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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
12
Local column items include a stag card party by the Odd Fellows, Uni universalist meeting with L S Metcalf, and fragrant venison from hunts. Parish officers elected at Grace Church plus reports on social meals and church finances.
Genesta Chapter OES met Friday at 7 30. Maine Water Co reports Nequasset Lake well supplied after rains and snow. Dr Carl Breckenridge to move into Center Street residence after renovations by contractor C H Rogers. Cumberland County Power and Light Co denies abandoning Yarmouth to Brunswick service. Christmas decorations at Leonard Mitchell Pharmacy. Local river fog, freighters, and Kennebec river activity noted. Mrs Clifford Staples recovering after operation and moving to Wood Island. Deer hunting trip yields venison and descriptions of snow events. Morse High adds noonday hot cocoa program. later soups planned. Red Cross tuberculosis seals on sale in Bath stores via Maine Anti-Tuberculosis Association. YMCA acts as State Association agent.
Reports of a man killing a 445 pound pig on Chestnut Street. Freight and boat news include a scow loaded with feldspar from Georgetown quarries and schooners Nat Meader Nellie Shipman returning from Augus ta and Gardiner. Community notices cover a storm rescheduled whist, church annual meeting, and civic roles.
The Ossipee will be christened next August at Newport News for service off the Maine coast. Secretary McAdoo selected the tribal name from several options, preferring a simple distinctive name after 1907, and the keel is laid with rapid progress.
Dromore Grange at Phippsburg elected officers for 1915 and planned a coffee lunch. Officers include Master Reuben H. Purington Overseer Scott C Campbell Lecturer Abbie Minott Steward Ralph Trask and others. A Coast Artillery Corps unit elected Lt Percy E Barbour. The piece also criticizes stamp shortages under the new internal revenue tax and calls the situation outrageous.
A major explosion at 1 30 a m ripped through J A Redlon’s plumbing shop on the second floor of Music Hall in Bath. A gas leak and spontaneous combustion from old overalls caused a fire that shattered windows on both floors. Firefighters and police reported damage to stock and fixtures, with nearby businesses narrowly spared. The Times notes the incident alongside a later historical account of the 1849 ship Hanover wreck and crew losses near Popham Beach.
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