Polo Match Pits Bar Harbor Casinos Against Wiwurnas
A large Bath audience watched the Bar Harbor Casinos defeat the Wiwurnas in an amateur polo clash. The game featured new Wiwurnas players and ended with a 4 goal finish amid rough play and strong efforts by Hoffies, Jackson, Haggett, and Leydon.
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Bar Harbor
Wiwurnas
Alameda
Wiwarnas
Casinos
C. Connor
Praf
A. WT. Demers
Er. B. Rodick
A. R. Hamilton
Frank Holden
W. J. Wiggins
Walter Barrosse
C. B. Dpineo
Frank Whitmore
Winurnas
Hoffies
Jackson
Capt
Connor
Leydon
Hinggett
Haggett
Hamilton
L. S. Chilcott
Portland
Bijons
Lewiston
Lewistons
Richmond
Vaughn
Maine Clergyman Sewall Dies at 77 in St Albans
Rev. William S. Sewall, long and honored Maine clergyman born in Bath, died at his St. Albans residence Sept. 27 at age 77. Educated at Lowndin College and Thanger Theological Seminary, he preached 45 years including 25 in Brownville and about 20 in St. Albans and nearby towns.
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Williams. Sewall
Maine
Bath
St. Albans
Lowdein College
Gass
Brunswick
Thanger Theological Seminary
Congregational Church
Brownville
Harbor town notes and social happenings October 1884
Oct 10 1884 reports Capt Con Werington visiting Tewdernham and the Islander making a winter at Southport. Boothbay events include James Wiggins at the rink, James McQuarrie fixing wires, and the yacht Jane sailing for a heated excursion. Notables Governor Robie and Joseph Smith arrived in Bath, then returned to Augusta. A street assault on Charley McLellan Jr. is described with limited detail. Mix Minnie Whitehouse to wed Capt. Radcliff in Portsmouth en route to a South American voyage. Oyster news includes New England Shipbuilding Co. labor, local sports, and upcoming races and games with Greeks vs Woodfords.
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Robie
Joseph C. Smith
Bath
Sagadahoc House
Augusta
Mixx
Minnie L. Whitehouse
Samuel (. Whitehouse
Portsmouth
Mixes Whitehouse
J. Edward Radcliff
Merrill S. Haynes
Bath Markets See Egg Shortage and Shipwreck News
Oct 11 1884 Bath reports eggs scarce at 20 cents a dozen. The tug Knickerbocker and Seguin brought in the State of Maine and wrecking schooner Enterprise from Dippe Harbor after a 27 hour passage. A Wesley M church entertainment featured Sunday school singing and recitations with jug breaking to fund vestry seats, raising over 75 dollars.
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Bath
Knickerbocker
Seguin
Dippe Harbor
State of Maine
Enterprise
Chittenden
Pond Island
Gold Marine Iron Works
Thompson
International Company
Wesley M. F
Friends of the Sunday School
Fred Brown
George Southard
Mixxex Marie Nichols
Minnie Marble
Annie Getchell
Iola Gareelon
Maud
Maggie Parsons
Annie Lottie Trufant
Annie Garcelon
Z. WW Trufant
J. W. Ballou
H. A. Duncan
F. 8. Crosby
John
Morse
Artie Harris
Mixs
Gracie Duncan
Alonzo Morse
Political fervor in Ohio stirs voters and parties
A reader notes intense political passion in Ohio with both parties campaigning vigorously. The writer believes Republicans will win the state but only by a small margin, and ends by mentioning a pleasant trip.
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Ohio
Brunswick Omnibus to Topsham Carries Passengers to Fair
October 14 1884 J W Johnson leaves for Topsham with Gen Sherman to transport Brunswick riders to the fair. Topsham charcoal men in town selling fuel at 15 cents a bushel. Sagadahad House annually uses over 3000 boxhelx. Stetson sails to Boston for new rink scenery to debut next month by Mastodon Minstrels. Exhibitors and visitors arrive with fancy fowl and local notables. A fall sequence covers injuries, nursing, and travel between Bath and nearby towns.
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J. W. Johnson
Topsham
Gen. Sherman
Brunswick
Fair
Sagadahad
Ilfe. Stetson
Alameda
Boston
Bath Veteran Firemen to Enter Interclub Tournament
At a Bath meeting the Bath Veteran Firemen's association voted to enter the interclub tournament this winter. A committee of John Troop, William Miller and Levi Thompson was appointed to meet with other organizations' committees.
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Bath Veteran Firemen's Association
John Troop
William Miller
Levi Thompson
Byways Reveal Quiet Revolution Tales Along Concord Route
A rambler explores hidden Revolutionary sites from Arlington to Concord, noting Whittemore’s tablet at Menotomy, the Lexington Green inscription, and the old Concord to Cambridge road. He recalls Major Buttrick, Jonas Brown, Paul Revere’s ride, and Dr. Samuel Prescott as modern traffic crowds past these sacred markers.
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Massachusetts
Concord
Lexington
Lexington Green
Old North Bridge
Concord River
Capt. Parker
Emerson
Kitson
Lexington and Fir
Minutemen
Uuttriclk
Arlington
Jevend
Samuel Whittemore
Whittemore
Menotony Whittemore
Paul Revere
Boston
Ammunation
James Wayward
Acton
Wisman
Wayward
Hullo
Ol North Bridge
Liberty Street
Maj
Buttrick
Jonas Brown
Carlisle
Cambridge
Middlesex
Samuel Prescott
Revere
Museum Sends Replicas of Dinosaur Eggs Worldwide
The American Museum of Natural History department of paleontology finishes distributing plaster models of dinosaur eggs from Gobi Mongolia. Walter Granger leads the project with precise casts, shipping to Yale Harvard Princeton and major museums worldwide at no charge as part of educational outreach.
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Department of Parentology
American Museum of Natured History
Gesenmes
Vatican
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Andrews
Arehos
Roy Chapman Andrews
Bialuchistan
Walter Granger
Granger
Vind
Seoowell
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
United States National Museum
Washington
British Museum
Austria
Hobart College
Town State University
Buffalo Natural History Musei
Unetnnati Zoological Museum
Tatu History Museum Oat Brussels
New York
Mr. Granger
Miamy
Gind
Eagle Trustee Murphy to Visit for Massachusetts Aerie Meeting
EAGLFS announces a visit by Grand Trustee Thomas DB Murphy of Boston to a public meeting on Thursday night October 23. Murphy, a former legislator and deputy organizer, has aided Massachusetts nesting membership and was elected grand trustee at the recent Aerie convention. The Massachusetts delegation presented him a $1000 gold tribute for his esteem and goodwill among Kages across the Commonwealth.
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Thomas DB. Murphy
Boston
Eripd
Harry Farrell
Edward Whitehouse
Edward Robbins
Herald W. Child
Murphy
Massachusetts’ Neries
Massachusetts
Drum Major Emmons Missed At Newburyport Parade
Major Edwin T. Emmons did not march with the Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association in Newburyport missing the parade. His orange uniform awaits its baptism next year as the fife and drum corps were not present. H. W. Smith of the cruiser Richmond left for New York after two weeks’ leave. the ship may be sent to the Pacific soon.
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Edwin T. Emons
Senator Baxter
Newburyport
Maj. Emmons
Bath
Massachusetts
Emmons
Mr. Emmons
H. W. Smith
Richmond
New York
Mra. Smith
Pacific
State OF Maine
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Clark
Sagadahoc
Sipalehor
Tanethes Doedee
Cynthia
Ndaris
Woolwtehine
Soondalmee
James S. Lowell
Sagadatioc. Ss
Sagadahoe
Rath. Im
Saeadahoe
Sagadahac
Saeatshor
Thomas
Dyech
Tohn
Havine
Rath
Jail
Two Enjoy Hiking Trip from Bath to Rangeley and Back
Two hikers traveling from Bath to Rangeley and back averaged about 70 miles daily on foot with frequent car lifts. They navigated without full gear, washed and dried along ponds, cooked simple meals, and relied on farms for supplies while enjoying an adventurous cross country trek.
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Bath
Rangeley
Understanding how dynamite explosions occur explained
A detailed explanation of dynamite chemistry describes nitroglycerin decomposition into carbon dioxide and water vapor, the rapid heat rise to about 6100 degrees, and the pressure that shatters rock. The article also notes Coast Guard vessel No 150 launched at Freeport, with ten Chasers planned, 75 feet, two 2000 horsepower motors, speeds around 14 knots, base cost 24000 dollars and total up to 87000 dollars.
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Coast Guard No
Freeport
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