Bath Forty Years Ago News Notes and Local Incidents
Items from The Bath Daily Times files for 1892 recount local happenings. Ned Lowell returns to Boston after a week at home. Edgar Minott resumes his job at Percy's after illness. Schools close for Topsham fair. box sociable at Golden Cross hall. Annie Gay sustains a severe burn but faces recovery. Misses Mussenden and friends attend Topsham fair. Captain Willard Thompson and family visit Bath. Sagadahock coach ferries youths to the fair. Maine Central steamer Frank Jones suffers a crank bearing issue. an unrecoverable anchor is lost. Revenue Cutter Dallas crew drill for Columbus Day parade. about 50 shipyard workers in town. Will Star returns from St Perkins Co. and faces a brief layoff. Will Reed secures a local iron works job. Howard Varney couple serenaded and given chairs. E L Hinckley to Sparrow Point as foreman for winter duties.
Topsham Fair draws large crowd as day two delights locals
About 15 young men rode bicycles to the Topsham Fair despite rain and crowds. Prof Ragan announces an illustrated lecture season with Bowdoin College and Stockbridge appearances. Cooking lecture tickets go on sale at the Y M C A rooms after Oct 15. Miss Skillings returns to Centre Street school after a minor accident, and Mrs Hutchins suffers a near fatal indigestion episode on the way to the fair, prompting medical attention and a swift home recovery.
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Topsham Fair
Local notes from Bath October 14 1892
Oct 14 1892 Bath notes report painters at work on the new freight house Acadia lodge to begin sociables at month’s end L H Gibson returns from Weymouth ASS schooner George M Adams undergoing minor repairs at Houghton Bros wharf Rev George Henry Dole departs for Portland to attend Swedenborgian state convention sermon planned Sunday evening Maine Central to operate teachers and scholars excursion to White Mountains tomorrow Bath departure 7 15 am fare two dollars package trip details from land the?
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George Henry Dole
Portland
The
Swedenborgian Societies
Maine Central
White Mountains
Bath
Oct 15 1892 Boston trip and shipyard notes in Bath
Grant H Nichols returns from Boston. hardware stores close nights. schooner Alice Archer sails to New York with ice. The Magpie of Phippsburg repairs at Harrington's yard. Custom House Square works advance. tar coat begun. curb installed. Columbus Day badges distributed to students. A sociable at Elm Street vestry supports treasury. Mallett block raised. blocking from Portland and local salvaging used. project nears height.
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Blm Street
Saturday Service at St Marys Church with Rev Samuel
Saturday service at St Mary's Church was officiated by Rev Samuel with pallbearers City nger Harold W id Carl Pierce and ex alderman Et Walter Madden. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Samuel
Harold Wid
Carl Pierce
E* T
Walter Madden
Oak Grove
Jane Esther Garey 77 Dies in Portland Home
Mrs Jane Esther Garey widow of William T Garey aged 77 died at her Portland home on Adams Street Saturday afternoon. A Bath native and Boothbay Harbor former resident she was survived by three sons Harry North Falmouth John J South Pentland Sanford J Bath and three daughters Adjie Smith Bath Alice Moon South Portland and Lillian Alley Portland along with a sister Katherine Garey of Portland and ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Esther Garey
William T
Portland
Adams Street
Lillian M. Alley
Bath
John
Prudence Barter
Boothbay Harbor
Garey
Harry
North Falmouth
John J
South Pentland
Sanford J. Garey
William A Bibber Dies at 75 in Richmond
William A Bibber a druggist for over five decades and a noted Sagadahoo county political figure died early Saturday in Richmond after a period of ill health He was born in Bowdeinham and built a lucrative business in Richmond He leaves a daughter Marion Bibber a private school teacher in Webster Massachusetts and two sisters survivors listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Bibber
Sagadahoo
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Marion Bibber
Webster
Mass
Mrs Minnie Will Funeral in Brunswick Follows Portland Chiropodist
Mr and Mrs Warren Stilphen of 453 Middle Street attended the funeral of Mrs Minnie Will of Portland widow of Charles A Will. The service was held at the Richardson family home in Lincoln Street after Mrs Will died Thursday morning at Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren M. Stilphen
Middle Street
Brunswick
Stilphen
Minnie Will
Portland
Charles A. Will
Richardson
Lincginetreat
Will
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Obituary of George T. Cutting 78 retired Maine Central worker
George T. Cutting 78 a retired Maine Central railroad employee died Sunday at Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor after undergoing surgery Tuesday Born in Phippsburg August 16 1854 he lived in Bath and Lewiston before long service in Bangor and Bath retiring in 1925 He was a member of the Maine Central Relief Association Survived by son Harold E. Cutting Bath and daughters Mrs Albert W. Hersom Waterville and Mrs Samuel H. Lancaster Bangor
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George T. Cutting
Maine Central Railroad
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Mr. Cutting
Phippsburg
John F
Martha
Bath
Maine Central Relief Association
Harold E. Cutting
Albert W. Hersom
Waterville
Samuel H. Lancaster
Death of Fred H. Preston in Norristown noted
Word has been received of the death on Monday at his home in Norristown Pennsylvania of Fred H Preston long time summer resident at Five Island where with his two sisters he occupied the D L Howard cottage He had been coming to Georgetown for eight years and was popular with the Five Islands colony and will be greatly missed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Fred H. Preston
Five Island
D. L. Howard
Georgetown
Five Islands
Pot of boiling tar aids firemen at Barn roof blaze
A pot of boiling tar heated for roof work on the An droscoggin and Kennebec Railway Co. barn on North Street spilled as workmen lost control. Flames reached the east wall and roof before buckets of water quenched the blaze. The Hook and Ladder truck broke down en route due to a snapped driving chain. Minor wall damage noted. Diplomacy quote from Washington Star included.
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Androscoggin & Kennebec Railway
C.o
North Street
North
Selena J DeWolf dies of heart attack in Bath home
Selena Jennie DeWolf 61 widow of Charles DeWolf died suddenly of a heart attack at her Liberty Street Bath residence while serving as housekeeper for City Messenger Harold W. Child. Death attributed to angina by Dr. Harry F. Morin. She was born in Springvale Prince Edward Island and had lived in Bath 40 years leaving two daughters, three grandchildren, a sister and two nieces among other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena Jennie DeWolf
Charles DeWolf
Liblerty Street
Harold W. Child
Harry F. Morin
DeWolf
Springvale
Prince Edward Island
John McDonald
Bath
Walter Spaulding
Falmouth
Carl Pierce
New York City
Kenneth Bertram
Mary
Clinton
Roslindale
Mass
E. Mason Wright
Edward Hackett
Ath
Melvena H Varney Bragdon dies at 76 in Bath home
Mrs Melvena Hassan Varney Bragdon aged 76 wife of George A Bragdon died Saturday at 11 40 in her Bath home after a long illness with complications She was born July 30 1856 daughter of William and Sarah Hass on She moved to Bath as a child and married Murray Varney later widowed and then married Bragdon Survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Jennie V McClure of Charlestown Mass a son Irving Varney of Bath three grandchildren Mrs James Givan Carroll Wright and Clifford Varney two brothers Bert and Fred Hass on of Dresden three sisters Houdlette of Dresden and Mrs Nellie Cameron of Richmond
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Melvena Hassan Varney Bragdon
George A. Bragdon
Trufant Street
Bragdon
William
Sarah
Bath
Murray Varney
Joseph Varney
North Bath
Jennie*v. McClure
Charlestown
Mass
Irving ©. Varney
James Givan
Worcester
Carroll Wright
Chicago
Clifford Varney
Bert
Fred Hasson
Dresden
Houdlette
Nellie Cameron
Richmond
Mrs Selena De Wolfe Rites Held For Widow of Charles DeWolfe
The funeral service for Mrs Selena J. De Wolfe widow of Charles DeWolfe was held with mourners present at the family burial. The ceremony followed a Catholic service with fraternal and neighbor attendees. A private interment accompanied by pallbearers marked the close of the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena J. DeWolfe
Charles’ DeWolfe
Private sale sought for Maine estate in Sagadahoc hearing
Addie M. Cox as administratrix of Augustus A. Selders estate petitions the Bath Probate Court to authorize a private sale of a Bath property to raise debts and expenses. An accepted offer of four hundred dollars is noted, with further proceedings set for November eighth. The petition details the real estate, debts totaling about 475 dollars, and insufficient personal estate to cover obligations. The court orders publication and a public showing to interested parties in Bath.
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State OF Maine
SageAahoc
Addie M. Cox
East Braintree
Massachusetts
Augustus A. Selders
Augustus A, Selders
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Athermnt
Kair Cross
Brunswick
Coun
Plymouth
Commonwealth Massachusetts
Ey J. Crossman
Hull
Commonwealth
Eanehusetts
Crossman
Harvey J. Crossman
Snagadehoo
Ira A. Crow
Harvey J, Crossman
Mattie Crossman
Carl Crossman
Earl Crossman
New
Bertha Pratt
Basie Summerton
Harvey J
Ira A. Crossman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Eraaervate
Sngadahoo
A. D
Mary B. R. Bowker
Ellie P. Rogers
Waid
Nam
Pine Street
Bradford
Redonnett
Sagagabge
Ath Independent
Force
Olidden
Lizzie C Webb Dies After Heart Attack in Brunswick
Lizzie C Webb wife of Frank Lin C Webb banker and Brunswick First National Bank president died Sunday after a heart attack. Born in Harpswell August 15 1855 she married September 20 and observed their 58th anniversary. Survived by daughter Mrs Ralph B Stone Lafayette Indiana and son Harold R Webb Arlington Massachusetts.
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Lizale C. Webb
Franklin
C. Webb
First National Bank of Brunswick
Harpswell
Eleanor
Benjamin F. Dunning Randall
Ralph B. Stone
Lafayette
Ind
Harold R. Webb
Arlington
Mats
Cowley and Colwell Married at Grace Church Rectory
Roger Edmond Cowley of Wiscasset and Miss Beatrice Lucretia Colwell of Waldoboro were married Saturday night at eight in Grace church rectory by Rev. Charles M. Tubbs. They were unattended and left for a honeymoon and will reside in Wiscasset. The groom is the son of Charles E. Cowley, Wiscasset undertaker, and the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Allison H. Colwell of Waldoboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Edmond Cowley
Wiscasset
Beatrice Lucretia Colwell
Waldoboro
Grace Church
Charles M. Tubvs
Charles BE. Cowley
Allison H. Colwell
Mrs Bragdon's Funeral Held Tuesday Afternoon
The funeral of Mrs. Melvena Bragdon, wife of George A. Bragdon, was held Tuesday afternoon at two. The obituary notes the funeral was conducted in the local congregation with family in attendance. Details on the service and burial are not fully provided in the readable text.
Legal notices and probate filings from Sagadahoc Maine 1932
A dense set of probate petitions and notices from Bath and Sagadahoc Maine in October 1932. Filings cover estate administration requests, conservatorship, and determinations of heirship, with multiple names including George D Innes Hall Quarry Hancock County, Joseph Charles Footer Bath, Henry W Howard Bath, and Harvey J Crossman Sagadahoc. The notices require hearings, bond or consent details, and publication in the Bath Independent.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
George D. Innes
Hall Quarry
Hancock County
Peter Innes
Bath
George D. Innes Mall Quarry
Maine
County of
Hancock
State OF
Saradahoc
Joseph Charles Footer
Henry W. Howard
Susan F. Howard
Dora V. Kirkpatrick
Sherbrook M. Howard
Saugus
Mass
Norman W, Howard
A. D
Frigate Veterans Interred at Oak Grove Burial
Rev Weston P Holman of Beacon Street church officiated the funeral for Frigate at Post V F W bearers Harry Or Burt M Dyer Jesse Saunders and Arthur Wilson all from Frigate at Post Burial took place at Oak Grove cemetery
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Trufant Street
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street
Frigate
Post
Harry Or
Burt M. Dyer
Jesse Saunders
Arthur Wilson
Oak Grove
Burial at Oak Grove For Central Church Figure
The services were led by the son of Central church with pallbearers George Middleton Thomas Coffill Roland Crocker and Harry Sprague. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
George Middleton
Thomas Coffill
Roland Crocker
Harry Sprague
Oak Grove
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Boston
Edgar Minott
Percy's
Topsham
Golden Cross
Edward Stiness
Bobi Barker
Pawtucket
Kate Mussenden
Christine Carter
Lucy Moses
Cynthia Worth
Philip Shaw
Rupert H. Baxter
Frederick Shaw
Saree Dana
Bowdoin Edge
Willard Thompson
Wilmington, del
Sagadahock
Annie Gay
Summer Street
Frank Jones
Rockland
Dennison
Revenue Cutter
Dallas
Are
St Perkins Co
Will Reed
Iron Works
Howard Varney
West Bath
Jenks Mitchell
Mrs. Varney
E. L. Hinckley
Sparrow Poaint
Pre Iron
Ragan
Stockbridge
Bowdoin College
Caroline Hutchins
Maple Street
Dr. Packard
Acadia Lodge
L. H. Gibson
Weymouth
George M. Adams
Houghton Bros
Grant H. Nichols
Halos
Alice Archer
Gibbs
New York
Harrington’s
Maggie
Custom House Square
Front Street
Custom House
Mallett
Front
Ferry Streets
Libby
Charles Dupar
Charles Mason
Wesley Lane
Edith Larrabee
Mrs. Fickett
Boothbay
Nathan Covel
George E. Newman
City
Mrs. E. H. Fairbanks
Elijah Sawyer
Kansas City
Frank Warren
Maine Central R. A
Bath Iron Works
Bath Division
K. of P
Bar Harbor
Woolwich
Dixon
Lebanon
Frank Dunphy
Kennebec
Woodbury
Columbus Dn
Alameda
Holman Dunning
Cleveland
Capt. Mallett
Wescott & Libby
Charles A. Libby
Nichols
Higgins
William T. Garey
A. Bibber
Mrs. Minnie Will
Maine Central Employe
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Selena J. D’wolfe
City Messenger
Melvena
H. Bragdon
Mrs. D'Wolfe
Ddie M. Cox
Bathin
Sagananoo
Wwalrner Qlidden
Williams
Dunham
L. F
Atwood
Miller
Cranston
Hode Island
D.b.netia
Charles HM. Moree
Louise M. Miller
Edward W. Bridgham
William F Dunham
Bodiok,ustice of the
Sagadahogc
Bath Independent
William F
Register
John P. Carey
Bathaid
Walter
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Houghton McLohan
James
Mrs. Garey's
Norman A. Smith
David L. Wilk
Cumberland
Ellis L. Aldrich
Sagaon
Bath Independent News
Dunham, Register
Charles B. Williams
Frances A. Willams
Phippaburg
Saied
Charles B
Wil- Hama
Belle
Hunt
Harry B
Phipabur
Charles B, Williams
Bagadahoc, An
Becre Me
Charles C, Low
Bagadahoc
Sngadahoc
Tath
Mildred T. Barker
Byron F. Barker
Hos
Isaac B. Howard
Woolwlche
Decanaea
Sag Adahoc
Alfie E. Jacobs
Charlies H. Jordan
Walter 8. Glidden
William F. Duane
Mary B. R, Bowker
Senn
Tober
Penton
Magedabhes
Lillian A. Barbour
Eudora M. Adama
Anid
Attes Williams
Dumnham
James Fraser
M. Fraser
James D. Fraser
Kimball
Sagadah
Ae Bandered
Himba Atuanea
Wood-Ridge
I A
Eeserste
Akanly
Jessie Bond
Sunty
Plymon Cotanon
Weekis
Cobb
Casio Bond Cobb
Eres
Jessie Bond Cobb
Attes William ¥. Dunham
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