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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
7
The column laments fog and rain after a new moon while praising nature’s beauty. It details church services held outdoors if weather permits, local gatherings, visitors at Parker Head and Sebasco Estates, travel notes, and social visits among residents and guests in late July.
Miss Katie Nelson representing the Maine Bible Association canvassed in town last week. Ruth Peacock visits Popham for several weeks. Mrs Annie Rowe and children of Auburn stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs Alfred Perry, for the summer. Frank Clark and Master Loring called at Arrowsic Foreside. Katherine Hagan visited the Foreside briefly. John White returned to Dorchester Massachusetts after visiting his mother Mrs Susan Willis. Robert Clark came home from a visit with Uncle John Williams in Georgetown. Arthur Kateon of Bath was in town Wednesday. Arthur O LaBelle spends the week in Fairfield with relatives. Mrs John Currier and two daughters...
Miss Virginia Show visits Hardings in Bath with Miss Buth Ward. Mrs. Will Brown guests of Miss Charlotte Cook. Harold Reed of Bath owns a canoe used by Miss Esther White on New Meadows. Verne Wright of Somerville, Mass. visits Miss Mona Wyse. Harold Wing visits West Bath. Tom Dunham of Lewiston at Iron Island cottage. A Lisbon Falls group visits King’s Point. Lisbon Falls Methodist Sunday School cancels picnic due to New Meadows bookings. Capt. Foote and Mrs. Foote stay at Lee's. Local residents vacation at Campbell Ponds. bicycles used for commuting. May Trask of Cambridge stays with parents. Marion Dain returns to Bath. Special church music from William Woid. Charles Bates visits with family. Mrs. Cary suffers a shock. Joseph White ill. Bath residents host several visitors and a carnival trip. Saga dahoe Grangers field day set for next Tuesday with sessions and speakers at Grange Hall.
Celia and Janet left on the Saturday night boat for Boston to visit relatives for a week or two. Edward Pierce was a visitor in Boothbay recently. Miles Hagan returned from New York for a few days. Frank and Walter Farnsworth traveled from Portland in their auto Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Howard remains ill with gangrene in New Brunswick, as Mr. Howard travels from California to be with her. Visits include Miss Josephine Simpson in Gardiner and Miss Harriet Blanch, with updates on births, vacations, and travels. The column mentions droughts, weather memories, farm moves to potato regions, and social events such as dances at Tuessie Hall Day's Ferry, plus local farming and building efforts.
Farm tests show Irish potatoes treated with Bug Death yield 67.5 bushels more per acre than Paris Green. At 50 cents per bushel, that equals $33.78 extra per acre, $67.56 for two acres, $168.90 for five, and $337.80 for ten acres.
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