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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
7
Fortnightly notes from Bath 1887 recount events on Commercial street with J H Randall, Colton and Gahan, and a looming August term of the Supreme Judicial Court. Details include street lighting debates, juror returns, steam launch progress, Bath ball club plans, water works progress, and local accidents. Notables include mayor Wakefield, I H Twitchell, and Joseph Moulton, with various repairs and services in progress.
Aug 13 1887 notice that the Fall term begins Sept 12. A young man on Center street injures two fingers in a printing press. Charles Lincoln wins a baseball event for the largest number of stolen boxes by a Bath player at Augusta yesterday. The morning boat to Boothbay and the Islands carried about 75 passengers. A Tats versus Marionacooks ball game is planned for late next week. About 25 gathered at James Walker house to witness night blooming cereus budding. Oscar F Williams narrowly avoids being run over at Maine Central crossing on School Street. Captain J L Kilmer returned from New York with plans to buy the Sylvian Glen but as it needs a boiler, the purchase is dropped. Bay Ridge is chosen instead, raising company capital to $70 000.
Aug 15 1887 reports T H Tarbox vacation plans at Westport and a two week rustication, Merrill Dike repainting South Street Primary, Magoun party back from Small Point camping, Morse to accompany Kennebecs to Thomaston and Belfast, families at Greenleaf Cottage Small Point, small fire at Bank block near Lom bard Street extinguished by F C Curtis, Upton back from seashore, Twitchell improving after illness, tugboat at Morse yard nearly planked with 18 ton condenser placed, riggers led by Nathaniel Mace, early morning grocery rivalry on Front Street with bets and a watermelon payoff to Vickery
It is understood A H Shaw of Fath will build a cottage at Popham after the season. The Percy V will run to Boothbay rather than up the Kennebec once Capt Kilmer's new steamer is in service, but no daily Portland Augusta line is yet expected.
Aug 16 1887 Bath items report the steamer Star of the Fast leaving late after grounding near Richmond. Italians from Bath water works head to Boston aboard the Star. Judge Haskell serves Bath as presiding justice again this term. Fire engine crews depart for Thomaston Rockland Belfast and Fort Knox. A German worker at Goss Marine injures his hand. Washington street crossing gate at Maine Central breaks injuring Merrill Wyman. No blame assigned to the railroad.
Major John D. Marston notes Nature Magazine documented an albino robin in Annapolis. The bird has returned for the fifth consecutive year, continuing its annual presence in the area.
Maine Sagadahoc court records dated August 13 1927 seek alteration of the Woolwich Arrowsic road to accommodate a Kennebec River bridge project and revised rail approach. Petitioners ask new route layout with specified angles distances and bolts plus discontinuation of segments. court orders public hearings and notices ahead of September 19 1927 meeting in Bath.
A large Hath delegation witnessed Cannonball Oliver of Bath pitch Lisbon Falls to a 4-1 victory over Waterville Tacconetts. Oliver, a 200 pound ex Morse captain, yielded only one unearned run, drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and fanned two batters in the seventh. Lisbon Falls 4 Waterville 1.
Evening concert in Brunswick headlines a busy local report. The piece notes berries ripening after heavy rain, road and bridge work near Front and Vine streets, and plans for a new gasoline station on Vine Street by S. J. Hooker. It mentions a state highway escort for a Three Quarter Century club reunion trip and inspections of a new road to Popham Beach.
Nature Magazine assigns the raccoon to the Procyonidae family alongside bears and explains its plantigrade gait with heels flat on the ground. The article contrasts raccoon and bear locomotion and adds a remark that anesthetics were first used by dentists.
Sagadahoc County officials petition to locate and define the limits of the old county road from Day's Corner in Woolwich to Day's Ferrey landing. Court orders public notices, hearings, and viewing of the route with a Sept 19, 1927 meeting scheduled, and requires publication in Bath Independent. Also includes probate orders in Bath, with notices for Olive J. Cobbett final account and associated hearings.
A film titled Arion for the Playa is produced by the company of former Governor Milliken, highlighting a regional project tied to his leadership and industry ties.
In the Maurice H. Barter bankruptcy matter the creditors meeting before Referee William T. Hall concluded that no assets exist and no trustee should be appointed for now. No creditors appeared, and the order suspends further trustee action or additional creditor meetings. Also noted are social visits and probate court filings from Sagadahoc County including a will petition and notices to heirs with dates in 1927.
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