Forty Years Ago in Bath Aug 26 1885
A Bath column reports Capt C H Morse and wife with about 20 others visiting the Larrabee farm at New Meadows. George Brown’s horse attachment to a grocery wagon ran away on Center Street, damaging the wagon. Frank Luce bought the Elm Street double house from William H Collins who moved into Boothbay grocery work. A boot and shoe store is planned for Front Street leasees Nichols and Clapp opening around the 10th. Notables took a 7 am train toward Augusta for a hearing before Governor and Council. A large picnic occurred at the Woolwich grove near the ferry landing with James L Perkins J W Johnson and family among attendees. R Donnell and family plus Annie Mooers returned from Fort Popham. The New England Shipbuilding Co yard hosted the launch of the Hotspur, a fine model vessel built for New Bedford interests. W C Warland will command. Hotspur’s specs list length 191.9 breadth 38.8 depth 22.8 gross tonnage 1273.51 coppered to loading line. About 100 residents observed the launch on the Percy V steamer to Augusta to lobby for a State Constable to enforce liquor law in Sagadahoc County. Ex-mayor Ledyard ex-alderman S K Snipe ex-marshal James Bailey H J Palmer Rev B Atwood among attendees. A five-year-old Finley McLeod was struck by a team on Center Street. he survived with minor injuries after medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Shipbuilding Co
Hotspur
Kennebec
William IL
Besse and Others
New Bedford
Bath
W. C. Warland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Percy
Conant’s
New Messagvs
Brunswick Band
George H. Nichols
W. G. Eee
H. E. Stetson
W. B. Mussendén
Great Illuminator
Globe
Jake
Brunswick
New Meadows
Hal Nealley
Bath Road
Sisters of Mercy
Jack
Maine Visit and Local Happenings From Bath 1885
Mrs Wicks and party from Worcester and Miss McDuffie of Rochester visit Maine including Fort Popham Boothbay Harbor and Mt Desert. Bath connections include H. K. Cole at Bridgton, F Edward Hawley at Woonsocket, and shipyard work at Duncan Jackson and New England Shipbuilding. A social Drummond descent trip to Arrowsic, a Patten birthday gathering, and a Bath concert and river life piece highlight local affairs amid industry, ice houses growth, and polo plans for 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicks
Mable
S. W. Dearborn
Nellie CC. Dearborn
Worcester
Mass
Lide McDuffie
Rochester
N. H
Old Orchard
Miss McDuffies
Maine
Fort Popham
Islinda
Boothbay Harbor
Mt. Desert
Lewiston Journal Highlights Optimism for New Factory Plan
A fragment from the Lewiston Journal notes confident plans to thoroughly equip a manufactory and conduct good business. The item emphasizes diligence in setup and positive expectations for economic activity tied to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Journal
Old Fashioned clam bake on the Point tale told
Aug 27 at Conant's New Messagvs featured an old fashioned clam bake attended by Brunswick band with a playful battle scene on the Point. Report describes Jake and followers defending against invaders using shells fish and provisions, with Hal Nealy praised for bravery and many attendees dancing afterward.
Alamedas Medals Held Up by Manager Disputes
Sept 1 1885 the Alamedas await medals delayed by misunderstandings among managers Whitten Thomas and Morse. Wentworth the Portland jeweler holding the medals has sued the trio, who were summoned to Portland to appear today. Each is willing to pay his share, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamedas
Mr. Morse
Whitten
Thomas
Wentworth
Portland
Morse High Announces Football Schedule
Morse High reveals its fall gridiron plan led by coach Ray Hayward after summer at Little Birch Island. The roster lists returning stars and hopefuls, with season opens September 26 at Kelley Field against Cony High. The schedule continues October 3 Edward Little, October 10 South Portland, October 17 Gardiner, October 23 Hallowell, November 8 Catholic High of Portland, November 6 Rockland, November 14 Biddeford, November 21 Deering, plus added players Don Wilson Ellery Toothaker and Earl Decker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hayward
Morse High
Little Birch Island
George McMann
Joe Butler
Norman McCabe
Carlton Burgess
Everett Pinkham
Harry Pinson
George Dow
Forest Carlton
Dean Bonney
Charlie Miller
Mark Jackson
Cecil Hamilton
Gordon Harrington
Ellery Doyle
Alfred Gannon
Cy Longley
Ted Veilleux
Alex MacDonald
Morse
Kelley Field
Cony
Augusta
Edward Little
Auburn
South Portland
Gardiner
Hallowell
Catholic High of
Portland
Rockland
Biddeford
Deering
Pluyers
Don Wilson
Ellery Toothaker
Earl Decker
Wreck of Great Whaling Fleet Continues Across Seas
The article notes New England ships shrink in number as San Francisco grows with steam auxiliaries, while New Bedford’s last active whaler the Wanderer is wrecked on Cuttyhunk. Sisters Mary Dorothy and Margaret Fre¢ede ters head home to Fargo after summer at Small Point with Sewall kin. The piece also cites rail rates mis delivering goods, from Philadelphia to Springfield and Rochester to Springfield, and other long shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
San Francisco
New Bedford
Cuttyhunk
Mary
Dorothy
Margaret
Fargo
N. D
Hector
William D. Sewall
Bath Y M C A Twilight League closes with prize checks
The Bath Y M C A Twilight League season closed with checks presented to four team managers for their share of gate receipts. The league, organized to boost local competition at Kelly field, drew crowds of 500 per game and generated over 250 in voluntary collections. City champions ended the nine week run as overall leaders, with batting averages listed for all players who appeared.
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Bath Y. M
Bath Y. M. C. A
Kelly Field
Bath
Antiques Draw Maine Bidders to Augusta Sale
More than $10,000 worth of antiques sold at a public auction at Harry Lishness house on Cony road Augusta. Collectors and bidders praised Maine interest as Donald Dodge of Philadelphia bought eight Sheraton chairs for 480 dollars for the Spite House. Large buyers included Mrs. John F. Hill of Augusta and Mrs. Charles F. Hathaway of Cambridge Mass. Also noted: Miss Dorothy Marston’s Bar Harbor trip and Nordica memorial plans by Otto H. Kahn to fund a $20 million home community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lishness
Cony Road
Augusta
Maine
Lishness
Leeward Islands
Donald Dodge
Philadelphia
Phippsburg
Camden
John F. Hill
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Popham Beach
Dorothy Marston
Bar Harbor
Bath Sharp shooters attend state rifle shoot
Bath's Battery H will represent the Bath marksmen at the state rifle shoot in Auburn starting Monday. Capt J Horace McClure Robert Johnson Harold Deering Ward McMann and Sgt Harold Holmes named to the team with Privates Bretton and Higgins unable to attend. The Bath outfit will join National Guard units and a Fifth Infantry detachment for organization infantry artillery and general services matches. Leaders include Lieut Col Savage as chief range officer Maj Elliot in charge of medical corps Maj Goodwin retiring as quartermaster and Capt Luke as adjutant. A provisional unit will accompany the Bath marksmen to camp for a weeklong stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Robert Johnson
Harold ‘Deering
Corp
Baward McMann
Sergt- Harold Holmes
Bath
New ‘Military
Battery H
Auburn
Armory
Roland Bretton
Frank Higgins
National Guard
Fifth Infantry
Fort Williams
General Services
Bath Boys
Charles W. Savage
Gilbert M. Elliot
Brunswick
William C. Goodwin
I. A. Luke
Field Artillery
Bath Marksmen
Motorcycle Trooper Fred Foster Killed in Belfast Crash
Fred Foster 27, a State special motorcycle patrolman and former Bath resident, died when his motorcycle hit a hayrack on North Port Avenue Belfast. He lived in Lisbon Falls, worked as a riveter and ran a shoe store with his brother. He is survived by relatives in Lisbon Falls and Bradford, Mass. State police planned to serve as funeral bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. Foster
Lisbon Falls
Belfast
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Johnson Bros
Northport Avenue
Daniel E. O'Connell
Joseph LD
Bradford
Mass
KF. M. Holland
Personal Notes From Bath and Portland Social Scene
Miss Esther Hall is on annual vacation at the telephone office. Beverly Wright returns to Portland after Bath visits with cousin Miss Phyllis Wright. Thelma Brown, R N, from Worcester, visits Chauncey Curtis for two weeks. Adele Ames of Bucksport visits sister-in-law Walter Kingsbury in Portland. William S. Newell leaves Bath Iron Works for Boston and New York on business. Several families vacation in Bath, Old Orchard, and Portland with extended weekends. WCSH plans September broadcasts with Bath pianist Harry Ring and others. Ernest Allan of Bethlehem returns home from Mere Point with wife and mother remaining. Ralph Pitman family visits Popham Beach. Labor Day plans follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hall
Beverly Wright
Portland
Bath
Phyllis Wright
Galen C. Moses
Clare McIllwain
Emma Small
Thelma Brown
R. N
Worcester
Mass
Chauncey F. Curtis
Adele Ames
Bucksport
Walter Kingsbury
Richardson Street
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Boston
New York
Lois McKiever
Albertine Roberts
Scott Tibbetts
Wilmot
Old Orchard
Harry McLaughlin
Mildred
Robbins Street
Walter L. Spinney
All
Thelma Gulliver
Lynn
L. Winter Sanborn
Newburyport
H. O. Sanborn
Academy Street
Mere Point
Rotary Luncheon Hear Dr Averill on Mental Health Crisis
Bath Rotary members and guests filled the noon meeting at King Ta for a record crowd. Dr Lawrence Averill of Worcester Teachers College spoke on Mental Health or Mental Disease, noting rising costs and crowded asylums in New York and Massachusetts, and urging more praise for children amid habit and environment factors. The club voted to close the Sagadahoe Block Rest Room after the week, with visiting Rotarians from Laselle Seminary Augusta Providence and Washington among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lawrence A. Averill
Teachers College Worcester
Thompson Bros
Averill
United States
New York State
Massachusetts
Maine
Pownal
Sagadahoe
Guay M. Winslow
Laselle Seminary
Newton
Foster Higgins
Power S. Mooney
Augusta
Jerome E. Widerman
Westalm Beach
Frank W. McLannathan
Lawrence
Edward ©. Siiness
Providence
Carter B. Keene
Washington
September Forecast by Lewiston Meteorologist Sam Morrill
Lewiston forecaster Sam Morrill predicts a normal temperature September with below normal rainfall. The first half should be warmest, with the 4th and 19th as the warmest days. Three storm periods are expected from the 1st to 7th, 12th to 18th, and 24th to 30th, ending with a likely cold wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Morrill
Lewiston
Few Germans Train for Regular Sport Says Lewald
Theodore Lewald, under secretary and German physical culture head, says only 2 percent of Germans regularly engage in sports. He cites 5,000,000 club members with about 20 percent active. Also notes 125 miles of motor highway linking Florida mainland to Key West and Americans using installment plans for over three billion dollars in purchases yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Theodore Lewald
German Committee For Physical Culture
M Florida
Key West
Little Islands
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Bath Daily Times
C. H. Morse
George Brown
Center Street
Frank Luce
William H.collins
Elm Street
Baptist Church
Mr. Collins
Boothbay
Front Street
Howe
Joseph Nichols
Clapp
David N. Magoun
J. D. Bibber
Woolwich
J. W. Johnson
Philip Wembroke
C. B. Atwood
R. Donnell
Annie Mooers
Reece
John
Finley McLeod
Samuel Dillaway
Commercial House
H. K. Cole
Bath High School
Bridgton
Edward FE. Hawley
James F. Hawley
Woonsocket, R. I
George Hawley
William E. Downes
Hawley Yard
Duncan & Jackson
Hawley's
William Rogers
John McDonald
Arrowsie
P. Manson
Capt. Skillings
A. G. Page
Henry C. Goodspeed
Franklin Reed
Frederick Reed
PP. M. Reed
Victorian Manson
Skillings
Alice Skillings
Rufus Drummond
Jennie Drummond
Page
Mary V Page
Goodspeed
Victorian Reed
Nancy Riggs
M. Reed
Fiddler's Reach
Drummond
Messrs. Davn & Gibbs
Jordan Frost & Co
Canal
Gibbs
Bangs & Weston
Dain
J. H. Haley
John Patten
Capt. Patten
Z H. Trufant
Charles W. Larrabee
George FE
Newman
Gilbert Patten
George M. Patten
Victoria Reed
George VP
Davenport
Topsham
Riverside Club
Charles H. Greenleaf
A. G. Page, Jr
Schubert and
Amarath
Opera
Richmond
Wolfhart
JF. Paneons
Fred Nathan Coombs
Laura Duncan
Miss Kitty Luce
Strutevant
Lincoln
Miss Low
Sturtevant
J. O. Lincoln
Attila
Kelley
Messrs
Itis Sete
Emma Morrison
the Mermaids
W. Duncan
M. F. Duncan
Sener
Pirates
PiGteion
Jackson
Ballou
Hunt
Mrs. M. F. Duncan
Sturtevant and
Camelia and the Rose
Ganz
Mir
J. W. Kelley
Mrs. Jones
Miss Luce
Mr. Sturtevant
Lizzie Low
Messrs. Stievant
Hunt March
Tannhauser
Nathan Coombs
Fred Swanton
Olin
John Ward
North End
Foster' S Point
Hayrick
Ward
Smith
B. Trask
Thomas Colby
Frank Ramsey
Daniel Savage
Obed Curtis
al Sanford
James Mulligan
Alice ‘Colby
Annie Hall
Hattie Barker
Effie McPhail
H. K. Dunton
Hartley Dunton
Albert Colby
Rhine
Hudson
St. Lawrence
Wiscasset
Heston
Knox & Lincoln
Oler
Haley
John S. Elliot
Washington Street
Witter
Leydon and
Guthrie
Bijous
Dunning
Vaughn
Granite Citiez
Rocklands
Samosets
Sheepscot
Camp Lenox
Lhe Morrison
Carrie Page
Squirrel Island
Mr. Higgins
Hennie Campbell
Taura Palmer
Jennie Melcher
Ita Page
H. B. Sawyer
J. A. Morse
Austin Smithwick
Damariscotta
G. F. Moulton
Will Ballou
J. T. Snipe
Walter Turner
Laura Palner
Dr. Larby
Yale
Jennie Cushing
Mabel Fletcher
Smith's College
Boston School of Pharmacy
Misa Carrie Page
Dobb's Ferry
W. R. Ballou
New York Medical Dispensary
Salem Fire Company
Star of the East
Kennebecs
Salem Band
Sagadahock House
Wakefield
Bath Cadet Band
Bath Board of Fire Engineers
S. F. FE
William Chase
S. F. EE
Salem
Engine House
Middle
Sagadahack House
Hayward
Springfield
A.B
Cutting
A. IL
Devaney
S. M
Vellieux
Stover
Crooker
A. I
Wongbon
Peek
Spinney
A. L
Meister
Cummings
McPhee
S. M. Sata
Pieterete Vale
Lothrop
T. Sheldon
Doyle
Y Sterwityategeisis
B. Wilson
Aematesis
Miller
McLaughlin
Marsés
al. Ie
Shliver
Trueworthy
D. Wilson
Y. We
Flaherty
T. Nichols
T. Daley
McGrath
Andre
A. I de A Alors Se
Sais
Cates
Dauphin
Samuel D. Hooper
Catharine
Hatch Camp
Otto H. Kahn
Nordica
McClure
Foster
L. F. Atwood
Alway
L. F. Medicine Co
Frank Purrington
Bethel
John Rogers
Hannah A. Rogers
Sagadahoc
Frank E. Purerington
John H. Rogers
Arthur J. Dunton
William F. Dun
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