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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1934

Page

7

Bath Daily Times Itemizes 1894 Local News In Review

Fortnight-old Bath notes cover tax discounts due tomorrow, shipyard launches, and river traffic. The four masted schooner Augustus Palmer nears sea, with Miss Mabel Palmer christening. Captain Ellis E. Haskell to command. Other items include band concerts canceled, paving work on Front Street, and local civic appointments in Pittsburg and Portland.

Bath News of Sept 13 1894 Prominent Local Happenings

September 13 1894 notes blasting for a new Times block cellar should finish this week and construction is underway. Locomotive No 1 for Wiscasset & Quebec railway visited the depot attracting spectators. Tax collector Palmer sees last minute tax payments for five percent discounts. Rev W M Strout returns from Lakeside camp meeting and relatives in Oakland and Lewiston. Cleve Oliver seeks optical treatment at Eye and Ear Infirmary due to worsening sight. BL Dennison and wife of Brunswick visit Dr H M Ragan on Washington St. Naval Veterans elect Capt John O Shaw as Junior Lieutenant at Pittsburgh convention. Rev M De Mott elected Chaplain. Winona Council No 1 of Junior Order US Mechanics to be organized. ~300 charter members. E S Crosby moves into new Center St block. Conley’s dry goods counters arriving. Sept 14 1894 Harold M Sewall welcomes a son. Charles Lockery may serve as engineer on yacht Eleanor. Moon eclipse tonight after 10 if clouds allow. Ex-Mayor John O Shaw likely to fill school board vacancy after John G Richardson’s death. Bath gentlemen travel to Lewiston to initiate Mystic Circle members. E B Co to run another...

John O. Shaw Pittsburgh Rev M. de Mott Warren Bath Portland

Moonlight excursion and harbor news update

Sept 17 1894 reports a moonlight excursion to Boothbay Harbor this evening. Work clears ruins and begins a new top for Shannon House. Fred Gilbert visits Boston. Miss Carrie Trufant vacationing in Everett. Mrs E B Mallett returns home. Grace Batchelder visiting Center Street. Conductor Passmore resumes duties after vacation. Sidewalk work begins near Dains store as Washington Street widens. Charles Williams suffers a serious fall at Bath Iron Works, dislocating a shoulder after a ladder mishap. Dr E M Fuller attends.

Charles Williams Bath Iron Works E. M. Fuller

Workers escape serious injury after yard accident

A worker fell amid scattered iron in a yard but escaped with bruises and a swift recovery at home in Winneyance. A separate note recalls Rev. Gideon F. Draper’s Japan mission address at Beacon street about wartime prospects, while other items mention a dry goods store opening, ship repairs, layoffs at Bath Iron Works, and social events.

Winneyance Gideon F. Draper Japan Beacon Street China

Morse High Grid Squad Ends Two Weeks Work

Morse High opens next Saturday against Cheverus at Kelley field. Coach Aldie Smith and Blair Wilson train eight backfield prospects for a starting quartet. Players named include Warnie McNeil Wilfred Gaudet Don Marshall Carl Earlbach Jim Temple Maurice Skaling Harry Thayer Bobby Burgon Ebon Haskell Red Eaton Joe Robinson Iscar Greenblatt. Gardiner game moved to Kelley field October 6. Brunswick visit Bath October 27.

Morse High Grid Cheverus High Kelley Field Aldie Smith Blair Wilson Warnie McNeil Wilfred Gaudet Don Marshall Carl Earlbach Jim Temple Maurice Skaling Harry Thayer Bobby Burgon Skaling Burgon Ebon Haskell Brewer High Red” Eaton Joe Robinson Iscar Greenblatt Haskell Brunswick Bath

McCausland Leads Thursday Skeet Shoot With 22x25

Bernard McCausland led skeet shooters Thursday evening with 22 of 25, followed by Ed Sonia and Nick Mihalos each breaking 19 as runners up. The event included numerous scores such as 16x25 and 28x50, with other shooters named along the results page. A separate note reports Freeport High School introducing a new curriculum drill on Maine vehicle law across upperclassmen, aiming for high accuracy in driving theory.

Bernard McCausland Ed Sonia Nick Mihalos B. McCausland Raub Ior Insigiae Wilson Eliswgni A Hiieseses Toothaker di. E Cie Freeport High School Maine

West Point exams for Maine youths set for Oct 20

United States Senator Frederick Hale will hold a preliminary competitive examination for Maine youths to select nominees for the United States Military Academy. The test will be in Portland Bangor Augusta Lewiston Rockland Calais and Houston on Saturday Oct 20 at nine a.m. local time. Eligible applicants must be Maine residents under 22 and US citizens not married. Interested candidates should notify Senator Hale by Sept 20 at 12 Monument Square Portland.

United States Frederick Hale United States Military Academy Senator Hale Military Academy Civil Service Commission Portland Bangor Augusta Lewiston Rockland Calais Houston Hale Neu Maine Academy Monument Square

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Bath Daily Times Decker's Cove Southport Wiwurna Fort Popham Bay Point M. W. Sewall Washington and Bowery Streets National Convention of Naval Veterans Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Co Galen C. Moses Bath and Popham Good Templars Bowdoin Center Sagadahoc Fae City Landing Philip Hichborn United States Navy Augustus Palmer N. T. Palmer Front Street Percy V Bay State Boston Tibbetts Shannon Boothbay Lodge Bath K. of P.’s Mabel Palmer Palmer Oregon Frank Palmer Cutler Norfolk Ellis E. Haskell Chelsea Sarah Lawrence City New Times Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad W. M. Strout The Advent Church Lakeside Oakland Cleve Oliver Eye and Ear Infirmary BL. Dennison H. M. Ragan Washington Street Winona Council Order of United American Mechanics E. S. Crosby Center Street Conley Harold M. Sewall Charles Lockery Eleanor John G. Richardson Citioe Boothbay Harbor Fred Gilbert Carrie Trufant Post Office Force Everett, Mass E. B. Mallett Seth O. Rogers Grace Batchelder Lowell, Mass F. K. Sturtevant Passmore Dain’s Store Rogers Brooks Literary Society Gertrude Greenleaf Centre Street Christian Temperance House Drummond Centre Street Hill A. C. F. Society North Street David Standish Peter Cuhing New Meadows Court House M’causland Military State OF Maine Nellie P. Ingerson East Providence Rhode Island Herbert R. L Herbert L. Grinnell, Jr Derry N. H Rockingham Nellie FP. Ingerson A. D L. Brawn Batham Walter Glidden John L. Jack Thomas Newman Seawall Bar Harbor Adahoc Arthur H Arthur H. Sprague Richardson St San Esa Kall Sagadahocs Ralph O. Dale John J. Keegan James B. York Cumberland Stephen Walker Coffin State OF Bath Independent Register Charles Myron Tubbs Georgetta Tubbs First National Bank Henry A. Magoun John Sweet Register Elizabeth Dain Gibbons Marion Dain Progutenn Nine Dain Dain Gibbons Sae Eebate Court Martha B. Bridge Swett Lewis B. Swett Louise B. Swett Lewis B. Swett, Jr Lois C. Swett Lewis B Martha B. Bridge of Bath John C. Fitzgerald Walter S. Glidden William W. Robinson Ann Mary Robinson W. E. Rowe Bath Iron Works Corp Carlton Bilock Washington Weleed Guardian Sagadahow Nellie S. Stover Path Mary J. Goodwin Nellie Stover Sas Charles S. Stover Elizabeth E. Hathorne Myra G. Thwing Woolwich Rupert H. Baxter Alden G. Smith Emma H. Moses Ath John L. Jack, Regis J .Oipers Court Charles Weeks Said Frances Almira Weeks Charlie, Delano Weeks Mary Eyeleth Safford Rochester Beatrice Weeks Black Olive Weeks Trufant Frances Omar Weeks Worcester Eee Ughter Charles Delano Weeks Frank H. Snipe Sagadaho Independent William E. Besaw Susie ‘. Pesay William E. Besnavant Essie Carl Belfast Mary Mass William E Satsadahoc Edward W. Bridgham Sagadahoe Sidney E. Grover Sylvia J. Boucher Georgetown Ath Independent Charles J. Lain Nina B. Harrison Sagadehoe Ruth F. Coombs West Bath Reth Bath National Bank Alicia B. Crosby John L Jack, Ir Sarah P. Donnell William R. Donnell William T. Donnell Willian T. Donnell Sagatiahoc P. Carey, Jr Elizabeth Merrill Wal
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