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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
4
The Republican State committee states 1323 delegates will attend the Bangor convention on Tuesday June 30 up from 1138 in 1906. Delegates are allocated to towns based on votes cast, with a table listing each county’s 1906 entitlements and this year’s.
Wrestling cards announced for Monday evening with Frank M. Smith vs Kid Dionne in Bath and Lewiston match featuring Bob Somerville, English champion, vs unknown challenger. Also Billy Dewire vs Joe Bessonewart with Japanese wrestling exhibition by Somerville. Local notes on residents, events, and town meeting rumors accompany the lineup.
Government census compiled by Dr. H. K. Carroll reports net 1907 gains of 2301 ministers and 4214 churches, totaling 627,456 communicants. Major faiths include Roman Catholic with 15,693 ministers and 11,371,970 communicants, Methodist Episcopal with 17,861 ministers and 3,036,667 communicants, and Baptists with large church and member counts. Grand totals: 161,724 ministers, 210,199 churches, 2,943,156 communicants. Six Adventist bodies, 14 Baptist, nine Catholic, 23 Lutheran, 17 Methodist.
A New York bootblack built a fortune by turning bootblacking into a science and expanding to big offices and ferry and terminal privileges. Builders pay heavy rents for chairs in Empire and Equitable houses, ferry boats, and terminals while new multistory stalls emerge. Rain checks may fuel business as weather shutins rise. A separate item notes plans for an 8000 seat Broadway cafe with Versailles style roof garden, $4 million rent, and a $1 million bond.
Harry Morse from New York visited his father James T. Morse this week. Mrs. Bert Manson returned to Boston after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Perry. Miss Katherine Charles of South Portland, a former local teacher, holidayed with Winnegance friends. Mrs. John L. Cook’s health improves after illness. Ice cutting on Morse pond began Monday.
Arthur Todd, who has been teaching at Benedicta, finished his term last week and arrived home to Georgetown Saturday night. On Monday evening fourteen of his friends gave him a surprise party with games and refreshments.
For sail tonnage the inquiry was light in all off shore and coasting trades. Rates, though quotably unchanged, were entirely lacking in support. The supply of available vessels is more than sufficient for present requirements.
Lumber-Norwegian bark Lady Penrhyn 815 tons sails Pasagoula to Santa Fe Argentine Republic at 14.25. Coal-Norwegian strark 2304 tons ships Atlantic range to San Francisco at 5.72 percent margin March.
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