Fire engines prepare for Bath celebration and local events
In 1887 Bath items report 11 fire engines and hose carriages entered for an upcoming city celebration. A petition circulates to appoint Edward Prask as city marshal. Miss Lizzie Morse and Walter Chase wed at Phippsburg. A coal shed accident injures George W. Lemont. Winfield B. Harris is laid to rest in Acadia Lodge services. Miss Martie Snow and Frank Wethen wed in San Francisco.
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Trix
Edward I
Prask
Martie L. Snow
Frank Wethen
Dover
San Francisco
George Weaver
D. D
Methodist Church
City and business notes from a Maine town on Sept 29 1887
Edward Jaison visits New York on business. Mail carrier J Hilton Jordan to resume duties after vacation. Water fountains receive cups. A new water course is planned along Center street. Iron works at Moulton and son expand with more workers. Engineers from Portland and Biddeford arrive to plan and oversee a central electric station. Council hosts clergy and officials to discuss forming a society to aid the worthy poor, with Dr A J Fuller elected chair and F H Law as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Jaison
New York
Local Notices and Society News for September 30 1887
TP. H. Twitchell rode the 7.20 train today. Miss Helen J. Coombs of Bath visits Miss Mary Parshley at Gardiner. Miss Sarah Foye of Gardiner visits cousin Mrs. B. E. Upton on Lincoln Street. Gen. T. W. Nyde expected home from London early October. sister Miss Mary Hyde cannot accompany him. D Tylerace Holman visits Times office from Gen. H. W. Sprague’s stand Patriarchs Militant. Miss Tenie Marston Alice Hogan and Clara Rises return from Kineo Moosehead Lake.
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TP. H. Twitchell
Helen J. Coombs
Bath
Mary Parshley
Gardiner, Ee
Sarah Foye of
Gardiner
Mrs
BE. Upton
Lincoln Street
T. W. Nyde
London
Miss Mary Hyde
D. Tylerace Holman
H.W. Sprague
Dpatriarchs
Times Office
Tenie Marston
Alice Hogan
Clara Rises
Kineo
Moosehead Lake
Miss Clara Riggs To Teach Term At Greenfield NH
Miss Clara Riggs will teach a term of school at Greenfield New Hampshire. Afterward she plans to return to the State Normal school to finish the course. Mrs. C C Tapham and Miss Lizzie are mentioned in connection.
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Clara Riggs
Greenfield
N. H
State Normal School
Local Notes From October 1 1887 Update at Webber's and More
Oct 1 1887 Lewis Swett returns from Boston resumes clerk duties at Webber's drug store. James Cressy back from excursion work in Boston. Clara Hawthorne returns for Sunday then to Pride's Corner Westbrook. John Fitz to Worcester to run a fruit store. Olympian City approves Friday supper. Marriage intentions show seven in September nine in August. Poles for electric wires being smoothed near Goss Tron Works. Canton King members return from Biddeford after a fine outing. Dr Bibber returns home. William Sprague narrowly escapes death in engine room accident at Donnell's wharf. Two miniature hand engines exhibited in Webber's window. A small storehouse building moved to Sawdust Patch for a stable. Oct 3 1887 Universalist Society fall meetings. Queen Esther Lodge D of Rebekah meeting. Public schools close for big celebration. F Hi Twitchell named chief marshal with aides Torrey Stetson Pendexter. Fred Brown horse fright causes buggy wreck near High Street. Charles Burgess in Lowell kerosene lamp accident and dramatic fall. Wife leaves city. Steam fire engine Kennebec tested at Union Street reservoir. tampered with. stones and nuts found in pumps. overhaul done.
Engine hauled out finds condition improving
The engine was hauled out and then found better but not first class. Pumps were overhauled and the engine later checked in good fire service condition. Mayor Wakefield offered $100 reward for tampering. A fire outside hydrant service could have had serious results with only one engine ready.
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Wakefield
Bath News Highlights From Oct 4 1887 Evening
Long Beach 2 Kennebec 3 Extinguisher No 5 will host guests this evening. Miss Emily Soule of Bangor arrives, Miss May Parks of Winneganee studies Bath High School, and Miss Trowe repairs her High street home. Bath Board of Trade meets November first. Nellie Vookes frames a schooner at John McDonald yard. sailing regatta postponed due to wind. N F C club begins winter meetings. Bath Train Works booming building nine or ten hoisters. New machine shop extension near completion for hoister setting. Damaged fire area repaired, looking like new.
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Long Beach
Kennebec
Bath Tren
Date for first train over bridge not set
Printing from Bath reports no date for the first train over the new Bath Kennebes bridge. Rumors mention the 24th or earlier the 17th, but officials prefer waiting for the highway deck concrete to cure to avoid vibration. Maine Central officials visiting Bath and Woolwich reviewed progress with Douglass Roney Sprague Morrill.
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Kennebes
Bath
Maine Central
Wortland
Lewiston
Bath Depot
J. ©. Douglass
Maine Central Railroad
Bath and
Woolwich
F. J. Roney
Portland
F. L. Sprague
A. S. Morrill
L. B. Thebean
Central Maine buys pole digging machine
Central Maine Power Co. purchased a pole digging machine that can dig a 24 inch diameter hole eight feet deep and set a 40 foot pole in under ten minutes. Operated by two men, it let a two-man crew install 900 poles in about three and a half weeks, saving time versus hand digging. The company aims to reduce rural line costs and extend service. By Nov. 1, after rural work this year, 18 miles of lines will be built serving about 646 farmers.
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Central Maine Power Co
Remains of Stonewall Avert Serious Crash
A Essex sedan left the road near Frank A Lesvitt’s filling station in Phippsburg and crashed into a stone wall narrowly avoiding a 15 foot drop. William Mitchell drove the car. Hans Johnson was injured, taken to Bath City Hospital. Arthur Sprague, driver of the other vehicle, notified authorities. state officer Harry L Thompson investigated.
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Frank A. Lesvitt
Phippsburg
Hans Johnson
Bath City
William Mitchell
Russell Street
Popham
Whippsburg Road
Leavins Filling Station
Arthur Sprague
Johnson
Sprague
Bath
Miteledh Ane
Fromt
Hans Jolson
Harry Ll. Thompson
Visitation at Kennebec Bridge and Woolwich Approaches
Sunday drew large crowds to inspect the Kennebec bridge project with Woolwich's side drawing many visitors. The Maine Central station is nearly ready on a new foundation and signals on the new road are being wired. Cement work will start on the Woolwich approach as the gravel road to the state highway nears completion with space reserved for a toll house.
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Nennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Maine Central
Arrowsie
Former Bath Woman Worcester Man's Bride
The marriage of Dr. James A. Givan of May street and Miss Melma G. Brown of Hudson street Worcester occurred in Rev. Fred Alan MacDonald’s Worcester home. Miss Melda Givan served as bridesmaid with Harry Coombs of Boston as best man. The couple, after leaving Worcester for a honeymoon trip, reside at 40 May Street. Mrs. Givan formerly Thelma Brown of Bath. She trained as a nurse at Worcester City Hospital after graduating Morse High in 1912.
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Lizzie T. Morse
James T. Morse
Phippsburg
Walter BK. Chase
Priam 1. Chase
J. Mc Reimick
North Street
Cluse
James A. Givan
May Street
Melma G. Brown
Hudson Street
Worcester
Fred Alan MacDonald
Old South Church
Kenilworth Road
Mass
Melda Givan
Givan
Harry Coombs
Boston
Sudden death of Charles Harmon at Lewiston
William Harmon of Bath was summoned to Lewiston after the sudden death of his father Charles Harmon 71 who had been staying at a Main Street lodging house. He reportedly drank chloroform mistakenly and died seven hours later at Central Maine General Hospital. Arthur Ray of Auburn and Willian Harmon were notified.
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William Harmon
Bath
Lewiston
Charles Harmon
Greene
Main Street
Giguerre
Sheffield
Gagne
Wallace Return Home With Family In Quincy
Harry Wallace employed in Quincy Massachusetts returned Monday after the weekend with Mrs. Wallace and their son Stanley at their Granite Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wallace
Quincy
Mass
Mrs. Wallace
Stanley
Granite Street
Powdered coal burner hailed as cheaper fuel by ship experts
Jefferson of the Shipping Board reports plans for sea trials of the freighter Mercer in Baltimore observations. The pulverized coal burner is installed at Maryland Dry Dock Company with conveyors and crushers on hand and hull work underway. If trials succeed, Mercer will serve in the North Atlantic trade under Shipping Board operation.
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Jefferson
Shipping Boards Fuel Conservation Committee
New York
Baltimore
Mercer
Maryland Dry Dock Company
Tutervest
Jeerson
Bane Ade
Metror
Amd
Porthind
Shipping Board Socn
Tea North Atlantic Trade
Kennebec Bridge Toll Fix Described in Early Notice
Public notice outlines fixed tolls for Kennebec Bridge vehicles and drivers, detailing rates for autos, horse teams, and larger trucks. It lists ticket types, validity periods, and conditions for commutation tickets, plus free passage for state police and highway workers in official duties.
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Maine
Eramo Masselli Marriage Reported in Lewiston
City hall records confirm the marriage of Zachiele Eramo a fruit dealer at Front and Elm streets and Miss Domenica Masselli of Lewiston. The ceremony occurred Monday in Lewiston with Rev. Edward F. Walsh officiating. Miss Masselli is a daughter of Michele Masselli Lewiston fruit dealer. They will establish their home in Lath.
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City Hall
Zachiele Eramo
Front
Elm Streets
Domenica Masselli
Lewiston
Edward F. Walsh
Masselli
Michele Miasselli
Lath
Bath man Roger I Libby goes bankrupt
Referee William T Hall notifies creditors of Roger I Libby of Bath that on September 2 he was adjudicated bankrupt and that a first meeting will be held November 6 at the referee office in Bath to appoint if needed a trustee, approve claims and transact other business. Attorney David Eh Knapp of Portland represents Libby.
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William T. Hall
Roger I. Libby
Bath
David Eh. Knapp, Esq
Porthid
Libby
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Nellie D. Thompson
Salt County
Horatio N. Develass
Arline Douglass
Nellie D. Thomson
Tena Dy Donnell
Itattie N
Rowe
Waltham
Mass
Nellie D. Thomason
Horatio Douglass
Eeadalnc
Frederick J. Hinckley
A. D. WI
A. DL
Sale
Mainf Sagadahoc
Roath
Saga- Athac
Walter
Glidden
Sagadanow
Sadadaher
Calvin W. Rovers
Gardiner G. Deering
Saul
Sncadahoe
Sail
Walter S. Glidden
Electric devices shock burglars demonstration in New York
Gettell, an inventor from Philadelphia, showcased three electrically wired devices to insurance men in New York. The gloves and safes used a high voltage shock to deter theft, with a blue spark and circuit switch triggered when the safe was tampered with. Eyewitnesses reported being impressed by the demonstration.
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Geitell
Philadelphia
New York
Gettell
Geettelh
One Woman Injured When Sedan Capsizes
Mrs Jennie Dartlett of the Tasty road Shippsburg was badly hurt when a sedan driven by Hira Ro Young left the road near the Chapel of Our Savior and tipped onto its left side. Young could not explain the crash and both Mrs Dartlett and her daughter escaped the glass but Mrs Dartlett in the rear seat suffered injuries. The car was en route from Seiswied to Daath.
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Jennie Thartlett
Shippsburg
Hira Ro Young
Eur
Darthett
Chapel of Our Savior
Young
Plow Youngs
Miss Dartlett
Chevrolet Dealers Launch Annual October Selling Campaign
The Bath and Augusta area Chevrolet dealers meet to organize the Division 5 wind up selling drive with Bath Dedfast Hallowell and Rocklind facing Farmington Skowhegan and Waterville. Winners dine on turkey while losers endure baked beans at Augusta House on November 15 marking campaign close. Local attendees include Chester A Plant Frank Abbert Humphreys and Mrs Henry Greenleaf with others visiting from Bath and Portland.
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Chester A. Plant
Frank
Plant
Bath
Abbert Humphreys
Damariscotta
Chevrolet
Augusta House
Augusta
Dedfast
Hallowell
Rocklind
Farmington
Skowhegan
Waterville
Maine Prohibition Pioneer Denounces Primary Spending Limits
A Maine observer argues against repealing campaign spending limits, calling it an ounce of extravagance in elections. The piece cites historical abuses, urges fair play, and notes potential legal reforms to close loopholes and preserve election integrity.
Senator Hale Opposes Plan Amid Naval Committee Debates
The text records Senator Hale voicing opposition to a plan tied to a New England yard, preferring study and constructive marine measures. He cites not criticizing Admiral Magruder, stresses preference for subsidy support, and expresses hope for merchant marine progress as West interests seek relief. Also notes Mr and Mrs Cloward D PDU and twin sons visiting Mechanic Street relatives.
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New England
Pale
Crhat
Admiral Magruder
Lave
Cloward D
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Portland No. 2
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Soldiers’ Monument
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John T. Sawyer
Irving H. Lowell
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RE. J. Sullivan
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Webber's Drug Store
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Suomer
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Pride’s Corner
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Goss Tron Works
Fred Cornis
John Foote
Canton King
Lynn Cantons
Bibber
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Ife
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Aleee
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William Getehell
Jesse Hunt
Universalist Literary Society
Queen Esther Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
F. Hi. Twitchell
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H. E. Stetson
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Lowell
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Bangor
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Marion Bowie
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Portsmouth
N. 1
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Mareia Street
Dessa
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Bankruptcy News
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Westport Junction
Rober Greenleaf
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