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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1914
Page
2
The town expects the current board of selectmen to be re-elected at next Monday’s town meeting. No strong challengers have emerged and residents note satisfaction with leadership while road conditions and the planned $700 road repair from Joseph Young woods to Popham Beach remain key discussion points.
Joseph W. Larrabee gains a Victualler license for his restaurant after a Monday Municipal Officers meeting. The Board of Registration meets today to close books and again Monday for error rectification. The Wesley M. E. Church Ladies Aid met at the parsonage with a 25 cent supper invitation. New Democratic City Committee members added in several wards. A Bath delegation attended a Maine boxing match in Augusta between Baldwin and Yelle, with Hanks promoting the New England championship. William J. Sewall elected to executive committee of the Maine Savings Bank Association. Edward J. Noyes named president. Mrs. Cahill hosted a banquet at the Colonial Cafe followed by Bath Opera House performance for her birthday. Police seek a 19 year old Italian missing since Monday, unable to speak English and without funds. M. H. Blackwell reports fire and water damage to Hotel Rumford, insured. Fred R. Higgins of Boothbay Harbor, lobster business thriving with shipments to government and overseas, including a barrel of live lobsters found alive in New York. Higgins boats Ells and Higeo collect lobsters, with Higeo sailing to This Provinces for cargoes. Boys swim in the pound without incident from lobsters. Higgins Co. pays dividends and plans April trips to the northeast coast.
Snow drifts lock roads and homes in Winnegance with seven foot piles in front of Charles B Williams house. Smelt fishing slows after March twelfth though catches are larger than usual. Local residents, engineers, and youths engage in sleds, skiing, and snowshoeing amid illnesses and reunions.
Rev Francis W OBrien of Somerville formerly pastor of People's Baptist Church preached at Tremont Temple Boston during the morning service for Rev Dr Cortland Myers who has had to stop preaching because of throat trouble.
At a Monday meeting the Republican City Committee elected Albert L. Strout as chairman and E. E. Pinson as secretary and treasurer. Wilbur C. Oliver resigned from Ward Two and Fred C. Bragg filled the vacancy. Oliver cites sheriff duties as his reason. The Sodality of St. Mary’s Church held a reunion and dance at Music Hall led by Mrs. Catherine Kelley and Stevens’s Orchestra, ending at midnight. the group expects a sizable net from two nights of events.
A well dressed man claiming to be an M C R R auditor stayed with Mrs. Guerrero in Portland for several days then disappeared with $2.75 missing from her son and $2.00 from another. Police hunt the stranger who did not work for the railroad and left town after borrowing funds.
An advertisement notes higher consumption risk in cities due to indoor work and lack of sun. It argues that Scott's Emulsion, fortified with cod liver oil, strengthens lungs and resistive forces after meals. It claims the product boosts energy, is alcohol free, and available from Scott & Bowne in Bloomfield New Jersey.
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