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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1916
Page
4
The Bath community anticipates a feldspar mill boosting local industry while a growing city sees births exceeding deaths. Editorials urge timely primary filing by May 1 and praise Miss Annie C. Manson’s four decades as forewoman at the Independent Times.
The piece criticizes President Wilson, naming Uncle Josephus as the worst misfit besides Broan and Brandeis. It urges prompt community support for Bath War Relief ladies collecting candies and tobacco for American soldiers in Mexico. It notes housing needs near the new North End shipyard and comments on the Rivers and Harbors bill and Congressman McGillicuddy's aerial canal project as political theater rather than a real plan.
Palm Sunday music was played at Central Church last Sunday at 10 30 with a Handel solo The Palms J Faure sung by William E Hill tenor and a Williams choir anthem All Glory Laud and Honor The Crucifix duet by Anne Hall soprano John Shaw bass and J Faure. postlude Grand Choeur Guilmant. No meals were served at the police station Sunday due to no prisoners in confinement.
An old advertisement touts Dr Thomas Helectic Oil for pain burns scalds and bruises. Sold in two sizes 25c and 50c at all drug stores.
The Sunday memorial for Galen C. Moses at the Bath YMCA drew a large crowd. Speakers praised his public spirit, library project, and plans for a city Christian Association, noting his gifts to the public good and devotion to community youth.
The Class of 1916 Morse High School will present The Rivals on May 5 at the Columbia Theatre after a lengthy selection process. Sheridan's comedy, written in 1775, features Sir Anthony Absolute, Captain Jack Absolute and a cast including Ralph Warren, Ned Andrews, Helen Haraden, Helen Child, Fay, Thomas, Freeman Trott, Harold Brooks and more.
A string of theater names appears: Mrs Malaprop Lydia Languish Julia Lucy Mary Monroe Natalie Lemont Eula Fielding Margaret Miller. The list suggests ensemble of female leads likely from comedies or social dramas.
John H. Trevett a United States inspector of boilers in Portland for thirteen years died Monday at age fifty one. He was born in Westport and moved to Portland from Bath. He was a former steamboat engineer and long with Morse Company of this city, operating their towboat and working in their machine shop on Commercial Street. He is survived by his wife, formerly Nellie Burgess of this city. He was a member of Polar Star Lodge No. 14 F. and A. M., made a Mason December 9, 1903.
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