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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
2
Central Maine Power chooses Harry Rackley’s Topsham farm for an electrical demonstration showing varied farm uses. The article admires rural electrification boosting efficiency, health, and living standards, cites savings from machine methods, and lauds Wiscasset's Old House Day with village improvement displays and hospitality.
The piece weighs heavy on the 1930 campaign predicting Hoover will win despite Southern resistance to Dry and Wet policies. It notes Southern states turning toward protectionism for manufacturing benefits, while Democrats argue farm relief sways Midwestern voters toward Smith. Also discussed are Maine blueberry pickers earning fair pay, with berries selling at twenty cents a quart, and the Kellogg pact seen as a major peace milestone urged by Coolidge.
Oliver Moses II, a Bath former mayor who often drives the Winneganee to Pitch Pine Hill route, commends Parker O. Rogers for the road project. He notes Rogers keeps the road well maintained during construction and attends to travelers’ needs, a view shared by others in The Independent.
The Maine Central Railroad Company is repairing and improving its Brunswick east branch line after a new Kennebec River bridge. Heavier trains are used now than when ferries carried trains, and the improvements aim to handle current loads and future growth as business increases.
In another month the gunning season opens in Maine and insiders report black ducks and other waterfowl are more numerous now than in years past. The coming September should bring fine sport for duck hunters when the season begins.
Plans outline a four story brick hotel with 75 rooms mostly with baths and running water. It will include five stores, a Front Street entrance, a Vine Street bay, a north driveway with porte cochere, parlors and sitting rooms, and second and third floor suites. Housekeeping suites on the fourth floor allow winter habitation, aimed at meeting Bath’s needs.
Mrs William Goldsmith and her son John returned to their Belmont Massachusetts home Saturday after visiting Mrs Margaret A Flaherty at 1014 Washington Street.
Wiscasset hosts an August 15 event under the Village Improvement Society and Public Library attracting over 100 visitors from many states to tour historic homes. The luncheon at the Dodge home raised over $800 for the society as hosts and volunteers orchestrated tours, costumes, music, and tea across multiple sites including Sortwell mansion and the court house.
A Monday evening program at Woolwich Grange Hall drew a large audience with the Penn Central quartet soloists and readings, followed by supper hosted by Mrs. Frans Hodggdon and Mrs. Anna Soule. Meanwhile Brunswick plains berries flow to Kennebec Canneries Bath with 2300 gallons canned in a single day.
Farmers near Bath report heavy hay losses after a weekend of intense rain. One farmer says about 20 tons were ruined and used only as bedding. Many fields hold drying hay as more rain followed a hot spell.
Mrs. William Dean and her children John Ruth Marion and Agnes returned to their Willmantic Connecticut home on Thursday after spending several weeks at the Dean cottage Sabino.
Marriage intentions filed at the city clerk. Harmon Smith son of Mr and Mrs Walter W Smith of 1299 Washington street plans to wed Miss Bernice F McKay of Newport. Smith a Morse high school graduate teaches in Newport and the ceremony is expected Saturday in Newport.
Miss Dorothy M Huggard a student nurse at City hospital takes two weeks of annual vacation. She plans to visit her grandmother Mrs Ben jamin Morris in Portland and her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Roger Pierce in Gardiner.
The Maine Legislature may see a bill this winter to rebuild the Merrymeeting Bay bridge washed away in 1896. Local supporters from Topsham Bowdoinham and Bath push for a new Kennebec route to reduce Bath Bowdoinham travel and ease Brunswick traffic. Backers note old dam and foundation could aid reconstruction.
A baked bean supper and a full array of dishes drew crowds from Bath, Massachusetts, and New York to Sabino Field Day. Four long tables filled the hall as rain cleared, with many visitors arriving by car for the event and the association hoping for a profits report tonight. Miss Anna McMillan, former Bath City Hospital assistant superintendent, visits Bath from New York.
Mr and Mrs Fred G Havlin and daughter Marion of Somerville Massachusetts who spend summers in Norway were visiting Bath friends on Monday afternoon.
Workers at the Maine Feldspar Co. continue pumping a 75 foot quarry pit after a car was found wedged on a ledge with its windshield broken and a rotted suit inside. No bodies recovered, but drowning possibilities linger if occupants tried escaping through the broken window.
The article details a cross country overland route to Bath via Pueblo Canyon City Colorado Springs Kansas City Springfield Ill Indianapolis Columbus Cleveland Erie Buffalo Albany Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. The trip covered about 3900 miles with long visits in Kansas City and Buffalo, worst road conditions in Vermont, and nights driven to catch up. Mrs Boyle travels to Lynn Mass to be with her son after an appendectomy.
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