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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1918
Page
8
A Sagadahoc county home front piece urges housewives to start spring canning now using wild greens like rhubarb and dandelion, then strawberries and small fruits. It ties gardening and preservation to wartime needs and sugar supply, highlighting family effort, Sugar saved supports soldiers, and kids’ participation.
Frank C. Rines son of Warren S. and Kate I. Rines died Sunday at 19 years 11 months and 23 days. Born in Bath he worked as a machinist at Bath Iron Works and was well liked for his quiet helpful nature. Survived by his parents a brother Joseph and two sisters Charlotte and Vera Rinés.
An old advertisement extols L.F. stomach and bowel remedy to cure digestive woes and improve appetite, energy, and mood. It claims relief from belching acidity headaches and constipation and urges readers to ask dealers for the product from L.Y. Medicine Co. Portland, Maine.
A Bath born Ensign William D. Goodman U S N R F was first officer aboard the American cargo ship Lake Moor torpedoed by an enemy submarine the night of April 11. He survived as five officers and 89 men were missing while 12 enlisted men landed at an English port. Goodman is the son of Capt George W Goodman formerly of the Bath police and now commanding ships for Red D line.
The piece lists Woolwich committee chairs including finance cotton wool quilt and entertainment heads with weekly meetings at Montsweag parsonage. Perry Colby returns as mate of the Hockomock ferry replacing Capt. Haley. Wright family moves to Windmill Hill farm to farm extensively. Measles affect William Crocker Albert Wing. A. B. Thwing and Eben Dann visit family. New England Telephone crew works on a Westport Woolwich cable line across the river 900 feet wide.
Two Bath girls on Front Street near the Texas Steamship Co. plant encountered an armed guard who ordered them to move on. They left alarmed but later pleased with the guard’s vigilant stance and the sense that he is always on duty. The piece also notes postwar aviation will rise, with ex wartime aviators seeking new work, and recalls Bath’s early interest in a local airplane plant. The Bob Ott company tours Bangor nightly, and a plant visit is planned for Bath on May 6.
The Bath area reports a swift Washington Park expansion with plots, seven houses sold, new sewers and water mains, and a public common planned. A large Plaisted residence nears completion and plots on High street await similar homes. A Devens draft send off in Brunswick precedes a big parade and holiday closures. McDonough and Sullivan wed at St. Marys as guests toast at reception.
George King 77 died suddenly Saturday night at his Water Street Bath home. A Bath native and former trucking man, he shifted to real estate about 30 years ago. He leaves a son George II King of Bristol R1 and a daughter Mrs. William H. Jones of Bath, plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild, with a brother Thomas King and sister Mrs. William Poor, both of Bath.
A dated collage of notices and advertisements includes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine promotion promising cure with a $100 reward for a failure. It also reports deaths and probate filings in Bath and Sagadahoe with guardians seeking sale of minor heirs real estate to benefit estates, including properties on Franklin Street and Washburn Street for Allen Toyall Jones and Emma F. Lowell.
A Bath court motions to sell minor Raymond B. Curtis’s real estate to cover a mortgage while Henry W. Hanson is named administrator of George F. Brigham’s estate. Probate actions include final accounts for Henry Totman and Jerusha Coombs estates with notices for interested parties.
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