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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
2
The Times advocates federal action to end coal shortages by offering six month bounties to mine workers and bonuses to increase output. War departures and cold weather have reduced labor, risking deeper fuel deprivation unless incentives draw new workers and retain current miners. Funding would come from the national treasury.
The article argues Maine can rely on vast water power from the Kennebec to keep mills running this winter. It claims Central Maine’s plants will avoid blackout effects, with electrical heating and lights continuing in homes, stores, and public buildings. It criticizes federal policy for not foreseeing coal mine Desertions and calls for proactive measures.
Governor Milliken favors suspending Sunday passenger trains for ten weeks of national sacrifice and denying fuel to breweries and liquor shops. He argues mail trains could continue and fewer trains on Sundays would clear sidings and mobilize resources without harming national life.
Ralph Whitehouse recovers from a blood poisoning incident in a Bath area foot injury. Community notes detail social visits, meetings, and local shifts in Bath Iron Works work, with residents traveling for shopping, dances, and church events.
The proposal argues freight should be given priority for a full day to streamline moving stalled goods. Proponents say it would greatly speed up commerce and reduce bottlenecks at key routes and warehouses.
Dromore Grange Phippsburg held a banquet of baked beans cake pie and coffee after stalled officers Tuesday evening. New year committees include Executive Reuben F. Purington D A Merry James E Perry Finance S C Campbell Bessie Dickinson Annie Purington Visiting Committee S C Campbell Marion Rafnell Margie Perry Sagadahoc County Grange meets with Dromore February 26. Next Tuesday evening program features singing readings discussion on what comprises a woman's work on the farm with Sister K O Weston.
Freeman L Oliver son of Capt and Mrs L J Oliver of Popham Beach wed Emma Mae Eaton of Inn Massachusetts on January 19. Oliver serves in the U S Navy Reserve Force machinist mate first class on the flagship Aztec, with ten months service. The library closes on Tuesdays for ten weeks to conserve fuel.
The local board lists Sagadahoc County registrants in Class One for the draft. The small group, with many not physically qualifying, includes Harold C. Brasier, Bath. Dunlap Hatch, Bath. Charles Lundy, Bath. Henry C. Moore, Georgetown. John E. Blaisdell, Bath, among others. Exemption claims may add a few names before physical examinations begin.
Mr and Mrs H B Allen of Cumberland Centre visit friends in Bath where Allen recalls milk in their town costs seven cents per quart. Otis Hunt, formerly of Bath Iron Works, now with Battery C 103rd M F A at Camp Devens, shares updates on gas experiments semaphore training and diagrams. Pine Tree Circle whist party scheduled for Wednesday January 28 is postponed to next week.
Hast ern Steamship Lines releases 150 tons of soft coal from storage to support local firms. The coal sold at original cost by M. A. Haraden for Kennebec and Boothbay lines aided Sagadahoc Real Estate Association Bath Laundry People s Ferry Co Kennebec Greenhouses Bt Leeman and F W Carlton. A vessel with 1 000 tons consigned to M W Sewall & Co from South Amboy is hoped to arrive soon to aid remaining operations.
Grace Church asked for 135 dollars as coal famine presses. Mr. McGay outlined a fund drive next Sunday to support denominations in cantonments and fronts, with the church behind the boys and Y M C A aid. Parish House to close for the rest of the week after Monday night.
Arthur Shorey, son of W Scott Shorey of Bath, has been promoted to cashier at the International Banking Corporation headquarters in New York. A Bath High and Bowdoin graduate, he has worked with IBC since 1906 in London, Hong Kong, Yokohama and Panama. He and his wife welcomed a baby daughter last month.
Ralph A. Morrell and Miss Isoline H. Burnham wed at 7:30 P M Saturday night in a ceremony at People's Church parsonage 120 North Street officiated by Rev S A Evans with rings used. Attendants were Irving L Burnham and Edith D Burnham. The groom works as an iron worker and they plan to reside in Bath.
Catarrh considered incurable by local doctors until constitutional treatment is proposed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as a systemic remedy. A $100 reward is offered for any case not cured. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipationalso advertised.
Neurasthenia is a nervous system condition caused by continuous work and stress plus poor diet or insufficient rest. Symptoms include oversensitivity irritability and headaches. Treatment focuses on nutrition and a non alcoholic tonic. Miss Alvira Freeman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after typhoid and long weakness. Books on nervous diseases and eating well are offered free by Dr Williams Medicine Co. Your druggist sells the pills.
Mrs H Royal of Center Street, 88, baked an apple pie using half a cup of syrup plus butter and cinnamon instead of sugar. She also used four orange peels and apples, finding it as good as sugar sweetened pies. A month earlier she made one with molasses and recalls using molasses in her youth. She has bought only one pound of sugar despite the shortage.
Charles Johnson and F J Barter were arrested in Portland Saturday night and their supply of whiskey rum and gin was confiscated by liquor deputies. Johnson showed a belligerent mood and offered to fight over the liquor. Barter was allowed to return to Bath. Standpipe repairs delayed until spring after a previous wind damage. Hydrants remain a priority to prevent freezing.
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