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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
8
Palm Sunday and Easter noted with holidays and river thaw. Public schools reopen. taxes rise. theatre potential reopenings and city work underway. New buildings planned, steamer overhauled, and local officials appointed as civic notes surround a busy week.
The piece argues for rural fire alarms linked to telephone networks. It urges central dispatch of emergency calls when a farmer reports a blaze, enabling rapid neighbor mobilization. It envisions long or double rings and emphasizes reduced information desk inquiries and new business leverage.
A savings department advertises 4 percent interest free of taxation. The notice promotes a fixed rate for deposit accounts and highlights tax-exempt earnings as a key feature. The advertisement targets savers seeking steady, untaxed returns.
The April term opened in this city with Justice King presiding and new clerk Frederick E. Thompson making his first appearance. Five indictments were returned by the grand jury including two against John Pero Jr for breaking and entering and larceny and embezzlement charges against Edward J. Burns. The term saw the familiar traverse juries listed and several jurors excused. The court finished the Huntley vs Farnham case, with a $250 verdict, and Pero pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received three years hard labor. Robinson got a duplicate sentence. Appeals on intoxication cases were affirmed and a note warned against appeals without defense. Traverse jurors were released. final adjournment expected today.
Boston sales show lobsters up to 85 cents per pound with higher prices nationwide. In Sebasco two fishermen sold nine lobsters for 7.10 dollars. Sagadahoc Ferry at Woolwich awaits a hand. Several vessels will head to Percy & Small for repairs once river ice clears.
Sidney K. Preble, once sentenced for life for the 1907 murder of Norris Heath in Bowdoinham, died Monday at Thomaston State Prison. Heath, 18, was shot near his home after meeting Preble at the mill. Preble claimed Heath beat his dog. Heath’s body was hidden in a thicket and Pine bushes.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted teething remedy for mothers and children. It promises relief from teething discomfort wind colic diarrhea and gum soreness and sells for twenty five cents a bottle with a warning to request that brand.
Reports circulate about restoring half hour trolley runs in Bath and Brunswick. Superintendent Fuller says no date yet. half hourly trips were dropped as unprofitable but would be reinstated as soon as a profitable demonstration is made.
Charles R. Foote of West Bath narrowly escaped serious injury when a large dead limb split from a tree and struck his head as he cleared moth nests. A cap he wore helped lessen the impact. The Bath street and sewer commission bill passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Plaisted on March 23.
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