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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1900
Page
3
A festive Bath week wraps with peaceful scenes as Old Home celebrations end quietly. Bath residents report yacht visits, keelboats, vacations, and local business buzz from the Park to the Knickerbocker pier.
A thousand spectators watched Mrs. Maude Huber scatter bouquet passes over the schooner Maude Palmer at Wm. Rogers yard. Built for Wm. F. Palmer of Beaton, the four master costs $70,000 and measures 231.6 by 42.6 by 23.5 feet with a 1745 tonnage. Master builder was Wm. H. Black. Out of town visitors included A. L. Fuller and wife, Miss Ruth P. Smith of Cleveland, and many others from Taunton, Taunton, and nearby towns.
A sheriff’s deputy named Jim, a large mastiff, fought a bull dog during a court disturbance. The terrier attacked the St Bernard, Jim intervened twice, grabbing the bull dog by the shoulders and shaking it. The bull dog retreated after a second, leaving the dogs unsettled.
A three masted schooner delivered pine for the New England yard this week. The L. O. Ballard finished unloading 950 tons of stove coal at M W Sewall and Co’s wharf and will load ice at Smithville for Philadelphia. The Henry Clausen, after gindare d hard pine at the NE S B Co, sits on the Marine Railway for repairs. The Job Jackson arrived at the NE yard with 400000 ft of hard pine.
H. McKeen, a riveter at Bath Iron Works, was seriously injured when a hot rivet chipped his eye, risking the loss of his right eye. The wound was treated by Dr. M. Fuller and he was sent to Portland for eye and ear infirmary care.
Last week's midsummer souvenir edition of the Independent sold out quickly in Bath by evening and in Brunswick by noon. Our account of Old Home Week was curtailed by space but readers found no fault.
Editor W F Maraton announces his eldest son Charles won the post after a field of over 70 applicants for the sub-master position at New Britain High School in Connecticut serving about 400 pupils.
Kennebec fishermen urge extermination of seals citing damage to fish stocks while seals supposedly help tourism by forming picturesque rock groups. A village tax hike funds two $1000 bonds, raising the rate from 15 to 15.50 per $1000, with annual bond payments. A Bay Shore incident left Farmer Willis badly injuring his left hand while chopping wood. Dr Wescott treated the wound.
A lively seaside note describes life at Squirrel Island with boating, fishing, dances, and hotel crowds. The Sweet Lavender play, notable cast, and a grand stand for a ball game are highlighted, along with visits by Bath guests, a Caprice yacht stay, and local concerts. A Republican campaign list in Maine mentions seven hundred speeches and dates for Frye, Littlefield, Tous, King, and Atkinson.
The interior of the Elmhurst mansion will be entirely rebuilt with the old interior walls removed. In the annex basement a billiard room will be arranged.
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