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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1916
Page
6
M A Slade attended the Convention of Eastern Colleges in Andover Mass to interest students in the ministry. Logs and lumber move slowly as Bowker and others struggle to source timber. The coast towns deal with illness road hardships and boat launches while families visit Bath and Portland.
Local notices record Mrs Lena A Motley visiting her son Rufus in Portland, Harry E Mason return from a business trip, William C Kimball of Boston on a business visit, and many others visiting relatives or on trips to New York City Boston Waltham Rockland Gardiner and Philadelphia. Several locals receive family news including a 11 pound boy born to Mr and Mrs Charles I Pierce of Boston and Mrs David Kidd visiting Hartford. The Bath region also sees shipyard activity with Capt E L Nash and the Jerome Jones set for sea, while Earle Temple and Sherman Clark are noted as Sunday visitors in Gardiner.
The text traces land holdings on an eastern shore island near Sagosset Salt, including ownership west of the river of a peninsula known as Hunne wells now Popham Point. It notes an unf probated will dated Oct 31 1651, the probable death before 1661, and suggests a young seaman origin circa 1620 to 1625 with earlier purchases in 1648 and a widow inheritance to three children.
About sixty men and older boys attended a Sunday gathering at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Bath. Rev C Edson Owen of the Christian Civic League spoke on civic righteousness and Maine’s prohibition future, praising Sheriff Oliver and urging support for League work.
Students at Morse High School bought game schedule tags coordinated by Manager Ralph Warren and Captain George Perry. The fundraising effort included widespread student participation and help from girls distributing tags. The schedule lists games from April 19 to June 10 against Coombs, Farmington, Brunswick, Lisbon Falls, Lewiston, Hallowell, Edward Little, South Portland, and Auburn, with an obituary note for Galen Moses who died April 19 last year.
Brunswick April 8 1916 an appeal urges homeowners to buy Whittall Rugs now to lock in current prices before European market turmoil drives costs higher. The notice stresses no bargain promises but warns of inevitable price increases and advocates selecting new patterns for future delivery.
Six underage boys aged 9 to 13 faced Judge Keegan for stealing brass and copper from local mills and depredations on Mulligan & Co and Capt. Small properties. Four are placed on a year of probation. two remain in custody, with parents paying proportional restitution as marshal hunts a junk dealer connected to the crimes.
Harry H. Harford, 42, died at his Saco home after a ten day illness. Born in South Portland, he worked for his father’s Cape Elizabeth newspaper, then for Portland and Biddeford journals, before joining the U S Railway Mail Service seven years ago. He served on several routes including Farmington, Portland to Island Falls, and Boothbay Bath. He was a member of Saco Lodge F and A M and is survived by his wife and daughter Margaret of Saco and sister Mrs L D Rogers of Bath. Funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church was held Tuesday with Mr and Mrs L D Rogers attending.
Friends at Popham Beach mourn the death of Mrs Florence Bryant who died at her Portland home on Thursday March 30 after more than two years of illness. Born at Georgetown she was 24 years, seven months and seven days old. She leaves a husband two children and extensive family including Llewellyn Oliver Jr and siblings Freeman Martin Oliver Alma Cooth Hin of Lynn Mass and others.
The Bath Y M C A continues from page one praising a 1912 class member for his genial personality and sincerity. Officials urge support to fortify finances and executive strength, offering a chance to serve the city’s young men and boys.
The Lewiston Augusta Waterville Street Railway asks the Public Utilities Commission to approve strengthening its Androscoggin River bridge between Brunswick and Topsham and the nearby smaller bridge. The railroad would bear all costs.
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