Forty Years Ago in Bath Wedding and Local Crime Notes
Forty years ago in Bath on Sept 27 1882 the wedding of C L Q Smith to Alice C Watson took place at the bride’s home with Rev J O Fiske officiating. A grand display of presents included silverware clocks and furniture from numerous relatives. The groom presented a gold watch and chain. A separate report describes a wealthy 70 year old man missing since Saturday, found beaten in his home with valuables stolen and authorities unsure of the assailants as his condition remains critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Q. Smith
Alice C. Watson
Sewall J. Watson
J. O. Fiske
William H. Smith
William B. Smith
William F. Rice
Miss Nellie Watson
Julia Watson
Jina Sewall
Charles Hyde
F. H. Percy
A. S. Thompson
Alice Magoun
Emma and
Martie Houghton
Lizzie Moses
Emily Weeks
Emma Magoun
Helen Boyd
Humphreys
John H. McLellan
Lottie Donnell
Josie Swanton
Hattie Whitmore
Nathaniel Clapp
Verdall Hnaggett
Eugene Smith
Joseph Vaughan
Joseph Parrington
High Street
Largest Willow Tree Landmark in Bath History
A Bath city note describes the Washington Street willow near Capt. G. C. Goss's yard as a long standing landmark, with a Boston man claiming to have planted the original slip in 1818. Other items mention local politics shifts, the Undaunted crew case dismissal, a Topsham youth killed by a breaking colt, and various visits and moves of residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Pearl
Capt
G. C. Goss
Tron
Rupert C. Baxter
Bath
Boston
Death of Joseph Purington at his home
Joseph Purington aged 74 was found dead at his Deering and Donnell yard residence after being absent from work. Police report a possible murder for money. he was brother to Samuel and Humphrey Purington. A New Meadows pugilist and companions caused a disturbance at the station before returning home late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Purington
Purington
Fben Allen
Deering & Donnell Yard
David Lark
Samuel
Humphrey Purington
New Meadows
Inquest Held for Death of Joseph Turington 1882
Sept 30 1882 coroner Ballou presided at the inquest for Joseph Turington at his home. A jury including Hayes Field Welch Donnell Bibber McCellan heard testimony and visited the house, adjourning at noon until Monday. Witnesses listed include Stinson Clark Allen Purington Bibber Tarbox and Bright won a five mile race at Lewiston. May Field hosted a pleasant whist party. Nichols bought a shepherd dog. Foster left for Canton. Kelley went to Pawtucket. Lowell to sail as first mate on the Eclipse. Mrs Lewis at Birch Point hotel reported 1300 guests since July. Hobson party left for Fargo. Hogan to deliver Theta Delta Chi reunion oration in Boston. fair prizes awarded for portraits crayon pictures oil painting and pen drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Turington
Joseph BE. Turington
Ballou
Joseph M. Hayes
H. W. Field
Miran Welch
William S. Donnell
John PD. Bibber
Charles H. McCellan
John P. Stinson
John 8. Clark
Eben F. Allen
Joseph FE. Purington
R. D. Bibber
Henry C. Tarbox
Funeral for Joseph Purington Sheds Light on Bath Tragedy
October 2 1882 report from Bath records the Sunday funeral of Joseph Purington and notes the unresolved inquest into his death. The jurors say he died of brain concussion from unknown causes between September 27 and 29 with no coroner verdict or official presence. The item also mentions drunken disorder, a reported ghost sighting, logs moved from Halifax, a comet sighting, local returns from Portland, a horse race at Trotting Park with 2 50 time, Phi Rho Library election results, and a 152 foot artesian well at Arthur Sewall's residence. mayor actions reward $500 for new evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Purington
H. J. White
Joseph H. Purington
Board of Aldermen
Bath City Seeks Clue to Assault on Oil Man
The city offers an inducement to any competent person who can identify the assailants who assaulted the oil man. Frank H. Percy has left for New York in connection with the case, as authorities hope new information will solve a long standing local problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank H. Percy
New York
Busy October session probate court in Sagadahoe county
The Sagadahoe county probate court held a busy October term session led by Judge Jones. Numerous wills were admitted and executors appointed or guardians named including Charles FE Bachellor estate Bath and Mary Hunter Harward Richmond. Many accounts were filed or finalised, inventories approved, and guardianship and administration actions recorded for multiple estates across Bath Topsham Bowdoinham Georgetown Woolwich and Richmond with varied executors administrators and guardians named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Jnnes
Lowell
Charles FE. Bachellor
Bath
Mattie
Gecheller
Virginia M
Foote
Eleanor T. Voorhees
Mary FE. Coombs
Grace I
Morse
Semira Donnell Kate
Everett, Mass
Henry FE. Crocker
David H. Flagg
Topsham
George G. Noven
Guy Fletcher Coolen
Emma Palmer
William W. Denham
Bowdoeinham
Varena Frances Denham
Ethel KE. Moore
Georgetown
William T. Boyd
Julian TV Trail
Herbert L. Hall
Charles @ Low
Katherine BK. Orr
Stockton
Cal
Jane Isabella Harward
Mary Hunter Harward
Richmond
Mary VT
Arthur I. Todd
David Henry Todd
Lewis FB. King
Henrietta Lewis
King of Bath
Edward Syde
Harold Aviward
Phippsburg
John Footer
John O. Footer
Edward Lyde
Charles Aylward
John G. Morse
Phippsburgh
Truth National Bank
Rachel E. Dunning
James F. Fullerton
Antoinette S. Walker
Woolwich
James FE. Fullerton
George A. Walker
Virgil P. Emery
Lizzie M. Emery
Varina Frances Denham
Bowdeinham
Edward Atkins
Viola M. Atkins
George S. Howe
Henrietta G. Howe
George E. Smith
Rosella FE. Smith
Willian W. Denham
Bowdoinharm
James Treland
Wiliam
Chadbourne
Judith Henrietta Lewis
Mande Jl Lonprette
Lexington
Mass
Clarence W. Morse
Thomas McCormick
Springfield
Sarah TP. Jordan
Mary
Hill Executrix
Daniel Goulet
Joseph Thibodeus
William Desjardins
Lewiston
Matilda Cote
James A Coombe
West Bath
Benjamin H. Stacknole
Rhoda A. Webber
Brilliant Maine Writer Sally Sayward Wood Profile
A portrait of Sally Sayward Wood, Maine’s pioneering fiction writer, tied to Wiscasset and York families, detailing her life from early tragedy to literary fame. It traces her upbringing amid colonial homes, her marriages to General Wood and Richard Keating, and her later years in Portland where she remained a prominent social figure and author of Tales of the Night. Her long life ends in Portland in 1864 at age ninety-five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Wew
Two Bowser
Water Street
High Street
Sally Sayward Wood
Maine
York
Sally Wood
New World
England
Hannah
Quebec
Hannah Sayward
Judge Sayward
Ladly Sayward Wood
Saco River
Sally Darrell
Nathaniel Marrell
Sally
Sayward
William Pepperell
Sally Sayward Barrell
Richard Keating
Kimsfolk
Siulia
France
Germany
Britain
Ameries
Dorval
Nutting
Anmelia
Ateat
Ferdinand and Flornica
Wiseneset
General Weert
Iso
Baltimore
Madam Wood
Mon
Abiel Wool
Abiel Wood
Foote
Wood
Gen. Wood
Portland
Anderson House
Free Street
General Wood
Sally Sayward Keating
Dolly Madison
New York
Capt
Keating
Madan Wood
Lincoln County News
Annual Red Cross session to convene in Washington
Dr. Augustus Thomas, Maine Commissioner of Education, will speak at the National Red Cross Convention in Washington October 9 to 11. Maine delegates are expected to form a substantial part of about 100 New England delegates. The program includes postwar work discussions, foreign questions, and multiple plenary sessions with leaders such as General Pershing and Secretary Hoover among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus
Thomas
Maine
American Red Cross
Washington
New England
Red Cross
Croxx
Aumige Barton Payne
Gen. Pershing
Cesson
Claude TA
League of
Red Cross Societies
Commerce Hoover
A. Vase Will
Vaentay
Mabel T Dae Slucon
Chanter Delegaties
Tivingston Forroel
Cornell University
Wits Pier
Sea Birds Alternate Nest Defense Reveals Burdened Eggs
Some sea birds lay limited eggs and possess a defense mechanism to discard part of their brood if the nest is robbed. This adaptation reduces loss by sacrificing a portion of the clutch in response to threats.
Arthur Dyer Guests of Me and Mrs Holbrook
Arthur Dyer of Fitchburg Massachusetts is a guest of Mr and Mrs Holbrook at 1 Center Street Holbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Dyer
Fitchburg, Mase
Holbrook Center Street
Bath's Aged School House Needs Reuse and Preservation
Editor urges Bath to repurpose the Erudition school house behind Morse high school. Built in 1794 as the town’s first public edifice, it notes its historical value and long use as a learning site, with teaching figures like Joshua Page and references to General Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Tod
Bath
AL HE Shaw
Samuel F. Dike
Joseph Sewall
Dunmer Mewall
Jlon
William 2. Sewell
Pers Hilliard
Mather
Dateh
Manning
Jewett
Sleeper
Tall
Tater
Isos
Epward
Vaughan
Sagadahocks Prepare Appreciation Musteres and Supper
Sagadahock Veteran Firemen's Association plans a commentary supper at Center Street rooms after a handtub tryout Sagadahock. The event honors Bath supporters from August muster where the team won the state championship and includes moving the handtub out at 5 40. The group also votes to take the tub to Topsham fair next Tuesday and then to Newburyport Massachusetts for Thursday's muster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock
Bath
Center Street
Sagadahoek
Topsham Fair
Newburyport
Mass
Lotus Club Shower for Miss Tessie Mooers
Miss Tessie Mooers of Lisbon Falls faced a surprise shower hosted by the Lotus Club of Lisbon Falls on a Tuesday night. The event, held before her upcoming marriage to Daniel Williams of Bath, featured a pink and white basket of glass linens and pyrex, with thimble, needle, eraser, and button prizes discovered inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie Mooers
Lisbon Falls
Daniel Williams
Bath
Lotus Club
Regnar
Meoers
Miss Meoers
Ao Oring
Thimble
Esin
Button
Edna Purington
Anna McCulin
Ruth Choate
Muriel Coolidge
Jennie Coombs
Maud Rarsay
Elizabeth Riska
Minnie Tobie
Jon McWhennesya Webber
Gladye Taylor
Nethie Wattee
Olive Hid
Fruit-a-tives claim cure for constipation and piles
Mrs. Capozzi of Astorp New York reports relief after trying various physic for three years. She says stopping physic caused constipation and piles, then Fruit-a-tives tablets stopped the trouble with no after effects. Available 50 cents a box six for 2.50 trial size 25 from Fruit-a-Tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astrorp
New York
John Capozzi
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Grace Sage Delights Bath With Reading of The Country Cousin
Grace Sage, renowned in modern drama circles, will read Booth Tarkington and Julian Street's The Country Cousin at Morse High assembly hall in Bath on Saturday October 4 at 8 is. Under the three Parent Teacher associations, tickets available at the door or from association members. Sage taught at Leland Powers School in Boston and aided war time entertainments at Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Sage
Miss Sage
Leland Powers School
Boston
Newport
KR LL
Automobile crowd seen at Prince store on Orr's Island
Dr. Edward Briry Miss Mary Briry Mrs Lillian Brown Herbert Grinnel and Mrs William H Shea were noted among motorists at the Prince store at Orr's Island Monday afternoon. The Orr's Island drive is noted for its seasonal charm with vibrant trees and shrubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Briry
Mary Briry
Lillian Brown
Herbert Grinnel
William H. Shea
Prince Store
Orr's Island
Probate notices and ownership statement from Bath Maine
In Sagadahoc September 13 1922 a Bath court orders widow Mary Lundrigan to publish three weeks of notice for a second Tuesday in October 1922 regarding allowance from her deceased husband Edward Lundrigan s estate. Also executor John T Keegan appointed for John Maney estate. The Bath Independent publishes a weekly notice with ownership details of The Bath Independent including publisher Frank B Nichols and staff, with list of owners and securities as required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Sagadahoe
Mary T. Lundrigan
Edward Lendrigan
James S. Lowfli
John T Keeeran
Sawadahoc
John
Maney
Sagdahor
John T. Keegan
Bath Independent
Wefkly
Maine
State of Maine
FO B. Nichols
Pactoffice
Frank B. Nichols
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Times
T. Frank Craven
Alice Minott
John Dickinson
A. C. Bates
Waldoboro
Palmer
James W. Wakefield
William FE. Trogan
Republican City Committee
Wakefield
Hogan
Portland Advertiser
Joseph P. Hamilton
Charles A. Cummings
James Tarbox
Rebecca Allen
David Crocker
Eugene Southard
T Duncan Billings
Webster, Mass
Sadie Duncan
Brooklyn, N. Y
David Bright
Armg
Miss May Field
George H. Nichols
Shepard
Charles Foster
Canton
R. F. Kelley
Pawtucket
R. 1
Walter J. Lowell
D. M. Humphreys
Eclipse
S. EF. Lewis
Birch Point
I. T. Hobson
Hary Hobson
Fargo
Dakota
Henry D. Hobson
William EF. Hogan
Theta Delta Chi
Hannah Hayes
Popham
Colby
Halifax
Horace Morse
Gilman Lemont
M. Delano
J. We. Kimball
Laxon P. Carr
Mary T. Moody
William F. Moses
Lizzie R. Moses
BR. Nealley
A. M. Parker
J. D. Robinson
John Hodgdon
Honest Jerry
Charles Jordan
Jordan
Scott
Phi Rho Library Association
W. R. Ballou
A. A. Robinson
W. J. Collins
H. W. Howard
A. S. Melcher
Congregational Church
Arthur Sewall
A. O. Thomas
Aaa
Eee Gourauds
Ol Arsriniel Rata
Edward W. Vaughan
the Independent
Sagadahocks
Lotus Club Shower
Bessie Mooers
Fred N. Henderson
Orono
L.F
Atwood
L.F.’’ Medicine CO
Portland, Maine
William F. Dunham
Filter
Harry C Werrer
Rath
Harry C. Werrer
Rath Maine
Bath, Maine
the Times
Corporation
Front Street
Frank , Nico
North Street
Dorothy Nichots Niven
Hazard Avenue
Providence
Securite
Stockhalder- Cod
Alea
Actin
Fontis
Sterkhoaldere
Securite Hablera
Hanks
WM. Thal. Isfal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!