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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1914
Page
3
A 1914 government report shows U S pottery production valued at 57 992 875 dollars the highest on record surpassing 1912 by 1 458 211 dollars New Jersey remains a leading producer with Ohio first and New Jersey second while American wares rival imported ones in texture finish and color.
The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier claiming benefits for the whole body and specific ailments such as scrofula and rheumatism. It urges readers to buy Hood's at druggists and to purchase Red chicks hatched in June with pricing at ten dollars per hundred from Hannah Howard in Winthrop Maine.
Miss Annie Brundage of Quincy and Mrs Martha Wyman visiting relatives in Kittery and Bath. Several others take summer vacations to Portland Sebasco Five Islands Lewiston Tacoma Phippsburg St John and Albany while some relatives attend funerals in East Boston and Bath.
The Maine State Board of Trade will hold its annual meeting in Sanford September 16 and 17 1914 with delegates invited from Maine boards of trade and chambers of commerce. Sanford Springvale host two centers with sessions in Town Hall and a banquet in Springvale. Travel access via Boston & Maine lines and Atlantic Shore Railway. arrangements for accommodation and escort service are described. Delegates must be active members and notify attendance. rates and representation rules outlined.
James Allen of Dresden visited town Saturday to fix his home damaged by a sudden lightning storm. Four bolts hit the house in rapid succession shattering woodwork, smashing four windows, and tearing plaster. No fire occurred though sulfur fumes nearly overwhelmed occupants who escaped unharmed in an instant.
The Cabots downed the Hyde Windlass team of Bath in Brunswick Saturday afternoon by 11 to 3. The score shows innings 25 26 78 9 with Reon Cabots at bat. batteries listed as B Charron and Caouette for Cabots and Knight, McNeil, Cutting and Flaherty for Hyde.
The B I W baseball team lost to Lisbon Falls on Saturday with a 12 to 1 score. Bragdon scored the lone run for Bath Tron Works. They travel to Wiscasset next Saturday for their next game.
Defiance topped Lisbon Falls 17 to 15 as McInnis and Billings pitched for the winners. The telegram notes foggy river conditions, harbor repairs on the Frances M at Minott's yard, and Cape Hagan's vacation while work continued.
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