as safer lighter-than-air craft option
The article discusses replacing hydrogen with helium to prevent airship disasters like the Roma. It notes a lab test recovering high-purity helium from natural gas, signaling cheaper production and potential near-future widespread use, alongside details about state probate notices in Maine involving Emma B Colby and heirs.
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American Chemical Society
H. Koster Bain
United States Bureau of Mines
Imterior Department
Bain
Bureau
Eace
Central church league plans Christmas sale for Dec 12
At a Monday night meeting in the chapel central church league set committees for their annual Christmas sale to be held December 12 in the chapel afternoon and evening. Names include Mrs Ralph C Whithouse Mrs Agnes Humphreys Martha Foote Mrs Warren Stilphen and others. The note also lists probate court petitions and name change requests from Sagadahoc county with notices for public hearings and required publications.
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W. S. Litorey
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Said County
Sagadahoe
Annie J. McInnes
John McInnes
Crpter of
James S. Lowell
Udge
John J. Keegan
Charles D. Clarke
Frederick W. Swanton
T. Josephine Swanton
Charles Hy. Cahill
Bath Independent
Said
State OF Maine
John St. Southard
Wiscasset
Lincoln
Webster Southard
Etta Horne
William Southard
Hartley J. Southard
Sanford
Ella Fowles
Boston
Mass
George G. Southard
Mobile
Ala
Freeman D. Southard
Frank I. Davis
Martford
Cenn
Helen Jackson
Tohn HH. Southard
Blanche Benjamin
San Pedro
Calif
Myrtle Fields
Latah
Wash
Victoria Southard
Washington Street
Robert S. Bridges
Theodore S. Trevett
Trevett
John H. Southar@t
Amon
John H. Southard
Nail County
Alice H. Whitney
Hiram Hopkins
Charles P. Morrison
Timothy BR. Morrison
Thionshure
Seid
Rath
Saeadahee
Merilda Core
Daniel Goulet
Havine
Anothey
James S. Lowelt
Central Church League
Ralph C. Whithouse
Almon Perry
Telle Welch
Agnes Humphreys
Martha Foote
Warren Stilphen
Leonamd Lord
Owen J. Ledyard
Charles R. Farnham
H. Emma Magoun
William V. Percy
Myrtle A. Dye
Thippsburg
Sail County
George W. Pye
Phippsburg
Sinth
Myrtle A. Pye
Phipnsburg
Tohn HH. Pye
Phinnsburg
Charles W. Pye
Edgar Pye
George Hl. Pye
Hickory
N. Carolina
Fimira Sylvester
Portland
Katherine Chapman
East Co
Helium Gains Ground as Safer Dirigible Filler
Navy pilots say helium filled bags are steadier in air and less dangerous than hydrogen. The Fort Worth Texas plant, the world’s only helium facility, is ramping to full capacity and aims for ten cents per cubic foot. It has stored about 2,000,000 cubic feet and produces 15,000 cubic feet daily, with 200 workers under Commander Olsen. Congress may fund broader helium recovery, with production expanding after January 1.
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Navy
Bureau
Fort Worth
Texas
Italy
Canada
Julius Kahn
California
Congress
Moore
Bureau of Mines
Olsen
Fruit-Tives claim relief for aged digestion disorder
I realize that I have reached the age when digestion and liver problems cause distress. After trying Fruita tives or Fruit Laxo Tablets last fall, my liver became active and improvement was evident. F. R. Adams, Sea Box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c, from Fruit-A-tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Exo Sr
Laxerort
N.H
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N,y
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BR. W. & Hl. F. Morse
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Howard Spear
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Maine Babies’ Society
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Granite Street
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Madison
Edmond Green
Frankfort
Herbert Green
Daniel Williams
A.D
Iam F. Dunham
William F. Dunham
Dunham
Charles A. Corliss
Howard T. Corliss
Sagadahee
Aaltosu
Eleanor T. Vorhees of
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William F. Duntiam
Ada T. Marston
Tilvie Brown
Sagadaloc
Ada L. Marston
William T. Boyd
Georgetown
Sagadahec
James T[reland
Eornetown
Wm. T. Boyd
Sagada- Nac
Emma B. Colby
Henry R. Colby
Pine Street
Jessie E. Colby
Winifred M. Colby
N. Gratz Tackson
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Emma RE. Colby
Sagadahoc. Ss
James
Lowell
William FP
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Sagadawe
Della T. Adams
Bati
Albert Adams
Naine
Della Tibbetts Adams
Fred IS. Thompson
State OF Main
Sagadaseek
Atte Wil Tiam F. Dunstam, Egister
F. Dunham
Aleyarder Meson
Fllen M. Macon
James S
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Penobscot County
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Gladys Nabeary
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Gladys Nadeau
Saradahoe
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Albert Thomson
Kennebec River
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