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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
5
Probate Court meets next Tuesday and December term opens December 21 with Judge Bird presiding. The town buzzes with holiday shops, skating parties, sleigh rides, betting on weather, and local meetings at Music Hall and the Percy & Small yard.
City measures include the creation of a City Forester with monthly reports, a tax reimbursement for Dr. Ferguson, and a bridge committee inquiry on unpaid bills. Academy St. expansion, pole placement under Street and Power, and licenses for Vietuslers are approved. Municipal Court receipts for November and October are detailed.
The U S government has completed action to protect American interests in Nicaragua by expelling the Nicaraguan charge d affaires Felipe Rodriguez with a passport. Secretary Knox announced the move as 700 marines, seven cruisers, and gunboats depart aboard the troopship Prairie to safeguard American life and property.
Across Maine Bath houses a bustling Christmas tree trade as carloads travel via Knox and Lincoln lines to San Francisco Oakland and Texas. Lincoln county and Sagadahoc counties supply most trees with Bowdoinham also contributing. Prices vary by size with five to six foot trees earning five cents and taller trees ten to fifteen cents. market prices range from twenty five cents to one dollar. The industry shows improving prospects this year after two poor years and rail access enables repeated harvests on the same woodlands every five to six years.
Large potato growers reject offers as prices fall. One man with over 24 500 bushels turned down 50 cents and then 52 1/2 cents, saying his stock is in fine condition and will fetch higher. A Bath woman notes Sheepscot oyster beds surpass southern beds, with a trio collecting over two thirds of a ton of shellfish after a recent visit.
The article profiles Silas Brown a Brunswick figure tied by kinship to John Brown and famed as a California gold miner of the 1849 rush. It notes his later life at Brown’s Corner with son Lewis, his long local associations, and recounts the arduous journey to California and his first gold work at $75 per month and board.
Principals and managers met Thursday to confirm the world heavyweight title bout between James J Jeffries and Jack Johnson on July 1 in California likely near San Francisco. The bid stands at $101,000 plus two thirds of moving picture receipts estimated between $200,000 and $600,000.
Announcement from the department of agriculture states a farmer's institute will meet at East Baptist church in New Meadows Brunswick on Thursday December 16 at 10 am and 7:30 pm Speakers include Lowell Roudebush of New Richmond Ohio and Prof J W Sanborn of Gilmantown New Hampshire.
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