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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1935

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath Items From The Bath Daily Times

The Bath Daily Times notes 1895 happenings from Bath and nearby towns. Richard Lundrigan returns from New York. locals work at the Topsham fair. Hooker building exterior near completion. Miss Ella Douglas studies United States maps for schools. deer hunting yields few moose.Ashdale tragedy of Charles Gillam with possible foul play. new grocery planned at North Washington. relocations and visits. Bath officers on duty at the fair. a wedding at William Avery home unites George Beals and Sadie Umbrecht with Rev Westhafer officiating.

Ella Douglas United States Ashdale Charles Eugene Gillam West Point Charles Gillam William Avery Franklin Street George Beals Sadie Umberhind Bath Mr. Westhafer Luella Blaisdell Charles Beals Green Street Jennie Drummond Mr. Fargo New York Rufus Drummond Garden Street Miss Drummond

Bath Scenes and Sports Highlights from October 1895

October 10 1895 Mrs Fitzgerald of Freeport visits her husband manager of the shoe factory in town. High school football defeats Cony 20 10 in Augusta with Murphy Donnell Gilmore and Clifford strong. Topsham fair showcases William R Kimball’s acre garden while Prof Maynard entertains Y M C A boys.

Freeport Augusta Cony Murphy Donnell Gilmore Clifford

Williams to play center for Bath team in season

The Bath team will feature Williams at center as part of their lineup. Decorated canes in team colors were carried by the players to celebrate their squad and school spirit.

Williams High Street Bath

Bayard Hopkins Launch Lights Up Bath Shipyard Scene

At high water Saturday the three masted schooner Bayard Hopkins slid from the New England Co. yard for S. S. Thorp & Co. of New York. The 110 by 30 by 9 foot craft has 269 gross tons. Bath items report Camp Comfort visits, a newborn 9.5 pound boy, engagement of J. W. Lambert to Miss Jennie Gould, a firemen’s ball at Alameda, a bike trip by Arthur Passmore and Alton Clay, Court Sagadahoc plans for dances, YMCA Magnet issue, and Topsham Fair receipts around $4,000 with no gambling noted.

Bayard Hopkins New York New England State OF Maine Sagadahoc Edmund P. Briggs Bath Dahoc Louise E. Briggs Runswick Cumberland Brunswick Maine Bath Road Moore's Diamond Match Company Andra Kroncoggin Simpson Powers Stevens Joseph N. Day William H. Powers William V. Percy Cumberland County Registry of Deeds A.D State OF Sagedahoc Th Independent Said Walter S. Glidden New England Co S. S. Thorp & Co New York City

Runaway Horse Dash Through City Ends at Phippsburg Stable

A noon incident on Granite street sent Zina Eaton’s horse bolting after being startled. The horse wrecked a wagon, dragged the rider’s weight, and raced to a stable on the Phippsburg side of Winnegan bridge. The report also mentions Harry Peterson and a court appearance involving One Lung over laundry charges.

Washington Street Middle Street King Street Bowser Zina Eaton Phippsboro Granite Street Phippsburg Winneganee Bridge Harry Peterson Peterson

Elm St Sewing Society to Meet at Mrs Dunton Home

The Elm St sewing society will meet tomorrow at noon at Mrs James Dunton's In­gton Street residence.

The Elm St, Sewing Society James Dunton Herington Street

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath ‘ Daily Times Richard Lundrigan Frank P. Sylvester Cramps Philce Harry Wakefield James Richie Dan Doyle Hooker Vine Street Cutler A. H. Shaw Sheriff Ballou W. W. Pendexter Moosehead Messrs F. H J. M. Kimball Weston Bonney Edwin L. Barker Abbott Front Street Winslow Providence Robert Kennedy Fred Wilb Hawley’s Lieut. Wakefield Boston Gaudreau Merrill Thomas Lundrigan Topsham Fair Grounds Times Iron Works Washington Hyde Lillian and Elwood Oliver Portland Mrs. Willard Hodgkins H. F. Wood Bruns Edward Morse Swift Beef Co Concord, N. H North End First National Bank William R. Kimball Farmer Kimball Maynard Albert H A. H W. M. Shaw This City Topsham Fair Engine House E. C. Plummer David Owen Columbia Theatre James Dean Watertown Mass Alameda Ada Gray Co Bowdoin 8S. T. Westhafer Nellie ‘G. Turner Women’s Foreign Missionary Society the Times Murray Kennebec Fred Potter Our Frank Jameson Roland Fisher Pawtucket, R. I Scott R. Frye Henry Hartleb Brownville Mr. Frye Mr. Hartleb Harry Cobb Miss Daley Charles Potter Yale Gardiner Gardiner Boys Seguinland Realty Company Waterville Georgetown Town Hall J. Blaisdell L. G. Harbor E. Fields W. Davis P. Cromwell C. W .Lewis A.campbell A. Cromwell A. K. P. Oliver Great Pond W. Lewis Plan Seguinland Realty Company Harmon's Harbor Atlantic Ocean Little River Sheepscot River Stephen S. Campbell Charles W. Lewis Town of Prudence Cromwell Robert Lewis Prudence D. Cromwell Alice M. Campbell Campbell Mountain Rock John Maines Morse’s Pond George Harford Widow Mains Loring Hartford Ephram T. Harford Lewis James Monrow George Sheepscot Ebenezer Moore One Wellings Isaac C. Boynington Joseph Blaisdell Felows Co. B W. L Eben Moore B. C John Hinckley R. B Sornea Sheepscot Bay William H. Davis Wellings Murph Field Holland Blaisdell J. H. Burleigh C. E H. R. Dunham Dunham Buckman James Breson Breson Brook Alice Campbell Walter E. Reid Seguinland Hotel William Cromwell Edward Cromwell Alice Said Charles Orth Seguinland Cottage Company Neer Lung George FE. Hughes P. M. Reed Emma Reed Albert Reed Jennie Lemont Bar Harbor T. F. White Elm Street Church H. W. R. Stafford Edna B. Delano Robin Hood Charles W. Oliver Oliver John L. Berry Wealth A. Moore M. S. Williams M.S. Williams A. D Joseph A. Aldred Harry J. Rich Ann Eliza Rich West Bath John I Jack, Egister Owen A. Richardson Walter L Richardson John L. Jack Register Harry F. Morse Charles W. Morse Will Grace Church E. Mitchell Frank P. Lord Pearl Street John W. Dennetts Dennetts Joshua Philbrook Philbrook Horatio N. Winslow Margaret E. Mitchell Sagagadahoc Alter Glidden Almira F. Burgon John D. Farrin Walter Mary Alma Palmer Harriet E Palmer Walter 8. Glidden Mattie K. Bachelder Georgia A. Glass Late Mattie K. Pachelder Trnet John H Hyde Eleanor B. Hyde Annie B. Hyde Couney Eulalah V. Beerwort Melvin H. Beerwort Amanda V. Coleman Irwin McDowell McIntire Bath Trust Company Leonard H. Gibson Millard E. Trott Woolwich Freemont L. Hogan Springfield Viola G. Hogan Laur& M. Morse Boothbay Harbor Sagadahooc John H. Stacey Adahoc J. Arthur Stevens F. Mayo Stella G. Dyer Arthur FP. Mayo Edward W. Bridgham Bridget Reed Margaret T. Mulligan James C. Mulligan Sag- Sori Sorees Independent Bath, In and For Said County On the Fifth Day of November, A. D Mabel Lord Ward John W. Dennett Dennett Samadahoc Edward W. Brim Nellie Call Fred Elbridge Hall Waltham Golden Cross Katahdin Commandery Lisbon Falls Franklin Reed Parshley George Wolfe Camp Comfort Mr. Parshley Charles Magoun J. W. Lambert Jennie F. Gould William ‘Lea Arthur C. Passmore Alton G. Clay Brunswick “Telegraph Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Court Sagadahoc Order of Forresters of America Popular Order William Leavitt M. Sheridan GeorgeCressey E. J. Murphy John Sullivan Y.M.C.A
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