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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1910
Page
8
Bath items report mayoral and Republican caucus plans with Hyde as likely mayor. notes log cuts to Percy & Small mill, birthdays, winter weather, and a busy schedule of church, Masonic, and yacht club events. Bath Iron Works prepping torpedo boat launch in March and local business changes noted amid town life and politics.
Maine Retail Merchants Association members push for stronger weights and measures oversight. Report notes absence of a state standard yard in a town sealer's visit and a later discovery of the federal standard. Wide local variation in measurements across Maine could yield meaningful annual cost differences.
The Bath Merchants' association will hold its regular February meeting next Monday evening in the common council room. A major report on broadening membership will be presented. Officials from Maine Central railroad will discuss their interview with the committee. Topics include permanent quarters, new Bath industries, and other matters. A request from the Committee for Industrial Education in Maine asks for a public meeting under the association's direction.
In Richmond Gardiner Rev Langdon Quimby preached at the Congregational church while the regular pastor was away. Local residents Miss Frances Bryant and Miss Beatrice Page visited relatives in South Gardiner and Portland respectively. A Curtis hall event hosted by the R H S class of 1940 drew good attendance, with notices of preventive health ad copy embedded within the article.
Bath votes weigh renewed term for John S. Hyde as mayor and head of local industry. Republicans plan caucus next Friday while ward meetings next week may stir contest with Democrats courting nominations. Maine sinking anniversary recalls Bath native Frank Talbot among victims. library board vacancy remains unfilled after Hyde joins the board.
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