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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
14
Local notes report cold weather with subfreezing mornings and frosty evenings as hay, cod, and Christmas items move through Bath and surrounding towns. Highlights include gatherings at Psi Upsilon in Brunswick, a six foot Christmas tree shipment, premium winners in Sagadahoc, and revival plans at Bath churches.
Bath residents discuss forming a Bath area poultry association while markets report smelt shipments to Arrowshire and Bath clam deliveries. Posts note New Year events, Christmas tree shipments to Boston and Philadelphia, and a steamer keel being built for E W Bliss Co. in Bath Iron Works.
A Bath man ships five native Maine turkeys to private customers. The Ladies' Aid of People's Baptist Church nets $15 from a Lincoln Hall supper. Davis Hatch showcases Christmas slippers with Indian moccasins. Smelt runs are large and sleighing improves country shoppers. Nat Howe heads to Kennebunk for lumbering work. a large black duck flurry is reported at Oak Island. Red Cross stamps arrive with a war unity message. Bath brokers leave eggs unguarded as holiday parcels rise. Post Office staff handle extra parcels. Harold Dowling aids with deliveries. Wassitts vs Colonials basketball talk, with Kimball scheduling a Dec 30 game in Bath. Prison doctor Dr. Walker notes no epidemics and urges tuberculosis hospital facilities. Navy court despatch from Norfolk covers Dortch and Jouett crew trials. Jouett built at Bath Iron Works and launched 1912.
The Bath area reports icy roads in Phippsburg and winter duties for Oscar's crew on the river. The Walcott schooner undergoes overhaul while harbor work continues and smelt fishing shifts between Boston and New York markets. A Bath official recalls Christmas mischief, and the Colonial Club hosts a tree and gifts for over 160 children with help from Cosmopolitan and Grace Church groups.
Central Church hosts Christmas tree and Sunday school event with the Central Boy Scouts assisting. Portable mills halt until next Monday for Christmas leave. Pigs from G Footer and C McFadden weigh around 267 to 300 pounds with more planned. A wanderer with a fine voice seeks lodging. Solarhodzve No 11 Masons to install officers Monday with ladies invited and an entertainment with refreshments at 7 30.
Merchants say Christmas shopping was strong this week with turnout matching last year. Grocery stores stayed open Wednesday and Thursday evenings for late trade. A few slips on the Front Street slope led to a woman being helped to a store to recover.
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