Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights 1893
Items from the Bath Daily Times recount a September 1893 run of local notes. Injuries include Seth Stewart’s arm fracture after a fall. Owen Rogers heads to Boston. and steam scalding of Maine Central engineer Al Leavitt. A Bath fire at French Hill was minor, while a planned oat race at the Bath driving park drew horsemen. The gunboat Cas tine speed report is noted as 16,032 knots. Public events include Jubilee Singers concert, pharmacy studies, and Bath Life Saving Station news.
Castine base stance noted as convention nears
Government base against Castine is understood to be set. Mrs H S Duncan leaves Thursday for the Epworth League convention at Auburn. Delegates will be elected tonight. The Iron Works Office gets a fresh coat of shellac and looks bright. School children plan an afternoon excursion tomorrow to Dresden on the steamer Wiwurna.
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Damariscotta
Bath
H. Duncan
Epworth League
Auburn
Iron Works
Dresden
Wireworms Succumb to Flood and Drought Findings
USDA entomologists show wireworms cannot endure both wet and dry conditions. Flooding fields during warm months kills many worms, while lack of moisture and clean fallows curb populations. Effective control relies on irrigation timing and crop practices rather than chemicals.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Laundry Table Ideas Save Energy at Home Meetings
Laundry problems discussed by Extension Service home management group reveal few grips. Sorting tables with open bins streamline work, reduce bending, and keep stains within easy reach, saving energy for homemakers sorting weekly loads.
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Extension Service
Edna M. Cobb
Sagadahoc Probate Notices Include Several Will Petitions
A stream of Sagadahoc Probate Court notices presents petitions and orders involving Florence A Stickney and heirs in Chelsea Lynn and Marblehead with executors named for Julia T Gallyon and Elizabeth B Chase. Also listed are administrators and executors for Isabell Hyde Peter Robinson Freeman Merritt and others with publication in Bath Independent, dates in 1933.
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Maine
Sagada
Florence A. Stickney
Chelsea
Mass
Julia T. Gallyon
Richmond
A. D
Marion W Drake
Lynn
Mildred R Hutchinson
Mabe E Hines Lynn
James H. Galiyon
Marblehead
Mildred R. Hutchinson
Florence A Stickney
Sagadahoc
State OF Maine
Walter E. Chase
Bath
Elizabeth B. Chase
Eestate
Walter E. Chae
Wahler E Chae
Jier E Chase. Jr
Madelyn C. Jackson
Sagadahoc SS
Esther L. Brawn
Corris
Aid
Saga- Gahoc
Alttest Laura M. Morse
Anuuit
Lucretia Bowker
Freeman C. Bowker
Phippsburg
Elizabeth C. Alexander Sagadahoc
E. L. Brawn
Sagadahoe
A.D
Walter S. Glidden
June Richardson
Walter L. Richardson
Charles C. Low
Isabel Hyde
Eugene McGrath
Clara D. McGrath
Said
Samuel S. Sewall
Marcia
Harry B. Sawyer
Gertrude F Sawyer
Sapadahoc
Maria J. Johnson
George W. Johnson
Jeannie W. Merritt
Freeman H. Merritt
Martha E. Robinson
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Seth Stewart
Sewall & Co
M. G. Shaw
Boston
Charles Lockery
Hallet's
F. C. Cox
G. A. Tuttle
Capt. Dennison
Frank Jones
al Leavitt
Maine Central
Lewiston
Court House
David Deering
French Hill
M. W. Sewall
Franklin Reed
William Plummer
John Campbell
George Brown
Edward Kennedy
L. B. Swett
Owen Rogers
Colored Jubilee Singers
North Street Church
Charles H. Cahill
Massachusetts School of Pharmacy
Nellie Goodrich
Rogers & Deering
E. L. Emmons
Massachusetts
Arthur Dunton
Fred Taylor
Colby University
Waterville
N. T. Palmer
Houghton
Gertrude Whitney
Popham Beach
Percy V
Kelley & Spear
Hooker's Mill
J. M. Knights of
Wilbur Oliver
Murray
J. Caproni
Center Street
John Swanton
Kennebec
Boston School of Technology
H. H. McCarty
Bath Iron Works
Harry D. Coney
Augusta
Center Street Hill
George Clark
Rockland
M. K. Murray
Charles Low
Frank Low
Charles Clifford
Grace Duncean Wi “Au Burn
Dr. Ferguson
Parker Head
City
Johnb. Hoover
Harold J. McCarty
Hawley's Yard
Paust
Alameda
Harvard and
Morse
Lynn, Mass
Washington
Norfolk
Laura B. Bryant
Portland
Maine Central Railroad
Linden Street
YMCA
Gardiner Y.M.C.A
F. L. Staples
Baker, Baker & Staples
Spider Club
Charles Brown
Thompson Houston Co
Winfield S. Clark
Oak Street
George Thistle
Potter
Rumford Falls
P. L. Staples
Staples
Frank Edwards
Harry Anderson
Fred Fuller
Cambridge
Harvard University
Water Street
Fred C. Thistle
Chicgo
Charles Donnelly
High Street
Charles Davenport
H. F. Wood
Old Ladies’ Home
Calored Jubilee Singers
The
Bath Cycle Club
Nahanada
R. D. Bibber
M. W. Sewall & Co
William Dennison
Bay
George H. Condell
Calais
Phoenix
Union
Charles Graham
Harry T. Passmore
B Miller
New York
William Craig
A. Steison
Orphans Home
Seattle
Wash
Kirvin Clark
Gahan'’s Hall
Topsham
Mallett
Gladys Ginny
Mandy
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Alma
Gardner
Ollu
Hazel B. Moody
Bella
Frances Stewart
Mary Prances Stewart Kennebec
Atkinsox
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Bats
Walter 5
Glidden
Laura M Morse
Apd
Albert M. Douglas
Emma B Bari
Bas Haake
Imma B. Barrom
Sand Tigsham
Bos Trast
Elm Street
Rend
Wilde- PW Parinson
Mary P
James B. Barron
John G. Barron
Sasxadador
Martha Stuart
Joseph B. Barron
Maixe Sagadshoc
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Glidde
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Marion B. Wade
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Jowph E Alexander
Ella
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Wid
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Hezister
Laura M. Morse
Fred H Thompson
Sag- Roc
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Savadahoc
Leila J. Oliver
Alfred S. Oliver
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North Weymouth
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Shan
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Leila J. Oli
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Elizabeth C. Alexander
Joseph E. Alexander
Alice E. Smith
Norway
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Mary Palozzi
James Palozzi
Alva Direnzo
John Palozzi
Elphine Palmer
Holliston
Albert W. Lint
Millinocket
Penobscot County
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Walter Lint
Sidney
Alice Johnson
Don O Cate
Penobscot
Bernice G. Buck
Walter S Glidden
Henry P Healey
Martha J. Healey
Frederick Garbarino
Quincy
Nicholas Garbarino
William V. Percy
Wilmot M. Kennerson
Deke B. Card
Woolwich