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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1916
Page
4
The Bath community anticipates a prosperous 1916 with rising shipyard activity and more tonnage, as wooden hulls gain demand amid steel shortages. Bath’s economy shows renewed vigor from property purchases, summer residencies, auto travel growth, and a new power company expanding industrial service.
Aged and countryless King Peter is described as a strikingly pathetic figure seeking asylum abroad. The piece notes park beauty after band concerts and snowstorms and extols blue rivers, highlighting the Kennebec as the river truly deserving the title.
A New Meadows plan signals higher crowds as Bath boys may visit next summer, boosting local interest and anticipated events.
A fragmented dispatch notes mounting strain on Germany's eastern defense as postwar tensions rise and Russian power asserts itself across bordering fronts. The report emphasizes shifting security dynamics and the need for vigilance along the frontier.
In 1916 the initiative should move from the Teutonic alliance to the Entente unless signs fail. January marks the eighteenth month of the war and the Entente appears reasonably prepared for the first time. Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum corporators faced a tough choice between two capable trustees Major Kimball and Judge Lowell, with no party able to lose.
Seven states joined the prohibition sisterhood on January 1, bringing total to nineteen enjoying statewide abolition of the saloon. The text notes Maine as the origin and hints that adding five more states would place half the nation dry.
The article argues Germany violated promises by sinking liners and using Austrian flags, condemns Austrian control by William the Pirate, notes church unity talks in Garden City, protests against Brunswick Augusta trunk line routing, cites France’s return of German and Austrian subjects, and reports the Persian torpedoing with 250 deaths including an American agent aboard.
Capt Herbert L Spinney former Maine Ornithological Society leader warns Maine may lose game birds unless the state scientifically propagates and enforces laws He cites Massachusetts success with pheasants and urges a license fee to fund propagation efforts He recalls his Seguin Light tenure and finding 500 dead birds after storms to underline the stakes
The Diocesan Standing Committee sets Wednesday January 26 as the adjourned convention date to choose a successor to Bishop Codman. Clergy favored Very Rev. Frank Vernon while laity backed Rev. Dr. Thayer of Southboro Mass. An all-day session failed to resolve the split.
The Maine diocese faces a deadlock at a convention with Dean Vernon and Dr. Thayer as main candidates. Clergy support and lay financial influence clash over choosing a bishop, with rumored compromises including Charles Brent Lucien Kinsolving and William Van Allen all declining. The standing committee has fixed a date for a second convention but no clear resolution exists yet.
Secretary of State John E. Bunker explains min and max signatures for statewide nominations. The law requires between 1½ and 2 percent of governor votes in the district, based on 1914 returns. Petitions must be sworn and filed by the first Monday of May 1916, with signatures from any towns in the district and from party members in the electoral division.
Advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla as a proven remedy for scrofula boils and blood diseases by purifying blood and improving digestion. Claims external treatments fail while the medicine cleanses humors, builds the system, and smoothes the skin. Followed by a sales prompt noting forty years of use and availability from all druggists.
Receivers Bath Trust Co. completed a transfer of the People's Safe Deposit and Savings Bank Block on Front Street last week to Hon A H Shaw. The action formalizes ownership in the property as part of the estate proceedings.
The Board of State Assessors reports total valuation for cities towns and plantations at 447,712,122 on April 1 1915 up 8,182,964 from 1914 Sagadahoc County valued at 11,265,648 in 1915 up from 11,362,168 a gain of 13,476 Bath city totals fall 42,821 to 6,488,026 Real estate across the county rises to 144,661,138 while intangible property includes money at interest 25,500 railroad stock 43,310 and bonds 8,450 and other stock 3,900 with 208,586 pills taxed in 1915 up from 203,319 in 1914.
Daniel Bishop purchased the Foot er block on Front Street Saturday through the agency of Fred B Reed. The owner was George H Seeley of Washington DC and the building was damaged by fire months ago. Bishop began improvements Monday and has received applications for the street floor store.
A reception Saturday at Mrs. George P. Barter's 40 Summer St. honored Harold C. Hart and Vera M. Colby on their marriage. The couple received many gifts while Harold Pinkham played piano selections. Out of town guests included Mrs. O. E. Shurburn, Lymond Batson, and B. H. Schmid.
A Bath young woman earns success by manufacturing a brand of sweets named for her grandmother. A Beacon Street chorus social followed rehearsal with refreshments, jokes, a New Year tree, and games. Beacon Street Sunday School distributed Book of Acts copies to scholars with good attendance and reviewed 142 suggestions from last Sunday.
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