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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
7
Deputy Norris escorted Carl Hanger to Augusta jail this afternoon. The local notes include a Rebekahs picnic in Woolwich, a Maine Undertakers Association convention in Waterville, and a shore dinner at East Vassalboro.
Sheriff and officers hunted vainly Monday afternoon for a missing man tied to a $580 larceny case involving Riley. The court continued the Labrie larceny case as witnesses challenged alibis, with Labrie held on $1,000 bond while Miss Lavelle visits and other city events unfold.
Local sports notes mention Hyde Windlass and Defiance booked for a bail game at Reliev Field this Saturday afternoon. Also updates on shoe factory progress, granite work on the Court House, and a yacht cruise by Louise of New York. A burglary attempt ends with two tramps fleeing as police pursue them through Bath streets.
Rev Harold Holbrook officiated at Winneganee Church Wednesday. Fifty tons of Diamond Spring ice placed Tuesday in the Beef Co's refrigerator. Down river fishermen less neighborly. few boats lately. Schooners St Croix and George H Trickey sailed from Kennebec Tuesday bound for New York and eastern ports. Fern Brown, 38, died after dress caught fire from matches. Caroline the 42 year old mule eats thistles and helped remove them.
Frost chills town gardens while Wiscasset youths enjoy a cabaret. Seguin and tug boats move ice and phosphate cargoes to Cedar Grove and Bowdoinham. A Labor Day travel surge and a Stevens orchestra dance mark regional summer life. Mariners receive buoy notice. steamer Nahanada nears service. Local sports, ship repairs, and pilots licenses for Cape Cod Canal are announced.
Morning Glories from seed bloom while Bath community items cover Auxiliary meetings, new drainage work on Center St, arrival of David Gannett’s remains, cemetery services, boating visits including Commodore Guy Gannett’s Northwind, and local incidents. A field day for Portland district Tel Co employees, a new shoe factory plan, and Republican rally remarks conclude the local summary.
A large, successful picnic occurred at Long Beach last Wednesday with about thirty attendees traveling by motor boats. Attendees enjoyed steamed clams, sandwiches, cake, fruit and pie, then sheltered by trees during a shower before resuming songs and chat.
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