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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
12
C. L. Farnham Co located at 21 23 Elm Street Bath is cited in the snippet. The record notes the business name and street address without further context or details.
Fresh eggs cost 60 cents a dozen. Dr. Williams visits Bath. Ernest H. Rice leaves for Fairfield to visit Mrs. Wilson. The Mendelssohn Club met at the Parish House. Capt E C Arey of the schooner IM D Cressy sails home to Boston. ship at Percy Small yard for two weeks of mast replacements. Ingalls Small finish post office foundation in Norway. some workers return to Bar Harbor for winter. Local merchants struggle to obtain sugar. some limited to three pounds per customer. Maine automobile bureau reports 13 autos and 8 licenses issued last week. total receipts reach 366137 dollars for the season to Nov 25. Salvation Army Day observed in Bath with out of town speakers. Musical service Saturday at Salvation Army Hall. Sunday at 3 pm a meeting at Bath Opera House with Col Gifford. Sunday service at Salvation Army Hall features Major William Guard.
Local residents discuss erecting a synagogue within the next few months. County Attorney E W Bridgham and family traveled for Thanksgiving to visit Mrs John Cook. Bonness plans to resume work in Curtis shop after a two week leg injury.
Vermont deer season opened November 15 and runs 30 days. A Bath firm paid 9.25 per ton for 300 tons of soft coal delivered in Portland. Mrs. A A Gross plans a Fairfield visit then Belfast for Thanksgiving. Henry W Howard bought two parcels on Center Street Hill with buildings. Francis and Mrs Wiley head to Plymouth Mass after their Boothbay Harbor wedding. Lewiston Manager Austin to enter Ste Marie Hospital. Lester Ayer to run Lewiston exchange during absence. Granolithic walks on snowstorms prove hazardous. call for mandatory snow clearing debated. Citizens dispute responsibility for clearing front walks after storms.
Large audience at Universalist Church attends annual Thanksgiving service led by Rev. H. J. Willis with prayers by Rev. David L. Wilson and readings by Rev. C. Wilson Harrison. Rev. Gould J. Brown preached on the two great causes, the Church and the Nation, urging patriotism and devotion to the divine institution. The service included fine music, with violin by Kenneth Weeks, and a notable appeal for Armenian and Syrian Relief Fund drawing generous support. Additional clergy from Grace Church Elm Street Baptist and Winter Street Congregational Church attended.
Solar Lodge No. 14 F and A M held its fifth annual past masters night with 189 Masons attending including visiting brothers. One candidate received the M M degree as rituals were led by senior past masters. A banquet by Caterer Tarbox followed a musical program by the Masonic orchestra.
W F Hagan, Arrowsic visitor, and John H Stacey of Popham Beach were in town Saturday on business. George B Drake of Texas Shipbuilding and Robert Ham of Portland spent the weekend here. James Chaplin of Texas Co left for Quincy Mass to visit family. Families and friends travel, with several heads home for winter.
The Kennebec Yacht Club met Monday evening with more yachtsmen than usual and discussed winter preparations. Repairs to the piazza and chimney are completed, and the entertainment committee plans winter programs. Commodore James P. Ledyard will chair the nominating committee with Thomas E. Artis and David G. Standish. nominations are due at the December meeting. The annual officer election is set for the second Monday in January.
Miss Emma Coombs lies ill at home on Middle Street. Presidents Phinney and Gage of Warren Pump Co. visited town Tuesday. F B Gallison of Perkins Drug Co. Portland made a fort nightly business call Monday and Tuesday. Several residents left for visits to Fairfield, Boston, and New York. Capt Perry A Colby of the ferry Hockomock showcased a painting now in the Times window from his brush.
At Beacon Street Church on Monday evening evangelist Felix preached on Gossip citing Proverbs. He urged building character and noted a rose scene illustrating how a fool can destroy what God took years to make. Fourteen converted, bringing campaign total to eighty one. Tonight’s subject is The twentieth Century Christian.
The club's youngest member spotted a stranger on the porch who had mislaid a ten dollar bill for initiation dues. He retrieved a crumpled paper from the floor, unfurled it, and found the missing money, restoring the situation.
The Texaco Club held its initial Thanksgiving ball in club rooms on Wednesday with music by the Bath Dance Orchestra. King of the Bay reportedly shot a large number of ducks Tuesday in the Bay.
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