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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1924
Page
1
An old column notes rising public health interest and the Surgeon General’s report showing longer life expectancy in the United States. It credits medical advances and health legislation for reducing disease and urges support for Health Seals sold at Christmas to fund tuberculosis relief nationwide.
The Independent offers Christmas wishes to readers and Sagadahoc County natives abroad. It discusses a potential Maine Legislature move to allow out-of-state cars without Maine registration if gas tax rises to three cents, supports highway bonds, and notes likely driver license medical and mental tests. It also compares Bath parking freedoms to city constraints and reflects on urban parking challenges.
Professor Daniel Jones of London predicts English in 2400 will diverge from today, losing common abuses and becoming a mix of cultured speech and "super cockney" with Scotch influence. Gaelic may vanish within 500 years, with Welsh alone surviving among Celtic tongues.
Bangor Commercial notes supporters and critics of a proposed Kennebec crossing at Bath considering a toll bridge. Proponents urge finance through tolls with a sinking fund to eventually make it free, while opponents warn of millions in expense and long payback periods.
William Owen, 65, scales Grand Teton in the Jackson Hole region near Yellowstone to claim a summit record he left 26 years ago as the first climber to seal the peak. The Wyoming Society of Los Angeles president earned recognition from the London Alpine Club for the feat.
In Dompierre Switzerland Jean Ten Thorey, famed horseman, shot his suffering horse and then killed himself with the same pistol. The report notes his affection for the mount and the sequence of events prior to his death. Mrs. Galen Moses and Miss Charlotte J. Meeker are also mentioned as passing away in Portland.
The Irish Free State bill to replace the traditional legal system has passed the Dail and sits in the Senate. Debate centers on wigs and gowns for judges and barristers with the minister for home affairs to decide attire, a move seen as eroding judicial independence and likely to provoke amendments.
Manager H. A. Huse will enter contest as W. T. P. Gray of the Maine and New Hampshire Theatres Co announces a $2,000 monthly prize pool for the three circuits theatres. Bath Opera House manager T. A. Huse has preselected a strong program for the month, aiming to attract patrons and win the division.
The Ukraine central executive committee announces a Moldavian autonomous soviet socialist republic created to include districts on the Russian Bessarabian frontier and in the Odessa region with Moldavian populations. The move has great political significance amid Romania’s retention of Bessarabia.
At Brugge Switzerland representatives from the United States England Germany France Czechoslovakia Switzerland Holland and Hungary approved creating a permanent secretarial office for an international farm bloc named the Green Internationale. A convention to launch the organization is planned for next year in Warsaw.
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah R. Given widow of William Given was held Saturday at ten at her home 3 Liberty Street Rev Sammel A Evans Baptist pastor officiated Bearers were Lloyd L Hooker Hubert H Feere Elwell Pinkham George Moody Burial was in Cathance
Eugene Alexander Burgess infant son of Mr and Mrs Alex Burgess Jr died Thursday night at home 45 Chestnut street after only a few hours illness aged 1 month 2 days The item notes a family loss in a local address.
Chicago composer Simon Bucharoff, in Germany for his new opera Sakaria, urges U S government and city support for music schools and opera houses. He cites Berlin’s tuition and criticizes high U S lesson rates, arguing Americans should fund domestic training to develop a distinct national music.
The first meeting of creditors in the Lewis E. Spicer bankruptcy was attended only by Spicer and secured creditor Frank A. Norton. Attorneys Bridgham and Dale planned a continuance to Saturday the 27th at 10, so all counsel could be present in U S District Court in Portland. Mrs Frank H Percy left Snow Park for Weston Mass to visit her daughter.
The Crescent Club girls held a Christmas party at the Red Cross rooms on Saturday afternoon. Crepe paper costumes, three short plays, games, and refreshments filled the event. Virginia Paine and Rith Skillings directed the gathering with a cast including Eunice Hanscomb Mary S. Magic Mother and Mary Anderson Flower maidens among others.
The southwest corner lot at Front and Vine streets extending to Depot Square and Legard property was sold via Henry G. Hodgdon agency from James Palsifer of Auburn to Jeannette W. Merritt of Phippsburg. No plans announced by the new owner. rumors of future activity in the area.
Harry H. Robbins of Gardiner and Frances H. Bixby of Randolph wed Sunday at 3 p m in the groom’s mother's home. Rev L W Hammons officiated. The groom, a machinist, works in South Portland and the bride, daughter of Fred L. Bixby, has long worked in Gardiner. They will reside at 2283 Center Street Bath.
City of Bath Sagadahoc unpaid real estate taxes for 1924 on non resident owners will be sold at public auction at City Hall on the first Monday in February 1925 at 9 a.m. to cover the due amount including interest and charges.
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