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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
6
Representative L H Dorr left for the Maine legislature with his wife staying in Augusta. Various townspeople visited friends, families traveled to Foxboro and Boston, and local residents moved, hosted guests, or fell ill. The week also noted school events, grange installations, ice harvesting, and community meetings.
The Bridge Academy senior class hosted a masquerade ball with strong attendance and financial success. Norris Lord, principal, came with Mrs. Lord and his mother on Saturday night. Mrs. Katie Weeks will host Miss Dinsmore this term. News came Sunday of Mrs. Lidie Drew death after months in Maine General Hospital. sister Mrs. Avis Bickford remains in town.
West Bowdoin and nearby towns see visitors and family visits over the weekend. Everett Ricker and his wife of Litchfield spent time with relatives in town while Millard Rogers of the Plains stayed with Chas Allen. Hannibal Bowie of Lisbon Falls visited friends, and Esther Malon visited her father Elisha Maloon. Henry Taylor of Litchfield, chosen to teach the West Bowdoin school, reports good progress though met with mixed feelings from parents and students.
Weekend dances at the Grange hall are well attended. J H Mavers and crew cut ice for home use. Clayton Mavers left for Frankfort for employment. Mrs Cora Gahan stays at Abner Lawrences Dresden Mills caring for Mrs Lawrence. Bridge Academy opens winter term after two week vacation.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional disease. It promises to destroy the disease’s foundation by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case that fails to cure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists F J Cheney Co as makers in Toledo.
James Whittemore of Bowdoinham visited Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eustis for two days last week. Harold M. Bailey attended a Portland poultry show. New Year’s Eve was celebrated at Mr. and Mrs. Fred Soule with a rocker presented by guests. Charles White is ill. Woolwich Grange to install officers next Saturday. Lois Purinton returns from Springfield to teach after Christmas visit.
Friends report Mrs William Gould seriously ill and the Gould children with whooping cough. Ida Purington and family stay with Albert Clinch while Mrs Albert Clinch hosts. Mrs Frank Jenkins has returned home and is improving. Ethel Douglass teaches in Richmond as last term.
The Supreme Court declines to review the Standard Oil case tried before Judge Landis in Chicago. The company was fined 29.24 million dollars for accepting railroad rebates, and the matter returns to Landis' court for a new trial.
Miss Lottie Howard has returned home for the winter after ten days at home. Miss Mabel Jordan visited Dover New Hampshire over Sunday and returned Monday. Proprietor Jordan of the Garnet House is putting in ice for the coming summer. Miss Locke of Portland teaches the winter term which began Monday. The New Meadows scholars will not attend here this term. B M Johnson plans a 40 by 70 barn and a major hay farm once cleared and seeded. Mrs Abram Linscott, recently very ill, is improving and can be on her feet briefly daily. Representative Alvah Snow left for Augusta Tuesday.
The West Bath Grange plans a Monday evening program featuring music by Harold Freeman and Harry Peterson, tableaux The Rock of Ages and Short and Sweet, recitations by Ada Williams and Ethel Coombs, and songs by Grange members. The program includes a question on whether it is advantageous for a young man to have a rich father, with affiliations by Fred Wright, Lillian Rogers, Lincoln Williams, Addie Pu rington, Tom Hodgkins, and Lillian Brown.
Joel Cushman of Brown's saw mill returns home as operations pause until snow allows log hauling. George L. Berry uses winter to cut a large stock of hard and soft wood for his trade. Mrs Alphonso Adams hosts sewing circle at her home Thursday afternoon.
The author argues that vast unused lands threaten productive farms and homesteads for millions. Expanding farm territory by territory as large as Ohio and Indiana poses a major issue. A government noncost solution similar to desert reclamation could transform swamps into usable land if a suitable system is devised.
A retrospective on Helen Herron Taft's young dream to live in the White House and the path from Cincinnati to future First Lady. The piece recalls her early visits to the Hayes era mansion, her admiration for the presidency, and Mr Taft’s playful reminders that she would marry a president from Ohio.
The article notes gifts for Mrs Taft from Manila and the papal gifts including an ivory crucifix from Leo XIII and a papal secretary Rampolla portfolio. A grand bedroom set gifted to Mrs Taft by the Manila council will light the White House for four years, including a canopy bed and lace spread.
A historical account explains how Italy’s duel ban was never absolute but made difficult under a civilian minister. It recounts the Count of Turin versus Prince Henry of Orleans duel, Crispi’s clever intervention, and a French caricature incident that sparked a continental comedy of errors.
The local electric line replaces the worn south end trolley wire that had become as thin as a lead pencil in places. crews began work after prior delays and expect completion in a week to ten days. The upgrade will run from the Winneganee end to Hotel Phoenix, with the north end to follow.
A. P. Berry returns to New York after a few days at his farm near Litchfield. Mrs. A. W. Kent recovers from blood poisoning with the hand nearly usable again. Miss C. H. Kendall attended the funeral of Mrs. S. A. Rhodes on Sunday. Steve Wheeler leaves Frank Peacock’s service for a job with A. P. Berry starting Monday. Mrs. Fred Hill visits Geo. Newell’s residents.
The act defines an inside measurement for apples with specified width and length. It charges the State Experiment Station director with filing fraud actions and recovering damages from all guilty parties if there is evasion or violation regarding owner name variety or grade.
For the first time in years Bangor operates without any special liquor officers since the Sturgis men withdrew. A single deputy sheriff remains for the city as liquor men remove lookout guards and ease raid precautions.
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